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Scraps and .facts.
? John Russell Young tells "Gath" that ?
Gen. Grant's income is about 850,000 a year
from his sou's firm, in which Grant is a silent v
partner, from his railroad positions, his own
investments and the Grant fund. I
? A French millionaire is reported as hav- *
iug died of grief because he had lost all of ^
his fortune except about 100,000 francs. His ,
brother, who was his sole heir and had long
struggled in poverty, died of joy on being 1
suddenly informed of his becoming heir of J
what he considered a large fortune.
? The Hon. B. H. Hill, of Georgia, has {
been suffering with cancer of the tongue, .
nnd renpntl* had an oneration Derformed bv !
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Philadelphia surgeons. Cigarette smoking
and excessive cigar smoking will make many 4
more cancers on the tongues of the rising j
generation. There is not much prospect lor
Seuator Hill's ultimate recovery. (
? The cutting of rates by the great rival ]
railway lines of the North, continues without ;
any signs of abatement or compromise. A i
person can travel first-class now from Boston (
to Chicago for five dollars. The competing
routes keep a close watch upon each other, and i
a reduction of rates by one is quickly followed
by a lower cut on the part of its rivals. 1
? In Canada, from 1869 to 1880, local fire
insurance companies paid out 8106 in losses
for every 8100 received in premiums. Neith~
CIfnfrto in T^rifnin
fl 111 HIB Ulill/BU UIOICS UUl IU v.u L it l ^tt Itf.u
have insurance companies, taken as a whole,
done a prosperous business in recent years.
Unless softie change is made, either in the
policy of the companies or the practice of
builders, big failures are ahead in the business
all these countries.
? As usually made, cold tea is an unwholesome
drink. The tea is made in the teapot, as
usual, and then cooled therein, and perhaps allowed
to stand in the teapot for many hours
before being drank. By this process the tannin
of the tea leaves is extracted and the
result is a strong decoction of tannin. To
make it properly, the tea should be drawn
the usual length of time, say five minutes for
green tea, eight minutes for Ooolong tea, and
fifteen minutes for English breakfast. Then
pour it off into a pitcher or other suitable
vessel and allow it to become cool.
? Two babies were born in the same house
at Oakland, Tenn. The mothers were sisters,
closely resembling each other, and the
infants were both girls. In the excitement
of the occasion the little ones got mixed, and
this happened before they had been dressed,
or in auy other way marked for identification.
There seems to be no way out of the uncertainty,
for three months have passed without developing
any resemblance to the father in either |
case; and if the children grow up, as they
seem likely to, with the physical characteristics
of their mothers, nobody will ever know
their exact parentage. The present agreement
is to decide the question by lot.
? At 4 o'clock on Friday morning last, the
work of changing the gauge of the Chicago,
St. Louis and New Orleans Railway, of the
Great Jackson route, from five feet to the;
standard gauge, of four feet six inches, was
commenced. The entire line from New Or-1
leaus to Cairo, a distance of 550 miles, exclusive
of siding, together with the Kosciusko
Branch of twenty-two miles, was completed,
and trains were running in all directions at
3 P. M. the same day. To complete this
herculean task, a force of 3,000 men was
employed. The cost of the work is about
8300,000.
? A Russian student died recently. On
his death-bed he informed the police that he
i was one of twenty youths who had sworn to
kill the Czar. He was the one selected to
perform the infernal deed. At the last mo-!
ment his heart failed him, and he gave himielf
a mortal wound. What chance is there
for the Emperor ? Not only the Nihilists, but
the students are combined to kill him. What
a curious commentary and satire both, upon
the Russian Government, is that mentioned
by one of our exchanges; that while the Czar
locks himself up in a fortress on the Gulf,
the Nihilists are holding a congress in his
capital, whither he dare not go.
? There is much excitement in England
over the discovery of some infernal machines
shipped from America packed in cement.
O'Donovan Rossa, head of the Fenian organizations
in this country, is charged with shipping
tbera, but he indignantly denies any
knowledge of them. The Secretary of the
Treasury has addressed a communication to
the collectors of customs at Boston and New '
York, from which points the alleged infernal '
machines and combustibles were shipped, in- !
structing the officials to use every eudeavor ,
<v nnAAM^nm nn mA rv f n/\nnl r?rirtA /\P f k A
lu a.^ucilaiu uic uauic ui luu in iuc ^
packages. The secretary says while it may
be impossible to ascertain directly the name 1
of the person, he hopes to discover a clue
which may lead to the detection of the guilty ;
ones.
? The Cotton Exposition at Atlanta, Ga., '
is assuming larger proportions, and the committees
and officers are pushing forward the 1
work in every department with great zeal.
The classification of exhibits employed at the ,
Centennial will be ciosely followed in the six
departments of the exhibition. The railroad
companies have adopted lower excursion rates
than were ever before known ; splendid hotels
are being erected ; abundant space will be at
the service of the exhibitors, and already
nearly every kind of business is represented
among the entries registered. The depart- ;
nienfc of minerals and woods will be under
the direction of Mr. J. B. Killebrew, and !
a circular has been issued offering suggestions ,
to those intending to make exhibits in this
department. It is suggested that South Car- 1
olina might display to advantage the follow- 1
ing minerals: Gold, iron ore, copper coal, i
buhr stone, porphyritic granite, syerite, man- (
ganese, lead ores, kaolin, red and yellow .
ochre, bone phosphates, and generally, in the
northwestern part of the State, such minerals
as are found in North Carolina.
? Rev. John Jasper, the colored clergyman, 1
whose famous sermon on the "Rotation of the i
Sun" has made his church in Richmond one ,
of the local lions always visited by strangers
in that city, is recovering from his receut
dangerous illness. Mr. Jasper's congregation
is one of the largest in this country, and he is
trying to secure for them a larger church 1
building. Great commotion was created
among his parishioners Monday night by the
unaccountable ringing of the church bell at
midnight, three slow and deliberate taps,
which aroused all the colored people, who
could find no explanation of the mystery.
Some one suggested that the tolling was an
intimation of the approaching death of the
pastor. This caused a stampede to the house
of Mr. Jasper near by, and the crowd stood
around the dwelling and were not appeased
until he came out and assured them that he
was recovering from his illness. They then
dispersed, many, however, believing that
there was some supernatural agency connect- :
ed with the tolling of the bell. 1
? Dr. Bliss, the surgeon in charge of the <
President, now intimates that no one can tell i
where Guiteau's bullet has gone. Dr. Boyn- ,
ton believes the liver was not penetrated, |
perhaps not even touched. Dr. Hamilton believes
that the tenth rib, while being shattered, (
turned the ball from the cavity of fhe abdo- j
men. Professor Grahan Bell will try his (
telephone experiment as soon as the President j
gets quieter. He can detect lead when two
inches off?not more. He experimented sat- (
isfactorily with a veteran who has a ball in t
his body. It is shown that the President's (
fever is generally higher on Monday than on
any other day in the week, which may indi- ^
cate malarial influence from its periodicity,
though .the surgeons deny this. People begin 8
to believe that the attending surgeons are not e
telling the whole truth, and much grumbling t
is indulged in. Outside physicians say the g
President cannot gain strength unless he eats (
more. Dr. Bliss denies that he cannot move
himself, though General Corbin asserts it. I
Dr. Hammond, of New York, thinks the 1
rhole case has been bungled, that the bullet
hould have been found and extracted, that
he attending surgeons know little or nothing
ibout gunshot wounds, and that the President c
las trinety chances to die and only ten to get 4
veil. Dr. Bliss believes the crisis is passing.
? "Jim" Wormley, the caterer, who is <
jreparing the President's food, is a colored 1
nan, who keeps, it is said, the best hotel in (
iVashington. He was formerly a slave in
Virginia. A Washington letter says : "The
>eef tea which is such a prominent article in the 1
lourishment allowed the President, has been 1
jrepared all along by "mine host" of Worm- <
ey's Hotel, widely and familiarly known as
'Jim Wormley." Mr. Wormley, who is an
luthority on table viands in general, has a
peculiar talent for getting up diet for the <
lick, having nursed Daniel Webster, Stephen 1
A.. Douglass and Charles Suniuer, and was one
)f the few present at the deathbed of Lincoln.
Mr. Wormley, on hearing of the attempted
issa83i nation of the President, at once tendered
his services as nurse, but Mrs. Dr. Edson '
having already volunteered with Mr. Crump, j
Dr. Bliss asked Mr. Wormley to superintend (
the preparation of the diet. Since then what ,
sver food the President has eaten has been
prepared at his hotel. To make the beef
tea, or more properly beef juice, Mr. Worm
ley secured the finest tenderloin possible.
The steak, placed on a broiling iron, is taken
to the fire, not to cook it in the least, but
merely to singe the surface. Then it is subjected
to a pressure of three or four hundred
pounds in a peculiar machine, made for the
purpose, until ev :ry drop of the juice is ex
tracted. The beef emerges front this ordeal
as dry as chips, while the juice, after slight
seasoning to suit the President's taste, is
ready for use. A spoonful of this is equal in
nourishment to a poutad of meat. To day
the apparatus for preparing it has been re
moved to the White House, as it was better
to have it more convenient. The chickens
for broth and brosls that were used last week,
were raised on Mr. Wormley's farm, a fair
stretch of land north of the city, near Price's
Mills."
ihe ?orfmlle tfxfitim.
YORKVILLE. S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 4, 1881.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Tt is asserted that the DeoDle of South |
Caroliua have more money invested in useless
fences, than they have in railroad property.
? The Lancaster Review says the prospect
for a good crop of corn on the Catawba river,
near Landsford, was never better than it is at
present.
? Mrs. Sophie Haskell, daughter of the late
Judge Cheves and mother of Judge Haskell,
died suddenly at her home in Abbeville county,
on Saturday last.
? Out of over six hundred persons on the
rolls of the Penitentiary, there are only about
three hundred confined in the' institution.
The others are hired out in various sections
of the State.
? Thos. S. Moorman, Esq., of Newberry,
and Prof. W. W. Duncan, of- Spartanburg,
will start in a few days to London to attend
the Methodist Ecumenical Council. They
will sail from N *w York, August 6, in the
steamship Berlin, )f the Inman line.
? The Herald says : "One of our Rock Hill
farmers has thirteen acres in cotton from
which he expects to gather twelve bales. A
Fishing Creek farrier expects to gather a bale
to the acre from a large amount of his cotton
crop. While having so much bad news about
the crops, it is well to report something good."
? Deputy Collector Noah, in charge of the
Revenue District in which Central, Pickens
county, is located, on Saturday last telegraphed
to Commissioner Raum at Washington,
that Gassoway, one of the confederates of Mc
Dow, the murderer or i^raytou, nas surrendered
himself aod been lodged in the jail at
Greenville. McDow has not yet been arrested.
? It is rumored that Redmond, the notorious
outlaw and moonshiner, who is now in
jail at Asheville, N. C., will be brought to
Greenville and tried before the August term
of the United States Court for his various
violations of law, as it is believed that the
evidence against him in North Carolina is
not sufficient to convict him of the murder
with which he stands charged of having committed
in that State.
? The Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance
met in Columbia on Wednesday of '
last week, with about thirty delegates present.
The annual address of the Grand Worthy
Patriarch, Rev. S. Lander, D. D., was read,
and showed that the ordeiyvas in a prosperous
and progressive condition. The report of the
Grand Scribe shows thirty Divisions organized
throughout the State, with a membership
of about twelve hundred. Applications for
several new Divisions are now on file and the
work of the Order is generally reported in a
healthy condition. Greenwood was selected
as the next place of meeting, and the follow- ;
ing officers were elected to serve for the ensuing
year : Grand Worthy Patriarch, Luther
P. Smith of Anderson, No. 1; Grand Worthy
Associate, J. N. Vandiver, of Broadway, No.
77; Grand Scribe, Andrew C. Dibble, of
Orangeburg, No. 24; Grand Treasurer, P. D.
Jefcoat, of Pleasant Hill, No. 46; Grand j
Chaplain, Rev. J. L. Stokes, of Columbia,
No. 6; Grand Conductor, M. P. Tribble, of
Belton, No 92; Grand Sentinel, C. C. Langston
of Anderson, No. 1.
? Col. Junius A. Law, a prominent citizen
of Darlington county, and a brother of Gen.
E. M. Law, of York county, died at his i
home in the former county on Thursday last, i
He was born in Darlington village. He graduated
at the Citadel Academy in Charleston, i
and afterwards finished his course in civil
engineering in the University of North Carolina.
Just before the war he, with his ]
brother, Gen. E. M. Law, established a mili- I
:ary school at Tuskegee, Alabama, and soon I
ouilt up a flourishing school. At the first 1
. all to arras he volunteered in the service, <
ind served at the forts at Mobile and Pensa-1.
eola, and rose to the rank of Colonel of; I
Regulars. Near the close of the war he was !
captured and kept under guard by negro <
roops, on one of the islands of the Gulf, i
oast, where, owing to harsh treatment and j ]
exposure, his health was undermined and 11
rom which he never recovered. After the ; t
urrender he came to Darlington and engag-! i
;d in planting until appointed County Treas-; c
:rer under Hampton, which position he re-;
igned this year. In 1876 he was elected ; i
Jounty Chairman of the Democratic party in 1
Darlington, and conducted the campaigns of j j
878 and 1880 with signal success. ! j
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The number of whisky distilleries in
tforth Carolina is put down at 332, of which
120 are in one Revenue District.
? The people of North Carolina vote to-day
>n the adoption or rejection of the prohibition
)ill passed by the last Legislature. The indications
are that the bill will be rejected.
? It is said that Gaston county contains
nore whisky distilleries than any county iD
,he United States, and it is accordingly preiicted
that her people will vote'strong against
prohibition.
? The notorious outlaw in Chatham and
Moore counties, known as Bone Taylor, white,
,ias been captured by the Sheriff of Chatham.
He is a murderer aud general law breaker,
ind has been hunted for two years past.
? The Charlotte Democrat reports good
rains in various parts of Mecklenburg county
last week, though in Charlotte and the immediate
vicinity there has not been rain enough,
"since the 27th of April, to enable a person
to set out and keep alive a cabbage plant."
? Governor Jams defines himself on the
prohibition question in the following pertinent
words : "I should be false to the 1,400,
000 people of North Carolina if I remain silent,
and I must take my position. Knowing
what is best for North Carolina and North
Carolinians, I declare for the Prohibition
movement, and for Prohibition I intend to
go. My observation leads me to know and
assert that for every dollar received as taxes
from the sale of liquor, ten dollars go out of
the public purse."
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The Area of Texas.
The Rev. Dr. Burrows, of Louisville,
Ky., recently made a visit to Texas, and
gives the following as his idea of the area of
that State:
"The first impression one gains in traveling
through Texas is one of bigness. Figures
give but an indefinite idea of its immense extent.
The six New England States, New
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland and Virginia, would not cover its
area by 6,000 square miles. The great States
of Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and
Tennessee might lie upon its bosom, and yet
have an unoccupied border of 20,000 square
miles skirting them. Locomotives must run
a thousand miles from its northern to reach
its southern boundary, and a thousand miles
from its eastern to its western lines."
Sale of the S. C. Railroad.
This valuable property was sold at
auction in Charleston, on Thursday last, under
a decree of the Circuit Court of the United
States. It was bid off by Wm. H. Brawley,
Esq., who represented the purchasing
committee of a syndicate, composed largely of
New York capitalists, for 81,275,000. In
addition to this bid, the syndicate will have
to pay the first mortgage debt amounting to
83,000,000, or an aggregate of 84,275,000.
The purchasing committee 01 tne syndicate is
composed of J. S. Barnes, Samuel Sloan, J. J.
Higginson, F. A. Stout and W. H. Brawley.
The syndicate which purchased the road,
controlled the bulk of the indebtedness junior
to the first mortgage, and about seven-eighths
of thestock of the company. It is understood
that so 6oon as the sale is confirmed by Judge
Bond, which will probably not be before next
November, the company will be reorganized
and the road equipped in first class manner.
In the meantime the road will remain in the
hands of Receiver Fisher, who has had control
of it for the past two years.
The Assassin Guiteau.
A singular turn has been given to the
case against the assassin Guiteau by the District
Attorney for the District of Columbia.
Under the local statute, if the victim of an assault
shall die within a year and a day from
the time of the infliction of the injury, the as
sailant is held to be guilty of murder. The
District Attorney, feeling compelled to take
action against Guiteau or to provide for his
further detention, has procured a special
opinion to the effect that the President is not
finally and safely beyond danger of death,
from the bullet of the assassin, and the man
is accordingly remanded indefinitely to irann/]
U!n nnflA on nnnf In ariTT CH'On t
piidUiiiiJCiit, aim mo taot vuuuui iu uuj wwub
come before the grand jury until next September.
As a man with a wound through his
liver and a large bullet lodged somewhere in
his frame, cannot be said to be in perfect
health, the chances of Guiteau for a speedy
trial are not good. Great and general dissatisfaction
with the adequacy of the punishment
which cau be awarded to the assassin
has been expressed. District Attorney Corkhill,
it appears, will do his best to add to his
terra of imprisonment all the law allows.
The Farmers in Council.
The joint summer meeting of the State
Agricultural and Mechauica1 Society and
the State Grange, was held in Greenville
last week. The meeting was called to order
by Col. Crayton, of Anderson, the President
of the State Agricultural Society. About one
hundred and fifty delegates were present,
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airaosi every cuuiuy 1U me oitiie uemg icpresented.
Governor Hagood, Col. A. P.
Butler, Commissioner of Agriculture; Dr. E.
M. Boykiu, Superintendent of Immigration
and a number of other prominent persons
were present, as also a delegation from the
Georgia Agricultural Society.
The address of welcome was deliverd by
M. L. Donalson, Esq., President of the Greenville
county Agricultural Society, and was
responded to by Hon. James N. Lipscomb,
Master of the State Grange. President Crayton
then delivered the opening address. Colonel
Wallace, of Columbia, in a few terse remarks,
introduced the Georgia delegation,
and their chairman, Mr. Livingston, briefly
responded, introducing the Rev. David E.
Butler, who addressed the meeting in behalf
of the Georgians in a most happy and felicitous
manner.
Essays were read on a variety of subjects,
including among others "The Cultivation of
Upland Cotton," by C. R. Mclver, Esq., of
Darlington ; "Immigration," by Dr. James
Mcintosh, of Newberry ; "The Labor Question
of the South," by C. H. Moise, of Sumter
; "The Lien Law," by Col. A. P. Butler;
"Hillside Drainage and otherwise Preserving
Cultivated Lands," by Col. E. M. Rucker, of
Anderson ; "The Stock Law," by J. C. Chambers,
of York ; "Transportation," by Col. W.
L Trenholra, of Charleston ; and "The Benjfits
and Necessity of an Agricultural Jourml
in South Carolina," by Col. James A.
Hoyt, of Greenville. Each essay that was
'ead provoked more or less discussion. All
;he essays are to be printed in pamphlet form
tnd distributed in connection with a report
)f the proceedings of the meeting.
Resolutions were adopted looking to the
mprovement of the Fair Grounds at Colum>ia
and to enlarging some of the buildings.
A liberal appropriation was made for this pur)ose
and Colonel A. P. Butler, Colonel Wil-'1
liara Wallace and Mr. Huffman were appoint-1
ed to superintend these improvements.
A committee of 6ve, consisting of Harry j ^
Hammond, E. M. Rucker, 0. F. Edwards, j j
Dr. J. B. Wiggins and M. L. Doualson, were : j
appointed to memorialize the Legislature for
the repeal of the agricultural lien law. *
Anderson was selected as the place for J
holding the next summer meeting.
THE PRESIDENT'S CONDITION.
The following dispatch,from the Executive s
Mansion, dated 11.15 last Sunday night, gives 8
a very encouraging view of the President's 8
case: t
The day at the White House has passed t
very quietly, the reports from the sick room t
beiDg without exception of a very favorable |
character. Dr. Bliss, in a conversation to- c
night ou the President's condition, when ask- l
ed how he accounted for the regularity of the i
hierh pulse during the evening, said it was i
simply the result of surgical lever. It is a <
mistaken idea, he added, to suppose that all 1
surgical fevers are continuous. Since the is- t
suance of the 7 P. M. bulletin, the President's
pulse, the doctor said, had fallen about 10
beats, and is at this hour about 94, with temperature
about normal with a normal pulse. 1
The pulse of the President was the subject <
of discussion by the surgeons to day, and it '
was concluded that it was about 80. Dr.
Bliss said that if the patient continued to
improve for the next two weeks as he has 1
during the past few days, there will be no 1
reason why he should not sit up. during the
third week, or perhaps sooner.
During the course of further conversation
the Doctor explatoejyitf length the manner
in which the dressings of the wound are
made, aud the part taken therein by each
attending surgeon. He said that oue surgeon,
Dr. Reyburn, always takes the temperature,
another, Dr. Woodward, prepares the
liquids for cleaning the wound, keeping them
at blood heat, and the other two, Drs. Bliss
and Barnes, dress the wound.
Everything has been done conscientiously,
said the Doctor, to give each condition of
the patient at the time of the examination,
whether it be favorable or unfavorable. As
an instance of this he referred to the fact
that oftentimes, when the evening examination
is made, the fever will be found at its
height, and perhaps immediately afterwards
it will have almost entirely disappeared.
But the condition at the moment of examination
is invariably taken for the bulletin.
The fever, although it may be variable, always
makes its appearance sooner or later.
In referring to the probable location of the
bullet, Dr. Bliss explained in detail the experiment,
by means of the induction balance,
which occurred at the evening dressing of the
wound yesterday. He said that although the
apparatus was afterwards claimed to be out
of adjustment, it indicated at one time that
the ball lies iu front of the wall of the abdomen,
about five inches below and to the right
of the navel and just over the groin, precisely
where the attending surgeons always
maintained it had lodged.
In response to an inquiry as to whether the
ball, if it should be found to be in the front
wall of the abdomen, would be likely to cause
the President any serious annoyance, the doc
tor said that unless it had carried some bone
with it, in which event an abscess might form,
there was no reason to fear any troublesome
complication from it.
''The President, during the clay, has taken
about twenty-two ounces of liquid nourishment
and four ounces of solid food, including
mutton chops and other substantial meats.
The Executive Mansion was closed for the
night considerably earlier to night than usual,
on account of everything being favorable.
The dispatch of Mouday night says the
President's case during the day presented no
features of special importance which have not
already been uotieetfT His appetitite was
rather better than on the day before. He
partook more freely of solid food, and his
bill of fare was extended to embrace several
things hitherto forbidden, including coffee, of
which he drank half a cup.
The surgeons continue to give him koumiss,
or strengthened milk, occasionally, in place
of an equal quantity of milk, and although
this mild Tartar stimulant has little to recommend
it to the average taste, the President
expresses a decided liking for it and drinks
it eagerly. The wound discharges freely at
every dressing, and its appearance was in
every way satisfactory. The usual afternoon
fever was light and passed off earlier than
usual, and the President went to sleep and
slept most of the night. His pulse is 100 and
his temperature and respiration are normal.
The experiment of ascertaining the location
of the ball by means of electricity is thus
described in Monday's telegrams:
Under the supervision of the attending
physicians, the Bell electric balance, for the
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ascertainment or tne wnereaoouts or me oau,
was again put in operation to-day. Professor
Bell was at work yesterday perfecting the
workings of his electric balance, and last
night pronounced that he can by its means locate
a ball that is imbedded five inches from
the surface of the body. The opinion of the ,
physicians is that the ball is not more than
two and a half inches from the anterior or
front surface of the stomach, hence the test '
of to-day. Professors Bell and Taintor, who i
are iu charge of the balance, tried this appa- |
ratus upon the President's body for the first :
time last Saturday, and although it indicated
faintly the location of the ball, it was after- 1
ward found to be slightly out of adjustment, '
and the experiment was not regarded as per- .
fectly conclusive. ]
The results of this evening's tests, however,
are entirely satisfactory, both to Professors
Bell and Taintor and the attending surgeons, 1
and it is now unanimously agreed that the I
location of the ball has been ascertained with 1
reasonable exactness and certainty, and that ,
it lies as heretofore stated. The experiments
were repeated several times, and were made
by Professors Bell and Taintor, independent- '
ly, so as to guard, as~far "as possible, against i
errors arising from the faulty perception of a |
single individual or from one person's mistaken
judgment as to the comparative intensity
of sounds. In every instance, however,
when the small coils attached to the machine (
were placed in such position on the patient's ] |
body as to indicate the location of the black j
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right side of the abdomen soon after the Pres- s
ident was shot, the listener at the telephone I
said that he detected evidences of disturbance.
It made no difference whether the experimenter
could see the coils or not. Whenever |
they were placed in that particular position 1
he became instantly aware of the fact and t
announced it. s
The experiments were varied, and con- (
tinued until all were convinced that the bul- ,
let had been found, or at least located in a jJ
straight line running through the body from ?
the front to the back just above the groin on j
the right side. It was not possible to ascer- ]
tain with any degree of certainty the depth j
at which the ball lies imbedded on this imaginary
line, but as the front wall of the abdo- 1
men at this point is about two and one half; <
inches in thickness, the ball must lie within | j
that distance of the surface. These results (
fully confirm the original diagnosis of the |
case made by the attending surgeons soon '
after the President received his injury, and that!
fact is as gratifying to them as the complete 1 a
success of the inductor balance is to Profes- j
sors Bell and Taintor. This is the first in- ; t
stance in which an embedded bullet has been s
accurately and definitely located without j ^
probing aud by purely scientific methods. j
There is no intention" on the part of the s
surgeons to perform an operation for the re- ^
moval of the ball at present. So long as it j,
gives no trouble, it will be allowed to remain
in its present position. The question of the
disposition to be finally made of it will be 81
considered when the President shall have re- a
covered his strength and be out of danger. g
LOCAL AFFAIRS. <
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NEW ADVERTISExtfENTS.
lev. W. Q. White?Yorkville Female College.
rohn C. Bailey, Editor, Greenville, S. C.?Take a 1
Greenville Paper. ?
1. M. Adams?Hot Blast?Agate Iron Ware?Attention
1 Housekeepers. (
'anorama. :
[\ S. Jett'erys, Agent?Machinery,
dusical Entertainment. * i i
3r. J. B. Patrick, Jr.?Dental Notice.
SEND US THE NEWS.
We respectfully request our friends in every
ection of the county, to send us a statement of
iny local news that may transpire in their re- I
ipective localities, such as accidents, tires, mariages,
deaths, and also the condition of the crops,
he state of the weather, <?c. Such communicaions
should be restricted to giving an outline of
he facts, and will be written out in the office for
jublication. Such articles should always be acmmpanicd
by the proper name of the writer, not,
lowever, for publication, but as evidence of good
aith. If our friends throughout the county
yould give this matter their attention, they would
confer upon us a favor, while it would render the
Enquirer more interesting to the readers generilly
throughout the county.
SERENADE.
We acknowledge the compliment of a serenade
tendered on Monday night last by the
colored brass band, under lead of Oscar Ellis.
.This is a new musical organization?the second
colored band in town?and considering
their opportunities, display considerable proficiency.
SALES-DAY.
The only sale on Monday last, sales-day for
August, was the interest, supposed to be two-thirds,
but not warranted to be anything, of
M. J. Harper and E. A. Harper iu a tract of
land in Fort Mill township, containing 75
acres ; sold by the sheriff at the suit of S. E.
White and others against M. J. and E. A.
Harper. Purchaser, S. E. White at the nominal
bid of 85.
SURVIVORS* MEETING.
The annual meeting of the reunion of the
survivors of the Twelfth S. C. Regimeut, in
the late war, will be held in Lancaster, on
Thursday, the 18th instant. The oration will
be delivered by Hon. J. H. Kinsler, of Richland.
Gen. McGowan, Gen. Haskell, Col.
Cad. Jones, and other distinguished guests,
members of the old Brigade, are expected to
be present.
THE JENKINS MONUMENT.
The editor of the Charleston Ntvos and Cok
rier acknowledges to have received, through
Mr. Sam. B. Lathan, of Yorkville, a check
for $43.60, covering the subscriptions of the
cadets of the King's Mountain Military School,
X_ i.1 P. 1 P a! l. _ it.
10 trie iuuu ior erecting a monument to tue
memory of Gen. Micah Jenkins, one of the
founders of the King's Mountain Military
School at Yorkvilie, and one of the hravest
soldiers and most competent generals in the
Confederate service. This money was contributed
by the corps of the second session of
the last school year.
CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY.
Services will be held in the churches next
Sunday as follows :
Church of the Good Shepherd?Episcopal?
Rev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. The rector will
officiate in the Church of our Saviour at Ro?k
Hill, next Sunday.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Marion Dargan,
Pastor. Services in the morning at Philadelphia
Church, and in the evening at Yorkvilie.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services at the usual hours moruing and
eveniog.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R.
Lathan, Pastor. No services in this Church
next Sunday, in consequence of. the absence
of the pastor, who will assist in the sacramental
service at Neely's Creek?Rev. C. B.
Betts' charge.
WITH A PHILADELPHIA HOUSE.
The many friends of our popular townsman,
Col. W. H. McCorkle, will be pleased
to learn that he has accepted a position as
traveling salesman for the dry goods house of
Wood, Bacon & Co., of Philadelphia, successors
to W. Marsh & Co. Col McCorkle has
had a life long experience in the mercantile
business, and while we congratulate him on
having obtained a position congenial to his
taste and adaptability, the house he represents
may likewise be congratuled on having
secured the services of a gentleman so well
qualified for the duties as we think Col. McCorkle
will prove to be. His territory embraces
this State, and he will soon take the
road with samples of full lines of dry goods,
notions and white goods.
A HOME WORK OF ART.
We are gratified to announce that our citizens
will soon have an opportunity of beholding
a genuine work of art, by a native Southern
artist, entitled a panorama of the "Apocalyptic
Vision of St. John on the Isle of Pat
mos," illustrated in twenty-four separate paintings,
each strikingly illustrating the incidents
revealed by a risen and ascended Jesus to his
' ? "i t i mi .1! l._ *f_
Deiovea donn. inese paintings are uy iur.
Arthur L. Butt, a self-made artist of Charlotte,
N, C., and wherever they have been
exhibited have enlisted the highest encomiims
of praise, as displaying artistic skill and
ialent of the highest order, and unequalled
by any similar productions. The paintings
tvill be exhibited here on Wednesday evening
;he 10th instant, and from all we have heard ,
jf their merit as a work of high conception
md masterly art, we can assure t\fe public
ihat the exhibition is well worth seeing.
CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION.
At the last session of the Legislature, several
important measures weiit over, having
been referred to special commissions, for consideration
during adjournment, the commissioners
to report the result of their deliberations
and conclusions at the next Bession.
The principal matters thus postponed are the
election laws, the propositions to amend the
State constitution, the railroad laws, and the
tax laws. The commission to consider and
suggest constitutional amendments is constituted
as follows : On the part of the House?
Messrs. C. H. Siraonton, James Aldrich, Geo.
Johnstone, J. J. Hemphill and J. M. Johnion
; on the part of the Senate?Messrs. Wyie,
Witherspoon and Izlar. This commission
ias already held one meeting in Columbia,
ind adjourned to meet in Greenville on Tueslay
last. Senator Witherspoon, of the com- 1
nission, left on Monday, to participate in its ,
leliberations. i
GEN. D. II. HILL.
Wo are indebted to Gen. D. II. Hill, formerly 1
i citizen of Charlotte, but now president of the 1
Arkansas Industrial University, at Fayetteville, 1
Vrk., for a copy of the ninth annual catalogue of
hat institution. It shows an attendanle of 411 j
tudents, representing nearly every Southern >
itate, and the statistics indicate undoubted sucoas
and prosperity. North Carolina feels honored 1
u that its President is a North Carolinian of good <
tock, and a representative of which she need not i
eel ashamed. His many friends here wish the ]
Id General continued success in his chosen call- ,
ag- t
We copy the above from the Charlotte Ob- "
erver of last Thursday, and quite agree with f
11 our cotemporary says of the distinguished A
entlcman named, with the exception that we f:
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object to our aioter State, prolific with eminent
names, claiming as her native son, Gen.
D. H. Hill. The General is a South Carolinian
by birth, a native of York county, descended
from Revolutionary stock, who lived
iuring tbftt struggle, and for years afterward,
in the Clay Hill section of this county, where
Gen. D. H. Hill's grandfather owned and operated
an iron foundry, which was of some
importance in the manufacture of munitions
of war with which to repel British invasion.
South Carolina is proud to claim Gen. D. H.
Hill as her native son, and ever ready to do
him honor.
MERE-MENTION.
It is said that Jay Gould controls seven
thousand miles of railroad, valued at 8140,000,000.
The President's physicians say
the danger line is passed. The candidate
for Lieutenant Governor on the Democratic
ticket in Ohio is an Israelite. Steel railroad
rails sell for $30 a ton in England, and
$60 in the United States. Dr. Reyburn,
one of the President's physicians, in whom
Mrs. Garfield seems to have special confidence,
is a native of Scotland. Jefferson Davis'
idea of journalism is that the people want
news and information, and want it in paragraphs.
Out of eight living United States
Supreme Court Judges there is but one Democrat?Judge
Field, of California. It is a
Republican Court when party issues are
up. It is claimed that Mrs. Dr. Susan
Edson, the President's nurse, has given the
most honest and comprehensible accounts,
from day to day, of the President's condition.
Gov. Churchill, of Arkansas, in
consequence of outlawry, has placed Perry
county under martial law. Hon. Jas. S.
Chesman, of Kentucky, ex-Congressman, and
ex-member of the Confederate Congress, is
dead. Ham. White, a native of West
Virginia, and a noted mail robber, has been
arrested in Colorado. Gen. Hancock
will command the military operations at the
Yorktown Centennial. Near Corsicana,
Texas, on Thurday last, the sheriff killed Dan
Wesson and arrested his brother Tom Wesson,
both horse thieves. The tobacco crop of
Kentucky will reach 22,500 hogsheads this
year The census shows that within the
past ten years the attendance ot negroes at
public schools in the South has doubled. And
they have become the owners of four times as
much land. It is said Blind Torn plays
7,000 pieces and picks up a new one every
day. Postmaster-General James notifies
postmasters that hereafter every failure to
settle promptly, at the end of each quarter,
without satisfactory reason, will be sufficient
cause for removal. Governor Smith, of
Wisconsin, has ordered out eight companies
of militia to suppress outbreaks by the lumbermen
in the pineries. Sitting Bull,
who recently surrendered to the United
States authorities, was induced to the act by
a Canadian trader who had been kind to him
and secured his confidence and influence over
him. Ex Governor Saulsbury died at
his residence in Dover, Del., Sunday afternoon,
after a brief illness.
THE REPEAL OF THE LIEN LAW.
At the recent joint meeting of the State
Agricultural and Mechanical Society and
the State Grange, at Greenville, a number of
essays on different suhjects were presented,
and among them, the following in favor of the
repeal of the agricultural lien law, was read
by Col. A. P. Butler, the Commissioner of Agriculture
:
Worthy Master, Mr. President, Ladies and
Gentlemen: Occupying the position I do in the
Department of Agriculture, I feel that it is a
duty I owe to myself and the agriculturists of
South Carolina, to give publicity to whatever I
may regard detrimental to the material prosperity
of our people, and having given some attention
recently to the collection of such statistical
information as I deem of much impor
tance, i win Dneny refer to some iacts m rererence
to the lien law. I have only been able
to get the necessary returns from eighteen
counties, but they probably fairly represent the
whole State, and my estimates are'based upon
these returns. In 1879, 27,470 liens were recorded
in eighteen counties, averaging $86.83
each, and amounting to $2,267,167. If the
other fifteen counties had the same number
each, and averaging the same, the whole amount
of liens for 1879 was $4,372,763, and the(whole
number of liens 50,358. The. number of bales
of cotton produced the same year was 516,490,
and if sold at $50 per bale yielded $25,824,500.
This would show that it required about 17.70
of the gross amount the crop sold for to pay the
liens. Now the profit to the merchant cannot
be less than 50 per cent.; it has been estimated
at 54 per cent., or $1,457,588.
The number of liens given in 1880 was 67,518,
averaging $109, and aggregating $7,359,462.
If the crop was the same as in 1879, and sold
for the same, it required about 28 per cent, to
cancel the liens, and the profit to the factors
was probably over $2,000,000. It must be remembered
that the liens are given to cover advances,
and represent from a quarter to a half
of the indebtedness on the crop. The planter
then lias to pay commissions on sales, storage,
insurance, interest on advances, and incidental
expenses, so that the surplus, after canceling
all these claims, is very small, and he is
forced to resort to the lien system to run his
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Now, is the lien law responsible for his misfortune
? Is the law a blessing or a curse ?
What do these figures prove ? First, that the
larger number of liens are given by small tenants,
the average amounts being, as have been
stated* ?86 and $100. Does this not enable the
laborer, who has nothing but his muscle, to
make the same terms as the farmer who owns
the land V After he has made such arrangements
with a merchant, does lie not become
worthless as a laborer ? Does he benefit himself
or his landlord by the crop he makes ? By
his careless tillage he depreciates the land every
year, realizes nothing for his labor and pays
very little rent. Would he not be better off if
he received wages ? and would not the owner
of the land be able to give him a fair compensation
for his services if he was employed by
one who could direct and utilize his labor intelligently,
and apply it where it is now misdirected
through ignorance and lack of means V
If the lien law was repealed could the planter
control the labor, and if he could, would he be
able to get such advances as he needs without
the lien law ?
It occurs to me that a farmer who owns
land, stock and farm implements, could get
credit without this law. The figures mentioned
show that a larger number of liens are given
eacli year, proving the increasing number of
tenants and decreasing the number of wage
hands. Experience has taught most of us that
this class of tenants are not desirable. The
terms upon which advances are granted under
the lien law are such as no business will justify,
and we cannot prosper until we make some
change in this respect.
If the money obtained last year under the
lien law could have been borrowed at 8 per
cent., the difference in favor of the farmer (
would have been over $2,000,000. But it is
useless to speak of this unless we can offer a
remedy; but agitation of the subject will do no
liarin and in the second there is a possibility
>f this Veing done. Money is abundant and 1
can be had in the Northern States at froin 4 i
:o 8 per cent, per annum. Bonds and stocks j
:hat bear the latter rate sell readily for 25 to |
">0 per cent, above their par value. Real estate ;
s the best security, and certainly should easi- ,
y command money. We have the land ; iinnigration
and capital are seeking our State, 1
md they will soon cause lands to appreciate in 1
,'alue. Under these circumstances we should I
iave no trouble in procuring what advances I
ve need by mortgage upon realty. I have re- |
:ently seen it stated that a gentleman in New j
fork had secured $100,000 for loans to farmers i
>n real estate in Georgia, and that in a short
vliile any amouut needed could be procured. 1
It is urged that the homestead law in our 1
>tate will act as a barrier to loan3 of this char- <
acter here, but thousands of our farmers can
furnish ample security above and beyond all
exemptions.
I am opposed to any measure that will work
a hardship to the small farmer and the laboring
man, for I believe that small farms and
thorough cultivation will yet work out the agricultural
redemption of our State. The laborer
is certainly entitled to our protection, and
no law should be enacted that would oppress
him. I honor a man who by his own exertions
conquers the adversities of life and rejoice in
his prosi>erity. I would not favor any measj ,
ure that would retard the mercantile business*
for we owe 110 little to the enterprising merchants
of South Carolina.
But will a repeal of the lien law detriment
any of the classes referred to V The man who
owns 110 land could become a tenant as easily
as now, the only difference being that lie would
look to the land owner for advances instead of
the merchant. He would secure just asfavorable
terms from the proprietor of the land,
and whatever profits he earned for the land
owner would go to the improvement of the
land, and he is certainly interested in that
and would be benefitted by it. The man who
has 110 means for running a farm would, it
pears to me, be more likely to prosper, if he '*
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working for wages, which would be a sure income.
The prosperity of the merchants depends entirely
upon the permanent success of the agri- ,
culturists. A repeal of the lien law might
reduce their profits for a while, but it would
ultimately be returned by the improved financial
condition of the farmer. The number of
persons to whom advances would be made
might be less, but the amount would not be
materially reduced, because the advances would
be larger to those who would be more able to
pay. The great difference would be that the
land ow;ner, and the laborer in working together,
could realize better returns for their work,
would have more money to pay loans with,
would constantly improve the land, and would
gradually work out of debt . 4
I have thrown out these crude thoughts to
provoke discussion, believing that out of it
much good will come. Let us give the matter
careful attention, and discover if possible the
cause of our troubles. There must be something
radically wrong with us, if we are growing
poorer every year, living as we do in a land
that should be flowing with milk and honey.
If it is in our system of agriculture, let us improve
it; if we lack laborers, let us bring in im- *
migrants; if it is the lien law, let itbestricken
from the statute book of the State ; and if it
is the homestead law, let it be abolished.
Dr. J. B. Jennings, of Marlboro', after
hearing the remarks of Col. Butler, introduced
the following resolution:
Resolved, That it is the deliberate judgment of
thin body that, in the interest of the agriculturists
I of our State, the lien law ought to De speeanv,
Anally and forever aholiabed.
The Rev. David Butler, of Georgia, favored
the resolution. He had never himself been
[ personally injured by the use of the lien law,
because he had never had a lien on his crop
in his life, but those men that did have them
on their crops, in his opinion, were afflicted
with a leprosy more fearful than the leprosy
of Egypt, and unless the farmers of the South
soon succeeded in throwing off this terrible
incubus, they would shortly be driven out of
the society of successful men. It had been
said that the sun set upon Georgia every night
finding her poorer tlian in the morning. lie
had been shocked at this declaration at first,
but he had come to the conclusion that it was
a melancholy truth. No man. could live and
J pay 50 per cent, for the use of the money necessary
to carry on his farm. Each year the farmer
found himself poorer than the year before.
He thought. all the trouble could be traced
directly to the lien law. A man in Georgia
the other day had startled his neighbors by
telfing them that he was one year ahead when
all of them had gone behind. When asked
to explain, he said, "Well I am eating this
year what I ought to eat next year." There
was but one remedy, he thought, and that was
to raise more provisions and less cotton, and
for the first year to come down to hard pan
and live on ash cake and potatoes. Once
ahead he could keep ahead.
Gen, A. C. Garlington said that while he //
j might admit the sorry condition of the farmers,
he could not see the force of his friend's
arguments upon the lien law. The law was
not compulsory. No man was compelled to
| give a lien if he didn't want to. If the gentle
man would tell the farmers how, with nothing
I but their land, they cornld carry on their farming
without giving a lien, he would settle thfc
whole problem.
Mr. Livingston, of Georgia, said his old
friend had forgotten one of the most stinking
lines in the Lord's Prayer; "Lead us not in
to temptation." Georgia naa gone inrougu
the trouble of the lien law. Since its abolition
there was much to be thankful for. The farmers
got all the money they wanted on reasonable
terms. The goods, instead of going to
the tenants, mostly ignorant and extravagant,
now go through the hands of the land-owners,
whose interest is far closer to the tenant than
the merchant. The merchants would not be
hurt. They would be benefitted, as had been
proved by practical experience in Georgia.
Mr. T. H. Russell, of Anderson, said that
the merchants in his section were opposed
to the law, and said they would give credit
to no man whom they had to take a lien from.
He favored the abolition of the law.
Mr. Edwards, of Darlington, favored the
repeal of the lien law. It was crushing out the
life of the agricultural people.
Col. Harry Hammond said the lien law was
not a negative tiling. It encouraged the importers
of bacon and corn to do business in
this country. The farmer gave a lien on his
crop, taking crops raised in the West. Would
it not be better to leave the farms altogether V
The abolition of the lien law, he thought, was
the entering wedge which would eventually
break up the evils of monopolies and extortion.
Gen. Garlington said if the lien law was
abolished, one thousand ploughs would be stopiiorl
in ^Jrppnvillp omint.V JllflllP.
Col. Aiken favored the alolition of the law.
Gen. Garlington said all this talk about the
oppression of the capitalist was clap-trap and
demagoguism. The abolition of the law was
against the interest of the poor man.
Mr. Humbert, of Laurens, held that as long
as the lien law was in existence, the farmers
would never become self-supporting, and it
was poor policy to tell the farmer to work and
starve under it. ;
Col. Rucker, of Anderson, said that while
the lien law was not compulsory, it acted as
an evil by the temptation it offered of making
the planter live extravagantly and kept him
forever in debt. The lien law tempted large
numbers of ignorant men, who were not capable
of running farms, to become tenants, and
instead of becoming well paid laborers, they
eventually degenerated into poorly paid and
incompetent farmers. Lessen the number of
incompetent tenants and the labor of the country
would be improved and the general agriculture
of the State would be elevated to a higli7
er plane. n
Mr. Donaldson said that he would venture
to say that if there was ore question upon
which the land owners of Greenville county
was more unanimous than another, it was upon
the abolition of the lien law. "What the people
wanted was a lesson ill Self-denial.
The resolution was then adopted amid great
applause.
THE REVIVAL OF HOOPS.
Foreign papers report that in opposition to
the limp, lank skirt of the aesthete, the Parisian
modistes are bringing forward the crinolette,
which is simply a revival of the hoop
skirt. The shops in Charleston are again displaying
hoop skirts, and report a good sale
for them. At one time hoop skirt manufactories
were numerous, aud a large capital was
engaged in the business. Since the hoop skirt
went out of fashion, the factories have nearly
all disappeared, and the capital has gone into
other enterprises. The New York Sun reports
Mr. Bradley, of Bradley, Voorhees &
Day, a?i saying:
"I recollect the lime when we employed * 1,200
hands,and our product was 10,000 skirts
a day. That was during the war, but about
1868 the hoop skirt went out of fashion and
the trade diea out. There was a transient revival
in 1870, but it disappeared, and from
then until now the hoop skirt trade has been
a very small part of our business. We have
always continued the manufacture to some ex- 4
tent, getting orders every now aud then, most- *
ly from the South and West. Some ladies
have never given up the use of the hoop skirt
at all; but they have been old-fashioned people
who liked it because of its comfort. Now,
bowever, it is in fashion again. The denfand
bas sprung up so suddenly that it is impossible
to meet it. For the last six months there
bas been an increasing demand, at.? in the
last few weeks, in addition to the local demand,
we have been constantly receiving orders by
;elegraph from Philadelphia, Pittsburg and
jther cities, and are sold ahead of production