Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 17, 1898, Image 2
Scraps and Jacts.
? There is great irritHtion iu Madrid
at the final continued refusal of the
Filipinos to release the Spauish prisoners,
who exceed 10,000 in number.
The insurgents are now demanding
that Spain pay as ransom for those
prisoners the $20,000,000 which she is
to receive, according to the terms ol
the peace treaty, from the Uuited
States.
? Mrs. Elizabeth Gelbert, of Thornaston,
Conn., aged 74, daughter of the
late Seth Thomas, the clockmaker,
and the Rev. Dr. William Webster
Belden, aged 78, were married last
week. They were sweethearts in
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Dot like tbe engagement and broke it
off. Then the young people lost sight
of each other. Miss Thomas married
and became a widow, and Dr. Belden
also married and lost his wife, and ouly
recently the couple were thrown together
again.
? Senator Vest says of Senator
Cockrell that he always makes it a
a point to learn the names of his rural
constituents and call them thereby.
But once be made a slip. In some
manner he forgot the name of the
couuty chairman and bluntly askedjt.
"Why said the chairman, "I'm Jones.
I thought you knew me." "Of course
I do," said Cockrell quickly, "but
which one of old Jones's boys are you ?
I knew your father for years." "And
he only bad one son," was the harsh
reply.
? Henry J. Nelligan, cook, and Geo.
W. Beverly, bugler, both of Company
G, First Florida, were killed at Huntsville,
Ala., last Monday night. Nelligan
and Beverly had been on bad
terms for several days and had fought
in camp. Nelligan drew a knife and
stabbed Beverly, who drew a pistol and
told him to staud back. Nelligan's
brother, H. T. JNelligan, seeing ueveriy
with a pistol in his hand, killed him
with a Springfield rifle. Beverly's
brother Ray emerged from his tent at
this time. He saw bis brother fall,
and thinking he bad been killed by
Nelligau, the cook, shot him dead.
? The periodical dead-letter office
sale will begin in Washington, on Monday,
December 19, and continue day
and evening until completed. The
catalogue of articles to be disposed of
covers 91 pages. The miscellaneous
articles are classed under 3,958 headings,
the books, pamphlets, etc., under
922 headings aud the jewelry under 251
headings. The collection comprises
many thousands of articles of every
character and description, a few of
them valuable ; but the very large
majority of insignificant worth, in
the jewelry collection there are apt to
be some bargains.
? Two American confidence men
have been in Havaua and gone, leaving
the Spanish wiser but poorer by
$30,000 in gold, says a dispatch. One
of them paid $5,000 by a certified
check for an optiou on a plantation at
$115,000. Then a second American
appeared and offered $175,000 cash for
his plantation, giving the Spaniard
. a certified check for $10,000 to make
good the bargain. The first purchaser
refused to release his option except on
the payment of $30,000 cash. He got
the money. Needless to say the sec*
1.4.J mi
ona purcD&se was noi compieieu. ? u?
certified checks were bogus and the
two coutidence men are now iu the
United States.
? The vice president says he is a
direct gaiuer financially by the late
war, and the reason he gives is a decidedly
novel one. From his coming
to Washington up to the outbreak of
the war, an average of 100 babies a
month were named after him, or at
least their foud parents so informed
him by letter. Other rich officials and
senators have been through the same
experience, and, as a rule, rather enjoyed
sharing their names and bestowing
small checks until the aggregate
sum of the latter obliged them to halt.
In this particular direction his value
ba3 fallen off considerable, for the
youngsters nowadays whose parents
want to start them off under the halo
of somebody else's name are christened
Dewey, Schley, Roosevelt, Hobsou
and all the rest of the recent heroes of
land and sea.
? Means were taken a few days ago
to make public astatemeut that Rufus
L. Perry, a Negro lawyer of Brooklyn,
backed, it is declared, by several well
known Tammany officials, is to form
a Negro settlement of 6,000 people
within sight of the greater New York.
According to the statement given out,
a tract of land comprising 1,500 acres
has been secured upon an option which
will today be taken up. The families
will be at once brought to their new
homes from North and South Carolina
and Georgia. The projectors of the
scheme say they have the assurance
that several large factories will be put
into operation as soon as the colored
folks are settled. A town is to be
formed and the projectors say they
will not only be able to elect a mayor,
but an assemblyman as well. Each
lot holder will receive a deed of his
plot, for which he will be charged $5.
It is said that the colony will be located
in the uew county of Nassau.
? The battle of Omdurmau has
strangely affected a peculiar market,
says a London dispatch. Dervish
skeletons are now a special high class
line in the skeleton markets of Europe.
There are already about 200 on the
London market, chiefly purchased from
one of the big hospitals. One of the
principal London dealers says that the
fine athletic Dervishes make the fiuest
skeletons ever put on the bone market.
The expense of transportation is
heavy; but the type of skeleton a
Dervish makes commands a price
sufficient to cover the expense; but
Berliu, Vienna and Paris have secured
the greatest number of General Kitchener's
victims. The same dealer says
that after the Franco-Prussian war the
skeleton market was overstocked, dealers
having to hold back the surplus in
order to keep prices up. Not a single
German skeleton came on the market.
It is always the vanquished who come
to this anatomical end. The dealer
pointed out the curious fact that
Frenchmen's skeletons are always
much whiter than the British. How'
ever, artificially bleached, the latter
remain yellow. The huge influx of
French skeletons after the FrancoFrussiau
war created a fashion for
while bones. Consequently a very
white skeleton always fetches from $5
to $10 ahove one of brownish hue.
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VOJR.KVILLE. S. C. :
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17,1898. ,
? Both the Spanish and American i
peace commissioners agreed to keep 1
secret the terms of the recent treaty 1
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ULI 111 Ulid tuc rnaiici uau uccu uuij
acted upon by the Americau senate;
but it seems that tbe task was too <
much for the commissioners. Mr. i
Blowitz, the Paris correspondent of
the London Times, has worried the
information out of somebody, and a '
good idea of the contents of the treaty
is to be found in an article published i
in another column.
? Meanwhile we may be pardoned
for whispering a suggestion to The
Enquirer. That newspaper objects
to the "emergency judges" idea, that
it would not do away with the magistrates
iu tbe country. The Enquirer
seems to think that these officials are 1
usually nuisances and frequently dangerous.
As a matter of fact it is necessary
to have a committing magistrate
in every neighborhood. Our ob- i
servation of the country magistrate is I
that he is a useful officer. When he
is honest he is a court of arbitration 1
for his section, and by plain horse J
sense settles many questions on both I
sides of the docket which would other- i
wise cumber the courts. Now and j
then a contentious or greedy fellow is
appointed, proceeds to stir up strife aud '
make cases ; hut the grand juries get <
after such men before they have gone <
very far. The magistracy should be
an honorary office, however, as it used (
tn he ?nH vet is in England. We be- 1
lieve that in every county enough men j
of high character and position could be '
found to undertake the duties of magistrate
without costing the state a cent 1
except for books and blanks and an occasional
day's work for a special-con- i
stable.?Greenville News.
If The News had been keeping up
with what The Enquirer has been
saying on this subject, it would not
have been suggested that we desire to ,
do away entirely with the office of
magistrate. We have shown all along
that this step is neither desirable nor
practicable. The principal benefits 1
to be derived from county courts are a
more satisfactory admininistration of ,
many matters now in the jurisdiction ,
of magistrates and speedier administration
of many other matters now
in the jurisdiction of the circuit court.
The saviog is expected to make the ,
county court sustaining, with but little, ,
if any, more expense than at present.
What The News says of the horse
sense of country magistrates, sounds
all veiy well in theory ; but it is not
often borne out in practical operation. .
It is easy enough to talk about higher
courts correcting mistakes and grand 1
cfroinrhfoninir nut incomnetent '
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and vicious magistrates, etc. In most (
cases of mistakes the parties agrieved (
do not know enough to secure correc- |
lions, and complaints to grand juries, i
whether based on right and justice or '
not, are too often ignored on allega- <|
lions of personal interests, etc. The
best thiug, therefore, to do in a matter ,
of this kind is to provide not thatsys- (
tem which seem to look best in theory ; I
hut that which is calculated to show 1
up most sastisfactory iu practical ope- 1
ration.
THE PRESIDENT IN ATLANTA. ,
Uttered Sentiment* That Received Enthuoiastic
Endorsement*. '
President RIcKinley delivered a 1
short speech before the Georgia gener- J
al assembly last Wednesday, the first
day of the Atlanta peace jubilee. '
The gallaries of the legislature hall '
were crowded, and the reference of \
the president to Confederate soldiers 1
created wild enthusiasm. (
The president spoke as follows: 1
"Sectional lines no longer mark the '
map of the United States. Sectional 1
feeling no longer holds back the love 1
we bear each other. Fraternity is the 1
national anthem, sung by a chorus of 1
45 states and our territories at home '
and beyond the seas. The union is 1
once more the common atlas of our '
love and loyalty, our devotion and sac- '
rifices. The old flag again waves over
us in peace and new glories which 1
your sons and ours have this year ad- '
ded to its sacred folds. What cause 1
we have for rejoicing ! Saddened only
by the fact that so many of ou~ brave 1
men fell on the field or sickened and 1
died from hardship and exposure, and
others returning, bringing wouuds and
disease from which they will long suffer.
The memory of the dead will be ?
a precious legacy and the disabled will <
hp thp nation's rare. S
"A natiou which cares for its disa- <
bled soldiers as we have always done 1
will never lack defenders. The na- (
tional cemeteries for those who fell in ]
battle are proof that the dead as well <
as the liviug have our love. What an 1
army of sileut sentinels we have, and I
with what loving care their graves are ?
kept. t
"Every soldier's grave made during <
our unfortunate Civil war is a tribute
to American valor. And while, when ]
those graves were made, we differed t
widely about the future of this gov
erumeut, the differences we long ago 1
settled by the arbitrament of arms? i
and the time has now come in the i
evolution of sentiment and feeling, i
under the providence of God, whei>, (
in the spirit of fraternity we should 1
3hare with you in the care of the graves
of the Confederate soldiers.
"The cordial feeling now happily
existing between the north and south
prompts this grucious act, and, if it
needed future justification, it is found
in the gallant loyalty to the Union and
lo the dag so conspicuously shown in
the year just passed by the sons and
grandsons of the heroic dead.
"What a glorious future awaits us,
if unitedly, wisely and bravely we
face the new problems now pressing
upon us, determined to solve them
for right and humanity."
THE NEED OF THE ARMY.
General Corbln Indicates the Disposition
of 100,000 Soldiers.
Adjutant General Corbin appeared
last Wednesday before the house committee
on military affairs, says a
Washington dispatch. His statements
attracted unusual interest because of
their direct reference to conditions in
Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines
and the military requirements on which
the war department was acting.
As to the need of an increased army,
General Corbin said that was a most
3erious proposition.
He proceeded : "The Cuban evacuation
commission?consisting of Generals
Wude and Butler and Admiral
Sampson?has submitted a statement
that in order to restore order and preserve
order in Cuba, it will require the
presence of an array of 50,000 men."
General Corbin said he would send
this recommendation, in confidence,
to the committee ; but later it was arranged
that it should be submitted
without confidential reservations. It
was on this recommendation, said General
Corbin, that the plan of sending
troops to Cuba was based. It might
be found that 50,000 men would uot
be absolutely requisite.
"But we are holding 50,000 men in
readiness to go if required," said the
general. As to the Philippines, he
. ? 1
went uu, vjreuei ui vus, m wunuuuu
there, has recommended that 25,000
men were required. In Puerto Rico
the officers iu command there recommend
that the force now on band is
about adequate for the requirements.
The present force there is 6,100. That
made 81,000 men, leaving with an
army of 100,000 about 18,000 for reserves
at home.
"It must be borne in mind," said
Geuerai Corbin, "that an army in time
of peace is like insurance. It is a
preparation for an emergency. If we
had had such an army last JuDe, there
would have been no such loss of life as
occurred."
"Do you think 50,000 men for Cuba
a conservative estimate?" asked Mr.
Jett, of Illinois.
"I think it is," answered the general.
"And how long will that last?" asked
Mr. Hay.
"I wish I could say," answered General
Corbin ; "but no man can 6ay."
Owing to importunities of congressmen,
as a reassurance to volunteers,
the Associated Press was requested to
3eud General Corbin's statement on
that point. He said : "The department
is disposed to deal very leniently
as to letting off men who are needed
at home. Iu some cases colonels have
been instructed to reduce companies
to 80 men so as to let off men who are
urgently needed at home. And even
below 80 we are making discharges on
satisfactory statements that the presence
of the men are needed at home."
COUNTY COURT QUESTION.
Legislators Beginning to Give Attention
to This Important Matter.
August Kohn in News and Courier.
Columbia, December 14.?There is
considerable agitation throughout the
state for the establishment of county
courts. The newspapers have taken
up the question and they generally
favor the idea. Legislators who come
P/vlnmKiu Annocinnollu ?rp ftlflA t.tf I k -
IV VU1UUJUIU VVVUOIVOU..J ?
ing about it, and there is no doubt that
mch a bill will be introduced, and,
judging by expressions of opinion from
legislators, the measure h#s a good
zhance of passage. So far as can be
ascertained, no definite plan has been
arranged which will be included in the
t)ill; but generally speaking, the idea
?eems to be to have a county court to
meet once a month and try such cases,
and dispose of them, as magistrates
aow have jurisdiction over. It is contended,
and, perhaps, truly, that many
zases are sent up to the higher court
which could be disposed of by a county
court at less cost. These trivial
zases cost the counties as much as
those of a more serious character.
The advocates of the county court
3cheme say that the circuit judges are
now overworked, and it is a fact that
the question is again being ugitated of
increasing the number of judicial cirzuits
in the state to relieve them of
this overwork. Unless the county
zourt bill is passed, it is very likely
that a bill will be introduced increasing
the circuits by two at least. Of course
there are men having judicial aspirations
who would like to see the number
of circuit judges increased ; but
iside from that, the advocates of the
zounty court idea hold that it must be
lone if our courts are to he conducted
with due deliberation in the consideration
of cases by the judges. Should
the county courts be established, the
lumber of magistrates in the state
would be decreased. Those that remain
would have only committing
power.
MERE-MENTION
The Isle De Cuba, one of the cruisers
snuk by Admiral Dewey in uie name
)f Manila on May 1 last, and which he
iubsequently caused to be raised, startid
for Hong Kong last Monday under
ler own steam. She is of 1,030 tons
iisplacement and 2,200 iudicated horse
lower. Seven Italian snow shoveK i
;rs were killed at Crittenden, N. Y.,
ast Tuesday by a New York Central
Veigbt eugine. They were shoveling |
snow at the station, and iu attempting i
o get out of the way of the freight i
iugiue, stepped on the wrong track.
The centennial anniversary of the
Louisiana purchase is to be celebrated
it St. Louis, Mo., on January 10, next.
A riot occurred in Havana last
Monday between Cubans and Spanards
on account of the refusal of the
Spaniards to close all places of amuse- i
oent in respect to the memory of
general Garcia. Three Cubans were
rilled. Major General Brooke hasji
been appointed governor of Cuba.
Each of the six provinces is to have a
governor, and all the governors of
provinces are to be answerable to
General Brooke as governor of the
island. Captain Sigsbee now has
command of the Texas, which is the
flagship of Commodore Philip, commanding
the North Atlantic squadron.
A Madrid dispatch says that at
Grenada, on Wednesday, a mob of
women, considering that the discovery
of America was, in their opiuion, the
principal cause of Spain's misfortunes,
stoned the statue of Columbus.
The pension appropriation bill, reported
to the house last Wednesday, carries
$145,233,830, being $4,000,000
more than was carried by the appropriation
bill of last year. Hon.
Wui. J. Bryan arrived in Washington
j mi TT.. j
on wennesaay. me umieu oiblcc
transport Panama, with Fitzbugh Lee
and staff aboard, entered tbe harbor oi
Havana on Wednesday.
MR. BRICE AT McCONNELLSVILLK.
The People Were Enpeolally Pleased With
His Arbor Day Speech.
Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enquirer.
McConnellsville, December 14.?
Friday, December 9, after an interesting
day spent in tree-planting exercises
and in listening to appropriate recitations
by the school Children, the crowning
effect was reached in an evening
speech delivered in the academy building.
The trustees of this district had
been fortunate in getting for the occasion
one who finds no subject foreign
to him, or, as he expressed it, "can
preach for you today, and plan your
suit tomorrow."
The speaker was Mr. J. S. Brice, our
prominent lawyer. Mr. Brice very
modestly disclaimed all powers of making
a lecture, especially on such a topic
as "Arbor Day." He, however, could
not cheat tbe people with that vain
excuse. Soon he advanced into bis
carefully prepared discourse, giving
some history of the day that was
being celebrated. His eye though was
not always free from a twinkle, nor
were the listeners wholly dignified,
for the inimitable style of his anecdotes
was not to be resisted.
With these he mingled the graver
truths and the moral lessons wbicb he
pointed out to the children. His numerous
apt quotations showed on another
side, too, his love for poetry.
Mr. Brice has undoubtedly power in
controlling his audience. From the
humorous to the grave is only a short
step for him and bis bearers, and in
botb he holds their rapt attention.
Although the lecture was not nearly
long enough to prove satisfying,
vote it as a half-hour spent most
pleasantly.
MISS DAVIDSON AT CLEMSON.
Good People of Fort Hill Congregation
Delighted With Her Lecture.
Correspondence ot the Yorkville Enquirer.
Pendleton, S. C., December 14.?
Miss Ella C. Davidson lectured Monday
evening before the ladies and children
of Fort Hill church, Clemson college,
and Tuesday afternoon before
ladies and children of the graded
school of Pendleton, in the Presbyterian
church. Ladies of all the churches
came out to bear her. Quite a number
came even through the darkness
and intense cold to the evening service.
We had heard much of Miss Davidson
as a lecturer before she came. She
lectured in Chinese costume, and was
listened to throughout with rapt at
tention. All who were fortuuately
enough to be preseut were delighted
with her lectures. She is certainly an
impressive and instructive lecturer on
missions. We believe uow that the
best way to interest men in foreign
missions is to send for an entertaining
lady to lecture and forbid their attending.
They thus get their curiosity
aroused and begin to inquire what was
said. They thus learn more than if
you were to send for a man to lecture
and invite them all to come.
Miss Davidson called to see the venerable
Dr. J. B. Adger on his 88th
birthday, Tuesday last. Dr. Adger is
the oldest minister in our synod, and
was for sometime a missionary to Turkey.
Miss Davidson lectures in Anderson
today and tomorrow.
b. p. b.
Like the Reese Case.?Eli Tucker
will have to pay the widow and children
of Uriah Johnson $5,000, because
he killed Johnson. A jury so decided
today. This case has attracted considerable
attention, it being the first
of its kind ever tried in a Maryland
court. Tucker had bad some trouble
with Johnson. The quarrel ended in
a fight, which resulted in Tucker's
killing Johnson. Tucker is a prosperous
farmer, while Johnson was a vegetable
packer.
Under the laws of Maryland, the
wife and children of a man killed by
another cau recover damages from his
assailant if the latter is convicted of
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me crime. j.ue law was cupieu ium
the Maryland code from a similar ooe
written by Lord Campbell, which has
for centuries been enforced in England
; but it has always been a dead
letter in this state. Iudeed, few lawyers
were aware that it existed. The
case has been on trial for more than a
week, and attracted considerable atseution.
The jury in rendering a
verdict decided that the widow should
have $3,000 and her six children
$2,000.?Baltimore dispatch.
? From a review of "The Philippine
Islands and Their People," a book
recently published, one gets a vivid
idea of the heterogenous racial characteristics
of the population, and a still
more vivid comprehension of the manifold
tribulatious which are likely to
be encountered in attempting to govern
them, should the islands become
United States colonies. The population
of Luzon, the most civilized of the
group, is roughly estimated at 5,000,000.
It is divided into numerous tribes
of diverse origiu and natures. Most of
them are barbarians, and among not a
few of the tribe9 head-hunting is a
popular diversion. This sport is followed
with especial zest by the Gnddenese,
among whom it is impossible
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101' 81) II spiring suuur to uutaiu a unuc
until lie has at least ooe head to his
credit. This is an incentive to the
marital relations against which an unfortunate
victim might not unreasonably
protest.
LOCAL AFFAIRS
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Ganson Dry Goods Company?Prin
a list of sensible and suitable boli
day gifts which can be lound at tbei
store at proper prices, and let you knov
that on next Mouday they will bavi
another car load of shoes for your in
8D6CtiODi
"Tne Beautiful White Devil"?Is the ti
tie of the next serial story to be pub
lished in The Enquirer. The publica
tion of this story will be commence*
early in January.
Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Announces that ol<
Santa Claus will leave her store a
midnight on the 24th of December. Ii
the meantime you should be in a burr:
to secure a share of his stock. It con
i sists of dolls, albums, cases, plain an<
fancy candies together with many othe
things that are either useful or orna
mental.
W. W. Lewis, Administrator?Gives no
tice that on the 17tb of January, 1899, h
will apply for a discharge as administra
tor de oonis non cum testamento an
nexo of the estateof James Jefferys, de
ceased.
W. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. P.?Gives nn
tice tbat Mrs. Laura D. Allison bas filei
a petition praying tbat a homestead o
real and personal property be set asid
i for herself and minor children, out c
the estate of her late husband, Dr. J. \v
' Allison.
NEW COUNTY GOVERNMENT LAW
A change in the present county gov
1 ernment law goes into effect about th
1st of February. We had an intima
, lion of the fact some months ago; bu
the article from the Orangeburg Times
Democrat, elsewhere in this issue, i
the first definite statement we bav
seen on the subject.
That the new law will prove a grea
improvement on the present law, w
> have every reason to believe. It wil
be less cumbersome, and three mei
will be able to work with greater effi
1 ciency than ten or more; but still th
new law is open to a strong objection
, Under it, the counties are still to b
governed by representatives of th
> governor rather than of the people
1 This is virtually the only differenc
between the new law and the old la\
' by which power was vested in thre
county commissioners, all elected b;
> the people. Let the general assembl;
i now provide that all three count;
commissioners be elected by the peopl
and all will again be right.
CONFEDERATE RE-CNION.
1 The re-union of United Confederal
veterans in Charleston, on May 1C
1899, promises to be the biggest tbinj
of the kind that has yet taken plact
, At least that is what the people o
< Charleston intend to make of it if the;
can, aud the people of Cbarleetoi
have a way of doing pretty nearl;
everything they set out to do.
1 One thing the executive committe
has in view, is the raising of abou
$25,000 in cash. It is the iutentioi
that most of this money shall be rais
ed in Charleston, and all of it is to b
. used for the purpose of making tb
i visiting veterans enjoy themselves.
1 But while Charleston is willing to d
her full share and more, the executiv
J '
committee does not expect her to do i
, all. In a very large sense the reunioi
, is a state, rather than a local affkii
and it has been decided to call upoi
1 the state at large to help provide fo
1 the entertainment of the veterans.
The necessary organization to rais
contributions has not yet been com
i pleted. It has only been planned
People all over the state will be askei
1 to contribute whatever they can in tb
shape of corn, meat, flour, chickens
' turkeys, beeves, butter, eggs, etc. Ii
fact, any and everything that is goes
i to eat will be acceptable. To tak
charge of these contributions, th
1 ladies of Charleston will soon organiz
a commissary department, and it i
expected that when the time comes
all the veterans who go to Charlestoi
will he entertained either free of charg
or at a very trifling expense to each.
York county will soon be called upoi
to make her share of the contributions
There will be committees, very proba
bly, in each and every section, and i
York fails to come up to expectation
in the matter, there will be occasioi
for considerable surprise.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. W. T. Barron is evidently in fo
a siege of fever.
Mr. T. B. McClain is hard at worl
on bis cotton mill project.
C. E. Spencer, Esq, has been absen
in Columbia for several days.
Dr. Wm. M. Walker has been con
fined to bis bed for several days.
Mr. B. D. Springs, of Charlotte, wa
in Yorkville on last Tuesday anc
Wednesday.
Jos. Alexander, Jr., is assisting
Treasurer Neely with the work o
issuing tax receipts.
Mr. J. H Riddle is still confined t<
bed. He seems to be better one da>
and not so well the next.
Major James F. Hart has been ir
Columbia during the present week
He is expected home today.
Mr. B. N. Moore has begun to mak<
repairs and changes on the Jefferyt
property, recently purchased by him.
Mr. A. M. Grist left last Thursday
for New York. On his way he will
stop over at Charlotte, Washington
Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Mrs. S. A. Carroll is visiting the
family of her son, Mr. J. E. Carroll
near Sharon. Mr. Carroll is confined
to his bed.
Dr. Miles Walker went over tc
Union county on Wednesday on professional
business and returned on
Thursday afternoon.
W. W. Lewis, Esq., is trying to carry
two banana plants through the winter
in his office. Jack Frost has not gotten
them yet; but .
Mr. R. N. Plaxco, of the Bethany
neighborhood, has in more than forty
acres of wheat. He has not allowed
himself to be worried by unfavorable
seasons.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian :
Mr. Howard Caldwell addressed the
Y. M. C. A. Sabbath night. Mr. Caldwell
hopes to enter the seminary at no
distant date.
Mr. R. A. Cloaninger, who got his
, hand badly cut in Morrow's gin re- a
cently, and went to Gastonia, has re- a
turned to Yorkville. He is carrying
t his right arm in a sling. .
T. F. McDow, Esq., has been trying
r his hand on raising celery. As to just c'
1 how much of the work he did himself, cc
. the reporter is not in a position to say ; ai
but there is no question of the fact f0
* that be has a fine crop.
" Mr. T. W. Speck has been fitting ,
1 and selling quite a large number of
pairs of spectacles recently. As the al
| result of the careful attention be has tr
j given the matter, he is getting up an hi
7 extensive reputation. st
Messrs. John I. SDinks and J. W.
T Ardrey, of Fort Mill; F. E. Clinton,
. of Bethel; L. C. Harrison and A. H. 1
White, of Rock Hill; Paul T. McNeel H
~ and W. M. Propst, of Yorkville, repre- fc
. sented their respective lodges at the u
- annual communication of the Masonic p
- grand lodge of South Carolina, in a|
Charleston, this week. .
K ' / tr(
A There are to be only two changes in
>f the county offices this year?Mr. Boyce 81
? to succeed Mr. Williams as auditor, ai
' and Mr. Carroll to succeed Mr. Sbur- a
ley as superintendent of education.
Mr. Carroll has not received his com- g]
" mission ; but will likely get it in time j
- to take charge of the office soon after
e the first of January. Mr. Boyce will e
hardly received his appointment until "
t after the meeting of the general assem- tl
bly, and may not take charge of the h
office until about the first of February. j,
8 He will, however, in order to familiar- .
e ize himself in the work of taking returns,
go with Auditor Williams to *
t most of the latter's appointments. B
* ABOUT THE LIEN LAW. w
"I have read the editorial in The t|
a Enquibee of Wednesday with a good ^
deal of interest," said a retired ez-mer- je
chant to the reporter on yesterday,
' "onrl ivhila in mnnl. nurl.irnlftra T HcrAP
e with the ideas expressed, in some I C(
e think the editor is mistaken."
' "I'd be very glad to have your
e views," said the reporter. "In what ^
v particular do you fail to agree with the
e editorial?"
y "Well, although I have made some
y money out of the lien law, I have u
y thought for a long time that it should ^
e be repealed. As suggested by The ^
Enquirer, the law has outlived its C|
usefulness; but when it comes to as- tj
e suming that the law has became, or tj
I is about to become, a dead letter, I u
g have a very different opinion. The
, law is just as live today as it has ever ^
,1 been, and inasmuch as it was not rey
pealed 15 or 20 years ago, there will t|
Q never be another better lime than now C(
y for its repeal."
"But," asked the reporter, "is it not a
e a fact that the price of cottou no longt
er pays the cost of production, and is
Q it uot practically impossible for a iner- ^
chant to profitably make advances on u
g a crop which, when sold, will not net
e much more than enough to pay him?" t|
"Yes, that is all very well; but you
0 lose sight of a very important fact in c
e connection wiin me proposmou. ine l(
l average merchant advances supplies fc|
Q on a basiis of say from $50 to $100 to t|
. the plow?from 2$ to 5 bales. It is a c
q very poor farmer wbo cannot make t(
r that amount of cotton. Now, you ^
must remember that the supply man
e does not furnish everything. Besides
. the land, somebody else has to furnish T
[ the mule, the tools and the labor,
j The lien of the supply man covers
g about everythiug that is made above ^
, the rent, and he is pretty sure of his P
3 money. It is often the case that there 11
] is nothing left for the man who raises
e the crop, and many other people fur- ^
e nish supplies of different kinds for
e which they never gets paid ; but, as a 11
s general thing, the man wbo holds the
, lien is reasonably safe. t '
a "No, I agree with the suggestion that 0
e the lien law may have been beneficial T
to a few farmer years ago; but it has
a not done as much good as it has done 61
, harm, and while some might today
. consider its repeal as somewhat of a 1
f hardship, still I think that the best in- ^
8 terest of the country demands its
a repeal." ^
IN JAIL. AGAIN. H
Matt Byers is in jail again.* This
r time the charge is housebreaking and C(
larceny. Some weeks ago he broke c'
r into the house of a Negro?John ^
Stowe?in King's Mountain township, 81
1 and stole a valise, an overcoat and Ci
some other articles. He was commit- c<
ted to jail by Magistrate McMackin. Uf
a Matt Bvers is nrobablv one of the w
1 most notorious Negro criminals who
has figured in York county for a good
\ many years. He is about 25 years of
age, as strong as a mule, above the ^
) average of his race in intelligence, Dot ^
' afraid of anybody or anything, and in
cunning a match for the traditional
1 fox. 0
T1
The fellow first began to figure in
? the criminal court of York county m
i when he was sent up from Hickory 0l
Grove, several years ago, for stealing so
[ a pistol. While in jail he told some
' of his fellow prisoners of his implica- eJ
' tion in the murder of a Mr. Bradford, at
, who was supposed to have been killed fu
, by a train. The case was investigated F1
I with the result that upon a trial, Byers
was convicted of murder; but after- ds
' ward secured a new trial and was ac- st<
quitted. Since the acquittal he has in
stated more than once to responsible gu
parties, that he was really guilty, and of
' although he did not deem it prudent 0a
to talk about the matter, he fully un- p0
derstood that be could not again be co
tried. N<
After his trial for murder, Byers was rc
i convicted of housebreaking and larceny
and sentenced to a term in the th
penitentiary. Tbte was before the in- Hi
stitution of the chaingang. He served ofl
i bis term in the penitentiary and star- su
ted back for York county ; but did not Hi
i get back here until after he had served cl<
short term id the Fairfield jail aod
30 days' sentence on the Chester
laingaug. Within two weeks after
s was released from the Chester
laiugang, he was arrested in York
>unty fur bousehreakingand lanceny,
id sentenced to the Yurk chaiDgang
r another short term.
Near Clover, last summer, Policeman
ickson set out to arrest Byers on still
nother charge of larceny. The Negro
ied to run away; but findiug himself
emmed in by a creek, turned and
towed fight. Mr. Jackson bad to
loot him quite severely, and, for a
me, it was thought be was done for.
[e served 30 days on the chaingang
>r larceny, and at the next following
;rin of the court of general sessions
lead guilty to the charge of resisting
n officer. Judge Klugh returned him
) the chaingang for 30 days more, and
nee be has been at liberty be has
dded a number of new offeuses to his
Iready long list.
A gentleman who runs a farm a
tiort distance from the place where
tie chaingang is encamped, tells of an
xperience with Byers after bis last
slease. "He came to my house,"
tie gentleman said, "told me he was
ungry and wanted to work. I gave
im his dinner, and after dinner sent
im out with an axe to cut wood,
'bat was the last I ever saw of the
fegro or the axe either."
John Stowe?Matt's last victim?
ras very anxious to recover the goods
bat bad been stolen from bim. He
ot the valise without difficulty, and
ieputy Sheriff Harsbaw asked him
ir the overcoat.
"I ain't got it," said Byers, in bis
ell. "I done sent it away by a wolau."
U\UU?i GJI
n nut wuujou r ne&cu irrputjr
farshaw.
"I am not going to tell you," reamed
the Negro, impudently.
The matter was brought to the atjntion
of Sheriff Logan. The sheriff
id not believe that the overcoat bad
een sent out and be went to Matt's
ell io make a search. Matt denied
aat he had the overcoat; but in leas
ian a miuute the sheriff had fished it
p from under a blanket.
"I'm not going to give it up," said
[att sullenly.
"I'm not going to ask you to," said
le sheriff, as be walked out of the
ell with the coat. I'll just tak i it."
The coat was returned to the owner,
nd at the first opportunity, Matt said
> the sheriff, "I can blufftfem other
sllows, boss; but I can't bluff you."
'hen he laughed as if it was all a capil
joke.
The guards at the cbaingang say
jat Byers does Dot mind doing time
t all. . He would as lief lie on the
baingaug or in jail, as free. He likes
> tell of bis experieoces and advenjres,
and several times be bas told
ae guards tbat do matter wbat tbe
barge oow, be always makes it a rule
> plead guilty, for tbe reason tbat be
eoeraliy gets a lighter sentence.
LOCAL LACONICS.
he Price of Cotton. The
Enquirer was iostructed yes?rday
to report tbe local cotton maret
at from 5} to 5f. Tbe last named
rice was for real good cotton.
; Was Too Cool. ,
The cotton receipts in Yorkville last
Wednesday were lighter than for any
ay during the present season. Dur
ig tbe whole day, hardly more than
0 bales were offered on the market,
t was not ob account of the price but
q account of the bitterly cold weather,
nx Collections.
Up to last Thursday night, Treasurr
Neely bad collected taxes to tbe
mount of $24,658.14, and bad issued
,259 receipts. He siill has 6,250
iceipts to issue, and about 14 days
? ioQiio thorn Tfciirlnor tho
I WU1V/U VW IOOUV VMW?M? ?uv
ast week collections have been rather
ow.
e'll B? Here.
Several York ville stores have laid in
jnsiaerable supplies of toys and arties
suitable for Christmas presents,
be proprietors of these stores are
itisfied that old Santa Claus does not
ire a great deal about the price of
)tton, and that be will be around as
3ual.
'hlte-Draffln.
Iuvitations are out for the marriage
: Dr. M. W. White, of Yorkville, and
liss Mamie Craig Draffin. The cereony
is to take place at the residence
' the bride's parents?Mr. and Mrs.
. P. Draffin?Lindsay, Lancaster
mnty, S. C., on December 27, at 7
clock p. m.
ie Fire Alarm.
An alarm of fire last Wednesday
orning brought the fire department
it to the residence of Dr. J. B. Aliin,
where sparks from the chimney
id ignited the roof. The blaze was
;tinguished within a few minutes,
id the loss, which was slight, was
lly covered by insurance,
re In India Hook.
Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday: Monty
night, about 9 o'clock, the twojry
cotton house of Mr. Jesse Faris,
the India Hook section, was conmed
bv fire, together with 10 bales
cottOD, 40 bushels of wheat, a lot of
ts, 250 bushels of cotton seed, 500
unds of meat aud 2 buggies. We
uld not learn how the fire originated.
3 insurance.
>ck Hill Woodmen.
Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday: At
e meeting of Walnut Camp, of Rock
ill, held Mouday night the following
icers were chosen to serve the ening
year: Consul commander, J. J.
nil; adviser lieutenant, G. W. Ayers;
irk, W. J. Caveny; banker, J. E.