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Scraps and ^arts. ? A cable dispatch from Japan brings the news of the terrible devastation recently wrought by an earthquake among the islands of that empire. The town of Nagoya, Kano, and Kagamatsu, on the island of Hongo, were almost completely destroyed. The reports put the loss of life at about 15,000 killed, and the number of houses destroyed as footing up more than 50,000. ?The Southern Rbad congress met in Atlanta, Ga., last Thursday according to appointment, but was not very largely attended, South Carolina and California being the only States represented by lUll delegations. The other States represented were Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri,'North Carolina and West Virginia. A committee appointed to prepare business and a plan of procedure reported as follows: "It is the sense of this committee that labor and property should each bear their proportion of the burden of road duty. And that we recommend to the legislatures of the different States in the congress, that such legislation be enacted as will best bring about the result, and that special attention be given to the convict laws that will utilize to the best advantage said convict labor in working public roads." The report was unanimously adopted. ? The New York Central railroad has instituted the fastest train service in the world. The train, which will be known as the Empire State Express, will leave the Grand Central station in New York city every morning, except Sunday, at 9 o'clock, and will reach Buffalo at 5.4b p. m., making the run in 8 hours and 40 minutes. Stops will only be made at Albany, Utica, Syracuse and Rochester. The train is expected to make fifty-two and one-third miles an hour, and the officials of the road are confident that this run can be made daily with ease, and that the train will be on time every trip. On the first trip, which was made last Monday, the speed at one point was seventy miles an hour, so that the proposed schedule time of fifty-two and one-third miles an hour can be easily maintained. This is faster than the famous Flying Scotchman train "between London and Edinburg, which averages about fifty-one and a half miles an hour. ? The Central passenger depot at Macon, Ga., was burned last Thursday morning, as the result of an attempt of an employe of one of the railroads to kindle a fire by pouring kerosene on the coals. There was a Pullman sleeper in the depot at the time, fhll of drowsy passengers, just arrived from Savannah. The car was left standing in the car shed preparatory to changing engines for a continuation of its trip. The passengers were awakened with the alarming information that the roof over their heads was burning, and many of them attempted to rush out in their night clothes. About this time, however, they were directed to keep their places, as an engine was coming to pull the car out of danger. In a few minutes the engine arrived and the car was gotten from under the building just as the roof was falling v?>w?Tr vena Vmrt, i*xr.ent the man "*6 "" """"J " ? ?? x through whose carelessness the fire originated. He was badly burned, but his injuries will not prove fatal. ? A negro named Lee Green murdered the family of a white farmer named Lowe, near Queen City, Texas, on Saturday, the 24th ultimo. He was arrested and committed to jail. A few days afterward a large number . of negroes and whites assembled from different parts of the county, in which the crime was committed, and from adjoining counties, and going to the jail, forced the sheriff to give the negro up. The frightened wTetch was taken before the father of the murdered family and made a full confession of his crime. A trace chain was then put about his neck, and he was fastened to a tree in the woods. Forty-six colored men piled fagots around him until the pile reached to the top of his head, and then an old negress applied a match to the pile. He was dead in a few minutes, and when the fire burned down, there was nothing left of his remains. The burning took place just fifty-three hours after the crime, and was participated in by about fifteen hundred people, whites and blacks. ? The Atlanta papers tell of an invention that is on exhibition at the Piedmont Exposition which, if it will do what the inventors claim for it, will be of untold benefit to the cotton planters of the South. The invention is known as the Rembert roller compress, and was patented by a Texan in November, 1890, and February, 1891. It is intended to at once do the work of the ordinary cotton press and the big compress, turning out a bale of the same size and density as that of the latter, with as little power as is required by the former. As the cotton is ginned it passes between two rollers which force the air out of it and press it into a smooth web. This web falls into the press in layers, and when the power is applied, a five hundred pound bale is reduced to as small or smaller package than can be made by the ">??* nr?GQM Althflllph UIVOV UJ uiaunv vww. v ? one more tie is required than in the old process, the bale is so much smaller that eleven feet in ties and a yard of bagging is saved in every bale packed on the new press. In doing away with the compress, it is claimed that the invention will effect an annual saving of from seven to twenty million dollars a year. ? The trial of John, Charles and Caldwell Motz, for the murder of Samuel C. Motz, at Lincolnton, N. C., in July last, began atShel by, N. C., last Wednesday. It will be remembered that Samuel C. Motz was riding in a buggy with Robert Michael, and the two were waylaid in the road by the Motz brothers. After a short parley firing commenced, i and as the result Samuel Motz was instantly killed, Michael was wounded, and Charles Motz was shot by Michael. The cause of the difficultly was the alleged seduction of MisB Maggie Motz, a sister of the three brothers, by Michael. On account of such considerable feeling in the matter at Lincolnton, the trial of the case was removed to Shelby. It was only after' great difficulty that a jury was secured. All the regular panel was challenged as well as 104 out of a special venire of 150 that was afterward summoned. The trial will probably not be concluded before today or tomorrow. So far, the defense has shown that Michael had been a lover of Miss Motz^and after betray ing her, forsook her. The fact became known at the birth of a child, and it was the intention of the brothers not to kill Michael, but to make him marry their sister. Samuel Motz, at the time of his death, was helping to carry out the scheme of the brothers to get hold of Michael, and his killing was the result of an accident. Michael has admitted his intimacy with Miss Motz, but denies that it was under promise of marriage ; also claiming that he was not responsible for the paternity. At last accounts from Shelby, public sympathy was represented as being decidedly with the Motz boys, and there was little doubt that they would be acquitted. ? The Tennessee cpal miners have at last resorted to force in the solution of the convict labor problem in that State. It will be remembered that last July the miners in the vicinity of JJriceville, Tennessee, to the number of nearly one thousand, took up arms for the purpose of preventing the use of convict labor in the mines. The State militia was assembled in the vicinity of Briceville, and for several days it looked as if bloodshed was imminent. Finally, the matter was compromised by an agreement on the part of the State authorities to call an extra session of the legislature for the purpose of repealing the convict lease laws. The legislature met, but after several weeks deliberation, failed to repeal the obnoxious laws. The miners then threatened force, but decided to defer their action pending a decision of the supreme court involving the question at issue. The decision came about a week ago, and was adverse to the interest of the miners. Last Friday night, about one thousand miners, men and boys from Eastern Kentucky, Southern Indiana and Eastern Tennessee, went to Briceville, overpowered the convict guards, broke down the stockade, provided the convicts, to the number of 140, with citizens' clothes and rifles, and set them free. The stockade was then burned. The mob then repaired to the mines of the Knoxville Iron company and released all the convicts confined at that place. The released convicts were started toward the Kentucky line, most of them provided with citizens' clothes, and all provided with arms and ammunition. The miners procured the clothes by robbing neighboring stores, and many of the guns given to the convicts were taken from the guards. Several of the convicts, who were unable to get citizens' clothes, gave themselves up, and the governor has offered a reward of $50 a head for the capture of any of the others. Gov ernor Buchanan, it is said, will not send on? fo troops to the scene of the trouble, but will v( spend any amount of money that may be needed to arrest and convict the ring leaders G of the miners. D . Ci $he ?oth?iWe (fttquirct. w YORKVILLE, S. C.: P* WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1891. St ? We received the exposition edition of as the Augusta Chronicle last Friday. It is handsomely gotten up in a neatly printed th sixty-four page pamphlet, and gives the industrial condition of Augusta complete. The w business of the city for the past 3 ear is shown to be nearly seventy-three million dollars, an increase of $2,500,000 over last year. Au- st gusta is solid and progressive, says The de Chronicle, and her future is full of promise, w< The exposition was formally opened last aF Monday by Governor Northern ^ ? A lady correspondent who desires that be her name be witheld for fear that she will be as called an "old fog}'," has written to know if qj The Enquirer cannot advocate a petition to the legislature to establish the whipping post in this State and make "forty stripes" to the punishment for many misdemeanors and ^ small crimes thpt. now call for imprisonment in the penitentiary. The idea is a good QU one, and our correspondent need have no fear of being called an "old fogy" for ad- th vancing it. There is an uc.surmountable foi barrier in the way of the passage of such a th law, however. Section 38, Article 1 of the m< constitution forbids the infliction of "cruel and unusal punishment," and according to gjr the general construction of the section, the ve whipping post is included in its provisions, rei * of ? The Greenville News, discussing the im- t,y perfection of the jury s}'stem. suggests that "what is needed to remove many of the evils au and absurdities of the jury system, is to have JU( the deliberations of juries made part of the se< court record, to allow a reasonable time for ^ consideration and discussion, and to make ap each juror place on the record a concise au statement of the reasons governfng his ac- th; tion, and the process by which he reached his conclusion." The News is usually level headed in its opinionss on each subject, but we fail to see what benefit, if any, could be ex derived from making the deliberations of eri juries a part of the court records. Juries pu are generally honest in their conclusions, even if not just, and the dishonest or inter- ' ested juryman is the exception. The ^on- on scientious juryman often arrives at a just Pa conclusion without being able to give a good ye and aiiffipipnt, reason therefor, while the dis- Fji honest juryman is just as often able to give a plausible explanation for an unjust judg- Ch ment. To make the deliberations of the jury room a part of the court records, would an open the way for no end of complications, thi and furnish more grounds for new trials and fid appeals than was ever dreamed of before, thi and the machinery of justice would be more 8ei cumbersome than ever. No, there is nothing Sti the matter with our jury system. It is as no near perfection as anything that is contrived t-hi by man ever gets, and the only possible hope thi for the most satisfactory results, is the eleva- wc tion of human nature up to the Bame high standard. When that point is reached, we 8Ul confess that there will be no need for juries, m( but in the meantime the best we can do is to *hi bear with our present system as it is. thi ACREAGE REDUCTION CONGRESS. on Forty cotton growers, representing four Southern States, met in Atlanta, Ga., last Thursday to discuss practical questions connected with their occupation. Colonel D. St. P. Duncan, of South Carolina, was elected by president, and the "Acreage Reduction Con- U? gress" was adopted as the name of the body. Fo Colonel Livingston, president of the Georgia fir' Alliance, made a strong speech in which he on discussed the questions of ginning, sampling, 00' and classification. He said that a large quantity of cotton was damaged J of a cent ^ra pound, by the ignorance and carelessness of trfl ginners, who paid more attention to the ge] quantity than the quality of their work, ba The system of sampling, he said, was a very ou expensive one to the farmers, and stated that br< the cotton samples in New Orleans had amounted to 25,000 bales in one season. As to classification, he recommended that it ra( be done in each county by sworn experts ; Ch that all cotton be classified in four grades, re< and that these be known by number?one, 801 two, three, four, respectively. He went on }ve to say that there was a difference of four mi cents between the price in Savannah and in Liverpool; that the cost of carrying the cot- me ton from one port to the other is only 1} rei cents, and that somebody is making cents merely for the handling. As the result of ^ the discussion, a committee appointed to ^ prepare resolutions, reported the following h0 which was unanimously adopted. hei "Mr. President?Your committee to for- he: mulate a paper covering the necessity for a to change in the acreage, handling, classing and N. selling cotton, beg leave to submit the fol- ho lowing report: wa "Resolved, That it is the opinion of this ro] convention that the acreage should be re- an duced one-third, and where the intensive a a system has been practiced, not more than 35< twelve acres per plow should be planted, qu This, with careful cultivation, would give pl< seven millions of bales or less. This would O. be an advantage to the cotton farmer or W planter in that it would enable him to raise an plantation supplies much cheaper than now on obtained from the West or Northwest. Also W it would enhance the p ice of cotton. ne "Resolved, further, That this convention ed urge cotton growers to be more careful in let handling their cotton. Cotton should be jut gathered clean of trash, sand or dust, ginned ba and kept dry until marketed. Gt "Resolved again, That we demand a more tir simple and practical classification of cotton, giving not more than four grades, and by number, to-wit: 1, 2, 3 and 4. "Resolved again, That we urge cotton El producers to co-operate in the sale of their cotton, direct to spinners or manufacturers, recognizing the fact that now enormous Co amounts of money are made by commission men, warehouse men and exporters, under mi present methods. Ri "Your committee recommend that cotton sh producers must bend their energies to reform pe the evils now existing. Clean cotton, dry cotton, careful ginning, bales covered and securely fastened at both ends and sides, with sample of each hale attached in cotton j pocket, guaranteed by ginners, classified by taj experts, sold with the smallest amount of commissions to middle men. And by all fr( means holding back 7*or monthly sales and trt delivery to meet the demands of manufac- pi, turers, all cotton not necessary to meet ma- hi; tured obligations,"this to be sold and deliver- on ed under contract between producers and cp manufacturers. l,u "Your committee recommend that an ad- 0p dress be given to all interested parties em- w] bodying the foregoing suggestions and calling pr attention of the State legislature, cotton ex- ue changes and cotton shippers to the numerous fji: frauds now perpetrated upon cotton producers. We suggest that all agricultural organizations and alliances or other labor com- s|, bines, cotton exchanges and all classes and 'pi callings, be earnestly requested to consider no the foregoing resolutions and urge their th adoption' and enforcement. We suggest a ! ce committee to report upon the propriety of' ro bales of cotton to be reduced to one hundred and twenty-five pounds maximum. "We, the committee, ask to be allowed to lk amend this report in that the secretary of T1 this convention have it published in all papers th friendly to the move, calling attention to sec- cr retaries of organizations specified heretofore, oil asking that their alliances, clubs or subor- sic dinate organizations adopt the policy as set wi rth and report to the secretary of this conation." Names of committee : L. F. Livingston, eorgia; Smilie A. Gregg, South Carolina ; . L. Brown, Alabama; A. A. Sligh, South irolina ; John 0. Waddell, Georgia. THE TROUBLE WITH CHILI. The diplomatic correspondence between ie United States and Chili in regard to the tack on American sailors in the streets of alparaiso, on the 16th of October, has been icupying considerable space in the daily ipers of the past week. As has been stated, the report of Captain :hley, of the Baltimore, represented that e attack on the Baltimore's, sailors was anton on the part of the Chilians, and was irticipated in by the police of Valparaiso i well as the rabble. Acting upon this information, Assistant jcretary Wharton instructed Minister Egan follows, by cable: "You will at once bring to the attention of e government of Chili the facts as reported you by Captain Schley and will enquire hether there are any qualifying facts in the issession of that government or any exanation to be offered of the event that has :ry deeply pained the people of the United ates, not only by reason of the resulting ath of one of our sailors and the pitiless ounding of others, but even more as an iparent expression of unfriendliness toirds this government, which might put in ril the maintenance of amicable relations tween the two countries. If the facts are 1 * /N CI _ U 1 reported oy uapiain oemey, iuis? guvcment cannot doubt that the government of lili will offer prompt and full reparation." In reply to this, the Chilian minister rented an answer very much in the same ne as that made by Blaine to Rudini in e Mafia controversy. Paraphrased by the ate department at Washington, it is given t to the press for publication as follows: "The minister of foreign affairs replies at the government of the United States rmulates demands and advances threats at, without being cast back with acriany, are not acceptable, nor could they accepted in the present case or in any her of like nature. He does not doubt the icerity, rectitude or expertness of the instigation on board the Baltimore, but will 30gnize only the jurisdiction and authority this country to judge and punish the guilin Chilian territory. "He says the administration and judicial thorities have been investigating the affair; licial investigation under Chilian law is jret and the time is not yet arrived to ike known the result; when that time es arrive he will communicate the result, hough he does not recognize any other thority competent to judge criminal cases an that established by the Chillian people. "Until the time arrives to disclose the reIt of the investigation, he cannot admit at the disorders in Valparaiso or the siice of his department should appear as an pression of unfriendliness toward the goviment of the United States, which might t in peril the friendly relations between b two countries." Several other notes bearing, in the main, the same lines as included above, have ssed between the two governments, and as t the controversy remains unsettled, the > ? i ? ?*1.. 11MJU Otaitb, IlUWUVCl, tkppmcuuj analvl the result of the investigation by the lilian authorities. In the meantime, the possibilities of war i being freely discussed. It is represented at the Chilians are a fighting people, conently believing in their superiority, and at they would rather fight than make the nblance of an apology even to the United ates. However this may be with the igrant masses, there is little probability that air more intelligent leaders, familiar with e power and resources of the United States, >uld for a moment think of plunging the liculous little republic into a war against ch overwhelming odds. It is infinitely >re likely that the affair at issue will be iroughly investigated, and all the reparan that circumstances seem to require or it this government may demand, will at ce be made. MERE-MENTION. The steamer Oliver Bierne, plying between , Louis and New Orleans, was destroyed fire, near Vicksburg, last Thursday. The at was loaded with passengers and cotton, urteen passengers lost their lives. The s is thought to have been of incendiary gin, and the property loss was about $60, As the result of the long drouth Alabama, many of the streams have gone y, and the railroads find great difficulty in :uring the necessary water to run their tins. It is represented that all the passenp trains going out from Montgomery carry rrels of water for distribution at the varis stations along their various lines. A mze statue of William Carter Wickham .a nniroilori nt. Richmond. Va.. Inst Thurs y. The statue was presented to the city Richmond by General Wickham's comles in the war, and the employees of the esapeakeand Ohio railway. The fire ;ord of last Thursday and Friday was nething appalling. Over forty-seven fires ire reported in different parts of the counr, and the aggregate amounted to several llion dollars. A powder mill blew up Youngstown, O., last Wednesday. Two in were killed by the explosion, and their nains were scattered over a ten acre Id. William Elliott and his wife, both aut 80 years old, were burned to death in ;ir home near Shoals, Ind., last Wednesy. Mrs. Elliott ran into the burning use to get some clothing and bedding, and r husband failing in an attempt to rescue r, both perished. A negro assistant a female aeronaut, was killed at Raleigh, C., last Wednesday. He was helping to Id the balloon down, and when the signal is given to let go, he was caught in the pes. He was carried up about sixty feet, d fell thatdistance to the earth. Osaka, leaport town of Japan, numbering about 0,000 inhabitants, was visited by an earthake one day last week and about 300 peoi were killed. The town ofConneaut, , was nearly destroyed by a cyclone last ednesday. Property was destroyed to the lount of about $100,000. A dispatch Friday, from Atlanta, says that the ells-Lipscomb cotton picker was tested ar that city on that day and that it pick a bale of cotton in a very lew minuies, iving the leaves and green bolls uninred. A big warehouse, containing 1,000 les of cotton, was destroyed at Newnan, i., last Wednesday, The entire loss is esnated at $200,000. LETTER FROM L0WRYSVILLE. rror Corrected?Cotton Receipts?Did not Pay According to Promise?The Short Crop. rrespondenec of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Lowrysville, November2.?The printer ide me say in my last letter that Sandy ver lodge had rented the Masonic hall. It ould have been Sandy River Lodge Indendent Order of Good Templars. Cotton receipts at this place are not more an one-fifth of what they were last year. Lowrysville is still increasing in size. Mr. L. Abell is building a neat four room cot?e on his lot near the depot. A gentleman who lives not a great way >m Yorkville, was going home on the uplin one day bust week and got ofF at this ace by mistake. Soon after he found out s predicament, he struck a bargain with e of our citizens to carry him home. The izen carried out his part of the contract, it on reaching the end of the journey, the her party did not have the money with licli to make the promised payment. He omised to send it down by mail or express xtday, but did not do so. Unless he fuls his promise pretty soon, I think it will be y duty to give his name and address. The cotton crop in this section will be the ortest that we have had for several years, le cotton crop has been housed, and while >t so large in hulk as that of last year, I ink it will go quite as far. About 2o per nt. of last year's crop in this section was tten. w. o. (J. - Mr. James II. Barnes, cashier of the ink of Marlboro, committed suicide last nirsday morning by shooting himself in e mouth with a pistol. There was no ookedness in his accounts and his pliysiuis attribute the dedd to mental depres>n. He was forty years old, and leaves a ife and six children. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Louis Roth?Fresh Oysters To-Day! Hunter?k Oates?Clothing! Clothing!! M. E. Dobson & Co., Proprietors?Dobson's Racket. M. A H. C. Strauss?Prices According to the Times. Riddle & Carroll?They Have Arrived. . Agnes Moore?Some New Goods. ; Lowry <fe Starr?No More Chills?Do You Chew or Smoke?We Have What You WantHeadache Cured?Glass and Putty?Lanterns and Lamps. L. D. Childs, Chester, S. C.?For 15 Days. Ferguson Brothers?Good Morning. J. W. P. Hope & Co.?Notice. GOOD TEMPLARS. At the regular meeting of the Yorkville Lodge of I. O. G. T. last Friday night, the following officers were elected for the ensuiner Quarter: O. E. Grist. C. T.: Miss Eunice McCounell, V. T.; Miss Lenora Parker, secretary; H. H. Beard, financial secretary; J. W. Snider, treasurer; J. A. Tate, chaplain ; W. M. Kennedy, Jr., marshal; Miss Kate Cody, I. G.; Felix McClain, sentinel; F. A. Gilbert, P. C. T. ALLIANCE MEETING YESTERDAY. An adjourned meeting of the York County Alliance was held in Hunter & Oates's hall on yesterday, Mr. W. N. Elder presiding. The meeting was called for the purpose of hearing an address from Mr. J. A. Sligh, president of the State exchange, on the workings of that institution. The address was listened to by a pretty full delegation of Alliancemen from all parts of the county, and , all pronounce themselves highly pleased with Mr. Sligh's exposition of the matter in hand. MARRIAGE IN YORKVILLE. Miss Minnie Wilson, daughter of Colonel W. B. Wilson, and one of the most popular young ladies of Yorkville, was married last Thursday at noon to Mr. Alexander Long, of Spartanburg. The ceremony, which took place at the residence of the bride's father, was performed by Rev. B. F. Wilson, of Spartanburg, and was witnessed by a few intimate friends of the bride and groom. Mr. and Mrs. Long left on the Three C's train for an extended trip to various Northern cities. On their return they wlill take up their residence in Spartanburg. ENTERTAINMENT THIS EVENING. A delegation of the Willing Workers called on The Enquirer yesterday afternoon with the information that the society is "on the warpath again." It is another entertainment, a prominent feature of which will be oysters and other good things served in the Willing Workers' most approved style. The hour is 4 o'clock; the place is the residence of Mr. Jas. M. Starr, and the public is invited to be on, hand. The young ladies have entered into a solemn promise this time to break all previous records and have 1. * 1 3-. enougu ior everyuuuy. DEDICATION OP A \EAV CHURCH. The new Baptist church of this place is practically completed, and it will be dedicated on the fourth Sunday in this month, 22nd instant. The dedication sermon will be preached by Rev. R. H. Griffith, D. D., formerly corresponding secretary of the Baptist State Mission Board, but now one of the professors of the Cooper-Limestone Female Institute. It was through the exertions and at the earnest solicitation of Dr. Griffith that the work of re-organizing a Baptist church in Yorkville was taken in hand by the State mission board. , YORKVILLE'S WAITING ROOMS. The following letter from Mr. D. P. Duncan, chairman of the board of railroad commissioners, was received by The Enquirer last Wednesday afternoon. It explains itself: Office of Railroad Commissioners, ) Columbia, S. C., October 26, 1891. j The Yorkvillh Enquirer : Yorkville, S. C., My Dear Sir: Your paper of the 21st instant, with marked article, duly received, for which please accept thanks. The inspection of the Three C's was made on the 23rd, and the attention of the railroad authorities was called to the condition of the depot accommodation, and they have promised that it shall be remedied at an early date. If it is not done, will you be bo kind as to notify mo of the fact. The R. <fc D. people have been spoken to some time since as to their depot facilities, and if it is not soon arranged, I will be glad to be advised of the fact. Very truly, D. P. Duncan. REVENUE "RAIDEFLS. "\Ve have been informed that Forbes's still, in the southern part of Gaston county, was raided by revenue officers on Tuesday of last week. The story is about as /.-II mi._ Cni.Roa tn IOllOWb ! X lit? umuci o wtipuuiviA x v? ww^ gether with twenty-two barrels of illicit whisky. They nailed up the whisky in the warehouse in which it was found, and started to Dallas jail with Forbes. On the road he managed to escape, and returning, collected a large crowd of friends, went to the warehouse, broke it open and took out the whisky, and hid it in the woods. The party, however, partook of the re-captured whisky too freely and began fighting among themselves. In the melee, it is said that Forbes received two pistol shot wounds. The revenue officers returned and again got possession of most of the whisky, but all the moonshiners, including Forbes, got away. At last accounts none of them had been recaptured. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Sunday-school at 10.30 a. m. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D., pastor. Prayer-meeting tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 11 a m. and 7 p. m. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. Robert G. Patrick, pastor. Yorkville?Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 7.30 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday-school at 3.30 o'clock p. in. Union?Sunday-school at 2 o'clock p. m. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. H. Waddell, pastor. Services each afternoon and evening this week at 3.30 o'clock and 7.30 o'clock, and on Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m. and 7 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school at 3.30 o'clock p. m. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, pastor. Tirzah?Services next Friday and Saturday at the usual hours, and on Sunday at 11 o'clock a. ra. The sacra meat of the Lord's Supper will be administered during the services on Sunday The pastor expects to he assisted by Rev. O. R. White, of Mecklenburg county, N. C. Yorkville?Sunday-school at 3.30 o'clock p. m. Services Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. SALES-DAY. On last Monday, sales-day for November, the following property was sold by the clerk : At the suit of the Scottish-American Mortgage company, vs. Dora Crawford and others, defendants, 149 acres of land situated about four miles south of Yorkville and bounded by lands of John Miskelly, John Carson, F. D. Davidson and W. C. Latimer. Bid ofF by G. W. S. Hart, attorney, for $785. Under decretal order, at the suit of Jos. F. Wallace, as administrator, against Fenner Whittand others, one house and lot in Yorkville, the property of M. Whitt, deceased. Bid ofF by Mrs. Catharine Cork ill for $555. Under decretal order, at the suit of J. A. Carroll against Mary A. Howell and John J. i Foster as heirs, the interest of Julia A. Fosi ter, deceased, in : 1st, a piece of land known i as division No. 6 of the McCaw land, boundj ed by lauds of A. Stillwell, R. G. McCaw and i J. A. Ratchford, and containing 52 acres, more or less. Bid otF by C. E. Spencer, attorney, for $50. 2nd. House and lot in Yorkville containing one acre and 20 rods. ! Bid ofTby C. E. .Spencer, attorney, for $20. Under decretal order, at the suit of William B. Glass and others, plaintiffs, against I M. F. Frank Stewart and others defendants : j 1. A tract of land situated partly in the j town of Clover and containing 1(584 acres. Bid ofF by C. M. l'arrott for $2,400. 2nd. | Tract of thirty acres, near Clover. Bid off j by W. B. Smith for $311. By Mrs. E. E. Wright, executrix, the J. L. Wright mill and mill tract, lying on Al liaon Creek, tract containing 130 acre Bought by J. S. Wright for $1,235. CLUB-MAKERS FOR 1802. The following list of the club-makers f The Enquirer for the year 1892 is publisl ed for the information of those who wish i subscribe for the paper lor the ensuing yes Either of them will be pleased to recer subscriptions at club rates : Dr. Wm, Anderson, Blacksburg, S. E. M. Bailes, Yorkville, S. W. McG. Bailey, Olive, S. D. A. S. Boyd, Laconte, Ar HughG. Brown, Filbert, S. W. J. C'aveny, Rock Hill, S. J. J. Clinton, Guthriesville, S. G. S. Cobb, Hickory Grove, S. J. C. Comer, Yorkville, S. J. R. Comer, Tirzah, S. W. H. Crook, Fort Mill, S. T. Gib. Culp Fort Mill, S. F. H. Dover, Grover, N. J. R. Gettys Leslie, S. W. O. Glover, Point, S. A. M. Grist, Yorkville, S. John T. Grist, AtLarp Reg M. Grist, Yorkville, S. Wm. O. Guy, Lowrysville, S. Joshua D. Gwin, Clover, S. Miss Hattie Hafner, Blairsville, S. M. Hafner, McConnellsville, S. F. M. Harrison, Walnut Grove, S. W. H. Hicklin, Guthriesville, S. H. F. Horton Gould, 8. C. C. Hughes Grover, N. S. W. Jackson, Newport, S. J. H. B. Jenkins Sharon, S. E. L. Keeslor, Rock Hill, S. Jos. C. Kirkpatrick Kirkpatrick, S. W. S. Leslie, Leslie, S. W. J. Miller, Newport, S. Mias L. Miller, Old R>int, 8. Sam'l L. Milling Rock Hill, 8. P. E. Moore, Bowling Green, 8. T. C. Pegram, Gastonia, N. J. Campbell Roberts, Yorkville, 8. E. R. Sapoch, Blacksburg, 8. Miases Nannie and Eliza 8cott, Sharon, 8. R. K. Seahorn, Hickory Grove, S. G. M. Smitb, Tucker, Text John J. Smith, Clover, S. W. F.Smith, Bethany,8. G. L. Suggs, Clay Hill, 8. R. Y. Williamson Fort Mill, 8. DEATH OF DR. A. Jr. WITHERSPOON Rev. Dr. Andrew Jackson Witherspoo pastor of the Seamaia'3 Bethel, of New 0 leans, died at Moss Point, Miss., on the 24i ultimo, aged 67 years. He was formerly citizen of Yorkville, having studied law this place in 1846, and having returned c several occasions since in the interest of tl Seaman's Bethel, was well known by all oi citizens. The New Orleans Delta gives tl following facts in his life : "Dr. Witherspoon was born in Waxhaw settlement, Lancaster district, S. C., in 182 He was a student at Davidson college. E prepared himself for the bar, but feeling th his Master had need of him, he took up tli study of theology and was admitted to tl ministry of the Presbyterian church. F< some years ill-health prevented him from a cepting any charge, but upon regaining h health he took charge of the Montpelie Shilo and Geneva churches in Morengo com ty, Ala. The Franklin Street Presbyterie church of Mobile wsis one of the results i his eighteen months' labor as a missionary i that city. In 1872, at the request of Rev. Drs. Palmi and Smith, he entered upon Sunday-schn mission work in this city,in which he was mo Buccessfuk While he was engaged upon th work he satv the necessity for a bethel f< the sailors, and on January 1,1878, he opene the Upper Bethel, which has since grown 1 be one of the most extensive and useful < the institutions of that sort in the worli and which will stand as his monument f< the future. "In 1861 Dr. Witherspoon volunteered i chaplain of the Twenty-first Alabama reg ment and served with it throughout the wi with the exception of five months spent i a prisoner at Johnson's Island. In the arm he was distinguished for his coolness an bravery, never hesitating to go where h sacred duty called him, both in the hospit and on the field. During the epidemic < 1878, he stood to his post with equal cou age, although his field being among the ve sels on the river, he was exposed to doub danger. "Dr. Witherspoon was known in his woi throughout the civilized world, obtainic such recognition as to receive personal le ters from nearly all the crowned heads Europe, acknowledging the good that 1 had done among the sailors of every n tionality. "His memory will live long among thoi with whom he labored, and many a roug blue sleeve will be drawn across tear moi tened eyes when his "boys" learn of tl death of their friend and helper." CIRCUIT COURT. The fall term of the circuit court for Yoi county convened last Monday morning at 1 o'clock, His Honor T, B. Fraser, presidin All of the officers of the court were presen most of the jurors, and the largest numbi of defendants and witnesses that has bet present on any similar occasion for sever years. Upon the call of the roll of the grai I urors, the following answered to their name W. Meek Faulkner, foreman; J. Holbrot Adams, W. T. Hoagland, W. H. Dillinghai R. A. Clinton, M, L. Ford, E. B. Carnes, A: drew P. Currence, W. C. Wherry, John ] Adams, Jr., H. S. Love, J. A. Hogue, T. J Hughes, G. W. Hambright, W. C. Bigger A. H. Pollock and G. M. Cline. Mr. W. 1 Thomasson was excused by the court. In view of this being the third term their service, his honor deemed it unnecess ry to make a formal charge to the grai jury, and confined his remarks to a few o servations on tns special importance 01 u duties of that body. The solicitor then handed the foremt twenty-two bills, and the jury retired to i room in order to consider them. Upon the call of the venire of petit juroi the following answered to their names: H. M. White, E. E. Poag, N. A. Simril, T. Summerford, Calvin M. Whisonant, S.! Sutton, Jr., D. M. Campbell, Amzi Smit Colonel A. Martin, John W. Lawrence, \ B. Love, W. F. Downs, D. M. Hall, H. \ Aikens, R. C. Moore, J. J. J. Robinso R. E. Sadler, J. R. Witherspoon, J. j Campbell, N. J. N. Bowen, R. A. Paris W. J. Stanton, J. S. R. Alexander, J. ] Martin, W. R. Biggers, J. I. Spynk9, L. Nivens, J. E. Adams, J. Edward Mintz, J. \ Carroll, E. B. Burton, J. 0. Oates, W. ! Rippey. W. C. Reid and J. P. Giles we excused and W. J. Roddey failed to answe As the grand jury retired, the solicitor i formed his honor that one of their numb was charged with assault and battery wii intent to kill. His Honor instructed th when the bill against the juryman (Mr. Hoa land) came up, he would, of course, retii from the jury room. The first case called was that of the Sta iniin Sfnu-nrt .Tames R. Stewart ar a^UUlOb V VUM J.wi. v.. VJ -r ? ? - - others for riot. The alleged riot occurred c 5th day of August, 1890, at a picnic at Litt Mountain, in Bethel township,and the proa cutors are Oliver J. Walker, Jerry Walke and John C. Glover. Solicitor McDonald represented the Stat and Senator W. B. Wilson the defendants. From the testimony of the prosecution, appears that Oliver J. Walker, Jerry Wal cr, J. C. Glover and others had been appoin ed by Trial Justice II. E.Johnson, as sped constables to keep the peace. They attemf ed to arrest Walter Stewart for disorder conduct. Stewart resisted arrest and w assisted by his father and brothers. As tl result, a free fight followed, and rocks ai knives were freely used, the two Walkers r ccivihg severe stabs, and one or two of tl Stewarts being more or less bruised up. The testimony of the defense went to sho that Walter Stewart was being taken awi from the picnic grounds by his brother the time the attempt was made to arrest hii and that the cutting was all done in so defense. In his instructions to the jury, his horn charged that a trial justice had no power appoint constables to keep the peace, ar and that the prosecutors had no more a thority to make an arrest than a private ci izen. Under the circumstances, the jui would decide on the merits of the ease a cording to the facts before them, it being le for them to determine whether the defen ants were the aggressors or simply acting self-defense. The jury retired for consultation at : o'clock on Tuesday morning, and after ? hour's deliberation returned a verdict of in guilty. The next case taken up was that of tl !S. State vs. Emsley Goley, white, charged with burglary and larceny. It was represented in ] the indictment that on the night of Decemor ber 23, 1890, Goley entered the house of h_ Thomas A Neely, in Ebenezer township, and to stole a trunk full of clothing, a gun, hunting ir< coat, a half gallon of whisky and $15 in /e money. All of the evidence offered against ( the accused was purely circumstantial, and C. none of it appeared strong enough to war- < ?; rant a conviction. It was shown that the k! accused had been unfriendly with the prose- | cuting witness for several years past, and the c! defendant submitted evidence to show that | the charge against him grew out of malice 1 a on the part of the prosecuting witness. The 1 ?; jury returned a verdict of not guity. ] c! The following cases were next disposed of C* in quick succession : j c! State vs. Rufus Jeffreys, breaking into the j :e. store of Mr. J. A. Hope at Smyrna. Defend- , ant plead guilty. i q' State vs. Monroe Rawlinson, assault and ] c! battery. Plead guilty. j C. State vs. Wm. Adams, assault and battery. q Nol prossed by the solicitor. 1 c! State vs. Wesley Smith, brutally whipping f C. some young children. Plead guilty to as- i ?; sault and battery. I c* Lewis Moore and Joseph McCaw, house- < c! breaking and larceny. Moore is sick in jail * C. with typhoid fever and was not arraigned, i g* McCaw plead guilty. I q' State vs. Jake Freeman, assault and bat- | C. tery. Continued to await the result of the ( C- injuries of the prosecutor. C.' The last case disposed of yesterday after- | C- ternoon was that of the State vs. Benjamin ' ta' Caldwell, Wm. Falls and Wm. Davis, as- 1 C. sault and battery of a high and aggravated c! nature. Solicitor McDonald represented the < State and D. E. Finley, Esq., the defendants. ( The examination of witnesses consumed 1 n( several hours, but the jury remained out ^ r- only a few minutes, returning with a ver- ] th of not guilty. J a Up to last night the grand jury had return- . in ed true bills in the following cases : i >n State vs. John Davis, carrying concealed i ie razor. - 1 iir State vs. Isaac Sims, assault and battery ' ie with intent to kill. . State vs. Monroe Rawlinson, assault and ] >s battery. 5. State vs. Moses Stewart, carrying conceal- j [e ed pistol. State vs. Charles McManus, murder. 1 ie State vs. James Frasier, larceny of live ' stock. j c. State vs. Charles Sims, rape. , lis State vs. Wm. Reeves, assault and battery i ir, with intent to ravish. n* State vs. Lewis Monroe and Joseph McCaw, housebreaking and larceny. jn State vs. James Patton, Wm. Patton and J John Davis, assault and battery with intent ] ?r to kill. < ol State vs. J. Alonzo Thomas, murder. 1 st State vs. J. A. Summersett, delivering fer- 1 13 tilizers without the privilege tax tag. >(j State vs. A. and J. Friedheim and Septi- . Iq mus Massey, the same. , af State vs. John Harris, assault and battery J, with intent to kill. i 3r State vs. Jake Freeman, assault and bat- i tery with intent to kill. 18 1 I_ 8tate vs. W. T. Hoagland, assault and bat- ( tery with intent to kill. No bill. , is J. Wesley Smith, assault and battery of a iy high and aggravated nature. ] 'd State vs. Rufus Jeffreys, housebreaking 1 ^3 and larceny. State vs. Chas. Hope, Chas. Sims, Daniel 1 r. Foster, Lige Little, Faris Sims and William j s- Sims, assault and battery with intent to kill, i le State vs. Richard Witherspoon, larceny of live stock. < State vs. Robt. McNeel, housebreaking and , larceny. No bill. 0f State vs. Wenzel Shubert, selling liquor , ie without license. i a- State vs. James E. Carroll, assault and ' battery of a high and aggravated nature. State vs. Samuel Anderson, assault and rD g_ battery with intent to kill, ie The grand jury is performing its work in a very thorough manner, and owing to the i "oi*" lnrcro nnmhpp nf witnesses still to be examined, will not get through with its work 1 n before tomorrow. gi LOCAL LACONICS. ! t ? Court will convene in Charleston next ] er Monday, Judge Witherepoon presiding. ?n ? The Gold Hill band, Captain C. T. Crook, ' al leader, has been engaged to furnish the mu- : sic for the State fair, id ?Yorkville's cotton receipts last Saturday i s: were the largest so far this season. They )k amounted to something over 100 bales, n, ? Mr. John R.Ashe, of Kershaw, and Miss : a- Sallie Niles, of Camden, were married in j. Camden on Tuesday of last week. They ( f. came to Yorkville Saturday evening. sj ? Master Willie Blair and Mr. J. L. COWS'. die, of Blairsville, have both sent us some second crop fruit; the former some nice ripe of apples, and the latter some half grown peacha es. The apples are about two inches in diid ameter and the peaches something less than b- an inch. ie ? Tom Burt, a young colored boy of York- ! ville, who works for Mr. Louis Roth, the in baker, received severe injuries in the hands ts last Monday by the explosion of a large fulminating cap. The wound was dressed as s, carefully as possible by Dr. J. F. Lindsay, but the boy will probably lose several fingers. J. ?Mr. Samuel Youngblood, who lives about P. four miles north of Yorkville, had the misfortune to have one of his arms broken one day last week while attempting to adjust * 1 1-: s?, n some (lisarrangeu muciuueij muv *?uo ?u uution. The accident was caused by his shirt h, sleeves becoming entangled in the jack shaft L. of his engine. S. ? Mr. E. T. Carson, of the Philadelphia neighborhood, brought to this office, last Thursday, something of a curiosity in the ,r shape of a bunch of apples. On a short 1 n_ stem, only about eight inches in length, i er thirteen beautiful red winter apples were , clustered. The apples are fully matured, at delicious to the taste, and Mr. Carson informs ; g. us that they keep well through the winter. r0 He says that the entire tree is fruited after the manner of the bunch that lie brings as a . t0 sample. _____ 1 id ABOUT PEOPLE. 1 >n Miss Georgie Witherspoon is visiting rela- . le tives in Rock Hill. j e- We had a pleasant visit yesterday from r, our old friend, Mr. W. M. Corkill, auditor of ] Chester county. ] e, Hon. John J. Hemphill arrived in York- 1 ville on Monday. He leaves for Chester toit day. J k- Misses Marv and Florrie Allison returned it- last Saturday from the Atlanta exposition, , al where they spent a delightful week with < it- friends. ] ly Mrs. L. M. Ford and daughters, Misses as Dollie and Benie, of South Point, N. C., lie spent last Friday and Saturday with rela- ( id tivesin Yorkville. e- Mr. James Haithcock, for the past year ic with the Carolina Buggy company, left last Monday for Asheville, X. C., in which city w he has been employed, iv The following are among the visiting lawat yers in attendance upon the court in Yorkn, ville this week: X. W. Hardin, W. B. DeIf-1 Loach, Blacksburg; W. B. Wilson, Jr., W. j J. Cherry, J. J. Waters, Rock Hill; J. C. or | Wilborn, Old Point; J. C. Chambers, Hiekto i ory Grove; J. Lyles Glenn, Chester, id Rev. P. J. M. Osborne, who for the past j year has been employed its missionary and j " colporteur by the Baptist State Mission j ... j board within the bounds of the York associ-! 1 ft I ation, having finished his engagement, left d- J Yorkville for the home of his father in Heni'11 derson county, X. C., bust Monday. We are | informed that while in the association Mr. I 111 Osborne performed bis duties in a manner! I entirely satisfactory to the mission board, j ot lie was accompanied by Mrs. Osborne, and i they carry with them the best wishes of a ic large number of friends. < % LETTER FROM BETHESDA. Discomforts of tbe Dust?Cotton Opening More Rapidly, but Not More tbau a Hall Crop Will be Made?The Encouraging Headway that Progressive Mr. HIckllu It Making in an Important Industry?Personal and Other Matters. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Bethesda, November 2.?"Dust in wheat; iaub in oats." If this old adage is true, the wheat that has been sown around here this season ought to be fine; but the oats, on the Jther hand, would turn out but poorly. Dust, dust, everywhere. The ladies, as they walk, sweep it up with their trains : she gentlemen polish their shoes in vain, and the vehicles on the road raise perfect clouds that fall on Sunday bonnet and coat, making them look almost indecent by the time one gets to church. We don't propose to grumble at the weather, for it is almost as good is we could have it, if we had it made tc brder, but when the dust gets into our eyee and stops up our nose, soils our shoes, and ruins our clothes, we can't help wishing foi a nice little shower. Cotton has opened very fast in the lasl ten days, and busy hands have picked il almost as fast as it could open. I know ol no farmer in this sectibn that could be said to he behind with his cotton picking. Many of them have sown considerable wheat and nats, and more of them would no doubt dc 30, but the ground is now too hard to plough to any purpose. The potato crop has beer gathered. I am told that the yield is good and the quality fine. Mr. Wade Hicklin, one of our most energetic and successful young farmers, does not confine his farming to the raising of cottor and corn alone, but has combined with his Dther industries a stock farm. He keeps the purest strain of Jersey butter cows. Hie "old" cow, as he calls her, has had eight calves in the last nine years. He has sold three of her calves for $147.50, and has one beifer calf from her now. Mrs. Hicklin superintends the dairy department of the farm From five cows now giving milk, four ol them heifers with first calf, she sells $3( worth of butter per month, besides having an abundance of milk and butter for home use. The buttermilk, as feed for hogs, wil about pay for all that these cows eat outside of the pasture. It can be readily seen thai taking the cows at a money value of seven ty-five dollars each, that they pay a veiy large per cent, on the investment. Mr Hicklin says, larger than anything else he has been able to invest in. I would mention that the old cow is fron the celebrated "Coo Mossy," that has 20< descendants which give 14 pounds of buttei each per week. Mr. Hicklin is endeavoring to make his cows come up to this mark, anc says that if excellence in breeding and nur ture will do it, he intends to succeed. To illustrate how cotton has been opening Mr. Hicklin, who runs a gin at Guthriesville 3ay8 that up to November 1st, last year, he ginned 238 bales, and that up to November 1st of this year, he ginned 217 bales. On Octo ber 15th, last year, he had ginned 168 bales: on October 15th this year he had only ginnec fifty-six bales. This goes to show that ir this immediate section at least, how mucl sooner cotton opened last year than this rhe foregoing is not intended to convey the idea that the crop this year will approximate that of last year, for the majority of farmers with whom I have talked say they will not make more than half as much as they did lasl fear. Mr. Guthrie is still confined to his bed. He takes his affliction with Christian fortitude . ? J ntinni^iilnnoli Uiq fnonila hnnA fhflt }l? ?UU 1/UCCiiUIU^OOi A.JLILJ 11 tvUMw MV|#? .. will soon be able to be about once more. Mr. John Frank Moore, who was painful ly hurt, two weeks ago, by his mules running off, is getting better. Mr. Jas. Williamson is still very sore, hit 3on informs me, from his bruises. Mr. C. S. Wilson, who has been quite il! from fever and the effects of an old wound received during the war, is convalescing. Mrs. Robinson, of Yorkville, spent a fev lays with Mrs. N. B. Bratton last week. Miss Annie Mendenhall, who is now mak ing her home at Steel Creek, N. C., spent s few days at her father's last week. 8he wai accompanied by Miss Ferrie Kendrick. Thej return today. Miss Bell Mendenhall will g( with them. Mr. Lon Garrison, of Mecklenburg, is vis iting friends in the neighborhood. Mrs. Broom and daughter, of Ocala, Fla. ire the guests of Mrs. Harriet Bratton. Miss Nettie May Black has closed hei school and is spending her vacation at home Miss Claudie Sims, of Dowrysville, is vis> iting Mr. David Black's family. We were pleased to see our friend, Captain Jack Sraarr, at Bethesda church on yester day. He clasped hands with many friend* here. Master Clem Elder claims to have, if not the largest, a very respectable pumpkin vine It covers 72 square yards of space, and h< has gathered from it this year twenty-eight pumpkins that weighed 285 pounds. Be 9ides, there were several that did not matun before frost. The young ladies and gentlemen had t sociable at* Mr. W. N. Elder's on Fridaj night last. I was not present, but am in formed that those who were, enjoyed them selves very much. x. ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. \ Difference With the Alliance?Building and Loan?Other Matters of Local am General Interest. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Rock Hill, November 2.?Considerabh interest is still manifested in the proceeding! of the Farmers' Alliance, which has beei holding meetings from time to time ir this place, endeavoring to harmonize th< various factions directly concerned in th< cotton question. It is clearly evident thai the merchants of Rock Hill are doing every thing in their power to gratify each ant every reasonable demand made upon them and it is earnestly hoped that all dissensior arising from these trivial causes will disap pear and give place to that feeling of gooc will which has ever been one of the chie characteristics of all classes in this part o the county. An agent of "The Iron Belt Building and Loan Association," with headquarters al Roanoke, Va., has been in our midst for some' time, organizing a branch for this place. J M. Cherry was made president; Paul Work' man, secretary and treasurer; W. J. Cherry attorney. A. H. White, Dr. T. A. Crawford and S. T. Frew are among the directors. It is reported here that there were 13( bales of cotton for sale at Newport on Saturday, but that the larger part of it waf taken back home on account of the low price. Rose Osborne, with her comedy company passed through this place today. She re turns tomorrow and will appear in "Satan' that night. She has been hero before, and ?11 1. trom general report, sue win not uruw wuui, of a house. Rev. E. 0. Watson is still filling Mr Banks's place at the graded school, thelattei being still unable to resume his duties. Messrs. Neely & Fewell lost another fine horse Sunday night. This one died from lung fever. They lost oue last week at the Chester Fair. The Blumenberg Concert Company, from Boston, will give one of their musical entertainments here on the 18th inst. They have arranged with the Catawba Rifles for the concert and will doubtless draw a large audi ence. Some artists of note are in this company. Mrs. E. O. Watson is visiting her formei home in Lexingion, S. C. Miss Daisy Ruff is visiting at Davidsor College. She goes from there to Raleigh. A number of Rock Hillians attended the ball in York vile, Wednesday night of lasi week. Quite a crowd from here attended the Chester fair, and some of them pronounce ii a succeess. Mrs. Ed. Fewell, who has been in ill healtl for some time, is now in Columbia, her for mer home. Miss Lettie Green nnd others, representee Rock Hill at the ball in Chester, Thursday night of fair week. A child of Mr. and Mrs. McGraw, a Standard Cotton Mill, died Thursday last. Mrs. Dr. Crawford is visiting relatives ii North Carolina. Those who went to Charlotte Sunday morning, expecting to hear Sam Jones, wen slightly disappointed. He doesn't appeal there, it seems, until Tuesday. In tin meantime, his co-worker. Rev. Mr. Stewart is conducting the meeting in preparation foi Mr. Jones. E. ? The gala week at Charleston was rath er a failure this year financially. The fail ure is generally attributed to the bad crop! over the State. YESTERDAY'S ELECTIONS. ' New York. Massachusetts and Iowa Dem,F" ocratic? Ohio Probably Republican. 4 Special Dispatch to the Yorkville Enquirer. Augusta, Ga., November 4, 1 a. m.? Flower wins in New York. Russell wins in Massachusetts. ! Iowa looks as if it has gone for Boise. | McKinley lias probably carried Ohio. Chronicle. , NOTES FROM BULLOCK'S CREEK. [ An Educational Move in the Right Direction? t Good Work for Foreign Missions. r Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer, s Bullock's Creek, October 31.?For some time past this immediate section has been 1 without permanent school facilities. The > only educational advantages our children j have enjoyed have been such as could be . 1 obtained at the regulation public schools, which only thrive a few weeks in the win ter, and then again in the summer while the ; public funds last. The effect of this ruinous h system are visible in the church, Sabbathf school and community. It has been seriousL ly felt also in another direction; a number ' of our people are compelled to board their 1 children from home or take the only other > alternative of letting them grow up in ignor- v i ance. And thus a very large expense has i been incurred for the same work that might L have been done cheaper, and, perhaps, tetter, at home. Thus the same money which - has been spent on one child away from ; home, would have served to educate a numi ber of children in the neighborhood. But > we hope our people are beginning to see the ) error of their ways in the past, and are ready i to husband their resources tetter, and also t to offer their children tetter Hterary ad van[ tages at home. They have been talked to ! and preached to until they are beginning to feel that they are able and must have a first. class school house in their midst. A public f meeting has been held, and a resolution ) passed, to build a commodious and comforta; ble house, the contract has been let, the ) larger portion of the lumber is on the ground, 1 and we expect soon to hear the welcome s sound of the saw and. hammer. Trustees A t have also been appointed with instructions * - to have a teacher ready for work by Janur ary 1st, 1892. The 25th instant was a glorious day in 3 our old church. Our pastor had distributed quite a number of mite boxes among the i children, and announced that these boxes ) would be called in on that day. Quite a r large crowd was in attendance?a number of r them from neighboring churches and of difI ferent denominations. Wehadaplain,prac tical sermon on the A, B, C, of foreign missions. AfUr the sermon, the mite box col, lection was taken up, when quite a respecta, ble sum was realized for the evangelization i of the heathen. This sum, added to the ant nual collection taken up in May, amounts to more than $100?nearly double the largest ; collection ever taken up in the church for I the same cause, and, as the politicians say, i "the returns are not all in yet." Last year i our collection was larger than ever before, . amounting to $51.50. This year it is more i than a hundred. If we can only continue to ) increase in the same proportion, we win soon i get up to the full measure of our duty, and r 5 like some of our strQnger sister churches, t support our own missionary. Bullock'8 Creek. j ? i ? LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY. Matters of More or Leu Interest In the Vicinity of Etta Jane. f \ Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Etta Jane, November 3.?One day last 3 week Wm. Goings, of Pearidge section, got his gin burned with several bales of cotton. It canght from the engine. 1 Most of the corn crop has been gathered. Cotton has opened well during the past week, r which was quite dry, and soon all of it will be picked out. k Just across the river, in York county, at k Broad River academy, they have quite a 3 flourishing Sunday-school. It is a live, r working body. Its officers, teachers and ) pupils all seem to appreciate the importance of their work. It is a branch of the Mount Vernon Snnday-school and reflects credit not only on itself, but upon the church to > which it belongs. They anticipate a grand time On Christmas day, and that their fondest hopes may be fully realized is the wish of The 'possum hunters are enjoying a pleasant season now. Jack Jeffries says that a 'possum can "spile" out his track with his 1 tail in the dry leaves so that a dog can't run " it. SIGMA. i . t LETTER FROM FORT MILL. ' Unveiling of the Monument Poatponed?Senator Vance to he Invited?A Negro Child Murdered. 1 , Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Fort Mill, November 2.?The Jeff i Davis veterans of this township held a meetr ing in this place last Saturday afternoon . and changed the date of the unveiling of the . monument to Tuesday, December 22. At a previous meeting it was decided to invite Senator John B. Gordon, of Georgia, and Governor Wade Hampton to deliver addresses on the occasion of the unveiling. > Governor Hampton, I understand, hasxac1 cepted the invitation. Senator Gordon, however, has not yet been invited, it having been determined to invite Senator Vance, ? of North Carolina, instead, i A seventeen months' old child of Jane ? * * ? W- Th T\ a ! 1 DlXOQ, colored, aiea on jur. n. u. opnugs s i place, under suspicious circumstances, last s Friday, and Trial Justice Withers is at pres; ent engaged in holding an inquest. It seems t that Jane left the child in charge of the chil. dren of Hannah Alexander, another colored I woman, while she went to the field to work. , The children are aged, two of them six and i another eight years. That evening, according - to the testimony, when the women returned, 1 Jane's child was in a dying condition, and it f expired in about half an hour. Dr. J. E. f Massey made a post-mortem examination, and gave it as his opinion that the child had I been beaten to death. The theory is that t Jane desired to get rid of the child and con. spired with Hannah to dispose of it. It . may be, however, that the children beat it . to death to keep it from crying. c. [ The Greenville Sub-Treasury.?If the Alliance members carry out their reso) lutions to store their cotton for higher prices, . there is plenty of money in Greenville to ; enable them to hold as long as they desire. r The plan of the Alliance is for the members to store their cotton, borrow 80 per cent, of ( its value, pay what debts they can with the . amount they derive, and bold their product ' for the rise which they believe will surely | come, sooner or later. Up to this time not i much has been done to carry out the plan. Less than a hundred bales of cotton have been stored in the Alliance warehouse and money has not been borrowed on all this. It is probable, however, that the warehouse will > soon be filled. i There will be no lack of money to aid the ? farmers in holding cotton, and farmers from all the surrounding country can come here, i store their cotton and borrow money from . the banks on warehouse receipts. A News ; j reporter yesterday visited the banks and 5 j inquired how much each could loan on cot . ton. me presidents aid not care to specuy . any certain amount, as they do not know what demand they will have for money . from other sources, but they could now loan about $115,000, and from now on the amount i will grow larger. On the first of October the five city banks had $800,000 loaned out. > This will be coming in rapidly and there t will naturally be more money to loan the farmers. Money can now be obtained by ? the farmers on 3,500 bales of cotton. In fact, t the Greenville banks can loan money on all the cotton brought to this market. A promi inent banker said to the reporter that if the . farmers used the money they borrowed from the banks in paying their debts to the 1 merchants, the money would find its way > j back into the banks and could again be ; used. This would furnish an almost uulimit i ted amount of money to loan. Of course j the banks will not loan money on cotton to i the extent of depriving their customers, I and will not load themseles up too heavily ; with warehouse receipts; but the alliance ?1 can rest assured that the successful operation of its plan will not be frustrated by a j. scarcity of money.?Greenville News. \ ? Annie Kitchens, of Barnwell county, a | negro girl eight years of age, killed a six ; months old baby last Sunday. She savs the - baby dropped from her lap, and because it -1 cried, she got mad and struck it on the head 3 j with a toy hammer. It died from the elfects j of the blow.