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Scraps and .facts. * ? Mr. James Stewart, of Davidson a College, N. C., is reported to have w eaten 36 bananas without stopping o until the task was iiuisbed. He gained something over six pouuds in weight. ? The free mail delivery system is meeting with considerable opposition up in Maryland. Within the past few weeks, newly erected letter boxes have been destroyed by unknown parlies, and the government is hunting for | proof to convict. ? The official returns up to last Wed- j nesday show British losses in South s Africa as follows ; Killed, 1,027 ; 3,675 wounded ; aud 2,511 missing, r These figures do uot include such fighting as may have occurred at Ladysmith since last Saturday. ? ? A dispatch irom jfcstcouri says mat General Joubert will not take any further part in the war. It is claimed t| that the general's horse was shot from under him recently, and that iu falling P he severely injured bis spine. There have been many stories disposing of rr General Joubert in various ways, which ts have afterward turned out to be untrue. ? ? In an interview at Minneapolis, p Minn., last Wednesday, Hon. W. J. ^ Bryan is reported to have said : "I am a firm believer in the enlargement 01 and extension of the limits of the re- 1,1 public. I don't mean by that the tr extension by the addition of contigu- ui ous territory, nor to limit myself to e( that. Wherever there is a people in- jj telligent enough to form a part of this republic, it is my belief that they a: should be taken in. Wherever there is a people who are capable of having ~ a voice and a representation in this e( government, there the limits of the E republic may be extended. The Fili- pi pinos are not such people. The Dem- . ocratic party has ever favored the ex- '? tension of the limits of this republic; j, but it has never advocated the acquisition of subject territory, to be held tv under colonial government." in ? Secretary Gage has submitted a nc very full answer to the Sulzer resolu- th tion charging the treasury with espe- se cial favors to the National City bank le of New York, and asking for the bus- bi iness correspondence between the bank tb and the treasury. The secretary explains that as a matter of convenience, internal revenue receipts are first de- ki posited in a single bank, which sends D( them out to other banks. The National City bank of New York was selected because it offered three times 1 as much security as did any competitor. He goes on to explain that the gc New York Custom House property th was recently sold to the National c( City bank for $3,265,000, which was t f>iA hiurhpRt. hid made, and as this bank paid all but $50,000 in cash, the government, not needing the money, nat- urally favored this bank as the depos- is itory. To have given the money to bl another bank, under the circumstances, Mr. Gage explains, would have been unjust. ? Among all the records of the year 1899, says a Chicago correspondent, not one stands out so conspicuously as *? that of the donations and bequests lit made for religion, educational insti- o\ tutions, charity libraries, museums and j8, galleries and to cities for popular bene- j-u fit and entertainment. No year in the history of this country has ever equalled re it. The aggregate thus bestowed is cc $79,749,956, as compared with $23,- tit 964,900 fn 1898, and $33,512,814 in Sa 1897. In the preparation of the statis- y tics no records have been kept of do- . nations or bequests of less than $1,000. * Of the total amount stated above there st has been given to educational institu- r'' tions, $55,851,817; to charities, $13,- th 206,676; to churches, $2,992,593; to cl museums and art galleries, $2,686,500; ^ and to libraries, $5,012,400. The re- . cord of embezzling, forgery, defaulting aud bauk wrecking was the small est in the last twenty one years. The total is $3,218,373, compared with $5,- ai 851,263 iu 1898 aud $11,248,084 iu 1897. ? The expansion debate was opened ta in the senate last Tuesday with a re- se tnarkably eloquent speech from Sena- b( tor Beveridge, Republican, of Indiana. P' The senator is a new member and is ei only 37 years of age. It is rather unusual for new members of the senale to attempt great speeches during the first few weeks of their first session ; but Beveridge has iguored precedent in this matter. He maintained n that it was not only to the interest of the United States to bold the Philip- K pines; but it was their duty. He s, claimed that Washington and Jetfer- tc son would never have shirked such a duty, and he did not believe that the statesmen of today would do so either. As au oratorical effort, the speech has n made a sensation iu Washington and w throughout the country. The facts w presented and the argumeuts by which a< they are backed, are also considered t| quite strong. Senator Hoar, of Mas- ^ sachusetts, replied to the speech in part, and said that he would answer it f more fully at another time. ? Up to yesterday morniug there u had been no more news of wholesale 131 fighting since the reports already pub- ri lished. Generals Roberts and Kichtner ai have arrived at Cape Town, aud it is h, understood that a new plan of campaign will be inaugurated. Geueral French is reported to have a large w force of Boers practically surrounded. General Buller's health has given away and it is stated that General Methuen d has goue violently insane. A story fr has reached England to the effect that oue day last week, us the result of a ^ blunder, there was a terrible hand to k hand tight between the East Surrey c' and West Yorkshire battalions. Each t< battalion supposed the other to be the t< Boers, and after au exchange of vol- ei leys rushed together. Both sides ,| fought with stubborn valor, and a hun- . dred men were killed before the mistake was discovered. Then 2,000 * Boers charged and drove the British a from the field. Only a counter charge ai * y the Imperial Light horse saved the lii wo battalions from complete destrue- B ion. The British public is growing ^ lmost wild over the absence of news, . to fhich is heing suppressed by the war ffice. w er (Thr \lorluillc (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: ATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1900. l. Canolnn 1W/.I unpin (TUVA nfltl'l'P if! UOUU WV-f? ^liVi-JUUI IU gMf w - ? ie senate, last Monday, that, at tbe 111 roper time, be would introduce to 36 pending financial bill, an amend- Qr lent providing for the repeal of tbe st, ix on tbe circulation of state bunks, otb of South Carolina's senators ex- ?| ect to sneak on the pendiug financial dt ills, or at least, on one or the other j'* f tbe bills. Senator Tillman has in- ^ oduced resolutions calliug upon tbe a(j easury department to give their stat- tb 3 of the accounts between the Unit1 States and the state of South Caro- du na, growing out of tbe war of 1812 ne nd various Indian wars. ^ * * of - "The Abbeville Press and Banner t litorially compliments The Yorkville wj nvoniRER on its anoearance. the eood iper used and the care which is taken in aQ ie matter of the printing, saying that it the most carefully printed newspaper in p ?e state." This is none too true. The c Inquirer has long been held up as a 01 lodel country weekly?though it is issued ^ nee a week?of the south; but in praisg others The Press and Banner should tai >t lose pride in itself. A country paper, tb" e home print of which?four pages of Aj ven columns?is printed in solid aDd aded nonpareil is indeed unusual, and nt little more care could be taken with e printing than is taken with that of The No ress and Banner."?Augusta Chronicle. Although very much gratified at the udly remarks of The Press and Ban;r last week, we failed to reproduce ^ iem for the very reason suggested by ^ he Chronicle. We thought our Ab- fjj sville contemporary must have for>tten itself entirely ; but now we can wi ank The Chronicle for the pleasing msideration with which it has come ^ j our rescue. Our regards, brethren. t' - Colonel J. A. Hoyt, of Greenville, br< under discussion as the most availa- Cb e man in sight to carry the ProhibiSn n/jvf nomnuirrn ' JU dttXLJUai II 1U tuu JJV, AD vuujpui^Ui he colonel says he is not a candidate Qn r governor or office, and every man in Hft e state who knows him is prepared Tb believe that fact. We are not wil)g to say that we would prefer him rer Governor McSweeney, under ex- ^ ting circumstances. We are doubt- ^ 1 as to whether the state has yet ou ached the point where it is able to we impel absolute prohibition in all sec- ] ons. But we have no hesitation in ha ,ying this. Colouel Hoyt is a patriot. <lu is prohibition principles aud his rejious principles are of the highest jj andard. He is a man of wide expe- for ence and information. There is not ; ie slightest stain on bis integrity of at laracter, and if he were elected to we ie office of governor as a Prohibitiout or otherwise, we certainly believe ? could be depended upon to discharge er ie duties of his office ably, justly set id conscientiously. ev< , . , of - Alter giving Governor McSweeney ffy all summer, the Columbia State now ?al verely, but not harshly, criticises him IDf scause he declined to recommend the (*D issage of a local option bill by the gen- J" al assembly. It now says that "Goveror McSweeney has proved unequal to T. is great opportunity. The weakest part R. f his weak message is that which relates cia ' the liquor question." This is the ream of our neighbor's changed opinion ot ie mental streugtb of Governor McSwee ey. We extend our condolence to our istressed neighbor at its expressed cbarin over its failure to prevail upon the he ivernor to do something it wished him he > do.?Lexington Dispatch. Ei Very well put, indeed, and to the oint. If The State had not beeu so aughty a few weeks ago as to almost ^ arrant its expulsion from our school, W( e would now give it some wholesome Ti Ivice on several points. Eveu under a ' le circumstances, we cannot refrain ('? om offering at least one suggestion, * ad that is to unlearn that idea which seems to have, that people who are jn nable to agree with it are necessarily be nrrow-minded, self-seeking aud cor- he lpt ignoramuses. There is a right Ac ad a wrong to everything; hut two onest men may honestly disagree nder circumstances where both are ve av rou?- m< * * * co ? Not being able to add to, and not st, esiring to eveu try to take away pr ora, it is hardly worth while for us to an jmment at length ou Governor Mc- J".a weeney's admirable, non-political, g? ummou-seuse, business-like message se > the general assembly. But we wish i,i, ) congratulate the governor ou one pn special feature of the message, and ca tiat is his reference to the road queson. Generally the chaingaug in sJ 'ork county has done good work, and jn jost of its work deserves to be rated ar 5 permanent. It is at least along the ah ue of the governor's recommendation. XL ut what we are hoping for is that ie subject having thus been brought ^ its attention, the general assembly ] ill devote more time and consid 1 at ion to roads. It can afford to j. :vote session after session to this ibject alone, and the more time and ; ought it devotes, the greater will be ^ e benefit to the state. We are doing i etty well up in York county com- ' tred with what is being done else- jo here; but compared with what we 1 tgbt to do and can do, if the geD- ] al assembly will do its part, we are ^ dug virtually nothing. t THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. c lw Makers Begin Their Annual Session In Columbia. ?,<> The general assembly convened iD 8 inual session in Columbia last Tues- J iy at noon, and as there was no time c be lost iu committee appointments c other preliminaries of an opeuing ssion, it got promptly down to work. t One of the most interesting d?;vel- v unents in the house was the introiction, by Mr. Winkler, of Cumdeu, ' c lliug for a complete iuvestigaliou of e conduct of the state dispensary, fter some debate the resolution was iopted, with the understanding that ^i e proceedings are to be public. 1 A number of new bills were intro- grc iced in the house on Tuesday, Wedsday and Thursday; but none of ecial local interest are mentioned in j* e reports of the daily papers. One r' general importance proposes to ux e last day for the payment of taxes wil tbout penalty on March 1. ijg] The senate organized with Lieuten- wj, t-Govemor Scarborough, who sue- .. eded to that office od the death of ? ivernor Ellerbe, in the chair. Senar John C. Sheppard, of Edgefield, yel is elected president pro tempore of fro b senate, and about the most impor- buj at new measure introduced during jQg e first day's proceedings was the t2f >pelt dispensary bill. i HOODTUWN HAPPENINGS. a tea About People, Visitors and Others? wh The Woodmen Elect Officers. fou Tespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. va' Hoodtown, January 11.?Mrs. J. Pr . H. Good spent the holidays with ''hi s family of her sister, Mrs. Belle it I Iton, io Kershaw. I Miss Belle Hood spent a few days g th her grandfather's family, Mr. seph A. Chambers, in Union county. . Miss Daisy Brakefield has resumed r,a r school, after spending the holidays Th her home. fail Mr. Sam Whitesides and family, and the >tber Thomas, have been spending fan ristmas with the families of their , her, Mr. Jno. T. Whitesides, of the ckory Grove sectiou, and their sis, Mrs. W. B. Good, at Bullock's hoi eek. This is their first visit borne wil er an absence of about eight years, ey expect to leave for their Texas tne next week. Another brother, ? ;hard, expects to go with them to We 1 his fortune in the "Lone Star" I te. we Mr. W. Y. White, of Chester, paid I r neighborhood a short visit last bis ek. sta Mr. R. A. White and daughter, who ^ ^ ve been very sick, are improving ,r0 ite rapidly. mo Magistrate W. S. Plaxico bas been ^ jtty sick with grip for the past ten Sa' ys; but now bids fair to be ready 8n ' duty again soon. Mrs. Jane Sinitb has been very sick as her home near here for several ?a' eks. The family expect to move to ^ 5 cotton mills, in Gatfney, a9 soon as sla 2 condition of her health will permit. *n8 Rev. R. VV. Barber, the new preach- tov on this circuit, preached his first ^ raon at Shady Grove last Sunday Pn< eniug. He bids fair to be a worker a'(' no mean executive ability. lhc At a call meetiug of Hoodtown j1'8 tnp, W. 0. W., last night, the followI officers were elected to serve the } suing year : Jno. T. Wilson, C. C. ; w" o. A. Graves, Adv. Lt.; H. E. Hood, uni irk ; J. Egger Lathan, banker ; W. ^ Duncan, escort; J. R. Mickle, W.; ?'3 A. White, S.; W. A. Hood, physi- an< in, and J. J. Hood, manager. . J Voce. in . 0 , tia iMEREMKNTION. It seems to have developed almost j?g yond question, that the Boers are jng ing assisted by officers from all the iropean armies. The residence fr0 Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the (|e< 2W York World, was destroyed by see u lact Tnoaft?v Tvvn Kprvnnf.s lnaf u:? V ,WOV * VIVWW^J . ^ IIIO eir lives. The building and contents het ire valued at about $300,000. >e Mississippi legislature has passed Dill requiring the express companies ? ing business iu that state to pay the oljj ir tax. Joe Blackburn has been y0 icled United States senator from jntucky. News has been received London to the effect that 15 mem- cor rs of the crew of a British ship have wh en devoured by. cannibuls in the pei Imiralty islands. s0 nai Who Wants a Monument??A mj| ry high niche on the scroll of fame <] .'aits the inau who will devise some fiausof making the Southern Express *?ei tnpany amenable to the laws of this tov ite. This company has, up to the ral esent moment, appeared superior to sul I law, and entirely above the state ilroad commission. We verily be- an. ;ve that the man who can make the mthern Express Company confine it- f If to lawful charges and cease rob iml ng the public, will be accounted a A I iblic benefactor. The legislator who tax n make them stay within bounds will ap] awarded a monument and any thing cal he may desire. This is the most ^ ulless of all corporations?equalled the United Slates only by the Standd Oil company.?Spartanburg Her[1. tbt .OCAL AFFAIRS. . i NDKX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. rolina and Xortb-Western Railway? 1 Publishes a schedule and says that eon- i lections are made at all junctional j joints. 0. Walker, Proprietor?Says that when iron want a milch cow or want to trade , i fat beet for a good milker, call at the Meadow Brook dairy. ' . Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pis.?Notice of s lale of a parcel or tract of 180 acres of and, more or less, in the caseofVoor- < lees, Miller & Co., vs. Amanda M. , Byers et. al. hn R. Logan, S. Y. C.?Gives notice 1 hat on the first Monday in February, be e vill sell at auction a tract of land beonging to the estate of W. T. Barron, ' leceased. t . R. Carroll, Intendant?Gives notice hat an election will be held in York ville r >11 the 24th of January on the question t >f levying a tax of three mills on the lollar, instead of two mills, for general 1 own purposes. \ F. McElwee?Wants to buy old iron . ind clean, dry bones. > uis Roth?Offers Ritter brands of pre- s erved fruits, jams, etc., preserved Tonoua fruits, condensed soups, buck- a > heat dour, prepared maple syrups, Jeorgia canned syrups, and a new lot of ran berries, all at reasonable prices, nson Dry Goods Company?Announce hat their stock-taking is completed and , bat during the month of January, they rill offer their entire stock, except cer- * ain mentioned shoes, at 10 to 25 per H eut. below value. i WITHIN THE TOWN, jlood cotton is worth 7\ cents on 4 s market. t Brick are being laid down on the Hinds of the York Cotton mill for 1 ; storeroom in which the company j )poses to conduct a mercantile dness. 1 ine rain 01 weanesaay lnierierren t Lh the work of erecting electric bt poles; but in the meantime the ( ring of bouses inside for incandescent t hts has been going on all the same. Messrs. Glenu & Allison have not c l procured any definite information c m tbeir recently stolen horse and ggy, although they have been hunt- S ; the thief with a circular offering \ ? reward. c 1 Yorkville gentleman complains of ving naa to pay ao ceuis express on i package consigued to Charlesloo, ' ea the package weighed less than u ir pounds, and its contents were ued at less than 60 cents. The ex- r (as company certainly demands a t eral divide on most packages that landles. '] dr. W. E. Ferguson and Miss Agnes q Cody were married last Wednesday suing at 8 o'clock at the Presbyte- 4 n manse by Rev. W. G. Neville, a e marriage was a simple, quiet af and the only witnesses outside of i members of Rev. Mr. Neville's * lily, was Mr. D. T. Woods. After . ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson ive to their previously furnished ? ise on Wright avenue, where they I be found at home to their friends. ^ u o ABOUT PEOPLE. T sheriff Logan has been away since (dnesday on buisness. a dr. G. W. S. Hart has been quite un- C II for several days with grip. n dr. T. M. Whitaker, is quite ill at a room at Glenn & Allisou's lower ble. 31 diss Grace Kittrell has returned D m Marion after an absense of several 1' nths. ft Cashier Harrison, of the Loan and /ings bank, hus been down with the J p for several days. ^ dr. T. C. Dunlap assumed his duties bookkeeper for tbe Loan and r vings bank on Wednesday. ' Hr. M. M. Mattison, of Anderson, C te agent of tbe Mutual Benefit Life d lurance Co. of Newark, N. J., is iD ( vo. D VIr. Herod Neal, whose illness with ^ iumonia has been mentioned, is now e to be up and about again, ul- a ugh he has not yet fully recovered s strength. He is steadily iraprov- s however. iev. B. H. Grier has been down tj ,h grip for several days. He was uble to preach lust Sunday aud Rev. ^ H. Simpson, of Hickory Grove, filled Yorkville appointments, morning " 1 evening. ^ Vlr. R. T. Castles, of Smyrna, was k Yorkville last Tuesday for the first M te iu several months. As has been a ted, he has been through a long | i^e of typhoid fever. He was look- 8 ; well Tuesday; but was still walk- w ; with a stick ou account of his legs, t< ich have not altogether recovered m the effects of the fever. Mr. Cas t, j's many friends here were glad to R him, and they sincerely hope for speedy restoration to complete . iltb. 11 . o TO AMEND THE CHARTER. p \.s will be seen by the nolice iu an- \ er column, the town couucil of \\ rkville has called an election for r< i purpose of giving tbe voters of the E poralion the opportunity of sayiug a ether or not they are willing to tl mit the amendment of tbe charter Q us to change the tax limit for ordi- a v nut-noses from two mills to three ? L t ? Is ou the dollar. a Tbe proposed change, as is no doubt si lerally understood, is to enable the in council to improve the present M her poor lighting system by the c< >stituiiou of electric lights for the A uet lamps. The present lighting w angement costs, approximately, Ic nothing over $300 a year, and the si proved system will cost $900 a year, w evy of one mill on the dollar of the h ;able property of Yorkville raises, ai proximately, $000. The council w i now only levy two mills, and it if i been found long since that $1,200 hi m direct taxation, along with lines, hi ;uses, etc., is barely sufficient for \l r administration of the town govern- bi neiit eveu upon ihe most economics lusis. Hence the necessity for an in jrense in the limit of taxation, befor t would he wise to make a contrac "or the proposed improvement. If the quulitied voters express thei willingness for the proposed amend nent to the charter, then it is under Hood to be the purpose of the towt L'ouncil to immediately contract foi lectrie lights; but at the same time i s not out of place to explain that ni idditional taxes will he levied or col ected uutil the regular tax-payiuj irae next fall. In case the voters an tot willing for the change in the char er, then, of course, the proposed con ract will not be made and Yorkvilli vill have to coutiuue to put up witl is present lighting system until it i: villing to pay the trilling expense o l better oue. CRIME IN SIXTH CIRCUIT. We have at baud the annual reporl >f the attorney general, and from ii ire able to gather some interesting tatistics of crime in the Sixth judicia iircuit during the past year. In Fairfield county there were 1J 'no bills," 11 discontinuances, 1 mis .rial, 22 convictions, and 7 acquittals In Cherokee there were 12 "n< Mils," 16 discontinuances, 9 acquittals L mistrial, aud 24 convictions. In Lancaster there were 13 "nc nils," 12 discontinuances, 14 acquit als, 3 mistrials, and 19 convictions. In Chester there were 4 "no bills,' ) discontinuances, 9 acquittals, 1 mis n n rl 1 7 /inn ifint i Art J i iai, auu x? V/Uu viv/iiuuo, In York there were 6 "no bills," 1 liseoutinuance, 18 acquittals, and 8! ionvictions. Fairfield bad 8 dispensary cases. Ii > the grand jury returned "no bill," 1 vere discontinued, and 1 resulted it :onviction. Cherokee bad 23 dispensary cases n 11 cases the graud jury returnet luo bill," 11 cases were discontinued tud there was 1 conviction. Lancaster bad 13 dispensary cases esulting in 8 ''no bills," 3 discontin lances, 1 conviction, and 1 acquittal. Chester bad 4 dispensary cases Two were discontinued and 2 were ac [uitted. York had 19 dispensary cases. It : cases there were "no bills," 10 were cquilted, and 5 were convicted. LOCAL LACONICS, iatawba River Bridge. Representative Epps's bill to author ze the county commissioners of Yorfc ounty to borrow money with which t( uild a bridge over Catawba river assed its second reading in the bouse n Wednesday, rouble on the Railroad. There was a washout or break al trestle of the South Carolina and leorgia Extension railroad about twe liles from Lancaster, Thursday night ud us the result the northbound pas enger train of yesterday, Friday, was ot expected to pass Yorkville until a ite hour. lemorlal of Dr. Grier. Charlotte Observer, Wednesday: lists are being circulated for subscripions to a memorial which it is pro osed to erect on the campus at Due Vest, S. C., in honor of Rev. W. M. Jrier, D. D., the late beloved presilent of Erskine college, Due West, S, j. Dr. Grier was one of the great aen of the Associate Reformed church, icnored wherever his name is known, ud it is not to be doubted that liberal ubscriptions will be made to this fund ent by a Lady Friend. It devolops that the turkey menioned in The Enquirer last Wedesday, was sent to the senior editor y an esteemed lady friend, of Blacksurg, and was intended for a New "ear's dinner. It seems that the turey reached the Blacksburg depot only dthin a few moments of train time, nd that is why the waybill did not how the name of the consignor. So 'e have since been advised by letjr, although very much pleased be>re, fuller information has only added 3 that pleasure. ?crod, Seven Minute*. The Greenville Daily Times reports lat a few days ago, Manager Smith, f the Western Union Telegraph com11" daliuopof) tho an.au/pr t,n R NflW ""J I -V...VIVM v..~ . rurk message sent, from Greenville 'itbiu seven minutes. This beats the scord recently reported by Manager ieard, of the Yorkville office, just one linute. There was evidently but lite loss of time in either case ; but as rreenville is on a main through line nd Yorkville work has to be relayed t least twice, the Yorkville achieveleut is really the better of the two. xs. Brazeale. Charlotte Observer, Wednesday: 'ews reached here last night of an ex;ediugly sad occurrence at Rock Hill, .t 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the ife of a professor in Winthrop college icked herself in her bedroom and ashed herself three times across the rist with a razor. An hour later her usband came home from the college, nd going into a room down stairs here the children were, asked them their mother was in the house. As e spoke he glanced upwards and saw lood stains forming and enlarging on le ceiling. He ran to the room above, roke open the door, and found his wife 1 bleeding profusely, and unconscious. On her breast was pinned a note, state ing that she blamed him for uothing; t but that she was unable to properly raise her children, and therefore she r had resolved to die. A physician was - ' summoned immediately and restoratives applied. It is thought that the i lady recovered. r Died of Typhoid Fever. ^ t Miss Maggie (J. Wbitesides, daugh[? ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Whitesides, . of Smyrna, died rather unexpectedly { on Thursday morning at 20 minutes ? after 11 o'clock. The young lady had . just been through a tedious spell of . typhoid fever, and until a short time i before her death seemed to be getting ) along very nicely. She was aged 24 s years, 3 months and 23 days. The f funeral took place at Smyrna yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. Miss Whitesides was an unusually bright young lady and bad many warm 1 friends. t She Was a Centenarian. ^ Mr. A. L. Thornpson, of Point, re| ports the death, on his place, during Christmas week, of Granny Pettus, a 3 Negro woman who was reported to be . 105 years of age. From the best in. formation Mr. Thompson has been able 3 to obtain, the woman was born in the neighborhood and lived there all her ' life. Her death was due to a general wearing out of the physical machin? ery ; but she retained all of her men* - tal faculties up to the last. At the time of her death she was living, with > her grandson, Bob Pettus, aged about 60 years. , THE SPARTANBURG MISTRIAL. 1 4. ) Comments on Judge Buchanan's Lecture to the Jury In the Meares Case 1 Abbeville Press and Banner, Wednesday. 2 Last week Judge Buchanan, in Spar, tauburg, was reported to be severe on one of the juries for not agreeing on a verdict, and the papers say that he ' cited the great expense of the trial as 1 a reason for blaming them. The de, fendant bad been charged with a very grave offense, and a mistrial was entered?eight jurors being for convic' tion and four for acquittal. According to our understanding the expense of the trial was not to be considered as a reason either for conviction or acquittal. If the state failed to satisfy the jurors they did right, in not renderi ing a verdict. It was better to make * , a mistrial than to reuder an unjust verdict. One peculiarity about trial by jury is, that jurors who are supposed to know little or no law, are expected to render a decision in a few hours, when a judge, learned in the law, " in reviewing that decision, will require t mouths in which to render a judgment. s ? > Jurors may fail to render verdicts according to law and evidence, and in , which cases their judgments should be set aside ; but the costs of a trial are not a factor in coming to a decision. ' Judge Buchanan is one of the best ^ and most conscientious judges on the I bench , and we feel quite sure that ? there must be some mistake in the reports. At any rate, we venture to suggest that Judge Buchanan is right as often as any judge on the bench, 1 aud we would trust him. i Spartanburg Spartan, Wednesday. It is a very easy matter for au edi: tor to assail official conduct. It is . made especially so, because the officer . censured often feels that his position . prevents a reply in the press. But we believe that Judge Buchanan erred in ' judgment when be kept that jury in ' the Meares case about 42 bours in . their room, when every one else outside the court was convinced that they would not agree. It was indicting on them a certain kind of punishj ment, which they did not deserve. The jury had plainly stated to him that they disagreed as to the facts of the case and not the law. Of those facts they were the sole judges. When he called them before him the last time . he reprimanded them very severely for not agreeing. He seemed to believe that one side should yield to the other in a matter of conscience. These jurors were good and true men. Each one bad taken an oath to decide the ( case according to the facts. On those facts there was an honest difference of opinion and ueither side could persuade the other that it was wrong. f Judge Buchanan was too brash with the jurors. He nor all the judiciary power in the state can force honest and independent men to do violence to their oaths. It would have been a very different matter if any of the jury had been tampered with in any way. Then a judge cannot be too se- # vere. Juries may compromise matters of debt, or they may yield somewhat ?: in opiuion where there is a gradation of crime and penalty, but when it comes down to a question between absolute guilt and absolute innocence, * we do not see bow honest men, differing widely in opinion, can get together. Judge Buchanan stands condemned and not the jury which he so unjustly reprimanded. Columbia Record, Thursday. The Yorkville Enquirer severely scores Judge Buchanan for bis re' oiif nhilinnin fpnm f.hft hfineh to and against the jury which failed to agree in the Meares case. It says a $300 trial justice would make a better judge. That is too harsh; but The Record agrees with The Enquirer ou the main points of its arguments. The fact that the jury did not agree is only another evideuce of how various I human nature is. It does not follow, as Judge Buchanan seemed to imply, that because the jury did not agree, ** some refused to decide accordingly to the law and the evidence. There is no sense in the custom of keeping I juries out for long terms. It may force verdicts ; but it is prejudicial to jus- , H lice. If jurors cannot agree on their