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Scraps and darts. ? ? s ? Rev. Herbert N. Casson, of Lynn, a Mass., delivered a remarkable sermon a last Sunday. His subject was Senator t Tillman's recent speech. He said that 1< the speech would never fade in the o history of the country. When he con- I eluded, his congregation passed a res- $ olution unanimously endorsing "the n brave and patriotic words of Senator s Tillman," and pledging undying sup- v port. Lynn is one of the largest man- a ufacturing towns in the country, and Mr. Casson's congregation is made up c of laborers. b ? The recent proposed naval demon- c stration of the United States against a Turkey was bona fide; but it was I not necessary to carry it out. It a seems that at about that time, Russia o was negotiating an ainance witn xur- a key. The demonstration would have 1 seriously interfered with Russian in- a tereets, and the Russian government v notified the United States that if it I would just let Turkey alone, Russia t would see that whatever sum that t might be demanded for the destruc- b tion of American property in Armenia, b would be paid. e ? The annual meeting of the Nation- s al Farmers' Alliance and Industrial t union convened in Washington on t Tuesday. About 50 delegates were c present. The Associated Press says b that nearly all of the States were represented, and the United Press says that there was representation from only 17 States. The proceedings have been held in secret; but it was given ~ out that a committee was appointed to confer with the house committee on banking and currency. It is also understood that the question of en- : dorsing a new free eilver party is j being seriously considered. ? The Venezuelan commission held its regular weekly meeting last Friday with all of the members present. A _ great portion of the session was taken up in the condsideration of matters touching on the merits of the controversy, including a large number of maps and a quantity of matter sent from the state department in answer to requests' collected by persons spe- n cially charged with the task. Up to this time the commission has not re- 1 ceived notice from either the British 13 or Venezulan government of an inten-- h tion to avail itself of the invitation d extended to appear before the commis- I sion through representatives. Noth- i ing has been determined yet as to a sending an agent to Europe to collect t] evidence there for the consideration of the commission. It is said that this work could not be intelligently under- n taken until the mass of the matter al- f< ready before the commission has been thoroughly digested and a knowledge - acquireu ui just wuat gaps remain tu u be filled from the European archives. U ? From time to time there has been ai in the papers a story to the effect that tl located in and surrounded by the big 0 Vanderbilt estate near Asheville, b there is a six acre farm belonging to a Negro named Charles C. Collins ; that 1 Tanderbilt has offered fabulous prices " for the little farm ; but Collins refuses 11 to sell. The story has been developed h to the effect that Vanderbilt has ai threatened to build a Chinese wall o: around the farm, and make it of but n little value to the owner. Collins is tl out in an affidavit in which he sets tl forth that his farm is not located in the centre of the Vanderbilt estate ; but ** is on the outer edge ; that Vanderbilt al has never shown any hostility to him ; but on the contrary has time and again " given members -of his family employ- c( ment, and gave him the lumber with which to build his house. The story as concocted by the imaginative correspondent was very interesting in- p deed ; but as punctured by Collins, it in has completely collapsed. E ? James R. Randall's Washington fo correspondence of the Augusta Chron- cr icle : The abuse that Senator Tillman is gettiug from some quarters does uot n< apparently disturb him. The talk in about senators "ignoriug him" is non- di sense. Senators are like lawyers in E court. They say sharp things about ^ each other but remain on pretty good terms. Besides it would be bad policy re to "ignore" powerful senators. Sena- fil tor Butler, of South Carolina, was w roundly abused by Northern papers te some years ago, as I believe his distin- "t guished uncle was before the war, dur- fii ing the Brooks-Sumner controversy. m Senator Gorman has just emerged from re a campaign of denunciation, and even now the Maryland mugwump Democrats insist on his effacing himself. I 111 heard a man about the Capitol say 0N that if Mr. Tillman sends his speech to In all applicants, it will bankrupt him to if supply the demand. Besides, if your in readers will get the February number di of The Arena, they will see in Profes- a sor Rid path's second article on "The Bond and the Dollar," that he, a celebrated, philosophical historian, uses lauguage against the men who demonetized silver and keep it demonetized, quite as severe as anything Senator sh Tillman uttered on the same theme. in I do not judge the possible want of is charity in such matters, but simply to mean that it is nonsense to single out sa Tillman for excoriation. If the crime ^ of silver demonetization be, as so many wise people believe, fruitful of so many terrible calamities, are not statesmen and editors justified in their reprobation of such a calamitous procedure? at At any rate, Senator Tillman feels SF himself, in a degree, "Decorated with su the abuse of the Gold Pot couspira- n< tors." f? ? Bids for $100,000,000 thirty year n< 4 per cent, bonds, were opened at the pi treasury department in Washington d< last Monday in accordance with the conditions prescribed in the circular of . January 6, last. The bids are payable in gold, as follows : 20 per cent, at the time of the notice of acceptance 91 and 10 per cent, each fifteen days 111 thereafter. The total number of bids re filed was 4,040, aggregating $684,209,- ni 850. There was one bogus bid of $100,- tl 00,000, the whole amount, and an ther of $16,000,000. The Morgai yndicate offered to take the wbol mount at 110.6887. There were onl; bout $40,000,000 over that figure, an< he outlook is that Morgan will get no ess $60,000,000. The biggest pric ffered was by Joseph Pulitzer, of th few York World. He bid 114 fc 4,000,000. In the nature of the cast lothing below the bid of the Morga yndicate can be accepted. Ther t'ere many bids for as small amount s $50. ? The senatorial fight in Kentuck ontinues. The candidates are Black urn, Democrat, and Hunter, Repuli an. The Democrats and Republican re equally divided; but among th )emocrats all is not harmony. Ther ,re five cold standard men, who insis >n voting for Carlisle, Bate, McCreerj ,nd other gold standard advocate' ?he Republicans are solid; but the re unable to muster the number c otes that is necessary to a choice. Th lepublican majority in the house ha hreatened to unseat enough Democrat o ensure the election of a senator >ut the Democrats threrten to retaliat y unseating a Republican senator fo very Democratic representative un eated. It was feared on Wednesda hat there would be some rioting; bu he day passed off without special ic ident. What the final outcome wil ie cannot be safely predicted. She |iorhuiUe (Enquirer. YORKVItiLB, 8. C.: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7,1896. ? The Congressional Record is a drj msty publication which, as a rule, is bu ittle appreciated by the reading public ut its circulation was certainly on a boon ist Thursday. The cause of the increase! emand was Senator Tillman's speech 'eople were more anxious to see Th tecord than any of the morning papers nd the sales at the news stands were som tiing enormous. Prices went up to man; imee the usual amount charged, and bj oon there was scarcely a copy to be ha< >r love or money. ? To the New York World belongs mos f the credit for making Messrs. Cleve md and Carlisle give the public a chanc t the recent bond issue rather than sel 16 whole amount to the Morgan syndi ate in a lump ; and The World has no een the loser in the game. To show it lith, it offered to take one million dollar rortn ot tne Donas at, i.i?. it turns vu iat this is considerably more than tb< ighest price offered; but the bonds ar Iready worth a great deal more than tha n the market, and The World has mad> lany thousands by the deal. The bid o le Morgan syndicate was much highe tan was originally intended, and tb< opular loan plan has saved the country ; least ?5,000,000. -The fight in the case of the railroac )mmissionersandtho railroads about thi eight rates on fertilizers has been decidet y the court in favor of the commissioners id now the farmers will get their fertili irs at better rates on the railroads reight rates have always been discourag g to the farmers, and Hon. W. D vans deserves the thanks of the farmer! r his plucky stand.?Marlboro Demo at. We are afraid that The Democrat doe! it fully understand the true inwardness i this matter, or else it would not seek tr vert all the credit to Mr. Evans. Thi nquirer knows something that sounds ke another story. When the question oi ducing the rates on the fertilizers was rst agitated, Messrs, Evans and Thomas ere both rather inclined to listen to prostations of the railrouds to the effect thai hey could not do it." When the mattei <-* WiHmrn U'ootho Aflll ok tamo w o wro, ?? ..via... ? au to insist on a reduction, or, at least, 8 adjustment. There was some hot talk id a little swearing; but Wilburn reained firm, aud the others finally came er to his way of thinking. It is to him ore than anybody else that the credit there is any, is due. We did not get this formation from Mr. Wilborn either rectly or indirectly; but it came in such way that we have every reason to believe at it is correct. - Some of the editors are indulging it: sry silly talk to the ell'ect that Till mat ould be ignored by the newspapers, and this manner effectually squelched. It noticeable, however, that even these edirs published full reports of all that was id by the senator, as well as much that is iing said about him, and this fact of itsell oves the absurdity of their suggestion, the existing newspapers should so fai jpart from their legitimate mission as tc tempt such a policy, they would be leedilv brushed aside bv the public and ipplanted by others that would give the iws. But the silly talk is based on lse premises. While it is true that the swspapers, in a sense, are "moulders ol lblic opinion," this mighty work is not me through the editorial columns, as lousands of editors fondly imagine. It the news columns?the facts?from hich the public gets its settled impresons. Then let the papeis that seem sc iuch disturbed about Senator Tillman (st more at ease. If they will just give the sws?the facts?nobody will question leir right to say what they please, and i- the great public will go on forming a opinion for which the editors need not i e in the least responsible. And, we mif y conclude, whatever that opinion is, will be right; for is not majority rule I fundamental principle of this great r e *ion? ,r THE CHAIN GANG. ' The best and most satisfactory dis| e sition of the chain gang is a probl g that is not only worrying the coui board of commissioners ; but also a gr y many people in different sections of 1 county; but to all appearances, it is s i- a long way from solution, is Some time ago, the advisability e constructing a first-class macadam r< e across the county from Rock Hill '* Blacksburg, by way of Yorkville, \ suggested. The idea, of course, me y with the approval of a majority of 1 >f people directly interested; but does i e, receive the serious consideration of i is board for various reasons; among oth( i3 probably because it would not be exac ? fair to a large number of the people e the county who would receive no dir benefit. y The question was discussed at the 1 ,t meeting of the board ; but only general i- There was an apparent realization of I II big expense involved ; but there x noticeable absence of any decided op ? ion as to what is the best plan to purs Supervisor Stephenson's suggestion locate the stockade west of Yorkville a I work the adjacent roads, "each for distance of two miles, was accepted a rather uncertain solution of the puzs and when Messrs. White and Mil . suggested possible propositions fr< [ incorporated towns, there was no < jection to leaving the matter open such a contingency. The plan suggested by our Forest I - correspondent, though open to objectii strikes us as being as good as any yet p posed. It is at least fair. It proposes work the convicts month about in er - township, giving especial attention to I , worst places in the various roads, leavi the lighter work to the regular ban . By this plan, the convicts can take in 1 a whole county once a year, and at le -j give equal beuefit to all sections. It L true that their work will not make nit e show anywhere; but, at the same time will leave but little ground forgrumblii e But the matter will no doubt be discu y ed at length during the summer. Judgi 7 from the interest that has already b< j developed, it is safe to presume that ( various candidates for supervisor will called upon to tell what they know ab( it roads, and suggest plans for the manaj i- ment of the chain gang. Next year thi e will be more money available for rc II working than there has been ti . year, and with the experience that 1 ,t been acquirod this year, it is probal 8 that next year the work will be push s with a well defined policy that has here t fore been impossible. 0 MERE MENTION. e Ex-President Harrison has written t letter in which he positively declines e allow his name to go before the St. Loi f convention. He says that he has no c r sire whatever to go back to the Wh House. Morton is reported to 0 spending money in Louisiana, with a vi< f to getting the vote of the delegates of tl State to the Republican convention. In North Carolina, last week, three m 1 were convicted of arson and each w 3 sentenced to forty years in the penite 1 tiary; but allowed ten days in which ( leave the State if they saw fit. Jol . Swim, a well-known miser, died at I in Pnlnmluis_ Ohio, last Tuesdt . aged 103 years. He is supposed to ha . left a large fortune. The lower M j sissippi valley is under a flood. Gr< - destruction of property is reported. The big steamer St. Paul, which w j stranded off the New Jersey coast, u , gotten off last Tuesday. A moveme is on foot to build a ?500,000 cotton mill Fowler Shoals, on Broad river, in Rut ' erford county, N. C. C. A. Bedell, i notorious liquor dealer at Boyce Static f Kv., has poured all of his whisky out < j the ground and commenced preac ing. John Robinson, a son of the w known showman of the same name, w almost fatally clawed at Cincinnati, Oh; ' last Monday, while trying to cage an ( " caped leopard. Athour Duestrow, r millionaire, was convicted at St. Lou i Mo., on Monday, for the murder of 1 . wife and child about a year ago. GONE TO H!7 REWAKD. Death of a Faithful Old Negro at Hlcko Grove?Aged 85 Years. ' For the Yorkville Enquirer. ' An old colored man died in our tow anu as no reporter has noted-the fact, i shall give a few points concerning hii "1i<? onhieirf nf thoup remarks w J i lie OUUjVX'l W* V..VWW . Tony Flenniken. He was 85 years ole born in Abbeville county, on Long Cai creek ; was a slave of one of the Pressly ' joined the church at Hopewell (A. R. P. 1 was baptized by Rev. James Boyce, D. 1 I moved to this county after the war ai ; was for many years a member of Srayri congregation. At the time of his death 1 was a member of Ebenezer, a church his own color. Xot many are left lil 5 him. Faithful, honest, obliging and f truly pious man. His old mistress, Mi , Jane Torbit, now of Winnsboro, S. ( thus writes of him : "Tony is the last ( the Pressly slaves. He was always hone: I never knew him to be called to accou ! for anything that was entrusted to l care." He has left a good record in o > town and community. May many of h i race try to follow in his footsteps. We i , miss Uncle Tony as we called him. I died in faith. John P. Knox. ; Called to Shelby. , Charlotte Observer: Rev. T. M. Lowr a native of Yorkville, S. C., who has r cently been doing synodical work 1 Georgia, has been unanimously called ' the pastorate of the Shelby Presbyterii > cliurch. Jlr. LiOwry is a nne preacner, i live progressive man, and the church ( Shelby will be fortunate if it can secu his services. It is to be hoped he w 1 accept. The Shelby church is growii 1 and the work is pleasuut. an LOCAL AFFAIRS. 'eel * rfat INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Grist Cousins?Are prepared to furnish the you with navy beans at 10 cents a quart, goblets and tumblers?the former at 40 ia" cents and the latter at 25 cents a set?and Schepp's cocoanut at 15 cents for half a pound. W. F. Marshall?Has just received a stock of ladies' shoes at prices ranging from >10' Jl.25 to $3.50 a pair; also men's shoes of em all styles and various prices. He don't want you to forget his clay worsted suits ^ of clothiner at 812.50. eat W. Wrown Wylie, C. C. C. P.?On the first Monday of March, will sell a tract of land for partition among the heirs-atoll law of .Mary Caveny and others. of FEBRUARY WEATHER. )ad ^ur Chester weather prophet has been having sickness in his family lately, and on this account his forecast for February vas has been delayed. The letter enclosing it, ets was dated January 25; but it did not reach the until last Monday. Notwithstanding lot the delay, however, it is still more or less ^ interesting. R is as follows; From 1 Jo5, cool and cloudy; from 6 to srs, 9 windy and. wet, and probably a rainHy storm on the 9th ; from 10 to 14, there will of be rain, and it will probably be very cold ; ect from 15 to 18 the wind' will be from the northeast and the weather will be damp and disagreeable; from 19 to 21 stormy M and unsettled ; from 22 to 24, clear, cold ly* and windy; from 25 to 29, north and the northeast wind, cold rain, sleet and snow. ras . * in. LOST HIS CHANCE. ue. "I feel like I have lost $50,000," said an to amateur speculator, whose hindsight is . better than his foresight, in the post office yesterday as he read in the paper the a result of the opening of the proposal for as the 8100,000,000 bond issue. :le, "And how is that?" asked an interested ]er listener who was fully aware that the 5 amateur speculator would have Ifound difficulty in negotiating a check for a dollar-and-a-half. to "Well, it was this way," continued the first speaker, dejectedly. "Ever since the [ill treasury advertised .for proposals, I have been thinking of putting in a bid for$l,' 000,000, just to help along the cause, you ro~ know. Now, suppose I had done it at to say 112. According to my understanding, ich you don't have to pay anything until you the are notified that your bid is accepted. [ng Well, 112 would be bound to receive con^ sideration, and the department would no, ' tify me of my success. I have no money ; but that does not make any difference. I see by The State that the bonds are alis ready selling on the stock exchange for ich 117, and if I had an option on $1,000,000, all jt I would have to do would be to just &s' sign my bid to a broker, and tell him to ' sell the bonds for all he could get for 8S" them. After paying commissions, I ng would be better off to the tune of some:en thing like $50,000. See?" ;he And the amateur speculator, whose ke hindsight is better than his foresight, folded the paper sorrowfully inwardly 1ut vowing, no doubt, that the next time ?e" Mr. Carlisle calls for a $100,000,000 loan, he Bre will not fail to subscribe for the whole iad amount, his OUT OF HIS SCRAPE. las Chief of Police Love returned to Yorkville from Greenville yesterday in the best ied humor imaginable, and when he informt?~ ed his friends as to how nicely he managed to get out of his little trouble with the government, they too participated in his pleasure. a TKo ?ill otArr r?f Afr T.nvfl'? f.rnnhlA hfld to already been published in The Enquijis reb. It will be remembered that acting |e* under the representations made to him by it? State dispensary authorities, he was info? duced to break into a government ware5W house not long ago, and for that act he iat was bound over to answer at the United States district court. eu The law in regard to matters of this 'as kind, does not contemplate a possibility in- of innocent mistakes, and the prescribed t0 penalties are very severe?not less than a year's imprisonment, and 8500 fine, we lis believe. Uiider the circumstances, Mr. iy. Love's friends were quite serious over ve the matter. There was no attempt to >s~ deny anything, and if the case should go to trial, conviction was certain. Then the only hope seemed to be a suspension of as sentence, should the judge feel so inclinas ed and a subsequent pardon. in* The case was worked somewhat differ at ently, however. Mr. Love was accompab nied to Greenville by Intendant Moore a and Mr. J. E. Lowry, of the town council. ,n? They also had a strong petition and stateon ment signed by the various county offlh cials and members of the bar, and in all addition to this, the whole case bad as previously been laid before the district 1.?' attorney, just as it was, and without any !8" attempt at coloring. a The grand jury returned a true bill, and so soon as the district attorney reached the lis ease, he moved to nol pros. That settled the whole matter and put Mr. Love in the good humor that he brought to Yorkville and imparted to his numerous friends, ry From start to finish, Mr. Love's side of the case was in the hands of Senator Finley, and it is largely to that gentleman's n very judicious management that the matj' ter was settled without friction. The only 1 especial damage that has resulted to Mr. ' Love, has been the wor-yand annoyance, with nnncnrlarnhl a ovnAtlftA that. ' ' is properly not his to bear. )! THOSE GEESE. ).; In his latter of January 30, our Blacksid burg correspondent wrote the following: ia "On Friday last a llock of wild geese were tie seen llying over this place in a northwestof ernly direction. Such a course for such ke wise birds to take so early in winter, is, of a course, a surprise to most observers of the s. 'signs of the seasonsbut it may be thut some of our weather prophets, he of of Chester, for instance, may explain the 5t. phenomenon." The question was an hint teresting one, and a special letter was sent lis to the Chester prophet for an answer. The ur reply came to hand yesterday, and from it, .it. if n-rmlH armear that the nrorihet is rather ill hard to head. Here is what he says: le As to the question of our Blacksburg friend about the lligbtof wild geese to the northwest, all dependson where the geese came froni. The correspondent seems to v think that the geese have some sort of y connection with the weather, etc. He ,e" failed, however, to state how many geese in there were, whether tlying high or low, to and whether early in the day or late, all in of which circumstances would affect thd case most materially. Probably the llock * passed over about sunrise, and that was at the reason he could not tell the number, re But I suppose there were 17 at first, and ill for some cause five left the main drove or ig llock. Later on, one left the five and joined the larger fiock. Then they di Sressed to the west. Also, the corresponent failed to state whether the flock was a V shape or in a horizontal line. Knowledge of these things is very necessary in determining whether the geese are to be followed by any special kind of weather, or whether they are just trying to get out of the way of shot guns and long range rifles. If the flock was in a Y shape, and flying high, according to the old sign, we must look out for thunder storms on the South Atlantic coast; hards rains, hail, sleet and snow in the Piedmont and mountain sections;- hurricanes on the gulf, and blizzards in the Northwest, all somewhere in the next 30 days following. If they were flying low, in a straight-line, or in a tangle, they were either trying to get out the way of shot guns or rifles, or were hunting better wheat and oats, with no thoughtof the weather, either then or for some dhys to come. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. M. L. Carroll, of Cincinnati, was in town a few days this week. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Hutson left for Charleston last Tuesday night. Mr. Charlie and Miss Molly Thomas, of Blacksburg, visited friends in Yorkville this week. Mr. Putnam, the assistant miller at Morrow's mill, has moved his family to Yorkville from Lincolnton. Mr. J. M. Fagan has moved his family from Carthage, N. C., to Yorkville, and they are boarding at Mrs. R. C. Moore's. Mr. J. Albertus Ratchford was stricken with paralysis on the 26th ultimo, and has since been in constant danger of another stroke. His condition is not at all encouraging. Mrs. Baker, of Camden, who has been visiting friends and relativesin Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. W. B. DeLoach, returned to her home on last Tuesday morning. AGED EIGHTY YEARS. Rock Hill Herald: To the three score years and ten allotted to man, another decade has been added in the life of Colonel Allison, of Tirzah. The 80th mile stone in his long and eventful life was passed on the 28th of last month, and the occasion was celebrated befittingly at his home. There were gathered around him 8 sons, 16 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild, the only absent member of his family being his son, Parks Allison, of King's Mountain. A few friends and his pastor, Rev. J. M. McClain, were also invited. It is seldom that two such noteworthy anniversaries occur in one year; but, with the permission of Providence, Colonel and Mrs. Allison will, on the 16th of next October, celebrate their 50th anniver sary?their golden wedding. Another remarkable fact in connection with the life of the venerable octogenarian is that he has been an elder in Allison Creek church for 42 years, nearly half a century. Colonel Allison has been receiving the congratulations of hosts of friends all over the county. LOCAL LACONICS. Dr. Lathan Seriously III. Associate Reform Presbyterian: We regret to hear that Dr. Lathan is seriously sick. He has been in feeble health for nearly a year, but was able to preach and fill his appointments umil last Sabbath week. We learn that the physicians regard his case as critical. We trust his useful life may be spared and that the progress of disease may be stayed. Birthday Entertainment. Invitations are out for a birthday entertainment to be given by the "Willing Workers', at the Three C's hotel tonight at 7 o'clock. With each of the invitations is a small.silk bag, in which the guests are expected to leave pennies to the number of the birthdays that have been seen by each. In return for this, everybody is to be entertained with music and refreshments. Ehnnezer All Right. Magistrate Anderson, of Ebenezer, was in Yorkville on Monday. He informed The Enquirer that a little more than the average acreage of wheat had been sown in his section. The people are still sowing oats, and the acreage will be much larger than usual. Some fertilizers are being sold; but there will not be nearly so much cotton planted this year as there was last. Everybody has plenty of corn and the usual amount of meat will be raised. On a Tour of Innpeotion. Rock Hill Herald: President Sam'l Hunt, and Messrs. Leeper and Williams, of the Finance company, of Philadelphia, accompanied by Superintendent A. Tripp, General. Passenger AgentS. B. Lumpkin, 3iessrs. max wen, in uicing ana v? nwx, of Blacksburg, and T. B. Lumpkin, of Rock Hill, made a tour of inspection of the road Sunday with a view to improving and extending the road, and are now engaged in examining the proposed route to Spartanburg. The party spent some time in Rock Hill and expressed themselves as very well pleased with the looks of the town. Knights of Pythias At the regular meeting of Yorkville lodge, No. 61, Knights of Pythias, held on Tuesday night, the 4th inst., D. D. Gr. C'hancelor, Max G. Bryant, of Rock Hill, S, C., assisted by Mr. W. A. Fewell, of the same place, installed the following officers for the year 1896: C. C., Wm. H. Herndou ; V. C., W. R. Carroll; Prelate, Rev. W. G. Neville; M. of W., J. F. Glenn ; K. of R. and S., Geo. T. Schorb; M. of F., Paul T. McNeel; M. of Ex., A. Y. Cartwright; M. at A., Brooks Inman; I. G., Pelham Morrow ; 0. G., C. P. Lowrance; Organist, Geo. T. Sehorb; Ass't. Organist, Thos. F. McDow. Shocking Destitution. A distressing case of destitution was developed in Yorkville a few days ago. The wife and child of a Negro preacher named Lee were down with the measles. Lee was away from town and could not be reached either by letter or telegram. The sick were without food, fuel or money, and dependent entirely upon the charity of neighbors, who did the best they could. The child died on Monday evening. Neighbors made the burial clothes; but for a time it was a serious question as to where the money with which to buy a coffin was to come from. The town council was about to take charge of the matter when the news came that the colored neighbors had raised the money. The funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon. The father has been heard from at Henrietta, N. C.; but has not yet returned. The CaudidiiteH. The outlook is that the voters are going to have quite a wide range of choice in the i selection of county officers this year. The number of probable candidates has al- i ready grown formidable, and is still growing. So far as we know, nobody has b^fen publicly announced, except privately to friends; but to give an idea of how matters are progressing, we'will state that we have more or less private information that places the lists as follows: Senate, 2; house, 2; cl erk, 4 ; auditor, 5; sheriff, 3; . treasurer, 2; school commissioner, 2; supervisor, 2; coroner, 2. As yet no special activity has developed among any of the candidates, and there are still others to hear from. FORT MILL MATTERS. . Lots of Fertilizers?Will Move to the Conn- J try?Sudden Death?Other Notes. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Fort Mill, February 5.?For the past two weeks, the farmers have hauled out an immense amount of fertilizers. They v. ^ seem to have forgotten that they were forced to sell their cotton for 4 or 5 cents, because there was an overproduction in 1894. And to my opinion, every farmer should act according to the advice given by T. N. Kendrick in The Enquirer of January 29, by cutting down tbe cotton acr eage; but they seem to be afraid that somebody will raise more, than he will. So he puts in every foot that he can possibly work, and in face of the fact that so many do this there is an over production ; hence the price is4 or 5 cents. Mr. J. J. Ormand says he is tired of town life, and in consequence of the fact, is having a neat little cottage erected on his farm near Dinkins's ferry where he will spend the summer "fishing." Miss Anna Sparrow, a charming young lady of Davidson College, is visiting Mrs. L. J. Massey. Rev. J. E. Herring, the pastor, preach ed a very able sermon at the Baptist phurch Sunday morning to an attentive congregation. With a new house of wor- * ^ ship and an earnest pastor, this church promises to be a medium through which much good may be done. We are glad to note that the health of Miss Ella McMurray is rapidly improving after a severe case of typhoid fever. Mr. J. M. Harris is able to be out again, after an illness of three weeks. Phiof nf Pnlion Johnston has haen laid up with the mumps, for several days; but is again on duty. Mr. A. J. Downs, aged 62, who is well ( known as a blacksmith, throughout this township, fell dead in front of the post office, Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock. Death resulted from heart disease. Mr, Downs had been to the depot, to get some coal, and on his return trip with his wheelbarrow of coal, stopped at the office, and was waiting for the mail to be opened when be fell. He only strangled about twice, and life was extinct. Mr. Downs was a Confederate soldier and moved to Fort Mill, just after the close of the war, and has ever since been a resident here. He leaves a wife, four daugh ters, and two sons to mourn his loss, and to the bereaved family, we extend our heartfelt sympathy, and pray that they will look unto him, "who doeth all things well," for guidance and protection. v Observer. BETHEL BREEZES. "n Unsatisfactory Weather?The Sick List? - ^ Raising Horses?Farm Work?Living at Home?Wants the Chain Gang Month Ahoat? Mr. Matron Is Appreciated? , Heavy Hogs. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Forest Hill, February 5.?The rain that foil SnnHftv nnlv sorvorl to mnlcn t.ho ground too wet to plow, and jetard the farmers in their oats and clover sowing. . The weather is warm, and notwithstanding the sunshines brightly and the birds are singing in the trees, it does not afford us the pleasure, or make us feel buoyant like the cold frosty weather we ought naturally to have at this time of the year would do. Almost every one you meet is complaining. One has the sore throat, another the rheumatism. This one is nearly dead with a cold and that one has the toothache, and all the rest have the measles. Dr. Bigger is down with measles. Billy Onmnhell is still verv ill. Mr. J. J. Bran- J don's and Mr. Ed White's families, I learn, are getting along .very well with the measles now. Mr. Cullender's people, I understand, are also improving. Miss Minnie Ferguson is better, but is still confined to her room. Most all of Mr. B. C. Warren's familv are down with measles. Miss Lizzie Quinn is also a victim of the prevailing epidemic.' Mr. James Miller's * children have the measles. One of them, J,' he thought Sunday, bad taken pneumonia also. Mr. Louthian is hapipy.' All of his family, including his good lady, have recovered; and are now fattening at a rate that will soon make amends for any fiesh that the measles deprived them of. Mr. Louthian has gone into the oolt business. He bought a very pretty one a few days ago and speaks of investing in r' another. Mr. Louthian is a native of Virginia and knows what he is about. In two years he can have a" span of nice young horses trained to suit him, at a much less expense than if he were to buv them from a horse dealer. The farmers have done but little as yet in the way of getting ready for another crop. The Bethel farmer, though, never gets left, and as soon as the weather permits he will come with all four feet up. He has plenty of hog and hominy in store for another year, and enough spare cash left from his cotton to buy tobacco. He cuts his own wood and kindles his fires with rich pine. George Riddle's mill grinds his wheat into as good flour as can be made in the United States ; or, if * he wants the old fashioned burr mill flour, he can have it ground at Davis's, Plaxico'* or Mrs. Simril's mills, or go across to "Governor" L. K. Armstrong, all of whom will give him a first-rate article. With plenty at home to eat and plenty of the best to chew and smoke to be bad at Perry Ferguson's and Sam Glenn's stores, with socks and stockings v> knit at home, and bolts of cloth and blankets made at the factory from home raised wool; with the dispensary on the south, and the North Carolina line on the north, the Bethel farmer just can't be "freezed" out. Cleveland may hobnob with Rothschild, and Carlisle may sen another $100,000,000 of bonds to fill the greedy pockets of the gold bugs at the *= expense of the working people; but they won't have any more effect on the Bethel farmer, so long as he continues to raise what he eats and wears at borne, than the stroke of lightning had on old man Bailes. One thing we do want is better roads, and it is the sentiment of a good many < prominent persons that I have talked with that the commissioners should send the