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Scraps ami Jatts. ? James J. Corbett has announced his permanent retirement, from the prize ring and turned over tne title of "champion of the world" to Peter Maher. He says that the public may say ibat he is afraid of Fitzsimmons if it wants to, he has no objection ; but all the same be has quit the ring and for good. ? "Mohawk," the Sioux Iodian who killed a boy, in Baltimore by the name of Johnnie Horn, and who wa9 arrested for the crime in Atlanta, has been released. It seems that in consideration of a round sum paid the boy's father, in cash, by Buffalo Bill, the proceedings have been dropped. Mr. Horn says that after looking into the matter thoroughly, he is satisfied that the killing was an accident and without malice. ? Since the beginning of August, the United States mint at Philadelphia has kept three presses constantly at work for eight hours each day in making one ceut pieces. The daily output has been $I,0UU worm, or iou,uuu, ana, although it is a "penny business," it represents a profit to the government on their manufacture of over $1,200 a day. It is estimated at the mint bureau that there are outstanding 780,000,000 of these copper cents, or $7,800,000 worth. The demand for the copper cents has been very large recently. One of the principal reasons has been the practice of dry goods houses and other mercantile establishments of marking their goods at prices which demand them in change. ? The San Francisco Daily Report says that the Japanese are about to bring to the United States a competition that will make home manufacturers open wide their eyes. Japanese commercial agents have already been in San Francisco and taken large orders for various lines of goods that have not heretofore been brought from Japan. Buttons were oifered duty free by the great gross at a fraction less than the actual cost of the American article, and bicycles that are warranted to be equal to the best that are made in America were sold at $12 each. Japanese matches will be laid down at prices that are destined to' close every match factory in the United States, and sashes, doors and blinds and all kinds of wooden ware can he delivered duty paid at from 30 to 50 nor Pont. leas than the nrices of Amer ican manufacturers. ? California has gone back to mule teams for the transportation of freights just as in the old days before the railroads were built. A regular line of big wagons, with 6-mule teams, between Stockton and Fresno has just been started, and it will connect at Stockton with steamers to aud from San Francisco. The line has beeu started in opposition to the Southern Pacific railway, with the object of forcing down the rates. The experiment was made once before successfully. The mule teams, in connection with the steamers, can carry sugar, for instance, from San Francisco to Fresno for $3 a ton less than the railway charges, aud it is believed that a similar saving on other freight can be made. The merchants in the valley towns are interested in the project, aud say that it is an even thing for their interests whether the railroad cuts down its rates, or their freight is, in future, hauled by mule teams. ? Rev. J. T. Johnson, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist church of Jefferson City, Mo., has just returned from a visit to the Holy Land, and brings a strange story of the condition of affairs prevailing there. Among other things, he says that not only Armenian Christians ; but also American Christians are murdered with impugnity by tne turns ana mat mere is uo oue 10 take their part. The official reports of United States Minister Terrell, to the State department at Washington, are deceptive misrepresentations. The minister, since his residence in Constantinople, has joined the Mohammedan church aud is inclined not only to wink at the outrages of the religious fanatics ; but is usiug his official position to help them on. Rev. Mr. Johnson and 34 others who claim to have absolute information ou the subject have signed a petition for the removal of Minister Terrell. As to whether the authorities at Washington will pay any attention to Rev. Mr. Johnsou's charges has not developed. ? The latest reports from Venezuela are of a very sensational nature. It has been thought for some time that President Crespo has been spending the past few months in the mountains, some 80 miles from Caracas. Lately, however, it has developed that instead of rusticating, he has been traveling around amoug the provinces feeling the sentiment of the people as to Great Britain and ascertaining how many troops could be furnished by each of the provincial governors. As the result, he is insured of an army of not less than 100,000 well-equipped soldiers, and it is believed that within a short time he intends to settle the long disputed boundary question by force. It is not thought that anything like the army that is available will be necessary to drive the British off the land that they are trespassing on ; but they will all be needed to meet the aggression of the British that may be expected in return for such a move. ? Georgia lynchers have included seduction as one of the crimes coming uuder their jurisdiction, and they do not require that the victim be a Negro. Professor L. W. Perdue, a graduate of Yale, and formerly a citizen and merchant of Charlotte, N. C., began teaching school at Mt. Vernon, Ga., several years ago. His school prospered and he employed as an assistant a young lady named Miss Willie Grady. Perdue had a wife aud children ; but in course of time it became apparent that the conduct of Miss Grady had not been as it should have been. Miss Grady's father and other relatives made it so hot for Perdue that he decided to leave the couutry. He went to Florida, and became a life insurance ageut. He was arrested not long ago, and last week a squad of about 25 men demanded admission to the jail on the grounds that they had a prisoner to commit. They got hold of Perdue. People in the neighborhood heard two or three despairing cries of "murder," and afterward the body of the ex-school teacher was found lying out in the woods. The throat was cut and there were a number of bullet holes through the head and breast. But little effort has been made to apprehend the lynchers. They are thought to be among the most influential men of the community. Tfiitr jrinrkriMc (fhtottirrr. ? ? YORKVILLE, S. C.: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29,1895. ? Everything goes to indicate that the treasury department is close on to the verge of another bond issue. There is no help for it. There must either be an increase of taxes, free coinage of silver, or a repeal of the tax on the issues of State banks. ? The correspondent of the Columbia State, writing from Atlanta, says that when the constitutional convention reconvenes next Monday, Senator Irby will be on hand with a new sensation. As to the nature of the sensation, the correspondent gives no hint. ? Though the constitutional convention is about through with its work, and the legislature does not convene until January, the people cannot yet promise themselves a rest on politics. Congress convenes next Tuesday, and now the centre of interest will be in the efforts of the Republicans to bring about better times. ? The Springfield, Mass., Republican, is authority for the statement that ex-Congressman Lynch, of Mississippi, is working on a plan to bring the Mississippi suffrage plan before a congressional investigating committee, and, if possible, also before the United States supreme court. His plan is to resurrect the Republican party in Mississippi sufficiently to put a full ticket of congressional candidates in the field, and then to contest every seat on the ground that the colored Republicans were prevented from voting. It is not unlikely that the same scheme will also be attempted in this State ? Quite a number of individuals from different sections have suggested that Thk Enquiker ought to say something commendatory of the able and efficient service of Delegate J. S. Brice in the convention. It strikes us, however, that everybody understands the situation about as well as Tub Enquirer. When Mr. Brice was on the stump lie told where he stood, without attempt at equivocation or evasion, and since he has been in Columbia he has shown that he has bad not only the intention, but also the ability to carry out his promises. That is about all there is of it, and the facts have been so clearly and emphatically impressed on the people, that we do not believe it is possible that they can be lost sight of now or forgotten hereafter. ? The third term talk won't down. Many leading papers North continue to harp it iu every issue. The reason seems to be quite clear. The Democratic party is in bad odor just now, and is very hard up for a candidate who would stand the slightest chance of election. Though classed with the Democrats, Cleveland is equally popular with leading Republicans and it is for this reason that many consider him an available candidate, notwithstanding the third term issue. The calculation is all right except in one particular. It should be remembered that just ill proportion to his increase in popularity with the Republicans, Mr. Cleveland has lost grounds with the Democrats, and it is likely that his opponent, whoever he may be, would get about as many Democratic votes, as he would get Republicans votes. The situation is somewhat desperate, and the third termites, along with others, may as well give it up. The chances are nine out of ten that the next president is going to be a Republican. ? The most remarkable feature of the new constitution is to be found in what it does not, rather than what it does, contain. In most republican constitutions there is a section that reads about as follows: "All powers not herein delegated remain with the people." There is such a section ill our oiu constuuuou, ?uu u> ??;-> posed in the new one; but it failed to pass. The matter looks unimportant; but its importance is not to be estimated at a glance, for if is full of significance. The new constitution is apparently very comprehensive. It lays down a great many things that the legislature can do, a great many things that it cannot do, and on a great many things it is silent. The subjects upon which it is silent, of course, include a far wider range than the subjects with which it deals, and in many respects these are most important. The failure to take care of these with the blanket provision mentioned above, leaves them entirely with the legislature. This may be wise, and again it is possible that it may some day have to be icorrected by a constitutional amendment. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Gunson Dry Goods Company?Present an array of seasonable bargains which is worth the attention of buyers. Head what they say, and it is likely that you will find something mentioned that you would like to have. Grist Cousins?Today offer you E. L. C. eolfee, axes, salt, raisins, currants, citron, icing sugar, and Mason's No. 4 blacking at 5 cents. Eggs still wanted. W. F. Marshall?Proposes, for the next 30 days, to sell you clothing bought this fall, at a reduction of 20 per cent., and children's clothing at cost. A. M. Grist?Is prepared to clean and repair your sewing machine and furnish you with needles, shuttles, bobbins and attachments. II. C. Strauss?Talks to you nlwnit clothing, etc., suitable for cold weather, and claims that the Qualities are the best and the prices are the lowest. He doesn't want you to forget those ?18 suits which he is selling for ?4.98. W. H. McCorkle, Probate Judge?Gives notice that Henry M. Shillinglaw has applied to him for letters of administration on the estate of W. G. Shillinglaw, deceased. Enquirer Olhce?Scalybark nuts wanted. MISSIONARY WORK. The young ladies of the Yorkville Presbyterian church have formed a new missionary organization. It is to be known as the Ella C. Davidson Missionary society, and is the result of an interesting lecture delivered in the church here last Monday afternoon by Mrs. J. L. Stuart, of Hangchow, China. It seems that during her residence in China, Miss Davidson has been boarding with Mrs. Stuart, and Mrs. Stuart knows not only a great deal about missionary work in China generally; but about the work of Miss Davidson especially, and her inspiring account of it was listened to with eager interest. After the lecture, it was decided to organize the Ella C. Davidson Missionary society, and the following young ladies enrolled their names as members: Misses Florrie Allison, Maggie Glenn, Mary Clark, Sadie Dunlap, Antiis O'Leary, Jeanette Davidson, Daisy Gist, Ophelia Davidson, Georgia Witherspoon, Annie Witherspoon, Hulda McNeel, Mattie Spencer, Claude Moore, Elise Moore; Susie Brian, Daisy Brian, Mamie McConnpll Tlsiiwv Hurt \Tarv Hart. Rev. W. G. Neville, the pastor ot the church, has called a meeting of the society to be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon, at the residence of Miss AnnisO'Leary. All new members who wish to join will be received, and a full attendance not only ol the members, but of all others interested, is desired. LOCAL LACONICS. SaleMlay for December. Among the auction sales advertised for December, it will be noted that there are some valuable lots in the town of Yorkville. His Last Year. With the coming session of conference, Rev. G. T. Harmon closes the four years' term that he has so acceptably tilled as presiding elder of Chester district. Until January 1896. Either Tiik Twice-a-week Enquirer or The Weekly Enquirer, will lie furnished from this date until January 1, 1896, for 22 cents. Went in a Kody. Three hundred students of the Winthrop Industrial college went to the Atlanta exposition in a body. The papers say that they made a tipe appearance in Atlanta. Taken Place Next Sunday. The celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the installation of Mr. Peter Garrison as an elder at Ebenezer, takes place at the church next Sunday, December 1. Quite a Profitable Crop. A correspondent ol the Charlotte Ob- . server says that Mr. J. M. McCorkle, of Pineville, has sold this year worth of homeraised turkeys that did not cost him more than ;?4. I>ie?l In Chester. Mrs. M. A. Griffith, widow of the late Dr. R. II. Griffith, formerly of Yorkville, ( died in Chester on Tuesday of last week. ( Her remains were interred in Charlotte by the side of her late husband, on the following Wednesday. Comes in Slowly. Though there is no doubt of the fact that the present corn crop in this section j is the largest that has been raised for years, it seems to be the exception when any is ? ottered for sale. Occasionally somebody , brings in a bushel or two, and it is quickly gobbled up by the first man to whom ( it is ottered. The ruling price is from 40 j to 50 cents, and the demand is lively. TluuikKgivlnjj Day. r Thanksgiving Day in Yorkville passed , off as quietly as usual. Business was pretty generally suspended, and a large ( number of people attended union services \ in the Presbyterian church. The colored people and a good many whites, in fact all j who were so inclined and were able to , scareup a gun, went hunting. All By the Seaboard. j Nearly all the visitors from this section i to the Atlanta exposition go by the Seaboard Air Line. Hardly 3 per cent, have ( gone by the Southern. Quite a number f from points up the Narrow Gauge have come down across the Southern at Gasto- 1 nia and taken the Seaboard at Chester. ^ During the past week the O. K. <k C., and C. A L. ollioes at this place have sold con- j siderably over ?1,000 worth of tickets. ( Kev. I)r. S. A. Weber. There is a possibility that Yorkville may c lose Kev. Dr. Weber next year. The t doctor lias been stationed here three years i now. He lias done good work and endeared himself to everybody. Under the 1 church laws, he can be sent back for one j more year; but that is a matter for the i presiding bishop and council. It is sincerely hoped by a large number of friends s and admirers that the doctor will be ' returned. ( J list a Humor. A rumor was in circulation among the f colored folks yesterday to the effect that < Wilse Montgomery, the Negro who was i sometime ago acquitted for the murder of Hob Feetnster, colored, on the outskirts of ( Yorkville, had been committed to Dallas, I X. C., jail, 011 the charge of having coin- I inittcd another murder. The Enquirer made inquiry of Dallas by telegraph i yesterday, and was assured that Mont- 1 goniery is not in jail there. ( The Ituhhits Kseape<l. Yesterday appeal's to have been a worse 1 day for the hunters than for the rabbits, r In one party of about ten that went out c hunting, live returned wounded. They were Avery Dowry and Walter Rose, ( white; and Rob Watts and two sons of j' Sam Watts, colored. We have been un- a able t<> gather full particulars; but it . seems that the shooting, which occurred 1 at different time , was the result of gener- I al carelessness. As good luck would have s it, in each case the pellets were small and 1 none of the wounds are serious. ] The Atlanta KxciirnIonlM.H. 2 The Enquirer has been unable to 1 secure a complete list of the people who 1 went from this section to Atlanta hist 2 Monday night. An arrangement was 1 made with a competent reporter, as stated ; i but for sotne reason, it seems, that he has ( been unable to get in his report. Mr. < John Gordon, who left with the party on 2 Monday night, returned Thursday morning. lie reported that tho York county ? people filled two trains at Chester; but it 1 was impossible for him to remember any- ( thing like all the names of those who J were on hoard of either train. Two days 1 were enough for Mr. Gorden. He says, ? however, that everbody seemed to be having a first-class time. t iiyureu uy it tow. M rs. A. Cody, of York ville, was knock- i ed down an painfully injured by a cow last Wednesday morning. Ordinarily, the < cow in question is quite a docile animal; t but of late it has acquired the habit of f reminding people of its wants by a gentle push of the horns. Mrs. Cody had been 1 alter sonic eggs and was on her way back < to the house across the cow lot. The cow 1 had either not been fed or wanted some- 1 thing more, and tried to make the fact known in its usual manner. Mrs. Cody was knocked down, and was unable to get up without assistance. She has since been confied to her bed ; but it is not f thought that she is seriously injured. * Death of Win. G. Shillinglaw. 1 Mr. Wm. G. Shillinglaw, son of the late ( G. R. Shillinglaw, died at the home of Mr. \ W. J. Shillinglaw, near Sharon, last Sun- ' day morning of a complication of diseases, ( including erysipelas and typhoid fever, ' after an illness of about four weeks. Mr. ' Shillinglaw was a brick mason by trade and he was a good one. He has always ( had the reputation of being straightfor- ' ward in his dealings and a hard worker. ^ t.i i.i 4 uaa? a^nlat.a/1 t r ur SUIIIULHIIU pclSL lit? UtU UCCII Ulll^iUJ'CU on the work at Lock hart Shoals as foreman of a squad of bricklayers, and it was there that he contracted the fever that contributed to his death. He was in the 34th year of his age and unmarried. His remains were interred in Woodlawn cemetery on Monday. Shooting Scrape at Lenoir. News of a shooting scrape that occurred in Lenoir, N. C., on last Wednesday, reached here yesterday. The difficulty was between Mr. Sam Newland and a Mr. Steelman. Newland went into Steelman's place of business, and said: "I understand that you have threatened to kill me." Steelman denied that he had made such a threat, and Newland commenced firing-. The first shot missed ; i but the second struck Steelman in the f right breast and lodged in the sixth rib. ) Steelman was still alive yesterday ; but it j was not thought that he could recover. Newland has disappeared and the sheriff s is telegraphing for him everywhere. j ABOUT PEOPLE. Captain J. It. Lindsay is in town. r Treasurer Neely spent last Monday in | Rock Hill. Mr. A. Rose is spending this week in Columbia. Judge Witherspoon returned home on * Monday last. Mrs. W. M. Walker, spent last week 5 with relatives at Gastonia. Mr Julian Loriok visited the exDOsition v in Atlanta last week. e Master Paul Neely Moore spent last e week with his father in Columbia. fc W. B. deLoach, Esq., has been quite ill a for several days past. ii Miss Kate Moore, of Rock Hill, is visit- t ing her father's family in this place. a Misses Fannie and Laura Parish are e visiting friends in Birmingham, Ala. g Rev. W. J. Langston has been confined c to his room for several days on account of ?rip. v Mrs. J. R. Lindsay returned home yes- ^ :erday after an extended visit to Charles- r :on. Dr. Win. I. Witherspoon, of Sheffield, ? Ala., is visiting his father's family in this 11 place. n Mrs. M. J. Clark and Mrs. Miles J. Wal- 1 leer, spent last Friday in Gastonia with ^ friends. s Rev. G. T. Gresham is attending the o State Baptist convention in Greenville e his week. d Mr. Jus. Walker, of GafTney City, visit- tl ;d Dr. Miles Walker's family in this place y ast week. e Traveling Representative Eaubank, of f( The News and Courier, was in Yorkville (j resterday. gi Mr. Walter T. Barron returned yesterlay from Scott's Station, Ala., where he las l>een on business. p Mrs. Geo. M. Lowrance visited the fainly of Mr. Win. Corkill in Chester last ? ,veek. ? Miss Alice Ross, of Columbia, visited 31 relatives and friends in the Blairsville ? icighborhood this week. Sl Chief Clerk W. B. Williams, Jr., of the w J.R.AC, railroad, at this place, spent a sl ew days in Atlanta last week. b Mrs. Kershaw, of Camden, accompanied a by her sister, spent several days in York- a , ille last week with Mrs. W. B. deLoach. ei Mrs. A. F. Ruff and daughter, Miss h Margaret, of Rock Ilill, are visiting Mrs. e( A M. Kuykendal, on Cartwright avenue. j): Mr. Sam Scott, of Sharon, left on Mon- e] lay last for a visit to the Atlanta exposi- p ion, and to the family of Rev. J. M. _ White, at McKain, Tenn. jj Mr. Win. Ross has bought and moved lis family to the Rev. R. A. Ross homeilace near Blairsville. Mr. Toad Carroll ('( ivill shortly move to the Win. Ross place. 11 Mr. S. R. Walker, who has been quite 0 lick with fever at the home of Dr. M. J. Walker, left last Friday for his home at 's ialfney City. n Miss Addie Williams, who is teaching a school at Tirzah church, spent last Saturlay and Sunday with her father's family p n Yorkville. p Mrs. R. A. Crowell, after spending sev- cm ?i-.il weeks with the family of Mr. George a ,owrancc, left on Saturday last for her n ionic at Albemarle, X. C. ai Miss Susie McCully, of Little Rock, u Vrk.. is visitiner relatives and friends in .. fork county, the guest of Mr, K, R. M?,'orkle's family. Mr. Win. Banks, who for the past few nonths has been in Knoxville, Tenn., etnrned home last week. He is now "J miployed by the Rock Hill Herald. s; The following list is a few of the York ^ ounty people in Atlanta this week : Ma- P1 or Jus. F. Hart, Captain E. A. Crawford P; ind wife, W. W. Lewis and wife, J. A. ^ Ilogueand wife, Misses Mary and Daisy flart, Jessie Latimer, Maggie MeFadden, [telle Mendenliall, Mattie Dorsett, Fannie ind Laura Parish, Mary Withcrspoon, Ifattie Bunks, Georgie and Iva Withers, Dr. J. Rnfns Brat ton, Messrs. A. Frank MeConnell, William Dohson, J. Win. Dickson, II. M. Hratton, W. S. Gordon, It. R. Williams, J. It. Mendenliall, R. G. VlcCaw, W. S. Moore, Henning Clawson, IVin. II. Harrison, Walker and Carl Latmer, 'lod Lowry, S. L. Milling, Jas. Jarrison, Fred Smith, Sani'l. Plexico, ieo. Edwards, Martin Garrison, W. A. Vlilling, C. G. Parish, M. F. Jones, John T. Thomasson, J. It. Pegram, Thos. W. Speck, F. E. Smith and son Harry, C. VI. Knykendal, Job Carroll, S. L. and Clarence Holibs, A. R. Ranks, Moore Fones, F. W. Gregg, W. H. MeConnell, iVin. Williams, W. H. and J. J. Smith, Tolin Lawrence, Jesse Ford. Misses Bessie MeConnell and Maud Jardner, students of the Winthrop Nornal college, are spending a few days with relatives in Yorkville. Mrs. T. Sumter Jtratton and children, >f Fort Niobrara, Neb., arc in Yorkville, risking the family of Mrs. M. H. Metts ind other relatives. Mr. J. N. Ross, of Blairsville, left with lis family 011 Tuesday last for Warren, Vrk., where tlioy will make their future ionic. They were accompanied by Mrs. Leroy Pierce, of Newport. MERE MENTION. Governor Stone, of Mississippi, has iffered 11 reward of ?250 for the arrest of my member of the mob that recently eleased from jail the condemned wliite;apper, Will Purvis. A terrible blizsard and windstorm swept the Northern Vfississinni vallev last Mondav and Tues lay. John 13. Bonner, a Winston, N. 2., banker, was assassinated in his yard ast Tuesday night by parties unknown. Alexander Dumas, the famous novslist, died at his home in Paris last Wedicsflay. Henry Vose, of Westerly, El. I., presented President Cleveland with 134-pound turkey. The hurricane of ast week wrought damage in the oil ields of Ohio to the amount of 81,000,000. The Georgia legislature is eonsiderng the advisability of adopting the disjensary law. Evangelist Moody is in Vtlanta. Peter McGeough, a well cnown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, speculaor, committed suicide last Wednesday )y shooting himself in the head with a jistol. Domestic trouble is said to be the ;ause. All of the New York and Philadelphia sugar refineries have closed lown. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. TUESDAY. Tuesday was the lust day and busiiess was pushed with a rush. The irst section to come up was that renting to homestead. After discussion t was adopted as follows : Section 29. The general assembly hall enact such laws as will exempt rom attachment, levy and sale under my mesne or final process issued from my court, to the head of any family esiding in this State, a homestead in auds whether held in fee or any esser estate to the value of one thouaud dollars, or so much thereof as the >roperty is worth if its value is less han one thousand dollars, with the 1 early products thereof, and to every lead of a family residing in this State, vhether entitled to a homestead ex- ' mption in lands or not, personal proprty to the value of the sura of five ! lundrea dollars, or so mucn inereoi .s the property is worth if its value 1 3 less than five hundred dollars. The 1 itle to the homestead to be set and ssigned shall he absolute and be forver discharged from all debts of the aid debtor then existing or thereafter ( ontracted, except as hereinbefore pro- ( irovided : Provided, that in case any voinan having a separate estate shall >e married to the head of a family rho has not of his own sufficient prop- ( rty to constitute a homestead as here- . before provided, said married ,wo an shall be entitled to a like exempion as provided for the head of a amily : Provided, further, that there | ball not be an allowance of more than oe thousand dollars worth of real J state and more than five hundred ( ollars worth of personal property to j be husband and wife, jointly: Proided, that no property shall be exmpt from attachment, levy or sale * r taxes, or for payment of obliga- j ons contracted for the purchase of aid homestead or personal property xemption, or the erection or making f improvements or repairs thereon: 'rovided, further, that the yearly roducts of said homestead shall not e exempt from attachment, levy or ale for the payment of obligations 1 ontracted in the production of the ime: Provided, further, That no 1 _ II J _ r_ iL. -2?U* ..C L raiver snail ueieut me ngui, uj uimie- < :ead before assignment, except it be i y deed of conveyance, or by mortgage I nd only as against the mortgage debt; nd no judgment creditor or other s reditor whose lien does not bind the c omestead shall have any right or ? :juity to require that a lieu which emraces the homestead and other proprty shall first exhaust the homestead : ,s rovided, further, That any person 11 ot the head of a family shall be en- " tied to a like exemption, as providd for the head of a family, in all uejssary wearing apparel and tools of ade not to exceed in value the sum 8 f three hundred dollars. Section 34. which requires the punihmeut of an intermarriage of the > ices was so amended as to merely eclare such marriages null and void. The section providing that the ex- ^ enses of administering, dividing or I artitiouing an estate should not exjed 10 per cent, of the value of the state, was stricken out. The argulent was that many estates were sold L auction for a nominal sum, and it ould often happen that 10 per cent. * ould not he a fair compensation. The effort to create a labor bureau J as killed. p When Senator Tillman's divorce reposition, providing that this State _ lull recognize the divorces of other Lates where the marriage was not 1 erformed in this State and one of the arties was not a resident was reached, [r. Bowman moved to strike it out. He argued that the matter had been adopted as a matter of sentiment and without argument. Senator Tillman sought to have the provision retained. u It was stricken out, however, and the Slate is left absolutely without any provision for divorce, under any circumstances. An ordinance requiring the legislature to pay managers of election for the constitutional convention was adopted. At 3 p. m. the convention took a recess until next Tuesday, when it will meet for the purpose of ratifying what has been doue. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. DeclHion In a Few Dayx. Judge Simonlon has heard the testimony in the Columbia club case, and will render a decision in a few days. ^ Shelley, Martin & Rutler. Ex-Senator AI. C. Butler has formed a partnership in Washington with the well known law firm of Shelley & Martin. In Session in Greenville. The State Baptist convention met in Greenville on Tuesday night last. The attendance, including delegates , and visitors, is in the neighborhood of 300. Prof. GrltHth Resigns. Prof. H. P. Griffith has resigned the presidency of the Limestone Institute, Gartney. He has been wanting to give up the position for seme time; but could not get the consent of the trustees until now. He will be succeeded by Professor Mack, of Aiken. He lit a Candidate. Colouel Robert Aldrich, of Barnwell, has been announced as a candidate for the fourth supreme court judgeship, created by the new constitution. The election will probably take place during the next session of the legislature, and there will be other candidates. Contraband Liquor. Columbia Register, 28th: Twentythree barrels of contraband liquor were taken from the State dispensary yesterday and given over to Collector Townes for the United States government. This liquor has been captured from time to time by State constables, mid none of it bore tbe license seal of the United States. Right Smart Pig Thin. Piedmont Headlight: A friend in our ^ office last week says that he was recently at Fountain Inn, in Greenville county, where he saw a Jersey Red hog, belonging to Mr. Ben Hanlon, and which was about two-and-a-balf years old and that it weighed 900 pounds. Mr. Hanlon will kill it in December, when he says it will weigh 1,000 pounds. This will show that we now live in the land of hog as well as , ' hominv. Gone to the Republican!!. Dr. Samps Pope has announced his secession from the Democratic party and his union with the Republicans. He says that the Democratic party in this Slate has become so currupt that he can no longer affiliate with it, and as he has been a Protectionist ever since 1884, there is nothing for him to do but join the Republicans. He says that now that the Negro vote has been eliminated, or rather unchained, there is plenty of latitude for every citizen to select whatever partyjhe wants, and be thinks it probable that a large number of Consevatives will become Republicans. ? Some of the fair attendants at the Atlanta exposition have received souvenirs they were not expecting, and this fact should remind our women that they had better keep their eyes skinned and not lose their wits. Last Friday, while Mrs. Georgia Hammond, of Columbus, Ga., who bad attended the exposition, was sitting in the waiting room of the depot in Atlanta, a woman clad in black and closely veiled, entered, carrying a baby in her irms. She asked Mrs. Hammond to lold the little one for a few minutes, ind Mrs. Hammoud readily consented :o do so. The woman in black then iisappeared, and has not been seen or oeard from since. Mrs. Hammond ;ook the baby, a little girl about a ^ear-aud-a-balf old, home with her ind said she intended to take care of t. She named the child "Atlanta." AT THE CHUltCHES. baptist. Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor. York>rn.LE?Sunday-school at 10 o'clock a. m. trinity methodist episcopal. j Rev. S. A. Weber, D. D., pastor. Services on Sunday niorniug at 11 o'clock, md in the evening at 7 o'clock. episcopal. Rev. Robt. A. Lee, minister. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Sunday-school n the afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Evening irayer at 7.30 o'clock. presbyterian. Rev. W. U. Neville, pastor. Sunday...twu.t .lr,..L- ... Murvi.^ rt.i >1. UWWi ab W VJUV.A 111. wvi T ivto V/ll IJUIJ lay morning at 11 o'clock and in the ivening at 7 o'clock. associatk kkpokmkd presbyterian. Kev. Jioyce H. Drier, pastor. YorkriLLE?Sunday-school at 10 o'clock, a. in. Services Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, md in the evening at 7 o'clock. Jflai;het Reports. YOKKY1LLE, November 20.?Cotton A to 84. NEW YORK, November 27.?Cotton I Futures opened steady with sales of 80,000 bales as follows: November, 8.45j December, 8.45; Janury, 8.40; February, 8.54; March, 8.50; tpril, 8.04; May, 8.07 ; June, 8.70; July, .72 ; August, 8.74; October, 8.24. SCALY BARK NUTS. ITTANTED, live bushels of thin hull VV SCALYRARK HICKORY NUTS, in* which 75 cents per bushel will be paid or good nuts. Apply at ENQUIRER OFFICE, ATTENTION', LAM)()W NEKS. f AM now prepared to do all ordinary L LAND SURVEYING and solieit the atronage ofthe general public. Address, I. B. FA IRES, Bethel, S. C. October 1) 70 t'rilot FOR KENT. aANDSOME, comfortable and convenient 5-rooni cottage on Wright venue. Terms reasonable. Call on R. J. HERN DON. November 22 SO 1'tf