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Straps and f acts. ? The Populist national executive f committee held a meeting in Chicago last Tuesday. All of the members were present except two or three. The business was transacted behind closed doors. After the meeting, however, Chairman Butler gave out some information. He 3aid that Watson would certainly continue in the race to the end; but that he would in no way jeopardize Mr. Bryan's chances of election'. Continuing Chairman Butler said that in his opinion Mr. Bryan can be elected without the votes of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota or Iowa. He thinks Kentucky will surely go for Bryan and describes Ohio as "hanging in the balance." ? Dugald Crawford, a big dry goods merchant of St. Louis, Mo., discharge ed 12 of his clerks last Saturday be?Vioil ciirnifiort their inten UkUOC vuuj uau oi^uiuvv. ? ?? tion to vote for Bryan. He told the clerks to go out and tell why they were discharged?that was what he wanted them to do. Immediately a fund was raised with which to prosecute Crawford for intimidating voters and now the goldbug merchant is out in an open letter in which he invites the discharged clerks back to his employ and says that he will close bis store from 1 p. m., on the day of the election in order that all of his employes may vote as they please. ? A special to the Chicago Tribune from Key West, Fla., tells the following story which is more or less imaginative: "Advices from Remedios, Cuba, tell of the gallant deeds of a band of Amazons headed by Senorita Martina Hernandez Perez. They are mounted, and have been in the vicinity of Vuoltas for some time. Last Saturday afternoon Senorita Perez, at the head of her band, dashed upon the town. A picket of 12 Spanish soldiers at the gate were put to the machete. rr,! A fKpAiinrK tho JLLIC AUitU.UU9 bucu 1vuu wuivwgu vmv streets, cutting down other Spanish soldiers who were lounging in front of a cafe. In the plaza 200 Spaniards were charged. The Spaniards fired a volley, which killed three Amazons, and then fled to the barracks, after losing eight of their number. A year ago Martini's fiancee was a captain in the Cuban army, but after he was captured and put to death by the Spaniards she vowed vengeance and organized her band, the members of which are sworn to never spare a Spaniard." ? In a statement given outlast Tuesday, A. R. Tolbot of Lincoln, Neb., Mr. Bryan's law partner, and a Republican candidate for the Nebraska senate, says: "I see that it is stated in the press reports that I have bolted Mr. Bryan, my law partner, now Democratic candidate for president. I have always been, and am now, a Republican, but no man has a greater { admiration for Mr. Bryan than I have. xiis nonesty, miegrny uuu pttmuwauj cannot be questioned. I have not bolted Mr. Bryan, and any statement to that effect is untrue. I wish also to add that the statement in the press of the country to the effect that Mr. Bryan misstated his financial relations to the* defunct German National bank ' of this city in his New London, Conn., speech is without foundation and untrue. Mr. Bryan, at the time of the failure of that bank, was not indebted . * to it in any amount whatever, and the bank held no note bearing his signature. The indebtedness referred to in the dispatches was my own personal obligation." ? Generals Alger, Sickles, Siegel, I Howard, Stewart and Corporal Tanner, all Republican gold standard men, are touring the west trying to do missionary work among the old soldiers who were formerly under their command. They got along very well until they reached South Bend, Indiana, and there thev met with a snac. After each had his say Chauncey E". Ashcraft, a veterau soldier and free silver Republican gave it to them as follows: "We helped to strike the shackles from the limbs of 4,000,000 of black slaves and we have resolved to prevent placing shackles on several millions of ( whites. Men of your standing do not not know the misery of the people for the want of work and money to care for their wives and children, and you 1 offer no relief in your platform. Ever since the war the Republicans have declared for the double standard and whj the change' to day, geutlemen? Were you deceiving us then or now? Gentlemen, please tell your eastern friends that you find the old soldiers , of Iudiaua are doing their own thinking and the majority of us will vote for William J. Bryan?one of God's noblemen?for their good and the good of their posterity." ? The Sultan's recent firman to the effect that the powers that were not parties to the treaty of Berlin, will not be allowed to send guardships into the Sea of Marmora won't go. So , says a dispatch from Washington. The United States government, some weeks ago, decided to seud the little cruiser Bancroft to Constantinople, and the understanding is that there will be no retreat from that decision. Here is the way the arrangement is to be worked. Minister Terrell, who has for sometime been in the United States, is on his way back to Constantinople. At Smyrna he proposes to board the Bancroft and send word to the Porte that he is.coming. The Bancroft will have thus become a dispatch boat, and with Minister Terrell staudiug on the deck, it will enter the Dardanelles. The Turks may fire a shot across the bows of the Bancroft as a warning. They may go further, and attempt to blow the little vessel out of the water ; but if they do look out for snakes. It is claimed that the British Mediterauean fleet has orders to go to the rescue at once, and that a fleet of American war ships will be on the scene within a very short time afterward may be accepted as a foregone conclusion. It is not thought that there is really any danger of se rious trouble; but all the same the situation is wonderful!}' interesting. ? Columbus, Ga., was the scene of a bloody riot last Wednesday. An expoliceman named J. A. White, got drunk and raised a row, and upon being summoned to appear before the police court, became so incensed that be determined to clean out the entire police force. Securing a repeating rifle, he shot Officers Jackson and Adams, killing them both. Then White's 19 year old son joined in the fray. The police got reinforcements and the two men went to their home and barricaded the doors. Policeman Roberts called upon them to surrender. They answered with a bullet that penetrated Roberts's abdomen, wounding him perhaps fatally. By this time 500 people had collected about tbe bouse and it was decided to set the building on fire. White was driven out. He came shooting; but tbe posse answered with hundreds of shots and he was riddled with bullets. Tbe younger White?Henry?managed to get out the back door during the tbe confusion and escaped across the state line into Alabama. At last accounts be was being pursued by a mob that was fully intent on swinging bim to a limb. ibe florkwllt (Enquirer. _______________ , YORKVILLE, S. C.: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1896. ? The Indiana state board of elections has declined to allow the Palmer and Buckner people to sail under the national Democratic brand. The Palmer and Buckner crowd refused to select another 1 name and the board settled the matter by calling them the "Gold Standard" party. ? Edward Lauterbach, chairman of the New York Republican state committee, made a speech in New York city on Tuesday in which he declared that the Repub- i lican party would not abide by the issue of the November election in the event it ( resulted in the choice of Bryan. The sentiment was cheered to the echo. ? The gold bug papers throughout the < north have been in transports of joy over the alleged fact that 1,000 Confederate * veterans from Virginia recently made a ' pilgrimage to Canton. ' It now develops < that out of 40 men who got on the excur- , sion at Winchester, Va., only three were Confederate veterans, and it is also gen- i erally believed that but a small per cent. 1 of the entire crowd that went to Canton ^ will vote for McKinley. ^ ? The following extract is from a speech delivered by Mr. William McKinley of Ohio, in the house May 7, 1890. It will 1 be found on page 4,255 in volume 21, Congressional Record, first session, Fiftyfirst congress: "When merchandise is the cheapest men are the poorest, and the most distressing experiences in the history of our country?aye, in all human history?have been when everything was the lowest and cheapest, measured by gold, for everything was the highest and the dearest measured by labor." ? Our liberal minded Gaffney City contemporary, insinuates that the newspapers which fail to see any wisdom in its proposed new county scheme, are influenced solely through a fear of having their circulation cut down. That is kind, isn't it ? If such were really the case, the opposing papers would reply by saying that the Gaffney contemporary is so anxious because il wants its circulation increased. But really, we think the interests involved are infinitely more important, and our opinion of a newspaper that would try to divert sober thoughts from the real merits of the case by such a subtertuge as this, , is so small that we are unable to find < words to express it. < ? Walter M. Castle and wife, wealthy 1 residents of San Francisco, are in serious trouble in London. They were arrested , a few weeks ago on the charge of shop- { lifting. In their trunks were found huu- c dreds of articles, such as watches, jewels, < tortoise shell combs, and fine pieces of 5 wearing apparel, all of which is claimed , T oKA*\mnn tn horn i UJ iJUIlUULI OUW|/lllCll bV UMIV vvvw Wkv.v... | They were arraigned on last Monday c before a tribunal that corresponds to a t police court in the United States. On S account of their wealth and position, 8 however, they had the kind offices of ^ numerous friends, including the Ameri- j can consul. Mr. Castles denied any | knowledge of how the articles came into t his possession. There was a strong pre- I sumption that his wife was the thief, and 4 there was a doctor present to testify as to 1 the existence of a disease known as kleptomania. It was urged that Mrs. Castles was a kleptomaniac, and that she had ^ stolen the articles, not as an ordinary 4 thief, because she could not get them in any other way ; but on account of an ( insane impulse that it was not within her < power to resist. Englishmen, however, do not take much stock in such pretty ' words as kleptomania and the like; but " - '? -? A ?1! ? A?.. ? call 11 an piam sicamig. jiuci a, nary examination the justice decided to , hold the accused for trial iu a $120,000 1 bond. The bond named is one of the < largest on record ; but it was promptly furnished by Castle and his friends. The j evidence against the Castles is said to be | conclusive, and that they will ho con- ] victed there is no reason to doubt. < LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,. J. W? Ferguson and S. W. Hafner, agents of the legatees?In front of York courthouse door, on the first Monday of December, will sell at public auction two tracts of land belonging to the estate of Marcus and Mary Hafner, deceased. H. C. StrauBs?Says that everybody is convinced that he is selling the best goods at the lowest prices, and calls special attention to his stock of corsets. Grist Cousins?Have mackerel in kits and at retail, canned goods, household medicines, including Fellows' hypophosphites, Hood's Sarsaparilla, Tutt's pills, and Allcock's porous plasters at 15 cents. D. C. Clark, Chairman, A. W. Gladden and J. M. Taylor, Commissioners of the state and county elections will be-held on Tuesday, 3rd day of November, and publish a list of the manager to conduct the elections. J. A. Shurley, School CommissionerRequests persons interested in the Flint Ridge ana Shannon schools, to meet him at the school house near Mr. J. C. McKnight'8 on next Thursday at 1 o'clock "p. m. TH E CIRCUS. The John Robinson and Franklin Bros', combined shows were here on yesterday morni ng bright and early, having come down the night before from Blacksburg, where they exhibited on Thursday. The crowd of people in town was something unusual, even for a circus. They commenced coming soon after daylight, and continued in an almost endless stream on up to 12 o'clock. As to how many people were here, we would be afraid to venture a guess; but it is not probable that the number would fall far short of 5,000. The street parade was about all that was promised for it. It was the biggest thing of,the kind that has been seen here since the last visit of the John Robinson Bhow in 1889. As to the performance, we can have nothing to say in this issue. The Enquirer went to press before it was commenced. From Yorkville, the show goes to Camden. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. M. F. Jones of Lancaster, is in Yorkville. Mrs. W. G. Neville spent a few days iu Chester last week. Miss Lilly Parish has returned from a visit to friends in Lancaster. ? * ^ nri T -i! ill Air. ueorge r. ijuwihoi jo vhuwhj iu at bis home near Philadelphia. Mr. J. C. Dickson and family, have re moved from Yorkville to Gastonia. Mrs. B. N. Moore, and son Paul, have returned from a pleasant visit in Columbia. Mrs. Jno. May, Jr., visited the family Df Mr. Andrew Parrott last week, in the Filbert neighborhood. Miss Nora Williamson of Guthriesville, bas been spending a few days in Yorkville, the guest of Miss Bessie McConnell. Mrs. J. L. and John Hoffman of Hickbry Grove, are visiting the family of Mr. J. F. Hoffman, in Yorkville. Editor -A. J. Clark of the Lancaster Enterprise, was in Yorkville Wednesday ind gave The Enquirer a call. Miss Grace McElwee of this place, 8 teaching the fourth grade of the Yorkville graded school. Miss Libby Byers of the Sharon neighborhood, is visiting in Yorkville, the juest of Dr. J. B. Allison's family. , vovemrer AND I>EC EMBER. The Enquirer has received a note from the Chester prophet enclosing predictions for November and December. The prophet says be had his December Forecast made out before he saw the 'long range" prediction from Mr. Hicks, published recently, and finds that the ;wo predictions (his and Mr. Hicks's,) run pretty closely together. His predic;ions for the next two months are as Follows: November?From 1 to 5, generally clear ind frosty. From 6 to 10, cloudy, with tome rain. From 11 to 15, clear, cold and ivindy with ice forming. From 16 to 20, changeable and disagreeable. From 21 o 25, cold and blustery, with appearance if snow. From 26 to 30, changeable and iisagreeable. December?From 1 to 4, windy and ;breatening. From 5 to 9, stormy, with jleet or snow. From 10 to 14, 'heavy jtorms in the northwest, affecting this jection. From 15 to 18, cold and windy. From 19 to 23, cold and blustery, with jleet or snow. From 24 to 31, wind, rain, ileet and sno w. DEATH OF MRS. MILLER. Mrs. Margaret G. Miller, whose illness ,vas mentioned in Wednesday's Eniuirer, died at Concord on Tuesday jight. The Charlotte Observer of Tueslay contains the following special from Concord giving an account of her illness: 'Mrs. M. G. Miller, of Washington city, ,vho has many friends and relatives in Charlotte, is very sick at the St. Cloud lotel here. Mrs. Miller went to Lynchjurg, Va., on the 28th of September, to each for Mr. James I.Lee. LastSaturlay she wrote her brother, Dr. Sam iri?r. nf HuriMshnrc. that she had had in attack of malaria but was better, and ike wished kirn to proscribe a tonic. On Wednesday Dr. Grier received another etter saying she was worse and in no cotilition to teach, and that she would co me o him at once. He wrote her to come Saturday, and gave her explicit directions ibout the train so as to avoid getting to clarrisburg in the night. She disregarded his directions and came on Friday svening's train which would have put ler at Harrisburg at 10.20 p. m. The iouductor seeing her so ill and delirious, jut her oil' at Concord. She had to be :arried tc the bote' but could not tell vho she was." SURVIVORS' RE-UNION. Micah Jenkins Camp of Confederate veterans has called for a re-union of the >ld soldiers of York county, to be held in i'orkville on November 24. At the last egular meeting of the eamp, held in the sourthouso on last salesday, it was decided to have the re-union next January. \t a subsequent meeting of the officers, lowever, it was decided that for many easons, the 24th of November will be a nuch better time. In addition to fixing the date at the last neoting, the camp also selected a speaker for the occasion. General Samuel McSowan is the distinguished veteran who ivas agreed upon; but it will bo disappointing news to all to learn that tho general is unable to accept. He is sorry; jut his health is such that he is afraid to promise. He has not forgotten the veterans, however, by any means. In a letter to Commander Hart, who extended the camp's invitation, among other things he says: "I know of no soldiers of the war, from any quarter, whatever, more deserving of loving memories, monuments and honor, than those from the old historical counties of York and Lancaster?the White Rose and the Red ; and with especial emphasis those who were members of the ever glorious old Twelfth regiment of volunteers. 'Soldiers thej were, true and tried.' I greet them al! most cordially, and I really believe they were not inferior to any body of volunteer soldiers ever organized. Indeed, they were not hired enlisted soldiers in the ordinary acceptance of the word; bul citizens with friends and family and country to love, and property rights tc defend." Who will be selected in place ol General McGowan to deliver the address has not yet developed; but the committee having the matter in charge may be depended upon to secure as a speaker a distinguished veteran who will contribute in no small measure to the pleasure of the occasion. As yet the details of the re-union programme have not been arranged. It is contemplated, however, to have a big fima nf if. and the naonle of Yorkville generally will be asked to assist in entertaining all the old soldier visitors who can be persuaded to remain overnight. LOCAL LACONICS. Until January 1897. The Twice-a-Week Enquirer will be furnished from this date to January 1st, 1897, for 40" cents. Typographical Error. It was $2.50 instead of 95 that was contributed by the McConnellsville Democratic parcinct to the New York Journal's campaign fund. A typographical jerror was the cause of the mis-statement. Getting Better. Mr. Geo. L. Riddle of Zeno, whose condition on Wednesday was regarded as quite serious, is now much better. Dr. Wm. M. Walker of Yorkville, continues to improve. Death of Mr*. Owen. An Orangeburg special to the Columbia State, announces the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Owen, wife of Mr. B. B. Owen, formerly a citizen of Yorkville. Mrs. Owen died on last Wednesday. She leaves two children. Dr. Thornwell's Lecture. Dr. Thornwell's lecture last Tuesday night on his recent trip abroad, was well received by a large audience. The doctor delivered another lecture in the courthouse Wednesday night on "Pythianism." To Be Married In Brunswick. Cards are out for the marriage of Miss Fannie Barnes to Mr. Warnock McCormick, at Brunswick, Ga., on October 19. Miss Barnes is a daughter of Mr. J. H. Barnes, who formerly conducted a jewelry establishment at this place. Mr. Mtxon'H Position. Mr. R. M. Carroll of York, has been nominated for the position of state liquor commissioner uiade vacant by the resig .i -r >r- *71 *r \f .. Inhn nauuu ui iun r. iti, iuiauu* mk wuu T. Gaston of Aiken, has been appointed to the position temporarily. Sale of a Railroad. For the information of casual shoppers who may have forgotten that there was such a luxury on the market, it might be well to repeat that the sale of the Chester <fe Lenoir Narrow Gauge railroad takes place from the steps of the Chester court house on salesday in November. Rock Hill Takes It Up. Herald, Wednesday: The matter of furnishing the chief of police and the chief of the fire department at Yorkville with wheels has been agitated by the town council at that place. Wouldn't it be the nice thing for our city council to provide a wheel for the force to be used in the discbarge of their policial duties? Prospective New Buildings. Mr. Robert J. Herndon has purchased from Mr. W. R. Carroll the vacant lot opposite the Parish hotel and is contemplating the erection thereon of a handsome brick building. Though as yet nothing definite has been decided upon, Mr. Herodon is canvassing tbe idea or making an opera hall of the second story. Mr. G. H. O'Leary is also contemplating extensive additions to his already handsome brick store-room on Main street. Gave Him Slxty-Nine Lashes. There was a lynching party out in the Smyrna neighborhood last Monday night. The little daughter of a well-to-do farmer bad been insulted by a Negro named Mon Galloway. The story is that Galloway had kissed bis hand at tbe little girl. His familiarity brought him to grief. He was visited by a party of white men, who gave him G9 lashes with a buggy trace and ordered him to leave the country. The understanding is that he has gone. Preparing For the Election. The York county board of commissioners for the state and county election, met in Yoikvilleon Thursday and organized by the election of Mr. D. C. Clark as chairman and Mr. W. B. Williams as clerk. The bourd then proceeded to appoint managers of election at the various precincts. The names of the managers selected, together with instructions for holding the election, will be found in the official notice published in another column. The commissioners of the Federal election will probably not meet until Saturday. How New Counties Are Made. Spartanburg Herald: As a condition precedent to the establishment of tho proposed new county of Limestone, two?h.wis nf ti,o voters vfttincr at the election ordered by the governor to be held on 8th of November next, must vote for its adoption. Besides, it is essential that two-thirds of each section of the counties of .Spartanburg, Union and York proposed to be cut off into the new county, vote in favor of it. Hence should twothirds of the Spartanburg portion and two-thirds of the York part vote in favor of it and the requisite two-thirds be wanting in the Union section, then it will be defeated. And 110 election can be held again in four years. Buried lu the Mine. Bob Watts, a wellknown colored laborer, had a narrow escape from death out at the "Wilson" mine, that is being worked by Messrs. Clarke Bros., 011 last Monday. According to Bob's story," ho was down in a shaft about 50 feet deep, engaged in placing timbers as they would be let down to him. Suddenly the mine began to cave. Part of the earth and stone fell on him and the I balance around bim. As the earth fell, e i be got on top of it, and worked bis way t upward. But there was too much of it , for bim. He claims that be was buried I up to his eyes before the cave-in ceased, E i and it was three-quarters of an hour 1 before his fellow laborers succeeded in 8 digging him out. He sustained several a I painful, though not serious, injuries, and > is now out on crutches. * ' T-ouble at the Factory. There was a little trouble out at the n I factory last Tuesday; but it is all over * now. The company officials intimated b to Contractor Evans that the walls were i not going up as rapidly as they should, t and Contractor Evans secured some addi- 1 I tional brickmasons, who happened to be colored. .When the colored masons were |j > put to work, the white masons threw j down their trowels and quit. Sub-Con- a tractor Quigley, who has the contraot to f{ ) build the walls, insisted that be could n > push the work as fast as the supply of ' brick would admit, and the new men were not necessary. An agreement was i reached whereby the colored masons were 1 ) paid off and discharged, and at noon the r regular force resumed work. This is the K ' situation as it appears on the surface; ^ i but that the trouble was really due to the x : employment of colored bricklayers is i not probable, for at least one colored f bricklayer has been employed on. the r ? work since its commencement. How- v ever, since the trouble is settled to inquire fully into the merits of it, is hardly ^ worth while. FORT MILL MATTERS. * Marriage?Personal Mention?The Play ? Was a Success. g Correspondence of the Yorkrllle Enquirer. Fort Mill, October 15.?Mr. John J. 0 I ? * ' T ?II. c, n J Hf: uun|. 8 leaner 01 juraiie, o. v.. uuu imsa iuiuuiu Patterson of this place, were united in ? marriage Sunday, the 11th inst. Rev. . J. E. Herring officiating. 11 Mrs. J. E. Bruce of Bennettsville, M 1 S. C., is visiting her parents, Mr. and 0 Mrs. A. A. Yonng. ^ 1 Quite a large audience greeted the play- fl ers of "Out In the Streets" on Tuesday t night all of whom acquitted them- n selves very admiringly. In addition to v the play there were the following recita- c tions: fl "Miss Jones and the Burglar," and Q 1 "You Pot No Flowers on My Papa's 0 Grave"?, y Miss Essie Whitaker. a "Cabin Philosophy"?By Miss Gussy n Hotcbkiss. ' 0 Also the following songs: "Only Flirting"?By Mrs. J. E. Bruce and Miss Ziza Young. "Little Alabama Coon"?By Miss Gussy Hotcbkiss, tt. Receipts amounted to $25. Mrs. J. C. Clawson, is having her residence on Booth street remodeled, which adds much to its appearance. Observer. p h BLACKSBURGBUDGET. n o Big Crowd at the Show aud Everybody Delighted?Personal Mention. ij Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. & *>- 1i A knnf O OOO - DLAUiiSJtJUKUf l/UWUOi lUi?aui/uv ?|wv a people were here yesterday besides our own citizens to witness the great John Robinson and Franklin Bros', show ana it was a day of real pleasure to the most of them. The weather was perfect. The tj show and performances are in first class a order from the street parado all through to the tableaux of living pictures. Among the most attractive features were , the exhibition of fine horses, the skillful ( and graceful riding, the exciting races and the wonderful feats of the acrobats and tumblers. The most perfect order ^ was kept. Therewasanalmostentireab- ^ sence of the rude and vulgar fakirs who usually accompany such exhibitions and make them rather repulsive than otherwise, and there was not h- g ing done or said to shock the senses of the most fastidious. The only disa- .r greeable feature was the dust which was partially relieved by a sprinkler. Tha Viiercrosf, nnvftltv in the Darade was *MV ' * ~ *" the steam piano which attracted much attention and the wohder of all who saw it. There were^many speculations as to its ^ use, and two of our. ladies, both excellent Sj cooks came to the conclusion that it was g carried along to prepare the meals for _ the employees and as it stopped in front ? of the Iron City ho.tel to play a tune, they were to take their dinner there. Mr. Jim Jackins, who has been with the American View company in Knox- tc ville, Tenn., returned home a few days 1 ago. Miss Ella Crosby is visitiug her sister, Mrs. Osborne. aj Mrs. M. F. Anderson will go to Rock 8. Hill tomorrow, to witness the ordination OC of Rev. Mr. Johnson. ' w. a. = LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY. T Marriage of Popular Young People?Water Too Low For the Boat?After a Murder- S er? 'Possum Hunters Find a Ghost. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Etta Jane, October 14.?Mr. H. W. / Thomson of Spartanburg, and Miss Anna E. Howell of Hickory Grove, were married yesterday at the residence of th e T bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. G. How- o' ell. Rev. W. R. Owings of tlie Presbyterian church was the officiating minister. _ Mr. T. P. McDill and Miss Bessie Howe were the attendants. Both the bride and T groom were splendidly dressed, and the ^ whole affair was one of the most fashionable, yet free from ostentation. Quite jj a number of friends were present to wit- sa ness the ceremony and extend to the es j'outhful couple their congratulations. ^ For tho present, at least, Mr. Thomson jj expects to locate on his plantation and a give personal supervision of his farming H interests. He is a son of the late Colouel OJ. S. R. Thomson of Spartanburg, and ^ has the ability to make of himself one of jy the leading citizens of his country as well w; as members of his church. We wish for so him and his beautiful bride, a long, prosperous and happy life. pt The boat has not attempted a trip to Lockbart Shoals forsometime on account of the low water in Broad river. The ferryboat at Howell's ferry cannot run all the time on account of low water and tho accumulation of sand. Old peo- ^ pie tell me the river has been lower this sc summer than it was ever known before to Pl be for the same length of time. Great efforts are being made to ferret out Sl^ Hm mnwlornr nf Giles ThoinDSOU. a COl- df ored man who was brutally murdered in the upper portion of this county about ^ a month ago. jp Cotton is mostly opened and the great- st r part of it picked out. The crop will ie unusually short this year. A revival meeting has been going on at jockbart mill for the past week in which nuch spiritual interest is manifested. We have no school at this place. A nod teacher might get employment by pplying with proper credentials. / ? Some 'possum hunters were scared up he other night by seeing something like man with a white sheet around him, learan old graveyard in the plantation, len roosts are safe so long as they have obgoblins to protect them. Sigma. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. 'he Ticket KevUed. The Webster faction of the Repub- ^ ican party has revised its state ticket. Lll of the nominees are said to have ecepted. The revised ticket is as %. allows : Governor, R. M. Wallace; ieutenant governor, C. J. Pride; secetary of state, Ahial Lathrop ; state reasurer, George I. Cuuniugham ; ati -n Tt /> I . orney geuerai, cj. r. uicurau , wuijc w-? roller general, F. M. Butler; adjutant eneral, E. Brooks Sligb ; superintenent of education, E. B. Burrows, hree Burned to Death., A horrible accident occurred on the 'lorida Central and Peninsula rail* oad last Weduesday morning. There . as a collision between two dying pasenger trains. The engineers had ?--? een ordered to pass at Sweden. One f them mistook the name for Swanes. He passed Sweden and was on be way to the other station. The ther train came at lightning speed. Vhen the engineers came in sight of ach other it was too late to avert a 1 " ? ollision. Both reversed their enines, threw on the emergency brakes, nd they and their firemen jumped for beir lives. All escaped without fatalijuries. The engines came together riih a terrific crash and the bead of e was buried in the other, But this \ ?as not the worst of it. J. E. Ulmer, agman, was crushed to death between wo cars. William B. Limes, baggage laster, and L. A. Thomas, mail clerk, ?ere imprisoned in the wreck of their ^ ars. The debris caught fire, and the ^ .innoa nront fj-lU/nrH t.hft imnrisoned V ien. Both plead for help and the ther train men worked most despertely ; but without success. The two ien were slowly burned alive. One ' f Limes's arms was burned off before e expired. Besides the killed, sevral other train hands were more or ? ; iss seriously injured. The passengers II escaped. The property loss is esimated at about $^5,000. MERE-MENTION.- f Thomas Garfield, a brother of the late resident, has written a letter in which e says he will vote for Bryan. Cbair1 an Jones's latent claim as to the result v " f the November election, gives Bryan 79, McKinley 81, and 87 doubtftil. 'om Watson will make no more speech- _ ^ s during the present campaign. The lleged reason is throat trouble. ' AT THE CHURCHES. j episcopal. Sunday Services. Lay service* in " . le morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday school 14.30 p. m. 4 TKIN1TI UCinui/iai Aruwraii. Sunday Services. Preaching Sunay morning at 11 and in the evening 17.30 o'clock. Sunday school at 4 p. m. presbyterian. ' | Sunday Services.?Preaching Sanay morning at 11 o'clock and in the evenig at 7.30. Sunday school at 4 o'clock i the afternoon. baptist. Sunday Services.?YORKVILLE? unday school at 10 o'clock in the mornig. Preaching at 11 o'clock a. m., and i the evening at 7.30. associate reformed presbyterian. There will be preaching this (Saturday) lorning at 11 o'clock. Sunday Services.?The ordinance of le Lord's supper will be observed at L o'clock a. m. The pastor will be asisted by Rev. A. S. Rogers of Rock Hill, unday school at 4 o'clock p. m. =============== +c, Par^t Reports. YORKVILLE, October 17.-Cotton 6i >7. / .VEW YORK,October 16.-Cotton 715-16. Futures closed steady; October, 7.56 to 57; November, 7.58 to 7.59; December, 75 to 7.76; January, 7.86 to 7.87 ; Februry, 8.92; March, 7.96; April, 8.00; May, W to 8.06; June, 8.07 to 8.06; sales, 165,- > 0. NOTICE o Citizens of Flint Ridge and Shanon Schools. chool Commissioners Office of York County. Yorkville, S. C., October 16,1896. 4 LU persons interested in the above jL named schools, are requested to ieet me at the SCHOOL HOUSE near [r. J. C. McKNIGHT'S, on NEXT HURSDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, at 1 clock p. m. J. A. SHURLEY, School Commissioner. October 17 84 It SALE OF LAND. " ^ 3Y virtue of authority conferred upon us by the legal representatives of ARCUS AND MARY HAFNER, deased. We will sell before the COURT OUSE DOOR IN YORKVILLE, on lesday in DECEMBER next, the real tate of which the said Marcus and ary Hafner died seized and possessed, -wit: One tract containing THREE UNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT CRES, more or less, and known as the ? ome Place. Another ,tract containing NE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX CRES, more or less, and know as the oKnight place, both of which tracts, are im? in the countv of York, on the aters of Turkey creek, about 11 miles uthwest of Yorkville. < Terms of Sale?CASH. Parties may eat for the purchase of these lands at ivate sale. J. W. FERGUSON, _ S. M. HAFNER. r* Agents for Legatees. October 17 81 s oct 2t nov 2t W. M. KENNEDY T7ILL furnish the high schools, the rT graded schools and the public hools, with their books at the lowest >ssible cash prices. Graphic copies and ationery. Arrangements with thepubihers of standard books, enable me to pply any not on hands in a very few " lys. Lamm <fc Company's new sample book r FALL and WINTER clothing is on md, and we ask all who want a GOOD . IT IN GOOD GOODS to examine the yles and prices before buying.