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Short Locals. I . Wednesday, January 3 3, li)04. Born, Saturday Jan. 9, 1904, to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Small, a son. ?The Oarmel school opened Monday in charge of Miss Eila Robinson. ?Mr. L. O. Payseur has a pet* rifted mule loot, which was picked up near Landsford by a colored man. ?Mr. W. P. Bennett has sold 4 \\7 A I I 1 1 > ' > me u?iM3r iiuuse anu 101, WHICH ho bought salesday, to Mr. J. T. Mac key. ? WANTED?To print your name on titty cards for only 25 cents?and we furnish the cards, too. Enterprisk office. ^ ?The Southern Railway com-' pany is building an iron bridge over Cane creek, about two miles above town. ?The Lancaster Mercantile company slaughtered two 18months-old O. I. C. hogs last Wednesday that netted 450 and 475 pounds. ?There will be service in the J Episcopal church next Sunday at 11 o'clock, a. m.. and 4 n I in., conducted by Rev. G. Croft Williams. ?The ladies of the Methodist church will serve oysters in tho Riddle building next Friday evening from 6 to 9 o'clock. ?The little 8-months-old girl g of Mr. and Mrs. Burrel Knight of the Antioch section died yesterday of cholera infantum. The ^ remains will be buried today at the Funderburk graveyard, near Tradesville. ?A tenant house on tho plantation of Mr. Jeff Sims of the Longsville section was burned last' week, supposed to have caught from a defective stove flue. ?Mr. J. T. Blake and Miss Maggie Ragsdale were married at Dresden, Texas, on December 6. Mr. Ram Dixon, formerly of this county, was married to Miss Myrtle Nelson, also of Dresdon, on December 22. ?Married, Sunday, Jan. 10, 1904, by Rev. Mr. Catoe, Mr. Marshall Privett and Miss Lottie Hunter, daughter of Mr. John Hunter. Also on same day and by same, Mr. John Hunter, Jr., and Miss Rohie Privett, at the residence of Mr. John Hunter. ?Through his attorneys, Sena ^ tor Hough and Messrs. Williams Ar w; 11; ~? > * v* <i iiiKiius, <?i me a.?ancasicr liar, Mr. C. B Skipper, who shot and killed Mr. .lames B. Caakey ^ oa Christmas Day has heen given hail by .lodge Gage of Chester in the sum ol $3,000. The Slate was represented by Solicitor Henry. ? Mr. Coy IliiiHon and Miss Lela Ellis were married Sunday, the 10th, by Iiev. R. J. Blackmon. The attendants w'fre: Mr. Willie Faulkenbury with Miss May Mobley, Mr. Willie Ellis with Miss Lois Mobley, Mr. Dixon Ellis with Miss Tilda Ellis, Mr. Dully Bowers with Miss Lois Ellis. Mr. A. C. Oarnes, who has been in the store here with his brother, Mr. G. (J. Carnes, has accepted a position with Mr. J. E Edwards of Bascomville. ?Rev. Mr. Arrowood of York county assisted Rev. Chalmers Fraser in a series of meetings at the Presbyterian church here last week. The attendance was largo and great interest was. manifested in the services. ?Mr. A. J. Clark, the Enterprise's editor, has been con fined to his room since Sunday with trrin o- 'r * ?There will be a basket supper Wednesday night of next week, 20th inst., at the A. R P. manse at Unity. The public is cordially invited to attend. The proceeds will be used to buy desks for the Unity school house. ?Young Sam Snipes, son of Mrs. Nannie Snipes, died at the homo of his mother in Rock Hill Sunday, and the body was taken to Kershaw Monday for burial. ?Yorkyille correspondence Columbia State: Rev. W. C. Ewart, who was recently elected pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church of this place, will be installed on the 20th inst. Rev. Arthur S. Rodgers of Rock Hill, Rev. J. S. Moffatt of Chester and Rev. j. n. uats ot Hickory Grove will conduct the services. Rev. Mr. Ewart is an able preacher and highly esteemed here. ?Sheriff Hunter received a letter last week from Mr. Joseph D. Cauthen, who left this county 35 years ago to make his home iu the west, and who had not been heard trom in many years. His home is at Heavener, Indian Territory. His relatives here had long since regarded him as dead. Mr. Cauthen was a mem ber of the Fifth S. 0. regiment, and was a gallant Confederate soldier. The Visitors. Mrs. M. J. Porter is visiting her parents at Orr's. Mr. Allen Adams has returned from Cheraw. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Killebrew have gone to Alabama on a visit to relatives. Mrs. R. A. Long has returned from a visit to relatives in the country. Mr. J. S. Mackorell of Yorkvillo spent a couple of days in j Lancaster last woek. Misses Fannie and Lillian Stover of Heath Springs visited at their uncle's, Mr. J. J. Cherry's, last week. Messrs. Sam Steele and W. P. Gilbert spent a day or two in Ilock llill last week. Mrs. J. W. Hamelof Kershaw spent a day or two this week i with her mother, Mrs. Jane Clark. Miss Daisy Young is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. C. Williams, at vVestville. Senator W. C. Hough has gone to Columbia to be present at the sessions of the legislature. Representatives Williams and Potts have gone to Columbia, where the legislature mot yesterday. Mrs. D. Schwartz man and daughter, Esther, of Marion, S. (J., are visiting tho former's sister, Mrs. R. Miles, of this place. Mr. Crockett McMurray has returned to Columbia, where he has a position as phaimacist wilii flu* 1 Wiur i 'a f, ftrt v t? vuo v<;0 dun n nil iiif: a lew days with liih parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Me Murray. WANT E D?Porai m raon, Dogwood, Hickory and Holly Logs. Freight paid on carloaci9. James Cockahott, Charleston, S.C. o21,4m ?The dam across Catawba river near Fort Mill has been completed, and the dynamos will begin to generate the electric fluid this woek. The "wiring" will begin in a few days, and by February 1st the power will be available in Rock Hill and other nearby places. The State Out o! Debt. A Columbia special to The News and Courier, uuder date of January 10, says : The reports of the fiscal officers of tho State for the past year will be in the nature of a surprise to the general public, for instead of a deficit a small surplus, something in the neigh borhood of $50,000, will bo shown. It is explained that this surplus is due to the money Senator Tillman obtained from the United States on account of Indian and other claims. That sum will not be available again this year in counting the receipts, but it is expected that increased valuation of property and increased recoipts from other sources will place the State on a cash basis. This is probable, even if nothing is done in the way of tax reform, and there will be numerous schemes on that line to come before the legislature. It was the supposed lack of funds that operated against an appropria lion ior tne St. .Louis Lxposi tion. The bill in reference to that is still on the Calendar and maybe it is not too late yet to do something towards having the State represented at that exposition. The governor has completed his report as to pardons granted during 1903. Of offences grave enough to put the con victs in the peniteutiary only fifteen were granted, which is quite a falling off from previous years. For chain gang offences the pardons and commutations were about the same. The matter of pardons is one which re quires a great deal of attention from the governor. Petitions are almost daily received, and it is 110 uncommon thing for delegations to call in behalf of some prisoner. It is impossible for the governor to review all the papers presented to him, and action is almost invariably taken on the recommendation of the solicitor and judge. In many cases the jurors who convicted the criminal recommends a pardon or a commutation. It seems a very easy matter for a great many convicts to get all of these endorsements for pardon, and whatever the number granted by the present or former governors, it is insignificant in comparison witli the number of petitions presented, which are endorsed by citizens, solicitors and judges. In Mi'inoriam Dedicated to the memory of our beloved Delia, who died Nov. 15), 1903. Delia, dear, you've gonp to rest, To ttie heavenly world ho fair? There on v< r gentle Saviour's hreaet You ar? i.eed from guilt and care. Never will you know a trouble, Ever will vour heart be light, Where the spring of life doth bubble, And your days are always bright. 1 know not the angels who ushered ttiee in ? Your meeting I could not see; Hut know that John H. was waiting for her And longing with her to be. Delia and John H. are certainly there, Treading the beautiful golden street I n eternity's ho wt-rs so bright and fair W here all the good vill surely meet. Oh, why do we grive??it can't he Ion* Till we will cross to the other shore And sing (grand, beautiful songs With the loved ones gone before. SISTER. Fa great W E have had a 1 JMlYl E heartily than tomers. We wish all i perous year during h trust that you will not ^ Cloud's Bargain Store better goods and more money than you possib 5 Big Rem* iUiFP are S?ing to jflm_ into the handsoi ing, now occupied by J as soon as it can be g cupancy. In the mea {sell all the goods we cs our stock so we will move. Then we have that must be sold anyh ^ ry over any winter goo ^ at some price. Come tc J A ( Any Time 5 wl y?u ^n< jftlk will do your po 1 salespeople are instrucl m regardless of what tl % good stock of Suits a ^ will take pleasure in g V Try us and see if we | E. E. C Kt'T. J. It. Harris Dissents. Rock Hill Herald. The following written from the Montana penitentiary to the edi tor of The Herald will explain itself and will be accepted by the triends of Mr. Harris and all who love justice as a complete refuta lion of the monstrous charge on which he was convicted on the testimony of a woman whose character, according to the evidence, was not above reproach. The letter is as follows: Deer Lodge, Mt., Dec. 17, 1903 Mr J. J. Hull, Editor Rock Ilill Herald : Dear Sir : Through the great kindness of the warden of the! penitentiary I have been permitted to write a lew lines lor your paper, which I trust you will publish. In a recent issue ol The Herald 1 notice that a peti tion has been circulated in your town asking the governor of Montana to exercise executive clemency in pardoning me. Allow me to thank you and each of the petitioners for their kindness and interest in my wel fare, but let me say to them that I have written the governor ol Montana that I would not accept a pardon only upon the condition that the woman whose perjury placed me here make confession of her perjury. 1 am as innocent of the charge as is anyone who will read these lines, hut I could not prove it ah solutely and may never bo able to do so till 1 face her at the judgment bar of God. There, thank God, the truth will be known, and it will be seen that 1 was the victim of a well laid plot. 1 am well and as happy as anyone could be under the circumstances. The oflicers of tiiej jason] busy season, for which W k our friends and cus- % i very happy and pros- M )04, and we sincerely K forget to buy goods at \ whprp \/r?n \*/i 11 nrpt I J ^ 0 of them for the same ^ ly can anywhere else. Dval Sale | move across the street ne new Masonic build- m Porter & Stephenson, m otten ready for our oc- 2 ntime we are going to ^ in. We wish to reduce ^ not have so much to M a lot of winter goods J iow. We will not car- ^ ds?they must be sold 9 ) Cloud's Bargain Store ^ in January c d warm bargains that ^ cketbook good. Our \ ted to SELL GOODS, 1 liev cost. We Iuvp n m nd Overcoats that we % giving away for a trifle. ^ do not mean business. # XOUD t prison have been uniformly kind to me. For several months I have been in charge of the prison hospital. Again, let me thank the petitioners for their kindness and say to them that 1 have reached the aoove decision concerning a pardon after mature deliberation and earnest, prayer. Wishing you and the readers ot The Herald every laudable success and asking the prayers ol each of your readers in my behalf, I remain, Sincerely yours, J. Barr Harris. The General Assembly Convenes The oral assembly of South Carolina will be convened at noon today. Nearly all of the members of both branches bad arrived last night and the hotels presented an appearance more lively than at any time since fair woek. There will be a great deal of important business before this legislature, and the matter uppermost at present is the election of a few ollicials. It was suggested by some of the members yesterday that it would be a good idea to dispose of these elections at the very earliest day in order that the work of the session may bo proceeded with. Matters of interest which will come up at this session are good roads, insurance, taxation, com .1~ ~ r i.1.. . - * |m:uuu ul till! ouvto camtoi grounds, and the regulation of the traffic in shell fish. vrhe governor's message has boon printod and will ho ready for delivery at the proper time today.?The State,,12th.