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frtaps and ?faftis. ? Jerry Simpson used, in his earlier days, to be an expert in sawing logs, and a story told in Washington of the sockless statesman relates that while he was dozing in a chair at the Riggs House, the passing of an electric car, with its din and buzzing, recalled to his somnolent senses his old-time trade, whereupon he jumped up shouting: "Back her; she's struck a knot." The story is a little apocryphal, but it goes, as everything does about Jerry. ? The steamer Indiana, loaded with gifts of flour and provisions for the relief of the Russian famine sufferers, was towed into the harbor of Liban, Russia, last Saturday, and hailed with enthusiastic cheering by a great crowd of citizens assembled on the wharves. After the vessel was moored, a number of the Greek clergy proceeded aboard of her and held a thanksgiving service, which concluded with a formal and impressive ceremony blessing the ship. Arrangements have been perfected to transport the much needed food into the famine stricken districts at nnr*p ? Here is a somewhat remarkable story about the Johnstown flood. James and Elizabeth Agnew and their children lived in Johnstown, Pa., just before the dam disaster. When the flood came, Mrs. Agnew and her babies were saved, while the husband, a beater in the Cambria Iron works, was swept down the river. His body was not recovered, and Mrs. Agnew went to Louisville, Ky., to live with her brother, John Pritchard, a machinist. Several days ago she received a letter from her long lost husband. He had been rescued from the flood, but his mind was shattered, and not until recently did he recover sufficiently to look up his family. - ? The receipts from internal revenue during the first eight months of the fiscal year ending June 80,1892, were $100,667,238, an increase of $3,700,078 over the receipts during the corresponding period of last year. The receipts were as follows: Spirits, $59,931,348, an increase of $5,064,428; tobacco, $20,546,867, a decrease of $2,434,756; fermented liquor, $19,101,161, an increase of $876,280; olemargarine, $880,514, an increase of $252,573; miscellaneous, $116,872, a decrease of $58,846. The receipts for February, 1892, were $2,000,969 greater than those for February, 1891, the increase being principally on spirits and tobacco. ? The promised resumption of diplomatic relations between this country and Italy, by the appointment of a minister to take the place of Baron Fava, who was recalled a year ago, puts an end to an unpleasant situation. The Italian government has doubtless realized by this time that the demands it made upon us for satisfaction for the New Orleans outbreak were such as, in. the nature of things, could not be complied with, and very probably regrets its hasty and intemperate conduct toward a nation which has given a home to so many thous ands oi its people ana irom wmcn liaiy uus drawn large sums expended in Rome, Naples, Florence and other Italian cities by American tourists. ? Two negroes, named Hefflin and Dye, were tried and convicted in Fauquier county, Va., some time ago for the murder of a lady and her four children, and were to have been hanged last Friday. At the last moment, the governor, pending an application for a new trial, granted a respite. There was great interest in the case all over the country, and, owing to the peculiarly brutal circumstances of the murder, the citizens were not disposed to brook unnecessary delay. So soon as the news of the respite became known, a crowd at once collected, took the negroes from the hands of the sheriff, tied them to a tree, and riddled their bodies with bullets. The execution came off on the day designated by law. After completing their work, the lynchers quietly dispersed to their homes. ? The New York Evening Telegram printed a story recently to the effect that a few weeks ago ex-President Cleveland prepared ' a letter positively declining to be a candidate for the presidency. The letter, so The Telegram says, was to have been given to the Associate Press next day, but Mrs. Cleveland found out about it and immediately sent for some of her husband's friends, who finally succeeded in persuading Mr. Cleveland to abandon the idea of its publication. Mr. Cleveland pronounces the whole story a fabrication from beginning to end, and says he would not have even taken the trouble to deny it, had it not created the erroneous impression that Mrs. Cleveland was interesting herself in politics. * He has since written a letter, however, to General Bragg, of Wisconsin, in answer to a question seeking to develop that information, in which he says he will be a candidate if the Democratic party calls upon him. ? John L. Sullivan's challenge to fight any man in the world for the world's championship?$10,000 a side and a purse of $25,000?has been accepted by James J. Corbett, of California. The fight is to take place on September 7th, before - the Olymphic club of New Orleans, and the winner will take the title and all of the money. The two men are representatives of the eastern and western extremes of the United States. Sullivan was born in Boston, and Corbett in San Francisco. Sullivan is 5 feet 10$ inches tall, and weighs 200 pounds; and Corbett is 6 feet 1$ inches tall, and weighs 180 pounds. The fight is to be practically a bare knuckle affair, as by the terms of the aggreemeut the men are to use the smallest gloves that will be allowed by the club before which the fight will take place. In case the Olympic club does not raise the $25,000 purse, the fight is to take place before some other club that may be mutually ageed upon. ? R. T. Thompson, a member of the Atlanta police force, was married in Charlotte, N. C., today, to Miss Lydia J. Henry, a twentv-two vear old daughter of Mr. John Henry, of Iredell county, N. C., says an Atlanta dispatch of Monday. It appeared that Policeman Thompson advertised for a wife. The Iredell young lady opened a correspondence with him. They exchanged photographs and all that sort of thiug, and arranged to meet each other at Charlotte today. Policeman Thompson arrived in Charlotte on the morning train from Atlanta, and was at the depot when the train came in. watching out for his girl. They had never met, but as the passengers got out of the train, the people in the yard saw a good-looking young lady rush up to a firstrate looking man and throw herself iuto his arms. It was the first meeting of Thompson and Miss Henry. They hurried up town, secured the license and were married by Esquire Maxwell. Then they took the afternoon train and reached Atlanta tonight. ? E. L. Godkin, editor of the New York Evening Post, was arrested last Sunday on a charge of criminal libel. For some time past Rev. Dr. Parkhurst, a prominent New York preacher, has been making vigorous pulpit attacks on the iniquities practiced by Tammany Hall, and he recently charged that District Attorney Nicoll, a creature of that organization, was so subservient to its will that he would not prosecute the many violators of the law who were uuder the protection of Tammany. Last week the grand jury, of which Dennis W. O'Hallovan was secretary, made a presentment censuring Dr. Parkhurst for his strictures against Nicoll. At this, The Evening Post attacked O'Hallovan, and charged that he was also a protege of Tammany ; that he was formerly a keeper of a low dive, and through the protection of the "Tiger," enjoyed immunity from police interference. O'Hallovan then tiled his complaint against Editor Godkin, who was arrested and taken to police headquarters, but was soon after released on $1,000 bail. ?' Walter G. Oakman, who has just been elected to succeed John H. Inman as president of the Richmond Terminal and Richmond and Danville companies, has long been recognized as a practical railroad man of the best type. He is now 40 years old. He began his career by a course of actual hard work in the Rogers Locomotive Works at Paterson, N. J., and then entered the service of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad company. On the organization of the Richmond Terminal system, be was elected its secretary and treasurer, and he has also served for twelve years as vice president of the Richmond and Danville company. On May 1, 185)1, he went into the service of the Central Railroad of New Jersey as vice president. He has also had some experience in Wall street as a member of the firm of Smith, Oakman & Ryan, with which he was connected for a year. Mr. Oakman married a daughter of the late Roscoe Conkling. At that time he was only a division superintendent of the Lackawanna road, and it is said that the senator bitterly objected to the match. Miss Conkling, however, was determined to marry the man of her choice, and the late Governor Horatio Seymour stepped in to give the bride away. It was not until a few* days before his death that Mr. Conkling consented to be reconciled to his son-in-law, who had by that time, however, reached a commanding position in the railway world. <Tltc ffflrimUc tihtqnim. \M H i nr. , -j - r Y YORKVILLE, S. C. : WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1892. ? The Greenville News of yesterday says that the convention to be held in Columbia tomorrow will be called to order at o o'clock in the afternoon, so that the up country delecates need not leave their homes until to morrow morning. It is expected that the convention will meet in the State house if the use of that building can be obtained. Otherwise, notice of the place will be given after the delegates reach Columbia. ? Jerry Simpson recently told a reporter for the New York Herald, that the People's party will carry eight States in the November election this year. Asked to name them, he put in hie claim for the following : Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, South Dakota, Alabama, Arkansas and North Carolina. He also thinks that there is a probability of his party's carrying North Dakota, aud says that with the above States, the People's party will at least have the balauce of power both in the house and in the senate. ? A convention of the postmasters of nearly all of the principal cities of the United States, gathered in Washington last week at the call of Postmaster General Wannamaker. The convention met ostensibly to consider questions looking to the development of increased efficiency in the postoftice department, but it seems to be a very general belief that the real object was to still further develop Harrison's chances for a second term. The postmasters of the large cities control a vast army of employes, and it is understood that the postmasters must work their influence for all it is worth. ? Colonel Thomas W. Holloway, of Pomaria, has been assigned the duty of getting up full information as to the various water powers in this State, by the State board of managers of the World's Columbian exposition. Those who are especially interested in the magnificent water powers on Broad and Catawba rivers, will 110 doubt do well to give Colonel Holloway all the assistance they can. Broad and Catawba river alone furnish sufficient available power to drive all the machinery in South Carolina and Georgia. The only requirement that is lacking is the capital for development. fnx o Kinr fmri nf r?nnrlidnt,ps J. WO (JUllwn lu? " *"6 V,VI" for solicitor in this, the Sixth circuit, is promising. We have as yet heard of no formal announcements, but rumor mentions J. E. McDonald, Esq., will be a candidate for reelection, and he will be opposed by Ira B. Jones, Esq., of Lancaster; J. K. Henry, Esq., of Chester; and Glenn McCants, Esq., of Winnsboro. Besides the above, it is stated that there are still others who have not yet made up their minds, and it is probable that the number of aspirants for this rather fat position will reach at least half a dozen. The more the merrier, aud the better the opportunity for each voter to cast his ballot for a man of his liking. ? Cotton planters who have an idea that the present low price of cotton will cause such a reduction in the acreage planted this spring as to warrant a considerable increase in the price next fall, will do well to study the March report of the national statistician of agriculture, a synopsis of which appears in another column. It is altogether likely that there will be a considerable reduction in the acreage planted this spring, but even this reduction will probably be overbalanced by the enormous surplus of the past two years, and under the circumstances the most that can be hoped for is that the price will not go any lower. There is really very little hope for better prices, from the present outlook. ? Colonel J. L. Orr has made another speech against Governor Tillman and the present State administration. The occasion was the meeting held at Laurens last Saturday to elect delegates to the March convention, and the speech was another arraignment on the same lines as pursued in the speech printed last week. As showing what Governor Tillman thinks of Colonel Orr, the following is quoted from the Columbia correspondence of The News and Courier of Monday: "This afternoon I asked Governor Tillman for an expression of his views regarding Colonel Orr's speech at Laurens. He refused to be interviewed, saying that his speech was in nowise different from his Greehville utterances and was equally inaccurate. He wants to meet Colonel Orr on the stump, and as the Colonel postively states that he will not be a candidate for governor, \ Tillman hopes to have a special meeting arranged to occur before the campaign opens, and would like it to be at Greenville, where Orr would be on his own 'dung hill,' j as the governor expressed it. He has gotten such a store of 'rocks' on band that be is getting impatient for chances to throw them." HILL IN THE SOUTH. Senator David B. Hill spent last week on an electioneering tour through the South. The occasion of his trip was an invitation to addressthc Mississippi legislature at Jackson, j but he also made short talks from the rear I platform of the cars, at nearly every town at: which the train stopped. He was met at j every station by great crowds of people, and j the whole trip was a series of ovations. | Among other places, he spoke at are Boa-1 noke, Va., Bristol, Tenn., Knoxville, Tenn., j 1 Meridian and Jackson, Miss., Chattanooga, i | Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta, and every town j j along the C\, C. & A. railroad from Augusta : ! to Charlotte, with the exception probably oi l (Fort Mill and Pineville. In none of his j , speeches, however, so far as reported, did he : I say anything of tariff reform, free silver or other ]>olitical questions that are now agitating the National Democratic party. He' : confined himself principally to superlative' 1 adjectives, and such taffy as he seemed to i think was best adapted to the respective an-1 ; diences he was addressing. At Columbia, i as at other places, a considerable crowd had I gathered around the car shed, and of course j wanted a speech. Senator Hill responded | with the following, which, as reported by j The News and Courier, is a pretty good sain- j pie of what he said at other places: ' Don't be in a hurry, gentlemen, for {South Carolinians are always impatient.' [Laughter.] Fellow-citizens of Columbia, I am rejoiced to know that I am now in the! I capital of the great State of South Carolina. i | It is a State which has contributed much to the renown and greatness of our common ! ! country, a State which was the home of your great statesman, Culhoun, [applause,] distinguished in all your early history, a | ! State which is the home of a brave, gener-! ous and hospitable people. [Applause.] I j am pleased with what I have seen in your | State on my journey northward. I have no criticism to make of your policies. [Applause.] I believe that you have a right to { regulate your own domestic concerns in | your own way. [Applause.] You are blessed with a most magnificent climate. You have a most excellent soil. I know of no reason why South Carolina cannot be made the most pleasant winter home for Northern tourists. "I have no criticism to make as I said. I have only a few suggestions. You should encourage immigration to your midst; you should induce' capital to come among you to build up your towns and cities. You should endeavor to increase your manufactures. Your home industries need encouragement. I know that your agricultural, interests are somewhat depressed. You are suffering from many evils which exist throughout the South. You need remedies which can be provided by the National Democratic administration when it shall have attained full possession of this government. [Cheers.] You arc attached to the Democratic party because you believe in its principles. [Applause and a voice 'Hurrah for Hill!'] You revere the constitution of your country. You love your State, but you love your nation as well. [Applause.] T am glad to know that you are taking an interest in public affairs. In fact, it has been said for many years that South Carolina is always alert in regard to public questions. First in the field, first in war, first in peace. [Applause.] "In my judgment, this State has a great future before it, if you are true to yourself and true to the best interests of your State. My friends we are approaching a great national campaign in which you take a natural and commendable interest. I think I know that the State of South Carolina will be true to her history. [Applause.] It is a State that now is free, thank Heaven, from the control of carpet-bag government. [Applause.] You have rid yourself of those men who sought to destroy your prosperity in those reconstruction days in which you lost all * i r 1 A save your honor. LAppiause.j i am pieascu to know that in the approaching campaign you propose to stand by the party of the constitution, a party that has made this great and glorious State what it is today, and is capable of restoring complete peace and prosperity to the whole country. [Applause.] "Fellow-citizens, the skies are bright for a grand Democratic triumph this fall, whereby we shall redeem the senate of your country and elect a Democratic president of the United States. [Applause.] You should organize here and elsewhere. You should let the people understand the issues. Be not deceived by those who seek to draw you away from your allegiance to the grand old party. This is not the time for a Third party. [Applause.] This is the time to show your loyalty to a great party that is capable of benefitting you." [Cheers.] TAFFY FOR RAILROAD MEN. At the railroad shops in the outskirts of Columbia, a large crowd of railroad employees and workingraen were gathered, and again Senator Hill was called to the platform. "I understand," said Senator Hill, "that this gathering is composed mainly of workmen connected with the railroad service, and I am proud to meet you upon this occasion. [Applause.] Perhaps you have learned something of political matters in the State of New York? I had the honor, a few years ago, of appoinfing to the office of railroad commissioner of the State of New York, an engineer who ran an engine on the New York Central railway, and on the morning of his appointment, of which he was unaware, he came in the Albany depot with his dinner pail and overalls on. [Great applause, and a voice, 'You've got the votes of South Carolina.'] He is performing satisfactory service and is a careful and competent official. [Applause.] Workingmen of Columbia, I am glad to meet you upon this occasion. I am glad that you take an . i ?i.i:~ ;m. interest in puum; uuaus. nuo ? promptu gathering is not so much out of respect to me, because I am comparatively a stranger to you all, but it is out of respect for the great State of New York, from which I hail. [Three cheers for Hill.] I trust and I have no doubt that you are all members of the great Democratic party to which I belong, [That's it!] and you believe in Democratic principles. [Applause and 'We do.'] You live in favored portions of your country, in a State tbnt has furnished a great deal of the history of this country. "This is a laud of which we have read and heard much, a country which has furnished some of the best statesmen to our country. [Applause.] I want right here to pay a compliment to the distinguised senators of your State. I have met them both. Senators Butler and Irby are men who have the confidence of their asssociates in the United senate. [Applause.] I have met most of your congressional delegation. They are true and tried men, who have the confidence of their friends in congress. [Applause.] I trust that a career of prosperity and happiness is open to the citizens of this State. Let your State encourage your productive industries, let it encourage your workingmen, and let it encourage immigration. What you want is capital and what you need is the building up of your towns and cities. I appreciate the honor you confer on me by this gathering, and I am as gatified to address the workingmen of this town as I was to address the legislature of the great State of Mississippi. [Great applause.] Again, my friends, I thank you for your courtesy and bid you good-bye." [Applause and cheers.] The State and the Railroads.?The railroad taxes in this State amount to something like $300,000, and the lack of that sum is causing considerable embarrassment to the State and county governments. Pending the settlement of the litigation over the question of increased assessments, the State wants the use of the money already tendered, and is taking steps to have it tendered again. On last Wednesday, the following notice was served on the counsel of the various railroads involved in the suits: "1'ieasc taae nonce muu miu ucicuuumo m the above entitled action, by their attorneys, will make a motion before his honor, C. H. Simonton, United States district judge for the district of South Carolina, in Charleston, South Carolina, in the court room, where the court is usually held, on Monday, the 21st day of March, A. 1)., 1892, at 10 o'clock a. m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, based on affidavits, copies of which are herewith served^for an order requiring the complainants in said action to tender to the county treasurers of the several counties, within such time as the judge may deem proper, the amounts admitted by the complainants to be due for taxes for the fiscal year ending 31st of October, 1891, and alleged in the bill in the case to have been tendered to the defendants on the 19th day of February, A. 1). 1892, and that said tender by the complainants and the receipts of the amounts so tendered by the county ^,1.,,,, nri-indicc the limniiicii., ... t...j rights of any of the parties to this action." What Will hk Dunk With It??(Jovernor Tillman yesterday asked Judge C. i\ Townsend, who is officiating as attorney general during the absence of Messrs. McLaurin and Townsend, to look into the law with reference to the powers of the hoard of visitors of the South Carolina Military Academy. He desires to know the extent and limit of its authority, for some interesting things will come before the board very shortly. The insurance 011 the main building of the citadel, which was burned Monday, is $32,000. There is a question as to whether the board of visitors can expend this sum for the rebuilding of the academy without an act of the legislature authorizing it. If the board cannot, the money will he paid into the State treasury, and once there, it is doubtful if it would ever be taken out for citadel purposes. Governor Tillman, who praised the Citadel in a speech to the cadets last spring, yesterday said that it was doubtful, if the issue were raised in the next campaign, if any people of the State would elect a legislature that would authorize the expenditure of the money for the rebuilding of the citadel.? Columbia Register, Wednesday. ~ - ? Wou.ii (ii.adi.v Hklp, if Xkckssakv.? Somebody has been drawing on his imagination. The editor of The News and Courier received a letter recently from the Rev. John 11. Simpson, of West Virginia, saying that he had seen a statement in a Virginia paper that the people in South Carolina were starving. Mr. Simpson wants to know if the story is true, and if it is offers to send a carload of corn to the sufferers. So far as we know nobody is starving in this State. There is not much money in circulation, but we have bread enough and to spare. All the same, Mr. Simpson's kind offer is worthy of public acknowledgment. lie is a native of Chester county in this State and was noted during the war for his splendid service among the sick and wounded in Virginia.?News and Courier. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. | \V. B. Williams, County Auditor?York County Koualizntion Board. A. II. White, Chairman?Democratic County Convention. W. H. McC'orkle, Probate Judge?CitationWilliam Caldwell, Applicant?Isabella N. Caveny, deceased. Emmet M. Walker, Administrator of the estaies of F. M. and Jane II. Walker, deceased?Notice to Debtors and Creditors. A. II. White, Chairman?Reorganize the Clubs. T. M. Dobson, Manager?Dobson's Racket. M. <fc II. C. Strauss?Are Ottering their Stock of floods. Beard <!t Inman?A Strange-Occurrence. Ferguson Brothers?It Grows. Reg. M. Grist?Rubber Stamps. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Walter B. Moore is at home 011 a short visit. Misses Mamie Johnson and Georgia Withers are visiting at Blacksburg. Mrs. L. A. Johnson came down Tuesday from Blacksburg, on a visit to her children. Mr. W. C. Latimer did not go to New York last week as was announced, owing to sickness in his family, but left last Monday afternoon. ABOUT RICE CULTURE. We have received from Messrs. Dan Talmadge's Sons, about a dozen copies of their pamphlet on rice culture. The pamphlets are full of interesting and valuable information on this subject, telling all that it is aesirauie ior a uegiuuci iu i%.uu?v uuuui seed, soil, cultivation, harvesting and cleaning, etc. "We will be pleased to give these pamphlets out to any farmers who may call for them, but to those who may find it more convenient to write, we would suggest that they apply to Messrs. Dan Talmadge's Sons, Charleston, S. C., as our supply is rather too limited to fill any considerable demand. RAILROAD EARNINGS. The statement of the earnings of the railroads of the State during last January, has been issued by the railroad commission, and the showing is the worst that has been made yet. The earnings of the various roads traversing this section of the State are as follows : Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line, $60,560, showing a decrease of $19,920.53, as compared with the same month of last year; Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago,' $11,139, a decrease of $1,776.24; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, $49,669.63, a decrease of $24,444.06; Cheraw and Chester, $1,430.58, a decrease of $840.01; Chester and Lenoir, $1,863.79, a decrease of $473.71; Georgia, Carolina and Northern, $12,164.03, an increase over January of last year of $844.16. A number of the roads show an increase over the earning of January, 1891, and the aggregate is swelled to 31 per cent, but this is due almost entirely to an increase of mileage. THE FREEZE AND THE FRUIT. "Did the freeze of last week kill the early fruit?" That is a question that is causing some little anxiety among those who are especially interested in the matter. Some arc of the opinion that the fruit was killed, and others say that there is no danger from such a freeze as that of last week, so long as there is no frost. A gentleman from the vicinity of Guthriesville, who called in The Enquirer office last Saturday, had something to say on the subject of peaches that sounds like there is some sense in it. He remarked: "It doesn't make much difference now-a-days what kind of weather we have in this country, we needn't bank a great deal 011 the peach crop. Since people have been trying to cultivate these nursery trees, they don't get a crop more than one year in five. Just what the trouble is, I cannot say for certain. I know that the old fashioned fruit was more reliable, and, for that matter, it is yet. I have an idea that the reason the nursery fruit does not do any better, is because it does not become acclimatized." TAX EXECUTION'S. Treasurer Neely has completed the work of issuing his executions for delinquent taxes, and on yesterday turned over the whole batch to Sheriff Crawford. In all there are 886 executions, of which 473, including 35 against lands, are against property, and the balance, 413, are against polls. As divided among the various townships, the number and amounts of the executions are as follows: No. ofExe- Taxes and cutlons. Penalties. Bethel 75 8 98 12 Bethesda 116 153 11 Broad River 52 74 04 Builock's Creek 56 91 58 Catawba 117 255 64 Cherokee 83 164 90 Kbenezer 78 118 23 Fort Mill 105 152 08 King's Mountain 73 130 iW York 96 161 88 Totals 851 81,400 51 The taxes and penalties on the 35 land executions, not included in the above, amount to $304.77. It will be observed that the taxes and penalties do not average $2 011 each execution, and it may be further stated that at least half of the executions will be returned nulla bona, as many of theyi are against parties who have removed from the county, and quite a number of others are double entries. PETIT JUJtOItS?SECOND WEEK. Following is the. list of jurors drawn yesterday to serve during the second week of the approaching term of the circuit court: (ieorge T. Schorl), York. I. N. Davis King's Mountain. John S. Sadler, York. W. J. Faris, Jr., Ebenefcer. II. (J. Brown, Bethel. W. T. Drafiin, Catawlm. E. Meek Adams, King's Mountain. J. M. Adams, Bethel. 1). J. Fitehett, King's Mountain. T. B. McClain York. F. (). London, Catawba. J. I). Adkins, Bethel. J. E. Clinton, York. J. B. Clawson, Fort Mill. | J. M. Blankenship, Fort Mill. 1 F. I). Davidson, Bethesda. |<>. W. Ilartness, York. j J. C. Flunk, Cherokee. W. <). Bobbins, Bullock's Creek. (ieorge J. Steele, Bethesda. W. F. Armstrong, Bethel. J. E. Whitesides, King's Mountain. J. F. Ay cock, Bullock's Creek. It. II. Bryson, Bethel. John Cole, colored, Bullock's Creek. J. W. B. Miller, Ebcnezer. R. L. Quinn ......Bethel. J. Leonidus Moore Bethesda. ; B. M. Fcwell, Catawba. j W. A. Fisher, Fort Mill. J. II. (iood, York. C. S. (iood, Bullock's Creek. I E. F. Steele, Ebcnczer. I Win. ('boat, Ebenezer. ! It. M. Allison, Broad River. W. F. Youngblood, Bullock's Creek. A PRIMARY FDR A PRIMARY. A representative of Tim Exqfirkr had a talk on Monday with a gentleman prominent in the affairs of this county, on the present 1 nnliiiciil situation. He is thoroughlv fatnil liar with the constitution of the Democrat! ic party, and also lias a good knowledge i of politics. It is on account of this knowledge of politics that he docs not want his name used, for he knows that an expression of opinion, even in a case like this, when he is not compelled to, might sometime prove : embarrassing. He is strongly in favor of a I direct primary for the nomination of State ! officers, and he was asked if, in his opinion, i it was possible, under existing circumstances, j to secure a direct primary without violating the constitution of the Democratic : party. | "Yes," he replied. "1 have been thinking I about the matter for sometime, and there is a way out of the difficulty that strikes me : as being perfectly legal, and at the same i time it ought to be satisfactory to everybody. It gives the voters the opportunity of saying , directly whether or not they want a primary, land, then if they do want it, why of course : they can get it. According to the constitution, delegates to the nominating convention must be chosen | by a primary on the last Tuesday in August. I Well, my idea is this. Let the executive | committee authorize the printing of the words "for primary" anil "against primary" on the ballots used in the August election. Then, at the same time that delegates are being chosen to the nopunating convention. the primary question can be settled. If a i majority vote for a primary, the primary can s be held ; and if the majority vote against ( the primary, then the delegates to the nom- i inuting convention will already have been < chosen, and no harm will be done either ] way. i "Personally, I am in favor of a primary, 1 but in a question of this kind, I think it be- < hooves every Democrat to acquiesce in the 1 will of the majority. If the primary plan 1 should be voted down in a primary, that is the end of it; and if it should carry, why so i much the better. ] church'notices. 1 Baptist?Rev. Robert G. Patrick, pastor. Yorkville?Prayer-meeting tomorrow evenincr nt. 7.30 o'clock. Services next Sunday { at 11 o'clock a. m. and 7.30 o'clock p. in. f The ordinance of the Lord's Supper will be administered during the morning services. , Sunday-school at 10 o'clock a. m. Union? ] Sunday-school at 2 o'clock p. m. j Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, pastor.- Tirzah?Services next . Sunday at 11.30 o'clock a. m. Yorkville? Sunday-school at 3.30 o'clock p. m. Services ' Sunday evening at 7.30 o'clock. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. E. ' Stackhouse, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7.45 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m. and 7.30 o'clock p. m. ( Sunday-school at 3 p. m. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D., pastor. Prayer-ineeting tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m. and 7.30 o'clock p. m. Sunday- 1 school at 3 o'clock p. m. Episcopal?Sunday-school at 10.30 a. m. YORK COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the York County Bible society was held in the Presbyterian church at Yorkville on last Sunday night. After an eloquent sermon by Rev. R. E. Stackhouse, Mr. F. A. Gilbert, corresponding secretary, read his report as follows: I. TREASURY. Cash on hand, June 7,1891, $ 72 55 Received during the year for books sold,... 34 86 Received from collections, 12 46 Total $119 87 Paid American Bible Society on account,..$ 19 80 Paid for all expenses, freight, etc., 96 Cash on hand at close of year, 99 11 $119 87 II. DEPOSITORY. Value o:f books in depository at beginning of year, 8 56 40 Value of books received during year 19 80 $ 7(5 20 Value of lKioks sold during the year, $ .'14 31 Value of books donated, 55 Value of books in depository at close of year, 41 34 Total, 8 76 20 Officers for the ensuing year were chosen as follows: President, Rev. T. R. English, I). I).; vice presidents, the various ministers residing in Yorkville ; corresponding secretary, F. A. Gilbert; treasurer and depositary, John J. Hunter. The executive committee consists of the above officers, and the following, one representative from each of the Yorkville churches : Dr. J. C. Kuykendal, J. A. Watson, T. S. Jefferys, W. T. Barron and John G. Ferguson. LOCAL LACONICS. ? J. W. Downum, of Rock Hill, was adjudged insane on last Saturday, and con" * ? i ? C1 1 veyctt to tne asyium on ouuuuy. ? Mr. A. S. Withers eame over from Rock Hill yesterday, to spend a day with his family. Like everybody else, after they become acquainted there, he expresses himself as delighted with Rock Hill and her people. ? Hays Robbins, colored, of Blacksburg, was cjmmitted to jail on Monday by Trial Justice Camp on the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. Barney Douglas, also colored, was committed on the same day by Trial Justice Johnson on the charge of selling liquor without a liceuse. ? We are requested to announce that Mess:*s. D. P. Duncan and John R. Jefferies are expected to be present at the meeting of the York County Alliance, to be held in Yorkvilleon Friday, the 8th day of April. Mr. Duncan will talk about matters connected with the State exchange, and Mr. Jefferies xv ill discuss Alliance principles generally. ? IJspecial attention is called to the adverHoonmnta nf tho York Conntv Democratic executive committee published in this issue. They contain instruction on matters that are of gieat importance to thc.Democratic voters throughout the county. Let those who read familiarize themselves with the contents of thes2 advertisements and communicate the sann to those who do not read. ? Messrs. Goforth & Ormand, of Yorkville, havo been awarded the contract for making the necessary excavations for a sewerage system for Greenville. Their bid was 30 cen*:s a yard for earth, 50 cents for loose rock, and $1.00 for hard rock. The work will probably be commenced at an early day. We are informed by Mr. Goforth that it will require about three months to complete the work. ? We have received a communication signed by "J. M. Clinton, county chairman of the Republican party, York county," calling for the re-organization of the scattered clans in this section, for the purpose of electing delegates to the State and congressional conventions. The call is very official, being duly "attested" by the secretary, and enters sorne! what into detail as to what is desired of precinct chairmen, etc. But we can't print it. ! That is, not yet. We usually charge for such I official notices by the square, and until some ! provision is made for this little circumstance, j the notice goes into a pigeon hole. THEY ARE PLANTING POTATOES. There will be more Irish potatoes planted ! in York county this year than ever before. This information is developed through inquiry of our correspondents in various sections of the county. The sales at the stores during the present season have been from 25 to 50 per cent, more than previous years, and in addition, considerable quant iI ties of home raised seed have been planted.; A canvass of the town of Yorkville develops the fact that 1 <54 barrels of seed potatoes have been sold at this pluee alone. ! Messrs. Riddle & Carroll report their sales1 unusually heavy, and say that in some in- j i stances as much as two barrels have been ! sold to a single customer. Mr. J. W. I)ol>-i i son handled five barrels last year; tbis year' , he has disposed of ten. Mr. R. A. Parish ! has sold thirty-five barrels, and informs us; j that this is at least!}() per cent, more than' be has oversold before. Mr. W. P. Latimer, I has handled something over twenty barrels,; ! and says that be is satisfied that the demand j for seed tbis year lias been double that of I last year. Messrs. Ferguson Brothers, T. B. > j McClain, R. B. Lowry, and S. M. McNeel,i I also report a large increase in the demand, j J Only one dealer, Mr. Withers Adickcs, who I has disposed of twenty-five barrels, reports! j no perceptible increase of sales. Our correspondent at Hickory drove re: ports thirty barrels of seed potatoes sold at' j that place up to date; also that the mer! chants say that the demand is far in excess of former years. The increase in sales is not caused by a few persons, but the farm ! ers generally are planting in larger quantities than ever before. Tirzab has sold twenty barrels for cash, and the sales have been somewhat restricted Ion account of the fact that 110 one has been , I doing a time business at that place. From Fort Mill we have received the lbl- J lowing: "From the best information I can j get, the sales of seed Irish potatoes at this1 | place this year have been fully three times I j as great as ever before. Many farmers who j have never before planted more than half a; bushel at a time, are this year planting as much as a barrel." j At dutbricsville we learn that eight orj line barrels have been sold, but besides the >eed already on hand, most of the supply of .lie neighborhood has been procured largely rom Rock Hill, Yorkville, or Chester. The quantity planted is much larger than usual. McConnellsville has sold "between fifteen ind twenty barrels." The correspondent ihere says : "Many farmers had seed of their iwn, but the demand has been greater than br several years back, and we have been inable to supply it." Grover reports sales of twenty-eight barrels, aiid the fact that many people have planted by the barrel instead of by the bushel as heretofore. At Blacksburg, the sales have been about 150 barrels. Many of these were sold for jating purposes, but the quantity sold for ieed is much larger than usual. Our correspondent at Rock Hill does not think that there has been any considerable ncrease in the sales at that place for planting purposes, but thinks quite a quantity have been sold for table use. He mentions, however, that he has heard one farmer say that "he has planted four barrels, and expects to plant another." Our Sharon correspondent reports the 3ale of twenty-five barrels of seed potatoes, and remarks that the farmers of the neighborhood already had on hand a great deal more home raised seed for planting than usual. From all the reports, it would seem that the quantity planted in the county is vastly in excess of former years, and with fairly good seasons and reasonable cultivation, the crop next fall will at least save a good deal of money to our people. PEACE AND HARMONY CONVENTION. The mass meeting called last week to elect delegates to the Peace and Harmony convention, to convene in Columbia tomorrow, met in the court house on Monday, pursuant to call published last week. The attendance was scarcely as large as the signers of the call had reason to expect. Besides half a dozen representatives from the western side of the county, there was also present perhaps twenty more from the town of Yorkville. Some of these were present as spectators only, and the balance participated in the proceedings of the meeting, which were conducted harmoniously throughout. On motion of Major James F. Hart, Mr. John L. Bainey was unanimously elected as chairman of the meeting; and on motion of Thomas F. McDow, Esq., Dr. J. H. Saye was elected secretary. On assuming the chair, Mr. Rainey explained that the object of the meeting was to elect delegates to the convention to be held in Columbia for the purpose of securing peace and harmony within the party, and to attend to such other business as may properly come up, after which he anuounced that the chair was ready to entertain such motion as the meeting desired to present. Following the chairman's remarks, Major James F. Hart took the floor, and stated that he desired to say something further as to the origin of the peace and harmony movement. He said that/several weeks ago, by invitation of several gentlemen from different parts of the State, he attended a con ference in Columbia, at wnicn me cunuiuuu of affairs existing in the Democratic party in this State today was a subject of grave concern and anxious discussion, and as a result of that conference, an address was prepared asking each county of the State to send delegates to a convention to he held in Columbia, with a view to taking such steps as may be necessary to securing peace and harmony among our people. He did not think it necessary to go into details as to the abuses that existed, or to make any specific charges, but thought that every intelligent Democrat recognized the existing conditions to be such as to render unity and harmony eminently desirable. At that conference it was decided to do what could be done to harmonize the opposing elements, and it was also decided that whatever action was taken, must be taken within the Democratic party. Continuing, Major Hart said that the project was entirely feasible. As a member of the State executive committee in 1876, it had fallen to him to undertake the organization of York county, in what then seemed to be an plmost hopeless struggle against Radical misrule. He visited every precinct in the county, and was often met by only two or three of the faithful, and never more than a dozen. The people were thoroughly disheartened, and only a few had any hope of success. They said it was no use. They could not hope, with a handful of voters, to overcome the power of Chamberlain aud his minions. Yet these little bands gathered in numbers and strength, and with Hampton in their lead, finally swept the State from the mountains to the seaboard; and as this was done in 1876, by the same efforts it could be done again. In conclusion, Major Hart said thut he, for one, was not willing to see the magnificent efforts made by our people in 1876 to gain liberty, thrown away in party dissensions, and that he was in the fight for the maintenance of the freedom and welfare of the white people of the State. At the conclusion of Major Hart's remarks, the secretary read the following resolutions: Resolved, That we believe in the preservation of the Democratic party organization intact to be necessary for the continuance of white supremacy, and pledge ourselves in all of our political actions to yield to the will of the majority of fellow Democrats as expressed at the primaries. Resolved, That we are now, as we have always been, in full sympathy with the original principles and purposes of the Farmers'movement, believing that those principles and purposes tend to the safety of our party, the unity of our people, and the prosperity of our State. Resolved, That we call on all Democrats to unite with us in getting our people and the factions of our party together, and securing a safe, orderly and conservative administration of our a Hairs. These resolutions were seconded by Thos. F. McDow, Esq., in u short address. He said that above all things else, it was desirable to heal the divisions and dissensions now existing in the Democratic party. He suid that these divisions and dissensions boded dangers, to deal with which required the utmost wisdom and moderation on the part of the white people of the State. The differences that are making the trouble had * - 1 originated anions tlie people inemseivcs, and for settlement he believed they should he referred back to the people where they had originated. He urged that the convention confine itself solely to securing a primary election from governor down to coroner. Let our delegates go to the March convention instructed to work for a primary, and to resist, with all their power, any action that may be suggested outside of the regular Democratic party. Let us not go there with an olive branch in one hand and a dagger in the other, but the olive branch alone, and if any mistakes are made, let us see to it that the responsibility rests on other shoulders than ours. We are eonfronted with an inferior race of people in this State, outnumbering us two to one, and we should do nothing to endanger white supremacy. Whatever may be the result of this convention, as for myself, I promise that whoever gets the nomination of the regulur Democratic party, shall have my most loyal and hearty support. When Mr. McDow sat down, the question of the adoption ol the resoultions was put and carried unanimously by acclamation. The meeting then proceeded to the selection of delegates to the convention at Columbia, with the following result: John L. Kainey, Colonel Cad Jones, K. M. Allison, W. It. DeLoach, T. K. Mel tow, Major J. K. Hart, K. M. Roark, S. K. White, It. A. 1'arish, C. K. Spencer. On motion, it was ordered that each delegate be authorized to choose his own alternate. Refore final adjournment, Mr. Me I tow offerred a resolution, which was adopted, to the effect that the delegation from this county he instructed to confine its efforts solely to the work of securing a direct primary for the nomination of State officers. EVERYBODY SHOULD HELP. South Carolina Should be Represented at the ; World's Fair. i We have received the followiug circular from the South Carolina State board of managers of the World's Columbian Exposition, with a request to publish : Columbia, S. C. March 16, 1892. To the People of South Carolina: As a , result of the call from the Columbia Board of Trade for a World's Fair convention, the work of securing an exhibit for South Carolina at the World's Columbian Exposition has been inaugurated. The board of managers elected by the convention have systematically mapped out the State work, dividing it into sub, county, and township committees. They are sanguine, of the success of the undertaking, but appreciate its magnitude and the difficulties which they will have to encounter, and feel their inability to carry forward the work without the hearty support of the citizens of the State at large. By a combination of forces, great undertakings assume minimum proportions, and difficulties that seem insurmountable when ap ?? JA^A?*tn!no4iAn fn nvprnnma pruuuneu YV1I/I1 U UCbCiUiiuavtvu w v* v* wm.? them, disappear with miraculous rapidity. Feeling that every citizen of South Carolina should take a pride in the State's exhibit, we appeal to you to aid us in this work. Do not think that you can be of no service, and therefore fail to do your part, but, be it great or small, do what you can to swell the grand aggregate to such colossal proportions that all may be proud of the display. Money is the main thing needed to insure success, and if every one who can, and will give only $1, we will not lack. But if you do not feel that you can contribute money, you may have some rare picture or mechanical device, some piece of your own handiwork, some relic of colonial times, some rare specimen of mineral, or some specimen of the taxidermist's art, all of which will be received with thanks by the committee, and will be properly listed and returned to you when the exposition is over. You can also aid by your words of cheer and encouragement. If you cannot praise the efforts of those who are working with purely disinterested motives, do not cripple their efforts and dampen their ardor by adverse criticisms, and attempt to throw cold water upon the undertaking by saying it cannot be done. It can be done if every one would do all in their power to aid in the work. Other States are doing the same thing, and shall we sit contentedly down and see South Carolina, who in days past has been a leader, relegated to the rear because her sons and daughters failed to bestir themselves ? Shall she be made a reproach and a byword amongst her fair sisters, the Original Thirteen ? We trow not. Her actions in the past are a guarantee that she will not be left behind in the matter of the World's Columbian Exposition. The State board is doing all in its power for the success of the undertaking, and we appeal for aid to your pockets, your pride and your ingenuity. Help us and thereby help yourselves. By order of* the State board of managers. Fred. A. Sale, Secretary. MERE-MENTION. Captain Evan P. Howell has beeq prominently spoken of as a candidate for governor of Georgia, and the friends ?of Northen had begun to look upon him as a formidable opponent. Captain Howell, however, says that he will not be a candidate for the nomination. Thomas F. Bayard has writ ten a letter to the Democrats of the country, in which he takes strong ground against the free coinage of silver. Business failures occurring throughout the country during the week ending last Friday, as reported by R. G. Dunn & Co., number for the United States, 208; Canada, 32; total 240, against 256 the previous week. G. N. Roos, a commercial traveler, committed suicide in Augusta, Ga., on Tuesday of last week, by blowing out his brains with a revolver. He had been arrested for forgery, and, being guilty, preferred death to disgrace. According to the programme of Monday, the Bland silver bill was to have come up in the house on yesterday, be considered today and tomorrow, and probably come to a vote on Friday. A bigamist named Taylor was arrested in New York last Friday. He is said to have married eleven wives. A dispatch from Washington says that the State department has received a dispatch from Lord Salisbury, announcing his refusal to exteud the modus vivendi in Behring sea for another year, and President Harrison will at once send a squadron to those waters to protect the seals. Some of the anti-silver Democratic congressmen of New York, threaten a split in the National Democratic party if the Bland free coinage bill is passed. Up to last Saturday, there have been twenty-nine deaths iu New York from typhus fever. The president has appointed Charles H. Aldrich, of Illinios, solicitor general, vice William H. Taft, resigned. The Texas legislature, last Saturday, tabled a resolution instructing the national delegation to vote for free silver. Chairman Springer, of the ways and means committee, whose critical illness was reported some time ago, continues to * ? - - improve. tti? pnysicians uu uut tutu*. nc will be able to resume his duties in congress this session, but he hopes to be well enough to make the closing speech. The total visible supply of cotton for the world, according to the report issued last Saturday, is 4,572,539 bales, of which 4,050,339 are American, against 3,339,829, and 2,718,029 respectively last year. Robert Melrose, a young man of nineteen, is under arrest at Nashville, Tenn., charged with poisoning three of his sisters, two of whom are dead. He put arsenic in their coffee. A meeting of the executive committee of Burke county, Ga., was held last Wednesday for reorganization. At the meeting, eight members of the committee resigned to become more closely identified with the Third party. STRAIN VS. MITCHELL. Etta Jane, March 18. Mr. Editor?As The Enquirer numbers among its readers some of the best families of the State and nation, I feel that they are entitled to a knowledge of the affair between Mr. J. W. Mitchell and myself, which has gained some conspicuity in its columns, although we are, both of us, imperceptibly "small fry." The whole affair grew out of my action as a trial justice, in attempting to suppress the ! carrying of concealed weapons?pistols?a i matter which he declared was not a part of my duty, and in which he warned me not to interfere again. I am not an adept at mud-slinging, or I would notice his aspersions in detail. Solomon says : "Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him."? I'roverbs xxvi, 4. I will say, however, that wherein I have failed to convince the trial 'justice that Mr. Mitchell has been guilty of i "disturbing a religious meeting," he has ; kindly supplied the want in his card of the 114th instant, for which he has my thanks. I The whole matter seems to hinge on the i rtC ,.nf,mi(v liotu-ppn (not invself alone) I ? -j v ? | but the Salem Sabhath-sehool and Mr. Mitchj ell, or those who may see it through his ' glasses. The present aspect of the case entitles it 1 to a position on the session's docket, and I ! respectfully ask the public to withhold its I verdict until the matter is tested by proper ; authority. j Until then I assure you, Mr. Kditor, the j "card," its object, and its author, shall re! main beneath my further notice except as 1 objects of pity, for whom I cherish a spirit ; of forgiveness. Yours very truly, Jam us L. Strain. WHERE IS THE HOY? A Young Man Is Hun Away from Home by a Forged I.ctter. Pinkvii.lk, X. March 1S>.?Brown j Rogers, a young man who has been in Pine! ville about three months attending Professor Scott's school, left suddenly and unexpectedly Wednesday night, under rather peculiar I circumstances. He was from Van Wyeke, S. and is a son of Turner Rogers, one of the most prominent citizens of that place. A few days before he left he received a letter from bis father telling him that he had disgraced bis family, and that lie never want! ed to see him again and forbidding him to ever j come to bis house. The day he left he wrote to his sister telling her about getting the letter and that he would carry out bis father's wishes, and that he nor any of the fanii; Iy should ever see or hear from him again. ; The letter was a great surprise to the family as the father had not written the letter spoken j of above to his son. 11 e was overwhelmed with grief and came at once to Pineville to see about I his son. lie telegraphed to several points today but could not hear from him. The letter young Rogers received was a forgery, and it is supposed to have been written by some one as a joke on the young man. He was a quiet, sober young man and made many friends during his stay here. His family is almost overcome with grief on account of the unfortunate affair and are anxious to communicate with him. [Copied from the Charlotte Observer] The distressed father is to-day (Monday, the 21st instant) in Fort Mill in search of his boy. He hopes the above will be published in your paper, and in that way he hopes to be aided in finding his boy. Other papers please copy. Rev. Jno. L. Hakley. Fort Mill, S. C., March 21, 1892. LETTER FROM PINEVILLE. A Bustling Little Place?Not Brooding Over the Times?Debating Society?Will Build a Cotton Factory. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Pineville, N. C., March 16.?Some one very kindly sent a news item to The Enquirer from "Flint Hill," saying it was* the first news from there in twenty years. This astonished me. Sure am I that we are not in a remote corner, for this old place has a history. Indeed, this May, 1st Sunday, will witness its centennial year. How could we be in a dark corner, with busy, pushing Charlotte, decidedly the foremost city of our Southland, on one side, and York county's metropolis, Fort Mill, on the other, for no one can read The "News" without arriving * at the conclusion that one is fast reaching the other. It is absolutely wonderful what printer's ink and the busy type can't do. Our people have turned their backs on bard times, and are looking the future squarely in the face. Why even the young people are counting the cost of the times. You would have thought so,; had you been at the academy on last Friday to have heard the debating society of the school discuss the "cotton problem, and the South's prosperity." The young gentlemen made a good record. It was their first public debate. The speeches of Thomas Sharp, Elias Blankenship, and John Potts, were considered the best, though the witty remarks of Master Williamson brought down the house. The Y. M. C. A. has arranged for a series of lectures during the year, and the folks are enjoying them. Two have been given thus far by Dr. 1.1. Rowe, and Rev. J. T. Wade, of the Presbyterian church. Each month these lectures will be beard. Rev. F. O. S. Curtis spoke to a large audience in the . Presbyterian church on Friday night on Prohibition. The impression is that good was accomplished. So you see we are concerned about the welfare of our people. In accordance with a call made several days ago, quite a number of our citizens, including every business man of our place, met at the "hall" to take into consideration the building of a factory at Pineville. The meeting was a success, for in a short time over nine thousand dollars was subscribed and the outlook is excellent for several thousand in addition in a short time. Of this we feel confident, the factory will go up. One thing is to be regretted^ that five years ago it was not done. Now there would have been two, probably three, for it is a fact beyond contradiction we have one among the best cotton sections in isorin or South Carolina, and our farmers are hard working men and good managers. But should we build the factory? Alas! for the prophets. What would become of them ? Like Bunyan's "Giant Despair," they would have to sit in their caves and make laces at us as we go onward to success. Some of the seers have already predicted that it will be a failure, and a few are ready to eat all the bricks. It reminds me of a speech I beard of at the commencement of the late unpleasantness. One of that kind who never went nearer the front than the quartermaster's wagon, and quartermaster, forsooth, was he, said in a speech : "I will wipe up with a pocket handkerchief all the blood that is spilled in this war. Why, boys, we can whip them with corn stalks!" He was heard to renpark afterward, when inquiry was made relative to the boast: "Why they wouldn't fight with corn stalks." So these prophets, when the factory is up and puffing away, will come forward with their excuses and explanations. But you fellows in sheep's clothing, we will know you by your ears. F. c. ' ABOUT THE STOCK LAW. A Correspondent Think* that It Should be Repealed. Editor Yorkville Enquirer: It has been suggested to me by a lady who will not write herself, that she has found out the difficulty with the farmers?that the stock law is to blame. The farmers plant too much land, and would not if they had to fence it. And now that we can get wire fencing, it would not be too expensive, and it would pay for itself within a year or two, as the lands would be cultivated better, and also have the benefit of the fertilizers from the stock. This is a grazing country?has plenty of native grass?and every negro would have his cow if he did not have to raise feed for her all the year round, and he could have his hog too?a small lot would do for them. . We had much better beef in this market before the fence law was passed. I thought the beef fine fifteen or twenty years ago. Now I can't eat it. I like a town law aguiust stock. In some parts of the lower counties, I understand, they ignore the feuce law entirely, and raise plenty of stock. Mr. Editor, while I am writing, I will make a suggestion of my own. Why not go back to the old time fashion of having taxes paid the 1st day of January. It gives time for the farmers to sell their crops and to spend a gooa aeai 01 money wuu me ujcichants. Of course they must have winter goods, so the merchant ought to be ready to pay also. We should learn from the wise Chinese to pay all debts at the commencement of the new year. quasritur. NOTES FROM OLIVE. Farmers and Their Work?The Use of Guj ano? Marriage?A Reason for a Primary. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Olive, March 17.?News that would interest one is scarce in our neighborhood, but I will try to write something that might interest a few of The Enquirer's readers, at least in this section. The fanners are further along with their work than for several years past. Several planted some corn this week, and propose to continue the work next week. Some are going ahead putting in guano for their cotton. I don't think there will be as much guano used this year as last. Some of us will use about the same; others half as much, and others none at all, so the j average will be greatly reduced. Mr. M. A. <twin and Miss Cynthia Minter i were married in New Bethel church, on Wednesday, the Kith, ltev. J. H. Yarborough performing the ceremony. The young people met at the church on the day liefore and decorated it quite handsomely. There was quite a number of friends of the happy couple present to witness the ceremony, and : the allair was quite a pleasant one. Mr. and Mrs. (Jwin will make their future home in Fairfield county, to which place they will go next week. I I was very much pleased with The Enquirer's position on the primary. That is the way to heal up all the wounds that have l been made, and by all. means we should have a primary, if for no other reason, because it is fair. Ty. McCUXNELLSVILLE MATTERS. ' A Few Notes of I.ocal Interest?Cold Weather?Fruit?Preaching?Lawn Tennis. j CorreKi>ondcnce of the Yorkvllle Enquirer, i McConnellsville, March 21.?We had - -I I !..? ...AAf, .....1 k.,,1 ! MJlIll* Vfry CUIU >TUUllltl lUrtl ?CUIV uui& hum it freeze on Friday. Some people are very ; much afraid that the fruit crop will he injured by it, as most of the peach trees are in bloom. It did not seem to harm the wheat and oats much. Some of the fanners begau planting corn ' last week but were stopped by the weather. Rev. W. (J. White, of Lowrysville, will preach at Olivet on the fourth Sunday, at half-past three o'clock in the afternoon. Lawn tennis seems to be the popular pastime in this place. A crowd of young people meet once a week and play. Some of ; the young ladies appeared the last evening in new costumes. Mr. J. K. Sadler visited his sister, Mrs. E. 1\ Love, last Sunday. He was once a resident of this place and is always welcomed j by every one. /.. ? Thomas J. Kiernan, the Columbia mechanic who gained notoriety recently, by making a speech against the railroads, is a candidate for the ollieeof trial justice.