Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 13, 1895, Image 2
jSrraps ami Jacts. ;
? Candidates for promotion on the
New York police force, have to pass a <
civil service examination. An examination
was held recently for promo
tion to the office of chief, and the successful
applicant was Peter Conlin. It
has developed that one of the questions
asked during the examination was
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by strikers in the city ?" Conlin's answer
was to the effect that he would
advise the employment of five regiments
of soldiers with a battery of artillery,
and he went on to designate the
points at which he would plant cannon
in the streets. It would seem that if
there is a strike during Conlin;s administration,
there is going to be some
bloodshed.
? William E. Harvey, the author of
'Coin's School of Finance," is busy
with the organization of a vast secret
political society, to be national in its
soope and to have for its object the
immediate rehabilitation of silver. He
has already secured a charter for the
organization under the laws of the
State af Illinois, and the statement is
made in the papers that work has
commenced in nearly every county in
the West and South. "Patriots of
America" is to be the name of the organization,
and an absolutely essential
preliminary to membership is an oath
to the effect that the applicant holds
the principle of free coinage above party
allegiance, and will bolt his party in
case it refuses to unequivocally endorse
free coinage. A number of prominent
free-silver men have associated themselves
with Mr. Harvey in the undertaking.
? Following is the bureau report,
with reference to cotton, issued on
December 10 : "A crop equal to 67.3
of last year's, or 6,375,000 bales of 500
is indicated in final returns from county
and State correspondents. The
department of agriculture's more complete
reports, based on the commercial
movement, will be issued in 1896, the
first of them probably in February.
Mean farm price 7.57 cents, a gain of
65 per cent on last year's figures, 4.6
and of 9 per cent, on 1893. The
returns from correspondents are almost
uniformly unfavorable as to
quantity, the weather having proved
generally disastrous. Drouth caused
an unusually early marketing throughout
the cotton area, with an almost
total sacrifice of the top crop. Lint,
however, is generally clean, so that
the quality is exceptionally high.
Many reports show crops completely
gathered and marketed.
? The next National Republican
convention is to be held in St. Louis
on the 16th of June next. The matter
was decided by the National committee
at a meeting held in Washington
on Tuesday. There were five bids for
the convention, aud it took f??ur ballots
to settle the matter. The last
ballot resulted as follows: New York,
0; San Francisco, 16; Chicago, 6;
Pittsburg, 0; St. Louis, 29. The news
was received with great rejoiciug in
St. Louis, and the hotel men are still
busy answering telegrams in which
they are requested to reserve apartments
for the various Republican politicians
throughout the country. Speaker
Reed and Major McKinley, who
are both presidential aspirants, had
their quarters engaged at the Southern
hotel within half an hour after the
result of the ballot by which St. Louis
was chosen was annouuced. This
indicates that there is going to be a
lively fight for the Republican nomination,
and the leading candidates intend
to get in early at every turn.
? Senator Mills has introduced a bill
in congress providing that the secretary
of the treasury be required to coin
all the silver in the treasury into half
dollars, dimes aud quarters, and to pay
opt silver whenever the gold reserve
shall fall below $J00,000,000. It was
suggested to Senator Mills that such a
law would surely result in forcing gold '
to a premium. He said, however, that !
this is a mistake. This cannot take
place except when the volume of silver
and erreenbacks is so increased as to in- 1
crease prices in this country, and even
that will not really affect the value of
gold one way or the other. If the treasury
refuses to sell gold to the exporter,
he will simply have to go in the
market and buy it as he would any
other commodity, and the treasury is
not affected in the least. It can pay
its debts in either gold or silver as it
sees fit. Senator Mills is satisfied that '
his plau will help to solve the present
difficulty. He says individuals never 1
pay interest when they can get around
it. The government can get along
without paying interest, aud bethinks
it is foolish not to do so.
? The country of the Armenians, j
who are being massacred by the Turks, ,
borders ou the Black sea for several
hundred miles, and has no other seacoast.
The only entrance to the Black
sea is through the strait of Darda- 1
uelles, the sea of Marmora, and the 1
Bosphorus. The Dardadelles and Bosphorus
are both narrow passages of j
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controls them both with powerful ,
fortresses on either side. By the treaty
of 1878, just after the war between
Russia and Turkey, it was agreed
that each of the more powerful European
natious should be allowed to
maintaiu one guardship each, in the 1
Black sea; but no more. Since the
recent disturbances began, it has developed
that one guardship each is not
nearly sufficient to protect the interests
of foreigu nations. Sometime ago?
about the 17th of November?the European
nations asked for the admission
of another guardship each. This
would give the balance of Europe 1
more power in the Black sea than the
sultan of Turkey had himself, and the
sultan was rather inclined not to
grant the desired permission. There
has been a great deal of diplomatic
correspondence in regard to the matter.
The sultan was disposed to
make one excuse and then another, to
train time; but when it became clear
that if he did not give permission for
the entrance of the ships, they would
likely enter anyway, and he backed
down. On Tuesday, be issued the
necessary orders for the admission of
the ships, which lost no time in passing
the straits. There is now reason
to believe that the terrible sufferings
of the Armenian martyrs who are left
will be somewhat ameliorated.
? Mary Thurman, daughter of Judge
Thurman of Ohio, who was the candidate
for vice president on the ticket
with Cleveland at the time of the election
of Harrison, is said to have struck
a very rich find of gold out near Yuma,
Colorado. When Judge Thurman
was a senator, Mary was the recognized
belle of Washington. She married
a Lieutenant Cowles ; but they did not
get along well, and he allowed her to
get a divorce. c*ue weui tu irin? ou?
married Thomas Gilford, a dashing
adventurer, who afterward turned out
to be a married man with a living
wife and several children. She next
married a prize fighter kuowu as Bug
Holliday, and settled on some Colorado
mineral lands purchased for her by
her brother. She has been taking life
at a pretty lively rate for several years,
and is well-known throughout most of
the mining camps of Southern California.
The report is that she made the
find of gold herself, while prospecting
in the hills. It is said to be the richest
fiud that has beeu unearthed for years.
fthe ^torlu'illc (Enquirer.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1895.
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? The Republicans ofthe house seem inclined
to construe Ambassador Bayard's
remarks to the British at Boston, England,
as a relleetion on the people of this
country. Possibly, Mr. Bayard meant,
such a thing; but we do not think so. To
us it looks like a very diplomatic way of
saying "You had better be careful how
you rile those people. If you get them
stirred up very badly, even their president
will not be able to keep them off of you."
? An exchange gives the following good
and sensible reasons for the hard times of
which so many complain: "We let our
timber rot and buy plow stocks, single
trees, axehandlcs, hoeliandles and fences.
We throw away our ashes and buy soap
and axle grease. We give away our beet
hides and buy heme strings and shoe
strings. We let our manure go to waste
and buy guano. We buy garden seed in
the spring and buy cabbage in the winter.
We let our land grow up with weeds and
buy our brooms."
? "Citizens" of Broxton ford have written
an anonymous letter in regard to the
Isham Kearse murder, in which they attempt
to excuse the perpetrators. According
to the letter, the Negro sometime
ago, made an attempt to commit a erimi
nai assault on a ruspeuu&uie mauicu ??w?nan,
not named. He is accused of being
the author of several incendiary fires, and
was an allround bad Negro. He was not
whipped very badly, they say, and hero is
how they account for his death : He had
been stealing whisky from another Negro,
and had a bottle of it in his pocket at the
time he was whipped. The other Negro
had found out that Isham was the thief,
and had poisoned the whisky. It was the
drinking of this poisoned whisky that
caused his death. The old woman, they
say, in effect was not hurt much, but just
fell in the pond for the purpose ofgeting
even with the people who had so justly
tormented her. All this is written as a
fact. If the Negro Isham really committed
suicide, and the old woman died for
spite, probably the lynchers (save the
mark) ought not to be punished ; but is it ,
possible that there is a jury in any of the
lower counties that could be induced to 1
believe these tlrngs?
? Though it is not unusual for hardened
criminals, and even others for that niat
tor, to nuiKe lignt 01 religion aou prvicss
their unbelief when not in trouble, the
worst of them weaken before they start ;
for eternity. A young man named Harry
Hay ward was convicted in Minneapolis
sometime ago of having caused the
murder of a dressmaker named Catherine
Ging, about a year ago. The crime was '
horrible in its conception and brutal in !
its execution. The dressmaker had for
sometime been furnishing Hayward with (
all the money he needed with which to
sport and gamble, and have a big time j
generally. He at last induced her to in- i
sure her life for his benefit, and then paid
ii man named Rlixt to murder her. The
trial was notable in the criminal annals of 1
the country and nothing was left undone
to save Hayward's neck. All efforts ,
were unavailing, however, and last week
the governor of Minnesota signed the
death warrant. During his imprison- i
inent, Hayward has been a regular fiend. I
He has spent most of the time in bitterly
cursing his brothers and all his best 1
friends, and when the ministers and
priests came to offer spiritual consolation,
he would drive them away with the most
Satanic blasphemy. He was hanged last
Wednesday morning shortly before daylight.
He marched to theseatfold with an
unfaltering step, and talked to those about
him, sometimes pleasantly and sometimes
flippantly. He forgave the sherifi, his
brothers and others whom he had previously
cursed, and then while on the
scaffold suddenly remembered that he I
had promised to swing off with his friend's J
dog in his arms. The idea was to give
the dog "notoriety but the friend bad
weakened and failed to have the dog on '
hand. Just before the drop fell he lifted
up his eyes and said, "0, God for Christ
sake, forgive all my sins." Then he
told the executioner to pull the rope
tight, that he would stand pat, and
begged those around him not to lose
their nerve. In the opinion of the f
newspaper reporters, his prayer for forgiveness
was nothing more than a hollow
mockery, and possibly the reporters were
correct; but all the same, it is likely that
it meant a little more. Having given up ^
all hope in this world, he was not altogether
past grabbing at a straw in the ^
next.
? The idea of holding a Southern exposition
in Chicago seems to be a good one, 1
and if carried out is sure to result in
great advantage to the South. Chicago
is a hustling, wideawake city that now
disputes with New Yoik the honor "of
being the greatest metropolis of the
United States. In a few years more there
will be no room for dispute, for the
outlook Is that she will be the greatest
city, not only in the United States; but in
the world. The business men of Chicago ^
are broad minded, liberal, wealthy, enterprising
and equal to almost any undertaking.
All their energies have been
directed toward the West, and are toward
the West yet. This has been one of the
greatest influences in the development
of that section. The South is a better and
ii..
richer country man me ??eat on ?.? *
or ever will be. It has more natural 2
resources, and is capable of more devel- f
opment. For obvious reasons, a review '
of which is hardly worth while just at
this time, neither New York nor Chicago (
lias ever taken the fullest advantage of I
these facts, and it is likely that neither i
city fully realizes their truth. A big f
Southern exposition in Chicago will open j
the eyes not only of that city; but of
the whole North and Northwest as they i
have never been opened before, and one i
of the results will be a wonderful movement
of capital and enterprise to this *
section. It is probable that we will #be (
enabled to grow in a decade iis much sis ^
we could otherwise expect to grow in |
half a century, and this long neglected \
Southland will speedily become one of
the wealthiest and most progressive
sections of the Union. We've got the
f
resources; there is no doubt of that. All
that we need is the necessary capital j
and enterprise for development, and no (
better plan has been suggested for getting a
these things than through a big exposition
at Chicago. Tjik Enquirer sincerely N
hopes that the scheme will not be allow- '
ed to fall through.
APTEK MR. BAYAIU). 1
Republicans Want to Impeach the Ainbas- a
sailor to Great Itritaln. tl
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J lie nrst sensation 01 me jirrocm session
of congress, wus sprung in the }
house of representatives on Tuesday. 1
Representatives McCall and Barrett, of 1
Massachusetts, are the authors of it. ^
They wanted to impeach Thomas F.
Bayard, embassador of the United
States to Great Britain, for "high
crimes and misdemeanors." Mr. Bay- aid's
alleged offence is certain utterances
made by him in different speech- ^
es to the British public, and reflecting j.
on the government of the United ^
States. One of the objectionable utter- 8
ances was made at Boston, England, i
on August 2, 1895, and published in
the Loudon Times. It reads as fol- t
lows: t
"The president stands in the midst of a J
strong, self-confident people and often- n
times violent people; men who seek to u
have their own way. It takes a real man ?
tbn noonla nf j.Ha United States." A
IU CI LI LUC pwj/iu v.
The other speech to which exceptions 1
are taken, was made in Edinburgh, a
Scotland on November 7. The portion a
of it that especially rankles the Repub- '
lican statesmen from Massachusetts,
reads as follows:
"In my own country I have witnessed j
the insatiable growth of a form of socialism
styled protection, which has done .
more to corrupt public life, banish men 11
of independent minds from public coun- h
cils, and to lower the tone of the national f
representation, than any other single ?
cause. Protection, now controlling the ,
sovereign power of taxation, has been
perverted from its proper function of ere- <*
uting revenue to support the government a
into an engine for selfish profit, allied 0
with combinations called trusts. It has
thus sapped popular conscience by giving
largessee to special classes, and it throws
legislation into the political market, where
jobbers and choppers take the place of c
statesmen." I,
The resolutions introduced by Rep- j
resentative Barret are couched in the h
form of a question of personal privi- c
lege, and provide that the committee h
on foreign relations ascertain whether g
or not Mr. Bayard, really said what he
is reported as saying, and if so, to re- f*
port to the house by impeachment or &
otherwise. In explaining his resolu- J(
lion, Representative Barrett bitterly ?
arraigned Mr. Bayard for his criticism ''
of i he protection system.
Mr. Crisp spoke in reply. He said ^
ihe resolution was nothing hut buncombe,
and was introduced for the pur- ^
pose of giving the Republicans an op- a!
portunity to air their tariff views. He a
tulil ttie Kepuoucans uiai 11 iney were j,
not satisfied with the Democratic .\
tariff, to dare introduce a bill them- d
selves and not take it out in saying tl
that such action is useless because of 1?
the president and senate. Mr. Bayard's
speech, he suid, was an able and ju6t S
arugument against the doctrine of pro- ?
lection, and if he was impeached, a s
majority of the American people would el
have to be impeached with him.
As the result of the discussion, that "
portion of the resolution suggesting
impeachment, was stricken out, and s(
the committee was instructed to simply A
investigate whether or not Mr. Bayard j.
had uttered the sentiments quoted, and jj
to make such report as should he
demanded by the premises. The house tl
then adjourned until Thursday. ii
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LOCA1. AJFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
I. C. Strauss?Wants you to lie certain
to call on him for silverware for Christmas
presents. He claims that nobody
can sell you dress goods, notions, clothing,
shirts, trunks or anything else
cheaper that) he can. He will give a
fashion sheet free to anybody.
L M. Grist?Suggests a Rapid Writer
fountain pen as a Christmas present.
If you want one call on him.
irist Cousins?Say they have canned
tomatoes, canned goods, blended Java
and Mocha coffee, Baker's chocolate,
figs and raisins, ingredients for Christmas
cakes, prepared buckwheat and
cranberries. They want to buy eggs;
but don't want butter or chickens.
V. P. Marshall?Announces that Mr.
Earnest Lowry, Jr., has succeeded Mr.
Sam Intnan as a clerk in his store.
iV. J. Miller?Gives notice that he has
filed his final return with the judge of
Srobate as executor of the estate of Mary
liller, deceased, and that on the 16th of
January, 1896, will apply for discharge,
rbe Ganson Dry Goods Co.?Are still
lookincr after the failures and picking
up bargains for their customers. The
latest they have got into is that of M.
Wolfsheimer & Co., of Baltimore, large
clothing dealers, and announce the purchase
from the assignees of $5,000 worth
of clothing, to be sold at less than half
the costot manufacture. They also tell
you about their dress goods, ladies' capes
and hats, ladies', gents' and children's
hosiery, gents' furnishing goods, blankets,
trunks, valises, shoes, hats,, etc., all
of which they are offering at prices
calculated to make sales.
<V. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pis?Will offer
for sale for partition, real estate in the
following cases: Jerome F. Whisonant
vs. Sallie Whisonant and others. J. R.
Cook et al., heirs-at-law of Dempsey
Cook, deceased, against S. Mason Wallace
and others.
TAX COLLECTIONS.
Tax collections up to date amount to
inly about $22,000, out of a total book of
184,601.74, and things about the treasurer's
iflice seem to be as quiet as a soda founain
in February. People have become
io accustomed to extentions that they are
inable to realize how the books can be
losed within the time prescribed by law.
t is very likely that they will bo waked
ip to the situation about next week, liowsver.
Tuesday, December; .'11, is the last
lay on which taxes may be paid without
he penalty. There is no probability of
m extention. So far, during the time the
looks have been open, the treasurer has
ssued only about .'1,700 receipts, and ihere
ire something like 0,'100 still to be issued.
Tom about the lirst of next week on, the
reasurer'soffice will become so crowded
hat it will take an individual from two
o three hours to get a receipt after he apllies
for it, and those who don't like to
vait had better call early.
WEEKLY Oil SEMI-WEEKLY.
For the convenience of clubmakers
brtitk Exquikkr, we have printed a
lumber of blanks to facilitate thesending
n of names without danger of any collusion.
These blanks may be had on
.pplication, either in person or by mail.
Thk Enquihku is published both
veekly and semi-weeklv, and thesubseriicr
can have either edition at the same
irice. Clubmakers are reques ed to desgnate,
on subscription blank, the edition
hat may bo wanted by each subscriber.
In the absence of further instructions,
11 unhuAi-iliniM will lw> understood
,s preferring tho semi-weekly, and that
dition will lie sent to tlietu as heretofore.
They will he furnished the weekly edition,
nstead, however, at any time they may
ndieate a preference for it; or any subcriber
who is receiving the weekly, may
hange to the semi-weekly.
THE RIVER IS OPEN.
Although it is generally known that the
). R. & C. railroad undertook sometime
go to open Broad river for navigation
rom Mr. W. S. Wilkerson's "Darwin"
dace down to Lockart Shoals, our readers
lave not been informed as to the final reult.
A reporter saw Superintendent
.Tipp the other day ami got the facts.
The work has been completed according
o original intentions. The railroad auhorites
first gave the job to a man from
forth Carolina. He spent a great deal of
noney and accomplished but little. The
indertaking was then put in charge of
dr. W. S. Wiikerson, of Hickory Grove,
le pushed it with characteristic energy
nd intelligence, and had the river open
o quickly, and with such little expense,
hat the railroad people were actually asonished.
The river lias not been brought into use
et. That is because tho big dam down at
.ockhart has not been completed, and
here are no satisfactory facilities for laming.
For the present freights for Lockart
are being hauled from Sharon and
liekory Grove in wagons; but next stunner,
a handsome steamer will be put on
he river. It will not only lie used for
arrying freight back and forth, but will
lso be pressed into service for the pleasure
f excursionists.
WANTED TO SEE DOR AND A' ' .
Boh Taylor and his brother Alf were in
'harlotte Tuesday night. Almost evcryody
has heard of Boh and Alf. Bob is a
iemoorat, and Alf is a Republican. Bob
as been a member 01 congress aim guvrnor,
and Alt" has been to congress. The
tepublicans put Alf up against Hob for (
overnor once; l>ut they got left. The
umpaign, however, made both brothers
minus all over the United States, ;
specially on account ol' their remarkable
lint debate's. Alf discussed the issues
f the day and talked sense. Hob played i
is fiddle and talked nonsense. The
eople elected Hob, and he made the
est governor that Tennessee ever had.
low the brothers are entertaining the
eople throughout the country with a
itrions creation of Hob's known as "Dixie i
nil Yankee Doodle," and called by them j
kind of a lecture. Their entertainment |
1 Charlotte was a rousing success.
.CCOruillg lO l ue ?'uscrver <u u nimnny,
a feature of the entertainment was i
ic presence of Captain S. K. White, who
i referred to as follows: j
"In the audience last night was Captain i
. K. White, of Fort Mill, S. C., a wearer <
f the gray and a believer in the old
outh, not the new. Captain White trav- i
Is a great deal South; hut lie will not
ross the Mason and Dixon line. lie was
itroduced to ex-Governor "Boh" last
ight, and the two who "love Dixie hest, |
eeausc it is the hest" held hands for
>ine minutes in cordiality of greeting |
nd sympathy of word and spirit. Cap- i
nil White told Governor Taylor that
e had begun the erection of a monument <
) the faithful servants who stayed on i
ae plantations during the war. He
itends also building a monument to
the women of the Confederacy. Governor
Taylor said lie wanted to help Captain
White in the work."
LOCAL LACONICS.
Until January 1890.
Either ThkTwick-a-wkkk Enquirer
or The Weekly Enquirer, will be
furnished from this date until January 1,
1896, for 15 cents.
Cotton Sales.
The cotton sales on the Yorkville market
from wagons yesterday amounted to
about 75 hales. The best price during the
day was 8.05.
Sentenced l>y Anderson.
King and Hill, the two Negroes mentioned
in Wednesday's edition as having
been sent to the chain gang for stealing
turkeys, were sentenced by Trial Justice
Anderson, of Kbenezer, instead of Sanders,
of Bethesda, as stated.
Getting in Good Shape.
The O. K. & C. people are devoting
themselves with especial energy to putting
theii roadbed in lirst class condition.
We have it on the best authority that as
much as $3,000 per month is being spent
on the trestles alone.
Got What They Wanted.
Rock Hill Herald: Our people are
greatly pleased that Rev. H. B. Browne
is to remain pastor of the Rock Hill
Methodist church. When the appointi.oiuir
read Mondav afternoon I
and the clerk announced, "Rock Hill
station?H. B. Browne," the congregation
applauded heartily. The demonstration
only attested the general feeling of satisfaction
in our city.
Gold Mining in York.
There has been considerable money
spent in goldtnining in this county during
the past few years. As to whether
any has been made, we are unable to say.
Usually, goldmincrs keep their business
pretty well to themselves. A reliable gentleman
in this vicinity, however, who is
the owner ofagoldmining property that is
badly wanted by numerous prospectors,
informs us that this spring will witness
greater activity among the miners in this
section than has been known for years.
The Cntawhas.
Tacre are only 55 Catawba Indians on
the reservation in this county now. When
Mr. A. K. Smith took charge as agent for
the Indians in 1882. the tribe numbered 05.
Shortly afterward Mormon missionaries
got among them and induced quite a
number to move to Colorado, and only a
few of these were ever able to got back.
Mr. Smith thinks that the condition of
the Indians is improving slightly rather
than otherwise.
First of the Season.
If those of our subscribers who have
imi,. nnnora of the issue for November 20,
will take the trouble to look it up, they
will find in our Chester weather prophet's
prediction for December, the following :
"12 and 14, very cool with some appearances
of snow." Yesterday was December
12, and at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
it began snowing. At the time
Thk Enquirer went to press, it was uncertain
as to whether or not the snow was
going to lie, Due thing is certain, however,
our prophet got there that time, and
we herewith commission him to continue
his prognostications during next year.
Rock Hill 1m for It.
The idea of holding a big Southern exposition
in Chicago sometime soon, originated
in Augusta, (in. One of the tirst
things done by the projectors was to send
telegrams to the mayors of various towns
throughout the South asking for endorsement
and support. Mayor Hutchison immediately
telegraphed the fullest sympathy
of Hock Hill, and it has since developed
that he was the first mayor heard
from. The idea has since been endorsed
by most of the citic-s consulted, and so far
the project seems to be a go. A public
meeting is to he held in Rock Hill this afternoon
for the purpose of taking further
action.
Across the County.
Captain Iredell Jones, of Rock Hill, suggested
to a reporter for Thf. Enquirer
the other day, that one of the best uses
that could possibly be made of the York
county chain gang just now, would be the
construction of a first class macadamized
road from Rock Hill to Yorkville. The
reporter has repeated the suggestion to different
thoughtful and progressive citizens,
with the result that the idea is notdnly endorsed,
but enlarged upon. It is nothing
but talk, of course ; but here is the shape it
is in: "Let the ? hole convict gang be put
on the construction of a first class macadamized
road from Rock Hill to Blacksburg,
by way of Yorkville, and then,
' l?
alter IHHt is compieieu, uegiu iuc
st ruction of another road across thecounty
from north to south, or diagonally across."
There appears to he in these suggestions
something that is worth thinking about.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Jno. It. Hart, Esq., spent a few days in
Blacksburg this week on business.
Mrs. W. 15. deLoach is visiting relatives
in Camden this week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Brown Wylie returned
Wednesday from the exposition.
Mrs. Ford, of Reliuont, X. C., is in
Yorkvillc, visiting the Misses Williams.
Prof. Kobt. J. Herndon went up to Maiden,
N. C., Thursday to take charge of a
hand.
Miss Rosborough, ofTampieo, Mexico,
is visiting the family of Dr. M. Kuykendal.
Miss Georgia and Miss Lillian Withers
ire visiting friendsand relatives at f.enoir,
X.C.
Mrs. M. F. Fuller, of Ninety-Six M
visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brica^on
Jartwright avenue. /
Misses J aide I). Wardlaw, ofCt^hnibia,
jnd Fannie Wardlaw, of < lattheraCity, are
in Yorkville, visiting the family- ofCap:ain
Withers Adiekes. #
Mr. A. Frank McConnell j^turned on
Wednesday after a pleasant yjsu 10 relatives
in Alabama. \
Miss Eula Caskey has closjd her school
it Harmony temporarily op account o
measles, and returned to her Rome in Lancaster.
\ 1
Hev. J. P. Knox and wifoAof Hickory
drove, spent a tew days in Ydtkville this
week with Mr. J. S. Price's family.
Miss Daisy (list and Mastefc Edward i
Pinley, dr., are visiting relatives and
friends in Charlotte, X. C.
W. B. deLoach, Esq., is attending the
jrand lodge of the Masons which met in
Charleston, this week.
Misses Ida and Hattie deLoach returned
mi Saturday after a pleasant visit to
friends in Camden.
Misses Lizzie Hunter and Straussie
Walker went to Charleston on Tuesday
last to spend the Christmas holidays with
Miss Norma Strauss.
"Capiu" W. B. Williams, Jr., has ac- *
cepted a position with the Southern Hailway
company at Rock Hill. <
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Briee, of Woodwards,
are visiting their son, Mr. J. M.
Briee, near Yorkville.
Miss Jennie Ilart returned home on
Wednesday from a visit to friends near
Guthriesville.
Mr. Sam M. Scott, of Sharon, returned ? (
on Tuesday alter a pie asant visit to relatives
at McCains, Tenn.
Misses Hattie and Eula Lowry returned
home this week alter an extended visit to
the Atlanta exposition and relatives in 1
Americus, <ia.
i MEKE MENTION.
Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania, has
announced his Intention to retire from the *
senate at the expiration of his present
[term. A member of the Virginia
[ senate has introduced a bill to fine eoun|
ties in which lynchings take place at the
rate of &J00 for every 1,000 inhabitants.
The Italian army in Abyssinia met
a disastrous defeat one day last week.
Over 700 soldiers were killed A regiment
of the Ohio National guards visited
the Atlanta exposition not long, ago and it
has developed that seven members deserted
in Atlanta, and went to join the
insurgents. President Cleveland has
gone to the coast of North Carolina to
shoot ducks. There are between 30
and 40 contested -election cases before
congress. A movement is on foot for
106 Homing 01 <x uig oouiuciu capuoimvu
in Chicago, 111., as soon as the necessary
details can be urraged. Captain Albert ,n
Dreyfus, the French army oflicer who, in
January hist, was publicly degraded and
banished to French Guiana for life, for
selling plans of French fortifications to
Germans, has made his escape. Representative
Talbert haslintroduced in the
house a joint resolution enjoining the
secretary of the treasury from a further
issue of bonds, and directing him to coin
the seigniorage of the uncoined silver in
the treasury, amounting to about $65,000,000
The senate has confirmed the
nontination of Kul'us \V. Peekham, to be
associate justice of the United States supreme
court.
As to Local Preachers.?The following
resolutions introduced by Rev.
YV. P. Mcadors, and adopted by the
recent Methodist conference, is of more
or less interest to members of the ^
Methodist denomination :
"In order to preserve peace and harmony
in our conference, be it
"Resolved 1. That it is the sense ol this
conference that no local preacher should
enter the territory of any other preacher
in this conference, without an invitation
from those in charge of that territory and
thereby brought under their control.
"2. That every preacher in charge shall
be held responsible for his loeal preachers *.
and required to restrain them whenever
they go beyond the bounds of his charge
without an invitation from the preacher
in charge where lie proposes to work.
I ? .,11 ...nn/.lmru in who '
O. I Hill ...
employ disloyal local preachers, or unau- *
thorized or unreliable evangelists, are not <
worthy to receive an appointment among
us."
The Charleston Elect ion.
The Charleston municipal election
held on last Tuesday resulted in a
victory for the regular Democratic ticket
headed by Smythe by the small plurality
of only 278 votes out of a total
poll of about 4,500. The regular Democracy
has also elected a small majority
of the members of the municipal
council.
Lensed to the Trust.
The Globe Phosphate company, of ,
Columbia, has leased its plant and business
to the Virginia and Carolina
Chemical company, of Virginia, for
the term of four years. Dr. T. C.
Robertson, the present manager of the
ninho oomnnnv. will continue in
.vwv X J 7
charge.
AT THE CHURCHES
associate reformed presbyterian.
Rev. Boyce H. Grier, pastor. York- - j
ville?Sunday-school at 10o'clock a. m. ,
Tirzah?Services on Sunday morning at 4
11.30 o'clock. J
episcopal. m
Rev. Robt. A. Lee, minister. Morning ^
service at 11 o'clock. Sunday-school I
in the afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Evening
prayer at 7.30 o'clock.
presbyterian.
Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor. Sunday
school at 3 o'clock p. m. Services on Sun- >
day morning at 11 o'clock and in the
evening at 7 o'clock.
baptist.
Rev. W. J. Langstou, pastor. Yorkville?Sunday-school
at 10 o'clock, a. m.
Services Sunday evening at 7 o'clock.
Union?Services Sunday morning at 11
o'clock.
Iflarkct Jlcporfs.
YORK VILLE, Decernber 13.?Cotton 7j
to 8.
NEW YORK, December 11.?Cotton 8J.
Futures closed barely steady with sales of
12*2,100 bales as follows: December, 8.20;
- '' no-. A f U
January, ; renruary, o.-i ; niiuuu,
8.3-3 ; April. 8.J7; May, 8.41; June, 8.45; ,
July, 8.40 ; August,8.47; Septlmber, 8.18;
October, 8.00; November, S.07
Special jftotires. j
Mt. Vernon iLU<J-81uuly Grove.
Rev. R.A^'Yoiigue will preach at Mt.
Verimu'vcl]iir<,h, Hickory Grove, next
Suiirtay morning at 11 o'clock and at
miady Grove church at J o'clock, p. in.
J. E. LKKCH.
$3,000.00 for $33. OO.
C'iikstkr, S. December 10, 1895.
Messrs. Sam M. A L. Geo. Grist, General
Agents Mutual Reserve Fund Life i
... .. V- %r j
Association, hi acw ium. .
Gentlemen: I am in receipt of check
Xo. 10,(>{."), for ?1,000.00, on The Xational c
Park Rank of New York, the same being
payment in full of policy Xo. IS'!,576
issued by your company 30th day of last
March, on the life of my husband, John
C. James, and on which he had only paid
?33 in premiums. You have paid the
claim nearly two months before it was
really due according to the terms of the
policy. Allow me to thank you and the ,
otlicers of your association for the courtesies
received at your hands.
[Signed.] Sarah H. James.
P. S.?If the late John C. James had
taken an ordinary life policy, in an Old
System company, and paid it the same .>
amount in premiums as ho paid the Mu- J
tual Reserve, his widow would only have i
received $1,380 instead of $3,000. Gain by /
insuring in Mutual Reserve, 91,620. /'
December 13 87 fit S