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Scraps and .facts. ? Secretary Carlisle has sent to Chairman Long, of the Kentucky Democratic executive committee, a letter in which be declines to make an effort to secure the Democratic nomination for president. He says that above every other consideration, he desires to see his party adopt a sound money platform. ? Men and women theatre-goers of Ohio are at war with each other. Not long ago the Ohio legislature passed an act forbidding women, on pain of fine, to wear hats iu theatres. The idea is to do away with the high hat whieh nhstrnets the view of those behind. The women are now at work to secure the introduction of a bill that imposes similar fines against men for going out of the theatres between acts, or for spitting tobacco on the floors. ? The bouse of representatives, on Monday, by a vote of 245 to 27, adopted the senate resolution recognizing the belligerent rights of the Cubans. The resolution now goes to the president for his signature. The president, however, and all bis close friends, have all the while been opposed to the idea of recognizing the the belligerency of the Cubans at this time, or so far as is known, at all, and what will be done about signing the resolution is a matter of doubt. The question will probably not be settled for several days. Meanwhile, all who understand the situation will watch the outcome with intense interest. ? The marriage of ex-President Harrison to Mrs. Mary Lord Dimmick took place in St. Thomas church, New York city, last Monday afternoon. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Westley Brown. About 20 relatives a '?* /vf fKo Kn/io onH auu seieuc incuuo vi wu? u*?v.v groom were present. All the members of the immediate Harrison family were conspicuous for their absence. It is understood that ex-President Harrison's son and daughter were both bitterly opposed to the match. The expresident gave his bride a beautiful 1^^^^ necklace made of seven rows of pearls, and joined together with diamond clasps. ? Crisp and Smith met in Atlanta last Thursday night in joint debate in the presence of about 10,000 people. . At Augusta, Smith had promised to give a remedy for the existing financial depression when be spoke in Atlanta. No remedy was suggested and the people laughed at him. Crisp made the speech of his life. He delivered one of the finest free silver arguments that has beeo beard for years, and for dessert, made sport of poor Smith until that gentleman grew angry. The debates, however have been indefinitely postponed. Mr. Crisp's voice has failed him, and his physician has advised him not to talk any more until he gets l.aa witter. ? The recently discovered X-rays were put to a somewhat remarkable use in a Wichita, Kansas, court last Saturday. Peter Neel had his wrist broken on the Santa Fee railroad sometime ago, and the railroad doctor set the broken bones. Neel claimed that the setting was improperly done, and sued for damages to the amount of $10,000. To establish the fact as to whether or not the bones were improperly set, the court directed the professor of electricity in the Wichita university to make a "shadowgraph." The "shadowgraph" shows an unevenness in the knitting of the bones, but as to whether or not this is the result of botchwork on the part of the railroad doctor is a question to be quarreled over by the expert witnesses who were in court. ? "For over a year," says the Bostou Transcript, "a slender American girl has faced death almost daily at the American mission in Oorfa, an out-station of Aintab, Turkey. She is Miss Corinna Shattuck, who has for years been engaged in missionary work ? ? ?~ onltQu'o Hrvmoin iu variuus pans ui iuc ount*u wv.vu....... Cable messages from Constantinople tell of an attack on January 1, by an angry mob on the Armenian mission at Oorfa. Through the heroism, however, of six Turkish officials, who, after a vain eudeavor to reason with the mob, finally scattered them by firing upon them, Miss Shattuck was saved. Miss Shattuck is a native of Louisville, Ky., left her home when 24 years old to devote her life to mission work in Turkey. Under the American board, a Congregational Missionary society, she went to Aintab and became principal of the young woman's school, afterward transferring her labors to Adana, Kessara, Marash and Oorfa." ? The weekly statement of Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, for the week ending April 6, shows the amount brought into sight to be 70,714 bales, against 124,812 for the same time last year, 48,961 year before last, and 60,963 in 1893. The movement since September 1, shows receipts at all United States ports 41,810,923, against 7,416,028 last year, 5,477,097 for the year before last, and 4,552,213 in 1893. Overland to North 726,287, against 980,883 last year, 743,502 year before last, and 767,528 same time in 1893. Interior stocks, in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year, 246,731, against 212,715 last year, 164,569 year before last, and 233,244 same time in 1893. Southern mills takings, exclu sive of amount consumed at ports, 668,972, against 616,313 last year, 540,918 year before last, and 522,385 same time in 1893. Northern mill takings 1,423,098 against 1,939,185. Total, 6,452,913, against 9,225,939 last year, 6,926,386 the year before last, and 6,075,575 in 1893. The supply this season to-date is 6,762,867 bales. ? Henry Mencken, of Baltimore, who has just arrived home from Cuba, says that Americans are constantly subjected to insults, even in Havana. "One American," he continues "who stands up for his rights and those of bis countrymen is Captain Raudall, commander of the steamer Olivette, running between Tampa and Havana. While the Olivette was at Havana, a few days ago a Cubau, who is a naturalized citizen of the United States, boarded the ship with his daughter to sail for Tampa. He found something wrong with his tickets and went ashore to correct the mistake. The daughter became alarmed and appealed to a Span ish officer for protection, when the man raised his hand to strike her. Captain Randall ran to her assistance. He 71 seized the officer and threw him across the deck. 'Don't you dare to strike anybody on board this boat,' he said to c< the Spaniard. 'If you try any more j8 business of this kind, you good-fornothing fellow, I will break your neck and throw you overboard.' " ** M ?hc ?orbvillf (Enquirer. ? w YORKVILLE, 8. C.: ?J o! WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1896. 2 PI ? If the administration has any big guns tl to open on the silver questition, it should ts by all means send them to Georgia to look ^ after Mr. Crisp. Mr. Smith has demon- ^ strated that he is not the man. . el ? Rudyard Kipling, the well known British author, is said to have refused ^ an offer of $1000 for 1,000 words telling ^ ' why the United States could not over- st come Great Britain in a war. As a reason re for his refusal, he says it would be nec- b( essary to disclose certain military re- m sources that are possessed by Great ai Britain, and that no loyal subject could w be induced to make these disclosures ^ under any circumstances. The whole thing sounds like a very good adver- p( tisement for Kipling; but otherwise it p< strikes us as rather silly. This knowing jo young man would confer a lasting obliga- in tion to his countrymen if he would tell them how they could overcome the a| United States. 01 ? The Abbeville Press and Banner of Ul April 1 is to Dana wiui uu iuwi?viu6 sketch of Editor Hugh Wilson's expe- a rience of 37 years in journalism. The 8j( story occupies six columns of small type, ta and is delightfully entertaining through- w out. We feel as if we would like to Li reproduce it, and we would do so were ^ it not for the fact that the general reader who does not know Mr. Wilson, would g* not care for it. But, all the same, this ^ article will prove of great value to the m publishers throughout the State. Editor Wilson is undoubtedly the best equipped newspaper man in South Carolina, and bi his experiences, as related in the article It mentioned, may be taken by all of his brother journalists, young and old, as a Nestorian text book. We hope to see P1 The Press and Banner continue to pros- ^ per, and we feel assured that we will. C? That such a lifework could come to an |)j end until at least a full generation after ci its creator has ceased his labors, seems w impossible. ul ? ?. . is SEEKING TO SERVE. ? From the latest report of the railroad Ul commission, it appears that the friends of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad company ^ are beginning to have good cause for con- q gratulation. ,.a The first experience of the people of sc this section with the Seaboard Air Line le was after the building of the G., C. & N. w It was not long before it began to develop O that the policy ot the corporation was to ai be one of kindness and accommodation, ^ T8 the very opposite to what the people had become accustomed to in their dealings gc with the Richmond and Danville, after- m ward the Southern railway. ki The influence of the G. C. <fc N. began al to be felt from the first day one of its ai f ii freight trains made its appearance in " this section/ Freight rates commenced to ar fall, the service began to improve, and in dozens of ways the people were made to feel that conditions were undergoing g( a change. Along about this time, there |a came the heavy assessment on railroad oi property. Then came the big legal fight gi participated in by every railroad in the t0 State except the Seaboard Air Line, and after that the people were thoroughly cc convinced that it was not only the policy of this corporation to benefit and please, rpj but also to obey the laws. w It is when taken in connection with these a r things that the last report of the railroad Jt commission is so gratifying. That report oc shows that in December, 1895, the G., C. & or N. divisou of the Seaboard Air Line earn- to ed $103,673.19 against ?82,394.39 for the A. nc <ft C. division of the Southern. Going back to June 1894, we find the earnings of the A. <fc C. to be $46,902.24, against only ^ $38,583.07 for the G., C.iN.; and the furth- at er we go back the larger the proportion of f0 the earnings of the A. & C. as compared of with those of the G., C. & N. The record is is one of steady decrease on the part of to one road and a steady increase on the part Pr of the other. , 161 Maybe there is nothing significant about it at all. Maybe it is just an ^ ordinary co-incidence; but in our opinion W) the secret of the whole thing lies in the pr opposing attitudes of the two roads in sil regard to the public. Some corporations nc do not seem to realize that the public is ,,e a factor in their business ; but wise ones ha always do. hi th MERE-MENTION. si| The city council of Omaha, Nebraska, Hi has passed an ordinance prohibiting chil- tic dren under 15 years of age from appearing Sel on the streets after 9 o'clock at night, except in the company of parents or a|| guardians. Mr. J. W. Riddle, the 0j| American charge d' affairs at Constantinople, has at last secured the consent of rpj the sultan to allow the Red Cross society , to distribute relief among the Armenians 0 without interference from the Turkish officials. Tom Reed has intimated that SP' if he fails to get the Republican presiden- sh' tial nomination he will retire from poli- 00 tics. t0 . of Seized on Goat Island. W1 Two dispensary constables captured to about 500 gallons of whiskey, valued p0 at $1,200, on Goat Island, near )ef Charleston, a few days ago, and ship- \v ped it to Columbia. In TILLMAN AND McLAURIN. ie Manning Times Says There Has Been No Trade. The Manning Times, published in ongressman McLaurin's home county, very indignant over the recent stateent of the correspondent of the reenville News to the effect that Mr. icLaurin has been entering into a >litical trade, and has this to say in gard to the matter: The correspondent of the Greenville ews, at Washiugtou, is evidently tryg to create a sensation in political rules. He sent a dispatch to his .nor urmnnnninir fhnt Tillman and ?J/V? 1? D cLaurin have buried the hatchet and e now smoking the pipe of peace; e do not doubt the correctness of this ateinent, because we could never see hy these two leaders should be at its ; they are together in all matters r political importance and only differg on a few minor matters which do 5t amount to a row of pins. The rincipal cause of a coldness between lem was the tule-bearers carrying iles from one to the other. Now that ley are within reach of each other, te opportunity is given them to unsretaud each other, and the tale-bear's cannot build icebergs between them, snce their friendly relations. The sensational part of the dispatch, awever, is the statement that Mcaurin has agreed to not run for the mate; this we do not believe, for the ason that McLaurin is not a man to i making trades of this kind. He ay not be a candidate for the senate, id ihardlv think he will be : but it ill not be on account of any arrangeith Senator Tillman or any one else, ur knowledge of McLaurin is that be ould spurn any man who would pro)se to bim the bartering away of the ;ople's suffrage, and, if there is a man public life who cannot be drawn to a deal or trade, it is Jobn L. Mcaurin. He is independent in thought id action, and if the people call upon m to take up the senatorial or guberitorial standard he will be found ishackled and free to do the bidding those to whom alone he is respoulie ; and while we believe bis place as representative of the Sixth congresanal district can he filled, it would ke a number of years to get a man ith the prestige and influence Mcaurin has in congress ; for this reason e people of the Sixth district would s loath to give him up ; but if cundians are such that the interests of the .ate and Reform principles can better i advanced by him than any other an, and the people call him forward, 3 will respond to tbeir wishes. McLaurin is young and ambitious, it bis youth and ambition has not irned bis head. He is perfectly satis:d where be is, and will not thrust mself forward merely to gratify a >rsonal ambition, and from present /linntiAna u/o Koliat/A ha U/lll week. Mr. Jno. J. Wallace from Hood- * town, and Mr. Geo. R. Wallace, of York township are drawn to serve this week. * The sacrament of the Lord's supper will I be administered at Shady Groxe the third 1 Sunday in this month. Services will be * held Thursday, Friday and Saturday y nights, and at 11 o'clock on Sunday. Rev. 1 Thacker expects someone to assist him in * the services. . Voce. 8 , t t s CARD FROM MR. J. C. LILLY. [ Mr. Editor: Last week's issue of The Enquirer contains a card from John May in t reference to his conviction in the court of ( sessions for violating the dispensary law. Mr. ' May states that whatever he may have done ' at other times, he was not guilty in this case, s The issue before the court and J ury*was which e told the truth?John May or myself; and f atler being instructed by Judge Wltherepoon to give the prisoner the benefit of every rea- ? sonable doubt, he was found guilty as charged In the Indictment and as testified to by me. 1 can can, therefore, well afford to ignore Mr. May and his card ; but I desire to state to the public how I became connected with this j, case. 1 did buy the whisky as testified to by . me; but I was certainly not a voluntary wit- ^ ness, and never knew for a considerable time h how it came about that I should have been summoned as a witness in the case. My name was given to the grand Jury or solicitor by fi some other party or parties. I did not then, and have never since desired to appear in the case as a witness against Mr. May; but P when put upon my oath, there was nothing tl left for me to do but swear the truth, even if y it did hurt Mr. May. As to receiving twenty dollars in the event John May was convicted, a I have to say, that I did not then, and do not ] now, know that sucn is the case; but I have ^ not received it, and under no circumstances v would I consent to receive anything more than tl my witness fee of 81 and mileage. . If I could have been bribed, I could have had u much more than 820 simply to have kept out it of the way. I was solicited by one who pur- n ported to have come from Mr. May, to keep . out of the way on the day of the trial, and Mr. n May, on the day ok the trial, earnest- s, ly entreated me to swear that I never bought or paid for the whisky, and appealed to my n sympathy for his family in the event of his fg conviction. K Mr. May says that no one who knows him would call him a fool. I am not interested V* enough in this matter to argue the question; ^ but it is to be hoped that his reputation for in- , telllgcnce stands higher than his reputation Ul for veracity. Those who were present during d< the trial of I>r. May will remember that he testified that he HUd never sold liquor unlawfully, and whan this startling statement came from the doctor's lips, It provoked a smile from w the most serious. ? . Upon the whole, I think the public will con- Ki cur in the opinion that Mr. May has gotten off fo very light indeed, and is still ahead of the game, "on velvet" as it were. Of course the public will regret that the doctor is not fiivor- lo ably impressed with the dispensary law, but n< lt must console itself with the reflection that; "No rogue e'er felt the halter draw, -l < With good opinion of the law." m J. c. Lilly. ftr Elliott Gets There. jy The Murruy-Elliott election contest A has been practically decided, and the th understanding is that Elliott will be tit seated. dc IUIVU11UUO nv k/V*iV* V mm w ?f ? V. >r re-election to the lower house, betuse his position in that body gives im a power which makes him espcally useful to his people; in fact, it ould be a sacrifice for him to give it p even for a senatorship. McLaurin being strongly urged to become a indidate for the senate and those so rging him are putting it on the ground tat he is the only man in the State ho can stand up with Tillman against te brain of the North and East, there are urging him to make the ice for governor, giving as their rea?n that the Reformers must have a ader to make the State campaign ho is the superior of any man the onservatives can put upon the stump, id in the general election to handle te Republican forces with their Fedeil backing. This is not mere guess ork on our part and our permal feelings for McLaurin is not aking us write for buncombe; we now that be is receiving letters from 1 over the State, and these letters e not confined to any particular facon. TRey are written by men who 'e anxious to see the people come toJther and men from both sides who slieve in keeping the white people in solid phalanx. These men think if juth Carolina has a campaign simir to those of recent years, a divisiou 'the whites is inevitable and the Neoes will again become political facrs; McLaurin is looked upon by em as the n\au who cuu avert this mdition of things. Wants to Be President.?Senator illman is playing a big game. He ants to be president. With bim the nbition does not rest solely on desire. is an active, euergetic ambition ; ie which will either achieve success overleap itself. Ever since he came Washington Senator Tillman has it passed an idle moment. The couincy with which he has remained at s desk in the senate and the vast uount of work which he seemed to ive always before him, and on which auy hour of the session he could be und engaged assiduously, has beeu ten remarked. The purpose of it all now revealed. It was all a means wards an end, and that end is the esidency. Senator Tillman proposes to be the Elder of the silver men at Chicago, id has so strengthened himself with at element in various and shrewd nys that it is not believed his suemacy will be questioned. If the ver men coniroi ne will piay ior me imination, aud has every reasou to lieve he will succeed, because affairs ,veso shaped themselves, or, to give m due credit, he has so shaped th. at with him alone will the free verites have a chance of success, e will bring to the Chicago conven?u positive assurance that if he is lected the Populists at their convenm in St. Louis, and also the bimetists, will ratify his nomination. No tier man that the free silverites can t up can give any such assurance. Ilman, therefore, will be their only pe. Senator Tillman is booked to make eeches iu St. Louis and Denver iu a ort time, and to use the phrase of e of his supporters, "he is prepared set the West on fire." The purpose these speeches will determine lether his carefully laid plans are be crowned with success. He proses to extend neither a right nor a t hand to the opponents of silver, ith him it is to be war to the death, that policy lies his only hope of iewer uarren anu guny wasueu neiuo win i be Been. Anyone who has observed things at all 1 closely lately, must have oome to the con- j elusion that although meat is cheap, there ( is a general tendency on the part of the ] people to keep it cheap by raising their 1 hogs. Pigs and shoats are no scarcity here. 1 In fact they are rather too numerous to j feed through the summer, but grass and j weeds will doubtless come on in sufficient ] profusion to tide them over until the corn crop is harvested. Several who purchased young Western stock are having trouble in getting them broken to work. Mr, B. L. Jenkins has had to return a young horse to its former J owner, it having proven too refractory for ' him to conquer in any reasonable manner. .Sam Nance, colored, of Blacksburg. . parted from his wife sometime ago. and in the separation he failed to get either of their two children. He came down to his father-in-law's on Sunday, March 29, and attempted to' steal one of the children. He told the boy to waif for him in a hollow neaf the house, until he would come for him. His little ruse . did not work well, as he only got off a short distance, until mother, having missed the child, collated a crowd of . three or four women tend pursued and overtook him, and triumphantly bore the child back. During his wife's ab- . sence on Tuesday, he returned, and the old folks being willing, he took the little boy and went trudging happily on towards home. Your correspondent recently lost a | whole brood of young chickens in one | night, and we suspected it to be the work of a mink. Last Tuesday night an old 1 ben was killed, and its bead eaten off, so ' that night we put a small quantity of a po- j tent drug in the dead body and next morn- ' ing a mink was lying near the dead fowlLast year we lost 35 in one night, and in all nearly 100. Others' in the neighbor- ' bood have had an experience but little ' more flattering than the above in poultry ' raising. Mr. Elijah McSwain killed a hog weigh- * ing about 200 pounds last Friday. The ' weather has been very favorable on his J meat. It is quite a rare coincidence for two 1 brothers to be drawn as jurors the same 1 personal success, and personal success J is the first number of his programme.? Washington Cor. St. Louis GlobeDemocrat. 1 LETTER PROM H00DT0WN. ' Repaired the Bridge?Good Friday Plant- j Ing?Ready to Pnt In the Cotton?Plenty of Meat?Secnred One of the Children. iAfiilA VT PnAlllMOe vun^ojjuuucuuc ui vuo iur&vuiu juuv^utiuii j Hoodtown, April 6.?Mr. E. McSwain recently repaired a span of the Gillespie I bridge, whic was overlooked beiore when the first contract was let out. Some thought at first that it would have been j cheaper to build a new bridge, as it would not take -long to spend enough ^ money in the old structure, in repairs, to build a new one; and it would have to be <] done before very long anyhow. The heavy rain of last Wednesday afforded an excellent opportunity for worki ng the sections of the roads, which ^ had been neglected until then. Although the ground was rather wet, quite a number of our citizens followed the old custom of planting beans and other garden vegetables on "Good Friday." A few planted watermelons then. Those who wanted to "get ahead" of ? everybody else planted earlier. A considerable amount of land is about ready for the cotton seed. I notice that ] some fields are "bedded up," ready for planting, and I learn that several will commence planting today; while others . will commence towards the last of the week. I think the majority will plant part of the crop now, then prepare the balance of the land and plant it later, to avoid the rush incident upon having the corn and cotton all up and ready for work at the saame time. With favorable weather, from the present outlook the farmers are so well ad- ' vanced with their work that there will be no necessity for cotton to be planted later than May. I can safely say that more and better work has been done here than for several years. There has been a general disposition to take in the hedge rows and breir patches, aud in that way to utilize < the best spots of land in many instances. i I am glad to see, too, that terracing is ] gradually coming into favor, and it is not i too much to hope for, that in a few years ] * 1 'J It L-J ?.111 t LOCAL AFFAZRa ? t INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ] jatimer's Bazaar?Wallpaper, dressmak- a ing and fancy groceries. s Vm. a. Falls?Gives notice that he will g not pay any debts contracted by his wife , after April 3,1896. 1 T. W. Dobson?Offers yon flour. Irish po- ^ tatoes, cotton harrows, barbed wire and v staples, hammocks, wheat bran, cart ? ana buggy shafts. _ teg. M. Grist?Wants agents for the New , York Ledger. b day & May?Offer you blood purifiers, a patent medicines, cigars, tobacco, ex- t tracts, perfumery, soaps, spectacles, and f are prepared to fill prescriptions, r. M. Ferguson?Offers you mackerel at 10 cents each, rhe Savings Bank of Rock Hill?Condi- 1 tion of the bank on the 31st day of < March, 1896. ? r. M. Dobson & Co.?Tell about the fine display of millinery to have been seen 1 in Yorkville on last Sunday, and give a < partial list of millinery and dress goods ] at their establishment. , P. A. Abernathy, the Tinman?Talks r about beautiful flowers, watering pots, . egg beaters, cake cutters, tea waiters, 1 roofing: and guttering. 1 W. E. Ferguson?Calls attention to his 1 black hawk corn shellers, his plow ( moulds, bis cotton hoes and his 5 cents curry combs, f. J. Hunter?Talks of the way he is sell- ' ing goods, the quality of the goods be < is selling, and the goods he is receiving < this week, and his specialties in Bhoes. , H. C. Strauss?Gives tbepricesof a num- , ber of articles he is offering, which, he claims, will tickle the head of the family W. B. Moore & Co.?Say that until the 1st of August they will sell goods as low as j the lowest and make a discount of 5 per cent, on cash sales, besides giving yon 1 one guess, on each dollar purchase, at > a $40 music, box. They mention as in stock, china, glass and English goods, tile hearths, razorine, Clauss shears ana claim they can furnish you with any and everything. Srist Cousins?Have pickles at 10 cents a dozen, canned tomatoes at three for 25 cents, canned cornt _South Carolina ] smoking tobacco and kj k cnewing tobacco. NEW FISH LAW. There is a great deal of interest in certain sections of this county as to the status of the law relating to fishing. The legislature, at its recent session, made but i slight change, which the Charleston Post says is fully comprehended in section 2, as follows: Section 2. It shall be unlawful at any lime during the year to stretch any staked nets, seines, wire fences or traps more than half way across the rivers or streams, or to use any seine in any of the lakes of the State where such basins or lakes lie wholly within the limits of private property of this State. Persons who violate tnis act are liable to be punished iy a fine of not more than $100 or less than |30, or imprisonment not more than 30 or less than 10 days. THE BETHEL BAND. The presence of the Bethel band was >ne of the most pleasant features of the 3rogramine iu Yorkville last Monday, rhe band boys now have a handsome iniform in blue and gold. They have ecently procured a very costly set of nstruinents, and with their splendid music and striking appearance, are cal:ulated to add greatly to the interest of ilmost any public occasion. Among the pieces produced on Monday was Hobbs fe Plexico's "Tillman's Pitchfork," the music lor which was only arranged by Mr. Plexico last week, and was first seen \ 3y the band on Saturday. The piece was flayed three times by the band on Mon- ( lay, and good judges say that it bids fair i A3 become popular. The band boys say | ;hat if the coming campaign is anyways : lull this summer for want of good music, t t will be through no fault of theirs. AS TO OPTIONS. , Notwithstanding the very timely advice i jf Major John F. Jones to owners of mining prospects in last Friday's issue of The Enquirer, we understand that at least iwo individuals have started out in this i jounty armed with blank forms of a peculiarly dangerous option that they are trying to have signed by the owners of the various properties. i It is difficult to magnify the importance < 3i putting the people thoroughly on their i ?uard in this matter. While, as Major I Jones has said, the option business is legi;imate, it is not exactly fair. It is too i Mien umair. iuu upuuu-utKer geuicmiij i mows what be is doing, while, as a rule, I be party from whom he seeks the option, aeing more or less inexperienced and ; inauspicious, is at bis mercy. The option- 1 aker should, therefore, be treated with I jrent caution. ] The same advice does not apply to ac- i ,ual buyers. As has been explained, a < irospect is not a mine, aud the owner t nakes a mistake if he too greatly magni- 1 ies its value. To the owner, it may be t vorth practically nothing, while to the l nan who knows how to utilize it, it may t >e worth a great deal. By asking too big t i price, however, the owner may easily tand in his own way. But this is a mat- ' er of straight trade and every man must ise his own judgment. r The special object of these paragraphs is j o put every man on guard against the op- t ion taker?we mean the one who would ? ie up property indefinitely for a nominal c um. He is only seeking to get an un- j arned share of purchase money that will E inally go to the original owner if the pri:inal owner will just wait. s b ALLIANCE SPEECHES. f The promised speeches of President a Ceitt and Lecturer Wilborn, of the State & Llliance, were delivered in the court E louse last Monday according to an- a ouncement; but under somewhat un- a ivorable circumstances. j* It seems that according to the original h rogrammo, President Keitt was to be lie first speaker, and then Lecturer ^ Wilborn was to follow. There had been ^ miscalculation as to the schedule of K ie Narrow Gauge railroad, upon which n 'resident Keitt was to arrive, and as w je meeting of the Confederate veterans ad been called to meet at 12 o'clock, K ? ?i?? .1 1,1 h soon Decame apparent i>u? iucid nuuiu ? ot be time for both speeches. Accordigly, Lecturer Wilborn was asked to tt seak until the arrival of President Keitt. V [e undertook to do so. Before he got vi lirly launched into his speech, President cl !eitt walked in, unobserved by Lecturer m filborn. Lecturer Wilborn continued to ,1k "against time" for quite a while P< afore he learned of the arrival of Presi- fo ant Keitt, and then there remained less n< lan an hour until 12 o'clock. se When President Keitt took the floor, it "J as with the somewhat embarrassing re oowledge that it would be impossible ol r him to deliver the speech that had been th -epared, within the time that could beal- ti< wed to him, and he was forced to the icessity of pruning and condensing. b< his resulted in a somewhat confused to ixture that was trying on the speaker J( id very unsatisfactory to the audience. Ci Lecturer Wilborn devoted himself main- b< to a discussion of the principles of the th lliance. He denied most emphatically E at the Alliance'is a political organiza- F >n,or that it is dead. Its principles and its so imands, he said, are worthy of the study b< / I >f all classes, and be was sorry that the; 1 wsiness men ofYorkville were not to hear 1 lem discussed. He illustrated the gener- ] il theory of the order by relating a circumitance that was recently witnessed among i lome sparrows on the streets of Augusta, t t. sparrow was accidentally besmeared 1 vitb paste. Other sparrows, however, by ( vetting their wings with water, moistened i he paste sufficiently to relieve their nate of bis predicament. Men should t lave sense enough to assist each other do t: s the birds, at least, and the Alliance is for j he benefit of affording the opportunity t or such assistance. 1 President Keitt took up most of his f ime in discussing the financial question, t He had but little to say about the politics i if the Alliance. What he said was more t i question of measures than men. The \lliance had agreed upon certain principles and formulated certain demands, [t stands for these principles and demands i ibove party or personal considerations, i rhe free and unlimited coinage of silver, ] ie said, was one of the demands, and he < vent on at length to explain the justice of ] he proposition. He argued that the prin- i :ipal need of the people of this country is i greater volume of circulation, and this s to be Secured not only by the free coinage of silver, which of itself is inadequate ; but also by the issuance of legal tender notes. The fight from now on, he proclaimed, ia for a re-adjustment ot the i currency laws of the nation. Though a more extended synopsis i would be interesting, could the space be spared, a full report under the circumstances would not be fair to either speaker. ENFORCING THE LAW. j "I have a defendant, here, your honor, 1 who wants to plead guilty of violation of the dispensary law, and in connection with his plea I have promised to make known his excuse, which is as old as ' Adam. He says: 'The woman did it,' I your honor. He was not selling the whisky on his own account; but it be- < longed to some women and be sold it for them." It was in the court house last Wednes- ] day. There was nothing for the juries to do just at that time, and as it only takes a < few minutes in which to dispose of a ] case in which the defendant is willing < to plead guilty, Solicitor Henry took ad- , vantage of the opportunity to bring the matter up and get it off his hands. < In obedience to an order from the court, i the defendant stood up. He was a Negro man, slightly bowed with age, simple in < appearance, carried a bandaged band in a i sling, and gave his name as Moses Blake. ' He seemed to bo frightened; but, withal, i resigned to the inevitable. I "What is the matter with your hand t" " asked his honor, not unkindly. "I was throwing up stovewood on the i hotel piazza, tother day," replied the Ne- i ero, while making a motion as if to undo < the bandage, "and I stuck a big splinter ] In it. It bealed and the doctor just got ] the thorn out of it yesterday." His honbr considered the situation thoughtfully for a moment or two, and finally told the offender that he would have ] to pay a fine of 9100 or go to the chain j gang for three months, the minimum I sentence under the law. With a sigh of i relief, the old Negro took his seat, evidently pleased that the penalty was any- 1 thing short of death. - ( Several gentlemen spoke to the reporter i about the matter alterward. They knew i the facts and were' indignant. It seems < that prosecuting witnesses are allowed 920 1 for convictions in the case of white men and |10 in the case of Negroes, for violating the dispensary law. On Tuesday night, a white man working nnder the direction of a dispensary constable, got after Blake, and after about three hours' persuasion, induced him to take money for the purpose and bring back two half pints of liquor. Before the old Negro was allowed to go after the liquor, however, he was required to leave his coat and hat with the white man as security for bis return. The result was an arrest and two cases for violation of the dispensary law ; one brought by the constable and the other by his assistant. It seems, however, that the case prosecuted by the solicitor was the one brought by the constable, and the other case, much to the disgust of the man who put up the job and who was to have gotten $10, was continued. t Blake is the Negro who was a few < pears ago sent to the penitentiary for t lx>ring for whisky through the floor of ;he Three C's depot. His reputation, ( perhaps, is not first class; but of this the < reporter has no definite knowledge. He ? )nly has good reason to believe that all s he facts stated above are true, and has g seen informed by a competent lawyer g bat under the peculiar circumstances the c parties who worked up the case are liable v o prosecution on the charge of "inciting v o crime." r rHE CONFEDERATE VETERANS. Confederate veterans of York county net in convention in the court house last tl tlonday, pursuant to the requirement of f be new pension law, for the purpose of tl fleeting two members to the county board tl if examiners to serve with Treasurer n feely and Auditor Waters, the ex-offlcio o| nembers. s< In all there were present over 200 old E oldiers. They included quite a num- F er of crippled, maimed and indigent, or whom the benefits of the law F re especially designed, as well as si enroa of thft most nrominent and substan- T ial men of the county. There were quite n number of gray heads among them, and ta Isoa surprisingly large number who are at istin the prime of strong, vigorous man- ol ood. ol Captain W. H. Edwards nominated to lajor James F. Hart for chairman, and tu Ir. W. N. Elder nominated Captain W. ol [. Edwards for secretary. There were o other nominations, and both nominees re ere elected by acclamation. J. Before proceeding to business, Major B; [art read to the assembled veterans, a ca ospitable invitation to participate in the a{ zeroises in connection with the laying of ej le Jeff Davis corner stone at Richmond, as a., June 30 to July 6, inclusive. The initation was signed by Peyton O. Wise, in lairman of the committee of arrange- in ients. A After this, Major Hart read the new re ansion act and stated that nominations gr >r two members of the board of exami- di ars were in order. Before taking bis is >at, however, he suggested that inas- lo luch as the two ex-offlcio members are er sidenisof Yorkville, in the centre! part fa 'the county, it might i e well to select tu iQ other two from widely separated sec- an ans?east and west or north and south, pe Mr. J. B. Rawls, of Catawba, stated that ta! 5 had been instructed by Catawba camp, yc nrooont (ho nnmo nf Pnntain Trndoll 1A >nes, of Rock Hill, and Colonel W. D. be imp, of Cherokee, stated that be bad is jen instructed by Camp Hart, to preseut as e name of Dr. John G. Black. Captain re . A. Crawford nominated Mr. Joseph Y> , Wallace as a proper man, for the rea that being connected with the old an >ard, he is familiar with the work, and tr< lefore Captain Crawford had time to take lis seat, he was put in nomination by Mr. H. R. Neal. The vote wax by ballot, and resulted as 'ollows: Captain Iredell Jones 120; Capain E. A. Crawford, 113 ; Mr. Joseph F. SVallace, 80; Dr. John G. Black, 77. Captains Jones and Crawford were accordngly declared elected. Captain Jones was not present, and, ;herefore, the matter of organizing the >oard and electing a physician was portioned. This, however, will be attended, o without unnecessary delay, and the new >oard will hold its drat regular meeting or the purpose of passing upon applicainna fnr nanatnna nn Mnnrintr Anrfl Oft .WMW .W. Kv?"? "" MV? \.ll applicants should be in Yorkvilleon hat day. RAILROAD RATES. The railroad commission held a meeting n Columbia last week for the purpose of ^ re-adjusting the rates to be charged for passenger fares in this State, in accordance with the act recently passed by the legislature. A circular has been issued on the subject to take effect on May 1, next. After that date, none of the leading roads will be allowed to charge over 3J cents a mile for first class fares, or over 2J cents for second class fares. On a number of roads where the passenger business is less, the maximum rate was fixed at 3i and 3? cents a mile. This last named rate will apply to the Ohio River and Charleston and the Chester and Lenoir. In cases where passengers neglect to provide themselves with tickets, the railroads shall have the right to demand 25 cents extra which, however, mast be paid back at any ticket office upon the presentation of a receipt given by the conductor to whom -* the extra tuoney was paid. COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. The court of common pleas was convened on Tuesday and organized for business by disposing of the jnrios as follows: Jury No. 1.?T. L. Johnson, foreman; O. D. O. McCarter, W. A. Watson, John J. Wallace, R. G. Barnett, R. L. Straight. A. A., Young, J. A. Ratteree, Paul McNeel, R* B. Bigger, A. M. Dover, J. M. Caldwell. Jury No. 2.?W. J. Miller, foreman; J. D. Blair, T. F. Leslie, W. A. Crawford, G. R, Wallace, G. C.Ormanvl, E. P. Steele, R. [J. Garrison, W. T. Poag, John Funk, J. A.. Williford, R. A. Clarke. Talesmen.?J. E. Mintz, J. A. Byers, W. C. Whitesides, W. C. Gist, J. N. McGill, B. F. Brown, J. J. Massey. The first case taken un wan that of J. A 2 C-oates A Sons vs. ?. B. Mobley. The salt involved an order for some needles* rhe defendant bad refused to pay for the needles on tbe ground that the plaintiff lad. sent more than had been ordered. Verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of|60. The next case was that of J. H. Sutton re. the Fort Mill Manufacturing company, i suit to compel a settlement for some wood that tbe plaintiff has not- been, paid for. When The Enquirkb went to press the case bad not been concluded. THE CHAINGANG PROBLEM. W hat is tbe most just and profitable disposition that can be made' of the chaining, is the problem that is perplexing ,he county board of commissioners just dow. When tbe matter came up at a recent meeting of the board, Supervisor Stephenion suggested that the stockade be located , it some point between the Rutherford ind Howell's Ferry roads, and from there work all the roads leading out'of Yorkrille that can be reached for a distance of two miles or more. Tbe proposition was received with favor, and was on the point of being regularly adopted as tbe policy of the board; but at the suggestion ? r?f Commissioner Miller, who Intimated that an advantageous proposition might be received from some of the surrounding towns in the meantime, it was decided to leave the matter open. The proposition referred to by Mr. Miller has developed. At the meeting of the board last Monday, Dr. T. A. Crawford made a proposition in behalf of the city of Rock Hill. He asked the board to transfer the convict gang to^the roads lead- ^ ing into Rock Hill, and proposed that if the county will maintain the gang as it is now being maintained, the city will expend an equal sum in the macadamizing ;he roads. In other words, Rock Hill will >pend a dollar for every dollar that the x>unty will spend in fixing up and macadimizing the roads leading into the city. The board was quite favorably impress- 4 >d with the proposition at first, and seemid disposed to accept it. Messrs. Miller ind White were anxious for immediate iction; but, finally Mr. Riddle sugrested that the matter was* one of very frave importance ana inovea taat ine ueision of the board be deferred lor two veeks. The motion was adopted and it vas decided to bold another meeting in egard to the matter on Monday, April 20. EQUALIZATION BOARD. The county board of equalization met in tie office of Auditor Waters on Tuesday or the purpose of considering inequaliies in taxation that had been reported by iie various township boards. The only latter of special interest that was develped grew out of the alleged unequal asissments against the Savings Bank of kick Hill, and the First National Bank of kick HilL It seems that last year the two Rock [ill banks made their returns on a ba-r s of 663 per cent, of their aggregate assets. be banks of Fort Mill and Yorkville, v. tade their returns on a basis of their capi.1 stock, the former returning the stock ; par and the latter at 90 per cent. f par. The bbard allowed the returns r the Fort Mill and Yorkville banks i stand as mad 3, aud raised the reirnsofthe Rock Hill banks to 85 percent. ' their aggregate assets. This year the various banks made their minis mi wie same oasis as last, ana Mr. H. Miller, cashier, of the First National ank of Rock Hill, and Mr. R. Lee Kerr, ishier of the Savings Bank of Rock Hill, ipeared before the board on Tuesday to cplain the justice of their respective casee, i they saw it. Mr. Kerr said in effect: Gentlemen,we have taken the trouble to I ivestigate the custom of other counties i the State. With the one exception of nderson county, we find that the banks turn for taxation two-thirds of the agegate of their capital, surplus and unvlded profits. In Anderson, the custo m to return three-fourths. We have folwed what we have found to be the genal rule, and I call your atteution to the ct that while the Fort Mill bank has rerned the par value of its capital stock, id the Yorkville bank has returned 90 ir cent, of its capital stock, if you will ke the trouble to make the calculation, >u will find that our return is equal to 5 on our capital stock. I, therefore >ld that notwithstanding that our return only 66? per cent of our aggregate sets, it is larger iu propartion than is the turn of either the bank at Fort Mill or orkville. Mr. Miller concurred with Mr. Kerr, id went on to say : We don't J ask to be jated differently from anybody else.