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i ?= Scraps and Jartss. ? ? The work of laying the new Pacific cable is proceeding rapidly. Up to last Friday 2,238 miles had been paid out. The cable ship is in constant communication with the shore. ? W. H. Council, colored, a member of the faculty of the colored Normal school at Normal, Ala., has written to Col. J. M. Falkner, making a generous offer of assistance to the Confederate Soldiers' home at Mountain Creek. Council says in his letter: "Although I came up from the other side of the flood and drank the dregs of the cup of slavery, still I honor the grayV* o Irorl vbtoro na f\t tVio 4T XKlt PAllflP.' and I feel that when they pass away, and when their old slaves have passed away, In a measure the power of the balance wheel of southern society will be gone." ? Along: with dozens of successes, Dr. Lorenz, the specialist, who cures congenital hip joint dislocation, has had one failure. It was the case of a young boy in Boston, on December 23. After putting the boy under the influence of chloroform, the doctor and his assistants worked for twenty-five minutes trying to get the dislocated hip joint into place and finally had to give it up. He said that the boy was very close to the age limit, and he feared chance of a serious accident should he persist in his efforts. He succeeded in improving the condition of the sufferer, but was upable to completely cure him.v ? At a late hour Christmas eve night an unknown man called at the home of Mr. Ed Gay, six miles from Matthews, Ga., and asked him to change a dollar. Mr. Gay, not having the change, walked with him to his store, not far distant, where they entered, and it is supposed the stranger then drew a revolver on Mr. Gay and forced him to open his safe, which contained fl,200. He then probably murdered Mr. Gay and set fire to the store to hide his crime. The store was completely gutted and yesterday the safe was found open and the skull of Mr. Gay was found in the ruins. The whole community was thrown into a high pitch of excitement. So far there is no clue to the perpetrator of the crime. ? The most frightful railroad accident in the annals of the past decade, happened a short distance from the little . station of Wanstead, Canada, on the Sarnax branch of the Grand Trunk railroad, last Saturday. The trains in collision were the Pacific Express and a freight. The express was running nearly two hours late and was making fast time. The freight was endeavoring to make a siding to get clear of the express; but failed by a minute or two. There was a dreadful crash, the locomotives reared up and fell over in a ditch, the baggage car of the express telescoped the smoker and in an instant the shrieks and cries of the wounded and the dying filled the air. The loss of life is twenty-eight. The injured will number considerably more, and many of these are in a dying con? ? rrttlon. Many or tne aeaa weir Terribly mutilated. Heads were cut off, legs wrenched from the bodies and the level stretch of snow became crimson with the blood of the victims. ? The people of Paris and almost the whole or France, are very mucn interested just now in the arrest of the Humbert family, the members of which have the distinction of having perpetrated the greatest swindle of the generation. Some 20 years ago this family set Itself up in Paris representing "self to be in the custodian of $20,000,CrtO of gold left by a relative to be distributed at the majority of one of the members. The gold was represented to be securely locked in an immense safe that stood in their home, and on the strength of these representations members of the family were able to borrow many millions of dollars from different Parisian bankers. The fraud was first suspected only a year or two ago. The members of the family fled from Paris, and last week they were arrested In Spain. The have Just been taken back to Paris and that is why the people are stirred up. As to whether the victims of the gigantic steal will recover anything is very doubtful. ? The Indications now point to the practical certainty that the Issues Involved In the Venezuela embroglio will be referred to the Hague tribunal for settlement. Both Germany and Great Britain_aa-well_aa-President Castro, were anxious that President Roose. velt consent to act as arbitrator. pressun. tv^s brought to bear upon-itrrr Roosevelt; but i?c finally dec,,*"?d and won out on his inslstance that the -.ration go to-the Hague tribunal. The deta*^ have not been definitely arranged yec, but the un(Jer. standing is that an ^fc-NHiient wlll be reached between and Germany on the o'h'v/hafra. and Venezuela on the otherf\n8 the result of which, the blockaofc' now in progress will be raised, and the whole dispute will be duly considered and adjudicated in a friendly, rational manner. It is not believed that the Monroe doctrine will be called into question as the result of the arbitration. On the contrary, both Great Britain and Germany are represented as fully recognizing this doctrine. ? Says a Washington special to the Philadelphia Record: John A. Daley, rormeriy 01 inamna, now imug ?n I Topeka, Kan., has refused a pension,] and as the result a movement is on J foot to frame his name and hang: it up in the pension office. Some time ago, Daley, who is a veteran of the Fourteenth regiment, filed a petition for a pension. Investigation justified his claim, a bill was passed and he was informed that his name was on the government roll for $12 a month. Daley replied by letter, declining the pension. Convinced that he had to deal with a crazy man, Commissioner Ware sent a man to Topeka to investigate the situation. The clerk found there an old man bent double from disease contracted in the army, suffering from many bodily ailments, but still keeping a keen and , vigorous intellect. "Some of my kind neighbors questioned my army record," the old man told "but now my record has been ^HBHjk^ra^^^^^atiBfie^ The govern ment is paying out too many millions for pensions now." Daley's money ia being kept for him at the pension bureau in case he should change his mind. ?he ||orkviltr (inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.t WEDNESDAY, DEC'R. 31,1902. Washivoton disoatches to the South Carolina papers say that Maj. John P. Jones, of Blacksburg, will probably be appointed United States marshal for South Carolina and that Dr. W. D. Crum, the Charleston Negro, will certainly be appointed collector for the port of Charleston. It has been a pretty good year with most of us. Of course, some have been unfortunate and fell by the wayside; but taken as a whole, the country has had a prosperous year. It Is the sincere hope of The Enquirer that next year will be even more prosperous, and it is our belief that !* every individual determines and does his full part, such will be the case. Unless we have forgotten, the lynching near Greenwood last week was the first that has occurred In the state during the administration of Governor McSweeney. The governor Is reported to have commenced proceeding to bring the lynchers to justice, and it is hoped that he will succeed. It was a horrible crime that those Negroes committed and both were equa.lly guilty; but the law would have been fully competent to have dealt with the case had it had an opportunity. The Enquirer has been receiving inquiries of late as to whether there is any way to secure the removal of the dispensary from Yorkville. Some of those inquiries have come from people who helped to bring: the dispensary here, and who now profess conviction that they made a serious mistake. We would be glad to see the dispensary removed. As we see It there Is no question of the evil It is doing. It Is fully as harmful as Its staunchest opponents have all along claimed It would be. The only positive benefit it has so far conferred has been the Increased revenue to the town and county. There Is no question of the fact that it has developed the consumption of intoxicating liquors to an alarming extent, and neither is there any question of the fact that this consumption Is on the increase. The additional revenue, referred to is, according to our view, more apparent than real. The extra tax that the people are paying to the as compared with that which they are paying to the distillers and the liquor commissioners. Much of the money that is going to the dispensary is money that would otherwise go to pay honest debts. People who give the greatest support to the dispensary are daily becoming less able to support themselves and families. We have no 111 will against those who insisted that the dispensary would be a good thing:, and no malice. We do not rejoice in the fact that the predictions of those who opposed the dispensary are being verified in fact. What we seek and desire above all else, Is the real happiness and prosperity of the people, and we do not believe that these can best be subserved by the liquor traffic through the dispensary or otherwise. We know that liquor will be consumed, and that it will be sold legally or illegally, so long as there is a demand for it. It has been our observation that the sale of liquor is restricted most when it is outlawed and subjected to the surveillance of the police. As to whether it is possible to secure a return to this condition immediately, we are very doubtful. The law provides no machinery by which the people of a community can rid themselves of a dispensary after it has beei> once established: but nevertheless Enquirer stands pledged noy' and hereafter to assist in any n*"ement that affords hope of riddiryr''the town of this terrible evil. MERB-yfiltTION. Senator Mormy? is seeking to fix the pa/ of canaj commissioners at 55,000 pe.* annuip-' and require them to do business^ the line of the canal. The members of the Walker commission received about $12,000 per annum each and worked only about eight weeks out <<a year A dispatch from Denver sayv^that thousands of cattle are ^^rvin^qn the ranges of Colorado or acch*v*t snow, and that theii owners^Xg pcnVeHess to do anything for them. rs^rhQmjy^ J. Sharkey, the private detechs^ whoKilled .Bankei Nicholas Fish inN^x^ York divt sometime ago, has bi?N. sentenced tc ten years imprisonment^^. Eightyfive Joint stock spinning comh^gg Q? j Lancashire, England, which have^n aggregate capital of $27,175,000. andOx 667,000 spindles figure that they lost $7,- J 150 on this year's business Rev. William McGill, a Negn*o preacher, of Birmingham, Alabama, wants the Republican party to show friendliness for his ra?e by making him chaplain of the senate... ..Governor Longlno, of Mississippi, ha. offered a reward of $50 for the arrest of cny man wb0 attempts to force Negroes to ieave any one Gf sev. eral counties by tht white capping process The coke c0| r?anies of Pennsylvania are increasing wag.es Qf their employes 8 and 10 pe? oent The Revolutionists of Venezu, are taking advantage of the troub. Jn which the government has become volved with Great Britain and Germany, to renew the insurrection that was recently quelled by President Castro. A Denver dispatch says that the Republicans, who have a majority in the Colorado legislature, are arranging to unseat a number of Democrats on account of alleged frauds so as to insure the election of a Republican United States senator The bank at Union, Mo., was robbed of $15,000 last Saturday night by burglars The late Thomas B. Reid left his entire estate to his widow and made her executrix Cornelius Vanderbilt has been so 111 with typhoid fever that his life was dispaired of. The doctors now think he will get well The mercury In the thermometers went down to 30 degrees at Tampa, Fla., last Saturday. There was a heavy frost and it is feared that the orange industry has suffered seriously The banks of New' York are expected to pay out $150,000,000 during the month of January. It will be the heaviest month's disbursements ever paid out In this country Vice Admiral Cervera, who was In command of the Spanish fleet at Santiago, has been j appointed to the position of chief of stafT of the Spanish navy Lieutenant General Miles and party are being entertained by the Dowager Empress of China in the palace at Pekln The Crown Princess of Saxony has created a sensation and scandal throughout Europe by running away to Switzerland with a French professor named M. Gulron. She leaves a husband and six children in Saxony. Steamers arriving at Victoria, British Columbia, from China, bring neyvs of continued outrages by Chinese boxers Governor Taft, of the Philippines, has Inaugurated a vigorous campaign against the ladrones, or bandits, who Infest the Island of Luzon Severe storms have been raging throughout northern Europe during the past few days, and many vessels have been forced to run into port to avoid being wrecked. It is believed that shipping must have met with many disasters A formidable insurrection has broken out in Morocco and the government is being sorely pushed by the rebels, who are under the lead of a pretender to the sultan's throne Nine persons met violent deaths in New York city last Sunday. Some committed suicide, and others were killed in various ways Notwithstanding his announced Intention to retire to private life after March 4, there is a movement in Missouri to have Senator George C. Vest succeed himself A Filipino Judge sentenced an American reacner last wees 10 mteen days imprisonment for whipping: a Filipino school child Plocido, the Filipino who commanded Funston's supposed insurgents at the capture of Aguinaldo, has been sentenced by a native judge to life imprisonment for murder Marconi's wireless telegraphy across the Atlantic between Nova Scotia and Cornwall, is working beautifully. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Boiled In Vat of Mash. Tillman Hampton, a Negro employe of the Richland Distilling company, near Columbia, was scalded to death In a vat of boiling mash on December 24th. 1 ( A Peculiar Case. , One day last week, a cow belonging , to Mr. W. R. Henderson, of Columbia, , ""1"! <- -./ J - v.. PnntVA-w railroad that it was apparent that the animal would die. Not caring to kill j the cow himself for fear the act might ] prejudice his claim for damages, Mr. { Henderson asked the railroad agent to \ attend to the matter. The cow was not / killed until after considerable delay, and Mr. Henderson had the agent of ( the railroad company arrested on the J charge of cruelty t? animals. The case 1 nnt ImmpHIntflv rilnnnflpri of. the I magistrate preferlng to postpone it I until he could get fjrther Information S on certain points of law. 1 Lynching at Green rood. W. K. Jay, a promhent young farmer of the Troy sec'doi of this county, says a Greenwood spe-lal of December 3 27 to the News and Cornier, was foully 3 murdered In his own y;rd by a Negro. Oliver Wldeman, or hli wife, both of r them living on the plac<. Both of the J Negro's were lynched b: Jay's lnfuri- ' ated neighbors. Mr. Jay on returning home on Friday afternoon heard Wide- tl man abusing or fighting his (Wide- u man's) wife. He went to tie cabin and si ordered the N*?roes to be quiet. Im- ^ medlately/dfterwards Mrs. Jay heard %v the rerdrt of a gun and sav the two b Negf^es running: away. Qlling for t( j^r husband, she had no an,wer, and on looking over the yard fomd him ? dead In a pool of his own bl(od. Al- ti most his entire head had beei blown off. The alarm was given and parties vl were soon scouring the country n pur- b! suit of the Negroes. They were cap- m tured. Before the coroner both~ar>-. ^ knowledged the deed, but the man said ^ the woman did It, and the woman ac- tr cased the man. They never chang^Sl- ^ torn this, but died, accusing each sr of the crime. While in custody w a constable on t*~ >vay to svere stopped ai the Wlnio-"etftliridge sj a crowd of tTTnTFIaied friends and u| neighbors of Jay and both Negroes h were lynched. The lynching took place about midday, seven hours after the in- di quest. W. K. Jay was a good citizen s( and prominent Mason, having been a high official of the grand lodge of ei South Carolina. Latest From Venezuela.?The Yen- " ezuelan negotiations now watt upon ^ President Castro, says a Washington dispatch of Monday. Minister Bowen has been fully advised by the stale department of the result of its exchanges wtih the foreign offices at London, Berlind*vd Rome and he has been charged .to takes^he case in hand himself and Strange details of the protocol which will precede the submission of c the foreign claims to the arbitration of the Hague tribunal. In so doing Mr. Bowen is acting, not as United States minister, but as Venezuela's representative. The officials here wish it to be y( distinctly understood that their functions ceased, so far as the Venezuela <' difficulty was concerned, when they C brought the parties to the controversy together. s -* Mlnlctor it now seems pruoauie men. Bowen will come to Washington as v Venezuela's representative on the commission which will draw up the proto- g col for the submission of the claims of . the powers to the Hague tribunal. It . has been decided that he may so rep- t resent Venezuela, notwithstanding the > fact that he is at present charged with t the interests of Great Britain, Germany, Italy and other European powyeiin Venezuela. As soon as he leaves "! R?'-liela this charge will pass to Mr. ? the secretary in charge of the nt rhP RtA,e^at,on- whnae reputation fhnJni,o-Vil?Lr^ePartrnent ,s that of a s thorourhly rt g,e and Mmpet^0(. , if ~ - - 1'ition of Mr. BoWn wmhl'lTiff nf tho nr3ement ?f the i ? u ^ed commission p until he can arrive heft ,rQm Caraca8.1' t LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. C. Strauss & Co.?Through Mr. H. C. Strauss, return their thanks to the people of Yorkvllle and community, for the liberal patronage that has been accorded to the Arm during the past eight or nine years. \ York Drug Store?Says that your life may depend upon the accuracy with which a prescription is compounded^ or upon the purity of the ingredients*and say that they have a reputation for accuracy and for pure drugs. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Extend the season's compliments to customers ana friends and say that they will do business at the old stand this year, and invite a continuance of your patronage. They have flinch. C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Want you to pay them what you owe them with out rurtner aeiay. mey say tnat they mean you If you owe them. Thos. W. Speck, Jeweler?Thanks you for past favors and invites your patronage during the year 1903. He calls special attention to repair work. Heath-Elliott Mule Co.?Have on hand a dozen or more mules and want you to see them for what you want. They will make the terms right. J. M. Heath & Co.?Extend the compliments of the season and announce a big January reduction sale of clothing for men and boys. They also announce a general reduction on all other goods, and want you to see them before making arrangements for supplies during 1903. R. W. Hutson, Clerk?Publishes an or-* der and notice thereon in the matter* of Marshall A. Steele, in bankruptcy ?bankrupt. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Tell you of the high grade fertilizers made by the W. C. Macmurphy Co., of Charleston, successors to the Wilcox & Glbbs Guano Co. They call especial attention to Star brand manipulated guano. < Victor Cotton Oil Co.?Gives notice that its gins wHl hereafter be run on Tuesdays and Fridays only. J. L. Williams, Manager?Says that the old business of the Clyburn-j Heath Mule Co., must be settled up* at once, either by,cash or additional paper. York Implement Co.?Tells you that It has a very superior well fixture, that is a protection against accidents. It also has B. P. harrows, feed cutters, wheel barrows, Oliver chilled plows, Standard sewing machines, etc. CHRISTMAS WHISKEY. The sales of the Yorkvllle dispensary during Christmas Week were as follows: December 22 $ 181 48 December 23 305 79 December 24 554 82 December 25 Closed. December 26 163 88 December 27 192 85 Total U.398 82 HEARD, THOUGHT AND SEEN. S3T Several of the R. F. D. carriers have spoken of the kind treatment they have received at thefhands of their patrons. ?Mr. John W. Miller, of Yorkvllle Route No. 6, say's that his people literally loaded him down with favors. *3T A reliable citizen of Broad River township advised the reporter on Saturday, that there was plenty of dispensary whisky about Hickory Grove un Christmas Day, as well as on the [Jay before. It was beine "tigered" around In original packages. The citizen thinks it ^ame; from the mother tiger at Yorkville.. UJ 42:-3r?L .H.. t lt tf;.T?trrr? Aaao^lnfa Reformed congregations have seriously taken up the question of calling a pastor. Nothing definite has been agreed upon as yet; but it pretty certain that something will be done be- . 'ore many more weeks have^passed by. isr The Catawba Power people expect ;o close their dam along about next luly. If their plans work out accordng to expectation, the flow of the river >elow the dam will be almost com letely shut off for several weeks. Some of the people over that way beieve it will be a great time for fishing. TO R. P. D. PATRONS. The following circular recently isued from the office of the First AsIstant Postmaster General by A. W. ] lachen, general superintendent of the | ural free delivery service, and pOBted i the Yorkville postofflce last Monday, ; 3 of especial interest to the patrons of < he various rural free delivery routes: , 1. The department looks to the pa- ] rons of the rural free delivery service, ( 'ho are receiving the benefits of the ervice, to use their utmost personal ( ndeavors, and also to exert their in- t uence with the rdad supervisors, or 1th those officials who are responslle for the condition of the highways, ) the end that the roads traveled by le rural carriers may be always kept t pen and in such passable shape that ie service can be regularly and punclally performed. 0 2. Should the regularity of the ser- t ice De needlessly destroyed as the re- lit of Inattention and lack of care sstowed on the highways, the per- c anent withdrawal of the delivery will ?ry likely result. d 3. Rural letter carriers are required v LJ*erve their routes at all seasons of hcn?rV?nd <n k,n(la of weather tl iperillng thiiTTwiir&h^^^ fl lelr conveyances or the U. SmTn hlchls In their custody. should clear awav the tl low drifts, so thah nnrr|prq pon j.i p to airi reach bic? V-er? c*" pdr've tl Icles without dismounting. the,r ve" 01 5. It is not a *art--of the cari- tl uty to break out Th?rt>ads after a 11 ;vere snow storm. ... _ 6. Rural carriers are expected to aergetlcally try to serve their routes i'en though the conditions may be c ictremely adverse, and any undue e ick of zeal on their part should be s romptly brought to the attention of his office for such action as the merits P the case require. t ABOUT PEOPLE. ? Mr. Frank Tlddy spent the holidays ? i Shelby with relatives. J Miss Daisy Gauldln Is home from 1 okesbury Female college. c -Mr. W. W. Castles has been appoint- L 3 postmaster at Smyrna. ^ Mr. Henry Burrls and family moved 3 Edgefield some weeks ago. -Dr. Will Kennedy, of Laurlnburg, N. is in Yorkville for a few days. mtr-J. Q. Wardlaw. of Gaffney, spent everal days in Yorkville last week vfth relatives. Messrs. John R. Ashe and F. M. iephenson, of Kershaw, visited friends i Yorkville last week. Miss Maggie Seagle1, of Newport, is isiting Misses Daisy and Lottie Belle imril, near Yorkville. Mrs. J. Y. Milier, of Gastonia, is in orkville on a visit to her parents, Mr. nd Mrs. W. W. Jenkins. Miss Fannie Parish, who has a chool near Anderson, has been spendig the holidays at home. Mr. W. L. Wallace, of Camden, has lien in Yorkville for several days on a to relatives and friends. "^"Miss Rose Lindsay has returned home after a visit of several weeks to relatives at Niagara Falls, N. Y. Mr. JelTerles Ashe, a student at Cornell university, Ithaca, N. Y., Is at home during the holiday season. Mr. Tscharner deGraffenreld, a student at Davidson college, has been in Yorkvllle during the holiday season. f"~5liss Emma Clinton, of Bethel, has been spending several days in Yorkvllle this week as the guest of Miss Marion Logan. Mr. W. C. Rayner and family, who have been employed at the York Cotton mills during the past two years, have gone to Wlnnsboro. Mr. H. T. Grist, an employe of the Rock Hill Buggy company, visited relatives and friends in Yorkvllle last week. Mr. Joe Walker, of Columbia, spent aovornl rinva ^n Vnrkvllle last week. with the family of his father, Mr. J. O. Walker. Mr. Brice McCaw, of Newport, has been in Yorkville for several days on a visit to his mother, Mrs. Fannie B. McCaw. Miss Cora Clark, who for several months past has been employed as a saleslady at the store of H. C. Strauss & Co., is visiting in Gastonla. j Messrs. George and Carl Hart, of Columbia, spent several days in Yorkville last week on a visit to their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. S. Hart. ) < g Misses Janie Black and Josie Fewell, of Rock Hill, spent several days in Yorkville last week, the guests of Misses Bessie and Mary Williams. Mr. W. W. Blair, who has been doing contracting at White Oak, and Mr. Sam L. Blair, of Rock Hill, are visiting their parents near Blairsville. --Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Dunlap, of Rock Hill, were in Yorkville this week to attend the funeral of Mrs. Dunlap's brother, Mr. I. Donom Witherspoon. J Congressman Finley has been quite busy during the holidays. There are many people who, when they require legal advice of any kind, insist that it shall came from him. Rev. O. A. JefTcoat, pastor of Yorkville circuit of the M. E. church, arrived in Yorkville last Friday to take charge of his work. He is boarding with Mr. J. W. Dobson . , Mr. J. J. Hull is formally announced as a candidate for mayor of Rock Hill, and so far there seems to be but little opposition. There have been no , other formal announcements. , Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Witherspoon ana Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Williams have the | deep sympathy of the community on j account of the sad bereavements they ( have suffered in the loss of their sons. ( The loss falls with great severity on , both families. ,{ Mr. R. A. Burris, for several years,g past, an employe of the York Cot-r j. ton mill, and who now holds a responsible and lucrative position In the cot- > ton mill at Winnsboro, was In Yoii- q ville during the holidays, shakftg d hands with his numerous friends. / r On paying his subscription to JPS? Enquirer last Monday for the year p 1903,' Mr. W. O. Youngblood of th^Jflbd- a der neighborhood, remarked tbft he ^ _had-been_ a-regular subscriber & Enquirer since August, 1855. tortngT^ the war he paid for two cop/??one| w for himself at the front and t}6 other ln for his family at home. a p^Mr. John R. Ashe, of Yorkv'l?. a re- Fi Tent graduate of the South'Carolina j,j Military academy (Cltade7 will be commandant of cadets at the King's Mountain Military academ during the yj, balance of the present stolon. Colo- ji, nel Stephenson had secur4 the consent fa, of Major D. M. Bernard former com- ?c mandant, and at preset an Instruct- fje or in the Virginia MilltiT institute, to/|ea resume his old place: out during theme week he received from Major Bernard jva a letter In which the latter says thai jai the management of tls V. M. I. has re- w*a fused to accept his resignation, and aj the he Is under contrao there, he regret! t0 yery much his lnabiity to return to thj 0ffl K. M. M. A. at thl> time. Upon recelpj ere )t this letter, OjOnel Stephenson en? pre ?aged the service of Mr. Ashe, whjt ed, having had the Advantage of a thof qul >ugh training a: the Citadel, will no to loubt be able t* acceptably discharge fu: he duties of the Important position/ Yoi alo WITHJlf THE TOWlf. we< ? All of the business men are biiy co\ aklng stock. ? The Loan and Savings bank, r^w >ne of the best managed institution^of chl he kind In the county, will pay outits ^ egular semi-annual division of 4 per gee ent on January 2. cen ? As the result of a very sensible or- Qn lnance of the town council apd Its igllant enforcement by the police, ^ nctc wub ? Bimeiui miugauun wi 11 lv car re-oracker nuisance during Christ- Fo] N L ? There are very few people wko have -ajj tie hardihood to claim that "Ike's lit- Ma e cart," could have ever delivered Qn ne-tenth of the amount of whisky waJ lat was sold in Yorkvllle during har ^- 'Stmas week. cen yes In wer Neely has been up to his gg >eing crowdea -> pa$t week, his office jqj, very day. Mr. JV .taxpayers nearly arg listing him In the matter ab- cq1( noney and Issuing receipts. " . . ^ The York Cotton Mill comDanv and | he Tavora Cotton Mill company, play- sy id Santa Claus to their operatives ^0I igain this year. The mill people en- 801 oyed the holidays and there were no a" 'eports of disorder from the residents >f either mill community. "e r- Philanthropic Lodge No. 32, A. F. thl Cfc installed officers last Saturday w' light as fold's: P. T. McNeel, W. M.; re? r. R. Logan, 8. W.; Thos. F. McDow, thl r. W.; Withers Adickes, secretary; M. Willis, treasurer; J. B. Allison, S. Pr< 3.; J. J. Keller, J. D.; A. Cody, tiler; ?cl Messrs Josepli F. Wallace and J. A. m8 Iowe were appointed stewards. ut? ? There was more drunkenness on the Su> itreets of Yffkvllle last Wednesday, J 'rom about roon until a late hour at hig light, than las occurred before with- toj n the recollettion of the oldest inhab- 231 tant. A citisgn whose recollection ex- 70* ends back cfcarly more than 60 years, fdq lays he never saw the like before even raj n the free lliuor days before the war. am ? Misses H?el and Mamie Lee Grist, njg vho have clarge of the central sta- fa ion of the Bedford Phone company, [ vere the rciplents of a number of |j( Jhristmus presents, tendered in appre- [ :lation of tl.eir efficient services, and I > f. tlttdnesday, the services be! -g counted by Rev. P. B. Ingraham. Sole at Vpar Label. Kb Is generally understood by the fjlmerou8 patrons of The Enquirer, It i the custom of the business office to Bcontinue from the mailing lists, the imes of all subscribers at explition of the time paid for. .?~*Jabel lows the date on which the subscrip-1*""^ on expires. Thus, a lal-el marked 1 Jan 03," means that the subscription xpires tomorrow. No nanles will be aken out of the list this taek, howver; but the next paper w^jl be mailed o every subscriber. After ^l^iames hat have not been duly i >e taken from the list as usual. ?u\iu*s r\%%*rn aiikfl/twihAMa iirVin M KOVO in addition they were presented wfl handsome purse contributed by 4 zens generally. Both young ladirf tend their thanks to all the peopfc whom they were so kindly remernk ? Will Watts stabbed Joe FeJJ on the streets of Yorkvllle lastW nesday night. Both parties to thei tercation are young Negroes, qj were engaged in half-playful qmj Watts struck Feemster and a fgj,: ments later the latter realized J stinging sensation in his breast,! he had been stabbed. Invettig/t developed that a small knife blaA penetrated the cartilege beloW breast bone and entered the lintf : to this time nothing serious hu tffc oped. . ' fla ? The Are department was calli/t on Christmas day shortly after JJ} Just as people were Sittjjlg' do*] 1 their Christmas dinners. Thel$i came from the residence of Mackorell (the Dr. Wm. WalkeJJ r ing), and the Are waa foundMij c roof of the cook room, whemf c originated from a defective gtkl The flames had not yet brokenilv the roof. The departmental^ the call promptly and sactaln extinguishing the Are withat 7e excitement or unnecessary dmne loss was small and was tulfMd by insurance. J JJ y- Two young men died if fdle last Sunday, practically M ttUne family. One was Mr. Pulajw las Williams, and-the other w&tfjiac Donam Witherspoon. Ion fere grandsons of the late Geo^< Williams. Young Wltherspdw J at about 6 o'clock in tht'mmiMfter an illness extending over arenays. He was the only son otfMr. Mp. J. R. Witherspoon, and by hMttl^s as well as all who came in nffcon- ' tact with him, was known^s jjfous. honorable young man op ac- 1 count could bo guilty,of Mftwnean 1 or low toward a fellow ?n.'j was ( born in Yorkville on Jaiiari 1869. 1 The funeral service! waejjucted at me nuuie ui mr, w iuiivio ^arents, by Rev. W. G. N?r Moisted by Rev. J. C. Johiies, ind I Interment took place Injthe Jforlj cemetery. Mr. Willianjs wis ffoungest son of Mr. and 1 Williams and was familiarly f'n as "Pack." He was borh Sejper 28, 1881, and at the date of hinfh was aged 21 years and 3 monthfe was a young man of studious ha and of unusually fine mind, but jered a great deal from bad healr^c has had several spells of protrf Illness during the past year? or tpnd his death was the result of tjd fever. Ipe interment took place p Yorkfllle cemetery on Mondayi funeral lervlceB being conducted Pe grave >y Rev. J. L. Stokes, pal of Trlnty M. E. church. > 1 3^-JIr. Truman Tuner, m Mr. W. f. Turner, had a narroiispe from eath last Wednesday ft as the esult of a collision with ft^y while Iding up East Madlso&eet at a retty rapid pace on bw*c^ctly how the accident Is not nown; but from such m*? can ^ ftifewaL Ymw- ^pi 1lng tf>~ aJj^^HHHEfipf, the "election of hcnTrSBBw^hu^out fpn view all SrvJewing objects/ Tw<h(groes In lack, conveying anothej legro?Joe smstei^-who had been/stibbed, to f home, saw the borsebsk fider com[ and tried to get oui (off the way. I ey turned the hack tolnelside, and ing Turner's horae r&nntl It. Both se and rider were kocled senses, and the hack occipid fcy the Neles was more or less bi>ke i up. The groes looked out fq themselves, vlng young Turner ^ d likewise. lay fdr perhaps m boir until he s accidentally dlswerel by Mr. nee Simrll, who vpi posing that y. The horse was ilk) sfll lying on > ground; but It go! ifc> when spoken Young Turner \tai taken to the ce of Dr. Walker, vher* he recovd consciousness. Sis , nose was ken, his face and had ladly brulsand he had loa;a considerable intlty of blood. Jfc was removed the home of his* ffher, Mr. W. G. rner, on the eastep outskirts of rkville, and has sice been getting ng very nicely. 1 will be several eks, however, belre be fully reers from the expeience. LOCAL LjCOHIC*. lldren and Fire; [r. R. K. Lowrylost two bales of d cotton by flreon Saturday, Deiber 20. It was stored In a house the "Lowry burrt lot," a mile south Yorkvillej and i Is supposed that i Are orignated is the result of the elessnesatof gonfe children, r Mnrdej and irson. ilmus Cirence was committed to on Decfnber 2S, by Magistrate Mcckln, o^King's Mountain township, the chege of murder. Jake Moore s committed by Magistrate Beckn, of Catawba township, on Deiber 24,on the same charge. ThornWells las committed by Magistrate inson, if Bethel on the charge of ? iv. ?i./.fiarq named are uu. ui llic - DreV *?l^uble Dog I#** ggesW GwUrn, of Olivv writes a r the terar o Effect that it is time nable Jog law. h*r .to pass a reathe/fogs annihilated, net. want at a Og js a good thing; but he frfves fat a tax of $1.00 per head will In ft the dogs that are no good, thof prejudice to such dogs as are iliy'worth keeping. He does not inldat the tax should be more than 00 Ir head; but suggests that the J jcp should go to the public ' vj, being distributed in the same lw as the poll tax is now distrij? jB Death of Mr. D. W. Brown. iD. W. SroWn, an aged and r esteemel citizen of Broad River Phip, died suddenly on December appople*y, aged something over Us. He tyd been in feeble health Uite awh|e; but his death was ^ f unexpecfcd. He had just eaten . rty suppe; and while surrounded Q, 1 family afrew minutes afterward, tned "Oh,'and fell from his chair He leases a widow and five m?four |ins and one daughter solid an! substantial citizens. < uneral tcfc place at Salem on 4.3 I '1 UUI OUUOVI1UCIO n iiw ???vv?m ?v MWf v he paper next year, but "ho have not ret returned their names, , - "wted o look after the matter :4 ?0^ iVlll Probably be Released. R. Bascom Kennedy, white, who was irraigned at the last spri* ? term of the :ourt of general sessions on the charge >f burglary and larceny, and committed o the asylum as insane, was brought jack to Yorkville last vNtek on an orler of court and conr^mittWi^bvJail; rhe burglary and "arceny charge igainst Kennedy is li'rgely technical 318 offence consisted in^eaHing a lock ind taking out a mule, It is thought, :o go after whisky. The stable was lis own and the mule was virtually lis, because of a m-**tg2fce he held igainst it. But the .property' was at he time in the handset-a lessee, and :he lessee Instituted I vosicutlon. It is probable that Kenned} will be released from jail on bond, and if he will remain sober It Is not rikelv that ha will igain be deprived of ills liberty on account of the matter. \n Unwelcome Guest. Andy Adams, colored, was shot at the home of Limus Currencev also colored, on the night of December 26, and lied on the 27th. Tbe shooting occurred about four miles northwest of Closer. Coroner Louthian held an Inquest an Sunday. The testimony disclosed that Currence was giving a supper and Adams came without an invitation. There had been t, ouble between the two men previously, and it had been agreed that Adamfe would not come to the house of Currence again. Shortly after his arrival Friday night, Adams began to give trouble, and attempted to clean out the house. Currence shot him twice?once in the neck and once In the side. Dr. J. W. Campbell looked after the wounds, But found cfter a brief examination that either was calculated to prove fatal. The coroner's jury was not entirely satisfied as to whether or not Currence should be held for the killing, and was unable to come to an agreement on Sunday. Currence was committed to jail pending another sitting of the jury to be held today, Wednesday. Black Bass For York Waters. Rock Hill Journal: A uniformed at- , tache of the United States 'fish commissioner's office was here Sunday distributing 200 black bass, fifty each to R. T. Fewell and G. A. Buchanan, of the Arcade mill, and 100 to W. C. wwtner. The supply or MeSSrS- FeW-, " ell and Buchanan will be used to stock their new lake at the mill, and Mr. Whitner's will go into the Catawba river near "the dam" in the neighborhood of the Whitner plantation. The attache was distributing from a carload carried to Columbia as temporary headquarters, from the government hatchery in Tennessee. From here he went to Lancaster. The fish given out here were hatched in Illinois. The attache said this kind of flsh thrived heat in 40 to 50 degrees water, though there was hardly any ^danger of getting them into too cold water anywhere. Whether they would suffer in muddy streams he could not say, but supposed from the fact that the government was filling requisitions for suoh places that this would not make much difference. He said he had just seen a 14-pound specimen growh in Georgia from a government stocking there. Big Dance In Roelc Hill. ^ The Hock Hill German club gave its first big dance last Friday night. The Journal gives the names of the following people present: Misses Annie Taylor, of Columbia; Sallle London; Huble Williams, of Savannah; Elisabeth Hall, Marie* Fewell, Pauline Davis, Ira Hall, Janie-,-Ratterree, Janie Massey, Amelia Beckham, Mattle Smith, Rosa May Phillips1, Aline Mobley, Roberta Hall, Orrie Steele, Fieeda Steele; Lillian Massey, of Tirsah; the Misses Johnston, of Charlotte; Mamie Orr; Jennie Hart, of Yorkvllle; Sallie Gllles-' pie; Miss Lentz, of Concord. Messrs. M. F. and CharlegjCobb, W. J. RawIinson, Caldwell Rawlinson, Rembert Barrett, J. H. JWJtberspoon, Claud Creighton, J. H. Beckham, Sidney Freldhelm, John Craig, W. H. McFadden, Julian B. Johnson; G. H. Greene, of Chester; S. H. McDanlel, J. C. Cauthen, John Gelzer, Jr., C. W. F. Spencer, T. A. and E. M. Moore, E. L. and Hazel Mobley, Eugene Hutchinson, J. E. Poag, Lloyd Phillips, Llna Love, Ottis Hull; Paul McNeel, of Yorkvllle; John Wilburn, Richmond; Oscar and William Wilsonj_John Ardrey, of Fort Mill; Harris, of Fort Mill; Zeigler; John Kee, R. M. London, J. T. Neely, John T. Roddey, Harry RufT; H. A. Rhyne, of Mt. Holly; C. H. Hart, of Columbia. From Charlotte?Mrs. W. T. Jordan, Misses Katherine Jordan, liUy\n Rhyne, Mary L. and Sadie Bell Landingham^a Lowe' Norma Van mond L. Ba~ R. Craig, Herbert Irwin, H. u?. s*enerson and Mrs. Geo. D. White; Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Stevens; Mr. and-Mrs. W. k Wilson, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. P. c. Poag, of Greenville; Mr. and Mrs! E. Avery. ; 4. *4 AT THE CHi/RCHES. PRESBYTERIAN. REV. W. O. NEVILLE, PASTOR. f No prayer meeting this evening. RINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. I REV. J. L. STOKES, PASTOR. DMn ... x lojrcr meeting this afternoon at 4.30 1 clock. ! CHURCH OF THE GOOD H SHEPHERD. REV. J. C. JOHNE8, RECTOR. \ ? Services this Tuesday afternoon at 0 o'clock. * \ . S