Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 08, 1897, Image 2
Scraps and .facts.
? The marriage of General James
Longstreet, and Miss Ellen Dortch, is
to take place in the governor's mansion
in Atlanta, Ga., today. Arrangements
for the ceremony have been
perfected by Mrs. Atkinson, wife oi
Governor Atkinson, and the best man
will be former Senator H. W. B. Ham.
General Longstreet is 80 years old
and very deaf, Miss Dortch is 22 years
old and very pretty. The general is
expecting by every mail his appoirtment
from President McKinley as
railroad commissioner, to succeed
Wade Hampton, and Miss Dortch is a
candidate for state librarian.
? Postmaster Geueral Gary has jusl
received from the postmaster general
of Canada, a full explanation of the
postal savings bank system in vogue
there. He also has received letters ic
regard to the system from promineni
men all over the country, and farmers
especially, as bankiug facilities for the
latter are extremely limited. The post
master general is gathering all the iu
formation possible regarding postal
savings banks, and it is believed, in his
annual report, will call attention to the
best features of the systems of the var
ious countries having such banks, and
will recommend that congress authorize
the establishment of postal saving:
banks in the United States.
? A rather sensational story comes
from New York to the effect that ar
English syndicate, by bribing certaic
French officials, has secured control ol
the Panama canal, and it is said the
tactics adopted were similar to those
employed to obtain possession of the
Suez canal from the French. It is alsc
claimed that with the Pauama canal
in the hands of the English the port oi
Colon will be fortified and become
greater, commercially, than Singapore,
and from a military point of view,
??ii l. ? tr\ T?.nor1 qnrl nc
Will UC Its 1U1|JU1 iauv vvs ?
Gibraltar or Malta. It is quite safe
to say, however, that the Uuited States
will object vigorously and effectively
to Colon being fortified by Euglaud,
and made a strategic point for military
and naval operations. In the meantime,
it would be well for this government
to take up the work of building
the Nicaragua canal, and push it
through to completion as rapidly as
possible.
? One of the two Negroes nominated
for cadetship at Annapolis has lost his
chance of appointment. This is J. S.
Smith, who was named by Representative
George White, of Chicago, to represent
the 5th Illinois district, at the
Naval academy. Smith was to have
been examined sometime ago; but at
his request the time was extended tc
September 1, in order to afford him
further opportunity for preparation in
his studies. He failed, however, tc
appear at Annapolis for examination
last Wednesday, and the department
being so informed, the person named
from the 5th Illinois district as an al
ternate has been directed to appeal
for examination. He is Ernest Schoeter,
also of Chicago, and has been allowed
ten days in which to appear. I]
he passes the examination he will receive
the appointment that was within
the reach of Smith. The other Negrc
nominee. Bundv. is now under exami
nation at the academy, and it is ex
pected that this will consume severa
days. Meanwhile it will not be knowc
whether or not he has passed unless
he fails signally in some important
branch.
? Atlanta Journal: There seems tc
be an impression that there is a Federal
law prohibiting the use of the
stars and stripes for advertising purposes.
In fact, one of the leading
American newspapers has recently
charged a brewer with having violated
such a law by posting lithographs ol
the flag with the brand of his beei
printed on the stripes. The fact is
that there is no such law iu existence.
A bill prohibiting the use of the flap
for such purposes has been offered in
congress at every session for a uumbet
of years; but invariably, when it has
passed one house it has failed in the
other. At the last session of congress
the bill was not reported from the
senate committee having it in charge
As a result, there is no penalty for the
prostitution of the American flag
There is, however, a very strong sentiment
against such an offense, and it is
almost certain that at the next session
of congress the bill will become a law
It is significant that no American-bom
citizeu has ever been guilty of polluting
the national emblem. The offenders
in all cases have been citizens ol
foreign birth. The law will enforce
the reverence for "Old Glory" that has
not been given voluntarily.
? The coming constitutional convention
of Louisiana, says an exchange
will take up the subject of suffrage
restriction in earnest. The New Orleans
press assures the country thai
the evasive and vicious policy of othei
southern states will not be followed :
that the settlement of the problem
will be fair to all elements and conducive
to honest politics and good government.
The attempt to provide s
onesided educational qualification
wjiich bars out colored citizens and
lets in the mass of illiterate whites, is
declared to be dangerous and unwise.
All ignorant and illiterate voters are
In I"- flicfr-anpVlicorl flip ivhitR illifpr.
ates being sacrificed in the interest ol
the community as a whole. The last
constitutional convention went so fai
as to grant the suffrage to unnaturalized
citizens, and this mischief will
also be remedied. There are, ol
course, many good and deserving
citizens among the illiterates; but it
is better to lose them than to run the
risk of being swamped by a mass ol
ignorance. In a state like Louisiana,
where illiteracy is widespread, the
remedy is a heroic one, and the question
of reducing its representation in
congress may be raised in consequeuce
of its adoption.
? Secretary Hester's New Orleans
Cotton Exchange annual report was
published last Saturday. Mr. Hester
estimates the past crop's commercial
value at $30.76 per bale, against $-11.00
last year, and $30 in 1894-95, and the
total value $-'*21,925,000, against
$294,045,000 last year. Nearly $2S,000,000
more thau for the period
last year. The past crop cost
growers less than auy yet produced.
The total spindles iu the south
is 3,851,991, an increase of 158,753
The total number of mills is 482, an
increase of 7. Mr. Hester says that
while the season had not been favorai
ble to American mills, final results in;
dicate that the extent of the depression
has been decidedly overstated in
the public prints and otherwise. The
takings, nofth and south, during the
r past year, practically all have beeD
i consumed and have been exceeded
but twice in the previous seven years.
The mills of the north have worked
i up as much cotton, while those of the
i south used 138,000 bales more than
last year. Imports of foreign cotton
i omniintpH in t.hf> enuivalent of 106.000
bales. Mr. Hester places the world's
i visible supply of cotton at 984,000
bales against 1,035,000 last week. Of
, this 771,000 is American against 803,|
000 the previous week. The total vis.
ible shows a decrease compared with
> last year of 383,000.
i ? The St. Louis Post Dispatch, of
t last Sunday, priuts a letter from W. J.
> Bryan, the first utterance after three
f months of travel and observation, dur
iug the return of prosperity. Among
other things, Mr. Bryan says: "Wheat
I has risen because the foreigu crop has
> been exceedingly short. The fact that
) silver and wheat have parted compaoy
will cause no dismay to those who unI
derstand that the law of supply and
? demand regulates the price of both,
j Nothing can better disclose the weakness
of the Republican position than
s the joy manifested by the Republicans
i over events for which their adminisi
tration and their politics are in nowise
r responsible. If the Republicaus de.
sire to claim credit for the high price
. of wheat they must assume the res
i ponsibility for Ihe famine in India. A
> great rise in price should be followed
I by a rise of wages. Mr. Bryan says
f that the joy over the increase of money
. from wheat is evidence that we have
too little money; that if the farmers
are benefitted by the rise in one of their
; products, how much better would it be
i if the rise was universal; that the
; price of wheat will fall when the foreigu
demand becomes normal and that
| the present spasmodic rise will aid
rather than injure the cause of bimetallism.
Site ^lorluullc (Enquirer.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
| WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8,1897.
? The Columbia Register is now pubI
lished seven days a week instead of only
. six as heretofore, and there are no two
* ways about it, The Register is a good
newspaper.
I ? In 1890, the cotton mills of the north
' consumed 1,799,258 bales of cotton per
1 annum, and the mills of the south only
540,894. The estimate for the present year
is 1,804,G90 bales for northern mills, and
| 1,042,671 for southern mills. Looks like
i the south is making some progress.
> ? Stock in the three-mile section of the
Charlotte road just now is high above par,
> and the people ou the other side of the
point where the macadam work wsu oe
gin, arc seriously considering the advisability
of carrying the good work further.
J To think carefully on a question like this,
I means to act.
r
[ ?The Greenville News insists that il
j there had been a "Conservative" candidate
in the field, McLaurin would
P have been left out on the first ballot,
i and on the second ballot Evans would
have been defeated. Just how this |
> would have been, we confess that we
! do not know; but do not consider it 1
' out of place to remind The News that
thero was no so-called "Conservative"
[ candidate in the field.
% ? %
? The News and Courier is trying to
i learn from members of the general asi
sembly, what they propose doing with the
. dispensary law at the next session. The
1 answers include every scheme that has
ever been heard of, from free liquor to
P prohibition, which virtually means the
k same thing; and from the dispensary
. system, under county control, to high
license; and if what the members are
. now saying is anythi lg to go by, it will
| be a long time before t.ie question is final(
ly settled.
; ? Governor Ellerbe's action in abol"
ishing the constabulary was no doubt
i dictated by necessity. It was a ques1
tiou of expense. Tho decisions of Judge
Sitnonton legalizing original package
! stores, have knocked tho bottom out
! of the state monopoly of the liquor
| traffic and brought about such close
i competition as to no longer admit of j
. the support of such an expensive insti- <
! tution as the constabulary by the dis'
pensary. But this condition of affairs
is not much to be regretted. Tho in'
tluence of the constabulary has been
of doubtful benefit, even in the enforce- i
| ment of the law, and otherwise it has ,
f been a positive injury to tho best in- ,
; terests of the state. In the assurance
that tho constabulary will have to go, 1
the whole state has cause to rejoice.
? We note that there are a great many '
individuals and quite a number of newspapers,
who seem to lie fond of saying, as ,
a result of the recent campaign, that "Tillman
is politically dead." These individ- ,
i uals and these newspapers are worrying
themselves unnecessarily. If they wish
t<> believe that the wild?the frantic?era
of state politics is about over, they can do
1 so without danger of serious disappointment
; but if they keep on repeating
their assertion of the passing ol Tillman
[ until they get themselves persuaded that
it is a fact, they will some day liud that
. they have only deceived themselves,
i Tillman is not dead, politically, and there
. is very little, if any, evidence yet even of
decay. Our only object for making this \
statement is because we believe it to be a (
fact. 8
AS OFFICIALLY DECLARED. *
Result of the Recent Primary Election by
Counties.
The state executive committee met ,
in Columbia last Friday for the pur- ,
pose of tabulating the vote cast in the
senatorial primary. All of the coun- [
ties were officially represented save ;
Union, Cherokee, Beaufort and Colle- .
ton, and inasmuch as there was no
contest, the committee accepted the
reports from these counties as previously
published in the newspapers, j
The statement of the vote, as already
published in The inquirer, was suustantially
correct; hut for purposes of .
record, the official figures are reproduced
as follows:
McLaurtn. Evans. Irby. '
Abbeville, (>92 406 211 (
Aiken, 624 898 32 r
Anderson, 1,106 621 245
Bamberg, 300 110 6
Barnwell, 863 397 61 *
Beaufort, 138 109 23 t
Berkeley, 337 121 28 ,
Charleston, 1,364 103 27 !
Chester 585 340 60 1
Cherokee, 466 229 34 '
Chesterfield, 537 245 14 t
Clarendon, 952 59 34
Colleton 399 307 21
Dorchester, 251 170 15 5
Darlington 948 208 33 i
Edgefield, 568 267 32 <
Fairfield 482 282 55 ,
Florence, 1,155 143 27 1
Greenville, 702 478 312 ?
Greenwood 492 157 117 <
Georgetown, 213 13 7
Hampton, 497 157 18
Horry, 923 88 77 1
Kershaw, 471 378 60 i
Lancaster, 730 216 21 |
Laurens 808 74 1,153
Lexington, 683 387 50
Marion, 1,563 280 51
Marlboro, 986 169 93
Newberry, 601 510 95 ,
Oconee, 641 257 33
Orangeburg, 1,610 772 19 (
Pickens, 464 196 157 I
Richland, 1,144 285 62
Spartanburg, 1,328 432 1,524 ,
Sumter, 933 298 34 1
Saluda, 630 292 23 '
Union 351 392 226 i
Williamsburg, 615 230 , 30
York, 1,194 339 24
Totals, 29,326 11,375 5,159 i
According to this, the total vote cast I
is 45,800, and McLaurin's majority is '
12,792. ' i
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TRAIL BLOCKED. ?
c
Gold Seekern Held Hack by DangerouH |
Hoga |
The dispatches of tlie past jew nays >
have been telling fearful stories of the t
trials and sufferings of some 2,000 j
gold seekers, who have been trying to 1
get from Skaguay and Juneau, Alaska, j
through the overland trail into the
Klondike regiou. t
The trail, it appears, is long, narrow s
and difficult. It passes first through <
a* soft, boggy streak, and then winds
around rocky declivities. The first I
travelers were able to get through the
bogs; but their travel left the trail iu s
such condition that those who came i
behind, were stuck in the mud, and at t
last accounts, about the 30tb of Aug- ?
ust, there were some 2,000 people (
strung along three or four miles of |
bog, unable to push forward. i
A previous attempt had been made I
at corduroying the bog. Many of the i
logs, however, were displaced by the <
feet of the horses, and, as the result, i
the legs of the animals would slip
through and their bodies would serve .
still further to block the way. The j
seeming impossibility of further prog- j
ress and confusion became so great, i
that the adventurers at length become <
so thoroughly discouraged as to take \
the back track. Some began to abandon
all hope of ever getting through f
to the gold fields, aud were willing to s
part with their packs and outfits at J
low figures. But at length, the cooler, j
moie intelligent and determined ele- \
ment assumed charge of the situation,
organized the hopeless and began the
work of repairing the road in permanent
fashion. <i
The work of repairing the road
commenced several days ago and has
beeu going on with considerable ener- ;
gy ever since; but it is not thought t
that the work can be completed for
some 30 days or more yet. In the
meantime nobody is allowed to even
try to push his way through the pass,
until after he has done a certain
amount of work on the road, on account
of which work he is given a certificate.
The dispatches tell of one man who
had gotten nearly all of his effects
across to the further side of the trail
before it was elosed for travel. He
had still to carry only one more load.
The committee told him that he would
not be allowed to go on. He begged
and plead ; but finding his begging and
pleading in vain, he at length went
back, procured a Winchester and a
couple of revolvers, and threatening
death to any who should try to detain
him, was allowed to proceed on his
way.
FREE LOVE IN TEXAS.
New* Divorce Law MakeH Marriage DIhHolitble
at Will.
Recent statictics from the more populous
counties of the state, especially
those in which large cities are located,
show an unprecedented activity in
tlivorce suits, says a Corsicana special
lo the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. At
its regular session, the Twenty-fifth
legislature passed an amendment to the
divorce statute permitting divorce upon
the unsupported testimony of husband
or wife, the court and jury being
thejudges of the credibility of their evidence.
This law became effective about
ten days ago, and there has been a big
rush upon district clerks since by parlies
eager to be freed from marital
bonds. An unusually large number of
divorce petitions has been filed here s
' .?I nrl imAn in O/if/thot'
IU uc auicu UJ/WII iu wvvwi.
A startling example of the applica- li
tion of the new law occurred atGroes- t
l>eck a few days ago before Judge Cobb, v
of this district. A wife applied to an s
attorney, representing that her bus- ?
band desired a divorce, and she did
not care to resist it, and induced the r
attorney to tile suit against her husband,
setting up statutory grounds for r
the action. The day after the new i
law went into effect the case was tried c
and divorce granted, the husband in t
the same town being all the while to- 2
tally ignorant of the proceedings, s
Three days later be was astounded by t
the announcement of the divorce, and c
immediately went before the court t
vith a statement of the fucts. Judge
?obb at once set the decree aside,
tud in severe and caustic terms delounced
the proceedings by which the
vife had secured it. Governor Culberon
vetoed a law authorizing divorce
ifter one year's abandonment, and in
:onnection therewith delivered a lecure
upon the solemn obligations of
he marriage rite. But this law he
>ermitted to become effective without
lis signature, and in consequence the
livorce record in Texas will be broken
ti is tan.
STILL TALKING.
rby Intilfltft Tlmt the Reform Party Ih ax
Dead as a Door Nail.
The following is from the Atlanta
Constitution of last Saturday :
Fresh from defeat, but smiling und
lappy, ex Senator Irby, of South Car)lina,
came into Atlanta yesterday at
loon.
The late candidate released his vials
)f vindictive spleen against Tillman,
hreatened him with the pitchfork of
political extermination, predicted radcal
changes in state politics and then
oiled over on the couch in his room at
he Kimball to toss in pain.
Just before reaching Atlanta the exsenator
was seized wit h a violet attack,
ind was rather apprehensive as to his
condition at first; but upon arrival a
physician was summoned and he was
issured that the attack was insignificant
and only temporary.
Mrs. Irby was also here. She is a
niddle aged woman, with asympathetc
face and a sharp tongue for her
lusbund when he talks polities, for
ihe claims that he made the recent
ace over her protest.
"I did not want bira to go into it,"
mid Mrs. Irby with a smile. "The
.ampaigns in our state are fearfully
rying."
Senator Irhy was rather weak to
alk; hut the mention of Tillman
terved him up for the while and he
trew violently vindictive.
"He is a dead duck," said the big
politician, lifting himself on one arm
md glaring with emphasis. "I made
hat man. I have been behind him iu
natty undertakings; but he has now
eceived fair warning, and if we meet
igain there shall be trouble. It was
te who said that he would be hands
>fT iu the race. He gave promise that
te would not interfere with the race,
tut he has been knifing me from the
,'ery jump, and his hand was in seviral
hidden plays which operated
tguinst me. In his telegram to me he
ied like a dog, and I give him due
totice what he is to expect from me."
This sliuging arraignment of Seua,or
Tillman was delivered with all the
ilrength the defeated candidate could
:ontrol.
As to how he was defeated, Senator
'rby told of that in a few words.
"When I went into the ruce," he
;aid, T had the great majority of votes
vith me. I was the second choice of
he friends of both candidates and
itood between them ; but the strong
iesire of t he people to kill these Rebrm
men caused all to go to McLau iu.
I am satisfied in a sense, for I
>elieve I came out of the race with
.nore substantial strength than any
candidate in spite of the fact that I
eceived the lowest vote.
<i Ac ?n Ati T.-mrin T have nothinc to
iay. The Reform party is as dead as
1 door uail, nod Tillman might as well
prepare his obituary. Next year there
iVill come elections from governor to
joroner, and you can look out for
'adical changes."
Senator Irby left in the afternoon
or Nashville, where he will spend
sometime taking in the exposition.
!ie was much better before leaving,
ind stated that he would be all right
vitbin a few hours.
AFTER THE BACHELORS.
>Ien Who Kefuxe to Marry Claimed to
lie Unlit to Govern.
The recent manifesto of Mrs. Char-j
otte Smith against the bachelor poliician,
was the subject of much attenion
from the Woman's Rescue league,
if Boston, last Sunday, says a dismtch.
As a result, resolutions were
lassed setting forth that "the Ameri:an
bachelor politician shirks his duty
o the human family when he fails to
irovide a home for some good woman
lefore he engages in the profession of
lolitics; therefore, he is uot to be
rusted after he has entered a political
irena in which temptations surround
lim on all sides, and that, unfortulately,
modern society has heretofore
fiven the political bachelor too much
atitude by ignoring his private life.
"Resolved, That as far as practica)le,
a list of bachelor politicians who
ire aspirants for public office be obained
in the states of Massachusetts
ind New York, and formal protests be
ent out against their election or reduction,
by the Woman's Rescue
..eague, on the ground that they are
ueligible to hold public office."
The League extends its congratulaious
to ex-Mayor Edward Uptou Curis,
of Boston, upon his approaching
oarriage and recommends for him a
wo years' vacation from politics in
v'hich to enjoy his honeymoon.
Gone Off to Rest.?Governor
lllerbe left yesterday for Mt. Airy, N.
y., where he goes to seek rest and
|uiet. His stay depends, he says, on
he benefit that he feels he is deriving
rom his visit.
"You no doubt need the rest after
he work and worry of your office and
if the campaign," was remarked to
lim.
"Yes," he laughingly replied, "I
eel that I have gained a pound or two
ince the election."
Senator McLaurin has his summer
lome at Mt. Airy and the senator is
here now recovering from hi; se"" o
ottnnlr fJm/f.rnm' Kile; be will
pend sometime with him.?Columbia
itate, Sunday.
? ^ i.
letweeil Johnson and Norton.
There was no nomination in the
hxth congressional district to succeed
iIcLaurin in the house. The three
andidates receiving the highest numler
of votes were Johnson, 2,856;
Norton, 2,583; Ellerbe, 2,238. The
econd race, therefore, will be beween
Jolinson ati<l Norton, with the
ihances rather in favor of the nominuiou
of Norton.
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
H. C. Strauss?Prints what he says Joe's
wife said to her husband about Strauss's
cheap clothing and shoes, and 2.5r.
Strauss tells you that he is again going to
the northern markets to buy nice goods.
J. J. Hunter?Says tba. he is now receiving
new fall goods, and especially
mentions dress goods, notions, hats,
shoes, over-gaiters, leggins for ladies
and misses, and rubber shoes.
J. M. Whitesides, Valdora, S. C.?Offers
his plantation for sale or rent.
W. B. Moore Co.?Lets it bo known
that they are unable to supply the demand
for Champion mowers; but they
still have paints, oils, furniture, hardware,
crockery, etc.
Eliza Jane Barnett, Executor?Gives no.loKfnra
r?f \f iaa R H. Rftmatt. ;
UV>C U/ bUO UVVVVIOU4 ... 7 ^
deceased.
John J. Faris, Executor?Announces thai
on the 9th of October he will make a 1
final settlement with Judge of Probate i
McCorkle, and will apply for a discharge
as executor of the estate of Maliala
Gibson, deceased.
Grist Cousins?Have just received a shipment
of "new crop" full cream cheese,
which they otfer at 15 cents a pound ; i
and besides, they have a case of cottage
hams. They are out of new Buckeye
mowers; but have one of second-hand
which they claim to be in good order,
and otfer it for 825. They can furnish
you with Oliver chilled plows and a
Corbin disk harrow.
J. A. Shurley, Superintendent of Education?Gives
notice that an examination
of persons who desire to teach in the
free public schools, will be held at
Yorkville on the 24th instant.
J. A. Tate?Advertises that he is the local
agent for the sale of Columbia and Hartford
bicycles.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. J. E. Carroll and son, Mason, are
visiting in Yorkville.
Mr. R. M. Plexico, of Cherokee county,
was in Yorkville last Monday.
Mr. John A. Rowell, of Ocala, Fla., is
in Yorkville, the guest of his cousin,
Sheriff Logan.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Spencer and Master
Edward Sponcer and Miss Claude
Moore left yesterday morning lor Blowing
Rock, N. C.
Miss Lula McClain left on M-. nday for
Decatur, Ga., where she will outer the
A gnes Scott institute.
Misa Louise Hall, of Statesville, N. C.,
A ~ v ' "II- "'Aolr An O triuii ffi
came u> lorttviuu inai, ?ecu ?u .. ......
the family of Mr. H. II. Beard ; but on account
of sudden illness, whieb, it was
feared, might develop into fever, sho returned
homo on Monday, accompanied
by Miss Essie Stewart.
AT CLOVER TODAY.
There is to bo a big time of it at Clover
this (Wednesday) afternoon. It will be
the occasion of the bicycle races already
mentioned, and the wheelmen, not only
of Clover, but of many of the surrounding
towns are interested.
The programme has already been published,
and in a letter received yesterday,
The Enquirer was advised of the names
of the fast riders who have promised to
be present. They are as follows :
James White, Rock Hill.
S. L. Meacham, John Ardrey, Fort
Mill.
Robert Alexander, J. P. White, Paul
Neely Moore, Tscharner DeGraffenried,
Raymond McClain, Yorkville.
Walter Billing, Joe Reynolds, Hunter
Mauney, John Mauney and Geo. Swift,
King's Mountain, N. C.
James Lucas, Will Healand, Marvin
Hardin, Blacksburg.
I. 0. Robinson, Gastonia, N. C.
Oscar Neil, Harry Neil, Will Smith,
John Smith, Will Jackson, Hope Prison,
Charles Killian, Clover.
Captain W. B. Smith, of Closer, and
Dr. A. Y. Cartwright, of Yorkvi.le, will
probably run in a handicap race.
The understanding is that quite a number
of people will go up to Clover from
Yorkville; some on wheels and others on
the train. The railroad authorities have
been so accommodating as to make the
railroad trip very much more preferable
than the wheel. In addition to allowing
round trip tickets at one fare, Superintendent
Nichols has agreed to hold the northbound
freight train in Yorkville one hour,
nr until 1*2.40 o'clock, thusallowincran op
pnrtunity for dinner before starting. The
races will not commence until about 4
o'clock, and the excursionists will return
on the regular passenger train, leaving
Clover at about 8.40. The price of round
trip tickets will be only 35 cents.
PUBLIC MEETING TONIGHT.
Citizens of Yorkville are again reminded
that pursuant to a call of the council,
a public meeting is to bo held in the court
house tonight (Tuesday) for the purpose
of hearing read the provisions of the general
incorporation act.
The town council has already ordered
an election on the question of surrendering
the present charter and adopting the
act to be considered tonight. The election
is called to be held on September 17,
and the matter will be decided by voters
who have been duly registered. These
are about 135 in number.
As already stated, the principal points
of difference between the present charter
and the general incorporation act are as
follows: 1. The present charter provides
for municipal government by an intendant
and four wardens, whose term of
office is one year, and who are required
to serve without compensation. The
general incorporation act provides for
government by a mayor and six aldermen,
who may, if they desire, fix their
own compensation and whose term of i
office will be two years. 2. Under the
"i-oaoiit ftbartor. the taxing power for
ordinary county purposes is limited to ,
2 mills on the dollar, and under the general
incorporation act the taxing power is
limited to 10 mills on the dollar. There
are other points of difference; but they
are of no especial importance.
The only reason assigned by the town
council for desiring incorporation under i
the general act, is the claim that this act '
confers the power to borrow money with
which to anticipate the tax levy. Asa
matter of fact, however, the claim is
based on a mistaken idea. Neither the
present charter nor the general incorporation
act gives such power, the only authority
for borrowing money under either
instrument being based on the issuance of
bonds, with the consent of a majority of
the freehold voters.
The present charter expires in the year j
1900, and in that year the town will have i
to accept incorporat.on under the general
act either as it stands now, or as it may !
hereafter be amended. This general act, ,
however, cannot bo constitutionally i
amended in any particular, for the espe- l
cial convenience of the town of Yorkville. 1
All amendments must be of a nature to 1
apply to the whole state, and assertions to j
the contrary are either based on ignorance i
or are made with a deliberate intention to '
mislead. 1
Since a discussion of tho matter has developod
a great deal moro information on <
the subject of the proposed now charter J
than existed even among the members of
the town council at the time the election j
was ordered, a few aro arguing tiiat inas- (
much as the town will have to go under j
the now charter in 1900 any way, why not i
jo under it now. These are met with an (
mawer to the etfect that since the new 1
charter gives tho right to compensate mil- ^
nicipal authorities, since it permits a levy ,
>f 10 mills, since all disown a desire for i
compensation, or an increase of the levy, I
md since it is only a little more than two
(rears before we will be forced to accept
die conditions imposed by the general incorporation
act, why not just wait until it .
comes in its natural order ? <
Then there is another thing. Theadop- (
Lion of the general incorporation act will '
.l.~ ?i?,
llCUWWimtC tuu UlCUtlUU wi a tlutT tunu
jouncil. The present town council has i
ilready expended, or made arrangements l
to expend, all the revenues available for ]
the current fiscal year. A new council,
if elected, would natually want some <
money to spend, and this would mean i
additional taxation. Heretofore, it would <
seem that, under all the circumstances, (
it would be better, even if the new charter I
is desired, to postpone the whole matter i
until the next general election in the
spring. In the meantime, there will be
opportunity to securo whatever desired i
amendments may be possible, and the
council that will be elected to enforce the
provisions of the new charter, will not be '
confused or handicapped by the mixing
of old business with new.
THE COUNTY ROAD PLANT.
The county stockade is now located
about a quarter of a mile without the
corporate limits of Yorkville, and about
half way between the Lincoln and Charlotte
roads, ready to begin operations on
the latter road during the present week.
The working force and plant now consists
of 18 convicts, one 12-horse Tozer
engine, one Blake crusher, one screen
with 24 foot elevator and three bins, three
wagons and six mules, two carts, onehalf
dozen wheelbarrows, one road scraper
and one road roller.
The stockade is a new one, portable,
and constructed alter the Mecklenburg
plan. It is made entirely of inch plank
10J inches wide, reasonably strong framing,
and has an iron roof. The plank are
battened togethor in sections, each 42
inches wido and 12 feet long. One
course of battens runs around the structure
at the bottom, and the other at the
top. Both are securely bolted to the
frame work, and between them is a space
of twelve inches, divided in the middle by
a 2x4 scantling, through which, at close
intervals, are run a number of iron rods
fastened above and below. The opening
described is for ventilation. All the way
around, however, hung from binges
above, is a 12-inch plank, which can be
raised or lowered as desired, and which
serves as a door to the ventilating arrangement.
The floor inside is also made of
battens similar to those on the outside,
and is raised a proper distance above the
ground. The size of the battens has been
accommodated to convenience in loading
them in wagons for transportation. The
canvas formerly used for a roof has been
dispensed with, and corrugated iron substituted.
The iron is not nailed down ;
but is held together merely by the interlapping
of one corrugation into another.
As now arranged, the stockade affords
secure and reasonably comfortable accommodation
for 24 convicts, besides leaving
room for the commissary and quarters
for the superintendent and night-guard.
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.
The examinations of applicants for
teachers' county certificate will be held
throughout the state on Friday, September
24. The following rules adopted by
the state board of education are applica
ble now for tbe first time:
Every applicant for a county certificate
shall stand a satisfactory written examination
before tbe county board of education,
on uniform questions prepared and
furnished by the state board, the examination
to be held in all the counties on
the same day, or he shall present to the
county board a full diploma from some
reputable chartered college or university
of this state, known to be of good standing.
No certificate shall be issued on a
diploma showing that the holder has only
completed the course of some particular
department of a school; the diploma must
show that the full college course has been
completed.
Only two grades of examination questions
shall be prepared and furnished for
tbe county examinations.
There shall be but two grades of teachers'county
certificates?a first grade and
a second grade, the latter being divided
into class A and class B. This not to affect
any certificate now outstanding.
To obtain a first grade teachers' county
certificate, the applicant shall stand a
written examination on first grade questions,
prepared and furnished to the county
board of education by the state board,
and shall make a general average of not
less than 80 per cent., and not less than 50
Eer cent, on any one branch. The county
oard may also impose oral tests in reading
and language.
To obtain a second grade teachers' county
certificate, the applicant shall stand a
written examination on questions prepared
and furnished to the county board of
education by the state board, and also
such oral tests in reading and language as
the county board may impose. To an
applicant standing an examination on
first grade questions and failing to obtain
a first grade certificate, a second grade
certificate, class A, shall be issued if the
applicant makes a general average of 70
per cent., and not less than 45 percent, on
any branch ; and, if the applicant makes
a general average of not less than 60 per
cent, and not less than 40 oer cent on any
one branch, a second grade certificate,
class B, shall be issued. In estimating
lor a second grade certificate on the first
grade questions, Algebra need not be included.
If it would be to the applicant's
advantage, it may be included. To an
applicant standing an examination on
second grade questions, a second grade
certificate, class A, shall be issued if the
applicant makes a general average of not '
less than 80 per cent, and not less than 50
per cent, on any one branch ; and if the
applicant makes a general average m "<>i i
less tban 70 per cent, and not less than 40
per cent, on any one branch, a second
grade certificate, class B, shall be issued. '
No person shall be permitted to take an '
examination who is not at least 18 years I
of age, and before taking an examination
each applicant shall pass such oral tests ,
in reading and language as the board
may impose. s
A first grade certificate may be renewed '
by the county board from which it was j
issued. If, however, a teachers' institute ,
or summer school is held in the county, a
first-grade certificate shall not be renewed
unless the holder attends the institute or <
summer school, or shows some satisfacto- t
ry reason for not doing so. ,
A second grade certificate, Class B, shall
not be renewed unless the holder attends
it teachers' institute or summer school, '
and in such case it may be renewed. i
A second grade certificate, Class B, j
shall not be renewed. ,
The county board shall issue to each
applicant making the required per cent,
a certificate signed by each member of 1
the board and under the seal of the office t
>f the county superintendent of education ;
jf the county, and showing on its face the (
per cent, made on each branch and the
general average. The certificate shall run
for two years from its date, and the hold- <
jr shall be deemed competent to teach in j
the public schools of the county. ,
No certificate of qualification shall be >
granted by any county board under any *
fircu instances to any person who is under 1
18 yearn of age. 1
The county board of one county may e
recognize a certificate issued by the conn:y
board of another county, but in such .
ase they shall register the name of the *
liolder, county from which issued, date a
ind number of the certificate, and when a
io registered it shall have the same force
is if issued in that county.
Each county hoard shall keep a regis,er,
in which shall he recorded tne name,
ige, sex and postofflce of each person to
ivhom a certificate is granted, and also
he date and grade of the certificate.
INTERESTING DOWER CASE.
An important dower case was beard hy
Fudge McCorkle last week, the hearing
consuming about two days, and the proceedings
being of no little local interest,
rhe case was that of Letitia A. Bratton,
widow of the late S. E. Bratton, demanding
against Mrs. Sarah Rose, widow of
,he late W. E. Rose and daughters, defendants.
Letitia A. Bratton filed a petition for
lower in lots in the town ofYorkville;
two being the Hoover lot, on which
stands the Rose hotel building, and the
rther being the Latta lot in the rear of
the building, consisting of .30 square rods
?nd now owned by Mrs. Mary S. A.
Blud worth.
The petitioner alleged that her husband
and Calvin Gordon had conveyed the
Hoover lot, and that her husband, individually,
had conveyed the *Latta lot.
The evidence, howeyer, failed to show
that there had ever been any conveyance
of either of the lots by either S. E. Bratton
or Bratton A Gordon to W. E. Rose;
but simply showed an occupation by the
partnership of Bratton A Gordon of both
of the lots for partnership purposes for a
period not exceeding two years, and at
the close of the testimony for the demandants,
counsel for the defendants?Mrs.
Rose and Mrs. Bludworth?moved the
dismissal of the petition on three grouuds,
viz:
1. That no seizin was shown either in
Bratton A Gordon, or in S. E. Bratton
of either of the lots in controversy; but
only an occupation of less than 2 years,
which dissipated all idea of seizin.
2. That as to the Latta lot, a paper offered
by the demandant and ruled out by
the court, viz: a paper purporting to be a
deed from the executors of Robert Latta
to S. E. Bratton, was executed without
authority on the part of said executors,
there being no proof before the court that
the testator?Robert Latta?by will or
otherwise, ever authorized and empowered
his executors to sell, at private sale,
the lot therein described.
3. That regardless of title, the property
in both lots was DartnershiD nronertv.
treated as such, and as such sold, and
consequently the alienee took a title free
of dower.
After careful consideration, Judge McCorkle
sustained all the grounds of the
defendants and dismissed the petition
with costs.
The purchase price of the property involved
was, when sold, $13,000. S. E.
Bratton died in 1883, and the suit was for
one-sixth of the purchase price, with interest
from the date of S. E. Bratton's
death.
The demandant was represented by
Thomas F. McDow and Hart & Hart,
and the defendants by Bachman & Youmans
and W. B. McCaw and C. E. Spencer.
As to whether or not the case will
be appealed to the circuit court, has not
yet developed.
IiOCAL LACONICS.
The Enquirer Until let of January, 1898.
The Semi-Weekly Enquirer will
be sent to any address, from this date until
the 1st of January, 1898, for 08 cents.
Picnic Next Saturday.
The annual picnic of the Gold Hill
band is to be held at Brown's shop, Fort
Mill township, next Saturday, the 11th
instant.
The Columbia and Hartford.
Mr. J. A. Tate announces his agency
for Columbia and Hartford bicycles.
These, as all wheelman know, are among
the best high grade machines made.
Pushing It Along.
Cotton picking is being pushed very
rapidly in all sections of the country, especially
in the vicinity of Smyrna. Mr.
Edward Whitesides, of that place, had
out 2,780 pounds last Friday.
Wins the Scholarship.
Miss Fannie Parish, of Yorkville, is the
winner of the vacant scholarship at Winthrop
college, contested for at the competitive
examination hold in Yorkville on
the 13th of August. There were eight
contestants for the vacancy, and her examination
was especially creditable.
The Case of Whitus.
Judge Witberspoon announced his decision
in the case of Whitus, the Chester
original package dealer, last Friday. He
held that under Judge Simonton's decision,
Whitus bad a right to deal in liquor
as he was doing, and refused to commit
him for contempt of court as was desired
by the prosecution.
To Change the Name.
The Carolina and North-Western authorities
have changed the name of Guthriesville
to Guthrie's, and McConnellsville
to McConnell's. This occurred
sometime back, and it is a wonder that
the town council did not, instead of submitting
the matter to the votes of the
people, just apply to the railroad authorities
to change the name of the town of
Yorkville.
Beats a Canvasser.
Columbia Register, Sunday: The Register's
subscription list shows one new
subscriber to the daily and three to the
weekly from York county since Senator
Tillman announced last week in that
county that it was unreliable and could
not be counted on. Checks accompanied
the subscriptions. We hopeSenatorTillmau
will continue unconscious missionary
work for this paper.
Almost Killed.
Little Oscar, the 10-year-old son of Mr.
ind Mrs. T. G. Culp, of Fort Mill, had a
narrow eseapo from death on last Tuesday.
Along with several other little boys
>f about his own ago, ho was riding in a
buggy and was accidontly thrown out.
The wheels of the buggy passed across
!iis forehead and he was rendered uticouu'ious
for an hour or more. No bones
ivere broken, and lie is now able to be up
ind about again.
Sot Altogether "Unbecoming."
To the changing of the title of the chief
executive of Yorkville from "intendant"
,o mayor, of course there is no reasonible
objection. That comes in the natu al
order of things, and is helped along
nore or less by street fakirs and others
.villi a penchant for llattery. Rut if this
s one of the reasons for desiring a new
t 4 ?? I ? /vrvin/v ?A oil tllfl
liHrifr, lilt-re is iiw unc m k"h?k ?.**? ?mv
rouble that will be involved. Tbeoftt ial
stationery of the town already bears
he legend, "Mayor's Office," etc.
Mayor."
Settlni; Kt'itdy to Itulld.
Thk Enquikek is informed that the
Carolina and North-Western railroad people
have secured the necessary money
villi which to build in the gap between
S'ewton and Hickory, N. C. Before work
an be commenced, however, there is a
ittle trouble to be settled with the Southern
On the question of consenting to a
ight of way alongside of the Western
S'orth Carolina railroad, the Southern
LUtborities will not say yea nor nay, and
irraiigemenls are being made to have the