Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 13, 1900, Image 2
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
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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.
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.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. ^
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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
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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