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Scraps and Jarts. ? "Hon. William J. Bryan addressed an audience of 5,000 people in Houston, Texas, last Wednesday night," says an Associated Press dispatch. "His 'remarks were largely confined to a discussion of the financial question along the lines pursued during the late campaign. Every period was greeted with enthusiastic applause, the cheering at times being in the nature of an ovation." ? The Populist of Kansas have nominated Willian A. Harris to succeed William A. Pefler in the United States senate. Peffer, it will be remembered, is the man who succeeded John J. Ingalls, and of whom so much sport has been made on account of his long whiskers. Harris was at one time congressman at large from Kansas, and iB now a member of the state senate. He is an ex-Confederate and a so-called "silk-stocking" farmer. ?- Tho nnmmitlAa nf t.hn lpcr islature which has been investigating the charges against Judges Reese and Sweat has made a report adverse to impeachment. The charges against Judge Reese was drunkenness in office, and the principal charge against Judge Sweat was insulting ladies. The committee did not think that the charge against Reese had been sustained ; but a few members were oi opinion that Sweat had been to say the least, rather indiscreet. ? A Washington telegram says that Mark Hanna succeeded in insuring Republican control of the senate during the extra session. The understanding all along has been that the senate would be under the control of the Free Silver Democrats and Populists, and these would not submit to any tariff legislation except with a free silver rider. But now it is announced that through the manipulation of Hanna, three gold Democrats have gone over to the Republicans, giving that party a majority of one vote. I? They had a lively time of it in the town of Dycusburg, Ky., last Wednes day. Un tne Saturday mgnt previous fifty masked men called at the country home of Rev. William Fox, a Baptist minister, and ordered him to come out. He was charged with paying too much attentiou to married women, Instead of coming out of the door, he jumped out of a window and fled to a dense forest. The mob fired upon him several times; but he escaped unhurt. When Fox's parishioners heard of the affair, they threatened to burn the towu,aud' the town authorities at once put on a large force of guards. The matter is not yet settled. ? Senator Butler of North Carolina, has been downed. He undertook, sometime ago, to defeat Pritchard, Republican, for re-election, and did all he could to keep the Populist forces united to that end. But the effort came to naught. There was a bolt in tbe Populist caucus, and on joint ballot in the general assembly last Wednesday, Pritcbard was re-elected by a majority of three over all. Butler's principal antagonist is Colonel Skinner, who, it is claimed, will now become the leader of the "middle of the road" Populists, while Butler will speedily become a back number. ? The framers of the Oklahoma divorce law had an eye to business. It has just developed that there is a provision in this law to the effect that even after a divorce is granted, it does not become effective for either party until all costs, no matter against whom assessed, are paid. Oklahoma has for several years been one of the Mecca's of eastern couples, seeking relief from irksome matrimonial ties, and it now appears that in several hun dred cases no costs have been paid. It has beeD decided that in all those cases the decrees will be annulled. Quite a number of the divorced peo pie have remarried, and will thus become bigamists. ? Senator Canon of Utah, introduced in the senate on last Wednesday, the following as a substitute for the rather indefinite Republican proposition for an international monetary conference : That within ninety days after March 4,1897, the president of the United States shall invite the leading commercial nations of the world to appoint representatives to an international monetary conference to convene on or before October 10,1897, at such place in the city of Washington as the President may designate; and also within said ninety days after March 4, 1897, the President shall appoint five commissioners to represent the United States at such conference, the duty of which the United States commissioners shall be to urge the adoption by said conference of a'plan for the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at some ratio ranging between 15 and 16 to 1, by the nations represented at such conference. ? A dozen United States senators were elected last Tuesday. They included Piatt of New York, Fairbanks of Indiana, Gallinger of New Hampshire, Vest of Missouri, and Teller of Colorado. The most notable election, perhaps, was that of Teller. It will be remembered that the Colorado senator hoi ted the national Renublican conven tion at St. Louis on the silver question. With tears in his eyes the patriotic old man told the convention that he could no longer affiliate with a party that was against the manifest interests of the people. He did not become a Democrat exactly; but in the last campaign he worked heart and soul for Bryan. It was hinted sometime ago that on account of bis action, the Republicans of Colorado would probably be rather slow about returning him to the senate. As the result of Tuesday's election, however, it was found that he had received every vote; not only of the Republicans, but also of the Democrats and Populists. ? The bureau of printing and engraving has been at work on a new 10-dollar silver certificate for some time, the general design being to represent the progress of agriculture. The work has been suddenly stopped and the explanation of this actiou reveals a right funny story. Under the design submitted, the back of the certificate was to contain vignette portraits of Whitney, the cotton gin man, and Cyrus McCormick, of reaper fame. These men were selected as representative agricultural inventors. But a big kick was made. There was no objection to the Whitney portrait; but : a vigorous protest was made against < the use of McCormick's picture, the protesting parties being people inter- ( ested in the manufacture of other agricultural machinery who saw in the ' prominence thus given McCormick, the ' inventor, a great deal of free advertising which would be to the benefit of 1 the McCormick reapers at the expense i of their rivals. Secretary Carlisle | gave a hearing to these people, and, , as a result, has issued final instructions ( against the use of McCormick's picture. ?he ^jJorfeviUe (Inquirer. j I I YORKVILLE, S. O.: , SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1897. ! ? The Enquirer notes with pleasure ' that Senator Love has introduced a bill providing that express and telegraph charges, etc., bo subject to the regulation of the railroad commission the same as freight and passenger rates. Although we have not seen the bill, we are satisfied that it has been properly prepared and is calculated to accomplish the object sought. But watch developments. We venture that a strong lobby began moving in Columbia within six hours after that bill was introduced, and that if it ever becomes a law at all, it will be in such an emasculated shape as to be worth nothing whatever. Watch! ? The Gaffhey Ledger of Thursday, contains a telegram from Columbia to the effect that a strong effort is being made to defeat the bill providiug for the organiza- 1 tion of Cherokee county. The opponents of the bill alleged certain irregularities in 1 the calling and conduct of the election, i etc. We say with all sincerity that we are sorry to see anything of the kind. * While we have never believed that it was t/\ intarnat of the neonle of Cherokee ' township, or the balance of the county, for Cherokee to cut herself off, since the people there have indicated their preference by such an overwhelming majority, we do not think that any obstacles should be put in their way. There may have been irregularities, etc., in the calling and conduct of the election. On this point we have no positive information one way or the other. But even if there were such irregularities, the objections arising tberetrom are purely technical and should not be allowed to overturn the expressed wish of the people. All that The Enqxjiher asks is that those people who are so unanimous in their desire to remain in York be allowed to do so, and that portion of the township "which desires to leave, be permitted to do so in peace. PUBLIC ADVERTISING. In another column will be found the < record of a transaction which, to the aver- i age citizen, will no doubt make curious i reading. We refer to a local article rela- < ting to the "public advertising." i It will be noted at once that the tight 1 seems to be a two-sided one?the balance 1 of the papers in the county against The i Enquirer, or The Enquirer against < the balance of the papers inthecounty? i and it is exactly what it seems. 1 This public advertising matter has i been a subject of strife for years. There ] are two reasons which make the adyer- < tising contended fo r especially desirable < to a publisher. In the first place, the av- t erage newspaper reader wants it, and in the second place, the compensation as prescribed by law is reasonably renumera- ( tive. From the standpoint of the publisher, no better reasons could be given. Now, while in connection with this i matter there has been a good deal of talk about "patriotism," "saving the people c money," "the value of competition," 1 etc., sensible people have a suspicion that most of us are in business for the purpose ^ of making a living, and most business p men appreciate the value and importance e of an attribute known as principle. Well, 1 this is what we want to talk about for a 8 minute. That public advertising should be paid f for, most people will agree. Reasonable r men will hardly try to argue the justice of r requiring a fellow citizen to maintain an * expeusive plant and run a business for the I benefit of the public without eompensation. And also, if compensation is award- j ed, it should be in proportion to the value 1 of the service performed. I 'Now, one reason why The Enquirer ^ is so much better as a newspaper than j auy other paper in this county, is because j it costs so much more money to publish j it. Both sides of The Enquirer are t edited and printed at home. Constantly 1 employed upon this work, editorial and ? mechanical, there are seven experienced men. In the case of each of the other p papers in the county, one side is edited t: and printed abroad, and we know it to d be a fact that the cost of the white paper used by The Enquirer weekly is as J great as is the weekly cost of any of the other papers, as received in the respective tl offices with one side edited and printed, n Or, to put it another way, the amount f< paid by the most liberal of the other v publishers for a weekly edition of his 1 paper with one side already edited and j, printed, is only within a dollar of the amount which is paid weekly to the least J expensive employe of The Enquirer. It is for this reason, principally, that The Enquirer has a larger bona fide sub- ^ scription list'than all the balance coin- * bined; and it is for this reason that the tl rates prescribed by law are not excessive n pay to a paper like The Enquirer. j We have received overtures from time u to time to go into a combination on the ^ public advertising. We have had propo- ^ sitions from the Rock Hill Herald, the fi Fort Mill Times and also the Yorkville 1 Yoeman, when it used to be the Yorkville J Enterprise. We have a proposition in writing from one of the papers in the present combine, suggesting that we club ^ together with it and give it 10 cents and 5 :ents a square for its portion of the pickings, or not exceeding $10 in a round sum. But we have invariably refused these G proposals, and why ? We believe that the an /^Arta Kw TrTP F.VATTTDPn AUVOlUOlIig) W9 UUIIV *JJ AMfii is worth the rates prescribed by law, because squarely upon the merits of the G case, notwithstanding the fact that the other papers charge less, individual business men, as a business proposition, pay \ us those rates. Then why should we, having given value received for our earnings, pay tribute to others who cannot offer such values ? Here is where the principle comes in. Take all of the claims about competition, saving money to the people, etc. Where ^ ' P would have been the "saving" if The Enquirer had gone into this combine, eitber in past years or this year ? But we don't C claim that we kept out for the purpose of saving the county money. We had no 11 such idea or intention. It was the principle of "all we have for defense; but not one cent for tribute." Our taxes are all n that the people of York expect of us in r the shape of public contributions, and of o these, by the way, we contribute more ^ than twice as much as all the balance of ^ the publishers in the county put together. a n?r statement as to the value of our ad- T vertising columns will be denied by the I other papers, because they know that the ^ production oi proof, absolutely convincing to their friends, is impossible; but ? about the other apparently more ex- f travagant assertion, they won't say a I word. They know that to get the truth r one has only to look at the county ^ treasurer's books. And why have we agreed to do this work without compensation? We are c printing a newspaper to inform, instruct s and benefit. We do not spare any reas- * onable expense in the purchase of im- v portant news. Much of this advertising ? is important. By their action in propos- v ing to let this advertising to the lowest t bidder, even when no longer required to ^ do so by law, it appeared that the county I board of commissioners were not disposed F to take into consideration the all-impor- ii cant question of merit. We were unwil- r ling to form any kind of combination. We thought that the other papers would <1 have to doit; we had positive informs- ? lion that they were going to do it, and a not only knowing their combined weak- ^ ness as well as they; but also satisfied of t ;he fact that even if they failed to get ? pay they, like The Enquirer, would be v compelled to do most of the advertising F my way, we just decided to "aim low." * Well, this is all for the present, and we a hope our readers will excuse us for in- ' dulging in matters which appear to be so ti purely personal. It will be remembered, ^ however, that notwithstanding all the a charges and insinuations, etc., that have r from time to time been hurled against us v by would-be competitors, we have not p previously said a word in regard to this ? matter either by way of explanation or o defense. We do not feel even now that t: it is incumbent upon us to straighten this v matter out; but, perhaps, under all the g ;ircu instances, it is just as well to have " m understanding, and so here is a full, n frank statement. It will hardly be of ? v ery great interest to our subscribers, it a is true; but as the newly formed York " county combination (Herald, Yeoman t. ind Times) is no doubt in a splendid n iiumor for fight just now, this will serve ? is a good target for its squirtguns. We promise to say nothing further unless me of them happens to raise a truthful, y )r apparently truthful, point which seems S o be worthy of notice. 3, 1 c BLACKSBURG BUDGET. Capitalists Looking Into the Railroad Project?Lots of Grip?Services by Rev. ? Mr. Anderson. p Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enaulrer. b Blacksbukq, January 22.?The press * lispatch in regard to the railroad from 9 his place to Gaffney, published in The n Snquirer of the 20th instant, like every- F hing else we get out of your valuable pa- 6' >er, was of considerable interest to our >eople, and to confirm its correctness. I ^ im glad to say that now there is not the ^ east doubt but that the road will be built \ md work will be begun at an early day. ti A number of the stockholders and di- lf ectore of the 0. R. & C. road were here a jj ew days ago, and went oyer the proposed jj oute by way of Cherokee Falls Cotton p nills, and the famous and historic Chero- si me Falls ford, where the finest water P >ower in the state exists; and I learn rom good authority that they were well n (leased with all they saw, and the build- n ng of the road is only a matter of time. P They were William Wood, Evans R. 81 )ick, W. D. Frishmuth, Jas. G. Leper, e, iamuel Welsh and R. A. Williams, all of a< >hiladelpbia, and were accompanied by w 'resident and General Manager Samuel iunt and Superintendent A. Tripp. Dr. G. Black, who has helped to work up r( he scheme, was also scheduled for the ti rip but was prevented from going on ac- S ount of a severe attack of la grippe, jj ?his terrible hydra-headed disease is still gl irevalent in our community; but I am v (leased to say that with one or two excep- T ions, no very serious or fatal cases have 01 ieveloped yet. ^ The Rev. R. W. Anderson, rector of h. he Episcopal church at Yorkville and his place, began his first week-day ser- s* ices in the church last night. Besides he evening services, his address consisted nainly in an exposition of the prominent r( matures of the book of Common Prayer, at .-Inch was very interesting and instruct- 111 ye. These services will be continued ev- ^ ry Thursday and Friday evening, dur- tj[ ug the year. w. a. ones-Templeton. At the residence of the bride's mother, er ear Harmony church, on the 20th in- ? lant, Mr. Moore Jones was married to jj liss Mollie Teinpleton. The ceremony at ras performed by Rev. W. G. Neville in Y lie presence of a few relatives and inti- ^ late friends of the bride and groom. M r. ^ ones is a hard working farmer, who has lanaged to get a fair start in the world in li? pito of many disadvantages, and the ride is a highly esteemed lady who may ^ e fully depended upon to contribute a nil share i n the fighting of life's battles, gt 'he Enquirkr extends congratulations, pi LOCAL AFFAIR8. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. rrist Cousins?Tell you that business J men buy on business principles and not on sentiment, and suggest that if you ( are disposed to buy anything in their lines on business principles, they ask that you give them a call, frist Cousins?Let you know that if you have any vehicles which require repairs, 1 or horses or mules require shoeing, s such work will be done at the "Wheeler i Coach Factory" in the best manner and at the most reasonable prices, rlenn <k Allison?Announce a big auction sale of horses and mules at the Parish ' stable, on salesday, at 10:30 p. m. They propose to stand by all guarantees they | make to purchasers. V. H. McCorkle, Probate Judge?Gives notice to executors and administrators ' that if they fail to make their returns . during January and February, defaulters will not be allowed commission. , ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. George T. Latimer, of the Phila- j lelphia neighborhood, is critically ill with , laralysis. He is not expected to live. Miss Mary Hunter has returned from a isit to friends and relatives in Columbia, 1 Charleston and Augusta. Miss Kittie and Ida Harshaw are visitng Mr. John R. Logan's family. SIMPLE REMEDY FOR GRIP. The widespread prevalence of grip just iow renders especially opportune, the e-publication of a remedy that was furlished to the Columbia State by W. Certsh Lander of Williamston, S. C., in 893. We do not feel especially comletent to comment on the matter from . scientific standpoint, and only give Mr. lender's article for what it may be worth, iere it is as re-published in The Enquirer of February 15, 1893: A few years ago, when the influenza, or ;rip, was so prevalent, I noticed a report n the disease from one of the best hostitals of Europe. This hospital is in Cdinburgb, Scotland. At the time of the enort hundreds of influenza cases had eon treated there. After fighting the pidemic with varying success, a happy ccident led the superintendent to adopt n alkaline treatment with an extreme ase that was brought in. A full dose of aleratus was given every two hours. Although the patient was in convulsions vhen brought in, she became quieter a hort time after the first dose ; and only hree doses were given before the patient yas clearly on the way to recovery. In hree days she was counted well. This i ame simple treatment was then followed vith a thousand, not one of whom died, lest of all, not only was the influenza iromptly cured, but there was no undeasant or dangerous symptoms followng recovery. It has been observed that tot more die of the influenza than what , nay follow it. From some work in my chemical labiratory, carried on before this report came 1 ut, I bad concluded that the influenza ' wis at least associated with excessive t cidity of the system, if it was not caused >y this abnormal state. ' I was so certain f the correctness of this view that, on leincr thrown in bed myself with influ- ] nza7l treated myself only with alkaline i Irinks to counteract the acid. The result vas that instead of two or three weeks of >unyness, I missed only one day from rork. The success with my own case was so I stonishing that I have been called to | reat other cases; and of about 25 treated, j ery few have had to give up work for , uore than a day?some not at all. Not being a physician, I should feel 1 ome hesitancy in offering my cure, if i fter I bad begun to try it, it bad not had i eceivea the high endorsement quoted. , At first, I used the carbonate of lithia, b'hicli is the best of the alkalis for the urpose. But as my practice (all charity) nlarged, I left so expensive a drug, nd contented myself with the carbonate , f potash and soda. These I found praciailly as good as the lithia. For the sake of the suffering public, I ' ,-onId say that the dose I have used for I rown patients has been a level teaspoon i f baking soda, dissolved in plenty of ( /ater, taken every two hours until soreess and headache are gone, and then one * xtra dose for good measure. It is not 1 est to take a dose just before or just < iter eating. I have rarely found more i ban four doses needed. Since the system is in an acid state, alomel, of course, is a very dangerous 1 nedicine, and many deaths from influ- < nza are, without reasonable doubt, trace- I ble to the use of calomel in the disease, j It is interesting to note tnat, wuen an lse failed, our grandmothers used to cure be worst colds with "fire-coal tea." This ' ras simply a crude saleratus treatment, o there is nothing, new under the sun, nd our wise theory simply proves the oundness of another of their old practial ways. W. Tertsh Lander. "PUBLIC ADVERTISING." The advertising under control of the ounty board of commissioners was disosed of last Wednesday, for the year 1897, y "awarding" it to The Yorkville Inquirer. There were only two bids ubmitted; but they included all the ewspapers in the county except the lock Hill Sun and the Rock Hill Mes3nger. Here are the bids : Yorkville, S. C., January 19,1897. To the Supervisor and County Board of ommissioners: We herewith beg leave > submit proposal for publication, in The rorkville Enquirer, of such adversingas you are specifically-required by iw to publish during the year 1897. All such advertisements will be pub?iifilialtt anH Trnn will ho at 3UCU f^IOlUIW/UOlJ f MI4V* ^ WW ..... wv ?.w berty to publish them also in other t apers on the same terms. It is under- ? tood, however, that if you pay any other ewspaper for any advertisement emanat- 1 ig from your office, then we will be entled to demand and receive pay, at the ites prescribed- by law, for all advertiselents which we may have published reviously, or which we may publish ubsequentlv. As we understand the situation at pres- ( nt, there is not now in sight any single dvertisement, the compensation for ffiicb, at the rates prescribed bv law, t 'ill amount to as much as 850. Should e iere develop a necessity for the publicaon of such an advertisement, and for any jason we should not care Jo publish it gralitously, it is hereby provided that if we a ive notice to the supervisor, immediately o pon his sbowiug us the "copy," that of- v cial shall let out such advertisement to lcb newspaper as will give the best adertising values upon the best terms. a henwardingof such advertising to some a :her newspaper with compensation, will t ot be construed as giving us the right to a einand pay for such advertising as we live agreed to publish gratuitously. As a guarantee of good faith, we beg to j< ly that, if required, we will give bond tl ir faithful performance of our part of e lis contract, in double the sum to which ? le advertisements you are specifically jquired by law to publish, would amount l< ; the rates prescribed by law, and we ? erewith respectfully request that you ill give us notice, in writing, of your e iceptance or rejection of this proposi- , on. L. M. Grist & Sons, Publishers Yorkville Enquirer. a The other bid reads as follows. 11 To llic uo 11 my rjoara 01 vimiihusoiuu*8, York County, S. C.: Gentlemen : g y virtue of authority vested in me by ie Fort Mill Times and the Rock Hill a) erald, under date of January 18,1897, id as the authorized manager of the orkville Yeoman, all of York county, B beg to submit the following bid for the iibfication of such advertisements as e authorized by you, and for which ju are authorized to pay out of the pub- H is funds, viz: For the sum of $150 (one hundred and Ity dollars) to be paid at the end of the K 3ar, the Yorkville Yeoman will publish (( 1 these advertisements, and cause the tine, as by agreement between us, to be . rinted in the Rock Hill Herald and Fort Ji I Mill Times, the period of time covered to be the balance of the year 1897. In this manner yon can reach a greater per cent, of your constituency for a given sost, than by any other means. Soliciting your favorable "considera;ion, etc. Yorkville Yeoman, Per J. S. Drakeford. Yorkville, S. C., Jan. 19, 1897. The Enquirer has received due notice in writing to the effect that its proportion has been accepted in accordance vith the terms set forth above. LOCAL LACONICS. Died of Grip. Mr. S. J. Garrison died at his home in ;he Philadelphia neighborhood, last Tuesiay, of grip. He was about 70 years of ige. After More Stock. Messrs. Glenn & Allison have left for St. Louis after another load of stock. As will be noted elsewhere, they propose to hold a big auction sale at their stables bere on the first Monday in February. Meets Again Next Tuesday. It took the board of county commissioners nearly two days to-complete the work of preparing the jury boxes for the current year, and there was but little Lime for other business. An adjournment was taken on last Wednesday afternoon until next Tuesday, when other matters of more or less pressing importance will be attended to. Death of Dr. Kennedy. Mr. W. M. Kenuedy of Yorkvllle is in receipt of a postal card announcing the death of Dr. J. P. Kennedy, which occurred at Due West on the 21st instant. His death was from pneumonia, resulting from grip. Dr. Kennedy wap formerly president of the Due West Female college, and was well and favorably known to a large number of York county people. York's Appointments. Governor Ellerbe, on Thursday, announced a batch of appointments for York county. They are as follows: Treasurer?H. A. D. Neely; Auditor?W. B. Williams. Magistrates?York township? C. H. Sandifer ; Ebenezer, R. M. Anderson ; Catawba, J. J. Waters; Fort Mill, J. W. McElhaney; Bethel, H.E.Johnson; Cherokee, A. M. Bridges; King's Mountain, John A. McMackiu ; Bullock's Creek, W. S. Plaxico; Bethesda, O. L. 9anders. Supervisor Registration?D. C. Clark. Gentlemen of the Jary. The preparation of the jury is a little different operation from what it has been rTn/t a*. tho nld law. the pic V lUUOl y , \J UUVi vuv x/?v .M..| boxes were prepared by the auditor and treasurer, and as to what names went in them was a matter for the discretion of those officials. Now, however, the lists are prepared by the boards of township commissioners, and no names are put in the boxes except those of qualified voters. The general box must contain 396 names and the seven mile box 150. Executors and Administrators. In another column, Judge McCorkle publishes some information that has quite a twang of interest to a good many people. It is for the special benefit of those individuals in this county who are now serving as executors or administrators. The law provides that if these officers fail to make return to the judge of probate during the months of January and February, they will be deprived of their commissions. As a good many executors and administrators have no doubt forgotteu about the matter, the judge's notice is, to say the least, timely. The Federal Patronage. Columbia Register: "News comes from Washington that a prominent Republican member of congress, who is very near to McKinley, was asked what would be the president's policy as to the distribution of spoils. The reply was that the nominee of the Republican party in each congressional district, whether elected to congress or not, would be recognized. He was then asked, 'What about South Carolina, where there exist two Republican parties ?' The reply was that 'the decision jf the congressional executive committee is to who was the regular nominee in each district would be accepted.'" If ;his information is correct, as very likely ,t is, the.patronage of this district will be rnder the control of Major John' F. Tones. He was the nominee of both ReDublican factions. 1 Message In a Page. The Ganson Dry Goods company has a jreat message to the public today, and as may be seen without the use of a magnifying glass, it takes a whole page of The Enquirer to tell its story. And to barrain hunters, that is a very readable page, [t tells of the slashing of prices on a scale .hat has seldom, if ever, before occurred n this section, and it is not likely that juyers will be slow to take advantage of he circumstance. The Enquirer wishjs also to have a word to say for itself. Though it gives us special pleasure to lend out a commercial message like this, ,ve have preferred not to do it at the exipnse of our reading matter to any greater sxtent than is absolutely necessary, and or that reason, while our Saturday ediion usually consists of only 114 columns, ve have seen fit today to enlarge the lumber to 28. Whatever benefits there ire in this big message, therefore, are riven almost entirely in addition to our egular service. LETTER FROM ZADOK. te-Unlou at Mt^Jor Whlte?lde?'--Rev. Mr. Knox at Bethany. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Zadok, Jan. 19.?As the weather pernits, the people of this section are sharping up their old plows and making ome preparations for a new crop. There was a delightful fantily re-union t the residence of Maj. T. P. Whitesides in Thursday of last week. The occasion vas the celebration of the old gentlenan's 73rd birthday. All the children nd grandchildren were invited, and lso a few outside friends. There were wenty-three grandchildren present, and few were kept away by illness. There i-as a bountiful dinner which was enayed by all. The old gentleman was in he best of good spirits, aud so long as he njoys life as he seems to now, the best I an wish for him is that he will be allotsd years to the number of three more core and ten. Rev. J. P. Knox of Hickory Grove, mue over on Saturday to conduct a proracted meeting at Bethany. The services re being well attended, and Mf. Knox is lakine a splendid impression. He is ne of those preachers who preaches thp ospel as it is laid down inthe Bible, and ho is always listened to with the closest ttention. Uncle Ran has been laid up wifh the rip; but is improving a little. There are an unusually large number 1' cases of grip throughout this section. But. iut May It Never Be! The Columbia correspondent of The i lews and Courier has an intimation i j the effect that John Gary Evans j 'ill be elected to the position of chief i istice of the supreme court. i THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. SynopaU of the Proceeding* of the Hon? and Senate. DuriDg the past few days, severa important bills have been introducec and gotten under way and there hav< been several debates. WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20. In the House?Mr: Rainsford'i resolution to adjourn sine die on Feb ruary 12 was made a special order foi February 1. Mr. Winkler's bill to license the car rying of concealed weapons for $11 and to publish the names of those au thorized to carry such weapons in th< county papers, was presented to th< house in the shape of a minority re port. There was a good deal of de bate. Mr. Blytbe could not see bov l? nnnM u 11 /Mir ilo nitiiono ?< uuu ovcalxs vv/ulu ailUTT no viiiavuo violate the law for $10. Mr. Winkle contended that the present law is i dead letter and affords no protection Mr. Stephenson though one effect u the bill would be to multiply, the num ber of county papers. He said tba papers would spring, up for no otbe purpose than to publish these adver tisements. The proposition came t a vote on a motion to table and wa killed, 58 to 46-. Messrs. do Loach am Epps voted against the proposition, am Messrs. Armstrong and Wilberspooi voted for it. Among the new bills introduced wa one by Mr. Wftherspoon to ameud th free school law. In The Senate.?The first meas ure of importance to come up was bill providing that township commit sionerft be elected by the people in stead of appointed by the goverc or. The senate refused to strike ou the enacting clause by a vote of 20 t 9, and the bill went to a second read ing. Mr. Love voted with the majoi ity. An invitation was received from th presideut of Wiuthrop college, askio the senate to visit that institution o Saturday. Mr. Love wanted to knot who was to pay expenses, and was tol that it would not cost the state a ceni Upon inquiry, Mr. Mayfield was ic formed that the per diem of membei would run on the same. He, then fore, asserted that the cost to the stat would be between $3,000 and $4,00( and made the point that if one colleg should be visited, then all should b visited, and this would amount to no less than $10,000. He moved tbatth invitation be laid upon the table an the motion carried. Mr. Love's bill changing the com mutation road tax in York count from $1 to $2, passed a third reading Mr. Ragsdale introduced a resolt tion providing for a constitutions amendment which will require th election of judges by the peoplesupreme court judges by the state a large, and circuit judges by the peo pie of the respective circuits. Mr. Love introduced a bill to em power the railroad commission toregu late the charges made by telegraph ant express companies in me same manne that freight and passenger rates ar regulated. THURSDAY, JANUARY 22. In The House.?The principal feat ure of the day was the large numbe of new hills introduced. The ways and means committee re ported favorably upon Mr. Rainsford' bill to require foreign insurance cop panies to deposit $10,000 in valid se curities with the state treasurer, an< that these he liable for claims agains the company. The agricultural committee reportet unfavorably a bill to require ginner to keep books of the number of balei ginned, their numbers, etc., and tlx bill was rejected. The bill requiring county officers to keep their office! open between certain hours was als< reported unfavorably. The anti-trus bill was favorably reported. Here was a debate on a propositioi to repeal the bill prohibiting the oper ation of emigration agents in thii state. The.proposition was finally re VVIUUJlVVVUi The bill to require public officers t< give bonds iu surety companies wa killed. Mr. de Loach introduced a bill t< amend the act relative to towns and cities issuing bonds, and to validaU the same. Perhaps, says the Columbia Register tbe most radical measure yet broughl forward is the one introduced by Mr Kibler of Newberry.. Mr. Cole L, Blease came down the other day witl a bill very much similar which b< wanted Mr. Kibler to introduce; bui after certain changes were made th< bill appeared in the house. Its salient feature is that it puts ail cotton facto ries under the control of a commission and advisory board, with very exten sive powers. Following are the chiei features: Mr. Kibler's bill to provide for e stale labor commissioner provides thai he shall enter upon his duties on April 1, 1897, and shall hold office for twc years unless sooner removed by the advisor^ board hereinafter provided for. He must reside at the capital and must be 25 years old. The advisory board shall consist oi the governor, attorney general and superintendent of education. Tbe salary of tbe commissioner shall be $1,500 and traveling expenses not to exceed $600. The comptroller general shall, on or before October 1 in each year, assess upon each manufacturing establishment its just and equitable proportion of all expenses of labor commissioner, aolopii of nlorlf unfl i IW'iHpnt ?ls tvhw'h assessments shall be charged up by the comptroller general and shall be collected by the several county treasurers. The advisory- board may appoint a clerk at a salary of $750, if they deem such services necessary. Incidental expenses, including office, furniture, stationery, etc., shall not exceed $500 per annum. When sufficient complaint shall have beeu made under oath by tbe employees of auy cotton mill or other manufacturing establishments that the officers or agent of such manufacturing establishments are abusive to employees or fail to pay their wages or improperly withhold them for any cause whatsoever, then it shall be the duty of the commissioners to proceed to investigate, and if he finds the charges are true, he shall correct such evils and be nknll tvAiimr f A /lomonH Q n suaii uavv vuo ^vnvi nv uvuimuu MM investigation of the conduct of any afficer or agent of any manufacturing 8 establishment when he finds such agent is unjust. 1 The commissioner must visit, at least * twice every year, the different manu2 facturing establishments and investi gate condition ot Duuaings ana employees and see that buildings are safe 3 and that health, education and general welfare of the children and employees r are properly cared for.' The advisory board may adopt such rules as they deem necessary for protecting the employees of any estab' iishment from abuse and unjust treate ment and to secure tbem ull their e rights. That.if any establishment is guilty " of violating any of the rules of the " advisory board, aud after due notice 3 to the principal officer, ample and full r recompense for the wrong done as di1 rected by the commissioner shall not V be done within a reasonable time, such ' company shall incur a penalty foreach offense of not less than $50 and' not 1 more'than $300. r The advisory board shall not make auy rules or regulations which would 0 be unfair to^uy manufacturing estaba Iishment, and if any such are consid^ ered oppressive redress may be bad 3 before the board and finally before the u court. Any officer of an establishment who ? shall refuse to produce all books, pa5 pers or other evidence that may be demanded by ihe labor commissioner or shall obstruct, hinder or delay the a commissioner in the performance of '* his duty, shall be liable to a fine of not less than $100 or imprisonment not less than 60 days. 1 The term manufacturing company, 0 shall mean corporations, companies or [" individuals engaged in manufacture of iiAflAn i?AAr)o nf ut\\r UnH WVWU gVVUO Ut UUJ niUUi In The Senate.?An effort was . e made to pass over Governor Evans's . ^ veto, the bill taking away from tbe n chief executive the power to remove * magistrates from office. Tbe vote resuited 18 to 13 in favor of the passage of the bill. Mr. Love voted with the majority. The proposition failed of 8 the necessary two-thirds vote, however, and for the present the bill is dead. e A bill to enable a minor in Saluda '' county to apply for admission to the e bar, was killed 19 to 16 on the ground e of special legislation. Mr. Love voted 11 against tbe bill. J v. Tbe election for two judges and penitentiary officials was slated for yesterday. Messrs. R. M. Carroll and John D. Cornwell of York county, y were candidates for tbe position of >' penitentiary director. Up to the time lj at which it was necessary for The Enquirer to go to press, we were unable e to get the news as to the result of the " election. * AT THE CHURCHES. h associate reformed. Sunday Services.?YORK VILLE? j Sunday school in tbe afternoon at 3. Sunday Services.?TIRZAH?Owing r to sickness of tbe pastor, there will be e no.service on Sunday. trinity methodist episcopal. SuNday Services.?There will be preacoing iu iiie wuruiug au 11 uuu iu iuo evening at 7 o'clock. Sunday school at 4 r o'clock p. m. baptist. !- Sunday Services.?YORKVILLE? g There will be no services next Sunday. Sunday school at 10 o'clock in the morn" ing. UNION?Preaching at 11.00 a. m. i- and 3.30 p. m. i presbyterian. t Sunday Services.?Preaching at 11 o'clock a. m. Sunday school in the , afternoon at 3 o'clock. Preaching in the * evening at 7. a episcopal, a Rev. R. W. Anderson, rector. Even9 ing prayer every afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. On Holy days there will be holy commun* ion at 10 a. m. 3 Sunday Services.?At 7.30 a. m. there 5 will be boly communion. At 11 o'clock. . there will be morning prayer and sermon Sunday school at 3.30 o'clock p. m. Evening prayer and sermon at 7. i There will also be a celebration of the . holy communion at 11 a. m. on the first 3 Sunday in every month. $Rai(fyf sports. j ^=h==iz=z=z=^=izzi=z 9 YORKVILLE, January 23.?Cotton 6J to 7. NEW YORK, January 21.--Cotton , futures closed quiet and steady; sales, 129,l 200 bales; January, 7.00; February, 7.01; ; March, 7.09; April, 7.15; May, 7.22; June, 7.27; July, 7.32; August, 7.33; September, 7.07; October, 6.91; November, > 6.91 December 6.95. HYMENEAL. ) Mabrikd?At the residence of the > bride's father, in Bethel township, on Wednesday afternoon. 20th of Januaiw, 1897, by Rev. D. C. Freeman,. Jr., Mr. WILLIAM JACKSON and Miss HATt TIE McCARTER, daughter of Mr. David . and Mrs. McCarter. All of York county. 1 A WARNING. f Probate's Office?Yorltville, 8. C. THE statutes require that all executors and administrators make their re' turns to the PROBATE COURT during the months of JANUARY and FEBRUARY of each year. Those not doing i so, will not be allowed any commission. , So look out, if you want pay for your trouble. W. H. McCORKLE, P. J. YOU MAY NOT HAVE a wagon, buggy, surrey, phaeton or carriage that needs repairing, but it is very probable if. you own a vehicle of any description, that it will need attention at some time, and when that time should come we hope that you will remember that we are doing that kind of work at the "Wheeler Coach Factory," and that we have first-class workmen, use only the very best material and that our charges are reasonable. You can't get better work done anywhere in this section than at our shop. ABOUT YOUR SHOEING. Please bear in mind that we dd Horseshoeing and that it is done exactly right, and done promptly. We keep shoes ana nails on hand at the shop. You need not hrtncr anv with von Wo fnrniah nfrnrv. thing and shoe horses and mules at 15 cents per shoe. GRIST COUSINS. BIG AUCTION SALET~ Fine Mules and Horses to the Highest Bidder. ON the FIRST MONDAY IN FEBRUARY, at our UPPER or PARISH STABLE, at 10.30 a. m., we will sell at PUBLIC AUCTION to the highest bidder, as fine a lot of MULES AND HORSES as has ever been offered in this ' section. The sale will take place rain or shine, and every hoof and nide will be subject to the same guarantee that we make at private sale, Not only this, we beg to say that in the event that it should become necessary to make this guarantee good, we can always be found at our place of business in Yorkville. Respectfully submitted by home folks in competition with the world. GLENN <fc ALLISON.