Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 20, 1895, Image 2
Scraps and .facts.
? From hints thrown out by th?
leaders of both political parties, strong
probabilities seem to exist that two im<
portantjoiut resolutions will be off-Tec
immediately afler the assembling of tin
Fifty-fourth congress. The first will
be an affirmation of the principles em
bodied in the Monroe doctrine ex
pressing, in plain and vigorous lan
guage, the sympathy of the American,
people with the government of VenezU'
ela in its boundary dispute with Greal
Britain. .The second joint resolution
which is being prepared with great care
calls for the annexation of the Hawa
Jian iclanfte f.n the United States undei
a territorial form of government.
? Reports of the past few days fron
Asia Minor, say that within the past
10 days or so, over 4,000 Armenians
hove been massacred. The Europear
powers have not definitely decided
what course to pursue; but the understanding
is that they will surely threaten
Constantinople with a great fleet be
fore the end of the week. The storj
is to the effect that the sultan has
ordered special inquiries into th<
matter; but nobody believes that thest
inquiries will amount to anything ever
if they are made. Under all the circumstances,
it begins to look as if the
powers will either have to "put up oi
shut up."
?i A Jacksonville, Fla., special to tb<
Atlanta Constitution says that Wil
Myers, the condemned murderer whe
escaped from the Fulton county jail
some weeks ago, has been seen by parties
who felt sure they were not mis
taken. He was then in the city ol
Jacksonville, and announced his intention
of going to Cuba by way of Tampa
The storv is that he has expressed
himself as believing that Cuba offered
him a first class opportunity to distinguish
himself. It was bis purpose tc
join the army of the insurgents, and as
he could very well afford to be desperate,
be thought he could win a place in
the new goverment that he thinks will
surely be formed.
? President Cleveland is reported tc
have given it out most positively, to ai
least two members of bis cabinet, that
he does not intend to be acaudidate foi
a third term. He is also reported tc
have said that he will not exercise
any influence whatever in the naming
of a Democratic candidate to succeed
him. If the third term idea takes any
shape beyond talk, he will at once
proceed to make his position public in
positive and unmistakable terms. A
receut Washington special to the St.
Louis Globe Democrat, says that aftei
the fourth of March, 1897, there is to be
established in New York and Boston
the most notable law firm in the United
States. The name of the firm is to be
Cleveland, Carlisle & Oluey, and it is
to be composed of the president, and
his secretary of state and secretary ol
the treasury. The understanding is
that Secretary Olney will continue in
charge of the Boston branch of the firm,
and that Messrs. Cleveland and Carlisle
will look after the New York branch,
In view of all the circumstances the
story seems to be entitled to credence,
? Congress convenes next Monday
week. It has already been settled that
Tom Reed will be the speaker of the
bouse. Ex-Speaker Crisp looms up as
the natural leader of the Democratic
minority. He will receive the complimentary
nomination for speaker without
opposition. That in itself will be a
formal designation as leader of the
minority. Although the Democrats in
the house cannot expect to cut much
of a figure in the framing of legislation
during the coming congress, they may
be able, by uniting their force, to make
considerable trouble for the overconfident
aud too ambitious majority. As
a leader of the minority in the 51st
congress, Mr. Crisp wou most of his
natioual houors, aud he may be able to
win the Georgia senatorship from Hoke
Smith aud the large field of aspirants
for that positiou if he plays his cards
we'll. It is possible that Mr. Reed may
seek to retaliate upon Mr. Crisp for the
latter's attempt to discipline the "Big
fellow from Maine" in the last congress.
If the old warfare between Reed and
Crisp is revived, with Reed in the chair
and Crisp on the floor, some interesting
history may be made.
? New Orleaus Cotton Exchange
statement from September 1st to November
loth, inclusive : Port receipts
2.033,119 bales, against 2,990,922 last
year, 2,276,717 year before last and
2,089,508 for the same time in 1892;
overland to mills and Canada 275,1)47,
against 409,189, 243,612 aud 272,398
; interior stocks in excess of September
1st, 402,490, against 324,043,
302,180 and 190,014 ; Southern mill
Takings 227,669, against 215,400, 109,474
and 182,440. Crop brought into
sight during 76 days to date 2,939,255,
against 3,939,640, 3,013,223 and
2,734,560. Crop brought iuto sight
for (lie week 333,120, against 522,960
for the seveu days endiug November
15th last year, 390,015 and 306,760;
crop brougnt into sigbt tor tbe tirst io
days of November 069,108, against
1.128,107, 860,605 and 734,484. Comparisons
in these reports are made up
to the corresponding date last year, in
year before last and in 1892, and not
to the close of the corresponding week.
Comparisons by weeks would take in
77 days of the season last year, 78
year before last aud 79 in 1892, against
only 76 days this year.
? The London Stock Exchange is
suffering from the effects of a severe
financial crisis. The trouble is due to
too much speculation. Not long ago,
the whole city went crazy over African
gold ininiug stocks, known as
KaJlirs. Barney Baruato became master
of the situation in some way and
developed into a regular Jay Gould.
It is estimated that within the past
three years his fortune has grown to
something over $30,000,000. During
the past year or .two, the stocks that
he has brought into prominence?"Kaffirs"?have
become worth more than
double par. The speculation in them
t
has beeu almost unprecedented. Last
week there was a crash. The infla:
tion leaked out, and in a short time
; the stocks went down to something
; like par. As the result, about forty
old aud wellknowu houses, members
I of the Stock Exchange, have been se
verely crippled. Barnato came to the
rescue as best he could, aud is carry
ing quite a number of the houses at
his own expense; but the situation
is generally regarded as such that the
, Stock Exchange will feel for months to
- come, a stringency that has not been
; known since the failure of the Barings.
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YORKVILLE, 8. C.:
I WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20, 1895.
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. ?The British government is said to be
i seriously considering the adoption of a
r proposition that is in many respects like
the sub-treasury plan of the Farmers'
< Alliance. Here is the idea: Many British
' landed estates are mortgaged at for pretty
* nearly their full value at 5 per cent, interest.
The scheme is that the government
shall consolidate all mortgages and take
f them up with bonds bearing 3 per cent.
. interest. By this arrangement, the land
. owners will be saved 2 per cent, interest.
| .
| ? A comparatively small amount of
wheat has been sown in this county so
> far this year. It would have been better
' if wheat had been sown earlier; but it is
not too late yet, and our farmers will do
j well to give the matter their serious consideration.
The present outlook is that
wfan t~v 1 qnforo novf. VPflr flrA (rninir to
put in one of the biggest crops that has
f ever been known, and if they do cotton
will be low and wheat will be high.
? Wheat is a good crop to sow under any
> circumstances, and the man who sows it
I this year will have especial cause for congratulation
next fall.
! ? Though the present cotton crop is not
so large as it might have been, it is much
better than was expected sometime back.
. Ordinarily we would not be disposed to ^
give this fact away; but the speculators
i know it, and it is well that our people (
I should know that the speculators have
! the information. We believe that prices i
' will yet be higher; but would not like to i
make a guarantee to that effect, because
there are at work too many other influ- 1
! ences in addition to supply and demand.
With absolutely nothing to serve as a re- J
i liable guide as to what is best to do, it must ,
necessarily be a case of every man for t
himself. 1
? The constitutional convention is now 1
i in its 10th week of working session. So 1
! far, 12 articles have been considered.
1 Eight of these have been completed, and t
' four have passed a second reading with i
the exception of a few sections. The arti- 1
cles on counties and county governments 1
, and jurisprudence are waiting a third
reading, and there are two articles?judi- i
cial department and eminent domain?
that have not yet been touched. It is I
thought, however, that must of the hard ?
1 work is over, and that the convention will '
he able to adiourn about the second week .
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in December.
' ? 1 he State fair has just closed, and not- f
, withstanding the competition of the Atlan- c
I ta exposition, it has been quite a success. *
i Exclusive of those who went through
the gates on passes, the record shows that ^
the attendance during the week was 9,982.
> This means that there has been put in f
j circulation in Columbia, as the result of the 1
fair, somewhere between ?7d,000 and $100,000
that the city would not have otherwise 8
e
gotten. The fair has evide'ntly been a t
good thing for Columbia at a very small j
cost, and its success, under the adverse
circumstances under which it has been i
held, certainly shows that it is strongly
entrenched in the hearts of the people of
the State. The business men of Columbia
will do well to take a lesson from their experience
this year, and hereafter devote ^
themselves with still greater energy to
pushing the institution for all it is worth.
The fact that it can exist practically with- A
out help, and in competition with an ^
overshadowing exposition, is a most start- .
ling promise of what it might dovblop into ^
with proper backing.
a
Tiik York villi-: Enquirer says :
"The Herald charges in effect that we y
consistently ignore its editorial strictures. a
Granting the last statement to be true, it s
seems that even The Herald should be ..
intelligent enough to know the reason
why." c
Yes, it is true that "even The Herald"
has "intelligence enough to know the ^
reason why." It knows that Tiik En- a
quikkr has not the courage of its con- i.
victions, and will not defend any cause -v
when it thinks its pocket book may suffer
thereby. "Even Tin: Enquirer has j
sense enough to know" that its course in j
attempting to make the new county mat- (
1 ter an issue in the recent campaign and ,
' its later misrepresent ion of the action of s
our citizens who went to Columbia two t
' weeks ago to ask that the convention do not ,
discriminate against them, lias been very )
1 generally condemned in this section of tho |
, county. Herein lies "the reason why" as t
everybody knows, who has any knowl- ,
i edge of the record of that journal. It saw (
; in any further agitation the possible loss j
of a few dollars."?Rock Hill Herald.
Last week The Ilcrald misquoted Thk c
i Enquirer for tlie evident purpose of r
i being able to make a point that could not I
I
ie based on anything that The Enquirer
had either said or implied. The Enquirer
called attention to the paragraph,
ind showed most satisfactorily how it
sould not l>e expected to attempt to deal
with such methods. The Herald reproproduces
so much of what we said as appears
at the beginning of the above ex,ract,
and then proceeds to jump to its
)wn selfish conclusions as before. Readers
of The Enquirer are fully aware
if all the paper has said in this matter,
ind are, therefore, in a position to judge
for themselves as to the reason and justice
in The Herald's petulent and uncomplimentary
remarks. Under the circumstances,
we do not deem it worth while
lo say anything more.
? Clemson college is evidently not all
:hat it shopld bo. Sometime ago a correspondent
of the Columbia State went to the
college and reported not only a state of
bickering, jealousy and dissatisfaction; but
also a considerable lack of efficiency. The
report met with a prompt and indignant
ienial from members of the faculty and
athers, and responsibility for it was sad3
led on the wellknown antipathy of The
State to everything connected with the
idministration. In the convention last
Friday, Goorge D. Tillman made a bitter
>nslaught against the college, and although
be said some things that were true, he said
i great many things that were not true.
It was very clear that the animus of his
remarks were directed mainly at his Broker
Ben. Senator Tillman replied in a
irerv liberal and forcible speech. He de
'ended the college; but did not seek to
ieny that the institution was not all that
le would like to see it. He admitted that
ibuses existed, and that he had several
imes attempted to call for an investigation
jf them by the legislature; but has been
leterred on account of his aversion to havng
the "dirty linen" of the college washed
jefore the public. So it seems that, after
ill, there is something in the charges that
(vere published sometime ago, and now
hat Senator Tillman himself has made the
natter public, it would appear that the
jest thing to be done is to have the "dirty
inen" washed. It will be disagreeable;
jut so long as it is known that the linen is
lirty, the college cannot be expected to do
nuch more good. A thorough investigation,
and if necessary, a thorough reorjanization,
is very properly in order.
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
iVork on the Cotton Mills?Increasing the
Railroad Facilities?Other Notes.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock Hill, November 18.?Measles
md whooping cough are quite prevalent
n the city.
Work on the new cotton mills is progressing
finely, and more suitable weather
for such work couldn't have been had
ihould mortal man been sole master of
be elements. The Arcade mill is about
eady for the covering, and the probabili,y
is that it will be completed by January
1st. Work on the Manchester mill is, we
ire informed, being pushed as rapidly as
possible. The looms are being placed in
;he new addition to the Globe mills.
The Southern railway is building a new
side track. The freight traffic has become
jo great that the present side tracks are
sot near sufficient to hold all the cars
billed for this place. Apropos of the
Southern, it does a big business in human
freight on Saturday nights, and Agent
Forney calls the 11.57 from Charlotte on
Saturday nights, "The jug train."
Despite the great number of dwelling
souses recently built, there is not an
jmpty house in Rock Hill; and besides,
;bere are several hundred outsiders who
ire boarding. Business is brisk and everyhing
booming.
Preparations for entertaining the Meth>dist
ministers who will attend the
mnual South Carolina conference, which
:onvenes at this place on December 4,
iave already commenced.
Although the new woman has not as
fet put 111 Per appearance, mourner patems
can be found in tbis place.
Editor Hull is still confined to his room
roni the injuries received at V. 13. Mc- .
Gulden's corn shucking. i
M. Brown, white, and two darkies, were j
irrested today fo: selling whisky. Auothsr
Negro tranquilly reposes with them
oniglit in the guardhouse for housebreak- j
ng and larceny.
Mr. S. T. Frew and wife left this niornng
for the Atlanta exposition. Jurdy. ,
LETTER FROM HICKORY GROVE. !
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)otton Gin Accident?In Ili-gard to the
Letter of Colonel Xeal.
lorrespondence of the Yorkville EiiQulrer.
Hickory CIrovk, November 18.?Quite (
serious and painful accident occurred at ,
Ir. Eiiimet Wylie's gin Tuesday alter- t
loon. While Mr. Kobt. Smarr was "soap- I
ug" the belt that conies from the engine, '
lishaiul was caught and drawn over the j
ulley. The arm was horribly mangled, j
tnl will cjinse iiiueh nain and sutler inc. i
The letter of Colonel Neal was seen by
our correspondent in hist week's paper, ,
ml from the view the gentleman takes, it
cems that your correspondent owes him
n apology ;|but such is not the case. An
xplanation is more in order, and I sin- j
ercly hope will be satisfactory to the i
cntleman. Should Colonel Xeal's friend j
lavesentTiiK K.nqitirkr containing the (
ccountof Collins's release, it could easily
lave been seen that no rellection was
titended upon the gentleman and I can (
afelysay that it was not the "friend's" |
lesire to bring all facts to light. Though
have never had the pleasure of meeting
'olonel Neal, I know him to be a gentlenan,
and a man titled for the duties <
urrounditig his oilice. I have never
nken pleasure in condemning any man
hrough Tiik Kxijuirkr for his actions, ,
or I realize, "To err is human." etc.; but
lave found pleasure in caroling good j
idings. Surtiee it to say, the blame does
iot rest upon the gentleman in Columbia.
Hi! bo; Mr. Editor, the blame, the con- |
inci^wntp'tfae condemnation of trying to ,
iopinion an innocent man for a few covet- ,
d belongs, and, thank Cod, does .
tbase and wicked man nearer
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
T. M. Dobson A Co.?Announce new
goods suitable for men, women and
children, black and tan broadcloths,
w'hite shirts for 28 cents, jeans from 10
to 33$ cents, soaps, blueing French and
stick candy, tinware, picture frames
and fancy goods.
J. W. Dobson?Don't want you to forget
that he handles Patapsco superlative
Hour, or that he will sell you cheese at
15 cents per pound. Noi 13 Roland chilled
plows for $5 ana the Boy Dixie plow
for $1.25, besides he can furnish you
with plow repairs.
W. J. Stephenson, County Supervisor?On
the 21st of December, will let out a contract
at Starr's ford, on Fishing creek,
for building a bridge.
Jatnes M. Starr?Talks about Grove's chill
tonic, spectacles and eye glasses, worm
powders for little boys and girls, and
cheap tobacco.
J. J. Hunter?Wants you to call on him
and examine bis line of Atwood's suspenders.
H. C. Strauss?Says the early customer
catches the bargains.
Grist Cousins?Mention a number of articles
which they have that are necessary
for a Christmas cake. They have a
barrel of fresh oatfiakes and claim to
have the best 5 cents cigar in town.
They also have a list of the contents ol
their medicine chest.
The Enquirer?Talks about job printing.
W. E. Ferguson?Tops his advertisement
with a picture of a chap with a broom
and a brush, and lets you know that he
has three grades of brooms for sale.
Read what else he says.
J. B. T. Scott?Gives notice that on the
20th of December he will make a final
settlement with the judge of probate as
administrator of the estate of W. L.
n.i'?iL J 1 ? A ,*t,_
VrOIuriU, uecut?ru, nuu apply 1UI a u 13"
charge.
T. B. McClain?Wants tenants for an
eight room house on Cleveland avenue,
and a cottage ,on Pickney street.
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for The Enquirer, we have printed a
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These blanks may be had on
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In the absence of further instructions,
all present subscribers will be understood
as preferring the semi-weekly, and that
edition will be sent to them as heretofore.
They will be furnished the weekly edition,
instead, however, at any time they may
indicate a preference for it; or any subscriber
who is receiving the weekly, may
change to the semi-weekly.
REV. TAKADA'S FAREWELL.
Rev. Toji Takada, the Japanese Theological
student, so well and favorably
known in this section, is about to return
to Japan. In last Saturday's Columbia
State he published the following farewell:
Dear Editor: With God's blessing I
have spent the last three years in a most
happy and delightful manner studying
"Divinity" under the tender and patient
instruction of my dear professors, associating
with many pious and affectionate,
brethren of the '1 heological seminary, and
receiving very kind and cordial sympathies
from many loving friends and people
of Columbia. I leave now this "city
of hospitality" for Christ's sake, and return
to my native land, Japan, in which
my heart desires to preach this glorious
Gospel of Christ, "wno suffered and died
to save sinners," to my own dying kinsmen.
friends and people. My heart is
filled with "the blessed assurance that
Jesus is mine," because the Christian
menus 01 mis cny aim tuunuj iimc
shown in them the love of Christ. Will
you please favor ine a space in your paper,
which I loved to read; and let me express
my heartfelt gratitude to all them
who read The State. God grant you, my
dear editor, a rich blessing and enable
you to do his will for this great country,
the United States.
WEATHER PREDICTIONS.
Our Chester weather prophet has sent
his last predictions for the year 1895. They
read as follows:
From December 1 to 5, cool and windy
with some frost and ice. From 6 to 8,
some clouds, little if any rain; but cool
and unsettled weather. From 9 to 11,
cold and windy. From 12 to 14, very cool
with some appearance of snow. From 15
to 17, wanner, with probably some light
rain. From 18 to 21, frarm and pleasant.
From 22 to 25, cloudy, with some light
rain, and from 2G to 31, clear and pleasant,
just as will be desired for Christmas
frolics.
January 1 and 2 will be wet and cold, 3,
4 and 5 will be cold, windy and disagreeable.
After that the month will bo generally
warm and wet. The first half of February
will be very wet and disagreeble.
During the bust half, especially after the
24th, there will bo cold rain,sleet and snow.
March will be windy and wet. On the 9tb,
10th and lltli, there will be cold rain, sleet
mid snow. April will lie stormy and unsettled.
Such are the signs for the winter
uid spring weather, and so ends my preiictious
for this time.
HE IS A WORKER.
Judge Townsend is not a man who is
likely to acquire any considerable degree
jf popularity with the lawyers, jurors
uid other court olHeials. At least not on
short notice. He holds the reigns too
tightly and runs things with too much
>f a rush. Generally, the judge's action
here was attributed to a desire to get
home ; but those who understand his
honor better, say that hard work is his
leading characteristic.
During the term of court just closed,
the judge, on one occasion, told a tardy
juror that he had delayed the court $3
worth, and he subsequently told one of
the lawyers that lie had cost the county
J15. It was rumored on the streets that
LUe juror una lawjer una uuuu nuuu
indicated ; but inquiry of the clerk developed
the fact such was not the case. No
fines had been recorded. The judge had
not considered the real or supposed delay
caused by the lawyer and juror as intentional,
and what he said to them was only
by way of warning.
One day during the term, while the
court was engaged in the trial of the case
of Jacob iH. Ross vs. Jones, lilanton iV
Co., a session was commenced at!) o'clock
in the morning. The argument was concluded
at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
and everybody naturally supposed that
there would bean adjournment for dinner.
Hut not so. Ilis honor remarked something
like this: "The jurors would like to
jet through ; I think the sherilf and clerk
-an stand it; 1 know I can, and the balance
of you will have to." So the case went on,
and there was no adjournment until long
after dark. The lawyers were kept on
their feet nearly all day. Some of them
had nothing to eat but crackers, and when
they did get out, they were not only
thoroughly broke down, but in a pretty
bad humor as well.
But this is Judge Townsend's way. He
says he has been used to hard work all
1 his life, and now it is a habit. The
, Charleston lawyers long bad a slow, poky
way of doing business, and when he was
there, he straightened things out in a way
1 that will not soon be forgotten. AtWinnsboro,
he adjourned court sine die because
the lawyers were not ready, and he was
unwilling to stay in town and do nothing
for two ox three days until Monday. His
reputation had gone ahead to Lancaster,
Chester and Yorkville, and he had but
little trouble. Ho transacted more business
than has ever been transacted by any
other judge in the same length of time ;
but, all the same, the lawyers don't like
him. They think he works too hard.
LOCAL LACONICS.
' Prospects Brightening. *
There have been several.additions to
the roll of the Baptist High school during
the past 10 days, and we are informed that
i by the 1st of January, the list will be
swelled to the largest number that has
ever yet been on the rolls of the institution.
Wants to Build a Big Mill.
Manufacturer's Record: Mr. David
Trainer, of Fort Mill, S. C., 1s traveling
' through the South at the present time
prospecting for a suitable site for a cotton
i mill. The plant contemplated is to be a
1,000 loom print cloth mill, and the capi1
tal is to be supplied by Southern and
Eastern capitalists.
rreiry won crop nun.
Nelson Haynes, colored, who worked
on Mr. H. F. Adickes's place this year,
claims to have made the largest one-horse
crop that was made in York county. He
reports that with one mule and the labor
of himself, wife and boy, he made 20 bales
' of cotton and 100 bushels of corn. He was
working for half he made.
Fell Under a Log.
Mr. O. W. Hartness was severely injured,
one day last week, while assisting
in the construction of a log bouse out on
the Charlotte road. He was on top of the
unfinished structure and attempted to get
down. The top log was loose, and he inadvertently
pulled it off. He fell some
distance to the ground with the log on top
of him. His injuries are very severo; but
will not prove fatal, as for a time was
feared.
SIminons-Padgett.
The Rutherford Democrat announces
the marriage of Mr. C. R. Simmons, formerly
of York ville, but now of Henrietta,
N. C'., to Miss Ollie M. Padgett. The
marriage took place at the residence of the
bride's father, Mr. C. M. Padgett, of
Forest City, on Wednesday, the 13th
instant, and was witnessed by a large
number of friends. After the ceremony,
there wab a sumptuous supper, and a serenade
by the Henrietta Cornet band.
Got Thirty Days.
Conductor Boxtell, who was partly responsible
for the recent accident on the
0. R. and C. railroad, at Lancaster, will
not lose his position as has been feared
by his friends. An investigation of the
matter by the railroad authorities developed
certain mitigating circumstances,
and, as the result, instead of being discharged,
Captain Boxtell was only sus(
pended for 30 days.
Last But One of Sixteen.
Oliver Thompson, a well known and
1 respected colored man, of the Zadok
neighborhood, reports the doath, on No,
vember 3rd, of his sister, Ada Alexander.
Oliver says that his father's family originally
consisted of 16 men and women.
They belonged to the late Moses Lindsay,
of Bethesda township. All have died but
i Oliver. He is 65 years of age, an industrious
and energetic worker, and still able
to make a good living.
Shot Him and Run.
Trial Justice J. Q. Howe has given The
' Enquirer information of a shooting
scrape that occurred on the plantation of
Mr. Wm. Oates, near Bethany, last Sunday
afternoon. The row was between
John Lowry and Sump Sadler, both colored.
Lowry shot Sadler in the right
breast and indicted a wound that will no
doubt prove fatal. As soon as the shootwas
accomplished, Lowry left for parts
unknown. Mr. Howe had no* investigated
the shooting and did not know whether
the shooting w^sattributable to women,
whisky or gambling.
Court of Common I'leas.
Judge Townsend finished the hearing of
all the equity cases that came up at this
term, last Saturday evening, and left for
his home at Union on Saturday night. He
took with him the papers in most of the
cases heard, and will forward his decrees
later. A number of default judgments
were taken, but were not signed by the
judge, and for that reason the court will
not be formally adjourned lor several uays
yet. This is for the reason that the lawrequires
that such papers bo signed in
"open court."
The Rate to Atlanta.
A statement was recently published in
the Rock Hill Herald, over the signature
of Major T. C. Beckham, to the effect that
the Confederate veterans had secured a ,
special rate of S4 from Rook Hill to the
Atlanta exposition and return over the
Seaboard Air Line. Traveling Passen- (
ger Agent Fiournoy, of the Seaboard, was
in Yorkville, Tuesday, and he requested
Thk ENqUIKKit to say that the ?1 rate
quoted is a mistake. Only one rate has
been made for this whole section, atul it
calls for84.f>0 for the round trip.
Metropolitan Police.
State Constable Newbold informed a
representative of Thk Enquirer, one 1
day last week, that he had recommended, '
* i _ ? "? b. .w.MuMnKittrr tllO 4(1.
ana Hie govern"! iscuiiniuviuifi, ?...
vissibilty of applying the metropolitan
police system to the town of Yorkville. '
The ostensible object Thk Knquiker ,
presumes, is to enforce the dispensary
law ; but we are at a loss to see how this
result is to be accomplished. Thoro are
those who would be glad to sec the law
enforced, and if the metropolitan police
system can do anything in iluH direction,
it will be most heartily welcomed. Hut if \
the object of placing the town under the '
metropolitan police system is to force the
establishment of a dispensary, such action
cannot meet with very general approval, i
The Wrong llridge. {
Supervisor Stephenson made a trip i
down into Hethesda township last week to ::
look after the bridge over Fishing creek, >
on the.Saluda road, recently reported by i
the grand jury as being in a dangerous i
condition, lie says the grand Jury made i
a mistake. The Fishing creek bridge* is i
in good condition, and needs but slight i
repairs. The bridge at Starr's Ford, '
however, ha* about played out, and in
another column he advertises for bids for
a contract to replace it.
Lost Their OhleMt Child. j
Little Lula oldest child of Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Bell, died Tuesday afternoon of
catarrhal fever. She was in the eighth
year of her age.
Change of Schedule.
A slight change of schedule went into
effect on the O. R. <ft C. railroad last Monday.
The southbound train now reaches
Yorkville at 10.09 a. in. and the northbound
at 5.20 p. m.
Killed on the Track.
The Enquirer is informed that Mr.
Beatty Hall was killed on the C. C. & A.
railroad, near Smith's Turnout, last Wednesday,
by being run over by a train. vAt
least two, and possibly three trains ran
over his body before it was discovered,
and his remains were horribly mangled.
We have 110 further particulars. K
Urabiton-Rotte.
The Columbia State of the loth instant
contains quite an elaborate account of the
marriage of Miss Marguerite Lillian Rose,
of Columbia, to Mr. Oscar Minor Brabson,
of Limestone, Tenn. The marriage
occurred in Trinity church, Columbia, on
the 14th instant. The ushers were Messrs.
Harry Smith, of Yorkville, and Willie
Swygert, John Arnette and James Rideout,
of Columbia. Miss Willie Rose, of
Yorkville, was the maid of honor, and
Mr. George W. Dougherty, of Greenville,
Tenn., was best man. The other
attendants were Miss Clara Tolleson,
of Gaffney .City, with Mr. T. P. G.
Reasoner, of Columbia, and Miss Sadie
Smith, of Yorkville,with Mr. Lesslie Holland,
of Columbia. The flower bearers
were Master Montieth, of Columbia, and
Daisy Smith, of Charleston, and Eula ,e
Rose, of Yorkville, with Arthur Smith, of
Columbia. The church was beautifully
decorated, and the ceremony took place
under a great floral bell. After the
marriage, the bride and groom repaired
to the home of Mrs. Rose and received
their friends. Thoy were the recipients of
numerous and valuable presents. They
afterward went to the Atlanta exposition, ,
from whence it was their intention to go to
Washington and Quebec.
MISSIONARY COTTON.
How the Young People of Clover Raised a
Big Amount of Cash.
Clover, November 18.?At the beginning
of the season, the young people of
Clover Presbyterian church agreed to
take a certain amount of cotton seed, to ,
be planted for the benefit of the missionary
and other causes of the church. This
was, of course, confined to those so situated
as to be able to plant.
Between 45 and 50 quarts of seed were
distributed, giving from one to two quarts
to each person. The seed used was the
"King's Improved," a very superior variety
introduced into this section by Mr.
John Frank Jackson, which had been
proved to produce a heavy yield of seed *
cotton, with 40 per cent, of lint.
Saturday, the 16th instant, was appointed
as the time for the cotton to be brought
in, and a general invitation was given to
the congregation to meet for a basket
picnic. The weather was favorable, and
quite a large assembly, composed of all
ages, gathered at the school grounds.
But few families in the church were
unrepresented. *
Twenty-four hundred pounds of seed
cotton was orougut in, auu u?u8 e?"ned
it yielded 907 pounds of lint. This
was sold, and it brought the top of the
market, amounting to $70.85. The seed
was sold at auction for $5.82, and the
whole amount realized from the cotton
was $76.07.
This was a very gratifying result, to- ,
gether with the general good will and
cheer ot all present, and the bounteous
picnic dinner, made the occasion one of
unusual pleasure and gratilication. We
feel very proud of our young people for
the readiness with wirch they entered
into the work, and the efficiency with
which they carried it to so successful a
result. H.
MERE MENTION.
W. C. P. Breckinridge has announced
that ho will again be a candidate for congress.
A street car full of people
plunged over an open drawbridge at
Cleveland, 0., last Saturday and 13 people
were killed. The accident was caused by
the criminal carelessness of the motorman.
Great Britain's ultimatum to
Venezuela has not yet reached the latter
country. Colonel A. S. Berry, who
had been selected to deliver the oration on
the occasion of Kentucky Day in Atlanta,
has declined. It seems that some of the
Kentucky ladies have objected to him because
he drank liquor in public, while
presiding over a Democratic convention
recently. Express robbers stole $55,000
from the Wells-Fargo Express compa
ny, at Colorado Springs, Colo., one day
last week.
AT THE CHURCHES.
presbyterian*.
Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor. Prayer
meeting tomorrow afternoon at J o'clock.
trinity methodist episcopal.
Rev. S. A. Weber, D. D., pastor. Pray- j
er-meeting this evening at 7 o'clock.
baptist.
Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor. Yorkvili.k?Prayer
meeting this evening at
7 o'clock.
associate reformed presbyterian. , ~
Rev. Boyce H. Grier, pastor. Yorkville?Prayer-meeting
this afternoon at
4 o'clock.
[Announcements for Sunday services will be
nadc In Friday's paper.J
Iftarjtd $eprts.
YORKVILLE, November 20.?Cotton
"i to 72)0.
NEW YORK, November 18.?Cotton
81-10.
Futures closed barely steady with sales ?'
of 220,000 bales as follows:
November, 8.12; December, 8.12; January,
8.1(1; February, 8.21; March, 8.25 ;
April, 8.30; May, 8..M; June, 8.37; July,
S.39; August, 8.42; < >ctober, 8.05.
Baseball Drill.
Tiik Knquikkb is requested to announce
that the "Willing Workers" will
jive one of their pleasant entertainments
n the court house on Friday night, the
!2nd instant. The entertainment is to consist
of a baseball drill by the young ladies,
uid vocal and instrumental music by visting
and local artists. Miss Williamson
s to have general charge of the entertainnent.
The public is invited. The pro- t
ecds are to go into the treasury of the
'Willing Workers."