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disposing of property under liens, the grand jury returned "no bills." All the criminal business having been disposed of, the sessions court was adjourned sine die at about 11 o'clock Wednesday morning. Since the adjournment of the sessions, the court has been occupied with the common pleas business on Calendar 2. It was expected that all this would be disposed of during yesterday, and it is not likely that there will be sufficient business to occupy today. There are a number of jury cases to come up next week ; but there can be no definite estimate now as to how much time they will probably consume. PROPOSED NEW CHARTER. In another column the town council of Yorkville gives notice of an election to be held on Friday, May 11, on the question of surrendering the present charter of the town and accepting a charter under the general incorporation act. In the ordinary course of events, the present charter will expire with the adjournment of the next session of the general assembly, aud upon that development it will be necessary to either accept the charter provided under the general incorporation act, or try to get along as an unincorporated community. This latter alternative, however, is not to be considered. The principal material differences between the present charter and the general incorporation act are that, while the present charter, as amended, limits the municipal taxation to 3 mills, the limit in the proposed charter extends to 10 mills ; and while the present charter provides for government by an intendant and four wardens serving one year, the general incorporation act provides for government by a mayor and six aldermen elected for a period of two years. Under the general incorporation act, as origiuauy passeu, a uiuuiu^anij accepting it at all, bad to accept it in its entirety. The act was drawn to fit all towns, and the ten-inill limit of taxation was included so as to provide for the cases of municipalities in which the tax limit had reached exceptional proportions. The act has not been materially amended since it became a law; but the general assembly has provided a meaus whereby the people of any given municipality may amend it at will to suit local conditions. It will be remembered that the people of Yorkville made use of this provision some weeks ago when they amended the present charter so as to permit the levy of a three mill instead of a two mill tax. In view of the fact that in the no distant past there has been some very ill-considered management of the town's finances, it is not unreasonable to assume that such conditions may arise again. It will be wisdom, therefore, for the people of Yorkville to take necessary precautions now while the matter is up. The ten mill limit of taxation is by far too high* for the present needs of the town of Yorkville. In our opinion, under the act referred to, the proposition now being submitted by the town council can be submitted with an amendment fixing the tax limit at say five mills. If in no other way, it can certainly be done on a petition of freeholders and by a majority of the qualified voters. It mieht be well for the citizens of the town to bold a mass meeting on the subject before taking final action. At all events it will be well enough for the voters to deal with this matter with due caution. LOCAL LACONICS. New Military Company. A military campany is being organized in Fort Mill. Pastor of Yorkville, Union and Clover. Rev. J. B. Boseman has accepted a call to the pastorate of Yorkville, Union an'd Clover Baptist churches. He expects to begin work on May 1. Until Jannary 1st, 1901. The Twice-a-Week-Enquirer, filled with the latest and most reliable news, will be furnished from the date of this issue until January 1, 1901, for $1.42. Recruits for^Cbalngang. As the result of the work of the court of general session, just adjourned, the county chaingang gets nine recruits for terms varying up to five years. Superintendent Culp came in with a wagon last Wednesday and took the recruits to the stockade near Bethany. One convict, Robert Hunter, sentenced to 18 months for housebreaking and larceny, is still in jail. He is suffering from an attack of what is called jail rheuraatisim, and may have to be sent to the penitentiary. Committed Suicide. J. J. Newman, a well-known miuiug engineer, who was interested in certain properties in Bethel township, committed suicide at Gold Hill, N. C., last Wednesday. A dispatch gives the following details : "Newman put his watch and his dairy behind a tree 50 yards away, and went into his office, tied five sticks of dynamite together, laid down on the floor, put the explosives upon his breast and lit the fuse. The explosion tore his head from the body, blew one arm 50 yards and wrecked the building. In his diary Newman requested that his remains be interred without a coffin at the foot of a certain large tree." Heavy Rains. This vicinity seems to be in sympathy with the west in the matter of rain just now, judging from the unusual downpour throughout Wednesday and during Thursday night. The reporter has information of remarkably high water in a number of creeks aud branches ; but as yet no definite information of damage. It is quite probable that some bridges have been washed away. Business, except in the court house, was almost entirely suspended in Yorkville Wednesday on account of the rain. Mysterious Mortality Among Horses. People living in the vicinity of Guthriesville have lost some valuable stock lately in a manner that is entirely unaccountable. Within a short while of each other, three good horses died on Mr. J. R. Lindsay's place, all with more or less suddenness and generally during the night. Mr. Wade H. Hicklin lost a fine mule u few nights ago in the same manner, aud a telephone message of Thursday reported that Mr. Robert Witherspoon had two very sick mules on his hand. The stomach of one of ths dead animals was analyzed by Dr. Hanaban on the theory that it may have been poisoned ; but the doctor was unable to find anything that seemed to corroborate tbe theory. AT THE CHURCHES. BAPTIST. Sunday Services.?Sunday school in the morning at 10 o'clock. TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. rev. j. m. steadman, pastor. Sunday Services.?Moruing service at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 3.30 p. m. Evening service at 8.00 o'clock. PRESBYTERIAN. rev. w. g. neville, pastor. Sunday Services.?Services in the morning at 11 o'clock; evening services at 8.00 o'clock, and Sunday school in the afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. THE CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. rev. j. c. johnes, rector. Sunday Services.?Services in the morning at 11 o'clock. Suuday school at 4 p. m. Evening service at 8 o'clock. ASSOCIATE REFORMED. rev. boyce h. orier, pastor. Preaching this (Saturday) morning at 11 o'clock at Tirzah. Sunday Services.?AT TIRZAH? Preaching in the morning at 11 o'clock, and communion services after preaching. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. W. Y. Love, of Coddle Creek, N. C. YORKVILLE?Sunday school at 10 o'clock a. m. fecial Doticcs. York County Candidates. The followiug persons are candidates for office in York county, and they want the votes of the legal voters in York county who read The Yorkville Enquirer : for clerk of the court. W. II. STEWART. J. J. HUNTER. W. BROWN WYLIE. J. A. TATE. TAKE COUGH EASE, 25 CENTS A BOTTLE. YORK DRUG STORE. St. Paul's and Clover. Rev. S. H. Booth will preach on Sunday, the 22d of April, at St. Paul's at 10.30. a. in., and in the Presbyterian church at at Clover, at 4 p. in. Preaching at the Factory. Rev. J. M. Steadniau will preach in the chapel at the York Cotton mill tomorrow afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Communion at Clover. There will be communion in the Clover Baptist church on the fifth Sunday of April, at 11 a. in., services beginning Thursday night previous. Rev. B. J. Woodward will do the preaching. April 21 w&s 3t OBITUARY. Miss MARY ELIZABETH DAVIDSON died from a stroke of paralysis at her home near Bethany, S. C.* last Wednesday night at 11 o'clock. Had she lived until the 3rd of next September, she would have been 48 years of age. Miss Davidson was the daughter Mr. Robert and Mrs. Jane Williams Davidson deceased. NOTICE. THE partnership heretofore existing between J. H. RIDDLE and J. B. PEGRAM, under the firm name of RIDDLE A* PEGRAM, is hereby dissolved by mutual consent. All of the notes, accounts and other securities must be paid to J. H. Riddle. All liabilities of the late firm of Kiddle & Pegram are assumed by J. H. Riddle. J. H. RIDDLE, J. B. PEGRAM. April iytn, iyw. swt CLERK'S SALE. The Stale of South Carolina?County of York. in the court of common pleas. H. II. Heard, Plaintiff, against Carrie W. Heard et alM Defendants. BY virtue of a decree made in the above entitled cause, I will expose to public sale before the court bouse door at Yorkville, S. C., ON MONDAY, MAY THE 7TH, 11KHJ, between the hours of legal sale, the following described real estate: That certain lot of land on the east side of Congress street, in the town of Yorkville, S. C., bounded by lots of L. Geo. Orist, Whitaker A Glenn, the "Hell" lots and Congress street, containing ONE ACRE, more or less. Terms of Sale?ONE-HALF CASH. Halauce on a credit of twelve months with interest from day of sale, secured by bond of the purchaser anu a mortgage of the premises sold; Purchaser to keep property purchased insured in amount sufficient to cover credit portion of bid for the benefit of the parties in interest, to pay for all papers and revenue stamps, anil to have leave to pay entire bid in cash. W. HROWN WYLIE, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas. April 21 s 3t TAKE COUGH EASE. 25 CENTS A BOTTLE. YORK DRUG STORE. # con Our Invitati of IT WILL BE INI We've Got Too Han Kid of Some of 1 Surrounding Helping U; UNUSUAL SI STANDARD PRI PERCALES, Fort; CHECKED DOM] New GAUZE UN! IN PRICE AND QUA We have been in Yorkville not c lives. Day in and day out it has t putting them in shelves, or piling people who have been crowding ou hundreds of nice people that we ha we can see no signs of abatement i wonderfully kind and considerate o our proper appreciation. We hop< from now on. Although we have kept up with the receipts. Mr. H< and has sent us so many goods thai stairs. In some lines, too, he has 1 single season, and these will have has kept the store pretty well clear manager, with his efficient corps of and find where we are at. The res as some IRA-IRE We've got too many extra Pant much Percale, Calicoes, and Dome to act upon that theory. For the content to carry them over until ne: is to "job lot" the surplus to the s either, and the only thing left is to them go. So here goes : AS LONG AS THEY LAST: * t 700 Work Shirts that have s been selling right along at 25 a cents each ; now cut to 15 cents. 1: 500 Gauze Undershirts, worth I 25 cents, at 14 cents. $ 450 Gauze Undershirts, worth i 35 cents, at 25 cents. s 300 Gauze Undershirts, worth \ 65 cents, at 50 cents. e 200 Gauze Undershirts, worth n from 85 cents to $1, at only 75 t cents. EXTRA PANTS. If it were not for the fact that the goods are all paid for, and are worth the money we have in c them, we would feel that in our v stock of Extra Pants we are h hurting. We've got in the 1 NOW FOF But of all the things that this wi will be set today and remain at the 5,000 yards of short length Lawi sell at 10 cents a yard in bolts. T 7,000 yards Checked Domestics, as can be had anywhere, at any pri 3,000 yards of Standard Prints what Standard Prints are, and ever ATTD MTTT T UU11 1U1JUJJI We have the pleasure to annour great crowds of ladies came in fron Scores of them gave orders, and ou New orders are being received evei Hats, an unusually large per cent. J. L. WILLIAMS, Manag '0 THE ion Is Ext en ' the People FERESTINGWE y Goods. It Is Xece hem. The People ol Country'Are Assur They Will Help Th PRING-TIME NTS, Twenty-Five \ y Yards For 3STIC, Twenty Yard DERSHIRTS At Fi r TfTITT TTTT1 riTT ITT T1TV LIT! Wfl UflALUST piite six weeks, and those six wee )een the same old thing over am them on the counters and dispo r store. During this time we ha\ id never seen before, and at this \ n the surging stream. We have i f our efforts to supply their needs ; to meet more of them, and to that ; been selling immense quantitie ^ath evidently overestimated the : it has been necessary to pack soi )ought more goods than this marki to be disposed of. The heavy ra sd of customers, and for the first salesmen and salesladies, has had >ult of today's investigation has d BARG s. We've got too many Summt sties. That is, we think we hav< situation then, three remedies su ct season. That idea is at once dis: imall retailers throughout the co divide the goods out among our ci leighborhood of 1,000 Pairs and 1 hat is too many. We have all I izes and qualities. We can fit 1 ny size man at almost any price s le may wish to pay. We have j 5ants from $4.50 down and from r >4.50 up. It is in this latter \ :ind that we have the biggest t urplus, and if the gentlemen d yho wear Pants will take a pointr, we beg to suggest that right iow is the time to investigate he subject. ' 3MIPTS d tm m m 'w aivd r DRAWERS. * While we are talkifig, espe- 3 ially to to the gentlemen, we a zish to call attention to our ^ landsoine new line of Shirts, c .""here are some pretty novelties 1: I THE PICNIC st day has disclosed as the most te service of our guests until it is cl 11s and Percales, 40 yards for $1. hey are just as good as can be hac 20 yards for a dollar. No apolog ce. at 25 yards for a dollar. Just thi ybody knows the standard price. Tt rvnrk IVtK 1 UVjFl ice that Thursday of last week tt 1 tlie country to see our Milline ir Millinery Department continues *y day, and we are going to have of the ladies of this section. J. M. HEAl ;er. PICNIC! i 1 c t i _ * m rn. M * f tded To All j >! ! / < OLE IT LASTS!! i l ssary That We Get' i Vorkville and ed That In emselves. BARGAINS!: 1 artls For ^ J s For . Y ] om lo Cents Up. e r _ _ _ e IGE THE WORLD! I I v t t :ks have been the busiest of our c d over?unpacking New Goods, sing of them to the throngs of /e had the pleasure of meeting t< vriting we are happy to say that J bund the good people of York , and we beg to assure them of end we expect to exert ourselves v s of goods, we have not nearly ? capacity of our big storeroom, l ne of them away in rooms up it has ever before consumed in a s tin that has been falling all day i timt in the past six weeks, the \ a fair opportunity to look around isclosed what we see fit to offer ^Liisrs-; ?????????? t ii :r Undershirts. We've got too ? i. Anyhow, we are determined J iggest themselves. One is to be t missed as undesirable. Another untry. We don't like that idea o ustomers at prices that will make I a ti lere. They include soft Silk j Bosom Shirts, Madras Shirts and 5ercale Shirts. We are not overtocked in this line. The line is L! ust complete, and the prices are jj ight, that is all. We have good ralues in Drawers, and are able r 0 give Scriven's of any size lesired. CHILDREN'S PANTS. I We have a tremendous stock ( if Knee Pants for Children. We lo not know that we have too nany of these ; but the prices ( vhich we have put upon them f] re ridiculously low. No mother, J fter looking over our stock of g Children's Clothing, would think v if wasting her time on the home- i nade article. * 1 TABLE! mpting for the picnic table that eared off, are the following : j These Percales are the same as 1 anywhere, at any price. v y for these goods. Just as good ink of that. Everybody knows 1RTMENT. rJ lrned out to be a good day, and i jry Opening. All were pleased. v to work at its fullest capacity, the pleasure of furnishing with d rH & co. : i NOTICE OF NEW CHARTER ELECTION. WHEREAS the present charter of the town of Yorkville is about to exjire, now, therefore, notice is- hereby jiven to the qualified electors of the nunicipality of the town of Yorkville, bat an election will be held at York Court Elouse, in said (own, ON FRIDAY, MAY 11TH, 1900, for the purpose of letermining whether or not the electors >f said municipality favor surrendering be old charter and accepting a charter inder the provisions of an act of the general assembly of South Carolina, enitled, "An act to provide for the incorjoration of towns of not less than one bousand nor more than five thousand nhabitants," approved the 9th day of March, A. D., 1896. The polls will open at 9 o'clock a. no., ind close at 5 o'clock p. m. Electors in favor of the new charter vill vote the following ticket: "In favor >f surrendering the old charter and ac:epting a charter under the general in:orporation act. YES." Electors opposed vill vote: "In favor of surrendering the >ld charter and accepting a charter under be general incorporation act, NO." T>" . i . i_ ill U- C 3 mined ucKeis win ue iuuuu ai i/uo >olls. Electors must exhibit their municipal egistration certificates and proof of the >ayment of all taxes assessed against hem. A. F. McConnell, I. B. Gordon and W. 3. Herndon are hereby appointed manners to conduct the election. Unless the new charter be accepted, the own will in a few months be without a barter. By order of the town council of the own of Yorkville. W. R. CARROLL, Intendant. Attest P. W. Love, Clerk of Council. Yorkville, S. C., April 17th, 1900. April 21 s 2t J. 11. RIDDLE. [Indisputable! [T is a fact, not a mere claim, that we are headquarters for Heavy and Famiy Groceries, and when it comes to Flour, ve have always been at the head of the (recession. We have just received a caroad of Flour and are prepared to quote (rices on any quantity and guarantee luality. Pacts Are Convincing. As the days, weeks, months and years ;o by, the people of York county become nore and more educated in the knowlidge of the fact that we do not handle inything but the best of EVERYTHING. iVe have a good quality of Coffee which quals, if not surpasses, any sold in this ection. Also have genuine New Orleans dolasses, and can furnish it in any quanity you mention. Snuff and Tobacco. To those who use these two articles we vish to remind you tnat we nave one 01 be largest stocks and greatest varieties o be found in the county, and we will uake close prices to country merchants. Building Necessities. To those who have any kind of building 0 build, we wish to say that we have jime, Shingles and Cement, and can nrnisb estimates on Laths in quantities. To the Farmers: We wish to remind you of the fact that . ve have all kinds of Farm Supplies, and an and will make it to your interest to all and see us. Hoping that success may >e your reward, we are, Yours Truly, J. H. RIDDLE. Come and See! LITE now have on hand at our place of tv business a Frameless Buckeye Jinder, and we invite our farmer friends r? call and examine it. It has all the atest improvements and is without exeption, tne most perfect machine on the narket. It will do all that any binder an, and will do work with more ease ban any other, and is, better adapted to be needs of this section because it has ass machinery, and is, therefore, less omplicated and less liable to get out of rder. We can tell you all about it when on come and we are sure that you will ndorse all our claims after you have eramined the machine. We are prepared o quote as low prices and as liberal terms s can be offered on any first-class facbine. mm PI APF np RIISINFSS i one door north of The Enquirer uilding, where you will find a line of be most hsefu) and valuable labor saving mplements to be found in York county. Ve are the people that will treat you ight. YORK IMPLEMENT CO., L. R. Williams, Manager. PAINT IT 'RED !" 3R any other old color which yon might prefer. We repaint buggies, ragons and all kinds oi vehicles at the iirest prices. You select the colors and we do the rest." IN A MOST WORKIAN LIKE MANNER. We do all kinds of repair work?no, xcuse US, we are misleading you, for re only do the BEST. What we iniendd to say was that we repair EVERY'HING IN THE BEST MANNER, nd will specify in this instance that our epair work is confined to WOOD AND RON. Horse Shoeing! We, at all times keep in our employ, a rst-class HORSE SHOER. He can shoe lules also, and in ordinary times he can hoe a Jerusalem pony. In ihe summer line he can shoo a fly 1 When you rant anything in our line, see us. II. T. GRIST. AT ALL TIMES [TTE expect to be in position to supply V V HORSES and MULES to the trade, nd we wish to assure every one that they rill be dealt fairly with. We sell Stock inder a SOLID GUARANTEE and our ?ERMS WILL BE MADE TO SUIT "TP DUDOU tori) T .10 l/nnur what. - 11 J'J r t UtliaOiilV. Litb Itgnuun t. UM? ;ind of a Horse or Mule you desire and re will furnish it at a reasonable price. Our Livery Department is first-class in very respect and we will furnish teams? [ouble or single?on short notice. Call and see us. We will be glad to see rou. Yours for Business, CERR-KIMBALL LIVE STOCK CO., Yorkvllle, 8. C. Terms to suit. Satisfaction Guaranteed. TAKE COUGH EASE, 25 CENTS A 10TTLE. YORK DRUG STORE.