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Scraps luul Jarts.
? It has developed that there is a
shortage of about 835,000 iu the accounts
of Mr. Spoffbrd, the congressional
librarian. There is no reason to believe
that there is auything criminal in
the shortage. It is thought to be due
rather to a confusion of accounts. Mr.
Spofford was appointed librarian by
President Lincoln, in 1864, and has
been in office ever since. He says he
is ready to make good the shortage so
soon as its amount is ascertained. His
office is not under bond.
? An agreement has been signed oy
Secretary of State Olney, Minister
Dupuy de Lome, of Spain, Antonio
Maximo Mora and Mr. Mora's counsel,
providing for the settlement of the
Mora claim on the basis of $1,500,000
on the 15th of September next. By
the agreement the claimant waives
all demands for interest and accepts
the amount named as full satisfaction
of the claim. Interest on claim was
demanded. The Spanish government
refused it, but offered to pay principal.
Senor Mora has agreed to compromise
as above stated.
? The Ohio State Democratic convention
met at Springfield last Wednesday
and nominated James E.
Campbell for governor. The free
silverites made an effort to secure the
incorporation of a declaration for free
coinage in the platform; but were
defeated by a vote of 525 to 270. The
convention was completely under the
control of Senator Brice. Campbell,
who has several times been defeated,
did not want to be a candidate again.
He plead that previous races had cost
him so much money that he was almost
insolvent. The convention would
1 nnminof.
not listen to nis excuses, nuu UVUItUAV- I
ed him by acclamation. The chances
for the success of the ticket are not
thought to be first-class.
? Information from Hong Kong is
to the effect that the Chinese officials
are uot disposed to allow the American
and British consuls to be present at
the investigation of the Kucheng massacre.
It is stated as a reason for
their objection that they fear that the
testimony of the witnesses will implicate
them also in the murders. No
official confirmation of this intelligence
has yet reached either the United
States or England. Public feelings
among Europeans in Shanghai and
other Chinese cities, however, is said
to be growing very strong over the
matter and the probability is that the
English will speedily demand a separate
investigation, and so conduct it
that punishment will fall on the guilty,
no matter what may be their position,
Official or ouierwisc.
? The idea of having a Mexican bull
fight at the Atlanta exposition has been
abandoned. The idea originated with
some enterprising Mexicans who had
obtained a large concession within the
exposition grounds for a Mexican village.
It was their intention to have
bull fights daily and from the novel entertainment
they expected to realize a
mint of money. Members of the societies
for the prevention of cruelty to auimals
thoughout the United States soon
began to raise such a row through the
newspapers that it began to look as if
the exposition was being brought into
disrepute. Yielding to the sentiment
that has thus been worked up President
Collier has decided that the fights can#
not take place within the exposition
enclosure, aud the matter is now considered
settled.
? The supreme court of Georgia has
just handed down a decision that is
of interest to the traveling public. It
relates to the legality of tickets passing
through the hands of scalpers. About
a year ago a man named Lovejoy
bought a coupon from Atlanta to
Washington, over the Richmond &
Danville railroad. The ticket had
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Birmingham railroad at Memphis, ou
account of the G. A. R. encampment
at Washington, and the origiual
purchaser sold it to an Atlanta scalper.
Lovejoy admitted to a Richmond &
Danville conductor that he had bought
the unused coupon in Atlanta, and
upon his refusal to pay another fare,
the conductor put him off the train. ,
He sued for damages and got a verdict
for $150, and in its receut decision the
supreme court sustains the verdict.
? Charlotte Observer: The Rev. J. ,
H. Pressley, the pastor of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church,
of Statesville, preached last Sunday, 1
according to The Landmark, ou the
new woman, taking the Shunamite
woman as his subject. "He could
not imagine her taking part iu (
political conventions or caucuses and
bandying blackguard epithets with
men from political platforms." He
inveighed against women preachers,
hut was heaviest upon the women in
bloomers riding a bicycle. "He would
not," he said "speak to one of these
women in men's clothes any more
than he would to a yellow dog." He
said this with emphasis aud said that
he desired to go on record about it.
"Ninety-nine out of every 100 who
come whizzing by you in knickerbockers
aud bloomers are violating the
law of God. He would speak to any
woman that would speak to him, no
matter how poorly clad she might be
or what her station in life, but he
would not speak to a woman in men's
clothes."
? Some of the friends of General
Ransom, late minister to Mexico, are
beginning to suspect Cleveland of playing
a double game. As soon as it was
announced that Ransom had been
turned down, his frieuds claimed that
he would be reappointed without the '
delay of an hour. There is no longer
any legal reason why Ransom caunot
hold the office, aud although ten days ;
have elapsed, the president has not yet
given out any intimation of an iutention
to give the North Carolinian a
new commission. The general understanding
is that Ransom got the job in
the first place on account of his posi- '
tion on the silver question. He repre- i
sented Cleveland rather than the people
of North Carolina, and the fat job
in Mexico was his rewarc. It is possible
that now, since the president has
gotten all he can get out of Rnusom,
he wants the Mexican job for the purpose
of buying oflT some other senator
or representative whose duty requires
him to stand up for free silver.
?hc \torkritlc (Enquirer.
YOIiKVILIiE, S. C.:
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1895.
? The returns from the recent election
clearly indicated the fact that the
people of the State have not got their
hearts in the proposition for the formation
of a new (institution.
? The only one thing necessary to
the success of the free coinage proposition,
is the union of all the elements
that favor it. There is little reason to
doubt that free coinage has a majority
of the votes if they can only be gotten
together.
? A few weeks ago Director Bauer,
of the South Carolina department of
the weather bureau, was rather blue
over the condition of the corn crop in
the State. Now he feels considerably
better. Although early corn has suffered
some, the general prospect is the
fiuest that has been known for years.
? The letter in which Mr. H. B.
King, of Augusta, announces his conversion
to free silver might be read
with profit everywhere. Mr. King
sees clearly that under the circumstances
the single gold standard is to his
individual interest; but he does not
care to prosper at the expense of the
sweat and blood of the whole country.
? On being asked the other day as to
whether the managers in the recent
election would receive any pay for
their services, Governor Evans replied
: uYes; if there is anything left
over from that $30,000 appropriated
to pay expenses." The Columbia
Evening News advises the managers
not to make any contracts on this
promise.
? Ex-Judge T. J. Mackey is now in
New York making his living by writing
for the magazines. In the last
Peterson is au interesting article from
his pen on George Washington, as a
citizen, soldier, statesmau ahd patriot.
Ex-Judge Mackey is a versatile writer,
as all who know him will agree. If he
does not happen to have the facts
convenient, he is in no wise put out.
Iu short order he can manufacture
them to suit. At any rate, the time
has been when he could.
? Secretary Morton, of the department
of agriculture, is giving those pf
his employes who dare to advocate
free coinage what he facetiously calls
an "object" lesson. He has ordered
that hereafter their wages be paid iu
silver, instead of paper as heretofore.
Such a silly idea as this is just about
worthy of the intelligence 01 sucn a
cuckoo as Secretary Morton has long
since proved himself to be. Of course
the weight and bulk of silver are more
inconvenient than gold ; but that fact
illustrates nothing whatever. If Mortou
were offered his $12,000 in gold,
and he had to carry it a mile or two
to the bank, we venture that he would
quickly ask to be paid in paper, instead.
And if paper is such a good
substitute for gold, what is to hinder
it from answering equally as well for
silver? There is no difference whatever
in the size of the sheet required.
The esteemed secretary of agriculture
will have to hit upon a better expedient
than the one described, before he
can divert the minds of many people
from the real issue.
WAIFS FKOTWARREN.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Warren's, August 21.?Joe Neely,
colored, was killed by the material
train last Saturday night at South ,
Fork trestle, just below Smith's. The
train was runuing backward and
Neely seemed not to be aware of its
J ?
upproacu. xie was tuiu iu jnctra, l>v>itions
of his body beiug scattered for 40
or 50 yards down the track.
Mr. P. A. Anderson's mind was so
absorbed with the baseball game at
Antioch on Monday evening that he
walked home and left his mule hitched
on the grounds.
Governor Kviuis Threatens the Factories.
Governor Evans says his attention
has been called to the fact that several
cotton factories in the State are flagrantly
violating the law which requires
that no factory shall work its
operatives more than 11 hours a day.
He says that he intends to investigate
the matter and see to it that the law is
rigidly enforced.
Until January 189G.
The Twice-a-Week Enquirer will
be furnished from this date until January
1, 1S9G, for 65 cents.
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Grist Cousins?Say that a first-class bicycle
cannot be bought for 840; but a good
one can be purchased of them at from
805 to 8125.
II. C'. Strauss?Announces that lie has reduced
his Iprices for all kinds of summer
goods 50 to 75 per cent., and prints
some prices.
J. W. Dobson?Has pocket knives at from
5 cents to 81.25, sausage grinders, axes,
lace leather and wheat bran.
The Ganson Dry Goods Company?Announce
special prices and bargains for
next Tuesday and Wednesday, 27th and
28th, and print the prices at which they
will sell special articles on those days.
W. F. Marshall?Has made recent additions
to his stock oi jewelry.
THE CHOP IS LATE.
The cotton crop is quite late this
year. A gentleman who has been in a
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terday that he did not believe there is
an open boll in the county. This is
the 23rd day of August, and according
to the records in The Enquirer office,
on at least one occasion, a bale of new
cotton was sold at an earlier date. In
1881 Mr. S. A. McElwee sold a bale of
cotton on August 20. The purchaser
was the late J. R. Gardner, and the
price paid was 14 cents a pound. The
latest date on which the first bale has
been sold since 1870, was September
18. This was in 1877. The seller was
Mr. John Nichols, and the purchaser
was the late J. A. Carroll. The price
paid was cents. There seems to be
little probability that this year's first
bale will be on the market before September
10, at the earliest.
COMPL.I3IENTARY GERMAN.
Quite a delightful german was given
in Bratton's hall last Wednesday night,
complimentary to Misses Juliet McClure,
of Chester, and May Moorman,
of Columbia. The following ladies
and gentlemen participated: Miss
Nettie Adickes with Mr. Kooert itaacliffe,
Miss Blanche Clawson with Mr.
Tracy J. Willis, Miss Annie Law with
Mr., W. ?. Gist, Miss May Moorman
with Mr. J. B. Allison, Jr., Miss Juliet
McClure with Mr. Illian Johuson, Miss
Mary Gardner with Mr. E. A. Law, Miss
Mary Radcliffe with Mr. Job Carroll,
Miss Ethel Radcliffe with Mr. Latta
Parish, Miss Laura Parish with Mr. B.
W. Metts. The following ladies and
gentlemen were present: Mrs. C.
G. Parish, Mrs. W. B. Moore, Mrs.
Withers Adickes and Mrs. Lula Garduer,
Misses Maud Gardner and Amanda
Clawson, and Messrs. C. G. Parish, W.
B. Moofe, Clarence Glenn, Henning
Clawson, John Hart, Baxter Moore,
Paul McNeel and C. R. May. The
german was led by Mr. Illiau Johnson
and Miss McClure.
RESULT OF THE ELECTION.
Here are the returns from Tuesday's
election. We did not consider that
there was sufficient interest in the
matter to warrant us in going to the
expense of getting up the information
by telegraph. The returns are irifportaut,
however, as a matter of record,
and with the help of our correspondents,
we have gotten them up by mail.
The official count cannot be made
before tomorrow, and it may not be
made for 10 days yet. The following
is the result:
I 1 =' ! i 5
114 = |I
HKKCINCTS. j g 3 & 21 _
j 5 v C ' c-1
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Antioch 85 21 ! 10H
Blacksburg, 02 7 i 69
Blairsvillc 81 31 ! 112
Bethany, 62 3 ;' 05
Bethel 01 1 j 02
BulFalo, 28 0 11 28
Bullock's Creek, 08 15 ....J 83
Clark's Fork, 10 li J, 17
Clover 1)0 15' 3; j 117
Coates s Tavern, 80 3 27' 110
Forest Hill Academy, 50 0 ! 50
Fori Mill, 12.5 18 : 143
Hickory Grove, 130 23 !. 1%
McConnellsville, 115 54 j 109
Newport, 34j 12 j 40
Rock Hill 305 100 2! 407
Sharon I 39j If i; 40
Smyrna, I 20 0 1; 20
Tir/ah 50 10 1 60
Yorkvllle, j 273 128: j 401
Totals '179.5 443i 32 2270
. THE NEGRO AT THE POLLS.
Though we are unable tO say just
what it means, there was evidently
considerable method iu the action of
the Negroes at the polls last Tuesday.
At nearly every box, a committee appointed
for the purpose, kept a list of
all colored voters who were rejected
for any cause. It is probable that
they were laying pipe for a contest.
Our correspondents at various precincts
write as follows :
Tirzah.?Thirty-five voters were rejected
on account of no registration
and lost certificates. Ten ballots for
the Negro candidates had written in
pencil across the top, "For delegates
to the constitutional convention," and
were consequently illegal.
Bullock's Creek.?The ballots used
by the Negroes at this box were a sixteenth
of an inch too long.
McConnellsville.?A Negro here kept
a record of all rejected voters ; but I
have been unable to learn how many
names were on his list.
Rock Hill.?Three hundred and forty-two
colored voters were rejected at
this box for want of proper registration.
The Republican ticket was vitiated
by the words "For delegates to the
constitutional convention" appearing
across their face. The Negroes kept a
list of rejected voters. Two A. B.
Williams, (Greenville) tickets were
voted here.
Fort Mill.?At this box, 130 Negroes
were turned down on account of faulty
registration certificates. They went
off to a room some where and reported
their names to a committee.
Clover.?Two Republican votes were
thrown out on account of mutilation.
One Democratic vote was thrown out
for the same cause.
Coates's Tavern.?Twenty-seven ballots
were thrown out on account of
mutilation. They had been written
on. All but four were the votes of
N egroes.
Antioch.?Oue hundred and twelve
Negro votes were rejected here ou account
of defects and not being registered.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. W. G. White is visiting in
Chester.
Mr. J. R. Warren, of Heardmont,
Ga., was in town this week.
Mr. Paul R. Bratton, of Charleston,
is in Yorkville.
Miss Anice O'Leary is visiting friends
in Chester county.
Mr. Thomas J. Mallard, left yesterday
for Henrietta, N. C.
Mr. A. P'rank Woods is confined to
his bed with a healed hand.
Miss Mamie McConnell, of this place,
is visiting friends at Rock Hill.
Mr. G. W. S. Hart, ol Yorkville, is
visiting relatives in Charleston.
Miss Hattie Banks is home from an
extend visited to friends in Rock Hill.
Miss Maggie Gist, of Yorkville, is at
Glenn Springs, Spartanburg county.
Mrs. J. W. Dobson and children
spent last week with relatives at Tirzab.
Dr. M. J. Walker's family is visiting
friends at Pacolet, Union and Gaffney
City.
Miss Sue Watson, of Yorkville, is
visiting relatives and friends in Rock
Hill.
Major James F. Hart was on business
in Blacksburg, several days this
week.
Miss Belle Wilkie, of Charleston, is
visiting relatives and friends in this
Dlace.
Miss Juliet McClure, of Chester, is
visitiug Mrs. W. B. Moore, in this
place.
Mr. M. S. Lewis and sister, Miss
Emma, of Chester, are visiting their
brother, W. ?Y. Lewis, Esq., in this
place.
Miss Margaret Roach, of Rock Hill,
it the guest of Misses Mary and Rose
Hunter.
Miss Leila Shannon, of Camden, is
in Yorkville, the guest of the Misses
de Loach.
Miss Brice, of Woodwards, is the
guest of Miss Louise Ratchford, near
this place.
Mrs. Thos. F. Dunlap, of the Philadelphia
neighborhood, is visiting at
Rock Hill.
Miss Susie Hill, of this place, is visiting
relatives and friends in Bethel
township.
Mr. G. E. Woods, of the railway
mail service, has recently received a
promotion.
Prof. A. R. Banks went over to
Rock Hill yesterday in the interest of
his school.
Mr. F. E. Cliutou, of Bethel, gave
The Enquirer a pleasant call on last
Wednesday.
Master Walter Metts, of Charleston,
is in Yorkville, visiting the family of
Mr. G. T. Radcliffe.
Mr. Henry Arnold and Mr. John F.
Blodgett, of Atlanta, visited friends in
Yorkville this week.
Mr. J. Leonidas Moore, of the Bethesda
neighborhood, visited his family in
Yorkville, this week.
Miss Libby Byers, of Sharon, is
visiting in Yorkville, the guest of Dr.
J. B. Allison's family.
Miss Annie Wallace, of this place,
who has been quite sick for sometime,
is able to be out again.
Mr. Robert RadclifTe, of Charleston,
is visiting his father's family, Mr. G. T.
Rudclilfe, in this place.
Mr. W. H. Herndon has returned
from an extended visit to relatives and
friends in Baskerville, Va.
Mrs. E. C. Hanahan, of Columbia,
is visiting friends in Yorkville, the
guest of Mrs. E. B. Beard.
Mr. J. M. Smith, who has been quite
sick for several weeks at his home in
Clover, is slowly improving.
Misses Jessie and Alta Fewell, of
Rock Hill, visited Miss Bessie McCounell,
iu Yorkville, this week.
Misses Smith, daughters of Mr. R.
P. Smith, of Miudou, Tex., are visiting
friends and relatives at Clover.
Mrs. F. A. Gilbert and daughter,
Miss Bessie, have returned from a two
weeks' visit to Henrietta, N. C.
Mr. J. Bratton Lowry has returned
from a visit to his grandmother, Mrs.
Harriet Bratton, at Brattonsville.
Mrs. Alonzo Rose and children, have
returned from a mouth's visit to friends
and relatives in Lexington county.
Tr.-onr.ia W f2.-or?r ).<.
x IV". x ?uvia " vx' <-fcb> ?" v"*Banks
High school, is expected to arrive
iu Yorkville today or tomorrow.
Sheriff and Mrs. E. A. Crawford and
little daughter, Winnie Davis, have returned
from a visit to Hickory Grove.
Mr. W. W. Dixon, of Rock Hill, who
has many friends in Yorkville, spent
Friday, Saturday and Sunday in towu.
Messrs. W. P. Harrison and Tscharner
DeGraffeureid, of Yorkville, are
visiting relatives and friends at Fort
Mill.
Mr. George H. Berry, who has been
confined to his room for the past two
weeks with sickness, is able to be out
again.
Mrs. A. R. Banks has returned to
her home in this place after a pleasant
visit to relatives and friends in Tennessee.
Mr. Frank Hart returned home on
yesterday from an extended visit to
relatives and friends in Charleston
county.
Miss May Moorman, of Columbia, is
visiting friends and relatives in Yorkville,
the guest of Mrs. Withers
Adickes.
Miss Fannie Hoke and Mr. J. T.
Faris, of Catawba Junction, and Mr. J.
L. Wray, of Florida, have been spend
ing a few days at Mrs. M. E. Shannon's. 1
Miss Edna Hull, of Rock Hill, is
visiting Miss Hattie Banks. t
Mrs. X. J. X. Bowen returned yester- t
dav from a visit to Ebenezer and Rock i
Hill. :
Misses Christine and Margaret RufF,
of Rock Hill, are visiting their sister, *
Mrs. C. M. Kuykendal. a
Prof, and Mrs. J. W. Thomson and i
little daughter, Emma, of Rock Hill,
are at Prof. Banks's. s
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. r
John A. Darwin will regret to learn of .
the serious illness of the latter in Shel- 1
by, N. C.
Mr. R. Latta Parish returned home
on Monday from a week's visit to relatives
aud friends in the Clover neighborhood.
Mrs. R. A. Crowell, of Albemarle,
N. C., is visiting her father aud mother,
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Lowrauce, in
this place.
Mrs. Joe Alexander and children, of
this place, returned last Monday from
a visit to relatives aud friends at
Rock Hill.
Messrs. Wylie and Baxter Moore, of
Chester, visited relatives in Yorkville
this week, the guests of Mr. B. N.
Moore's family.
Mr. Geo. P. Holler, superintendent
of the Rock Hill Buggy factory, with
his family, visited relatives near Yorkville,
this week.
Mr. S. L. Hobbs, the popular agent
at the 0. R. & C. depot at this place,
returned yesterday from an extended
visit to Blacksburg.
Mr. H. W. Smith, of Y'orkville, has
been drawn as a grand juror, to serve
at the approaching term of the United t
States court in Greenville.
Mrs. T. M. Fayssoux and children
returned to Yorkville last Mouday af
ternoon, alter a pieasani visit to relatives
at Pleasaut Ridge, N. C.
Probate Judge McCorkle aDd son,
Mr. Paul G. McCorkle, are at Cleveland
Mineral springs, where they expect
to remain for a week or more.
Miss Erral Hay, of Hickory, N. C.;
Mrs. Woodruff, of Savannah, Ga. ;aud
Mr. Skinner, of Winnsboro, are visiting
at the Rev. Mr. Hay's, in Clover.
Mrs. Esther Lewis and Mrs. Margaret
Smith, of this place, are visiting
their sister, Mrs. W. C. Owens, who
is quite sick at her home iu Charlotte.
Miss Julia Richardson, of Charlotte,
but more recently of the Agnes-Scott
institute, of Decatur, Ga., visited
friends in Yorkville, this week, the
guest of Mrs. C. M. Kuykendal.
Prof. H. H. Savage, of the Baptist
High school, is expected to arrive in
Yorkville tomorrow, preparatory for
commencing his work in that institution
on the 10th of September.
Mr. J. B. Marshall, of Piedmont, who
has been visiting his brother, Mr. \V. (
F. Marshall, in this place, has gone to
the Northern markets to purchase a
fine stock of gents' furnishing goods
for Mr. W. F. Marshall. (
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LOCAL LACONICS. i
A Picnic of Prices. ?
In a 2-coluran advertisement today, s
the Ganson Dry Goods company an- t
nounces a big picnic of low prices that ^
are to obtain at their establishment on
next Tuesday and Wednesday.
For the Clock Fund. *
The musical entertainment in the t
court house last Tuesday night, for the t
benefit of the town clock fund, was t
quite a success. The gross receipts j.
amounted to 848, and of this sum ^
about 835 goes down as net profit.
He Gets 30 Dnys.
Trial Justice Waters, on Wednesday,
senteuced John Cureton, colored,
to 30 days in the chain gang for carry- ^
ing coucealed weapons. Major Beckham
brought the prisoner to Yorkville j
on Wednesday afternoon aud turned
him over to Sheriff Crawford. j
Shot Hlinitelf. ^
Mr. Leroy Davis, formerly of Zeno, ^
shot himself in the head with a pistol, j
in Rock Hill yesterday morning and u
is now in a dying condition. As to Q
whether the shooting was intentional
or accidental we are unable to positive- s
ly state. <j
Thirteen In Two Day*. .
As the time for the opening grows e
shorter, Rev. W. 0. Petty feels more t
and more encouraged at the prospects j.
of the Baptist High school. Mr. Petty 0
has been down in Chester county this t
week, and on Monday and Tuesday, _
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116 gUl/ l IIC IJlULLllSG ui i'} auumiuuiu ^
pupils. Prof. Savage of the music de- j
partment has written that he will be ?
here tomorrow. ?
Taken the "Mutiny" Out. t
W. A.'s statement that burr mill j,
flour is more nutritious than that _
ground by the patent process, reminds t
us of a good joke on a certain burr ^
miller who does business not a great v
distance from Yorkville. He was expatiating
on the superior merits of his ?
mill, as compared with that of the '
patent roller, and among other things. a
declared that his mill did not extract ?
from the wheat any of the "mutiny." ,(
Work on the Streets. e
Mr. James Hamilton, a macadam
expert, of Chester, was upon Monday ^
for the Durnose of giving instructions ^
as to the work od Yorkville's streets. **
He was not pleased with the idea of
the council iD macadamizing a ten or
twelve foot strip down the center of
the street. He said that this strip
would wear into holes and would w
prove unsatisfactory. The only way
the work could be done with any per- c
maneuce, would be to macadamize the
whole width of the street to the curb- p
ing on either side. a
The Reunion at Rock Hill. V
"Are you going to the reunion at e
Rock Hill on the 27th ?" A represeu- e
tative of The Enquirer has asked no 1
less than a dozen old Confederate o
veterans from different parts of the c
county that question within the past c
10 days, and, without exception, they \\
said they would surely be there. The tl
railroads are to sell tickets at one fare
for the round trip, and the 'outlook is o
that the reunion will be a tremendous tl
success in point of numbers. The tl
Rock Hill people can be depended
upon to make it successful otherwise. 3
Ian Moved to Yorkville.
Mr. Pel ham Morrow, who is to have
he management of the big roller mill
o be erected by his brother, Mr. Leroy
ilorrow, has moved with his family
rom Gastonia, and is now occupying
he John Lowry house on Cleveland
ivenue.
" leased With the Quality.
Captain John Eudey, who has been
pending some time investigating the
nanganese in the vicinity of Blacksmrg,
left for the North ou Wedneslay,
taking along a number of specinens.
He says the quality of the
nanganese is first-class.
The Rain Interfered.
The annual picnic which was to
iave been held at Gold Hill last Wedlesday
proved a failure on account of
aiu. The band boys had made ex- A
ensive preparations on the day before ;
)ut the rain began to pour down in
orrents early in the morning and no)ody
ventured out.
rwo Men Killed.
Mr. J. W. Thomson, of Blacksburg,
nformed us yesterday that two men?
me white and the other colored?were
silled ou the Air Line railroad yesterlay,
between Spartanburg and Charotte.
One was killed by a westbound
rain, and the other by and eastbound.
iur. inompsou was unanie to give me
iame of either.
Hake* No Difference.
"I am uot a member of the association,"
said a Confederate survivor the ^
other day in auswer to a question as to
whether he was going to Rock Hill on
the 27th, "and I don't know whether
[ am iucluded in the invitation or
lot." Membership in the association
ias nothing to do with the matter.
[t is the members of the association
ivho are to do the entertaining, and the (
nvited include all who wore the gray.
Applied for Ball.
J. Logan Gibson, in jail charged with
be murder of.Rufus U. Hardin, went .
jefore Judge Witherspoon yesterday
>n a writ of habeas corpus, and made
ipplication for release on bond. He
ivas represented bv Major James F.
Hart, and the State was represented
>y Messrs. T. F. McDow and N. W.
Hardin. Mr. Hardin moved for a
joutinuance on the ground that he
md not had sufficient notice of the
ipplication to enable him to make a
jroper showing of the facts. The
rearing of the case was continued un;il
next Monday.
To Work the Roads.
It is the purpose of the county board
)f commissioners to commence work
)u the roads in good earnest along
ibout the 1st of October. They have
lecured on trial a Western Wheel
?craper, which, with four mules and
hree men, is capable of doiqg the
vork of from 50 to 60 men. As soon *
is all other details have been perfected,
be county will take charge of the convict
force now being worked by the
own of Yorkville, and begin operaA
r. ?A M'Uzit Knu t ifAOflc Ot*n A
1UU3. XXO IU ? uv-iuti tuu ivauu ut u w
>e worked directly by the county, or
>y the contract system, has not yet
)een decided. ^
FROM A PREACHER'S STANDPOINT.
V. W. Katchford ."Makes Some Pertinent
Remarks 011 the Financial Question.
Jditors of t he Yorkvllle Enquirer.
In the last Enquirer there is a
engthy argument ou the silver quesion.
I have not read it yet, and
lo not know whether I will or not, as ^
take no part in the discussion. I do
lot claim to understand the vexed
[uestiou ; yet I call attention to this
act: Christ claims the gold and the
ilver. Emphatically, they are His.
?he only use He has for them is to exend
His kiugdom to the ends of the
arth and to feed his servants while
Imtr o > ?. unrrnfforl in tllA IVfirlf TVTfltl
? ^
3 made the honored agent to dig out
f the earth, coin, and send forth on
heir grand mission those precious
3etals. Will he refuse to obey the
uandate of our Great King ? If he
oes, what will be the result? A few
reeks since, I heard a "gold bug" say :
There are not vaults enough in the
Juited States to hold all the silver if
t, was coined." Out of their own
louth shall they be condemned. See
be millions already hid in the "napin,"
and the vast number of souls
rhick might have been blessed, had
liese millions been properly utilized !
ind yet the "gold bugs" propose to
ontiuue the work of death, simply to
ratify the avarice of the few. Note
he man with one taleut who refused
o put his taleut in the bauds of the
xchangers. Was he not bound hand
ud foot and cast into outer darkness?
d, verily shall we be if we refuse to
ut'our Lord's money into circulation!
W. W. Hatch ford.
Walkup, N. C., August 19.
RUCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
taking Really for the Veterans?IteatChester
at Uasehall?Personal Mention.
orresponclenee of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock Hill, August 21.?For the
est few weeks, Captain Iredell Jones
nd his various committees, have been
erv active in making preparations to
ntertain the many visitors who are
xpected to be in Rock Hill on next
'uesday, the occasion of the reunion
f the Confederate survivors of York
ountv. The Rock Hill people have
pened their hearts and homes and
. ill exert themselves in entertaining
tie veterans and visitors.
The foundations of the Manchester
otton mill have been laid, and under
tie supervision of Mr. A. D. Holler,
tie brick work is progressing rapidly.
The "Our Boys" went to Chester on
fonday last and crossed bats with the