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?mps and partis. ? Ex-Governor Russell, of Massachusetts, and ex-Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania, have been endorsed by the Democratic conventions of their respective States for the Democratic presidential nomination. Both are on a gold standard platform. ? Rev. A. J. Diaz, the Baptist missionary recently arrested by the Spanish authorities and released on account of the row that was raised in this country by the Baptists, arrived in Key West, Fla., last Wednesday on board the steamer Mascotte. After his release, the Spaniards ordered him to leave the island on the first boat and he obeyed orders. ? The fillibuster "Competitor," an American schooner, which left Key West, Fla., a few days ago loaded with arms and ammunition, was cap-?j ? .u_ ?e xxt?a. I urea uu iuc uutui ui vuua iw? >> v? nesday by a Spanish gunboat and all the crew, consisting of about 30 people, including 17 Americans, captured. The prisoners were confined in Moro castle where they will probably be shot by the Spaniards. * ? According to Senator Tillman who has returned from his Western trip, every State west of the Mississippi with the possible exception of Mipnessota and Iowa, will send silver delegations to the Chicago convention. Senator Tillman says he is absolutely certain that a majority of the Chicago convention will be for silver. He expects to make another speaking tour in the near future, taking in parts of the States of Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Texas and Arkansas. ? A terrific explosion occurred in the palace of the governor-general of Cuba last Tuesday. At the time of the explosion, a number of newspaper men were at the palace to gather such news as the governor-general was willing to ffive out. The shock iarred the struc ture from cellar to garret. At first it was thought that a steam boiler in one of the lower stories had exploded; but later it developed that the damage must have been wrought by a quantity of dynamite or other high explosive placed in the cellar of the building, either by the insurgents or their sympathizers. ? In the house the other day there came up a bill to pension Confederate soldiers who deserted to the Federal army during the last 90 days of the war. Congressman Talbert opposed the proposition bitterly. In the course of a long speech he took occasion to say that it was the overruling hand of Providence and not the Federal armies that decided the war, anyway. "Where did you get your commission to represent Providence on this floor?" asked Mr. Haney, a smart Alec representative from New York. "I would answer that question," replied Mr. Talbert; "but my Bible forbids me to cast pearls before swine." ? After the arrest of Dr. Jameson for his raid on the Transvaal, it was asserted most positively that the doctor was operating on his own responsibility ; that neither the Chartered South African company nor the British gov eminent bad any previous knowledge of his intentions. Within the past few days it has developed with what seems to be satisfactory certainty that the doctor was acting under instructions from London. There is good reason to believe that the whole thing was a scheme on the part of the British government to conquer the Boers with a view to getting possession of the rich gold diggings over which they have control. ? In regard to Constantinople dispatches in relation to the case of Rev. 3Ir. Knapp, the American missionary, whose detention by Turkish authorities and subsequent delivery to the United States legation in Constantinople has recently been recorded in dispatches from the Constantinople correspondent of the United Press, the Tnwlriok lonrntiAn of WocKinnrlnn Hoc XUllkitSU IV^UilVU UW TT M?U?Ugvv>J UMW received from the sublime porte the following telegram under date of last Wednesday: "The European news published by the American newspapers of the 26th and 27th instant, concerning an insulting attitude supposed to have been assumed by Mr. Riddle in relation to the case of Missionary Knapp, having no foundation whatever in fact, please deny.it.'' ? News of a startling nature comes from Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal. It will be remembered that the leaders of the recent uprisiug were the members of a "reform" committee consisting of several Englishmen, and an American named Johu Hays Hammond. The members of the reform committee were arrested shortly after the defeat of Dr. Jameson and thrown in prison. There has since been a great deal of diplomatic correspondence between both the British and American governments in regard to the release of these men. Within the past few days the men have plead guilty and they have been sentenced to death. The .British government now looks upon the whole matter as a mere form, and does not consider that the condemned are in any immediate danger of death. The condemned are scared; but the probability is that before Great Britain will allow her subjects to be punished she will fight. ? The following story, which is evidently a yarn, is told by an Atchison, Kan., special of last Friday : "The recent death and burial of Otta Schaeffer unlocked as romantic a story as was ever divulged in. song or story. His death was a tragedy?killed by lightning while at prayer?and his funeral was marked by an incident particularly dramatic aud which his friends regard as a prophecy of something beyond the grave. He was buried by the Grand Army during the lull in an awful storm. By accident, doubtless, one of the guns of the little squad of comrades who fired the last salute over his body, was loaded with a ball as well as with powder. The ball struck a pigeon, snow white, winging its flight over the old country graveyard, and it fell dead upon the yet uncovered coffin, just lowered to the bottom of the grave. It was left there. Otto had been a soldier in the Civil war. He enlisted early and fought to the finish, participated in some of the biggest and bloodiest battles of the war. He never received a scratch, but bis bravery and soldierly bearing won for him the respect and friendship of officers and men alike. He was mustered out at San Antonio, Texas, in 1865. After the war and until his death, he followed the calling of a Kansas farmer. He was without family and lived alone in a comfortable little house on his farm, but he was not unsociable and was well thought of by bis neighbors. The revelation that his death made to Coroner Harouff, who prepared the body for burial, was that.Otta Sehaeffor was a woman." Ihe fJorfcviUe (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, 8. C.: FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1896. ? When the news reached London to the effect that three British subjects had been sentenced to death by the Transvaal authorities there was intense excitement. Public opinion immediately settled down to the conclusion that the sentences of the men must either be commuted or there shall be instant war. It is more than likely that the Boers will soften their indicated severity somewhat; but the general impression is that they will not be bulldozed by threats of war. ? Comptroller General Norton says that about 7,000 applications for pensions have been made under the new law. There are already about 2,500 pensioners on the list. Whether the comptroller's figures include these is not clear in the statement from which we get our information. If it does include them, then the pensioners will get an average of a little more than $14 a year, and if it does not included them, they will get about $10. This, of course, is provided that all applications are granted. As a matter of fact, it is likely that onehalf of the new applicants will be turned, down by the $100 a year gross income provision. ? H. A. M. Smith, Julian Mitchell J. N. Nathans, Huger Sinkler and James Simons, all leading Charleston lawyers, are in trouble with Judge Benet. Some time ago certain security holders asked the State courts to appoint a receiver for the Palmetto Brewing company. While the matter was pending, the lawyers just named took the case into the United States court and asked for the appointment of a receiver there. When he learn ed of this, Judge tfenet mea an oraer requiring the lawyers to show cause why they should not be disbarred or otherwise punished for contempt of court. The muddle raises a very interesting question apd involves a possibility of another serious complication between the State and Federal courts. ? Six months back it was generally conceded that there was but little hope for Democratic success this year. The prevailing impression was that the matter was settled by the Republican landslide during the last general election. Republicans have been jubilant and Democrats have been correspondingly depressed. But recently there has been evidence of a change. The free silver people of the South and West, regardless of party, have awakened to the demands of the situation, and are giving evidences of their determination and strength. The gold people generally are for gold belore they are either Republicans or Democrats and the silver people are developing the same sentiments. A silver nominee by the Democratic party, and there is a strong probability of such a development, is calculated to attract the disaffected elements of all parties, and really it begins to look as if the probabilities of Democratic success are, alter all, at least as good as they were four years ago. ? The Enquirer is in hearty accord with the proposition for the contruction of a first class road between Yorkville and Rock Hill, and would be glad to see the work commenced at once. We go further and suggest that the work be continued on to Blacksburg, by the way of Hickory Grove and Sharon. The work can be pushed independently on either side of the county at the same time, and if the people interested will go into the matter with the zeal that its importance deserves, there is no reason why it cannot be completed in a compartively short time. We shall not attempt to speculate on the benefits; but will suggest that in our opinion it will be difficult to overestimate these benefits. The main thing necessary to make the proposition a go is for some wideawake, intelligent and progressive citizens to take the matter in hand, visit all the farmers along the route who are most interested aud secure all the subscriptions that they can be induced to make. The same work might be carried 011 in the Bethel, Bullock's Creek, Bethany Bethesdaand other sections at the same time. Once get up an earnest enthusiasm ou the road question and the work is done. NEGRO LABOR PRORLEM. In Wednesday's issue of The Enquir- 1 er, we suggested that if the experiment of introducing Negro labor into the cotton mills of the State should be tried, it would prove a success. Although, we were afraid of the result in other directions, we 1 were influenced in the opinion by actual observation of a similar experiment in the ( South Carolina penitentiary. We were aware of the fact that there is a universal | opinion to the effect that the Negro could < not be trained to use machinery of any ' kind?even such as is used on the farm? ' intelligently ; but were disposed to think , that in this opinion there was more or less ^ prejudice. The discussion of the subject i has brought to our attention certain facts which, we think, will prove a valuable 1 contribution just at this juncture. Here ' are the facts just as they have come to us, ' and they may be taken as they are given: Down in Chester county, near Fort ' Lawn, there is a factory known as the Cedar Shoals mill. It was built by Captain 0. A. Barber and others some 10 years ago, when cotton manufacturing was at the zenith of its prosperity in this section. The plant consisted of about 1,600 spindles, and the first cost was very close to $30,000, possibly a few thousand dollars more or a few thousand dollars less. The mill has not turned a wheel for about three years and it is for sale for $10,000, or any reasonable amount in that neighborhood. Messrs. J. B. Pegram and W. R. Carroll, two Yorkville gentlemen who have the means, went down to Cedar Shoals one year ago for the purpose of looking at the property with a view to buying. They took along with them Superintendent Morton, of the Clover mill, as an expert, and here is Mr. Pegram'8 story: "We looked the property over well, found a eood buildine. a stdendid water- ' power, and every reason to believe that the earning capacity of the mill would warrant a purchase at the price at which it was offered. The machinery, however, had been badly used, and as the result of our investigations it was developed that the mill had been largely, if not almost entirely operated by Negro labor. A gentleman who was well acquainted with the history , of the enterprise informed us, among other ] things, that the habits of the Negro spin- 1 ners were very careless. When a thread 1 would break on a half filled spool, for 1 instance, instead of tying it or unwinding the yarn, the Negro spinners would just pitch the whole thing out of the window , into the creek. 'I venture the assertion,' continued our informant, 'that if you ( would seine the creek you would get something like a whole carload of spools ; that have been thrown away by the Ne- I <"noc in ?hio manner ' The whole Slir- ' roundings presented the appearance of { slovenness, and although I would not say j that the failure of the mill was caused by ] Negro labor, I would not be surprised if ! that did not have something to do with 1 it." "Superintendent Morton advised us to j buy the plant, put in white labor and run it for what it was worth. He said that he felt like guaranteeing that we would get our money back in two years. Mr. Carroll was right in for making the purchase; j but I backed out. I did not discount the ( opinion of Mr. Morton; but I was so im- ] pressed with the uninviting surroundings, t lack of educational facilities and civilized 1 society, etc., that I decided that I would * not move my family down there for the j whole outfit as a gift." . ( So far as The Enquirer is able to learn, i this mill is still standing idle and is awaiting a purchaser at something like $10,000. j The original owners have been thoroughly j disgusted with the result of their unlucky venture and do not seem to have the heart to try again. After awhile, however, some J shrewd business man will probably go down and buy the property, repair the machinery, put things generally in decent shape again, employ white labor, and make a ten strike. As we suggested the other day, nothing but the hope of larger dividends is likely to induce mill managers to supplant white with colored labor. In the light of the circumstances just related, we think capitalists will probably proceed in the matter with at least a little caution. . Populist Paper on Tillman.? Senator Tillman has returned from the West where he has generally met with a most hospitable reception. It seems, however, that there are some exceptions from the pretty general rule. The following is from the Kansas City Clipper, a Populist organ : "Of all the blantant blathershites, Ben Tillman is chief. In every public speech be makes, he arraigns the Republicans for their loyalty to party rather than loyalty to principle; he then arraigns his own party (Democratic) for its party perfidy as well as disloyalty to the country and brands the administration as traitors, yet declaring himself'a Democrat.' "He declares himself unalterably for free coinage, then brands the party 8 /Drvrvnlicf \ fotmrinrv it oa Koirtrv nn iuac II ^JL upu I IOV J It* T VI 111^ IV tttJ uuiug u u nui thy of support. The country's lauda- T tion of this man's pitchfork speech has ' made him the veriest demagogue that e has passed over the country for years. "He is not a Democrat, for he does ] not believe with that party. He declares he is a Jefferson Democrat or a c Lincoln Republican, but refuses to sup- t port the party of that belief because r not named 'Democrat.' He advocates 1 bolting the Chicago convention pro- I vided they do not endorse free coinage, t but in that event instead of voting r with the party that has at all times t advocated free coiuage he wants all t the old Hue Democrats to vote for the 1 Tillmanican party. i "If this man thinks he can dictate to j the Democratic party, in our opinion t be is mistaken. If be thinks the Populist party will tack their principles to bis name he is a bigger fool." ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. Itfr. WInthrop's Birthday?Literary Entertainment?Rock Hill Boy In Charleston?Other Notes. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Rock Hill, April 30.?As has been stated before, the authorities of Winthrop college have decided to make the 12th .day >f May a holiday. This was the birthday ?f Mr. Winthop and was the day on which the cornerstone of the building was laid, rhis year the entire college will go on a picnic trip to Thermal City, on the O. R. & P. railroad. The two literary societies? the Winthrop md the Curry?have arranged to have an sntertainment on Friday night. This will consist of music and tableaux, and the whole will be under the management of Prof. Wade R. Brown, musical director. There is an abundance of talent to choose from, and among the teachers are some jpecially gifted in preparing such entertainments. Mr. Louis Sherfesee, Jr., a sod of oar xwnsman of the same Dame has made a handsome record Id a class id book-keeping in Charleston. His per cent, was 98 find the highest in the class. The board of trustees of the Rock Hill Gtraded schools held their regular meeting for the purpose of electing teachers for the next year, on Monday last. The entire force of teachers was re-elected. The board has taken no action in regard to the petition presented at the last meetiDg of the legislature asking for the issue of bonds to provide additional Deeded room. The attraction for the small boy, or for the boyish element, is what is called a steam riding gallery, or better known as i "flyin' jinny." This is located on the pacant lot near the O. R. <fe C. depot and Is surrounded by a crowd, some who would and some who would not. There ire 24 horses and two double-seated chariots, and when the machine moves arouDd with a fair complement of little cuffees for riders, you think of a simian kindergarten under a banyan tree, while a musical instrument unknown mercifully to the Spanish inquisition and run by steam, ails the air with an hybrid tune made up jf "My Nellie's Blue Eyes" and "Annie Rooney," and the little ones think it beats mything since Noah's ark was torn lown. The local lodge of Knights of Pythias is making arrangements for a pleasant meeting for the State lodge, May 19 and 20. The lodge here is a large and enthusiastic ane and will do its best to make the meeting an interesting one. o. s. FORT MILL MATTERS. ? The Preaching of Iter. Mr. Little?Personal Matters. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Fort Mill, April 29.?Mrs. J. W. McKaine, of Colombia, who has been visiting friends and relatives at this place forsevsral days, returned home Tuesday. Dr. N. R. Hotcbkiss, of New Haven, Conn., is visiting triands and relatives at :fts place. The dwtor is well known ( here as be spent his boyhood days in the , Fort, and we know him to be a clever gentleman. Mr. David Trainer, formerly of this place, now of Chester, Penn., spent a few Jays in town last week. i Miss Lula McDowell and Mr. Tom , Dickens, were united in the bonds of . wedlock on Sunday. ( Rev. J. W. Little arrived on Friday, , ind preached his first sermon at night of ( ;he same day, to a large and attentive congregation. The largest crowd that ever listened to one man at any gathering at this place was in attendance on Sunday | aight. Many came over trom Rock Hill d attend. Me preaches with a great aeai )f force, there is considerable interest manifested and the outlook is now that ;bere will be a glorious revival in our midst. Mr. M. L. Turr, of Charlotte, and Miss A.. A. Angle, of Newton, drove down from Charlotte on Tuesday, and were 1 oined together in marriage, Rev. J. E. Herring officiating. If madam rumor is correct, Mr. J. M. j Harris and Miss Annie Erwin will wed . an May 28th. Rev. J. H. Thornwell and Mr. J. M. 3pratt attended the presbytery which met 1 it Chester last week. Rev. A. L. Stougb, of Pineville, N. C., ' jame down Tuesday to attend the Little meeting. Mr. W. B. Ardrey spent Sunday and ' Vfouday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. 1 SV. Ardey, of this place. Observer. 1 To Punta Their Work. At the convocation of the Episcopal jhurch in Lancaster last wpek, a re)ort was heard from the committee ippointed to secure an evangelist for bis convocation. The report showed hat this and the First con vocational listrict were working together and bat such evangelist would soon be in he field, as everything was working avorably to that end. This evangeist is to carry the Gospel and to preent the cause of the Episcopal church vbere it is not known or understood, o beat down prejudice and awaken eal. The arch deacon of the convocation does bis work under tne >ishop, but is confined to his own parsh duties at the same time, the evan;elist is to go abroad, under the conrol of the bishop and convocation, j lowever, immediate steps have been j aken to hold special mission services ] it neighboring towns during the sum- , ner, the ministers going by twos and | reaching the Gospel to quicken the < ives of men unto godliness and right- { ousness. ? Fell by the Wayside. The Columbia State, of Saturday, lontains a statement to the effect that he North and South American Lloyds, epresented in this State by W. S. donteith, of Columbia, is in trouble, t had a number of losses recently, and he company failing to pay them on naturity, the policy holders attached he business in the hands of Mr. Moneith. Mr. Mouteith explains that not ong ago the company had found it lecessary to reorganize and had not ret gotten things straight. He claims hat the losses will be paid. LOCAL AFFAIRS, thi CJl] INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. be W. F. Marshall?Says that the ladies know that his store is the place to buy shoes at the right prices and the men ] know that it is the right place to buy fOI ready made clothing, hats, shirts, col- , lars and cravats. i Grist Cousins?Tell you that if you wish ct to buy a buggy, phaeton or surrey, they 1 can sell you either for $20 less than any h0 other dealer lor the same quality. They can also furnish you with harness. Dr. J. B. Del vaux?Tells you of the merits v" of the great Indian Blood Purifier and 1 where to get it. th< E. A. Crawford, S. Y. C.?Tax Sales. Excelsior Drug Company?Meeting for organization on next Tuesday evening. TO BE VOTED FOR. H| The elections this year include every- ^ thing from county coroner to presidential ^ electors, and an enumeration of the offi- j cers to be voted for will probably prove flt{ of interest. Tdey are as ioiiows : . Coroner, county superintendent of edu cation, county supervisor, county treas- ^ J urer, county auditor, clerk of court, sher- fln iff, four representatives in the bouse, State senator. ^ State officers, including one railroad ^ commissioner to succeed Commissioner N Wilborn, solicitor, congressman, presi- ' dential electors. , The probate judge is not in the race. ^ In the primary election, the Democrats will express their choice for a United Y( States senator to succeed Senator Irby. Under the constitution of the Democratic ^ party, all the other candidates have to be ^ nominated by primary. LOCAL LACONICS. L< The Way to Do It. Mr. W. S. Wilkerson, of Hickory Grove, ha has a field of about 20 acres on which he ar has put over 250 loads of stable manure jn during the past two years. rei Wheat ProspecU. ^y Inquiries of farmers from different sec- jn1 tions of the county indicate that the wheat y, acreage this year is somewhat like 20 per gj cent, greater than last year, and in most jjU sections the crop is quite promising. j8 Wasted. ne Each community in York county to put forth its representative citizens to solicit subscriptions in labor and money for the improvement of the public highways jjj, running through their respective neighhoods. jg j Unwarranted Interference, J The postmaster general has ordered that be the name of the town of Rock Hill be tj changed to "Rockhill." The Herald is y< indignant about the matter and iustly so. Though the change is but slight, it is sirn- thu ply not a matter of the postmaster general's bu business. an New Pastor. loi Rev. D. C. Freeman, a recent graduate ga of the Louisville seminary and a native an South Carolinian, has accepted a call to pa the pastorship of the Baptist church of 1 Yorkville. He is expected to reach here On on or about the 5th instant. qu Ave Ton Registered ? cla If you are not, you ought to be at the the first opportunity. M^jor Beckham and titl Messrs. Gordon and Witherspoon are sit- pos ting about doing nothing mo&t of the time ed now; but after a while they will be so busy the that you may find it extremely difficult be* to get a certificate. Better be registered the before the rush. in Democratic Rally. of The Democratic County convention is to to * be held in Yorkville on next Monday, igii The principal business of the convention scr will be to elect delegates to the State con- I vention, which will send delegates to Chi- spe cago, and also to elect a new county exec- tia utive committee to serve during the next ow two years. ott Ble Lumber Contract. go The York Cotton mill authorites have wa let out the contract for furnishing the lum- Art ber that will be needed for building the qu biggest part of their plant, to Crow <ft Son, pla of Kershaw. The contract calls for 255,- wa XX) feet. The building contracts are now coi under advertisement and will be let out wa Monday or Tuesday. Here Is a Good Idea. P&! The Enquirer has information to the lac effect that a prominent citizen of Rock Hill, who can easily get the necessary w*1 support on bis side, proposes that the hit people of Yorkville. Rock Hill and along cb the road between the two places, unite in ( building a first class permanent road From Yorkville to Rock Hill, by which- ?h< ever route that will give the most assisance. *UI Pension Applications. mt The county pension board was in ses- Otl sion in the court house again on yester- mt day. Most of the applicants who applied at the first meeting were present looking hn after their claims. The necessary blanks 8U* bad not yet arrived, however, and as yet ^ no final disposition has been made of any ^ nf the new applications. There will be *n another meeting of the board. re* Catawba Falls Picnic. ^ Tomorrow is the day for the big annual picnic which has been held at Great Ca- ~, ?i-- _n_ a nf phoa. bel Mwua rails, uunu w iucwiubi v. ;er, Lancaster and Fairfield counties, on *a jach first Saturday in May, as far back as a ^ ;he memory of the oldest citizen runneth, r16 The picnic is usually attended by a great ' jrovd of people from a radius of 40 or 50 miles orsuch a matter, and in about 9 i.81 ?ases out of 10 a big rain interferes with 1 ;he fun. en pre For Maintaining a Nuisance. ' Chief State Detective W. H. Newbold, iccompanied by State Constable Thomas- Llq jon, went down into the southwestern j ^art of the county last Tuesday night and irrested Dock Boheler, white, on the All ( ;barge of maintaining a nuisance at LockDart Shoals. It is alleged that Boheler brc jas for sometime Deen carrying on a wsi iquor business on a large scale in the wo /icinity of the factory. He was taken . :>efore Trial Justice Leech, at Hickory jrove, and admitted to bail in the sum of sca iSOO. mil 3ot Down to Buolness. it J The chaingang is now operating on the gha Pinckney road, 011 the outskirts of York- ^j] ;illej and individuals who have passed cflr iloug that way during the past few days, , ;ay that the work is being done in first . , :lass manner. One of the principal dilll- !7C. ulties with the King's Mountain road & ,vas that it was thrown up too high, and v?' ivhile the bed was still soft and loose it ,vas given over to traffic. The result was lau hat it was badly cut up and unevenly yoi jacked down. In later operations this nistake has been avoided. Superinten- , lent Gordon is learning rapidly by expe ience, and where the convicts go now yea hey leave behind first class dirt roads, the vith tiie worst places fixed in something . ike permanent shape. With the addition ?f the two mules recently authorized by wh 3 county board and Just purchased, the parity of the chaingang for work has en almost doubled. ABOUT PEOPLE. ' VIrs. S. A. Carroll, has been quite sick the past week ; but is now better. Vlaster Hamlet Carroll has been having tills and fever. Sirs. John Lindsay is quite sick at her me on Pinckney street. Master Paul Steele, of Lowrysville, is titing friends and relatives in Yorkville. Mrs. A. M. Aiken, of Chester, is visiting 1 3 family of Rev. W. G. Neville. Mrs. E. A. Crawford visited friends at >ck Hill last week. Mr. Sam M. Grist went over to Rock ill on business last Wednesday. Mrs. J. W. O'Neal has returned to her me at Rock Hill after a pleasant visit Dr. C. M. Kuykendal's family. Messrs. W. Adickes and James F. Glenn ended the meeting of the Masonic ^ ige at Rock Hill Tuesday night. Misses Katie Lewis and Mabel Berry ve returned from a visit to relatives . d friends in Charlotte. Mr. M. L. Carroll is at home for a few ys. Mr. Hugh McAllister, of Lumberton; C., was in town this week visiting his ' any friends. Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Riddle, of ' , mo, and Misses Mary and Clara Glenn, Bethel, visited relatives and friends in >rkville, one day this week. Mr. Will T. Moore left yesterday for >ck Hill to take a position in SandifePs ug store. Mrs. J. B. Pegram and children are siting the family of Mr. Sam Gay, at >wrysville, this week. Mr. J. P. White, of Gafitaey City, who s been representing the Augusta Cotton id Compress company, of Augusta, Ga., this section during the past season, burned to his home on Thursday. Mr. hite has had charge of his company's terests from Clover to Chester, on the arrow usage, ana irom xvock jam w scksburg, on the Three C's. He is s istler, well liked by everybody, and It hoped that he will return to Yorkville \ xt season. a JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF. .' Judge Witherapoon, on Monday, filed i decision in the , case of Til man R. tines vs. J. S. Drakeford. The decision in favor of the plaintiff. A.s explained at the time of the trial fore the jury, the issue was between iman R. Gaines and the deacons of the ? >rkville Baptist church. Gaines held 3 paper title to the property, claimed at he had bought the lot on which the ilding is situated with his own money d allowed the congregation to use it as lg as he saw fit; but when the congretion went out of the building into other and ceased to use it for church . ' rposes, made demand for the lot. The church people set up two defenses. ie a question of fact and the other a estion of equity. In the first place it ,imed that it held the property for more \ in 20 yea re, and, therefore, had acquired e to it, if in no other way, by right of session. In the second place, it claimthat the money used in the purchase of t > lot and erection of the building had m paid to the plaintiff as trustee, and, irefore, although the property may be plaintiff's name and even his by right ' ^ possession ; but, all the same, it reverts defendant for the reason that it was oroally purchased with trust fbnds subibed for the benefit of the defendant. n charging the jury, Judge Wither >on said that the law made no aisiinon between the building and lot The ner ol one was the owner of both. In ter words, the building would have to with the lot, and the question was who x s the legal owner of the lot. The jury it disposed of the right of possession estion and settled it in favor of the dntiff. The resulting trust question s also submittted to the jury "to aid the iscience of the court" The question s submitted in the following form: 'Did the plaintiff, Tilman E. Gaines, y the purchase money for the lot of . id described in the complaint in the we action at the time of said purchase, . th money contributed and received by xi to purchase a lot for the Baptist ^ urch at Yorkville, S. C.T" )n this matter, his honor explained it the layr was explicit in requiring solute proof. To be merely satisfied it the purchase was made with trust ids was not sumqjent. me matter ist be established beyond a doubt. r aerwise the answer to the question ist be "no." After deliberating over ) proposition for some time, the jury ally announced that there bad not been 1 flcient evidence to enable it to answer >question. ?he opinion filed by Judge Witherspoon the case is quite lengthy. His honor dews all of the material points in the timony, finds several irreconcilable ? lflictions, and Anally arrives at the consion that although there was reason to lieve that there was a resulting trust, i fact had not been established beyond easonable doubt, and, therefore, under > law, he must decide in favor of the lintilf Gaines. .lbe plaintiff was represented by Major nes F. Hart, and the defendant by W. de Loach, Esq. Mr. de Loach has givnotice of an appeal, and the case will ibably go up to the supreme court. nor Advertisement. V Northern liquor house has sold i dispensary a large quantity of liquor , 3 by means of circulars scattered tadcast over the State is adverng it as follows: " ?is the most 5 ' ...Llolr?? ntrat* <1 PAtfO nuenui wuioaj iu?t v?v? u*v?v ileton from a feast or paiated landpes in the brain of man. It is the Qgled souls of wheat and corn. In . < rou will find the sunshine and the idow that chased each other over the lowy fields; the breath of June ; the ol of the lark, the dews of night; i wealth of summer and autumn's b content, all golden with imprisoned it. Drink it, and you will hear the ce of men and maidens sing the irvest home,' mingled with the ghter of children. Drink it, and i will feel within your blood the r-lit dawns, the dreamy, tawny >ks of many perfect days. For many irs this liquid joy has been within happy staves of oak, longing to ch the lips of man. Ask for this isky at your county dispensary."