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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-18

the $40 desperadoes. and put in their
places some of the monsters of iniquity
who drive their roam p through the
streets so swiftly that honest men have
TO leap to get out of the way of being run
over. Oh, the damnable schemes that
professed Christian men will sometimes
engage in until God puts the finger Of his
retribution into the collar Of their robe of
hypocrisy and rips Il clear to the bottom.
But all these wrongs are going to be
righted. / expect to live to see the day.
I think I hear in the distance the rum
bling of the Kings chariot. Not always
in the minority is the church OF God go
ing to be, or are good men going to be.
The streets are going to be filled with
regenerated populations. Three hundred
and sixty behs rang in Moscow when one
prince was married, but when Righteous
ness and Peace kiss each other in all the
earth ten thousand times ten thousand
bells shall strike the jubilee. Poverty
enriched. Hunger fed. Crime purified.
Ignorance enlightened. All the cities
saved. Is not this a cause worth work
ing in?
Gods Omnipotent Love.
Gods love will yet bring back this
ruined world to holiness and happiness
An infinite Father bends over it in SYM
patty. And to the orphan he will be a
father, and to the widow he win be
a husband, and to the outcast he will be a
home. and to the poorest wretch that to-
day crawls q OF the ditch Of his abom-
inations, crying for mercy. he will be an
all pardoning Redeemer. The rocks wiz
turn gray with age. the forests viii b.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-02
BORROWING PAPERs.

The following is clipped from THE
ENQUIRER Of 1870, IN which it had been
republished from the Charleston Cour-
ier. 1t had a SHARP point then that has
not since been apIreciably dulled, and
is deserving Of publication again:
Ever since the publication of the first
newspaper the void has been bothered
with neighborly people, who borrow the
newspapers, and ever since that time
the victims Of these neighbors have
bee devising means Of ridding them
selves Of the nuisance. The method re-
sorted by a subscriber Of The Courier,
we think Is a good one, and can
scarcely fail to have a salutary effect.
For many months our friend was both
cred by q borrowing neighbor, and for
many months he bore his aff1iction
with Christian fartitude. At length he
became desperate, and finally hit upon
the following e1pedient: He came to
The Courier Office and ordered The
Daily Courier sent to his neighbor.
This was done, and at the expiration of
a month the naghbor aforesaid called
at this office, and stated that the pa
per was being sent to his house, when
he was not a Subscriber. He was told
that MR. (tttc-neightor-frena whom
he had been in the habit of borrowing
the paper) had ordered it sent to him,
and that the subscription price would
be paid by him (Mr. -. The eyes of
the bore were opened, and that man
has since been steady subscriber of
The Courier. He never again borrowed
a paper.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-02

General Miles. The substance or the
article. with differences to be drawn
from it, are about to this effect: BE-
cause the administration had no confl-
dence in the capacity Of General Miles,
it did not send him to take charge OF
the war against the Spaniards. The
successful termination Of the war with
out the assistance Of General Miles,
left the general IN very vicious frame
of mind, and he gave expression to his
spleen by making insinuations of job
berry in the commissary department.
Although hundreds of witnesses had
testified without saying anything
against the integrity of the war depart
ment, it remained for Miles to insinu-
ate that "embalmed" beef had been
furnished under pretense of expert
ment." This was an unwarranted re-
Election against the secretary OF war
and especially against Commissary
General Eagan. The wrath that was
aroused in General Eagan was right
eous; but the general made a mistake
and brought trouble upon himself by
expressing that wrath. The fact that
all subsequent Investigations failed to
show anything crooked in Eagan's
transactions previous to or during the
war, is to be taken as evidence that
Miles lied maliciously. In conclusion,
General Alger complains at congress
for having promoted Miles, while it did
nothing for Shafter, who had conducted
the only campaign of the war to such
successful conclusion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-02
MERE.M ENTI0N.

The clerks of the registry department
Of the Chicago postoffice threatened a
strike on Monday because Of overwork;
but the trouble was averted by the dis
charge Of the ringleaderS.. 1t is es-
timated that $4,000 deaths have occur
red in a single state of India from bu-
bonic plague. ..Pekin dispatches say
that the Chinese government will ac-
cept the peace terms proposed by the
powers; but it is quite probable that
there will be great deal of de!ay.....
The Yaqui Indians are still at war with
the Mexican government. The Bell
telenhQue neople- -eXperimentine
with cable transmission between Key
West and Havana. The experiment is
considered to be fairly successful. :.
The Salvation Army, at Cleveland, O.,
fed 1,500 poor on Christmas day. ......
The Beers, on the 21st, captured two
wagons containing Christmas luxuries
for Lord Methuen... "A Cape Town dis
patch says that squadron Of yeoman-
ry that has been following the Beers
from Britishtown, has been lost.
The mayor Of Bismarck, South Dako-
ia, has been arrested for keeping a
gambling house. ....A mail pouch, con-
tanning 100000 in negotiable paper and
an unknown amount of money, was
SlOlGu lIOll lllC "SdIluOllS, N1iSHl6dAi
Central passenger station last Friday.
"A Negro named George Fuller,
was lynched near Marion, Perry coun-
ty, Arkansas, last Saturday night.
The Wannamaker fight against Quay
in the Pennsylvania legislature Is still
in progress, and it il not at all certain
that Quay will be eected, although the
chances are in his ftvor. The Lon
don and Globe Finance corporation, Of
London, failed last Saturday, carrying
with it a number q other big financial
institutions, and casing a serious bus
| mess crisis. .EmpGor William has un-
der consideration purpose to visit the
United States soo. He will probably
take in the PanAmerican exposition
at Buffalo. A London dispatch de-
nies a recently published story that
the British govrnment intends to
make use of Mroris in the war
against the Beers. The question Of
the purchase of he Danish West In
dies by the Unite States, is still under
discussion. The price proposed is $3,-
O00, 900. Sever snow storms and
lowering temperture are reported from
St. Joseph, Mo-, and Denver, Colorado.
| go. Bishop Galway announces that
the Twentieth Century educational
fund raised by he Methodist Episco-
pal church. Soth, during the past
year, amounts tt$1, 100000. 80. The Phil
ipine commissio will recommend that
congress make revision for 600 Amer
lean teachers a salaries ranging from
SIS to s100 a moth.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-02

SENATOR McAURINs PoLITIcs.-The
Greenvile Mes thinks Senator Nc
Laurin is MOI popular now than he
was a year ao.-Aiken Journal and
Review.
To be exact The News should say
that Senator TcLaurin's political doc
trines are MOI popular than they were
a year ago. lis an inference that he
is more popur individually and off,
cially.
1t is his stad in behalf of the treaty
with Spain al his doctrines Of expan-
sion that brcght him into disfavor
with the doinant element in South
Carolina. Sine then it has Deen shown
by means Of te presidential campaign,
and in other Vys, that these doctrines
are held by large majority of the
rank and file f the citizenship Of the
country, inching a very large con-
tingent of Imocrats in South Caro-
lima.
1t remainSo be seen whether Mr..
McLaurin iso be slaughtered simply
because he as the manhood and in
dependence think for himself. That
is the progrnme we know, but it may
not be carrii out.-Greenville News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-02
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

Some thinkers on the subject hold to
the view that the world Is growing
worse, and others believe that 1t is
steadily and surely becoming better
The subject is too vast for our mind
and we shall not attempt to discuss it.
for the reason that we feel assured that
we would not be led to a satisfactory
conclusion.
But better or worse, this Is still good
world to live in. When we look back
over the past, all Of us who have been
here as long as 35 or 40 years. are able
to review individual and public trials
tribula tions and triumphs. We can see
floating behind us a panorama of lost
opportunities, mistakes and occasions
for which we proved too small to be OF
benefit to ourselves and others. Some
of us-those who may have honestly
and sincerely tried to do their duty
may also be able to recall here anc
there some meritorious act Of which
they have a right to be proud, and II
the general summing up we will proba'
bly, find that whatever may be the eth
ical status of the world at large, we
and each of us, are largely what we
have wrought for ourselves.
The century just closed is full of les
sons that may be learned in whole OF
in part by all who have the disposition
and diligence to study them. These
lessons all teach the duty of the indi
rlaual and community in the new ere
now erowding upon us, and in so far az
we avoid the mistakes and wrongs tina
they point cut, we will find them helpful
in our future efforts.
Just as each new hour presents new
problems and opportunities, so alst
does each new day, year and century
and just as honest effort and endeavol
is always timely and in order, it is es
pecially so in this beginning Of thu
last century that will be required tt
round out the second millennium tha
will have passed since that gloriou:
day when men began to live not only
for themselves, but for their fellow
men and God.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-02
ANNOUNCEM ENT.

The firm Of L. M. Grist & Sons, pub
ushers of the YoRKv1LLE ENQUIRER
heretofore consisting of L. M. Grist. w
d. Grist, and o. E. Grist, now includes
A. M. Grist, the change dating from
yesterday.
The improvements that have been
made on THE ENQUIRER, during the
past four months, show for themselves,
and it is not necessary to mention them
further than to say that the mechanical
facilities Of the paper are unequaled by
those of any other weekly or semi
weekly paper in the state. The facili-
ties are equalled or excelled only by
The News and Courier and Post, of
Charleston; The State, of Columbia;
and The News. Of Greenville.
We are not unmindful of the fact
that the high position THE ENQUIRER
occupies is the reward that the
intelligent appreciative penple of York
VILE and York county have seen fit to
bestow for earnest, persistent efforts to
serve them faithfully and conscienti-
ously in a capacity that is often most
difficult and trying. We are grateful
too, that those whom we seek to serve
have not seen fit to impose upon us ex-
treme penalties for such serious mis-
takes as we have been unable to avoid
The policy and purpose of the firm Of
T. M. Grist & Sons, as now constituted
will be the same as heretofore, the pub
lication of the best paper in South Car
olina for the best constituency in the
Union.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-02
COTTON MOVEMENTS.
Hester's Report Shows Northern Mill Taking,
Have Decreased $50, 1892 Bales.

Secretary Hester's weekly New Or
leans Cotton exchange statement, is
sued last Friday, shows for the % days
Of December an increase over last
year of 3OS0pd. For the 119 days OF
the season chat have elapsed the ag-
gregate Is ahead Of the 119 days of last
year 6OS0OO bales.
The amount brought into sight dur
ing the past week has been S39,65o,
against 255,39S for the seven days end
ing this date last year; and for the 70
days of December it has been 1,611,-
696, against 1,3O2742 last year.
These make the total movement of
the 119 days of the season, from Sep
tember 1 to date, 6,490,S47, against s.
S22, ,4O2 last year.
The movement since September
shows receipts at all United States
ports 4,469,664, against 3,9O5,353 last
year; overland across the Mississippi,
Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern
mills and Canada, 665, 104, against S07,-
los last year; interior stocks in excess
Of those held at the end of the COM
mercial year 724,523, against 326,4Ss
last year; Southern mill takings 571,556,
against 5S3,455 last year; foreign ex-
ports for the week have been 1S2,S76,
making the total thus far for the sea-
son 3,129,6O5, against 2,5O0,SS7 last year
Northern mill takings and Canada
during the past seven days show de-
crease of 17,050 as compared with the
corresponding period Of last year, and
their total takings since September l.
have decreased 35o,S92. The total TAX
ings of American mills, north and
south, and Canada, thus far for the
season, have been 1,629,000, against
1896, SIG last year.
Stocks at the seaboard and the 2e
leading Southern interior centres have
increased during the week 1926.
Including stock left over at ports and
interior towns from the last crop and
the number Of bales brought into sight
thus far for the new crop, the supply
to date is 6,553,3S1.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-02

EDWARD o. Dean, a South Carolinian
from Spartanburg, is in serious trou-
BILE in New York. He was nurse IN
Bellevue hospital. Not long ago pa
tient named Louis Hilliard, died under
peculiar circumstances, and investiga-
ton has led to the belief that he was
probably beaten to death by Dean and
two other nurses. The nurses are
charged with murder. Dean was for
merly a newspaper reporter. He has
many friends in Spartanburg and
Charleston who believe that there
must be a mistake somewhere, ant
that the full facts will show the situa'
ton to be less serious than it now ap'
pears.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-02

ENGLISH cotton manufacturers are
very much worried over the prevailing
high price Of cotton, and are unable to
become reconciled to the situation.
The Textile Mercury, Of Manchester, In
its issue of December 80, says:
"One effect Of the present conditions
can hardly fail to be a great increase
in planting next spring, In spite OF any
attempts to prevent 1t. Should de-
termined and combined effort on the
part Of the American cotton states re-
strict production so as to maintain
prices at the present level, this will
Simply invite competitors in otner}ands
to enter the field Of cultivation"
What the farmers of this country
want above all things else, is high
priced cotton. They have it now, and
it is evident that The Textile Mercury
understands how they got it. The hspe
of The Mercury that these high prices
will stimulate heavier planting this
spring, is unfortunately, only too well
grounded. It is difficult for most people
to know good thing when they have
it, and it is natural for cotton farmers
to argue that If few bales of ten
cents cotton are good, many bales are
better. The danger Of competition, on
the other hand, is slight. For competi-
tors in other lands to seriously disturb
the cotton farmer of the South, en-
trenched as he is in his position by
knowledge and experience, is almost
out Of the question. The South need
fear only itselfnot outsiders.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-02
%FHEY CAUGHT EIGHT.

4 good old fashioned "fair-and-
down" rabbit hunt, by a
party OF Yorkville young gentlemen
and ladies was a feature Of the holi-
day amusements, that is probably enti-
tied to especial mention, for such sport
is not as common in this section as it
might be. +
The hunt took place on last Friday.
There were ten in the party as follows:
DR.. ]. D. Mcdowell, Messrs. Will Vil-
lis, Meek Williams. H. C. Glenn, M. L.
Carroll, j. R. Hart, and Misses Hulda
McNeel, Daisy Hart, Claude Moore,
Blanche Lindsay and Amanda Claw
son. All were mounted on good horses.
The preliminary arrangements in
cluded the sending ahead, early in the
morning, Of pack Of % hounds in
charge of the most skilled and expert
local colored hunters, and later, about
9 o'clock, the hunting party proceeded
to the grounds previously selected in
the vicinity Of Philadelphia church,
four miles south Of Yorkville.
The party arrived at the grounds and
the colored beaters were not long in
starting the rabbits to moving, and
the fun soon began to grow fast and
furious. All Of the ladies proved to be
expert horsewomen, and they followed
the hounds in way that showed they
were not afraid. Some Of the races
lasted half a mile or more, ending oc-
casionally in getaway" but more
frequently in a fair catch OUT in the
open, or running the quarry to earth
in hollow stump or a rock pile.
Eight rabbits were bagged up to 3
o'clock and then the party began to
think Of the return home; but not until
after it had repaired to the spring near
the church and enjoyed a sumptuous
dinner, made up of the following
Fried Chicken. Cold Turkey.
Salmon Salad.
Pickles. Cranberry Sauce.
Locust Beer.
Turkey Sandwiches.
Ham Sandwiches.
Walnut Sandwiches
Peanut Sandwiches.
Hogshead Cheese. Stuffed Eggs.
Beaten Biscuit. Stickies.
Black Fruit Cake. White Fruit Cake.
Chocolate Cake. Caramel Cake.
Cocoanut Cake. White Cake.
Cheese Straws. Cheese. Crackers.
Cheese Dates. Nut Dates.
Coffee.
Oranges. Bananas.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-02

THE following is from letter to The
News and Courier, in which August
Kohn undertakes to give legislators
some hints that he thinks they need:
It is a noteworthy fact that the
greatest takers and those who are
most persistent in their talk for econo-
my, or to be plain, those who were
classed in the three for a quarter
circle, are most often left at home
There are not over three or four OF
those who were always bleating for
ieconomy and cutting other people
s,!aries and appropriations in general
whs have been returned to the house
and t.ese are men who are recognized
as beins sincere, but not knowing bet
ter. The p-ople generally recognize the
demagogue, .nd it is not long before
he is left at come and retired from
the public servic.
For the benefit OF those who are not
aware of the fact, We beg to remark
that August Kohn is one of the wise
men of his day and generate
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-02
EnEAL AFFAIRS
IN DEx TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

H. 6. Strausbs & Co.-T.lk of the bust
ness done last yeat py Henry e
will keep I'D to the aotch. They men,
ton hosiery, hats, winter clothing,
blankets, quilts and ladies' shoes.
T. w. Speck. The Jeweler-Talks to you
about watch. clock and jewelry re-
pairing and says he will give all work
entrusted 20 him his careful and
prompt attention.
Lowrance. Williams & Co.-Tell you OF
Gail Rofden's condensed milk, CoX's
gelatfpe, olives, snowflake crackers
and Raker's cocoa, which they say is
recosnized as the best cocoa.
Riddle & Carroll-Talk out in meetin' OF
their reputation for keeping the best
coffee to be found in Yorkville, and
make some strong claims FOR the
Princess brand of roasted coffee
y They also claim to have the best
roasted coffee in town. They want
you to try their Mocha and Java
blended coffee.
Whisonant, Castles & Co., HlcKory
Grove-Tell you that they have had g
prosperous year, and extend the com
pliments of the season, They talk o1
January bargains, and Of some tardJ
people who owe them.
Jas. M. Starr & Co-ESsend thanks tC
old and new customers and say they
feel especially proud of the confidence
placed in them by their customers
They make promises for the year 1901
w. M. Kennedy, Agent-Extends his
New Year greetings to his customers
and friends for the liberal patron.
age given him. He says he has the
substantials of life and wants you tt
come and see him.
Sam M. Grist-Says it Is his purpose tt
merit a part Of the Insurance business
of this community during this year
and asks for a part of your business
He can also furnish you with any
kind of a bond.
Glenn & Allison-Sayl they have had
ouse-cleaning Of mules and horse:
and that Mr.. Glenn has gone Wes
for another supply, and that th'
new lot Of stock will be in on Friday
They want you to remember thei
iron-bound guarantee.
Loan and Savings Bank-Tell OF thel
increased banking facilities, and ex
press their thanks for past patronag'
and extend the compliments Of th'
season. They solidt your business.
A. Y. Cartwright, Surgeon Dentist
Says his office is Upstairs in the Cart
wright building, opposite the express
office, where he Mll be glad to serv'
you from a. m. 10 p. m, and from
2 to 5 p. m.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-02

against the wind, as trying to print a
good local newspaper at dollar year.
Working for a dollar" and printing
"the largest circulation" is often a very
improbable experiment. and they are
rocks upon which many a venture has
gone to destruction. From our own
view point, there is nothing more un-
profitable than printing q good newspa-
per at a dollar year, except the effort
of trying to kill out a competitor.
When an editor commits both these
mistakes it is only question Of time
when his eyes will be opened and he
will know better.-Abbeville Press and
Banner.
All that The Press and Banner says
about trying to print a successful local
paper for dollar, is true. We assume,
however, that 1t refers to Mr.. Bryan's
attempt only as text. With all the
United States to draw upon and with
such a circulation as he is bound to Sc
cure, Mr. Bryan can print such a paper
and make a fortune out Of it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-02
"REMINISCENCES Of YORK.

In accordance with previous an
nouncement, we commence today the
republication of DR.. Maurice Moore's
"Reminiscences of York." first published
in THE ENQUIRER during the early part
of 1870.
The writer of these papers was q
bright and intelligent old gentleman OF
discrimination and learning, ripened by
10 years of familiarity with the scenes
and events of which he writes.
The "reminiscences go back to the be-
ginning of the century and deal with
the habits, customs, superstitions and
every day occupations of the people
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-02
WITHIN THE TOWN.

The bells tolled out the departii.e g
century last Monday night.
office observed yesterday as holiday.
-"The Strange Adventures Of Miss
Brown" at the opera house tonight,
(Tuesday.)
DR.. A. Y. Cartwright, surgeon dentist,
removed his office yesterday from the
Kuykendal building to the brick build
ing recently purchased by him and now
being fitted up as an office. and resi-
dence. The doctor has not been able
to have his work of remodeling and
renovating pushed as rapidly as he cal
culated on account Of the prevalent
scarcity Of skilled workmen, and it will
be ten days or two weeks before his
place will be fixed as he intends to have