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Straps anil Jfyte. ) ?(Jen. James Longstreet says he isj excellent health now, and will resume worE on his history of the civil war. He will start out in September and visit all the important bf4t^e)d^^|^reQre|h h|spn$njionjL ? u Squire James Hitter, believed to be the largest man in the South, died at Elm Springs, Ark^ laat.weejc., Rjtter was seventy years old fena Weighed 540 pounds. He had his j oJBii tmSBimrymngtr, two seasons used it as a granery. It was made of walnut and held twenty-two bushels of wheat. Twelve m$n acted as pall bearers, and it took fq^r strong ropes to lower the coffin into the, grave. , ? George T/ Haswell became a raving maniaoat Denver, Colorado, last week, under peculiar oircutnstanoes. He was the originator of a corporation that has been formed to sell souvenirs of the World's fair. The calculation was that the proposed souvenirs would cost about ten cents each and not less than two million could be sold at one dollar each. He has brooded over the idea for several months, and on receiving information that his company had been granted the necessary franchise, became hopelessly insane. ? A statement nrenared by Commissioner Mason, of the ihternal revenue bureau, shows that receipts from internal revenue sources for the pasfeleven months of the fiscal year were $181,887,407, or *1,265,944 more than for the same months of last year. ^ ' Receipts from spirits showed a decrease of $416,448, and from tobacco of $749,786. Fermented liquors showed an increase of $2,097,889, oleomargarine of $234,299, and miscellaneous items of $100,065. The receipts for May were $4,138,533, less than for last May^^^_ ' ? A pfeculfMWft# offorgery came to light in Birmingham, Ala., not long ago. The resignation of United States Commissioner Bell was handed in to Judge Bruce and accepted. Commissioner Bell at once denied that the resignation was with his authority, and it developed that the paper was forged. After Considerable investigation, Bell charges Geo. H. Patrick, a well known Republican lawyet, with the crime, and shows up the underlying motive. Patrick wanted to get rid of Bell, and thinking he was in New York at the time, forged the resignation in hopes that it would be accepted and a successor be appointed before he got back. The presumption was that it would then be too late tq undo the mischief. ?Tbe separate coach bilj passed by the legislature of Tennessee is now in effect, and applies to all railroads in the State. Under the provisions of the bill, white passengers will be admitted iqto the coach set apart for the blacks ouily in case the remainder of the train is overcrowded. The Nashville and Chatta nooga railroad will run a coach exclusively for colored people at the front of the train, in which no smoking will be allowed, and it will be equal to the other coaches in appointments and comfort. The second coach may be used for smoking, if there are no objections from the passengers, otherwise no smoking will be allowed except in Pullman cars. The Louisville and Nashville system will use partitioned coaches for white and colored passengers. ? Late advices from Zanzibar state that reports from Mozambique represent growing hostility among the natives to Portugese rule. The chief, Kumisa, who was recently converted and baptised, with all his warriors, by a Portugese missionary, and who at one time discarded all but one wife, has pulled down the Portugese flag and taken back all his wives again. Now he threatens to fight any Portugese who may invade his dominion. The Portuguese missionary escaped after a perilous experience, having nearly been torn to pieces by Kumisa's wives, who were enraged at him for the separation from their husband. The Portugese forces are inadequate to cope with the almost universal hostility of the natives, and reinforcements from Portugal are urgently needed. ? A Sebewaing, Michigan, dispatch says: A terrible fight occurred between a blacksmith named Heyman, and an infticiated mule near this place last Wednesday. "The mule had an aversion to being Bhod and had I to be thrown. Heyman said he would shoe ?- that mule in the regular way or die. With the help of three men, Heyman fiually fixed the shoes and went to the door to cool off. He had hardly done so when the mule broke aurnv fmm thA man holdimr him. and with distended jaws made for Heyman. The mule chased Heyman all around the shop, stretched his snapping jaws to Heyman's face and bit off the nose and lower right cheek. Heyman fell to the floor and the mule deliberately pounded his prostrate body. The doctors fear Heyman will die of poison from the foam-flecked lips of the mnle. ? A peculiar state of affairs exists in Florida over the senatorial question. Governor Flemming still refhses to recognize the ac, tion of the legislature In electing Senator Call, and it is said that he is casting about with a view to making an appointment to fill the vacancy. But iue trouble is that none of the recent candidates will accept the appointment, no matter how bitter their antagonism to Senator Call. They recognize the fact that such an appointment would not necessarily insure them the seat, and after going in, failure would be disastrous. Furthermore, it is said that the secretary of State will not place his signature to the governor's appointment, or affix the great seal of the State, and so the matter stands. ? A Nashville, Tennessee, special of last Saturday to The Atlanta Constitution says: Ben Terrell, ex-national lecturer of the Farmers' Alliance, has been engaged for two weeks in canvassing the State in the interest of the sub-treasury scheme, and was aunounced to speak at Decherd to-day. U. S. Hall, president of the Missouri State Alliance, has been in this city, visiting relatives, several days, and hearing of Terrell's appointment, he went to Deche'rd this morning to reply to him. Terrell, however, knew Hall of old, having had a discussion with him in Missouri, and he refused to divide time ou the ground that he did not know what new arguments Hall bad prepared on the question, and was unwilling to risk himself in a debate unless he knew what was comiifg, and so there was no reply to Terrell. President Hall returned here to-night, and says he finds that the sub-treasury plan has many friends in Tennessee. ? A cablegram of last Thursday from Paris, tells of what was very probably a fatal balloon trip that took place near that city on the same day. A balloon, containing a professional aerouant and two other persons, made an ascent in the presence of crowds of people. When the balloon had ^ -?- ? J ? t. ?U4 *? *v>/\ma 4l\on ci vt i* fuot returneu a ucigin ui uui muic man oiaij *vw from the ground, the aeronaut, who had been busily engaged on the outside of the car, suddenly lost his balance and fell. He was picked up so terribly injured that his life is despaired of. In the meantime the balloon, with its two remaining occupants, both of whom were utterly ignorant of how to handle it, continued on its course, mounting higher and higher until finally it passed out of sight. What has become of the unfortunate occupants is unknown. The theory is that they soon froze to death, and the balloon shortly afterward bursting, they were probably dropped down into the sea. ? The will of the late Gen. Albert Pike, grand commander of the Scottish Kite Order of Masonry of the southern jurisdiction, was tiled last Thursday. He leaves all articles of personalty to trustees for the benelit of the order of which he was grand commander, and directs that if any of his children attempt to prevent the carrying out of this bequest, they shall forfeit what is devised to them. The fee to which he is entitled in the famous Choctaw award he leaves to his two sons and daughters, and ull his real estate in Arkansas to his son Yoou Pike. Moneys in the treasury of the United States arising from the sale under process of the confiscation of his property in Little Rock, $1,950, he wills to the United States, "that they may have un liouest title thereto, aud no longer hold them as proceeds of plundering under the form oflaw; also the indebtedness of the United States to me for four horses lost by me in the military service of the United States in Mexico." ? Letters from Port-au-Prince represent a reign of terror in the Black Republic. President Hippolyte is tryiug to get rid of his political opponents by killing them, and during the past few mouths the streets of the capital have been the scene of numerous horrible butcheries. . Hippolyte is a regular despot, but little superior to the savage kings of the Congo, and having uu insatiable thirst for blood, thinks no more of ordering the murder of uu inoffensive citizen than he does of eatiug his dinner. The other day four proscribed wretches took ? reftige in the Mexican consulate. Though l according to international law, the Aigi ' Uvea were then only subject to Mexicc Hippoiyte tried to take them by force. A this the entire diplomatic co^ps called o Hippolyte to. pxotaat. against' the outrage The president attempted a high hande game of bluff, Stating that he would hav those meq jnspite of all the civilized nation on e&th.i Excepting the German consul all the foreign ambassadors, Fred Douglas included, were thoroughly frightened, an were disposed to listen to the black brute' insults without a protest. But the Germui consul demanded an immediate apology or pain,of the consequences of reporting th matter to the German government. Hippc lyte came to his senses and apologized. I is is said that Douglass was all the whil trembling with fear as though he though his life was iu immediate danger. He i also described as a most inefficient represeu tative, who cannot maintain the respect c our government. fffltMle (gutter YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1891. PECAN CULTURE. We call the attention of our readers to ui article on the first page of this issue, by Mi Herbert Post, of Fort Worth, Tex., on tli subject of pecan culture. We desire that th article not only be read, but that it receive tb most thoughtful consideration. There ar statements in it that caunot fail to be of vita importance to this section. Of course wi never expect to see the day when our ordin ary farm lands are worth $1,800 an acn through the medium of pecan orchards, o anything else; but we do believe that witl the intelligence of our people directed int< proper channels, there is room for vast im provement over present cond itious. But there is nothing wrong about th< splendid picture that is presented by Mr Post. We cannot be certain that he doe not exaggerate possibilities. Even if he does ' -1 A n l?v HQ mere is no narui uuuc. /u uc ? ?> ?. may divide hiB figures by four and still th< profits are immense. Ou the other hand, i the whole outlay should prove a total failure the loss will he quite trifling. The subject of fruit or nut culture is on< that has never received a great deal of at tention in this section. But that is no argu ment against the wonderful possibilities o such an industry. Possibly, if the portion! of California and Florida that are now yield ing such princely revenues from their frui and nut groves, had been settled by farmer from this section, those groves would have never furnished a precedent to which Mr Post could have referred. On the contrary it is more probable that those sections, like our own, would now be wrestling with thi great problem of how to get a living out of i cotton patch. Nbw, we do not believe for an instant tlia the fruit and nut growers of California aw Florida are endowed with one whit more intelligence than are our own farmers. Fur thermore, we believe that it is a question o very serious doubt as to whether they have any material advantage over us in the mattei of soil or climate. Their advantage is owinj largely to the accident of a better start, ani it is posssble to do right here in South Caro lina as much as has been or can be done ii Florida or anywhere else. It is true that we cannot grow orauges lemons, banannas and pineapples; bit w< can grow peaches, apples, grapes, plums cherries and many other kinds of fruits tha have just as great a market value as any thing that Florida can produce. The onh trouble is that we have never tried it Most of our people seem to think that be cause cotton has been our sole dependence for the past three generations, it must al ways be so. And when the rime comes tha' this staple will no longer furnish a living we must starve to death. But this will nev er do. The intelligence of our people is fai above the drudgery of raising cotton. Tin - * " x <*--11-. ? truth ot the mailer is tiiui mny oue-uuu u the people of York could abandon the croj entirely, even next year, and not sutler tin loss of one cent in their income. It requires more time, more labor, more skill, more cap ital and more intelligence to make a crop o cotton, than it does to make auy other croj we grow. And we have it ou the authori thy of some of the most successful farmers that were ever known in York county, tha: with less than half of the care and attentioi j that is required for cott ?a, we could ge j larger returns from at h ist a half dozei I other crops. ! But this is not exactly the point that w< i are seeking to develop. We desire to cal ! special attention to the pecan tree, and i I you are inclined to take our advice in tin j matter, you are not called upon to abandoi cotton, corn or anything else. All you ari ' asked to do is to procure a few dollars' wortl j of seed and devote two or three days to tin | plauting of pecans. If you have faith in th< 1 matter and the nerve to do so, it will be wel | to lay off twenty-five or thirty acres am ; plant a regular grove. If. however, you d< | uot see fit to do this, suppose you go at it 01 : a smaller scale. Procure your seed and plan j them in your front yard, along the l'enci ! rows, and especially down in the creek uni | branch bottoms?anywhere and evewhen I that you would not object to having a nic< i shade tree. Then, in the course of ten o : twelve years, it is quite probable that yoi ! will find that you have made an investmen i that will always prove a handsome source o j revenue for your children. The proper time to plant is this fall, eithe j in September, October or November. Tin I seed may be hud at any confectionery store but we would not advise any one to us i these. Besides being stale, they are usuall; j of a very inferior quality. Mr. Post has sen 1 us a few specimens that ure nearly twice a large as any we have ever seen. They ar< said to be of the very best variety?the Texa j soft shell?and those who intend to plan had better write to Mr. Herbert Post for tin ! necessary seed, ills address is rori \\ orm Texas. EXTERMINATOIUUNES SENTENCED. Robert T. Jones, the 1 anions family exter minator of Edgefield county, whose eonvic I tion of manslaughter at Lexington, was men I tioned last week, was, on last Thursday sentenced by Judge Fruser to twcnty-on ' years in the penitentiary. This ease has figured in the courts for til I past six years, and nearly every newspape reader is more or less familiar with it. It history is about as follows: In November, 1880, C. F. Press ley and lj j T. Jones purchased a tract of land from th Siuking Fund commission. They paid par down and were to pay the balance iu thre annual installments. The installments wer i not paid, and the land reverted to the Stati I After this, Charles F. ITessley, on his owi responsibility, rented tin- land from the Sink ing Fund commission, and together with hi father, Edward Pressley, Sr., and his brothei ! Edward Pressley, Jr., and Jones, who ha< married his niece, continued to live on it. Though Charley Pressley now eonsiderei j himself as a renter of the land, Jones stil I claimed an interest in it on the grounds of th j forfeited payment. This caused the misuii j derstanding that resulted iu the murders, j On the morning of November IS, 188;" the Pressleys begun plowing up a piece t laud that Jones claimed for himself. A soon as he saw what was going on, June i- got his gun and went to the scene of opera>> tion. He addressed himself to Charley * Pressley with the remark, "Charley, did I " not tell you not to work this land until it ^ was decided who had the right to plant it ?" e ! This question he followed up by raising his s gun and firing both burrels into Charley's l> side, killing him instantly. At this, Ed? ward Pressley, Jr., advanced on Jones with s a stone, intending to strike him. Jones ran n away and Pressley followed for some distance, n j At length Jones turned with his knife, and e j waiting until Pressley came up, literally ?- j hacked him to pieces. After this, accord* j ing to the testimony that has been develop? i ed, Jones coolly reloaded his gun and started g back to his house. On the way he met the [. aged and palsied father of the two boys, if Approaching to within ten feet of the old man, the iiend again raised his murderous - gun, and with the remark, "Dog gou you, I will kill you too," blazed away again. All * three were killed in less than ten minutes. Immediately after completing his bloody work, Jones went to Edgefield court house and surrendered himself to the sheriff?it is said to save himself from being lynched. 80 ended the first chapter of the tragedy. The second chapter is a horrible travesty, showing to a sickening extent the power of the lawyers in defeating the ends of justice. The case first came to trial in March, 1886. On this occasion the indictment was for the murder of Charley Pressley, and the jury failed to agree. In the following March the case came up again. This time the defendant wus tried for the murder of the palsied 1 and helpless old man. Somehow or other, ' it is impossible to tell how, the jury ree turned a verdict of manslaughter. Judge e Norton sentenced Jones to twenty-five years 1 e in the penitentiary. The lawyers took an e appeal to the supreme courf. A new trial 1 was granted, and after three or four more c attempts to secure justice, Solicitor Nelson - finally mauaged to get a change of venue to e Lexiugton county. After being continued r over one or two more terms, the case finally 1 came to trial last week. The jury rendered y another verdict of "manslaughter," and - Judge Fraser, subtracting the four years that have elapsed since the last sentence, gave 3 Jones twenty-one years. In view of all that has occurred, perhaps 3 it is not yet safe to say whether or not the , matter is ended. Maybe Jones will serve 3 out his sentence, and maybe he will not. s But whether he does or not, the disgraceful t' light that has been made for him in subver, sion of the ends of justice, will prove a priceless heritage to the murderers who may 3 follow in his tracks. A VERY UGLY CASE, f Mr. W. J. Thackston, clerk to the super3 intendent of education, is in trouble. He is the owner of The Palmetto School Journal, ^ presumably published in the interest of edu, cation in this State. In order to extend the !5 , circulation of the Journal, he recently sent out to the school commissioners of the various counties, a circular letter which contained I the following: "The State board, with ourselves, most earn3 estly desire that every trustee should receive 1 The Journal, and by resolution of the State l>oard, trustees are authorized to subscribe for the same and issue an order on county treasurers t in payment for same." 1 The Columbiu State got hold of the matter ? aud gave it to the public. The question . arose "Where did the State board get the f power to confer such authority on the school ? commissioners ?" This threw the matter on : r the State board, and one of its members de- j r nied that the resolution intimated was ever 1 passed. With this denial, all eyes came . back on Mr. Thackston. It now develops t that it is a matter of considerable doubt as to whether there is such a resolution, and until Mr Thuckston can prove its existence, s he is in an exceedingly uncomfortable position. t In the meantime he has published the following card in defense of his position: The editor and owner of The Palmetto School 1 Journal has been made the target fojr some sharp . shooting by a number of newspapers, many of whom have attempted to attribute to him the miwiniiut nf iimftvou and have labor lunirai anu uioauvov ?? ? %/?. . v?v j ed painfully to show that not only this journal ana its editor, hut also others, have attempted a high handed game of treason and robbery, and t are guilty of jobbery and incipient rottenness. The acts of the publication and its owner and ? editor are always amenable to a just and fair - public sentiment. Nothing has been done in the dark. There has never been auy attempt to conceal anything. > The Journal came into jiossession of its present f owner some time last March. Some negotiations 1 were made with a gentleman who is a printer in ) Columbia, looking towards the printing of The , Journal and becoming interested in its publica" tion in order to advertise his goods to teachers, i No agreement was reached. Since that time no one but myself has in any manner been interested in The Journal financially or otherwise, f No one has ever been solicited in any manner, . directly or indirectly, to become interested iinancially or otherwise. It was with a profound conviction that such a . publication could be made a great power for good in the improvement of the administration t of the affairs of the public schools of the State, that induced me to assume the publication of this same Journal. This belief was strengthened by t the experience of other States. The Pennsylvania . School Journal, now about sixty years old, is the i most notable instance, and is tne official means j of communication between the department of, , education and school officers. At one time iu Virginia, theStutesuperintend- I 1 ent of education made direct cpntribuion from f State funds to the support of school publication j of that State. I am not positive, out think ' 1 that the amount was something like one-third of the total expenses. The State superintendent of education, of Ar2 kansas, is associate editorof The Journal of Ed. ucation of that State. A former State superintendent of education of j 2 Alabama was joint editor of The Educational 2 Exchange and conducted an official department u in the same. He still retains his interest and 1 edits the publication in question, while uu otfij cial department is conducted by the present superintendent of education of that State. i A careful study of the schools and school . system of the State as well uu as experience of six or more years, bus led to the belief, t that a better administration of the atfairs J ofthe common schools, under 'present circumL stances, can only be had by giving the trustees 1 more light and more assistance in the discharge e of their duties. L ; The only question was how to reach them. 2 ! Some U, 100, according to the report of the superj. j intciulent for 18!K). Allur a good ileal of thought j the plan which has brought so much wrath upon l ; my lieud was deemed feasible by me, and uprop4 oshion to that effect was made to the Stute board _ I of examiners. The result of this was announced f. in u double-leuded puge in the April number of j The Journal (p. which was published about I the last of April or first of May. This announcer i ment was followed later by a circular letter which has been published. That plan wus one 1 , conceived to be tne best to effect tliceudsdesired. < It was not iu any manner concealed or hidden. L, J There was no scheme to filch money from | the taxpayers, to get something for nothing. In y i no way were trustees forced to take The Jouruul. I The matter was entirely voluntary, tirst with the commissioners, then with the trustees. If s any person or newspapers desire to impugn the p authority of the State board of examiners, the courts areopen. The Journal has never contain s I Hi one Item Uiai coum in any iiiiiiiiicj uu iun* 1st rued as political or partisan. Nothing hus | been printed that eould be construed to no an i* i attempt to "boom" politically or otherwise any person. The aim is openly and avowedly for ' | the promotion of the educational interests of the i State. The most searching investigation is eor1 dially invited. The results will show that in no thought or acts have any but the purest motives , | for the best interests ot the common schools of "j the State prompted my action as an individual - j or othe rwise. 1 The above is a plain, simple statement of the " j facts, and, with these noted, I am quite willing , to be judged by a fair-minded and diserimina; ting public. \V. J. Thackston. SOUTH CAROLINA I NIVKKSITY. i*| The board of trustees of the South Curo?' i Una I'niversity met in Columbia on Tuesday s of last week for the purpose of electing a president and additional professors. lTofessor E. S. Joynes was elected to l lie chair of e modern languages, and the chair of ancient t languages will he tilled by Dr. K. L. Button, e The board eould not agree on a president, e There were two prominent candidates?Dr. ' James Wood row, of Columbia, and \\\ ('. Bcnn et, Ksq? of Abbeville. Between these two - there was a tie, each receiving eight votes. Failing to elect, the matter was postponed to \ the lirst week in August. Who the coming J man is nobody knows. It is clear that the ; board cannot agree on either Dr. Wood row or * * ' "" .... . . 1 1 1 4 1. . 4 4 1. .. ii Mr. Henet, and ll is quite proname mai null trusters will have to go outside of the State e for a man who will he ueceptahle to the nut* i-! jority. . ? A l-eeeiit eensus bulletin sliows a decrease of one in the population of the dead town of " 1 Hamburg during the past (en years. In sjlHSU the population of this town wus -lSf?. s; lu lbliu, it wus 4s4. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. B. N. Moore?Get Your Goal Now. W. W. Barron?Warning. Lowry<i Starr?Kill the Flies?Fruit Jars an Rubbers?Royal Baking Powder?Paiil Your Buggy?Wheat Threshers. M. ifc H. C. Strauss?Do not miss this Opportu nity. Beard A Inman?Hot Weather. Geo. T. Schorb?"Steinway" Pianos. Frew Bros. A Keesler, Roek Hill, S. ('.?Slight ly Mixed. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?We are on Deck. T. B. McClain?Mark the Spot! Roek Hill Machine Works and Foundry, Roc Hill. s. f!.?Manufacturers of and Dealei ill Engines, Boilers and Gins. ESCAPE OP A YORK CONVICT. David Darby, a colored convict from Yor county, escaped from the penitentiary yar last Thursday morning and is still at largi Darby was convicted at the March, 188' term of the circuit court, of stealing a hors from Dr. Win. G. Curapbell, of McConnells ville, and was sentenced by Judge Pressle to live years at hard labor in the penitentis ry. He is about twenty-five years of agt very black five feet seven inches high, au has a scar on his right cheek, and anothe on his thumb. DEATH OP WILLIAM HOSE, Jr. Mr. William Rose, Jr., formerly of York ville, but for many years a citizen of Colum bia, died in that city on last Sunday morn ing from congestion of the brain. On ac count of his critical condition and for mor skillful treatment, Mr. Rose was, on Fridaj by the advice of his physician, committed t the asylum. *e was unconscious at th time and never recovered his faculties: Mi Rose was a son of our former townsman Mr. W. E. Roee, and at the time of his deat' was in the 41st year of his age. His remain were interred in the family plat in th Yorkville cemetery, last Monday afternoon the funeral services being conducted b; Rev. K. 8. Nelson, rector of the Episcopa church. His mother, and his sisters?Misse Mamie and Julia?accompanied the remain to Yorkville. BETHEL PRESBYTERY. A called meeting of Bethel Presbyter; was held at the residence of Rev. Dr. T. R English, in this place, last Monday evening the following members beiug present: Revs B. P. Reid, C. Eraser, D. Harrison, T. R English, and Elders u. Jj. mcrveei aim c A. Crawford. The meeting was opened with prayer b Rev. B. P. Reid, and Rev. Dr. English actei as secretary. The object of the meeting wa discharged as follows: Olivet church having reluctantly consent ed to a disolution of its relations with Re\ C. Eraser, Mr. Fraser, was given a dismissioi to Atlanta Presbytery. Bethel church was given permission t prosecute the call of Rev. D. S. McAllistei of Pee Dee Presbytery. There being no further business the meet ing adjourned. YORK BY TOWNS AND TOWNSHIPS. We have just received a copy of the cen sus bulletin for South Carolina which give the population of the State by minor civil di visions. The population of York count; townships is as follows: | 18H0. 1880 Bethel, i 3,017 2JSi Bethesdu, 4,741 3,? Broad River, 1 2,1.70 2,2 Bullock's Creek, 3,601 3^ Catawba 8,678 4,4-1 Cherokee, ' 3,304 2,4i Ebenezer, 2,705 2,21 Fort Mill, 3,244 2,8? King's Mountain, 3,451 2,tfi York 3,287 4,2; Total 38,831 30,7J The population of the various towns i the county is as follows: nwoTTTtwo Rock Hill, 1 2,744 W Blacksburg, ! 1,245 h Fort Mill t>8? 2! Clover ' 287 ' Yorkvllle, 1,5531 1,3: Total in towns, (>,518 2,8 CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. K. S. Nelson, rectoi Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. Sundaj school at 5 p. m. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D pastor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow afternoo at 6 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 10.3 o'clock a. m. and 8.30 o'clock p. m. Sundaj school at 5 p. m. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. R nr.. jj?il Pmiuai?.nHip.tin(r thi? fiVfiT V? UUUC1I, JIUBIUI. 1 luj U.V.....Q ing at 8.30 o'clock. Service s next Sunday s 10.30 a. m. and 8.30 p. m. Sunday-school c 5 o'clock p. m. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. ?' C. Galloway, pastor. Tirzuh?Services lies Sunday at 11 o'clock a. in. Yorkville?Sue day-school at 4.30 p. ui. Services Sunda' evening at 8.30 o'clock. Baptists-Rev. Robert G. Put rick, pastoi Yorkville?Prayer-meeting to-morrow ever ing at 8.30 o'clock. Services next Sunda at 10.30 u. in. and 8.30 p. m. Sunday-schoc 4.30 o'clock p. in. Union?Sunday-school a 2 o'clock p. in. PECANS IN YORKVILLE. Apropos of the articles on pecan cultun in this issue, it is of interest to know thu there are two pecan trees in Yorkville, bot bearing fruit. One is in the yurd of Mr. 1 E. Finley, and bears about live or six bushel peraunum. The other is near the residenc of Mr. F. A. Gilbert, on Main street, but u I yet does not bear a great many nuts. Mi J Finley's tree was originally planted aboil i the year 1859 by Mr. John Dennis, Sr., dt i ceased. It was afterward cut down, an j the present tree is a sprout from the stunii The history of the other tree is soiuewhs ! similar. It was originally planted by Ml | James Jetlerys, deceased, and ubout the tim | it commenced bearing, was destroyed by tli j big fire of 1873. A sprout which made il j appearance the next year was given curefi attention, and it finally developed into tli handsome tree which at present ornament that portion of the street. The nuts froi both trees ure quite rich and palatable, bi they are not of very large size, the seed froi which they sprung not having been selecte with regard to quality. AS TO COCA-COLA. Lust week the statement was made tin Messrs. Lowry & Starr had discontinued tli I sale of "coca-cola" until they could invest ! gate the truth of an imputation that the bei eruge contained cocaine in such quantities t ' to iusiduously bring on the dreadful cocaiu | habit. They have written to the lnamifai j turer, Mr. Asa 1). Candler, of Atlanta, an I he replies as follows : ; '-There is 110 truth whatever in the squi which uppeared in The Constitution to whic I you allude. In the issue of the 1311), of tin j paper, you will find a complete reply then j to, upon the truth of which 1 stake the ei i tire business." j The reply to which Mr. Candler refers i follows: I Kditor ('Destitution : There Hp pours in the eo | minis of your paper this morning; u notice < "coca-coin," a preparation which I have her ' manufacturing and selling largely in this an j other coiniuuiiities for the past three years, as soda fountain beverage, to the principal dealer | who have dispensed it to the very best people 1 the community which they serve. For nearl twenty years 1 have lived in Atlanta and bet I known prominently as a druggist. Among t! citizens of this place 1 think I have a great man friends to whom I can refer for endorsement that 1 have endeavored to live above rcproacl never manifesting a desire to build up my ow interests at theexpense of theirs. | As to coca-cola, if your "thoughtful citizen will tind one person in all this country who is cocaine user by reason of havingdrank coca-col then I plead guilty to their charges. In a nan pldct which I issue and distribute at much e: ; jicnse, I plainly state that among a great man other things which enter into its composition v j use cocaine leaves. I have no objection to sta ingjust here that one gallon of coca-cola syrii] which makes 1'iM glasses, as dispensed from tl I soda fountains, contains one-half ounce ofgrci 'coca leaves, which are treated with hot water. If your thoughtful citizen and prominent pin sieiun have got as much sense as they lack r gurd for correct speaking, tlicy can readily si ! that a gallon of this syrup would not produce an decided effects attributable to cocaine. ; Without any investigation as to who is usii coca-cola, 1 feci confident that 1 can truthful I say that everv prominent minister, a number i , our most skilled physicians, together with uin I tenths of the business men, including all prole 1 sioiis, are and have been for at least three yea constant patrons of ooca-cola. Because a man once tries it and finds it to be a prompt restorer of bis energies and goes back und gets it again and again, should not bean argument against its use any more than against the recall of our family physician who restores to life and health the 4 members of our family. That some people use i too much of it is not its fault or mine, but I have yet to hear o;' a single case having been injured l" thereby. The popularity of the beverage is caused as much by judicious advertising that he.s been done for it, aa by its own genuiue merits. We trust that as you have doubtless carelessly * permitted the attack to be me.de, you will as carefully insert this plain statement of my side of the case. Respectftilly, Asa D. Candler. In view of these statements, Messrs Low-1 s ry & Starr will of course continue the sale of "coca-co la" to those of their customers who may call for it. A BOUT PEOPLE. I Col. W. :B. Wilson is at Glenn's Springs, j " I Mr. R. A. Parish has gone to Washington > on business. e Miss Mamie Johnson is visiting friends in i- Shelby, N. C. y Miss Ella Avery, of Ebenezer, is visiting Mrs. J. O. Walker. Miss Elfreida Nail, of Chester, is visiting ,' friends in this place. Miss Hattie Bratton is spending this week r with friends in Winnsboro. Mrs. R. E. Knox, of Blacksburg, is in i Yorkville visiting relatives. Mrs. Jap. Smith and Mr. James Bynum, of Blacksburg, are visiting in Yorkville. " Miss Mfiggie Glenn is in Winnsboro visiti ing her sister, Mrs. Wade H. Willi ford. ! Rev. A. A. Gilbert and his son Johnnie, e are visiting Mr. F. A. Gilbert, of Yorkville. r Miss Mary Van Ness, of Charlotte, N. C., ' is in Yorkville, visiting Miss Emmie Hanao . han. e Mr. Horace H. Beard is spending ten ' days' in recreation at Cleveland Mineral i, Springs. h ' Mr. A. E. Gonzales, general agent of The 8 State, is in Yorkville in the interest of his e PaperMrs. J?.cob Battle, of Rocky Mount, N. '? C., is in Yorkville visiting relatives and y friends. d Mr. Joan D. McNeel, who graduated at a the South Carolina University last week, has g returned to Yorkville. . Mrs. W. E. Faulconer and children, of Virginia, are in Yorkville, the guests of Mrs. G. W. 8. Hart. Rev. J. L. Harley, of the Rock Hill circuit, , filled the pulpit at Trinity Methodist church last Sunday night. ? Mrs. J. B. Wood, Miss Mamie Woods and ' Master Charlie Wood, of Chester, are visiting in this place. !. Mr. S. M. McNeel left yesterday afternoon for a few days' recreation at Cleve, land Mineral springs. * Mrs. .H. C. Strauss, of Yorkville, leaves for Columbia to-day to attend a meeting of s the Women's Missionary society. Mr. C harlie Simmons returned home last Monday from a short visit to Cleveland , Mineral Springs. u Mrs. W. H. Crossley returned home last Friday after an extended and pleasant visit to her old home in Bloomsburgh, i'a. 0 r Rev. R. G. Patrick is in Wiirnsboro this week assisting the pastor of the Baptist church at that place in a protracted meeting. Mrs. Dr. Waddell, who, with her children, has been visiting her son, Rev. G. H. Waddell, at this place, has returned home. Mrs. J. T. Prince and children, of Colurabia, and Miss Nellie O'Donnelly, of Atlanta, g Gu., are visiting Mrs. C. G. Parish. , " James B. Bell, Esq., who has been t ravel'* ing in North Carolina in the interest of the y Mutual Insurance company, has returned to Yorkville. Miss Bessie Carroll, Rev. J. C. Galloway, ~ and Messrs. W. W. Jenkins and Walter T. 11 Barron, are attendiug the commencement HI exercises of Due West Female college. ia On last Thursday we received a pleasant U pop call from Mr. John H. Sizelan, superinu tender! of the Holler and Anderson Buggy || factory at Rock Hill. Mr. James Tiddy, an ornamental marble 13 &nd stone cutter, of Clifton, has been ein11 ployed by Mr. T. B. McClain to take charge of the mechanical department of the York7 ville marble yard. Mr. Tiddy will move - his family to this place shortly. is Mre. Martha Robertson, who has been in Yorkville for the past month visiting )b Mrs. C. J. Robertson, left on the south bound Three C's train Monday afternoon for her home in Broad Run, Va., accompanied by her niece, Miss Fannie Robertson. r< LOCAL LACONICS. ?The Yorkville Graded Schools will close their second session to-day. ? ?Prof. R. Morrison, of Camden, delivered 11 a lect ure before the I. O. G. T. lodge last 0 Monday night. '* ?J. B. Barnes, an itinerant engraver, was committed to jail last Friday, by Trial Justice Camp, charged v.'ith a breach of trust. l" ? The I. O. G. T. of this place will tmderlt take to establish a public library in Yorkville. It is proposed to raise the necessary funds by means of subscriptions, entertainments, etc. ^ ?A subscription paper, carried around :t Yorkville last Thursday, in the interest of 'j the proposed monument to ex-President y' Jefferson Davis, netted about ninety dollars. ? At a preliminary hearing before Comr missioner Pride, in Rock Hill, last Monday, l" Lige Brooks, colored, was bound over to the y August term of IT. S. court, at Greenville, for retailing liquor. ?A postal card from Gastonia informs us . that there are four car loads of telegraph poles lying at that place, to be used in putting; up the proposed line along the narrow gauge railroud. ]i ? The attention of gin and machinery owners is called to the advertisements of la Messrs. Creighton, Bherfessee &. Co., of Rock e Hill. These gentlemen may be depended upon to do all kinds of reparing in a first r_ class manner at reasonable prices, it ? On account of the large quantity of grass ?. that the farmers have to tight just now, the d trial justices are doing a big business trying broach of contract cases. Wages are very . hii'h. and aereut deal of the contract labor r< is inclined to tuke advantage of the situation. e ? On last Wednesday afternoon Mr. W. e H. C'roasley, received a pen of line registered s Plymouth Koek and Wyundotte chickens il from Illinois. The chickens cuine by express ,e and were in a healthy condition, showing 110 bod effects from the long journey of nearly n athousand miles. it ? We are requested to announce that the a Yjrkville lodge of I. O. li. T., will serve ice d cream and other refreshments at their quarters in the old Masonic hull, next Friday evening. The proceeds from the refreshments are to be used in fitting up the hull. The public is'invited. 10 ? What is the mutter with your pension warrants, Gen. Kllerbe? It was uniiouncud two weeks ago that all the old soldiers "would be made happy 011 the loth ie instant." Here it is the 28rd and they are not happy yet. The old soldiers ami soldiers ^ widows are getting very impatient, and they would like to know what all this delay is "'about. Are you in Coluuibiu utteuding to ^ 11 usiness, or are you running ubout the coun\m try having a good time ? i-1 ? Joseph A. Walker, who lives about seven I miles north of Yorkville, brought some cuis I l ions specimens of hen egg.- to this office last | Friday. The eggs were four in number, 1- j varying in size from those of a blue bird to ,jj something larger than a partridge egg. d They were laid by a Leghorn pullet eleven " 1 weeks old, and Wulker says that after the 11 I hen commenced laying, she luid one egg ev,-i ery other day, producing one size larger at ie' each effort. The eggs, of course, contained l5[ t no yolk ; but the early age at which the hen 1, | commenced business is considered something ". unusual. 11 ! I.ml'oktant to Hoi'sktveki'kks and (>th"*1 kks.?Hero is something, which if true, per1 sons who are troubled with house Hies duri.v i ing tiie siuuiner, ought to know. The New .u I York Star says: |ti i A friend of mine living up in Madison aveie line says helms discovered ally destroyer that discounts all lly poisons that have yet | been put in use. lutst spring he went into , the country and brought back with him, jo 1 when he returned, a number of bunches of 'J* clover blossoms. Me hung them in his room to ornament the walls. The clover dried, ly ami since then he says not a tly will stay in the room, lie watched and studied, and ? says he has discovered that tliescannot stand is the scent of dried clover. MERE-MENTION. Virginia is moving in a proposition to provide separate railroad cars for whites and blacks. The steamer City of Richmond arrived at Liverpool last Thursday, with her cargo on fire. The fire had been raging for several days and the passengers were in great fear for their lives. A fast express on the Illinois Central system was wrecked near New Orleans, La., last Friday. Six persons were killed and about twenty wounded. The sub-treasury at New York cashed 46,000 pension checks last Friday. The checks, piled one on another, made a stack eighteen and a half feet high and represented 11,732,775. Serapio 8erpa, a well known tobacco merchant, of New York, committed suicide last Wednesday. It is said that his mind was unbalanced by the intense heat. Gen. John M. Schofield, commander-in-chief of the army of the United States, was married last Thursday to Miss Georgia Kilbourue, of Keokuk, Iowa. Miss Kilbourne is about 26. The general is a widower and over 60. McCrystal and Coouey, two of the New Orleans jury bribers, ntoi.o nnnnlntnil Inst waolr nnfl HAnt.PnCf>d to one year each in the penitentiary. The Republicans of Ohio last week unanimously nominated McKinley for governor of the State. Frank P. Slavin, an Australian pugilist, whipped Jake Kilrain in a prize fight in New York on Tuesday of last week. The sports are now talking of a fight between Slavin and John L. Sullivan. The People's party in Ohio proposes to make a strong effort to defeat the re-election of John Sherman to the U. S. Senate. The Jews of the United States will soon celebrate the quadri-centennial of the Hebrews in this country as a race, and as Americans. Among other propositions to commemorate the event, is one to erect a heroic statue of Thomas Jefferson as the author of the immortal declaration of independence David Settle Reid, exgovernor of North Carolina, died at his home at Reidville, N. C., last Saturday. Mayor Hemphill, of Atlanta, has created a sensation by vetoing beer licenses in that city. Heretofore, liquor saloons have been prescribed to a certain area, and beer saloons have been allowed all over the city. The effect of the mayor's veto is to confine the sale of beer to the prescribed whisky limits. Reports from all over the South last Friday indicate the raising of quite a large sum of money for the Jeff' Davis monument fbnd. Letters addressed to the members of the Georgia legislature, by The Atlanta Journal, develop the fact that it is not probable that the State will make an appropriation for an exhibit at the World's fair. Reports from Keutucky, Illinois and Kansas, are to the effect that portions - ' ? ? U.. or tnose BiaiCS were Vioiicu vy ucsiiuvmt wind and rain storms last Saturday. After the Fourth of July there will be 44 stars in the United States flag. The Florida legislature has been polled on the presidential question. It stands: Cleveland, 43; Hill, 35; Polk, 13; Palmer, 2; Campbell, 1; Harrison, 1. Loantaka, a here! tofore unknown horse, was the winner in [ the great "surburbun" races at Sheepshead Bay, New York, on Tuesday of last week. Business failures occurring throughout the country for the week ending last Friday night, number for the United States 224, Cunada 29. Total 253, against 244 last week. Miss Elaine Goodale, the well known New England poetess, was last Thursday married to Dr. Charles Eastman, a half breed Sioux Indiau. Jacob Scheele, a German saloon keeper, was hanged at New Canaan, Conn., last Thursday. He spent the preceding night gambling with his jailers and won all their money. Secretary Noble says that there is no foundation for the rumor that he intends to resign. The Portuguese government proposes to introduce a bill to prevent emmigration to the United States. A new statute enacted by the Missouri legislature provides that every storekeeper or corporation employing women must furnish them with seats. The worlds visible supply of cotton is 2,575,259 bales. The New York banks now hold in reserve $16,666,175 in excess of legal requirements. Secretary Blaine, who has been unable to attend to business for the past month or more on account of his physical condition, is said to be improving. The following statement was prepared in the office of the secretary of the treasury as showing the uctuul situation to June 20: Available cash balauce for June 1, exclusive of deposits in national banks, $10,138,473; receipts to Juhe20, $20,072,260; total, $30,210,260. Payments to June 20, (including $18,312,155 for pensions,) $Z0,7Yi,suu, leaving an available balance on June 20 of $3,438,1)34. An excursion train of fifteen cars was wrecked near Oak Point, Cal., last week. One person was killed and forty others were more or less seriously injured. The leaders of the Democratic party in Virginia are said to be opposed to the nomination of Cleveland in 1892. A Philadelphia dispatch suys that within the next few days a monster petition, containing the names of over 300,000 Americans, will be sent to the Czar of Russia praying him to deal kindly with his political prisoners. The name of Davidson College postoflice in Mecklenburg county, N. C., has been changed to "Davidson." Three girls, domestics in the employ of Otto Gibhard, of New York, were found dead in their beds, last Friday morning. They had been suffocated by gas. Siuce last February I the public debt of the United States has in! creased $2,544,363. Miss S. B. Packhard, principal of Spellmau seminary in Atlanta, Ga., died at Washington lust Sunday. Northern and Western capitalists are buying up gold mine properties in Rutherford county, N. C. In former days that county produced large quantities ofgold, but during the past twenty years few of its minea have been worked. THE SILVER COMMITTEE'S ADDRESS. The national executive silver committee met in New York last Friday and Saturday, There were present Gen. A. J. Warner, ol Ohio, chairman ; Francis (J. Newlands ol Nevada, vice-chairman ; L. M. Ramsey, ot Missouri, and Lee Crandell, of Washington, secretaries ; and Senators Jones and Stewart, of Nevada. As the result of their deliberations the committee gave out a long address to the public, in which it says : "The nutiunal executive silver committee desires to cull the attention of the country tc the object lesson which is being exhibited ! in the desperate struggle of great financial 1 institutions on both sides of the Atlantic ti ! increase their gold reserves to avoid bankruptcy and ruin, und that any increuse by one necessarily diminishes the reserves ol the other." An argument in favor of bi-metallism follows, in the course of which the address says : "Had it not been for the increased coinugt J of silver under the act of July, 1890, wt ! could not have stood the drain of gold thai I has recently been going on without the prej cipitation of a panic, and the prostration ol | business. "hold and silver without unm ure money by the constitution, and this money must be restored to the people. This is the paramount issue in this country, and should bt made such in the election this year. All other issues are involved in this, and cannol J be separated from it. The power to wipe, j out the fraud of 1873 is with the people and they should see that no one is given tin 1 power to represent them in the legislatun j id' the country, or in the senate of the I'nij ted States, who cannot he depended upon | to advocate and vote for the full restorej tion of silver to its constitutional place a? I money equally with gold." The address quotes the silver plank in | the platform of the Ohio Republicans, whicli ! it calls a' pretended silver plank," and says : j "We regret that the Republican State con1 vention of Ohio, has practically declared | against the free use of silver as money, and I in favor of treating it as an ordinary com j modity. It is true, the convention paid ti 'silver the compliment which vice pays ti I virtue, by adopting the cuttle-fish policy o darkening the waters to conceal its purpose j The danger of openly advocating gold monopoly forced the leaders of that convention to attempt to conceal from the people theii true sentiments by the use of misleading and | ambiguous language.' I "If the silver of the world and all that can j be produced, cannot be restored to its place las money to supplement gold, bankruptcy land ruin are inevitable unless some othei kind ot money shall be devised to take tin j place of both, l.et the Ohio convention, rep ' resenting the gold trust, take warning thai I if silver cannot be remoneti/.cd, gold will la I demonetized and paper substituted for hot I 'gold and silver. The people will not be de jstroyedfor the want of money. The gob j trust, by rejecting one of the precious met I als, has taught how both may be rejected The radicalism of the Republican party of Ohio for contraction is in danger of being met by radicalism for inflation. The time ai for subterftige and ambiguity of language is past. Platforms intended to deceive voters w are insulting to the intelligence of the Amer- S can people. LETTER FROM'SMYRNA. a! tl Fighting the Grass?The Bread Supply? Smyrna Depot?Damage to the Fruit. e] Correspondence of The Yorkville Enquirer. Smyrna, June 22.?The crop prospects up- d pear quite gloomy jast now. * Pact is, most of us are raising two arops on the same is ground?a crop ofcotton and a crop of grass, o Though we are fighting the latter as well as ji we know how, it looks as though it is about to get the best of us. Some are despondent, \ others are pretty well satisfied with the situ- C ation, -and this is about how the matter | is HUinUH. u The bread supply has been growing to be 1 quite an item recently, but that seems to be si coming around all right now. Wheat has been harvested, the blackberry crop is on, \ and after all we stand a first-rate chance of F coming out of the trouble right side up. v The side track on the Three C's at this a place has been graded, and they are now v waiting a few days for the weather to settle g before commencing further operations. Lum- o ber for the depot is expected soon, and it will a not be a great while before Smyna is in line with the other towns. b The wheat crop has about all been har- c vested. It turns out pretty fair, but is rath- 1 er lighter than most people supposed it o would be. There are some spring oats to a be cut yet. r \Ve had a heavy wind and rain yesterday d morning, and considerable damage was done fi to the fruit trees. Many of their limbs were broken 011 account of their being too heavily ti laden with fruit. brief remarkkr. fi b LETTER FROM T1RZAH. li 8 Heavy Kalua?Flue Cherries?Home from t; Hehool?Other Matters. n Correspondence of The Yorkvllle Enquirer. li Tirzah, June 22.?Our section had the heaviest rain last Friday evening that we d ever saw fall. It only lasted a few minutes, t but was very hard. The farmers have made 1' good use of the fair weather of last week, and all wear a happy smile. f Our young bachelor farmer friend, (who is t not George Washington) reports a cherry i tree from which he has gathered eight bush- 1 els of cherries, and claims that they were as t large as hickory nuts. c Quite a number of young folks are now at a home ou vacation. Among others are Mr. Will Potts, from Old Point; Miss Lillian a Massey, from the Fort Mill Graded School, t Mrs. B. H. Massey, of Fort Mill, is visit- i ing her son, W. T. Massey. > Misses Julia aud Bertha Thornwcll, of fi Fort Mill, are spending vacation with Miss ? Lillian Massey. fi Mr. P. Y. Rudisill is off on a short visit to fi the "Florida Woods," or the North Carolina t "Boggs," we can't say which. fi One of our oldest and highly esteemed cit- ^ izens, Mr. John S. Sadler, has been quite sick for the past week. He is a man with a won- t derful constitution, and to be confined to the 1 house or bed is something new toj.im, even 1 in his old days. 1 The vrork train of the Three C's has been t with us for several days, and is doing some ? Kia aanflAtl nf tllfl VnH/l 1 eiiCL'lIVC >V VI JV VII 1.111(7 o?w?vr*? V( |>MW which, Capt. Moore tells us, is in worse con- t dition than any other part of the whole line. 8 civis. 1 ( LETTER FROM FORT MILL. I t Catchlug up with their Crops?Some have been Forced to Drop a Portion ofthelr Cot- 8 ton?Other Matters. f Correspondence of The Yorkvllle Enquirer. Fort Mill, June 22.?Most of our farm- i era put in six full days last week trying to ( get rid of the grhss, and made good headway. ( They are starting in to-day to repeat the ^ dose, aud if they can get as good weather as ] they had last week, they will come out all ( right. That is, most of them. Some of the largest farmers have already given up a j large portion of their crop. I understand t that one of them has thrown out about sev- j enty-Hve acres. Cotton is at least one month ] behind. Com is generally good, and most ] of that which was earliest planted has al- ? ready been laid by. e A man named Clift was prostrated by sunstroke lust Tuesday, while walking from i Rock Hill to this place, and was brought g here on a dump car by Section Master War- \ ren. He received medical attention at the ^ hands of Dr. Kirkpatrick, und by careful t nursing was brought round all right. When j stricken down he was accompuuied by a young t fellow named Boud. Bond also came to ] Fort Mill, but on the second night after his ] arrival here, being sent after some ice for the j sick man, skipped out and has not been seen t since. Bond was from Chester, but I do not ( know where Clift hails from. ( Just north of here it has been too wet to plow for three days, and those farmers living in the unlucky belt have been engaged help- h ing their neighbors out of the grass. Of t course we will reciprocate as soon us the 8 ground will admit of it. You is' out of the grass. c. 1 I The Weather and The Crops.?The 1 signal service weather crop bulletin for the i week ending last Saturday says: The tern- c perature during the past week has been nor- t ' mal in the gulf region, above normal east f of the Mississippi, and below on the west- f ' ward. The mean daily temperature in Indi- 1 ana and Ohio has been six degrees in excess, t 1 The rainful! during the week has been large- i ly in excess in all districts, except on the im- t mediate lower lakes coast, in the Ohio valley, Middle Atlantic States, except in a few local- 1 ' ities in the interior of Georgia and South 1 Carolina. The greatest excess above nor- i f mal lius been 3.8 inches at Huron, South Da- i f kota, and 2.9 inches at Concordia, Kansas. i Arkansas-Weather favorable for all crops; j t I AvnriiLrw of i I rum never luuivcu ucui.i. . ' wheat and oats, cotton much improved. 1 I More sunshine much needed. 1 Virginia and North Carolina.?Weather i i during the week very favorable for crops. 1 Good wheat harvest already begun in North , Carolina, reported. Corn a little late, but , I improving. l [i South Carolina.?Rainfall and temperature 1 II beneficial to most crops. Cotton three weeks ] J late. Almost too much rain for sandy land. ] Kentucky and Tennessee.?Local showers i , beneficial to all crops, except increasing j fj weeds in some localities. Wheat harvesting t slightly retarded in Tennessee, though a large j yield is promised. Corn, oats and melons < promising; fruit fine. 1. Louisiana and Mississippi.?The rainfall of 1 the week has greatly benefitted all crops.' i ! Cotton and late corn growing finely. Rice i ! planting in Louisiana renewed. j I Texas?Crops in the Southeast guttering !i for rain. Corn above the average, cotton 1 r! growing nicely. Warmth and rain have I greatly improved crops since last week in j1 r I nearly every section of the country. Too 11 > j much rain in some localities has caused some J t | damage from Hoods. I (iovKKNou Tii.i.max's Free Pass.?A1' II number of South Carolina papers have had ( . a great deal to say recently about the fact t j that Governor Tillman holds a free pass on ! >!thc Richmond and Danville railroad. In ' . i view of what the governor had said about 1 . j railroad passes during the campaign, few of ? ij his friends were inclined to believe that he had 1 . accepted one. However, it appears that he | i' has. The Columbia correspondent of The i' j News and Courier asked him about the mat-.) i, ter last Saturday, and developed the factj' i conclusively, (Iovernor Tillinun expressed ' ; himself us looking upon the ugitution of the j1 . subject as contemptible, ami referred the ' I correspondent to his oilieiul letter book, a 1 | part of the public records, for his views upon i . the matter. The letter referred to is ad-!' , dresses 1 to Captain MeBee, of the Richmond j' ,' and Danville, and dated January 2d, 1891. f It is as follows: , i "Pkak Sih?Some time ago I received a pass , ( [ I over the Kichmond and Danville system in South j Carolina, accompanied by your card. My lirst j 1 impulse was to return it, because in the past I i r i have criticised members of the legislature for ae-! [ cepting free passes, and 1 do not care to he' placed in u false position. But alter thinking i over the matter 1 have decided to accept it in the ! 1 i spirit in which, I am sure, you ottered it, because ! i vou know me too well to suppose for an instant ' ( . j 1 could be iutiueiicud by so small a thing. "1 do not want to appear churlish or pieayuuish ! ' | in mistakingu courtesy for a bribe. 1 will'there* ! j tore, keep it and use it as occasion otters. .1 "Thanking you kindly, 1 am yours very truly,1, . B. K. Tl I.I.MAN, "iiovernor of South Carolina." i1 ? T. I>. McKlroy, supervisor of registra-! i - lion for I .aureus county, has been removed j 1 from otlice by (Iovernor Tillman on the!; - ground of "habitual drunkenness and neg- j . I lect id' duty." j; SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Jones, the Edgefield family exterminator, rrlved at the penitentiary last Friday. ? An aged negro named Gideon Chaffers as killed in Columbia by lightning last unday. ? Moses Young, colored, the former slave ad carriage driver of< John C. Calhoun, died t his home in Pickens on the 10th inst., at le age of 100 years. ? Col. J. L. Orr, of Greenville, has been iected president of the Piedmont Manufaciring company, vice Col. H. P. Hammeit, eceased. ?SenatorH, A. Meetze, of Lexipgton, has sued a pamphlet setting forth a/analogue f his qualifications for the vacant chief isticeship. ? The thirteenth annual roeqting of the Roman's Missionary Society of the South 'aroliua Conference of the Methodist church, i to be held in Columbia this week, begining to-morrow and closing on Monday next, 'he sessions will be held in the Washington treet Metnoaisi cnurcn. ? Greenville News: A young man named Westmoreland accidentally shot himself at 'elzer on Saturday and may die from the round. He is a son of J. G. Westmoreland nd is about 17 years old. The young man ras trying to get near a snake with a shot un, when the weapon went off. The load f shot entered near the pit of the stomach > nd ranged upward. 7 ? Governor Tillman has ordered the disandment of the Hunter's Volunteers, a olored militia company of Berkely county, 'he cause of this oider is recent interference f members of the company with the civil uthorities. A policeman attempted to arest one of their number for disorderly conuct, and .the other members rescued him rom the officer. ? Columbia State: Governor Tillman, in liking about the proposed granite column ar this State at the World's fair, seemed to e heartily in favor of utilizing one of the irge uncut stones in the eapitol grounds, as uggested.hy Mr. Stewart. The cost of cutIng it will not be very heavy and the matter aay be laid before the next sessiou of the sgislature. ? Jane Merritt, a white woman, was found ' lead on the Richmond and Danville railroad rack near Washington street, Columbia, ast Saturday morning. She had been run / ver by an engine and her head was mashed rom her body. The trainmen testified that hey discovered the body immediately alter t was run over, and upon making an examnation it was perfectly cold. It is supposed hat the woman either committed suicide ir was murdered and placed on the track in in attempt to cover up the crime. ? Following are the twenty largest cities ind towns in South Carolina, according to heir rank, with the population of each: Charleston, 54,955; Columbia, 16,353; Greenville, 8,607; Spartanburg, 5,544; Sumter, 3,- ' 165; Beaufort, 3,587; Camden, 3,533; Florence, 3,395; Newberry, 3,025; Anderson, iaio. ?nV.iiBr? 00flX . nonrarAfnwn. 2. ?,U10 , VIOUgsuuij, ??-o , 195; Rock Hill, 2,744; Cheater, 2,703; Clifon, 2,639; Piedmont, 2,436; Darlington, 2,189; Aiken, 2,362 ; Laurens, 2,245; Summer- . rille 2,219. ? Col. James N. Lipscomb, former secreary of State, died at Bryson City, N. C., on Tuesday of last week. Col. Lipscomb was a lative of Newberry and and a graduate of he South Carolina College. He served hrough the war and became colonel of a :alvary regiment. He took an active part n the campaign of 1876 and did the State listinguished service. He was first elected eeretary of State in 1832 under Governor Thompson, and also served two years under Jovernor Richardson. Then hfc was ap- < jointed to a position in the Department of he Interior under Cleveland, and in what>ver capacity, he has always held the reipect and esteem of a large number of riends. Arrested for an Old Crime.?A Charotte dispatch to The Atlanta Constitution jf last Sunday says: Sheriff J. P. Hunter, >f Lancaster, 8. C., last night captured a vhite man named John Polk, alias Poe, in Huntsville, this county, on a charge of murler committed in Lancaster years ago. Polk's victim was a negro man. He fled mmediately after committing the deed, but he charge still remained against him on the Lancaster records. A few days ago Sheriff Hunter learned that Polk was in Charlotte. He came on here and yesterday the sheriff md Sergeant Jetton "pulled" the town in a , earch for Polk. They found that Polk's wife lived at the Tictor Cotton Mills, but that Polk had deerted her. After further inquiries they earned that Polk was living at Huntsville vith a wife No. 2. Sheriff Hunter went here last night and returned to Charotte this morning with Polk. He left on he afternoon train with his prisoner for Lancaster. On being placed under arrest, Jolk confessed to killing the negro, and extres.se<1 his willingness to return to Iaincaser to stand trial for the crime. Neither his Charlotte wife nor his Huntsville wife acompanied him. Shell is for the Sub-Treasury.?Congressman Shell has addressed a letter to The Jotton Plant defining his position on the tub-treasury. It is as follows: "To set at rest the question concerning .... nnjiSnn rtn tllO WU h.t rpHHIl TV bill ^Whicll ujr puo.wv... ~ - ? teems to liave been inaccurately stated) will say that during ray congressional canrasa repeated refrence was made to it; indeed m every occasion I expressed approval of he sub-treasury plan, but objected to that feature giving the appointing power of its inancial agents to the general government. [ have advocated the plan ever since its idoption, and am thoroughly satisfied that it a the only practical way whereby we can tecure a flexible currency. "Every doubt I ever had couceruing the )ill or any of its details was removed upon learing its merits discussed by Brother Ter ell at Greenville on the 12th ult., concludng if we wait to get all the objectionable features removed, so us to please everybody, luccess would never be secured. I am thereore iu ftill sympathy with the principles of he sub-treasury bill, and shall, if 1 ever rnve an opportunity, cast my vote to enact t into a law in accord with the demands of he National Alliance and Industrial Union." Wrong to Wear Jewelry.?Dr. B. C'ar odine, pastor of the Centenary Methodist Episcopal church, in St. Louis, Mo., has been preaching against the wearing of jewelry by. Methodists, and in obedience to his preachng, the members of his congregations ure jiving up the practice, selling all their personal ornaments, including wutches, at a jreat sacrifice. Dr. Carrodine said last Sunlay : "It is against the teachings of the Methodist church to wear gold ornaments, !>ut the Methodists got rich and began wearing them, ami wheu 1 began to preach about it, it was like a new doctrine. 1 have iceii called a fanatic, but I am only preuch? ? *i i I)g IIIU learnings UJ Hie tliuik'ii, I null, turned over all that lias been given me to lie Rev. l>r. Stephan to ussist in building liis ebarch in South St. Louis. 1 intend to ake up the mutter iu my sermons again soon." Final Settlement with Miss Lee.? Col. R. W. Simpson, executor of the estate >f Thomas (5. Clem sou, has made a full and iinal settlement with Miss Isabellu Lee, of S'ew York. By it Miss Lee gets $15,000 in ash ; silverware belongiugto the late Thomis Clemson, valued at $2,500; pictures valued at $2,500 to $3,000, besides other family [iroperty and some laud adjoining Fort Hill. Miss Lee, it will be remembered, wus left , hose things by the will of Tlios. C?. Clemson, [irovided she did not contest the will. She lid contest the will, however, and lost the contest, the case costing her a large sum of money. The legislature of this State, however, at its last session, very munificently returned the things w illed to her. Col. Simpson obtained from Miss Lee a receipt, besides a release in full from any claims whatever against the estate.?tireenville News. Davis to Hants in At hi st.?From The tireenville, Texas, Banner, we learn that J. W. Davis, formerly of Rock Hill, who murdered his employer, B. C. Fvuus, at Fort Worth, some time back, has been sentenced I.. 1... 1..........1 .... Ali.rlKt 111 llu I'lKI* llll< LU III* IIUII^UU Oil il U^iioi jw, - ? been to the L'nileil States supreme eourt. His mother is circulating a petition asking Hover nor Hogg to commute the death penalty to life imprisonment. Soi'tu t 'a not.i n a Tohaiv?i.?The census office last Wednestlay gave out the tolaieeo statistics id' South Carolina. The total number of planters in the State during the census year was ">So; the total area devoted to tobacco .'5!M acres; the total product __*J,SilS pounds, and the value of the crop to the producer, estimated on the basis of actual sales,