Scraps and Jarts.
? The atteution of the treasury department
has been called to the fact
that the universal postal congress recently
in session at Washington, has
agreed upou a system of postage
stamps to be used by all nations in
the postal union. The color of the
two-cents United States stamp, as
agreed on, was carmine, so a proposed
change will not be made.
? A report was published in the
daily papers of last Wednesday, to the
effect that the Negro postmaster at
Hogansville, Ga., had been shot by
some party or parties unknown, and
that the reason of the shooting was because
the appoiutment of the Negro
was obuoxious to the people. When
the news reached Washington, the authorities
gave notice of their intention
to investigate the matter thoroughly.
The mayor of Hogausville has since
sent out a statement to the effect that
the Negro was shot and slightly
wounded from ambush; but claims
that the postmastership had nothing
to do with the affair. It is not known
who did the shooting, and so the whole
matter stands at the present time.
? Indians from all parts of the
Cherokee strip have been gathering
for several days on the Illinois river,
at a point 7 miles southwest of Siloam
Spriugs, Arkansas, says a dispatch,
for their annual fish poisoning. Each
Indian briugs one bushel of buckeye
roots, which, after pulverizing, they
put in gunny sacks and place in the
river. A juice is formed by the water
washing through the roots, which kills
or intoxicates thousands of fish for
miles below, after which they are
easily taken with gigs, spears or the
haud, being thrown into cans and then
being taken by squaws and cleaned
aud cooked. The feast lasts as long
as the fish holds out and the Indians
make merry with their queer games
and plays, which are always witnessed
by large crowds of white citizens.
? In reply to a question from the
New York Herald as to what he
thought of the recent shooting of the
Negro postmaster at Hogansville, Ga.,
Governor Atkinson said that the matter
would be thoroughly investigated,
and if the guilty parties could be
found, they would be duly punished.
He went ou to say, however, that,
morally, President McKinley is an accessory
to the shooting. He admits it
is all right for the president to reward
bis colored friends by appointing them
to otlice; but thinks that the offices
should be ot such a character as not
to bring the men in unpleasant contact
with white property holders. If
President McKiuley should make an
obnoxious appoiutment in Ohio, says
Governor Atkinson, the result would
probably be the same as it has been in
Georgia.
? Two remarkable events occurred
in the City of Mexico last Thursday
and Friday. The first was the attempt
on the part of a Mexican to assassinate
President Diaz, and the other was the
lynching of the would-be assassin by
the populace. As the president was
entering the Mexican Central park,
on Thursday, a middle aged man
named Arroyo rushed at him with a
long knife and tried to stab him. The
man was quickly seized by attendants
rvf tliu nposiflpnt. nnil taken fn niisnn
It, was the expressed wish of the
presideut that the fellow should have
a fair aud impartial trial. Next day,
however, some 200 Mexicans, said to
beloug to the common classes, broke
into the prison, overpowered the
guards and literally hacked the wouldbe
assassin to pieces. About 20 members
of the mob were captured and
committed to prison peuding an investigation
of the matter.
? Prof. Elmer Gates, of Washington,
says he has worked out a process by
which objects may be magnified to a
size 300 times greater than by any of
the microscopes now in use. His invention,
he claims, will revolutionize
microscopy, aud will advance science
to a point hitherto undreamed of.
His discovery, he says, will be of special
value in bacteriology and the
study of the cellular tissues. The professor
declares that he has succeeded
where all other scientists have failed?
in discovering a way by which the
magnified image projected on a lense
can be magnified by a secoud as if it
were the original object. To do this
has been the aim of scientific photographers
and microscopists for many
years. Prof. Gates does not take the
public into his confidence sufficiently
to divulge the details of his invention,
but he says he will be ready to give it
to the world in a few weeks. The
power of the new instruments is mentioned
as 3,000,000 diameters.
? After many months of effort and
repeated experiments, a cure for cattle
fever has been found, says a Denver,
Col., dispatch. The plan for dealing
with the fever is primarily to exterminate
the insect known as the "tick,"
which abounds on fever strickeu cattle
and through the means of which
the disease is communicated. To do
this the cattle are forced to swim
through a solution in a vat. What
the solution is, is not kuown at the
present time; but crude petroleum is
used. When the successful experiment
was tried, 27 head of very "tieky"
cattle were forced to swim through the
solution and it was uoticed that while
standing on the drip board there was
almost a perfect rain of ticks falling
ofF the cattle. They were put into a
pen, and the next day, just 17 hours
after the experimept was tried, a rigid
examination was prosecuted and the
examiners failed to find a single live
tick in the whole herd.
? Keceut action of the British war
department seems to indicate that the
situation in India is of more significance
that has been apparent. There
have been quite a number of brushes
with the rebellious natives, in which
the natives were generally worsted;
but in no instance have these brushes
been of great importance, and the
British forces on the ground appear
to be ample to cope with all the rebels
in sight. A few days ago it developed
that the war department had issued
orders for the embarkatiou of ten batteries
of artillery, to be sent to India
during September and October. There
are already four batteries of artillery at
the front, and the fourteen batteries
are sufficient for the equipment of an
entire army corps. While the ameer
of Afghanistan i9 professing strict
neutrality, there is in circulation a
story to the effect that the British
have captured messengers bearing secret
correspondence between him and
the government of Russia. The exact
nature of this correspondence is not
known to the public; but the action
of the British government in sending
out such a large and apparently unnecessary
force just at this time, is
taken as an indication that the government
has some alarming information
which may lead to more or less
startling developments.
<?hc :(|orhi'itlc (giiquircr.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22, 1897.
? Our Republican friends north, who
would have the people of the south to believe
that prosperity has really arrived,
will please run the price of cotton up to
about 8 cents.
? People were only guessing a month
back, when they were talking of such a
tremendous crop of cotton as was being
raised. They see it in the fields now
and know it is off fully 25 per cent, from
what they at first thought. The statisticians
will please take note.
? Atlanta extended an invitation to yellow
fever refugees, and Charleston quarantined
against Atlanta. Now the Atlanta
papers are claiming that much Atlanta
cotton, which would have otherwise
*- hac liPAn turned in
gOIlt) \A) v umivovviif umw vvw..
the direction of Norfolk, which place is
anxious for everything it can get and has
no fears of fever.
? The crew of a steamer that passed
Cape Hatteras the other day, told the
Philadelphia Times a story of a remarkable
drop in the temperature of some 50
degrees within a few minutes and a terrific
hailstorm followed by sleet. The
Times printed the story ; but the weather
bureau immediately published a statement
in which it showed conclusively
that the whole thing was a fake.
? The Columbia State remarks to the
New York Mail and Express, that the
Mr. Bryan who recently did his duty so
heroically in the case of the railroad
wreck, is the same Mr. Bryan who did
his duty so heroically last year, and who
will be ft und at his post again in 1900.
The real Mr. Bryan is the same Mr. Bryan
we have all known all along, and the
only Mr. Bryan there is, is the real Mr.
Bryan.
? There have been several reports of
carrier pigeons having arrived at different
points in northern Europe from Prof.
Andree, the aeronaut who set out on the
Uth of July last to cross the polar regions
in a balloon. The latest report comes
from Hansmerfest, the northernmost
town of Europe, in Norway, and was
brought to Constantinople by a whaling
ship. It was to the effect that there had
arrived at Hansmerfest, sometime back,
a carrier pigeon from And roe bearing me
following message: "July 13, 12.30 p.
in.; latitude 82.2 north, longitude 12.5
east. Good voyage eastward. All well."
? The Charlotte News is responsible for
a statement to the effect that the whisky
people have inaugurated a movement for
the transportation of original packages
into this state by means of wagon trains.
As to whether or not there will be any
way to circumvent such a movement is
rather doubtful. The Federal government,
however, does not grant license to
peddle, and as Judge Simonton has not
yet given permission for the sale of liquor
outside of incorporated towns in which
there are dispensaries, the wagon train
movement need not be looked upon with
any special alarm.
? During the municipal campaign just
closed, it was generally talked about
Yorkville, and wo have no information
but that it is a fact, that up to a few years
ago, Gaflney was a dry town, incorporated
only a half mile each way from the
centre. Ail at once there was a big agitation
to extend the corporate limits a
half mile further and bring in Limestone
institute. The people over that way
needed police protection, and were right
in for the change. The temperance people
generally who had voted liquor out of
the town some time before, also joined
in the movement with an eyo single to
the benefit of the Limestone people, who
were so much annoyed by the rowdyism
of drunken Negroes. Everybody
worked to -ether and the movement was
an easy success. The extension was
granted by the legislature, and with it
the right to sell liquor in the town. The
liquor business was a development of
which the temnerance neonle had not the
slightest previous intimation, and had
the thing not been done as it was, Uaflfney
would probably be a prohibition town
yet. There is a whole heap in the saying
that "eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty."
? Referring to what was said last Saturday
about the proposition to establish an
original package shop in Yorkville, the
Spartanburg Herald thinks The Enquirer
has deliberately advised the people
of Yorkville not to submit to law,
and on this assumption proceeds to read
us a gentle lecture on the subject of anarchy,
etc. Perhaps we did not make
the matter as clear as we should have
made it. The fact is, we were only talking
for the benefit of the people of this
immediately section, who already pretty
thoroughly understood the situation, and
on this account it was not necessary to go
into detail?. In its loyalty to law and order,
Thk Enquirer yields to no paper
in the United States. Whether a law he
good or bad, all that is necessary for us is
to know that it is law, and so long as it is
law, we will obey. But the laws against
the sale of liquor in Yorkville are 100
proof, and, as we believe, chemically
pure. The South Carolina general assembly
has said that nobody can sell liquor
here, even upon the prescription of a
physician, and has not seen fit to modify
that decree except to provide that the
the law can be repealed upon a vote of a
majority of tho people. From our view
of the case, nothing that Judge Simonton
lias ever decided affects Yorkville in the
least, and we do not believe that be will
render a decision that will affect our case.
If he does, however, we promise The
Herald not to undertake the overthrow of
the United States government with brickbats
or dynamite. We'll just conclude
that the alleged authority of the general
assembly is a farce and that local selfgovernment
is but a name, and quietly
submit to the new law.
AS TO MOKMONISM.
I'se All Possible Moral Suasion; but Don't
Persecute.
Southern Presbyterian.
These Mormons have been for some
months traveling through South Carolina,
distributing their literature, endeavoring
to win converts, and in
some places, as in Fairfield county,
attempting to build a church. They
have roused the bitter opposition of
some citizens, and there seems to be a
determination to deal roughly with
them if they do not leave the country.
Now, we do not believe it to be the
duty of any member of an evangelical
Christian church to aid these Mormons
in their movements. While they profess
to believe in the scriptures, they
have added so much of their own
superstition, taken from the so-called
and fraudulent "Book of Mormon,"
that their belief cannot be held to be
Christian in the broadest sense ot tbe
word. Their teachings would be utterly
subverse of all the fundamental
truths held by the evangelical church
es, and their practice in the matter of
polygamy has been notoriously opposed
to the laws of the United States
as well as to the law of God. While
polygamy is restrained in Utah by the
United States government, the doctrine
of the Mormons on that subject
has never changed.
We would be encouraging dangerous
and deadly error if we aided these
Mormon emissaries in any way to
propagate their faith. But there is another
side to this question. The Mormons
have a right to travel in this
part of the country if they wish, and
even to talk to individuals about their
religion. They should not be harshly
treated or persecuted. The best way
to check their errors is to let them
alone, attend none of their meetings,
keep out of their reach all who can be
influenced by moral suasion, and rain
inters might do well to set forth the
differences between them and the
Christian church universal, so us to
prevent the ignoraut from being entrapped
by their plausible speeches.
But "wbitecappiug," burning buildings,
beating men and threatening women
are relics of a barbarous age of
persecution, which can only react in
harm to those who use such means.
"The wrath of raau worketh not the
righteousness of God.'.'
PROURKSS OF YELLOW JACK.
CltleH of the Gulf Still In ? Stnto of
FhiiIc.
The yellow fever panic in New Orleans,
Mobile, Jackson, Ocean Springs
and other cities of the district generally
most subject to the spread of the
terrible plague, continues unabated.
The pauic so far, however, is uui so
much due to what has already developed,
as it is to an apprehension of
what may come.
During the past few weeks, according
to the dispatches, some 200 or 300
cases have developed in New Orleans;
but as yet there have been but few
deaths. The exact number has not
been reported. The health authorities,
however, are taking unusual
precautions. When fever is discovered
in a house, a guard is at once placed
on the outside and the inmates are
kept prisoners. A big sensation was
developed on Monday, when it was
learned that Dr. Holt, one of the most
distinguished physicians of the city,
had, iustead of immediately reporting
in person some nine or ten cases that
had developed in his practice on the
duy before, sent the information by
mail. The information was not received
until after the occupants of the
infected residences had had ample opportunity
to get away, thus increasing
the danger of the spread of the disease.
There has been talk of having
Dr. Holt arrested with a view to holding
him accountable for his negligence ;
but as yet no such step has been
taken.
A report to the effect that cases of
fever had developed at Meridian,
Miss., caused a great fright, and many
people immediately left for places of
greater security. Up to date, however,
the disease has not actually made
its appearance, and the refugees are
returning to their homes.
Mobile, Ala., feels greatly encouraged.
Up to last Monday, only 30
cases of fever had developed. Of
these three died, aud it was believed
tliut ut. least six were out of danger.
A heavy rain fell on the city, on Monday
evening, washing out the gutters,
cooling the atmosphere and greatly improving
the general outlook.
The stricken districts generally are
now in great distress because of quarantine
regulations cutting them oil'
from the outside world. Towns and
cities generally in which no fever has
appeared, object to the passage of
trains from the infected districts, and
how to keep the people supplied with
the necessaries of life is becoming a
serious problem.
Six itiiriDMl to !><-uth.
A special from Donnalds to the Columbia
State, says that while Andy
Smith and wife, colored, were away
from home on last Sunday, their home
caught lire and six children, who were
inside, were burned to death.
LOCAL AFFAIRS. ?
c
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
W. H. McCorkle, JikIro of Probate? f
Gives notice that on the 3rd of October, >
T. Nelson Thomasson will apply to him J
for letters of administration on the estate
of James G. Thomasson, deceased.
R. J. Ilerndon?Calls your attention to 2
the .Etna brand of coffee, in every 1
package of which you will find a spoon. 4
He also has staple groceries, clothing, (
hats, shoes, haniware, and next week
will have a line of stoves. .
W. B. Moore tte Co?Tell you about their 1
stock of furniture, paints, oils, turpeu i
tine, harness oil, pistols, guns, cart- 1
ridges and cutlery. s
Grist Cousins?Talk to you about soap,
L!?L AaII
witn every pacxage 01 wuicu mej non
they give you a spool of silk thread. *
They have well ehaitis, green coffee at a
9 pounds for $1, peanut and cream can- c
dy and Oliver's chilled plows and points, j
J. M. Starr & Co.?Will give you free of
cost, for ten days, Harris's lithia water.
They are selling machinery oil at 25 "
cents a gallon, and will furnish you c
with kerosene oil, lamps and lamp ,
goods, Ciroves' chill tonic, and 12 boxes .
of matches for five cents.
H. C. Strauss?II. C. Strauss has returned '
from New York and has bought a full
line of ready-made clothing and ladies' 1
dress goods, all of which he proposes to j
sell at low prices. t
THE COTTON MARKET. '
It is common thing, from time to time, j
to hear farmers and others making comparisons
as to the prices paid for cotton .
at the various markets in this section, and
expressing opinions as to which is the ,
best market, etc.
For instance, sometimes we hear of ,
cotton being worth an eighth or even j
half a cent more per pound in Gastonia (
than in Yorkville or Rock Hill, and viceversa.
It is frequently the case that such (
conditions actually exist; but for anyone
to set them down as a reason why one
market is uniformly better than the 1
other, is a bad mistake.
The fact is that all the places mentioned ,
are good markets, and it is often the case
that any one of them may be a better
market than either of the others. This J
depends upon circumstances. The basis
price of cotton in all of the different mar- "
kets is whatever the staple may be worth
for export. Rut there are circumstances
under which higher prices are paia. v ery
often a merchant pays his customer a j
higher price for cotton than it is worth for ,
business reasons, and yery often the mills ,
pay higher prices in order to get in itn- |
mediately a desired supply, or in order to ,
stock up on a certain grade. But these (
tilings are not to be taken as fixing prices. ,
While on one day some individual in any
one of the markets may be paying a con- ,
siderable advance over the regular price, (
the next day the individual or mill may (
not be disposed to buy at all. ,
Taken altogether it may be stated as an j
indisputable fact that Yorkville is as good ,
a market for cotton as there is within 50 ;
miles. There are others as good. We ,
have no desire to conceal that fact. But j
here there are quite a number of buyers,
some representing mills, some represent- i
ing exporters, and others representing s
themselves. There exists conditions |
which make the idea of combination to f
hold down prices out of the question. {
Not only this, there exists all the condi- s
tions which make possible frequentspurts ,
above the prices that are being paid in |
surrounding towns. So if the best price |
is what the seller is looking for, he will j
find that he will be at all times just as apt |
to get it here as elsewhere. ,
A. II. PRESBYTERY.
As already stated, the First Presbytery
of the Associate Reformed church, meets
at Hickory Grove, next Monday, Septembar
27. Delegates and visitors have
been assigned to the hospitable homes (
of the people of Hickory Grove as
follows: I
At Rev. J. P. Knox's?Rev. .T. C. Gal- .
loway, Rev. W. C. Ewart, Rev. J. C.
Boyd and wife, Mrs. J. B. Caldwell.
At J. B. Martin's?Dr. E. E. Boyce, t
Rev. James Boyce and elder. I
At Dr. J. W. Allison's?Rev. R. G. Mil- >
ler, Rev. W. W. Orr, Rev. A. G. Kirkpatrick.
1
At T. M. Whisonant's?Rev. C. B. Betts <
and elder, and J. M. Bigham.
At J. N. McDill's?Rev. J. G. Dale,
Rev. Leon Pressley and elder from Hope- ,
well. '
At J. W. Castles's?Rev. .T. T. Chalmers '
and elder, Rev. I. G. McLaughlin, and I
elder from Rock Hill. <
At J. N. McGill's?Rev. R. M. Steven- ,
son and elder.
At J. C. Wylie's?Rev. J. A. White, and '
elders from Sardis and Tirzah. <
At M. White's?Rev. G. R. White, i
Aaron Griffith, and elder from Back
Creek. .
At Robert Pursley's?Elder from Ebenezer.
At J. H. Wylie's?Rev. O. Johnson and !
elder, and elder from Brick Church. i
At t p Mitch All's?Rev. J.A.Smith
and elder.
At J. K. Allison's?Rov. C. K. McDon- 1
aid and elder. <
At W. J. Moorhead's?Rev. J. IT. 1
Pressley and elder.
At Dr. T. S. It. Ward's-Rev. J. E.
Johnson and elder.
At R. C. Howard's?J. C. Rell and
wife. i
At Lum Moorhead's?Rev. W. M. Hun- j
terand elder. .
At R. L. A. Smith's?Rev. E. B. Anderson.
At W. G. Wilkie's?Elder from Amity f
and elder from Gill's Creek. I
At W. M. MeGill's?Rev. W. Y. Love j
and elder. .
At W. S. Wilkerson's?Rev. J. S. Moffatt
and elder. 1
At W. M. Whitesides's?Rev. R. E. s
Hough, and elder lrom Gastouia. ?
At J. M. Whitesides's?Rev. J. M. Gar- }
rison and elder. '
At I). J. Smith's?Rev. E. F. Grillith
and elder, and Ira Caldwell. 1
At J. B. Whitesides's?Elder from Steel
Creek and elder from Lancaster. t
At ltev. J. II. Thaeker's?Rev. B. II. .
Grierand Rev. G. W. MeCraeken.
At J. E. Bell's?Rev. J. S. Grier and
elder. i
At J. C. Mitchell's?Elder from New j
Sterling. ,
The committee on arrangements is as ,
follows: I)r. J. W. Allison, J. N. McGill, ,
J. W. Castles, Miss Emma McDill and '
Miss Agnes Wylie. <
* j
ABOUT PEOPLE. ,
, Miss Ida de Loach, who has had fever, j
is able to be up again. t
Mr. II. C. Strauss has returned from t
the New York markets.
Mrs. Agnes Harris, of Columbia, is in t
York ville, the guest of M rs. J. R. Bratton. *
Miss Annie Howard, of North Caroli- l
na, is visiting the family of Dr. W. G. <
White. <
Rev. W. T. Matthews and family are t
in York ville, the guest of Mrs. J. R. t
Gardner. y
Miss Annie Watson, of Yorkville, spent i
several days last week visiting friends in i
Fort Mill. t
Mrs. C. W. Wliisonant, of Wilkinsvillo, t
Chester county, is visiting her daughter, t
Mrs. J. P. White, of Yorkville. i
t Hli)t<lcHluirpr. is at
"IW
Rev. W. G. Neville's. Accompanied by \
Miss Ophelia Davidson, of Yorkville, she i
will leave today for Converse college. \
Hev. Edward S. Reeves, the new pastor 1
of the Yorkvillo and Fort Mill Ihtptist 1
churches, has arrived and will hoard with 1
the family of Mr. CI. M. Lowranee. <
Hev. J. M. McCain and family have 1
moved to Yorkville from Newport, and <
ro occupying the residence recently vacated
by Rev. P. C. Hickson.
Cadet S. R. Moore is still very ill with
ever. Ilis condition, several days ago,
vas considered almost critical, but on
Monday there was a change for the better.
Mr. John Kendrick, a well-known citizen
of the Steel Creek neighborhood,
lied last Wednesday of fever. He was
[2 years of age and left a widow and six
jhildren.
Mr. P. R. Bratton has been down with
ever for about three weeks. He became
sonvalescent last week but suffered a reapse,
and at this time is not getting along
io favorably.
Fort Mill Times: Mr. J. W. Ardrey,
r>aa Imon nnnfined to his bed for
leveral days with his foot, which he accilentally
got mashed while hauling rock
ast week, is able to walk around again.
Fort Mill Times: Mrs. J. I. Spinks
ind children, of Palestine, Texas, arrived
>n last Friday night and will spend a few
.veeks with relatives and friends in the
ownship. Mr. Spinks will come later
>n and locate near Fort Mill.
Hon. D. E. Finley was confined to his
lome for several days last week with an
ndisposition which he feared was going
o develop into a spell of fever ; but he is
low up and about, with reason to believe,
is the clerk puts it to defendants, that he
ias a "safe deliverance."
The Rock Hill Herald says that Mr.
3. B. Lumpkin, general passenger agent
if the 0. R. & C., went to Charleston last
Wednesday to arrange a schedule for
'unning trains through from Marion,
S. C., to Charleston. Mr. Lumpkin has
jeen working on this plan for a year;
tint has just recently consummated the
leal with the South Carolina and Georgia
road.
Mr. Church Carroll had a serious runiway
accident last Sunday night. He
md Mr. G. W. Williams were returning
from Gastonia in a two-horse turnout.
Within about two miles of Yorkville, on
he King's Mountain road, the horses bejame
frightened beyond control, and Mr.
Carroll was thrown out, dislocating his
iboulder. Mr. Williams escaped without
njury.
SAVED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
Yorkville came near having a serious
Ire yesterday. Had it not been for the
waterworks and the prompt and efficient
work of the fire department, there would
lave been some heavy losses; but the
waterworks and the fire department were
m hand and the fire did not amount to
much.
The alarm was sounded at about 12
fclock, and the point of danger was the
)ld Masonic ball, occupied on the lower
loors by Louis Roth, baker and grocer,
ind J. W. C'arr, druggist, and on the npaer
floor by the office of Dr. R. A. Brat
.on. The fire originated in the roof over
Mr. Roth's bake oven, just back of his
itore, and when discovered had burst
into a fierce flame.
The answer to the alarm was prompt.
liall
vvunin mree imuuira aivoi / <? ?
sounded, the colored firemen were on
land with their hook and ladder truck,
md within less than a minute afterward,
ill three of the hose reels were also on the
ipot arranging for business. By this
:iiue the flames from the bakehouse had
seen communicated to the Masonic hall
building, and were running up the sides
11 a way that scented to promise inevitailo
destruction. In fact, people generally
,vere disposed to give it up as a desperate
:ase.
There was certainly reason to look for
i long and stubborn fight; but even this
lid not develop. At a given signal, the
nan at the hydrant turned on his water
ind within a quarter of a minute afterward
two strong streams were sizzling
ind crackling among the burning timiers.
There arose an immense cloud of
ilack smoke, into which the firemen con;inued
to direct their streams, and when
,he smoke lifted no sign of a flame was
:o be seen. The fire was practically out.
To make assurance doubly sure, the firemen
continued to play upon the smoullering
wood work for some five or ten
minutes longer.
In the meantime a great crowd of workers
was engaged in removing goods from
the stores of Messrs. Roth and Carrand
the office of Dr. Bratton. A considerable
quantity of goods was thus removed with
more or less damage. Fortunately, however,
the danger to the building was
checked in time to reduce the damage
referred to to a minimum.
Just what tho exact loss amounts to it
is not yet practicable to make an estimate.
Altogether, however, it will not run over
? ooaa a ? aa ?inn nf Hiia will
tir x\a hiu\ u an v*ww ?u.? .....
probably fall on Dr. R. A. Bratton.
Messrs. Rotli and Carr both have insurance
for an amount easily sufficient to
. over all losses they may have sustained
Ijy breakage, water, etc.
AFTER THE ELECTION.
When a political or other fight is over,
no matter what may have been the result,
it is the custom of The Enquirer to
juit fighting. In this office it is not considered
good taste either to crow on the
lide of victory or squeal on the side of defeat.
It was hoped, therefore, that after the
ssue of the 18th instant, it would not be
leceasary to refer to the election of last
Friday in The Enquirer again. But
ihortly after the election was over, and
ifter The Enquirer got out on tho
itreets, there were developments which,
notwithstanding great reluctance, it has
lecame necessary to mention.
The first development is mentioned at
,he especial request or demand of a
mrty who thinks himself aggrieved.
Within one hour after The Enquirer
made its appearance on the streets, Maor
James F. Ilart called at this office
,vith a copy of the paper in bis hand,
pointed to an article headed "Uratiriing
it a Straw," and demanded of Mr.
(V. I). Grist if he had written it. Mr.
jlrist said that he was the writer. Maor
Ilart then asked if he (Major Hart)
tvas one of the prominent lawyers refer ed
to as desiring to change the name of
lie town in order to secure the establishnent
of an original package shop in
i'orkville. Mr. Grist told Major Ilart
hat no such meaning was intended ; the
irtiele did not pretend to say who, if anybody,
was actuated by such motives, but
inly stated the fact that quite a number
if people believed that such a motive was
it the bottom of the scheme. Major Hart
hen wanted to know if the reporter
,von Id publish the fact that no reference
,vas had to him as desiring to change the
lame of the town for the purpose incnioned.
The reporter assured the major
hat he would do so with pleasure, and
iccordingly the major took his leave, still
n a very bad humor.
The next adventure of the reporter was
,vith Mr. C. (?. Parish, warden. The
neeting was at the postollice. Mr. Parish ;
,vas also aggrieved at tlie samo article,
lie said ho had fought liquor in all its
brms over since lie was a child. He did
lot know what was tlio object of the
louncil in proposing to change the name ;
nit had he thought there was such an
ibject as that he would have fought it
forever. The people of Yorkville, he
said, knew his position on the liquor ti
question, and lie did not mind it on account
of them ; but the paper would go b<
out to the country and put him in a false ti
position with the country people. Mr. p
Parish was almost beside himself with
anger, and the longer he talked the an- ,H
grier he seemed to grow. As in the case al
of Major Hart, the reporter quietly as- a,
sured Mr. Parish that the article to which a
he took exceptions had, so far as the reporter
is concerned, no personal reference n;
to him or anyone else; that it merely o]
stated a fact and then gave the circum- 01
stances upon which that fact was based. c<
There was no insinuation in it, and noth- y
ing 10 warrant un liuerence umcuic reporter
intended any personal application, ft
Hut all this was insutllcient. Mr. Parish d
was unable to get relief for his pent up feel- t<
ings until he had exhausted his vocabu- h
lary of epithets against any one who a
would even insinuate that he would be
guilty of such a thing as that with which o
he evidently seemed to think he had r,
been charged. He did not make any re- J
quest or demand for retraction, withdraw- ft
al or correction, presumably because he q
realized that there was no ground for
such demand ; but as in the case of Major ft
Hart, the circumstances is given in order h
that he may have full justice. k
The article complained of b> Major c
Hart and Mr. Parish is as follows: tt
GRABBING AT A STRAW. v
The secret reason of the silly attempt T
to change the name of the town of Yorkville
from Yorkville to York, is out. .
The only reason given was that York- 11
ville "sounded too smallbut that was a
not the real reason. It is a very general a]
belief that there was something deeper q
than that.
At the bottom of the whole scheme,
there was a desperate effort to secure the
establishment of a dispensary and origi- H
nal package shops in the town. That is
the belief of quite a number, and here
are the facts upon which the belief is
based: 11
Under the dispensary law, dispensaries o
cannot be established in towns in which V
the sale of liquor is prohibited by special u
act, except upon a vote of the people. .
The sale of liquor is prohibited in Yorkville,
both by special act and by the pres- T
ent charter. The general incorporation
act provides for the sale of liquor; but tl
whatever effect its adoption might have ^
upon the present charter, it would not
repeal the special act referred to. The E
special act, therefore, would continue to y
> Kuffini" a mi i nut. thfi PUfrtlll iflh- h
aiuuu aa a uamvi . .*jv ?..v M
inent of a dispensary, except upon a vote 0
of the people. t
But this fact has evidently been taken !l
into consideration, and out of an effort to "J
evade it, has arisen the proposition to 6
change the name of the town. With a (j
majority in favor of the proposed new c
charter and of changing the name of the
town, there would probably follow im- c
mediately the establishment of a dispensary.
Then, upon an attempt to enforce s
aga'inst the dispensary the special act \
already spoken of, the liquor people
would say: "Oh! yes: but that act ^
applies to the town of Yorkville. This J
is not Yorkville; it is York, and the e
act don't apply." f
It was a slick game maybe; but it a
won't work. Although some able law- ,
yers have suggested as if they half be- ?
lioved it that a majority of the voters of
the town could effect a legal change of e
the name, the idea is ridiculous, and the si
effort of the town council, no matter what
might be its motive, is an insult to the 11
intelligence of the community. Yorkville
is named Yorkville by virtue of an o
act of the general assembly, and that p
body has not seen fit to provide that the {"
act, or any part of it, can be altered,
amended or repealed at the instance of r
the honorable town council, even upon a b
vote of the people of the town. S
Now, then, as already explained to Ma- tl
jor Hart and Mr. Parish, the reporter ?
again takes occasion to state that however h
the idea described in the foregoing article n
originated, it certainly existed at the time ?
the article was written, and for several 3
weeks previous. Whether or not there
was anything it it, Thb Enquirer has c
not undertaken to say. It has no posi- j
tive information that anybody has ex- j
pressod themselves as advocating me c
change for the reasons described, and as t
we do not undertake to interpret any 5
man's innermost thoughts, we confine r
ourselves only to facts. But now that the 1
matter is again under discussion, we will s
go further and say that The Enquirer a
is in no wise responsible for the spread of ^
the story. This fact is evidenced by the s
following paragraph, which appeared in
our issue of September 1:
No Danoer Here.?The Enquirer
has a note from a citizen of Yorkville E
asking whether or not, in the event of a
the surrender of the present charter and u
the adoption of the general incorporation s
act, a dispensary can be established here. n
We have inquired into the matter, and as .
the result of our inquiries, answer no.
The sale of liquor in Yorkville is forbid- tl
den by special act of the general assem- I
hly, confirmed in the present charter and a
in the dispensary law, and as the general ^
incorporation act contains no repealing
clause, the special act referred to con- 11
tinuesto hold. If the name of the town ii
could be changed, as proposed, and was B
so changed, then there might arise some
technical questions; but as a vote on this
subject would not affect the name of the o
town in the least, there, there is 110 dan- T
ger in this scare. j
Shortly after the appearance of the u
above, a gentlemen whom we hold in as q
high regard and respect as we do any p
man in the county, and who did as much 0
as any man to defeat the proposed new g
charter and change of name, remark- j
ed that the paragraph was a "political" j
mistake. He agreed that it was correct; n
but suggested that if it had not been pub- n
lished, there would have been a stronger c
probability of enlisting the opposition of tl
the strong anti-liquor element of the
town. The reporter told the gentleman
that while of course there would have ^
been nothing wrong in leaving out the ?
paragraph in question, it was the policy
of The Enquirer to hold back no facts, v
whether for or against, and it was on that 0
basis that the publication was made. a
Notwithstanding this publication, how- ?
ever, the belief that there was something ~
underneath the proposition to change the
name of the town continued to grow until
it reached such proportions as to become, 11
in our judgment, an important item of "
news. This wo did not publish previous .
to the election, for the simple reason that
we were convinced, and are still convinced,
that whether this belief was correct
or not, the name of the town could
not be legally changed in the manner
proposed, and that, consequently, there 1
was no danger that the success of the T
scheme would result in the establishment
of a dispensary. u
In conclusion, Tim Knquirer begs to u
say again that, under no circumstances, 01
will it intentionally misrepresent any- t(
body. \Y hen it does so accidentally, it q
will make corrections cheerfully. The yi
reporter has no aspiration to be regarded o]
as a brawler. To avoid a personal dilli- h
culty with anybody, large or small, he di
will go to any reasonable length ; but ai
under no circumstances will Thk Kx- s<
quirkk be bulldozed or intimidated from w
the publication of such facts as it thinks 01
arc proper for publication, no matter how st
ugly are those facts or whom those facts yi
may embarrass. In the present instance d<
we do not consider that we have given pj
the slightest ground of grievance to any- .,j
body, and if the gentlemen who thought J.
themselves aggrieved had only waited .
until morning, they would have probably ri
seen the matter in a different light. a*
LOCAL LACONICS,
lie Enquirer Until 1st of January, 1898.
The Semi-Weekly Enquirer will
a sent to any addreas, from this date uil1
the 1st of January, 1898, for i>0 cents,
roaperous and Happy.
The business of the York Cotton mills
gradually growing better and better,
nd the stockholders are wearing pleas
[it smiles.
Fort Mill Offender.
Monroe Rawliuson, colored, was comlitted
to jail by Magistrate McElhaney,
f Fort Mill township, on the 18th instant,
a the charge of housebreaking and larany.
fill Have Some Raced.
The Fort Mill Cycle club is preparing
>r a series of races, to be held at an early
ate. All the best ridero in surrounding
>wns will be invited to compete for
andsome prizes.
.nnual Inspection.
Adjutant General Watts has issued an
rder for the inspection of several milita*
y companies of the state. The Catawba
titles, Captain Frel Mobley command)g.
are to be inspected on October 6.
trick Making.
Mr. W. N. Ashe still has on hand a
irge quantity of brick in Yorkville, and
as arranged to burn several additional
ilnsat McConnellsville. Mr. T. B. McHain
has also commenced the inanufacire
of a big lot, at his works in the south*
- estern part of town.
Arrifln Storin.
There was a terrific rain and hail storm
1 the Tirzah neighborhood last Friday
fternoon. There was more or less damge
on the farms of Henry Maasey, James
ansler, Charley Hope, Esquire Ander>11,
John Mcllwain and others on aciiunt
of the beating out of cotton. ,
loodhoundrt Needed.
A gentleman of Yorkville, who lost a
umber of chickens from his coop one
ight last week, suggests the advisability
f one or more bloodhounds in the town.
Vith properly trained bloodhounds availble,
the gentleman thinks that it would
e possible to put a stop to petty stealing,
he Price of Cotton.
The tendency of the cotton market for
tie past few days has been downward,
'he best price reported to The Enquir:r
as having been paid in Yorkville on
esterday, was 6.30. On tin export basis,
lowever, the price should not have been
ver 5ii. In New York on Monday, fuures
closed easy; sales, 106,500 bales;
anuary, 6.52; February, 6.55; March,
.59; April, 6.62; May, 6.66; September,
.52; October, 0.46 ; November, 6.45; Deem
ber, 6.48.
lominUalon Indued.
The secretary of state, on Monday, isued
a commission to the Yorkville
Vheelinen's association, whose principal
lace of business will be at Yorkville.
?be corporators are John R. Logan, Clarnce
M. Kuykendal, J. H. Riddle, S. L.
lobbs, R. J. Herndon, A. Y. Cartwright
nd W. B. Moore. Capital stock fl,000,
ivided into 100 shares. It is the inteulon
of the company to engage in athletic
xercises, and to erect buildings and contruct
courses to carry out this purpose.
ndexltig the Deed*.
The work of indexing the deeds in the
dice of the clerk of the court is still
rogressing steadily; but is not nearly
alf completed. Clerk Wylie has been
aading the old records until he is nearly
ilind, and Messrs. R. J. Withers and
tarr Mason are doing the writing. At
lis time Messrs. Withers and Mason are
rorking on Book "Q," and Clerk Wylie
\. reading Book "S." It will be several
lonths yet before the big undertaking is
ouipleted.
hooting Scrape at Mt. Zlon.
There was a shooting scrape at Mt. Zion
olored church, last Sunday afternoon,
t was the result of a row between Wiliam
Davie, Jr., colored, and Andy Steele,
olored. The Enquibek has no pariculars
further than that Davie shot
Jteele seriously, but not fatally, in the
ight breast. At the instance of Wiliam
Davie, Sr., young Davie immediately
urrendered to Magistrate O. L. Sanders,
,nd was committed to jail, pending a
treliminary examination.
track by a Bale of Cotton.
Fort Mill Times: Mr.. J. B. Crowder
ras seriously hurt at the White ?fcSprings
;in, on Thursday. He was leaning
gainst one of the long poles which are
sed for sliding baled cotton from the
econd floor, when the pressman, seeing
o one below, threw out a heavy bale.
>Ir. Crowder received the full force of
lie cotton, which hat! fallen fully 20 feet.
)r. T. S. Kirkpatriek was summoned,
nd upon examination fouud that no
ones were broken and his bruises are
oped to be so slight as to permit his beig
out again iu a short time,
teady For Buslneiis.
The Herald says that the Catawba rifles,
f Rock Hill, are now fully organized,
'he commissioned officers are: Frel
ilobley, captain ; S. T. Frew, J. O. Matison
and W. M. Dunlap, lieutenants,
'he non-commissioned officers are J. E.
'arker, orderly sergeant; J. S. White, secnd
sergeant; H. M. Dunlap, third sereant;
F. D. Marshall, fourth sergeant;
. H. Beckham, quartermaster sergeant;
!. L. Adams, first corporal; W. L. Aberathy,
second corporal; W. G. Duncan,
tjird corporal; W. Speight Adams, fourth
orporal; W. H. Hefner, secretary and
reasurer; Tompkins, collector.
,bout a Woman.
There was a shooting scrape between
wo Negroes in Bethel township last
'hursday night. A party of Negroes
. ere returning from church when two
f them got into a row about a woman,
nd, as the result, one was shot by the
ther. The name of the Negro who did
tie shooting is Frank Tate. The Negro
ho was shot is named Will Stewart,
ne bullet passed through his right wrist
nd another struck him in the breast and
ingeil around and lodged in the side of
is body. At first it was thought that
le latter wound would prove fatal; but
le bullet was successfully extracted on
unday, when it was also determined
rnt no vital spot had been touched,
ate made his escape and at last accounts
as not been arrested.
lie Hen an Accessory.
Fort Mill Times: Mr. P. S. Bennett,
ho lives near Fort Mill, comes forward
ith a novel duck story, which happened
n his farm one day last week. His atintion
wa attracted by an unusual
Hacking, and on going out in his back
ard found a number of ducks with an
Id black heu going in the direction of
is watermelon patch. Mr. Bennett decied
to watch and see what was up. On
riving at the patch the ducks picked at
ivoral melons, as if to show the old hen
hat they wished her to do. She caught
. I,........<.r it i?l ?f|pr nick in? oneu
ivonil melons, returned to tbe barn
ml. W'bon several melons bad been
jstroyed, Mr. Bennett examined tbe
itch and found tbat tbe ducks bad
eked nearly all of tbe melons, but as
leir bills were too blunt to break tbe
nds, tbey bad gone alter tbe old ben to
isist them.