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Scraps and Jacts.
? Cram's Magazine: A recent examination
of the records of nearly 400 cadets
for the past 10 years, shows that,
outside the sons of army officers, of
which there were 65, 149 were sons of
farmers, 115 sons of merchants, 100
sons of lawyers, 37 sons of manufacturers,
32 sons of mechanics, 20 sons of
insurance agents, 9 sons of real estate
agents, 14 sons of clergymen, 13 sons
of editors, bankers and bookkeepers, 10
of druggists, 9 of drummers, 8 of school
teachers and 6 of dentists. Among the
others almost every calling is represented
by the fathers of one or more.
? Level-headed old Senator Morgan,
of Alabama, says: "The Democratic
party needs no reconstruction. It
needs fidelity to its creed which has
stood for 100 years. At present it demands
the payment of the national
debt and a return to the 'specie basis'
for banking. It demands tne restoration
to the states of the exclusive rlghc
to determine the qualification of voters.
It demands that all Federal taxation
shall be equal and uniform in
places within the limits of the United
States. It demands the suppression of
trusts, especially the corporations, in
respect to all articles of commerce that
are subjects* of interstate and foreign
commerce. If Democracy adheres to
these demands our present defeat will
be only temporary."
? Philadelphia Record: The Republicans
will hardly be willing to acknowledge
their great obligations to Richard
Croker for their victory. It is to Croker
that they were indebted for the insertion
of the free silver plank in the
platform; for the vote of the New York
delegation, under Croker's control,
turned the scale against David B. Hill
and sound money. It was Croker who
prevented the nomination of Comptroller
Coler for the governorship of New
York, and thus paralyzed the efforts
of the Democracy from the outset of
the campaign- Again it was the deep
detestation and dread of Croker in the
hearts of New York Democrats, that
reduced the Democratic majority in the
commercial metropolis (Manhattan and
Brooklyn), to less than one-third of its
former proportions, and gave the Republicans
an Immense majority in the
, Empire state. What one of the Republican
leaders contributed so much to
Republican victory as did Richard
? Secretary Hester's weekly New Orleans
cotton exchange statement shows
an increase in the movement into sight
compared with the seven days ending
this date last year, in round numbers, of
32,000. For the nine days of November
the totals show an increase over last
year of 50,000. For the 70 days of the
season that have elapsed the aggregate
is ahead of the 70 days of last year 240,000.
The amount brought into sight
during the past week has been 416,194,
against 384,165 for the seven days ending
November 9th last year. These
make the total movement for the 70
days from September 1st to date 3,586,734,
against 3,346,900 last year. The
' movement since September 1st shows
receipts at all United States ports 2,518,599,
against 2,219,015 last year, overland
across the Mississippi, Ohio and
Potomac rivers to northern mills and
Canada 280,133, against 281,015 last year.
Interior stocks in excess of those held
at the close of the commercial year 473,662,
against 420,382 last year. Southern
mill takings 314,340, against 326,486 lasc
year, 284,488 year before last.
? Says the London Spectator of last
Saturday: "The whole world ha^ been
interested this time in the election of
an American president, and Justly, for
it concerns the whole world. We do
not, it is true, believe that Mr. Bryan,
if elected, could have put back the
clock and compelled the Americans to
attend exclusively to their domestic affairs.
Circumstances are stronger than
the teachings of the founders of the
Republic, and a rich people of 76,000,000,
seated on the Atlantic and Pacific,
with the growing necessity for commerce
with the Far East, must interfere
with the politics of Asia, and
therefore in the politics of the nations
who are trying to eat up Asia. The
Amnninort nnnnln V? o xrn Kaon nnnoiilfn^
and accept their new position as a
world-wide power, ready for the consequent
sacrifices, and will in the future
share in the general movement of
nations. Instead of standing cynically
and selfishly aloof, they will govern
Hawaii and Puerto Rico, they.will keep
the Philippines, and they will acquire
so much of the world as is essential to
the development of their power and
trade. We heartily welcome the decision."
? A flat increase of one cent a pound
was put on beef, pork and mutton last
Friday by Chicago packers, says a dispatch.
In one year the additional cent
will yield to the Chicago packers, basing
the estimate upon last year's business,
the following sums: Dressed beef,
$15,000: dressed pork and pork products.
$20,000,000: mutton, $4,000,000. Total additional
to incomes, $3*9,000,000. Retailers
of meats were thrown into a panic
by the unexpected rise in prices. In
the adjustment of prices to the consumers,
choice cuts of beef have gone
up as much as 5 cents, pork tenderloin
jumped to the same extent, and mutton
chops went up 3 cents. The advance
by the packers is more than 10 per cent,
on the price of meat the day before the
election. The advance by the retailer
to the consumer will average 25 per
cent. The packers claim they have
been selling dressed meats at a loss for
several years. In six months the price
of meat Stuffs has ermA nn S9. Krt nor
hundred pounds. There has been no
corresponding increase in the price of
cattle, hogs and sheep. Representatives
of the packers in charge of the
dressed meat department say the advance
was justified by the condition of
the trade and its imposition on the heels
of the election is but a coincidence.
? Two of the three hours that last
Friday's cabinet session lasted, says a
Washington dispatch, were occupied in
a discussion of foreign affairs necessitated
in part by the fact that the president
intends to exhaustively treat on
this subject in his forthcoming message
to congress. Reference was made
to the expressions in por-ions of the
European press that the United States
policy regarding China would undergo
marked changes immediately after the
election, and it is authoritatively announced
that after a most exhaustive
review of every step of the Chinese difficulty
from its inception to the present
moment, delivered by Secretary Hay,
the cabinet ratified every detail and,
moreover, unanimously expressed its
judgment that the policy so far pursued
should be continued without any
change to its logical conclusion. Accordingly
the present legation guard at
Pekin will be maintained and such
troops as yet remain to be withdrawn,
according to the original programme,
will be shipped to Manila. With this
addition to his force, General McArthur
is expected to renew the campaign
against the Filipinos wifh the greatest
energy. Administration officials here
think as soon as the result of the election
becomes known throughout the
Philippines, the resistance to the authority
of the United States will be
overcome.
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YORKVILLE, S. C.^
WEDNESDAY, NOV'R. 14, 1900:
Why certainly Joe Wheeler voted the
straight Democratic ticket. There
was really no good reason for thinking
that he would do otherwise.
Superintendent of Education McMahan
states, in a letter, that he has
never entertained the idea of putting
white teachers in charge of Negro
schools.
Upon being asked to give, in a single
sentence, the best cause the country
has to be thankful, Governor McSweeney
replied: "Peace, prosperity and
good feeling throughout the country."
President McKinley answered Mr.
Bryan's telegram of a few days ago as
follows: "I acknowledge with cordial
thanks your message of congratulation
and extend to you my best
wishes."
Senator Hanna has been suggested
as the Republican candidate for president
in 1904. The senator says, however,
that if he can find the man who
made the suggestion, he will kill him.
He claims that the idea is too absurd
for serious consideration.
According to information given out
by leading Republicans the short session
of congress is to be taken up principally
with bills providing for the reorganization
of the army, the subsidizing
of American shipping interests and
the digging of the Nicarauga Canal.
Of course the Cubans must have a
chance at self-government. If they
succeed in giving and maintaining.
security for life, property and personal
liberty, they will be permitted to
continue in full control of the affairs
of the island. But if the Cubans are
able to prove their ability to govern
themselves, we will be surprised.
Hon. Sereno E. Payne, of New York,
chairman of the ways and means committee,
is quoted as saying that at the
next session of congress, the war tax ,
will probably be reduced at least oneflfth.
The tax on checks, telegrams ,
and mortgages will probably be taken ,
off to begin with, and the committee
will go as much farther as it shall
deem prudent at this time.
The Democratic party is not dead. It .
is not even phased. It is as great to- ,
day as it has ever been. Its chances ,
for electing a president four years from
now are just as good as are Republican
chances. But it is not going to win
success on false issues. It must use
discrimination and judgment, agreeing
with the Republicans when they are
right and opposing them when they
are wrong.
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A change of 75,000 votes in 12 states
that went for McKinley, would have
given the presidency to Mr. Bryan, and
a change of the same number of votes
in eight states that went for Bryan
would have reduced his strength in the
electoral college to 80 votes. These
facts show the narrow margin by
which a presidential election is sometimes
carried.
Mr. Robert Thomas, a paper maker,
of Florida, has discovered that cotton
seed hulls are capable of being converted
into paper of great tensile strength,
more cheaply than even wood pulp.
He is now trying to secure a patent on
his idea, and if his discovery comes up
to expectations, it is likely that cattle
and mules, etc., will be deprived of
what has been promising to become a
valuable roughness for them.
If Mr. Bryan would like to go to the
senate, let him move to South Carolina
and try for it in 1902. He would have
a walkover for once.?Columbia State.
And we beg to remind our flinging
contemporary that Mr. Bryan is about
the only man in the United States who
could have a "walkover" against Mr.
McLaurin. Since, however, this gen
Xieman nas announced ma; ne win not
take other people's positions, it is Mr.
McLaurin tvho will have the walkover
in 1902.
Just how many legislative candidates
told the people from the stump that
they were in favor of biennial sessions
of the general assembly, we have no
means of knowing; but we have reason
to believe that a majority of the new
men said something of the kind. We
have not heard a single one who advised
his constituents of the advantages
of annual over biennial sessions.
But will a resolution looking to a con- <
stitutional amendment on the subject
go through? We hope yes and fear no. !
Southkun mill owners have become
alarmed at Russian encroachments on
Manchuria. They fear that if Russia is <
permitted to continue along the line
she now appears to be pursuing, it will
be only a short time until the cotton
goods market of China is closed to
American mills. A petition, signed by
45 cotton mill owners, was presented to
Secretary Hay last Friday, urging continued
vigilance in the preservation of
the open door in China. The signers
of the petition include 18 mill owners in
North Carolina, 21 in South Carolina,
four in Alabama, one in Georgia and
one in Maryland. They represent a
total of 1,072,692 spindles.
It is time now for the Democratic
party to get back to Democratic principles,
especially including expansion.
Our experience with contraction has
been rather too disastrous for compla
cent contemplation, in me iuiure we
must be not a party of mere opposition;
but a party of Initiative enterprise asking
co-operation on the ground of service
rendered in building up rather
than tearing down. The time has been
when any policy or principle, however
wise, praiseworthy and laudable, Immediately
becomes obnoxious and disreputable
to Democrats if advanced by
Republicans, and the same to Republicans
if advocated by Democrats.
There is much of that kind of spirit in
the country yet; but it no longer dominates.
There are some two or three
million voters who thoroughly appreciate
the fact that the sole motive of
the topmost leaders of both parties is
identical?that their struggle is for
power and position. Looking to no special
individual benefit for themselves,
these voters are guided by what they
consider to be the best interest of the
country, and It is they who decide the
issue of victory between the parties.
It is to common sense and patriotism
that the political party must appeal if
it would be successful.
Judge Buchanan is goin^ to be a
candidate for re-election, but with all
of his sensational appeals, it is not
likely that a South Carolina legislature
will re-elect such a man. We know
nothing against his moral character;
but he is, in our judgment, absolutely
incompetent, and at Orangeburg set
aside the verdict of the jury in a case
of which a verdict for the county in a
lynching case which had been twice
tried before, with like results. When
three juries pass on a question, it may
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lainy De Cunmueicu acmcu. uuv j/?haps
Judge Buchanan, who abused a
Jury in this county for failing to agree,
feels called upon to set aside their verdicts
when they don't find verdicts as
he desires.?Spartanburg Herald.
Lets give even the devil his due. In
the opinion that Judge Buchanan is absolutely
incompetent, we fully agree
with The Herald. Were it necessary
we would give some of the facts upon
which our opinion is based; but that
infamous tirade against the Spartanburg
jury for failure to agree is all
that is necessary. In the Orangeburg
case, however, Judge Buchanan was
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exactly ngni. it is uui a qucsuuu m
opinion with us, but a question of fact.
Here is the law in Article VI, section
6, of the constitution: "In all cases of
lynching where death ensues, the county
where such lynching takes place
shall, without regard to the conduct of
the officers, be liable in exemplary
damages of not less than $2,000 damages
to the legal representatives of the
person lynched. " If we remember correctly,
there was no question of the
lynching in the case referred to, and
when the Jury found otherwise, it was
right for the Judge to set the verdict
aside. We would warn our contemporary
against accusing Judge Buchanan
when he is right; for that will enable
him to secure Justification when he is
wrong, which is most of the time.
CONCEALED WEAPONS.
There has been a great deal of talk
from time to time, in the newspapers,
from the pulpit and in the legislative
halls, against the practice of carrying
concealed weapons.
Despite all the talk and all the legislation
there has been on the subject, it
is a well-known fact that there has
not been the slightest restriction of the
pistol carrying habit. Almost every
Negro tough in the country has a pistol
that he carries constantly about his
person, and there are lots of white
men who do not feel that they are
properly equipped for the business of
every day life, unless they have revolvers
in their hip pockets.
That the carrying: of revolvers, except
under peculiar circumstances for
especial purposes, is a habit that is as
vicious as it Is unnecessary, is a fact
that no really civilized citizen of this
county will question. That people who
persist in this practice ai*e dangerous
enemies to the peace and good order
of society is also an equally patent
fact. It is plain, too, that if there is to
be any reform along the line referred
to, there must be something more
than talk.
Confession that there is not enough
law-abiding sentiment in South Carolina
to even restrict the concealed
weapon habit, carries with it the confession
that the government lacks a
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peace-loving citizens would like to
have it. It carries along also the confession
that the citizen who would unquestionably
obey the laws of his country
must be left In the power of and
at the mercy of the cowardly thug who
would, by stealth, persist In holding
himself in readiness to Intimidate or
murder citizens who are so much his
betters.
If the legislature is really in earnest
about this concealed weapon business,
there are numbers of ways by which
the situation can be remedied, and one
of them is by means of a system of registration
of every pistol In the state,
[n addition to the law, as it now stands,
let the statute provide that every owner
of a pistol in the state shall have
the weapon registered with the sheriff
of his county, or some other officer to
be specified. Let the registration fee
be sufficient to pay the registering officer
for his trouble and leave a balance
over for other purposes. Let the
registering officer give the owner of
the weapon a receipt, showing his right
to own the same, and let him also keep
in his office a list of the names of all (
pistol owners together with a description
of their weapons. Make the possession
of an unregistered pistol a felony,
instead of a mere misdemeanor.
Require that all transfers of pistols
from one owner to another be made a
matter of record, and impose upon
ownership other conditions that the
lawless class will not likely comply
with. Then put a premium on information
about unregistered pistols
along with some special reward for
the capture of people who violate the
law against the carrying of pistols
concealed. *
We are not sanguine enough to be- '
lleve that a law like the above would
entirely put a stop to the carrying of
concealed weapons; but it would likely
prove a step in that direction. It would
help to develop the right kind of sentiment,
and it would put the officers of
the law in much closer touch with a
class of people who need lots of watching.
It would not seriously inconvenience
either, those people who very
properly keep revolvers about their
homes for purposes of defense.
IIFBF.MFNTION.
The attorney-general of Mississippi
has instituted proceedings against a
number of cotton seed oil mills of that <
state, charging them with forming a
combination in violation of the provisions
of the new anti-trust law The
par value of the outstanding stock of 1
the Standard Oil company is $97,500,000,
and the market value is $682,500,000
R. G. Dun, head of the great mercantile
agency of R. G. Dun & Co., died in
New York last Saturday of cirrhosis of
the liver Mr. Bryan is said to
have declined an offer of $10,000 a year
to write editorials for an afternoon paper
in Denver, Colorado Secretary
of War Root has gone to Cuba on a
two week's trip The business failures
throughout the country for the (
week ending last Friday, were 201
against 157 for the same week the pre- vious
year The sum of $45,000 was ,
offered for a seat on the New York
stock exchange last Friday. That is
$3,000 more than has ever been offered <
before Fifty-eight thousand votes
were cast in the Porto Rico election j
and nearly all of them were Republi- ,
can. A full Republican legislature <
was elected McKinley's plurality 1
in Nebraska was 6,000. The Republi- j
cans have a majority of one on Joint i
ballot in the legislature and will proba- |
bly elect both senators The unof- <
flcial returns from all the Kentucky '
nramnnto dHvo Rrvnn n nlnrftlltv of 1
7,635 and Beckham 4,110. The Republicans,
however, are not'willing to accept
this as final The Elmore Cooper
Livestock company, of Kansas City,
has failed A Russian naval captain
passed through New York last
Saturday, on his way to Join his ship
in Chinese waters Tue friction between
Russia and France on,5he side,
and Great Britain, Germany and the
United States on the other, is said to
be becoming more acute daily There
is talk of a probable uprising against
British rule in India Alaskan Indians
are said to be in a bad way for
food on account of the scarcity of
game, caused by the large Influx of
wnites into the country A man
named J. D. Neal committed suicide
on the streets of Rutherford, N. C., last
Sunday, on account of business trou-'
bles...'....A Manila dispatch says that
the Philippine situation does not appear
to have been affected by the result
of the election The National
Salt company has advanced the price
of salt from $1.10 to $2.50 per hundred
pounds The Republicans have decided
not to contest the electoral vote of (
Kentucky, but to leave it to the Demo- (
crats. Governor Beckham is re-elected
Marcus Daly, famous on ac- |
count of his feud with Senator Clark, (
died in New York on Monday.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. <
Christmas Liquor. 1
The state board of^ontroTla^making
large purchases of liquor in Especial
anticipation of the Christmas demand.
This Is Liberal.
The Southern railroad announces its
willingness to haul all agricultural
exhibits to the Charleston exposition
free of charge.
Compromised It.
The Haselden-Sellers shooting affray
has been compromised. Both sides
agree to let the matter drop, and it appears
that the solicitor has already
consented to such disposition. The
crime, however, it should be remembered,
was against the state of South
Carolina, and there should be no settlement
except by full punishment of the
guilty.
Baptist State Convention.
Charleston Post: The state convention
of the Baptist church will meet at
Greenwood, December 7, instead of at
Newberry, as previously arranged.
The change was made on account of
the extreme illness of the wife of Rev.
George A. Wright, of the Baptist
church at Newberry. The delegates
will be entertained by members at
Greenwood.
Spent a Day In Charlotte.
Charlotte Observer Friday: United
States Senator John L. McLaurin nassed
through Charlotte yesterday en
route from Washington to his home in
South Carolina. Owing to train schedules
he was compelled to spend most of ?
the day In Charlotte. An Observer re- r
porter asked the senator for an inter- j
",Q'" no ooi/i tv,af Via nnt vet had
time to catch his breath and requested
to be excused from talking. The ^
senator formerly attended the milita- t
ry institute here, and during the day
met many of the friends of his student
days in Charlotte. He attended the c
floral fair and was made much at home
by those who were his friends and ac- r
quaintances in the days when he was s
a student here. Amongst these friends
were Mr. Geo. H. Brockenbrough and t
Mr. J. A. Durham. Although the sen- 8
ator went with a Charlotte man to the *
fair, he had to introduce his host to e
many who were already his friends. E
Senator McLaurin was more than sur- ^
prised to And to what a city Charlotte
had grown. He admired and wondered t
at the development at Dllworth, and 1
other suburban features of the city, t
He left on the Seaboard last night at g
6.20 p. m.., for his home in South Car- a
olina. t
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
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INDEX TO NKW ADVERTISEMENT >. ^W.
M. Kennedy, Agent?Tells you of,'
the tailor-made garments made by
Lamm & Co., and says satisfaction Is
guaranteed. He also tells of his line
of stationery and groceries.
Glenn & Allison?Say that the sales of
buggies by them for the past ten
days is truly startling. Ten wagons
-in ten days is their wagon record,
and say they will have another carload
in today. They have horses and
mules for sale. * f
W. B. Moore & Co.?Tell of their stook.1
of farm implements, such as rotary I
disc plows, disc harrows and culti- '
vators, rakes, grain drills. They have
bargains in all kinds of "shooting
irons." New line of trunks and bags.
Stoves, carpets, rugs, crockery, glassware,
etc., and furniture. They say
that the "Everything Store" has everything
you can't find.
York Implement Co.?Want you to
know jthat the Oliver chilled plow has
no rivals, a fact testified to by all
users. They have disk and tooth harrows.
James M*. Starr & Co.?Claim that you
can't be too careful in having your
physician's prescriptions carefully
compounded, and want you to know
that they are extremely careful in
this branch of the drug business.
Lowrance, Williams & Co.?Tell you
that it is their business to handle the
choicest viands for the table?the articles
that will tickle the palate, and
mention a number of things that
will please the most fastidious taste.
S. L. Hobbs & Co.?Sav that their fan- ?
cy goods touch the spot, and say you
feel better when you buy your goods
from them. They name quite a number
of fancy articles put up In cans
and quote you prices.
J. B. Jackson, Agent?Gives notice of
sale by the heirs-at-law of S. C. Matthews,
deceased, of a tract of land 21
miles east of Clover, containing 110
acres, at York court house door, on
the first Monday of December. '
J. L. Nichols & Co., Atlanta?Want
agents to sell the "Life of Booker T.
Washington," and say that some of
their agents are making over $100 per
month.
The Enquirer?Wants a lost key returned
to this office, and offers a reward
for same.
H. C. Strauss?Calls your attention to
his supply of clothing, overcoats, ladies'
jackets, men's and ladies' underwear,
blankets and quilts, and
wants you to know that he can please
in quality and price.
R. T. Castles; Smyrna, S. C.?Has lost
a bird dog, which he wants to recover
and offers to pay any reasonable
expense for trouble incurred.
Thanksgiving proclamation.
Governor McSweeney issued his
Thanksgiving.proclamation last Saturday.
It is as follows:
In the providence of God we have
been spared as a people and state for
another year. Peace and prosperity,
health and happiness have been vouchsafed
to us. We have not been visited
by plague or pestilence. The labor of
our hands has been attended with success
and the state has grown in mate- 8
rial wealth. New manufacturing enter- p
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prises nave sprung up anu we aic iaoi
become a great manufacturing people.
The husbandman has ben permitted to
plant and to reap, and enjoy the fruits
Df his labor, and progress in all good
and worthy deeds is evidenced on every
hand; our colleges and schools are
filled, and the cultivation of the head
and heart is keeping pace with the material
development of the stateTo
the end, therefore, that we may
with thankful hearts show our appreciation
of the many blessings which
we enjoy and the tender care of omr
Heavenly Father, I, M. B. McSweeney,
governor of the state of South Carolina,
In conformity with the proclamation of
the president of the United States, do
hereby appoint and set apart ThursJay,
the 29th day of November, 1900, as
i day of thanksgiving and prayer to be
kept and observed by all the people of s
this state. G
I advise that all public offices be
closed and all private business and labor
of every kind cease, and that our '
people assemble at their respective e
places of worship and give thanks to
Him who is the giver of every true and t
perfect gift for the seed time and the .
harvest, and that they beseech Him in
humility to continue His goodness and I
srracious forbearance. That they also s
remember the poor and fatherless, for t
ma fnM f V?e>f If la mnro Klaaao^ fn
give than than to receive, and every
gift to these will go to our credit In the N
jreat book of remembrance.
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THE COTTON MARKET. a
There was something of a flurry In c
jotton last Monday, presumably on ac- a
lount of the frost reports from Texas. '
A. press dispatch of Monday night tells a
the story of the day's developments in 8
the New York Cotton exchange as fol- v
ows: J
The market for cotton was very ex- a
flted, very active and decidedly higher t
today. The opening prices showed an r
idvance of 12@16 points and further
idvanced 8@12 points on generally bull,sh
conditions. There were a few in- r
:ervals of weakness resulting from a
iroflt-taking and occasional sales on p
:he reaction theory. But as a rule the e
narket was most vigorous with specuation
broadening rapidly and including q
i cohsiderable proportion of buying on c
nvestment account. Covering was an
mportant feature. The great strength
>f the market was largely due to killng
frost in Northern Texas and other
mportant points in the South, with ac- y
:ounts from the Mississippi valley in- y
iicatlng that the damage by frost iiv I
:hat territory last week had been more j
serious than at the time assumed. The
3outhern markets were generally higher,
while accounts from American 1
spinning districts, as well as from for- p
iign spinning centres, were of a bullish
jharacter. Cotton goods were reported a
:o be in better shape. The movement .
>f cotton in the South was fairly sus- 11
:ained; a fact, however, quite generaly
ignored in view of prevailing senti- C
nent Europe bought freely, the near n
jositiOns chiefly. Wall street and the j,
South also operated extensively on the N
ong side of the account. In the after- .
loon buying was checked by heavy es- P
;imatcd receipts for New Orleans and J
Houston, especially for the latter, to- j
norrow. The market closed steady at
i net advance of 21@23 points advance.
Telegraphic advices from New York v
yesterday indicated the market was }
jarely holding its own. Liverpool had '
ilosed 2-64th lower and New York was
ibout at a standstill. p
WITHIN THE TOWN. 3
? The attendance on court Monday r
ind Tuesday was comparatively small. 11
There were not a great many people ^
n town. C
? There are quite a number of people a
vho have not yet paid their town taxes.
The 15 per cent, penalty attaches after c
omorrow, Thursday.
? Treasurer Neely is here this week
ind will also be here next week. So ,
ar he has issued only about 1,000 tax '
eceipts and nas about 9,000 still to is- ?
Cl
me. y
? Pursuant to recommendations from- j
he grand Jury, the county commis- 3
loners have increased the space be- fj
ilnd the court-room bar, and re-model- tj
d the judge's bench, so as to allow the s,
residing officer to see and be seen. ^
Che changes are for the better. S(
? Messrs. Elder and Farles comple- ci
ed the work of marking the corporate 01
Imits of Yorkville last week. The m
own is now encircled by a string of hi
rranite posts located about 300 yards w
.part. It is easily practicable to de- a
ermine whether any given point close ei
/
o the line Is In or out of the corporate
lmits.
^^"here should be an arc light on
ting's Mountain street, opposite the
nllltary academy, and the street up
hat way should be put In better shape.
This will, put the town somewhat In
Ine with the work that Colonel Stephinson
is doing on the academy propery;
but it will take an extension of the
vater main and quite a number of oth>r
improvements to make the town
wen with Colonel Stephenson.
ISwamptown has been In a state ot
sruption during the past few days. The
rouble commenced on Saturday night
vhen two or three fights developed.
The police made several arrests during
Junday and Monday; but up to yesterlay
did not have the evidence In .shape
o warrant going to trial. During Monlay
afternoon John Sadler had a row
vith his wife, Inez. He broke one of
ler arms and bit part of her ear off.
''or this Mayor Willis sentenced him
o pay a fine of $15 or go to the chainrang
for 45 days. The charges against
lim were drunk and disorderly and
Ighting. The other cases are to be
lisposed of later.
ADVERTISERS AND SUBSCRIBERS'
"It is for the subscribers first, and advertisers
may avail themselves of the
jeneflt of its columns if they are wiling
to comply with our conditions."
This was the answer that the busiless
manager of The Enquirer, a few
lays ago, gave to a patent medicine
nan, who after failing to secure advertising
space at less than the cost of
llllng the same with live, interesting
eftdine matter, wanted to know If the
)aper was not published for advertisTS.
"Well, you are a little too independent
to suit me," replied the medicine
render, "and I shall not use your pa>er."
"Just as you like, sir," retorted the
)usine8S manager. "Tour business,
lowever welcome on our terms, is not
loliclted or desired on any other."
And in this brief colloquy was outined
The Enquirer's whole attitude
vith regard to the business side of its
conduct. The business management
las no desire whatever to be stiff, fornal
or arbitrary. It unites with the
iditorlal side in endeavoring to build
ip and retain an Intelligent, substanial
and appreciative constituency.
3oth departments seek to make the
>aper worthy of the subscription price.
Neither department asks any considerLtion
on any basis other than value revived.
Both departments hold the inerests
of subscribers as above all othir
considerations. The advertiser who
lesires to reach these subscribers with
ipws of commodities he has to offer, is
ilways welcome, provided he comes on
i purely business basis. He will not
>e permitted to take any advantage of
he subscriber or reader if that advanage
can be prevented. The kind of advertisers
who wish to take unfair advantage
are not wanted. Those who
ire willing to comply with the perfecty
fair conditions that are prescribed
>y the editorial and business depart nents
are pretty apt to meet with a
riendly reception from subscribers and
eaders. That has been the experience
>f the past, it is the experience of the
>resent, and constant vigilance is exirclsed
to make it the experience of the
uture.
The present advertising constituency
if The Enquirer cotnes fully up to the
itandard outlined. None of It has been
lolicited except upon conditions that
ipply to all. All of it is induced solely
hrough the desire on the part of the
idvertisers to put themselves in touch
vith the exceptional class of readers
his paper is known to have. The busness
and editorial managements take
>ride in both readers and advertisers,
ind they have some reason too, to feel
hat both readers and advertisers are
easonably.well satisfied with the service
they are getting.
The papers that are published for advertisers
only, are numerous, and the
idvertisers who think that this is the
ibjectof all newspapers are also numerius;
but take the world over and it
vlll be found that those papers which
ire published primarily for subscribers
ire best not only for them but for advertisers
also. It is a case on the one
land of the reader hunting the paper,
md on the other of the paper hunting
he reader. When the reader hunts the
taper, there is likely to be some readng
done, and such advertising as there
nay be will come in for' such attention
s it may be entitled to command. The
taper that has to hunt the reader, howver,
is not always successful in its
uest, and the advertising it contains
an fare no better.
" X ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. McClain left for Charlotte
esterday on business. ,
and Mrs. Walter Miller, of Rock
1111, spent Sunday with the family of
lr. L. R. Williams.
Mr. Sam M. Grist, special agent of
he Mutual Benefit Life Insurance com>any,
is at home from Greenville.
Cashier W. P. Harrison, of the Loan
nd Savings bank, went to Charleston
ist Friday night, returning Monday.
Mr. S. D. Patrick was up from Mcfonnellsville
last Saturday on busiess.
He says that everything is movng
along nicely.
^liss Jessie Duplap gave a pleasant
arty to a number of her friends last
Yiday evening, complimentary to
liss Fanny Dunlap, of Ogden.
Miss Clara Crawford, of McConnellsille,
has been visiting in Yorkville.
/The condition of Mr. Job F. Carroll,
mo is ill at the home of his father, Mr.
\ L. Carroll, near Yorkville, is imroving
slowly.
A. G. Knebel, state secretary of the
roung Men's Christian associations of
forth and South Carolina, spent a day
i Yorkville last week. While here
Ir. Knebel organized a student Y. M.
' A., at the King's Mountain Military
cademy.
Mr. W. O. Youngblood, of Clay Hill,
arries as a pocket piece, the old army
crew driver that was issued to him
dth his musket during the war. He
lso has among his papers his disharge
from the Confederate service
nd some paper money which he revived
as his last pay.
Columbia State, Tuesday: Dr. J. MilMoore,
passed assistant surgeon, U.
. Navy, was in the city yesterday on
is way to Port Royal, where he is to
ike charge as medical officer of the
tation. Dr. Moore is a native of Rock
[ill and is quite a young man. He
irved for quite a long time on the
ruiser Baltimore, and was doing duty
n the Raleign during the battle of
[anila bay. After the war with Spain
e was transferred to duty at Chicago,
here he contracted and suffered from
case of pneumonia. Upon his recov:y
the department decided to send
him to a station in the South and Port
Royal in his own state, fell to his lot.
Dr. Moore has many friends in Columbia
who were glad to see him yesterday.
Charlotte Observer, Saturday: Messrs.
L. M. Terrell and John F. Blodgett,
of Atlanta,' postofflce inspectors,
were in Charlotte yesterday, attending
to some local business. Mr. Terrell,
who began his connection with the mall
service as a postal clerk, is one of the
best informed men in his department
in the south. No amount of talk can
draw a business secret from him; but
he is a very pleasant talker on general
matters. Mr. Terrell remembers when
the mail for Atlanta was sent from ,
the north by way of Knoxvllle. That
was in 1S76. At that time, one mall car,
about 12 feet long, carried all the mall
bags. The dally mail into Atlanta at
that time amounted to about two tons.
Now, instead of the 12-foot mail car,
there are from five to six 60-foot cars
that empty into Atlanta 50 tons of mall
a day. Even at this rate, the cars
are overcrowded, at times to such an
extent that the route agents are unable
to work it.
^Bishop Ellison Capers is to be in
Torkvllle, Sunday, December 16, on his
annual visitation to the Church of the
Good Shepherd. The bishop hardly
needs any Introduction in this section;
but the following from the Edgefield
Chronicle is interesting nevertheless:
iilsnop -capers is perhaps the most
widely known and universally beloved '
man in South Carolina. We do not
mean to say that his being bishop over
the Episcopal church in South Carolina
makes him thus, although as high and
as broad a Christian as Bishop Capers
is more apt to be generally appreciated
and honored. It is the bishop's noble
record in the Confederate war, joined
to his almost perfect personal character,
that causes him to be thus known
and beloved on all sides. When the
bishop-comes here, or goes there, it is
not Episcopal or Methodist or Baptist
or Presbyterian, but it is "Bishop Ca.pers
is here," or "General Capers ishere,"
or "Brave old Ellison Capers is
here." And everybody wants to see
him and hear him and shake his handold
people because they know and love
him, and young people because they
honor and love the traditions; because
they would greet a hero of faithful y
history. The good bishop?with his
head and mind as strong as his heart
is tender and true?was with his flocks
of Trenton and Edgefield on Sunday
last. Large crowds heard him in forenoon
and afternoon; and in the evening,
at the earnest request of President
Bailey, he "made a little talk," as he
expressed it, to the 120 boarding pupils
of the South "Carolina Co-Educational
institute in their chapeL But in reality
it was a large talk, and a high and
broad one, and delighted the young
people to whom it was lovingly ad- ,
dressed. Bishop Capers, however, does
more than delight people. He helps
them, strengthens them, comforts
them. Would that we might see and s
hear him oftener in Edgefield." v
GENERAL SESSIONS.
The court of general sessions for
York county convened in the court
house here last Monday, his honor
Judge Klugh, presiding, and. Solicitor
J. K. Henry representing the state.
j.ne iuuuwiiig kiu.hu jurura auawervu
to their names: E. B. Biggers, J. H. -#
McFadden, J. A. Shurley, T. C. Spratt,
F. P. Love, T. A. Mills, E. J. Wylie, T?
W. Nelson, Iredell Jones, J. E. Parker,
J. M. Russell, R. L. Robinson, E. H.
Jackson, S. W. Woods, A. J. Parrot, L.
R. Williams.
All of the recently drawn petit jurors
except R. C. Whitesides, who was absent
in Texas, answered to their names.
The venire stood as follows: W. C.
Thompson, E. P. Steele, P. B. Neii, J.
Warren Moore, R. L. Quinn, J. S.
Stultz, I. D. Witherspoon, Jr., J. A.
Byers, A. H. Merritt, G. M. Riddle, Geo.
W. Foster. W. D. Leslie, J. B. Brown,
W. E. Smarr, W. E. St-nders, J. S.
Glass, R. M. Dulin, A. L. Robinson, H.
G. Stanton, H. H. Sherer, J. J. White, v
James M. Plaxico, W. R. Burgess, D.
J. Fitchett, J. B. Pegram, D. C. Boyd,
E. B. Beard, M. G. Bryant, W. L. McCleave,
A. G. Parks, A. A. Burris, D. >
W. Hicks, W. S. Percival, J. T. Plaxi- < j
co, J. E. Brandon. * /
F. P. uiies, or the grand jury, ana j.
M. Plexico, of the petit Jury, were excused
from further attendance, an<bthe
work of the sessions was commenced
as usual with instructions from the
court as to the duties and responsibilities
of grand Jurors.. These instructions
were confined principally to the
specific bills then in hand, and were
followed up from time to time as new
bills covering different offenses had to
be dealt with.
The first case taken up by the solicitor
was that of .John Barnes and Zeb
Ferguson, charged with assault and ?
battery with intent to kill. The case
was nol prossed upon payment by the
defendants of accrued cost and the forfeiture
of the pistol that had figured.
The case of Andy Hall, charged with
violation of the dispensary law, was
nol prossed.
George Robinson, charged with using
property without consent of the owners,
was nol prossed on payment by the
defendant of $10, in lieu of costs and
expenses.
Alexander Chambers plead guilty of
larceny and was sentenced to six
months. *
W. M. White plead guilty of assault
and battery of a high and aggravated
nature and was sentenced to pay a
fine of $30, or go to the chain gang for
60 days.
In the case of Butler Thompson and
Wallace Thompson, charged with assault
and battery, the jury returned a
I verdict of not guilty as to Butler
Thompson, and the case against Wallace
Thompson was nol prossed.
The case .of William Petit, alias
"Wild Bill," who was charged with
having assaulted "Frank Mackey, a Negro,
In Rock Hill, one night some
weeks ago, with a knife, and robbed
him of some whisky, took up about an
hour of the time of the court Monday
afternoon. According to Mackey, he
got a jug of whisky off the southbound
Southern train at about 11 o'clock, Saturday
night, and started away with
It. After he had proceeded a few hundred
yards along the street he was attacked
bx three white men, one of
whom he recognized as "Wild Bill" *
Petit. They cut him across the *
face with a knife and robbed him
of his whisky. He claimed to have
recognized Petit principally by a
dark coat, black hat and light pan- ?
taloons. He was very positive as to
the identity of the defendant. Wild
Bill, through his counsel, W. B. Wilson,
Esq., set up an alibi. He claimed
that he was at the depot when the train ^
came, with a woman who had come to
meet some expected visitors. He went