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frrajris mH ? The Monroe, N. C., High school was destroyed by fire last Thursday morning, and two young men?Thos. E. Pemberton of Little Rock, Ark., and Albert Post of Post's M>fl,jjty. p.-f-perished in the flames. The origin of the fire is unknown, and the loss is estimated at $15,000. -TK cojjyrjgh^ bill was passed by congress in Its* closing hours and has been signed1 l/J IflB piesKtent. ~Br special request the president affixed his signature with an old fashioned quill pen made from the wing feather of an American eagle. The bill grants to foreign authors the privilege of copyright in America, but stipulates that their books must be set up and printed in thia.qoutttry.. It will likely prove of more benefit to American publishers than to fqrqjgn authors. -?The New York Herald of last Wednes"" * * * * e AL _ TVA.. day tnus summarizes tne wora 01 me r my first congress: "More than one thousand million dollars! In exact figures the appropriations of the Republican congress foot up $1,009,270,471. Uncle Sam will be a pauper July 1, 1892. On that day there will be a deficiency in the United States treasury of $68,089,688. Available surplus in the United States treasury on Monday night, $36,386,288.45. Available surplus in the United States treasury last night, $18,608,046,51. Available surplus in the United States treasury to-night, $8,931,217.31." ? An amusing serio-comic scene occurred at Lansing, Michigan, a short time ago. The Democratic State convention was in session, and Rev. E. R. Clark, a local preacher, was1 called upon for prayer. The preacher commenced the invocation after the usual mahner, but finally drifted into a regular stump speech, winding up with the petition "that the footsteps of the convention be guided in the track of that grand old Democrat, Thos. Jefferson." The delegates Were wrought up to a high pitch of excitement, and when the preacher concluded, broke into enthusiastic applause. ? A dispatch from Buenos Ay res tells of a novel device adopted by the Argentine government to prevent a run on a bank last week. The financial affairs of the Argentine Republic are in a panicky condition, and for some reason a serious run was commenced on the Provincial bank, the big financial institution of the country. The run threatened disaster in short order, and the only hope of salvation was time. In order to secure this the government promptly declared the two following days legal holidays, and in the meantime the bank managed to so arrange its affairs as to be prepared for all calls that mi^ht be made upon it. ? A remarkable case of suicide comes from Cincinnati tinder date of last Wednesday. The owner of a boarding house heard two pistol shots in one of his rooms, and on investigation discovered two Hebrew students lying on the floor. One of them, named Isad ore Frauenthal, was dead with a bullet in his brain. The other, named Ernest Sallinger, was shot in the chest and was in a dying condition. Sallinger was still able to speak, and said they had agreed to die by their own hands. The reason assigned was that they desired to end au existence of never ceasing pain. Both students used the same pistol, Sallinger picking up the weapon after Frauenthal had fallen. ? The Minnesota senate, in committee of the whole, has recommended the passage of the following bill: "That any female person who shall upon a stage or platform in any theater, opera house, concert hall, or any public place whatever, where other persons are present, expose her nether limb or limbs dressed in tights, so called, in any manner whatever, so that the shape and form of her nether limb or limbs can be plainly visible to such person, shall be guilty of open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior, and guilty Of misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $100, or be imprison edin the countyjail not less than live or more than thirty days or both. ? The Mississippi constitutional convention was in session three months and adopted a constitution which is only just going into operation. It is claimed many glaring defects have already been discovered. The Jackson Clarion-Leader, which seems to voice the general opinion, says: "The constitution has proven a mess from first to last. Nobody understands it. The plain people do not comprehend it; the lawyers cannot interpret it; the attorney general does not know how to construe it; the governor does not understand it, and the supreme court judges cannot fathom its mysteries." The objections to the constitution are that it is a too voluminous document, that it attemped too much and usurped the functions of the legislature, and that i,t, indulges too much in experiments." ?A bill seeking to prevent lynching has been introduced in the North Carolina legislature. The measure provides that when a lynching is committed, and the perpetrators are unknown, the county commissioners may employ a special agent or offer a reward of $400 for the perpetrators of the crime. It is also provided that the solicitor shall send bills of indictment against such persons as he has reason to believe are implicated in such violation, and the superior court is given jurisdiction to hear and determine such indictments as may be found by the grand jury. If the grand jury ignores bills sent in by the solicitor, he may move the case to another county and compel the attendance of witnessess from any part of the State. All costs are to be borne by the county in which the crime is committed. ? A curious case, illustrating the force of an appetite once acquired for drink, comes from Bridgeport, Connecticut. Jacob Schule, in jail under sentence of death for murder, . resolved to cheat the gallows by starving himself to death, and came very near carrying out his purpose. Despite the efforts of the prison officials, he could neither be forced or persuaded to take any nourishment. Schule was known -to be an old toper, and finally the officials hit upon a novel scheme ! to break his resolution. They rubbed some ! lager beer on his lips and left him with the bottle in his reach. He could not resist the temptation, and drank the contents of the bottle. His appetite was thus aroused, and he immediately called for something to eat. It was forthwith furnished, and he is now fattening for the gallows. ? Transitio Hurtarte, the widow of J. Martin Barundia, wants to sue the United States government for $1,000,000. Her hus- j band, Gen. Barundia, was a Guatemalan outlaw, on whose head the Guatemalan government had put a price. He was on a United States vessel a few months ago, a' fugitive from justice, and the vessel putting' into a Guatemalan port, Burundia was capt-: ured and killed. The widow claims that her husband was. under the circumstances, enti-! tied to American protection and that she should be indemnified for his having been given up. The claim, however, will not j amount to anything. It is not sanctioned ' by the petitioner's government, and it is a ' recognized principle that the claim of a citi- j zen of one country against another is recognized only when the claim is presented in ' the name of the country of which the claimant is a citizen. ? The condition of the negroes in Oklahoma territory is described as pitiable in the extreme. For the past six weeks thousands of them have been flocking into the new territory, from nearly all of the Southern States, being induced to sell their old homes and go to Oklahoma by the alluring pictures of emigration agents. There is nothing for the negroes to do in the new territory, and ; being out of money, they are in a deplorable condition. To make matters worse, the la-; test dispatches say that smallpox has' broken out amongst them, and they have been quarantined by the whites. Thousands 1 of the poor blacks are camped about the Santa Fe depot, and in addition to the rav-1 ages of smallpox, they are suffering from j, dreadful hunger. Another gang of about 300 negroes, with their families, arrived from | Texas a few days ago. They had been induced to leave their homes with a story that for the sum of $1.00 they could buy a town j lot in a flourishing city in Oklahoma. The $1.00 was paid to the swindling agent,' and when the negro bought his railroad ticket, he found himself in a new and almost1 sterile country without money and no means, of obtaining the necessities of life. ? A dispatch from Montieello, Illinois, ( says: ''The Confederate Veterans of Vicks-1 burg have sent to the city an aide-de-camp to the commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, with plans for the j proposed reunion of the Blue and Grey at ; Chicago, during the World's Fair. The j plans, as outlined by Col. E. O. Carroll and j Major Lamar Fontaine, of the Confeder-| ate army, is to have a pavilion erected at Chicago, to be called Blue and Grey, for old veterans of both armies, in which Hags, swords, gun and other relics will be stored ; veterans to camp in tents furnished by the war department. Various Sti.tes will be asked to furnish transportation for old soldiers within their borders, and the government will be asked to furnish rations. The Blue and Grey building is to be built by all the States combined. The governors of the different States will appoint committees to carry out the programme. The reunion is expected to last from ten to thirty days. The Confederates have written to the president asking his assistance to carry out their plans for the reunion, and Southern senators and congressmen have also been called on to aid in the work. YORKYILLE, S. C*.: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1891. ADJOURNMENT OF CONHRESS. The Fifty-first congress came to an end last * * 1 .l,.!.. Wednesday, ine ciusmg uuuib nnt acterized by a scene of confusion that was a fitting ending to its remarkable record of unusual proceedings. For the last few days previous to adjournment, the business of both houses was pushed through at an alarming rate without regard to ceremony. The senate was so crowded with its work that from Monday till Wednesday at noon that body scarcely took time for its meals. It continued in session all of Tuesday night, and only took a recess of two hours and three-quarters for breakfast 011 Wednesday moruing. Resuming work at 9 o'clock, it again buckled down to business, and finally, on the approach of noon, the sergeant at arms found it necessary to turn back the hands of the senate clock three times to prevent their passing the hour of constitutional limitation before the venerable senators should conclude their labors. Vice-President Morton received a unanimous vote of thanks for the manner in which he had presided. The vote, however, was somewhat equivocal. The resolution was offered by Senator Ransom of North Carolina, and the word "impartial" was carefully omitted from the usual stereotyped form. The closiug scene of the senate was tame, but it was not so in the house. There were several exciting episodes to intensify interest in the already interesting proceedings. The Washington correspondent of The Atlanta Constitution relates one of the interesting incidents as follows: "Joe Cannon announced that all the appropriation bills were safe and the government was provided for. The Republicans cheered. A few minutes later, the speaker announced that a mistake had occurred in enrolling the agricultural bill ana tne appropriation iui $150,000 to buy seeds for the Western farmers that have suffered by the drouth, which had been stricken out, was in the bill when the president signed it. He offered a resolution to correct it with the required unanimous consent. Mr. Pickler of South Dakota, who fought hard to get it in the bill, but failed, was delighted to hear of the mistake, and he rushed to the front and objected to any correction. As he did it, Mr. Fuuston, the burly Kansan who had charge of the bill, likewise rushed to the front in a frenzy of rage, and pointing his finger in the face of the allianeeman, hissed : "Shame 011 you ! Shame on you! You villain! You villain!" Then everybody yelled, and hissed, and hooted, but Pickler stood his ground." But the most exciting incident of the closing hours was when it was proposed to vote a resolution of thanks to Heed. The resolution was offered by McKinley aud was as follows: "That the thanks of this house are presented to the Hon. Tlios. B. Reed for the able, impartial and dignified manner in which he has presided over its deliberations and performed the arduous and important duties of the chair." The reading of the resolution was listened to in silence until the name Thomas B. Reed was pronounced, and then the Democrats broke out into exclamations of oh ! oh !! and uttered loud and long groans. At the words "able and impartial manner, they broke out into contemptuous jeers and cries of derision. After the reading of the resolution was concluded, there was a dead silence. Presently Mr. Mills arose and significantly demanded the veas and nays. Then the fun began in a test of lungs. Mr. Rogers of Arkansas, shouted "no" so loud that it startled the galleries. Mr. McMillan's no came out like the hoarse ery of a fog horn, and Mr. Breekenrideof Arkansas, recorded his vote with unmistakable emphasis. The Republicans wet ; equally demonstrative with their yeas, an of course the resolution was adopted. 1 ut it was by a strict party vote?152 ayes a ad 11G nays. When the vote was rnnounced, the Republicans cheered, the Democrats hissed, and the partisans of both sides in the galleries joining in, for several minutes a pandemonium reigned. The grand finale is described as follows: The house of representatives of the 51st congress went out in a burst of song. Its ending was remarkable and unprecedented, and a scene similar to that which followed the dechfration of the speaker that the 51st congress was adjourned without day, it is safe to say, never occurred before in the congress of the United States. The vocalists of the j house on the Republican side of the chamber gathered in a body near the front row of desks, headed by Coleman of Louisiana, Yardley of Pennsylvania, Stivers of New York, and Wade of Missouri, and as soon as the house was declared adjourned, they started up "Marching through Georgia," which was taken up by the great mass of Republican representatives, who made the hall j ring to the great delight and edification of j the galleries packed full of people. The Democratic chorus, headed by Repub-! lican-eleet John J. O'Xeil of Missouri, started with the Doxology, Praise God from j whom all blessings Mow," but their voices j were soon drowned in the superior volume j of sound from the press gallery, the reporters i having tuken up the hymn. Republicans: and Democrats alike ceased their singing to | listen to their some-time critics, whose full! chorus was very effective. Messrs. Burrows, Allen of Michigan, Cole- i man and Yardley,struck up "Our Father- i land" as the closing notes of the Doxology ! died away, and the Republicans joining in ! very generally, the effect was fine, as was j the singing of "John Brown's body," which was taken ni> immediately. The occupants of the press gallery for the j last numbers on the programme, rendered "Good-bye, congress ; good-bye, my lover,! good-bye," and "He's a jolly good fellow," ; and it was with regret on the part of the j immense throng on the Hour and galleries that the impromptu musicale came to an: end. The crowd then slowly dispersed. MONOPOLIES 1)1 E HAKO. j The State of South Carolina has become , entangled in a legal muddle that promises no end of annoyance and expense. At least that is the outlook. What the ultimate result will be it is impossible to predict, but as we understand the matter, there is no (pies-1 tion as to the justice of the cause of the State. It will be remembered that in his inaugu-' ral address, Governor Tillman called atten-, tion to the fact that the lease of the Coosaw Mining company would expire on the 1st of March. This company, he showed, had for nearly twenty years hold a monopoly of one of the most valuable phosphate franchises in the State. The monopoly had been secured from the ignorant and venal Radical legisla- j ture in the days of "good stealing." and the company has grown fabulously rich at theexpense of the people of the State. In view of this fact, the governor suggested that I the legislature at once take such steps as j would enable the State to again secure control of its property immediately upon the expiration of the Coosaw lease. Acting on this suggestion, the legislature created a special board of commisioners to take the matter in hand. The commission was composed as follows: Governor B. R. Tillman, chairman ; Attorney General Y. J. Pope, Comptroller General W. H. Elerbee, J. D. Montgomery and Geo. H. Walter. This commission was directed to take possession of and control the phosphate territory in the Coosaw river, occupied by the Coosaw Mining company. The Coosaw's lease expired on last Sunday, and on Monday the company took formal possession of the disputed territory in the name of the State. The commission went to the mouth of the river at Beaufort, and assembling in the pilot house, adopted the following resolution: Resolved. That tho board of phosphate coin missioncrsdo take formal possession ol tlie territory of the Coosaw river heretofore occupied by the Coosaw Mining company in the State of South Carolina. Then, one after another, each of the commissioners lowered a lead line until it struck bottom rock, and it was declared that the State had taken formal possession. In the meantime, the Coosaw company sent up a bond of $50,000 to continue its work under the old charter. The bond, however, was returned with a letter from the attorney general, stating that the company was now on the same footing as others who may desire to mine in its old territory, and in order to obtain the right to pursue its work, it must apply for a license as others had already done. But the Coosaw people have preferred to go to law. They have so long enjoyed a fat monopoly that they cannot become reconciled to the idea of being treated as other people. They suspended operations in the river immediately upon the expiration of their lease, but 011 last Friday procured a writ of injunction against the phosphate commissioners, as privutc individuals, from United States Judge Simonton, restraining them from in any way interfering with the Coosaw river property, until a further hearing of the case. By the terms of the order, all parties are forbidden to mine phosphates in the disputed territory until the matter is finally settled. The defendants, however, have the right to apply for a dissolution of the injunction by giving eight days'previous notice of their intention so to do, and the plan tiff Coosaw company is required and has given a bond of $25,000 to secure the defendants in case the injunction is dismissed. During the temporary injunction, the licencees, of which there are several, will probably give bond, and the State standing between them and possibility of loss in case the matter is finally decided in favor of the Coosaw company, will continue their work, and 110 one will be seriously embarrassed by the last desperate kicks of the dying monopoly. THE WORLD'S SUITL1 Uh tui tux. The Atlanta Constitution of last Sunday prints an exhaustive review of the status of farm work throughout the South. The article is made up of special dispatches from several of the Southern States, and also contains a long interview with Mr. S. M. Inman, a prominent cotton factor of Atlanta. The concensus of the opinions presented by The Constitution is that the delay in farm work on account of unfavorable weather and the consequent reduction of acreage, will reduce next fall's cotton crop by not less than half a million bales. This fact, however, is not to be deplored. The farmers reaped very little benefit for the excess of one million bales in the present crop, and it is doubtful as to whether they will lose a great deal in the deficiency of the next one. The article referred to also brings out some j level-headed opinions as to the possibility of foreign competition with Southern cotton raisers. Though the experiment has heen tried in several foreign countries, it has only met with partial success. Neither Egypt nor India have made auy material progress in growing the staple within the past ten years. The Khedive of Egypt manages to raise cotton cinvp lnbnr. His nroduct. however, is not of n quality suitable to general manufactures, and the quantity raised in that country must always he necessarily limited on account of the small area of available land on which cotton can he raised. So far as India is concerned, although the climate and soil are very well adapted to cotton, and the land area is almost unlimited, the labor of the country can never he made to compete in eflicieucy with that of the South. It is true that Indian labor only costs ten cents a day, hut the trouble is that that is all it is worth. A great deal has recently been said about the government of Russia undertaking to raise cotton in Central Asia. That government has a scheme 011 foot by which it hopes to become the greatest cotton producer in the world. Its purpose is to turn the unused but fertile lands of Central Asia into a big cotton patch, and by granting bounties for the cultivation of the staple, thinks to finally be able to undersell the very cotton belt of the South itself. Asked for his opinion 011 this scheme, Mr. Inman said: ' If the Russian government had fertile lands enough and slaves enough, and raised cotton in the manner in which the khedive of Eygpt does, something might be done ; but it will take years to work out this problem, and for the present we need expect very lit tie competition from Central Asia. Even if Russia raised all the cotton within herself; that she needs for her own consumption, by the time this can be accomplished, the opening up and civilizing of other sections of the world would by that time compensate for the loss of her demand for American cotton. 80, j while the present low prices are most distressing and discouraging to cotton producers I in America, it seems to me that the exercise, of a little discretion and judgment in the controling of the amount produced, would leave in the hands of the South almost a1 perpetual monopoly of cotton, which the | world is obliged to have, and for which it will pay prices so remunerative as to assure j 11s that one day our country, which has been making such rapid strides during the past few years, will stand among the foremost seetions of the earth in prosperity and influence." REM'LATIONS AT CLKMSON. The trustees of Clemson College held a meeting at I'endleton last Thursday and arranged the details of some of the regulations by which the college is to be governed when it begins work. It is proposed to open the institution about February 1. 1892, and the sessions will be from February 1 to December 1 of each year. No student will be admitted under 15 years of age unless accompanied by an oltler brother. There is to he no Saturday holiday, and every student will he required to perforin different kinds of manual labor for two hours every day, receiving therefor such compensation as may hereafter he determined. The college is to he under military discipline, and the students will he required to wear a uniform of cadet gray. The following information as to regulations and curriculum, etc.. is furnished by the secretary of State to the Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier, and will he read with interest : All students are required to bring with them two sheets, two blankets or comforts, and six towels and pillows. Compensation is to he allowed for manual labor, not to exceed eight cents per hour. Students who perform extra labor, not necessarily educational, shall receive compensation according to the faithfulness and quailty of work, not to exceed nine cents an hour. A fee for medical attention or hospital fee shall he charged each student on admission, not to exceed ? ">, and no extra charge shall he made in any case of sickness. The uniform required is not to cost more than Sl<>, and the fatigue suit not more than $8. Each student shall deposit on admission the sum of $24 for said suits. The board shall be paid monthly in advance. The first Thursday in February shall be the beginning of the college year, which shall terminate 011 the fourth Thursday of November. The board decided that with the work, recreation and diversity of employment, the students could well stand ten months with the six days of regular duties, better than the nine months and five days under a different system, and would enable the boys to get a better advance in four years. The cost to a poor boy sums up: For board ten months $70, medical attention $5, washing $5, uniforms and clothing $34, which may be reduced by his labor. To this to j DOyS 01 1I1CUI1S HiUbt lie uuueu a tuiuun tuc ui $40. Total $144. The course in both departments will include mathematics, history and political economy and physics. The course will begin to diverge in chemistry. After the first year's course, agricultural chemistry will be required only of students in the agricultural departments, as will also biology. Botany, drawing and farming mechanics will be required for a degree for students in both departments, but will be greatly enlarged for mechanical and technological students, who will be required to take an extensive coui.-se in mechanical and civil engineering. The follow ing chairs are recommended, the professors being the same at the head of these students common to both departments. In the agricultural department there will be chairs of English and literature, mathematics, physics, economy, history and political economy, chemistry, agriculture and head of farm, horticulture and botany, biology and veterinary science, geology and mineralogy, and civil engineering. In the mechanical department the first five professors above will be common. 'The] others are professors of mechanical and civil engineering and drawing, general superintendent of shops, foreman of foundry, machine and blacksmith shops and foreman of wood shops. The committee on curriculum will report at the next meeting of the trustees. STATUS OP BUSINESS. II. G. Dun & Co's trade review of last week shows up badly for the South. A dei cline of J of a cents a pound puts the price of cotton lower than it has been since 1851. Against this decline wheat has risen 1 cent a bushel, oats IJ cents, corn nearly 2 cents, and pork products a slight fraction. Business in the South is reported as moderately fair. It is as good, upon the whole, as in any other section, but a general sluggishness seems to prevail throughout the whole country. The report goes 011 to say, however, that the outlook for brighter times is good. It takes encouragement from the recent large appropriations of congress and the corresponding increase in the available I supply of currency for the current year. The removal, for a season, of the apprehension of legal interference with the monetary basis, is also given as a reason why confidence should he restored in financial circles. MERE-MENTION. Wm. Shrowles, an ex-Federal soldier, died at Charlotte, N. C., 011 Monday of last week. He had applied for a pension ten years hefore, and 011 the day hel'ore, while 011 his deathbed, received a notice that his application had been granted. His family will receive the pension with back pay. A canvass of the re-elected Democratic congressmen shows that two-thirds of them are in favor of Judge Crisp of Georgia, as the next speaker of the house. The German merchants of the country will make a special exhibit at the World's fair. Business failures throughout the United States for the week ending last Friday, numbered 235 against 223 for the corresponding week of last year. Senator Hill of New York, has been invited to deliver an address at the unveiling of the Grady monument in Atlanta, Ga., next summer, and it is understood tluit he will accept. President Harrison is hunting ducks in Maryland. The negro who cut Miss McClure's throat in Atlanta, Ga., last week, has been arrested, and is now in Fulton county jail. It is said that McKinley is to be the Republican candidate for irovernor of Ohio. Secretary Proe tor lias issued a general order authorizing the enlistment of not less than two thousand Indians in the regular army. The fact has become known that the remains of Emma Abbott, the famous singer, were secretly cremated at Pittsburg, Pa., a few weeks ago. The ashes are now in the vaults of the Safe Deposit Company of New York, and will be kept until the erection of a monument to the deceased singer. Senator Gordon of Georgia, became a member of the Farmers' Alliance last Friday. John Means Thompson, son of ex-Governor Thompson of South Carolina, was quietly married to Miss Sallie Glasgow, the daughter of a prominent merchant of Nashville, Tennessee, last Wednesday. Congressman "Jerry" Simpson of Kansas, says that his recent election expenses were only $250, and he proposes to attend to his duties in Washington on $35 a month. Col. Thomas Hardeman, Jr., a well known Georgia politician and for several terms a member of congress, died at his home in Macon, Ga., last Saturday, of paralysis. The Northern Methodist Episcopul conference, in session at Philadelphia, has decided against ad-, mitting women as delegates to the electoral and general conferences of the church by a vote of 120 to 98. Dr. Geo. Baird was shot ! and almost instantly killed by Dr. George I. I Garrison, at Wheeling, West Virginia, last Saturday. Both men were among the most prominent physicians of the city, and for a longtime had been warm friends. They fell out some time ago over a political appointment, and the killing was the result of the quarrel. Baird graduated from college in the same class with James (J. Blaine. The latest news from the Illinois senatorial contest foreshadows the election of Palmer, the Democratic candidate. The Methodist Episcopal conference of Missouri has decided in favor of admitting women to general church conferences. Rkv. J. C. Fi rman I)kad.?A Greenville special of the od instant to The News and Courier says: The Rev. J. ('. Furman, D. 1)., probably the most prominent Baptist minister in the .State, and a man universally beloved and honored, died this morning at his home three miles from the city. A catarrhal affection and heart troubles were the immediate cause of his death, which was not unexpected, as his old age and enfeebled condition would not admit of resistance against the attacks to ! which he was subject. Dr. Furman was a son of the Rev. Richard Furman, D. D., of Revolutionary fame, for thirty-one years pastor of the First Baptist church of Charleston, and the leading light in the early days of the Baptist denomination in this State. Dr. J. C. Furman began preaching before lie was of age. He received his early shooting at the Charleston College, and was in college with Bishop Wightman, Ex-Judge Bryan, and other distinguished Carolinians. J lis theological training was gotten at the Baptist Institute in Sumter. I'ntil 1S44 he was pastor of the Welsh Neck church at Society Hill, also serving one year as pastor of the Second Baptist church of Charleston. In 1S44 he became a member of the faculty of the Furman Institute in Fairfield county, near Winnsboro. and remained there until 1S50, I when lie was made ehairnian of the faculty of ! Funnan University, which had just been built i by the Baptists of the State, lie was kept in this position until lSSl?. when he resigned Ion account of old age. He, however, filled the chair of mental and moral science in the j institution until his death. I Besides doing this lie preached at churches in the county and occasionally in the city. He had been elected seven times as president | of the State Baptist convention, and was j many times elected to important positions by the Southern Baptist convention, i Dr. Furmau was twice married, his lirst j wife having been Miss Harriet E. Davis of | Fairfield, daughter of Rev. Jonathan Davis, and his second wife Miss Mary <1. Davis, 'sister of his first wife. His second wife sur: vivos. He had seven children by the lirst wife and four by the second. Dr. Funnan was widely known all over the State and throughout the South, and his name was synonymous of all that is good, pure and true. : ?The Charleston Daily Sun was sold at J auction last week under foreclosure of mortgage. It was bid in by Mr. George Bacon i of New York, the holder of the mortgage, for j $1,000. The publication of the paper will | he continued for the present. LOCAI. AF1FAIR8. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. Massey A Co., Tiraah, 8. C.?Dissolution of Co-partnership. W. H. McCorkle, Judge of Probate?Citation? J. W. Y. Dickson, Applicant?J. Harvey Dickson, deceased. Gill B. Brown, Yorkville.S. C.?Warning. T. J. Crawford, Stroup's, S. ('.?ICstray Mule. M. A II. C. Strauss?If Low Prices are any Inducement. Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Mr. T. M. Dobson is in New York. Bear J A Inman?W e Are Told. A. Y. Cartwright A Co.?A Grand Galaxy of Oenuino Bargains. Riddle A Carroll?>Ve Want Cotton Seed. BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL. Mr. G. D. O'Leary returned home from Baltimore hist Saturday. He has been under the lymph treatment for consumption, in the University of Maryland Hospital, since the 27th of January. The result of the treatment has not been at all satisfactory. Though Mr. O'Leary thinks that his condition has becri somewhat improved since he left Yorkvillfi, the improvement is not ascribed to the lymph, which, however, has nn Viomvi | UUUU MU lltwuii BURNED TO DEATH. A five year old daughter of Sam Keenan, colored, who lives on Mr. J. Mc.Moore's place, near Philadelphia church, four and a half miles south of Yorkville, was burned to death on Friday, the 27th ultimo. The child had been lefl, in the house while the parents went to a funeral, and playing about the fire, its clothing was ignited. Immediately on discovering the fact, she ran outside and the fire was fanned into a flame. Her cloth-' ing was almost entirely consumed, and she was so badly burned about the body that she died shortly afterward. An inquest was deemed unnecessary by the neighbors, and none was held. THE LEITCH MEETINGS. The series of meetings that is being conducted in Yorkville by Evangelist Leitch continues with unabated interest. Notwithstanding the fact that the rain fell in torrents last Sunday night, there was a full congregation in attendance. So far there have already been several applications for membership in the church, and it is probable that there will lie a great many more before the meetings close. It seems that Mr. Leitch is ready to appreciate a model community when he finds - .. . 1 _ A:? ;Q one, ana uuu in ins I'.siiiimuuu mc nunu ? not altogether bad. In one of his sermons he paid Yorkville a high compliment, stating that the town has 110 superior, morally, in the State, and in a private conversation frankly confesses that there is very little here, in the shape of wrongdoing, that gives him material for a fight. DELINQUENT TAXES. Treasurer Neely has turned over to Sheriff Crawford executions for delinquent taxes to the amount of $(5,484.78. Of this amount, $4,984.78 is the Three C's railroad tax, $560 for miscellaneous property, and $940 for polls. Of the 940 polls, however, it is thought that only a small proportion are actually delinquent. Most of them are probably double entries and parties who are not liable for the tax. This state of affairs arises from the fact that last year the trustees of t\yo or three school districts sent in to the auditor the names of all the persons in their respective districts who were thought to be liable for a poll. The lists included persons who had already made their returns, ami negroes who are known by different names. Under the circumstances it was impossible for the auditor to whittle down the poll list to its actual status, and hence the confusion. The result is that the sheriff will have a great deal of extra labor and expense lor nothing. WHAT IS IT ? Citizens liviner in the neichborhood of Phil J adelphia church had their curiosity excited over a strange phenomenon that appeared in that vicinity last week. Mr. E. T. Carson informs us that on Tuesday morning, the surface of the ground for an area of several square miles was covered with a yellowish substance resembling sulphur. No one can account for the phenomenon. Some individuals expressed the opinion that the mysterious substance was a kind of mold and had exuded from the ground. But this theory is broken down by the testimony of others who said they saw it falling 011 the previous night, and that it came down in flakes like snow. A great deal of the substance was washed away by the heavy rains suceeding its fall, but Mr. Carson says that it is not soluble in water, as he had seen a considerable quantity of it collected on the surface of puddles standing about his yard. There is no doubt about the fact that the sulphur-like substance did make its appearance as stated. Can any one account for the phenomenon ? ENTERTAINMENT THIS AFTERNOON. Another entertainment by the Willing Workers! We are requested to announce that it will take place this afternoon at the residence of Mr. S. M. MeNeel, from four to seven o'clock, and the admission will be twenty-five cents. Every entertainment j that the young ladies of this society have so j far given, has proven an enjoyable success, j and it may be safely assumed that this one 1 will be likewise. It is based on a bright, 1 original idea, and here is what we have been . told about it: i "Now don't you go anil say too much ! about it, because it is just an experiment, I and we do not want the people to be disap| pointed. You see, we are going to give a ! dinner, and eaeli member is to prepare a cerj tain dish,without consulting anybody as to j what it will be, and when all the dishes are ' in the spread will be made, and those who ; have paid their quarter will be invited to ! help themselves; and besides this, each memI her is to bring a specimen of her handiwork? whatever may strike her fancy?and this : will l>e for sale, and you need not buy it un! less you want to, and?that's all." j The outlook is for three hours' of fun for ! the visitors and a good dinner thrown in. CH.TRCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Itev. K. S. Nelson, rector. Services next Sunday at 11 a. m. Sundayschool at .'1.80 p. m. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Calloway, pastor. Yorkville?Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m. and 7.80 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school at 8.80 p. 111. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, I). 1)., pastor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow afternoon | at 4 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 11 ; o'clock a. in. and 7.80 o'clock p. in. Sundayschool at 8 ]>. in. I llaptist?Rev. Robert C. Patrick, pastor. I Union?Communion services next Sunday at i 11 o'clock a. in. Sunday-school at 10 o'clock | a. in. No conference will be held Saturday. Yorkville?Pravor-inceting to-morrow even ing at 7.80. Sunday-school at R.JtO o'clock p. in. Services Sunday evening at 7..">(). Trinity Methodist Kpiscopal?Kcv. (?. H. ! Waddell, pastor. Services, conducted hy Rev. Thomas II. Leitch, each morning and i evening during the week and Sunday, at 11 | o'clock and S o'clock. Further announcements 011 Sunday. Sunday-school at 0 p. in. ; Till-! FILMS THAT WKItK IU KM.l). We received another installment of the Imrnod lilc.* last week. They were from Miss Lizzie Quinn of Rcthcl, and included i a copy of an issue for the year 1855?Xo. 4"). i The other papers were issues of 1N70 and 11871 as follows : 187<??Xos. 4, 5. (>. 7.28, i 87; 1871?Xos. 11. 17. 18,24. 20 and 51. Accompanying the above papers, was a kind note from Miss (juinn stating that in addition to these she has in her possession j a large nun her of copies of the paper, ineludj ing dates between 1S55 and 1870. and from i 1871 up to the present time. She says that i we are welcome to any that may be of service to TilH Knqi ikkk. We beg leave to j return our thanks for the valuable papers j Miss Quinii has sent in, and also for her kind offer as to the other copies. But all of the ] burned files are restored now except the i year 1855, and less than half the issues of i 1870 and 1871. To make the file of" The j Enquirer complete we require the following numbers: 1 All the issues of 1855 except number 45. f -Of 1870, numbers 9, 10, 11, 16, 25, 26, 27, 1 29, 30, 32, 34, 36, 39, 41, 42, 44, 46, 47, 48, 1 49, 50, 51 and 52. t Of 1871, numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 30, 33, 34,35, f 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 49, 50 and 52. s ABOUT PEOPLE. Messrs. W. D. and J. F. Glenn have gone to Winnsboro on a short visit. 1 Mrs. R. E. Knox of Blacksburg, is visiting i relatives and friends in Yorkville. i Miss Nannie Barnett, of Tirzah, is visiting r the Misses Williams of this place. ] Mr. Charlie Thomas of Blacksburg, spent s last Sunday in Yorkville with friends. i Mr. C. G. Parish, proprietor of the Parish I hotel, is home from his railroad work for a i few days. i Mr. Paul G. McCorkle's many friends were i pleased to see him in Yorkville last Sunday < and Monday. ( Miss Ida Scoggins of Hickory Grove, was < in Yorkville last week visting her sister, Mrs. 1 E. A. Crawford. i Mrs. I. D. Witherspoon and daughter, Miss f Lessie, are in Sheffield, Alabama,, visiting 1 Dr. W. I. Witherspoon. Clerk of the Court Wylie is at Hickory | Grove in attendance at the bedside of his father, who is not expected to live. Misses Libbie Byers and Bettie Caldwell f came down from Hickory Grove on Friday ] to attend the Lcitch meetings. They re- ' turned on Sunday. DRAWING OF THE JURY. , The panel of grand jurors who are to serve i during the ensuing year, and the petit jurors i who arc to serve during the first week of the spring term, were drawn by the jury commission yesterday. The spring term convenes on the 30th instant, and Judge Kershaw is to preside. The list of jurors is as follows: GRAND JURORS. J. Holbrook Adams, Bethel. W. T. Hoaglin Fort Mill. \V. II. Dillingham, Cherokee. R. A. Clinton, Bethel. M. L. Ford, King's Mountain. W. C. Bigger, Ebenezer. A. H. Pollock, Cherokee. E. B. Carnes, Broad River. Andrew P. Currence, Bethel. W. C. Wherry, Catawba. Jno. H. Adams, Jr., onuei. W. N. Thomasson, Catawba. H. S. Love, Broad River. J. A. Hogue, Bethel. T. M. Hughes Fort Mill. W. M. Faulkner, King's Mountain. O. M. ('line, Cherokee. (?. W. Hambright, Cherokee. PETIT JURORS? FIRST WEEK. R. M. Erwin, ;. Fort MilL W. R. Burgess...... Bullock's Creek. J. A. N. Glenn, Bethel. J. W. Good Bullock's Creek. M. C. Byars, Cherokee. S. W. Mitchell, Broad River. W. J. Leslie, Catawba. R. M. Roach, Bethesda. James Wright, colored, Bethesda. T. K. Bates Bethesda. G. H. Martin, ;. Cherokee. D. E. Jackson, King's Mountain. J. M. Sims, Bullock's Creek. T. F. Leslie, .". Catawba. C. It. Simmons, York. J. B. Speers, Catawba. D. E. Thomas, York. L.J. Kimbrell, Fort Mill. W. If. McConneli, York. J. B. Wood, King's Mountain. W. T. Steele, Catawba. T. E. Patton, Catawba. L. B. Brown, Bethel. D. J. Forbes King's Mountain. W. H. Cowan, ; Catawba. Sherrod Childers, York. J. B. Rawls, Catawba. W. N. Garrison, Ebenezer. R. T. Fewell, Catawba. Hasel Turner Cherokee. W. H. Hicklin, Bethesda. W. E. Kimbrell, Fort Mill. J. F. Sturgis, Ebenezere. x.1 xt xt-su,, , Cherokee. A. L. Nunnery, Bethesda. J. F. Ashe, Bethesda. PREMIUMS AWARDED. The Enquirer's premium contest for the largest number of subscribers came to an end last Monday at 1 o'clock p. m. The cash premium of $50 was won by Mr. W. O. Glover, who returned and paid for 140 names. lie also carried ofF the special sewing machine premium under the olFer of a month ago, with a club of 28 names, returned and paid for since February 2. Mr. E. M. Bailes receives the second premium of $30. He has returned and paid for 101 subscribers. Mr. Walter H. Moore is the winner of the third cash premium?$20. He has to his credit 84 cash subscriptions. Messrs. J. D. Gwinn, E. R. Seapock and J. C. Roberts, are each entitled to one of the The Enquirer's watches. Messrs. R. Y. Williamson, W. S. Leslie, R. K. Senhorn and W. H. Crook have each returned a sufficient number of names to entitle them to a copy of The Yorkville Enquirer one year, and also a year's subscription to* any weekly newspaper or monthly magazine published in the United States. Messrs. H. G. Brown, J. R. Gettys, G. Scott Cobb, S. W. Jackson, J. H. B. Jenkins, W. J. Miller, J. J. Smith, M. Hafner, F. H. Dover, M. C. l'arrott, H. F. Horton, S. L. Milling, J. L. Miller, W. F. Smith and T. Gib Culp, are each entitiled to a copy of The Yorkville Enquirer one year. And now to our efficient corps of clubmakers we respectfully beg leave to return thanks. They have given us something to be thankful for. In the aggregate they have returned 929 names on clubs, and these, together with the single subscriptions that have constantly been coming in, have swelled our list to a figure that it has not before attained at this season for years. Thanks to the energy of these club-makers and the hundreds of new subscribers who are lending their help, we are encouraged to believe that there are bright times ahead, and the old Enquirer is in a fair way to recuperate j ' from its lieavv loss of November 23, 1S90. . I 1 HOW THE BURGLAR WAS CAPTURED. I The capture of Boody Sanders last week was a good piece of work on the part of Sheriff i Crawford. Boody and his associates had | 1 their rendezvous in a dense thicket near the' I cabin of Fred Sanders, and were in position to bid defiance to the officers of the law. They , could neither be followed nor surrounded. i and when the officers came in the vicinity,1 j the* skulking burglars hail only to lie quietly I until the coast was cleat', and then they, | would come out of the thicket until the ofli{ cers made their appearance again. On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of last! week, different attempts were made to capture the Sanders negroes by Sheriff Crawford,1 Deputy Scoggins and Town Marshal Wilson. J j They went to the Sanders's cabin, in daylight j J and at night, without success. Messrs. WilI son and Scoggins tried the plan of laying in : wait until Chess and Boody Sanders came! up. but it would not work. The negroes' were up to the game and kept away. Final! ly. Sheriff Crawford took in the situation \ and planned a way out of it. He sent for a j trustworthy negro of the neighborhood, depi utized him as a constable, gave him instruc-1 i tions as to how to act, and then had all the, other officers to leave the vicinity. : The scheme worked like a charm. In less than two hours after returning to Yorkville, J he received advice that Boody Sanders had been captured and Chess had skipped out. The sheriff started after the negro and met the colored deputy, bringing him to jail i securely bound. But it is evident that there is more work to be done yet. There are others besides the , | three Sanders negroes connected with the. recent burglaries that have been committed in and around Yorkville. Mr. lMexieo iden-1 tilies some of the goods that were found in possession of these negroes as his, but it will be remembered that they were not implicated in the Sharon burglary by the statement of j .Jim Wagoner, the negro boy who told on I j Farrar, Berry and Hill. If these three nc-! groes are guilty, and the Sanders negroes j \ were not present at the i'lcxieo job. the facts; joint to the conclusion that there must be a egularly organized band throughout the leighborhood, and some of its members are itill at large. The matter should be investigated and ;hat at once, but who is to do it ? It is not ;he sheriffs business. He cannot afford to ake hold of it and foot the bills himself. Probably it would be economy on the part of j ;he business men of the vicinity to raise a ! und with which to give the case a thorough rifting. - i FRIGHTENED BY GHOSTS. The inhabitant? of the old Miller place? flelmses, Popes and Knoxes?two and a half niles south-west of Yorkville, are very nuch wrought up on the question of ghosts. They have been telling strange stories of sujernatural shapes and sounds, and their rpookey tale of Sunday night's proceedings nduced two young men of the town?Messrs. Vfeek and Ed Hope?to go down on Monday , light to investigate the matter. The young nen remained until about eleven o'clock, but inable to discern anything that seemed to Ik: >ut of the usual matter-of-fact run of every lay occurrences, came back to tell of their lisappointment. A description of the aleged ghosts will be of interest, and here it onM shiverv effect that the! *jj aiiuuo n?v graphic style in which it was told was calcnated to produce : u\Ve could see a big light close to the ground, and then the light turned into a jlack sheep; then it turned into a coffin; and then it turned into something else, and came nto the house. You could hear it going upstairs, and hear a noise like that made by a mule with the harness on, but you couldn't see anything." * "May he the light was a Jack o' lantern ?" "No, it wasn't no Jackermerlantern. I've seen a many a one of them; but it wasn't that. The house is just haunted. I've heard something tipping about all over the 'big house,' and there wasn't anybody in it, either. Why some time ago, I was sitting in the room, and all at once the knob of the front door turned, the door opened wide, and something went tipping up-stairs and you couldn't see a hate." Some time ago it was alleged that the occupants of the house and kitchen could see all manner of strange lights, dancing a regular jig in the vicinity of a neighboring thicket. "The lights went dancing about here and there just like a Virginia reel, and they couldn't a been Jackermerlanterns." A few days afterward it was developed that a party of hunters had been to the thicket with torches and were beating the bushes for the purpose of driving the small birds off their roosts. LOCAL LACONICS. ' . ? Mr. T. M. Dobson, of Dobson's Racket, left for the northern markets last Wednesday. Mr. W. C. Latimer, proprietor of fhe Palace Bazar, expects to leave to-morrow. ? Miss Jessie Bond, of Chester, the accomplished organist who has been assisting in thn Loitnh meetings, was summoned home yesterday by a telegram auuouncing the death of her father, Dr. Bond. ? Mr. A. E. Smith, of Rock Hill, has been re-appointed commissioner of the Catawba Indians to dispense the $800 which is Annually allowed them by the State. There are probably seventy-five Indians on the reservation to share the money. ? A big laudslide occurred in a deep cut on the Three C's, at the Narrow Gauge crossing, last Sunday night. The track was covered with earth for a distance of thirty yards, and it required several hours on Monday morning to clear away the obstruction sufficiently to permit the passage of trains. ? Messrs. McClain & Goforth have contracted with Mr. S. G. Robinson for the manufacture of 500,000 old fashioned metal wheel-made slop brick. Work has already commenced, and the brick are to be used in the construction of several buildings that are to go up in Yorkville'next summer. ? Rev. J. C. Galloway is to deliver a lecture in the court house next Tuesday evening under the auspices of the Yorkville Lodge of I. P. G. T. His subject wjll be "Two Days and a Night in the Great Mammoth Cave." No admission fee will be charged and the public is extended a cordial invitation to be present. ? The register of physicians and surgeons for York county, in the clerk's office, contains the names of forty-two practicing physicians. There are several prominent physicians who have neglected to register, and if the matter is not attended to at once, there is no telling when their failure to comply with this requirement of the law might lead to embarrassing results. ? The north bound Three C's freight train met with another accident on last Monday evening. Two cars got oil'the track at Fishing Creek tank, three miles east of Yorkville, and one of the cars rolled down the embankment. The few passengers who were 011 the train were brought to Yorkville 011 the engine, and after several hours' delay the train was again gotten in shape to proceed on its way. ? In consequence of the recent rains, the neighboring streams have been swollen to a height unprecedented for years. Broad and Catawba rivers are reported high over the bottoms; Fishing creek was higher last Sunday night than it has been since 1886, and Turkey creek was also unusually high. Though we have 110 doubt that considerable damage has been done by the high water, very little has been reported. Mr. S. M. Scott informs us that a portion of his mill dam on Turkey creek, was washed away on Sunday night. ? The Columbia Register has been receiving a great many nice compliments from the country press recently, and it deserves them every one. In many respects The Register is an ideal newspaper. It is carefully edited; it prints all the important news ; it is as reliable as a newspaper can well be; and it is deserving of a liberal patronage all over the State. One fact about The Kegister is pecu-1 liarly noteworthy and commendable. When- j ever it runs across a piece of desirable news in the county papers that has not already been furnished by telegraph, it does not hesitate to reprint the same with proper credit. ? Clerk of the Court Wylie has decided to adopt a new system in issuing pay certificates to witnesses testifying in the sessions court. Heretofore the payment of these witnesses has been attended with a great deal of annoyance to all parties concerned. The witness being unable to secure his puy eertili-! eatc while court was in session, would prob-1 ably not have an opportunity to look after j the matter again for several months. When j he did come, all the records in the case had to be looked up by the clerk, and frequently at a very inopportune time. To avoid this ! trouble, Mr. Wylie has procured a conven-j ient book of blank certificates, and proposes hereafter to issue to the witness a warrant . * ? ! I.. ,Uc?.lv?,-ir<> j lor ins pay iiiiiin.umn-i> u^uu ? Intendant Withers requests us so call a j meeting of tlie citizens of Yorkvillc in tlie court house to-morrow afternoon; to take! action on a letter that he has received from the chairman of the Columbia Centennial committee. The letter sets forth that it has been resolved by the centennial committee to request the municipal authorities of the various county seats in the State to unite with the capital in making the demon-j strut ion the grandest that has ever been * ' s-i i...ri held in the Mate, ami me special imjin ui the meeting is to discuss and formulate methods for contributing tothe special conn- j ty decorations on Main street, Columbia, on the opening dav of the centennial? Mav 13. ??? THK RAtilXM FLOODS. The daily papers of yesterday report all i the rivers throughout the country as having; reached an alarming height. Needy river is navigable for boats through j some of the streets of Greenville. The Pel- 1 ham mills, on Knoree river, have been literally Hooded?damaged tothe extent of prob- i ably $'20,000?and fears are entertained of their being entirely washed away. At (.'lit- < ton the mills have been forced to shut down, j but as yet have sustained no serious dam- i age. At Columbia, the Congaree is a raging Hood, twenty-three feet and three inches above low water, and rapidly rising. The dam at the Grimily ipiarry bursted on Monday with great loss to the proprietor, Mr. Stewart, his ollices, buildings and quarrying machinery being submerged in the Hood. Reports of the most serious disaster, however. come from Augusta, Ga. At half past 1 yesterday morning the Savannah river was thirty-live feet three inches above low water mark and rising at the rate of one inch each hour. The entire upper portion of the cityis under water, ranging in depth from one to ten feet, and the merchants of the city have moved their goods to the upper stories of thd^r buildings. The town of Hamburg, just across the river, on the Carolina side, is completely submerged, and none of the railroad trains are able to get into or out of the union depot. When the last train over the Georgia road came into Augusta, the water was up above the trucks, and the fire in the engine was extinguished. Three feet more will submerge every loot of ground in the city, and a rise of five feet \yiH swe|l (he torrent to the height of the disastrous flood' of 1888. The citizens of Augusta, however, are Confidently hoping that the river has 'already done its.worst.and willjdse no higher. Dispatches from Nashville, Tennessee, say that the Cumberland river is 47 feet 9 inches above low water, and two thousand people have been driven from their homes. The Tennessee river has passed the danger line at Chattanooga, and is rising at the rate of three inches an hour. The Mississippi river is two feet above the danger line at Memphis and is still rising. Token altogether, the reports from all over the South indicate that the floods are the most disastrous that have occurred since 1870. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS;- " ? Hampton Butler and TantejT Nelson, two negroes arrested in Sumter county a few weeks ago for the murder of Capt, John Maxcy, have been convicted and sentenced to be hanged on April 10. ? The State Press Association meets in Georgetown on the 29th of April. Hon. Amos J. Cummings of New York, is to be invited to deliver the annual address. James A. Hoyt of The Baptist Courier, will read an address on "South Carolina Journalism," and T. B. Crews of The Laurensville Herald, wiH read an address on "County Newspapers." ?Columbia Begjster: Lem Scott, a negro desperado, was snot by John Dennis, the court crier in Florence, last Thursday. Scott is a notorious burglar, and having been arrested by the sheriff a few months a{;o, made his escape by jumping through a window with handcuffb on. On Thursday he was discovered by Dennis in a swamp. The negro was engaged in cooking a stolen chicken, and also had in his possession some stolen clothing. While being brought to town, his hands tied behind his back, the negro tried to break away, and was shot by Mr. Dennis. It is thought that he will probably die. ? A dispatch of last Sunday from Camden says: The crew of the south-bound freight on the Three C's yesterd^ had a |$reat deal of trouble with a drunken brakeman. The brakeman, Robert Smith from Colorado, was arrested at Kershaw, but escaped and came on to Camden with the train. After reaching Camden, Smith slipped up on the engineer and hit him in the face with bis lantern. Trial Justice Winkler issued a warrant for Smith's arrest this morning, but he can't be found. He has left this community. This is the man who has threatened to wreck a train on the Three C's. ? A dispatch to The Augusta Chronicle puts a new construction on the Townsend tragedy reported last week. Mr. Carey Tmi-nwnri. a brother of the young man who was reported as having committed suicide, says that his brother was murdered. On the afternoon of his death, the story goee, Belton Townsend had collected a large sum of money. The fact was known by several parties, and Mr. Townsend thinks that the unfortunate man was murdered for his money and the house burned to conceal the crime. In support of his theory, he says that there is no doubt of the fact that the front door of the house was unlocked when the nearest neighbors reached the scene of the fire. It is said that a detective will be engaged to work up the case. Why Cotton is Low.?The present low price of cotton (from 5 to 9 cents) is accounted for in various ways. Some say that the farmers have held back so much of their cotton and so long, that the market is glutted from the great quantity now turned loose. A leading warehouseman of Macon said the other day that there were three reasons for it. These are: First, an unusually large crop. * There is, it is said, still $100,000,000 worth of cotton in the South unsold. The farmers of Washington and Twiggs counties alone are holding 4,000 bales. - rm.? nn.l ihhwhI infprinritv of x lie 9UU11 UU1C uuu gvuv?M* ?* %< ?the staple is, he says, another reason for its low price. Then the general stagnation of the financial current plays a big part, too. Another disadvantage with which the growers have to contend, is that the cotton mill men are buying their cotton along only as they need it. Usually the mill men will buy up a large quauity at a time. This year, however, they saw that it was plentiful and cheap, and that it would probably remain so throughout the season. So they have been buying it as needed, thus relieving themselves of the insurance, storage and risk of loss from changes in the market, all of which now falls upon the grower.? Macon Telegraph. Their Esteem for Hampton.?The Washington correspondent of The News and Courier writes to that paper under date of last Wednesday as follows: Senator Hampton's Democratic associates in the senate do not propose to allow him to go into retirement without a formal expression of their high esteem for him personally and politically. It was origanlly intended to do as the Republican senators proposed doing for Senator Spooner of Wisconsin, give an elaborate dinner party in his honor. Senator Hampton, with his characteristic modesty and dislike of ostentation, gave his friends to understand that while he appreciates their friendly intentions, his health will not permit him to attend the proposed dinner. Senators Gorman, Ransom and others, who had the matter in hand, at once determined that they would not permit a great national charac ter like Wade Hampton to depart from the senate without a distinctive mark of appreciation from his Democratic associates in that body. It is, therefore, proposed, in lieu of the dinner party, to present him with a Ixnwlsmiid nip<>r> nf silver, nimronriatlv in * 7 Ti X W scribed, as a slight token ofthe love and regard of his late senatorial companions. A committee has been appointed to select the design and make the presentation. A Good Move.?The following resolutions, adopted by Reedy Fork Alliance, No. 393, on February 20, 1891, are taken from The Greenville News: 1st. That we, the members of Reedy Fork Alliance, will plant one-third less cotton this year and niixe more supplies. 2d. That we petition our State president to recommend the alKJve resolution to every Alliance in the State. 3rd. That wo petition the Hon. M. L. Donaldson, member of the national cotton committee from this State, to confer with other members of said committe, and that that committe request and urge all Alliance men in the cotton States to plant one-third less cotton this year and more food crops. 1th. That farmers cannot afford to raise cotton at the present price and buy their provisions. ' * f?th. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to our State president and to the Hon. M. L. Donaldson, and that all newspapers friendly to the cause of agriculture in the South, be requested to publish the foregoing resolutions. W. A. PEPPER, President. P. F. Cox, Secretary, pro tern. Vnthanked Speakers in History.?Tom Reed's friends take satisfaction out of the fact that he is not the first speaker who has been refused a vote of thanks by the opposition party. He is thirteenth in the history of the house. Among the number were Henry Clay, of Kentucky, in the thirteenth congress: James K. Polk, of Tennessee, in the twenty-fifth; James L. Orr, of South Carolina, in the thirty-fifth, and others. The vote of thanks to Polk was only carried by a vote of 92 to 75, the grounds of opposition being alleged partiality and partisanship. Reed takes hope from the fact that Polk was afterwards elected president.?Correspondence Atlanta Constitution. Hampton.?There is an eloquence in the hush which now surrounds the name of Wade Hampton. Let no man disturb nor profane it. Our grandest citizen has gone to history crowned with honors and a life of distinguished usefulness such as few men are permitted to do in their day and generation. That life is rounded out to the full, and it will ever remain one of South Carolina's noblest records.?Columbia Register. ? Winnsboro News and Herald : Whatever may be said of Daniel H. Chamberlain's political character, his brains ami qualifications are of a very high order. His management of the South Carolina railroad has been very creditable, and it is fortunate for the Three C'sthat he has been appointed by the United States court receiver of that road. We may expect to hear of 110 fur' ther difficulties in meeting the expenses of the Three C's.