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s-ftajus and Jfatte. 1
? An elephant, traveling in a car next the
locomotive on an Indiana railroad, opened
the tank, drank all the water, and so com-1
pelled the traiu to stop.
? It is curious that some people think a
newspaper should entertain the same political
opinions as themselves. They claim the right
to think as they please, but deny this right to
any other man.
? Cyrus W. Field, a few days ago, erected
a monument over Major Andre's grave, and
the people of Tarrytowo, out of revenge,
are having a statue sculptured in honor of
Andre's captors. Thus run3 the world away.
? The astronomers say that on the 25th
the big planet Jupiter, will reach its perihelion.
its nearest annroaeh to the sun. and a few
days later it will be as near the earth as it
can come. Then look out for a great storm
and sudden changes of temperature.
? Henry Herbert Crane livejJ childless at
Grafton, Ohio, until he was 65. Then his
young wife gave birth to twins. The joyful
father hired a band of music and marched
through the village bearing a banner on
which was inscribed the word, "Victory."
? American mills consumed during the past
cotton year fifteen per cent, more cotton than
they did in the preceding year. The Southern
mills took eighteen per cent, more, showing
that they are still gaining on the Northern
mill*.
? F. E. Patrick, of Charlotte, has been
successful in a suit against the Richmond
& Danville Railroad Company for $5,000
damages, for refusing to allow him to operate
a cotton compress on their platform, as he
claimed to do under his lease.
? In the United States Court at Knoxville,
Tenn., on the 15th, Ex-Postmaster General
Key presided. An announcement has been
made that amnesty has been granted to all defendants
charged with violation of the internal
revenue laws previous to January 13,
1880. Under provisions of the amnesty, about
250 offenders are released.
? A papyrus manuscript recently discovered
in the cave of a hermit near Jerusalem,
and said to be the work of St. Peter, has been
submitted to a committee sent out by the Biblical
Society of London, and they have come to
the conclusion that the papyrus is in reality the
work of the great apostle. They have offered
8100,000 for the document in vain.
? The site of the forthcoming World's Fair
in New York is not yet determined, but the
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proDaDUities are tnai iuormngsiue rHm win
oe Belected. This is an uncompleted park,
beginning about five hundred feet from the
northwestern corner of Central Park, containing
a little over forty-seven acres, and lying
between 110th and 123d streets.
? San Francisco society is deeply iuterested
in a report that Miss Flood, to whom U. S.
Grant, Jr., was engaged, has jilted the young
man. He appeared in public with a girl
described as not "over nice," and when Miss
Flood heard of it she terminated the engagement
The property loss to young Grant is
something like 82,500,000.
? The Holyoke (Mass.) Gazette says: It is
stated upon excellent authority that in this
neighborhood there is a lady who has built a
house out of a fund made by selling rum to
her own husband. He is a drinking man,
and so his wife struck the bargain with him
that if he would (Jrink, he must agree to buy
all the liquor of her. She thus pocketed the
profit, instead of regular rumsellers.
? There was not much doubt iu the minds
of the mob at Clinton, Dakota, that Ben Day
ought to be hanged. He had committed the
ntirvitul nrimp r\f ofpnlincr a hnrSP hilt, hfi
w,;,,v ? b ? > ?
urged persistently that he only meant to borrow
the beast, and fiually said: "If I was
guilty I'd want to be hanged ; and, anj'how,
'tisn't worth while to make much fuss about
it. Just toss up a dime, and if it goes agin
me, then I won't say a word ; but if I win you're
to let me go." The proposition was accepted,
and Day won.
The increase in the growth of cotton has
been remarkable. In 1867, we marketed
two million bales; in 1870, three millions;
in 1874, four millions ; in 1879, five millions.
The crop marketed for the year ending
August 31, 1880, is 5,760,161 bales, and it is
considered that the crop now being picked
will exceed six millions. In the fifteen years
since the war we have increased the crop
threefold. And thus it is that the South is
rising from the ashes of desolation, and is
making such rapid strides to power and op'
ulence. Prior to the war, the crop never
reached four million bales, except during the
year 1860, when it ran up to 4,669,770 bales.
? Ice is being imported all the way from
Norway and sold ;n New York City ac prices
lower than the c mestic article. It is too
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line mis season lur ie iiupuiiuuuu ui iuc tu
be engaged in very t tensively, but the experiment
has deraon9t ated that there need be
no fear of the ice mom. *olists hereafter. The
resources and enterprise of this country are
too much for monopolists of every class.
Last spring, ice dealers in New York combined
to raise prices and keep them up,
vainly supposing that as they had possession
of the supplies ou hand, they could dictate
terms; but American enterprise has foiled
them, though it had to go to Norway to do it,
and in the future there will be no "corners"
in ice in New York.
? The New York Bulletin says it seems to
he settled now that the mammoth steamer
Great Eastern is going to New Orleans, the
merchants of that city guaranteeing her a
cargo of Mississippi valley products. The
New Orleans Democrat of the 13th, with reference
to the matter, says: "We learn that
one single cattle owner on the line of railway
frow New Orleans to Houston has offered to
freight the great ship himself. This gentleman's
herds number three hundred thousand
head, and there are estates equally large further
toward the Rio Grande." The expectation
is that the Great Eastern can he utilized
for promoting British and Irish emigration to
Louisiana and Texas. There would seem to
be no question as to the feasibility of bringing
the big ship through the jetties at any
state of the tide.
? Duels have been fought with many !
strange weapons, and the choice of strange |
weapons has sometimes prevented duels from !
being fought. An event of the former sort j
came off in Chicago on Saturday night, :
which, so far as we know, is unique in its j
wav and at all events was conclusive. Two
workmen who were unloading ore at the ;
Steel Foundry in Ashland avenue, began to j
quarrel. They grappled each other, and j
then, neither having gained any special advantage,
they parted, each seized a kerosene
lamp from a bracket, and with savage impre-1
cations dashed it at the other's head. In an
instant?since both lamps reached their mark
and broke at the same instant?both com- j
batants were wrapped in liquid fire. Their !
comrades rushed to try to put out the flames
and save the men's lives, but they were too 1
late. Both men died next day. The expe-!
rience of these poor victims of passion is
wretched indeed, and its only compensatory
feature is that it is unlikely to be widely followed
as an example.
? The largest sewing machine in the world has I
lately been finished. It is of the Singer type.
The machine weighs over four tons, and iu
some respects is of new design, uniting much
simplicity of construction with great strength
of parts. It is adapted for general manufacturing
purposes of the heaviest sort, although
specially made for stitching cotton belting, au
article which is now taking the market as a
cheap and serviceable institution for gearing,
and the ordinary leather belting. The mate- (
rial used is of great strength and toughness,
and is sewed together in plies or layers, up to
an inch in thickness. The belting, in being
sewed together, is passed through heavy feed
rollers some niue inches in diameter and more
than eight feet in length, getting stretched and
pressed in the process. There are two needles
at work with shuttles, and the shuttles can be
removed from the bottom without disturbing
the overlying plies of belting. The rollers
between which the work passes are actuated
by reversible worm and cam motions, and the I
machine has, in addition to these roller feeds, i
what is known as a top feed motion, suitable |
for a lighter class of work. The stitch, as in ,
the ordinary sewing machine, can be adjusted
from one eighth inch upward, and the pressure
of the rollers :>n the work passing through ;
the machine can be regulated at the will of
the operator. The machine, which is driven
by steam, has been made for a maufacturing
6rm in Liverpool.?Scientific American.
Ihc forlkviUc (Shtquiw.
YORK VTL17ETS. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING. SEPT. 23. 1880.
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THE PRI1HARY ELECTION.
On Thursday last the Democratic voters of
York county participated in their first primary
election. Previous to the election the
county had been thoroughly canvassed by the
various candidates for nomination ; they had
full opportunity to publicly express their
views from the stump, and to miugle freely
with the people, thereby giving every opportunity
by which the voters could judge of their
respective merits and aid them in forming an
intelligent conclusion as to who should serve
them in the legislative halls and the county
offices. That conclusion was arrived at, and
emphasis given to it by the silent but potent
ballot on Thursday, and as it is the voice of
J the people, there is none to gainsay it. Of
the perfect success of the primary system in
, nominating candidates, no dispute can be
| made, and the friends of the system in York
nr,a\T kaim funap tn pnrxrratulate them
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selves on the satisfaction which it has given
the people. Of course all the voters did not
secure their choice, and many gooi^ men
failed to secure nominations, yet those who
were nominated were selected by a majority
of the voters by a free ballot, and no complaint
can be made, as is so common after
nominations have been made by a convention.
As yet, since the election, we have not heard
the first complaint raised as to the primary
system, or the manner in which the balloting
was conducted.
That the people manifested proper interest
iu the election, is shown by the vote given?
it aggregating 2,210 against 2,997 in the
general election of 1878, and falling below
that vote only 787 ; so if these 787 failed to
vote for no other reason than their disapproval
of the system, there is a very respectable
majority who have shown by their action
that they approve of it. But this test caunot
be applied to those who failed to vote,
as it is known that many voters were out of
the county, others did not take the trouble
to go the polls, and the colored vote, numbering
only 89, is much below the Democratic
strength of the colored voters of York.
We publish this week a tabulated state
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meat of the balloting, trom wmcn it win De
seen that the following nominations were
made:
Senate?I. D. Witherspoon, Esq.
House of Representatives?Dr. John G.
Black, Iredell Jone9, B. H. Massey, W. H.
Stewart.
County Commissioners?Dr. J. B. Allison,
John M. Jackson, Andrew F. Lindsay.
County Treasurer?Hyder A. D. Neely.
County Auditor?Wm. B. Williams.
Clerk of the Court?Joseph F. Wallace.
Probate Judge?Joseph A. McLean.
Sheriff?R. H. Glenn.
School Commissioner?Rev. R. Lathau.
These nominations having been made by
the people, it only remains for them to give
confirmation to the act by giving the ticket a
hearty and unanimous support ou the 2nd of
November.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? There are six British steamers in the port
of Charleston, loading cotton for Europe.
? It is said that there are 2,000 cases of
broken bone fever in Charleston.
? Arrangements are in progress for building
a telegraph line between Lancaster and
Chester.
? In the First District, the Radicals have j
nominated the notorious Sara Lee, colored, of;
Sumter, as a candidate for Congress.
? Charleston, Beaufort and Richland counties
have more forfeited lauds than all the
balance of the counties of the State combined.
? The Anderson County Fair will be held
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the
20th, 21st and 22nd of October.
? Mr. S. G. Garner, a prominent citizen of
the lower part of Richland county, and a
brother of Mrs. John M. Rawlinson,of Yorkville,
died at his home about 9 o'clock last
Monday morning.
? The recent Republican meeting at Beau-1
fort is represented as having been quite a
tame affair. There were not more than three
hundred voters present, and there was very
little enthusiasm displayed during the meeting,
which was quiet and orderly.
? It is given out that a convention will be
held at Chester to-raorrow, Friday, for the
purpose of nominating a Republican candi-i
date for Congress in the Fourth District. It I
is generally supposed that Absalom Blythe, J
of Greenville, will be nominated.
? The Democratic Executive Committee of
Charleston has called a convention to decide
the question of primary or convention. The
primary plan proposed allows twelve repre-1
sentatives to the city and five to the country.1
The primary is the best plan for satisfying
all parties.
? Governor Jeter, at the request of Solici-'
tor Sellers of the Fourth Circuit, has ordered
Attorney General Youmans to attend at
Darlington Court House ou the first Monday
in October, to assist the Solicitor in conducting
the prosecution in the Cash Shannon dueling
cases.
? Col. Lipscomb, Superintendent of the
penitentiary, and Mr. John C. Seegers, one of
its directors, sold in Columbia on Thursday
last, twelve bales of cotton, averaging 500
pounds each, for 11 cents. This is the first
installment of a crop of 240 bales, raised on 1
the Big Lake Plantation, twelve miles below 1
Columbia, by convict labor alone, without j
other cost to the State than the feediDg and
guarding of the convicts. Besides this large
crop of cotton, about 7,000 bushels of corn
will be made, and a large lot of hay and fodder
gathered.
? The argument in the case of the contested
Chief-Justiceship, before the Supreme Court
in Columbia, was concluded on Friday last.
Col. McMaster read the printed argument of
Judge Willard in his own behalf. The court
adjourned until the 4ih Monday in November.
It is expected that a decision will be
rendered in the case at an early day.
? In the primary election for Lancaster
county last Saturday, the following nominations
were made: Representatives?Captain
Amos McManus and R. E. Allison, Esq. ;
Sheriff?Mr. Johu P. Hunter; Probate
Judge?Hon. George McC. Witherepoon;
County Commissioners?Messrs. Frank Adkins,
W. Q. Caskey and H. N. Clyburn.
? Gen. Q. A. Gilraore arrived in Charleston
on Sunduy last on his annual tour of inspection
of the river and harbor improvements
of the South Atlantic States. He vis?
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uea me denies in me naruor uuu eApicoccu
himself thoroughly satisfied both with the
work and its effects. He says that the shoals
are already deepening in precisely the manner
he anticipated and desired, and he thinks
that the results thus far obtained give gratifying
assurance of the complete success of the
great undertaking. The work will be steadily
pushed for |vard as long as the money lasts
and by that time an additional appropriation
is tkfped for.
? The Supreme Court has recently decided
that a "Scotch" mortgage?one giving absolute
possession with right to make title in case
of forfeiture of mortgaged property?can be
enforced in this State. The following is the
clause of the ^liortgage upon which the decision
is rendered : "But in case of non payment
of the said bond with the interest thereon,
or any part thereof, &c., then and in such
case it may be lawful for the said T. Moultrie
Mordecai, his heirs and executors, administrators,
and assigns, the said Alexauder Robinson
doth hereby empower and authorize the
said T. Moultrie Mordecai, his heirs, executors,
administrators or assigns, to grant, bargain,
sell, release and convey the said premises,
with the appurtenauces, at public auction
or vendue at which sale they, or any of them,
shall have the right to become the purchasers
of the said premises, on such sale to make and
execute to the purchaser or purchasers, his,
her or their heirs or assigns, forever, a conveyance
in fee of the said premises, free and
discharged from all equity of redemption," &c.
POLITICAL NOTES.
? Massachusetts has one hundred thousand
voters disfranchised because they are too poor
to pay the poll tax.
? Official returns from all the counties in
Arkansas except five, give Churchill, Democrat,
a majority of 52,000 over all parties
for Governor.
? Ex-Lieuteuant-Governor A. J. Eansier,
colored, of Charleston, has written to Hon.
M. P. O'Conner, announcing his purpose to
vote for hira and to induce as many Republicans
as possible to follow his example.
? Col. J. R. Winston, of Greensboro, has
announced himself as a Greenback candidate
for Congress in that district. In the
same district the Democratic and Republican
parties each have a candidate.
? Acklen, of Louisiana, bolted the nominating
convention, the other day, which
chose Gen. J. S. Billiu for Congress. The
New Orleans Picayune hopes that under 110
circumstances will Mr. Acklen ever be permitted
to appear upon the floor of Congress
as a representative of any portion of Louisiana.
? An Augusta dispatch of Monday night
gives the following as the latest summing up
of the election in Maine: Election returns, so
far as received, give Governor Davis a plurality
of about 200 votes. There are still
several towns and plantations to hear from,
and there are some discrepancies in the returns
received by telegraph which make it
difficult to ascertain the exact result of the
election. It is evident, however, that the
vote is close, and it is quite probable that only
the official canvass of the returns will decide
who is elected.
? The contest in Georgia for Governor
between Gov. Colquitt and Mr. Norwood,
both Democrats, has become very bitter, and
their respective friends are much excited. At
Macon last week, says the Messenger, "for
two hours the Governor of the State of Georgia
was jeered at, hissed at and insulted in
the grossest manner. To such an extent was
this carried on that Hon. A. 0. Bacon, himself
a Norwood man, called upon the crowd
to remember the Governor's high official
position, and to behave themselves in accordance
with the demands of common politeness
and hospitality. It was all in vain, however."
? The constant wail of the Radical National
Executive Committee for more money
is something surprising. That the Republican
party has far more wealth among its members
thau the Democratic party is universally
conceded, while the assessment of office holders,
even to female clerks and the scrubbing
brush brigade, is an open scandal. And yet
it is an open secret that the party treasury is
empty. Is it that the astute capitalists foresee
defeat and refuse to squander money fruitlessly,
or is it that immense sums are required
to check the Democratic flood tide ? Either
hypothesis makes a bad showing for the party
of moral ideas.
? The Alabama Greenbackers have rei
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ureu appureuwy nuui uusiucss. nave
determined not to put an electoral ticket in
the field. Representative Lowe, of the
Eighth District of Alabama, who was elected
two years ago as a Green backer, has determined
not to be a candidate again, as he
foresees overwhelming defeat. The split
among the Louisiana Republicans, which
resulted in the sending of two delegations to
Chicago, has iucreased in bitterness. The
wing representing the supporters of General
Grant threaten to put up a second electoral |
ticket. There are already two State commit- ;
tees, each claiming to be regular. With two
electoral tickets in the field, the Democratic i
majority in Louisiana would be simply overwhelming.
? Virginia politics are still in a muddle.
A dispatch from Richmond under date of
Friday last says: "The Conservative Cora-j
mittee considered last night the Readjustee',
proposition providing for a primary election
to settle the electoral ticket question, and at1
11.30 sent a communication to the Readjus- 1
ters' committee, in which they agree to the
primary election plan, but propose a modifi- j
cation of details so as to provide that only
white qualified Democratic voters shall be allowed
to vote in the primary. This proposi- i
tion, after brief consideration, was rejected
by the Readjusters, who decided to adhere to
their original proposition, which provides
that all registered voters, whether they have
paid the capitation tax or not, who may
pledge themselves to support Hancock and
English, shall vote at the primary election." j
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EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Labor Troubles in Ohio.
A Cincinnati dispatch of Mond
that at Corning, in the mining distri
I qppiip nf tho frnnhlps hptween whif
colored miners, a number of the mint
dertook to come within the lines estn
by the Ewing Guards, and were ordi
halt. They responded with a volley ol
etry, and the fire was returned and k
I for five minutes. Col. W. C. Lam
a dispatch received Sunday night,
The striking miners divided their fori
three parties, and simultaneously al
the troops and the Corning miners <
ridges extendiug along the north and
side of what is known as Mine No.
says their columu on the north side wi
two hundred strong and well armed,
were halted by the troops, when the
began as above stated. The miner
opened fire from both ridges, but sc
and fled precipitately after the troo]
fired a few rounds. They made an
afterwards to organize and make ?
onslaught, but did not succeed. The
ing miners are said to be returning t
homes at Straitsville and Shawnee
number of them engaged in the attack
troops is said to be five hundred.
The South Carolina Census.
A Washington dispatch of th<
says many mysterious statements hav<
made respecting the method adopted
perintendent Walker to test the accur,
the South Caroliua census returns. N
them convey a clear, definite view
Gen. Walker explains, in terras as
as itself. He has prepared a uum
cards. Upon a series of them are trans
the census returns for a single family fo:
1870 and 1880. They are carefully
pared. If they are consistent, shov
proper increase or decrease in acco
with natural laws, they are pronouno
rect. If, on the contrary, the card foi
and the card for 1880 contain details
enumeration of the family in question
the card for 1870 contains a meagre a
of it, or none at all, the obvious iufere
that the enumerators in 1870 were d<
However, no deductions will be madt
auy discrepancy discovered until it ht
investigated. For this purpose special
are sent to the locality from which th
pected returns came, and the family
members were not returned in 1870,
1880, is examined. The agent does not
uutil he can give an account of the 1
of the families he has examined for th
twenty years. Of course it will not i
many such investigations to demonstn
accuracy or iuaccuracy of the census of
Gen. Walker iuclines decidedly to the
that the census of 1870 was defective
expects his theory to be sustained by t
suit of these investigations.
The Cotton and Corn Crops.
Under date of the 15th, the D
of Agriculture at Washington publish
following statement showing the condii
the cotton and corn crops on the 1st in
Cotton?Average condition of cotto
I l]
2 h <
3 J#
1 !
i t j
2
? !
s p
I. D. Witherspoon. >| . <
'31 W
1 r*- '
John G. Black. P
J. C. Chambers. ?
Jolui P. Gage. ts P
? 0
Peter Garrison. ? M
? jt
W. Porter Good. 25
5 ?
James F. Hart. 2 Hj
^
Iredell Jones. 5?
a
lienj. 11. Massey. \ up
!
Wm. H. Stewart. j
James B. Allison. 2
Alex. M. Black. P ||j
W. II. Carroll. | O ft]
Ephraim L. Glenn. j p
Ira Hardin. S P" nj
1 ? M
John M. Jackson. ^ _ _ JJ
~ . kJ|
Andrew F. Lindsay. 0 . ^JT
| A. Frank McConnell. | K
Jeff V. McFadden. ? p
Wm, A. Robinson, r.
?r ^ 53
James Scoggins. _
I. Milton Wallace. H
Calvin Whisonant. S
% M
W. W. White. p. r
===== o p
James M. Hope. p p^j
J. Ernest Lowry. ' u?
% o Q
Robt. D. MeKnight.|>; H ?
3; kJ
Hyder A. D. Neely. jj
James A. Wallace. q
======= ij y
Ehvood F. Bell. Jjjj*
William S. May. 2 i ^
5: t|
John M. Sherer. ^ j Q
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Wm. B. Williams. 2 H
2 P
C. Scott Wilson. o rfr
? vj
A. Springs Withers. ?
Wm. E. Envin. r (Q
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Wm. II. McCorkle. 0 M
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cj +"
Joseph F. Wallace, w n
William B. McCaw. s? B
g o"
Joseph A. McLean. ? | ^
v< M
Robert H. Glenn. S
S5
Win. J. Stephenson, q
John B. Good. 'n ^"
? I *
Robert Lathan. ^
====? M
White Voters. w CO
2 fYl
Colored Voters. -K q
Aggregate, white and
colored voters.
I tember 1st is 91, showing a decline of 1 per
: cent, since the August return, but an increase
ay says over the condition reported September 1st,
ct, the 1879, of 6 per cent.
' arui! State averages and decline during the
j month are: North Carolina 100, a loss of 6
,ib uii t pg,. cent . gouth Carolina 93, a loss or 5;
blished Georgia 95, a loss of 3; Florida 91, a loss of
ered to, 5; Alabama 86, a loss of 13; Mississippi 88, a
f musk-! loss of 11; Louisiana 88, a loss of 11; Texas
ept up 97, a loss of 13; Arkansas 95, a loss of 11;
are in Tennessee 90, a loss of 17. Complaints of
' too much rain, rust and boll-worm are very
8a/8 : general.
88 Ta ^orn'?The average condition of the whole
stacked country is 91, a decline of 7 per cent since
jn two the returns of August, and 4 per cent, lower
south than September 1st, 1879. The New Eng3.
He lftnd and South Atlantic States fall short of
is fully average about 21 per cent. The Middle,
Thev anc* ^ac'^c States are above the aver_
. ^ age. The great corn regions of Mississippi,
S on both slopes, show a marked deficiency,
s then The northern portion of the Atlantic slope
attered reports damage from drought. To the southps
had ward there was sufficient rain. The State of
1 effort Texas reports a very high condition, viz.: 121.
mother Ohio River, the States of Indi.,
ana and Illinois report great injury from
drought. Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska
,o their report the same.
TKip
loe The Approaching Centennial.
on the ,pke Charlotte Observer furnishes the
following information respecting tb& apiol
proaching centeninal celebration at King's
2 loth *? . .
, Mountain:
3 been ? ? , ,
by Su- -News comes Irora Jimg s Mountain mat
- the preparations for the centennial celebra?e
lion are going forward rapidly. The monuoue
of ment js approaching completion, and is proof
it. nounced by those who have seen it a credit
simple to the association. The local committee is
ber of go^g ahead with the work of preparing ' the
icribed grounds for the grand military display, and !
r 1860 people are making preparations for the ,
' entertainment of the large crowd that is
com- expected,
ring a Col. p# Thomas, of the Carolina Militardance
ry Institute, is chairman of the committee !
ed cor- on troops of the Centennial Association. 1
. i860 He said Thursday that he had reason to <
of the believe t'iat there would be a creditable
... representation of the military of Virginia,
, while Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
ccount a? the centennial. He had just had a call '
nee is from Lieutenant King, of the Richmond (Va.) 1
erelict. Howitzers, who bad been sent out by his com- j'
i from pany to make preparations for the encamp- |
ts been ment- The company had thought of camp- i
ing in Charlotte, but he suggested that the {
a?en managers of the celebration would expect j
e 8U8" them to be on the ground, and that would in ^
whose all respects probably be the most desirable
or in place. Col. Thomas said that the North
return Carolina State Guard would not attend in a (
listory body, but Adjutant General Jones had ex- \
e past pressed the hope that there would be a full j 1
equire representation from this State, and he had | ]
ite the uo doubt there would be. The South Caroli- j
'1880. na military would also be well represented.!
belief He thinks the outlook for the centennial :
5, and encouraging, and speaks in the highest praise '(
he re. of the efforts of Mnj. W. J. Houston, of the ! 1
Air-Line, who has done more than any one t
else toward the success of the celebration.
lepart- Condition of the Cotton Crop. 1
es the Under date of the 18th instant, the, J
tion of New Orleans Democrat publishes the follow- 1
stant: >ug telegraphic reports from 52 central points j s
n Sep- in the cotton districts of Alabama, Arkansas,' 1
Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Tenlessee
and Texas, giving the condition of the
cotton crop up to September 17.
Louisiana.?Returns from 12 parishes re- 1
port unfavorable weather in all but one; 6 c
report rotting of the boll and a decreased '
yield in consequence; 4 report labor sufficient \
for cotton likely to open, and 1 reports it A
deficient; 2 estimate the yield at half a bale J
per acre, 1 reports half as much as last year, ^
md no change since last report. The boll i
worm has made its appearance in 4 and the 1
caterpillar in 1. In several places the weath- ^
er has improved during the last two or three j
days. *
Arkansas.?Returns from four districts re- j
ceived show that the.crop has been damaged ]
by rain in 3, and half a crop is estimated in J
1. Labor is scarce in 2 and plenty in 1.
The crop is opening well in 1. Picking go- |
ing ahead well in 1. The yield is half a bale
to the acre in 1 county, two-thirds in 1, threequarters
in 1, and one-third iu 1.
Mississippi.?Returns from 7 points re- (
port fine weather since last report and 5 re- 1
fiort unfavorable. Some reports complain of
osses from rain equal to from 20 to 35 per
cent. Oue estimates the yield at 500 pounds .
to the acre, 1 at 1,000, and 1 at a bale to four ,
acres. Picking has progressed well in 1 and
is retarded in 2 by rain. Labor is in demand
in 2. There is a report of forms shedding iu
1 county. 1
Alabama.?Returns have been received i
froua 9 districts. Three report the condition *
of the crop unchanged since last report, 5
report favorable weather, 4 unfavorable and
2 bad weather early in the week, but improved (
since, 1 estimated one third of a crop. 1 two- (
thirds, 1 three fourths and 1 one-half. Worms |
have appeared at three points, in one of which ,
they have indicted little or no damage. One
reports labor scarce, 4 labor sufficient, 5 picking
good, 4 damaged by -storm ; in 1 cotton
opening well. *
Tex as.?Reports have been received from 1
6 districts. Excessive rains are reported in i
5, fair weather in 1. Disasters by worms are <
reported from 3 counties, and no worms in 1. (
Prospects not so good in 1 and about the same ;
in 1 as last week. One reports no change.
Georgia.?Reports from 2 districts have
been received, in both of which worms have
indicted serious damage; just half a crop in
1, 10 per cent in the other. One reports too
much rain, the other the crop opening rapidly
and twenty days earlier than last year. The
change is general in Northern Georgia and
Alabama. 1
Florida.?Returns from 2 points show no 1
change in one aud more favorable weather in
the other section. The incoming "Cotton generally
shows the effects of the late storm. ,
Tennessee.?The reports indicate favorable
weather and cotton opening rapidly with .
sufficient labor. The estimated product ip ,
four hundred pounds per acre. ,
Ben Batter's Speech at Pittsburg. j
Gen. Ben. Butler and Col. John W. (
Forney arrived in Pittsburg, Pa., last Saturday
afternoon. Paul J. Carson, ex-deputy
sheriff, together with a number of other color- ]
ed men, called upon Gen. Butler, who in re- '
sponse to speeches by Mr. Carson, said be I
had done nothing, but what he conceived to ]
he his duty. The war was not begun for
the emancipation of the slaves, because, as
all would remember, at the first proclama- J
iron of President Lincoln troops were called'
out to retake apd repossess the United 9tates j
in property which had been seized from them, ]
and to execute the laws. After reviewing 1
his career from 1860 to he continued :
For the sixteen yeara^iince the war I have
acted with the Rpptfnlican party in the hope !
that they^wrfuhl extend that protection to
the.coltffed men of the South that I deemed 1
ought to be done. I tried to get it done in
Congress,- but it was not done. I fought the
campaign for Hayes in 187*'- under the promise
of the platform and party leaders that' it
1 1 11-1 i ?i. ? . .1 li*
snouid ue none, ami wimi is me rcauni mc
very first act of the Hayes' administration
was to turn over the States of Louisiana and
South Carolina, where it was claimed that
there were Republican governors elected by
the negro voters, or else Hayes was not
elected. He gave the governments so elected
over to the Deraecrats, and from that
hour, for four years, not one thing has been
attempted to be done iu behalf of the colored
men, nor indeed anybody else. There has
been, it is true, a little attempt to stop the
illicit distilling of w'.isky and brandy in the
South, and a few men have been caught and
let go, and some men have been killed by
lawless distillers, and their murderers have
not been punished, so that there has not been
proper protection for the men who live down
there; that being so, in the best interest of the
Smith ?nH the best interests of the colored
men, I propose to have a change.. If the Republican
party cannot provide this protection
in 16 years, I do not propose to allow them
20. Gen. Hancock has said that he will enforce
the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments in
their letter and spirit, and nobody who knows
him will doubt that he will stand by that promise,
if elected and given power, and nobody
doubts that the Democratic party will have the
power to protect the negro if they get into power,
and their leader has said he will do so.
I propose to try this experiment for four years,
and then if the Democrats cannot do better '
than Hayes has done, I shall turn round and
help kick them out at the end of four years.
One thing is certain, I cannot be more pow- j
erless during the next 4 years to give the ,
colored men proper protection than I and
every other man has been in the past.
^ * ttAr r%r a vrirfl 1
AUltTtl lAKUlililA iiXiKO*
? The people of Rutherford county are (
talking strongly of voting a tax to build a j
railroad through the county. . (
? A lump of gold weighing 21 pounds was j
taken out of the Christian mine, in Mont- \
goraery county, recently. s
? Eighty cases of typhoid fever are report- J
ed at and in the vicinity of Randalman's ~
factory in Randolph county.
? Rev. H. M. Tupper, president of the a
Shaw University, colored, is making efforts to rj
establish a medical school in connection with (
the University. j
? Wm. McGuillard has been arrested by a t
special agent of the po9toffice department, a
charged with robbing the Morganton postcffice.
y
? Some bold robberies have recently been
perpetrated in Salisbury by professional burglars.
One house was entered and a lady in- t
mate chloroformed while the burglars went a
through the rooms. j
? Mr. R. Y. McAden, of Charlotte, is now
engaged in building a laige Cotton Factory f
it Lowell, in Gaston county, which, we are j
nf^rmed, will have 10,000 spindles. About s
hirty hands are at work on the building.
? Henry Williams, charged with the murler
of Harrison Kinder, both colored men,
vas convicted in the Catawba Superior Court
ast week, and sentenced to be hanged on d
Friday, October 22, 1880. h
? N. B. Taylor, said to be a desperate n
character, confined in the Moore county jail p
>u the charge of murder, made his escape on s<
Friday night by boring through the top of a
he building. a
? Says the Raleigh News and Observer: e
The Iredell Blues of Statesville, are going to C
ICing's Mountain, thirty-six strong. The New- d
cern Grays and the Elm City Riflemen are tl
ilso going. It is probable the Raleigh Light o
Infautry will take fifty men there. a
X. OCAX< AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
leanregard Hill, Blairsville, S. C.?Strayed or
Stolen.
tourt House?23d of September.
rfrs. Fannie L. Dobson?Emporium of Fashion.
os. F'. Wallace, Administrator?Notice.
J. T. Wheeler?Timely Notice.
V. A. A D. W. Barron. Executors?Notice.
iatimer A Hemphill?Guan^Cotton.
\ M. Dobson?The New York House.
Vithers Adickes?Fall Stock.
")obson A Parish?Wheat Bran, Ac.
r. S. Jefferys, Agent?Cotton for Guano.
fames Scoirgins, Chairman?Outside Poor.
Bart A Co.?New Goods, New Stock.
V. Williford?Land for Sale?Land at Auction.
Application for Charter.
Jeo. W. S. Hart, Secretary?The Nominations,
f. M. Adams?'The "Planter's Premium" Cook.
Kennedy Bros. A Barron?The Fall Trade Opened,
dunter A Oate*?Almost Our Entire Stock,
r. C. Knykendal?York Drug Store Paragraphs.
Ltftta Bros.?Bagging and Ties?Bacon?Cheese,
J. H? Beard A Co.?Bacon?Flour?Crockery.
GONE TO* MARKET.
Mr. W. II. Herndon, of Herndon Bro9., started
to the Northern markets last Monday after10011.
TARGET~SHOOTING.
On Friday last the Jenkins Rifles bad a tarjet
shooting for the black plume, which was
won by private Richard Russell.
SALES OF COTTON.
Since the 1st instant there have been about
[.000 bales of cotton sold in this maris st. This
s in excess of the'sales to the same date last
leason.
the picnic last friday.
The picnic at Philadelphia Church last Frilay
was a pleasant occasion to those who par;icipated
in it. Rev. Mr. English, pastor of
;he Presbyterian Church, delivered an address,
which is highly spoken of by those who heard it.
sketch of k1ng'8 mountain.
"We have just issued, in pamphlet form, a
sketch of the Battle of King's Mountain, by
Rev. Robert Lathan, and will fill orders for the
same at the following rates: Single copy, 15
cents; per dozen, $1.50; per hundred, 9.00.
Orders by mail will be promptly filled at the
ibove prices.
bitten by a snake.
On Friday last a colored boy aged 7 years,
lamed Harvey, son of Oliver Thompson, who
lives on Mr. J. Leander Parish's place, was
bitten on the right foot by a pilot snake. The
bitten limb commenced to swell immediately,
but by liberal draughts of whisky, and the external
application of spirits turpentine to
the wound, no serious results ensued.
our clubb'ing rates.
To clubs of two or more names, entered on
our books and paid for at the same time, the
enquires will be furnished one year for $2
to eacli subscriber. Single subscriptions, $2.50
per annum in advance. All persons who subscribe
for one year, between this date and the
first of October next, will be entitled to a
chance in our prize drawing.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The York Democratic Executive Committee
met on Saturday last at 10 o'clock A. M.
There were present I. D. Witherspoon, chairman,
G. W. S. Hart, secretary, and J. C. Pat- .
rick, D. A. A. Watson, W. B. Smith, D. C. A
McKinney, R. E. Sadler, A. L. Nunnery, 1
John R. London and A. K. Smith.
The committee proceeded to tabulate and
ik?Tare the vote of the primary election from
the managers' returns, and then after son e
general discussion and conference upon the
progress of the campaign, adjourned, subject
to the call of the chairman.
CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY.
Services will held in the churches next
Sunday as follows:
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R.
Lathan, Pastor. There will be no services at - ;
Tirzah next Sunday, the pastor being in atteidance
upon Synt d.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Thos. Gilbert,
Pastor. In consequence of the absence of the - .
pastor, there will be no services in this Church ^
next Sunday.
Episcopal?Church of the Good ShepherdRev.
R. P. Johnson, Rector. Services at the
1 1 1
usual nuurs mummy auu iiuciuwu.
Presbyterian- Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services at the usual hours, morning and
evening.
THE MEETING NEXT MONDAY.
Let it not be forgotten that Monday next is
the day appointed for public speaking in Yorkville
by the Democratic State canvassers. In
every county in which they have spoken since
the opening of the canvass, they have been met
by thousands of the Democracy, and it is desirable
that York shall not be behind her sister
counties in making a suitable demonstration
in honor of Hofne Rule and Good Government.
It is not known definitely who will
be the speakers, except that Gen. Hagood will
be among them. As the standard-bearer of
Democracy in the State, he deserves, and we
hope he will receive, an enthusiastic reception.
T. S. JEFFKRY8' BANKING HOUSE.
Mr. T. S. Jefferys, banker, of this place,
has just had a Hall time attachment lock
placed on the inner door of his safe. On closing
at night the lock can be set to open at a
given hour next morning, and until that time
arrives, the lock is not only burglar proof, but
bids defiance to the man who set it. It is a J
marvel of skillful mechanism, and shows to M
what extent the ingenuity of man is taxed to fl
circumvent the efforts of thieves and burglars.
Mr. Jcfferys' hanking house has come to be
an institution in our town. Besides providing ^H|
the funds for paying for the larger proportion of
the cotton sold in this market, he also does
an extensive business in the way of furnishing
exchange. Exchange on New York in ]H|
furnished by him in any desired amount, and
at rates making Ino more expensive in sums
of $50and under, than the money order system 1
of the post-office.
TREMAINE'S SUN PICTURES.
Mr. Tremaine will give a series of exhibitions
of his sun pictures, in the Court House,
jominencing to-night. This is not what is
isually termed a "magic lantern" exhibition,
out to the contrary is spoken of by our exohanges
as being large, magnificent views, as <
learly perfect as art can make them. They
vere photographed by Mr. Tremaine himlelf,
and he has spent many years in preparaion
for the exhibitions that he is giving,
rhey embrace a tour from New York to Jeusalem,
and give a clearer and more correct
dea of the old world than can be gained in
my other way than by an actual visit to them.
Che exhibition is strongly endorsed by Prof.
Carlisle, of "VVofford College; Dr. Wightman,
>astoi of the Methodist Church at Spartan>urg;
Dr. Manly, pastor of the Baptist Church
,t Greenville; Prof. Ligon, of Carolina Col
? T i i-x ?J
egia'ce msuiuie, Aiiuersun, auu uiau^ utun
veil-known gentlemen throughout the State.
The Winnsboro Neics of Tuesday, speaking
if this exhibition says:
Mr. Tremaine closed his Sun Picture Exhi>ition
at this place on last Saturday evening,
,nd a large and delighted audience witnessed
he last trip on the route from "New York to
erusalem." The Sun Pictures as exhibited
?y Mr. Tremaine, are new and original, and
ar outdo the old fashioned-style of panoramic
xhibitions. The journey from New York to
erusalem by these pictures is a grand and intructive
sight, and well worth taking.
See advertisement.
ME31E-MENTION.
Gen. Bushrod Johnson, who served with
listinction in the Confederate army, died at
lis home in Illinois on the 11th. He was a
ative of Ohio. It is estimated that 30,000
eople in Kansas are destitute of food in couequence
of the failure of their crops for two
easons in succession, while thousands of them
re without clothing. Trouble is threatning
between white and colored miners in 1
)hio. The whito miners are endeavoring to
rive the colored operatives away. In
ae Circuit Court of Kemper county, Miss.,
n Wednesday of last week, Henry Virgil
nd Houston Guiley were tried for the mur