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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-18

Wednesday for Hend Jacksonville, \. c.,
where it is their intention to run first
class hotel.
Prot. A. R. Banks and Miss Maggie
Gist spent Tuesday in Rock Hill.
Miss Fannie Macarthur, of Gaffney,
visited Miss Mamie Johnson this week.
Miss Mamie and Maggie Barnett, OF
the Beth Shiloh neighborhood, are visit
ing Miss Lee and Pearl Williams.
Mr.. w. w. Adickes and wife, after
two weeks visit to the family of Mr..
Withers Adickes and other relatives, left
Wednesday via Columbia, for their home
in Huntsville, Tex.
Misses Jessie Neil, Mamie Hall, Fay
and Daisy Griffith, Bessie Mcconnell,
Maud Gardner, Nettie Adickes and Mag
gle McCorkle left on Monday last to enter
the Woman's Industrial college at Rock
Hill.
Mr.. Thomas w. Speck, who for the past
few years has been Mr.. Boards chief clerk
at the c. and L. depot, has resigned his
position and will leave in few days for
Palatka, Fla, where he will be engaged in
the iewelry business with his brothers,
Messrs. VIM. Fl. and Jno. o. Speck. Tom
has host of friends in Yorkville who are
sorry to see him go.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-18
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
Opening of the College-The Circus-Big
Corn ing-Personal-Other Notes.
rorrasnondence of the Yorkyille ENQUIRER

Opening of the College-The Circus-Bie
Corn ing-Personal-Other Notes.
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
ROCK HILL, October 1.-THE Win
throp Normal and Industrial college
of South Carolina is open, and as is the
governor of the State of South Carroll
ma declared on Tuesday last, "ready to
do business" For the past week
every train that has come into Rock
Hill has brought crowds of girls with
their luggage, some of these jewels Of
our State, accompanied by their par
ents, together with friends, admirers
and supporters of this non-political,
non-denominational; but strictly re-
ligious college for the women of our
land. The college opened with an
enrolment of 260, but since then 9th.
ers have come in swelling the total to
upwards of 800.
On Tuesday last, at II m. the chap
el, which is probably more beautiful
than any other auditorium in the State,
was crowded with an enthusiastic au-
dience, while on the rostrum were the
members of the faculty, the board OF
trustees, Governor Evans, Senator B.
R. Tillman, Mr.. W. J. Roddey, Supt.
w. H. Stewart, Rev. G. T. Harmon,
Rev. Alex. Sprunt, Rev. Mosely, Sid
ney Robinson and others.
The speakers of the occasion were
Mr.. W. j. Roddey in behalf of the
citizens of Rock Hill; Governor
Evans, Senator Tillman, President D..
B. johnson, Superintendent OF Educa-
ton w. D. Mayield and Mr.. Brezeale.
The ceremonies were opened with
the singing of the long meter doxolgy
and closed with Gall Hail the Power
of Jesus Name" Bright, indeed,
were the circumstances connected with
the opening Of Winthrop, but bright
er still will be her future. Long may
she stand and gather beneath her
spacious roof, the fairest of our land,
and after having nurtured them for
four long years, send them out into all
parts of the world, well equipped for
the battles of life, for the higher civil
ization and conversion Of the nations
Of the earth.
The circus has come and gone, leav-
ing behind host Of people who are
each so cents short. The conduct Of
the people was remarkably good.
Sunday morning, while they were un-
loading, one of the hands, a Negro,
had the misfortune to get one of his
fingers mashed in such manner that
amputation was deemed necessary.
On Wednesday night, a very delight
full german was given by the young
men of the city complimentary to the
women. Lovers of terpsicorean art
INDUCED in it's pleasures until the wee
small hours of morning came.
Last night Mr.. V. Brown McFadden
gave his annual corn shucking party,
which occasion is always a popular
thing when at Mr.. McFadden's home
on the outskirts of the city.
Miss Carrie Erwin has returned
from Columbia accompanied by Miss
Proctor.
Father Budd, of Greenville, was in
the city Tuesday.
Miss Pauline Backstrom, of Rich
burg, is visiting at Mrs. F. w. Culp's.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-18
I.OCAI. AFFAIRS,
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

H. C. Strauss-Talks especially about
shoes, clothing and dress goods, which
he claims to he as good as the best and
as cheap as the cheapest.
The Ganson Dry Goods Co.-Announce a
flGod Of bargains. Ten thousand pairs OF
shoes at three-fourths of their value.
Eight thousand dollars worth of cloth
ing at prices to suit everybody. They
also announce second opening of fine
dress goods for next Monday.
T. NJ. Dobson Il Co.-Have received
another lot Of dress goods. Also cotton
flannel, bedticking, shoes of large num-
bers for men, both fine and coarse
stick and French candies. They are
also receiving new millinery every
week.
Grist Cousins-Announce that they have
cut the price of pinders in half; They
also call attention to coffee mill which
is offered for 35 cents, and tobacco at
cents plug. They still wish to buy
chickens and eggs.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-18

TO his own business, paid his honest
debts and gotten along well. He re-
called that the best previous year in
his experience was in 1882. After
paying all his debts and clothing him
self and family, etc, he had about $50
bushels Of corn and S72 in cash. This
year he figures that the first day OF
January will find him, after all rent
and other debts are paid, with over
200 bushels of corn and not less than
800 in cash.
We have all idea that if we had a
mind to, we could hunt up an indef-
mite number of cases like the above
but these will suffice to show that the
country is in a better condition than
for years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-18
THESE ARE FACTS.

About a week or 10 days ago. THE
ENQUIRER made the statement that
York county is in better condition
than she has been in before at any
time since the war. We did not fur
nish any facts to prove the assertion ;
but we believe we could furnish lots OF
them.
81 think that THE ENQUIRER is
exactly right on that point" said a
we'll known business man of Yorkville,
who probably handles as many local
securities on his own responsibility as
any other individual in the county.
The farmers have made their crops at
a comparatively small expense; they
are getting fairly good prices, and they
not only have the money with which
to pay all the bills they have contracted
during the year, but many OF them
have already commenced to pay old
debts. I could name you a large
number of cases in point. One farm
er took up a $50 paper last Monday
that l had been holding for II years.
He had been wanting to get rid of 1t
all the while, and had not been able
to do anything with it before. Another
man gave me $500 on an unsecured
account that he had not been able to
reduce a cent since 1890. In both
cases the money came out of the prot
it's on this years crops, and although
both these men have been really anx-
ious to get rid Of their obligations all
the while, they just could not get the
money. Taking these and other facts,
equally apparent, into consideration,
it is safe to say that many an old debt
will be squared off this year. The
bulk of the years debt money will not
be in until later in the season but you
can count on it, it will come. The
people of this country, or at least l9
out of 20 Of them, want to come and
pay their debts. The only trouble
with them has been that they have not
had the money"
The reporter had talk with well
known colored farmer who owns two
mules, plenty of rolling stock, tools,
and everything necessary for the con-
duct of a frst-class two-horse farm,
except the land. He has been on the
same land for perhaps 20 years, and
has always made good crops, attended
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-18
LOCAL LACONICS.

The Cotton Market.
Cotton sold for 9 cents right along
yesterday. But little sold for less, and
some may have brought more.
Children's Day.
Last Sunday was Children's Day in
the Baptist church at this place. All
the exercises were interesting, and the
music, under the. direction of Prof.
H. H. Savage, was delightful.
Aged ss years.
Mr.. John Mallard, father of Messrs.
John and jim Mallard, formerly of
Yorkville, died at the home of his son
Ephraim, in Greelyville, S. c., last
Friday, aged SO years. His death was
caused by paralysis.
Only One Arrest.
There was only one arrest on the
day of the circus, and in that case the
offender was an obstreperous town
darkey who had imbibed too much
coutraband. There were more evil
dences ofliquor, of course, but as rule
the stuff attended to its own business
and kept reasonably quiet.
Gone to Chester.
Chester Reporter: Mrs. J. Leonidas
Moore, of Yorkville, has recently
taken charge of the Melton house, of
this city. She solicits the patronage
of the public, assuring frst-class en-
tertainment. Shecial inducements are
offered to jurors and attendants upon
court next week.
The Fire Alarm Again.
A slight blaze in woodshed on the
premises of Mrs. Lula Gardner, on
North Main street, resulted in an
alarm that brought out the fire de-
partment and pretty nearly the whole
town last Wednesday evening at about
6 o'clock. The flames were extin-
guished in short order by Messrs. B.
N. and w. B. Moore and several Others,
who happened to reach the spot before
the situation grew serious. Most OF
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-18
WORK THE CONVICTS.

The special committee, consisting OF
Messrs. G. L. Riddle, T. G.. Culp, D.
NJ. Hall and Supervisor Stevenson, ap-
pointed by the county board of COM
missioners to make arrangements for
taking charge ofthe county chain gang,
held a meeting in the office of the su-
pervisor on yesterday.
Mr.. Culp, who has been over in
Mecklenburg county, n. c., for the
purpose of getting information on the
subject of working and taking care OF
the convicts, submitted report to-
gether with a plan for convenient,
economical and portable stockade.
The plan provides for frame struct-
ure, 20 feet wide and SO feet long,
with a canvass roof. Twenty cots are
ranged on either side of a chain that
runs through the middle of the struct-
ure, and at night the convicts will be
fastened to this chain in such a way
as not to especially interfere with their
rest. There is to be a room for the
night guard at the entrance of the
structure, and also a narrow passage
entirely around the interior.
The committee decided that the plan
submitted by Mr.. Culp, was good one
and it was adopted. On motion of
Mr.. Stephenson, Mr.. Culp was en-
ployed to superintend the building of
the stockade.
A proposition by Mr.. Hall, on behalf
of a number of people living up the
Kings Mountain road, to furnish the
lumber for the stockade on condition
that their road should first have the
use of the convicts, was accepted.
After discussion as to the advisabili-
ty of putting the convicts in charge OF
somebody who has had experience in
working them, it was decided to tender
the position of superintendent of the
force to Sergeant J. B. Mendenhall, of
the penitentiary guard, provided he
was willing to accept it for $50 a month
and board.
There were several applications for
the position of night guard but it
was decided to defer the matter until
the next regular meeting of the county
board. The question of uniforming
the convicts, and also of providing
medical attention for them was also
deferred until the same time.
The understanding is t hat the coun-
ty is to take charge of the convicts on
the first day of November next, and
Mr.. Culp will commence the work of
erecting the stockade at some point on
the Kings Mountain road, within not
less than three or four miles of York
Vile, without delay. In case Mr..
Mendenhall does not accept the propo-
sition of the committee, Supervisor
Stevenson is authorized to make such
temporary arrangements as he may
deem advisable in the premises.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-18
The alorkrills Gnqltirer.
YORKVILLE, S. c.:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1895.
about it.

u If the postofice authorities were
disposed to do the fair thing by star
route contractors, they would provide
that no bid would be considered except
when the individual by whom it is
offered, lives within a given distance
of the route over which he proposes to
carry the mail. This would knock
out the professionals who are now
engaged in shaving the profits off all
the contracts, without returning value
received, and it would not cost the
but trifie, if any more,
to carry the mails, than it costs now.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-18
BLACKSBURG BUDGET.
Big Crowd at the Show-A Change of MIL
lers-Rey. Mr.. Lee to Preach Next Sunday.
CORRESPONDENCE Of the YorkYille ENQUIRER.

Big Crowd at the Show-A Change of MIL
lers-Rev. Mr.. Lee to Preach Next Sunday.
Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
BLAcKsRURG, October 17.-Quite a
large crowd of people were in town
yesterday to see Hunting's Big Rail
road show and Notwithstanding the
fact that the dispensary kept open
doors all day, the gathering was ex-
ceptionally orderly and we'll behaved.
There was also dignity and gentility
in the appearance and manner of the
owner and attaches of the show, that
inspired respect and confidence. The
street parade and menagerie, though
not very large and imposing, were
quite creditable indeed, and came near
er to "filling the bill" than such exhi-
bitions usually do.
Mr.. James Martin, who has had
charge of Moore's Mill, on Buffalo
creek, for over 20 years, and who serv-
ed the people so acceptably in his po-
sition as to merit and obtain the name
of "The honest miller" resigned his
place last week, and moved into his
new and comfortable dwelling on "For-
est Hill," about half a mile distant
from the mill and near the old Lin
colnton and Cherokee ford road. Mr..
VIM. Jones is now installed as the
new miller, and the old mill main
tains its reputation of grinding the
best meal and finest -four that can be
obtained in the country.
Rev. R. A. Lee, of Yorkville, will
hold services and preach in the Epis-
copal church at this place on Sunday
night, goth instant, at 8 o'clock.
W. A.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-18

The idea has obtained in some To-
calities that because club-maker has
gotten up large list of names for
THE ENQUIRER one year, ne has the
refusal of such names next year.
For such an idea, however, there is
neither rule no precedent. Each con-
tract between the club-maker and sub
scriber is separate and distinct. The
gives the clubmaEer MS
name and money. The clubmaker
sends the paper the time agreed upon'
and then, either, or both, are at liberty
to make contracts with other people or
renew old contracts as they see tit.
Because a subscriber had his name on
a certain club one year, is no reason
WHY he is bound to keep it there the
next. Therefore, each and every club
maker is on the same footing. One
has as good chance to get the biggest
premium as another. 1t is altogether
a question of push and energy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-18

What is the matter with State banks?
If the issuing of bonds is to continue 1t
won't be long until there will be United
States bonds enough to supply these banks
with the necessary security for large is
sues of their own notes.-Greenville
News.
We are somewhat surprised to see
this coming from an openly professed
goldbug paper. The principal object
and aim of the goldbugs is to restrict
the amount of money in circulation in
order to still further increase the value
of we'll secured debts. The goldbug
objection to the free coinage of silver
at a ratio of 16 to is not on account
of The alleged inferior value of silver !;
but on account of the fact that it would
greatly increase circulation and make
debts payable in something more like
the average value in which they were
contracted. So far as we are concern
ed there is nothing the matter with
State banks; but we are pretty sure
that the goldbug friends of The News
have some serious objections. State
banks will accomplish exactly the
same result that is expected of the
free coinage of silver, and, therefore,
the goldbugs, who are really goldbugs
from knowledge and design, don't
want them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-18
.LOOK UPON THE JURORS"

The following venire of petit jurors
to serve the first week Of the approach
ing term of the circuit court has heen
drawn by the board of jury commits
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-18
KILLING FRosTs PREVALENT.
Vegetation Destroyed-Snow and
Billiards in the Northwest.

oAALLoIue III lnc
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 13.-The
Weather Bureau furnishes the follow
ing special bulletin to the press:
Frosts and freezing weather. The
unusually warm weather that prevail.
ed last week throughout Missouri and
Upper Mississippi Valley, the lower
lake region, middle Atlantic States
and New England, has been followed
by wave of extremely low tempera-
ture throughout those same districts,
the extremes of both low and high
temperature exceeding in many cases
the record of any previous years for
| the first half of May.
The warm wave began on Wednes-
day, the Sth in the Missouri Valley.
with maximum temperatures ranging
from 80 to 100 degrees and moved
gradually eastward, reaching the mid
die Atlantic States and New England
on Friday. The cold wave set in in
the Northwest on Friday night, frosts
being reported Saturday morning as
far southnas Chattanooga and Lynch
burg. Killing frosts occurred Sunday
morning in Nebraska, Iowa and Mich
igan. and this morning in Michigan,
Ohio and West Virginia. Warnings
of these frosts were sent out by the
Weather Bureau on the day preceding
their occurrence to all the districts af-
fected
Shows occurred along the lakes in
Michigan and Wisconsin. 4 storm.
which developed suddenly during the
last twentyfour hours, now central in
the Ohio Valley, will probably cause
a still further fall in the temperature
as it moves eastward, producing
freezing weather in the lower lake re-
gion and in northern portions of New
York and New England.
Killing frOsts arereperted from Wis
consin and Minnesota, and light frosts
in Iowa and Nebraska. Sunday morn
ing frosts were reported from the re-
giOn west of Ohio and north of the
Indian Territory, all the way to the
crest of the Rocky Mountains being
heavy in the north half of this region.
Since Saturday morning showers have
been numerous throughout the Mis-
sissippi Valley. eastward to the At
lantic.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-18
INCOME TAX EXEMPTIONS.
Instructions on the subject secured
by Judge SPeck From Washing


Judge Speck, Collector of Internal
Revenue. is in receipt of the following
relative to the exemption from income
tax of rents. etc. from Washington.
D. c:
l. Only the rents, profits and in
come received blythe owner of free hold
estate in land can be treated as rent
or income from real estate exempt
from taxation. Such income in the
hands of the owner of the fee. would
be exempt. whether paid in money or
in a part of the products of the land.
All the profits acquired by the owners
of leasehold estates, whether from sub
tenants or the use of leasehold in
terests, would be but income from the
use of chattels-real or personal
property. and. therefore. subject to
taxation.
,. Profits acquired by railroad
companies and other corporations in
the transportation of freight and pas
sengers cannot. under any circum-
stances. or in any part. be treated as
income from real estate The road
bed, right of way. tracks. bridges,
buildings, franchises and rolling stock
of railroads cannot be treated as real
estate, and the profits arising from
their use by the company owning the
same, or from money paid for rent or
use of the same by other companies.
cannot. under any circumstances. be
exempt from taxation as income from
real estate.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-18
Harrison's Candidacy.

NEW YORK, May 10.-''Ex-President
Harrison is as much candidate for
the Presidency as Gov Mckinley.
Thomas B. Reed or Senator Allison. =
said Col. \. L. Conger of Ohio last
night in the Fifth Avenue Hotel. No
one has heard Mr.. Reed. Gov. Nc
kinley or Senator Allison say he was
a candidate, and yet we know their re-
spective States will go to the conven-
ton in 1896 solid for them. Indiana will
send delegation solid for the ex-
President. I read ex-Gov. Fosters
interview saying that Gen. Harrison
would prefer not to be a candidate. 1t
is big thing to refuse to bea nominee
for the Presidency, and l notice that
Gov. Foster said Gen. Harrison would
accept it if became a matter of duty.
Well, that puts him among the candi-
dates for it is duty for the nominee
to accept"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-18
He Owns Too Much Land.

d. Starks Crumb. of Bloomfield, Is
in the city Mr.. Crumb owns more
acres of land in Stoddard county than
any other man in the county. He is a
land grabber-a land crank. But he
is good fellow-goOd hearted and
clever. He will go out of his way to
accommodate a poordevil, but he owns
too many acres of land for one man.
If all his acres were divided up into
forty acre tracts and offered for sale
at reasonable figures Stoddard county
would soon double her population.
We do not believe in heading a man
OFF who is working to make himself
rich but We are opposed to the gobble-
ing up of land by one or two men in
counties where there should be pros
porous farmers located. The interests
of the people would be better served
were all the lands ir the rich agri-
cultural section of Southeast Missouri
divided up into small farms with the
farmer thereon as the owner of the
farm. We have no fault to find with
D. Starks Crumb for gobbling up OF
the lands of Stoddard county, but W
must say that his way of speculation
holds his county back.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-18
GOLD AND SILVER.
The Two Metals are of Equal Value
in France and that Country is
Prosperous.

Editor L. E. Holden, of the Cleve-
land plain Dealer" who recently
returned from Europe, was interview
ed the other day, particularly with
reference to monetary affairs abroad.
In Mr.. Holden's opinion France is
by all odds the most prosperous coun-
try in Europe" He accounts for
French prosperity by saying that
1.-The French have refused to destroy
one-half of their money of final re-
demption. namely, the coined silver
of the realm" and that ''the volume
of money is about equally divided be-
tween gold and silver, both metals
being used substantially without dis
elimination. The inference is that
France has been far more liberal than
the United States in the use of silver.
The free coiners of this country are
always pointing to France as an eX-
ample that We should follow. Now,
what is the truth about the French
mOHSLdTS ~ SltIu- TTdUCt HAS tue
gold standard. Every 5-franc piece
corresponding to our dollar) is re-
deemed in gold. Seventeen years ago
the coinage of 5-franc pieces was
stopped. Not 5-franc piece has been
coined in France during this period.
The Bank of France to-day holds
s430, ,0OO,0O of gold and s225, 5,OOO,-
900 of silver, while the United States
Treasury has only about 81 in gold
against 81 in silver. The Bank of
France has nearly twice as much gold
as the Bank of England. The entire
volume of money in France consists of
1926, 600, 5000 of gold and less than
$500, ,000,0 of silver. The United
States has now in use almost as much
silver as gold. 1t is apparent, there
fore, that this country has been more
liberal in its treatment of silver than
France. Times-Star.