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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25

Ioekbart, Texas. December 2f-lt Is
yery cold this morning an old-fasnionsd
blue norther having blown up just before
day. II 10 threatening 20 sleet or Sow,
end the prospect Is for an unpleasant
CHRISTMAS. Those having fat hogs ara
butchering today. and backbones ana
spareribs will enrich the Christmas feAst
tomorrow,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
COTTON OF snIpnoARp..

u, COTTON on SHfpBoARp
For Liverpool: SIS Bernard Hail. ~ hai.,.
r., indapura 1l,4es 50 Hssthmore, i3sc: :,
a rsiSs,pic. g4s: IS Benita, 1906; IS Pacific
go go; IS King Gruffyd. Sail. Fer Manshastsr
o. spfingwell, 4ssl; IS Omba. 202e, SIS Tsies,
aa rer Hayre: IS Alagnnia. 1850 bales; IS An.
10. $50 Total, rs, 704. 90 No'u'aie r'
For Continent: SIS wildcrart. ISL bales.
~ ~. Et.aenbrdge. St1; So Labuan, 20so; IS Eth
Idly tnn 1850, IS Star Cross 654: IS Crom-
WEI, Wei. 66sS IS Cayo Largo S7a6; SIS Glantiyy.
ny. S. Penarth, 612; SIS Roker. 25ts; SIS lin.
,Mae,ipranch. 1914; IS Khio. 1906: IS Cynthia.
lolS Total. $500 S'"'"'a'
Fer New York. Sch NJ. R. Baird. 1900 Mall
i ,Sry line. 6SS5; Lone Star line. dsS9. Total.
Total on shipboard l45.ssi,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
GALVESTON srocK.


GALVESTON COTTON RECEIPTS.
BY Gulf. Colorado and Santa Re. 1891
bales: International and Great Northern.
Icy; Galveston. Houston and Henderson.
zn,' Missouri Kansas and Texas Ass: Gal
weston, La Porte and Houston, 81; Gulf and
Interstate, 5; barge. ]. X, $780, barge New
Ell, 1917 barge Van Buren,. 1904: barge Gibbs.
1858. Total, 1856.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
GRAIN ANS HAY.

Carload lots. lob cars. from rillers. dealers
charge from store 5ll0c more per 100 lbs Oh
bran, 2Q3c per bushei on cats aud corn. AID
luQpl5c per 100 lbs on has.
BRAN-T5c, corn bran. Jslae per 100 lbs.
CHOPPED C0RN-7sc per lUe lbs.
CoRN--.so. sacked. iediic per blu.
OATS Texas, sidSse per bu.
WHEAT-SHORTS-i5e per 100 lbs.
WHEAT SCREENINGS $50 roc per nu. !.
H.Y-Alfalfa, 81. o0gissS per ton; timothy,
81? 5OQ13 so; South Texas 3rairie hay. $1,000
so; North Texas. ss.o04lp-cO.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25

BANANAs-Per bunch. sl.75dp2 90. packed:
loose. $l.50d1, 10.
CocoANUTs--Per hundred. $500.
LEMONS--S3. 5014.50.
Observation-Disclosures, 800; California
nayels. 81. 90; California seedlings. 50. 90.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
sT.. l.oltIs
AN EXTRAORDINARY CALF

!, Mckinney. Texas, December 2s.ER.
itorli reports the birth OF Durham calf An
MS Hook which weighed ninety-fiye pounds
Maen " hours old 1t was 80 inches high
ana IN W inches around the belt. Captain ~
* sun. n veteran cattle raiser here. SAYS
1t Is record breaker 800
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
HOUSTON.

'ntlt.S Mugs. ...ss.s.... 2i.U "a
Market Is we'll supplied with cattle of Al
ciNs ses Trade duh. aud do moi look for any
improvement unit. after the holidays
Retail market supplied With hogs; good de-
i'and Ter packer hogs several moro cars cdn
bn IaadleG per week
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
HOUSTON Wholesale pnICr..

Quotations for Round Lots OF stnpi .
Comm oditicx.
These quotations are revised daily and their
correctness can be relied upon. The prices or.
those ruling In Houston wholesale markets.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
WIRE AND NAILS.

Quotations are for less then carload lots
Special rates on carloads
BAkBED WIRE--Glidden. gal. s2.4o per 100
lbs Waukegan, $2.45.
WIRE NAIIS--Rate. :l.sb per keg; ad-
yances 1Od I'D and 1884, Sc; Sd and 81. Zoe;
Cd and I'd. zoe; 4d and cd. G0cs Sd. 45c; I'd. dc.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
FORECASTS BY FOSTER.

December My
bulletin
o
Will
about 2sh Central valleys st Eastern
Tempapre
for
Rockies aboyew vest.
e mist row Gays Oh January VIII prhs
Rockies and general Good
company mat disturbance Storms b@lans
latiude expected during enonh
cf
be alou, =,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25

cc Sa RSrsya ,ss Hos brisk demand ana 80
sor the poorest to the best. u, %ss ~
i ina, sssep and lambs market quiet ana na,,s
i is v sassp. poorest 2a2 81 bss, hV ION
mon, Y. sod4.0o choice / o,ss% ~ lambs. COM
ea'''e avoo: hogs 1900; sheep 5000. Ups
ST. LOUIS.
aoS =; .t Louis. December 24-cattlc- Recsints
only retail trade done; fair to cho,cs a'sadyi
5 5,ns, s,youe 2o choice Christmas stssr.
San ses nsst s sns Texas and In
y, w. Hogs Receipts 1000: shinmsnts' "a & z Ss
p N ss, market SniOc highcrN strong MICS
a a,a ,is s,a s So 4o bn ba
,nfs $4,000, Receipts So0 shipments
s.sVaf 10: culls and bucks 1.5Oiis. AZ stocks
,rs. 81. 1.ogMS ~; Western sheep sSs: TEXAS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
FRUITS.

AsrLEsgs,; . barre: ssei Fl G =. Sss
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

kGrsas City December A.-No grain mar.
kets today. Eggs steady: fresh stock, &c.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
Grain and Provisions.

st. Louis, December 24.--No produce market
today. Merchants exchange closed Wool
quot and unchanged.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
CLEARED,

CLEARED
SIS Cayo Largo (Brl, Kerriush. Bremen.
SIS Ethelbrytha (Br.), Willis, Bremen.
SIS Telesfora (span.l, Ojinaja. Manchester
SIS Hemisphere (Br), Davis, Liverpool.
SIS Roker tBr.l, Taylor. Antwerp.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25

NVIV OF IdINtSIUN. D0CeulD6F "A.
ARRIVED
SIS Iona tBro. Oranstan. st. Lucia.
Schr John W. Linnell, Newport News.
Schr John R. Teel Baltimore.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
Weekly nank Statement.

New YORK, Doeeniber N-The weekly bank
stutrnent shows the following changes:
Surplus reserve, Increase. .S22 6t5 6.5
Loans increase. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1851 800
Specie. increase. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4640, 900
Legal tenders increase ............., IL 900
Defcsits, increase. s,309, 100
Circulation, decrease. ......,......... 105, 400
The banks now hold SIS. 69I, 0T0 in excess of
the requirements of the % per cent rule,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
SAILED.

SIS Trekieve (Br), Beckerled, Rotterdam.
SIS Ullapool (Br.), Smith, Havre.
SIS Bodlewell (Br.), Baines. Liverpool.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25

w weoses,tSsss. Antwerp. III,
Eaiy. ,,. :.
Meisey : .'...'..'...... Liverpool. 1i-9
scHooN;nn;S; barbadoes ia
g iohI ". Linnell.. Newport News ,s.i
W nnI Tell. Cleared Baltimcrs iii
s'aria .. Toel. Johnson - :
Eicns;,,::... ., Boston via Norfolk Ill,
f, os.,na New York, via Philadelphia, Ill,
:, !. .:,;.t...At Boston. for Baltimore II. an
&; Siidden, Tho,naston via BaitImu.s. II. il
steplta g. Land, fierson' +. ..,...'.' -. -
/. Cleared Baltimore i2.1
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25

q =. KANSAS CITY.
y Market firm; J market I in soed DE-
ns prices. Heavy native steeIs
.1 sioclum 4.4oa5.15 light weights
glsrs and feeders 3.09l4. so.
cans ioqi. %; Texas butcher COWS.
u n stock 2.00dI2. 90. Hogs
nj. market bq10c higher. heay.es
~ s.SSa3. 55 lights 8. 35GD3. As.
-; litiye 1. sheep-Reeeipts 125; market
4 ednx 'AIDs 5.o0a5. 10; muttons $50
LII ~. lambs GOA. Is: feeding
CHICAGO.
! saa 1890 90. T TsssssAs =:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25

tAeck. Texas. December 22.-Estes &
Mye about 100 head of stock cattle
,he market at present. j. Il. Oliver
a warnings for sale in pasture. good
IN Busby, Pink Robson, Pat Cot
IN tucker and Dick Ward have about
| Ed stock cattle. which viii soon be
n market. Other small lots will foot
NM 1870 head.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25

Va Texas, December 22.--Cattle In Leon
3 are In good condition.; the range is
than usual and the recent rains have
1 III the tanks and watering PLACES.
4 d stock cattle In this county. but no
Il Trades in stock have been little
q the past thirty days. w. T. Linson
!. the principal dealers at this place.
d lA Of mixed stock for sale for spring
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
non ]. OF CATTLE J.
!. - Several Counties as to Stock
on the Range. /:
y, REPORTED FROM ANY PLACE
cood Condition Generally
stock ON u Than usuni, i
wh,ch Keeps II Good.

-. december %, THE estimated
ss,tie in Burnet county Is about
Il stSsrIng the severity CT the cold
ca cattle are In good condition. as
W range, the latter being bett4r
w ,nected. Very few sales OF SOCK
~ esaarported Just now. Some few per
~ npprtinr some loss of cattles but 1t
|r W. ny nld cows with late calves. or
|ptsr heifers with calves. Very few
Iauss .,nr fed for market; can learn OF
~ - SC or 400 head In the entire county.
\ - Il being done in that line.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25

Pm Texas. December 23.--The prospect
q cattle in this county is at present
goo. Only in a few pastures is there
ms The Coleman Fulton Pasture
1I owns between 1900 mud 10000 head
us IN this county and is feeding peas
MYily IL severe winter is at hand.
Nelder is feeding cotton seed bulls and
quite large herd of cattle on his
osre. Mr.. Welder bought 400 tons of
~. !ne tax rolls for 1898 show 31.676 head
|'us In this county.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-17
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

The county executive committee
met in the courthouse on Thursday
and tabulated the returns from Tues
days primary, as published elsewhere
in this issue.
The result of the election was
declared as published in THE EN-
oUIRER of last Tuesday.
Upon motion, Chairman Brice was
authorized to select commissioners OF
election, state and Federal, and rec
ommend their appointment.
Mr.. Brice thanked the members OF
the committee for their painstaking
and patriotic labors during the cam
paign, and upon motion of Captain
w. H. Edwards, the committee gave
Mr.. Brice a vote of thanks for his
fair, impartial and efficient services
as chairman.
There being no further business,
the committee adjourned sine die.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-17
ELEVENTH HOUR CIRCULAR.-Th

ELEVENTH HOUR CIRCULAR.-The
handbill eleventh hour campaigning
was the wonder of the election ut this
end of the line, says the Columbia
correspondent of The News and Cou-
rier writing under date of Tuesday
night. The Ellerbe advocates argued
that the circular would do him much
good, while the anti-Ellerbe vote
thought it would hurt him, and so it
went.
This same circular is likely to be a
matter of considerable moment in the
future. The circular may be reprint
ed. Here it is:
"Ellerbe as a plain farmer, and El'
lerbe as politician.
"Read, reflect and cast your ballot
for governor for man.
"Governor Ellerbe has left his office
to electioneer for himself. He has
stated to numerous citizens Of Colum
bia that since the campaign has ceased
be has thought over the matter, and +,
if re. elected governor, in his first mes
sage to the general assembly he will
advocate each county settling the
liquor question for itself. If any
county wants prohibition, high license,
local option or dispensary, they should
have it.
"This, mind you, in the eleventh
hour.
"Why was not Governor Ellerbe
man enough to state this iri his cam
paign speeches, instead of at this
time2 Why? Because he was riding
four horses to catch votes. Don't be
deceived by these promises.
"This is no rur1or. Ask Governor
Ellerbe if it is true. If he denies it,
affidavits can be obtained to prove it. "
Now the question is, Did or did not
Governor Ellerbe express himself here
in private as favoring local option.
There are those WHO say he did-nota-
bly, one dealer who stands well here.
Governor Ellerbe has positively de-
clined to affirm or deny the rumor on
the ground that it had its origin in
The Record, to which paper he gives
no attention.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-17

- In county contests, often there
may be more or less grounds for
charges of sectionalism but in mat
ters affecting equally the whole coun-
ty, this thing disappears. Take the
vote of Rock Hill in the congress
iopal race, for instance. In the first
primary, where it was the plain duty
of every voter to vote for the man of
his choice, Rock Hill gave 26o votes
for Finley and AS against him. In
the second primary, when duty to the
county was the highest consideration
outside of close personal ties-for
other things were practically equal
Rock Hill gave 329 votes for Finley
to only 1O6 for Barber. The increase
in the vote of Rock Hill was proper
tionately as great as that of Yorkville,
and the opposition to York county's
candidate was in even greater proper
ton. There. is no sectionalism in
York county. 1t is only bugaboo.
There is certainly no sectionalism in
Rock Hill. Last Tuesdays election
was the best possible test, and the
people of Rock Hill precinct furnished
incontrovertible proof in substantial
ton of our assertion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-17

in the county has had the opportunity
to 60 before the people, and of those
who have seen fit TO offer their SER
vices, the majority of the voters have
their choice.
But while the the primary plan,
even as it now stands, is infinitely
preferable to the convention plan, the
primary plan still lacks in one i'm
portant essential of being perfect.
Under present conditions a Demo.
cratic nomination is virtually an
election. Therefore, there should
be thrown around the primary
all the safeguards that are deemed
necessary for the protection of general
elections. No man can vote in the
general election without registration
certificate. The same rule should OBJ
tain in the primary and further, this
rule should also provide that each
voter must be enrolled at some parti-
cular precinct and required to vote
there or not at all.
AS against the convention plan, by
all means, let US hold to the primary
plan; but at the same time let us
properly appreciate the very great
Importance of the matter, and see to
il that our rules are so amended rs to
provide that no voter who is not pre-
pared to do his duty in the general
election, shall have any part in the
making of a party nomination.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-17
sLANDEROUs REPORTS.

We will say for the benefit of the
Yorkville papers that no slanderous
reports have been circulated against
Mr.. Finley anywhere in the Fifth dis
trict by Mr.. Barber's friends. The
writer has taken a great deal of inter-
est in and worked hard for Mr.. Bar
ber's success, and he knows whereof be
speaks. The report about Mr.. Finley's
spending $4,000 on his election was
brought to Chester by one Of the de-
feated candidates. This gentleman
who had lost in'the congressional race
in the first primary said that Mr.. Fin
ley stated openly in Lancaster that he
would have the election if it cost him
$4,000. AS for the other reports scat
tered broadcast over the district
against Mr.. Barber it seems that most
of them started from the Yorkville
papers in the last week issues.-Ches-
ter Bulletin, Thursday.
Whether on the winning or losing
side, when a fight is over, THE EN-
QU1RER quits fighting. This paper
never bears malice. 1t cannot prevent
malice from being borne against it,
and, therefore, does not worry itself
with such matters. Under all circum-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-17
THE MAGISTRATES.

In the second race for magistrate in
Broad River township between Messrs'
G. C. Leech and ]. C. Champers, Mr..
Leech secured the recommendation.
On account of.a tie in the first elec-
ton, the second race for magistrate in
Bullock's Creek township was a three
cornered affair between Messrs. W. S.
Plaxco, J. R. Jenkins and Junius
Duncan. The vote resulted, 81 for
Plaxico, 7S for Jenkins and 70 for
Duncan.
There must now be another race be-
tween Messrs. Plaxco and Jenkins
but inasmuch as it will not be conven-
lent for the people to come out to the
polls again just now, it has been
deemed advisable to postpone the final
contest until the occasion of the gen.
al election.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-17
MERE-MENTION.

Senator james H. Kyle, of North
Dakota, has been stricken with par
alysis. Japan desires that the
United States hold on to the Philippine
islands. '..'.''"W. D. Bynum, chairman
of the " National " Democratic execu-
tive committee, has resigned because
of resolution of the committee stop
ping his salary. '''''''''I Italy has severed
diplomatic relations with Colombia be-
cause of the refusal of the latter coun-
try to recognize the British minister
as the representative Of Italy in the
absence of the Italian minister. ''''''The
president has rendered Senator Hoar,
of Massachusetts, the position of min
ister to Great Britain. ''''''''' Yellow
fever is making alarming headway in
Taylor, Oxford and other Mississippi
towns. ....'''"Mount Nesuvius is in a
state of the most furious eruption since
1872. Three large streams Of lava are
flowing down the side of the mountain.
....'...:General Nelson A. Miles is sick
with fever. '..'...'The Spanish cortez
has passed bill sanctioning the peace
protocol.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-17
HICKORY GROVE HAPPENINGS.
The High School Has Resumed Its Work
Notes About People.

The High School Has Resumed Its WORK
Notes About People.
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
HICKORY GROVE, September l5.-
The high school opened last Monday
with Professor Slaughter at the helm
and Miss Mary Mills, of Greenville, as
assistant.
Mrs. R. Latham and her daughter
Miss Emma, have returned to Their
home in Abbeville county, after spend
ing the summer here.
Miss Lizzie Simpson has gone to
Chester to resume her work in the
graded school.
Miss May Slaughter has closed her
music school at Lockhart and return.
ed home to take charge of the music
class in the high school.
Mrs. J. w. Allison's little daughter,
Sallie, is quite sick.
DR.. Teal has moved into his new
cottage.
Mr.. J. N. McGill has bought the
Hood house and is opening up a stock
of general merchandise.
There will be an apron party at MIR.
Joe Leech's tomorrow night.
Rev. ]. H. Thacker and family are
at home again after pleasant visit
among relatives and friends in Lau'
rens county.
Rev. Charles Smith, of Woford col.
lege, will preach at the Methodist
church next Sunday evening at 4
O'Clock.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-17
ABOUT PEOPLE,

Mr.. Finley left Thursday night for
Columbia and expected to 60 to Char
lesion before he returned home.
Mr.. C. G. Parish left for Columbia
last Thursday night to take the elec-
tion returns for York county.
DR.. T. J. Straits term in congress
expires on the 4th of March next, and
Mr.. Finley will take his seat in De-
cember, 1899.
Mr.. T. Y. Williams, who has just
been chosen as nominee for represen-
tative from Lancaster county, was in
Yorkville on Thursday.
DR.. G. NJ. Kuykendal is improving
slowly, and there is reason to believe
that he is out of danger. The doctor
had very close call of it, however.
Mr.. R. T. Allison has been having a
harder time of it than he at first antic-
ipated. At present be is getting along
about as we'll as could be reasonably
expected.
Miss Gabrielle Means, of Natchez,
Miss, who has been visiting her grand
mother, Mrs. Ann G. Pheeters, has
gone to Columbia, but expects to re-
turn to Yorkville in a short time.
Mr.. John A.. Barron, who had just
closed his school at Forest Hill, was
taken suddenly ill on Thursday with a
congestive chill. At last accounts his
condition was considered dangerous.
Mr.. C. F. Williams left yesterday for
Baltimore to finish his course in med
icine, which he expects to do next
March, when he will come back to
Yorkville full fedged NJ. D. During
his vacation this summer, Mr.. Williams
has been doing a great deal of work
and has had the management of sew
eral important cases, with all of which
he was successful. He also made a
fine impression upon the people of this
section as a young man of unusual
promise, and if, when he completes his
medical course, he decides to locate
here, he will find that he has made no
mistake
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-17
THE PRIMARY.

There is disposition in some quar-
ters to try to create dissatisfaction
with the primary plan for the nomina-
ton of state and county candidates,
and those who would do away with
the primary, of course, desire to re-
turn to the convention plan.
THE ENQUIRER has always believed
in the primary plan. 1t believes in it
now as strongly as ever, and so far as
it is concerned, it will continue for the
primary. We have seen enough of
this convention business, and no more
of it in ours, if you please.
The convention plan is not Demo-
cratic. Conventions, though compos-
ed of representatives of the people,
are always controlled by wire-pullers
and politicians. In almost every state
convention of which we have any
recollection, the nominations were
made principally as the result of wire
pulling trades, and it has only been
in the rarest instances that the nomi-
nees have been the kind of men who
were altogether acceptable to the
people.
The same is also true of county
conventions. Sometimes the nomina-
tions are satisfactory but generally
they are not. 1t is too often that NOM
inees are selected for reasons other
than the only ones which should gov
ern-fitness to properly and satisfac-
torily discharge the duties of the office
to be filled.
We do not propose to mention any
names, because to do so is unnecessary !;
but in our opinion, among the gentle
men who have just been selected 10
fill the offices in this county, there are
only two or three who would have
even stood shadow of a chance of
being selected under the old conven-
tion plan. AS it has been, every man
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-17
THE BANKRUPT Law.

At the request of THE ENQUIRER
Major James F. Hart has furnished
some timely information as to the signif
icance of the new bankrupt law. The
majors article will be of more or less
interest to the public generally, and tc
many individuals especially. Here is
what he says:
The bankrupt law, recently enacted
by congress, is now in full effect, and
available to all who may seek its bene
fits. Its provisions seem to be bu'
little understood, as the press general
ly has not given much attention to it:
legal features.
The main purpose of the law is to
provide the way to close up the busi'
ness of such persons as are hopelessly
insolvent, give their creditors rata
BILE distribution of the assets in hand
preserving the state homestead exemp
tons to the bankrupt,) and then grant
absolution for the balance of the in
debtedness. When there has been nc
dishonesty or fraud, the mode of OBJ
tanning the benefit of the act is speedy
and inexpensive.
A secondary purpose of the act i:
to force into bankruptcy, and thereby
compel distribution of the assets O
any person, who, being insolvent, i;
misusing or fraudulently applying hi:
means. Insolvency, in the present
act, has new and more liberal deini'
ton than has usually been given it
and no person is TO be adjudged insol
vent who has sufficient property, at 6
fair valuation, to pay his debts, exclu
sive of such property as he may have
conveyed away.
The effect of the law is the feature
that will attract the widest attention
How far it supersedes state insolvent
laws, such as assignments for benefit
Of creditors and releases by such