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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
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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
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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