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jp: ^ftajrsi a?4 ?aci*. T ? The Bureau of American Republics re , ports that estimates of the Brazilian coffe crop of 1890-91, now coming into markel continue to diminish. The first estimat wis>tf,QOO/o00 bags, the next 3,500,000, an now it is believed that the crop will not ex ceed 2,200,000 bags. Notwithstanding th incentive* of higher prices than have eve been pafd before, the daily receipts do no UVWBgU wm frftOfrbags. Disorgtrafwrtion c labor is the chief difficulty, and, should i continue, it is believed that the coffee crop o 1891-,92, now, placed at 8,000,000 bags, wil not yield more than 6,000,000 bags. ? A distressing storv of hydrophobia come from Social Circle, Ga., under date of las Thursday. About throe weeks ago Mi George M&lcom, a popular and influentia citizen, was attacked by what was suppose* to be ia rabid dog. The dog fastened it teeth in Mr. Mai corn's cheek and nose, am held on Kke grim death, until it was choke* loose and killed. On Tuesday of last wee! MrJ Mai com found that he could not drinl water without choking, and finally the ver; sightof it produced such a constriction o the muscles of the throat as to almost thro\ him into spasms. As soon as the poor felloe realized that he had hydrophobia, he mad his will and such other arrangements as h could to meet death, which came to his re lief on Thursday night. ? A St.'Louis dispatch tells of the remark ably unfortunate speculations of a big cottoi syndicate recently formed in that city. Ear ly last November one of the most prominen cotton dealers went among his friends an* told them that cotton, which was then sell ing a 11 cents in New York, was the lowes that it had been at the same season of th year, for ten years, and there was very littl probability of its going any lower. So the; formed a big syndicate and purchased 10,00< bales of May cotton in Liverpool. Instea* of advancing, the staple declined, and as th price went down, members of the syndicat* doubled their deals. When the first of Mai came they were out $200,000. This had t< be paid in cash. It was done, and then th* syndicate transferred its deal to next Janu ary. tJp to the present time they have al ready incurred a loss of $5 a bale, and th* outlook does not seem to grow brighter. ? A dispatch from New Haven, Conn, says that Rev. Frank L. Stevens, a younj minister who has been taking a post gradu ate course at Yale Divinity school, was com * * * m * Tf ?L/t 3 T?" Afwlntn loof Qnn micsea lo nuraoru iuwuc ah^iuu hu> uuu day, a helpless maniac. The cause of hit insanity is stated as follows: He fell in witl Lieut. Totten, the crank who is trying t< make people believe the end of the world i: at hand, and shortly afterward became i sincere disciple of Totten's millennium theo ries. But the supposed proximity of th< world's end was too much for his brain, ant he has slowly but surely lost his mind. Mr Stevens's insane idea is that he is the Re deemer, who Lieut. Totten predicts will re appear on earth. The fact was discoveret by his wife, and on communicating her fears to the family physician, an investigate showed that the poor fellow's once fine mine was entirely destroyed. ? As bearing on the proposed admission o Utah, it is interesting to know that Mr. Por ter's census shows that the Mormons ar< about half the population of that Territory 117,629 out of 207,905. The figures are no at hand, but the proportion of women, chil drett and unnaturalized foreigners among thi Mormons is probably so large that it is doubt ful if there are more voters among them thai among the Gentiles. If this should be th< case, the obtections to making Utah a State drawn fromnfear of Mormon control, woulc in a large measure disappear. This is practi cally the only objection, and this may b< much exaggerated, even if the Mormon! could outvote the Gentiles. The Mormoni cannot control all parts of Utah, becaus< there are several counties which contain i majority of Gentiles. There are some 27,(MX other communicants of the Church of Latter day Saints in the States and Territories out side of Utah, making a total of 144,382 ii the whole country, which is a smaller mem bership than the church has been generally supposed to possess. ? During an electrical storm that passe< over Galveston, Texas, last Saturday, a ter rible explosion occurred which shook the cit; to its foundations. Houses rocked and sway ed as if in the throes of an earthquake Glass was broken, doors flung open, plaste fell from the walls, goods fell down fron the shelves, and the people stood aghast a that they knew not what. Until the caus of the fearful pnenomeuon uatuuc &uunu the suspense of the people was almost un bearahle. At length a telephone messag brought the news that the lightning ha( struck the magazine of the American Powde company, situated four miles out. Thi shock was communicated to several othe magazines, and in all several thousand keg of powder were caused to explode. Upoi investigation it was found that the spo where one of the magazines stood was mark ed by a hole 120 feet in circumference an* from 200 to 300 feet deep, while brick an< other debris had been scattered over ai area of a quarter of a mile. Several person were injured?one man fatally ? Charles Ozbura, an Atlanta, Ga., murder er, is creating considerable interest througl his efforts to escape the gallows by the in sanity dodge. About a year ago Ozburi deliberately murdered John Bradley, a gro eery merchant, in Atlanta. He was trie* and convicted, and last Friday was fixed a the day for his execution. But for severa weeks he had been feigning insanity, an* last week several physicians made affida vits declaring him insane. Under a la\ covering such c#ses, the sheriff summoned : jury and the matter was fully investigated As the result, the jury declared Ozburn sane but recommended a respite of thirty day on account of his physical condition. Th respite was granted, and now other compli cations are arising. There is a negro in jai to be hanged next Friday. The same on that the negroes of the city wanted to hav respited, so the hanging would not interfcr with a big picnic. Now, in view of Ozburn' case, the negroes are trying to bring addi tional pressure to bear on the governor t carry their point. They are backed up b; several white men, and the idea is advance* that if their demand is not complied with there will probably be trouble. ? The gubernatorial campaign in Iowa which promises to be the most hotly contest ed ever fought in the Hawkeye State, wa opened last Wednesday by the Democrats who unanimously re-nominated Governo Boise. The coming election is of peeulia interest to the entire country. Iowa is j pivotal State, and both the Democratic am Republican parties concede that whicheve carries it now will carry it for the presiden cy in 1892. Both parties are equally confi dent. The Democrats claim an advantage They have declared in favor of the "fre coinage of silver on a just ratio," making i r.,11 io/?ni fonilep fnr ?11 ilpbtK. nublic am iiUl iV^Ut WUMV. <V. .... ? 7 f private. They denounce the McKinley bill endorse the principle of tariff for revenu only ; favor government control of railroads and liberal pensions for disabled Union sol diers. They have declared against prohibi tion, and thereby expect to receive the ful Anti-Prohibition vote, while it is though that the Prohibition vote will be divided be tween the regular Prohibition and the lie publican parties. The Republicans have no yet nominated their candidate for governoi and it is said that on account of the existent* of a sharp rivalry, there is a probability t considerable discord before they succeed i so doing. ? A disgraceful affair occurred at Greens boro, N. C\, last Friday. It seems that for week or ten days past the Rev. Mr. Fife, th drummer evangelist, has been conducting series of meetings in that place. One nigh last week, Judge David Schenek, a historia of note and president of the Guilford Battl Grounds association, gave a moonlight part at the grounds. Mr. Fife charged in th pulpit that the party developed into a riotou german that lasted all night. It is als said that he reflected on the name of Judg Schenck and family, and declared that 11 " " 1. ? true unristian wouiu engage m auvu On Friday afternoon Judge Schenck and hi three sons called on Mr. Fife at his hot< and demanded an apology. Mr. Fife replied "Look here, you have struck the wrong fe low." They then left without doing an violence, but were present at the night meet ing. Mr. Fife referred to the matter, and i was whispered about that he was to be a1 tacked. He made this known to the eongrt gation, and was escorted to his hotel by hundred or so men. Judge Schenck and hi sons followed, and after the escort had d< parted, went into Mr. Fife's room, and in th presence of his wife, threatened to kill hin Mrs. Fife exclaimed: "You are not going to assault a man of God in the presence of ladies?" They replied no, and went out. ~ Mr. Fife followed them into the street, and ^ h approaching Judge Schenck, who was sitting ? in a buggy, offered his hand, when Schenck x replied : "I won't shake hands with any such L ? damned scoundrel." At the same instant Fife was struck with a loaded cane by one \ ' of the boys and another fired a pistol at e him. Mr. Fife was badly stunned by the S j; blow and was taken to a drug store for j * treatment. The Schencks were arrested and J the greatest excitement prevailed. The citi- I. ? zens of the town are almost unanimously v ' with Mr. Fife, and they have passed resolutions strongly condemning Judge Schenck. ? (frnqttiw. 0b i r i, V d e - a< e YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1891. a MERE-MENTION. * ^ Ex-Seuator Joseph E. McDonald, of Indi- n j ana, one of the most distinguished leaders of 0] . the Democratic party, died at his home in a] t Indianapolis, on Sunday morning of last ^ e week. The sixteenth annual boat race " e betweeu Harvard and Yale University al Y crews, was rowed last Friday and won by a] 0 Harvard. On account of the removal fi * of the tariff, the famous sugar trust has gone ^ e into the hands of a receiver. The French e government is engaged in a war with the J Siamese. Mrs. Jeflerson Davis has been ,l 5 besieged during the past week by delega- di B tions from Jackson, Mississippi, and Rich* mond, Va., asking that their respective cit ' - L- r\F fEo ramoinc nf h<?r ICS ue uiivuc vuawuiuu Vi n.v, ? ...... ? B husband. It is believed that she will decide in favor of Richmond. Atlanta, Ga., ? has passed a law requiring a license of $200 c< ^ per annum for the sale of cigarettes. A T . servant girl at Frankfort, Ky., committed w . suicide one day last week in a very original . manner. She visited the zoological gardens, 3 and, unseen by any one, ael'berately took 81 j off her clothing and jumped into a bear pit. fr j Her mangled remains were found in the pit M 3 next morning. The Navajo Indians, of ol j New Mexico, are becoming restless, and the settlers in their neighborhood have fears of a ^ ? dangerous uprising. Senator George, of [ Mississippi, has published a long letter in ni which he declares in favor of the Ocala plat- w 1 form excepting as to the sub-treasury and ia . land loan features, and government owner- tl 1 ship of railroads and telegraph lines. The 5 Democrats of Utah have refused to pass a ! a resolutions endorsing Cleveland for the j presidency. They object to his inconsisten- l cy on the silver question. jy f Reviving the Three C's.?A Philadel- ^ phia dispatch says: "Those in this city who M J are interested in the Charleston, Cincinnati B ? and Chicago railroad, have about completed ni 1 arrangements for the reorganization of the road, and floating a loan to so far complete i the road as to be enabled to eam the interest on its bonds. It is proposed take the ai 1 road out of the hands of the receiver and w 3 complete a large portion of it. si ' Those directly interested in the road's tl ' future, some time ago prepared a plan of re- fe * organization and submitted it to the credit- ,, i ors. Engineers were sent to Tennessee, 8 Georgia, and other States through which the al 3 road is to run, and the reports they brought fi] 3 back were so encouraging that a general ai * agreement to the plan of reorganization was m ) proposed. During the week just passed nearly every creditor has offered his signature. Now only a few small ones have not 1 signed, and these are expected to come in vi within the next day or so. As soon as this n< r' is done, application will be made to hand the . property over to the stock' olders. q 1 The engineers' examina: on resulted in as certaining the fact that if between $600,000 n y and $700,000 is expended on the road at r( - once, it can be so far completed that interest i. may be earned on all the bonds that in r have been issued. Arrangements have been y( i made, said a gentleman heavily interested in t the road, "to borrow the money necessary to e do this work, and just as soon as the plan of , reorganization goes through, it will be forth- 0] - coming. We propose to put a large force of m e men at work, and before the end of the year F 1 we will have several hundred miles of road C( r in operation and paying a good return." e Under the proposed plan of re-organizar tion, two classes of bonds, not exceeding ta s in the aggregate $35,000 per mile, is coni templated. The first series will be limited h t to $4,500,000, the bonds to be a first lien up- 8t - on all the property and franchises of the ja :1 company. The bonds will bear 6 per cent. i interest, payable semi-annually, and will not ii be issued in excess of $12,000 per mile. a' s They will run ten years. Only $2,500,000 w will be put out at present. For the purposes pj of constructing uncompleted sections of road, p] ^ $790,000; new equipment, $300,000; old y equipment, $261,000; paying off floating " debts, $95,000; interest and miscellaneous C( expenses, $400,000. t-1 I The second series will be first mortgage consols, $35,000 per mile, bearing 5 per cent., ci j payable semi-annually. Of this class, at p j $12,500 per mile, not exceeding in aggregate , $4,500,000 is to be reserved and left with v the trustee to retire the first series when ?' practicable. a' The capital stock of the new corporation p I' will be exchanged share for share. It is g provided that none of the issue of preference C) bonds shall be sold at less than 95 per cent., ^ nor pledged at less than 80 per cent, of their face value. * a! ? Tillman and Terrell.?Governor Till- tl ? man was in Charleston last Monday, and while there was interviewed by The News and Courier. Among other things, he was ~ asked: ?f "What about the Spartanburg meeting at S1 ^ which you are to meet Col. Terrell in debute ? d Will the speeches be heard by members of o '' the Alliance only ?" a "All I can say about it is that when I ac- ^ cepted Col. Terrell's challenge to meet him P - at Spartanburg, I expected the discussion ? 3 to be in public, and for the benefit and enlichtenment of all classes of voters. In his f( r tour over the State Col Terrell's advocacy of j a r the measure was in public, and I cannot I (j 1 suppose that it is intended to restrict my reI ply to Alliance members only, and to a lew r at that. Besides, it is too hot to speak in any 81 - house this time o year; and there is no ^ - place in Spartanburg large enough to hold t< ' the audience that will be likely to attend, exe cept the Crange encampment building. As a t I understand it, this is a friendly discussion ^ d between the distinguished lecturer of the i National Alliance and myself upon a ques- a ? tion affecting the interest of all classes, Alii- ^ *> anceinen, farmers who do not belong to the t< Alliance, and citizens who cannot join that d i- organization. I cannot see any reason, j v II therefore, why the debate should not be held j t in public." "When will the discussion take place?" ia "I don't know, but, I presume, on the sec't oud day of the session of the State Alliance, o '> which will be about the 22nd of July." v ? "Have you heard from Col. Terrell since | y f he left the State?" n "Onlv tbroinrli the newsnaners; but when j1. V#'V " r> 44 - _ I was at Cedar Springs last week I mentioned i. the matter to some of the leading Alliance * a men in Spartanburg, and they said there v e | would a large crowd present and they want- t a! ed the discussion to be in public." i v it "What arrangements have been made for | n the meeting?" e "None that I know of, but I presume that i y President Stokes and the Spartanburg Alii- !( e ance will take the necessary steps to prepare j t is for it." c o "Have you any idea of the result of this L e discussion ?" j. o "Ofcourse not; except that the discussion j , is to take place in jiublic, and that the State j * is Alliance will take a vote 011 it in secret as jI! ?1 they do 011 all matters affecting our order, s I hope to show that the Alliance in South r |- Carolina cannot atford to press the sub-treas- j y I ury scheme, but as the measure has been ent. dorsed by the Oeala meeting and by one State it Alliance, I may and probably will, fail." v ;- ? Mr. H. C. Hardee, a well to do citizen of 151 a Horry county, was shot^and fatally wounded j ( is last week by a negro named Bill Patterson. I si ;- Hardee was acting as a constable,' and was 11 e attempting to arrest Patterson on the charge 11 ?. of aggravated assault and battery. | c LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. V. H. Crossley?1,000 Dozen Ens Wanted. IT. H. Hicklin, Guthriesville, S. O.-Pure Jersey Red Pigs. [. <ft H. V. Strauss?The Last Chance, owry A Starr, Leading Druggists?Respectfully Submitted to The YorKville Enquirer's Bethel Correspondent. .. Y. Cartwright A Co.?During July we Will Figure with the Lawns, am M. Grist, Agent?Solid Satisfaction. Iddlo A Carroll?A False Repprt. oseph F. Wallace, Chairman?Yorkville Graded Schools?Graded School Meeting, rouis Roth?They Go Hand in Hand. V. C. Latimer?30 Pounds of Granulated Sugar for $1.50. JUDGE HUDSON. We admire Judge Hudson's way of doing usiness. He believes in pushing the work f the court along without unnecessary delay, t is uo use to make excuses. He will not ear them, it the lawyer is not reauy w ) trial, unless there is a most capital good ?ason, the judge forces him to go on anyway, 'his sometimes looks hard, but it is the only ay to do the people's business^ in justice to ixpayers, jurors and witnesses. Ifot only lis, but it balks many an effort to secure dely at the expense of justice. Thtfrway to o business with Judge Hudson to the best ilvantage is to be ready. PROLIFIC APPLES. Mr. John J. Garvin, of Yorkville, on last nturday, left at this office a specimen of a onderfully prolific apple tree that is growig in his garden. This specimen consisted f a great cluster, presenting very much the ppearance of a huge bunch of grapes. On le branch there were sixty-four apples rangig from one to two-and-a-half inches in dimeter. The main stem, around which the pples were clustered, was not more than fteen inches in length, and the cluster, at le largest part, measured twenty-seven iches in circumference. This cluster is only specimen of the tree, which Mr. Garvin escribes as literally loaded in like manner. PECAN CULTURE. Since the publication of the recent arties on pecan culture, we have learned that ev. Dr. English, of Yorkville, has made msiderable investigations into the matter, hese investigations include correspondence ith quite a number of pecan raisers in difrent parts of the country, and as the relit, the doctor has decided to buy his seed om W. R. Stuart & Co., of Ocean Springs, [iss. He thinks that, taken all in all, they Fer the beist varieties, and will likely give le best satisfaction, especially as they raise le nuts they sell themselves. From the iture of Dr. English's investigations, wim hich we have been made thoroughly familr, we would say to intending purchasers lat wo recommend his conclusions. death of mrs. spence. From The Gwinett Herald, published at awrenceville, Ga., we learn of the death of [rs. J. D. Spence, which occurred Sunday, te 14th ultimo. Mrs. Spence was a sister of 'essrs. Clinton and George Patrick, of the ethel neighborhood, of this county, and was arricd to Mr. Spence, at Lnwreneeville, in 551. Speaking of her, The Herald says: She was a good woman, kind to everybody, id probably did not have an enemy in the orld. A consistent member of the church, le adored her profession, and the sympaly extended to her in her affliction rnanisted the esteem of her neighbors. She left at one child, Mrs. McClelland, of Atlanta, ll of her other children having been called ret. In their sad bereavement the husband ad daughter have the sympathy of ourcomlunity." IjOCAIj i'aconics. ? The entertainment given by the Yorkille Lodge of I. O. G. T. last Friday night etted something like $55.00. ? U. S. Marshal Wilson arrested John hubert, white, yesterday, on the charge of bailing liquor in violation of the internal ivenue laws. ? The "Fourth of July" will be celebrated i Yorkville on next Friday, the 3rd, this ear. It is understood that with one or two cceptions all the stores will be closed. ? Our young friend, T. P. McDill, of Hickry Grove, was the recipient of the gold tedal offered to the best declaimer in the reshman class o'i Erskinc college, at the jmmencement exercises last week. ? Mr. J. Ran. Wallace, of King's Mounlin township, has brought us a cotton stalk venty-two inches in height and containing vo blooms and a number of squares. The alk was taken from Mr. Wallace s nem st Saturday. ? Miss Bessie Barron, of Yorkville, gradu:ed from Due West Female college last eek, with an exceptionally high mark, [er graduating essay, which was first on the rogramme, was on the subject of "The ear's Record," and elicited enthusiastic )inpliments from the intelligent audience mt heard it. ? Assistant Attorney General Townsend nne up from Columbia last Monday to roseeute a case against Messrs. A. Freideim & Bro., and Sep. Massey for selling uano that had not been tagged in accordnee with law. The case, however, was ostponed until the next term of the court. ? Clerk of the Court Wylie, last Friday, re;ived from Comptroller Ellerbe warrants fos. 1773 to 1892, inclusive, for the pay of ork county pensioners. Some of these have Iready been paid out to the old soldiers, and le others may be obtaiued upon application ) Mr. Wylie. ? Mr. B. C. Pressley, a well known citizen f this county, died at the residence of his ster, Mrs. Boyd, at Pressley, N. C., on Sunay of last week. His death was sudden, ccurring while sitting in the yard talking to member of the family, and is thought to ave been due to heart trouble. He was 8 years of age. ? The annual re-adjustment of the salaries >r third class postmasters was announced t Washington last Friday. There are two bird class offices in this county--Yorkville lid Hock Hill. By the readjustment, the alary at Yorkville remains unchanged at 1,200. Rock Hill is increased from $1,400 o $1,500. ? Clerk of the Court Wylie has purchased lawn mowing machine for use in the court ouse yard. He received it last Saturday, nd a motion to the effect that it be operated y the the officers who have their headquarters in the court house, was promptly voted own. However, the luxuriant grass in the aid is now neatly cropped close to the artli, and the job seems to be almost as good s if they had done it themselves. ? A note from Clover brings intelligence f the death of Miss Addic Wright, a bright oung daughter of Mrs. Emily E. Wright, f that place. The sad occurrence took lace on last Sunday morning at 1 o'clock as he result of congestion of the brain. Mis.' Lddie had been in poor health for several recks, and had only a short time before relimed from Columbia Female college. Slu ins aged 18 years 3 months and 10 days. ? We understand from a special to Tin Columbia State, that the Baptist church af - i --11 i.. )rangel>urg, has decided 10 cxieuu a can u he Rev. It. G. Patrick, of Yorkvillc. O! ourse the Orangeburg church has a right tc xtenel such a call if it wants to, and we lave no objection ; but as to being willing foi ilr. Patrick to accept it, is altogether anolhci natter. We hope he won't; and if he coir ults the wishes of any portion of this com nunity he will not think of such a thing al iresent, for an instant. You can't do anj nore good than you are doing here, any vherc, Mr. Patrick. ? Hon. W. X. Elder reports a terrific rail md windstorm that passed through the lUtliriesville neighborhood last Moiidaj ifternoon. A number of buildings wen down down on Mr. J. R. Rratton's place uul the roof was blown from the residence >f Mr. Harvey Smith. 'Quite a number o trees were torn up by the roots and the dam- I age to timber was very greqt. Mt. Zion t church and Prince Ervin's store both nar- i rowly escaped being crushed in by falling I trees. No bodily injury to any individual, 1 however, is reported. < ? A number of friends of Miss Lila Peck, < of Yorkville, who are lovers of flowers, 1 were accorded a rare treat 011 last Saturday 1 night in witnessing the unfolding of a i "Night Blooming Sejpus," a beautiful flower ] that shows itseTf onfy periodically, and al- 1 ways at night/ The bloom began to unfold ] about eight o'clock and continued to grow 1 more and more interesting until 10, when i it attained its full glory. 1 ? A monster excursion is to be ruu from 1 Marion, N. C., to Charleston, 011 the 15th instant. It is to be under the management 1 of Captain W. A. Hamseur, of the Three C's, < one of the most genial knights of the bell 1 cord that it is our pleasure to know, and the < rates are the lowest that have ever been j offered between the same points. From points in York county the fare for the round trip is only $3.00, and taking into considera- ' tion the perfectly satisfactory assurances of j comfort and good order to prevail on the < train, we are satisfied that a large number ,( of excursionists will take advantage of the ' delightful occasion. j ROLL OP HONOR, j Following is the roll of honor of the York- < ville Graded School, white, for the session of I 1890-91: t Room No. 1, Miss Davidson?First Grade? * First honors-Henry Suinmitt, 921; Second hon- ] or?Wesley Bales, 92J; Lizzie Hunter, 92J. J Second Grade, Second Division -First honor? ' John Ashe, 94L Second honor?Tom Englislr, 1 bm. ( Room No. 2, Miss IIanaiian?Second Grade, . First Division?First honor?Mal.tie Marley, 72. J Second honor?Sadie Smith, 71. Third Grade?First honor?Maiyxlallowny, J 96. Second honor?Lula Briggs/68. . Room No.8, Miss Wakdlaw?Fourth Grade, J Second Divisible?First Jioiwfr? Amanda Claw- ( son, 89. Second lumor?Maggie Ferguson, 88. 1 Fourth Grade, First"Division?First liouor? j Itlancho Clawson, 5)6. Second honor?Julia Gal- ' loway, 9.5. / j Room No. 4, Miss/Giht?Fill:h Grade?First ' honor?Bminerd Dobson, 5)3. Second honor? 1 John Davidson, 90/ Annie Wallace, 90. Sixth Grade?First honor?Mary Gardner, 92. ( Second honor?Iva Withers, 91; Amelia Ken- < nedy, 91. Room No. 5, W. W. Lewis?Seventh Grade? ' First honor?Annie Watson, 92. Second honor? ' Kldred Dobson, 87. . Eighth Grade?First honor?Chas. Spencer, 65. J Ninth Grade?First honor?Emma Kennedy, 1 ?5' . j CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. K. S. Nelson, rector, f Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. Sunday- ! school at 5 p. m. , Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. J)., j pastor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow afternoon , at 6 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 10.30 < o'clock a. m. and 8.30 o'clock p. m. Sunday- j school at 5 p. m. ' j Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. , C. Galloway, pastor. Yorkville?Services j next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 8.30 p. m. ( Sunday-school at 4.30 p. m. T? T?-_. T> , n T>?*v,;?l. n?uUr ] i5ivpiisi XVU\ . XVUUC1 t VJ x uti ivi\| | Union?Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock 1 a. m. Sunday-school at 10 o'clock a. m. , Yorkville?Prayer-meeting to-morrow even- i ing at 8.30 o'clock. Sunday-school at 4.30 , o'clock p. m. Services Sunday evening at i 8.30 o'clock. I Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. H. 1 Waddell, pastor. Prayer-meeting this even- ( ing at 8.30 o'clock. Love feast Saturday even- i ing at 8.30 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 8.30 p. in., with the sacra- I ment of the Lord's Supper during the morn- , ing service. Sunday-school at 5 o'clock p. m. 1 # i THE COTTON BLOOMS ARE COMING, j During the week we have received cotton ] blooms at this office as follows: J On Thursday, one from Kissiania Rivers, ] colored, plucked on the plantation of Mr. S. j L. Davidson, in Bullock's Creek township, on i Tuesday of last week. 1 On Saturday, one from Mr. .Tames Beamguard, plucked on the morning of the same, j day, from the plantation of Mr. C. E. Spen- ] cer, live miles north of Yorkville. j On Saturday, one from Mr. G. E. Thomas, two miles north of Yorkville. It was pluck- j ed from the field on June 20. Rev. G. S. Robinson, pastor of Bullock's 1 Creek church, sends us a bloom that was plucked from the farm of Mr. John M. Sher- ( er last Saturday morning. Mr. Sherer is an t old soldier, and though he has only one leg, is a hard worker, and Mr. Robinson says he , manages to do as much hoeing as most good j hands who have two feet. We hope the old | gentleman will be favored with a late fall and that his crop will turn out fully equal to j his best deserts. 1 4 1 W V Smorr nf TTonP.Wfill. ! A leitei 1IUU1 ill. u< uiuu.., v. , encloses a bloom taken from the plantation ' of Miss R. C. Moss on the 27th ultimo. , Messrs. C. A. Carroll, and J. M. Thomasson, the former of Beth-Shiloh and the latter of Zadok, brought blooms 011 Monday. J CIRCUIT COURT. The June term of the circuit court con- 1 veiled in Yorkville last Monday, His Honor | Judge J. H. Hudson presiding. The attendance, though large, seems to be generally confined to witnesses, jurors and others who 1 have special business. The grand jurors were all present with i the. exception of Mr. W. T. Bigger, and he was excused on a statement of his physician certifying that he was physically unable to attend. The petit jurors answered to their names as follows: M. M. Ross, J. R. Barron, J. A. Graves, J. C. Lindsay, J. T. Ferguson, Ira G. Sinythe, M. R. Reese, I). M. Wallace, J. 31. Cowan, S. 31. 3IcNeel, J. H. Riddle, Turner Ferguson, John A. Latta, H. J. Sherer, Cooper Smith, I. B. Gordon, R. A. Gilfillen, G. R. 3IcDaniel, J. L. Armstrong, R. G. 3IcCaw, Ulysses Adkins, S. E. Byers, J. R. Ratteree, i A. E. Feemster, J. 31. Williams, W. A. Steele, C. A. Carroll, J. C. Comer, W. 31. Dowdle, H. W. Black welder, Isaac Wright, T. A. 3IcFarland. 3Iessrs. J. C. 3IcCarley, and J. 31. 3IcCullough, failed to answer. John Peay was reported unot found," and Ulysses Adkins and S. E. Byers were excused by the | judge 011 account of sickness. In order to" make up the deficiency in the panel, the following additional jurors were drawn: Frank Happerfield, 1). A. 3Iatthews, W. L. Baber, Withers Adickes. The panels completed, his honor took occasion to say to jurors and witnesses that their place was in the court house. They had not been summoned here to loiter about | town, hut to attend to business, and in the i ease of all jurors and witnesses who should j fail to be in the room when their names were | called, he would instruct the clerk to with- ] hold their pay certificates. His honor then proceeded to charge the ' grand jury as to its duties, etc. Ho took it j for granted that the jury had been fully j charged as to its general duties at the pre-j I vious term, and these he merely outlined, j placing due emphasis on the more important: functions. There are, however, other matters that he thought should he brought to the attention of the people. It is true that they j are matters for legislative enactment, but j they are needed reforms and should he agi- j j. taled among the people in order that they i might he brought about. As one of these, he ' referred to the times of holding court. The I time had been changed more than once since ! I 1808, and it is true that 110 time can he lixed j I that will be convenient to all people. Ilut the courts have to he held, and as they arc j largely run by the farmer and mechanical j classes, the time should he fixed to conform as nearly as possible to their convenience. J This, he thought, could he arrived at by changing present dates a month earlier?say the 1 second Monday in January, the second Monday in May, and the second Monday in September. Another very important matter is the time ? of holding the common pleas court. As f matters now stand, most of our money and j time is consumed in the court of general ses?ions?most ofthe civil business being pushed iside for criminal business. As the result, the business men of the country who have legal differences to settle, are being run out jf the courts. They find that after the labor sf the first week, the bar, the juries and the witnesses are broken down and unable to take proper interest in their business. Just in proportion as there is a iaxity in the application of the laws in the civil courts, we find the people becoming more lax in their pecuniary obligations, and the result is more business for the sessions court. The remedy is to give the civil business precedent. It is more important. Let it be disposed of first, ind then take up the sessions business. As a relief to the circuit court, and to handle certain cases beyond the jurisdiction jf trial justices, his honor also suggested Lliat the office of probate judge be converted into a court of limited civil and criminal jurisdiction. UNANIMITY OF JUR0R8. Gentlemen of the jury, before closing my in.tFimiinno tn vnn T invito vnnr Attention to a nibject of vital importance to the administration pf our laws. Whatever pelains to the mode of iispensing justice in our circuit courts is of deep concern to our people,and should interest you ana ill who officiate in this cou:rt, because we are directly engaged in enforcing the laws of our State, ind have the best opportunity of observing the practical working ol our system of laws and iiethods of deciding cases. The result of my experience and reflection is :hat no better meth)d of deciding the facts of causes, criminal or civ1, has yet been devised than that of trial by Jury. To some extent opinion is divided on the subject, md there are learned men who contend that a arge number of civil ca??s, at least, could be nore correctly adjudged by the court without a ury. But the number of those who are opposed o the system of trial 'by jury is not large, and iever will Increase sufficiently to abolish this inistimable right. It has been well said by an able judge that "tho ury is an indispensable part of the machinery if justice. Liberty canno t exist without trial by ury, and despotism cannot long survive with it. Hie hard sense and courageous firmness of Engish juries more than once preserved tho liberties >f the English people against the king and his iervile judges/' And again: "Trial by jury popularizes tho administration of justice by makng it a part of the business of the people. The people ought to share in tho administration of ;he laws which they are popularly supposed to nake. It adds to the dignity ana responsibility if citizenship, and instructs the citizen in his luties. It is tho most effective agency for the liffusion of a general knowlego of tno law among be people. It brings to the solution of the facts pf a case common sense and practical experijnce." In this opinion I heartily concur, and such are be sentiments of the great body of our people. 3o dear to our people and to all English-speaking ind liberty-loving people is the right of trial by jury, that there is no danger of it being surrendered or seriously impaired. Far be it from me a) join in the opposition to a hue and cry against bis great bulwark of our liberty. I yield to no pile in my appreciation of its priceless value. What I have to say to you is not against the lystcm and principle of trial by jury, but ugainst lefects in the rules for the government of the iury. I have given to this subject much thought, inu I am convinced that a serious defect does pxist and should be remedied. I refer to the requirement of unanimity in verdicts. In its thayn won ft reason for this rule, but that reason never existed in the States of this Union, md lias not existed in Old England since the revolution of A. D. 1688. Prior to that time there was reason for it, especially in criminal trials; but since then I see little reason for it in criminal trials and none whatever in civil cases. Prior to the revolution of A. D. 1688, an independent judiciary was unknown ; judges were ippointea during the pleasuro of the king, and were not infrequently removed, as was Lord Coke, for non-compliance with the royal behests, ar a too sturdy assertion of their rights. If this *ystem did occasionally produce eminent jurists like Fortesaue and Mark ham, Gascoigne and L'oke, it will not be forgotten that under such luspices, men like Hj'de and Scruggs and Jeffreys nourished under the smiles of the court, anil fattened upon the miseries of their fellows, the subjects. Not only were the judges the creatures of the crown, but so were the sheriffs, who summoned in such jurors as they chose to select, and very naturally selected subservient men. In addition to this, the uccused was not allowed the services of counsel, but alone and unaided was compelled to defend himself ngaint the skill md zeal, ability and unscriipulousness of the king's counsel, who was not restricted to the" useof direct testimony, but made free useof hearsay ovidence and written affidavits of absent permits whom the unfoitunate accused was not permitted to confront nor to cross examino. To the accused, thus overwhelmed with disadvantatage, was not accorded the right to testify in his own behalf, and should the jury after ^11, see fit to find a verdict of acquittal against the opinion of, md to the displeasure of, the king's judge ana the king's counsel, fhey were liable to' bo fined md imprisoned on the spot for such grave misconduct. No wonder, under such circumstances, that the law required tua't tlie verdicts should bo unanimous, and that to the accused was accorded by law tho right of twenty peremptory challenges md to the crown the ngnt of peremptory challenge was donicd. Tue great revolution of 1688 affected a most bappy chango in ti e appointment of judges for life or good behavior, thus securing tho independence of tho judiciary, and many wholesome reforms in tho entice machinery of tno courts and mode of conducting trials. These reformations, and all others which were affected in Old England in the succeeding century, were embodied in our State constitution and statute laws after ve achieved our independence by the Revolution of 1770. Within tho last quarter of a century, two significant changes in our laws have been made, having a marked effect upon trial by jury. To the accused has been accorded the privilege of testifying in hisovm behalf, and to the judge has been denied the right to comment upon the facts. In other words, the accused has been made master of the situation, by being able to tell his own story, and having tho judge challenged by the constitution, set iside as it wore, anu his legitimate province an 1 influence destroyed. In addition to all this vantage ground, the accused could, up to three years ago, ny his large number of challenges, select his own jury from the panel. Within the last quarter of a century the effect of constitutional j-estriction and legislative enactment has been to weaken our circuit courts and to facilitate the acquittal of persons charged of murder. Not that our judges are less learned in the law, nor that the jurors are less intelligent, but because the judges are muzzled by the constitution, tho jurors are deprived of their aid, so essential to a correct guidance, and to the accused is granted tho privilege of manufacturing Ma own testimony, after having adroitly chosen the time and place of slaying his victim. In almost every grave criminal trial our juries have to weigh the testimony of the accused, who have the strongest possible inducement to commit peijury; the juries are absolutely denied tho uid of an enlightened judge in unraveling this web of falsehood and in dealing with the sophistry of astute counsel, by which they are liable to bo led astray. Under such a system of trial it is not surprising that the best of juries render erroneous verdicts, and that murderers go unwhipt of justice. This triumph is pleasing to the heinous offender and to his astute and zealous counsel, but ruinous to tho interests of society, and damaging to our courts of justice. The frequency of foul murder, and the ease with which tho bloody assassin triumphs at the bar of our courts, is a disgrace to our civilization and a foul blot upon the administration of our laws. If at tho tirst trial the accused fails to secure an acquittal, his aim is at least to secure a mistrial, knowing full well that at the second trial his chances of escape will be greatly increased, and in this ho is rarely mistaken. These acquittals and mistrials can in every instance be traced to the false testimony of the accused and the rule requiring unanimity in the verdict. The innocent man would rarely object to the verdict of a majority of two-thirds or three-fourths of the jury, but the guilty man would never consent to the rule of the majority. He who hath his cause just, will cheerfully abide by such rule, but he who has broken his covenant, or lias slain his man, will insist upon that rule which affords him the greatest facility to escape. No system of trial is pleasing to him, but that system M ill bo most acceptable whose meshes he can easily break through. The rule of the majority is in keeping with the f[cuius of ou r government and prevails in all its (ranches and departments, executive, legislative and judicial, except in trial by jury. In the government of tho United States a majority of the electoral college elects the president, a majority of the State legislature elect* senators, a majority of voters elects congressmen, a majority iii each branch of emigres* makes tho laws, and a majority of the supreme court interprets them and render the judgment* of that august tribunal which are of such vast importance and tremendous import to tho people. In each State government a majority oi the voters elects the governor, representatives and all county officers; a majority of the legislators enacts the laws and elects the senators and judges, and a majority of the appellate court interpret* the laws anil renders all judgments of those courts affecting life, liberty and property. Should the president or other executive officer, or a justice of the supreme court, be impeached of high crimes, he would be tried by the senate, a majority of two-thirds of which body can convict him: and so likewise with the executive and judicial officers of the States. Yet it requires the unanimous verdict of twelve jurors to convict a thiei or acquit an innocent man. A majority of the supremo court of the United States enn pass upon life, liberty or property ol the citizens, as does a majority* of tho supreme appellate courts of the several States. Whj then should unanimity be essential to the verdict of a jury? I defy anyone to assign a valid reason why a majority of1 the judges of the supreme courts should prevail, whilst a majority o: twelve judges of fact should not. If twelve judges of fact must unanimously agree, then s< ,1,1 11>? imliri^ nf law be unanimous ii their findings unit conclusions. To apply such i rule to the nine justices of the supreme court o the I'll it cd States would bo preposterous, but uol more so than to enforce unanimity in verdicts o; twelve judges of facts. In behalf of our jurors, and in the interest o the cause of justice, I advocate the abolition o the rule of unanimity at least iu all civil cases and in misdemeanors and lighter felonies. Oiu juries are composed largely of the best men ii the community: men well reared and accustom cd to the comforts and luxuries of life. Tin hardships to which they are exposed in (loin* jury duty are very great, and often dangerous ti health and life. After sitting for hours ami sometimes days through a long, tedious and in tricate trial, in an uncomfortable court room they are shut up in a cold, cheerless and poorlj ventilated room, of small compass, without tire food or beds, and there kent in a famishing con dition, day and night, in the vain effort to con vince one or two stubborn men who will no listen to reason, and who, perhaps, prejudged tin case in advance of evidence and argument. In these daily struggles in the junr room of muscle and prejulce against brain ana reason, good and true men have been known to have become ruined iu health, resulting sometimes in the loss of life. Not unfirequently these struggles under duress of imprisonment in the jury room, result in the victory of the minority over the majority, and the dark triumph of wrong over right, and frequently result in mistrials, at the expense of the people and the denial of Justice. The conseonence is that the men of property and the practical business men of the community, because of this delay and uncertainty in the result of trials by iury, have been driven from courts and select ooards of arbitrators as their preferred tribunals, where a majority rules, or are driven to compromises as preferable to unsatisfactory verdicts, the delay and cost of which are often tantamount to a defeat by the winning party, and are overwhelmingly ruinous to the losing litigant. Among the intelligent and well-to-do classes of our people there is a growing aversion to our courts, and an increasing want of confidence in the result of the trials, civil and criminal. The jurors are not responsible for this. They are as honest and honorable as our jurors ever were; but the fault is in the emasculated system of trials before courts, greatly weakened by constitutional restrictions and legislative enactments. The laws disarm the judge, and doubly arm the criminal and covenant breaker. The one is muzzled while the other can utter his falsehoods, trumpet-toned, in the ears of an unaided and helpless jury. The mouth of the judge is scaled against condemnation of wrong, ana exposure or sophistry and periury, whilst the tongue of the guilty accused is free to utter falsehoods and thereby to escape. I do not condemn the right of the accused to testify in his own behalf, although it is a fruitful and alarming source of perjury ; but I do condemn the law that so weakens our courts as to render them unable to thwart this evil and foil the criminal in bis studied effort to impose upon the jury by "ways that are dark and tricks that are vain." This rule of unanimity renders consultation in the jury room so tedious, protracted, onerous and disagreeable, that good and true, intelligent and competent men, are averse to the service, and resort often to subterfuges to avoid the duty and escape the hardships. On grand juries they wilingly serve, but on petit Junes with reluctance. It very often happens that juries, after retiring for deliberation, are forced to abolish the rule of unanimity and agree that a fixed majority shall rule, and at times settle disputes by drawing lots or by casting up "heads ana tails," or by having each juror to place his estiipato of the damages to be found, and from the sum total striko an average by dividing by twelve. Verdicts reached Dy these haphazard ways are entitled to as much respect as those extorted by duress of imprisonment. All that I nave said has been inspired by reading a very able article on this subject by the Hon. Henry G. Caldwell, United States district judge of Arkansas,'published in The American Law Review for November and December, A. D. 1888. In concluding his article, he says of this rule of unanimity: "The rule encourages crime: It is the hope of the guilty, and the trust of dishonest and litigous suitors; it obstructs and delays justice; it multiplies lawyers' fees and burdens suitors with costs and the citizens with taxes; it degrades and dishonors the citizen by treating him worse than the felon he is called on to try; it makes jury service disagreeable and dangerous; it often enables criminals in cities where that class abounds, to escape conviction by smuggling one of their number on the jury; it is an incentive to bribery and corruption; it is a fertile source of false verdicts and a relic of barbarism and superstition that ought to be abolished." In an able article by the Hon. H. B. Brown, of Detroit, Michigan, on judicial independence, published in The American Law Review for September and October, A. D., 1889, ho remarks in conclusion: "In civil cases, both in Old and New England, trial by jury seems by a kind of common consent to be falling into disuse. A step, which I regard as a very decided one in advance, has been taken by two or three States by abolishing the rule of unanimity and permitting a verdict by the consent of nine. This will obviate a vast number of disagreements by eliminating the man who has been approached, and the man of oblique perceptions to bo found upon almost every jury who can never see things as others see them." In a letter to him, Judge Sabin, of the federal court of Nevada, remarks: "I have had several years experience in Nevada, while at the bar, of thepractical workingofthe rule, and I whollyaprvtnf it T rin not think that either the bar or the people would consent to go back to the former rule of unanimity of verdict. In this State, (California) the rule has been in effect about ten years, I think. In neither State has it ever been sought to restore the old rule. I do not presume it ever will bo restored or desired." He further remarks in favor of the new rule: "In refusing the verdict of nine against three, it seems to mo wo are very illogical, if not irrational, as we give to the one of the three dissenting jurors full force and effect, and none to the other nine?just as honest, intelligent and rational as the other one or three." I have been informed that in the constitutions of the four new States?North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington and Montana?the rule of unanimity in verdicts, in both civil and criminal cases, has been abolished, and the rule of a majority of two-thirds or three-fourths substituted. The people of these new States are to lie congratulated upon this reform in the system of trial by jury. The practical test of the new rule will readily secure the approval of all law-abiding and patriotic citizens, as it has in California and Nevada. It is to be hoped that in the older States the example will be followed, and that the people will see to it that the laws are framed in the interest of the law-abiding citizens, and are so administered in our courts as to be a terror to evil doers. In our career as a people, to this complexion it has come, that the good, the patriotic and true citizens of the land, guided by an enlightened press, that great lever of public opinion, must unite in an earnest effort to protect the community against the outrages of the daring lawbreakers, whose increasing numbers threaten the peace of society, and in this direction the whole weight of your influence, and that of all ofliciuls of the court, should be cast. The grand jury retired with these instructions, and his honor then disposed of the contingent docket as follows : State vs. B. 0. aud S. A. Jenkins; selling liquor without a license. Stricken off the docket. State vs. W. Ellis Glasscock and others; murder. Continued. State vs. Richard Brown ; murder. Continued. State vs. Win. Harvey ; murder. Continued. State vs. Wm. H. Kiuley; grand larceny. Stricken off the docket. State vs. George Jamison and others; burglary and larceny. Stricken off the docket. State vs. Samuel Leech, Jr.; carrying concealed weapons. Stricken off the docket. The grand jury returned bills as follows: State vs. Wm. Rose ; carrying concealed \Tn Kill Hcapuu. xiv unit State vs. Henry Johnson ; assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons. True bill. State vs. John Tate; assault and battery with intent to kill. True bill. State vs. John May, Jr.; selling liquor without license. True bill on three indictments. State vs. "Walter Suttou ; murder. True ; bill. State vs. Daniel Best; murder. True bill, i State vs. Beckie Pettis; assault and battery with intent to kill. True bill. Nol prossed by the solicitor. State vs. Fred Sanders ; entering a house with intent to steal and grand larceny. ; True bill. State vs. Emily Goley ; burglary and lari ceny. True bill. State vs. Kobert Hill, Wm. Farrar and Wm. Anderson ; burglary. True bill. Nol prossed by the solicitor. This is the case in 1 which the defendants were tried and con, vieted at the last term of the court of burglarizing the store of S. S. Plexico, of Sharon. It was afterward developed, on the confession of Boody Sanders, that they were not guilty, ' and Judge Kershaw granted a new trial. No new evidence has been obtained in the meantime, and after a conference with Mr. Mexico, the solicitor concluded to nol pros , the cases. * i State vs. Julius B. Barnes; breach of trust ' with fraudulent intent. True bill. State vs Benjamin Caldwell, William Falls and William Davis; assault and battery 1 of a high and aggravated nature. The dcj fondants in this case have not yet been ar, rested and the case was continued to the i fall term. The first case tried on Monday was that ol ( the State vs. Hufus Gillespie, colored, assault ' of a high and aggravated nature and carry ing concealed weapons. It was shown that J on the 12th of November last (JillespiepointI cd a pistol at Miss Maggie Flannagan, oi " Rowling Cireen, anil threatened to kill her. The ease came up at the last term of court j and a mistrial resulted. This time he was convicted 011 both indictments. In pro' nouncing sentence, Judge Hudson gave him I j eiedit for the time already spent in jail, and |! fixed his punishment at nine months in the -1 penitentiary?six months*for assault and j! three months for carrying a concealed wea-j pon. | j In the ease of the State vs Walter Sutton > j for the murder of Andy Barron, colored, on J; the plantation of Mr. T. A. Barron last f 1 March, the defendant plead guilty of man[.! slaughter. The prisoner's statement, togetliJ with affidavits, showed that the two had been J.j quarreling, and as the result, Sutton left Bar, j 1011 in a heat of passion, went home, got (ri his gun and killed him. He was sentenced . j to live years in the penitentiary. s The first case taken up 011 Tuesday was that of the State vs. Daniel Best, for the liiur1 der of James Knight, on the evening of the 17th of last May. The murder occurred at the house of Frank Knight, a brother of the ! deceased, and brother-in-law of Best, and " was the result of a drunken brawl. It seem.* ? that 011 the night of the murder the partj was partaking of a "fish fry." After awhile, for some cause not explained, James Knight began breaking the dishes. His brother Frank remonstrated and a quarrel ensued. Daniel Best became involved, and got into a scuffle, during which the two combatants went out into the yard. Presently Knight, who was much the heavier man, got Best down and was choking him. In order to save his life, as Best claims, he drew a pistol and shot Knight twice. This was on Sunday night, and Knight died on the following Tuesday morning. The evidence showed conclusively that there was no real malice in j the case, and after being out about thirty 1 minutes, the jury sustained Best in a plea of self-defence. The verdict was "not guilty." The next case taken up was that of the State vs. Fred Sanders, for breaking into the store of Mr. S. S. Plexico, at Sharon, last February. Sanders was found guilty and aontonnof) in turn vnnra at, hard labor ill the penitentiary. The ease of the State vs. Julius B. Barnes, charged with taking a watch belonging to Mr. Henderson Broom, of Blacksburg, isnow occupying the attention of the court. The taking of testimony was concluded yesterday afternoon and argument will be heard this morning. A CHAPTER ON POULTRY. "Ah! good morning. You have called at the very time that I can show you everything to the best advantage. Come in." This was the greeting accorded by Mr. W. H. Crossley, of Yorkville, when, by appointment, a representative of The Enquirer called at his home last Friday. Mr. Crossley is quite an enthusiast on the subject of poultry raising. He has given several years of careful study to the matter, and as a result of this, together with a vast deal of practical experience, knows almost all about it. it. The feature that The Enquirer was more particularly interested in was his success with an incubator, which he has had full of eggs during the past three weeks. According to all the experience of the past, and a principle, which, under proper conditions, it is understood they never depart from, last Friday was the day upon which these eggs were to show up some very interesting developments. The question was about to arise, "Who is the mother of the chickens?the hen that laid the eggs or the man that hatched them ?" Mr. Crossley at once led the way to his incubator, a large square box on four legs, and provided with a number of little mechanical contrivances that cannot be very satisfactorily explained without pictoria? illustrations. On one side was a kerosene lamp which engendered the heat that should naturally come from a patient old hen, and through a glass panel could be seen a sufficient number of eggs to keep that same old hen bu9y for about the space of one year in hatching them out. Alter the lapse of a sufficient time to haake these observations, Mr. Crossley drew out the egg drawer, and at once entered into explanations. "You see now, these eggs are just ready to hatch. See that little fellow there how he has pecked through ? Hear him chirp ? They will all be ready to come out to-morrow. That is, all that are going to hatch. It takes them about thirty-six hours to come out after they peck a hole through the shell. See this one that has pecked out on top ? I have to turn him over on one side, just like the old lien does. It l aiani ne wouia aie. Now he will keep pecking away until he gets clear round the shell; then he will come by himself." "Why don't you help it? Surely you could afford to do that much for it." "No, I can't either. I have tried it. Just as sure as you help them to break the shell you kill them. If the chick hasn't got the strength to come out by its own efforts, it is not possessed of enough vitality to live, and so when it fails to release itself entirely from the shell, you may as well leave it alone." "How many eggs have you in the incubator ?" "There are just a hundred now. I first put in one hundred and forty, but forty of them were not fertile and I took them out." "Why, how could you tell whether they were fertile or not?" "No trouble at all; that is, after they have been in the incubator for a time?say five days. On the fifth day I take them out one by one and examine them all. The fertile eggs show small red veins starting out in all directions all over the eggs, while the addled eggs show only a dark object in the center, and no veins. Fact is, after a little experience, it is no trouble to tell all about an egg?whether it is fertile, fresh, or stale." "How do you manage to keep the incubator at the right temperature ?" "That is an easy matter, too. It is provided with an automatic regulator that can be set at any temperature desired. But I don't follow the books on this altogether. I just take the temperature of the old hen on the nest and follow it as near as possible. When the hen first goes on, her temperature is about 107?. After about a week it falls to 103? and even a little lower. But about that time the animal heat in the eggs begins to make up for the difference, and the temperature is really about the same all the while. I find that it is best to run the incubator at about 104? to 105? the first week. The next week I let it down to about 103?, and the third week keep it from 102? to 103?." "Well, is there any certainty about the incubator, Mr. Crossley ?" "Oh, yes, it is all right, barring accidents. It is necessary that you know exactly what you are doing, ('any child cannot operate it') and if you do, you are just as safe as the old hen herself. But I'll warn you, it will cost you a great many dozen eggs and many a wasted hour before you can depend upon your skill with any degree of certainty." "I have failed time and again, and even once or twice when the eggs were in two or three days of hatching. I tell you, it is dis : *?? ?? Martin liimrtrfv] |i|r(ra counting, LUU, LU IUCC u HIIVIV OD_ or so by one little mistake. I have, howev-; er, hatched out as many as seven hundred at one time, and raised nearly all of the chickens." "Now, most of these eggs in the incubator are just ordinary stock. I bought them around through the country at 8 and 10 cents a dozen, but there are nine in there that cost me $6. They are Indian Game, which I consider one of the finest breeds that has yet been produced. They were not put into the incubator until late and are probably a week behind the others." "Have you any tine chickens on hand now?" "Oh ! yes, I have that. Suppose you conic outside and let me show them to you." With this invitation Mr. Crossley led the way to the yard. The chickens were called up, and among them was a brood of probably a dozen about the size of partridges. "Now," remarked Mr. Crossley, "this little fellow [picking one up] was hatched at the . same time with those others, but you see lie is fully twice us large. This a Houdan and cost me three dollars. That is, I bought a half dozen eggs and this is the only one that hatched. Now, although he is only three weeks old, you see he is twice as large as an H ordinary chicken of twice that age. I am [sorry I did not get at least a pair of them, but I will have some more nirer awnue. i have a hen now that litis been setting on ti I nest of them two weeks, and with good luck she will hatch them all." "liut let me show you the prettiest sight of alland leading the way to another yard, Mr. Crossley pointed out alien of Plymouth Kook liens. "That largest hen weighs eleven pounds and a half, and the whole eleven oi them, including the cock, would probably weigh as much as ninety pounds. The cock | is a Silver-Spangled Wyandotte, and I think | a cross between these two breeds produce! i as desirable a chicken for domestic use as ' one could wish for. I am now getting on an '! average of seven eggs a day from the tei ' | hens, and I would probably be willing to scl II those eggs at three dollars a dozen, but I am . | not at all anxious." "Mr. Crossley, one of our correspondents I; last week, asked for a preventive aguinsi mites; can you give any information on tin I subject ?" 'I "Oh, yes; it is very simple, but not vcrj easy. I have a hen sitting there 011 tliosi > Houdau eggs. If I had let her alone tli< mites would, 110 doubt, have run her oil' tin ( nest long ago. As it is, there is not a mit< j on her. I have changed her nest twice, pui I in clean earth and straw, and also added j 1 little powdered tobacco. 1 have a dust pan ' convenient, and the hen takes a good dusi bath as often as once a day. With such pre- i cautions as this you are perfectly safe against mites. Otherwise, you are not." "Are you ever troubled with cholera, roup or anything of that kind ?" "No, there is no need to be. The chickens roost in a house at night. I have that house thoroughly cleaned out every morning, and regularly once a week have the house and roosts whitewashed. The whole secret is in keeping your premises scrupulously clean, and if you do this, there Is ho danger J from any disease whatever." ! "I understand that you urc always very J successful in raising your young chickens | without serious loss. What are the most I important rules to be complied with ?" "Well, up to the time s chick is about seven weeks old, it is sure death to get thoroughly wet. In fact very little dampness will kill it. So one very important matter is not to let the chickens out when it is wet. Also keep them up in the morning until the dew is thoroughly dried off the grass. If you observe this precaution, together with properly prepared wholesome food, there is no reason why you should have any difficulty in raising your chickens." TJnf ?,n nhnll not. nttamnt to tell all that Mr. Crossley knows about chickens; or even all that he told us. However, he seems to know all about the subject, and we have no , doubt that he will willingly answer all letters of inquiry when a stamp in enclosed. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Luta Feufell, of Bock Hill, is visiting Miss Jessie Latimer. ?Mr. J. P. Sifford, of Bowling Grecn; is visiting friends in Yorkville. Mrs. J. P. Culp, of Rock Hill, is in Yorkville, visiting Mrs. M. C. Willis. Mrs. G. F. Richards, of Stanley Creek, N. C., is visiting Mr., J. W, Dobson's family. Miss Minnie Warren,11 or Richburg, Si C., is visiting relatives an<j friends in Yorkville. Mrs. W. H. Speck, of Palatka, Fin., is in Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. C. G. Parish. Rev. F. C. Hickson, of Gastonia, N. C., was in Yorkville on Monday and Tuesday. Miss Belle Manly, of Greenville, is in Yorkville, visiting her sister, Mrs. R. G. Patrick. f Mr. F. A. Gilbert returned home last Monday from a short visit to Cleveland Mineral springs. Misses Bessie Barron and Bettie Jenkins have returned home from the Due West Female college. * Miss Emma Lathan, of Due West, is visiting relatives in this place, the guest of Mr.. W. T. Barron. Mr. Jamec B. Kennedy has returned home from Due West, where he has been attending Erskine college. Mr. Claud Inman an J his sister, Miss Perla, of Bullock's Creek, were in Yorkville last week, the guests of M rs. Brooks Inman. Miss Emma Roach and her little sisters, Mary and Margaret, of Rock Hill, are visiting in Yorkville. Rev. D. Harrison and family, recently of Fort Mill, have moved to Yorkville, and are occupying the Boyd house. Mr. T. W. Clawson has returned home to spend a few days in recreation from his insurance labors in North Carolina. Mrs. Mary J. Ingold returned home last Wednesday after an extended visit to relatives in North Carolina. " ^ Miss Essie Stewart, of Fort Mill, is visiting friends in Yorkville. and is the guest of Mrs. W. G. White. We received a pleasant call from Mr. J. J. Hull, of The Rock Hill Herald, on last Monday afternoon. Miss S. T. Hoopes, the popular milliner of Dobson's New York Racket store, left this * place on last Thursday for her home in Baltimore. Md. Mrs. R. G. Patrick returned home last Friday, after an extended visit to relatives and friends in Greenville and Anderson, S. C. THE GRAND TuRY'S REPORT. Proposed Changes In the Jury Law?The County Poor House Building Should be Repaired. To His Honor J.H.Hudson, presiding Judge: The grand jury begs leave to submit their report at the conclusion or she summer term, as follows: They have carefully considered the change in the jury law, suggested in your Honor's churge, and they are of the opinion that unanimity should no longer be required to reach a verdict. The times for holding the court in York county, as now fixed by law, cannot be improved upon, in the grand jury's opinion. >The county offices have not been examined during the present term, the work having been carefiilly done at the spring term. The roads and bridges should bo repaired with all convenient speed after the laying by of the crops. The grand jury recommended that the superintendent's home and other houses on the poor house farm be repaired and improved at once, under the directions of the county commissioners. 'It is always a pleasure to the people of York county to have your Honor preside in our courts, and the grnnd jury express the hope that your Honor Avill often visit our court house for the same purpose in the years to come. Respectfully submitted, W. Meek Faulkner, Foreman. An Open Letter to Tillman.?The following open letter to Governor Tillman on the subject of his now justly celebrated free railroad pass, was printed in The News and Courier of last Friday: Greenwood, S. C., June 23,1891. To R. B. Tillman, Governor of South Carolina?My dear Governor: I see from the pa- , pers that you have at last fallen from grace, , that you have been tempted and have accepted the accursed free railroad pass. They say Bunch McBee did it. Our Bunch. I know Bunch well. He and I were raised in the same town, were schoolboys together, great friends, are still. We boys are as proud of Bunch's success in railroading as Ben's in politics. Bunch always had an eye to business. We now fear Bunch has been too smart for Ben. -.t j na vnil lldVA fallen in ow, ucur ^uvciuui, uo . - ? from grace, and as I am one of your "Old Guards" who stood under your flag last year, and I being a Methodist, believe a man can fall from grace; you, being of Presbyterian inclinations, may not think so, but it is true nevertheless. Peter fell from grace, but he repented and was restored. Now, governor, if you were a Methodist you would know at once what to do. I will now speak for the "Old Guard," and tell you what is required. In your case we make the State the church. You must publicly confess you have done wrong in acceptting the pass. You must then return Bunch ' the pass, and pay at once to the railroad all that you have saved by using the pass. In i your case we will not require "four fold." Do this, and the sooner you do it the better, and when you do so, you will feel so much | better. We will then give you once more a ; hearty shake of the hand. If you refuse to . repent, you will find out soon that you will be tempted to do something else wrong. You will go fast from bad to worse. The Bible tells us to "resist the devil and he will lice , from you." I don't mean to say that Bunch is the devil. Your old friend, L. M. Moore. P. S.?Look after May field and Thackstou ; they are ruining us. l. m. m. , SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Judge Simonton 011 last Monday granted ( j Receiver Chamberlain permission to issue $225,000 receiver's certificates, to jmy for the , equipment and rolling stock of the Three ; C's railroad. > ?Chester Reporter, 25th ult.: W. Holmes 1 Hardin, Jr., of this place, took the first scliol1 arship in the law department of Vanderbilt ( University bust week. ? In Chester, on Tuesday of last week, l Kelly Backstroin, a nine year old negro boy, : was put 011 trial for the murder of Sam 1" ? 1.1 'pi... r?ii..,t 14IUII, live juum um. x uc j?w.* ... ; agree 011 a verdict. In the case of Clarence ( Robinson, for the murder of Emma Stroud, 1 near Rich burg, last April, the defendant was I discharged. It was shown that he was unf I der seven years of age and not amenable to the law. The case of Eugene Shurley was : I continued on account of sickness of his coun; j sel. II ?The Columbia State of yesterday coni' tained interviews with Superintendent May11 field and l'rofessor 1). R. Johnson, of Columt J bia, 011 the subject of that "resolution" under 11 which Mr. W. J. Thackston made his recent 11 proposition to the county school commissioners. It turns out that the alleged resolution , ' was not passed by the board, but the matter t j is explained in this way : Mr. Thackston did submit such a proposition, and while the i board was considering the same he left the ' i room and went up town. The board failed | to act 011 the proposition, but Mr. Thackston j receiving 110 information of the fact, assumed i j that it had been accepted and issued his eir. ' culars in accordance with this assumption. L; Roth Mr. May field and Mr. Johnson express 1 themselves as of the opinion that Mr. Tlmck1 ston was honest in his belief that the resolut tion had been passed.