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Jwaps and ^acts.
? Last week Mr. Wheat of Georgia; Mr.
Coro, of North Carolina ; and Mr. Oates, of
South Carolina, were married.
? The widow of President Lincoln is in a
sad state of mind over the murder of President
Garfield, and fears that her son, the Secretary
of War, will be assassinated.
? Ham White, a noted highwayman of
Texas, recently arrested in New Mexico, has
been sentenced to the penitentiary for ninetynine
years.
? In the Connecticut municipal elections,
some towns return Democratic officers and
some Republicans?but all unite and vote
solidly for whisky license.
? It is now estimated that the total re- j
ceipta in money by the Southern planters for
this year's crop, will exceed those of last year.
The increase in price will make up for the
decrease in production.
? The penal code of China decrees the decapitation
of any foreigner who imports opi
um into that empire, and the strangulation
of his assistants. The opium traffic continues,
however, in spite of such severe penalties.
? The latest charge against Guiteau is to
the effect that he was a member of Brother
Beecher's church. It is painful to dwell
upon these things, but when a man once gets
down, everybody seems to take a pride in
pelting him.
? The statisticians are now willing to concede
that there will be a wheat surplus of at
least 100,000,000 bushels in this country at
the service of the needy elsewhere. It will
be required, and it will bring to this country
at least 8150,000,000 in foreign gold.
? An engine to run machinery for generating
electricity has been placed on the Western
N. C. Railroad. This electric light is to
furnish light in tunnels, so that a day and
night force can be kept at work. This is an
indication of the determination of the Richmond
& Danville Company to push the work.
? South Carolina is probably the only State
in the Union that can point with pride to two
ex-Governors simultaneously in the clutches
of the law. R. K. Scott is in trouble for
murder; Franklin J. Moses is in jail for
swindling a citizen in the paltry sum of twenty-five
dollars.
? The twenty-seven distinguished Frenchmen
and Frenchwomen who will represent
the French government, army, navy, Foreign
office and fine arts at Yorktown, arrived
at New York on Wednesday of last week,
and were received with great honors by a
deputation.
? A New York man has purchased, near
Atlanta, Georgia, an estate whereon he proposes
to establish a dog farm and training
yard. He is a professional dog trainer
and has brought with him seven or eight
fine canines of the pointer species. One of
these he values at 8500.
? According to the Washington correspondent
of the Portland (Me.) Argxis, Mr. Blaine
is to run for Governor of Maine, next year, and
at the following session of the Legislature be
transferred to the United States Senate as
successor of Senator Frye, who is to be set
aside to make room for him.
? A man who died in Nashville, Tenn.,
left direction to send his body to the LeMoyne
furnace at Washington, Pa., for cremation.
His wife refused to have it done, and has
placed a guard over his grave ; but his two
sons are determined to carry out the wish,
and have begun a lawsuit to get possession
of the remains.
? The sole survivor of eleven hundred men
is living at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New
York. Gen. Daniel Tyler was a first lieutenant
of the first artillery, consisting of 1,100
men, in 1824, when the regiment received
T.aFnvette at. Yorktown. Everv member of
the regiment is said to be dead except Gen.
Tyler.
? Cox, Stephens and Delany, the Iron
mountain train robbers, pleaded guilty in the'
Hempstead, Arkansas, Circuit Court last
Friday, and were sentenced to the penitentiary
for a term of 70 years each. The robbery
occurred on the 22ud of September, and
the men were captured on the 28th. A special
term of the court was held to try them.
? The Washington Star says that it can
now be authoritatively stated that the section
of vertebrte and the broken rib of President
Garfield, now at the Medical Museum, will
not be placed on exhibition at the Museum.
This will be satisfactory information to the
public, who were shocked by the published
statements that an exhibition was to be made
of them.
? It is rumored in Washington that ex-Governor
Dingley, who was elected to fill the
vacancy in the Second Maine Congressional
district, caused by the election of W. P.
Frye to the United States Senate, will decline
the election, and that Mr. James G.
Blaine will then be nominated with the certainty
of election and the hope of being
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Representatives.
? Mrs. Mary Craig, once known as the
largest woman in the United States, died at
her home in Danville, Indiana, on Monday
of last week, of dropsy of the heart. The dispatch
gave her weight as eight hundred
pounds and her height six feet, and says that
she was the wife of the largest man in the
United States. It required the efTorts of six
men to move the body, and a casket was
especially made to receive the remains.
?The tide of immigration continues to flow
with increasing force. Since January 1, 238,650
men, women and children hvae been
landed at Castle Garden, 5,000 more than during
the same period in 1880, and 2,000 more
than arrived during the first half of September
of last year. The commissioners continue
to report that the immigrants are of a better
class, as a rule, than ever before, and that
nearly every one brings a little capital, the
result of economy practiced in the old country.
? A kind-hearted gentleman in Michigan
has had printed in beautiful style a thousand
copies of Mr. James R. Randall's editorial in
the Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist
on the death of the President, which was
printed in the Enquirer several weeks ago.
Tkaoa Vio V>oq /licfri Kutorl atror V> a f .Qfotc. oo
Ji liLCv UV 11UO UlOkllUUlVU Vf VI UlUt VlUkV t*0 I
evidence of the deep grief of the Southern
people for the sad tragedy, and their genuine j
sympathy with the Northern masses in all
that concerns the perpetuity of the government,
and its sacred honor. It was a happy
thought.
? Most of the street-car companies in New 1
York and the elevated railway companies,,
have issued orders directing their employees j
not to receive mutilated coin in payment of|
fares. It seems that the punching and "clip-!
ping" of silver coins has become a regular j
business with a clas3 of petty rascals, who j
expend more labor in stealing a dollar in ;
this way, than would suffice to earn the same |
amount if applied to some honest purpose.!
The Manhattan News Company has also re- [
fused to receive mutilated coin. One of the j
officers of the company recently took a bagful
of small coins of the face value of $100 to
the United States mint, and the bullion
value was found to be only 879. He then
sold them to a broker for 895, who will no
doubt put them in circulation again at the
first opportunity.
? The area of drought in this country is
estimated by a Canadian writer as "an immense
oval extending from Central Texas in
the Southwest, to a little beyond Montreal in
the northeast, and fr6m Kansas and Iowa
to Georgia in a northwest and southeast
line." This includes a territory 1,600 miles i
long by over 900 miles wide, embracing near- (
ly 1,500,000 square miles?eight times as
large as France, or thirteen times as large as i
Great Britain and Ireland. The deficiency ;'
of rainfall over this area, if it could be col- j i
lected in one place, would make a body of I g
water of the average depth of 120 feet and
as large as Lake Erie, or it would exceed the
total surface of the great lakes if spread out
at an average depth* of fifteen feet, which 1
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would De sumcioot 10 noai uuy mac vcoaci. | .
Niagara Falls at Hood height discharging at j (
the rate of 1,000,000 cubic feet of water per j (
second, would require one whole year to pour |
the estimated deficiency of rainfall over the
brink into the chasm below. Lake Ontario 1
is said to be eighteen inches lower than ever
before known, arid the fall in the other lakes
has been in proportion.
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ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
The anniversary celebration of King's
Mountain Military School, was held on the
historic battle-field last Friday, the 7th instant,
which day was the one hundred and
first anniversary of the battle that proved the
turning point in the struggle for American
Independence,
Since the King's Mountain Military School
was established in this place, in 1855, it has
been the practice of the principal, almost every
year, at this season, to take the cadets of
the school to the battle-field, and on the picturesque
grounds go into encampment for a
few days, including the anniversary of the battle.
At this season the weather is usually most
propitious for an occasion of this kind ; and
besides the practical illustration of camp life
thus affoYded, it is a pleasant and healthful
recreation from the close confinement of student
life. On these annual excursions the
principal of the school invariably accompanies
the cadets, and while they are in camp,
the strict discipline of a military encampment
is maintained.
Previous to the organization of the King's
Mountain Centennial Association and the
brilliant centenary celebration one year ago,
these yearly pilgrimages to this shrine of lib
erty were conducted privately, without ostentation
or display. But siuce the Association
has, by purchase, acquired possession of the
ground on which the battle was fought, and
by the munificence of this State and her sister
Carolina a monument has been erected to the
memory of the patriots who nobly fought
there one hundred years ago, with the view
of giving the public generally an opportunity
of participating in a day of enjoyment on the
grounds, Col. Coward, principal of the school,
issued a public and general invitation to all
feeling so disposed to meet with him and the
cadets of bis school and join them in the exercises
of their celebration. While there
were few in attendance from a distance, the
occasion met general approval, and in response
to special invitation to join in the
t exercises of the celebration, Col. Coward
received gratifying and sympathetic letters
from Gen. Hunt, U. S. A.; Governor Holliday,
of Virginia; Mayor Courtenay, of
Charleston ; Judge Van Dyke, of Tennessee;
Col. Thomas, of the Carolina Military Institute,
Charlotte ; Capt. Patrick, of Greenville
Military Institute; and other distinguished
gentlemen, besides from many ex-cadets and
others interested in the school.
The principal and his corps of Cadets, with
all the accessories necessary for "camping
out," marched to the grounds on Tuesday
of last week. On Thursday afternoon they
were joined by Capt. W. T. R. Bell, principal,
and the cadets of King's Mountain (N.
C.) High School, who also went into camp.
On Friday there was a very large assemblage
of people, estimated at about 500, including
mauy ladies, and representing the
States of North and South Carolina. The j
day was pleasant, and the utmost good order
prevailed.
At 11.30 o'clock, the cadets of the two
schools?Capt. Bell's in front?marched from
camp, followed by the crowd, to the stand
occupied by the centennial speakers a year
ago.
The exercises were opened with prayer by
Rev. Robert Lathan, chairman of the committee
on historical records and relics of
King's Mountaio Centennial Association,
after which Col. Coward addressed the audience,
expressing the utmost gratification,
mingled with pride, in welcomiug so many
persons as were resent on the occasion. He
alluded with feel rigs of pride to the efforts of
North and South Carolina, one year ago, in
commemorating, on that spot, the heroic deeds
of their ancestors, and deemed the present occasion
a renewal of that memento of the glorious
history of King's Mountain. The institution
over which he presides had assumed the
name of King's Mountain, and our 6ister State
also has now a school bearing the same name,
the corps of which, with the principal, is preseut,
and he was glad to welcome them to a j
participation in the exercises of the day, and
hoped that hereafter the two schools might
jointly meet on these classic grounds on the
recurrence of each anniversary. He trusted
that this was but the inauguration of a move- J
ment for the aunual meeting of the people of j
the two States to keep alive the patriotic fires i
and commemorate the deed which has led to j
such great results. He then announced as j
the next in the order of the exercises, the sing-1 1
ing of the centennial lyric, composed by Mrs. 1
C'lara Dargan McLean, of South Carolina, 1
ind set to music by Prof. E. W. Lineback,
)f North Carolina.
The ode to King's Mountain, by the gifted
ind lamented South Carolina poet, Howard
H. Caldwell, was then recited in a masterly
>tyle by Cadet James Allan, of Charleston.
Then followed the oration by Mr. W. Spenser
Currell, a graduate of the school, and
aow an assistant professor in WashingtonLee
University, Virginia. Mr. Currell was
sleeted to the position of orator on the present
occasion by the corps of cadets last year, and
happy were they in the selection. His address,
as he persisted in terming it in preference
to .the more pretentious title of oration,
occupied about one hour in its delivery,
and was listened to with rapt attention
by the entire audience. After a pleasant al
lusiou to the occasion and his former connect
tion with the school, he announced as the subject
of his address the part borne by South
Carolina in the Revolutionary struggle, depicting
in masterly style the achievements of
her patriot son3 and daughters in the effort
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The address was happily conceived, was replete
with historic information, and abounded
in noble, patriotic sentiment.
After the oration was concluded, the benediction
was pronounced by Rev. R. P. Johnson,
Rector of the Yorkville Episcopal
Church, which terminated the exercises of the
day.
THE CHESTER FAIR.
The third anuual fair of the Chester Agricultural
Association was held last week, and
was pronounced equal in every respect to the
fairs which have preceded it. About 1,500
entries were made, which was considerably
in excess of last year. All the departments
were fully supplied, and the exhibition of live
stock was unusually fine. The annual address
was delivered on Weduesday by Hon.
G. B. Loriug, of Massachusetts, U. S. Commissioner
of Agriculture. Of the address the
Reporter says:
"It was listened to with closest attention by
the vast audience. The distinguished speaker
sketched the history of agriculture in the
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figures that to the farmers of the country the
largest measure of its wonderful prosperity
and advancement is due. His great aim aud
desire was, he said, to impress upon the farmers
enlarged and elevated views of the importance
and dignity of their occupation,
which had been adorned by the most illustrious
men of this country from the days of
Washington and Jefferson to the present time.
The address abounded throughout in valuable
practical suggestions, and sparkled all
along with quaint and bright dashes of humor.
We have never seen so large an audience
so thoroughly attentive and so well
entertained."
THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION.
The Atlanta Exposition was formally opened
at 12 o'clock M., on the 5th instant in the
presence of about 10,000 visitors. The opening
ceremonies were begun with prayer by
Bishop Elliott (Episcopalian) of Texas, after
which Director General Kimball, amid the
greatest enthusiasm, presented the buildings
to President Colquitt, who in an eloquent
speech accepted the same. Senator Vance,
of North Carolina, was then introduced and
delivered an address of welcome. Senator
Vance was followed by Hon. D. W. Voorhees,
of Indiana, whose speech was frequently
applauded by the immense crowd. A poem
by Paul H. Hayne was then read by Hon.
N. J. Hammond, which was followed by a
hallelujah chorus composed of 800 yoices*
with* booming of cannon forming a part of
the great refrain. Governor Colquitt then
formally declared the exposition open, and
steam was turned on the various engines off
the grounds by Mr. Kimball, Senators Vance,
Voorhees and Brown.
Thp fl*nnsitinn havinc assumed much creat
gusta and Knoxville, and the Greenwood'
Spartanburg and Laurens Railroad, recently
returned to Augusta from a visit to Wilmington
N. C. It is rumored that his visit to
Wilmington, had something to do with some
arrangements whereby the Greenwood, Spartanburg
and Laurens Railroad will obtain
a Northern connection at Spartanburg. It is
reported that this connection will be obtained
through the Carolina Central Railroad, which i
runs from Wilmington to Charlotte, from i
Charlotte to Lincolnton, N. C., and from
Lincolnton to Shelby, which is only thirty- ;
five miles from Spartanburg.
? The Anderson Journal says: "At the
last term of court, Thomas Speer, colored, i
was indicted for carrying concealed weapons, ]
He told his attorney that he had no money,
but if he was cleared he would work until
his fee was satisfied ; but if he was convicted
he would come back after he had served his
sentence in the penitentiary. He was convicted
and sentenced to the penitentiary for
three months. His sentence expired last
Friday, and Saturday evening he came up
on the train and reported for duty and went I
to work for his attorney. He is a resident t
of Abbeville county, and his conduct is in- <
deed exemplary in this particular."
er proportions than was at first contemplated,
the formal opening, although made on the
day appointed, was premature, as it will be
at least one or two weeks yet before the various
buildings can be put in readiness for
receiving the immense display of articles
that will be put on exhibition.
The exposition bids fair to be a grand sue
cess in every particular, exhibitors sending
in articles from all parts of the Union, and
the attendance of visitors being gratifyingly
large. In a week or ten days from now, it is
thought the exposition will be under full
way. It will continue until the 31st of December.
THE ASSASSIN GUITEAU.
The indictment against Charles J. Guiteau,
for the murder of James A. Garfield, late
President of the United States, was given to
the grand jury of the District of Columbia at
11 o'clock A. M.-, last Saturday. The indictment
embraces eleven counts, and is drawn
with great minuteness. The fifth and sixth
counts are the ones upon which it is said the
prosecution will mainly rely. They describe
the shooting as having been done "at the
Baltimore and Potomac Depot, at Washington,
of malice aforethought, with a pistol of
the value of five dollars, inflicting one mortal
wound of the depth of six inches and the
breadth of one inch, of which said mortal
wound said James A. Garfield, until the
nineteenth day of September, as well at and in
the County of Washington and District of
Columbia, as at and in the County of Monmouth,
New Jersey, did languish, and languishing
did live and ultimately died." Each
count formally repeats the charge that Guiteau,
in the manner and by the means described,
feloniously, wilfully and of his malice
aforethought, did kill and murder, against
the form of statue in such cases made and provided,
and against the peace and government
jf the United States. At 12.45 the grand
jury entered the Criminal Court room and
presented the indictment against Guiteau endorsed
"A true bill," and signed by Caleb
Churchman, foreman.
Guiteau is now being treated for malaria,
and quinine is administered in large doses.
He reluctantly takes the powders, fearing that
some subtle poison may be incorporated witn
the medicine and his life taken by the hidden
irug. He is too anxious to live, so the guards
say, to attempt his own life. Neither does he !
want to die by the act of a physician auy J
more than by the act of the hangman. He j
has nervously put aside several of the powlers
prescribed and said he would take them |
when he felt like it. The jail guards say I
;hat he is the most cringing coward that ever |
ived. He fears his own shadow, and when J
;akeu to the bath room, a short distance from ,
lis cell, insists on the guard covering him, so 1
that if there is among the soldiers on duty in
the rotunda, another Sergeant Mason, he will
have to fire through the escort to reach Quiteau.
He i9 still strangely confident that his .
brother-in-law's defence will acquit him. Mr.
Scoville, Guiteau's counsel, is now in Wash- ,
ington, and will probably have associate '
counsel in conducting tbe defense. It is said .
that several eminent lawyers have volunteer
ed their services, but the names of none of
them will be announced for the present. The .
line of defense will consist mainly in offering
evidence to show that Guiteau comes from a
family in which hereditary insanity has been
conspicuous for many years. It is also quite
probable that tbe medical treatment of the
President will be attacked, and counsel for
the defense will present all kinds of questions
for the consideration of the court, and in this
way embarrass the prosecution, compelling a
consideration of the law of jurisdiction, of
right to practice on the part of the President's
surgeons, and several other important points,
consuming time and putting the government i
to great expense in summoning witnesses from
abroad.
John W. Guiteau, of Boston, a brother of
the assassin, who was in New York last week,
was asked by a World reporter what action
he intended taking with regard to the trial
of his brother. He replied :
"It is not my inteiitioto'to do anything unless
I am summoned as a witness. My brother has
made no request of me, nor has Mr. Scoville,
nor have I written to either. I am in a delicate
position, and do not wish to express any
views upon the case. I have already told
the public through the press that in my belief
there was no political conspiracy at the bottom
of the shooting. My father had his
opinion about Julius' insanity. And I agreed
with my father, whose life and character I respect
and love, and it has turned out just as
he thought it would. Mr. Scoville was opposed
to my father's views. I grieve that
my brother should have done this dreadful
thing, but I feel it my duty to act from the
stand point of good citizenship only. I should
be glad to be of any real service to my brother,
within the truth and ray duty as a citizen."
"Are you here on business connected with
the trial ?"
"Certainly not. I have had nothing to do
with it in any way."
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
[ ? South Carolina will be represented by
about 50Q troops at the celebration of the
Yorktown centennial.
? Contributions to the Gary monument
have been discontinued on account of the
poor crops this year.
? There are now 483 patients in the State
Lunatic Asylum, of whom 256 are females
and 227 are males.
? The Chester Bulletin mentions that Rev.
J. E. White recently received a very painful
injury in having his right wrist fractured.
He was attempting to cross a fence and fell.
? W. A. Sanders, Esq., of Chester, has been
chosen to deliver the annual oration before
the Survivors' Association of the Sixth South
Carolina Regiment at the reunion next August
in Winnsboro.
? The Postmaster at Manning has placed a
bulletin-board in front of the office, on which
he publishes daily the state of his health and
finances, the Charleston markets and the unstamped
letters dropped-in the letter box.
? Mr. Robert A. Byers, a son of Mr. George
W. Byers, died at his father's residence, near
Rock Hill, a week ago last Friday. For several
years he has been engaged as a teacher
of penmanship.
? J. M. Wilder, the sheriff of Sumter county,
died quite suddenly at his home in the
town of Sumter on Wednesday night of last
week of apoplexy. J. Q. Edwards, coroner,
has qualified as sheriff of the count}'. Edwards
is colored and a Democrat.
? At a meeting of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, held in Columbia on the
4th iustant, Mrs. A. M. Chrietzberg and Mrs.
a i wt nlnntorl rlnl arra fan fn
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the National Temperance Union, which meets
in Washington on the 26th of October.
? The News says that four hundred and forty-two
of the farmers who deal with Greenville,
have paid for their fertilizers without
question, and the notes are not yet due.
These men represeut Greenville, Laurens, Anderson,
Pickens, Oconee and Spartanburg
counties.
? Col. Butler writes from Atlanta that it is
by no means too late for additional exhibits
to be forwarded to the Exposition from this
State, though the sooner they come the better.
He says other States have fine displays, but
we have nothing to fear if our citizens will
bestir themselves for a week in the forest, the
field and among the rocks. He especially desires
samples of grain, sheaves preferred, but
where they cannot be procured, send them in
small quantities in grain.
? Caterpillars have made their appearance
in various counties of the State, notably in
Clarendon, Kershaw, Abbeville, Fairfield,
Newberry and Chester. With regard to
Chester county, the Reporter says: "On the
plantation of Mr. James G. McAliley, caterpillars
appeared in a cotton field of sixteen
acres, on Thursday of last week, and in three
days they had consumed leaves and young
bolls, leaving nothing on the stalk except the
open cotton bolls. They have appeared on
most of the farms in that section."
? The Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist
says that President Verdery, of the Au
ZiOCAZi AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
F.M. Jackson, Chairman?Annual Meeting,
los, F. Wallace, C. C. Pis.?Clerk's Sales.
Dr. J. A. Glenn, Surgeon Dentist?Dental Notice.
I. M. Adams?New Goods?Crockery WareGlass
Ware?Stoves.
H. F. Adickes, Jr.?All Persons Indebted.
T. M. Dobson?My Expectations?And Still They
Come.
M. Strauss?Clear the Track.
J. W. P. Hope?Notice.
Clark Brothers?Notice.
Herndon Brothers?Cotton vs. Guano and Phosphate
s?Cotton and Groceries.
Withers A Jickes?Wanted.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sales.
WEATHER RECORD.
I TEMPERATURE. 1
> OCTOBER. 1 ; Wind. Weather.
3 jlO A. M. 13 P. M.j
5 Wednesday, ! 66 I 78 East. Clear.
6 Thursday, 54 | 66 [East. .Clear.
7 Friday, , 54 70 IWest. Clear.
8 Saturday, 64 75 'West. Clear.
9 Sunday, 68 76 [East. jClenr.
10 Monday, ' 70 77 East. jClear.
11 Tuesday, I 52 68 |East. ;Clear.
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faith. If our friends throughout the county
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confer npon us a favor, while it would render the
Enquirer more interesting to the readers generally
throughout the county.
TIRZAII POST OFFICE.
Mr. Henry Massey has been appointed
postmaster at Tirzah postoffice, and the office
has been moved to Massey's store.
FROST.
The 6rst frost of the season occurred on
Thursday morning, 6tb instant. Jn this locality
it was light and formed only in low,
damp places. Vegetation was uninjured.
ORDINATION SERVICES.
On to morrow, 14th instant, the ordination
and installation of Rev. W. T. Matthews, as
pastor of Olivet Church, will take place at
the church, three miles west pf McConnellsville.
CANE MILL AND (SIN ACCIDENTS.
On Thursday last, William Walker, a colored
lad, about 12 years of age, son of Ben
Walker, living about 4 miles west of town,
had his right hand caught between the rollers
of a cane mill, and 60 badly crushed that arr
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off about two inches above the wrist, by Dr.
H. G. Jackson, on Sunday.
On the same day, Mr. Curtis Parrot caught
his left hand between the saws of a cotton
gin, which cut off the third finger, besides injuring
the others.
ClIURCH NOTICES.
Services will be held in the churches as
follows:
Methodist Episcopal. It being the occasion
of Quarterly Conference, preaching may be
expected on Saturday and at the usual hours
on Sunday, by Rev. A. M. Chrietzberg, Presiding
Elder.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R.
Lathan, Pastor. Services at 10 30 A. M.,
next Sunday. Sunday school at 9 A. M.
Church of the Good Shepherd?Episcopal?
Rev. R. P. Johnson, Rector.. The rector
will officiate in the church of Our Saviour at
Rock Hill next Sunday.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services at the usual hours, morning and
evening.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
About half past 2 o'clock on Friday afternoon
last, Mr. Wni. D. Barnes was accidentally
killed while working with the cotton
press on Mrs. SueE. Barron's plantation, near
Clay Hill, in this county. It seems that Mr.
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it having been removed from the press, he
was standing in the press, immediately under
the "follower block," when, by some means,
the opposite end of the lever controlling the
block became detached, the block coming
down on him with a heavy pressure, and
crushing him to death before assistance could
reach him. Mr. Barnes was aged about
twenty-four years, was a very worthy, industrious
man, and had been married only since
the first of last month.
FINE MONUMENT.
Mr. Frank Happerfield, the skillful marble
worker of our town, has just completed
and erected in the Yorkville Cemetery,
over the grave of Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson,
wife of Mr. T. M. Dobson} a fine and costly
monument?the finest piece of work of the
kind, perhaps, in this section. The work is of
modest style, delicate, butelaborately wrought
in Italian marble, and besides being a chaste
and befitting memento of affection to the departed
wife whose memory it marks, is also
creditable in the highest degree to the tasteful
skill of the builder. It rises from a base
3 feet square by 1 foot 2 inches in height, the
second base being 2 feet square by 10 inches
high. On this base rests the die block, about
1 foot 8 inches square, on which the inscription
is cut in raised letters. The plinth recedes
about 3 inches from the dimensions of
the die block, is 6 inches in height, and from
it rises the shaft, 1 foot square at base and 5
feet high, finished with a cap ,1 foot 5 inches
in dimensions, the whole surmounted with the
statue of a female figure 2 feet 6 inches high.
The total height of the monument is 12 feet
6 inches, and is a model of syraetrical proportions
and artistic workmanship.
THE JENKINS MONUMENT.
The monument to the memory of General
Micah Jenkins has been completed, and was
placed upon the base at the marble yard of
Mr. E. R. White, in Charleston, last Friday.
The News and Courier, from which we gain
this information, says the monument is constructed
entirely of South Carolina granite,
and is twelve feet in height, including two
bases and a shaft. On the second base the
inscription, "Jenkins," stands forth in bold
letters. One side of the shaft is polished.
Near the top are two cannon crossed, and
beneath them the following inscription in
raised letters :
Micalt Jenkins,
Brigadier General C. S. A.
Boru December 1, 1835. lCdisto Island, S. C.
A graduate of the Citadel Academy,
With First Honors.
Killed at the Head of his Brigade,
In the Battle of the Wilderness, May 0, 1804.
"Integer Vit?e."
Erected to his Memory
By the Association of Citadel Graduates
And other Comrudes and Friends.
On the reverse side of the shaft there is in
)as relief a sword and belt exquisitely sculp;ured
out of the granite, and above this two
:rossed muskets.
The monument will remain iu the marble '
yard for several days and will then be placed
over the last resting place of Gen. Jenkins in
Magnolia Cemetery.
CONVICTS DROWNED.
Of the penitentiary convicts who escaped
from the brick yard near Columbia, on Sunday,
the 2nd instant, two, Charles and John
Campbell, colored, were from York county,
and were serving a life sentence under conviction
of arson. Tho bodies of these, and two
others who escaped at the same time, have
since been found iu Congaree river, the convicts
having been drowned, as is supposed, by
reason of the shackles, which impeded their
attempt to swim the river in the effort to gain
their freedom.
Although John and Charles were brothers,
they were convicted of separate offenses, committed
at different times. John was convicted
at March term, 1880, of being one of the
incendiaries of Capt. Allen Jones' residence,
in Rock Hill; and at October term, 1880,
Charles was convicted of burning Dr. T. C.
Robertson's barn and stables in the same
town.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The North Carolina Stute Fair opened
last Monday.
? The Mt. Airy Post, published in Surrey
county, says that county has been a fertile
field for the Mormons, and during the past
ten or fifteen years a number of her people
have been enticed into the Mormon church.
Among the converts are several women, a
number of whom have moved to Utah.
? On account of indebtedness and the effort
to compromise with its creditors proving
unsuccessful, the charter of the town of Fayetteville
has been surrendered by a vote of its
citizens, under an act of the General Assembly.
It is a question what becomes of the
town property^ some believing that it will
vest in the State.
? About 10 o'clock last Thursday night, a
body of 28 men, not one of whom was disguised,
rode into Newton, and demanding
from the jailor the keys of the jail, took therefrom
one Elijah Church, who had been removed
for safety from the jail at Taylorsville,
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on me cnarge 01 muruer, turn pruceeuiug
about a mile and a half from the town, hung
the accused man to a tree until he was dead.
? The magistrates and the county commissioners
of Guilford, in joint eeting, have
authorized and directed the purchase of
85,000 worth of corn for distribution among
the poor of the county. They are further
empowered to purchase 810,000 worth of
corn, to be sold to needy persons in the county
at the cost of purchase and transportation.
This action, which meets public approval in
the county, is rendered necessary by the late
disastrous drought.
? Senator Vance is said to be deeply chagrined
at the position in which he has been
placed by his impetuous son. That youth
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the Greensboro (N. C.) Patriot, because that
paper questioned the wisdom of the Senator
in his advocacy of reinstating Mr. Best and
his associates in the possession of the Western
N. C. Railroad, after a conditional sale
of the road to the Richmond and Danville.
Syndicate. At first young Vance wanted to
fight a duel, but Vauce, the elder, threw cold
water on him and he is gradually getting
quiet.
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EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Sale of the S. C. Railroad Confirmed.
? In the United States Circuit Court at
Charleston, on last Thursday, exceptions to the
confirmation of the sale of the South Carolina
Railroad, in July last, were submitted on
behalf of J. H. V. Cockcroft, of Connecticut,
the holder of non-mortgage bonds of the
company, who claims that he and other
creditors were discriminated against by the
Purchasing Committee, who, for another set
of creditors, bought the road, and that the
effect of the action of the committee was to
chill the bidding and cause the road to sell
at far less than its value. An affidavit was
submitted, showing that Geo. Parsons, of
New York, who held a judgment against the
road, had directed his agent in Charleston to
bid 86,000,000 for the road if the judgment
was not paid, and that the. judgment was
arranged for by the representatives of the
Purchasing Committee. Counter affidavits
were submitted, and after hearing the argument
of the counsel for Mr. Cockcroft, Judge
Bond announced that he would sign an order
confirming the sale of the road. Cockcroft
has given notice of an appeal to the Supreme
Couit.
The Case of ex-Gor. Moses.
The New York Star gives the following
particulars of the questionable transaction
of ex-Governor Moses, which led to the
incarceration of that worthy on the charge of
swindling, mention of which has already been
made in these columns:
On the evening of the 14th of June, two
days after the arrest of "Plin" White, the
veteran confidence operator, for victimizing
Major William L. Hall out of $1,300' for
which White has since been sentenced to five
years' imprisonment, Major Hall was visited
by a glib-tongued individual, who came to his
residence at No 4 East Tenth street, and introduced
himself as Mr. Hassan, a lawyer on
Broadway. He quickly broached his business
to Major Hall by informing him that he
called to give him information which would
lead to the recovery of his money for the
sum of $25. Mr. Hall told Mr. Hassan to
wait until he could seud for his friend, Mr.
Maltby G. Lane, of No 94 Fourth avenue,
whose advice he would ask in the matter.
When Mr. Lane arrived, Mr. Hassan explained
that White and his wife boarded with
his mother at No. 130 East 128th street,
and that Mrs. White had her baggage and a
large number of diamonds of great value
there. He proposed to recover Mr. Hall's
property by going with his law parter before
Justice Morgan, at the Jefferson Market
Court, and obtain a search warrant, with
which he proposed to seize upon Mrs. White's
effects. In case he was successful in recovering
the property, he wished it stipulated beforehand
that he was to receive 5 per cent of the
amount. Mr. Hall was impressed with his
visitor's manner and story, but his friend, Mr.
Lane, had some doubts.
Finally, Mr. Hall agreed to purchase Mr.
Hassan's information, and he paid him $20,
with the understanding that he would pay
him 5 per cent, of all the money he recovered.
As Mr. Hassan was about to go, he called
Mr. Hall aside and asked him if he was a
Free Mason. Mr. Hall answered in the affirmative,
and Mr. Hassan gave him the
usual signs of the craft.
"Now," said Mr. Hasson, "give me 85
additional, as we are brothers." Mr. Hall
handed his visitor the 85, and that was the
last he saw of him for a long time. As Mr.'
Hall received no further visits for many
weeks, he became convinced that be bad
again succumbed to the wiles of a sharper,
and communicated to Inspector Byrne the
manner in which he had heen freshly victimized.
Detectives Richland and Haley were instructed
to look out for the swindler, but they
could get no trace of him until a few days
ago, when Mrs. Hall saw him walk by the
house. The detectives watched the locality
for several days, and last night they saw a
man who answered the description of the
swindler enter a boarding house at No. 85
West Eleventh street. They arrested him
and brought him to police headquarters,
where ho was recognized as ex Governor
Franklin J. Moses, of South Carolina.
Mr. Hall was sent for and recognized the *
ex-Governor as the pseudo Mr. Hassan. The
ex Governor admitted that he wilts the man,
but claimed at the time he visited Mr. Hall
he was acting in good faith.
He appeared very anxious to compromise
the matter, but Inspector Byrnes refused to
allow auy negotiations, and locked Moses up
in one of the detective office cells.
nuKOAiEivnui*.
The tobacco crop has been very badly injured
by frost throughout Virginia. Atlanta
expects 1,000,000 visitors to its Exhibition.
*A Virginian who at one time
paid ta^es on 8100,000 worth of property, a
few weeks ago was sentenced to the penitentiary
for horse-stealing. A Copenhagen
dispatch says that the crops in Sweden have
failed, and it is reported that famine is impending.
President Arthur has assured
Postmaster General James and Secretary
Hunt that they can remain in the Cabinet as
long as they desire, and both will keep their .
portfolios. "The total area planted with
tobacco in the United States is 638,841 acres,
producing 472,661,159 pounds.. Beer
brewers in Philadelphia report that the sale
of the beverage, in that city, during the
past Summer, was the greatest in the history
of the trade. At a recent wedding in
Bamesville, Ga., the groom was 110 and the
bride had just celebrated her fortieth birthday.
It is reported on good authority
that Indiana will have as much wheat and
corn this year as last. After they get
through with ex-Gov. Moses, of South Carolina,
in New York, they want him in New
Jersey, where he swindled ex-Congressman
Halsy. The Yorktown celebration commences
on the 18th instant. The flag of
the Confederate man-of-war, Alabama, is on
exhibi tion in Boston. Its possessor says that
he values it at 810,000. The revised
New Testament is said to be in regular use
in at least twenty of the leading New York
churches. The Custer monument has
been erected on the battle-fleld upon which
the daring general fell. It is of granite, in
the form of a low obelisk. It bears the names
of all who died in Custer's fight An observer
who considers kissing an esthetic pleasure,
says that negroes, as a rule, never indulge
in it, has heard that Indians never do, and
says that among the lower classes of white
women it is a rarity.
THE COTTON CROP.
The last cumber of BracUtreet's, a reliable
commercial and financial journal of New
York, has the following estimate of the condition
and probable yield of this year's cotton
crop:
The condition of the growing cotton crop
from August 23, the date of our last report,
up to September 19, the date on which our
mail reports were made, had not improved.
On the contrary, taking the average throughout
the cotton growing States, it had deteriorated.
The drouth reported last month continued
until about September 10, each day
increasing the injury doue. Since that time
rains have fallen over most of the cotton belt,
but, as a rule, the crop on the uplands was
too much dried up to materially improve.
On the bottom lands the condition of the
crop has improved, but not to any great extent.
In some States, especially in Georgia
and Alabama, the rains have tended to enV.I
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courage worms, ana tne reports rrom mose
States are that worms are eating the new
growth, both leaves and young bolls, thus
adding to the injury previously done to the
plant.
The condition and prospect of the crop,
based on the yield, are shown more forcibly
in the following table. This gives the actual
average condition of the cotton crop, as
compared with that of Jast year'at the same
time, as indicated by our reports from each
State, and the average for the whole country :
Below last year,
per ceut.
North Carolina and Virginia. 37.9
South Carolina 39.8
Georgia and Florida 28.8
Alabama .....24.7
Mississippi .*. 28.6
Louisiana 30.6
Texas ?..'.;..39.4
Arkansas .54.8
Tennessee 46.2
A verage for cotton belt 34.5
Our last month's report indicated a condition
27 per cent, below that of last year, on
allowance having been taken of increased acreage
plunted. Hence, during the month ending
September 19, the crop seems to have
been injured some 71 per cent. It is evident,
however, that the crop has been very seriously
injured, and must fall considerably short
of that of last year, even with the most favorable
Fall weather, and full allowance being
made for the increased acreage planted.
It should be understood that we are not prepared
r,o give an estimate of the final out-turn
of the crop. We hope to be able to do this
in our next monthly report.
The reports state that, as a rule, the yield
of lint cotton from seed cotton is smaller
than usual this year. There are a few exceptions
to this, which report it larger, owing
to the seed being dried up, or otherwise defective,
but the large majority of the reports
a*e that it is less. The inquiry also develops
chat it takes 3* pounds of seed to give 1
pound of lint in Mississippi and Arkansas,
3? pounds in North Carolina, Alabama,
Louisiana, Texas and Tennessee, and 3!
pounds in South Carolina and Georgia. This
light yield also helps to reduce the crop.
Our reports indicate that a favorable Fall
and late frost will improve the present con- *
dition and prospect of plants in each State,
as follows: In North Carolina and Virginia,
2 per cent.; South Carolina, 3 per cent.;
Georgia and Florida 2.6 per oent; Alabama,
1.2 percent.; Mississippi, U per cent.;
Louisiana, 3} per cent.; Texas, 4.4 per cent;
Arkansas, ! per cent., and Tennessee, 2.3 per
cent.
From South Carolina there are reports
from thirty-one counties, which contain over
99 per cent, of the lands planted in cotton in
the State. As a rule the weather for picking
has been very favorable. Some damage
was done by the storm of September 15, and
the weather generally has been unfavorable
for growth and the development of the plant.
Advices from forty-four correspondents say it
was unfavorable, twenty-one that it was favorable.
But twenty-two reports say the
crop has beet growiug and fruiting, while
forty-three say it had stopped. Only seven
reports note that the condition and prospect
of the plant had improved since August 23,
while twenty-eight say it has remained unchanged,
and thirty that it had become worse.
As compared with last year at the same date,