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=? f Straps and .facts. ? Bob Fitzsimmons, the pugilist, left New York last Wednesday for Nevada to go into training to fight James J. Corbett, at Carson ou the 19th of March. Most of the sports are of opion that the fight will surely be a go, and although both of the pugilists have their backers, the majority seems to be betting on Fitzsimmons as founrWu Thu t.wn men. however. IUV> AO TVilkvt -. ? ? ... , f are conceded to be very well matched. ? The Washington Post has been having fun with Secretary Morton. Its latest hit is too good to be overlooked. "The Post is under obligations to Hon. J. Sterling Morton .for bis most valuable report on 'Tape Worms of Poultry.' By the keen employment of that twin screw and double expansion logic for which the head of the agricultural department is so noted, the "writer is able to show that this pest which is annoying to farmers and < adding to their mortgages, is due directly to the constant agitation of the fiuancial questiqp by irresponsible persons who do not agree with the present administration." ? Charlotte Observer: The A. R. church is on a boom?a building boom. Chester, S. C., is to have a new house of worship, costing $10,000; Rock Hill is to build one very nearly as handsome, $7,000, and King's Mountain will put $4,000 into a building. TKa froVinn rVtllaoa Home. Due West. S. C., has been completed, and Rev. R. G. Miller has gone over to meet with the building committee and receive the building. Rev. Mr. Chalmers undertook to be responsible for the furnishing of the home?40 rooms. He has gotten different churches, societies and individuals to take all of the rooms, and chey will soon be neatly furnished. ? A Georgia convict has brought suit for damages against the Dade Coal company. The convict is now free, bis term having expired. The damage he claims is in the sum of $10,000. It is for the loss of a leg. In his petition be sets forth that while a convict he was forced at the muzzle of a rifle to slacken the speed of cars as they were entering the mine. This work was bazzardous in the extreme, and while engaged in it he fell under a car and was so dreadfully mangled that it was necessary for the surgeons to amputate a leg. He is now unable to earn wages, and thinks that it is the duty of the coal company, at whose hands he suffered misfortune, to provide him with support. ? On a lonely farm near here, Mr. and Mrs. John Bonniman and two grown up sons, met instant death today in a peculiar and dreadful manner, says a North Branch, Minnesota, dispatch of Wednesday. It is the custom among the farmers in this section to store their large potato crops in pits in the ground. The Bonnimans are well-to-do farmers and their pit was unusually large and elaborate. Tuesday Mr. Bonniman built a fire in the pit, as he feared the frost would penetrate, and this morning be went, with bis oldest son, to straighten up the place. Together they lifted the heavy trap door and the father, a stalwart man of 50 years, let himself down into the pit. In an instant, to the horror of the youDg man, he dropped dead or at least unconscious. The son gave a shriek of terror and went to the rescue of his father. He, too, became a corpse, but his screams had brought his brother, a boy of 18, from the barn, and a moment later the mother came running from the house, followed by her youngest son, a lad of 14 years. The second son arrived first and dropped into the death trap, thinking to help his father and brother, but the firedamp killed him in a twiukling. When the mother arrived she too jumped into the pit. She was immediately overpowered, but had strength enough left to tell her remaining son not to come into the cellar. ? A joint committee of the New York legislature is engaged in investigating the different trusts now doing business in New York, with a view of recommending such legislation as may seem best calculated to restore the operation of the principle of competition. Senator Lexow, the man who made himself famous in the investigation of the New York police system a few years ago, is chairman of the investigating committee. The past week has beer* taken up in the investigation of the business of the sugar and coffee trusts. So far, it has developed, on the testimony of the Havemeyers, that the American Sugar Refining company has been making some 10 or 15 per cent, on $30,000,000 or $40,000,000 of watered stock, and that they now have almost absolute control of the sugar business in the United States. The Arbuckles recently came into possession of an ingenious machine to pack sugar into 2-pound packages. The Havemeyers tried to buy the machine; but the Arbuckles would not sell. They said they intended to go into the sugar business and use the machine themselves. The Havemeyers threatened to go into the coffee business, aud straightway organized the American Coffee company. It was clearly broyght out from the testimony of the Havemeyers and Arbuckles that so far as these two companies are concerned, a war was brewing that will bring competition enough; but, unfortunately, the competition is of a kind that means death to one or the other of the competitors, and to the survivor will be left the opportunity to make back all that may have been lost in the fight. The investigation of the committee referred to promises to be very thorough and to inform the public as to the operation of the trusts; but as to where there is to be found a remedy for the situation, does not yet appear. . ? Admiral Bunce's fleet has gotten down to the work of tryiug to determine whether or not Charleston har bor can be so effectually blockaded, so as to prevent tbe entrance of blockade runners. To the Vesuvius has been assigned tbe task of attempting to run the blockade. This vessel was detached from tbe fleet several days ago and immediately afterward disappeared. She is now expected to do her best to enter the harbor without being detected. During the past three nights, the big war vessels have been occupying strategic positions outside the bar and casting their searchlights over the sea on me iookoui ior me Vesuvius.. If the Vesuvius manages to slip in without being discovered by any of the searchlights, it will be considered that she has successfully run the blockade. lite \|orluille (Enquirer. YOItKVILLE, 8. C.: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1897. ? The Tennessee legislature has passed a bill prohibiting the bringing of cigarettes into the state for any purpose. ? A bridge over Catawba river, to connect Fort Mill township, should be built [ without urfhecessary delay, and it is I ii? tuA of *Ka wBnla onnntv to iroujr bUO uuvj WI vuv -pay the expense. The Enquirer would be glad to see the matter begin to take definite shape. ? Mr. W. W. Ball, for a year past editor of the Charleston Evening Post, has gone to Greenville to edit The News, the paper that was made famous throughout the state by the able pen of A. B. Williams. Although we often find ourselves unable to agree with Editor Ball, especially with regard to politics, we 'have long since come to respect him as an able, fearless and generally fair writer, who deservedly occupies a high place in South Carolina journalism. The most serious quarrel we have with him is on account of the attitude of The Post toward Mr. Cleveland and the gold standard crowd, and while we do not wish to even imply an injustice, we confess that we have always had an idea that this attitude was due more than anything else to Charleston environments. But now since Editor Ball has gotten back up into the Piedmont, maybe he will be able to see difl'erently. However, whether he does cr not, we feel asured that from now on The News will, in all other respects, become a much abler and brighter journal than for sometime past. ! ? The ceremony of counting the elec[toral vote resulting from the recent general election, took place in the national house of representatives on last Wednesday. Senators Blackburn and Lodge acted as tellers, aLu the final result was announced by Senatar Lodge as follows: "The state of the vote for president and vice president of the United States,, as found by the tellers, is: Whole number of electors 447, of which a majority is 224'. William McKinley. of Ohio, has received 271 votes for president of the United States, and William J. Bryan, of Nebraska, has received 176 votes. The state of the vote as to.vice president is: Garrett A. Hobart has received 241 electoral votes, Arthur Sewall 149 votes, and Thomas E. Watson 27 votes." The threat of G. W. Murray to question the vote of South Carolina failed to materialize. It seems that the Republicans generally were somewhat impressed with the manner in which McLaurin and Till "?I If..?WI..A* nnnn Illilll UttllCU Jiuiittj a uiuiif auu upvu the advice of his Republican colleagues, Murray kept quiet. South Carolina's vote was cast for Bryan without protest. CO-OPERATIVE EFFORT. During the discussion of the then perplexing question as to the best means of resuming specie payment shortly alter the war, Horace Greely offered a unique solutiou in the following: "The way to resume specie payment is to resume." People who looked upon the matter as a great problem could not, at the time, see much wisdom in this proposition; but after the resumption of specie payment was established, it was found that, after all, Greely's advice had been followed out literally, and that was about all there was of it, except, from tlience onward, specie payments have been continued without interruption. The road question furnishes a parallel case that differs in no essential particular from the circumstance just meintioned. The fearful condition of our public roads now, and the desirability of better roads?of first class roads?are matters in which the whole people agree. Everybody in the whole country wants better roads, and every individual is willing to do something to get them. But, somehow or other, the problem looks like an insolvable one, ana tnere is no wenuenned unanimity of opinion as to the best way in which to proceed. There is a general disposition to look upon the whole matter as a Herculean task, and that, for one reason, makes it difficult to get a start. As a matter of fact, however, the solution of the whole question is really as simple as that proposed by Horace CJreely for resumption, and to paraphrase his remark, we might say, with the strictest truth, that "the way to get better roads is to get them." We do not intend this as a joke. We are speaking in dead earnest. By way J of illustration, let us recall an actual occurrence that is familiar to most of the T readers of The Enquirer. For a long time the people of Beersbeba congregation in this county, had felt the need of enlarging the stone enclosure around their cemetery. The work involved the hauling and laying of many hundred loads of stone, and considered in dollars G and cents, represented an outlay that would have been a severe tax on the pockets of the members of the congregation. Indeed it is doubtful as to G whether it would have been at all prac ticable to have raised cash sufficient to do the work. But while the matter was under discussion, an old member re- j. called how the original wall had been built in the days when there was not much cash to be had, and suggested that O the same' thing could be done again. Ou an appointed day the people of the surrounding country gathered with their teams and tools, pulled off their coats and went to work. Before nightfall the wall was completed, and the people were ^ astonished at their achievement. And, 0: also, among other things, they had real- oi ized that the "way to build a wall is to 81 build it." . In connection with this incident, it might also be mentioned that there ac- 0I crued a benefit that was even greater S than the building of a hundred cemetery G walls. Old scores were settled by the * dozen even without the embarrassment ^ of explanations or apologies, and the ^ whole thing gave such general pleasure d and satisfaction that almost every indi- v vidual participant was in a humor to C sincerely regret that there was uot in - -- si sight another task of similar or even ~ a greater proportions. ^ Now, suppose we apply this same idea 8| to road working. The roads are dread- tl fully bad now, and unless they are work- ti ed during the summer, they will be Cl dreadfully as bad again next winter. To ^ work the loads now, of course, is imprac- tj ticable. In the summer, however, there e is at least a month during which the peo- it really have but little to do. Most of that v time can be used in working ther roads without serious inconvenience to any- ? c body. These things being true, how ^ would it do for the various neighborhoods u to commence now to prepare for such a ti campaign of road working in this coun- n try, next summer, as has never been seen w before ? If the idea is a good one, how v would it do to go about it something like i? this:. Hold a meeting, agree upon de- a tails and elect some liberal, intelligent k and progressive neighbor as executive officer. Let these neighbors canvass p among all the people interested in the especial road that may have been selected, d and secure subscriptions?not stinted T subscriptions?but liberal, broadminded subscriptions, in keeping with the means and abilities of the different subscri- w here. Let these subscriptions be payable ft in work at so much a day, etc., to be com- c menced at a specified time, and then 1 "K when the time comes, everything having n been arranged beforehand, let the people " turn out with their laborers, teams, waSons, plows, picks and shovels, and haul ai rock and grade and macadamize the roads b like, for instance, they were building a " cemetery fence. ' ** To grade and macadamize five or six j miles of road is a big job, it is true; D but from the above it is easy to see that there can be made available a force that a| would be equal to 10 times such a task, r> and with such a system once fairly under ^ way, it cannot stop until this county is gt blessed with the finest roads to be seen jr in the south. Not only this, every land- jn holding contributor who puts out a dollar S< will get back more than double, and non-landholding contributors will be ^ rewarded in like proportion. ^ ? Inquiries made by individuals from time to time, indicate the probability fr that there are a great many people hi under the impression that by reason st | of the fire which destroyed The ^ Enquirer office in 1890, there is not now j |in existence anything like a complete file of this paper. This impression, we are pleased to state, is erroneous. It is C< true that by reason of the fire about m one-half of the files were destroyed ; ^ but with the exception of the first year tj of the paper's existence?1855?they Ha have been subsequently restored. And sc by the way, to estimate the value of lo these old papers is difficult. They c* ' not only contain the most complete record of the local events which have 12 happened during the past 40 years; but di it not infrequently happens that they ct I are referred to for the purpose of com- c< - .in pleting links in chains of title, etc., ana ^ there have been cases when these old ^ papers were the sole witnesses to im- bi portant facts in which large interests si were involved. Although, of course, ^ these files are regarded as private prop- *c erty, we recognize that the public also ^ has a certain interest in them, and conse- ^ quently hold them open to inspection x< without charge. The only condition that is imposed on those desiring to examine s> these papers, is that they do not remove ^ cl them beyond a safe distance from the ^ fireproof vault in which they are stored, y( and that in handling them, they exercise ai proper care. 11 , , , ai Make It a Year, Then. hi The gentleman who proposes to con- ai tribute $100 a year for five years to be I11 used in the macadamization of the roads A leading out of Yorkvillc, on condition at that nine other citizens will do likewise, ii' instructs The Enquirer to say, while ?t he would rather have the agreement to lb last for live years, he is willing to make c< it one year, only if by that means it shall prove less difficult to raise the M ?1,000 proposed as a nucleus. in -OCAL AFFAIR3. ? INDEX TO NEW ADVERTWK?ESTi he Ganson Dry Goods company?Announce that in consequence of solicitations by theircustomers, and the inclement weather, they have decided to continue their ''Great Below Cost Slaughtei Sale" for ten days longer, or until the 25th of February. By reading theii advertisement you can see what thej are offering and the prices quoted, rist Cousins?Have seed Irish potatoes of four different kinds, and onion sets of New York state growth, tobacco?both chewing and smoking?which thej claim to be uusually fine for the prices asked', and the "King of Siam" Cigar, eorge T. Schorb?Is the- agent for the sale of the Lester piano in this territory and offers inducements Ito would-b( purcnasers 01 pianos, no uuioicuuc u>>? supicious they may be of not being ableto secure a bargain. O. G. T.?Notice is given of a meeting of the Independent Order of Gooc Templars which is to be held at th( court house on next Friday evening, rist Cousins?1Talk to you about horse and mule shoeing and let you know wherfc you can get such work done anc at reasonable prices. THE BAR WAS STIRRED UP. The members of the Yorkville bai ore pretty badly stirred up on Tuesay and Wednesday. It was on account f information to the effect that by reasoi f a bill now pending in the general as embiy, this county was to be cut off wit! nly two weeks of court during eacl irm. , It seems that Cherokee county, wbicl riginally desired to be attached to tbi eventh circuit, afterward found -tha freenwood county had already arrangec >r a place in that circuit, and, conse uently, there was nothing left for Cher kee but to get into the Sixth. This, o ourse, is all right; but in fixing the or er in which courts were to be held in th< arious counties, the bill provides tha herokee come last. , It is this feature of the bill that ha: tirred up the Yorkville bar. In thi mount of litigation she has to dispose of rork~ county ranks about tenth in tin .ate, and so far as the other counties ii le circuit are concerned, there is prac ically no comparison. Two weeks o aurt is, as a rule, ample for any of tin ther counties; but if York were cu own to two weeks, it would be a ques ion oi a snort time oniy untu tne ciruui ourt would be a year or so behind witl a work, and, very naturally, the York ille lawyers came to the conclusion tba sis feature of the situation was all wrong D. E. Finley, Esq., and H. I. McCaw ourt stenographer, went down to Colum ia to see about the matter, aud tb nderstandiug is that now, since atten ion has been called to it, there will b< o further trouble. It will be arrangec s that after Lancaster, court will be belt t Gaffney City, and from Gaffney City, i rill come to York, leaving this count] ist as heretofore, and continuing - th rrangement whereby litigation can bi ept up with to the best.advantage. LOCAL LACONICS. ersonal. Mr. aud Mrs. A. F. Woods and thei: aughter Miss Alice, left Yorkville oi 'bursdas for Blacksburg, which plac< ley expect to make their home. [ounebreaUIng and Larceny. Albert Meeks. of Fort Mill township ras committed to jail by Magistral IcElhaney, on February 9, on the barge of housebreaking and larceny 'he prosecuting witness is Mr. E. W [imbrell. Te Believe They Are Here. Winnsboro News and Herald: A 'orkville man agrees to pay $100 pei unum for a period of five years tc 0 used for macadamizing the public iads leading out of Yorkville, provied nine other responsible citizens dc le same. Ten such generous citizens 1 a town are worth something, led on Sunday. Our Smyrna correspondent has writter gain to correct an error in bisstatemenl f the circumstances of the death of Mr, . G. Whitesides as published on Wednesly. Mr. Whitesides, it seems, was firsl icken with paralysis on Saturday mornlg, and death followed on Sunday evenig instead of Saturday evening as stated. >mewhat More Liberal. * It is $150, instead of $50 per annum, lat the general assembly proposed to aliw the supervisor of York county for a erk. The statement in The Enquires : Wednesday was made on the authorir of one of the daily newspapers; but orn two other papers, which reached ere subsequently, it appears that the atement is a mistake, jst H1h Mind. "What has become of Colonel R. A. ibnson ?" was asked the other day of a mtleman who was supposed to know imetbing about that individual. The olonel R. A. Johnson referred to is the an who had so much to do with the instruction of the 0. R. <fc C. railroad. 1 reply to the question quoted, thegeneman to whom the inquiry was directed .id : "The last time I beard of him was ime three years or more ago. He had st his mind, and though as harmless as s lild, was hopelessly demented." ighway Robbery. Bob Corn, a little Negro boy aged about years, was committed to jail Tbursly, on the charges of "assault, petit lar?ny and robbery." The offense was immitted in York township on the lOtb istant, and seem to have been the result ' hunger. Little James Bryan was or is way to school and had with hirn e icket of lunch. The Corn boy used iftieient force to get it, appropriated le lunch, gave the bucket back aud ild little Bryan to go on to school. The arrant for the little Negro's arrest was vorn out by Mr. J. J. Bryan, father o! ie schoolboy who was robbed. Diiiorrow morning and Niglit. Rev. I)r. D. W. Snyder, returned misonary from Lucbo, Congo Free State, l'rica, will preach in the Presbyterian lurch tomorrow morning and night, r. Snyder has been in Africa for several jars and is spending a short' vacation inong his relatives and personal friends, e preached in Rock Hill last Sunday, id also delivered a lecture on the habitsid customs of the African Negroes ?nnor ulmm ho liit? boon lallOrillC. lit' is r large collection of specimens ol frican workmanship in wood, metals id fabrics, and these add additional iterest to his lectures. Those who go it to hear him will be more than repaid r the trouble. >lored Methodists. At the recent conference of the colored cthodists, held in Columbia, the followg appointments wore made for the Spartanburg district: N. T. Bowen, presiding elder; Blacksbnrg, J. M. Moultrie; Campobello, W. Griffin ; Catawba, to be supplied: Clover, H. C. Asi-ury; Cowpens, S. Green ; Gaffney, R. C. Campbell; ' Greer, W. Littlejohn ; Greenwood, W. S. Thompson ; Webster, A. D. Harris; New, berry, G. W. Beckham ; Riedville, W. H. Redfield ; Rock Hill, W. H. Jervay; Spar' tanburg station, J. E. Lowery; Spartanburg circuit, D. H. Kearse; St. Marks, ! S. S. Sparks; Wellford, W. B. Bowers; Yorkville station, C. C. Scott; Yorkville r circuit, Moses Cherry; St. James, to be ? supplied. ) Coining In Slowly. Executors ftnd administrators are not 5 settling with Judge McCorkle as rapidly r as they should. The law, as the judge otntn., nltifiii.Koi-a rflnnifflu QoMlonmnl Hnr OW41CO OJ oc '? UVl 1 UVj Ult vo ov?i mui , ing the months of January and February. | So far the total number of settlements 3 has been less than a score. Everybody seems to be putting the matter off until | the last minute, and for the judge to get I through with this work within the time prescribed, would require settlements to be made at the rate of something like three or four a day. The outlook is that r there is going to be a big rush during the last few days, and probably some of the . administrators and executors are going ) to get left. 1 A LOWELL AND PITTSBUKO^COMBINKD. i Bright Outlook For Blacksbarg and l ' Vlclulty. 9 Correspondence of the Yorlcville Enquirer, t Blacksburg, February, 5.?The annu1 al meeting of the Blacksburg Land and - Tmnrovfimant oomnanv. adiourned from - December 1st, met at the offices of the f company yesterday and was more large ly attended than any meeting in the bis3 tory of t he company, which was organt i zed seven years ago. Other similar companies have .passed s out of existence; but this one has witb3 stood every storm, and the report of the company's affairs, coupled With the pros3 peet of local development, was so satisi factory as to make the assembled stock - holders quite enthusiastic. f The president presented a compreben3 sive report as to the history and condition t of the company, which the meeting voted should become a part of its permanent t records. The capital of the company is i unusually small for such a valuable prop erty, and because In the line of its intent tion?town building and developing?the company has never had a set back or reverse, it is regarded as an attractive - enterprise. e The following board of directors was - unanimously elected: C. C. Blanton, 0 Shelby, N. C.; Frank Hammond, Green1 ville, S. C.; Samuel Wittkowsky, Char1 lotte, N. C.; J. Logan Black, J. F. Jones, t Wm. Anderson and M. M. Freeman, 7 Blacksburg, S. C.; J. J. McLure, Cbes0 ter, S. C. 0 The business capacity arid reputation of the board, and the fact that four of its members are bank presidents, indicates the character of the investors as well as of the enterprise, and bespeaks its ultir mate success. 1 The board elected Samuel Wittkowsky, 3 president; Frank Hammond, vice president ; M. M. Freeman, secretary and treasurer, as the officers of the company ? to serve during the ensuing year. 3 This company has passed through six 3 years of the worst depression that such enterprises has ever experienced in this country. Others have failed and have been entirely wiped out of existence with total loss to investors, but this company - emerges practically free from debt, and f to meet what-proinises to be a successful > future. ' A perfectly located property for all things requisite to the successful building > of towns, its lands fronting on two railJ roads, traversed by streams which make a natural drainage possible with atl abundant supply of pure, sparkling water, i favorable manufacturing sites, delightful t location for suburban and city homes, . located favorably as to railroad facilities, elevated 1,000 feet above the level of the t sea, with innumerable resources for the maintenance of a dense population, in eluding iron, timbers, etc., this company will some day be the nucleus of an immense town and industrial development. , Unusual advantages already are attach ed to their franchises, including charter i for street railways, water works, etc., eni joying the advantage of being the junc tion of two railroads, and one to be soon ; constructed via the iron mines and the I Broad river water powers on to Gaffney, i ahd perhaps further west. The iron mines have recently been sold to a company that is able and expect to develop them, and return to the locality its old i time prestige as the source from which was produced the best iron of the country, i Mr. Wittkowsky had the enthusiastic i support of all in his election, and it is i believed that his well known business methods will be an advantage to the company and to Blacksburg. J. F. J. LETTER FROM H00DT0WN. k Inconvenient Mall Facilities?Magistrate Plexico Has Ills Commission?Overflow oi uie 3ireaiu9< Correspondence o( the Yorkville Enquirer. Hoodtown, February 11.?The contract for carrying the mail on the route ' by this office and Bullock's Creek to i Gould and return?which latter part was t never carried out on account of a mutual 1 agreement on the part of postmasters and 1 people?is now being carried out strictly I in accordance with the original contract. I What advantage there is in having this ' done we are unable to see. But little > mail ever passes from Gould to Bullock's Creek, or from either office to Hoodtown ; f" so it will only occasion extra trouble to the postmasters and a longer and more circuitous route for the carrier. The greatest inconvenience, however, will be i to the pbople along the route from Gould i to Hoodtown, who will now be necessitated to go to the office for their mail. 1 Mr. W. S. Plexico, who was chosen as ' magistrate in the last election by a popular vote, has received his commission and -1 1_ . A 91,a i"l iihoa nf i lias iwreuuy emca-u u^uu iuc uuwvki i the ollice. That he will faithfully and 1 efficiently discharge the duties of this 1 important ollice and guard the interests of justice fully as well as his worthy pre1 deeessor, his friends have no reason to doubt. 1 The school at this place now numbers nearly 40 on the roll. Tho largest attendance so far was 37?a number which should justify the employment of an assistant, As the supervision of 40 children doubtless proves a rather onerous task. Mrs. Donalds, widow of the late James Donalds, of Union county, died at the homo of her son-in-law, Mr. Joseph Mitchell, near Gould, last Thursday rporning, after a short illness. She was a little more than three score and ten, having li ved to see her children down to the third generation. Mrs. R. B.- Black is quite ill with pneumonia, foil owing grip. It is to be hoped that she will soon be restored to her wonted health and strength, more especially on account of her inlant boy, now less l 1- ..U IUHI1 U Wt'CK Ulll. Messrs. H. E. and Joe S.Hood paid a short visit to friends at King's Mountain, N. C., last week. ' Mr. C. C. Good, of Chester, was up on business last Thursday. The rains of la at Thursday caused a ' . general overflows of the watercourses, from the small streams, up to Broad river. Bullock's creek was higher than for several years. The bridge near Good's mill was partially broken loose from its foundations, and now awaits repairs. The farmers are beginning to haul out their fertilizers preparatory to another cotton crop. Voce. HOCK HILL HAPPENINGS. Personal and Social?Exhibit of the Athletic Association?Other Notes. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Rock Hill, February 12.?We are having more bad weather than we wish, and would be glad to trade rain for some of the sunshine we generally have to spare in July. Fortunatelythese matters ? are not under our control. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Williams have gone on a visit to Norfolk, "Va., where they lived for sometime. Miss Daisy Hart, of Yorkville, has been visiting for some days at the home of Mr. L. Sherfesee. Misses Janie and Vesta Dudley are visiting Captain and Mrs. A. ?. Smith. The Rock Hill Musical club held its last regular meetins at the residence of Mr. E. E. Poag. Mrs. H. R. Mosely being no longer one of our citizens, Mrs. B. M. Fewell was elected directress in ber place. The Associate Reformed denomination here has decided to go on at once with the building of a house of worship. It is wellkuown that when these brethren begin such work, they go through with it without tarrying. It will not be long, therefore, before we see another spire in our sky. On Wednesday afternoon, from four to six, the Misses Sherfesee gave a reception to Miss Hart. The gathering was gay, but there was no manly beauty there. Rock Hill has its share of eligible handsome youDg men; but they were not bidden to that feast. The young ladies, we bear?we were not there?bad a delig htful time. In addition to the pleasures of conversation, refreshments were served. Our n ew; depot is looming np. Already it makes a handsome appearance for such a building. The roof will be covered wit h slatd, which makes it more attractive than the tinplate covering so gener- \ ally given to sncb buildings. On March 4 tb and 5tb, both night and day, there will be a bicycle show in Roddey's Hall. All the local agents will have an ex hi bit made op of their best looking wheels, with all the accompaniments. Tbere will be 50 styles exhibited and no fees will be charged. This exhibition will be under the auspices of the Rock Hill Athletic association. This organization has already made arrangements for loeir nrsi grauu race ior uiio nvasuu uu May 18. Schedules and excursion trains have been arranged for and a greater day than any t bey have had is expected. o. 8. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. What the Hoane and Senate Are Doing From Day to Day. tuesday, february 9. In the House?There was a leugthy discussion over a bill to provide school books for children at cost. By the terms of the bill, each school commissioner is to have $500 out of the county school funds with which to run a book dispensary. The bill was antagonized; but the house refused to kill it and left it in a fair way of hecomiug a law. Mr. Epps's bill, intended to prohibit the sale of cigarettes came up for an interestiug discussion. Among those who defended the bill was Mr. de Loach. Mr. Patton opposed the bill. In his speech, among other things, Mr. de Loach described the disastrous effect of the cigarette habit upon the youth of the state. He had used cigarettes and knew what he was talking about, Mr. Patton argued that there was no justice iu a bill which taxed cigarette smokers, but did not tax pipe or cigar smokers or tobacco chewers. He was a cigarette smoker and did not consider the habit especially deleteri ous. So far as the welfare of the boys of the state were concerned, be thought that the mothers could ac- . complish more by the judicious use of sbiogles, than the lawmakers could by means of prohibitory laws. Mr. Patton is unmarried, and Mr. de Loach wanted to know how he came to have such an exquisite appreciation of parental responsibility. This raised a laugh at the expense of Mr. Patton, and Mr. Patton turned it back on Mr. de Loach by remarking how soon these newly married young men begin to imagine that they are the grandfathers of whole tribes. But Mr. de Loach made an earnest speech in favor of the bill, and the bouse passed it to a third reading by a big majority. Among the important bills which passed the third reading, was the bill prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapous, providing a penalty therefor aud incorporating a count for the violation of same in indictments for murder, manslaughter, assault, and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, assault and assault and battery with intent to kill, and in every case 1 - xl !_ _1 J 4. 1 wnere uie crime is cnargeu io nave been committed with a deadly weapon. In the Senate?A bill was passed providing that the counties furnish free fuel and stationery to judges of probate, auditors and treasurers. The Lord "lost bond" bill was killed. Mr. Love's bill to change the time