Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-09-25

steadily forcing Itself 10 Che 1rOnC. LII SOuIH
Carolina the growth ofthe Temperance SEN
timent has been gradually increasing since
1876. There are nearly a score of towns in
the State to-day where the sale ofintoxicat-
ing liquors is prohibited, and by popular
vote no liquor can now be sold in BarnWell
county. The sale of liquor is prohibited in
all the country districts, and the present
movement in Aiken county is being watch
ed with keen interest by the Temperance
leaders throughout the State. If it be sue
cessful, there are other counties in the state
where the same issue will be presented to
the people at the ballot boX.-Ne'os ana
Courier.
THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.
This is one matter upon which our people
are century behind. From some ineXpli-
cable cause the law of working roads has
from time immemorial been almost a dead
letter. Why this is so it is needless to en-
uuire at present, except to remark that our
people by years of practice have been taught
to disregard this public duty. The result
is, our public roads are a rebuke to our CIV
ilization. Now is the season OF the year
when the roads are pretended to be worked,
and Joints of from two to four miles are
thrown in hole here and there, bush cut
down and the hands pass on, when nineteen
out ofevery twenty miles of road in Marion
county should be ditched on both sides:
Our farmers are wide awake, public spirited
and take great pride in their stock, but have
no care for the public highways where their
horses and mules are pulled to death. AS
an illustration there is public highway IN
the upper portion of this county that cross
es flat pond about $50 yards across. Three
fourths of the time the pond is lmpassaole
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heavy sand has to be used, when there are
hands enough on that joint of the road no
doubt to ditch and causeway that pond in
two days. This illustration is of general
application. Shortly the crops will begin to
be moved and great complaint will be made
about the condition of the roads. Some
body will be reporting some joint OF road to
the grand jury, and the grand jury Will re-
port it to the court and the court will have
the presentment served on the County COM
missioners, which ends it.
on this subject. Twelve days is sufficient
length of time to be given to working the
roads in each year. But there is remissness
in duty all the way up from the road hands to
the County Commissioners. We appreciate
the difficulties that surround the officers
who have the highways in charge in at
tempting to enforce the law, but they are
not free from blame in not requiring ana
seeing that the roads are put IN better re-
pair.-Pee Dee Index.
TO THE SQUARE MILE.-Rhode Island is
the State that has the largest population in
proportion to it's area, the extreme smallnesS
of the latter giving it the exceptional densi-
ty of habitation. This State with its 2o5
persons to the square mile, being excepted,
Massachusetts then becomes very remarka-
bly, with its 222 to the square mile. NO
other is near it; but New Jersey IS next
conspicuous with it's 152, and Connecticut
l29. New York's great cities bring her
fifth on the list, with 1OS persons, in spite of
her great extent. Five States only have
population between 100 and so to the square
mile, these being Pennsylvania and Mary
land with about 95 each; Ohio with Is, In
diana and Illinois with 55. At the other
end of the scale of States is Oregon, with
not quite to the square mile, while even
California and Nebraska have not quite =.
The Territories are all, of course, very thlnly
peopled in proportion to their areas, except
the District of Columbia, if indeed this can
be classified among them. The District,
naturally, is far more densely populated
than any of the States, having 1850 to the
square mile; but obviously it is to be COM
pared in this respect rather with cities or
counties containing cities. These various
densities are based on the census of 1880;
in all cases they are now greater, as the pop
ulation has since then increased, while the
areas have remained the same.
How A POLITICAL DEBATE ENDED
One of the most exciting duels fought took
place at Little Rock, Ark, in 1880, between
General Conway and Robert Crittenden.
It was of a political nature. Parties were
Just beginning to form in the State, and the
two gentlemen were opposing candidates
for Congress, and canvassed the State, tax
ing different routes. The people, however,
camored for a joint discussion, and the men
spoke in pine grove, opposite Little Rock,
people coming as great distance as 4O0
miles to be present and camping out
around the town. The discussion became
highly personal, and at the close of Critten-
den's speech he said he hoped no gentle
man would utter words in the heat of de-
bate concerning him that would not be
tolerated in the code of honor. Conway
answered in shower of invective, and
challenge followed. A tremendous crowd
collected to see the encounter. Ben Desha,
son of Governor of Kentucky, was
second for Crittenden, and Wharton Reetor Se,
for Conway. During the prelimlnarles Con-
way was angry and restless, while Critten-
den Law on the ground on a blanket, with
his eyes closed as if in slumber. At the
word fire from Desha, Conway pulled the
trigger, but missed. Standing firm,. calm
collected, Crittenden fired at the word two,
and his adversary fell, pieced through the
heart by ball from Crittenden's pistol.
DEAD MEN DON'T ADvERTIsE.-It can
be safely laid down as a rule that in these
DAYS of universal advertising the man who
don't advertise either has nothing for sale
which will bear talking about or he is so old
fogyish in his methods of business that he
has got so far behind the times that he will
never catch up. There is no surer evidence
of snap and energy in a business man or
firm than liberal advertising. In the store
or warerooms of large advertiser the pur-
chaser finds the latest styles, the best mate
rial, the most approved patterns, the most
reliable goods and the most advanced busi-
ness methods. Advertising pays, not only
in the matter of attracting customers, which
is the legitimate aim of all advertisements,
but it enables the reader to see who are the
really live and energetic men in any line of
business, and by keeping them constantly
in mind the reader of the paper can avoid
the old fogy tradesman whose greatest mis-
take in life has been in in not getting buried
twenty-five years ago. Dead men don't
advertise. .-,Sdtioner and Printer.