Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 19, 1883, Image 2
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YORKVKLLG, S. C. :
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 19,1883.
THE STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Several weeks ago, a circular issued by A. S.
Todd, the efficient secretary of the South Carolina
State Press Association, reminded us that
V* nnnnol csnooinn rtf tliof lmilv WftllM
commence at Gaffney City on the 3rd day of
July. Although we have been a member of the
Association for the past six years, circumstances
which we could not control, prevented us from
attending any one of the meetings. There being
no impediment in the way, this year, we determined
to avail ourselfofthe opportunity of meeting
face to face, and makingthe personal acquaintance
of men whose names were as familiar tons
as household words. In furtherance of this purpose,
on the afternoon of Monday, the 2nd instant,
we left Yorkville, for Gaffney City, on
the northward bound passenger train of the
Chester and Lenoir Railroad, which was in charge
of Major Jim Marshall, one of the most attentive
and efficient conductors who ever jerked a
bell rope or punched a ticket.
At 6 o'clock, Gastonia was reached; but sis we
could get no further on our way by railroad until
next morningat 1.50, and desiring to avoid a night
ride, we decided to goto All-Healing Springs,
remain there all night and go thence next day to
King's Mountain station on the Air Line Railroad.
We were soon seated in one of the hacks,
several of which are in waiting on the arrival of
each train. Something more than an hour's ride
brought us to All-Healing Springs.
On our arrival we were kindly greeted by several
acquaintances, and among others by a lady
friend from Charlotte, who is always on the alert
to make those about her feel comfortable. Being
of a practical turn of mind, she immediately in
formed us that supper was in waiting. Without
any unnecessary delay we entered the dining
room. There we found everything neat and
tasteful; the table supplied with an abundance
of well-prepared edibles, the revolving fans in
motion and producing a delightful temperature,
not a pestiferous fly to be seen, and Mr. Richard
. (Jarrett moving about from table to table, seeing
that the wants of all the guests were promptly
attended a). A visit to the springs, a chat with
friends for an hour, a stroll to the ball tooni
where the young people were dancing, and then
to a cottage on the hill, away from the noise of
the hotel, and we were soon asleep.
Next morning we were pleased to observe that
since last season a number of neat cottages have
been erected, additional rooms are added to the
hotel building, the grounds have been beautified,
the artificial pond has been enclosed by a
substantial railing, paint has been applied where
most needed, and the appearance of all the surroundings
rendered more attractive. Asa place
of resort, All-Healing Springs is to be commended
for the solid comforts that can be obtained at
a moderate cost, the purity of the air, the general
cleanliness maintained on the premises, and
the constant attention to the wants of guests,
whether they be rich or poor, sick or well, fashionable
or unfashionable, old or young. Dr.
Carrett, the manager for the All-Healing Springs
Company, gives every department of the establishment
his constant supervision and attention,
and the whole machinery moves without jar,
noise or confusion.
We left All-Healing Springs on Tuesday arternoon,
and roaehed King's Mountain station
in time to make eonnneetion with the westWound
train of the Air-Line Railroad. Less
than an hour's run brought us to Gaffney City.
On arriving at the depot we were met by Intendant
Simon, Col. W. W. Gaffney, other members
of the citizens' committee, and a number
of the newspaper fraternity who had preceded
us. The greetings of old acquaintances and the
making of new ones soon made us feel at home.
Just here we will mention that the Press Association
has for one of its objects, the bringing
together in social contact, representatives of the
several newspapers of the State, in order that
each may be in a condition to better understand
the temper and motives of others, and thereby
enable all to work in harmony for the best interests
of the State. Another object is to afford facilities
for conferring with each other with regard
to the plans adopted by each in the business
management of their respective publications,
and thus, by suggestion, eradicate evils which
have more or less resulted in harm, in a pecuniary
pointof view, to almost every newspaper in the
State. But, nevertheless, it i9 not intended that
any rules shall be adopted with regard to the
business management of their publications,
which require the members of the Association
t<> adhere to them without regard to circum
stances or surroundings. ,
The Press Association met on Tuesday afternoon
in Wood's Hall, and was called to order by
the President, Col. T. B. Crews, of the Laurensville
Herald. After prayer by the Chaplain,
Rev. Sidi H. Browne, the secretary called the
roll, when the following members answered to
their names: R. R. Hemphill, of the Abbeville
Medium : James A. Hoyt, of the Baptist Courier ;
F. P. Beard, of tlie Kershaw Gazette;'T. B.
Crews, of the Luurensville Herald; W. J. MeKerrall,
of the Marion Star : J. D. McLucas, of
the Marion Merchant and Farmer : F, Melchers,
of the Charleston Zietung: A. S. Todd, ofthe Anderson
Journal; L. M. Grist, ofthe Yorkville
Knqi'I RKit; Hugh Wilson, of the Abbeville Press
and Banner ; M. B. MeSweeny, of the Hampton
Guardian ; J. C. Bailey, of the Greenville Mountaineer
; C. H. Prince, of the Florence Times ; T.
11. Clark, of the Camden Journal; L. 0. Ligon,
ofthe Aiken Journal and Itcvieic ; Rev. Sidi H.
Browne, ofthe Christian Neighbor ; W. L. Thomas,
of the Marlboro Monitor ; Julian W. Cavis, of
the Spartanburg Herald; Charles Petty, of the
Spartanburg Spartan; C. E. R. Drayton, of the
Aiken Recorder ; W. J. Montgomery, of tlie Pee
Dec Index ; W. Waddv Thomson, of the Galfney
Carolinian.
After the disposal of matters of 110 interest to
any one except the members of the Association,
and the appointment of a committee to arrange
the details of a formal reception tendered by the
authorities of Gafftiey City, the Association adjourned
to meet at 8 o'clock, P. M.
At the time appointed, the members of the Association
and many of the citizens of Gafl'ney,
including quite a number of ladies, assembled in
Wood's Hall. After the assemblage had been
called to order, Mr. Moses Simon, the intexulant
of the town, in a few well timed and appropriate
remarks, introduced Col. W. Waddy Thomson,
the editor of the Carolinian, who then arose, and
in an address which was happily conceived and
eloquently delivered, in behalf of the citizens,
welcomed the Association to Gaffney City. The
address was responded to in an appropriate manner
by Col. T. B. Crews, the president of the
Association. After arranging the details for a
visit, next day, to Limestone Springs, about a j
mile distant, the assemblage dispersed with the
announcement that the Press Association would 1
resume business at 11 o'clock, next morning.
On Wednesday morning, immediately after j
breakfast, a number of vehicles were drawn
up in front of the doors of the hotel, and the
members of the Association, together with the
ladies of the party and a number of citizens,
were soon comfortably seated. In a short time
the entire party was safely landed at the springs.
Some engaged themselves in strolling over the
grounds; others in examining the huge build- j
ing which was erected about half a century ago |
as a place of summer resort, and where in those j
early days, three hundred guests would be as- I
sembled at one time; others still, examined the
lime kilns which are situated within a few hun- 1
dred yards of the springs; the unmarried men
talked "candied sweetness" to the marriageble
ladies; and, taken all in all, the visit to Lime- 1
stone Springs was an enjoyable one.
The buildings here were erected about the
year 1?32, and it was a place of fashionable resort
for people of this and other States for several j
years. Here the people of the up-country and J
the low-country met upon common ground; here ,
were hold conferences which looked to the control '
of the State in the interest of the upper or lowcountry,
or in the interest of this or that faction, j
The Nullification excitement arising about this 1
lime, had the effect of arraying neighbor against i
neighbor, father against son, and jn some cases
wife against husband, and almost entirely destroyed
the entente cordiale which had previously
fCxisted, For a numberof years, the hotel was kept
. open as a place of public resort, but never again !
attained its early popularity, and was finally f<
abandoned for the purpose for which itwasorigi- 1<
nally intended. The property subsequently came p
into the possession of Revs. Thomas and William n
Curtis, who established there a female school s
of high grade, which, up to the commencement I I
of the war, attained a popularity second to none | b
in the Southern country. Many of the mothers : t<
and grandmothers of to-day were educated in j n
the institution, and they yet refer with pride to I n
the excellence of the school as an institution of 11
learning. : s
Shortly after the close of the war, the property o
passed into other hands, and for a time it was not e
used for educational purposes. The existence of b
the property was brought to the attention of the
late Peter Cooper, Esq., of New York, who s
eventually purchased it without ever having vis- t
ited the premises. He entertained the idea of a
establishing at this place, an institution similar f
in design to the famous Cooper Institute of New i
York, exclusively for the benefit of the working 0
classes of the South. 'J
During the Summer of 1878, in company with v
several members of his family, Mr. Cooper came t
to tho South for the purpose of inspecting the b
property and inaugurating his granu ana Dene- ti
ficent scheme. For reasons unknown to us, he o
abandoned the original idea, lmt with a liberali- ,s
tv which did credit to his head and heart, he ,]
made a gift of the property to the Baptists of r
Spartanburg county. Without unnecessary de- rj
lay, the property was dedicated to school pur- tl
poses, and soon was organized the "Cooper- ]j
Limestone Female Institute." The School is now p
under the immediate control of Professors H. (J
P. Griffith and R. O. Sanis, as Principals, with
a full corps of competent assistants. The Spring n
session closed on the 28th ultimo with eighty- o
five pupils in attendance.
At Limestone Springs, are located the lime
kilns of Messrs. Simon Brothers. The senior ?
member of the firm is the Intendant of Gaffney t
City, and by the bye, stands shoulder to shoul- p
der with the most enterprising citizen of that en- 1
terprising town. The lime made by this firm is
of a superior quality, and the production is about a
| one hundred barrels every twenty-four hours. j|
They have in operation several kilns, oneof which s
is known as tho perpetual lime kiln. The lime- '
I stone rock is constantly fed at the top of this V
kiln. So soon its it is sufficiently burned it is jj
+oL-n?i nut !it the hnttoni. andwhen cool, is barrel- J
ed ready for transportation. Tins kiln is kept s
in operation day and night, from one year's end !'
to another, except a short intermission during j.
the Christmas holidays. It is calculated to make j>,
a "drawing" of the lime every six hours. About t
sixty hands are constantly employed about the 11
kilns, this number being necessary in consequenee
of the fact that one set of hands is em- j,
ployed while another is sleeping and resting, j]
The management of the kilns is under the imme- c
diate supervision of Mr. M. feimon, and the regu- 1
larity and S3rsteni with which the work moves ?
forward, reflects credit on his administrative ability,
and is pleasing to persons who think that ?
"Good order is the foundation of all goofl things." j:
The time appointed for the re-assembling of I'
the Press Association being near at hand, we ?
returned to Gaffney City. The Association re- v
sumed its session, at the appointed hour, and ?
after the disposal of some routine business, and o
the discussion of matters relating to the business 0
management of newspapers, adjourned until ^
j 9 o'clock on Thursday morning. ^
j At 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening, the mem- b
bers of the Association, with the invited guests, t
repaired to the hotel, where a splendid banquet P
had been provided by the citizens of Gaffney. H
The tables were covered with substantials. and ^
delicacies, and "victuals varied well in taste." h
Our genial friend, Mr. W. Waddv Thomson, b
the editor of the Gaffney Carolinian, was master J'
of ceremonies, and right well did he do his part.
A number of toasts were read and responded to
in short and pithy speeches, by Messrs. Crews, ^
Hoyt, Clark, Drayton, Todd, McSweeny, Prince, ?
Beard and others. The entertainment closed
without an incident to mar the pleasures of the 11
occasion. f
On Thursday morning, the Association assem- ^
bled at the appointed hour. The session was devoted
to the discussion of business matters, and v
the adoption of resolutions thanking the people v
of Gaffnev for the courtesies extended to the l\
Association. ^
Gaffney City is situated in Spartanburg county, a
on the line of the Charlotte and Atlanta Air-Line ?
Railroad, twenty-one miles east of the city of
Spartanburg, about four miles west of Broad 11
river, and within a few miles of the point where
the counties of York, Union and Spartanburg _
corner. The first house was erected in Gaffney ^
City in the fall of 1873, and during that season the J;
sales of cotton aggregated about five hundred
bales. The town was incorporated in 1875, and a.'
now has a resident population of more than six
hundred. Within the incorporated limits are ^
thirty-two stores, some of which will compare ?
favorably with those in towns of greater preten- %
sions, one hotel, a carriage and wagon manufactory,
two cotton gins and a corn mill driven ?
by steam power, a private bank, and a fine male 11
school with an attendance of one hundred and
forty-two pupils during the session just closed.
The receipts of cotton during the present season v
foot up nine thousand three hundred and eighty P
bales. It is estimated that the business of the v
town, during the present year, including the ?
sales of cotton and fertilizers, will amount to
nearly one million of dollars. At the session of
the legislature previous to the last, a majority of ^
the citizens of the town petitioned the legisla- (
tureto take away from the town council the authority
to grant licenses for the sale of intoxi- '
eating liquors. The petition was granted, and
Gaffney is now a "dry town." We were pleased
learn that several of the leading citizens, who a
were much opposed to this step, under the apprehension
that it would injure the business a
interests of the town, are now fully satisfied that e
they were mistaken, and that prohibiting the sale a'
of intoxicating liquors has had the effect of in- 0
creasing the trade of the place. These same cit- n
izens would now strenuously oppose any attempt ^
to repeal the law and restore the authority to P
license the sale of intoxicating liquors. k
While ill, Rnffnfiv f'itv. we were nleased to meet 11
v %} y x I.
our former fellow citizen, Rev. Louis A. Johnson
and family, and during one night of our stay we 11
were their guest. They reside at Limestone
Springs. Mr. Johnson is in charge of the circuit *
in which Gaffney City is situated, and preaches
at stated intervals to the congregations of fivedif- a
ferent churches within the bounds of his charge. "
Notwithstanding this heavy draft on his time n
and strength, he finds opportunities to assist in
building and repairing churches, to visit the sick,
to bury the dead, to comfort the living, and "tie S1
the silken knot" for all who desire his services. ^
One of the enterprises in which the people of ^
Gaffney City are largely interested, although sit- ^
uated in York county, is the cotton factory of the 11
Cherokee Manufacturing Company. The mill is ^
located about six miles east of Gaffney City, on ^
Broad river, near the site of the old Cherokee
Ironworks. The stockholders consist of J. A. ^
Deal, Joseph F. Wallace,estate of Dr. R. T. Allison,
of York county S. C.: R. P. Roberts, of
King's Mountain N. C.; J. X. Torrence, J. A. v
Carroll, S. S. Ross, estate of A. M. Latham, of
Gaffney City. The Company was organized in u
1881 with a capital stock of 860,000, and the factory Sl
was put in operation in March, 1882, with 4,200 r.
spindles. Mr. J. A. Deal is the President of the s'
company; R. P. Roborts, Secretary; S. S. Ross, K
J. A. Carroll, and J. X. Torrence, Directors. ^
The mill is employed in the manufacture of Xo. s'
20yarn, and consumes about twenty-five bales of ?
cotton per week. At a recent meeting of the
stockholders, a dividend of eight per cent, was *
declared from the earnings of the mill for the past jj
six months, and it was decided to increase the r
capital stock to $S5,000. We are informed that c
the new stock, authorized to bo issued, has been a
taken up by the present stockholders. It is
deemed proper to remark in this connection, that ^
the enterprise has only been profitable to the n
stockholders within the past six months. Previous
to the time mentioned, loss resulted to the
company in consequence of the dishonesty of the ?
commission house to which the products of the | ,,
factory were consigned. q
An invitation having been accepted by the ti
South Carolina Press Association, to meet the ^
North Carolina Press Association at Asheville,
on its return from Wavnesville, where the annual
meeting of the latter Association was held, a
after dinner, on Thursday, each member of the a
South Carolina Association paid his bill at the 0
hotel and repaired to tho railroad depot for the I ^
purpose of leaving Gaffney City, at 1.1 ~>P. M., i v
on the east bound passenger train. On arriving j v
at tho depot, it was ascertained that an accident! P
had occurred to the train in the neighborhood of ' e
Central, eighty miles distant, which would do- j,
tain it for several hours. Fortunately, however, ft
a freight train was on the side-track to which a c
passenger coach was attached. The agent at o
<;aflnev communicated by telegraph with the 0
"powfcKj that be," and after some delay, orders *
were received directing that the train be sent j,
forward with our pavtv oti board. Five o'clock (
aund us en route, and at 9 o'clock P. M., Char- j
atte was reached. There a special train was i
rovided, which arrived at Salisbury at 12, mid- i
ight. We were soon on board one of the hand- j
ome passenger coaches of the Western N. C. j
tailroad, provided for the useof the Association ;
y President Andrews, to take the party through j
o Asheville without charge. Without any unlecessarv
delay, the members of our party soon
nade arrangements for passing the remainder of
he night in as comfortable a manner as cireumtances
permitted. Some sought the "sleeper,"
thers nodded on the seats, while a few remaind
wide awake and enjoyed the fun to them, of
easing those who were trying to sleep.
After leaving Salisbury, which is the county 1
eat of Rowan, we passed through a portion of j
hat county, and then Iredell, Catawba, Burko
nd McDowell counties. Daylight found us in
he vicinity of Marion, the countv-seat of Mc)owcll
county, inside the borders of the "land
f the sky," with mountains on either side,
"ho spectacle was grand, as the train sped forward,
over trestles and high embankments itnd
hrough deep cuts, the rocky sides frowning
ligh above, with the peaks of the hills and niounnins
risingaud falling to the view like the waves
f the ocean. At half past seven o'clock, Henry
tation was reached. Here the mountains frown
own on every side, and at this point the raiload
commences the ascent of the Blue Ridge,
'his section of the railroad is well described by
he"Kxeursion (luide to Western North Camilla,"
recently issued by the Richmond and
)anville Railroad Company, from which we
note the following:
"Thedistance from Henry Station to Swannaoa
Cap, by the stage road, is about three aiid
ne-half miles; by the railroad, something more
han nine miles. The elevation to be overcome
< so great that, in order to maintain a uniform
radient of say one hundred and sixteen feet to
he mile, the line of railroad makes a detour into
he mountains up a branch of Mill creek, and
lerforms some most astounding gymnastics, in
he way of curves and cuttings, in order to reach
he summit and keep a uniform grade. It winds
round the spurs and tip the steep slopes, now
nd then crossing the little streams which abound
u this region in such a way as to gain the dcired
end, and in doing so presents many charmrur
views of vnllev and mountain. The Pinna
le of Bluo Ridge/the highest point of that ridge,
s in full view?a noble, symmetrical peak, over
ive thousand feet high, beautifully wooded.
It one point the road winds around an isolated
pur, and crosses again the same culvert oho
inndred and twenty feet above the tirst crossng;
at another point, by a similar loop, it runs
ifty or sixty feet above the eurvo immediately
iclow, into'which a pebble may be thrown from
he car window. Tlie work lierc has been imuense
and very expensive. Not to speak of the
leep cuttings'and heavy embankments, there
re six tunnels from four hundred to eighteen
inndred feet in length. The last one at the sumuit,
immediately under the stage road, is about
ighteen hundred feet long. The elevation of
he road at this point is one thousand and tweutyix
feet above Henry station. These tunnels are
hrough solid rock of the sternest and most unielding
character. At another point of this long
;rade, the road cuts off the toe, so to speak, of a
irejecting spur. The material taken out is a
nose shale, and after the cut was made, during
wet spell, the whole face of the spur, amountug
to several acres, slipped down and choked
ip the track completely. A rift can be seen
cross the face of the spur, showing the amount
f the slide. Most of this slide has been washed
lit of the track by turning a flume upon it; but
he consequence has been to fill up the mill
loads, and almost change tne character 01 me
treamlets below. Great and laborious as have
ieen the efforts of man to overcome nature at
his point, it is interesting to stand upon some
ioint of vantage, and to sec how puny are his
reatest efforts in comparison with the'everlastng
grandeur of nature's. The great road is at
est a mere gash in the face of the everlasting
ills, and man's most ambitious embankment
ut punv ant-hills in comparison with the ma?stie
heights which look (town in silence upon
liese Lilliputian labors."
After the summit of the mountain was reached,
he descent was comparatively gradual to the
wannanoa valley below.
About half past-nine o'clock, on Friday inornng,
Asheville was reached. On the arrival of
he train, our party was met at the railroad depot
y a committee of citizens, and escorted' to the
otels at which accommodations had been preiously
provided. Early in the afternoon, coneyances
were drawn up in front of the hotels,
nd the entire party, accompanied by citizens of
isheville, visited a few of the points of interest
bout the city, notably Connally's Hill, about two
liles distant, from which a fine view of the
'reneh Broad, the Swannanoa and tliesurround:ig
country was obtained. Returning to the hods,
the members of the South Carolina Press
issociation, accompanied by the Mayor of Asheille,
a committee of citizens, and the Board of
'rade, were conveyed in carriages across the
'rench Broad to Clayton's, a railroad crossing,
t which point the North Carolina Press Associa011
was met on its return from Waynesville.
.Iter greetings and introductions, the long line
f vehicles, bearing more than one hundred
nests, took its course through the beautiful
rounds known as "Richmond Hill," the proprty
of Richmond Pearson, Esq., and nieanderlg
along the carriage ways that encircle the
rounds, descended to a large, bold spring at the
lot of the hill, near his cottage, in front of which
as found a beautiful bronze fountain in full
lay, the basin of which was filled with limpid
Otm. Viii.ro otinrika nf ioo and d(17.fins of bottles
f wine, free to all who desired to drink. Near
y, in a substantial house, built of stone, through
hich flowed a bold stream of water from tho
pring, were jars full of the most delicious butjr-milk,
for the use of those who did not wish
) drink of the wine. Wo were gratified at the
ict that tho "buttormilk brigade" outnumbered
le wine drinkers, for when there still remained
'ine in abundance, the butter-milk had all disppeared
and the cry was for more !
After a short time spent in social intercourse ,
nd the makingof new acquaintances, the party
ntered the vehicles in waiting, which immeditely
started forward and meandered to the top
fthe hill. There alighting again, resolutions
'ere adopted by the Associations thanking Mr.
'earson for the pleasure afforded the particiants
in the enjoyment of his handsome enter
lininent. Lingering for a few minutes to gaze
pon the vast circle of mountains bounding the
orizon in the distance, with the French Broad
inking its serpentine way in tlie valley below,
le party entered the vehicles and were soon in
.sheville again.
At night, the two associations participated in
banquet provided by the Board of Trade of
.Hheville. Being very much fatigued, we did
ot attend the banquet, but retired to bed at an
irly hour. We learned that about 200 guests
ere present, and that during the evening short
peeches, in response to toasts, were made by
Richmond Pearson, Esq., of Asheville; Messrs.
'. II. Clark, W. J. Montgomery and C. E. It.
rayton, of the South Carolina Press Associa011;
Mr. H. A. London, President of the North
arolina Press Association, editor of the Chatam
(N. C.) Record, and a brother of Messrs.
iondon at Rock Hill; Mr. V. S. Lusk, Mayor of
.slicville; Senator Vance, and others.
On Saturday morning, the two Associations,
ith thf ladies accompanying them, loft Aslieille
for Warm Springs, where they were to bo
le guests of the proprietors of the Springs. Relizing
the fact fully that v. e are unable to deL-ribe,
in a satisfactory manner, the grand sceney
between Asheville and Warm Springs, wo
hirk from the attempt, and avail ourselfof the
raphic pen-picture drawn l v Col. S. A. Ashe,
Lie talented editor of the Rale:gh News and Obsrvei*,
whose acquaintance we had the pleasure
f making during our trip. He says:
"But Asheville passed, the basin between the
Hue Ridge and the Alleghanies left behind, wo
egin a new experience. The course of the line,
ike that of the old stage road, lies along the
iver bank. We are hemmed in by the beetling
lift's that rise from the water's edge'. Sometimes
foothold is gained by blasting rocks; someimes
a trestle leads along the granite wall, but
ver we course beside the mountain torrent that
lories in the primeval wildness and speaks to
is of primeval times. Between Asheville and
Varm Springs we rarely notice any signs of
luman life. Hardly a score of habitations are
bserved in the whole distance. Indeed, the canon
of the French Broad has a wildness perhaps
inequaled this side of the Rocky Mountains,
'he portion of the Alleghanies through which the
orront has hewed its way dift'ors widely from
ho Blue Ridge. The latter is covered with a
MnuCninimr a varied and luxurious
rowth, whiio the cliffs of the French Broad
fford a foothold only to the spruce, the pino
nd other alpine woods. The changed appearnce
arrests the attention of the most casual
bservor. The fall in the river is easy and contant.
The total is about 1,000 feet in' thirty-six
niles. Sometimes the granito bottom refuses to
;ear away and rapids occur. Again the canyon
,-idens and the river expands its bosom into a
lac-id cove only again to be contracted by tho
verlasting rocks to a narrow gorge, whose cliffs
iso perpendicular more than sou feet into tho
Jug empyrean. But difficult as has been tho
jat of constructing a railroad along such a
ourse, it has boen most admirably accompllshd.
Tho roadway is firm, well Ballasted and
nduring. Tho work has beon done in a subtantial
manner, end attests alike the skill of tho
ngineers and tho executive stb]l}ty of those who
ave done the construction. Maj. Wilson and
'ol. Andrews have made their marks on those
everlasting rocks which will link their names
with Western North Carolina forever."
Arriving at Warm Springs, about 12 o'clock,
Nl, the party immediately left the ears and soon
dispersed about the buildings and grounds.
Some availed themselves of the opportunity of
a plunge in the pool, which is about sixteen feet
square and four and one-half feet in depth, with
a temperature about equal to that of the human
body; others indulged in tub baths; and others
still, whiled the time away chatting with acquaintances,
strolling over the grounds, examining
the springs and tasting of the water, or
promenading on the longand broad piazzas.
Warm Springs are in Madison county, North
Carolina, thirty-three miles distant from Asheville,
on the line of the Western North Carolina
Railroad. The springs arc situated in a valley
of more than a thousand acres, almost perfectly
level, on the French Broad river, near the Tennessee
line, and are surrounded by the highest
mountain ranges east of the Mississippi river.
The main building of the hotel is three stories
high, is built of brick, and presents a frontage
on the French Broad of six hundred feet. Accommodations
can be provided for between
seven hundred and eight hundred guests. In
addition to the Warm Springs, there arc in the
vicinity, a cold sulphur spring and an iron
spring. An analysisof the Warm Springs water
shows that it contains muriate of lime, sulphate
of soda, carbonate of soda, silicia, sulphate of
magnesia, and cremate of iron.
Dinner was announced, the long tables were
soon surrounded and the guests comfortably
seated, but owing to the large crowd and the
scarcity of waiters, some delay ensued before all
could be served. The dinner over, arrangements
were made for the toasts and post-prandial
speeches usual 011 such occasions; but before
much progress had been made, the programme
was cut short by the announcement that thetimo
had arrived for the departure of the train. Several
of the expected toasts and speeches were
dispensed with, and those who intended to return
to Asheville were soon at the station ready
for the departure of the train. In a few minutes
the train was on the way, and Asheville was
reached in due time, without the occurrence of
any incident worthy 01 note, un arriving at
Asheville, nearly all the members of the North
Carolina Press Association departed for their
homes. The members of the South Carolina
Association decided to remain another day.
Asheville is the county-seat of Buncombe
county, and is situated on a series of hills which
rise along the banks of the French Broad, near
where the Swannanoaunites with the former river,
and has an elevation above the sea-level ot
thirty-two hundred feet. In it arc several large
hotels, numerous boarding houses, and quite a
number of handsome and substantially built
business houses, with abundant evidences of a
thriving, growing and prosperous town. It is
claimed that it has a population of four thousand.
The business part of the town is compactly built
up, and many Handsome una elegant resiueucea
are to be seen on thehillsand in the valleys away
from the main business thoroughfares. Within
the last few years the town has grown very rapidly,
and the improvements made are of a
substantial character. For many years it has
been known abroad only as a place of pleasant
summer resort, but now, without losing any of
its prestige in that direction, it is increasing in
business importance and is rapidly growing into
a thriving, trading, bustling city in the mountains.
The lands of the surroundingcountry are
well adapted to the growth of tobacco, and its
cultivation is rapidly becoming the leading and
most profitable industry in that section.
Asheville is now easy of access from this sect ion,
by way of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad. By
taking the northern bound passenger train in the
afternoon, Newton, on the Western North Carolina
Railroad, is reached at nine o'clock the same
evening. At three o'clock, next morning, the
western bound passenger train on the latter road,
passes Newton, and arrives at Asheville at 9.34,
A. M. Returning from Asheville, the train of
the Western North Carolina Railroad reaches
Newton about 10.30, P. M., and the passenger
train on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad leaves
Newton at 7 o'clock the next morning.
On Sunday afternoon our party dispersed. A
few of the number left Asheville for home, by
the way of Hendersonville and Spartanburg, and
the rest by way of the Western North Carolina
Railroad. Each member of the Association has
now returned to his home, and is already engaged
in the discharge of the exacting duties of
his calling, doubtless well pleased with the incidents
connected with the ninth annual meeting
of the South Carolina State Press Association.
CROP REPORTS.
On the fourth page of this issue is published
an interesting and satisfactory summary
of the condition of the crops in this State
/ah tlm lef fbo fnllnwine is the
July report of the Department of Agriculture
at Washington. The report indicates
a very general improvement in the condition
of cotton. Rains were general up to
the loth or 20th of June and local showers
have been frequent since. There has been
an excess of moisture interfering with cultivation
and promoting the growth of grass.
Clean fields are found only in favored districts
and on lands of prompt and pushing
cultivators. Since June 20 the growth has
been rapid. In grassy districts the plants
are still small but healthy and making
great progress with recent cultivation. The
only complaint of drought comes from Central
and Southwestern Texas, from the
Colorado to the Guadaloune Rivers. A few
counties in South Carolina and Georgia report
the present need of rain. The recent
distribution of moisture has been quite unequal.
Adams county, Miss., has had showers
daily for five weeks, and Pike county
for six to eight weeks.
The general average of the condition has
avanced from 8G to 90. Last July there
was an inprovement of 3 points from 89 to
92. Returns of July since 1870 have indicated
a higher condition than in June except
in 1871, 1878 and 1879. The Spring
weather was too variable in temperature
and moisture, as it usually has been in former
years, for the highest condition of the
plant. The only retrograde is reported
from Arkansas, where a loss of three points
is made from excessive rain, cool nights
and injuries from chinch bugs, red ants and
rust. There is promise of improvement
during July. A gain of 10 points has been
made in the Northern zone of North Carolina
and Tennessee, seven in Georgia, six in
South Carolina, four in Texas, three in
Mississippi, two in Virginia and one in
Florida. Alabama and Louisiana stand as
in June. The July average for South Carolina
is 91. The caterpillar has appeared at
a few points from South Carolina to Texas.
The indications point to a wneai crop 01
125,000,000 bushels.
The area of the corn crop lias been increased
about 2,500,000 acres, making the aggregate
68,000,000 acres; There has been some
extension of area in nearly every State.
The proportion of increase is large in the
Southwest on the coast. From Virginia to
Mississippi the advance has been small. In
some places the reduction of price from the
enlargement of the supply last year had
a discouraging effect, but the improvement
of late has been rapid. Taking all the
States together, the average for corn is8S
against 85 last July, 00 in 1881 and 100 in
1 ooa TxMAfmAAk'. i'c nnorKr nc?
A1IU JJluajJCClB 1U1 Winn a.? uviiriy MO
good as in July of lust year, the average being
91>, against 10:}. ^
The New Marshal.?John H. Livingstone,
of Orangeburg, has been appointed
United States Marshal in place of A. Blythe,
resigned. The Greenville News says the appointment
is favorably commented upon by
the revenue men there, being regarded as
a wise selection, although those stationed
there, would have preferred H. H. Jillson.
The News further says that the appointment
is looked upon as being a victory for Mackey,
as he is said to have used his influence to accomplish
the result. E. M. Brayton opposed
him, but the indomitable Mackey has
again defeated him. The new Marshal is a
native of Orangeburg county. He was at
one time a Democrat, but after having been
elected sheriff of his county on an Independent
ticket finally came out as a straight
Republican. After serving for two terms
as sheriff he became treasurer of his county
under the Chamberlain regime. It is
believed that Mr. Livingstone will fill the
position assigned him about as well as any
Republican who could have been selected. .
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Business Failures Last Week.?The j
business failures of the week ending last1
Friday, throughout the United States and
Canada as reported to It. G. Dunn & Co.,
number 150 against 138 during the previous J
week. The distribution is as follows: New |
England States 15, Western States 42, Mid- j
die States 17, Southern States 28. Pacific
States and Territories 17, New York city 7 j
and Canada 8M. 1
: X< OCAL AFFAIES. \\
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
j S. E. Miller, State Agent, Columbia. S. C.?The ;
Valley Mutual Ijife Association of Virginia. 1
\V. It. Williams, County Auditor?County Hoard
of E(|uali/.ation. '
W. Holmes Hardin, President?Stockholders'
Meeting.
j J. Ed. JetFcrys A Co.?More New Furniture.
Herndon Brothers?Stoves?Wagons.
Colcock A Miller?Would Call Attention, Ac.
Hunter A Oates?Bargains, Bargains, Bargains.
J. R. Lindsay A Co.?Investment.
Special Bargains at W. C. Latimer's.
Kennedy Brothers A Barron?Corsets, Notions, j
Jones of Binghampton?800 5-Ton Scales.
T. M. Dobson?Only 120 Days.
James Mason. Division Superintendent Chester
and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company?Change
of Schedule, see 4th page.
CHESTER FAIIl.
We have received the premium list of the
fifth annual fair of the Chester Agricultural,
Horticultural and Mechanical Association,
to be held in Chester, commencing October
loin, ioto, and continuing iour uuys.
THE WRONG LOCATION.
By a slip of the pen we last week located
Mr. W. Spenser Currell at the wrong institution
of learning, by stating that he is a
professor in Washington-Lee University.
Although he graduated from that university,
and "was for a while a tutor in it, he is
now a professor in Hampden Sidney College,
Va. ?
AN ARREST FOR ARSON.
A telegram was received here last Tuesday
afternoon, about 2 o'clock, from Chappell's
Bridge, directing the chief police of
Yorkville, to arrest one Bob Grant, charged
with the burning of Mr. James H. Coleman's
gin-house, in Newberry county. About S
o'clock, A. Frank McConnell, town marshal,
assisted by Mr. J. A. Darwin, arrested
a negro near the depot, whose confession
proved him to be the man, and he was
committed to jail.
APPRECIATED DELICACIES.
The thanks of the editor are due and are
hereby tendered to an esteemed lady friend
in the country for a basket of viands prepared
by her fair hands and sent to him last
Tuesday morning. Among the articles
were syrups prepared ofMigar and rivaling
honey in sweetness, ham of her own curing,
delicious in flavor, and several specimens of
her proficiency in the culinary art, all of
which were highly appreciated. We hope
to have the pleasure again, as on a former
occasion, of meeting her at her home and
sharing the bountiful hospitalities of her
family board. _
CHURCH NOTICES.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services at S.JO P. M. Friday, and at 10.30
A. jVL, on Saturday. Communion services
at 10.80 A. AT., Sunday. Preaching also at
8.30 P. M., Sunday. The pastor will be assisted
by Rev. M. R. Kirkpatrick, of Clover.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks,
Pastor. In consequence of the absence of
the pastor, there will be no services in this
church next Sunday.
Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss, Rector. Services
to-morrow afternoon at 6.30. On Sun- .
day at 10.30 A. M., at 6.30 P. M.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.
R. Lathan, Pastor. Services at Tirzah next
Sunday.
Baptist?Rev. .T. E. Covington, Pastor.
, Services at 10.30 A. M.
RUNAWAY ACCIDENT.
Mr. Wm. J. Gardner, who lives six miles
from Yorkville on the Charlotte road, was
in Rock Hill last Friday, and when about
starting for his home, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
when opposite the cotton factory,
his mule took fright and started to run. On
endeavoring to check the mule the lines
broke, soon after he started to run, which
accident threw Mr. Gardner from the wagon.
He received severe bruises on the forehead
and hip, and is confined to his bed, 1
though the wounds are not dangerous. The
mule ran three quarters of a mile before he
was stopped. Mr. Gardner was seriously
hurt by a runaway accident a year or two i
ago. ?
RESIGNATION TENDERED.
The traveling public on the line of the :
Chester and Lenoir Railroad will regret to (
learn that Maj. J. K. Marshall, the popular and
efficient conductor on the road since <
its completion to Gastonia in 1876, has ten- ^
dered his resignation, to take effect on the
1st of next August. By his accommodating
disposition and uniformly genial deportment
ever since his connection with the .
road, Maj. Marshall gained the esteem of .
the public, and whether he pulls the bell- '
cord on some other line, or engages in other }
business bringing himself less in contact '
with the public, he will carry with him the
best wishes of scores of friends.
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SCHOOL TRUSTEES. 1
An important meeting of the school trustees
of \ork county, was held in the Court
House last Tuesday. Dr. A. P. Campbell j
was elected chairman, and J. W. Ardrey, ,
secretary.
Of the business transacted it may be mentioned
that provision was made for a higher
grade of free public schools than has heretofore
existed in this county. Teachers are to <
be paid at a higher rate than heretofore, (
their pay being regulated by the grade of (
their certificate and the average attendance ,
of pupils. . '
It was recommended and adopted that on J
the 1st day of November next, all certifi- '<
cates of teachers in York county be cancel- 1
led. and a re-examination of teachers be i
had as soon thereafter as practicable. ,
THROUGH TRAINS. J
The first passenger train on the Chester k
and Lenoir Railroad from Chester to New- ]
ton, N. C., passed through last Saturday
evening on schedule time, and the trains [
commenced running regularly last Monday k
morning on a schedule conforming to the
completion of the road to Newton. The j
schedule from Newton to Chester is printed *
on the fourth page of this paper. Thetrains, ^
however, now run from Lancaster to Newton,
passing each other at Chester. The an- ^
nual meeting of the stockholders will be ^
held in Newton on Thursday the2nd of August,
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Speaking of the "effect of the much need- j
ed connecting line between the great cotton rj
belt of South Carolina and the grain-produc- 1
ing section of North Carolina," the Newton ^
Enterprise says :
it will give our people the most direct j
and profitable market for most of their home j
products, flour, corn, bacon, beef, fruits, &c. j
The passenger traffic on the road will un- j
doubtedly be great, as it opens up a direct
route between the scorching sands of South e
Carolina and the rocks and cliffs of our own ^
Eldorado, it will benefit the people of ^
South Carolina in various ways. It will de- c
velop our country, especially the country r
through which it passes, by giving the peopie
a market for their products. The road I:
will raise up new towns all along the line (j
and give old ones a lasting boom. There- q
fore it is not surprising that the people of j.
the Piedmont section of our State take such }
I ii docp interest in the enterprise. ?
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A MIDSUMMER STORM. t
A heavy wind and rain storm occurred in 11
the west last Friday night, inflicting con- ^
siderable damage over a large extent of e
territory. The storm passed over St. Louis, r
j Mo., unrooting thirteen of the best business c
| houses in the city, and otherwise doing Sl
| heavy damage. The court house and jail **
j were injured, and the City Hall and Presby- e
terian church are almost total wrecks. The g
1 storm traversed not only a large part of I
i Missouri, but covered various sections of h
Kansas, Iowa and Illinois. The velocity of
j the wind at St. Louis was fifty miles per
hour, and it came apparently from nearly all
directions, but mainly from the north >
and northwest. o
The storm was damaging at various points tl
in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Da- j
kota and in portions of Pennsylvania. Kansas
sustains the severest injury to the crops. j\
A late dispatch from Benton, Mo., says: p
During the storm on Friday a mill was ; n
blown into Grand River and completely! ci
wrecked. Loss $8,000. The Presbyterian ! a
church was destroyed, causing a loss of I 1:
$5,000. Many other buildings were badly I ^
damaged. A special from Atchison, Kan-1 a
sas, says late information shows that Fri- ti
day's gale extended throughout Northern I o
Kansas and the southern counties of Nebraska.
Many forests and orchards suffered.
In Doniphan county several houses
were blown down. At Pomeroy a sawmill
was demolished. The storm struck i
Whiting just as a circus performance was,
about to commence, and the canvas fell j
upon the audience, creating great consternation.
No one was seriously hurt, except
one lady who was struck by the falling
centre pole, receiving injuries from which
she may die.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
?The bank of Anderson pays 75 cents for
trade dollars.
? Senator McC'all, of Marlboro, made over
700 bushels of oats on 7 acres, where he used
0 bushels of seed oats per acre.
? The case against U. B. Whites, the defaulting
ex-treasurer of Newberry county,
has again been continued in the Court at
Newberry.
? At a recent examination at West Point
Military Academy, Cadet John A. Towers,
of Anderson, stood fourth in a class of ninety-two.
?The cadets of the Citadel Academy will j
be furloughed about the 28th instant until < )c- j
fUn cumnnrtomnmonf liO \rin<1* I
been dispensed with for want of camp j
equipage.
?A young man named Johnston, hailing
from Tippah county, Miss., has been making
a tour of Oconee county, passing counterfeit
ten dollar gold pieces. Officers are now
in pursuit of him.
? The following is the daily work of Clifton
cotton factory, Spartanburg county: Cotton
worked up, .'1:1 bales; yarn produced,
4,<300 pounds; cloth made, 28,000 yards.
Clifton is a flourishing town of 1,400 inhabitants.
? The reunion of the survivors of the
Sixth Regiment, S. C. V., will take place at
Chester on the second of August. All the
survivors arc requested to attend, sis arrangements
are being made for a Isirge
meeting.
? In the ease of the State vs. Julius Mills,
ox-treasurer of Chester county, the arguments
both for the State and defendant
were concluded last week before the referee,
and it is thought that his decision will be
rendered some time during the present
month.
?The following gentlemen have given a
thousand dollars each to the endowment
fund of Wotford College: George \V. Williams,
Esq., Charleston; Hon. Simpson Bo'
' /1-M T
ho, SpartanDurg ; non. uuies j. xtiuwjisuu
Chester; Dr. H. Baer, Charleston; Mr. T.
W. Standland, Summerville.
? At a meeting Monday, the following delegates
were chosen to represent Chester at
the joint meeting of the State Grange and
the State Agricultural Society which meets
in Marion on the 25th instant: Jno. S.
Bratton, R. A. Love, G. J. Patterson, John
A. Walker and Jesse H. Ilardin.
? Spartanburg Spartan: L. Wash Loyd,
late of Greenville, and one of the actors in
the shooting scrape three weeks ago, registered
at the Windsor Saturday, with Air.
Schumpert, a lawyer of Newberry. Certain
parties from Greenville met them here
v!.i+ntvlii\T nicrVit nnrl Afrmdav mnrninc thev
JUVU1 UUJ 1,4b"v V o -- *.
went back to Newberry.
?Tlic Chester Bulletin says that on last
.Saturday five miles from Chester court
house, a negro boy named Jack Simons,
aged seven years, shot and killed a two year
old colored child named Jimmie Heath.
The shooting was intentional, but the jury
of inquest agreed that the boy was too
young to conceive malicious intent in killing.
? Rock Hill Herald: On Saturday last Dr.
W. B. Fewell, of Ebenezer, seined his fish
pond and caught from it in a very little
while, forty German carp measuring from
twelve to twenty-two inches in length.
This pond was started two years ago and
was made on land previously planted in
cotton. Dr. Fewell is so encouraged by his
2 years' experience that he stocked another
pond with this "catch."
? The report of the United States Fish
Commission for the distribution season of
1882, just made out, shows that 10,331 German
leather carp were sent to applicants
from South Carolina from the commencement
of the season in October until the
dose, June 1. Five hundred applicants
were supplied and fish were sent into five
Congressional districts and twenty-nine of
the counties in the State.
? In the Greenville Court of Common
Pleas, last week, the case against lawyer
N'ix, being a rule to show cause why his
name should not be struck off the roll of
ittorneys, was heard, and the hearing occupied
three days. Besides oral testimony
md statements of the parties concerned,
H.rno hnmlivifl nttirhivitK wpre offered I
in evidence ^>y the respective parties. A
number of these affidavits were ruled out as
not bearing directly upon the merits of the
;ase. There was a strong array of counsel
in both sides, and argument in the case took
jp all of Saturday. Judge Witherspoon
xiok the papers without any intimation of
;vhen he woiild render his decision.
MERE^MENTIOX.
The Minnesota Prohibitionists refused to
consider a tariff-for-revenue platform, but
indorsed woman suffrage. A hail storm
in Tuesday of last week destroyed 5,000
lcres of growing crops in Bon Homme and
Hutchinson counties, Dakota. Special
igents of the land office recently sent West
;o investigate alleged fraudulent entries of
public lands, have made reports, upon
,vhich entries of 56,000 acres of land have
ieen cancelled. The Iowa Greenback
state Convention have nominated General
F. B. Weaver for Governor and Sandford
Kirkpatrick for Lieutenant Governor, and
i lady named Miss Abbie O. Caufield for
superintendent of Public Instruction. A
jlerk in the Pension Bureau named J. J. 1
Alley and a pension agent named J. C. Emnett,
have been arrested charged with derauding
applicants for pensions. The
lT. S. Treasury paid out on the 9th and 10th,
)ii account of pensions, $14,600,000. Ad- (
dees from the cattle centres indicate that 1
lie drive this year will reach 600,000 head '
igainst 050,000 last year. The National
,'onventiou of Commercial Travelers began
ts annual session in Cleveland, Ohio, last 1
Thursday. Forty delegates were present,
resides a large number who were not del
gates. The President lias approved '<
he sentence in the case of Commander 1
lorace E. Mullen, of the Ashuelot and he
rns been dismissed from the service. The
French Consul at Constantinople has been J
nsulted and attacked on the streets. The
ost of building the Brooklyn bridge is now '
stimated to have been $15,000,000. IIos- j
ilities between the government forces and <
he revolutionists in Ilayti continue with 1
onsiderable losses on both sides. Tre- *
nendous forest fires raged in Oregon last 5
reck. The flames extended for miles. Six 1
niles of railroad and two locomotives were '
lestroyed. The losses are more than $200,00.
Charles II. Stratton, better known
o the public as Gen. Tom Thumb, died at
r '111 _ i r . 1.x ,,4.
lis residence at lvnuuieuoru, mass., ui.-ji i
lunday, of apoplexy A strike among j
lie telegraph operators of the country is ,
bought to be imminent. The com- (
nissioner of internal revenue has issued a
ircular requiring all dealers in medicated 11
iquors to take out license as retail deal- j
rs. The New Orleans board of health i ,
eport that there has not been a single j ase
of yellow fever in that city this sea- '(;
on. Information has been received !c
t the treasury department in Washing- !
on that filled $20 gold pieces have appear-j8
d in Tennessee and other parts of the ;d
outh. In the joint ballot in the New < ?
lampshire Legislature for U. S. Senator, i
ist Monday, only 22 votes were cast. As ;
result of the apprehended strike among
lie telegraph operators, stock in the Wes?rn
Union has declined from SOI to i "
81. The bark Monrovia sailed from .
few York last Monday for Liberia, having i s
m Kniirrl nPOTO colonists, all frOlll ],
ho Southern States" who propose to make a
heir future homes in Liberia.
0
? A Washington special dispatch to the ^
\"eirs and Courier of last Monday says that it j
s stated in Washington that Attorney Gene- a
.11 Brewster will shortly take steps to presell
tc certain residents of North Carolina who o
re charged with conniving at election frauds o
ist fall. He has enlisted the services of ?
Tarshal Keogh in the work, and it is prob- 11
hie that the reign of persecution for poli- c's
sake will be inaugurated in North Car- i,
linn. n
GENERAL NEWS.
? The House of Representatives that meets
in December next will be composed of 32:1
members divided politically as follows:
Democrats, 191; Republicans, 119; Readjustee,
(J; Independents, 0; Greenbackers, 2.
The Democrats have a majority of .19 over
the combined opposition.
? The Turkish government is sueinga factory
in Providence, R. I., to recover 50,000
Martini-Henry rifles made for it and paid
for during the Itusso-Turkish war. The factory
resists delivery on the ground of violation
of contract. Wm. M. Evarts represents
Turkey. The amount involved is
$300,000.
?The trade dollar contains seven grains
more silver than the standard dollar, and is a
better coin. Congress never endowed it
with legal tender attributes. It was originally
coined for use in the Chinese trade at
a time when our currency was paper, as a
favor to the bonanza silver kings, who wished
to find some use for the product of their
mines.
? It is understood that Gen. Hancock's '
friends, chief of whom is Judge Jere Black,
still regard him as a candidate under whom
the Democratic party could win the great
battle of 1884. They are said to be quietly
laying the wires necessary to secure their
mentis, me reunsyiviiiuti ucn-giuiun, aji
their next national convention.
? A Dublin dispatch says that at the Sligo
assizes on the 9th instant, sentences were
passed upon Tanzy, Rogerson, Houghtor and
Kelly, the four men who were found guilty
on Saturday of being implicated in the
murder conspiracy. Tanzy was sentenced
to fourteen years penal servitude; Rogerson
to 12 years, Houghtor to eight years and
Kelly to two years.
?At Nashville, Tenn., last Saturday, in
the trial of Polk, Tennessee's defaulting
treasurer, a great sensation was caused by
the discovery that on Thursday night some
person or persons stole from the Styte treasurer's
office the bank ledger containing accounts
with depositors from May, 1877, to
January, 1888. The book was kept for M. T.
Polk, now on trial there, by Capt. J. C.'
Plemming, and contains the entries relied
on by the prosecution to convict Polk. Its
disappearance is greatly commented on. A
reward of $250 is offered for the return of the
book or the detection of the person who
stole it. No doubt is entertained that the
facts necessary for a conviction can be secured
without the book. The book was
found, unmutilated, on Monday.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM UNION.
Union, S. C., July 16?Not a great deal
is heard now of the Union. Ganney City
and Rutherfordton Railroad. There is to
De a meeting 01 tiie corporators at uanney
City, on the 21st July, I believe, but whethUnion
(town) will be represented or not, is
more than I can say at present. No doubt
it will be perfectly safe to say that her representatives
will not be in attendance, as
she has done nothing whatever towards the
building of the U. G. C. and It. It. R.
Union's heart is not set on that project, and
I don't think she would subscribe as much
as a dried apple toward the building of {he
road in the way of taxation; I mean Union
town and Union township only, because two
townships in this county are strongly in
favor of the road, and Union ought to be.
but she is not. Your correspondent askea
one day, how it was that Union appeared
first in the style of the corporation ? " Why
because it was thought then, Union would
take the lead in this enterprise, subscribe
largely to it and push the matter right
ahead/' was the reply. If that was the intention
in putting Union at the beginning
of the name of the corporation, those who
did so were sadly mistaken in so doing.
We should like very much to see the railroad
built from here to Rutherfordton, N.
C., and then from this place to Newberry,
PMgefield and Barnwell to Port Royal, S.
C; but we fear it will be a long while yet
before it is done, if ever.
A bi^ ball is booked for the 2oth of July,
to be given by the young people of Union,
at the Union Hotel, which promises in some
respects to be quite a brilliant affair. The
invitations are out now, with a great long
list of names of managers and committeemen
on them. If the weather does not
change before then, it will be particularly
hot for dancing, eh?
A few of our people have gone off for a
little summer recreation, and more of them
will go later.
The crops are not very promising this season.
They have been worked very well too.
In some sections of the county, however,
there has been much more rain than in other
sections and where there has been rain the
crops are better. In town and vicinity there
hau been but little rain for nearly three
weeks until Saturday, when a nice shower fell
which extended over nearly all the county.
The cotton crop is somewhat belated, owing
to the late Spring, consequently it is small,
but it looks tolerably well. Corn in the dry
sections on up-lands will not make more man
a half crop if the seasons are favorable for
it from this time on. It is too soon to predict
any thing about the bottom lands yet.
Wheat crops were very good, but the oat
crop was only ordinary. Business is pretty
dull now and our town awfully ouiet except
on Saturday. ^ Niccolo.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
NOTES FROM BETHEL.
Bethel, S. C.. July 14.?The weather now
is very favorable for killing grass in the
cotton and corn, and we are all busy hauling
in our wheat and oats, preparing for the
annual visit of the threshers, which is a sort
of festival among the workers; for although
the work is very hard, the quantities of
fried chicken, chicken pie and other dainties
which they get, compensate very well
for the hard labor performed. Nobody is
better prepared to say who are the good
cooks in the country than are the men who
make the annual rounds with the threshingmachines.
Mattie, a little ten-year-old daughter of
Mr. U. M. Johnston, of "the Point" section,
died suddenly of congestive fever, on Thursday
the 12th instant. The little girl was
out 011 Wednesday, about her usual work, .
when she came in and said to some of the
family: "I am very sick; send for the doctor."
They sent immediately, but failed to
secure his attendance before night. The
little girl, meanwhile, grew rapidly.worse,
ind died between 12 and 1 o'clock the next
day.
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very serious misfortune in the loss of a valuable
horse, "Charlie," on the 13th instant.
The animal died from inflammation of the
stomach. It has often been said by pood
iudpes that he was the best horse, in all his
{Utilities, ever raised in Bethel. So now
mat he is dead, your readers will pardon
:he mention of one so well known on the
streets of Yorkvilleas was this noble animal.
Stylus.
Special flotitts.
The Proof!?Here It Is.
Maj. P. E. Wise, Prosperity, S. says: "I
ised several bottles of Norman's Neutralizing
Cordial and recommend it to be a good family
nedicine."
Mr. Louis Muller, of Atlanta, <Ja., formerly of
Charleston, S. C., says: "I have used Norman's
Neutralizing Cordial in my family for a number
if years, and consider it a medicine we could not
lo without."
Mrs. M. 11. Donnelly, of Arredonda, Florida,
ays: "Norman's Neutralizing Cordial is a splenlid
medicine. It has cured me of Dyspepsia,
nd I sleep better than I have in twenty years."
July 19 29 * ' It
OBITUARY.
Died?At the residence of Mrs. M. A. Withers,
ii Yorkville, S. C., on Monday morning, Itith intaut,
Mrs. JANE B. COUSART, widow of the
ite J. B. Cousart, of Lancaster county, aged
bout 70 vears.
At Hickory Grove, on the 9th instant, of dvsnterv,
MASON HARRIS, son of J. N. and M.
I. MeDill, aged 5 years and 11 months.
Near Clover, on the 7th instant, MINNIE
1ETROW, daughterofS. B. and Catharine Howe,
ged 2 years and 3 months.
On the night of July 4th, 1R83, at the residence
f Capt. W. S. Moore* in York county,xS. C., of
nteric fever, JENNIE LEWIS, infant daughter
f I)r. J. B. and Jennie C. Patrick, aged 11 months
nd 13 days.
In Rock Hill, S. C., on the afternoon of July
th, af typhoid dysentery,FRANCIS CARROLL,
afant son of J. J. and Sue E. Hull, aged 1 year 7
lonths and 12 days.