Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 30, 1897, Image 2
Scraps and $uts.
? A special dispatch from Chicago to
the New York Heiald says: "Chicago
has 8,000 families who are actually
starving to death. It has 10,000 wives,
husbands aud children begging for
bread?begging for a pittance of food
to keep body and soul together?huddled
into single rooms and freezing in
the blizzard that visited the city. It
has a mightier cry for pity than it had
at the close of the World's Fair.
? Representative C. S. Hartraan of
Montana, raised a big laugh in the
house a few days ago at the expense
of New York. It will be remembered
that the courts of Gotham are now
engaged in the investigation of a big
scandal which developed at a dinner
recently given by brothers named
Seeley, to some of the wealthiest and
most prominent society men of the
* * - Ji r
City. A teatUre OI Hie uiuuer reiencu
to was the indecent exposure of women.
Mr. Hartman'8 joke came in
while the Indian appropriation bill
was under discussion, and the laugh
was at a motion offered in much seriousness
to "appropriate $1,000,000,000
for the education and civilization
of the Seeley savages of the Manhattan
reservation."
? Philadelphia, Pa., experienced the
most destructive fire last Tuesday
morning that has occurred in the city
in a whole generation. The fire originated
in a bakery that was located in
the cellar of a big umbrella factory,
and spread so rapidly as to be beyond
control almost before the alarm could
be given. In all, some 60 buildings
were either completely destroyed or
damaged to such an extent as to be
almost worthless. The big store of
John Wannamaker caught as many as
a half dozen times; but each time the
flames wereextiuquished and the damage
was not considerable. The entire
loss by the fire aggregates $1,500,000.
It is reported in Thursday's dispatches,
that at prayermeeting Wednesday
night, Mr. Wannamaker announced
that as a practical expression of bis
thankfulness, he proposes to erect in
the city of Philadelphia a $100,000
church.
? Dunne the Civil war, when the
Union armies were marching through
the southern states, all mules, horses,
wagODs, corn, bacon, coffee, sugar,
molasses, lard, etc., were confiscated,
and in nearly every case the United
States has since been importuned to
pay for these supplies taken, the owners
finding small difficulty in making
declaration before the court of claims
that they were at all times loyal to the
Union, says the Washington Post.
The most remarkable thing about
these claims, which are daily coming
before congress, or being referred to
that body, is the price at which the
supplies are charged up to the government
by its loyal citizens. Mules, especially
were high priced in war times,
being rated at $250, while the corn to
feed them was considered by those
who had it to be worth a dollar a bushel.
Bacon was 50 cents a pound, sugar
30 cents, lard 75 cents, and molasses
$48 a barrel. The almost invariable
rule of the court of claims is to
scale these prices down to about onethird
of the amount asked.
? Here are a few of the items of cost
which Mrs. Bradley Martin will have
to settle for on the occasion of a grand
fancy dress ball which she and her
daughter, the Countess of Cranen, are
to give next month to the 400 at the
Uninl U7ol/Wf Vow Vr>rl- nitv ' Bull
' .
room $1,000; state apartments and
other rooms, $2,500; buffet supper, $6,000;
regular supper, miduight to 5 a.
m., $12,000; cotillion favors, $20,000';
floral decorations, $15,000. Here are
some of the items which the guests
will have to pay to enjoy such a luxurious
hospitality : Four hundred carriages,
$2,800 ; 600 men's costumes,
$50,000; 600 women's costumes, $120,000;
cosmetics, hair dressers, flowers
and incidentals, $25,000. Of course
nobody not possessed of diamonds will
be present, consequently the value of
the jewels worn will not "enter into
the expenses of the affair. A leading
jeweller, who Icdows the "400" jewels,
says that from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000
worth will be worn.
? The cold wave touched its lowest
point in this city yesterday, and today
there was a noticeable rise in the temperature,
says a Washington dispatch
of the 27th. The Potomac river is
frozen over and will be closed to navigation
soon. Then skaters will have
the rare luxury of being able to travel
from Washington to Alexandria on
ice. Snow began early in the afternoon
and is falling steady. The cold
wave that has gone over the United
States during the past several days is
one of the severest, considering both
the low temperatures that prevailed in
many places and the vast extent of
the area covered, that has been recorded
by the weather bureau in its 30
years of existence. The south today
had an unusual experience. Throughout
Texas. Louisiana, Mississippi, Al
abama and a large portion of Georgia,
a fall of snow from one to three inches
in depth is reported to the weather bureau.
The cold snap has had a marked
effect on the winter hegira to the
south, and the trains to Florida and
other southern points are heavily loaded
with passengers. The New York
and Florida limited which passed
through here yesterday evening over
the Southern railway and the Florida
Central aud Peninsular railroad, had
over 100 passengers to Florida, besides
others to intermediate points, while
the Southern's two other daily trains
were filled.
? The estimates by states and territories
of area, product and value of
the principal cereal crops of the United
States for 189G, made by the statistician
of the department of agriculture,
are as follows: Corn?area 81,027,000;
product 2,2S3,S75,000; value
$491,007,000 ; yield per acre 28.2 bushels
; farm price per bushel 21.5 cents.
"VViuter wheat?area 22,794,000; pro
duct 267,934,000; yield per acre 11.8
bushels. Spring wheat?area 11,825,000;
product 159,750,000; yield per
acre 13.5 bushels. Total wheat area
34,619,000; product 427,684,000; value
$310,603,000; yield per acre 12.4 bushels;
farm price per bushel 72.6 centq.
Oats?area 27,566,000; product 707,346,000
; value $132,485,000; yield per
acre 25.7 bushels ;.farm price per bushel
18.7 cents. Rye?area 1,831,000;
product 24,369,000 ; value $9,961,000;
yield per acre 13.3 bushels ; farm price
per bushel 40.9 cents. Barley?area
2,951,000; product 69,695,000; value
$22,491,000; yield per acre 23.6 bushels
; farm price per bushel 32.3 cents.
Buckwheat?area 755,000; product
14,090,000; value $5,522,000; yield
per acre 18.7 bushels; farm price per
bushel 39.2 cents. Potatoes?area 2,761,000;
product 252,235,000; value
$72,182,000; yield per acre 11.1 bushels;
farm price per bushel 28.6 cents.
Hay?area 43,260,000; product 59,
282,000 tons; value $388,146,000; yield
per acre 1.37 tons; larm price $6.55
per ton. Tobacco?area 595,000 ; product
403,004,000 pounds; value $24,258,000;
yield per acre 678 pounds;
farm price 6 cents per pound*
$lu llorlnuUe (Snquitw.
YOItKVILLE, 8. C.:
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1897.
? The News and Courier jokingly remarks
that the bill to punish the use of
profane or indecent language at religious
meetings, is aimed at Sam Jones.
? "Hob McGregor" is the name of the
next continued story to be published
in The Enquirer. It is a tale of love
and adventure in the mountains of Tennessee,
and will prove of lively interest
from start to finish.
? An agitation has been commenced
in Gaston county, N. CM looking to the
removal of the county seat from Dallas
to Gastonia. The legislature will be
petitioned to authorize an election on
the question.
? Leading Republicans are now beginning
to as-ert that they are not bound
by the "mistake" in the Republican
platform. By mistake, they mean the
pledge to use all possible means to secure
international agreement.
? Mr. Witherspoon's bill looking to the
creation of a board of three non-applicants
in each township to pass uon pension
claims seems, to be on the right line.
For such boards to easily determine who
are and who are not entitled, under the
law, to pensions, will be an easy matter,
while for a county board of only half
dozen members to get along without
making numerous mistakes, is manifestly
impossible.
? If Mr. Patton's, redisricting bill
should become a law, Congressmen
Strait and Wilson would be in the
same congressional district, and one of
them would necessarily have to step
down and out. But the friends of these
congressmen- need not give themselves
special alarm, for while the bill is not
without merit, it will meet with too
much opposition to become a law.
? "Governor Ellerbe," says the Columbia
Evening News, "has saved himself
much annoyance by making the appointments
all over the state on the recommendations
of the representatives from each
county. If a real bad man should slip
in in any of the counties where the same
representatives appear before their constituents
for re-election and are called to
account for an improper appointment,
they cannot point to the executive mansion
and say the "big boss" done it.
Governor Ellerbe lacks a great deal of being
the biggest fool that has occupied
those old quarters."
? The Johnston, S. C., Monitor records
the death of Pat Ronan. Pat was a tramp
printer, and his face was familiar in nearly
every printing office in the state. His
wanderings commenced shortly after the
war, and since that time he has been
tramping from one printing office to an
other, principally in South Carolina. He
would work a day, and sometimes a week ;
but that was enough for him, no matter
what was his pay or his treatment, it
would only be a short time until he would
be ready to move on again, and beseemed
to make it a rule to visit each printing
office in the state at least once a year.
Although well known to most of the
printers, it was his invariable custom, of
late years, to introduce himself as Theophilus
Oleomargarine, and by this name
he insisted upon being called. Ronan
was a strange character in many respects ;
but was always good natnred and good
humored, and to all appearances was perfectly
content with his lot. It hits been
generally understood among the printers
of the state that Pat was wanted by the
authorities somewhere for some dark
crime; but this was a mistake. That ho
had a cloud on his life is true; but that
he was a fugitive from justice is not. We
are ablo to publish for the first time, on
documentary evidence, an authoritative
statement of the facts. During a drunken
spree, just about the breaking out of the
war, it was Pat's misfortune to kill a fellcrwman.
lie was tried for murder, con
victed of manslaughter and sentenced t(
a long term of imprisonment. This happened
in Charleston, and shortly after
ward a large number of Charlestonianf
signed a petition asking for the pardor
of Ronan on condition that he would enter
the army, behave himself properlj
and serve during the war. The pardor
was duly signed by Governor Pickens
and Ronan carried out his part of the con
tract. So far as we know, this killing it
the only serious crime that has ever beer
laid to Ronan's account, and although w<
have no positive iuformation to that effect
it is our opinion that it was this whict
made him such a restless wanderer from
pillar to post in afterlife.
? A number of northern preachersmost
notably, Rev. Dr. William Rains
ford of New York?are 9tirred up on account
of a fancy dress ball that is to b<
given by Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin or
February 10. It is reported that the suit
of $200,000 is to be spent upon the enter
tainment, and the good preacher insisU
that the display of such extravagance bj
rich people in hard times like this, is cal
culated to be of even greater harm to
society than was the great anarchistic
riot in Chicago a few years ago. But the
preacher is mistaken in his view. Tha
anybody should have money to waste ir
such an extravagant manner, while thou
sands of other people who are just as de
serving are in actual want, looks bad
and is bad. But since these people hav<
this wealth, and it is theirs, perhaps aftei
all these is no danger in their being al
lowed to spend it. The more they turr
loose in their extravagance, the larger the
number of people who will be benefitted,
and if they don't spend their money ir
extravagance, they are not likely tospenc
it at all.
? The New York World, which is i
strong anti-silver paper, seems to thin!
that the silver men are in control ir
the Benate. That fact, it claims, ha
developed within the past few days
Thers was pending a bill introducer
by Senator Wolcott and providing fo
the international monetary conferenci
that is promised by the Republicai
platform. The bill is unsatisfactory t<
the silver senators tor tne reason ma
they consider it a mere "make-believe.'
Even should it become a law it wil
insure no positive results, and for tha
reason the silver people take no stocl
in it. But the silver senators have se
about amending the bill iu a way tha
is alarming to the gold advocates. Sen
ator Cannon of Utah, wants to fix Ne*
York as the city in which the proposec
conference must be held, and be als<
stipulates that the ratio adopted mus'
be between 15 to 1 and 16 to 1. Senato
Stewart of Nevada, has handed up ai
amendment in which he provides that i
the conference fails to reach an agreement
then, within one month after its adjourn
ment, the secretary of the treasury shal
open the mints to the free and unlimited
coinage of both gold and silver. In de
fense of bis amendment, Senator Cannon
remarked : "We may as well try to gal
vanize into life the mummy of the firei
Pharoah, as to try to secure free coinagt
by international agreement if we wait foi
Europe to take the initiative." Th<
whole discussion is said to have deepenec
the general feeling of uneasiness that ii
prevalent among the gold standard sena
tors.
Not a Good Law.?Judging froa
the general unanimous desire to chaug?
the county government, law it cannoi
be giving satisfaction. Members tel
me that the law is a failure in a great
many ways, and especially in the ides
of having one member on the boarc
from each of the townships of th<
county. It has been argued in this
way : In former years there were onlj
three commissioners who had pe
schemes and political ambitions. Nov
in manv counties there are from 15 t<
22 township chairmen, many of whon
have ambitions, most of whom hav<
pet schemes and a great many are will
ing to appropriate money for one sec
tion of a county, if, in return, they car
get what they waut. The large board!
are more liable to spend money thar
the smaller boards were, and the de
sire now seems to be to get rid of tb<
large boards. Whether anything is t<
be done this session to chauge the la\t
is doubtful ; but about a fourth of th<
proposed legislation is relative t(
changing the road and couuty law
Mr. Livingston has au idea that it wil
be better to leave the matter to t
commission, to report in advance o
the nextsession, and this may be done,
Some of the bills now under consider
ation may be adopted to relieve th.<
situation for the time being.?Colum
bia correspondent of The News and
Courier, Monday.
MERE-MENTION.
Prominent stockmen of the Indian Ter
ritory say that thousands of cattle have
been killed by the present blizzard.
The North Carolina Democrats are pretty
generally of opinion that as a politics!
leader, the days of Marion Butler art
numbered. The date of the next annual
meet of the United Confederate Veterans,
to be held at Nashville, Tenn., ha*
been changed to June 22, 23 and 24.
The Alabama senate, a few days ago,
passed a bill including the provisions o:
the South Carolina dispensary law by t
vote of 18 to 12. Admiral Buce's
blockading fleet is to leave Ilamptor
roads for Charleston early next week.
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l HU ui Viuui^u IO ui^viivi.w..h .... ^>
sums in charity to thousands of destitute
citizens.
Arrested by Federal Authorities.
Sheriff Ellison of Fairfield, who re
cently collected a judgment againsl
the Southern railroad by levying on a
freight train and thus incidentally de>
laying a mail train, has been arrester!
by the Federal authorities on tin
charge of iuterferring with the trans
portation of the United States mails
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Grist Cousins?Talk to you about hardware
and the prices at which they sell
it. If you want bolts, rasps, knob or
padlocks, a pocket knife, grubbing hoe
or mattock, garden rake or pick, call on
thetn.
M. R. Reese?Gives notice that he has
made a final settlement with the pro
bate iude-e as administrator of the es
tate of <5. M. Roberts, deceased, and
, that on the 1st of March will apply for a
discharge from further liability.
? Ganson Dry Goods Company?Tell you
3 what they are doing ana quote prices of
hose of different grades and qualities.
> Grist Cousins?Want you to remember
i that if you want your phaeton, carriage,
buggy or surrey retrimmed, they can
have it done for you, and they say it will
be well done. They also announce that
they will have the upholstering of furniture
attended to and have broken
furniture repaired. Besides, if you have
any caneseat- chair which require new
,r- bottoms, send them in.
John F. Jones, Special Master?Gives
J notice of the sale at. auction, at Yorki
ville, on the 23rd day of March. 1897, of
the Reduction Works, and the Acid
Plant, at Blacksburg, and sundry parcels
of land.
, Finley & Brice, Plaintiff's AttorneysPublish
a summons to absent defendr
ants in the case of W. E. Adams, executor,
against A..Y. Cartwright, W. R.
Carroll and others.
i
! ABOUT PEOPLE.
} G. W. S. Hart, Esq., has been confined
t to his room for several days with grip.
, Mr. J. R. Ashe, who has had quite a
severe case of grip is able to be out again.
Magistrate Bridges of Cherokee township,
took the oath of offlce'on Wednes?
day.
5 Representative de Loach was confined
: to bis room in Columbia on Sunday and
. Monday by illness.
Mr. H. P. Stowe of Bethel, has decided
to change his residence to Long Shoals,
s Lincoln county, N. C.
> Mr. H. F. Horton has been down with
l the grip for 12 days and is still confined to
I his bed. All the other members of his
family, who have also been sick, are able
to be up.
1 MUNICIPAL BOND ISSUES.
1 Mr. deLoach's bill relating to amend
1 merits to the act to authorize special elec9
tions in incorporated cities and towns for
, the purpose of issuing bonds, has been
I ordered to a third reading in the house in
the following shape:
r Section 1. That section 1 of an act enti8
tied "an act to authorize special elections
, in any incorporate city or town of this
state for the purpose of issuing bonds for
> corporate purposes," approved March 9,
t A. D. 1896, be amended so as to read as
, follows: Section 1. That it shall be the
duty of the municipal authorities of any
1 incorporated city or town of this state,
t upon the petition of a majority of the
freeholders of said city or town, as shown
t by its tax books, to order a special elact
tion in any such city or town for the purpose
of issuing bonds for purchasing,
1 repairing or improving of city or town
ball, or park or grounds therefor, markets
and guardhouse, enlarging, extending or
establishing electric light plants or waI
terworks, or sewerage, improvement of
j streets and sidewalks or any corporate
purpose set forth in said petition : Prot
vided, That the aggregate bonded indebtr
edness of any city or town shall never
exceed 8 per centum of the assessed value
1 of the taxable property therein, and any
f bonds heretofore voted upon and issued
by any incorporated city or town of this
state since the adoption of the constitu
tion of the year A. D. 1895 under the proi
visions of the act herein decided, are
hereby validated and made legal for any
1 of the purposes hereinabove set forth.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
It gives The Enquirer pleasure to ac'
knowledge today the receipt of the finest
specimen of the printer's art that has
3 come under its observation in all its long
r experience. We refer to a beautiful
souvenir book just issued in commemoration
of the 100th anniversary of the estabI
ll-i . .1 TTaMa. Omltl? Jh In..
113DI11HUI UI but] Dliiuncimi, ouiivuouvwidan
type foundry of Philadelphia, the
oldest institution of the kind in America.
The book consists of 100 pages of the
finest book-paper obtainable, aubstantial'
ly bound in cloth, superbly illustrated,
: and perfectly printed, and contains not
1 only a history of the MacKellar, Smiths A
^ Jordan foundry from its establishment;
1 but also a full story of the development of
' type making from its rudest inception up
* to the highest pinnacle of apparent per3
fection that it now occupies.
J The story told in the book begins in
l 1796, with the efforts of one Archibald
r Binny, a Scotch printer, who was the first
) individual to put t^pe founding in Ameri
lea upon an independent footing. Binny
? was under obligations to Benjamin Franklin,
who loaned him certain tools and
appliances brought from France. Withj
in a short time Binny formed a partnership
with Richard Ronaldson, and during
5 their lives they had the pleasure of put1
ting a stop to the importation of type
from abroad. They were succeeded by
5 James Ronaldson. Next came Richard
' Ronaldson ; next Johnson A Smith ; next
r L. Johnson ; next Johnson ?fc Co.; next
i MacKellar, Smiths A Jordan ; next Mac)
Kellar, Smiths A Jordan Co., and now
. the American Type Founder's Co., the
] largest institution in their line in the
i world.
f The senior publisher of The Enquirer
has been acquainted with this firm and
. its management for more than 40 years,
, and with the exception of a very small
' per cent, from other sources, has purI
chased from it all the type that has
been used on this paper. The small per
cent, of type purchased elsewhere
has served more than anything else to
prove the superiority of the MacKellar,
Smiths A Jordan goods, and so lar as we
) are prepared to testify, it is without hesitation
that we say that this remarkable
? 5 ?:ll -1 .
eSUllMlSnillUIll/ 13 mill illilKUt na iai III mo
' lead now, as it was in 1796. May the esJ
tablishment continue to prosper, and
would that all the other great American
enterprises of whatever character, strive
' to emulate its standard.
LOCAL LACONICS.
' From Kbenerer to Tirzuli.
1 The chaingang is now located on the
1 road between Ebenezerand Tirzah, where
1 it is expected to operate during the next
few months.
Waiting on tlio Weather.
Mr. P. A. Aberuathy of Yorkville, has
the contract to cover the York Cotton
mills building with tin, and will commence
work as soon as the weather will
permit.
' Fire Near Lowrysvllle.
Kock Hill Herald : The house and fur'
niture of Mr. J. M. Kirkpatrick, two
' miles west of Lowrysville, was destroyed
by lire Monday night about 12 o'clock.
Nothing was saved but a little clothing.
. Insured in the York County Farmers'
Mutual for$850. Mr. Kirkpatrick:s family
are residents of this city, but he still
runs'his farm on Bullock's creek.
On Speaking Terms.
The York Cotton mill Is now included
among the subscribers to the Bedford
telephone service. Connection was completed
yesterday.
Not Authentic.
The statement published elsewhere tc
the effect that Mr. Newbold has beer
superceded by Mr. Bahr as state detective,
goes only for what it may be worth,
It has not been verified.
Changed Hands.
The Daily Sun, publication of which
was commenced at Rock Hill nearly
two months ago by Mr. J. H. Evans,
has changed bands. The new publisher
are Messrs. J. W. Hammond and
F. J. Terry.
Will Visit Wlnthrop Today.
The members of the house and senate
of the general assembly, will visit Winthrop
college, Rock Hill, today, (Saturday).
The trip is to be made on t
special train, which will leave Columbia
at 8.15 a. m., reach Rock Hill at 10.3(
a. mM and returning, leave Rock Hi]
at 6 p. m.
Victim of Grip.
Mr. John J. Garvin died at bis home iti
Yorkville last Thursday morning of grip,
after an illness of about a week. Mr
Garvin was in the 76th year of bis age
He was a wagon maker by trade; bul
during the past few years of his life ha:
been' engaged in farming. The funeral
services were conducted at the farnilj
residence yesterday morning at 11 o'clock
For Burglary and Larceny.
William Sims, William Hinton, John
Seegle and Clinton Dunlap, all colored,
were committed to jail on Thursday bj
Magistrate Anderson of Ebenezer towuship,
on the charge of burglary and
larceny. They broke into a store ai
Newport during the Christmas holidays.
Three of the Negroes, the reporter is
informed, have confessed their guilt.
Not Yet Reported.
The judiciary committees of the senate
and house have not yet reported on Mr
Love's bill providing for the placing ol
railroad and telegraph companies under
the supervision and control of the railroad
commission. Tiie Enquirer has
private information, however, that majority
and minority reports will probablj
be submitted, and the whole matter will
be fought out on the floors of the house
and senate.
The Clerk Also.
In stating the composition of the old
jury commission in a recent issue, the
reporter inadvertently omitted the clerk
of the court. That official was also e
member of the commission, and inasmuch
as York has been frequently complimented
on the high intelligence of the
jurors she has been furnishing for various
sessions of the circuit court, it is only fair
that full credit should be given to all whc
are entitled to it.
Death of Mrs. Feweli.
Rock Hill Sun, Tuesday: The wife ol
Dr. W. B. Fewell of Ebenezer, died ol
of 10 rvUlrvilr loaf nlcrhfr. Mrs
JSUUUUIISIJJO Ob am u vtvvn ??*w.
Fewell was a Miss Alexander and was
a sister of Rev. S. C. Alexander of Missouri,
and Dr. Brevard Alexander ol
Charlotte, N. C. 8be was 66 years old and
bad been married to Dr. Fewell 43 years.
She leaves six children, A. B., Dr. S. C.,
W. B., Miss Sadie and Miss Lottie Bell
Fewell, and Mrs. W. G. Steele?three
sons and three daughters.
At Monok'a Corner.
Judge Witberspoon left last Thursday
morning for Monck's Corner, Berkeley
county, where he expects to convene
court on next Monday. Berkeley, it
will be remembered, is one of those new
counties, and it is literally a county in the
woods. The courthouse is an old storeroom,
the jail is in keeping with it, and
for accommodations, the understanding
is that judges, solicitors and lawyers have
to seek private bouses anywhere within a
radius of four or five miles.
The Weather.
Averaging the statements of a numbei
of people .who looked at their private
thermometers at daylight yesterday
morning, the temperature must have
been about 8 degrees above zero. The
coldest weather on record in this section,
if we remember correctly, was about
Christmas day in the early 70's, when the
mercury registered 6 degrees below zero,
Dispatches to the Columbia State says
that at Marietta, Greenville county, on
Thursday, the mercury registered 4 degrees
below zero.
Still Living.
Mozelle Kennelle, the mulatto woman
who was shot through the right lung by
Whiteman Hardy, colored, on last Sat
urday nigbt, is still anve. Aiioougc
thero was at first good reason to believe
that the wound would prove fatal, as the
result of skillful attention on the part ol
the physician in charge of the case, the
woman has not only been kept alive ;
but now seems to be in a fair way tc
recovery. It is still easily possible, however,
that a change for the worse, resulting
in death, may occur at almost any
time.
Down at the Jail.
There is an unusually large crowd ol
prisoners in jail just now?as many in
fact as the upper story of the building
will accommodate. But notwithstanding
this, things are said to be in a very tidy
shape. For their own protection as well
as employment, the white prisoners have
formulated a strict code of rules providing,
above all else, for scrupulous cleanliness.
Sessions of court are held regularly,
and violators of any of the rules are
dealt with summarily. It is not often
necessary to administer the same punishment
twice for the same offense.
Tlie Fight Continues.
Chairman Jones of the National democratic
executive committee, does not propose
to allow the free silver cause to be
forgotten. On the contrary, ho proposes
to continue the distribution of litorature
straight on through until the next general
olection. Mr. J. S. Brice, chairman of
the County Democratic executive committee,
received a circular letter a day or
two ago from the national chairman,
asking for the names and addresses ot
the respective precinct chairmen in the
county, and from this circumstance it is
reasonable to infer that the same inforinatiou
is being collected throughout the
entire country.
County Commissioners.
The county board of commissioners did
not quite finish their work on last Tuesday,
and adjourned to hold another
meeting on next Tuesday. Among the
items of business to come up, will be
the Pratt claim for damages referred to
in The Enquirer of Wednesday, and
the selection of a physician for the poorhouse
and jail. Bids of a number of
physicians were submitted to the board
1 of com missiouers at a previous meeting;
I but for some reason no choice was made.
The understanding is that each of the
bidders will be Hsked to submit a new
proposition on the basis of so much a
> year for all the sen-ice that may berei
quired by the commissioners, and the
presumption is that the lowest bidder
, will get the appointment.
BLACKSBUKG BUDGET.
- The Weather?Sketch of Engineer ShiverTo
Manufacture Sulphuric Acid.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
tJLACKSBUKU, JHIIuarj aj.?ium ujviuing
is decidedly the coldest one we have
had this winter. There is plenty of ice,
1 and the temperature feels as if it was
" hovering aro und zero. A light snow fell
' on W ednesday, about an inch thick, and
1 but little of it melted yesterday.
1 Mr. Z. B. Shiver, whose death at this
' place on Sunday night last was announced
1 in The Enquirer of the 27tb, bore an
exceptionally fine record as a man, a soldier
and an engineer. -He served hia
1 state gallantly and well during the late
> war, and when men were needed for
places of danger and deeds of daring,
Mr. Shiver was always among those
t chosen, and ho uever faltered nor be4
trayed the trust imposed in him. As an
I engineer, he was one of the best. Steady,
' skillful and reliable, everybody felt as>
sured wh en be was sitting in the cab and
had control of the engine. As a man, be
bad merited and won the implicitconfl>
dence and love of his associates in the
' shops and on the road, and during his
- brief ill ness, when bis condition grew
I critical, they vied with each other in their
t watchful and tender administrations to
' all bis wants, a nd nothing they could do
5 for his comfort and health was left undone.
On Ttesday, the shops of the O.
R. & C. railroad were closed and nearly
> all of the officials and employes of the
road attended bis burial at Camden, and
F he was laid to rest with Masonic honors.
' His old engine, No. & of the road, was
handsom ely draped in honor of the dead
i engineer, and pulled him for the last time,
as he started on his long journey to that .
r home whence no traveler returns. En
i gineer George Hammereiy pulled toe
* throttle for this occasion, and no hand
could have done it with more tender or
reverent feelings. As a husband and
I father, Mr. Shiver was devoted and lov- ?
> ing al ways, and bis bereaved wife and
: children have the sincere sympathy of
i our entire community.
Mr. Fred Oliver, president of the Char
lotte Oil and Fertilizer Works, was here
i a few days ago, and visited the property
i on King's Creek reeenty leased from
' Messrs. Allison and Cain for the purpose
i of mining quartz rock, to be used in bis
new process for making sulphuric acid.
W. A.
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r ROOK HILL HAPPENINGS.
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I Mr. Miller Getting Better?The Kew Depot
?Making Arrangements to Entertain
F the General Assembly.
1 Correspondence of the Yorkrllle Enquirer.
Rock Hill, January 28.?We have no
> doubt that the weather is "just the same
i here," and will let that suffice for that
1 topic.
We are glad to report our sick as improving.
Mr. J. H. Miller, about whom
' so much anxiety has been felt, is improv'
ing. We hope we are done with grip for
the rest of oar natural lives. We don't
like any sickness at all; but we must feel
r a certain amount of respect for a type of
> diseas e that will not enter the system un
less we are prepared for it; but we are
I disgusted at being attacked by a disease
: which see ins to attack careAilly and de)
liberately the healthiest; and to show no
t pity, neither to strong nor to weak.
It is no longer a hope we have in regard
to our new depot. It is as much of a cer*
tainty as the digging of foundations and
i putting up of framing can inakeit. That
much has been done; but "thebouse that
is a building is not like the bouse that's
> built," so we will wait for tne completed
structure before making an examination
i of it.
> President Johnson is making arrange,
ments for entertaining the members of
i the general assembly next Saturday.
i They will be here, in full force, we hope,
and we know of no one who can excel
Winthrop's chief in arranging and managing
such matters. We expect a great
i day again. a. s.
To Cure the Dispensary.?Seni
ator Tillman has introduced in the
> United States senate, a bill to meet the
> defect in the South Carolina dispensary
f law, pointed out by the reeeut decision
1 of the United Stales supreme court.
: The bill provides: "That all fer*
mented, distilled or other intoxicating
liquors or liquids transported iuto any
[ slate or territory, or remaining therein
for use, consumption, sale or storage
therein, shall, upon arrival within the
. limits of said state or territory, be subject
to the operation and effect of the
. laws of such state or territory enacted
for the control and policing of the i
liquor traffic, absolutely, to the same
extent and in the same manner as
though such liquors or liquids had
been produced in such state or territory,
and shall not be exempt therefrom
by reason of being introduced therein
1 in original packages for private use or
otherwise, and such states shall have
absolute coutrol of such liquors or
liquids within their borders, by whomever
produced and for whatever use
imported: provided, that nothing
herein contained shall be construed as
1 affecting the internal revenue laws.
i Judge Mackey'e Claim.
Judge T. J. Mackey is before the
' legislature with a claim of $3,500 for
alleged services in securing the return
of the citadel academy building to the
state from the Federal government and
rent for the time the Federal government
had the building in its possession.
The judge says he had a written
contract whereby he was to receive 33
per cent, of the amount of cash should
he recover from the govermnent for
rent aud damages, etc. The government
paid $77,250, and he claims that
for his part he is justly entitled to
$25,000; but in order to secure an easy
adjustment, he is willing to take $3,500
as settlement in full.