Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 29, 1895, Image 2
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.
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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
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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
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>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
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November 22 SO 1'tf