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? Of 22 counties in Illinois which
have acted 20 have passed silver resolutions
and 21 have chosen silver delegates.
The remaining one has no;'
declared for gold. Forty out of 90
counties in Iowa have elected 376 sil
A nc or
VCr ttUU J7U ^UlU ugic^avto. vi wv uviegates
so far chosen in Ohio, 52 are for
free silver. Twenty-one counties have
acted in Virginia. All but four or five
have passed free silver resolutions.
None has adopted gold standard resolution.
? In spite of Senator Hill, of New
York, Senator Peffer's resolution to
investigate the recent bond issues has
passed at last. There were only six
votes against the proposition ; but it
was not passed along the line of Senator
Peffer's original intention. The
senator desired that the investigation
be conducted by a special committee
appointed for the purpose and
the resolution, as finally adopted, provides
that the matter be left to the.
senate finance committee. There is
reason to believe that if there had
been a special committee, the examination
would have been thorough in
every detail; but as to whether the
finance committee will give it any
special attention, is a matter of doubt.
? Atlanta Constitution : In 1888,
when Colonel Bentou, of Missouri, a
United States district attorney, made
some Democratic speeches, Mr. Cleveland
cnmmarilv romnvAli him from of
fice. The order was revoked, but
Cleveland wrote Colonel Benton a letter
(first giving it to the newspapers)
in which he declared that he wanted
no man while holding office under him
to engage in political canvasses, or to
endeavor to put his opinions on the
people of the United States. But look
at the situation now ! Whenever a
Federal officeholder can be made a
tool of by the money power he is urged
to aid in fastening the single gold standard
on the people. There is something
dead up Aquia creek ?
? At the coming meeting of the
Southern Presbyterian general assembly,
at Memphis, a great feast is anticipated,
though no burning questions
are likely to come up, says the Nashville
Christian Advocate. The answer
of the Presbyterians to the overture
sent down by the last assembly rela
tive to appointment of a secretary or
superintendent of Sabbath schools will
no doubt develop great interest, and the
continual agitation of the past five
years may at last culminate in a decision.
Among judicial matters to
come up one is remarkable. The Presbytery
of Charleston, S. C., declined to
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license a i\egro cauuiutuc iui uic ujiuistry
on account of bis color. Appeal
was taken to the synod where the
presbytery's action was reversed. Now
the presbytery appeals to the general
assembly."
. ? A well authenticated story from
Prairie du Pont, St. Clair county, 111.,
is to the effect that Michael Sorenzen,
a Swede, has sold his interest in his
proposed bride for $212. The girl in
question, Mary Jacobson, arrived there
a month ago at the solicitation of Sorenzen,
who paid her fare. In honor
of her arrival a dancing party was
given at the town hall, and among the
guests was Stanley Johnson, also a
Swede, who immediately fell in love
with Mary. She reciprocated, and
they met frequently. This greatly angered
Sorenzen, aud the men met in a
saloon last night prepared to fight it
out. Friends interferred and Johnson
finally offered to give Sorenzen $150
for the girl. Sorenzen demanded $300.
A compromise was effected, Johnson
paying the rejected lover $212 and
taking a receipt. The girl agreed to
the conditions of the transfer, and in a
few days will be married to Johnson.
? A Washington dispatch of the 6th
instant says: The president, by his
signature, today extended the provisions
of the civil service law to 30,000
government employes, increasing the
number of positions on the classified
list from 55,735 to 85,125, and with
a few minor exceptions between, the
extremes of officials whose confirmations
by the senate is constitutionally
requisite, down to mere laborers
and workmen. Governmental appointments
are withdrawn as far as possible
from political influence and protected
in their tenure of office by the merit
system. The president's signature at
11 this morning, cancelling all former
orders issued, and substituting the new
rules, was immediately filed in the
state department and went into effect
at once, thus forestalling any possible
action throughout the country by appointing
officers or transferring employes
or in anyway evading the rules
before being formally notified of them.
From the moment of its signature, the
new order made all government officials
directly responsible to the commission
for appointments and changes.
? The Michigan Democracy was
generally supposed to be in favor of
free coinage. The State convention,
however, has been captured for the
single gold standard, in a speecn in
the senate, the other day, Mr. Vest, of
Missouri, told how the thing was done.
County convention after county convention,
explained Mr. Vest, declared
for free coinage and so instructed their
delegates to the State convention.
Later on, postmasters all over the
Stale who had been appointed by Mr.
Cleveland managed to secure the
proxies of the county delegates, went
to the State convention, iguored the
instructions of the county conventions
and declared for the single gold standard.
"I'm a Democrat," declared Mr.
Vest, "and I believe in majority rule;
but I'll tell you that if the Democratic
convention at Chicago is made up of
Federal officeholders brought there to
overawe and override the wishes of
the Democratic majority, it will be no
Democratic convention to me. I shall
abide the wishes of the majority of the
Democratic party, honestly assembled
and honestly expressed."
? H. H. Holmes, who was probably
the most diabolical murderer tins country
has ever produced, was hanged in
Philadelphia last Thursday and died
without a struggle. Holmes was convicted
some time ago for the murder of
Benjamin F. Pietzel. At the trial it
was developed that Pietzel was also a
villianous scoundrel. The two had
gone into partnership as life insurance
swindlers. Peitzel had his life insured
and the scheme was for the two me
to hunt up a corpse that could be mis
taken for Peitzel, let Peitzel disappea
and theu have his family indentify tb
bogus body as his. Before the desire*
corpse was secured, however, Holme
decided to murder Peitzel and did sc
Then he burned the body almost be
yond recognition, bad it identified b,
Peitzel's people, and finally succeede
in collecting the money. Afterward h
murdered several of Peitzel's childrec
and was finally caught up with. Upo
his trial it was developed that be ha*
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commuted a uozeu ui uiure iuuiuch
The case was so notorious that certai
newspapers offered themurdereralarg
amount of money for a truthful confee
sion as to his many crimes. He wrot
the "confession," and collected th
money. According to his story he ha
committed something like 30 murden
It afterward developed that several <
the people who he claimed to hav
murdered were still alive, and on th
gallows he stated that the alleged cor
fession was all a lie; that he had neve
killed anybody in bis life.
Site fjorkvillr (Enquirer.
YORKVILLE, 8. C.:
WEDNESDAY," MAY 13, 1896.
? Quite a number of big newspapei
throughout the county seem to be of tb
opinion that President Cleveland is wai
ing for the best effect on his third teri
aspirations before he essays to put a stc
to the murder and rapine of the Spanis
armies in Cuba.
? The Columbia Register, of Monday
prints what purports to be a detaile
statement of the transaction in which tb
State bonds were refunded. The stab
ment alleges that all of the corumissior
went to Rhind and Lancaster. The writ<
of the article evidently knows all aboi
the matter, but the Register contains n
intimation as to his identity.
? Don M. Dickinson, President Clev<
land's Michigan lieutenant, denounces n
libelous Senator Vest's recent statement
to the effect that the Michigan conventio
was captured by Federal officeholder
who will vote at Chicago foj; the gol
standard, while as a matter of fat
a majority of the Democrats of th
State are for free coinage. Dickinso
claims that the State is really lor tne goi
standard and the Democracy will be prop
erly represented at Chicago.
? In its news reports we note that tb
Columbia State is persistent in giving t<
morrow, Thursday, May 14, as the date <
the holding of the State convention. Tb
Democratic constitution fixes the thir
Wednesday in May as the date. This wi
the date designated in the recent call <
the State Democratic executive commi
tee. In its official call, the county Denr
ocratic executive committee designate
the same date. We have no other infoi
mation on the subject; but if Wednesday
May 20, is not the correct date, we are i
a loss to discover any authority for tb
holding of the convention on Thursday
May 14.
? American intervention in behalf of tb
Cuban insurgents is not far off nov
Quite a number of sugar plantations b(
longing to American citizens have bee
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destroyed Dy me insurgents utteiy. o^un
of course, is responsible, and the Ameri
can owners have enough influence wit
the Washington government to induce
to press their claims. Hard feelings wi
be the result; but that won't matter mucl
However little the Washington govern
ment may care for the wholesale mui
ders that are being perpetrated down i
Cuba, it is not going to allow any destriu
tion of property.
CLOSE TO A CRISIS.
The relations between the United State
and Spain with reference to the Cuban in
surrection seems to bo pretty close to
crisis. The trouble has grown out of th
'Competitor" affair, and that the final set
tlementwill be of significant bearing o
the Cuban question, there can be n
doubt.
The Competitor is an American schoon
er that was captured oft' the Cuban coas
on April 25, by a Spanish gunboat. A
the time the schooner was first sighted b
the Spanish gunboat, it is said that ther
were about 20 people aboard; but only
wero included in the capture, all the oth
era except 2, who were killed by riil
shots while swimming to land, having es
caped. The names of those capture
were Alfred LaBorde, of New Orleans
Owen Milton, Kansas; William Kinlef
an American citizen of English birtl
and Elias Bediaand Theodoro del Maw
both native Cubans.
With but little ceromony, the prisoner
were dragged before a drumhead com
martial and tried on the charge of con
spiracy. LaBorde, who was captain o
the schooner, said that he had engaged t
land the men on the const of Florida. O
arriving at that point, however, his pa*
Mongers had forced him to continue on t
tho roast of Cuba. He claimed that li
hail no intention whatever that was ho*
tile to Spanish interests. Owen Miltoi
represented himself as a newspaper eor
respondent, bound for Cuba in tho hop
of devising some plan whereby truthfu
reports of the insurrection could be sen
to this country. Kinlea claimed Britisl
citizenship, that the capture was not mad
within three miles of tho British coast
and that, therefore, the Spanish govern
ment had no jurisdiction. The poor Cu
bans, of course, had no defense.
After sitting on tho case for severa
hours, the court martial rendered a ver
diet of guilty and tho prisoners were al
n condemned to death. The death sentence J
i- was passed on last Friday. Consul Genr
eral Williams, of the United States, ime
mediately cabled the news to Washing- A
^ ton, having in the meantime protested
(S against the execution of the sentences, and T
] Secretary Olney lost no time in commuy
nicating with Madrid. What the secretad
ry said is not certainly known. It is
e thought, however, that he merely asked Ci
p
i, that the execution of the death sentences
D on the American citizens be suspended T
^ pending further investigation of the mat'
ter. The suspension has been granted.
The greatest excitement exists through- ^
e
. out Spain over the action of the United
e States, and among the Spanish citizens of
e Cuba, it is said to be the same. General p
d Weyler is reported to have notified his
home government that he will resign it
^ the sentence of the court martial is inter- j
e ferred with, and a story comes from Cuba
? to the etfect that Weyley has notified Se- j
T cretary Olney that the condemned men
will be put to death in spite of the people
_ of the United States. The British minis- G
ter at Madrid has requested the queen regent
of Spain to pardon William Kinlea,
_ the man who claimed both British and T
American protection.
The Spaniards are in right smart of a
quandary. If they fail to execute the
men captured on the Competitor, they
j, may expect numerous other expeditions ^
f from America to take the chances of cap,
ture, etc., and if they do carry out the
sentence of their court martial, without
_ waiting to have the whole question thoroughly
ventilated, they are liable to get
on their hands a little engagement in com- is
parison with which the Cuban insurrec- h
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Z tion, serious as it is, would be a mere x
h
re holiday picnic.
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, ?An exchange says that a numbed of
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factories which once found no difficulty in ^
getting all the power they needed along &
^ certain New Hampshire streams, have, h
during the past few years, on account of c
the gradual failure of the watercourses,
r, found it necessary to move elsewhere and
d have recourse to steam power. Those g
ie who have given the question careful at- a
3- tention are agreed that the drying up of n
is the streams is principally attributed to the tl
jr disappearance of the forests that once ex- e
it isted in the territory in which the streams q
o have their source. The time is coming, j
if, indeed, it is not already about here, b
when waterpower will be but an insig- tl
5" nificant factor in the turning of machin- w
18 ery ; but those who think that this is the
a principal use of our streams have not ^
n given the matter a great deal of attention, j
8 During the decent constitutional convend
tion, Delegate McMahan, of Richland, a
:t sought to have the constitution take cog- a
e nizance of the matter by providing for *
n the perpetual protection of the forests of ^
d the State. His idea was seriously con- f,
?" sidered, but he was also trying to push k
along several other ideas that seemed to si
have no practical value, and it was on this ?
10 account, probably, that his plan for the ?
protection of the forests failed also. But e
really, something ought to be done along h
' this line. Those of our statesmen who w
have not gotten along that far are dis- v
^ posed to scoff at the suggestion that they *
should waste their valuable time with tj
such matters. The time has been, as The a
News and Courier very aptly remarks, hi
when the New Hampshire statesmen ji
were also scoffers. "
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* MERE-MENTION.
The house of representatives has passed 0
^ a resolution providing that each member f(
shall have a confidential clerk all the year 0
round and that his salary shall be paid by d
ie the government. J. W. Hildretb, tl
Theodore Hibbard and Herbert Plato, g
three boys who recently wrecked a New r(
York Central express train, near Rome, tl
n N. Y., have each been sentenced to 40 ft
i, years in the Auburn, New York, prison, c
[- John Waldrop, a Negro who recent- ei
i? 1 a - aaaI
jj iy lliuruurcu ? icuvw uunvitv iu mo win q
. mines at Birmingham, Ala., was hanged t
1 at Birmingham last Friday. The g,
Southern Baptist convention which con- 0
i. sistsofover 3,000 delegates, met in Chat- s
i- tanooga, Tenn., last Friday. It is re- p
.. ported that Chicago Democrats have sue- w
ceeded in raising the ?40,000 that they n
promised on condition that the national c<
Democratic convention would be held in n
that city. James B. Duke, president n
of the American Tobacco company, has a
b ^en indicted under the laws of the State ia
of New York for organizing and main- ti
1 taining a monopoly.
i
' 01
a Governor Evantt In Reply. y,
e Governor Evans has deuied the tc
> charge made against him by Mr. Leou b
n J. Williams in reference to contraband h
o liquors. He explaius that he has got- ?
ten authority from the Slate board to P
. release seized liquors when, in his w
jt opinion, the circumstances seemed to gl
justify. There is now pending a case B
that is intended to test the effect of
y Judge Simouton's "personal use" dee
cisiou as to its beariug on the provis5
ion of the dispensary law requiring
i- thut liquors brought into the Slate for
e personal use must be analyzed by the
State chemist before they can be legitimately
used. Liquors brought into
the State for "personal use" are now
' being seized ; but until Judge Simonl'
ton acts on the matter, the officials g,
'? making such seizures are liable to puul?
ishment for contempt. Iu order to be R
on the safe side, the governor has se- in
s cured from the State board of control
t authority to release such seized liquors
_ ou dernaud, when he is satisfied that
j. they are intended for "personal use." N*
The governor denies that he has ever
made use of this authority for the pur11
pose of placating his eueinies. If that T)
l" hud beeu his object he takes, occusion Tl
? to say, he would not have suggested 11
e the seizure of the consignment to Mr. Bi
i- Williams. H
They Would 1'rohubly Will.
c A big military festival is going on in
1 Savannah, C?a., this week. It comt
tuenced on Monday aud will contiuue ai
I, until Saturday. The main feature of
0 the occasion is a contest for a $2,500
prize, participated in by all the crack
'' military companies of the South At- ^
lantic and Gulf States. An effort was
on foot last week to secure the uttend- eu
ance of the Citatel cadets. It is be1
lieved that if they euter the list they th
- will stand a good chance of coming <jc
1 out first best. th
LiOCAL AFFAZR9.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
lexandor Hudson?Warns people not to
harbor or give employment to his son
Ed.
he York Cotton Mill Co.?Wants to buy
1,000 cords of dry pine wood. Apply to
either of the persons mentioned in the
advertisement.
andidate for Superintendent of Education?John
A. Shurley.
andidate for Auditor?R. L. Scoggins.
andidate for County Supervisor?T. G.
Culp.
. B. McClain?Has something to say
about ice and proposes to sell in any
qnantity at three-fourths of a cent a
pound.
E. Ferguson?Will sell you qll kinds
of groceries, including cucumber pickles
and summer cheese. He wants to
buy 200 chickens immediately.
. A. Abernathy?Says ice is on a boom
anrf hfi nffars in onll ii at one cent a
pound. He is still prepared to do roofing
and guttering and all kinds of tin
rebair work.
, J. Hunter?Calls special attention to
bis new sbirt waists, alpaca coats, serge
coats and vests.
. W. Dobson?Can furnish you with
flour at low prices, hoes, sweeps, hammocks,
linseed oil, barbed wire, solid
or heel weeps.
rist Cousins?Offer you repairs for Buckeye,
McCormick and Wood mowers,
and Dutton grinders, dollar knife sharpeners
and tubular steel singletrees,
he Carolina Buggy ;Co.?Lets you know
that if you want a cheap one and worth
the money you pay for it, you can get a
Cincinnati buggy from them for It
is not equal, however, to the Carolina
buggy- H you want a wagon, they sell
the "Old Hickory," and claim that it is
the best wagon on wheels.
M. Dobson <fe Co.?Ask you to risk one
eye at the low prices at which they are
offering the articles mentioned in their
advertisement.
MEMORIAL DAY.
The memory of the Confederate soldier
i sacred, and it is still cherished in the
earts of those for whom he offered his all,
he present generation not only reveres his
eroism in defending that which he beeved
to be right; but it is convinced
lat he was rieht. Then since he defendI
the right with courage and devotion
tie like of which the world has nevei
een before or since, is it surprising thai
is memory should be held sacred, espeially
by a generation that continues to
kSr?lr tiAur oa ha fKnntrKf fhftn ?
ujurv nun ?o uu vmvu^uk vmv?? *
Pursuant to the published notice, quite
large number of ladies and gentlemen
athered at the courthouse last Monday
fternoon, and forming into a procession,
larched to the cemetery. Altogethei
aere were probably 100. The preliminary
xercises were held in the grove jus)
'ithout the cemetery enclosure, and were
pened with an impressive prayer by
Lev. L. A. Johnson, who invoked divine
lessings on the assembled people and
ieir mission of duty and love to those
rho had gone before. He also asked for
ao guidance and direction of those who
re to follow. After the conclusion oi
Ir. Johnson's prayer, W. B. db Loach,
Isq., was introduced as the first speaker.
Mr. de Loach's remarks were especially
ppropriate. The cause of the war, he
ssigned merely to a call to duty. In a
sw words, he pictured the fierce thrill o)
atiiotism that was aroused in the South,
nd then went on to call attention to the
ict that that patriotism was of a kind that
now no weakening?a kind that braved
tarvation, exhaustion and death; that
ould be crushed, but never conquered,
listory had not given these men justice;
ut although she has hover known theii
quals before, she wili? give them justice
iter on. In the meantime, the noble
romen of the land and their old comrades
?ho have not yet gone to join Lee, Jackin
and Stewart and many other leaders,
rill continue to mark their graves with
tie rose and lilly from field and garden
nd keep their memories fresh. Just so
urely as the flowers bloom in the spring,
ist so surely will these heroes never be
jrgotten. Therefore, "sleep on brave,
nselfisb, patriotic soldiers, sleep on.
rour memory shall never be forgotten!"
Major Hart followed with a statement
f why the custom of decorating the Con'derate
graves was observed on the 10th
f May, that being the anniversary of the
eath of "Stonewall" Jackson. He said
bat the cause which led to so much sacrice
of life and treasure should always be
upeated on each memorial day, so that
le children of each generation shall be
imiliar with the answer. The prime
mse came at the foundation of the gov
rnment. It came from the differences in
rigin, religion and views of civil liberty,
lie North believed in a strong central
overnment with power and authority
versbadowing that of the States. The
outh was jealous of giving too much
ower to the central government, and
anted domestic affairs, especially, to rerain
in control of the States. These
intentions developed from great earnestess
to hot anger and involved snbordiate
issues that aggravated tbe contest,
rgnment failing, the North asserted a
lw higher and stronger than the con9tiition,
and war followed.
Major Hart gave a graphic description
F the marshaling of the hosts for strife 35
Bars ago, the tender partings, the march
> the front, and closed by reading the
eautiful epitaph found pinned to the
eadstone of General Albert Sidney John>n,
the expressions of which would aply
to thousands of other Confederates
ho 'rested in named and nameless
raves. It is as follows:
chind this stone is laid, for a season, Albert
Sidney Johnson,
General in the army of the Confederate
States,
Who fell at Shiloh, Tennessee,
On the sixth day or April, A. D.,
Eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
A niun tried in many high offices
And critical enterprises,
And found fnlthtul in all.
is lite was one long sacrifice of interest to
conscience,
And even that life on a woeful Sabbath
id lie yield as an holocaust to his country's
need.
Not wholly understood was he while he
lived;
ut In his death his greatness stands confessed
In a people's tears,
esolutc, modest, clear or envy, yet not wanting
i the Arm ambition which makes men great
and pure,
In ids honor Impregnable,
In his simplicity sublime,
o country e'er had a truerson.no cause a
nobler champion,
o people a bolder defender, no principle a
purer victim
Than the dead soldier
Who sleeps here!
The cause for which he perished is lost?
no people for whom he tbught are crushed?
ic hopes in which he trusted are shattered?
le Wag lie loved guides no more the ehurglng
lines;
it his fume, consigned to the keeping of that
time, which
applly is not so much the tomb of Virtue
us its shrine,
mil, in years to come, tire modest worth to
noble deeds.
In honor, now, our great Captain rests,
A bereaved people mourn him,
rhree commonwealths proudly cluim him
And history shall cherish him
inong those chosen spirits who holding their
conscience unmixed with blame
ave been, in all conjectures, true to themselves,
their country and their God.
Upon tho conclusion of his remarks, I
ajor Hurt announced that the decora>u
of the graves was next in order, that
ch of the graves had been marked by
e ladies with small white Hags, and
en read the names of the Confederate
ad in tho two cemeteries from a list
at had been curefully prepared by
Messrs. A. F. McConnell and J. J. Hunter,
as follows:
Barron, 8. H. Mason. James
Barron, T. J. May, Br. John
Barry, J. H. Metts, W. B.
Beard, Jack McPheeters, J. W.
Bell, T. J. Miller, W. D.
Brlggs, B. F. Moore, Frederick
Clark, J. L. Moore, R. Springs
Clark, R. Frank Murphy, E. M.
Clawson, J. H. Palmer, W. McD.
Conner, Calvin Ratehford, R. W.
Coward, J. J. Rose, Edward
Eccles, T. J. Rose, Wm. E.
U T UHlltlnirlaar (I T?
Olarvln, J. J. Smlth^VVllflam
Glenn, R. H. Smith, Thos. A.
Ooforth, W. L. Smith, J. B.
Happerfleld, F. Snider, J. J.
Jackson, Dr. H. G. Tomllnson, Leroy
James, D. A. Tate, James B.
Jefferys, Foster Wilson, W. B.
Jefferys, T. 8. Williams, J. B.
Kuykendal, 8. J. Williams, S. H.
Lowry, J. T. Whit, M.
Lowry, Samuel C. Wltherspoon, J. A.
The speaking over, the ladies, having
provided an abundance of flowers for the
purpose, at once proceeded with the
pleasant task of decorating the graves of
the soldiers, omitting not a single one.
Tributes were also left on the graves of
Captain J. B. Fulton, of the Revolutionary
war; J. B. Kerr, of the Mexican war,
and Captain George D. Wallace, of the
United States army. After the decoration
of the graves was completed,' it was agreed
to organize a Ladies' Memorial association,
and a dozen or more' ladies gave
their names as members.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Until January 1897.
The Twice-a-week Enquirer, or
The Weekly Enquirer will be furnishi
ed from this date to January, 1st, 1897,
for $1.22.
Having It Remodlled.
The Spratt Machine company is engaged
in remodeling the residence that Sheriff
Crawford bought from Mr. S. L. Davidson
some time back.
Acknowledgment.
It gives The Enquirer pleasure to acirnnwlpdcrA
thA rACfiint of a handsome in
i vitation to the commencement exercies oi
Lenoir college, Hickory, N. C., from May
I 17 to 21,'inclusive, sent by Miss Ida Belle
Ferguson of the graduating class,
t The Pension Hoard.
The York county pension board held
; its final meeting on Monday. Up to date
there are about 130 new applicants in all,
including 44 widows. No decisive action
has yet been taken by the board on any
) of the new applications,
t Another Runaway.
Calvin Crawford, colored, escaped from
, the county stockade on Monday morning
at about 4 o'clock and has since been at
' large. He managed to slip his chain in
t some manner and get out at the top of the
i structure. As to the whereabouts of the
' guard at the time we have not learned.
I Another Big Slilpmen;.
| Dr. J. B. Delvaux nas made another big
i shipment of his medicines. He showed
the reporter on Monday a bill of lading
> for a number of boxes that weighed in
f the aggregate 1,112 pounds. The doctor
sells his goods for cash and on 60 and 90
days. He is something of a hustler.
' Death of MIm Isabella Flnley.
i Gastonia Gazette, May 7: Miss Isabel[
la Finley died at the home of her brother,
r Sulvnnna Finlfiv. near TTninn church, in
Gaston, county on yesterday. She was
i an aunt of Senator Finley, of York, and
; had reached a ripe old age. The burial
1 will take place at Bethel this afternoon.
State Teacher*' Association.
The Enquirer is in receipt of a copy
of the programme for the twenty-fifth
annual meeting of the State Teachers'
association to be held in Winthrop col'
lego from June 30 to July 3, inclusive,
i The round trip railroad fare from Yorkville,
is to be 70 cents; from Blacksburg
{>2.00 ; from Catawba Junction 50 cents.
Public Meeting.
' Intendant Moore has called for a public
' meeting in the court house Thursday
1 night for the purpose of considering mat1
ters relating to the future government of
the town. From talk to be overheard
about the streets, the meeting promises to
be quite interesting, and maybe some'
what sensational.
Tralnload of Beauty.
A train of four observation coaches and
a baggage car passed through Yorkville
over the O. R. & C. at about 7 o'clock on
Tuesday morning, bound for Thermal
1 City, N. C. The coaches were loaded
with Winthrop college girls to the number
of 300. It was their intention to spend
' the day in the mountains and return to
Rock Hill on Tuesday nignt.
What Tast? Can Do.
Yellow, somehow or other, is not popularly
esteemed as a very pretty color.
Just why, we are not able to say. But
those who are prejudiced against yellow
should take a look at the residence of Mr.
T. B. McClain, opposite The Enquirer
office, and which is now receiving the
finishing touches at the hands of the
painters. The body is yellow and the
trimming is maroon. The green foliage,
of course, cuts a figure, and the general
effect seems to bo something more than
accident. It is an illustration of highly
cultivated taste.
Won 815.
Miss Sudie Shannon, of Lominack, in
York county," is the winner of the fourth
prize in The Southern Farm's guessing
contest. The guessing was at the number
of a United States treasury note that had
been placed in an envelope and deposited
with the treasurer of the State of Georgia.
The figures composing the number were
given in a mixed up order, and under
the terms of the contest, the individual
who guessed nearest to the correct number
was to receive $40, the next $525, the
next $20 and the next $15. The correct
number on the note was 15,167,392. Nobody
guessed the exact number; but
Miss Shanuon's was the fourth best guess
submitted.
County Board of Control.
At its meeting in Columbia last week,
the State board of control appointed the
various county boards 01 comroi. unaer
the old law, county supervisors were exoflicio
chairmen of the boards of control.
Under the new law, as amended at the
last session of the legislature, the supervisors
have been removed from connection
with the matter. The State board
has named the York county board as
follows: W. F. Dye, of Blacksburg; VV.
II. Moore, of Gutbriesville; P. M. Burris,
of McConnellsville. The. appointees are
all men of high character, and unless The
Enquirer is misinformed, total abstainers
from intoxicants. They may be
depended upon to see to it that the
dispensary iiiiuuigcuiuin, m >uio wuutj
will be in strict conformity to the law.
Farms and Farm Lands.
The Seaboard Air Line people believe
in printer's ink and also in the policy of
developing the territory through which
their lines of railroad run. They have
jnst issued a neat and handsomely illustrated
pamphlet called "Farms and Farm
Lands." It gives a very intelligent description
of the whole Seaboard Air Line
territory, and goes into detail as to all the
towns and stations along the various
routes. The distribution of this sample in
tho North and Northwest is bound to bring
handsome results in tho way of introducing
new and desirable settlers. Though
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at first much of the territory in which the
Seaboard people are now operating was
but little better than a wilderness it is evidently
the intention of this broadminded
and liberal corporation to see to it that
these conditions shall not continue.
Keeping Good Time.
Mr. Speck seems to have the regulation
of the town clock down pretty fine. Citizens
who have good watches find that
they compare almost to the minute, and
at 12 on each day the steam whistles at
the Buggy factory and Roller mill blend
with the striking of the clock in a harmony
that readily reminds one of music.
A Feathered Quadruped.
An old hen belonging to' Mrs. Dr. W.
J. Torrence, of Crowder's Creek, hatched
out a chick about ten days ago that has
four legs. Two where they ought to be
and two tucked up under the wings,
where they are not available for locomotion
purposes. The chick is doing well,
and against the day it will be prepared
for the pan, promises to yield up at least
four "drumsticks."
Fond of the Chalngang.
Charley McMurray, colored, was released
from the chalngang last Friday
after serving a 50 days term for stealing a
bicycle in Rock Hill. He went down to
Tirzah on Saturday and hired himself to
Mr. Will Potts. Next day he went ofl
with a new suit of clothes for which Mr.
Potts bad just paid $12.50. Mr. Potts secured
his arrest without difficulty, and or
Tuesday brought him before Magistrate
Sandifer on the charge of petit larceny.
The Negro plead guilty and said that he
bad sold the clothes to a Negro in Rock
Hill for $9.50 and lost the money gam
bling. Magistrate Sandifer sent hirr
back to the cbaingang for 30 days. Mr,
Potts is decidedly of the opinion that the
offence is deserving of more severe punishment.
The Negro took the sentence
with absolute indifference.
' Sunday School Excursion.
Mr. Sam M. Grist, ofYorkville, adaj
or two ago, received a letter from Mr. L
C. Payseur, superintendent of the Baptist
Sunday school of Lancaster, stating that
the children of his school seemed to b<
very much in favor holding their picnic
this year in Yorkville. Mr. Payseur wanted
to know whether or not there is a suitable
grove, near the depot, and what the
Yorkville people would think of the "invasion,"
which would probably include
about 400children. Mr. Grist did not bestiate
to .extend a cordial invitation in behalf
of the town, nor to (jive assurance
that the picnickers would receive the best
that the Yorkville people have in store.
The Enquirer begs to second the invitation.
Let the house of Lancaster come
over. The latch string of the house ol
York will surely be found on the outside.
LETTER PROM H1MI9T0WN.
Recent Death*?Sketch of Mr. R. S. PlexlccMr.
Crosby Shoots a Negro?Thrown
From a Bnggjr.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Hoodtown, May 11.?Mr. R. S. Plexico
died last Monday evening after an illness
of over-12 months. His remaini
were interred in Bullock's Creek cemetery
on Wednesday, the funeral services being
conducted by Rev. J. E. Johnson, ol
8haron, assisted by Rev. J. P. Knox.
A large concourse of relatives and friends
accompanied the body to its last resting
' place. The subject of this sketch was born
a little over 34 years ago, within about
a mile of the place where he died. He
worked on the farm until a few years ago,
when he accepted a position in the drug
store of Messrs. Rainey A Save,at Sharon,
where he remained until about 18 months
ago, when he went to Charlotte, N. C., to
take a commercial course in a business
college. From that Institution he receiv'
ed bis diploma only about one year ago.
While there he was a diligent student,
and this in connection with the close confinement
impaired his health. After a
short stay at home recuperating, he returned
to Charlotte to take a position as a
bookkeeper with a' well known drug
house, but the close confinement soon
began to tell on him in bis already somewhat
shattered condition of health. He
4a nn Ma rwaitlnn
WH8 ^/IlipCJICU IA? J^ITV ujy
bill the vital resistance of bis systern was
already so lowered that the sarins of disease
bad found a permanent lodging place.
He remained at his home until about the
1st of November, when, acting under the
advice of his physicians he secured a position
in Charleston; but the ssa breezes,
instead of imparting the glow of health
to his wan cheeks, only fanned into a
flame the latent disease in his vitals and
he returned home the latter part of December,
where he gradually decliiHd
until death cast iis dark mantle over the
scene. He connected himself with Sharon
A. R. church when, quite young and
has since lived an exemplary Christian
life. He loved the church and always
gave liberally to its support, sometimes
even beyond his ability. Rev. Mr. Johnson,
who visited him on bis deathbed said
of him: "He had the strongest faith of
any one I ever saw." Greater consolation
than that the bereaved ones could not
hope for.
Mrs. Cassia Sherer, wife of Mr. R. Leroy
Sberer, died at her home near Gould last
Wednesday at 6 o'clock, p. m. She had
been ill since last September and had
been a great and constant sufferer. She
was a daughter of the late Wright Osborne,
deceased, and at the time of her
death was in her 35th year, having been
born on August 30, 1801, She was the
mother of five children, two of whom
preceded her to the spirit land. The husband
and young children, her aged mother
and other relatives have the deepest
sympathy of the community in their sad
bereavement. The last sad rites were performed
by her pastor, Rev. J. B. Swann,
"II '""a innrtdl i?f hor WHO lairl tn
rest in the cemetery at Bullock's Creek on
Thursday evening.
There was a small shooting scrape near
here last Friday morning, in which Mr.
A.iB. Crosby shot a Negro by the name of
Fac McCaw. The facts as I have been
able to gather them are about as follows :
The Negro had been working with a side
harrow belonging to Mr. Crosby, and that
morning Mr. Crosby asked him to let another
cropper have it to use that day.
Fac did not want to give it up and grew
rather insolent. Some words were passed,
when the Negro drew bis knife and Mr.
Crosby tired at him with a revolver, the
ball taking effect in the right breast, ranging
outward to the outer part of the arm
near the shoulder joint, where it lodged a
abort distance oeneatn me sum. me
wound, while painful, is not considered
dangerous as no bones or bloodvessels of
importance were injured. The ball was
removed without difficulty and at last accounts
the Negro was doing welL
While driving in a buggy near here a
few days ago, Messrs. Jho. J. Wallace and
J. S. Hood were violently thrown from
the vehicle by the mule becoming frightened
and dashing the wheel against a
tree. They were both considerably bruised
and badly jostled up, but neither was seriously
hurt. The crosstree of the shafts
was broken, but otherwise the buggy was
uninjured.
Mr. J. E. Carroll had the misfortune to '
lose a fine 4-year-old horse recently from
"blind staggers."
From our observation, candidates were
so numerous at Yorkville last Monday
that the only way they could be distinguished
was by their peculiar handshake
with which all are familiar, but which almost
beggars description: Doubtless,
none of them object to a considerable increase,
in their volume of currency, even
through it be in "free silver" at the ratio
16tol.
The communion service at Bullock's
Creek yesterday was, as usual, largely attended.
Rev. Jones Russell did the
preaching, and despite the oppressive
heat he succeeded in holding almost the
undivided attention of the large audience.
He preached a forceful and timely sermon
from the words: "Ye are not your **
own, for ye are bought with a price."
Voce.
BLACKS BURG' BUDGET.
, Pomp Hooh Burned?Lawn Tennis Court
Opened?Personal and Other Notes.
, Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
? * Blacksburo, May 12.?On Thursday ,
t evening last, about 8 o'clock, the pump
, house that covered the engine and pump
. used to snpply water to the large tank, at
, the Southern depot, caught fire and was
) consumed. A quantity of coal lying near
, also burned, and for awhile the blaze was
? very bright, making the impression upon
: those who saw it that the Acid works,
. which are just below, were on fire. For
i a few minutes the excitement and anxiety
, were intense, but when the fire was locaj
ted a great sigh of relief went up, and we
. were all thankfbl that so little loss has
) been sustained. The engine and pump
were only slightly damaged, and are performing
their regular work again.
The formal opening of Mn.M; t. Deal's
lawn tennis court took place yesterday
' afternoon and was a most delightfhl affair.
' The programme was arranged and carried
out by Mr. Sam Deal. Quite a number
J of ladies and gentleman who are fond of r
the astbetic and popular game, were present,
and some fine playing was done.
When the shadows began to fall, refresh*
J ments were served on the court, and as
the guests separated, the opening was de1
clared to have been a most charming and
successful affair.
" Miss Rogers, of Boston, who has been
' to Southern Pines and Camden for her
' health, is spending some time at Chero*
kee Inn. She is mncb pleased with our
place and enjoys our climate, by which
1 she feels that she has been much benefitted.
Rev.
Mr. Winecoff, of this place, assisted
in the communion services at Bethesda
on Saturday and Sunday last, and returned
home yesterday. Daring his absence
his youngest child, Eugene, was
quite ill; but I am glad to say is much
i better now.
Five coaches over the O. R. <fcC.,passed
here this morning about 8 o'clock, con
. taining 300 happy Wintbop girls from
, Rock Hill, on an excursion to Thermal^"
, City. w. A.
HICKORY GROVE NOTES.
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, Time to Begtater?The XUver Road.Being
l Looked After?Mr. Wilkerson Bay* a
[ Boat.
i Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
! Hickory Grove, May 11.?Yohr cor'
respondent is glad to note that the men
> are about to awake from their Rip Van
> Winkle sleep ar.d have gone to register>
ing. This is cer.ainly most importantand
1 should be attended to without delay.
1 Some men will go on putting itoff until
1 it is too late, wholesome are waiting for
the supervisors to "cmae outbut, my
dear brother, if yon are not care Ail you
will have some other business on hand
that day. Then, woe be unto you.
The county commissioners are to be
congratulated upon appointing Mr. John
M. Watson as overseer on the River road.
Though quite a young man and with little
experience, he has his section in better 4
shape than any other yonr correspondent
knows of. Well, such can be expected
from John, for be is a high-minded, noble
and progress business man who does not ^
believe in doing anything by halves.
Miss Bessie Plaxico is visiting Miss
Berta Smith, of Bullock's Creek.
Mr. W. S. Wilkerson, who went to
Wilmington, N. C., last week, has return- '
ed and reports the purchase of a bandsome
boat for the river. There is a little
more work to be done in cleaning out the
river, which will begin at once, and we
are in hopes of bearing the melodious
sound of the fog whistle in a few more
weeks. T.
SOUTH CAKOLINA MEWS.
Bond* Iu Surety Companion.
The Stale board of coutrol has signed
au order requiring that each county
dispenser must give a bond of $3,000 in
a surety company. Heretofore it
has l>een the general practice of dispensers
to have their bonds signed by
private sureties. The State board,
however, is of the opinion that the
new system will prove more convenient
and satisfactory.
Woman Suffrage Question.'
The woman suffrage question bobbed
up iu the Diocesan convention in
Charleston last week. It came upon a
motion offered by Judge Haskell providiug
that tbe word "male" iu the
canon providing for the election of
irAaiitumnn u'orHono nfn Ka at ni/tb nn
J IUVUj *1 Ui V4VUUJ VWVt I V\i ovuwacu
out. There was a lively discussion
which developed that the-clergy was
rather iu favor of the change, while
the lay members were opposed 10 it.
The matter was postponed uutil uext
year. ,;>*
Who Got the Money ?
The Greenville News is throwing
out some ugly insinuations with Regard
to the transaction by which the State
debt of South Curoliifa was refunded
during the ad mi uist ration of Governor
Tillmau. According to The News,
the refunding of the debt cost in commissions
the sum of $78,000. Of this
amouut, as the result of a friendly suit
that has been decided in Baltimore, R. \
A. Lancaster, a New York broker, gets
$26,000. The'ouly other individual
who was to have gotten anything was <
Coline Rhine, a broker of Augusta,
Ga. Rhine had agreed to work for a
stated amouut to cover time and expenses.
That amount was $4,500.
The balauce of the $52,000 remains uuaccouuted
for, and Tne News is auxious
to kuow where it went to. Informutiou
ou the subject will no doubt
prove quite iuterestiug.
Mr. WUliatnx b Indignant.
The fact that a barrel of beer that
bad beeu shipped to Mr. Leon J. Williams,
a member of the Stale board of
coutrol, was seized by a dispeusary '
constable in Edgefield, was mentioned