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f traps and Jatts. ? Advance sheets of the New York Finan- i; cial Chronicle, issued last Thursday, give; a comparative statement of the cotton crop of the United States for the year ended Sep- < tember 1,1892. For the year named, the < crop was 9,938,707 bales, against 8,655,518 i the previous year, $md 7,313,626 for 1889-90. i The exports for the past year were 5,864,921 i bales, and the spinners, takings 2,983,503 > bales, leaving on hand 416,536 bales. The < crop of sea island for the year was 59,115 I bales. ? Some time ago the legislature of Mississippi passed an act requiring the removal of all screens in drinking saloons. Customers soon fell into the habit of carrying their screens with them. When they entered a saloon to take a drink, they yvould raise their umbrellas, throw them across their shoulders, and in this way hide themselves from the view of the passers by. The Prohibitionists brought the matter to the atten tion of the court, and a judge recently charg- i ed the grand jury that it was an indictable offense to use an umbrella as a subsitute for a screen. 1 ? A movement is on foot in New York to stop the taking of fish, oysters and clams from New York Bay for fear of cholera infection. The quarantined ships lie iinmedi- ? Ately over some of the largest clam beds . from which the New York market is sup- j plied, and it is thought that they, as well as ] the fish in the water, can hardy escape the contagion of the refuse that is being thrown ' overboard from the vessels. The State ' board of health has taken measures to pre- 1 vent fishing in the bay, and to keep fish, ' clams aud oysters taken there from being brought to the New York market. ? James Corbett, who whipped Sullivan i in New Orleans, has a veritable gold mine in 1 his reputation. He is asked to exhibit for j $2,500 in Chicago a week ; $2,000 in Phila- j delphia (one performance) Academy of Music, from Nixon & Zimmerman; $2,500 for ; the week in Boston; $8,000 for the week in New York; $5,000 from Forepaugh's circus, 1 one week; $2,000 for one performance in ] Baltimore; $2,000 for one performance in ] New Haven, Hartford, .Rochester, Buffalo, j Albany, Pittsburg; $5,000 per week for a California tour. A saloon at the entrance of the World's Fair offers 50 per cent, of . all profits for the use of his name; he to run no risk. A saloon on the Bowery, New ( York, offers 50 per cent, for the use of his < name; no risk. It is his purpose to go on 1 the stage in a play entitled "Gentleman j Jack." He says that he does not propose to | fight anymore for at least a year. He is , young yet, and he proposes to make all the money he can out of his reputation while the ' opportunity offers. It is said that he takes < his good fortune with good senBe and is not 1 inclined to allow his head to be turned. i ? Here is the way they do it out in Colorado. Charles Edwards, a well known prize fighter and desperado, had a grudge against j a man named Red Briggs, and started out to < kill him. Briggs was employed at a gold r' mine, his business being to manage the car by which men w$re let down into and taken < out of the mine. When Edwards came up, 1 Briggs was in the act of letting three men ] down, the car oontaining them at the time j being about half way between top and bot- . torn. Edwards placed a revolver at Briggs's head and told him to prepare to die. Briggs ( protested, saying that if Edwards should kill 1 him then, the men in the bucket would fall 1 to the bottom and also be dashed to pieces. ( Edwards agreed to give his intended victim ( time to let the car to the bottom', but all the while kept the pistol at his head. The sus- 1 pense lasted for about two minutes, but 1 when the car reached the bottom, Briggs suddenly seized an iron bar that was lying convenient and with one terrible blow, smashed < Edwards's skull. Edwards, it is thought, will i die. At last accounts Briggs had not been ( arrested. g ? The -New urieans ncayune nguret* uui the production of gold in this country since its discovery in California, and after stating how much has been coined, how much sent to Europe, and how much remains in circulation, says that $741,000,000 are unaccounted for. How much of it is hid away in odd corners, in the old stockings of frugal housewives, in the hoards of misers ? The people must have a large amount of gold coin so secreted. Handfuls of gold pieces treasured in broken teapots and other such receptacles, and even iron pots full are sometimes dug up where they were buried and forgotten. It would not be surprising if more than a hundred millions of gold were so hidden away by the people. Then there is a large amount in plate and ornaments, watches, jewelry and other forms in which gold is consumed. But how much is sunk in the sea, in rivers, in the lakes, by the wreck and burning of vessels? Nobody can answer. The most of this is lost forever. There are $741,000,000 of American gold taken out since the discovery of California to be accounted for. Where is it ? ?There are indications of a possible trouble between the United States and England. If it comes, it will be on account of the "Monroe Doctrine," which this country seeks t A a Vioa olrpn/Iv Hppn stated. 1 \AJ lUMUMMU, AM MIW M*. vvrv-y ~ 7 J war has been raging in Venezuela, South America. The war is practically over, but ; the country is torn and distracted, and the people perfectly at sea as to which way to 1 turn for safety. The British government, y some time ago, took clandestine possession ] of the port of Barima, belonging to Venezuela, and situated at the mouth of the Orinoco river. That means, according to the interpretation of American statesmen, that the British simply intend to use the port as the opening wedge to the possession of Venezuela and ultimately to Peru, Uraguay, Brazil, and in tact all of South America. Even at this time there is a squadron of British war vessels on the coast of Venezuela, just watching for a pretext to lay hands on the country. As the result of this, the United States 1 government has dispatched the Chicago, the 1 Concord, and the Kearsage to Venezuela. It 1 is believed that Admiral Walker, who is in * command of these vessels, has been instruct- j ed to narrowly watch the British, and at all hazards to prevent them from taking posses- . sion of any part of Venezuela. ? A reporter recently had a talk with ; Bergman, the anarchist who tried to kill II. C. ' Frick, in Pittsburg, some time ago. Berg- f man is in jail awaiting trial for the crime,! ] and to the reporter he said : "If I don't get j more than ten years I can can stand it, but!, I will notstand any longer term of sentence." I He was asked: "Do you mean to say that you would kill yourself if you get more than ' ten years?" "Well," he replied, "you can ! < draw your own conclusions. I believe there i is nothing beyond this life, and while life, I, under some circumstances is desirable, there j is not enough in it to spend a lifetime in prison with the prospect of a few years after your i1 sentence has expired. I fully realize the ' consequences of my attempt on the life of s Mr. Frick. I did so when I attempted to kill i him, and was prepared to suffer the conse- < quences had he died. I would prefer to ( hang rather than spend a lifetime in prison. I know I could get about thirty years, but it is either ten years with me, or, well, you * will see." Bergman talks coolly of his crime and seems to have only one regret, and that i is that his missou failed. He does not give ( Frick credit for the coolness and nerve j claimed for him when the assault took place. I. "He was the worst scared man I ever saw," ,1 he said. "He believed I meant to kill him,; in which he was certainly right, and it was j only natural that he should be scared." ? A terrible tragedy occurred in Chicago i' on Tuesday of last week. There is a race ! course in Garfield park, and for some time j > past the city authorities have been making' e?-" ''o m>nn if frif (llfl nlll'nnliP ftf ' ircijucillf luiun U|/uu IV IVI bliv ?. | closing it up. Last week the story got out, that the authorities were not inspired to j" their work by the best of motives. It was ' rumored that the proprietors of another race 1! track had offered the authorities a contribu- j i tion of $100,000 to the Republican campaign j ] fund if they would close the Garfield track, ] and it was charged that this was the cause of ( the raids by the police. Those interested in the Garfield track, after this swore that they ! would not submit to further interference. 1 There was to be some racing on Tuesday. ] A large number of police officers went around ] to put a stop to it. They arrested horse , owners, jockeys, pool sellers and spectators. ^ J. M. Brown, a millionaire horse owner, swore that he would not be arrested, and ( that he would kill the first man who attempt- f ed to arrest him. The police ordered him 1 to surrender. He ran and got out of the t gate. The officers fired at him. A police- j man named Powell met him, and presenting ^ a pistol, ordered him to halt. He fired at Powell, and the bullet passed through Powell's left hand into his stomach. Brown " then shot Powell in the mouth and killed b him. Brown started to run again, and met a policeman named McDowell. McDowell tried to stop him, and both fired at tiie same time. McDowell was shot through the body, and Brown through the heart. Brown died within a few hoQrs. It is thought thut McDowell will recover. The other policemen were moved to a frenzy by the shooting, and vented their rage on their prisoners, clubbing them over the head and kicking them until the excitement subsided. The whole thing was an outrageous affair. ?orh'ille inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1892. ? They are now talking of sending James I. Corbett to congress from California, and John L. Sullivan from Massachusetts. They are now good friends, it is said, end would qo doubt be on the same side on all public questions. If they will just promise to espouse the cause of tariff reform and work their prize ring tactics on the Opposition, we would be glad to see them elected. ? Senator Hill has agreed to open the national campaign in the State of New York this week with a speech in Brooklyn, in the Interest of Cleveland and Stevenson. This is good news. It means nothing less than that the Democrats are sure of carrying New ifork State in November, and that Cleveand's chances of being the next president lave suddenly risen at least 100 per cent. Sobly done, Senator Hill. Hurrah for Cleveand! ? Sullivan had the reputation of being a irutal bully, and Corbett's reputation is that >f a gentleman so far as it lies in the power >f a prize fighter to be such. That is unfortunate. It tends to elevate thp most brutal practice that the "civilization" of the Nineteenth century is guilty of. We think it would be well now if Corbett would accept i challenge from Peter Jackson, the negro, ind get a good licking, so that the "honors" of the profession would sink to tfcie level on which they properly belong. ? E. Brooks Sligh, of Chester, is a Itepub ican candidate for congress agaiust Dr. strait. He will not be elected, of course. The Democrats will see to that, and Sligh no loubt knows it, but all the same he has something to gain by hia candidacy. He is a new ecruit to the Republican party, and, as yet, las done nothing to win his spurs. After he ias received a sound drubbing by a Democrat, he will be received into fellowship with :he Republicans, and also stands a chance of )eing admitted into Cuffee's councils. He loes not calculate on receiving the support )f any of Mr. Hemphill's late supporters, wd that shows better sense than he has previously exhibited. ? A noble act is recorded of Alexander III, ;he czar of Russia. One day last week, in itter disregard of the protestations of his courtiers, he visited the cholera hospitals of 5t. Petersburg, made suggestions for the comfort of patients, and leaning over the couches of some of the patients, offered them vords of good cheer and encouragement, [n all this he was accompanied by the czar? * a iL.i : 1?* irina, bis wile, wno mainiaineu mat iu wimi?ver danger, her place is by his side. Some jave censured the action of the czar as foollardy and unwise, in that so much at this ;ime depends upon his safety. But it wusn't bolhardy or unwise. Of all the great acts lone by sovereigns of our time, there has not >een a greater. In thus showing that he is eady to risk his life to give ho]>e and encourigement to just a few of his people over vhom he has the power of life and death, he las done more to disarm the thousands of lihilists, anarchists and other assassins by vhom be is daily beset, than all his police ind all his armies could ever do. Hereafter, vhen Alexander III is held up as a heartless yrant and despot, few will be found to >elieve it. RESULT OF THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION. The State Democratic Executive coinmitee met in Columbia on Tuesday night of ast week to canvass the returns of the recent irimary election and to declare the result, rhe returns were practically as already )rinted in The Enquirer, and the result vas declared accordingly. The full vote of Hamn)i!]| nnil Ktrnif. WIIK J1S follows : AVU1|'U1?* HMM .. ?? ?? Hemphill. Strait. Union 170 282 Kershaw,.....' 1,081 ."Vi't York, 1,088 1,710 Chesterfield, 7W 1,088 Lancaster, 001 l,.'10.'l Chester, 1,110 7:tr> Spartanburg, 4 >4 .'KM Total, 0,141 Upon a canvass for protests and contestints, when the Fifth congressional district vas reached, Mr. lleinphill stated that there vas a difference of only 173 votes between limself and Dr. Strait, and he had good reason to believe that he had a majority of the egal votes. He was not certain that he vould make a contest, as the necessary nformation was not obtainable when he left Chester. Ho did not care to put the coinnittee to any trouble unless he could present ;ood grounds of contest, and desired to know low long a time he would have to present lis case. The rules provided ten days from :he day of election, and that left three days from the sitting of the committee. Mr. Hemplull asked for ten days from the sitting of the joramittee. Compliance with his request required unanimous consent. Most of the nembers were inclined to give it to him. but Dr. Sampson I'ope, of Newberry, objected, md the request was not granted. It was jxpected that Mr. Hemphill would probably submit his grounds of contest on Friday, but ?o far as has been reported, he has not done so, and the matter, it is supposed, is at an jnd. Congressman W. H. Brawley was present io inquire if there was anything in the alleged fhird party movement in the State. Each member of the committee reported us to coalitions in their respective counties, and so fur as their reports went, there was no formidable Third party sentiment in the State. ?? ? They are having a wild time of it in New York bay, and at last accounts mob law reigned supreme. Governor Flower, on Saturday night, purchased Fire island, one of the numerous little dots of land in New York bay, and unnounced thut it would be jsed as a refuge for tlu; healthy passengers on the cholera infected vessels in quarantine. The passengers were to take possesdon on Monday morning. The inhabitants of the island, however, and the adjoining mainland, were not willing for such an arrangement. Jiefore daylight on Monday, they turned out about 1,000 strong, armed with guns aud pistols, and defied the authorities. A boat load of passengers ap[>rouched the island from the steamship Normania. Among the passengers were healthy women aud children, but thut did not mat - ? . 1 rrl 4J. :er witn tne irignieneu nuuvw. mvy umuumed the lives of the people in the bout, and iwore that not one of Ihe passengers should and. The distressed passengers were forced o go back to the steamer, and at last accounts rire island was still in possession of the mob. iovernor Flower went to the scene of the rouble in hopes of being able to arrange aatters, either through persuasion or force ; j ut in some way the captors of the island) / j had managed to secure an injunction from j i one of the supreme court judges ugainst; < j the landing of the passengers of the cholera i ships, and the governor's hands were tied. ] j It was believed, however, that he would be J j able to secure the removal of the injunction j. ! yesterday, and that the passengers would be i | landed. The fears of the mob, it is said, are j 1 | based altogether on unreasonable ignorance. J THE FLAME AT THE GATES. There is practically no change in the chol- ( era situation at the New York quarantine. ' * ' " 1 A Sr. *,?? A large nct'l ui vcsseifi arc auuiiuiuu 111 niv | lower bay. Some of them are from cholera 11 infested ports and have the disease aboard. J Others have clean bills of health, and as yet there has been no appearance of the disease.!, In all, there are several thousand people held j < in suspense awaiting an attack of the disease j? or permission to land, and the desperate [ situation can easily be imugiued. j A large steamer arrived from Hamburg the other day. It had aboard probably 200 t cabin passengers and 600 steerage passen- ' gers. Of course there is no communication * whatever between the two classes, and as the cabin does not usually interest itself ] in what is going on in the steerage, the { passengers above were ignorant of the conditions below. On arriving at quarantine, , however, it developed that there had been , not less than ten deaths from cholera in the steerage during the passage. All unconscious of the presence of the dread plague, ^ the passengers had before been whiling away ( their time with no concern for their safety. ( But when the awful fact became known throughout the vessel, a genuine panic en- } sued, and the knowledge that the vessel j had to be held in quarantine did not serve to relieve the fears of the desperate passengers. ^ Some of them were ready to jump overboard, j and several cases of actual suicide are re- ^ ported. j How long the horrible position will be maintained it is impossible to say. The passengers and their friends on shore are bring- ] ing about tremendous pressure for their relief, and the responsibility that is being laid on thcshoulders of the quarantine ofli- ' cers is more than human nature can bear. No matter who the passengers may be, how wealthy or influential, it is clear that it will j never do to allow them to land in the city ( with even the suspicion of cholera about them, for such a course would probably en- ( danger the lives of tens of thousands. At the same time the injustice of keeping healthy people confined on the plague-infested ships J in constant danger of being attacked by the , scourge, is equally clear. Under the circumstances the situation is most distressing, aud j as the public begins to realize it, it is bestirring itself to every effort to relieve the unfortunate people. The other day, J. Pierpont Morgan, the 1 wealthy New York banker, bought outright, I at his own expense, the steamer Stonington 1 for $70,000, and turned it over to the health 1 authorities for the relief of the cabin pas- < sengers on the plague ship Norinania. All 1 the cabin passengers of the Normania, who I have not yet been attacked, were transfer- i red to the Stonington and carried away to another anchorage, where it was hoped that I they would be free from further danger. ( Following the example of Mr. Morgan, one I of the steamship companies has bought a 1 clean vessel for the relief of other passengers I on the plague ships. Abraham S. Hewitt ha3 i put Plum island, which lies in the vicinity and ] belongs to him, at the disposal of the health < authorities, and carpenters are now at work < erecting quarters for the accommodation of healthy passengers from the plague ships. < As fast as the passengers on any of the I' vessels are attacked by the disease, they are I removed to a hospital on Swineburne's island, i where about half the victims die, the other < half recovering. So far, there has been about j fifty deaths on the ships and in the quar- i antine hospitals. i Whether the quarantine will be effective in < keeping the plague out of New York, is a < matter of considerable difference of opinion. One thing is certain, it has been effective so ] far, and if it had not been for the quarantine, ] '* 1 * 1 J ??? t? 4 V? **s\u . 1 tne disease wouiu uuvv uc acuuuicu unuu6.. out nearly all of the large Northern cities. But many authorities maiutain that it is only a matter of a short time. The quarantine, they say, is all right for the present, but after a while, when the disease begins to disappear, vigilance will be relaxed and the germs of cholera will be brought into New York and other cities, to break out with renewed violence next spring. It is to be hoped, however, that this opinion is only the idle talk of chronic croakers. SULLIVAN AND CORBETT. There was a series of remarkable exhibitions in the city of New Orleans last week. It consisted of three prize fights; one on Monday night between Jack McAuliffe and Billy Myer; another on Tuesday night between Jack Kkelly and George Dixon, a negro, aud the third on Wednesday night between John L. Sullivan, for twelve years the champion of the world, and James J. Corbett. McAuliffe whipped Myer; Dixon, the negro, whipped Skelly ; and Corbett whipped Sullivan. The first two fights, so far as the general public is concerned, are only of common place interest, but the last, notwithstanding the moral status of prize fighting, is one of the events of the year. For twelve years the big brute, John L. Sullivan, has been the recognized champion prize fighter of the world, and having whipped every opponent who had the hardihood ; to meet him in the ring, he was recognized as practically invincible. Being only about 114 years of age, and none the worse except for too much liquor and dissipation, thousands of people up to last week still thought that j \ with his mighty fists, he could whip anything ] A"..? 11 irriv/lv limir fo !i circular saw. ! < James C'orbett is a young Californiun of ' 20 years of age, of respectable family. He | has been a successful prize fighter for six or I eight years, and at last persuaded himself to ] believe that he could whip the famous , John L. 1 A match was arranged between the two on a wager of $10,000 aside, and the Olympic club of New Orleans, offering a purse of $25,000 to the winner, the fight took place i under its auspices. j < The scene in the club house on the night ' of the fight rivaled those presented in the, old Roman amphitheaters, where hundreds of, I thousands of people witnessed the deadly | ] combats between gladiators and wild beasts, j Seated around the prize ring, were fully 10,-:: ! 000 eager spectators, all intensely interested 1 i n the progress and outcome of the brutal 1 j show. I; J Everything in readiness, the two gladiators j j 1 were ordered to shake hands, and then at the j ? immr fhe fitdif was coiiiuieiiced.li V. --0-Sullivan took the eentre of the ring and '< : Corbett coinmeneed prancing around liiin. i' Sullivan led with some wicked punches? those powerful blows before which no man ( has ever been able to stand?and at first! | j Corbett took it out in dodging. He soon j i | demonstrated his ability to keep out of Sulli-;' | van's way in the twenty foot ring, and then 1 \ he began experimenting as to his ability to ! hit Sullivan. He found that he could hit ^ i him, and then the fight commenced in earn- j lest. Almost from the start it was all one i i way. Corbett landed blow after blow on 1 Sullivan's face and ribs, and at the end of ( twenty-one rounds of three minutes each, j | the "big fellow" lay stretched out in the : j ! ring, bleeding like a beef and almost insen- ( sible. Corbett was adjudged the winner of, f the money and the championship of Amer- j1 j icu. The receipts of the Olympic club at the j J door were nearly $100,000, and it is thought: ( I that Corbett gained a similar sum by his j j victory. i It is estimated that throughout the Cnited 1 1 States more than $1,000,000 changed hands jvcr the fight. There were hundreds of -oughs and toughs in New Orleans from all , parts of the Union, and most of them bet on Sullivan at odds of three and four to one. \fter the fight they were completely broke, ; Hid dozens of them have not yet been able :o get away from the city. WAS IT A THICK ? , The oath in the primary election was so wordxl as to bind true and honorable Democrats to ' rote for <?overnor Tillman at the next general election. Now, we hear it asserted that a Third party ieket is to be put into the field in a short time? ; hat a convention will be convened to nominate Third party presidential electors. At first such i thing was thought impossible because of the mill which we all took in the primary, but upon ;xaming that oath more carefully good lawyers ire of opinion that it bus no binding efifect ex opt* for State officers. It was a primary for State officers, and the oath is perfectly silent as ] o National elections. , Ifit be true that the oath is not binding, then he voter is at liberty to do as he pleases in the ' Sovetnber election, as far as the presidential ' jlectors are concerned.?Abbeville Press and ' banner. We think the fears of The Press und Ban- j ier are altogether unfounded. Notwith- ] standing the opinion of the good lawyers it , refers to, so far as York county is concerned, we are sure of it. The oath required of voters in this county was as folllows: "You solemnly swear or affirm that you are duly qualified to vote at this election according to the rules of the Democratic party and < that you huve not voted before at this elec- 1 tion and that you will abide the result of the- < primary election." Under this oath,Hit I strikes us that those who voted in the prf- I mary are not bound to vote in the general ) ilectiou unless they want to do so,- but if ' ;hey do vote in the general election, they are ] jound to support the Democratic nominees. , 3f course the nominating convention will 1 nominate Cleveland electors, and when they i ire nominated they are as much the nomi- i iees of the party, and their nomination the i result of the recent primary, as is the nomination of State officers. To our mind any man who votes for other than Cleveland , doctors after having voted in the recent , primary, will violate his oath, just the same | is if he should vote for other candidates for State officers than those nominated by the | joining convention. To be sure there'is some Third party sentiment in this county. As to whether it will jver amount to anything we arc unable to say. The adherents of that faith who are most pronounced in their views, say they will support Cleveland this year, but they ire for the "People's party" four years from now. THK SITUATION IN NEW YORK. The political situation in New York has been a puzzle. It has been so for more than four years. Everybody realizes that something is bad wrong, but no one seems to know exactly what the trouble is. It is genjrally believed that Senator Hill is in some way responsible, and it is not unlikely that there is something in this belief, but at tbe tame time it is not absolutely certain. Last week the situation in New York was bluer than it is now. It is generally conceded that there has been a decided change for the better in the Democratic outlook, but the exact cause of the change has not yet been thoroughly explained. Now there is undoubtedly more enthusiasm than there bas been in the past'four years, and the only explanation is some fine work that has recently been put in by Mr. Whitney. Messrs. Murphy, Croker and Sheehan have control of the Democratic' machine, and while all the time they have been willing to run it in the interest of Mr. Hill, they are rather slow to obey the behests of the Democrats of the nation that the machine must carry Mr. Cleveland. For sometime past the machine has been at a practical standstill, ind the results of its inactivity bus been to envelop the national Democracy in a shroud cf blue, as it were. But now the blue is rapidly disappearing. [11 some way?nobody knows exactly how? Pacificator Whitney has found the rusty searings and stiffest excentrics, and maniged to pour on sufficient oil to warrant the burning of the numerous wheels with comparative ease and safety. There was a quiet little dinner party in the Victoria hotel, in New York, last Thursday night. Messrs. Murphy, Sheehan and Croker were there. So was Mr. Cleveland, Mr. Whitney, Don M. Dickinson, and several other prominent Democrats. Mr. Hill nad been invited, but for some reason did not put in his appearance. However, Mr. Murphy is always regarded as his representative, and no special significance is attached to his absence. What was done and said at the dinner has not been given to the public. The probabilty is that very little was -said or done, but nere is about what was accomplished. Mr. Ifill and his friends have been letting the Cleveland campaign severely alone. They oelieved that if they helped and were successful, the Cleveland people would claim hat victory was won without their aid ; and f they helped and were defeated, the Cleveland people would claim that Hill and his friends had again knifed them. In view of diis situation there was nothing for the Hill people to do but to wait for the Cleveland people to make the first advance. Mr. Whitney understood exactly what the trouble ivas, and got up the New York dinner to remedy it. There is a feeling among Democrats all over the country that he has succeeded. Si'ARTANMJKU Mi'Kdkkkkh.?Spartanburg wus to liuvc hud u quadruple hunting lust [ Priday, hut Governor Tillinun interfered and i the hunting was only a double one. Adam Poster, colored, was hanged for the murder jf Mabry Sunders, also colored, last November, und Andy Jeflerys, colored, was hanged ; for the murder of William Adkins, white, on I the 16th day of last July. The other two murderers who were to liuvc been bunged on the same day were John Williams and Mildred Brown, one a colored man and the other a colored girl. I They were respited by the governor until I October 7th. Williams is the man who killed Mayor llenneman, in October last. The story is; that Mayor Henncmun was walking around m Sunduy night and saw Williams beating Ins wife, or ruther a woman with whom he i ivus living. He ordered the negro to stop. und threatened to send for a policeman.; Williams told Mayor llenneman that it was none of his business; to get out of the yard. As the mayor was walking away, the negro diot him in the back, and as he fell, shot liim a second time. (Jovernor Tillman's reasons for granting the respite are not known, but it is thought it has been represented to liiin that the facts are very different from the developments at the trial. !' Mildred Jlrown, who was also respited, is t negro girl about fifteen years of age. Her mime was a most atrocious one. She was employed by Mr. and Mrs. W. ('. Carpenter.! jf (iaflhey City, as a nurse. She took offense at Mrs. Carpenter on account of something, and vented her spleen by poisoning the child. The child died in the greatest igony, and at first the girl denied her guilt,[ >ut afterward confessed that she had given t carbolic acid, and alleged as her reason I tier anger toward Mrs. Carpenter. Whether Governor Tillman will commute the sentence of either of the prisoners to life mprisonment, or pardon either of them, is lot known, but it is generally believed that ie will allow both of them to hang on the fill of <)etol>er. ? ? Hiscoi kaoinc (M'TI.ook.?The cotton report of the Hepartmeiit of Agriculture indi-11 :utes a lower condition of crop than in any September since 1XXX. The average is 7b.X, (gainst S2.7 last year, and Xo.oin lxpo. The leeline since August 1 exceeds live points.! Flic State averages are : Virginia 7">, North I 'arolina 7b, South Carolina 77, < Jcorgia 7!?. Florida fid, Alabama 72, Mississippi 72, l,ou-| siana 7b, Texas XI, Arkansas 7b, Tennessee , J). I i LOCAL AFFAIRS. I] INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, j' VV. H. McC'orkle, Judge of Probate?Citation? | J. B. F. Scott, Applicant for letters of Administration on the Estate of W. L. Goforth, deceaaed. B. X. Moore?I will Buy Cotton. Rev. K. G. Patrick?A Top Plueton and a Horse lor Sale. VV. Waddy Thomson?Attorney at Law-. 3am M. A L. Geo. Grist?Fire Insurance on Cotton < Jins. O'roighton, Sherfesee A Co.?Carta, Buggies, Carriages, Wagons and Furniture. R. J. lierndon?"Competition is the Life of Trade." Ferguson Bros.?The Old Darkey Talks Again. Cowry A Starr?Important Notice?Read our Prices. M. A H. C. Strauss?New Goods are (Joining. T. M. Dobson, Manager?Crockery-Hardware? New Millinery. Beard A Inman?To Parents. Win. C. Latimer?New Winter Clothing?Fine Shoes for Indies?Gents' Hats. THE LOCAL COTTON MARKET. The indications are that Yorkville will have a lively cotton market this season. There will be no less than six buyers, representing different concerns, and of course they want to buy all the cotton they can get. This will make competition as sharp as any one could wish for, and top-notch prices are hound to rule. There may be still other buyers later on, but so far we have information only of the following: Riddle & Carroll, B. N. Moore, Latta Bros., I. B. Gordon, J. W. P. Jiope <Sc Co., ana j. u. regram. CITADEL CADETSHIP. The examination of applicants for the vacant beneficiary cadetship in the South Carolina military academy from this county, was conducted in the court house yesterday by 3chool Commissioner Cannier and Rev. R. E. Stackhouse. There were nine applicants, as following: Atticus H. Dagnall, Fred R. Black, Jennings K. Owens, Samuel R. Moore, Geo. W. Williams, H. F. Adickes, Jr., Jas. B. Allison, Jr., Starr M. Mason, Joseph M. McConnell. The examination consumed several hours, and up to this time the name of the successful applicant has not been announced. RAILROAD EARNINGS. The railroad commissioners have issued their report of the railroad earnings of the State for the month of July. The report shows a heavy loss, amounting in the aggregate to $89,982.90, as compared with the earnings of the roads for the month of July of last year. The earnings of the various roads in this section are reported as follows : Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line, $51,287.76, ii decrease of $16,324.91; Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago, $9,904.67, a decrease of $11,339.89; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, $56,693.31, a decrease of $7,095.85; Chester and Lenoir, $2,075.19, a decrease of $256.79; Cheraw and Chester, $1,094.94, a decrease of $57.32; Georgia, Carolina and Northern, $20,465.39, an increase of $11,339.89. The total passenger earnings of all the roads in the State for the month of July was $170,085.49, and the total freight earnings, $260,458.69. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at 11 a. m., and Sunday-school immediately afterward. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D., pastor. Prayer-meeting tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 10.30 o'clock a. m., and 4 o'clock p. m. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, pastor. Yokkville?Prayermeeting tomorrow evening at 8.30 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. in., and 8 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school at 4.30 p. m. Baptist?Rev. Robert G. Patrick, pastor. Union?Sunday-school at 10 a. m. Services at 11 o'clock a. m. Yokkville?Prayermnofinrr tn.mnrrnw eveniner at 8 o'clock. | Services Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday-school at 9.30 a. in. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Kev. K. E. Stackhouse, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. Services Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Quarterly conference immediately after services, Kev. G. T. Harmon, presiding.- Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m., and 8 p. m. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Grace McEhvee is visiting at Gastonia, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. F. Happerfield, of Gastonia, N. C., are visiting in Yorkville. Mr. Thomas Thomasson, of Gaffney City, is visiting relatives near Yorkville. Mr. Charles C. Randleman, of Raudleraan, N. C., is the guest of Mr. Brooks Inman. Mrs. Alexander Long, of Spartanburg, is in Yorkville, visiting relatives and friends. Mr. Burritt Metts left yesterday for Virginia to become a pupil in Pan tops academy. Miss Annie Simpson, of Charleston, is in Yorkville. the euest of Mrs. M. Strauss. Miss Annie Witherspoon expects to lcuvc today on un extended visit to Walterboro. Miss Anna Whittle returned home last week from an extended visit to friends and relatives in Alabama. Miss M. 11. Marshall, of Summerville, is visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. W. F. Marshall, of Yorkville. Mr. H. C. Strauss, of the linn of Messrs. M. <fc H. C. Strauss, left yesterday for the Northern markets, where he expects to lay i in a full stock of fall and winter dry goods, j Mrs. Strauss accompanied Mr. Strauss on I a pleasure trip. Miss Jessie Latimer expects to leave to-1 morrow for Wilson college, Chumbersburg, | J'enn. She will be accomprnied by Mr. W. I C. Latimer, who goes to the Northern mar- : kets to purchase fall and winter goods for the Fashion Jlazarr. We received a pleasant call last Saturday i aflernoon from Mr. W. J. Caveny, of Rock ; Hill. It will Im; remembered that Mr. Caveny, together with a party of young gentle- j men, were thrown out of a runaway hack j early last summer, all of whom were more j or less seriously bruised. Mr. Caveny was carried borne unconscious,where he remained i in a state of lethargy for more than a month, | during which time little hope of his recovery was expressed by the attending physician, ( but through the tender nursing oi a uevoieu , wife, nature came to his assistance, consciousness was restored, and he is now strong! enough to get about, though one side of his 1 face is juirtially paralyzed. Mr. ('uveny is | visiting ids mother, who lives eight miles west of Yorkville, where by quiet and rest his many friends hope he will soon be restored to his wonted heulth. , HOUGH I'M. The sorghum crop in York county this,1 year is something phenomenal. Without any concert of action, it seems that almost everybody has made a big crop. It is sorghum, sorghum everywhere. For two weeks , every cane mill in the county has been running at its full capacity, und tlicy are likely! to continue grinding away for at least two or three weeks more. The evaporators, of course, are also at work, and the output is likely to be far greater than has ever before ' been known in this section. Indeed, it is probable that there will be enough molasses inndu in York county to .supply the entire local consumption, if not u great deal more. ' These are simply general facts, without j details, hut there is something in them worthy of study by those who seek the best interest of the county, as well as some direct profits for themselves. Everybody is no, doubt ready to admit that every gallon of home-made molasses represents at least fifty cents saved to this section that would otherwise go either to New Orleans or New York. In all, that means several thousand dollars I for York county, and several thousand dollars saved is several thousand dollars made. Hut this is not all that we are driving at. If we can save money in this section by! making our own molasses, can't we bring 1 money here by selling those molasses? ll'j RESULT OF SECOND PRIMARY I SckMl (.' ltaltner. t/5 si ju rt PRECINCTS. i C -c o t/J kH O X rt > i >?J i.^ Autiocli, 7 94 Blacksburg, 169 97 Blairsville, 50 91 Bethany, 1 88 Bethel, 30 63 Buttaio, oo uc Bullock's Creek, 15 67 Clark's Fork, n 23 Clay Hill, n 14 Coates's Tavern, 31 47 Clover, 37 8c Fort Mill, 87 135 Hickory Grove, ^ 76 91 McConnellsville, ' 26 8c Newport, 22 56 Rock Hill, 162 239 Thompson's Mill, n 33 Yorkville, 184 236 Totals, ; 93OI534 we can make enough for home consumption, it will be a very easy matter to make a surplus for sale, and all that is wanted is some enterprising merchant to develop a market. If sorghum has no commercial value, it certainly should have one, and there should be a market for it in every town, just the same as there is for cotton. Won't some of our York county merchants investigate the matter at once, find some place where they can dispose of the surplus product and open a market ? You people who have been selling the wholesalers' molasses to the farmers so long, see if you can't change the thing around and sell the farmers' molasses to the wholesalers. ALL BUT BUFFALO. We print this morning, the full returns of yesterday's primary with the exception of the vote at Buffalo, and barring errors that may have been made by telegraphers the returus are correct. The operator at Blacksburg says that the Buffalo vote is included in that of Blacksburg. It is probable that he is mistaken, but we are unable to make the positive assertion. If the totals are correct, Hough beats McDonald: Edwards is school commissioner; Sapoch is a county commissioner ; Culp Is defeated, and Ashe and Smith must run another race for a majority. LOCAL LACONICS. ? A brilliant marriage occurred in Chester last Wednesday. The contracting parties were Will A. Barber, Esq., and Miss Belle Hardin, daughter of Mr. W. Holmes Hardin. Both the young people are very popular and have a wide circle of friends in York and Chester counties. ? Special attention is called to the advertisement of Mr. B. N. Moore, in another column. He will represent O. P. Heath & Co.,! of Charlotte, in the cotton market at this place, and wants a chance at all the cotton that comes to town. "Bee" needs no recommendation. Everybody knows him, and only those who are Dot particular about get- i ting the top of the market, will neglect to j show him their samples. ? Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, the Democratic candidate for vice-president, is to deliver a campaign speech in Charlotte next Saturday, the 17th instant. The Richmond and Danville railroad will sell round trip tickets for the occasion as follows: Blacksburg, I $2.75; Rock Hill, $1.35; Yorkville, $2.45; Chester, $2.45. Tickets on sale 16th and j 17, and good for returning to and including the 19th. ? Dr. Wm. M. Walker, of Yorkville, brought a specimen head of home raised , rice to The Enquirer office one day last week. The specimen, though not fully ma- i tured, was a fine one, and leaves no room for doubt that rice can be successfully grown j in this county. The doctor is not altogether satisfied with his experiment this year, but j says he has learned enough to know better: how to handle the crop next season. He is i not at all discouraged. ? Governor Tillman has granted a pardon j to Alva Chambers, colored, of this county,: who was convicted of burglary and larceny j in 1883 and sentenced by Judge Fraser to ten years in the penitentiary. In view of the good conduct of the prisoner while serving out his sentence, the board of directors recommend that the fellow be pardoned, in order to save his citizenship, inasmuch as his term would expire soon. ? The revival services conducted in the Baptist church last week by Rev. K. P. Jones, of Savannah, were brought to a close on Friday night, when the talented young preacher had to leave for his home. A great deal of genuine interest was manifested in the meetings both by town and country, and there were large congregations at every service. As the result there were five accessions to the church by profession of faith, and four of the converts were baptized by the pastor on Sunday night. About four hundred were present to witness the ceremony. ? We have received intelligence of the death of Mr. K. A. Rhea, which occurred at his home about three miles from King's Mountain, N. ('., on September 3, after an illness of several months. His death resulted from gall stone. Mr. Rhea was well known in the western portion of York county, of which he was a former resident. During the war he was a member of Company A, 12th Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers, and being a splendid soldier und most companionable man, was personally known to almost every member of the regiment. He was aged about 55 years. All of his surviving comrades, as well as hundreds of friends that he has made since the war, will be sorry to hear of his death. ? There is nothing elevating about prize fighting; everybody knows thut. It is posi-1 tively brutal, and everybody knows that. But at the same time, it is safe to assert thut | no event of the past month, not even excepting the appearance of cholera in New York harbor, has created such widespread interest | throughout the I'uited States as did the fight between John L.Sullivan and James J., Corhctt, in New Orleans last Wednesday night. Almost everybody was interested. We do not believe that we would miss it fur if we were to say that not less than $1,000,000 was wagered on the result throughout the; country. A part of this sum, u very, very 1 small part, was wagered in Yorkville. The odds were anywhere from one and a half to three to one on Sullivan, and when the re suit was announced early next morning by telegraph, there was a large number of sick people, and some of them, a very few of the whole number, were in Yorkville. They had bet on the hitherto invincible John L., and to their consternation, surprise and everlasting recollection, had discovered that Corbet was the best man, or rather the superior brute. It cost one young man $10, another $lf>, and several others various smaller amounts to find it out, and no doubt they will remember it until some of these days they will pay an equal or larger sum to find out that Charley Mitchell, Peter Jackson, or some other fellow, is a superior brute to! Corbet t. _____ ? The State, Monday: The negroes who have been working in the water laying the water works suction pipe in the Cougaree river, have been seeing a huge sturgeon lying around for several days. They had laid plans to capture him. Saturday afternoon, | however, one of them turned around suddenly, and right at him he saw the sturgeon. He grappled with the large fellow and the sturgeon in turn caught his hand in its mouth and shut down, starting oil'. The fellow was no match for the watery power, and called lustily to his fellow Iuborers. Fiyc of them j came to him and there was a tremendous j battle, finally resulting in a victory for the men. They had great trouble in releasing their friend's hand. The sturgeon, when ! measured, showed a lengtli of 7 feet. ELECTION, HELD SEPT. 13,1892. j ?JJ C?unty CoBnluioier*. ! j Solicitor. prj, I _ . r ; __ , cec AX -C ! ? M "5 8 j- ; - ? w j ? t ? = ! 1 I s hi, S C/2 C o ? Kpf r ? ? ,, C/3 >2 u I Det ^ j? /. | SC s 't j ces t. :2 o ^ ^ < r s O * . i -> m i ? . 5 , M ^ C ID ' | > I ^ | j | {^ J las 29 43 74 92 10 102 68 124 196 144 45 221 266 j IJ5 15 106 46 88 .51! 1411 70 24 75 11 ' 83 6 89 15 49 8l 41 . 64 29 . 93 co, I 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f 72 5 63 24 76 6j | 82 to 1 20 6 26 18 21 141! 35 th< j 11 13 20 10 5 22 27 62 17j 58 21 59 20 79 the i. 68 29 85 48 78 40 118 it t ; 57 205 hi 70 156 69' 225 wb 88 75 106 73 99 73 172 J 1 72 52' 78; 16 74 35 109 an( 1 57: 55 24 66 12 78 yei 1 145 139, 247 297 207 211 418 21 11 44 16 31 15 46 fh< 170 195 287; 162 237 189 427 ?fh , las 10991059171211079 ,14811023 2507 at BLACKSBURU BUDGET. Pla mc The Farmers Have Hade a Surplus?Real Estate Transfers?A Glimpse at Champion wa C'orbett. a j, CorreHpondence of the Yorkvlllo Enquirer. cm Blacksburg, September 13.?Our formers the have gathered and stored away a larger wa quantity of forage this year than usual, and she owing to the fine weather for the past a s month, it is also of the best quality ^ And ca] now they are ready for and glad to see the to gentle rain which began Sunday night, and ya: is gradually refreshing the thirsty earth. It 1 is rather late for the turnip crop, but will be wa of great service in preparing the soil for the pa reception of wheat and oats, of which, no ha doubt, a good deal will be sown, as our peo- he pie are encouraged by the excellent harvest wc they reaped this year of those cereals. I ' notice that a larger crop of peas has been thi planted this year than usual, and the quan- scl tity of sorghum raised will be nearly double ue that of former years. These facts all indi- as cate that our people are not only diversify- scl ing their crops and endeavoring to sustain and improve their lands, but are becoming ' more self reliant and independent. My im- inj pression is, that the cotton crop of this sec- cai tion, which will not be as much as usual by th< at least one one third, will, however be inj largely surplus, as far as the indebtedness is Li Ami oitrvnltAA 4 A tnnlf a ! 4 UUUCCI UCU 1U1 ou^puco IU UJAAC lit Mr. M. R. Reese and Mr. Allie Osborne tw have each bought a valuable building lot on hii Cherokee and Academy streets from Mr. H. a ] K. Love of Colorado. hif Mr. A. P. McLure, a locomotive engineer, of Union, S. C., has recently come to Blacks- no burg intending to make it his future home. wi The many friends of Conducter G. M. ce Moore will be glad to know that he has so ra nearly recovered from his injury of a month wl ago, as to be able to resume his position on- m< the road on the 15th instant. yo Mrs. Charles C. Kramar, whose husband gil is rector of Trinity church, New Orleans, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. A. B. Crosby. A hundred or more of our citizens gather- a]] ed at the Ricqmond and Danville depot Sun- ta day evening to see the champion pugilist of the world, Jim Corbett, as he passed through in here on the vestible train, to New York. na He received his admirers very affably, but wj did not make a speech. The election here today is progressing t< very quietly. As muchjinterest is manifested co however, as was shown in the first one, and na quite as large a number of votes will be iej polled. w. a. ta! CLOVER CULLIN'OS. ofl no New Churches Building?Ofl" fur School? nil Other Matters. foi Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Clover, September 13.?Clover is begin- P'1 ning to put on new life in regard to churches. The Baptists have let out a contract for a new church building on Church street. A Mr. Fisher, of North Carolina, is the con- of tractor. The Associate Reformed Presbyte- sei rians are also arranging to erect a building. Til The first steps were taken this week in the of starting of a subscription paper. It was Th ? a ? ?a ? ?1 -?? \f J m aam *lld A/1 PHI sutrieu uu jiummj, ouu uciutc nuuu, ? had been subscribed. At lust accounts the ex< amount was still growing. We feel assured do that the building will be erected- at no dis- su< tant day. ? The boys are now leaving us rapidly for ha school. Willie P. Smith and Frank B. no Gwinn, left last week?the former for Gaff- ed ney, S. C., where he will take a regular Lu academic course; and the latter for Leuior, ter to take a business course in Barnes's acad- ou emy. Herbert L. Wright and Dr. J. W. pr< Campbell, leave this week?the former for Th Pantops academy, in Virginia, and the latter pu for Baltimore, Md., to take another course mc of lectures in the Baltimore Medical college, uh We have had a long spell of dry weather, wi It is quite cloudy at this writing, with just at enough rain to lay the dust and not enough th< for a plow season. The cotton crop is very _ short. Corn, however, is good. wc The health of Clover has been better this summer than it was last year. m? Smith & Jackson are now running a saw mill on the lot where their cotton gin was <Jis burned last fall. They are preparing to re- ex build their ginhouse, and will be ready for p0 business in a short time. be] We hear of several more residences that cf are to be built here before Christmas. to Mr. S. A. Matthews has sold his property be here to Mr. T. L. Clinton, of Energy, S. C.- ou Mr. Matthews expects to move to his planta- th< tion ut Ebenezer. Josh. jb ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. MlNceilaueuuN Notes of Local and General su< Interest. cai Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Knqulrer. tei uik'l Hill, September 13.?Messrs. It. T. | ?ai Fewell & Co., ure building an addition to | their store room. i Quite a number of neat residences are in course of erection in Oakland and other parts of Hock Hill. ' At a recent meeting of the stockholders of ^ the Standard Mill Manufacturing company, they decided to increase the capital stock ,? from seventy thousund to one hundred thousand dollars, the amount for which the char- j . j ter was granted. | Mrs. M. A. Kee will move into her cottage ! ? . near the High school building in Oakland, jJ this week. Mrs. Kee expects to board some i "1 of the students from this school. Mr. Miles Johnson has done exceedingly '8 1 well in his work since entering the service of As the Keeley institute, having sent twenty-, ne' four students?as they are called to that in- a I stitution. tie There are quite a number of persons at the this place very sick with fever of different l?v kind. In fact, I believe there is more sick- an< ness here now than ever liefore at one time. ne: Mr. Charles Frew leaves for the northern da; markets today. He will lie accompanied by the his wife, who goes on a visit to her parents ref in Philadelphia. j *ra Mr- and Mrs. Fred Mobley will leave on wa 'Ol <v... Itultimnrn where Mrs. Moblev gc( 1 uuioua* iv* v | j will undergo trejitincnt for her eyes, she not du liuving fully recovered from the effects of j coe her full several months ago. >n Mrs. George Ifcach is visiting relatives in He Chester. | Mrs. W. J. Cnveny is visiting in Fort Mill COf this week. bo; Miss Mecca Avery and Mrs. 11. M. Fewell, ? arc sojourning in Washington for a few al days. v. Su LKTTKK FROM LOWKYSVILLK. jlm The Dry tVeather and Shurt Crops?Thirty Cents a Hundred for Cotton Pickers. ! VCI ( orresjmndrnre of the Vorkvllle KiH|Ulrir. mu Lowuvsvii.i.k, September 12.?A Her a (50 long dry spell, the elouds promise rain soon, ed, The drought has seriously affected all crops, to more especially cotton, which cannot possi- it bly make more than two thirds of an aver- Da age crop. The bolls arc small and opening ad prematurely. j stc Fodder has all been saved in excellent. in" condition. j of Cotton picking lias been commenced in; cd earnest, and it is likely that the entire crop is will be gathered by the 1st of November, fei The price puid for picking in this section is ad rty cents per hundred. This seems small, ; even at that, there is no money for the mere. Owing to the short crop and low ces, they are losing not less than 1$ to 2 its a pound. Thirty cents a hundred is te enough. ixercises were resumed at the Lowrysville jh school this morning. Our people have tn fortunate in again securing the serviof Mr. D. M. and Miss Kate Douglass. There is considerable interest manifested the second primary to be held tomorrow. Several bales of new cotton were sold here t week. w. o. o. LETTER FROM SMYRNA. Welcome R?iu?The Crops?Corn Cribs Burned?The Price of Cotton. respondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Smyrna, September 12.?We are all glad see the rain this morning. On account of i prolonged dry spell, we had begun to spair of an opportunity to plant turnips, t now the outlook is more favorable. By i way, I have noticed for a long time that ilways has a way of raining just a little lile before it gets too late. Everybody in this section has gotten his Ider up. The crop is good, well cured, i more abundant than it has been for ?* a. The cotton is opening fast, but the crop is >rt. The indications are that it will not largely in excess of that of last year, ere were three bales sold at this place t week at 6}, against 7), the ruling price this time last year. Mr. R. G. Whitesides, who lives near this ice, lost his corn cribs by fire yesterday irning. He was awakened by the roaring the flames at about 4 o'clock, but when got out to the fire it bad made such heady as to be beyond control. The crib was arge double affair, and Mr. Whiteeides's riage and buggy were in a shelter between :m. Both vehicles were consumed. A, gon, which was only partly under the dter, was saved. The barn, which is only hort distance away, also had a narrow esse, the flames being almost communicated it through the straw, by which the barn-' rd was covered. Mr. Whitesides is positive that the fire, s not the result of carelessness on the rt of any of his people, and thinks it must ve been the work of an incendiary, though has no knowledge of .any enemy .who >uld be guilty of such a thing. The public school ftand' apportionment for is place gave .oat last week and our free 100I closad on Friday. It will bb'contind, however, during the rest of the term a pay school. There are about sixty jolars enrolled. Bkiek Remabkke. The Cask Gbows Stronger.?InterestI circumstances continue to develop in the 3e of Grant Bennett and Richard Burao, e two negroes recently arrested for w reck% the South Carolina railway train at ncoinville last November. Just after they were first arrested, about 0 weeks ago, Bennett begun to "unburden 1 soul to the detectives, when he was given poke in the side and a meaning wink from i fellow prisoner, and be stopped short. Now it transpires that a few days ago a te, intended for Bennett, and evidently itten by some outside friend, was inter* pted before it reached the prisoner. It n like this : ''You ben talkin' too mutch, ly doan you do like Burno an keep yor )ut shut. If you do dat they can't propv u done de pullin of the pins and you will ; off cleer."?News and Courier. The Why and the Whebefobe.?As ready frequently intimated, there is much Ik of a State ticket being put up by the ^publicans when their convention meets this city on the 29th instant, and many mes have been mentioned in connection th the head of the ticket. The latest candidate that is mentioned is >m Johnson, the white Republican, who is Hector of the port of Charleston. His ,med is now being freely mentioned by the iding Republicans in Columbia, and they Ik as if his being put up was a sure thing. It may be this way. Johnson's term of Ice will expire in November. He might t do much in a race for governor, but by iking the race, he could use it with great ce upon Harrison if that official is re* ;cted, to secure a re-appointment to the ice he now holds.?The State. * / SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. - There was a sharp contest over the result the recent primary in Sumter. The Cou vatives had the majority of votes and the llmanites had a majority of the members the couuty executive committee. H. H. tomas, leader of the Refortners, tried to ant the Conservatives out, but the Reform ecutive committee was disposed only to the fair thing and Mr. Thomas was not :cessful. - (ireenville News: The prize fighting fever b struck Greenville in full force, and it looks w like Greenville sports are to be entertainwith a fight between local pugilists. J. ither Trammell and Jonas Robinson, yesday agreed to fight to a finish with five ce gloves in about a month. They both apose to go into active training for a battle. ie fight is expected to be for $250 a side?a rse of $500. Friends of each will put up the >ney. Forfeits will be posted in the regition manuer in a few days, and the purses 11 go up later. The fight will take place Hans Souci park, or some point outside 3 city. - I). Wesley Chandler was shot and fatally uuded by W. B. Boyle, at Sumter, last ednesday night. Boyle keeps a meat irket in Main street, and Chandler was for feral months in his employ. Chandler was icharged sometime since and bad blood has isted between the two men. Chief of lice A. H. Weeks says that a few minutes Core the shooting, Chandler was in front Boyle's place cursing him and daring him come out. He ordered Chandler away, but soon returned. Policeman Bar wick was his way home, and saw Chandler enter 2 store, and as he reached the door, Chan;r was in the act of going through the re petition, when Boyle shot him. - E. A. Webster, State chairman, has isjd a call for a convention of the Iiepubli11 party to assemble in Columbia on Sepnber 29, for the purpose of nominating ndidates for presidential electors and insactmg "such other business as may me up." The convention is to be comsed of 125 delegates, appointed among 3 various counties on the basis of their presentation in the house of representues. There is some talk of the nomination a State ticket, but the question does not . pear to have been definitely settled. The itrict chairmen are also instructed to call * ugressiouul conventions as soon as possi(. The Fifth district convention is to he in posed of 25 delegates, as follows: York, Chester, 5; Lancaster, 3 ; Spartanburg, Chesterfield, 3; Kershaw, 4; Union, 1. - News and Courier: A disgusting outrage reported from l'acolet, on the line of the heville and Hpartanburg road. A little wsboy named Hamlet sold a countryman >aj>er. He handed him a dime. The litfellow could not make the change, and as ! train was starting off he handed the felv another paper telling him to return it i he would give him his uickel on the it trip. When the train rolled up yestery a crowd of rough customers demauded s boy of the conductor. Conductor Chase used to allow them to take him from the in, when they produced a trial justice's rrant for theft and got him. They drag1 him to the depot and informed the conctor that to procure his release it would it him $50. He was forced to leave him their hands, but telegraphed the officials. ! hears by wire tonight that the boy has ?n released on the payment of $25 aud it. There is much indignation, as the y's character is of the best. - News and Courier: The attorney generwants to sandbag the stockholders of the inter Fertilizer compauy for selling a littoo much sand in their fertilizers. There ve from time to time been complaints uut the goods of this company. The chems at Clcmson college were called on to instigate the trouble. Several analysis were ide and the chemists allege that there was per cent., of sand in the samples examinThe secretary of State referred the case the attorney general, who in turn handed to Assistant Towuseud. The officers in irlinglon and Sumter couuties have been vised to swear out warrants against the ickholders of the company. The penalty such cases is one year in prison or a fine $ 1,000, or both. The defendants are chargwith misdemeanor. It is likely that this to be the first of a series of cases against tilizer companies for not giviug what they vertise. A