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Scraps and Jarts.
? The American Cotton Growers'
convention, of whicb'Hector D. Lane
is president, met in Memphis, Tenn.,
and passed resolutions almost identical
with those passed by the recent cotton
convention in Atlanta. In his address
to the convention, President Lane
said : "Cotton today is selling at less
than five cents, and this means the
insignificant sum of ten cents a day
for the labor of the man who is distinctly
the cotton grower! I make
this statement deliberately and defy a
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successful contradiction.- iac nxv
lutions adopted requests the cotton
growers of the south to meet at their
respective courthouses on the first
Monday in February, for the purposes
of organization.
? The United States steamer Bancroft
was fired on by the Turks at
Smyrna, on December 4. As the
steamer was entering the harbor, there
came a blank discharge from one of
the guns in the fortress and this was
followed by a volley of r;fie bullets.
The Bancroft lowered a boat to see
what was the matter and the boat was
driven back. Afterward the matter
was laid before Minister Angell, who
demanded and received from the
Turkish government an apology. It
seems that at Smyrna they have very
complicated port regulations, and that
the Bancroft, through ignorance, had
failed to comply with them. Two
officers in charge of the fort which
fired the shots, are said to have been
discharged from the service.
? Mr. Coffin, the acting comptroller
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OI tne currency, cauo bhwivui/u w vuv
fact that the retirement of national
bank notes, during the first 20 days of
this month reached the sum of $3,000,000.
This is said to be the first time
during the past 10 years that the voluntary
retirements have reaohed this
amount in any one month. Under the
national bank aot, the United States
treasurer is not allowed to receive for
retirement of circulation more than
$3,000,000 in any one month, and
hence all deposits to retire notes during
the last 10 days of this month
muBt be refused. This exceptional
condition, Mr. Coffin says, i3 due to the
prevailing low rates of interest arising
from a superabundance of money .for
investment, which has advanced the
price of United States bonds. Mr.
Coffin expressed the opinion that the
law should be amended in this particular,
as it interferes with the elasticity
of the currency and the natural
laws of trade.
? Miss Lelia Herbert, daughter of
ex-Secretary of the Navy Herbert,
of Alabama, committed suicide at the
home of her father on New Hampshire
street, Washington, last Tuesday.
According to the Associated Press
dispatches, Miss Herbert sustained
serious injuries last September as the
result of a fall from her horse. A case
of acute melancholia developed; but
no suicidal tendencies were noted until
recently, when she was placed under
a guard of trained nurses. On Tuesday
morning one of the nurses noticed
a suspicious blood spot on her bed
clothing. Miss Herbert insisted that
the blood did not mean anything; but
the nurse made a search and found
that the young lady had severed the
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arteries ui uuiu m ists. ? uc uuisc
immediately raD from the room to call
for help, and, left to herself, Mi3s Herbert
at once raised a window and
jumped out headforemost to the sidewalk
below. She continued to breath
for something over an hour after the
fall.
? A whipping-post bill was introduced
in the Virginia senate last Tuesday.
The measure provides that "all
persons convicted of petit larceny
shall, iustead of being punished as now
provided by law, be puuisbed with not
less than 10 nor more than 15 stripes ;
but in case of conviction of females -or
male infants under the age of 15 years
of age, it shall be optional with the
said female and the parent or guardian
of said infant whether they shall be
punished with stripes or according to
statutes iu force at this time, and if
there be no parent or guardian competent,
in the opinion of the trial justice
or court, to choose for said infant, and
in every case where any person convicted
is ordered to be punished with
stripes, the court may, in its discretion,
order any portion of the stripes to be
given at the time, and recuire the couvict,
on his owu recoguizance, to appear
before the court at some future
day to receive the remainder: Provided,
that this act shall not apply to
persons over 65 years age."' The measure
is likely to give rise to a great deal
of discussion.
? News and Courier: In an address
to officers of the Indiana militia, a
few days ago, General Lew Wallace
made a prediction of war, which, it is
reported, "partly startled" his auditors.
He said in part: "I believe the
future holds for you opportunities upon
the field where every man, ambitious
to show courage and win glory for his
country's sake, may have his ambition
satisfied. I am not a prophet nor a
son of a prophet; but I venture the
prediction, and call you to witness it,
that the next war we have will be with
the Japanese. In my candid opinion,
in the course of not a great many
years, the Japanese will have to have
somebody to thrash them, and we are
. the people to do it." There will not
be much "glory" or "satisfied ambition"
in thrashing a little country like
Japan. Why not get up a brush with
Spain or Germany or somebody of our
size? It is safer, of course, to bully
Chili aud Hawaii and Japan, but it
does not "show" much "courage."
? The department of state has undertaken
an investigation of two very
disagreeable incidents that may contain
in themselves the germs of serious
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irouoie iu me near xuiure. i uese are
the killing by Japanese of two sailors
attached to the United States fleet on
the Asiatic station. The exact condi
tioDS under which the killing occurred
are not known in Washington yet, and
the state department is trying to learn
them through the United States minister
to Tokio and the United States
consuls in Japan, preliminary to determining
whether steps shall be taken
to secure reparation, if it shall be
found that the killing was, as is expected,
unjustifiable. The first killing
was of a sailor named Montgomery,
formerly attaohed to the Yorktown,
while she was on the Asiatic station,
and the last was of Frank Epps, a
sailor, -native of New York, and an
apprentice on the flagship Oiytnpia.
He was killed at Nagasaki. The officials
have been advised of the bare
facts only, but following so closely on
the terrible assault at Kobi last September,
of a Japanese mob upon the
sailors of the Yorktown, these killings
have aroused them to a determination
to secure protection for our sailors in
Japanese ports.
?hc fjofitvillt Gsiiquitcr.
YORKVILLE, S. O.:
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25,1897.
? Mr. E. D. Thompson, of Point, outlines,
in another column, a plan for a
cotton planting contest, which, if worked
out in detail, wiil no doubt prove interesting.
The first step will be to find out
whether or not 8tate Treasurer Timmerman
will act as custodian of the proposed
fund. If be agrees, then Mr. Thompson
may go on with his undertaking and
r?*uli,fn.motinn aii'U nhnfirtr lfttpr. If
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Treasurer Tim merman, however, should
not care to serve as is desired, then other
arrangements will be made, and of these
the public will be duly advised.
? That is a strong appeal that Mr. John
T. Roddey makes in another column,
and it is well backed up by incontrovertible
facts which, it seems, ought to convince.
We agree with Mr. Roddey in
practically all that be says; but at the
same time, we confess that we do not see
much room for encouragement. The
farmers in this section generally are willing,
and most of thorn even anxious to
act. But alone they are not of much
more importance than the traditional
gnat on the bull's horn. If planters elsewhere
were made of the same kind of
stuff, it would be easy sailing. But have
the planters generally enough intelligence
to be aroused? That is the interesting
question.
? In another column islan anti-pr-tqiqo
tion argument, directed at Rev. J. H.
Thacker, of Hickory Grove. The writer,
we understand, is a German, who, somelime
ago, bought land in the King's
Creek neighborhood, and who has commenced
the proceedings necessary to secure
American citizenship. We have no
acquaintance with him ; but are informed
that he is well thought of by his
neighbors. Although we confess that his
article is one of the strongest that we
have seen on bis side of the eubject, at
ho oomotimo w? iinnhlo to asrree with
bim in his conclusions. However, this
controversy is-not ours, and as we feel
satisfied that Rev. Mr. Thacker is well
able to take care of himself in the matter,
we shall not embarrass the situation with
gratuitous comments.
CHAT FROM CHEROKEE.
Wheat Sowing?Talked of For Sanator?
New County Complications?Personal
and Other Notes.
Correspondence of the Yorlcville Enquirer.
Etta Jane, December 20.?The weather
has been quite cold and wet for a few
days, and making fires and sitting by
them is about all our people can do now.
The farmers have finished sowing
wheat, and a good crop of it has been
sown. -There is more wheat 60wn this
year than has been sown in 10 years.
The potatoes are rotting in many places.
Mr. C. W. Wbisonant, our county representative
in the state legislature, killed
a hog a few days ago which weighed 490.
Calvin is a native of York county, and
withal one of our livest business men.
His friends speak of putting bim forward
for the state senate next year.
Messrs. S. S. White, of Boston; P. M.
Ambrose, of New York; and Professor
Bedlcn, of Converse college, have been
spending a few days with Mr. W. R.
Walker on his plantation, near Sunnyside,
shooting quail. They report an enjoyable
time with fine sport.
Christmas is nearly here; but our people
say they are not ready for it. The
low price of cotton has knocked all the
enterprise apparently out oi our people.
J. R. Poole, Esq., of this county, has
called my attention to the fact that the
law compelling each of the townships
constituting the county of Cherokee to
pay their pro rata part of their respective
old county's indebtedness, is unconstitutional
in tbat, be says, tbat the indebtedness
of these various townships cut off
must he borne by the entire county so
formed. Our legislature will have something
to do to untangle all these legal
knots.
The property of the estate of Jos. G.
Love, Sr., deceased, was not sold last
Saturday as advertised. For reasons satisfactory
to himself, J. H. McKissiek,
Esq., clerk of the court, as administrator,
called oil' the sale.
Miss Mamie Crosby will spend her holidays
with friends and relatives at Sharon.
The Christinas holidays will soon be
upon us, with all its joys and pleasures.
We wish all j'our readers a merry Christmas
and happy prosperous New Year.
Sigma.
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Ganson Dry Goods Company?Prints
a letter to their friends and patrons,
thanking them for the generous patronage
bestowed during the year, and wish
for their friends a "Merry Christmas,
and a happy, prosperous New Year."
Mrs. L. J. Crocket?On the 1st Monday of
January, will open a school at the
"Adickeis residence" for private pupils.
Lewis G. Grist <fe Co.?Return thanks for
the patronage they have received daring
the year now closing, and ask for a
continuance next year.
D. W. Hicks?Wants to buy cotton and
may be found at Grist Cousins' store.
If you have from 25 bales and upwards
be will visit you when you are ready to
sell if you will notify him of the fact.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. R. A. Dobson is home from Furman.
Miss Willie Hare, of Cornwell's, is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Sarab Eocles.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. McElwee, of Charlotte,
are visiting the family of Mr. S. A.
McElwee.
Mr. C. Eldred Dobson, of Wofford college,
is at home spending the holidays.
D. E. Finley, Esq., has been confined to
his bed from the effects of vaccination.
Mr. J. Ed. Jefferys has been confined to
bis bed for several days with the grip.
J. S. Brice, Esq., left Wednesday night
to spend the Christmas holidays at Ninety-Six,
Greenwood county.
Superintendent Dendy, of the Yorkville
graded school, left Thursday to
spend the holidays with relatives and
friends. Mr. Dendy has made a capital
record as a superintendent so far, and it is
doubtful if there has been a time in the
history of the school when the patrons
generally have been so well satisfied as
now.
Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Long, of Newton,
N. C., are in Ynrkville for a few days,
the guest of Mr. W. C. Latimer's family.
Mrs. Long will be pleasantly remembered
as Miss Ella Martin, of Frenchtown,
N. J., who spent quite a pleasant visit
in Yorkville in 1893, with her friend and
schoolmate, Miss Jessie Lhtimer.
THE INCOME TAX.
People who have incomes of more than
$2,500, will have to pay taxes on them
next year, and the comptroller general is
endeavoring to prepare, a suitable blank
upon which they may make their returns.
He is trying to avoid anything inquisitorial,
and although he has not definitely
settled on the form of a blank, his work
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uun omuuo uu?>uv ho <
Amount of income from all resources
(not including interest on securities and
bonds exempt from taxation) 8 .
Necessary expenses actually incurred
in conducting the business, occupation or
profession, not including remuneration to
the taxpayers for personal supervision, or
the support and maintainance of his or
her family 8
Amount of taxable balance 8
The following is the form of the oath
that is to be required of every man affected
by the law, to be attached to the return
; penalties are provided for false
returns:
The State of South Carolina,
County.
| I, . do solemnly swear that
I have returned above all the gross income
from all sources or investments by
me owned or controlled individually or
acting as agent, guardian, trustee, executor,
administrator, receiver, or, in any
other fiduciary capacity, for the calendar
year ending December 31,1897, and which
is taxable under the law of this state by
an act approved the 5th day of March A.
D.. 1897.
Sworn to before me this ' day 1898.
(Signed) , County Auditor.
We might be mistaken, and hope <ve
are; but in our opinion the income tax
won't amount to much in this section.
BROKE UP THE O. P.
Sheriff Logan broke up the 0. P. shop
at Tirzah last Tuesday, root and branch ;
but the thing was re-established on
Thursday and is again flourishing.
As has already been published, Supervisor
Culp, sometime ago, notified the 0.
P. agent that on account of his having
failed to make a return within 30 days after
commencing business, be was liable
to a fine of 8100, and requested him to
hand over the money.
The O. P. agent failed to come down
with the cash, and, ou Tuesday, Sheriff
Logan went down with an attachment
and four or five wagons, seized the contents
of the establishment, packed them
in wagons, brought them to Yorkville,
and stored them in the jail.
The seizure included the following:
266 quarts corn whisky, 2 quarts rye, 4
quarts braudy, 554 pints corn, 54 pints
rye, 28 pints brandy, 565 half-pints of
HV? holf.nintu nf pod 47 C7?llnn illfrft
of corn, 26 half-gallon jugs and 4 quart
jugs of corn.
Mr. J. F. Jenkins, the owner of the
original package shop, came down to
Yorkville on Wednesday, gave bond in
the amount of $300 to answer the supervisor's
alleged cause of action, resumed
possession of his packages and had thein
hauled back to Tirzah.
In the removal of the bottles from Tirzah,
there was some breakage, and Sheriff
Logan thinks, also, some stealage. A
portion of the trip was made alter night
and it was impossible for the sheritf to
keep his eye on each one of the five wagons
all at the same time. Anyhow, when
he returned the bottles to Mr. Jenkins,
there were missing three quarts, four
pints, and 36 half-pints. Whichever side
wins, the county will have to make good
the loss.
RODDEY TO MR. WILLIAMS.
Mr. John T. Roddey, of New York,
has written the following letter, dated
December 21, to Mr. L. R. Williams,
president of the York County Cotton
Growers' association, and with Mr. Roddey's
consent, Mr. Williams has handed
it to The Enquirer for publication:
Mr. L. R. Williams, Yorkville, S. C.:
My Dear Sir: I shall use every effort
possible to be with you at your couuty
meeting. More particularly now do I
consider it necessary to explain the exact
situation, as I realize that the work of the
Atlanta convention amounts to absolutely
nothing. I also realize, in my bumble
judgment, that your meetings will cost
both time and money, and at the same
time do not think will amount to anything,
because the people at the head of
the movement do not seem to know tbe
cause of j'our financial condition ; but political
ambition and personal vanity seem
to be the ruling spirits.
The amount of cotton in the world, or
the visible supply, is less than at anytime
since 1890, the European stocks are less
than at any time since 1890, and yet the
price is lower; but the reason is (and all
the meetings you have for the next ten
years will not prevent it,) that over 95 per
cent, of the cotton goods trade of the
world is in the hands of Great llritiau,
Germany and France, and unless a finan
oial organization is perfected and you protect
yourselves, things will remain as tbey
are, no matter if you have 50 organizations
and meet every week in the year,
you can never hope for any prosperity.
Time will prove and simply await results.
If there has been anything new developed
at 8ny of these cotton growers' conventions
since they have been organized, I
have been unable to find it. The average
price for cotton for the year, ending September
1-t, 1891, was 9.03; the International
Cotton Growers' association was
formed, I understand, early in 1892; the
highest average fob any year since ha*
been $4.00 a bale less than the lowest
average since 1848, so you can Bee how
the manipulators of cotton regard these
conventions. - They figure you at so much
per bead and they have to do it in order
to keep you in a dependent condition.
I should like to explain why, having
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nered. I should like also to give my
views of the futnre prosperity of the
cotton mill industry of the south. If
Manchester sends its machinery to India
and Ceylon and the New England mills
decide the south shall mahufacture the
goods, I predict that they will have the
ootton mill industry within 10 years as
much in their bandB as they now have
the southern farmer.
You can meet and resolnte as often as
you please. You can discuss the same
old topics that have been discussed for
years; but until you find out the cause
of your present condition, you are wasting
both time and money.
I may have to go to Chicago next week,
and possibly further west; hut rest assured
that I shall make every effort to
be with you. Very truly yours,
Jno. T. Roddey.
SMALLPOX IN ATLANTA.
Here is the smallpox situation in Atlanta,
as stated on Wednesday, by Dr. J.
F. Alexander, president of the city's
board of health:
"To show the exact situation in the city
regarding the smallpox, as it is now and
has been, I make the following statement:
The total number of cases of
smallpox, since the presence of the disease
was first discovered in Atlanta, is
203; the number which have recovered
and been released from the hospital is 48;
the number of deaths is 1, that being a
Negro child. The total number of cases
'in the hospital today is 134.
"The above statement is positively correct
and true; and there has never been,
since tbe disease was first discovered, any
effort to conceal the exact status of affairs.
By constant! and well-directed efforts on
tbe part of J tbe sanitary officers, we feel
satisfied tote we Dave me axeettse uumpletely
under control.
"In addition to that, we have carried on
a well regulated system of vaccination,
having succeeded in vaccinating in the
neighborhood of 60,000 people, and we
are confident that by this time a hirge
majority of tb ,citizens of Atlanta are
immunes. Toe smallpox, snob as we
have had in this city this yeaK, is a very
mild type of the disease, as may tbe seen
from the number of 'deaths which have
resulted.
"Tbe disease was confined mostly'to the
Negroes, the number of white patients
having been only about 12 or 15, and no
one need have any fear about coming to
Atlanta to transact business, especially if
they have been vaccinated. The reports
that are abroad throughout tbe country
in regard to the situation are totally incorrect
and untrue, aud those who do not
reside here seein to have more apprehension
on account of the presence of the disease
than have our own people."
ON WITH HIS JOURNEY.
T. Allen McQuary, the young man who
is on bis way around tbe world, resumed
his journey on Thursday morning in good
spirits and full of confidence that he will
complete bis task.
After working Monday and Tuesday on
The Enquirer, young McQuary announced
that he would give a free lecture
in tbe courthouse Wednesday nigbt. Tbe
weather was threatening and tbe streets
were sloppy; but notwithstanding these
unfavorable conditions, there was a fairly
good audience, including a number of
ladies, in attendance.
All tbe circumstances connected with
tbe whole affair being so unusual and so
remarkable, the audience was at first
naturally nnqnu'ious. It was pervaded
with a kind of hesitating fear of being
"taken in." In fact this fear kept many,
who would have otherwise been glad to
be present, away. But the suspicion did
not last long. Whatever might haye been
preconceived unfavorable opinions, they
were quickly dissipated and the audience
was not only convinced, but delighted.
Dressed as already described, after a
suitable introduction, the young traveler
faced the audience, and in soft, mellow
tones, modestly told his story. Many
people, he said, believed that be was a
fake; but he did not blame them. He
looked at things just as other people did,
and if he were situated as other people he
would call it a fake too. In fact even after
be had signed bis contract, be did not
believe that the old gentleman was in
earnest. The whole thing looked too absurd.
But having signed the contract,
and the old gentleman insisting, there
was nothing for him to do but (tarry it
out, and that he intended to do. However,
the thing is not so silly after all.
The man who was employed to carry
bricks into a museum thought he had a
foolish job; but he was getting paid for it,
and what was the difference? So with
this undertaking. There is big pay at the
end of the journey and, therefore, no
cause for complaint.
After describing portions of his journey,
the speaker recited a beautiful essay
on love, and then gave the old gentleman's
reasons for imposing such an unusual
task. "It was to teach me self-reliance,
the value of money, how difficult
it is to make a living, and how little I
know." The last proposition he illustrated
with the story of a fond father who,
after a great deal of persuasion, had gotten
an old lawyer to take his son in band
to make a lawyer of him. The lawyer
had been quite reluctant in the matter.
After a month, the father came around to
make inquiries. "Doing no good at all,"
was the gruff reply of the lawyer. The
next month the result was the same, except
that the old lawyer asserted the boy
had uo sense, would never make a lawyer
in the world, and insisted that he be
takeu away. As the result of the father's
pleading, the trial was extended for another
month, at the end of which time
the testimony of the master was to the
eflect that "he's the most promising
young man of 'his age I ever saw, and
he'll make his mark." "But," timidly
suggested the father, "You said he did
not have any sense." "So I did, replied
the lawyer, "and that is just what is the
matter. He has found it out!" This,
continued the speaker, is what the old
gentleman wants me to do, and I arr
doing it as fast as I can.
In conclusion, Mr. McQuary announced
that be bad some little pamphlets, givinj
an account of bis trip. These pamphlets
be bad bad printed with money tbat h(
had madesince bis start, and be was selling
thein at 10 cents each, to help pay expenses.
He wanted it understood, bowever,
that be did not want anybody tc
feel at all bound to buy one. He was noi
asking charity ; be did not need it. Tbost
who felt enough interest to buy, could d<
so, and be would appreciate it. However,
even if be should not sell a singb
book, he would be perfectly satisfied anc
go away just as well pleased as if be bac
sold out bis entire stock. This was saic
in a way to give the impression tbat i
was exactly wbat be meant.
Tbe conclusion or bis remarks wai
greeted with hearty applause, and mem
bers of tbe audience crowded around bin
to buy bis books. Altogether be sold 42
and as several people who banded bim 21
cents each refused to take back th<
change, tbe prdceeda netted about $5.
During bis stay in Yorkville, The En
quiker made a contract with Mr. Mc
Quary whereby he is to write several let
ters, tbe first being immediately alter bit
return from Cuba. After be mounted hit
horse to leave town, tbe reporter took e
snap shot at bim with a kodak at tbe crosi
street, just in front of the store of tbi
Ganson Dry Goods company, and witl
the first letter be'writes this picture wil
be published. t
From Yorkville, McQuary went U
Rock Hill and worked Friday on Th>
Herald. He expects to leave Rock Hil
this morning, and will spend tomorrow
and probably several days of next week
in Lancaster. From Lancaster be goe
to Charleston, by way of Camden, Sum
ter and Monck's Corner. He expects U
sell bis horae in Charleston and sail fo
Key West and Cuba along about tbe firs
of January.
LOCAL LACONICS.
The Cotton Market.
The cotton market is still playini
around 5 cents with of as the maxiinuu
limit.
Arrested In Athena.
Jim Benson and Alex Lee, tbe tw
Negroes who were accessories to th
recent theft of cotfon from Mr. T. E
Brandon, of Bethel, have been arrestee
in Athens, Ga. Sheriff Logan left las
Thursday mgni rop me purpose ui urwn
ing them^te-~Yorkville. N
Rc^elvm a' LUxrsl Poandlng.
Rev. B. H. Grier wm the recipient 01
Thursday^of a 2-borse wagon load of goo<
things, contributed by tbe members of bii
Tirzab congregation. Tbe articles inclu
ded corn, flour, bams, preserves, etc., sn<
tbe wagon was so heavily loaded that 1
was only with tbe greatest difficulty tba
the mules could pull it to Yorkville.
Captured the Whisky.
While coming to Yorkville on th
southbound Carolina and North-West
em passenger train, tbe other nigbl
United States Deputy Marshal Dobsoi
ran upon a Negro with a keg contain
ing 6J gallons of unstamped whisky
He told tbe Negro that be was a pris
oner; but tbe Negro figured otherwise
and at tbe first opportunity jumped of
tbe train. Deputy Dobson took charg
of tbe whisky.
To Our Patrons.
Like all of you, we folks who mak
The Enquirer have been doing lots o
bard work this year. Whether we bav
done as much good as many of you, w<
are unable to say; but, At the sameti rm
we have not done much barm. But mos
of you are going to take a day or two ol
for Christmas, are you not? We tbinl
you are entitled to' it. We also thin]
that we are entitled to a fev
days off. Anyhow, in conformity witl
established precedent, we are going t
take it. But we are not going to take a
much as heretofore. Last year there wa
an omission of two issues. This year w
will omit only one, and that will be tba
of next Wednesday. The paper, De
volente, will appear next Saturday as us
ual. In the meantime, we wish you a]
a merry Christmas, and also a happy am
prosperous New Year.
School Closing.
The superintendent and teachers of th
Yorkville Graded school, gave a closini
entertainment last Tuesday. It was at
tended by as many people as could b
conveniently accommodated in toe van
oua recitation rooms, and the visitors wer
not only astonished but delighted. -Fm
of them were aware before that tbei
school is of such a high standard of effl
ciency. Even Chairman Lewis, of th
board of trustees, who has all along beei
watching the matter up as closely as if h
had a mortgage on the whole business, re
monstrated with Superintendent Dend;
for not having t"ld the board beforeham
that the exhibition was to be so elaborat
and creditable. "Why," said Chairmai
Lewis, "we would have given you th
opera house and had out the whole town."
A patron was so delighted that he ha
sent The Enquirer a highly compli
mentary communication which, for lacl
of available space just now, will appea
later.
Leaving Their Old Home.
Rock Hill Herald : About the first o
January, Mrs. M. A. Avery and he
daughter, Miss Ella, will take their de
parture from Ebenezer and make thei
home hereafter with Dr. S. DeLeon Aver;
in Baltimore. About the same time Mi
E. R. Avery and family and Mr. Stradle;
and family, of our city, will go to Char
lotte, where their home will be in th
future. Mr. and Mrs. Julian Avery, o
Ebenezer, will remove to Landsford, ati<
Dr. Waightsill Avery will go either t
Anderson or Baltimore. Their departuri
will remove from York county the last o
two families that have for years beei
prominent in its business affairs and so
cial life?the Averys and Ivys. Ther
will not be one of either families left, am
their determination to make their home
elsewhere will be regretted by the peopli
of the county.
Fined at Tlrzah.
After leaving Yorkville last Thursday
young McQuary got into trouble at Tir
rah hut it was not on account of the dis
pensary. Leaving bis horse hitched to i
post, he went into the postofJlce to get hi
mail. The horse got on the sidewalk
and this meant a violation of the towi
ordinance, punishable by a fine of $1
The Tirzah people do not allow any
body to violate their ordinances ant
the tine was imposed. McQuarj
started to pay up without protest; but th<
sympathetic bystanders would permi
nothing of the kind. They promptly
i made up the amouut among themselves,
and during the next few minutes bought
I books and photographs to the amonnt of
r several dollars. Upon telling Thb En*
i qoirer about<the matter over the 'phone
3 yesterday, he sajd if it were the most
generous, hospital people he were look
ing for, be does not think it would be
necessary to go any further.
> Pretty Good Farming.
t Mr. S. Vt. Inman, who is on a portion
3 of the old "Glenn plantation," just wlth>
out the western incorporate limits, of
- Yorkville, has made a record this year
3 that is worthy of mention. With two
I mules, be made, on 63 acres of land,
I 00 bales of cotton. He worked three
I moles altogether; bat one of them was
t kept in the corn crop daring the whole
year. Mr. Inman, however,, to not dis-s
posed to claim too much credit. Some he.
- gives to the land, which, he says, goes to i
make up one of the best farms in the- t*
t country. But, all the same, he fertilized
> with a liberal band. The fertilization''
9 included 1,200 bushels of ootton seed,
14 loads of stable manure, and-06 sacks *
- of guano and add. The guano,' he
- says, was put in with the ootton seed,
- at the time of planting, and this, he
s claims, is worth flO a ton more than1a
when drilled in according to the uai
ual custom.
i THE THACKER PLAN.
A German Citizen Gives Reasons Why He
j Does Not Like It..
9 Editor Yorkville Enquirer:
1 In your issue of the 11th instant, is a
, letter of Kev. Thacker, of Hickory
, Grove, to bis excellency, thq governor,
s outlining a plan for the control of liqaor,
- and about which I desire to make a few
o remarks. 1
r If I do not in every respect agree with
it Mr. Tbacker, I am free to say that I believe
bis intentions are of the very best
He is worklDg against the bad effects of
liqaor and should have the co-operation
of all good citizens. His plan, however,
U in my opinion, needs a thorough revision.*
n First, be says a majority of the people
want prohibition. I would call hia attention
to the fact that a preacher does not
aluratra hoar t.hn rpal AAntimnnt of hiatteo
0 pie. When with the preacher,, people
i." usually wear their best clothes, and while
5 they are uo doubt honeet In wanting
lt strict prohibition, sometimes some of
these drink until they oan see nothing .
but rats.
Mr. Tbacker wants the manufacture ' *
Q and sale of liqnor prohibited. That
j means that if one baa grape vines, which
are so lawless as to bear more grapes than
he can eat, he must not press the juioe
, out of them to preserve'it, on psta'of
7 being sent to the chaingang. What iaAmerican
liberty T . Is lt a mere phrase
created in" the brain of the fool ? To
judge by this, it must be so.
In the second place, Mr. Tbacker wants
to make drunkenness a misdemeanor,
punishable on a second offense with a
double penalty. Be more liberal, Brother *
Tbacker! Do not carry in your hand
such a big rock to throw at any one who,
* in a weak hour, may be persuaded by
temptation. Say to him rather, like the
? Man of Nazareth, in endless mercy, "Go,
and sin no more; I will not oondemn
0 thee." Remember the second time temptation
is much the greater. Therefore, do *
not punish bim double.
8 So much for Brother Tbacker. Now
let us take a good look at the world to see
8 if liquor is indeed as bad as many try to
8 make it. Having traveled about 10,000
8 miles, and having been in 13 different
states, foreign and American, I have bad
many opportunities to observe the influ'
ence of the manufacture and sale of liquor
1 upon general prosperity. If we think of
v the number of promising young men
a who sink io the early grave of the drunk0
ard; how many happy wives are made
8 widows and how many innocent children
8 are made orphans, through liquor, then
6 we should be glad to do away with it at
1 once. But this thing has two sides.
0 There is nothing iu this world so good
' that there is not some bad, and nothing so
bad that there is not some good.
a In Italy, France and western Germany
nearly 50 percent, of the entire population
is employed in the cultivation of the
e grape and the sale of wine. The hills of
K South Carolina, many of which are now
* valueless, would make as good vineyards
6 as are to be found in amp of the countries
^ mentioned, and lands which are now a
e drag at 81 an acre, would easily be worth
v 8200 an acre. There would also be emr
ployment for thousands of bands that
* are now comparatively idle, and the state
6 would receive many thousands of dollars
11 of revenue in the shape of license.
6 In the city of Munich, a few years ago,
' the annual consumption of beer amounted
? to 44 gallons per head, and that would be
for the 1,147,161 inhabitants of South Care
lina, 49,475,084 gallons of beer. The manu1
facture of this beer would require 917,728
? bushels of barley, and the raising of the
barley and the brewing of it into beer
a would not only give employment to many
* thousands of people; but would also
^ yield a big revenue to the state. We
r would not have to raise 5 cents cotton,
and neither would we have to pay such
heavy tax on our property,
f We can do without liquor. Certainly.
r But are we to have prohibition because
'* we are afraid somebody might die of
r liquor and leave a wife and child unsupy
ported ? Then, why not do away with
' railroads and horses and buggies ? They
y also kill people sometimes. We can do
without railroads. People got along with0
out them for 6,000 years, and can uo doubt
do it again.
* Rev. Tbacker may answer that if we
0 can do without liquor, why we do not
9 prevent all the terror it brings, and also
he might remind me, "What profiteth it
1 a man if he erain the whole world and
* lose his own soul ?" To the first proposie
tion I say that it is a universal law that
3 every man of sound mind has to be left
8 at liberty to do good or bad. In some
3 countries, where liquor is free, more of it
is used; but there are no more drunk*
ards. We hardly ever find a barkeeper
who is a drunkard. If we get prohibi
tion, it only reaches those who do not
- need it. Those who do need it will inaui
age to avoid it.
s In one of the northern states, a few
, years ago, the sale of liquor was prohibiti
ed ; but people continued to drink arj be.
fore. The traffic continued in vic,^tion
- of the law in every way couceivcMe. I
1 have seen watermelons filled wito whisr
ky.
9 The drinking of liquor is just as much
t a private matter as is the drinking of cof7
fee, and no one has a legal right to inter