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Scraps ami .facts. ? D. A. Lane, chairman of a commission charged by the North Carolina legislature with the work, reportsj that fish ways have been opened in i the river from the South Carolina line to the dam of the Catawba lumber company iu Burke county. The cost of the work, all told, has been $354.70. People aloug the river believe that in a few years fish will be again as abundant as of old. ? At San Francisco, last Friday, Michael Purcell, a boilermaker, was making some repairs inside the smokestack of the steamer Wellington, wheu six fires were started below bim. He was strapped to a chair suspended thp ton of the stack, about 40 feet from the dampers below. It was impossible to go up, and to go down without assistance meant beiug roasted alive on the hot dampers. Dense volumes of hot smoke began rolling up the stack, while Purcell, with his clothing on fire, shouted loudly for help. A helper on the outside, realizing his plight, rescued Purcell just as the rope supporting him was catching fire. Purcell lies at his home in a critical condition. ? A dispatch from Washington says : "After a spasm of virtue that lasted just 24 hours, the committee on rules of the senate and house of representatives authorized the sale of liquor again at the Capitol restaurants. The reason for the relapse is said to have been pressure on the part of thirsty statesmen who declared that they would bring the matter up on the floor and demand a vote unless the bars were let down again. This frightened timid members who have both prohibitionists and brewers in their districts, and they pleaded with the committee on rules. If there is auything the average member of congress hates to vote upon it is a question involving temperance and religion, and so the committee gave way and permitted the bar to be opened for 'light diiuks.' " ? "It is now definitely known," says the American Wool and Cotton Re- [ porter, "that the party (both parties, rather) which the Southern railway recently brought south, have largely secured options on sites, and bought outright hundreds of thousands of stock in many of the best mills?that i is, where any stock was for sale. For be it known, there are dozens of mills in the Carolinas in which not a dollar's worth of stock is on the market, or which can be bought at any reasonable price. These mills have never paid uuder 8 per cent, dividends, and average above 10 per cent. Several millions of dollars will be put into cotton manufacturing, especially in the Carolinas and Georgia, during the year 1S98, as a result of personal investigation, thus afforded them for the hrst time." ? Throughout Russian Asia, says a St. Petersburg dispatch, there is geuereral unrest among the Moslems. It is attributed to the exaggerated reports of Turkish victory over the "Great Greek Empire," which have spread through the length and breadth of the continent. The authorities even fear that the revival of brigandage recently noticed ill the Caucasus is directed almost solely agaiust the government officials,aud the unprecedented phenomenon of Georgiaus displaying hostility toward Armenians has become manifest. The danger is so serious that a conference of Caucasian governors has beeu convoked to concert measures of pacification. Travelers in Central Asia report an extraordinary ferment among the Moslems oi different races. They are sinking their mutual animosities aud declaring that they are first of all Mohammedans, with the sultau as their chief. It is evident that the slightest pretext would suffice to bring about an uprising and plunge Russia iuio ine same sea of troubles as India. ? A few days ago, a big crowd of Cherokee Indians?half breeds and whites?gathered uear Cherokee City, Indiau Territory, to have a ^hanksgiving shooting match. They shot for and at turkeys under the following rules : A turkey's head, exposed from a box 50 yards, and a living turkey staked out 180 yards. Sequoy Russell, a relative of Sam Russell, the famous interpreter, won several turkeys by shooting the head at 50 yards. He then killed several at 180 yards, shooting them in the body. He became enthusiastic over his success and laid a wager of $10 that he could hit a turkey's head at 180 yards. A turkey in a box was placed at that distance and Russell hit the turkey's eye. This was claimed by others to be an accidental shot, and a wrangle and fight ensued, in which reds and whites piled up like football players. Eyes were gouged out, ears bitten, ribs broken, teeth knocked out and an Indian named Sleeping Possum was fatally stabbed. Sequoy Russell claims that his aim was inspired by the Great Spirit, and that he could not have missed a target if he bad tried to do so. It is feared that a feudal war will result from this shooting match. ? Wilkesbarre, Pa., dispatch of the 8th instant, to the Baltimore Sun : Attacked by several hundred fierce rats, which swarmed upon him while he was imprisoned iu a narraw space from which he could not escape, Robert Crook, of Fairview, a village near this city, fought them until his strength failed and, unable to beat them otf, fell senseless. He had been terribly mutiluted when he was rescued and his sight had been destroyed. Mr. Crook, who is a wealthy farmer, constructed a monster rat trap in the loft of one of his barns. This trap was like a big box. Mr. Crook completed it a week ago, baited it and then left it to do its work. He found several hundred rats in the trap yesterday, and thrust his terrier tspoi into me cage to kill them. The rats made short work of the dog, killing and partly eating him. Then Mr. Cook entered the ca^e with two cluhs, hut soon tried to net out. He fouud himself locked in, owing to the closing of a door with a spring lock. He fought uutil he fell senseless, and was rescued later by his farm hands. His injuries may prove fatal. ? It will be remembered that about a year ago, as the result of au in vest i gation made by the treasury depart- j merit, it was discovered that Ainsworth R. Spoflbrd, the librarian of congress, was behind in his accounts to the amount of about $30,000. Mr. Spofford is well-known all over the United States, and of the thousands who knew him, not one was willing to charge the shortage as being due to any dishonesty on his part. He himself could otter no explanation, and he promptly made good the entire amount of the i shortage out of his own private funds. Where the money went to has been a , mystery ever since until within the past few weeks; but now the whole matter is being cleared up. Not long ago, Mr. John Russell Youug, the new librarian, was making a search of old records and came across auite a num berof uncollected money orders. They had been sent to Mr. Spofford at various times, and he had stowed them away without getting the money on them. The search, so far, has disclosed thousands of dollars worth of these orders, and there is no doubt that here lies the secret of the shortage. The money on these orders will be refunded to Mr. Spofford up to the amount of $30,000. ttltf \|orluittc (Srnquiitr. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, DEC'R. 15, 1897. ? The Abbeville correspondent of The News and Courier, says that it is a settled fact that W. C. McGowan is a candidate for governor. ? Senator McLaurin is reported to be getting along as favorably as could be expected; but there is no other hope than that he will have to go through the regular course of typhoid fever. His friends everywhere are very uneasy. ? The city of Atlanta has been infested with small pox for many weeks; but the papers have had little to say on the subject. People are allowed to come and go at will, regardless of the safety of surrounding cities. And it is just like Atlanta. She is only after the dollar, and at I whatever cost. That was her motive in inviting yellow fever refugees to seek safety within her limits, and that is why she is keeping as quiet as possible the facts in regard to her small pox plague. ? Those who are moving for the promotion of the interests of the cotton growers are divided between two lines of action. Some are of opinion that about the only thing to be done is to provide for a reductiou of the acreage, atid others think such a step will be impracticable except in connection with an organization to look after the prices. Those of our York county farmers who are taking most interest iu the matter, think that whatever else is done, it wont amount to much except it be coupled with the Roddey idea. ? A proposition has just been suggested by members of the Grand Army of the Republic which, if carried out, will result iu a great reduction of the pension rolls. At present the number of pensioners is far greater than the total number of Federal soldiers ever in active service at any one time during the war. It is known that there are thousands and tens of thousands of "bummers" who have no legal claim to pensions; but who, all the same, regularly draw the government's bounty every month. The suggestion of the members of the Grand Army referred to looking to a correction of this evil, is the nnblication of the pen sion lists in each section of the country. This, it is thought, will expose all impostors, and lead to their prosecution and dropping from the rolls. ? Mrs. McKinley, mother of the president, died at her home in Canton, Ohio, last Sunday morning, at 2 o'clock, of paralysis, after an illness of about two weeks. Immediately after she was stricken with the disease, the physicians said it would prove fatal, and the president at once hurried to her bedside. She was still alive, but unable to recognize him when it became necessary for him to return to Washington to send in his message to congress. The physicians advised, however, that she would never return to consciousness, and that he may as well go. As soon as he could get away from Washington, the president returned to the bedside of his mother. She had revived somewhat in the meantime and he was rejoiced to know that she again recognized him. He continued with her until she died. I ? The synopsis of the report of the treasury department, published in another column and showing the result of cotton exports, etc., is one of the best free silver arguments that Tin: Enquiker has noted for sometime. As we poillieu out sometime uhck, n appears that notwithstanding tlio production of more pounds of cotton, the total amount of money received for it is less. And why is this? In our opinion, the explanation is simple enough. (Jo hack, for instance, 20 or 25 years. The per capita circulation was much greater then than now, and as all values are necessarily based upon this per capita circulation, prices were necessarily higher. Since ls7.'J contraction has been going on steadily, and the purchasing power of money has been as steadily increasing. While the cotton crop bus been growing greater each year, so also has the production of other commodities, and the demands for money in other lines. Then, with the volume of circulation at a standstill, what would be more natural than that the number of dollars available for the cotton industry should become less and less in propor tion to the increased demands along: othei lines of commercial development? I the decline in the price of cotton shoulc only be proportioned to the increase o: production, it would argue that the extreme limit of demand had been reached, and there would be no remedy other than to increase the demand. But instead ol this condition of affairs, it is a fact thai the demand has all along more than kepi pace with the supply, and right now is still far ahead of it. While the supply ol cotton since a few years after the war has only a little more than doubled, it is a fact that the demand has more than trebled Now, with this as the disease, what is th< remedy? Were the supply of monej proportioned to present requirements, tk< situation would regulate itself. In th< absence of such a condition, cotton producers must have recourse to expedient! of their own, and of ail the expedient) which have been suggested, tuaipropusei by Mr. John T. Roddey strikes us a: most favorable. The world is bound t< have cotton, and those who have contro of this commodity are in a position t< demand their own price. To raise th< price of cotton under existing conditions would probably make hardships in othei lines of industry; but such an etfec would only tend to the sooner bring abou such increase in the circulation, througt free coinage of silver or otherwise, ai would eventually clear up the wholi situation and restore the prosperity fo which the producing classes are every where so earnestly praying. ASSIGNMENT OF THE PREACHERS. Here Ik the List as It Will Stand Durin| Next Year. Following are (he appointments o the South Carolina Annual Coufereuci of the Methodist Episcopal Churci South, as announced bv Bishop Duncai at Florence on Monday night: CHARLESTON DISTRICT. Presiding older, W. P. Meadors. Trin ty, J. W. Kilgo; Bethel, H. W. Bays Spring Street, S. P. H. Elwell; Cumber land, J. M. Steadinan ; Berkeley, W. H Thrower; Sutnmerville, G. P. Watson Ridgeville and Cypress, J. L. Ray and O X. Rountree; St. George's, A. C. Walker St. George's circuit, W. T. Patrick ; Col leton, H. C. Mouzon; Round O and St Paul, E. K. Moore and W. R. Buchanan Walterboro, W. M. Duncan ; Henderson ville, D. Hucks; Hampton and Port Roy an, R. L. Holroyd ana W. A. Fary; A1 lendale, W. B. Duncan; Black Swamp W. H. Weston; Hardeeville, J. C. Welch Beaufort, P. A. Murray; McClellativilU and St. Stephens, G. W. Gatlin and D. A Patrick; Hardeeville, E. M. McKissick. COKKSRURY DISTRICT. Presiding elder, G. T. Harmon. Cokes bury, J. C. Chandler; Greenwood, M Dargan; Verdery, G. R. Shatfer; Ninety Six, W. A. Betts; Donalds, W. B. Whar ton ; Abbeville, J. W. Daniel; Antreville W.v J. Snyder; McCormick, W. H Ariail; Lowndesville, E. W. Mason ; Mt Carmei, H. Stokes; Princeton, S. D Vaughn ; Waterloo, W. W. Jones; Phu; nix, P. Stokes; Newberry Station an< City Mission, C W. Creigbton and J. W Speak ; Newberry Circuit, D. Tiller; Ki nard's, J.S. Lesley; Saluda, J. J. Steph enson; Butler, W. C. Wern; Parksville J. C. Holley; Prosperity, E. G. Price. COLUMBIA DISTRICT. Presiding elder, J. W. Dickson. Wash ington street. W. W. Daniel; Marioi street, P. L. Kirton; Green street am Brookland, W. B. Baker; Richland am Granby, J. C. Abney; Edgewood, R. C McRay; Hyatt's, J. W. Neely; Lexing ton, William Harden ; Lexington ForK M. L. Banks, Jr.; Lewiedale, J. N Wrierht.: Leesville. N. B. Clarkson Batesburg, D. D. Dantzler; Johnston, C C. Herbert; Edgelield, D. Z. Dantzler Graniteville, X. G. Ballenger; Lang ey J. H. Noland ; Upper St. Matthews, J \\\ Ariail; Fort Motte, R. W. Humph lies; Ridgeway, A. R. Phillips; Winns boro, J. D. Crout; Fairfield, \V. H. Mil ler; Columbia Female college, J. A. Rice president and R. K. Stockhouse, proles sor; Kpwortb orphanage, George H Waddell, superintendent; Paine insti tute, George W. Walker, president. FLORENCE DISTRICT. Presiding elder, E. T. Hodges. Flor ence station, W. R. Herbert; Darlington It. A. Child; Cheraw, D. M. McLeod Cheraw circuit, R. E. Mood ; llartsville G. F. Clarkson; Clyde, J. S. Abercroin hie; Darlington circuit, W. S. Martin Lamar, J. M. Boyd; Timmonsville, R W. Barber; Claussen, M. H. Pooser South Florence, R. M. Dubose: Scranton J. W. Harris ; Lake City, W, H. Kirton Kingstree, A. B. Earle; Union, G. W Davis; Lane's, J. A. White; Suiters, R C. Boulware ; Georgetown, A. J. Stokes Georgetown circuit, O. L. Durant and J B. Weldow ; Johnsonville, A. E. Holler greenville district. Presiding elder, W. C. Power. Bun combe Street and Mills, W. A. Roger and D. W. Keller; St. Pauls, II. B Browne; Anderson and West End, W. R Richardson and T. B. Harper; Starr anc Iya, F. H. Shulerand R. E. Turnipsced Piedmont, E. P. Taylor and T. Grigsln Herbert; Greenville City, J. C. Counts Fountain Inn, J. W. Shell ; Reidville, C H. Clyde; Greer's and Pelbam, A. II Best; Traveler's Rest, C. B. Burns; Eas ley and Bethesda, J. E. Rashstone; Pick ens and West Pickens, J. T. Porter North Pickens, to be supplied ; Walhall; circuit, J. S. Mullinix ; Seneca and Wal halla, J. L. Daniel; Westminister, It. It Dagnall; Townville, L. L. Inabinet; Pen dleton, A. T. Dunlap; Williainston ant Providence, P. F. Kilgo; Editor Souther! Christian Advocate, J. O. Wilson ; Assis tant Sunday school editor, L. F. Beaty Williainston college, T. Lander. marion district. Presiding elder, J. B. Wilson. Marion T. E. Morris; Centenary, G. R. Whita ker; Britton's Neck, E. S. Campbell Conway, W. S. Stokes; Conway circuit W P. Rnrrn ? Rneksville. J. F_ Wav Wacamaw, I). A. Calhoun; Bayboro, T Jones; Loris, J. R. Togourner ;* Mullins T. J. Bethea; North Mullins, J. K. Mc Kain; Latta, J. E. Beard ; Little Rock A. J. Cauthen, Jr.; Clio, W. W. Wil lianis; Blenheim, 1'. B. Wells; lion nettsville circuit, J. S. Beasley ; Bennetts ville, J. T. Stokes; Brightsville, J. B Traywiek; MeCall Mission, T. L. Bel vin ; North Marlboro, W. S. Goodwin. ORANUKBUKO DISTRICT. Presiding elder, John Owen. Orange burg and City Mission, E. O. Watson an* J.O. Strickland; Orangeburg Circuit, W L. Waite; Lower St. Matthews, M. W Hook; Providence, 1>. Mann and E X. James; Brunch ville, J. C. Stoll, Soutl Brsinchville, E. A. Withes; Bamberg T. C. Odell; Denmark, M. 15. Kellcy Barnwell, W. A. Wright; Williston, J ('. Davis; Springfield, G. E. Stokes Boiling Springs, J. 1). Erierson; Orange N. K. Melton; Edisto, J. C. Yongue Aiken, A. J. Station! ; Swansea J. T Maclarlane ; Wagoner, to be supplied. HOCK III I.I. DISTRICT. Presiding elder, J. B. Campbell. Clips ter, J. E. Greer; Chester circuit, J. E Mahallev; East Chester, R. A. Yongue Bichburg, E. P. Ilutson; Rock Hill, T II. Xininierinan ; Rock 11ill circuit, T. C I.igon ; North Rock Hill, .1. B.Harris Yorkville, A. N. Brunsou ; Blacksburg A. J. Cauthen; Hickory Grove, J. 11 Thacker; York circuit, J. W. Humbert Fori Mill, J. A.Campbell; Van Wyck T. II. liooth; Lancaster, J. E. Carlisle Lancaster circuit, G. C. Leonard ; Trades ville, L. L. Itcdcnbough; Chestcrlield, J P. Attaway; Jellerson, Allen McEarlane Blackstoeks. P. It. Ingraham. Sl'A UTA X IIU Hi i DISTRICT. i'rcsidir.jj elder, A. J. < anthen. ( itral M. h. Carlisle; Duncan, \V. ('. Kirk land Snartanbrr^ Mission, 10. 15. Keyless Clilton, \V. .Spiyner; Union Statioi r find Mills, W. A. Massabean and J. C. f Roper; Gaffney, T. M. Dent; Gaffney circuit, S. T. Creecb; Laurens Station I and Mission, R. H. .Jones and J. M. f Shell; North Laurens, D. P. Boyd ; Cherokee, J. M. Lawson; Jonesville, K. II. ' Beckham ; Kelton, J. N. Isotn ; Pacolet , Mills, B. M. Grier; Pacolet circuit, E. S. Jones; Enoree, J. M. Friday ; Clinton, J. L. Harley ; Whitmire, D. A.Phillips; f Santuc, A. F. Berry ; Campobello, S. A. . Nettle; Belmont, S. T. Blackmail; Wof' ford college, C. B. Smith, professor. ' SUMTER DISTRICT. i Presiding elder, T. J. Clyde. Sumter, p J. A. Clifton ; Sumter City Mission, W. A. Kelley; Manning, W. H. Hodges; ' Santee, A. B. Watson: Jordan, W. A. t, Pitts; Foreston, .J. R. Copeland; New y.inn w K Witrorins! Lvnchburc. W. ' B. Justus; Oswego, J. F. Anderson. ) Bishopville, J. W. Elkins; Bethany, G; , II. Pooser; Salem station, S. W. Henrv , Kershaw, J. B. Beck with; Smithville; ' W. T. Duncan; Camden, J. T. Pate; 3 Camden circuit, B. M. Robertson; Wateree, S. I). Bailey: Richland, T. G. " White; Wedgefield, F. Spears. I SUPEKANUATED PREACHERS. i F. Auld, M. L. Banks, J. C. Briswell, Sidi H. Browne, J. M. Carlisle, William Carson, W. A. Clarke, A. M. Creitzberg, i 0. A. Darby, R. L. Duffle, J. F. Smith, J. , A. Wood, A. W. Walker, J. J. Workman, John Attaway, L. M. Hamer, A. 1 W. Jackson, Simpson Jones, L. A. John> son, Paul F. Kistler, L. C. Loyal, M. M. Brad ham, J. J. Neville, J. J. Newberry, 3 J. A. Porter, W. C. Patterson, A. M. At, taway, T. P. Phillips, C. E. Wiggins, J. r S. Sibley. SUPERNUMERARY PREACHERS. M. M. Ferguson, J. M. Rogers, Thomas t G. Herbert Sr., T. E. Wannamaker. i Greenwood was selected a3 the next 3 place of meeting. r ENORMOUS COTTON EXPORTS. Mure Cotton Sent Abroad For Less Money Than Ever. The statement of the principal articles of domestic export (about 98 per ? cent, of the whole) for November, issued from the bureau of statistics of f the treasury department last Saturday, e shows a total of $82,323,699, an in. nmnco nvop fWnhor nf mnre than S5. i 000,000, and over same month of last year of $6,000,000. The increase over November, 1895, is $22,000,000, and . November, 1894, $24,000,000. The ; increases are mainly iu exports of corn, * oats, oatmeal, rye and wheat. There is a large increase of shipments ol ! wheat from Baltimore and New Or; leans. The exports of cotton for the months j ending with November are 100,000,000 - pounds in excess of the exports for the corresponding period of 1896 ; hut notwithstanding this increase in quantity j the low price of cottou has resulted in 3 a decrease as compared with the same period last year of over $17,000,000 in value. There is a large increase in the exports of cotton to Japan and Ger. many, especially in quantities. Iu November, 1896, 119,903,189 " pounds of cotton were exported to ' Germany. The exports to that coun! try for November, just closed, amount ' to 169,646,650 pounds. The increase j iu value is barely under $1,000,000. In November, 1896, the exports of cot ton to Japan aggregated 3,264,102 " pounds, and in November, 1897, 7,639,683 pounds, and the increase iu value has been from $233,898 for No. vember, 1896, to $527,205 for Novemi) her, 1897. The exports for the three J months of the present cotton yeai , show figures still more favorable. In I the three months ending November, , 1896, cotton exports to Germany ag; gregated 261,070,049 pounds, valued i] at $19,867,940 ; for the same period ol * io 1iA OC15 S2C1S J LlllS y t'UI 111 tJ 10 pounds, valued at $20,752,212. For the three months endiug November, . 189G, the exports of cotton to Japan - were 4,864,834 pounds, and of value !? $346,422; for the same period this ' year there were exported to Japan - 13,843,261 pounds, valued at $961,501. The total exports of cotton for the three months of the cotton year end ing November. 1896, were 1,226,802,! 354 pounds, valued at $93,686,804 ; for | the same period this year 1,346,800, 014 pounds, vulued at $82,513,500. 5 The export price per pound of cotton ! for the three months ending Novem' her, 1896, was 7.6 ceuts, and for the ; same period of this year 6.1 ceuts. 5 GAMBLING IN FUTURES. Dr. J. W. Stokes Introduces a llill to Suppress the Same. " Dr. J. W. Stokes has introduced in congress a bill, of which the following . is the full text, to prohibit gambling | in futures: ! Be it enacted by the senate and ; house of representatives of the United - States of America, in congress assem bled, That from aud after the passage . of this act, it shall be unlawful for any ; individual or corporation to engage in 1 gambling operations, whose tendency is to affect artificially the market price 1 of cotton and other agricultural pro1 ducts. 1 Section 2. That for the purposes of . this act gambling operations include all contracts for purchase and sale commonly known as "futures," in , which the tender and delivery of the actual commodity named in the con' tract is not made. j Sec. 3. That each contract for future delivery of cotton, corn, wheat and oats shall relate to one grade only, and such contracts shall specify the amount - and grade contracted for, and no teu der of a different grade from that named in contract shall be a legal ten1 der. Sec. 4. That any person or corporation or association, their ageuts, repre* sentatives or officers, violating auy of 1 the provisions of this act shall, upon ' conviction thereof, be fiued in a sum . not less than ?1,000 for each offense, 1 one-half of which fine shall be paid to ! the informant, or imprisoned for not ! less than six months, or both fined ; and imprisoned, in the discretion of the ; court: Provided, That in addition to said tine and imprisonment any person who has suffered injury by reason of such unlawful corporations may re cover damages in any court of compe; tent jurisdiction. Sec. 5. That all acts or parts of acts . inconsistent with the provisions of this ' act are hereby repealed. '1*11 .1 IVIIIInir . .... ..... .. , The Washington correspondent of the Columbia Register reports that all of the South Carolina members of eou; gross express themselves as willing to allow the general assembly to re-district the state or not in accordance ; with its own notion. They say they ! will make no effort to influence the i matter in the least. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. J. Hunter?Tolls yon that ho sells bargains all the time, and that it is not nee- , essary to advertise that ho is selling , goods cheaper than heretofore. W. B. Moore it Co.?Have on hand a large stock of goods for Christinas pros- , ents, and is prepared to suit the size of your purse. He specially enumerates elegant pictures, photograph albums, chinaware, crockery ware, silverware, household furniture, toy wagons, velocipedes, etc. Besides, he will have oranges, apples, bananas, fruitcake ingredients, and fire crackers, both large and small. \V. M. Kennedy?Has recently received an assortment of holiday crockery and glassware, all of which he is ottering at low prices. Besides, he has handsome chinaware. Geo. T. Schorb?As a Christinas present, calls your attention to the ?5 V ive-Ca mera, for the sale of which he is the agent. The pictures made by this little instrument are of fine quality. He has also oil hand a Lester piano, which he guarantees to be equal to the best. Grist Cousins?Are offering stick candy at 10 cents a pound or three pounds for 25 cents; mixed candies at 10 cents or three pounds for 25 cents; chocolates and creams, 20 to 25 cents; bananas at 20 cents a dozens. They also have fireworks?rockets, roman candles, toepedoes and small size firecrackers at 2 packs for 5 cents. An Oliver subsoil plow will soon be in their stock. E. A. Crawford?Eye glasses and chain lost. ABOUT PEOPLE. I)r. J. B. Mack is spending a few days at his home in Fort Mill. Mrs. W. E. Erwin, Miss Jane Wilkie, Miss Blanche Clawson, Messrs. J. F. Wallace, J. E. Jeffreys, and W. B. de Loach, left last Monday to spend gala week in Charleston. Mrs. W. B. de Loach, of Yorkville, left on Monday for a short visit to relatives and friends in Camden. Miss Eunice McConnell left yesterday for Philadelphia, to enter the hospital training school of nurses, of the University of Pennsylvania. Mrs. C. E. Spencer and Mrs. T. F. McDow, who have been absent for several weeks in Baltimore, Md., returned home on yesterday. I)r. J. T. Darwin, of Blackshurg, left on yesterday as a delegate from Buffalo lodge, to attend the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Masons, in Charleston. From the list published elsewhere, it will be noted that all the Methodist ministers who labored in this county this i year have been returned to their respective appointments. VACCINATION. Now, while the smallpox scare is on, a little information about vaccination is in order. The following from a wellknown local physician of experience, may be taken as reliable: "Vaccination, while not an absolute I preventive of smallpox, is so nearly so as to rob the disease of practically all of its terrors. In exceptional cases a subject may have smallpox after vaccination; but it is always of a mild form, which seldom proves fatal. "But to be frank, vaccination itself is ' not always accompanied by the most pleasant results. Where the blood of the patient is in proper condition, and the i inoculation is properly accomplished, the result is a slight soreness in the vicinity of the inoculated spot for a few days, and i after that there is no further inconven ience. Often, however, the operation is i slovenly performed, without proper precautions on the part of the operator, or the blood of the subject happens to be in bad condition, and the result is almost as I disastrous as smallpox itself. I have seen I the arms of patients sloughed to the bone on account of these conditions, and the medical books tell us of cases where am1 putation became necessary. 1 " Such cases as these, though, are ex1 ceptional. As a rule, nowadays, physi1 ciaus exercise the greatest care to preserve clcanliuess and exclude all foreign matter. Bad results follow only when the I 1.1 ?.v/1 ?4* ?Ua nntinnt io K?ul hilt1 PVPtl thid IJIUUU UI tuc ptlbiuiii. AO UUU , vxv V . W>? V...U makes the ordeal a trying one, and not to bo sought after except under circnin stances of urgent necessity." Vaccination is now being talked about all over the state. Reports from Rock Hill are to the effect that more than 2,000 people in that town have already been , vaccinated. There has been talk of ordering compulsory vaccination in Yorkville ; but as yet, no official action has been taken. Should the local board of health, however, order compulsory vaccination, there is no other alternatiye than for the citizens to submit, afc such authority is especially conferred and backed up by law. ROCK HILL'S BItAG FARMER. When it conies to farming, Rock Hill must not be left out. There are quite a number of people over there who are well up in this business, and one of the foremost is Mr. V. B. McFadden. The Rock Hill correspondent of The News and Courier has been telling about Mr. M cFadden's achievements. The story, in part, as it appeared in the issue of Monday, is as follows: His acreage in cultivation is not large, , as he is obliged to use a large part of his land for pasturage; the consequence is that the proportion of land planted in each product varies year by year; this year cotton had the perference, and his result was this: In cotton, 30 acres; crop, 3D bales. In corn, 12 acres; crop, 430 bushels. In wheat, 2A acres ; yield, 33A bushels. In oats, 4 acres; yield, (i two-horse loads removed and saved, but not measured ; 3o two-horse loads of peavino hay, as much sorghum as ho could feed to his stock and plenty of potatoes. Some explanation is to made of these yields. Of the 30 acres planted in cotton only 18 was a part of his improved land; the other 12 was land just bought anil i.aJ K?* liim f/vn tl%n limp t.hiu WUl hCU ujr 11 i 111 aw. Miv liiM. W....V, year. His wheat yield, 2* acres, up till this year was waste land and not planted at all; but was sown in wheat with a view to sowing peas afterward. Last year he planted 4 acres in wheat and gathered 114 bushels; be then smved the same land in peas, and from these 4 acres sold ?90 worth of cured hay in the spring. For fertilizer this year he used a compost of cotton seed and stable manure, broadcasting in such a way as to use about ;?0 bushels of seed per acre. This will show that Mr. McFadden makes a good profit on his farm; in fact, his friends say that if he did not he would not farm ; he does take delight in it, and so will anyone else who will inspect his place during the growing seasion. His success will not be a cause for wonder when his business methods are known. He has been running a market for many years here, ami today ho can refer to his books and tell you what animals lie killed years ago and what they cost. His business alfairs have not always been of the same importance to the public as now ; but he has ever given to them the same unremitting attention and unfailing . care, and all with a good humor and safe temper that could not exist separate from good health and a quiet conscience. One speculation he made early in life which has paid him best of all, the result proving that he never used better judgment in all his life. This was in inducing the young woman of his choice to share his hopes, for when ho had paid the fee for the service which bound her to him he had nothing but hones left. Like all men who have succeeded he owes much to his wife, and, unlike many, ho admits 01 his obligation. tl Every year for a long time he has had j-r a corn shucking. Instead of the everpresent jug and a bountiful suppor of ordinarv food, as is generally furnished on such occasions, Mrs. McFadden has p always prepared a supper composed of very fat turkeys and their ordinary accompaniments for the whole neighborhood. All who will come there have been n welcomed, and as Rock Hill contains a t< good many who confess a partiality for 0< such things, the attendance has been j large. This year this treat has been necessarily withheld, as the circumstances ? made it impossible, though the occasion h has always been one of joy to givers, as a well as those entertained. q THE SMALLPOX SITUATION. p Except for increased excitement ^ throughout the county, the smallpox K situation in Hock Hill remains un- t| changed. All manner of wild stories p Imvo linen udont d urine the nast few ., days. Some of these stories Lave multiplied the number of new cases, and others have gone so far as to add on a few deaths. But all these stories have been the result of either willful exaggeration or fear. The fact remains that up to this time little Julian Johnson continues to be the only local victim of the dreaded scourge. The little sufferer is now in a servant's house, on the premises of his father, and is being nursed by Mr. Gaston, an ex- . Confederate, who had smallpox during the war. Mr. Johnson has also taken the trouble to send to the Johns Hopkins hospital for a trained nurse. Dr. Frank Strait has charge of the case. lie visits his patient regularly, changes his clothes in an adjoining room and makes free use of disinfectants. In addition to all these precautions, ho carefully avoids all contact with people who might be in danger of infection. . Pursuant to directions from the governor, a commission, composed of Dr. Babcock, of the asylum ; Dr. Pope, of the penitentiary; and Dr. Evans, president of the state board of health, went up to Rock Hill on Sunday to look into the situation. The commission spent Sunday and Monday in the town and returned to Columbia Monday night. The result of its investigations, which was to be finft reported to the governor, has not yet been maae puonc. The authorities at Winthrop are taking every pecaution to guard against the introduction of the disease into the college. The work of vaccination was completed on last Sunday. In addition to this precaution, communication with the balance of the town has been suspended. Students who board outside the dormitories have been required to discontinue their attendance for the present, and all the servants are required to remain within the gates. No one who goes out of the grounds is allowed to return. Quite a number of girls have been called by their parents to their respective homes; but J the leaving movement does not promise to become general. In the town, vaccination continues to progress steadily. All of the doctors are . busy, and the number vaccinated up to , this time numbers more than 2,000. The physicians are meeting with more or less resistance, especially among the more ignorant Negroes. Many of these have . to be dragged from under beds, down chimneys and from under their houses. There have been several cases where subjects had to be choked to the ground before they would submit to the lancet of . the doctors. Health Ofllcer Caveny, of Rock Hill, , telephoned to Clerk Itrice, of the county ' board of commissioners, on Monday, to the effect that a Negro woman supposed . to have smallpox, had been pbt otf the . C., C. & A. train at Warren. Mr. Cavenw'u nnrinrstntidin? was to the etfeot that the woman's fare bad been paid by the J city authorities of Charlotte, who were anxious to get the woman out of town, t and suggested that Clerk Brice do what j he could to investigate the matter. Clerk Brice spent nearly all of Monday afternoon trying to get a physician to go down and diagnose the case. Dr. Saye, the county physician, offered to go; but ' having on hand two cases both of which t were at the point of death, was unable to leave. The other physicians were all j either too busy, or afraid that in the event the case should prove to be smallpox, ( their regular patients might become so j alarmed as to denythem admission to their houses. A telephone message from Rock J Hill, received by The Enquirer shortly before The Enquirer went to press, j was to the effect that Charlotte physicians ^ had diagnosed the suspicious case as roseola. In Yorkville there is a good deal of alarm as to the possibilities of the disease ( reaching this place; but to say that this alarm is geueral, would hardly be fair. J Notwithstanding all the excitement that j has been been stirred up, there are a good j many people here who still look upon the t situation complacently, and who think J that, after all, there is not nearly so much | danger of an epidemic as would be indicated by the fears of the more timid. The health authorities have not i yet seen fit to take any steps in the direction of ^ compulsory vaccination or an attempt at quarantine. LOCAL LACONICS. 1 The Cotton Market. The price of cotton on the Yorkville market yesterday was from 5 to 51. Holiday Itates. From December 1G to 25, inclusive, the 1 Carolina and North-Western railroad 8 will sell round trip tickets to and from [ points on that Hue at the rate of 4 cents a 1 mile. Vaccination Requested. The Blacksburg board of health has 8 passed resolutions requesting the people ( of the town to submit to vaccination. All ^ who apply at the office of the board of 1 health, will be operated upon for the 1 nominal sum of 25 cents. s Grudinir Completed. The grading of the bicycle track of the 1 Yorkville Wheelmen's association is now * about completed, and to put it in firstclass shape for practical service, now only r requires a layer of sand, which is being ' put down as rapidly as circumstances will permit. ^ For Selling Liquor. * Ned Edwards and Eliza Edwards, both " colored, were before Intendant Lowry.on Monday, charged with selling whisky in j violation of the town ordinance on the f subject. Jioth were convicted. Eliza J was sentenced to?:>0, or .'10 days, and Ned was sentenced to ?15, or 15 days. ( Want Accommodations. J People who make more or less use of e the Hag station of Dclphoson the Narrow ^ Gauge railroad, are beginning to com- jj plain at the authorities for not providing s accommodations in the way, at least, of / some kind of shelter. Sometimes people d have to await hours for a delayed freight sl train, and this is quite a hardship. What Advertising Does. The mail rider on the Point route has to carry an extra sack to provide for the *( packages of cotton seed that Mr. E. I). Thompson is sending out to his iiumer- g us correspondents. Mr. Thompson, so ie reporter is informed, is getting letters otn all over the south, and rather than therwise, the number seems to be on the i crease. or Riot. W. F. Jonas, of Tirzah, has been bound ver in a bond of $200 to appear at the ext term of the court of general sessions, > answer for the charge of riot. The lie use is alleged to have been committed L Tirzah last Wednesday night. Several ther parties are accused with Jonas; ut, so far, there have been no further rrests. luallty and Quantity. Small type, properly printed, are easier ead than poorly printed large type. 'hk Enquirer, by using smaller type, ets much more matter in the same space Iwm /InQQ iniinv ntlior pnnntv nou'unn. icrs, and by printing the type clearly, uakes its matter easily read. These facts lave their importance. 'ort Mill Masons. The Times: At a meeting of Catawba jodge, on last Thursday night, the inlawing officers were elected for the coning year: J. W. Ardrey. W. M.; J. I. ipinks, S. W.; J. M. Harris, J. W.; R. {. Williamson, treasurer; W. B. Meachin, secretary. The above named officers rill be installed on December 27, the festival of St. John. The public is corlially invited to be present, as the cerenonies will be public. Vill Visit the Cutawbas. Columbia Register: Governor Ellerbe rill go to Rock Hill on the 14th instant, o attend the meeting of the board of rustees of Winthrop college, which will ssemblo on the 15th. He has written to ndiaii Agent Hayes saying that he would dsit the Catawbas Indians while at Rock lill, and investigate their condition, fhoy receive 9800 from the state, and the fovernor is desirous of informing himself is to the wants and needs of the few Inlians remaining in the state. Colored Methodists. At the recent session of the colored dethodist conference, held in Beaufort, issignments were made for the Spartan>urg district as follows: "N.T.Brown, ?. E. Blacksburg, J. Green ; Campobello, r. T. L. Dunham ; Catawba, W. D. King; Jlover, W. H. Red field; Cowpens, S. ireen ; Gallhey, R. C. Campbell; Greenvood, W. S. Thompson; Newberry, J. 4. Johnson . Rock Hill. R. A. Cottinc lain ; Spartanburg, C. R. Brown ; Wellord, A. D. Harris; Yorkville, I. B. Smith; Yorkville circuit, VV. B. Bowers." tenet by Thlevett. Mr. W. J. Jones reports that there has >een a great deal of thieving in his neigh>orhood?two miles south of town? econtly. People have been missing ihickens and turkeys in large numbers, md one day last week somebody shot wo half-grown hogs belonging to Mr. M. McFarland. The hogs were killed in he barn yard, close to the house, and hat the killing was the work of a thief vas evidenced by the fact that both aninals had been stuck, ready for cleaning. Jpon discovering the dead hogs, Mr. VlcFarland concealed himself in the vi:inity for some hours, hoping to catch the niscreants on their return. They did not eturn, however, and the pork was alowed to go to waste, toddey Invited. Mr. John T. Roddey, of New York, vill probably be in Yorkville on the oc:asion of the next meeting of the York Jounty Cotton Growers' association, to be leld on the iirst Monday in January. VI r. L. R. Williams, the president, sent Vlr. Roddey an invitation last week, and>n Monday received a reply from Mr. Roddey to the effect that he would be lere if he could get away from his business. Notwithstanding his New York itizenship, Mr. Roddey still has a parjality for York county, and what is just is important, perhaps, the people of this lection have much confidence in him and lis plans. It is hoped, generally, that he vill find it convenient to come to the neeting of the cotton growers in Janlary. 1 Source a Danger. Dr. J. B. Johnson, of Rock Hill, whose ion was inoculated with the disease in Atlanta, in a communication to the Charlotte Observer, thinks the holding of the jonvention would be a great calamity. He says : "I notice in a Charlotte paper hat there are six or eight cases of stnalljox in Atlanta. Now, as a matter of fact, here are a great many cases there. I de ive this information by letter from a reiable geutleman who lives in'that city. [ sent my little boy to Atlanta a few weeks igo, having explicit trust in the truth of he press. He is now lying isolated from ne with a case of smallpox contracted in :hat healthy city. I send this to your paler in order that the innocent public shall lot longer be imposed upou. With this lefore me, it is my humble opinion that t will be a great calamity to the southern itates for the cotton convention to meet in hat city. We can live on 5 cents cotton, jut cannot do so on smallpox." Contagion of Smallpox. Speaking of smallpox the other day, inent the development of the case in Rock Hill, Dr. Miles Walker said to the eporter, that the disease was extremely iifficult of correct diagnosis, even to experienced physicians until after the development of the eruption. Upon the ievelopment of the eruption, or pox, hen anyone who had ever seen a case of be disease ought to be at once familiar ,vith it. He went on to say also that imallpox is very different from many >ther contagious disease in the matter of nfection. In most contagious disease, he danger of infection is greatest when i? ?a oflan Vnf ar\ with UtJ JCVCI uc^ilia lu 4..W w? inallpox. There is positively no danger tf infection until after the eruption develops ; but from the virus of this erupion, of course, the disease is easily cotnnunicated, and any article of whatever lature that may have been touched by a inallpox patient, is a source of danger mtil thoroughly disinfected." temoval.s, Accomplished and In Trospect. Mr. W. M. Propst and family have emoved to the residence recently comdeted by Miss Jennie Robinson, on ving's Mountain street. Mr. G. T. Radlitt'o and family are now occupying the drs. M. J.Clark residence. Mr. Pelham Jorrow intends to move to the H. H. teard residence. Mr. \V. H. Herndon iill occupy the residence vacated by Air. Jorrow, and I). E. Finley, Esq., expects r? occupy that vacated by Mr. Herndon. J is. Gist will probably occupy the Episopal parsonage, and Mr. A. Rose will ceupy the residence vacated by Mrs. list. Mr. R. C. Moore will go to the subfile Steele residence, and Mrs. Crocktt will occupy the residence vacated by lr. Moore. M r. John S. lirutton expects > soon occupy his new residence now earing completion on East Jetferson treet, and as soon as possmie .?ir. ?r. Ldickes will occupy the. handsome resience ho is building on North Congress reel. ill Hunting l)iick?. Ex-President Cleveland is on a visit > the vicinity of Georgetown on a uck hunting expedition. He is the uest of General E. P. Alexander.