Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 12, 1898, Image 2
Scraps and Jacts.
? An Iowa lawyer has discovered
that under the revised code of that
state, there is no penalty for bigamy
or polygamy, eveu. The defect grew
out of an omission in the compilation
of the new code, nud the understanding
is that the legislature will remedy
it without delay.
? The black plague is reported to be
raging in some portions of China with
such violence that the living are not
able to bury the dead. It has been
a great many years since this plague
Viqo pavantaH TTllrnno hut SinOR it is
raging so extensively in Eastern Asia,
European medical men are growing
very uneasy.
? Jerry Simpson has gotten close to
Mr. Dingley, the great protectionist.
He discovered the other day that Mr.
Dingley was wearing a hut with a
London label in it, and the presumption
is that the bat was made in London.
At the first opportunity after
his discovery, Jerry talked the thing
out in open meeting. Mr. Dingley
tried to explain that the hat was really
Americau made; but that the London
trade mark was in order to help
its sale with Americans. But the explanation
will not go. The probability
is that the Dingley hat will figure this
summer in the campaign harangues.
? Columbia State : Figuring further
on the cotton crop of 1896?97, as reported
by the natioual department of
agriculture, we find that South Carolina
raised more cotton per inhabitant
than any state on the Alantic coast,
and, with the exception of Mississippi,
more than any state in the Union.
Virginia, North Carolina, Florida and
Tennessee are of course out of consideration.
The other cotton states
show these percentages of a bale to
each inhabitant, the populations ex
cept South Carolina's being taken
from the estimates in The World almanac
for 1898, and this state's being
placed at 1,300,000; Arkansas, .40;
Louisiana, .43; Alabama, .48; Georgia,
.60; Texas, 65; South Carolina,
.72 ; Mississippi, .77. So South Carolina
is next to the worst cotton state,
and produced, in a favorable year,
nearly three-quarters of a bale of cotton
to every man, woman aud child
within her borders. Surely this is the
place where the cut should begin!
? The attorney general sent to the
senate last Tuesday a letter written
by Assistant United States Attorney
McMecheu, giving the results of his
investigation into the recent burning
of the two Seminole Indians iu Oklahoma
by a mob. Mr. McMechen's
letters tell, in the main, an old story ;
but he gives some new details. McGisy,
he says, was the first of the
Indians to move a muscle after the
torch was applied, and he did not
move until the flesh began to drop
from his limbs and the fire began to
touch his ears. He then gave a loud
whoop, and bent as far as the chain
would allow, and, sucking in the leaping
flames, sank down and expired
without showing any more signs of
pain. Not so with Palmer Sampson.
He did not move until after McGisy
had inhaled the flames. Then be commenced
to kick with both feet, thrownf
Humility n-nn/i On tr\ Qfl
lug F'VVVO UV,
feet away. It was with difficulty that
they succeeded in getting him burned.
Mr. McMecben says a Baptist preacher
named Hiram Heit prayed for the
two Indians before the execution, and
as he knelt in prayer he held a rifle in
his hands.
? A Chicago dispatch to the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat has the following
with regard to adulterated flour:
Two gigantic rival milling combines,
iuvolviDg all the mill owners of the
central and northwestern states, are
engaged in a bitter war. The adulteration
of flour is the basis of attack.
One faction includes thePillburys and
the powerful northwestern millers.
The other side embraces the big makers
of corn flour, with the Decatur
Cereal Mill company and the Shellabarger
Mill aud Elevator company in
the van. For several days ageuts ol
the newly formed combine of the corn
flour millers have been on the board
of trade gathering signatures to a petition
praying congress to throttle the
bill which was recently introduced in
the senate by Senator Mason. This
struggle comes at a time when the agitation
against the adulteration of flour
and "black bread'1 is at its height. To
make matters more interesting, Joseph
Leiter is made the object of criticism
by the representatives of the millers'
journal, The Weekly Northwestern
Miller, for the part he plays in controlling
the supply of wheat. The bill be?
fore congress provides that adulterated
wheat shall be wiped out by peualty,
and that a tax for internal revenue
1.1 i, J a
&iiaii uc pmtru upuu uivuutu iiuur
made of corn and wheat.
? The trial of Emil Zola, the author,
id Paris, is creating the greatest interest
throughout France. It has grown
out of the Dreyfus matter. It will be
remembered that Dreyfus was convicted
before a military tribunal of giving
information of French fortifications to
Germany, and sentenced to life imprisonment
on Devil's islaud, oft the
cost of French Guiana. Some months^
ago there developed a suspicion that
the conviction of Dreyfus was a matter
of expediency rather than justice,
and afterward there came up many
circumstances which seem to go to
prove the fact. Zola and others went
to work to get up an agitation in
behalf of Dreyfus, and, as the result,
they managed to bring about the trial
of one Esterhazy, who is believed to
be the real culprit. Foreseeing that
the conviction of Esterhazy would react
upon them, the army officers
throughout France threw every impediment
iu the way of the trial and
secured an acquittal. Upon this, Emil
Zola wrote au artical for a Parisian
newspaper in which he scored the
army officers, the court and everything
in sight with facts of the most exasperating
nature, and as the result, the
government instituted proceedings
against Zola. The trial was commenced
last Tuesday. Among the witnesses
put up for the defense was M.
Cassirner-Perier, former president of
the French republic. Upon being
sworn, he frankly stated that he did
not feel it bis duty to tell the whole
truth in the matter, and, consequently,
many of the facts which the defense
hoped to develop were not
brought out. The whole trial showed
a most flagrant suppression of the
facts by the court, and a hired mob
put in the day shouting for Zola's life.
The result of the trial is uot known
yet.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1898.
? According to Chairman Thomas, of
the ways and means committee, the cost
of the general assembly in session is at
the rate of about ?1,000 a day.
? The newspapers have about disposed
of Ellerbe; but as to who they are going
to put in his place, they do not as yet
seem to have agreed. Their decision, no
doubt, the voters are awaiting with anxious
interest.
? Right now is a good time to remember
that of all the food crops known to
this section, there is not one that is more
easily raised or more valuable than Irish
potatoes. On the table they are unsurpassed,
and even in the fattening of hogs,
they are worth as much as corn.
? Alienuuu IS ueui? I-OJICU w HJO mjuui
advertisements in some of the newspapers.
We do not recall an exception to the fact
that the newspapers which published
these advertisements, are for the dispensary.
The significance of this situation
the reader may work out for himself.
? It is better for the state to govern
liquor than for liquor to govern the state.
Under the dispensary system, liquor will
finally win complete power over the government.
Prohibition, therefore, or high
license, preferably prohibition, is the only
safe course to pursue under present conditions.
? It is a matter of opinion only. There
are those who will disagree with us.
There are those who can see in the halfpint
hip-pocket business of an occasional
blind tiger, more debauchery than can
be credited to the state dispensary. But
we think we know whereof we speak,
and we give it as our deliberate opinion
that except for the influence of the dispensary
and the original package shop at
Tirzab, there is less drinking and drunkenness
throughout York county, at the
present time, than there has been within
the memory of the oldest inhabitants.
? The Greenville doctors don't seem to
be satisfied that the public is satisfied that
there has really ever been any smallpox
in the city. They have just issued two
statements signed by all but a few of the
local physicians. One statement reads as
follows: "We, the undersigned physicians,
having seen some of the cases at
the pest bouse, know them to be cases of
smallpox." This is signed by six physicians.
The other statement reads: "We,
the undersigned physicians of Greenville,
do hereby certify that from what
we have heard of the cases at the pest
house, we believe them to be cases of
smallpox." this is signeu uy 10 puysisians,
and both certificates are published
in the papers for the edification of those
people who are supposed to have presumed
to entertain doubts.
DANGERS OF VAGRANCY.
The murder of Major J. K. Marshall,
of Chester, the other day, by a vagabond
Negro, calls especial attention to a condition
of affairs that is deserving of the
most searching inquiry.
The average individual, unaccustomed
to studying conditions around him, will
naturally be disposed to put this murder
down as one of those unfortunate circumstances
that are liable to occur at auy
time. Not one in a hundred, probably,
would think of tracing the tragedy to
any special defect in social conditions, or
oversight in the enforcement of the laws
by the powers that be; but for the real
trouble we do not think it worth while to
hunt much further.
There is an old and true saying to the
effect that the "devil is always quick to
find something for idle hands to do."
The significance of this saying has been
appreciated almost as far back as history
goes. Especially apt illustrations are
found in the habit of wise generals in
keeping their soldiers at hard work while
not engaged in actual campaigning. A
dozen cases might be cited from ancient
history; but a more familiar example can
be found in Stonewall Jackson. Many of
his long, tiresome and seemingly unnecessary
marches, wero intended more than
anything else, to keep his men employed
and out of mischief.
This Negro, Anderson, the murderer of
Miiim- Marshall, the other dav. was one of
the vagabond class?one of those people
who are always trying to live without
work, and who are so common in all the
towns. They are of botli colors. They
are not numerous, it is true; but they are
too numerous for the good of the com- 1
munity. We find him loafing about 1
Rock Hill for several days, and his whole
time, like most of the others of his class,
had been spent, no doubt, in looking for >'
a chance to steal something. The same '
time and thought spent at honest work, j
would have probably paid him well. But ,
by men of his class honest work is something
that is thoroughly despised. Sub- i
sequent developments in the case were a I
matter of coubse. 1
In our opinion, this murder is direct- 1
lv traceable to idleness?vagabondage. !
More than that, no town or city in the
country is threatened with a more dan- (
gerous menace than the vagabonds by (
which they aro infested. There are stat- j
utes to remedy this evil; but we know of <
no town or city in this state which has ]
magistrates of sutlicient intelligence or !
backbone to enforce the law. Until, j
however, the laws against vagabondage J
are rigidly enforced, there can be no hope j
of checking crime in its ineipiency or (
protecting communities from the recur- (
rence of such crimes as that which was i
witnessed the other day in Chester.
? It takes time, generally, to vindicate |
the right. If we remember correctly, and
we think we do, for we have had very !
good reason to remember, The Enquir- 1
kr joined with the good people of Yorkville
to defeat the establishment of the
dispensary at this place. When it was
proposed to change the location to Tirzah, (
for no other reason than that it would not ,
be established here, or at Rock Hill, al- i
though we knew that many of our friends I
were in favor of the proposition, we con- 1
tinned the fight. The fight was not sue- 1
cessful; but we were not at all disappointed.
Foreseeing the misery and debauchery
that would likely be caused by (
the institution, we could only feel that we
had done our duty. We were charged, of
course, with being actuated only by "ani- I
mosity to Tillman and Reform," etc.; but 1
we bad learned long since that in almost
any kind of fight, contemptible flings of
this kind were as a matter of course. We
entertained no animosities then and we
entertain none now. But we confess that ,
the action of the good people of Tirzah (
the other day in expressing themselves 1
so unanimously against the further continuance
of the dispensary and 0. P. shop
there, gave us a pleasure and satisfaction
that is only equalled by the action of the |
house of representatives in agreeing that
York county should be permitted to enjoy
prohibition. Time vindicates the
right.
INCONVENIENCE AT NEELY'S. i
How People Come to the River and Cannot
Get AcroHH.
Editor of the Yorkvllle Enquirer:
I have seen a statement that the county
supervisor had to wait an hour at Neely's
ferry on Monday of last week, on his way
to Yorkville, and then returned to Fort J
Mill because the wind was too strong for
the Hat to be put over. 1
For the benefit of the supervisor, coun- 1
ty commissioners, and the traveling pub- (
lie generally, I deem it proper to say that (
there is neither flat nor iron bridge, in or
over the Catawba river at Neely's ferry, I
nor has there been a flat there since the '
freshet of about 10 or 11 months ago,
when the flat was carried peacefully down j
a muddy stream bearing the name of a
noble tribe of red men. (
The owner of the ferry and the land (
adjoining on the east s:de, sent an order j
for lumber to replace the last flat; but
bearing of the intention, talk, or expectation
of a bridge being built thereabouts, ]
countermanded the order to await events. .
The events never materialized. The
property changed hands with the result !
experienced by the supervisor on that
cold, blustery evening, with a wind blow- *
ing at the rate of 25 miles an hour and 1
coming direct from the snow-capped hills 1
and mountains of North Carolina. I wish j
I could sympathize with the supervisor; J
but I cannot. I, too, want to cross some- l
times; but this accounts for the fact that I
there is no flat at Neely s ferry. I
In regard to the iron bridge for which i
the county commissioners voted an ap- ;
propriation of 89,000, I cannot say why |
the supervisor did not find it, unless it ,
was because it had been killed by the ,
statute of limitation. Or maybe, it died {
from internal injuries caused by outside
compression. However, we sincerely
sympathize with our over-tbe-river neighbors.
They are a patient, long-suffering, '
forbearing people, and are perhaps wait- 1
ing until after another election to cross t
over the river. India Hook. .
India Hook, February 7,1S97. ^
n iir iii'ii i n.iTTnV nu/tlVVDI! I
IiAIAM DA OU1HM unuu ClUO.
They Held a Meeting at Neely's Creek ]
Lust Saturday. j
Rock Hill Herald, Wednesduy :
According to appointmeut, the cot- i
ton growers of Catawba township held i
their meeting at Neely's Creek school 1
house on Saturday, 5th instant. The 1
meeting was well attended by repre- ?
sentative farmers and all were deeply ?
interested. Mr. T. M. Allen, chairman c
township executive committee, called \
the meeting to order and requested ?
Mr. W. H. Crook to preside. f
The minutes of the Rock Hill meeting,
as reported in the Rock Hill Her- 1
aid of January 2G, were read by the
secretary and approved, after adoption t
of an amendment to strike out the i
following clause : t
The committee will also make a list s
of those who decline to sign "the
nledce agreeing to reduce acreage."!
it was thought, and properly so, that t
the expression above quoted did not j
represent the purposes and motives of r
the association. '
The next business in order was the s
signing of the pledge, which reads as <
follows: f
"We the undersigned farmers of i
Catawba township and others, inter- i
ested in cotton culture, do hereby t
pledge ourselves to diversify our crops ]
and not to plant more than twelve (
acres to the plow. We also agree not i
to increase our plow force for the pur- t
pose of planting more cotton, and <
'urther we will see to it that this ob-1
Ration extends to all lands owned or
cultivated by us."
In construing this obligation, it was 1
generally understood that where lands
ire rented or when contracts have previously
been made, it would be out of {
[he power of a member to enforce the
spirit of the pledge.
Many of the members were culled
jpou to express themselves in regard
to the objects of the association, and
ilso as to the best methods of farming
under present conditions. It was
unanimously agreed that the true policy
of the farmers of Catawba was to '
put an end, if possible, to this cotton (
craze, and turn their atteution to food .
crops, to make their supplies at home
instead of buying from abroad. In f
jther words, to make cottou as a sur- (
plus crop in reality?not only to say
so, but do so. It was the opinion ex- j
pressed in general that if this policy (
is pursued, iu the course of a few <
years the township of Catawba, con- s
taiiiiug, as it does, such a fine quality
of land in general, can be made one 1
of the most prosperous and flourish- <
ing townships in the state.
The discussion was free and general
and the utmost unanimity in opinion '
prevailed. The executive committee
were given blanks to have the pledge
3igued generally by the farmers of Catawba
township.
The next meeting was ordered to be .
held at Friendship church, on the eastern
side of the township, near Catawba
river, Saturday, February 12th at 2 ,
o'clock p. ra. All farmers, as well as
others iuterested in cotton culture, are ,
invited to attend. Delegates to attend
the County Cotton Growers' association
will probably be elected at this
meeting.
LUETGERT IS GUILTY.
Chicago Sausage Maker Sentenced to Life
Imprisonment.
The second trial of Adolph L. Luelgert,
the Chicago sausage maker who
murdered his wife and dissolved her
body in a soap vat, was concluded last
Wednesday with a verdict of guilty
and a recommendation that the de
fendant be imprisoned for life.
After the announcemeut of the verdict
and the polling of the jury, Luetgert
was immediately surrounded by a
crowd of reporters and friends eager to
hear his first words. At first he absolutely
refuse to say anything, his one
response to questions being :
"I won't talk about it tonight." At
length he yielded to inquirers enough
to say that the verdict was a surprise
to him. 4lJ don't see bow the evidence
justifies such a verdict" he continued,
"but one thing is sure, the supreme
court will give me a new trial and I
shall be acquitted."
From the time when the prisoner
was led in to receive the verdict until
the bailiffs conducted him back to his
cell, his face showed not one tremor of
any sort of emotion. He smiled repeatedly
even when the verdict was j
read by the clerk and shook hands (
with his attorneys and the others who ,
leathered around him. And arriving (
at the jail he retired as usual appar- i
ently undisturbed by the adverse ver- (
diet.
The crime was committed on the :
night of May 1st, 1897, and Luetgert ]
was arrested on May 8th. The rings <
which have played such an important
part in the trial were discovered in the
vat on the 17 th of May. On the 19th and
20th habeas corpus proceedings to
secure the release of Luetgert were '
instituted but failed of their object. '
He was indicted on June 6tb, and '
an the 19th and 20th of the same 1
month, habeas corpus proceedings were j
instituted a second time without sue- ]
cess. August 23d the first trial began ]
oefore Judge Tuthill and lasted 61 >
days, the jury standing three for ac- |
quittal and niue for conviction. No- ,
member 26th the second trial began ]
!>efore Judge Gary and lasted 72 days, i
During this trial 146 witnesses have i
i)een examined, 886 objections to ques- i
iions were offered by Attorney Har- i
mon for the defense. Luetgert was on i
he stand 18J hours, and answered <
1,771 questious put to him by his own
awyers, and 1,238 by the state. The
eeord in the case consists of 4,620 1
cages of typewritten manuscript of an 1
iverage of 330 words to the page.
Johnny Had His Hair Cut.?The ]
landsome curly locks of Senator Mc- |
r r* i:? s)
LiUUriD, OI C50UU1 VUIUIII1U, uavc uisajr j
leared. Instead of Hyperion ringlets
:lustering on his head, there blooms a
sovering of pompadourian hair, which
;ives the senator a croppy look. All
.his is due to the fact that while Mr.
McLaurin was ill the ruthless barber
ilied his shears.
McLaurin, however, is one of the
nost athletic men in the senate. He
s young, well built and active. When
le was a student at the University of
Virginia he was the leader in the
itbletic sports and was an especially
jood boxer. It was related the other
lay that at one time young McLaurin
,vas found by some students thrashing
i big bully, until the man cried aloud
or mercy.
"What's the matter, Mac?" asked
lis friends.
"Nothing," replied the future senaor,
"except that this fellow was abusng
a little lame boy out here, and I
hought I would teach him a lesion."?Washington
Post.
The State as a Farmer.?About
he best thing the legislature could do
ust now would be to pass a resolution
equiring the sale of the state farms,
rhere is as much humbuggery to the
(j mi re inch in connection with "state
arming," almost, as there is in connecion
with state liquor selling. Both
ire wrong in principle and pernicious "
11 practice. With direct appropria- (
ions covering about $50,000 for the t
?ust five years, the treasury has rejeived
back a paltry $10,000. Better
i thousand times sell out and apply a
he proceeds of the farms to the debts a
)f the state.?Spartanburg Herald. v
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW ADVEKTISE WEVTS.
P. W. Love?Wants persons who are on
his club as subscribers to The Enquirer,
to make payment 011 or before March 1,
1898.
Srist Cousins?Have canned corn for sale
at 10 cents for a single can, or three for
25 cents. They also have peas and
beans, evaporated and dried fruit,
Heniz's cucumber pickles at 10 cents a
dozen, and "mule millinery" cheaper
than the usual prices.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. H. C. Strauss is seriously ill with
jrip.
Rev. Edward S. Reaves attended the recent
meeting of the Baptist Bible institute
n Chester.
W. W. Lewis, Esq., has been selected
?s superintendent or Trinity m. t,. sunlay-school,
vice F. A. Gilbert, deceased.
Thos. F. McDow, Esq., has accepted an
invitation to deliver an address on the
occasion of the regular quarterly public
jxercises of the McConnellsville High
jchool, on February 25.
Mr. R. S. Galloway, of The Associate
Reformed Presbyterian, paid The Enquirer
a pleasant visit last Wednesday.
He went from here to Sharon and Hickory
Grove, looking after the interests of
fciis excellent paper.
THE MAGISTRATE BILL.
The York delegation has arranged to
correct the oversight by which a number
cf magistrates' constables were required
to serve last year on less than half pay.
A bill to amend the act to provide for the
appointment of magistrates and define
their jurisdiction, powers and duties, has
passed the bouse and is now in the
senate.
The bill divides the county into nine
judicial districts as follows: 1, Broad
River township; 2, Bullock's Creek
township; 3, Betbesda township ; 4, York
township ; 5, King's Mountain township ;
6, Bethel township; 7, Fort Mill township
; 8, all of Ebenezer township outside
of the incorporate limits of Rock Hill;
9, all of Catawba township and that portion
of Ebenezer lying withiu the incorporate
limits of Rock Hill.
The salaries are fixed as follows: Magistrates
in 1st, 2nd and 3rd districts 875
each ; constables in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd
districts 8125 each for the year 1898, and
875 each per annum thereafter; magistrate
in the fourth district 8250 per annum
; his constable 8275 for the year 1898,
and 8250 per annum thereafter; magistrate
in the fifth district 875 per annum
and his constable 875 per annum; magistrate
in the sixth district 875 and bis constable
8125 for the year 1898, and 875 per
annum thereafter; magistrate in the seventh
district 8100, and his constable for the
year 1898 8175 and 8100 per annum thereafter
; magistrate for the eighth district 875,
and his constable 8125 for the year 1898
and 875 per annum for the years thereafter
; magistrate for the ninth district 8250
per annum and his constable the same.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Valentine Day.
Next Monday, the 14th instant, is Valentine
Day. I
Cotton Advancing.
There has been an encouraging advance
In the price of cotton during the past few
lays. The price in Yorkville, yesterday,
was from 5J to 5J. At the 11 o'clock call
3n the New York Cotton Exchange yeslerday,
May futures were quoted at 6.07.
Gold Hill School.
Following is the honor roll for Gold
Hill school, Miss Maggie Alexander,
principal, for the month of January:
Camtnie Crook, 98; Annie Crook, 96;
Elmore Crook, 92; Tot Crook, 95; Annie
Fans, 97 ; Beulah Faris, 97; Bessie Far is,
)3; Price Faris, 93; Belle Nicholson, 94;
Lee Nicholson, 92; Guy Blankensbip, 924;
Julia Blankensbip, 90; Beulah Kimball,
)6; Maggie Wilson, 95; Willard Wilson,
)3; Oscar Faris, 90.
How to Detect It.
From a mill man who knows whereof
he speaks, the reporter has gotten information
as to how to detect corn meal in
flour. It cannot be detected by the color.
The corn used is generally of a variety
;hat is eyeu whiter than the wheat. The
amplest way is to mix the flour with a
little water, then smooth the surface of
:he dough with a knife blade and put out
in the sun to dry. If the dough cracks it
is mixed with corn meal; but if it remains
smooth, it is pure wheat. The
mill man says the test is infallible.
Out at the Chnlngang.
The chaingang is still working at the
Fishing creek crossing, on the Charlotte
road, two miles from Yorkville. It has
been operating at this point for about six
weeks. The old road is to be abandoned
mtirely at the creek crossing, and the
present work consists of the construction
>f a new road to the west of the old roadbed.
The new road is to be graded to a
seight of from 4 to 7 feet for a distance of
!00 yards or more, and the work is now
ibout half completed. There will be an
opening of some 00 or 70 feet for the
;reek, which will be spanned by a substantial
bridge resting on rock abutments,
fhe calculation is that wheu the work is
inisbed, the road across the bottoms will
je above high water mark from one side
o the other.
The Forged CliecK mailer.
The statement, Wednesday, that the
:heck which the Negro, Jim Anderson,
itteinpted to have cashed in Chester was
irawn in favor of "Mrs. Mobley," was
ncorrect. It was payable to Mrs. Sallie
Hemphill. The Negro had attempted to
orge Mrs. Hemphill's name, and in
loing so made the ignorant blunder of
jutting "Hemp" in one line and running
he "hill" over to the next. The check
vas for $20. The Negro claimed that the
ady who gave him the check owed hiin
12 and he was to carry back the change.
.Vhen he left the bank with Major Marhall,
it was to find a brick house on
fork street. It was at his own request
hat he was accompanied by the major,
ind as it afterward developed, the request
lad only been made as a bluff. The
heck had been mailed by Mrs. Stringellow
at Hock Hill on the previous
1 :~i,t
n uuucnuajr m^ui.
till Quibbling
The town council of Yorkville is just
mblishing tin ordinance requiring the
lealth officer and secretary of tlio board
if health to each give a bond for the
aithful performance of their duties, in
he sum of ?>"201). If the council will now
ipprove the health regulations as recomuended
by the board of health, without
m attempt to amend these regulations so
is to usurp to themselves an authority
vhicli the law does not contemplate that
they should have, the regulations maybe
duly enforced to the unquestioned welfare
of the community. But so long as
members of the council are exempted
from the operation of the law, there are
other citizens who will ignore it, if for no
other reason, on account of the implied
discrimination and unbusiness-like way
of doing things which shall only be done
in strict accordance with law.
Sale of the Globe Mill.
Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday : Pursuant
to the order of Judge Benet, the
Globe Mill property was sold by Receiver
John R. London last Monday, at public
auction, on the Main street in Rook Hill.
The mill, with 10 acres of ground and 16
tenement houses, was bought by a syndicate
of bondholders, the price paid being
?40,000. The syndicate is composed of
A. F. Ruff, J. R. London, R. T. Fewell,
A. E. Smith, W. L. Roddey, A. Friedheim,
C. W. Frew, all of Rock Hill; and
Carey, Bane & Smith, of Baltimore.
Nine acres of ground and 27 tenement
houses were bought by O. P. Heath, of
Monroe, N. C., for 87,000, and 2j acres of
land was bought by W. L. Roddey for
850. The syndicate has not yet perfected
its plans; but it is probable that a new
company will be formed at an early day
and that operations will then be resumed
at the factory. This is a consummation
most devoutly to be hoped for.
TO EXEMPT YORK.
Although it is not improbable that the
senate will yet kill the bill, as a matter
of present interest and of record, the circumstances
under which the house agreed
to exempt York county from the provisions
of the dispensary law are interesting.
The following is from The News
and Courier of Thursday:
Mr. Verner called up his bill to exempt
Oconee county from the operations of the
dispensary law. The people of Oconee
do not want the dispensary. His people
were satisfied with prohibition. Tne first
year his people bought 8250 from the disftensary
in Oconee, next year 85,000, and
ast year 810,000. He could also show
there was twice as much liquor made and
drunk in the county. Every man and .
woman in the town where the dispensary
is located, petitioned for the removal of
the dispensary. They had to buy a lot
out of town to put up the dispensary.
Dr. Ilderton askea how many blind ti
gers mere were in uconee.
Mr. Venuer said not as many as Florenceh&d.
The house refused to kill the bill.
Mr. deLoaeh also wished to exempt
York from the dispensary law. There is
but one dispensary at York. The state
wanted a dispensary at York courthouse.
The people rose up and protested, so also
did Rock Hill. He then explained how
the Tirzah dispensary was started and
how the O. P. store followed. This is
worse than a blind tiger. It is mean liquor.
The whole community is cursed.
A few days since tho 14 voters at Tirzah
voted against the dispensary and the dispenser
and bis clerk alone voted for the
dispensary. He appealed for the people
and the church to remove the only dispensary
iu that county.
Mr. deLoaeh thought the amendment
would kill the O. P. store.
Mr. deLoach's amendment was agreed
to and so York and Oconee were exempted
from the dispensary law.
Mr. Mauldin wanted to exempt Pickens.
Mr. Henderson said such exemptions
would kill the dispensary. The dispensary
has been sustained. Do not kill the
dispensary by indirection. There is a
channel for relief and let us take'that.
Mr. McCullough said he was surprised
to hear a dissenting voice when counties
asked for exemption from the dispensarv
law. This is the only channel through
which to get relief. Mr. McCullough
said, "Woe unto him who puts the bottle
to his neighbor's lips ana makes him
[drunk." He said that Mr. Henderson
[saw that the dispensary was tottering,
shaking on its basis, and he was trying to
save it. He thought it would be better
for the dispensary to go "to the lower regions,"
as one member had said. He
earnestly pleaded that in the name of
humanity, of Christianity and justice,
that none would vote against the exemption
of the counties. It was a burning
shame to force this law upon counties not
wishing it.
Dr. Wyche thought there was a settlement
of the issue. He was surprised at
the statement of Mr. McCullough. The
previous delegation had asked for the
dispensary for Oconee. Dr. Wyche supposed
Mr. Yerner was elected on other
than one issue. He protested against
delegations acting on such matters.
Dr. Ilderton did not favor county exemptions.
Mr. Stevenson read the law, and said
the present status was unjustly forced on
these counties. It is not a question of
politics, but one of justice. It was a
gross discrimination to force prohibition
counties, under the law, without a popular
vote.
Dr. Wyche thought it better to pass a
local option bill. Pickens county was
also exempted from the operations of the
dispensary law. Then the yeas and nays
were called on ordering the bill to a third
reading, and the bill was passed to its
third reading by a vote of 65 to 33.
Mr. Stevenson put the clincher on the
vote.
Two heavy raps for the dispeusary in
two days.
BLACKSBUKG BUDGET.
The Graded Schuol-Mra. GrUsy Moore
Dead?Sketch of Her Life.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Blacksburg, February 8.?The annual
election for trustees of the graded school
was held on the 1st instant and resulted
in the keeping in office the old board,
viz: D. D. Gaston, W. F. Dye and T. L.
Black. This is a good precedent for our
people generally. If a man exhibits any
fitness for an office, the more experience
be has and the longer be is kept in it, the
more competent and efficient he becomes
and in consequence gives the people better
service than a new and inexperienced
officer would.
Mrs. Grissy Moore, whose extreme ill- .
ness I mentioned in The Enquirer,
died at her home near Buffalo church on
Thursday, January 27. Mrs. Moore was
the daughter of Andrew and Mary Flack,
and was born in Rutherford county, N.
C., December 21,1808. Her father was a *
prominent citizen of his section; a tnan
of strong mind and vigorous body, he
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uvea lO UtJ IlCUllJ a UUIIU4UU J v.?.? ?
He was wealthy and influential, and was
known by bis fellowmen as a man of
honor and the strictest integrity. During
the early days of the present century,
which is so soon to close, the only means
of communication between the mountains
to Charleston was by wagons and
carriages. It was a long and sometimes
lonely trip from Rutherford county, X.
C., to Columbia and Charleston or Augusta,
and to relieve the loneliuess, aud
for their pleasure and sight-seeing, Mr.
Flack brought with him his two daughters?Selina
and Orissy. One of his stopping,
or "camping" places, was at old
Mr. Moore's, where Mr. Jonathan Moore,
the younger and only surviving sou, now
lives. It was there aud then that the two