Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 18, 1895, Image 2
Scraps and |acts.
? The Washington correspondent of
the New York Herald polled the
members of the national Republican
committee during its session in Washington
the early part of the week, as
to their presidential preferences, with
the following result: For McKinley,
10; Reed, 11; Allison, 9; Morton, 3;
Cameron, 4; Harrison, 2; Cullom, 1;
Davis, 2 ; Bradley, 1; Spooner, 1, and
Elkins, 2. Iu this enumeration Committeman
Cowles, of North Carolina,
is placed iu the Reed column. There
are two surprises in ' the list?the
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strengiu ui aiiisuu uuu wc n
of Harrison.
? The Georgia legislature has opened
the way for a test of the constitutionality
of the ten per cent, tax on State
bank notes. The Calvin banking act,
passed at a former session, bas been
amended so that within a short time
some public spirited citizen of that
State will establish a bank and issue
notes for the express purpose of trying
the State bank tax question in the
courts. Many able lawyers who have
given the subject close study are convinced
that this tax is unconstitutional
and some of them will volunteer to
defend in the courts an issue of State
bank notes. This case will attract
the attention of the whole country.
? New York Sun: Indications point
to an almost complete failure of the
Florida orange crop this year. One of
the largest fruit importers in the city
said recently that the Florida crop
would not be over 100,000 boxes,
whereas an average crop is in the
neighborhood of 5,000,000 boxes. The
cause of the small yield was the frost
of last January,- which killed many
fruit trees of all kinds throughout Florida.
The scarcity of oranges will
cause a temporary rise in tbe price
uutil the crops from other sections arrive
in the market. The Jamaica
oraoge will arrive soou after the holidays.
Later we will get the fruit from
Sicily, from Valencia, Spain, and finally
from California. The freight charges
and duties on the foreign products will
serve, however, to keep the prices at
a slight advance over those of former
years.
? Allen G. Thurman, the "Old Roman
of the Democracy," died at his
home in Columbus, Ohio, on the 12th
instant, aged 83 years. It will be
remembered that he was hurt by a
fall some weeks ago. He never recovered
from the injuries sustained.
Judge Thurman was first elected to
congress iu 1844. He was afterwards
olontorf tn various hich offices of honor
and trust, including the United States
senate. Immediately after the war,
he became the leader of the small
element throughout the North that
favored the restoration of constitutional
government, and was looked upon
as a strong and influential friend of
the South. He was several times
voted for the Democratic nomination
for the presidency ; but never received
it. He was a candidate for vice-presideut
ax the time Cleveland was defeatm^med
by Harrison. Because*of his sterling
character, he has always commanded
the respect of his political
opponents.
? Certain senators are after the railroads
with sharp sticks. On the 13th
instant Senator Call introduced in the
senate a bill providing that passenger
transportation on all railways engaged
in interstate commerce shall not exceed
one cent per mile. It is made
lawful for railway companies to have
separate cars for different races, nationalites
and kinds of people. Sleeping
car charges are ordered to be reduced
to $1 for each 24 hours of occupancy.
Freight charges are ordered
to be reduced to an amount not exceeding
that necessary to pay interest
(not exceeding 5 per cent.) on the
present value of the railroads engaged
in interstate commerce, estimated upon
the basis of the cost at which such
railroads could be duplicated today.
A fine of $10,000 for each violation is
provided (half of which is to be paid
the informer or by imprisonment for
not more than one year.
? The first gun in the tariff fight in
the Fifty-fourth congress, was fired in
the house last Thursday by the venerable
ex-Soeaker Grow, representative
at-large from the State of Pennyslvania.
At his request the house went
into a committee of the whole on the
state of the Union. He compared the
working of the protective tariff as it
existed from 1861 to 1894, with the results
achieved by the present law, asserting
that the latter had not proved
much of a success. He proposed, instead
of the retirement of the greenbacks
in exchange for bonds, as recommended
by President Cleveland,
that national banks be permitted to
deposit them, and the silver certificates
as well, in exchange for circulating
notes, receiving $110 for every $100,
so deposited ; the greenbacks and certificates
when deposited, to be cancelled.
The gold reserve, he contended,
would always prove a source of
weakness whenever aud as long as the
government was compelled to borrow
money to meet its expenditures.
? Following is the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange statement from September
1 to December 13, inclusive: Port
receipts 2,896,570 bales, agairist 4,435,128
last year, 3,478,462 year before
last, and 3,107,755 for the same time
in 1892. Overland to mills and Canada
453,375 bales, against 688,955 ; 459,- 1
513, and 484,843. Slocks in excess of
September 1, 504,451 bales, against i
429,341; 372,389, and 324,218. South- ,
ern mill takings 329,695 bales, against
314,734; 280,512, and 266,573. Crop ,
brought into sight during 104 days to .
date 4,184,181 bales, against 5,868,158 ;
4,590.876, aud 4,178,378. Crop brought '
into sight for the week 322,408 bales,
against 434,333 for the seven days 1
ended December 13 last year; 410,743, 1
and 336,569. Crop brought into sight 1
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lor ine nrsi ii$ nays 01 l^eutriuuei uui,- (
080 bales, against 865,830 ; 763,217, (
and 606,374. Comparisons in these |
reports are made up to the corresponding
date last year, year before, and in (
1892, and not in the close of the corresponding
weeks. Comparisons by
weeks would take in 105 days of the 1
season last year, 106 year before last, i
and 107 in 1892, against only 104 days i
this year. ,
? There has been a confession in
what is known as the Beaufort, N. C., ]
graveyard insurance cases. David Parker,
one of the defendants, has turned
State's evidence and told all about the I
matter. He says that he knows Levi j
T. Foe, J. C: and T. D. Delamar, of the
late insurance firm of Noe, Delamar &
Co. These men employed him to get
insurance far them. They instructed j
him to only get the poorest kind of
risks. They preferred, before anything
else, consumptives who were
almost ready to die. When he would (
report such a case, they would have
the party insured on the certificate of a (
peijured physician, and when the j
"risk" died, would give him a portion
of the money. He named several
other parties who acted as agents for
the swindlers, and his confession is regarded
as a complete expose of the
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wnoie scneme.
YORKVILLE, 8. C.:
WEDNESDAY, DECEMB'R 18,1895.
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? The News and Courier's hog contest I
came to a close last night at 12 o'clock. ]
The returns, however, will probably not ,
all be in for several days yet. 1
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? Senator Tillman has introduced in the J
senate a bill to provide for a United States ,
marshal and a United States district attorney
for the Western district of South
Carolina. Tie Greenville News has tried
to interview the government officials in
regard to the matter and found them unwilling
to talk. It is not thought, however,
that they favor the proposed change.
The offices of marshal and district attorney
are bothipretty fat at preesent; but if
their fees should be divided, they would
not be so fat. Just what is moving Senator
Tillman in the matter has not developed.
? Interest is beginning to wax warm in
the new supreme court justiceship that
was created by the recent constitutional
convention. So far, quite a number of
candidates have been announced. They
T? "D T/v?/vo r'Alonal "RnKorf AlHrio.h.
linj X Its li. UUUDO, VUIVUV4 f
Mr. D. S. Henderson, Geo.S. Mower, and '
Attorney General Barber. Under the old
constitution, a candidate had to be 30 years
of age before he was elligible to such a
position; but the new constitution has '
fixed the age of elligibility at 26. It is
generally thought that this change was
made in the interest of Attorney General ]
Barber, who is about the age indicated. <
Mr. Barber has not announced his candi- (
dacy for the position ; but his friends have,
and there are those who think that he is .
pretty apt to get it, notwithstanding the j
candidacy of older and more experienced <
competitors. i
THE AREA OF YORK.
From The Herald, of last Saturday, it ]
appears that a number of citizens of Rock j
Hill and Fort Mill, have serious doubts 1
as to the exact area of York county, and
are arranging for a re-survey; but we do (
not think that the matter is one over
which anybody need become especially i
excited.
After the adoption of the constitution of
1868, a re-survey of all the counties in the
State became necessary, in order that the l
several counties could be divided into
townships, and in York the work was en- '
trusted to Messrs. Dan D. Moore and J. (
G. Enloe, deceased, and Col. W. B. Alii- (
son, who is still living. These gentlemen i
made a careful survey of the whole county,
following every crook and angle of the
rivers and of the North Carolina and
Chester lines. Then they laid off the dif- J
ferent townships with equal care, and ,
made a certified report of their work to the
county and State authorities. !
By this survey, the area of the county '
was ascertained to be a fraction over 764 (
square miles, which was something less ,
than 100 square miles less than the county ,
was then generally supposed to contain. ]
That this result is accurate, there is little '
reason to doubt. All the surveyors {
were not only capable and competent; j
but thoroughly reliable, and we have been ]
informed that the sum of the areas of the 1
different townships tallied with the aggregate
area of the whole Jcounty as shown 1
by the outside measurements, with the !
greatest satisfaction. I
The area of the county is stated on (
various maps and in different statistical 1
publications, as being anywhere between i
735 and 750 square miles, and by people 1
not thoroughly familiar with the matter, .
these figures have often been quoted as
correct. The mistake is very easily ac- P
counted for. Most mapmakers and stat- t
isticians have gone for their information 1
to the county auditor. The books of that
official show that the total acreage of the j'
county returned for taxation, is 471,127, or j
a fraction over 736 square miles. It must i
be remembered, however, that church i
and school property, not taxed, and town 1
property, which is generally returned by
the lot instead of by the acre, is not all ineluded
in these figures, and this accounts
for the discrepancy between the area as
shown by the returns of the auditor's
books, and the actual area as shown by
the official survey.
But, however, a new survey will not ^
burt anything. If there are those who are ?
svilling to pay the expenses, it is nobody's t
business; and, if the gentlemen employ- I
sd to do the work are not able to verify ll
the very careful notes of 1868-9, it is proba- ^
ble that there can be found those who Q
will be able to succeed with exactness. a
There is no doubt about the fact that since ^
1868-9, York county has grown consider- r
bly in wealth, population and intelli- *
?ence ; but as to whether, during this ?
time, it has grown a single square mile in a
irea, The Enquirer is among those h
who, to say the least, are quite skeptical, b
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 1
klrs. W. E. Rose, Columbia, S. C.?Offers <
the Three C's hotel for rent, lease or sale, \
r. W. Dobson?Offers you plain and fancy t
candies,dried apples, green apples, barb- :
ed wire, porpoise hide shoe strings, and ,
shoe findings. Also three papers of big- J
eyed needles, and two com os for 28 cents f
5. W. Love?Announces that he has coin- e
menced the real estate agency business
in Yorkville, and will give attention to
the buying and selling of the same,
renting houses, collecting rents, etc.
y. E. Spencer, Attorney?Offers a number 3
of parcels of land for sale or for rent, \
Carolina Buggy Co.?Tells of the merits
of their vehicles in verse,
r. J. Hunter?Wants you to get a suit of 1
clothes for your boy and give it to him 1
as a Christmas present. He says he is <
offering suits at prices to move them. >
If you need anew hat he is prepared to '
furnish you with one. The Atwood sus- '
pender is a specialty with him.
r. M. Dobson <fc Co.?Detail a conversa- 1
tion between a man and his wife, in 1
which she tells about the many nice <
things for Christmas presents which may
be found at T. M. Dobson <k Co.'s. (
jrrist Cousins?Have almonds, cranber- 1
ries, hazel nuts, Brazil nuts, English 1
walnuts and pecans, firecrackers and ,
torpedoes, prepared cocoanut, Baker's (
ClllH'UJUte, iUUJg sugaif inisilis, uibiuu
and currants, Mocha coffee, dates and
fig9, and cream cheese at 15 cents per
pound.
H. C. Strauss?Tells you about his stock of
ladies' underwear, and reminds you that
if you wish to make a Christmas or
wedding present, to call on him.
THE BRIDEGROOM TARRIEDThere
is a big sensation in Yorkville 1
jolored high life. There was to have been
i marriage in the Wesleyan church last
Thursday night. Ben Foster was to have
jeen the groom, and the bride to be was
Janie Clark. Preparations for the affair
iad been in progress for several weeks,
ind uppertendom among the colored
people was looking forward to it as the
svent of the season. Bridesmaids and
jroomsmen had been selected, new white
Iresses had been purchased, and swallow-tailed
coats provided for. For several
nights, the choir had practiced the wedling
march, and all who were to participate
or officiate in any capacity, were well
prepared for their respective parts. The
ippointed night rolled around, and the
invited guests, groomsmen and bridesmaid
were assembled ; the bride was also
;here. After awhile, the assembled congregation
began to grow impatient, and
presently it was whispered that the bridegroom
was not coming. This soon after
ieveloped into a fact, and where all was
merry only a short time before, there was
jxceeding great wrath. Instead of congratulations
for the bride, there were
ittempts at consolation; but she would
not be comforted. She bewailed not only
ihe loss of her intended ; but charged that
lie had cruelly carried off $10 that she had
paid over to him for the purchase of a
jtove on which she was to do his cooking.
The whereabouts of the bridegroom are
still unknown.
WILL MAKE A SURVEY.
The Rock Hill Herald of last Saturday,
contains the following, which will prove
>f more or less interest throughout the
county:
"An opinion has been and is now
prevalent among our citizens, that the
estimated and reputed area of York
county is much smaller than the real.
Recently a meeting of the citizens was
held in the council chamber to consider
the advisability of taking steps to have
i careful survey of the county made.
Citizens present showed that former estimates
placed the area at from 750 to 825
square miles. Where there is so much
uncertainty, there is a chance, from recent
estimates, of the area being sufficiently
large to warrant a definite survey being
made with the hope of ultimately organizing
a new county. At the meeting
referred to a committee was appointed to
raise the necessary funds and employ
competent surveyors to proceed with the
woik immediately. The committee consisted
of W. C. Hutchison, A. H. White,
IV P \XT ilorvn P T Poivoll anrl W -T.
Roddey, of Rock Hill; and J. W. Ardrey
and S. E. White, of Fort Mill.
The committee has had meetings since
then and concluding that the undertaking
was advisable, they have employed Representative
W. N. Elder and Mr. W. W.
Miller to make the survey. They have
dgnified their acceptance, secured their
shain bearers, and will commence work
at an early day."
ALMOST ASPHYXIATED.
Mr. Wm. 'A. Burns, who lives six or
seven miles west of Yorkville, had a
narrow escape from suffocation by gas, in
Columbia, last Friday night. The details
were published in the daily papers of
Sunday morning, and the following account
is from the Columbia Register:
"Mr. W. A. Burns, of York, came to
Columbia Friday and put up at the Grand
Central hotel. He went to bed at the
usual hour and blew out the gas. A
Funeral would naturally follow this; but
by the greatest good luck, Mr. Burns was
spared the disagreeable duty of heading a
graveyard procession at his home. But
be had a narrow escape. He had been
breathing the deadly vapor for several
aours before the situation was discovered,
it was about 3.30 in the morning when
mother guest woke up and found himself
ialf suffocated. The gas was pouring
nto his room through the transom, and
le immediately gave the alarm at the
)flice. Mr. Burns' room was entered and
le was found nearly suffocated. Measires
were immediately taken to resusci- i
ate him, which proved entirely successul
without the aid of a physician, although i
t took some time. He was given a walk
iround several blocks in the cold air and <
loinpletely revived. He did not go back
o his room; but spent the rest of the i
night on a sofa in the oillce."
The News and Courier publishes an i
ccount that is substantially the same as i
he above, and goes on to say that while i
dr. Burns was lying on the sofa he was <
nade the butt of a cruel joke by a drum- i
ner. After learning of Mr. Burns's i
nishap, and ascertaining that all danger ;
ras over, the irrepressible tourist wrote .
he following and left it pinned to the t
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"There was an old codger from York, <
Who doubtless eats soup with u fork; .
With stupidity crass,
He blew out the gas? '
That innocent greenhorn from York !" |
Tliis doggerel, however, constitutes a t
ricked slander. The reporter for the t
,'olumbia State looked into tiie matter *
uore closely than did the reporters for t
lie other papers, and he says that Mr. l
lurns did not blowout the gas at all. He
urned it out just as anybody else would ; t
ut there was something wrong with the }
urner. It turned too far and was re- 1
pened. A Yorkville gentleman who i
lways turns out the gas, and who knows i
Ir. Burns, says he is willing to corrobo- u
ate the story of The State. "Why, Billy c
lurns is no greenhorn," declares the i
eutleman referred to. "He was in our
otnpany for four years during the war, t
nd he was in many a place that would j
ave made that smart drummer wish he 1
ad never been born. It is true that i
luring that time he did not usually have
iccasion to turn out the gas; but he knew
low to put it out all the same, and I am
horoughly satisfied that his misadventure
,vas not the result of ignorance, the faceious
poet to the contrary, notwithstandng."
Mr. Burns reached Yorkville on
Monday, on his return home, and was
ipparently none the worse for his narrow
scape.
FLANAGAN'S TOMATOES.
"I am ahead of them all on tomatoes this
fear," said Mr. Louis Roth to a reporter
i day or two ago, as he pointed to a big
lile of cans stacked up in his store. I
lought my tomatoes?30 cases?from the
Flanagan company, of Bowling Green,
;arly, and now nobody else can get them.
The Flanagan's have sold out all the
omatoes they had."
In answer to questions, Mr. Roth said
tie considered the Flanagan tomatoes
better than any that came from the North,
for the reason that they are put up fresh,
m the same day that they are picked from
the fields, while the Northern tomatoes
*re often not canned until after several
lays of exposure. The Flanagan tomatoes
are, therefore, fresher and better.
"I bought my tomatoes just a little
while before that article was printed in
The Enquirer about the Flanagans,"
continued Mr. Roth, "and just a little
while after the article came out, Mr. Love,
of Gastonia, stepped in and bought every
tomato the Flanagan's had; something
liice a tnousana cases, latsy jmiu a ngut
sharp advance over the price at which
Northern tomatoes could have been
bought and gave about two cents a case
more than I paid. Yes, sir, although I
have not got enough to do me, I consider
that I am ahead on tomatoes this year."
DIED PROM BLOOD POISONING.
Henry Crawford, colored, died at his
home near Bethany last week from blood
poisoning, caused by a pistol shot wound
that was inflicted in his hand on the 27th
day of last November. Coroner Pursley
empanelled a jury last Thursday, with
M. A. Paris as foreman, for the purpose
of investigating the matter. Two witnesses
Sump Sadler and Jeff Enloe, both
colored, were examined, and the following
very unsatisfactory facts were developed
:
On November 27, Sump Sadler and
Henry Crawford, were at Tom Sadler's.
Jefl Enloe and John Lowry were passing
on their way to E. C. Falls's. Sump Sadler
called to the two men to stop, and accompanied
by Henry Crawford, went
down to the road to where they were,
Sadler bad a pistol in his hand Lowry
had one in his pocket. They commenced
boasting to each other as to what "bad
men" they were with pistols. After
awhile the lie was passed and each man
fired two shots ; but it appears that the
firing was rather to exhibit the fearlessness
of the shooters than on account of any
attempt to shoot anybody. During the exhibition,
Sadler turned to Carwford and
asked if he should shoot Lowry. Crawford
said no, and as if to prevent a tragedy,
put his hand between the two men. After
the fracas was over, it developed that
Crawford had been shot in the hand.
Sadler says by Lowry, and Enloe says he
does not know by which.
Drs. J. W. Campbell and E. W. Pressly
testified that the deceased came iu m?
death by blood poisoning, and the verdict
of the jury, after the hearing all the evidence
that was obtainable, was as follows :
"We, the undersigned jurors, do find
that the deceased, Henry Crawford, came"
to his death from a pistol shot wound accidentally
inflicted by John Lowry, or
Sump Sadler."
SOME SALIENT POINTS.
A representative of Thf. Enquirer
asked Delegate Briee, on Monday, for
an explanation of some of the more
important changes that have been made
in the fundamental law of the State by
the recent convention. In reply, Mr.
Brice said that the synopsis of the new
constitution, as published in The Enquirer
of Wednesday, was so complete
and satisfactory, that there was but little
left to comment on. He was willing,
however, to call attention to some of the
more striking points of difference, and
did so as follows:
"The declaration of rights is practically
the same as in the old constitution, except
in one particular. Under the old constitution,
it is at least doubtful as to whether
o i.irioro hus the richttosend an individual
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to the penitentiary for contempt of court.
The new constitution expressly provides
that judges shall have no such right.
"The old constitution contains a provision
like this: 'The enumeration of rights
in this constitution shall not be construed
to impair or deny others retained by the
people, and all powers not herein delegated
remain with the people.' This provision
does not appear in the new constitution.
The Enquirer referred to the fact not
long ago as a dangerous omission. The
comments were correct so far as they
went; but they failed to take into consideration
the fact that this provision is in the
constitution of the United States, where it
will be found that 'all powers not herein
delegated are still reserved.' It is possible
that vexing questions may arise under
this omission ; but no harm will be done.
It may take longer, of course; but they
can be eventually settled under the
constitution of the United States the
same as if the provision had been allowed
to remain in our State constitution.
"The old constitution says that the
citizen has a right to be secure from
unreasonable search. The new constitution
says that the right to be secure from
unreasonable search shall not be violated
except as provided by law.
"The Enquirer has already called
attention again and again to the material
points in the sutfrago article ; but I do
not think that it has made it clear as to
the opportunity for registration. The
registration books must lie kept open
continuously for six consecutive weeks
tor the first registration, iuio inereauer,
it leaSTono week in each month up to
JO days next preceding the election.
Another important matter here that seems
m have been ignored, is the fact that
liereafter none but those who are duly
jualified to vote in Stale and county
elections, will be allowed to vote in
municipal elections. Municipal - voters
nust also hold special registration ceriticates,
issued under the authority of
heir respective municipalities. The first
State election under this new article, will
ake place on the first Tuesday after the
irst Monday in November, l.S!H>.
"The legislature will hereafter meet on
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,'ear. The lirst four sessions will be mi- i
iinitecl as to length. After that, the per |
liem is limited to 40 days. The members |
nay remain in Columbia and pass acts 1
liter the 40 days have expired, if they so i
lesire ; but they can't draw any more
>ay. i
"There is a very important change in
he homestead law. It is doubtful as to <
ust exactly what the old law was. There i
lave been a number o!t con dieting decis- 1
oils on the subject, and there was, of <
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course, room for more. Among other
tilings, it has been practically decided
that after a homestead was laid off to the
head of a family, such head of a family
had only a temporary title to it, and if
the conditions that made the claimant the
head of a family should be changed,
the property was subject to seizure. The
homestead title is now absolute, and the
party to whom it is made can do with it as
he or she pleases. If both husband and
wife are living, however, mortgage or sale
of the property requires a joint convey
ance.
"Under the old constitution, it seems to
be doubtful jus to whether a defendant
had a right to demand and obtain a trial
by jury in cases of offense against municipal
ordinances. The question has been
settled effectually by giving the defendant
such right. Upon dentand, he can secure
a jury of not less than six, all of whom
must agree to a verdict. Heretofore, all
that was required of a juror was that he
be of good moral character. Hereafter he
must also be a qualified elector.
"The old constitution is somewhat confusing
on the subject of judges charging
a jury. It is said that the judge should
state the testimony and declare the law.
Under this provision, the judge could,
and sometimes did, state the testimony in
such a way as to give the attorney on one
side or the other serious grounds for complaint.
This has been changed. Hereafter
only the lawyer will have the right
to review the testimony. Judges, in their
charges, must confine themselves strictly
to declaring the law.
In the synopsis published in The EnquiHKU.it
was stated that the heirs of a
victim of lynchers could recover $2,000.
The constitution provides not less than
$2,000. There is no limit to the amount
recoverable above that sum. All that is
necessary is to prove the fact that the
lynching was committed, and the jury
will fix the amount of exemplary dam
ages at whatever sum it may see fit, from
from $2,000 up. The trial of the officer who
permits a lynching may not take place
in his own county ; but must be removed
to some other county, to be selected by
the attorney general, in the same judicial
district.
"There will be no more county or township
subscriptions to railroads. They arc
peremptorily prohibited.
[ "And the litigation over the rights ol
married women is at an end. There have
been so many conflicting decisions under
the old constitution, that the law was in
doubt. If a married woman gave a mortgage
or went security, and it could be
proved that the money was not used for
her own separate estate, it could not be
collected. Such will be no longer the
case. A married woman can do with her
property as she pleases, and go security
or give a valid mortgage the same as anybody
else.
"There are quite a number of other
things that I might mention," concluded
Mr. Brice; "but I do not think that I
could explain them in such a way as to
make them of interest to those whom you
newspaper men designate as 'general readers.'
They would involve a good deal ol
talk, and not a few confusing technicalities.
However, .\ on might say that before
the convention adjourned, it passed an
ordinance providing that the legislature,
at its next session, should make provision
for the payment of the managers and
commissioners who served in the recent
election for delegates; and yon might also
say that the new constitution goes into
effect on the first day of January,
LOCAL LACONICS.
Notary Public.
Mr. Willard O. Bailes, of Fort Mill
township, has secured an appointment
as notary public.
For Assault nnd Battery.
Dave Wise, colored, was committed tci
jail by Trial Justice Carroll 011 Novembei
25, to await trial 011 the charge assault and
battery.
Death of Mr. John Carson.
Mr. John Carson, of the Philadelphia
neighborhood, died Tuesday morning at 1
o'clock, aged about 87 years.
With a License.
Charlotte Observer, Friday: License
was issued yesterday to Mr. Thomas P.
Glenn, of York county, S. C'., and Miss
Delia S. Stinson, of this city. They will
be married today.
Second Crop Apples.
Mr. S. A. McElwee,of Yorkville, showed
the reporter, a day or two ago, some
second crop apples plucked from a tree in
his orchard. The apples were small and
knotty; but were thoroughly ripe.
Admitted to the Rar.
Mr. W. W. Dixon, formerly of Yorkville.
and later of Kock Hill, passed an
examination before the supreme court
last week and was duly admitted to the
bar.
Will Re Ready on January 1.
Work on the Morrow Roller mill was
considerably delayed on account of the lire
that destroyed the gin house sometime ago,
and it was impossible to start the machinery
according to original intentions. Mr.
Morrow now thinks that he will surely be
ready to start on or about the first week in
January.
On a Visit to Louisville.
Gastonia Gazette : Dr. E. E. Boyee will
leave Monday for Louisville, Ky., where
he will spend the winter. He will preach
in the church of which his son, Rev.
James Boyce, is pastor, while the latter is
away canvassing for some department of
church work.
Sold Mis Plantation.
Gastonia Gazette : The "old home place"
of Dr. E. E. Boyce on Crowder's creek,
containing nearly 400 acres, has changed
hands. The deal was closed Tuesday by
which Messrs. J. A. Crawford, J. F. Pursley
and T. II. Lynn became purchasers
and owners. It is a fine tract of land. It
will be re-surveyed this week, and the
lines will probably be run by Mr. Jno. B.
White, of Pleasant Ridge.
The RaptNt High School.
Front the announcement of Messrs.
Petty & Gresham, principals, in another
column, it will be noted that there will be
an open session of the literary society 01
the Baptist High school in the auditorium
of the institution tomorrow night,
commencing at (>..'10 o'clock. The students
have been making considerable
preparations for the occasion, and visitors
may assure themselves of a pleasant evening.
The holidays commence on next
Monday, the li'lrd, and last two weeks.
Making It Lively.
A traveling sign painter struck Yorkville
last week, and some of our live
business men have been keeping him
busy painting advertisements for their
attractions. J. \V. Dobson has had a neat
grocery and livery stable sign placed on
his front window. \V. F. Marshall has
hung out a big banner on which appears
the following: "Welcome All. Before
Buying, Examine my Clothing, Shoes
irnl Hats. Children's Clothing at Cost."
H.C.Strauss has it this way: "Big lteluction
in Fall and Winter Goods. $18
ind $20 Suits of Clothing at $4.08. New
Home Sewing Machine at $25." The
ianson Dry Goods Company makes this
announcement: "<; rent Clearing Sale for h
Sixty Days Only." W. 11. Moore A Co. a
have cone more into detail. On a big
banner they have this: "X-mas liar- w
gains, Low Prices and IScautiful Selections
for Old and Young." On the door post, a
in an enumeration of .many of the articles ri
to be found inside, and on the transoms b
above the three doors are "Oroceries,"
"Hardware," "Everything." o
He Is Proud of It. t<
Master Frank Kiddle has a blooming ^
case of measles, and the little fellow finds
consolation in his affliction. He says: v
"Now, I won't have to run from Mr. k
Heath and the rest of them when they c
have the measles; will I, papa?"
County Board of ConinilKHloiierM. :1
The county board of commissioners met '
on Tuesday, pursuant to the call of a
Supervisor Stephenson. All of the mem- "
bers were present, with the exception of >
Messrs. Millerand Riddle. Quite a number
of accounts were passed upon; but
the board did not get through with its
business and will have to meet again to- 1
day.
Real Kntate Agency.
In another column, Mr. P. W. Love
makes an announcement that will be of
considerable interest to the people of 1
Yorkville and vicinity. He has opened a a
real estate agency, and will engage 1
in the business of renting houses, collect- t
ing rents, and buying and selling real <
property of all kinds. Yorkville has long
needed just such a convenience as this, '
and Mr. Love thinks he can attend to any 1
business that may be entrusted to liini, 5
without intefering with his duties as town
treasurer, or chief of police. t
There Will lie No Extention.
The fact that there will be no extension 1
of the time in which taxes may be paid 1
without the penalty, has been settled. 1
Comptroller General Norton has sent out I
the following official circular on the sub- <
ject: "The custom of extending the time 1
, for collection of taxes without penalty
, has prevailed to such an extent that the '
public expects the same for the taxes ISM- I
, 95. There will be no extension of the time <
for the payment of taxes for 1894-95, no sufficient
reason existing for such an extension."
I Condition of the Country.
"I believe that our section of country is !
f in better condition than at any time since 1
> the war," said Mr. David McCarter, of '
Bethel township, last Saturday. "Almost
i everybody has some money, and even the
Negroes have more cash than most of the 1
! white people had in 1891. I know of a 1
good many Negroes who have usually
! been coming out in debt, and who, this 1
i year, have anywhere from 825 to 8150 in 1
cash, after paying all they owe, And not
only this, most of them also have plenty 1
of corn and meat. Yes, sir; the whole
country seems to be in first class condi
tion."
I TwiMted Around the Shafting.
Mr. J. P. Hoffman had a close call in
1 the engine room at Morrow's ginnery last
1 Saturday morning. He was engaged in
oiling the engine and was leaning over the
line shaft. His coat was suddenly caught
by a projecting bolt in a coupling, and the
! first he knew of his danger was when his
whole body took a turn around the shaft.
Fortunately his clothing gave away and,
1 at the first turn he was thrown from the
I shaft to the ground in a heap. He was
knocked almost insensible, and was con1
siderably bruised; but except a little
1 soreness has now entirely recovered from
his injuries. All of Mr. Hoffman's cloth
illg, except ttportion OI nissmn, was mrn
off, and that he was not instantly killed,
seems to he almost a miracle.
' To Be Ordained Toduy.
Rev. R. A. Lee, who has been in charge
of the "Church of the Good Shepherd,"
at Yorkville, for something over a year,
' and of the "Church of the Atonement,"
at Rlaeksburg for about six months, as
deacon, is to he ordained to the priesthood
of the Protestant Episcopal church today.
Theordination rites will heconduct1
od by the Itt. Rev. Bishop Ellison Capers,
D. P., who will he assisted by Rev. Tlieo. ,
D. Bratton, of Spartanburg; Rev. W. E.
Evans, I). P., of Columbia; Rev. W. T. ;
! Capers, of Anderson ; Rev. J. I). McCol- '
lough, P. I).: Rev. Mr. Johnson, of Rock !
1 Hill; Rev. Mr. Stoney, of Camden ; Rev.
Mr. Homles, of Gaffney, and Rev. Mr.
Mitchell. Rev. Mr. Lee's father and
brother are here to be present at the servi- *
ces and also Pr. and Mrs. W. Anderson,
Mrs. Clarence Whisonant and Mrs. T.
L. Black, of Rlaeksburg, and a number j
of other visitors. The services take place
in the "Church of the Good Shepherd,"
commencingat 11 o'clock, a. in. A cordial
invitation has already been extended to .
the public. J
SHARON SHAV1NHS. t
i
The Wedding Bells?Blind Tiger LooMe? J
Personal and Other Notes. f
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. 1
Sharon, Pecemher 16.?There is to be a
long and loud ringing of the wedding J
bells here next Wednesday. Cards are f
out for the marriage of Pr. W. R. Kennedy
and Miss Pink Carroll. The marriage
is to take place in Woodlawn (
church. Mr. John R. Gettys and Miss 8
Mattie Sherrer are to be married in Sha- 1
roil church, and Miss Delorus Burgess .
and Mr. James Burgess, are to be married
at the residence of the bride's father,
Mr. W. R. Burgess, at this place. Preachers
are in demand. There are three other f
marriages that I could tell about; but I
am afraid that I would be encroaching on '
the territory of other correspondents. c
The young people seem to be in the
notion now, and by the time spring c
begins to put on her cloak of l'olliage and *'
tlowei*s, the wedding bells will have been 11
almost overtaxed with the work that is
ahead for them.
The blind tiger was loose and on the .
rampage here last Friday, lie was not "
only blind ; but it seemed that he also v
had an aggravated case ol' hydrophobia.
Everybody who got a dose of him wanted ['
to tight. Most of them did tight some. 1
Knacks and knives were both used right
smartly. Mr. Thomas Walker got into a ,l
dillicitIty with Dan Williams. Williams s<
used a knife and went for Walker in
a vicious fashion. The weapon struck a
rib and followed it almost around the
man's body. Ilad the blow been between ti
the ribs, there is little reason to doubt that d
it would have been a ease of murder, le
Walker is laid up and it will be some yi
time before he is well enough to be out el
again. Williams has skipped. The pro- Y
eceds of tho day have increased the b<
balance in the town treasury something si
like $15. F
There is a good deal of whiskey being I)
brought here by somebody for other than In
personal use, and we would be glad to pi
nave a consiaoie. i ne governor ougni 10 in
send us one?a good one. We want one tic
who will ship all the whisky he siezes to er
the dispensary and not drink it himself, lei
Rev. W. W. Hatch ford came up from gu
Lancaster Saturday evening and spent g<
the night with his sons at this place. He ui
preached a splendid sermon in Woodlawu ca
church on Sunday, and then left for cl
In Hook's Creek to visit his children and
ttend to some business.
Mr. Clarence Lowrance. of Yorkville,
as here yesterday. ,
The measles have been at work here for
boiit a week, and have been doing a
ashing business. They came very near
reaking up the school.
We are glad to see Mr. S. M. Scott on
ur streets again, lie has been on a visit
i his daughter, Mrs. Meek White, in
IcCains, Tenn.
All of our businessmen are well pleased
rith the work of the year, and, so far as I
;now, will continue on next year without
hange.
I may write again Wednesday to tell
bout some of those marriages; but if I
o not. let me wish Thb Enquirer and
11 the hard worked men who make it a
nerry Christmas and a prosperous uew
ear. a. e.
LETTER FROM HICKORY GROVE.
'he Snow?Going to Henrietta?Debating
Society?Partridge* Are Scarce?Merry
Chrintraaft.
.'orrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Hickory Grove, December 17.?Last
Thursday afternoon was bitterly cold,
ind as dark came, the snow began to fall;
nit only for a short while. The house
ops were covered; but when the sun
?me out, it soon disappeared.
Miss Ida Schlegelmich's many friends
egret to hear that she has returned to her
jome at Hardeeville for Xmas. We
tincerely hope she may return.
Mr. Chas Hamrick, the popular agent of
he O. R. & C. has resigned ins posuion
iere, to accept a better one at Heneritta,
S\ C. Mr. Hamrick has many friends
>vho give him up with reluctance, and
vish the young man much success with
liis new position. Mr. Hainrick is succeeded
by Mr. B. K. Hardin, of Rock Hill
ivho is well and favorably known here.
Mr. Sain Robinson, who has been farming
near Hoodtown for several years past,
has moved, with his brother, Mr. John J.
J. Robinson, near here. We welcome Mr.
Robinson among us.
Messrs. J. M. Watson, W. L. Leech,
John. D. Whitesides, Emil Warth and J.
L. Dowdle have returned from the exposition.
The gentlemen are all well pleased,
and says one of them, "it is the big
zest circus I ever saw." I presume that
this is a very good description.
There is a very strange report going its
rounds about here regarding the seizure
->f some contraband whisky. It seems
that some "dirty linen" will have to have ^
a good washing before the eyes of an exacting
public; but your corresponent has
been very busy for the past few weeks,
and has not had time to ascertain the
"truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truih," etc.; but the readers of The
Enquirer may rest assured that the
matter will be sifted to the bottom and
the facts stated. <
There is talk of organizing a debating
society at "Wilkerson School House" at
once. Mr. W. S. Wilkerson is at the
head of the movement, (if it can be called
such) and there is little doubt that it will
be a success in every sense of the word.
Mrs. M. J. Thomson, executrix of the
estate of J. S. R. Thomson, deceased, has
revoked all the permits issued to hunters,
and, in the future, any tresspassing on
these lands will be punished to- the full
extent of the law. Messrs. G. C. Leech,
J. T. Howe, Jeff T. Smith, W. S. Wilkerson.
John:J. J. Robinson, and J. T.
Wilkerson, I am informed, have also
posted their lands, and will punish anyone
hunting on them, (lame is getting
scarce in this section, and this accounts
for the action of the landownere.
"once more the rapid, fleeting year
Has brought old Christmas to our door;
Come, let us treat him with good cheer.; . *
As folks were wont in days of yore,
When burgher grave, and belted knight,
And cottage maid, and lady fair,
Obeyed the old familiar sprite,
And at his bidding banished careThat
sullen, surly melancholy wight.
School will close next Friday for the
holidays, and to the old and young, and
the maidens fair, I take the liberty, for
The Enquirer and myself, in wishing
you a happy and merry Christmas. May
Santa Claus forget none, may your hearts
be as light and joyful as was the Shep- *
herd's on that never-to-be-forgotten night,
when the Star of Bethlehem led them to
the manger, where the babe?the Saviour
>f man?lay. "Xmas"
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
Preparing for tnriMiman-itieafties?cornerence
Over?Other Note*.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enouirer.
Rock Hill, December 16.?Christmas
s drawing near, and every one seems to
)e preparing for it. The merchants are
'laying in" their supply of holiday goods,
he small boy is saving up his money for
ire works, and those big bad boys who
jose as men (we include ourselves) are
jetting their eggs in time?not for cakes,
mwever.
Twenty-two cases of measles in the Inlustrial
school, and something less than
!,200 in town, and quite a number of fatalties
from them among small children.
Since the preachers have gone, you can
(ccasionally hear an oath on the streets,
md the chickens?what fe\v remain?are t
lot afraid to crow for day.
The board of trustees of the Woman's
industrial college met last Saturday.
Jovernor John Gary Evans and Superinendent
of Education Mayfield were
iresent. Governor Evans returned to
Columbia Sunday morning. Mr. Mayield
attended services at the Baptist
hurch.
The convicts, or rather the chain gang '
rew, escaped from the guard house last
light and have none of them been captire
d.
The town has recently had the guard
muse heated by steam from the electric
iglit plant, and a plumber Jett a wrench
> the cell of Landis Johnson, the Negro
roniun of whom mention was made last K
eek, and she handed it through the bars
i) the others, and they managed, with its
elp and that of a bar, to etfect an exit.
The Chester weather prophet deserves
button. If December hasn't been cold
> far, we are rivals of Eli Perkins.
MKKK MENTION. . ,
Alexander Colie, who made a big forme
during the war as a blockade runner,
ied in New York last Thursday, penniss.
Lord Punraven, the English
itchtsmau, who recently made serious
larges of fraud against the New York
aeht club, is coming over to appear
jfore the yacht club and endeavor to
istain his assertions. Chairman W.
. Harrity has called a meeting of the
emocrutic National committee, to be
Id in Washington on January 16, for the
irpose of naming the lime and place for
io holding of the next Democratic Nainnl
convention. The government
op report indicates that there will be
ss than 6,500,000 bales this year. A
mg of renegado Apache Indians have
mcon the warpath in Arizona and are
ordering settlors. Bradstreet's merntile
agency reports a well defined deine
in the prices of all kinds of standard