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? 9 *7 > lewis m. gkist, Proprietor. J ^it |nbtpnl>enl Jfamilj fUtospptr: J,or % ^rffmfftion of f|e political, Social, ^griralfnral anir Commercial Interests of tjje Sctt(|. |terms--$3.00 a year, in advance. vot. 35. ' yorkville, s. c^^fhuesday, july ip, 1879. NO. 28. jftUtbi fact . THE RING MY MOTHER WORE. The earth has many treasurers rare, In gems and golden ore ; My heart hath one, more precious far? TThe ring my mother wore. I saw it first, when I, a child, Was playing by her side ; . She told me then 'twas father's gift When she became his bride. T ?nw it oft in sorrow's hours, - Which marked the after years. When shiningon the soft white hand That wiped away my tears, And, oh ! I saw it once again, When, on her dying bed, She lifted up her hand in prayer, And laid it on my head, Beside that bed, where fell my tears. The ring to mewas given ; She placed it on my hand, and said, "We'll meet again in Heaven I kissed the cheek I oft had pressed, From which the rose had tied ; And, bowed with grief, stood motherless, Alone, beside the dead. Among the blest in realms above, Where sorrows are unknown, Oh, may I meet my mother dear, No more to weep alone. Her dying words of love and faith I'll cherish evermore Within the heart which holds so dear The ring my mother wore. jltt ?M0inal Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. RACHEL RAY'S SECRET. CHAPTER XVIII. From my experience, not one in twenty mnrries the first love; we Build statues of snow and weep to sec them melt. Walter Scott. Love sought, is good : but given unsought, is better. _ Shakspeark. Drowsieville had undergone something of a revolution, during those months which had passed since Rachel fled from it that moonlight night. Harry Wade, feeling, in his - unrl docnlntion the necessity of frraD , r - . c , pling with something upon which he might expend the fierce energy of his emotions, (being of that sort to whom retrospect and the idleness of woe are unendurable) had flung himself into the work of overturning ancient prejudices and narrow-minded theories in his church, and considerably startled its members by the uncompromising zeal with which he prosecuted the labor of reform. Mr. Towzleham and his set took ofFence at certain doctrines which he boldly promulgated from the pulpit, as being contrary to those in which they had been educated, and expressed it as their opinion that one who proposed such dangerous innovations in long-establised customs, was not a fit person to have the charge of immortal souls. lu fact, he was nothing more nor less, according to their belief, than a Papist in disguise. Anyhow, he was an Episcopalian, which was nearly as bad. Mr. Wade denied that he was an Episcopalian, but alleged that he considered Episcopalians more deserving of imitation than those thickheaded and narrow-souled bigots who denied . salvation to the wearer of a surplice, and thought kneeling towards the altar one of the seven deadly sins. A hot contest ensued, not only between the parson and his flock, but between contending parties in the flock itself, some arraying themselves on his side, and joining with him in comdemning the prejudices * ' 1 * ? 11 'PL - li. /ie had trieu to oreatt ciowu. me re?un nao that certain leading members, taking a stand in opposition to Towzleham and Co., conceived the bold plan of erecting a new place of worship, to which they and their pastor might withdraw, leaving the old one clear to the enemies of reform and any leader they might choose to elect. The peaceable-minded tried to effect a compromise, bat this proved a vain effort; Harry Wade, who had gone, perhaps,a trifle farther than he had intended, would not now draw back, and the Towzleham faction was too deeply offended to allow its wounded feelings to be soothed unless by direct recantation on his part. It was while matters were still in this agitated state, that the minister came home one afternoon, hot and weary, and flung himself down on a sofa in the back entry, where his sister was rolling out pie crust, having drawn the kitchen table there for the sake of coolness. "Goodness! Harry dear, how flushed you are," she said, with a sympathizing glauce at his face "Flushed! No wonder, after boiling in that sunny town-hall for two hours and a half," he rejoined. "You are just from the meeting, then ?" "Yes. Such a fare*1 as it was, too. Old Towzleham and the rest of them in full conclave, wagging tbwir heads with the most absurd solemnity over questions about as monotonous as the pattern with which you mean to ornament that pie." "No reflections on my pie, if you please," said Kate, in in a sprightly tone, anxious to divert him from unpleasant thoughts. "I consider the mode of ornamenting it a very important matter to decide." "More important, I am willing to admit, than any which I have heard discussed this afternoon. Fancy, Kitty, my being required to promise to stick to a certain set of hymns, and never give out any of those in the revised hymn-book, because certain portions of them savor too much of hich-Church to Dlease ! - - - ? ?0 A their fastidious taste." "Absurd ! But you have used those revised hymns all this time without opposition, have you net?" "Of course; but they pretend now that they never approved of them. Such stuff! I am not going to attempt to accommodate myself to their view3 again. It is simply lowering my own standard for nothing." "You have been trying to compromise, then ?" "Well, Melton and one or two others seemed so troubled, and were so urgent that I should not refuse if an effort ut conciliation was made, that I agreed to listen to some of old Towzleham's ridiculous proposals. Of course it, all ended in my being more disgusted than ever." "Is the break-up final ?" "I suppose so. Sometimes I feel strongly tempted to quit this miserable, benighted little hole altogether; my work here is so unsatisfactory, so unproductive of any good result." "Buthow about the new church, Harry? Is that scheme to fall through?" . "Oh, they talk about it. But I dare say there would be a split-up of some kind there, too, after a while. The fact is, when people have lived all their lives, as these have, in a remote corner of the earth, hearing nothing and seeing nothing but what passes in their own narrow circle, their minds shrink to the dimensions of a nutshell, and refuse to expand nr t.r> reeeive anv idea that iars aeainst theirdried-up, antediluvian prejudice." "If I were you, however," said Miss Kate, persuasively, "I would do nothing rash. You have really a number of friends here, and in a church built expressly for you, with a congregation composed of those who are willing to be guided by your views, I think you might accomplish a great deal of good." "So Melton says," rejoined her brother. "I am sure the Meltons are all fond of you, and Mr. Melton is an influential man." "They are nice people enough. If the rest were like them, I should not complain." "Lucy is a dear little thing," pursued Miss Kate. "She was over here this morning." "Was she?" responded the minister, absently. It did not seem to him that Lucy was ! particularly connected with the interests of the church. ! "Yes, and she seemed quite concerned for all the trouble you have had." "Trouble ! Yes, trouble enough," said the | minister gloomily. "I tell you, Kate, I have come to the conclusion that trouble makes up I the largest half of our portion on earth. I know I have had enough, of one sort or another, to make me feel as if it wasn't worth my while to fight against it any more. It's perpetual struggling and no result attained." "We cannot always see the result," said his 1 sister, in a gentle tone. After Harry Wade had left the meeting ! that afternoon, controversy ran high between the contending parties in the congregation. "He's a stuck-up, conceited, fantastic sprig, not fit to be a parson. Him to come and A * U 4-r^. Ka io no ranfO vi'Viaf It'ilCIl lUiliS U1U CHUIigu lu ut mo |/u>u>i>u ; they're to say, and how they're to act! I ! reckon I know a trifle better than he, for all his wonderful book-learning," quoth Mr. Towzleham. "I, for one, ain't going to put up with it." "Nor me," said fat Mr. Trigott, the cornfactor. "We never had all this stirrin' up in Mr. Lullem's time." "There was cefJainly no danger of any one being stirred up by poor old Lullem," said Mr. Melton. "As to Mr. Wade's zeal, no one should find fault with that. If a man isn't zealous for religion, he isn't good for much." "Zeal is all well enough iu its way ; but I don't want any mau to be zealous iu forcing new-fangled notions down my throat, 'cause I don't mean to swallow 'em," said Mr. Towzleham. "It depends upon what you call new-fangled notions," replied Mr. Melton. "A good many notions may strike us as new-fangled, simply because they have not been suggested to us before, while in other places they are old and familiar to everybody." "May-be so," said Mr. Towzleham. "Let them as like 'cm swallow 'era, that's all. I shan't." "Nor me," said his echo, Mr. Trigott. The leading members were all excited, and some pretty warm words ensued. Mr. Melton and his supporters presently withdrew, willing to end, for the present, a dispute which was getting too serious ; and Towzleham and company, finding themselves left masters of the field, improved the opportunity to s*ike a bold stroke, and then and there drew up a paper, notifying Mr. Wade of their decision that it was better for all parties that his connection with their church should be severed, ; as it was conclusively proved that there could be no harmony between themselves and him. It was not a very courteous form of dismissal, but as the compounders of it were not of a refined type, perhaps it was not really meant to be as aggressive as it seemed. Early next day this communication reached the minister through the medium of the penny postman. His sister, who watched him open it, saw him turn red, then pale, and felt that something terrible had happened. "Oh ! Harry dear, what is it ?" she asked, tremulously, throwing down her work and coming to his side. "The miserable, ignorant pig-headed idiots," exclaimed her brother. "I know I'm wrong Kitty, but I can't contain myself. Never mind?I shall stay, and I shall have a church of ray own, in spite of them. Nothing would please them more than for me to leave the place altogether ; but if they expect to drive me off they'll find themselves mistaken." Kate, when she read the paper, was very angry ; but she would not betray how deeply she felt the insult. The minister walked up aud down the room in a fume. "If I had only had the sense to withdraw! If I only had !" he said over and over again. "I was a fool to leave them the opportunity of taking the iuitiative in the matter. But I'm always just too late." When it became known among Mr. Wade's friends that he had received a formal dismissal, indignation ran high among them. A meeting was immediately called, and the proposal to start at once to collect funds, for the purpose of building a new church, was put to the vote and unanimously adopted. In the mean time, it was resolved that services should be held in the town hall, provided the minister would consent to the arrangement; and a paper notifying him of these arrangements was drawn up, and presented to him by a delegation selected for the purpose, of which Mr. Melton was one. fKio QnnorVit liJm linwftvpr. and while he was still hot and sore with mortification, he went out in the cool of the evening, for a little ramble in the fields beyond the town. He was conscious of having allowed his vexation to get the better of his Christian feelings, and thought that a solitary walk, giving him an opportunity for reflection, might tend to restore him to something of his wonted composure. He had crossed the first field, and was just entering the wood beyond, when his eye fell on a little figure seated on a stile, beneath a wide-spreading oak. It was a girl's figure, in blue drapery, with a straw hat cast down at her feet; the brown head was bent, the face hidden, the whole attitude one of profound dejection. It needed but a second glance to show him that it was Lucy Melton, and that she was crying. While he stood for an instant, uncertain whether to turn back or proceed, she raised her eyes suddenly and saw him. She half started up, a deep blush suffusing her face. Then her eyes drooped again, and she stood abashed, the picture of confusion, as he advanced. "My dear Miss Lucy," he asked, kindly, "forgive me for intruding upon you?I did not expect to meet you here. Is anything wrong ? Can I help you ?" She flashed another look at him?an indescribable look of mingled reproach, sympathy, entreaty and deprecation, all in one. It seemed to say, "Can you ask me what is wrong?" It but imperfectly expressed the j feelings struggling in her warm little heart, J feelings of which she had never guessed the ! depth and force, until they were aroused with j indignant pity for the wrongs he had suffered i and was still suffering. It was a look that j puzzled the minister. He by no means comI prehended it, yet he felt dimly that there was ! a revelation of some kind beyond, if he could but make it out. He stood silent, looking j down upon her. In spite of his troubled, j wounded feelings, her attitude touched and j attracted him, aud he could not help thinking | how fair and pretty she looked in the dim j woodland light, with that softened expression and stain of sorrow on her face. "You have heard what has happened to j me, I suppose," he said, presently, more to : break the oppressive pause, and relieve her ! evident embarrassment, than anything else, j To his intense astonishment, she turned her j head and burst iuto tears. "My dear little friend?" he commenced, ; then paused, uncertain how to go on. But i Lucy did not wait for him to make up his : mind. She snatched up her hat, which lay i upon the grass, and ran like a deer, panting j and frightened, out of his sight, through the I wood and over a fence that led into a mead: ow beyond. As to the minister, he almost I thought she must have lost her wits, and I walked home in a state of mystification, with j Towzlehain and Co. and their proceedings 1 quite banished from his mind, j Poor Lucy! she was a country girl, and quite unversed in the art of concealing her feelings. Yet, had she not been so completely taken by surprise, she would not have acted quite as foolishly as she was conscious of having done. Her strongest sentiments, as i she went home by a little by-path on the out I skirts of the village, were those of shainf j and self-condemnation. What had she don?l I how had she betrayed herself? what qlrisf j the minister think of her ? She almost wish| ed the earth would open its mouth and swalj low her up. She felt sure she could never, never have the courage to look in his face again. But this little incident, over which the | minister pondered, aroused a new train of reflections in his mind, and combined with other causes to bring about results of which he had never, until now, even dreamed. His sister Kate, with womanly penetration, had, mouths past, guessed the secret which Lucy believed was sacredly locked from human eyes within her innocent breast. Noi did she condemn the weakness, which could v,o o ^rvmmenrlnhlp nnp in her estima liUt UUll UU W ~ tion. 'there had been a time when she would have jealously repelled the idea of any intrusion into the sacred preciuctsof Harry's bachelor heart. But those precincts had already beeu disastrously invaded, and the result ol his love affair had been so unfortunate, that she was ready to hail with gladness the advent of a new one which might act like a healing balm upon bis wounds. Lucy was gentle, womanly and sweet, and would make him a dear little wife. She resolved that her cooperation should not be wanting to bring the matter about. As to Lucy, after that meeting in the wood, she avoided, as far as possible, all farther intercourse with him ; but she could have chosen no better means of keeping herself in his mind. He woudered at her marked constraint, puzzled himself over it, finally got vexed and resolved to ask for an explanation ; but luckily he confided his intention, as usual, to his sister. "My dear Harry, you are a goose," she quietly rejoined. "I wouldn't compromise Lucy for the world, except to prevent you from throwiug a chance of happiness away ; but I can't look on and see you blundering about as you are doing, without lending you a helping hand. Can't you see that she's in love with you ?" "Iu love! nonsense, Kitty," said the minister, turning red. "It's just your fancy." "Very well," said Kitty, calmly, and went on with her work. The next day came a' letter postmarked Richmond, Virginia, written in a strangely familiar hand. It was from Rachel Vivian, telling her dear friends in Drowsieville all her history, and asking their forgiveness for her behavior, now fully explained. Kate ? i ? i 01 was equally astonished and overjoyed, one was delighted to hear of Rachel's happiness, and at the same time felt that this news would act as a favorable adjunct in the consummation of her hopes and plans. Harry read the letter with an odd combination of emotions; but it certainly did not affect him as it would have done a few months, or even weeks, before. At all events, the revelation of Rachel's true position placed her in such an entirely new light, that there was no danger of any revival of those ardent feelings, on his part, which he had once believed could never die out. He said but little in regard to the subject; but thenceforth his visits to Mr. Melton's became frequent. People supposed that he went there chiefly for the pffrpose of discussing the progress of the new church edifice, of which the founda tion had already been laid. But it was found, before very long, that another edifice had been in process of construction, of which the corner stone had been privately laid, long ago, in Lucy'B susceptible heart, and which bid fair to attain such happy proportions, as would best ensure the content and satisfaction of those most concerned in the work. In a word, Mr. Wade asked, and obtained, Lucy's promise to become his wife; and six months, afterward, they were married by old Mr. Lullen in the new church, this being the first public ceremony after its consecration performed within its walls. "A happy augury, I trust, of its future prosperity," said the minister, as he kissed his bride's radiant cheek. Surely, if peace jyid joy could be reflected from her eyes, jhey would reign there evermore! j So it goes. The cares and joys of thisiworld are ever changing, ever shifting, lipe the lights and shadows of a summer sky. jSometimes a season of sorrow makes the brightness which follows it all the more welcome from the contrast, and then we feel the foily of ever repining at the decrees of a wisdom so unspeakably beyond our own. The roughest paths have oftentimes the fairest ending ; the stormiest waves beat upon the sunniest shores; and it is a comfort to feel, amid the anxieties, and perplexities, and broken hope of our lives, that "God's greatness Flows around our incompleteness ; Round our restlessness, His rest!" [the end.] Bribed by a Kiss.?A temperance lecturer who has been at work in the towns up the Hudson, has given a reporter a page from his early experience in Michigan. Previous to his arrival in a small town where he intended to do some work, the boys had agreed among themselves to go to the meeting, but not to sign the pledge. He appealed in vain for recruits in the temperance ranks. Not a man would move. At this stage of the proceedings the belle of the town sprang to her feet and cried out: "Boys, this is really too bad. Won't you sign the pledge ?" Not a soul moved from his seat. Again the fair belle appealed to the men's better nature, but it was of no avail ; they had promised they wouldn't sign. Finally the lady said : "Boys, I'll kiss the first man who signs the pledge." At this juncture up jumped a tall backwoodsman and drawlingly exclaimed : "Siss, I'm yer huckleberry. Whar's yer pledge?" The brave girl kissed the fellow, and the cheering which followed made the building rattle. This incident broke the ice, and before the reformer had left the town, nearly every one had donned the ribbon. Does it Hurt??"Does that hurt?" kindly asked the dentist, holding the young, man's head back and jabbing a steel probe, with back-set teeth, clear down through his aching tooth, and into the gum. "Does that hurt?" he asked with evident feeling. "Oh, no," replied the young man, in a voice suffused with emotion and sentiment. "Oh, no," he said tenderly, rising from the chair and holding the dentist's head in the stove, while he dragged his lungs out of his ears with a corkscrew. "Oh, no," he said, "not at all; does that?" But the dentist had the better of the young man after all, for he charged him fifty cents and didn't pull the tooth then. But by that time the astonished tooth had fnrirot its achinff. o - - ? o 4?T Mrs. Hale, daughter of Zach Chandler, has become the mother of another child, and Mr. Chandler has given his check for $20,000, as he promised to do for every child born tc her. Mr. Chandler talks of applying to Congress for relief. At the time he made the offer he was not acquainted with his son in-law, and he had more confidence in his daughter than he has now. They have seemed to conspire against the old man, and it is believed that his bad temper towards Democrats aud rebels is caused by this constant drain on his bank account. - Real distinction is to be obtained not bj doing anything different from what youi neighbor does, but by doing everything bcttei than he does. |t00tajrWaI ?f fcrtrlt. C i ! JAMES M. IYY. [ After the termination of the great American civil war, a new era dawned upon the ( Southern States. Old landmarks were oblit erated ; old systems, industrial as well as i social, under the influences?the changes? ! wrought in the government itself, were necessarily replaced by new methods. The loss of property, as well as inexperience, rendered the , situation in which our people were placed, extremely complicated. But these great ! I ohnntrpa?this complete revolution in the en ??? - ' tire Southern social fabric?which our people then regarded as a curse overflowing their cup of woe, prove now to have been a blessing. Hope supplanted despair; energy took the f place of inexperience ; devotion to the "land ; we love" encouraged ; while the enterprising spirit of a noble people sought to build up the ' waste places and ;recover their lost for| tunes. The results of all these changes are now everywhere to be observed. Unimportant way-stations, which before the war, claimed but a single store, have rapidly assumed the proportions of towns and villages, with public and private buildings, public officers, schools, 1 churches, etc., bearing the impress of a progressive spirit?indomitable perseverance? advancing civilization and enlightenment. The small stores at these stations, which once bartered for a few bales of cotton during the season, now purchase their thousands of bales and ship direct to all the principal markets of America. Among the embryo villages which have arisen, Uranus-like, from the earth, armed and equipped to enter the lists and contend honorably for the trade of the up-country of South Carolina, is the little town of Rock Hill; and foremost among those enterprising spirits who have zealously labored and contributed to its growth during the past thirteen years, is James Morrow Ivy, the subject of this sketch, which is intended as a simple and modest compliment, not only to him, but also to the individuals composing the publicspirited, enterprising community in which he resides. Identified as he is with the history of Rock Hill, especially that which has given it prominence in the markets of the State, a sketch of his life will, we feel, not only be a deserving compliment to him, but will prove interesting to the reading public in connection with the growth and development of one of the most thriving little towns in the State. James M. Ivy was born on the 5th day of December, 1839, in Lancaster county, S. C., and is a son of Rev. Adam Ivy, who is well known in religious circles, and is a highly esteemed and respected citizen of that county. His ancestors were directly from /Virginia, and remotely from England. j He began his studies in school at Rock , Hill, successively under W. H. Thomasson, i Col. J. M. Whi te and Gen. J. A. Alston ; and fwhen Gen. Alston was called to take charge of old Mount Zion Institute, at Winnsboro, in j the year 1858, he followed him there, where he remained one session, and then entered the school of John R. Shurley, at Ebenezer. At ^ this school he completed his preparatory course for the South Carolina College, which /institution he entered in the year 1859. Here j he pursued his collegiate studies during the eventful period of 1860, and was present in ~ " 11 -1 Columbia, an eye-witness, to an tnose luiwaiory steps?the formation of the "minute-men" organization; the exciting processions and wild demonstrations, the outbreak of public feeling at that critical time; and the passage of the ordinance of secession, which led to the "war between the States." The Spring of 1861 opened. War was declared. The attack*on Fort Sumter was conceived, and the South Carolina College company, composed of all the students, and commanded by Capt. John Gary, was ordered to Charleston to report to General Beauregard. J. M. Ivy accompanied the College company, in the capacity of sergeant, and was an eyewitness to the inception of hostilities?that great historical event, the bombardment of Fcrt Sumter?on the 11th, 12th and 13th of April, 1861. Some weeks subsequent to the surrender of the fort by Maj. Anderson to the South Carolina troops, the College company was ordered back to Columbia, aud the old College bell was again heard, pealing its resonant calls to recitation. But the subject of this sketch felt that duty to his country called him in another field of action, and accompanied by two young friends, he forthwith proceeded home and made hasty preparations to enter upon active service at the seat of war in Virginia, where the three joined the Washington Light Infantry, of Charleston, under command of Capt. James Conner, one of the companies of the famous Hampton Legion. He passed unscathed through the first battle of Manassas, on the ever-memorable 213t of July, 1861, although several times struck by spent balls; and was in that desperate charge on Rickett's Battery, where the Hampton Legion suffered so severely. He remained in the Army of Northern Virginia during the fall and winter of 1861; 1 and in the spring of 1862, was transferred, with his command, to the Peninsula, where, in the battle of Seven Pines, on the 31st day of May, 1862, he was severely wounded in the left shoulder by a Mini? ball, which he still carries, and from the effects of which he has ' never fully recovered the use and strength of 1 the arm. ; In consequence of his severe wound, he re j mained in hospital at Richmond until about the middle of July, when he was honorably discharged from the Confederate service, and 1 returned from the theatre of war, a disabled soldier, to enter a new and happier life?the knight of Mars becoming the slave of Venus. [; He married, on August 5th, 1863, the daugh, | ter of Hon. Henry Conner, of Lincoln coun?i ty, N. C., who, in 1814 entered the U. S. Army as Aide-de-camp to Gen. Joseph Graham, in the Creek war, and afterwards served ; as a member of Congress for twenty consecutive years?from 1821 to 1841?when he de| clined a reelection. I Owing to the failing health of Major Cons ner, Mr. Ivy settled at Beattie's Ford, in Lincoln county, the home of his father-inr law. It was then that the subject of this . sketch first commenced his career as a raer chant. He opened a store of general merchandise at that place in 1866, and conduct JAMES M. IVY.?Fkom a Puotogka: ed a successful and prosperous business for I three years. ] In 1867, he conceived the idea of seeking < another and wider field for the exercise of his j business tact and energy, and upon investiga- < tion decided that Rock Hill afforded rare fa- t cilities for opening and developing the raer-, ] cantile business. Accordingly, he establish- i ] ed and organized at Rock Hill, in that year, i the firm of Ivy, Roach & Jones, and left the 1 Rock Hill house with his partners, giving his 1 own personal attention to his business at Beat- \ tie's Ford, but making occasional visits to t Rock Hill. 1 In June, 1869, after the death of Major t Conner, he closed out his business in North Carolina, and purchased his present home in c Rock Hill, returning with his family to his t native State, to seek his fortune amid the fa- c miliar scenes of his boyhood and among the i friends of his youth. On the 1st of January, 1 1870, the well-known firm of J. M. Ivy & i Co. was formed, composed of J. M. Ivy, John i J. Roach and R. T. May. Allen Jones retired 1 from the firm of Ivy, Roach & Jones, but was j re-admitted in 1872, to the firm of J. M. Ivy & Co., upon the retiring of Messrs. Roach and May. The firm of J. M. Ivy & Co. has been i continued, with Allen Jones as partner, un- t til the present time. ? In 1877, the firm of Ivy & Fewell was es- j tablished, the business of the two houses be- j ing so distributed?as at present conducted? ] that the latter has charge of the department 1 of general merchandise, and the old firm of ] J. M. Ivy & Co., transacting a cotton, fertil- ( izer and banking business. And it may be ' here remarked that in all the firms above mentioned, Mr. Ivy has devoted to cotton? j its purchase and sale?his personal attention, t while exercising a general control over other 1 branches of the business. f 1 At an early date, he introduced into his J section the feature of dealing in futures. He\ began his purchases by this method as early ] as 1872, and has continued to study, improve , and develop the system, until it is now 1 reduced to, comparatively, a state of com- 1 pleteness. By his plan of operations, he has I handled, with wonderful tact, sagacity and security, something near twenty thousand bales each season; his purchases not being confined to Rock Hill, but extending to all the sur-1 rounding markets, including Charlotte, York J ville, Chester, Lancaster, and recently ente? ing the Columbia market. During the bury season he employs four or five regular buy/rs in other markets besides Rock Hill. / It is the system of selling in advance, and purchasing to cover, and purchasing and selling to cover, that has enabled him to deal so largely in spot cotton, and with, comparatively, perfect security. As a result, he is enabled to continue always in the market, and never compelled to say?"We are not buying to-day." He was the first buyer in his section to 1 afford to planters the facility they now possess, ^ of selling their crops at remunerative prices j in advance?to be delivered in the Fall?thus ensuring the planters against the fluctuations ( of the price of the staple and rendering their 1 transactions in cotton also safe. < Some have supposed that his large pur- 1 chases and heavy transactions imply very \ reckless speculation. This is a mistake. He never holds or carries cotton, nor does he j "store" it, but always sells immediately upon ( arrival. As a result of his dealings, the ship- < ments of cotton from Rock Hill, before he i engaged in business there, amounted to not s more than two thousand bales. Now the 1 shipments amount to twelve thousand bales J annually. j Another feature of the system in the con- t duct of business which he introduced at Rock i mil 1? ktf fko oAmmnn form nf "nillVt H.I1I, Id lillU Wll UJ' LlJ^s VV/iillllVtl wi iu vi. sales and short profitswhile to hira is also due the idea of offering inducements to conn- 1 try merchants. By all these means combined, 6 added to a spirit of accommodation, liberali- . ty, and confidence in those of his customers j worthy of it, be has contributed, more thau f any other man, to the growth and develop- ' raent of the thriving town of Rock Hill. 1 Besides his enterprise as a merchant, he j has never failed to be among the first in all . that concerns the public welfare. He has shown a liberality, a charity and a public ( spirit excelled by no man in the community i in which he resides. He contributed liberally ' to aid in the building of the Episcopal church of Rock Hill, and has given generously .to all , other churches and charitable associations. f He has ever shown a disposition to aid all ( who have sought to advance themselves.! 1 With this feeling, and for the convenience of j J the public generally, he established, or rather i ? reestablished, the drug store under the name of I T\rv St Rnhprtsnn. He assisted mainly in es- i i tablishing the Lantern, under the editorship ' j of Gen. Johnstone Jones, in 1872, and when j t that paper, through its successive changes of i names and editors, was about to collapse, in 1877, he assumed editorial control himself, and under his management the Rock Hill * Herald is well known, not only by the entire -j State press, but is a welcome visitor to a large c number of readers in our county. t ii lmi by Van Ness, Charlotte, N. C. q h Mr. Ivy has been twice elected intendant of fi Rock Hill, in which position he served with J ifficiency and satisfaction. Without taking 8* i notably prominent part in politics, he has aj ^ ^ ^ " 1. ..a1 ? in #*11 tviat AAn/tamfl 8 JlSpittyCU U UVCiy UJbCicoii IU ait wut wuvviuu jie public and political welfare of the State. ]8 He was president of the Democratic club of di Rock Hill in the eventful struggle of 1876, h md was accordingly chosen to introduce E Hampton on the occasion of his visit to Rock st Hill during that memorable campaigB. He vas also selected to welcome Governor Hampon to South Carolina, on his return from ^ Washington after the historical interview be- 2< ween the Governor and President Hayes. aj Such is a brief and necessarily imperfect g: rntline of the life and characteristics of one a' >f our leading citizens?not prominent as a ^ :itizen alone in York county, but prominent 8{ is one of the most enterprising and success- (3 'ul merchants in upper South Carolina. He oi s yet young, having barely reached that pe- G iod of life denominated the prime of man- w mod, and has before him, let us hope, many ^ rears of prosperity and usefulness. p ? 01 a?- A miracle has been wrought in the South Seas. A botanist, named Signor Ro- o| ;ura, has invented a process of suspending ri mimation in animals indefinitely and of re- c< itoring it at pleasure. In connection with ei Mr. James Grant, who has a freezing cham- ti jer on one of the headlands of Sydney Har- c< jor, he has been operating on dogs, cats, b< ambs and other domestic animals. A slight fc juncture is made in the dog's ear, and two o1 irops of a South American vegetable poison ti ire injected. In three or four minutes the rital functions are suspended; the frame be- s( joraes rigid; the heart ceases to beat; the jc ;ail no longer wags; the dog is dead?so dead, oi ;hat decomposition would set in if the body p were not frozen into the hardnessgaf stone and t( ;he brittleness of glass. The dog is laid si tway on a shelf in the refrigerator, and re- 01 mains there for weeks and months, until it is ir ;he pleasure of Signor Rotura to resuscitate h bim. Then the subject is immersed in a tub }f warm water for terf minutes and brought nc aack to blood heat. A few drops of the an- T ;idote to the poison are injected with a silver s? syringe. In five minutes intelligence returns tl ;o the eye, rigidity leaves the limbs, the tail -y, s erentlv wagged and the dog barks and trots ai )ff as thougTi nothing had happened. The ir nventor's experiments on animals have been S so successful that he has requested the Gov jrnor to allow hira to operate on the next ti felon under capital sentence. He proposes to ti Teeze him up for a month and then thaw him ei >ut, and declares, with the sublime faith of a ft genuine discoverer, that he has no fear of T i fatal result. Signor Rotura is uncertain tl whether the longevity of the subject is affectid by a temporary suspension of animation, j jut believes that the period of inertness will j jot be cut out of one's full time, but will p imply be so many weeks, months or years ^ 'of unconscious existence tacked on to one's ^ sentient life." The account of this process is so sensational that if it had appeared originilly in an American newspaper, a skeptical p jublic would have regarded it as an ingenious C( loax, but inasmuch as it has been transferred rom the columns of the Australian press to hose of the London Times, and heralded ,vith the utmost gravity as a "wonderful die- JL( jovery," who shall dare to dismiss it so lighty ? Who can say in this year of grace that P inything is too strange to be true ? The ' jractical result which the inventor hopes to " iccomplish is the transportation of surplus ^ ive stock from Australia to Europe; but why should the application of the process be re- je itricted to the meat trade? Let it once be p< lemonstrated that the lives of human beings :an be discontinued for definite periods and ^ esumed at the instance of thg operator, and suicide will become unpopular. Persons who ire tired of living in the present degenerate ige, and who hope for something better in he future, iustead of using the revolver or ? umping into some convenient river, will have heir ears pierced and be packed away on ice m?51 o <?tf7on rial A ? ?MW1 ? The Horse-hair Snake.?There is a jjj veil-known popular belief, which still largely 0j urvives, in spite of the efforts of naturalists :o assure the public of its fallacy, that the Sl jordius or horse-hair snake, is actually a live ^ lorse-hair. There are many people who irmly believe that if the hair from a horse's c( nane or tail be left for some weeks in run- U] ling water, the individual hairs will assume w vitality and become horse-hair snakes. Many i country youth has tried this experiment, w hough, of course, with unsatisfactory result. n, A.t a recent meeting of the Maryland Acad- r ;my of Science, Prof. Uhler, the president, p] ead an interesting paper summing up our (j rnowledge of this strange worm. Dr. Leidy u, las determined the fact that in the adult c( itate the horse-hair snake does not eat any n) bod ; like many insects in their final stage ^ if life, it is then solely devoted to the repro- pi luction of its species. A single female may |j( lave an enormous number of eggs. Dr. ^ Leidey's estimate is u.ozi.euu. ine youug ;ordius attaches itself as a parasite to many ^ ishes and aquatic creatures, and also to grasshoppers and day flies. The length of a] he mature gordius is about fourteen inches; 0j ts thickness the twenty-fifth of an inch ; its e^ency to coil in knots has given the worm ts scientific name.?New York Tribune. w tl aQT The Abbeville Medium says that the old a, adical leaders of that county are talking of irganizing a new party for the campaign of J .880. It is claimed that there are a number 01 >f "good white men" who will join them in lo lie new political organization. gi ?$i$r*ltetw(rtt0 ?cadi?g. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? In our issue of week before last, the death, 1 Columbia, of John E. English was men* ioned. The following appear to be the facts s elicited at the coroner's inquest, held shortir after the death of English: On Sunday ight, 23rd ultimo, John E. English became ngaged in an altercation with Policeman V m. Rose, and was struck on the head, receivig a wound from which he died early Mon ay morning. Policeman Rose denies that be truck him, but witnesses testify that they eard the blow of a club, and that Daniels, policeman who was in company of Rose, )ld him not to strike English again. Engsh fell insensible, and the policemen took im over to the guard house. Attempts to ecover him failed, when a physician was sent jr. The injured man was taken to the Cenral Hotel, where he died shortly after. Dr. 'alley testified that he died of an injury to le brain from external violence. The coroer's jury found that be died from a blow on le head "inflicted by some person or persons nknown." Policeman Rose was committed ) jail to await the action of the grand jnry. )aniels, the policeman in company of Rose at ie time of the occurrence, was also commitid to jail to await trial at the next term of ae Court of General Sessions for Richland aunty, which convened on Monday last. ? Dr. I. D. Durham, who formerly lived in 'airfield county, refused last year to pay his oil-tax in Aiken, and was sentenced by a rial justice to five dollars fine and costs, or ne day's imprisonment. He appealed to the Circuit Court and made an elaborate argulent, contending that the law was borrowed om the barbarians who instituted it many ears before the birth of Christ. Judge Kerlaw reviewed the argument and the law as pplicable thereto, and rendered his decision istaining the findings of the court below, ad remanding the prisoner to Justice Crostnd to enforce the sentence. Dr. Durham elivered himself to the sheriff, who lodged im in jail, where he remained for one day. >r. D. claims that the poll-tax law is unconitutional, and that he is opposed to it from rinciple. ? Gen. Richard H. Anderson, who, during le late war, was known as "Fighting Dick .nderson, died suddenly at Beaufort on the Sth of June, in the sixty-second year of his ;e. He was a native of Sumter county, and raduated at West Point Military Academy ? bout the year 1840. At the outbreak of the ar, he was a captain in the Second Dragoons, ut resigned his commission shortly after the icession of South Carolina and repaired to harleston, where he was appointed Colonel f the First Regiment of Infantry, succeeding reneral Barnard E. Bee. At the close of the ar, he had, by successive promotions, atlined* the rank of lieutenant-general. At le time of his death, he was acting as Special hosphate Agent, by appointment of Governr Simpson. ? Rev. P. F. Stevens has been made a Bishp of the Reformed Episcopal Church. Dung the late war he was colonel of the Hol)mbe Legion; but since the war he has been agaged in the task of saving souls. At one me he was a member of the Protestant Episjpal Church; but for a few years past has sen connected with the "Cummins or Rei TT> 1 /-,i 1_ ?j j? irmea H/piscoptu vjuurcu, uuu ucvuka iuutu f his time to a number of colore<f congregaons under his charge on the sea coast ? The Grand Lodge of colored Free Ma)ns, which was in session at Columbia, admrned on Friday before the last About oe hundred and fifty delegates from different arts of the State were present Grand Mas;r George E. Johnston, of Charleston, preded. Before adjournment, the delegates and ther members marched through Main street, t Columbia, preceded by the colored brass and. ? In noticing the preparations that are being tade for a re-union of the survivors of the welfth Regiment, the^Abbeville Medium tys: "No better reginMit ever went from lis State during the late war. It was the ery best body of fighting men we saw from ay State. What it couldn't do no othef regnent need attempt. It was an honor to the . tate." ? The Barnwell People says Associate Jusce Mclver will probably succeed Chief Jusce Willard on the Supreme Bench, and Govrnor Simpson assume the judicial ermine as iccessor to Mclver; in which event Hon. homas B. Jeter, now President pro lem. of ie Senate, will become Governor. ? The President has nominated Cadet Micah . Jenkins, a son of the late General Micah enkins, to be a second lieutenant in the 'ourth Cavalry. Cadet Allen R. Jordan, of hester, has been nominated as a second lieurnant in the Third Cavalry. ? The cotton-buyers of Greenville have been Liessing about the price of cotton next Fall, 'our of them think cotton will open at 10 mts per pound; five at 10} ; three at 10} ; ad three at 11 cents. ? Gen. Barham B. Foster has been appoint1 Treasurer of Union county, vice Dr. J. P. homas. Col. John L. Young has been apointed Auditor. ? State Senator S. W. Maurice, of Wilamsburg county, died at his home in Kingsee, on the 24th of June. ? Up to the 25th of June, 4,500 feet of the tties in Charleston harbor had been comleted. Refusing a Compromise.?The creditors f Williams, Birnie & Co., cotton brokers, of ew York, the senior member of which firm George W. Williams, of Charleston, remtly held a meeting in New York to hear >e report of a committee appointed to consr with Mr. Williams and ascertain what he itended to do in regard to the liabilities of le firm. The committee made its report, om which it appeared that a representative ad been sent to Charleston, and that to him fr. Williams had offered to pay 50 per cent f the creditors' claims. The committee had ifused to accept this offer, and had ordered a lit to be brought against Mr. Williams in le United States Circuit Court at Charlesin. The report containing the refusal of the immittee to accept Mr. Williams' offer was nanimously adopted by the meeting, which as then addressed by a number of the credors, among them being Mr. Wmi Woodard, Jr., and Mr. E. J. Donnell, the last amed being a large creditor, who had been iported as willing to accept Mr. Williams' reposition. All the speakers approved of le action of the committee, it was the aanimous opinion of those present that no impromise as to the amoant of the indebtedBS9 could be entertained, but that if Mr. fill Jams desired to have more time for the v lyment of the debt, such a proposition might 3 entertained. Under no circumstances was le committee authorized to make any settleent with Mr. Williams, except for one bunred cents on the dollar. The general feelig was that the creditors would rather lose II than make a compromise, in consequence f the manner in which Mr. Williams had eated them in absconding from the city afir giving pledges to his creditors that he ould not leave until he had settled everyting. The meeting adjourned, and will be jain convened on the call of the chairman. BaT It may serve as a comfort to us in all ir calamities and afflictions that be that ses anything and gets wisdom by it is a liner by the loss.