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Straps and Jacts. ? The threatened uprisiug of the Bannock Indians in Wyoming has been arrested. The Indians have decided that they are not equal to the task of whipping the whole United States army and are hurrying back to their reservation so as to escape a collision with the troops. They say that they never intended to fight anyway. ? The bottom has fallen out of the watermelon trade. Prices have dropped so low in the North that the melons are scarcely worth more than freight charges. There are thousands of acres of fine melons in southern South Carolina and throughout Geor gia tbat cannot be marketed, and the crop will prove a total loss. But a small per cent, of the melon growers this year have realized enough to pay expenses. ? A Chicago paper says that this year's corn crop will be the largest that has ever beeu known. It is estimated, at the present time, that the yield will exceed, by 200,000,000 bushels, the record of any previous year. This coudition did not exist a month ago. At that time, continued drought in nearly all of the corn States, made the outlook dubious for an average yield; but the rains came in copious, heavy continued showers, just at the time most needed. The previous greatest yield of any year was in 1889, when the acreage was 78,319,651, and the yield 2,112,892,000 bushels. ? An uprising against Christian missionaries occurred at Kucheng, China, a few days ago. The fcause of the uprising is not stated in the dispatches. Men, women and children were butchered in cold blood, and in all 12 people, including five children, lost their lives. The murdered missionaries were all English. For some reason no Amer1 J tiu- -CP..:- u?o icaus were narmeu. xuc auau uu caused great indignation throughout the world. The British press is calling for the punishment of the fiends by whom the murders were committed, and threatens that if the emperor of Cbiua is unable to mete proper punishment he will be assisted in a way that he will not like. ? It is lawful in Atlanta for a man to kiss his wife in the street or anywhere else. The courts have so decided in the case of Ezekiel Martin, a United States soldier at Fort McPherson. It appeared at the trial that he and his wife, who had not seen one another for sometime, met in one of the principal streets of Atlanta. Martin was so delighted that he kissed her then and there, and not only that, but he hugged her, and it took a great many repetitions of these affectionate demonstrations to express his feelings. A large number of people witnessed the performance and were highly delighted with it, but a policeman- was scandalized and proceeded to apprehend Martin for disorderly conduct. The court did not sustaiu his view of the case, but held that it was eutirely in order for a man to hug and kiss his wife wherever he pleased. Thereupon the happy couple kissed iu court and went about their business band in haDd. ? Miss Elizabeth Flagler, daughter of Brigadier General Daniel Flagler, shot and killed a Negro boy in Washington last Friday. The boy, whose name was Ernest Green, was stealing fruit from General Flagler's garden. There was nobody at home but Miss Flagler, who is between 25 and 30 years of age. She secured her father's revolver, went up stairs and fired two shots in the direction of the boy. One shot struck the Negro and killed him almost instantly. Miss Flagler was accompanied by friends to the office of the chief of police. She told the jury of inquest that boys had been stealing r.Mi4i frr?m mtrrlfln for some time. She saw them in the trees on Friday. She lired two shots in their direction ; but did not see anybody at the time, and her object in firing was only to frighten the thieves away. She did not know she had killed anybody until afterward. While giving her testimony, Miss Flagler's face was very white, and it was plain that she was deeply concerned ; but she showed very little agitation. She was disposed to look on the circumstance philosophically? as something that had occurred and could not lie helped. The coroner's jury decided that the killing was accidental, and she was promptly released from custody. ? Hector D. Lane, president of the American Cottou Growers' Protective association, is out in open letter in which he essays to give cotton growers some important information. He says that the bear statisticians have already commenced to talk of 8,500,000 and 0,000,000 bale crops. This, he says is only for effect, and to make the farmers rush in their cottou as fast as they gather it. He says it will take re markable conditions from now on to produce a crop of more than 7,500,000 bales, and the crop can easily fall short of 7,000,000 bales. If the crop is not more than 7,250,000 bales, he says, there will be less than 4,000,000 bales for export, and as the result, at some time during the season, there will be such a scramble for cotton as has not been seeu since 1870. He concludes his letter as follows : "Now I advise aud sincerely hope that cotton growers will move their crop on the market just as slowly as they can possibly afford, and uot allow themselves to be terrorized into rushing it all on the market during the early mouths; but to hold back 25 to 50 per ceut. of what they usually market, and thus, by judicious distribution, we will realize handsome returns." ? A wholesale massacre of Negroes by Italians is reported from the mining town of Princeton, Illinois. The mine owners sometime- ago brought a large number of Negroes to work in the mines. The Negroes were disposed to work cheaper than the Italians, and the Italians did not like it; but took no action until a good opportunity offered. Last Sunday morning an Italian was attacked by four Negroes, robbed, badly beaten and left for dead. The Italians held a mass meeting and decided to clean the Negroes out. Armed with shotguns, rifles and revolvers, about 100 of them marched to the Negro quarter of the town and attacked the Negroes. For half an hour there was shooting, stabbing and clubbing. A number of Negroes were killed and wounded, and all who were .uuhurt escaped to the hills and to the neighboring farm houses, where they were protected by the white farmers. The sheriff of the county was appealed to for protection. He collected a possee ; but did not arrive until the rioting was over. The Negroes appealed to the mayor of the town to keen off the Italians while they again took possession of their homes. The mayor, however, made no effort in their behalf. At last accounts the Negroes were arming themselves for the purpose of returning and cleaning out the Italians. The probability is that the trouble is not already over. ftltc ilovla illr (fnquim. YORKVILLE, 8. C.: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7,1895. ? We have received from Clemson college, Bulletin No. 23, giving analyses of the various brands of commercial fertilizers offered for sale in this State. , This bulletin is of great value to the farmers of the State, and will be furnished free on application. |< ? If the framers of the new constitution will incorporate a prohibition of divorce in this State, they will save the people money and annoyance in the future. At nearly every session of the i legislature, for years past, some crank < has introduced a divorce bill, and we < believe it would be a good idea to an- j ticipate future attempts with a prohi- i bitiou provision in the constitution. i ? ? ? i ? The total expenditure on public , common schools in this State amount , to $532,707.24 per annum, or an aver- ( age of $2.35 per capita. Charleston | leads the other counties with an annu- ( al expenditure of $85,825.23. Ches- ( terfield's expenditure is the smallest of j any county in the State, being only , $4,859.73. With an annual expendi- , ture of $26,629.00, York county stands ( third on the list; being exceeded only ( by Charleston and Spartanburg. I o?~..1?. Jo fin ne tn whn will be , ? opcuuittuvii to I l?V MM vv .. president of the constitutional couven- ^ tiou. Governor Evans has been spoken , of in connection with that distinction, | and will have strong support ; but i just yet his claims do not seem to < have grown quite so strong as those of ' Congressman Talbert. Congressman Talbert was chairman of the first March convention, and possesses the reputation of being an unusually well equipped presiding officer. If he indicates a desire for the presidency of the ( constitutional convention, he will be a hard man to defeat. I ? Mr. J. P. Kenuedy, of Due West, 1 has suggested as a solution of the f suffrage question, the idea of allowing 1 every man in the State, white and J colored, one vote, and then giving au additional vote for each $500 the voter returns for taxation up to a certain < limit. There is no question of the fact 1 that this plan would preserve white j supremacy, present and future ; but at the same time it would eusure proper- , ty control of elections. It is not a bad j idea after all though. However much ] property control is to be deplored, it is 1 uot nearly so objectionable as Negro | control; and, in our opinion, the plural voting idea is deserving of considera- , tion along with the various other plans , that have been suggested. ? The Democrats of Mississippi huve t declared overwhelmingly for free silver. 1 Governor Stone is a Cleveland mouometallist. He has coutrol of the elec- , tion machinery of the State. There ( ure about 110,000 voters who are dis- < franchised under preseut laws. These I voters can be enfranchised at the will of the governor. All he has to do is j .? 1 not mint tl,o l-PCrisf riltion Officials tO 4410ct I decide that these men can understand j the constitution of the State wheu it is read to them. For the privilege of , being allowed to vote, these men will no doubt be williug to make a bargain to vote anyway they are told. They could be made to vote against free silver and thus carry the State for a single gold standard. It is a wellknown fact that President Cleveland used the patronage at his disposal against freesilver. Whether or not Governor Stone is a better man than President Cleveland, we are unable to say ; but a trade with the Negroes would be no worse than the action of President Cleveland in buying votes with patronage. Notwithstanding the declaration of the Democracy in favor of silver, Governor Stone has the power to carry the State the other way. There are men who would not hesitate to do this. Will Governor Stone ? ? The great canal recently opened by the German government to connect the North and Baltic seas, is not yet such a successs as had been hoped for. The trouble is its management. The toll charges are so great, and there is so much red tape, that but few captaius are willing to make a second trip through it. In fact, the British ship owners have declared a boycott and instead of going through the canal, they make the trip around by the old dangerous route in use before the canal was opened. The matter is giving the German authorities considerable concern, and the probability is that .there will soon be a re-adjustment of tolls and ceremonies. ? ? ? ? The Greenville News has publish- < pd a scorching letter from George D. j Tillman on the subject of the consti- i tutional convention. The letter was written before the recent primary; | but The News withheld it until after | the election. Otherwise, it is likely I that Uncle George would not be one | of Edgefield's delegates. In his letter, i he says, with considerable emphasis, < that now is not a good time for the i holding of the convention on account ; of factional prejudices; and he inti- , mates that one-third of the body will i be made up of charlatans and demagogues who will mar rather than promote results .by talking for buncombe, i and voting to griud axes. He says that all this talk of white supremacy being in danger has been merely a blind intended to justify the use of our questionable registration laws for 1 the exclusion of numerous Conserva- ' live voters from the polls. Uncle 1 George is evidently very bitter, and it ' is not improbable that he will carry ' *ome of his bitterness into the conven- 1 tion. 1 ? The Greenville News is still desir- ( ous of carrying the constitutional < convention fight into the geueral < election. It claims that the recent j primary was not a Democratic one, < under Democratic auspices, for the j reason that an wnue men were nut j allowed to vote regardless of party ? affiliation. It goes on to suggest that i all nominees should now be asked as i to whether they will pledge themselves t to keep out of party caucuses, and also * to vote to submit the work back to ( the people for ratification, and if they t answer no to these questions, rawi , should be put up against them who j will answer yes. We can see no ex- ] ouse for any appeal to the general < election. It is true that the recent primary may uot have turned out just ' as all would have liked to have had it; out it was a white man's primary. All { bad an opportunity to do all that it * was possible for tbem to do, and if t they did not utilize that opportunity, it was their fault. The best thing that N :an be done now is to go to work and elect the nominees as they are. Furnnovrpliiur run onlv emrender s t,IV' ? B ? _ CJ more bitterness to no good purpose. ? FORT MILL MATTERS. a Poor Prospect for Cotton?The Town is Growing?Attacked by a Sow. 11 Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. t Fort Mill, August 5.?We have ^ :he poorest prospect for cotton that c we have had in a long time. The s weed is looking fine ; but there are few ^ growing bolls. If we make anything, t will have to be during the month of ( August, and but few people over here 1 remember to have seen much of an e August crop. I Fort Mill is still improving. Eight- c een dwelling houses have been erected in the town during the past year, ind there is not a vacant house to be 1 found. Mr. J. W. Ardrey is building s t storeroom that has already been J rented to a firm thut is to come here j from Matthews' station. Messrs. A. \ It. Kimbrell, of Rock Hill, and E. W. t Kimbrell, of this place, are to open a fancy grocery store here. The Spratt Machine company will finish up the wood work on the Baptist church this week. The building will be a hand- ^ some one. 1 Two sons of Mr. J. H. McMurry, i iged 15 and 13, respectfully, met with \ ,ui exciting adventure yesterday after- v loon. The boys went into the barn j lot to feed the mules. An old sow, . with a litter of week-old pigs attacked 1 :he older boy. The younger boy went lo the rescue. The sow got both boys i lowu and bit them seriously about the Ijead, arms and shoulders. Had not Mr. McMurry come to the rescue about this time, the boys might have been maimed for life or killed. Some families in the "Fork" gave a picnic on the river last Friday and invited a few friends from Fort Mill, your correspondent among the number, to dinner. The occasion was greatly enjoyed by all present. Mrs. Martha Kimbrell, wife of Mr. Alonzo Kimbrell, died at Fort Mill last Monday morning. She came to the Fort on Saturday to visit her sister, Mrs. Johnson, and took sick eu route. Mr. C. P. Gulp, who went to Texas last fall on account of his health, was not doing so well when last heard from. Both factories at this place are running full time, night and day. c. ? A race riot that resulted in the serious shooting of four or five Negroes, occurrednear Smyrna, Cobb county, Ga., last Friday. ? J. S. Coxey has been nominated for governor of Ohio by the Populists. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. E. Lowry, D. C'. Clark, W. T. Beamguard, commissioners of election?Notice of constitutional convention election and list of managers appointed to conduct the election. Withers Adickes, Assistant ManagerAdditional information with regard to Raniseur's Asheville excursion. The fare for the round trip from Yorkville to Asheville, is only $2.50. H. C. Strauss?Calls attention to the benefits to be obtained by purchasing summer goods from him at his outrate prices. Crist Cousins?Give the prices at which they are selling a number of articles in thn nrrnpprr lino. J. Sprutt Wright?Offers two tracts of land at private sale. One is near Newport, ancl the other in Port Mill township. C. Manlcy, D. D., President?Announces that Furtnan University will open September 23, and that a scholarship examination worth 830 will i>e held by the school commissioner on August 23. WORK ON THE STREETS. The work of macadamizing the 3treets of Yorkvilie has commenced in good earnest. During the past few days from 12 to 18 wagons and from 10 to 50 men, including the 16 convicts, have beeu engaged piling rock, and now the situation begins to look like business. The engine aud crusher are located on East Madison street, near the A. R. P. church, and at this point snough rock will probably be crushed to macadamize Main street down to the -court house. After this work is completed, the crushing plant will be moved down to the vacant lot next to Ferguson Brothers's store, and the work of macadamizing will be continued on up street from that point. AND THE LORD TAKETH AWAY. The deep, sympathy of the people of Yorkvilleand community has gone out to Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Kuykendal *in the loss of their little daughter Margaret, who died last Monday morning . ~ /\ * i -i- 1 n ,U? T?lw* 11 y.iV o'CiocK, ageu u uiuums. x uc little one first took sick about 25 days igo with that most insidious of all diseases of children?dysentery. Though the distressed pareuts were deeply concerned, at first there seemed to be no cause for alarm. No attentiou that could be bestowed by loving father ind mother, or a faithful physician, was neglected ; but to check the progress of the disease was beyond the power of human kuowledge and skill. \fter 23 days of agonizing suspense, he little spirit went back to Him from whom it originally came. The funeral ,ook place on Monday evening and ( ,vas attended by an unusually large concourse of sympathetic friends of he bereaved parents. The services ' were couducted in a beautiful and impressive manner, by Rev. Mr. Lee, , Sector of the Church of the Good i sheppurd. HURDER NEAR GUTHRIESVILLE. i Sol Williams, colored, shot and killed John Miller, also colored, near Juthriesville last Thursday night be ween 11 ana lis o ciock. The alleged cause of the trouble vas Miller's attentions to Williams's vife. Miller had been devoting hira;elf to the woman for some time, and ' ;oaded ou to desperation Williams at , ength decided to put a stop to further ' mnoyance by resorting to murder. A party of Negroes including Miller ind the Williams woman were ou i heir way home from prayermeeting. iVilliaros had been advised of the cir- 1 :urastance, and armed with a shotgun, i md intercepted the'party. He had a ' ew words with Miller and that worthy Irew a revolver, whereupon William* I aised his gun and fired. The charge ' sntered Miller's left side below the ' leart, and made a wouud from which ( leath resulted within eight hours. ! After the shooting Williams made 1 io attempt to escape. He quietly iubmitted to arrest at the hands of Mr. s r. C. Hudson, and upon a commitment, j ssued by Trial Justice Sanders, was . irought to Yorkville and turned over ; o Sheriff Crawford. I REPUBLICAN* MEETING. There was a mysterious gathering , >f Negroes in the court house last ( ilonday. People about the^ourt house, ' vho saw the Negroes going in and out, ( vere interested to know what they j vere up to. But the doors were kept | ocked securely, and none but the . nitinted were allowed admittance. Glances through the windows indi- ' :ated that there were present about 2"> , >r 30 delegates, or representatives of i lie race, and an individual on the rear s datform of the court house, overheard j ine of the speakers declare that "We | :an fuse with the better element of the ] .vhite people," or something to that .'fleet. I Shortly after the meeting adjourned, < which was late in the afternoon, a re- j jorter for The Enquirer approached < T. M. Clinton, the wellkuown county , hairman, with an inquiry as to , whether or uot he had anything to , jive out to the press. "I have already ( jiven out all I have to the other i laper," he replied, assuming the tone )f dignified importance. "But you ] jart tell me what you did," suggested i :he reporter. i "Yes, I can do that," replied Clin- 1 :on, "but I am not going to tell you i ;he object of the meeting. One of the I :hings that was brought up in the s meeting was, 'who is county chair- ' nan ?' J. M. Clinton was recognized 1 as county chairman, and .S. P. Foster was denounced as county chairman. There is two factions in the county, and Foster, of Blucksburg, claimed to be county chairman. There was 14 precincts at the meeting." "Anythingelse?" asked the reporter. "No, that is all I am giving out," replied Clinton, and the reporter's source of information was pumped dry. EARNINGS FOR MAIlCk. The railroad corn mission has published its report of the earnings of the roads in the State for March, 1895, as compared with the same mouth last year. In the case of the roads traversing this section, the figures are as follows : Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line, 1894, $58,517.13; 1895,863,828.80; an increase of $5,311.67. Chester and Lenoir, 1894,81,706,19; 1895, $2,874.35; an increase of 81,168.16. Ohio River and Charleston, 1894, :*16,yu?.US; iayo, ?ia,ouo.io; uu iucrease of $1,600.05. Georgia, Carolina and Northern, 1894, $56,725.62; 1895, $68,132.06; an increase of $11,406.44. All the roads in the state show a net decrease of $14,944.33. The earnings of the C. C. & A. have not yet beeu reported. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. John R. Ashe', of Kershaw, is Yorkville. Miss Alice Grist is visiting friends in Fort Mill. Mrs. J. M. Rawlinson, of Yorkville, is at Glenn Springs. Mr. W. M. Propst, of this place, is on a visit to Winnsboro. Mrs. A. R. Banks, of this place, is visiting friends in Tennessee. 3Iiss Hattie Bunks, of this place, is visiting friends in Rock Hill. Mr. S. M. Ionian and family left last night for a week's visit to Lowrysville. Mrs. Mary Hope and children, Ethel and Willie, are visiting relatives at Sharon. Miss C. A. Starr, of the Beihesda neighborhood is visiting friends iu this place. Mrs. Carrie May aud Mrs. Hannah Curr are on a pleasure trip to Glenn Springs. Miss Annie Jones, of Guthriesville, is visiting Miss Mamie McConnell, in this place. Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Jones left last Monday on a visit to relatives in Gaston county, N. C. Mr. Mason L. Carroll spent a few days in Yorkville this week with relatives and friends. Rev. R. L. Grier, of Steel Creek, N. C., is visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville. - vr--- ? ? '1 Tlnfi-in Alliann rp .uisses jiuij iiuu * iuiiiv iunied last Friday from a visit to relatives and friends in Western York. Rev. Boyce H. Grier, of the A. R. I'. church, of this place, is visiting his mother, Mrs. B. B. Grier, at Due West, who is in bad health. Mrs. Mary Webster, of Cowpeus, and Miss Ossie Jefferys, of Spartauburg, are visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville, the guests of Mrs. Janie Parish. Miss Kate Moore, Messrs. Crawford Moore, Bratton Lowry, Will Williams, C. G. Parish, W. B. Moore and J. R. Lindsay, of Yorkville, are on a pleasure trip to Atlanta, Ga. LOCAL LACONICS. Until January 1800. The Twice-a-Week Enquirer will ie furnished from this date until Jan1 1 fiQfi f'PntS JUI J J. j AU%,\J) tVI iw ~ The Cioff Decision. According to the daily papers of yesterday morning the GofiT decision n the new registration case was to iiave been rendered yesterday. We jxpected the news by telegraph before jjoing to press, but were disappointed. Rev. T. M. Lowry at Allison Creek. Rev. T. M. Lowry preached at Allison Creek last Sunday morning and at Beth-Shiloh in the afternoon for Rev. J. M. McClain, who was unwell. Mr. Cowry's sermons were greatly enjoyed by the respective congregations. Milesduy. There was only one official auction sale last Monday. Under a decree of foreclosure, at the suit of Lena C. Wright vs. Hugh M. Stephenson, the derk sold a tract of lot) acres in Hillock's Creek township. It was bought iy C. K. Spencer, attorney, for $150. II ore Factory Talk. Factory talk lias been revived in V'orkville, and a plan is on foot for the erection of a $100,000 cotton mill. The! parties who have the matter under coiisiilpration are more than able to carry t to success; but as yet we are not at iberty to give further particulars. !{e-Uiiiou nt Rock Hill. Confederate Camp, No. 278 has deermined to have a big re-union of the ?onfederate veterans of York county it Rock Hill on August 27. The jamp will make extensive arrangements for the entertainment of the veterans. There will be reduced rates )n the railroads, and the probability is hat there will be a big crowd present. IVlntlirop Normal and Industrial College. We have received a copy of the prospectus of the Winthrop Normal md Industrial college at Rock Hill, cvhich opens on Tuesday, October 15. I'nder the act establishing the college, udigent students are to receive tuition :ree. Their estimated expenses per session of nine mouths, will be $S5.50. The estimated expenses of those who lave to pay tuition, is $120.50. These expenses are divided as follows : Board, including light, heat and washing, 876.50; medical fee, including physician, nurse and mediciue, $5; use of books and apparatus, $5; tuition. 840. Last Registration Day. Monday was the last day provided for the registration of voters in the approaching constitutional convention election. Supervisor Gordon was in his office all day ; but was not disposed *to give any information as to the progress of his work. When asked as to the number of people who had registered during the day, he replied that it was "something less than a thousand." ^ Everybody Likes Hiin. Rev. Dr. T. R. English, formerly pastor of the Presbyterian church at this place; but who now holds a professorship at Hampden-Sidney, Va., is visiting in Yorkville and vicinity. The people of Yorkville, have long entertained the highest respect and esteem for Dr. English, and all feel peculiar .? pleasure in having him again amongst them. He preached in the Presbyterian church last Sunday, aud the building was crowded. Rebuilt the 'Bus. The Carolina Buggy company ba9 just turned out of its factory a job that is generally conceded to be especially creditable. It is the old omnibus, for- A merly owned by the late R. A. Parish. It was bought by Messrs. Glenn & Allison at public auction some weeks ago, and has since been undergoing repairs by the Carolina Buggy compa ny. The vehicle now lias tne appearance of being bran new, and there are many who will hold that it is really a ^ more substantial job than when it was first made. AX IMPORTANT ENTERPRISE. Yorkville is to have a 75-barrel roller mill, an up-to-date cornmill, and a firstclass ginning outfit. The preliminary steps have already been taken, t* and the necessary buildings are to be erected at once on the site of the old spoke and handle factory. Mr. Leroy Morrow, the wellknown mill man of Gastouia, is to be the owner of the plant. Not many days ago, Mr. Morrow gave citizens of Yorkville an intimation of his desire to erect a mill here, aud made a proposition as to what he would do, in the event of certaiu inducements. The citizens took the matter in hand at once, and as the result, closed a trade by which Mr. Mqrrow ^ has already seut a force of bauds to Yorkville to make arrangements looking to the construction of the mill. Before the end of another week, work ? *11 1? in o-Anrl viicnAQf Will llilVC LUUJUJCUV/t?4 ill 6vvv? VM. uvw.j and the outlook is that Mr. Morrow will soon be ready, not only to gin the present cotton erop ; but also to grind a good portion of the last wheat harvest. The proposed roller mill is to be' equipped with the very best new machinery, and is to have a capacity of 75 barrels of fine flour a day?50 barrels more than the mill at Gastonia. The ginnery is to be equipped with two Daniel Pratt gins, the latest improvements in the way of elevators, presses, etc., and all possible convennoimns Thtt eornmill is to be first-class in every respect, and of sufficient capacity to grind all the meal that may be desired within a radius of one dozen miles. THAT T1RZAH CONFERENCE. One of the Participant** Talks About its Proceedings. To the Editor of the Yorkvillc Enquirer: ^ In justice to C. E. Spencer, J. S. Brice and myself, I will sny that I was in that caucus at Tirzah, and do say that there was not any such resolutions brought before the house to mark out the names of Brice aud Spencer. I was the first to name these two candidates, and supported them at the election. If there was any such talk, I never heard it. I am certain it was not before the bouse. If you must know what that meeting was held for, it was to see which one of our candidates the Conservatives were going to support, and it was reported that they were going to support A. H. White; and we all voted for him, and by so doing we got three-aud-one-half Reformers, viz.: White, Brice and Ashe. Wilson is a half scholar; but I think when lie comes back from the conven tion, he will be one of our best Reformers. Pity that so smart a man as I Wilson has been dead so long, just to have it to say he was "Consarvative? Consurvative." Citizen of Zadok. LETTER FROM LOWRYSYILLE. Ilnd Crop Report?Enjoyable Fishing Trip to Lockhart. f'orrpsuondenceof the Yorkville Enquirer. Lowrysville, August 5.?This section has uot had a good rain since 4 August 2, consequently the crops are well nigh paralyzed from lack of rnoistture. If it does not rain real soon, the corn crop will be the lightest for years. Even with an early rain, cotton canuot possibly make more than * two-thirds of au average yield. This scribe, last week, had the pleasure of accompaniug a number of gentlemen and ladies to Lockhart Shoals on a fishing expedition. Over 500 of the finny tribe were taken and converted into delicious fry and soup under the skilful directions of the Mrs. Abellr Mrs. Joe Wilson, Mrs. D. * Jones and Mrs. Sam Guy. I am persuaded if the good time had been pro