Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Jtoapis and Jarts. ! =: 't ? The Legislature of Georgia has passed i r a general local option law for the State. ? Ben. Butler is said to be discouraged by ] the manifestations of hostility to his Presi- i dential ambition at the South. ] ? Dr. T. Calhoun, a native of Abbeville, c but recently a citizen of Shreveport, La., > died of typhoid fever in that city on the!r 3d instant. |c ?Jefferson Davis and Judge Jere Black are J engaged in an animated and bitter controversy over questions regarding Buchanan's administration. ?The extra session of the Pennsylvania Legislature has cost $180,000, and has resulted in the passage of one apportionment bill, which is severely criticised. ? A farmer named Joe Fulford was lynched by citizens of Miller county, Ga., last Saturday for the murder of his wife, in which he was aided by two negroes. ? The deaths from cholera in Egypt to the 10th instant have been 16,448, of which /> n/>o J npU/m.A o,ooo persons uieu iu wuru. xueic is au unconfirmed report of a carbuncular plague at Damietta. ? A hard time is in store for tlie big or gansand hired choirs in Scotland. Eigh- : ' teen thousand members of the Scottish churches and congregations have signed a petition to the Free Church General Association against having instrumental music 1 in public worship. * ? Governor Blackburn, of Kentucky, has f sent out a circular letter to Governors of 1 States, asking them to appoint delegates to 1 a convention to be held in Louisville on the ] 19th, 20th, and 21st of September, to consid- j er the question.of popular education in th# South. One of the topics to be discussed is "Federal Aid." ? R. G. Dunn & Co. report 182 business ^ failures throughout the United States and . Canada during the seven days ending last Friday?the same number as the preceding 1 week. The New England States had 22, s Middle States 32, Western 53, Southern 29, y Paciflce 16, New York City 13 and Canada c and the Provinces 17. ^ ? A destructive fire occurred in Danville, ? Va., last Tbursday morning, two cotton factories, one of which was Gerst Brothers, three tobacco warehouses and several stores were entirely consumed. The insurance will fall considerably short of covering the losses. ? While the telegraph strikers still stand out and maintain their independence, the telegraph company contends with equal assurance that the lines are fully manned, and that all business is promptly forwarded, There are evident signs that the strikers at various points are weakening. All the old operators at Charleston have resumed work, and the same is true of other cities. The subject of the strike is undergoing investigation by the sub-committee of the United States Senate committee on labor and education. ? A heavy rain storm prevailed at, Lincoln, Nebraska, last Sunday. Three boys named Robert Miller and William Miller, brothers, and Ernest Smith, who had taken refuge under a tree, were struck and instantly killed by lightning. SeveraJ houses were struck and four persons were injured, j The telephone exchange was set on lire \ but the flames which were extinguished before much damage was done. < ? The general election in Utah passed off " quietly 011 the 6tli instant, but little interest < being taken in it. The Mormon ticket was \ elected in each district throughout the ter- t ritory with the exception of Summit county, which is in doubt. A majority of Gentiles refrained from voting. The large majority ( of the Mormons would, it was known, vote 1 solidly as directed by their church, and this ' fact deprived the election of any element of j contest. j ? The Charlotte, X. C'. Observer says: "At 1 last something like a movement for good roads has been made in Cabarrus county. , At the meeting of the board of commission- ? ers in Concord last Monday, the new road < law, requiring the roads to be worked by i taxation, was adopted, the levy for the Surpose being eight cents on the one lain- , reu dollars worth of property and twenty- < four cents on the poll. This indicates that ' Cabarrus is really getting out of the old rut * and making a start for good roads." < ? One month ago last Saturday, the trial of Pilot Kellar, of the steamer Scioto, \ which came in collision with the steamer ( John Loomis, July 4th, 1882, by which 68 1 lives were lost, was commenced in the Uni- , ted States Circuit Court at Parkersburg, J West Virginia. On Tuesday of last week < it was given to the jury, and on Saturday 1 last, the jury was discharged without agree- ] ing. Eleven stubborn men are said to have caused the disagreement. ? Special reports to last Saturday to the Savannah News, from forty-five counties in ; Georgia and Florida, upon the condition of < the cotton crop, state that the drought is ] generally broken and the outlook is bright- J er. There is some fear of rust and damage ( by worms and caterpillars in some coun- 1 ties. The prospects in Florida are better < than in Georgia, owing to more frequent ] rain. Caterpillars are numerous. In the . * ii a 1 1 ~ 1: :4.^1 I J latter estate piCKing jihs ueguu 10 u hujucu extent. Labor is generally in good supply. ] ? The Ohio Liquor Dealers' Protective Association met in convention at Toledo 1 last Thursday, eighty delegates being pres- ' ent. William Back, Chairman of the As- 1 sociation, was chosen President, W. J. , Moore, Secretary of the Association, was . made Secretary of the Convention. The Chairman then stated that the object of the ' meetingwas to organize for the fall politi- i cal campaign and to take into consideration . all other questions of interest. Obnoxious i laws, he said, passed by the Republican ! Legislature had caused great disaffection in the Republican ranks, as was shown in the last two elections. He thought that 5 their hopes rested with the Democrats and ] their success. A series of resolutions was j adopted elaborating the views expressed by ] the Chairnlan in his opening speech. i ? Wrm. Henry Ostrander was hanged at ; Utica, N. Y., at 10.30 o'clock last Friday morning, for the murder of his brother, ' George Lyman Ostrander, on December i 26th, 1880, near West Camden. When upon s the scaffold he said he did not want any 1 one to pray for him. Prayer was offered, ] however, after which Ostrander spoke for three or four minutes in a rambling manner, asserting his innocence, saying that he 1 had not a fair trial and denouncing the peo- 1 pie of the county for hanging him. He was < frequently profane and obscene, and ended 1 in saying, with an oath, "But as to hanging me, you can do it. Life is of no good to me." He was pronounced dead in twelve minutes. His neck was not broken by the I .fall. Before the execution he.told his spiritual adviser that he did not forgive his relatives and would not ask God to forgive him. ? The exercises of the reunion at Wilson's battle ground, ten miles from Springfield, , Mo., took place last Saturday, from 11,000 ' to 20,000 people being present. Lieutenant Governor Campbell acting Governor of Missouri, delivered an address of welcome, which was responded to by Governor Berry of Arkansas. Colonel Merritt of Iowa and other Union and Confederate soldiers uni- , ted in applauding. Throughout the re- ( union the most cordial feeling existed hpt.wppn tho old Union and Confederate soldiers, and most courteous and generous : sentiments were expressed. Not a single 1 unpleasant word was uttered to mar the < general harmony and enthusiasm. Men ( camped together as though there had never been a difference between them. . An organization to be ,known as "Surviving Soldiers' Union League" was formed on the battle ground. It will embrace ] soldiers of both armies. The officers elect- i ed were chosen from both Federal and Confederate soldiers. 1 ? At the Confederate reunion, held at < McKinney, Texas, on the 7th instant, there were fully 40,000 persons present, 15,000 of ' whom were served by the organization with dinner on the ground. The speakers were i General Cabell, Ex-Governor Throckmor- 1 ton, Governor Ireland, Gen. M. Lewis, ex- ] Governor Hubbard, Colonel Bowen and ! Congressman Wellborn. The tenor of Governor Ireland's speech, which was a fair 1 sample of most of the others, was that Con- ! federates had no excuse to make for the part taken by them in the late contest. He . said: "We are to forget the political strife which led to the war, but we must teach our children of the deeds of those who wore ] he blue and the gray. "We are all Ameri ans and ever ready to battle with our country's assailants, from whatever quarer." General Lewis said that he would lever admit that the bloody chasm had >een bridged over. He was glad that B. F. Sutler had not been invited. Butler was lot a Democrat. The name of Jefferson Davis, General Lewis said, was the grand;st in American history. The speaker vould never make peace with Butler. He night be an unreconstructed rebel, but if silled upon to defend national honor or ights he would respond. ?bc fjM&viUc YORKVII.LE, S. C. : THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1C, 1883. SENATOR HAMPTON. "We print on the first page of this issue ,vhat purports to be an interview between i representative of the Philadelphia Press ind Senator Hampton; but it seems that nuch of what is contained in the report is jogus. The Boston Post says that Senator 'lampton asserts that most of the statenents are the "interviewer's inventions." I t 't * * THE LOUISVILLE EXPOSITION. The Southern exposition of industries, vliich was opened at Louisville, on the st instant, promises to be the most success'ul industrial exhibition in the United States ;ince the Philadelphia exhibition of 1S76, in vhich there were exhibitors from all parts >f the world under the fostering care of our government. The exhibition opened favoribly and under the most auspicious circumitances, the large display of exhibits having 'xceeded the expectations of the managers, vhile the daily and continually increasing ;tream of visitors has been a source of equal ongratulation to the. friends of the great enterprise. The exhibition buildings consist of the nain structure, an annex for saw mills and loisy machines, and two wings for the bat:eries of boilers which are to supply power "or all the machinery on exhibition. The nain building is in form a parallelogram, :wo stories high, having a front of 000 feet >n Fourtjh Avenue and a depth of GOO feet ilong the park. The western side faces on Sixth street, and the southern opens upon ;he ground devoted to a practical exhibition )f Southern agriculture, where cotton, corn, tobacco, hemp, and all other Southern prolucts, may now be seen in luxurious growth. The floor area of the main building is only twenty per cent, less than that of the main juilding at the Philadelphia Centennial. The building is divided into six great halls, jach about 130 feet wide, and rising about 10 feet to a glass roof. Entering at the northeast corner, one has unobstructed views 900 feet to the south a .1 GOO feet to the west, rhe building is lighted with 4,GOO incanlescent Edison electric lights, of sixteen eandle power each, hung in chandeliers of two, three, five, twelve and fifteen lights. Fhe cost of the lighting will reach $100,000, md the system will be larger than that of the London exhibition last year. Besides the electric lighting there are a number of Tl,,. CM1.V. ,S{ ixpynbts null UlU NCI,) liiv ouiu Ui 550,000 will be paid out for music. The art iepartment will cost $30,000. The water md steam necessary to run the exhibition will involve an outlay of more than $15,000, md the buildings have already cost over 5200,000. So far cash has been paid for everything, and the exposition does not ewe a dollar. At the outset the people of Louisville subscribed nearly $300,000; the privileges have been sold for $50,000, and exhibitors' fees will amount to $25,000 at least. The entire outlay, it is expected, will have reached $500,000 when the exposition eloses, and the receipt of an equal sum from the attendance alone is relied upon. One million visitors are expected. THE PRESIDENT'S WESTERN TOUR. President Arthur and his party were at Port Washakie, Wyoming Territory, last Thursday, and in accordance with the expressed wish of the Shoshone and Arapahoe ihiefs, their people were afforded an opportunity of calling upon the President at 3 Tclock that afternoon. Shortly before that hour they gathered on the plains to the lumber of about five hundred warriors, mounted upon their handsome ponies. They dashed forward in line for about a thousand yards to a point near which the President stood awaiting them. The column then halted and several chiefs dismounted and approached him. Among them were Washakie, the remarkable chief if the Slioshones, from whom this post takes its name, and Black Coal, chief of the Arapahoes, a tribe which within a few years has been permitted to share the occupancy of this reservation. The President Hion flimi L-nd hie visitors fnr ealliny oil him. md congratulated them on their fine appearance. He assured them of his interest in their welfare and of his satisfaction upon hearing of their exemplary conduct and their growing attention to the practice of industrial pursuits. His address, which was admirably suited to the occasion, was interpreted to the Shoshones by an English speaking member of their tribe who bears the name of Norcutt, and to the Arapahoes by one of their number who was educated it Carlisle School. The chiefs replied, and their remarks were similarly interpreted. Chief Sharp Nose then presented the President with a handsome pony for his daughter. Gifts of moccasins and leggings were presented to members of the party. Then followed a war dance, in which twenty young Shoshone braves took part. The Presidential party left Fort "Washakie on Friday morning on horseback with their bagging 011 pack mules and made their first camp twenty-one miles distant, all well and enjoying themselves. CHARLESTON'S CENTENNIAL. Monday last was the anniversary of the 100th year of the incorporation of Charleston, the good old "City by the Sea," and the occasiou was appropriately celebrated by the citizens and a number of distinguished visitors. The day was ushered in by the booming of cannon and the merry chimes of the - - " - r* rii. ^ r? u , A.? Historic DCliS OI Ol. oMiCiiuui s. wii uuuuuui Df the heat there was no military parade or dvic display, and the forenoon was spent in recreation on the beach at Moultrieville and White Point Garden. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon the following programme of exercises took place at the Dity Hall, in commemoration of the day : 1. Prayer by the Rev. John Johnson, rector of St. Philip's Church, chaplain of the iay. 2. Unveiling of a white marble bust of Robert Y. Hayne, by Valentine, sculptor, of Virginia; the Centennial Tablet, recording the names of intendants and wardens of the city for one hundred years, by Reynolds, marble worker; portrait of the late William Enston, by Stolle, artist, of Dresden, <?c. 3. Centennial Ode written for the occasion t>y Paul H. Hayne, Esq., of South Carolina. Pronounced by Middleton Michel, M. D. 4. Centennial Address by the Hon. Wm. A.. Courtenay, Mayor of Charleston. Benediction. Commencing at 8 o'clock P. M., a grand pyrotechnic display concluded the exercises. THE SENEY SYNDICATE. The New York Times of the llfh has the following in regard to a change of management in the Richmond and Danville Railroad system: By a change in the board of directors of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company yesterday the road was put under tlie same management as the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad. Robert Harris, John T. Branch, A. D.Shepard, and Gen. T. M. Logan resigned from the board, and George S. Scott, George F. Baker, George I. Seney, and Cant. Calvin S. Brice took their places. Col. A. S. Buford is likely to remain president of the company, but Gen. T. M. Logan, the first vice-president, will probably be succeeded by Capt. Brice. At a stockholders' meeting, to be held September 12, Harris C. Fahnestock, Gen.Samuel Thomas, the president of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, and some Southern man representing local interests, will enter the board. The gentlemen who were made directors yesterday, and William T> S'ltrrlo ono nf thn old directors. OWI1 tllG controlling interest in the road. The board of directors consists of nine members, and by the arrangement yesterday the syndicate owning a majority of the stock is placed in control. Under the new organization a majority of the directors will be likewise interested in the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia. The plan, a director said, is to place in trust for five years 26,000 of the 50,000 shares of the Richmond and Danville. The board, as previously constituted, intended to submit a proposition to increase the capital stock $2,000,(KM) at the stockholders' meeting. This idea the persons now in control will not carry out, they say, but allow the capital stock to remain as it is. Most of the stock which placed the holders of the majority in power was bought in the open market. Mr. Scott said he thought the Richmond and Danville susceptible of m-eat improvement. The Richmond ana Danville and the East Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia had not hitherto exchanged business. Hereafter there would be an interchange which would be to the advantage of both. They would remain independent roads as heretofore. Capt. Brice said the plan was to place the roads in the South under practically one management, thereby maintaining rates and stopping unprofitablecompetition. The extensions and acquirements of the Richmond and Danville would have tended to create competition in some regions. A gentleman interested in both roads said that possibly an alliance of some sort might be lormed* between the Gould Southwestern cvetAm nrlrl the Southeastern svstem com nosed of the lines of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia and the Richmond and Danville. SIXTH REGIMENT SURVIVORS. Condensed from the Winnsboro News, Aug. 11th. The sixth annual reunion of the Survivors' Association of the Sixth Regiment South Carolina Volunteers was held in Chester on Thursday the Oth instant. The meeting was called to order by Gen. John Bratton, president of the Association, and the exercises were opened with an appropriate prayer by the Rev. Mason \V, Pressly, of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. This was followed by "Nearer, my God, to Thee," beautifully rendered i... j.i.onnoi-nl Utv-i+fnn flinn intrn. l)y till' UtlliU. viuntiai x>uwivti v<*v? ducetl as the orator of the occasion Maj. T, W. Woodward, who proceeded to delivei a historical address 011 ''The Sixth South Carolina Regiment from its formation to the Battle of Dranesvilie." It was a most admirable production and was received with repeated evidences of appreciation on the part of the auditory. The survivors were then addressed by Col. J. H. Rion, and that gentleman reported that the executive committee had invited several distinguished gentlemen to be present, among them the Hon. Jefferson Davis, from whom the following response . had been received: Bkavvoiu, Harrison Co., Miks., Auk. 2nd, Con. J as. II. Riox?My Dear Sir: Please accept my sincere thanks for your kind letter inviting me to the reunion of the Glh Regiment, S. C. V., S A. It would give me great pleasure to meet the survivors ol' the Regimen! which so promptly tendered its services to tin Confederate States as to be in advance of any requisition upon South Carolina; and it would specially gratify me to take you by the hand whose gallantry at the battle of Drurey's Blufl , attracted my official notice and personal compliment on the lield. The state of my health will not permit me 1c be with you as invited, but you will please assure your associates of my' grateful remembrance and best wishes for their prosperity and happiness. For yourself, please accept the higli regard and esteem with which I am faithfully yours. Jkffkhson Davis." Captain Gaillarel made an informal report of his progress in preparing a history of the Regiment, as requested at the last meeting, and invited the co-operation of the members in this important work. The Hon. Giles J. Patterson moved thai the thanks of the Association be extended to Major Woodward for his interesting address, and that a copy be requested for preservation in the Regimental records and for publication in pamphlet form. Majoi K. C. McLure moved an amendment providing for its publication in the News am Courier, as well as in the county papers. The motion, thus amended, was unanimously aaoptea. Major McLure moved that the thanks 01 the Association be extended to the railroad* and to the Sandy River Band for their services and courtesies. Unanimously adopted, Col. F. T. Atkinson moved that the old officers of the Association be re-elected, and that Capt. C. W. MeFadden be elected a vice-president in the place of Captain Brand, deceased. The motion was unanimously adopted. W. A. Sanders, Esq., from the committee appointed at the last meeting, offered a tribute to the memory of the late Capt. W. S, Brand, which was unanimously adopted Major Woodward moved that the nexl annual reunion of the Association be held at Winnshoro. Captain Gail lard seconded the motion; and the invitation was unanimously accepted. The Association then abjourned. Dinner was now announced, and the survivors, with their invited guests, proceeded to the Central Hotel where a bountiful and enjoyable dinner was served. T11E GROWING CROPS. The following is a synopsis of the Augusl report of the Agricultural Bureau at Washington, issued last Friday : Returns of the cotton crop are less fa voidable than those of July. The condition b lower in every State except 2 on the Northern borders of the belt. In Virginia and Tennessee the plant is suffering from tin meteorological vagaries of this peculiar season. It was too cold in May, too wet in June and too dry in July. In Georgia the injury is greatest, the condition falling from 93 to 7S. In South Carolina the decline ha* been from 91 to 81. The prolific cotton bel l of Middle Alabama has suffered severely from urougnt, wmie me oouuiei-n couuue? and the valley of Tennessee have had seasonable weather. The upland counties ol Central and Northeastern Mississippi reporl injury from drought very generally. Then is need of rain in Central and Southern Texas, but the drought lias been less genera and injurious than in Georgia. There ha? been ample rain to a large portion of tin Louisiana cotton district and in nearly all the cotton counties in Florida. In Tennessee generally and in a majority of the Nortl Carolina counties where the drouth ha* been severest, fields stimulated by commercial fertilizers are fruiting the top crop prematurely and the plants are drying up, a? is usually the case under these circumstances. The general average of the condition has fallen to 84 from 90 in July. The record stands by States as follows : Virginia 87, North Carolina 87, South Carolina 80. Georgia 78, Florida 93, Alabama 83, Mississippi 85, Louisiana 85, Texas 89, Arkansas 83, Tennessee 90. Reports of the presence ' of the caterpillar are numerous in the Gull Coast States. Central Alabama is infected more seriously than Texas and Georgia, and ' Louisiana more than Mississippi. They are not reported in Virginia, Carolina, Tennessee or Arkansas. The first brood are webbed up and in some places the second, and fears are expressed of serious injury from this brood. Tons of arsenic in various forms are applied to avert such a calamity. The boll worm is only reported at a few points in Arkansas and Texas. While the relative condition of cotton, compared with the returns of former years, is unpromising, the volume of Arkansas depends largely up ' on the more critical period from August to October. ; There has been an improvement in the ! ! appearance of the corn fields during the ! month of July in New England, the Middle : I States, the Ohio Valley and West of the Mis-1 ', sissippi. In Illinois, 'Missouri and Kansas ! it is slight, measured by a single point. 1 There has been a retrograde in the South in ! j consequence of drought and some drcan in i Michigan from too much moisture. Taking the whole area together the condition has advanced from 88 to 89 per cent, of a perfect crop. The returns indicate a yield of not much over 20 bushels per acre, or seventeen hundred million bushels, which is as much as was produced in 1879. The condition is j six points higher than last year in August! and lower than in any August from 1870 to 1880 inclusive. The nights have been too j cold for rapid development and the crop is late. Fears are expressed that frost may yet cause disaster. In August, 1874, the condition was one degree higher than the present average, the crop late from a wet Spring and local Summer droughts, and the yield less than 21 bushels per acre. The averages of the States of principal production : are : Illinois 8(5, Indiana 95, Ohio 89, Michi-1 gan (58, Kentucky 97, Missouri 80, Kansas it. tmen 85. Nohraska 84. Wisconsin 85. New York 00, Pennsylvania 99, New Jersey 101, Virginia 93, North Carolina S3, South CaroIsnaTO, Georgia 74, Alabama' so, Mississippi S7, Louisiana 100, Texas 93, Arkansas 87, Tennessee S9. The average of the condition of spring wheat in the northern and north-western States is represented the same as last year, and higher than for any previous vear since 187T* SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. i ? Samuel Lord,>Sr., one of Charleston's oldest merchants, is dead, aged ninety. ? Congressman Maekey has been seriously ill at his home in Mt. Pleasant, but at last accounts was much improved. ? The President has detailed Second Lieutenant Erasmus M. Weaver, Jr., Second Artillery, U. S. A., as Professor of Military Science and Tactics of the South Carolina Military Academy at Charleston. ? At Rich burg, Chester county, on Saturday afternoon a horse of Mr. W. P. Ferguson became frightened at a passing bycycle; | he was seized with violent shaking, from which he became unmanageable and died in half an hour. ? A petition is in circulation in Sumter ; with a view to reopening the liquor ques! tion. Forty-seven families in the coun| ty have pledged themselves not to pa, troni/.e any merchant who lends his name to such a movement. [ ?Wilson Owens, Richard Owens and James Winfield, (the latter colored,) who * ' ! -il -i. ? t-1 : 1 1 ~ 4 lUlVG UCGll 111 jilll 111/ auucvuic iui uic prion two weeks, charged with the murder of William Maddox, have been admitted to | bail by Associate Justice McGowan. ? The Williamsburg Herald says : ZNTr. J. ' A. Fox worth was arrested for carelessly 1 placing the strychnine that caused the death of Mr. Cox. lie asked the sheriff to let him ' return home and get a bondsman. Tie re1 fused to return and defied the deputy in charge. The sheriff is after him. [ ?The South Carolina colony that left the . Cannon's Camp Ground neighborhood, in [ Spartanburg county, in the Fall of 1882 and . located on Brinalee Mountains, Blountcounty, Alabama, are disappointed and home^ sick, and are preparing to return to their , native homes. i ? W. J. Carr, white, who has been a citi; zen of Greenwood, oil the Greenville and [ Columbia Railroad, since last January, was i shot in the arm by J. S. Bailey last Saturday night, while committing a robbery in ' the store of Bailey, Barksdale & Co. Carr TTo tit Hiirn* ?Governor Jarvis, of fcorth Carolina, has ! notified the officers in Wilmington having i charge of Lynch, the party who is charged s with abducting a young girl from her parents in Sumter, telling them to hold him , until he is called for by the authorities of South Carolina. Lynch still remains in the Wilmington jail. ; ?James Brown, colored, of Walhalla, who was tried and convicted of arson at the last I term of court for Oconee, and sentenced to be hanged last Friday, has been respited for ' thirtydays, in order to afford the Governor [. time to examine into the merits of the application for commutation of the sentence to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. > ? Rev. G. W. Manly, former pastor of the Aiken Baptist Church, has written a letter ; to the intendant of Aiken from Leipsic, [ Germany, asking for papers to establish his . identity, so that he can prove to the police that he is not a dynamite conspirator. Mr. ; Manly is prosecuting his studies at the ; University of Leipsic. , ?A pleasant reunion of the Pickens Senti nels, Company K,i)th Regiment S. C. Volunteers, and Company F, Palmetto Sharpt shooters, was held on the 2nd instant at 1 the romantic falls 011 Chinquapin Creek, . the dividing line between Lexington and Aiken counties. Twenty eight veterans I were present. General Paul Quattlebaum was the orator of the day. ? The State Normal School for white I teachers opened its proceedings on the 7th ! instant in the chapel of the South Carolina ' College, Columbia. The e.tercises were properly opened by Col. Coward, State suf perintendent of education, and the institu3 tion bids fair to prove successful as it surely will be beneficial to the teachers of the . State. There are about lo() teachers in at1 tendance. ? The Newberry Observer announces upon ' "good authority that while Senator Hamp1 ton would prefer to retire to private life, so that he could devote more time to his private business, yet while the people want his ! services lie is at their command." This is taken as indication that Senator Hampton is willing to be his own successor in the Sen ate. This will be a very interesting piece of news to many prominent gentlemen in various parts of the State. ? The stockholders of the Cheraw and Chester Railroad Company held their annual meeting at Chester 011 Tuesday of last week. John B. Erwin, B. J. Witherspoon, [ II. 1). Twitty and M. L. Lemmond, of Lancaster; W. A. Evans, of Chesterfield; W. H. Hardin, O. Barber, Joseph Wylie, J. H. McDaniel, S. J. Lewis, of Chester, were elected directors. The board of directors elected W. II. Hardin president, and I). Hempliill secretary ana treasurer. ? Governor Thompson lias appointed the following delegates to the proposed educational convention to he held in Louisville, Ky., on the 10th, 20th and 21st of next month : Col. A. Coward, State superintend dent of education ; Hon. 1). S. Henderson, Aiken, chairman of Senate committee on education ; Hon. C. J. C. Ilutson, Hampton, chairman of House committee on education; Hon. J. S. Murray, Anderson, Prof. II. P. Archer, Charleston, members State board examiners ; Hon. Charles Petty, Spartanburg ; Rev. C. E. Chichester, Florence. ? At the preliminary examination of the prisoners accused of attempting to poison the family of Air. Daniel, near Spartanburg, last week, held last Thursday before Trial Justice Elford, evidence was elicited which caused all three?the girl and two men?to be remanded for trial. It was proven that the girl, who is a delicate octoroon, confessed that she stole the bottle of arsenic and gave it to one of her. fellow prisoners, for which service she was promised a calico dress, or, if she told any one?death. Prof. ' Dupre, by chemical test, found arsenic in the coffee grounds, and a spoonful of the fluid from them killed a cat in five minutes. Greenville District Court.?The following sentences were passed by Judge Bryun locf SIn+nr/Itnr in thn U. S. District ; Court at Greenville, upon persons who have pleaded guilty or been convicted of of. fences against the internal revenue laws, such as working in an illicit distillery, re> moving or concealing and retailing liquor 1 without having paid the special tax pror vided by law: Henry Williams, colored, 1 ten months in the county jail and $100 fine: [ John Galloway, three months in Pickens jail and $200 fine; Willis Gwynn, two months in Walhalla jail; Waddy Young! blood, ten months in Columbia jail and $300 fine; Lew Mandrum, colored, three months in Spartanburg jail and $100 fine; Thos. Lyncn, colored, one month in Greenville jail; Warren Williams, colored, one month in Greenville jail; Dean Gibson, colored, vwo months In Pickens jail; Adam Itidley one month in Walhalla jail; Joseph Chapman, five months in Columbia jail and $300 fine. LOCAL AFFAIRS. .VEH' A D V E R TISE.11ENTS. T. M. Dobson?'The Machine Gone! Col. J. P. Thomas, Superintendent?Smith Care lina Military Academy. W. P. Good?ForRent, or Sale. John May, Jr.?Groceries, Groceries. May & May?The Corner Drug Store. Ervin Sanders, Rowling Green, S. C.?Estra Mule. Aholihamah McCarter, Administratrix?Appli cation for Discharge. L. K. Armstrong?Wheat and Corn Grinding. Wittkowsky it Rarucli, Charlotte, N. C.?Th Dry Goods Palace of the South. Withers Adickes?A Full Stock. Dobson it Parish?Flour, Flour. J. P. Kennedy?Due West Female College. J. Reatty Williams, Judge of Probate?CitationDr. J. R. Rratton, A])p1icant, Mrs. Jan Cousart, deceased. M. L. James, M. D., Dean of Faculty?Medics College of Virginia. Rev. O. A. Darby, D. I). President.?Columbi Female ('ollegc. Hart it Hart, Attorneys?Land for Sale. M. Strauss?Great Sacrifice. Ilunter&Oates?Oll'eriiifj August Bargains jit tli Mammoth. Parish ?fc McKnight?Notice?Now Firm. J. B. Allison, Clerk of Board?Roads and Bridge: F. Happerfield, Intondant??25.00 reward. A BRUTAL ACT. Win. Smith, colored, was committed t jail Last Saturday, charged with havin maimed a horse belonging to Mr. Marti Haffner, of Bullock's Creek township, b cutting out the animal's tongue. PERSONAL MENTION. Rev. Dr. It. A. Ross, who has been th faithful pastor of Sharon congregation, i this county, for the past forty years has bee granted a short vacation by his congregatioi and left last Monday for Warm Springs, A C., where he will remain a month. COTTON SALES. Mr. John It. Ashe bought last week ; hales of cotton from Mr. I). M. Hall, an 43 from Air. Elias Inraan, both farmers, wli had that amount of last year's crop on han< The prices paid averaged about h.78 a round. _ CONDITION OF Mrs. AND Miss STARR We are glad to learn that the conditio nf tho nhove ladies continues to improv and that their recovery from the effects < the stroke by lightning on the 21th ultim is no longer doubtful. They have been r moved from the residence of Mr. J. Loi Moore to their own home. WITTKOWSKY & RARUCII. Attention is directed to the attractive a< vertisement of the above Charlotte hous which claims to be "the.dry goods palai of the South." Messrs. Wittkowsky & B: ruch conduct an extensive wholesale bus ness, while close attention is given to the retail department, and their trade isco-e: tensive with the boundariesof the Carolina PARISH & McKNIRUT. The new brick building just complete on Main street by Mr. C. O. Parish, is occi pied as a grocery store by Messrs. Parish McKnight, the senior partner being Mr. < G. Parish, who is well known as a popuh and successful merchant. lie is now oper; ting on a larger scale than ever, with incrca ed facilities and a determination to succee< ?n(i p /ifritaviif.p POSITION. Mr. and Mrs. Ceo. H. O'Leary started fit Louisville last week, to visit the great soutl em exposition. They will also visit seve al western cities while absent. Mr. J George Grist, of the Enquired staff, wi start next Saturday for Louisville. He, toi will take in Chicago, Cincinnati and otlu north-western cities. For the informatic of those contemplating a visit to the expos tion we would state that the fare for rouu trip, from Charlotte via Atlanta, is $27.0 and by the Asheville route $18.90. the news and courier. The Charleston News and Courier eel brated its eightieth anniversary last Moi day by appearing in a new outfit of typ presenting a bright and youthful appea ance. In fact, according to the laws of su cessful newspaper progression, the older grows the brighter it becomes. A word i commendation of the News and Courl would be superfluous. The name is a hous< hold word in South Carolina, where it justly regarded as the most progressive dail in the Southern States. o crops in the county. Iteports that reach us from all sections < the county regarding the growing crops ai of the most unfavorable character. T1 drought has continued until it is feared tl consequences to cotton and corn will be i serious as in 1881. While rain might pro\ beneficial to late planted corn, the troub with cotton is that it is now too late for ths /. /.ntni,/,li\r rnin. Mnnv farme liup luuu uv;uwm.tvu wj ^ despair of making more than half or thru fourths of a crop, even were rain to con within the next few days. THE LUCKY NUM11EK. The drawing for a sewing machine, ai vertised by Mr. T. M. Dobson, to take plai last Tuesday, was conducted at 1 o'clock c that day, under the supervision of Messr W. II. McCorkle, F. A. Gilbert and A. V Ingold, who verified the numbers on tl tickets with those in the hook containing list of persons entitled to a chance in tl drawing under the offer of Mr. Dobso There were 700 names, and a corresponds number of tickets, numbered consecutive; from 1 to 700, was placed in a box ai; thoroughly mixed, when a child unable read, drew from the box one ticket. Th ticket bore the number 420, and was asce tained to be held by Janie Warren, colorei who lives near Clover. GREEN POND ITEMS. Although the name of "Green Pond," i York county, does not appear upon tl maps or in the business directories, there i | nevertheless, sgch a locality about seven < j eight miles rather west of north-east j Yorkville, almost in sight of the Chest* and Lenoir Railroad. Rut notwithstandii 1 its close proximity to the railroad, and tl fact that it was located before the railroa* j its fame has only a local reputation. ; is the Mecca of the colored population fi ; miles around, who every fall are wont | "gather at the waters" of this pellucid por I and pursue their devotional exercises wii all the ardor for which these people ai noted in their religious devotions. A wee is generally devoted to these religious gatl i erings, which are usually conducted in n I exaggerated manner of an old-fash ione i "camp meeting." The original intention < the promoters of these meetings was no doul ; for good, and we have no doubt but tl | preachers and a number of the church men | bers who attend the meetings are actuate ! by proper motives; but of late years, fro: I all accounts, the meetings are productive < more harm than good. This trouble aris< ! from a failure to enforce proper disciplii in the maintenance of good order. It illu i trates in unmistakable manner the colore man's lack of the power of self-governmen i Such was the gross Conduct at the meetin held there the year before last, that the dij i nitaries of the church prudently decide to discontinue the meeting last year. Th j year, however, the meeting was held, con ! mencing last week and including last Sui j day. From all accounts, in the way of genuine pandemonium it eclipsed any inee ! ing that has preceded it. We do not refer t the devotional exercises, which are all we i enough, if sincere, but to the immorality < a number of colored persons who go thei under no restraint and act as if they wei licensed to create a disturbance. As the fruits of this meeting, two negnx have already been committed to jail?Ele 1 Wallace, charged with disorderly conduct; and Miles Detter, a North Carolina darkey, who came down to dispense corn juice to the thirsty in the form of blockade whisky. Another negro got on a regular jamboree ? and defied the whole camp-meeting to arrest i him. The camp-meeting accordingly re- l!l v | solved itself into a posse eomitof its, and after ^ a severe struggle succeeded in arresting the o i- J modern Samson and confined him in the meeting house, where he was supposed to be j e safe; but like the strong man of old, he rent. ^ the fastenings of the house, much to the as-; ^ tonishment of his keepers, who marveled ' greatly, and while they smote their beards ~ he increased their consternation by rapidly \ discharging his pistol six times at the crowd, J c il and slightly wounding an old man. The ! .. first pistol shot was the signal for a general scatterinent, and in the panic the obstreper-! ous darkey made his escape. On Monday I c morning a new-born infant, alive and kick- j tl ing, was found in a corn field a quarter of h a mile from the camp ground. Xo body n claimed it, and it was taken charge of by 1 an old aunty who christened it "Green ^ Pond," and said she would "raise it." 11 o ? a g CHURCH NOTICES. v n Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss, Rector. v Services in the Church of Our Saviour, - Rock Hill, next Sunday. The thirty-third meeting of the Greenville Convocation will be held in Rock e Hill, commencing on Wednesday, 22nd in_ stant. A large number of the clergy are expected to be present. The Bishop, who 1 11 will consecrate the church at Chester on 1 b the 17th, will also bo present, and will ad- 1 i. vance the Rev. Mr. Prentiss to the priest- r hood, lie will make a visitation to this parish on Sunday the 20th instant. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, ' d Pastor. Services at King's Mountain Chapd el next Sunday, at 11 A. M., with a recess : 10 of one hour anil a second service. Service \ in the church at Yorkville at 8 P. M. l 11 Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. It. Lathan, Pastor. Services at 10.30 A. 31. Sunday-school at 0 A. M. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. ,n Services at Union at 11 A. 31. Praver meet P ing in the church at Yorkville, Thursday, at i of 8 P.M. Presbyterian?Itev. T. R. English, Pastor. ' Services will be conducted in this church ) next Sunday, at 10.30 A. M. and 8. P. M., by Rev. R. Z. Johnston, of Lincolnton, X. C. 1 For the Yorkville Enquirer. s, J- EVADING THE LIQUOR LAW. } ?) Mr. Editor: One method, at least, of evad- ' je ing the law prohibiting the sale of intoxica f a- ting liquors, has the merit of novelty. The j; seller beards the lion in his den, and locates j in a "dry" town. He sells its citizens no j liquor, but ships numerous packages by Ex- ( " press, "C. 0. D.," to other"dry" towns. t s. It behooves the "authorities" of Yorkville to investigate this matter, and to no- ^ tify the Express Agent here that he is viola:(l ting the law. It is plain that 110 sale is H ? made until the money is received. He who \ & receives the money, makes the sale. lie < 2. violates the law, however unwittingly, a ^ "A word to the wise, etc." S. 11 x~ Lawlessness in Lexington.?The Lex- t ington Dispatch givesJie following account \ ' of the recent acts of lawlessness in that a county: 1 On Saturday morning, the 27th ult., at * about 1 o'clock, a party of Stock law oppo- J 1_ nents, with their faces blackened and wear- r r- i n cr masks, visited the residence of Mr. Chas. t Hutto, in Bull Swamp Township, and set ]1 lire to and burned his barn, crib and fodder f ? house, with contents, and also his fencing. * J While the burning was in progress the par- , ;r ty tired into the dwellingand wounded Mrs. j 111 Hutto in the leg with small shot. They j i- then turned out his horses and cattle upon .v id his growing corn crop, which is said to have ' 0 been the finest he has had for years, telling ( ' Mr. Ilutto that that was the place for his s stock. They went to Mr. Jehu C. Hutto's i the same night, and, taking him out of his j r>_ house, put sacks over his head and arms, ? fired pistols over his head and punched him i in the ribs as they fired, gave him a severe 1 e' whipping, extorting promises from him to ( r- tear clown his pasture fences and to fence his [ e- crop. It seems that the only grievance that <. it these desperadoes claimed was that these ( n two citizens were running their farms in t p., accordance with the .Stock law in regard to < r fences. On Friday, the :3dinstant, adelega- J; e" tion of the law-abiding citizens of that part j: is of the county called on Governor Thompson, f y in Columbia, and, representing the alarm- I ing state of affairs prevailing in that sec- i tion, and that they and other law-abiding s citizens were at the mercy of these rioters 1 0f who used the torch and intimidated by f threats of shooting, and petitioned the Gov- ernor to take such steps as would promptly j ie secure their protection against these incen- t diary and murderous desperadoes who open- t is ly defied arrest. Governor Thompson in- t -e structed the delegation to make proper affi- * je davits upon which warrants could be issued [ . and arrests made. These affidavits having been made, the sheriff, under instructions . rs from the Governor, summoned a posse and e- left here Monday night. The sheriffs posse j ie returned last night, having under arrest Pleasant Busby, Ben Williams, John Wil liams, Burdette Kirkland and Emanuel Berry, who are now in jail awaiting trial. :l- ? < .e Bukxixc; op a Famous Hotel.?The , m Kimball House at Atlanta, Ga., was (lis- c covered to be on fire last Sunday morn- i 's* ing at 5 o'clock, and the flames soon getting ' \j . KQTrr.?-ifi r.nnfrnl Afr. Kcnvillo. thenronrietor. J - UVJO..V.W..VW., , t ie ordered the guests to be awakened. The a guards went through the hallway breaking ie open the doors where necessary to insure the safety of the guests. The tire hav' ing originated in the rear of the building j 'o was favorable to the escape of all. Within ly twenty minutes the hotel was emptied of j id its guests and within one hour the structure s to was razed to the ground. : The hotel was built by II. I. Kimball and owned by Robert Toombs, John Rice, Joseph r" P. Thompson and others. It cost $600,000, . J? and the furniture was valued at $125,000, insurance only $80,000, among many compa- , nies, the names of which cannot be asscer- , tained owing to the absence from the city i in of parties who are informed thereon. The ( ie hate City National Bank, Haralson & Bro., s tobaconists, John B. Daniel, druggist, and ' others are among the losers. The total loss is a million dollars and the insurance is not . ul over $200,000. L'r The ti re is claimed by Mr. Culberson, agent I )g 1 of the company, to be of incendiary origin. ie In the vaults of the Gate City Bank were ' ,j i half a million dollars, and its safety is yet a ,1 | matter of doubt. ?? * * I Ji" j The July Crop Report.?The State i to Department of Agriculture has received 500 J l(l replies from township correspondents, rep- < j1 resenting every township in the State, " which shows the following results as the condition of the growing cotton crop and . 'k condition of weather for the month of July: It- Fifty-nine report weather favorable and in 402 unfavorable. Drought, together with dry .j hot winds, has prevailed generally through- out the State, checking the growth of cotton , and corn and causing much damage to grow- i tJt | ing crops, though in localities rains have 1 been abundant and crops are reported in ? ,i-1 good condition. ;d Cotton is badly damaged by drought, [n j having been recently freed from grass caus- i -1 ed by rain in June and followed by very dry a | weather in July, which checked its growth <' a?! 1 1 1 a- ~i-- i ?A T ~"J j SlIKl CUUSeU 11 IU MlfU 11JUC11 wi 1U mill. I le deficiency of labor has caused considerable s-1 area in some of the counties to be abandon-1 ,(1' ed. In upper Carolina the reports average j t | the condition of cotton at7G for July against' '* J 98 in June; in middle Carolina 81 against 87 ! i for June; and in lower Carolina 79 against 1 ? 8-1 for June. The average for the State is d j 79?a falling off from the June report of 18. " i-! ? The Union Times says: In all parts of j j the county the average of the cotton is too | a | small to give hope of more than half a crop, j 8 i and in some large sections it cannot even do 0 l~; that. Those who have traveled through ? -0 i the county tell us the outlook of the cotton y 111 in the fields is really sad. There are hun- s )f I dreds of acres of good land, well worked, c .e j with not a stalk more than six inches high, j ' and the time has about passed for it "to ! come out" and make an August crop. "It has done about all it can do," is the expres-3 sion of ninety out of every hundred far;c mers we talk to about it, Jjramtiitl an!) Commercial. YORKVILLE, August 8.?Cotton 8 to 9jf. CHARLESTON, August 13.?Cotton dull ; fiddling, ill. LIVERPOOL, August 13.?Cotton steady ; lipoids 5 11-lGd. NEW YORK, August 13.?Cotton quiet, upmds, 10}. Futures closed steady, with sales t" 8!i,00i) bales, as follows: August 10.21 to 10.23 ; epteinber 10.24 to 10.25; October 10.14 to 10.15; November 10.10 to 10.11; December lO.loto 10.10; anuary 10.24 to 10.25 ; February 10.35 to 10.37 ; larch 10.40 to 10.48; April 10.57 to 10.50; May 0.08 to 10.70. Special ft elites. hie of South Caroliua'M most prouiincnt Physicians. postal card i. Wallackvillk, Fairfield C'ountv, S. C., March 29th, 1883. Gentlemen :?The bottle of Norman's Neuralizing Cordial jrou sent me to test, I think has encfitted the case to which I administered it, so inch so, that I am inclined to continue its use. f you will send me another bottle by express to dston, and prepay charges, I hope to be preared then to send you a certificate that it is a ood medicine i.i the treatment of the diseases rhich it is recommended to relieve. I will forward the money as soon as I hear from you. Very Respectfully, J. M. Glenn, M. 1). postal card ii. Wallackville, Fairfield County, S. C., May 19th 1883. Gentlemen:?1The cases in which I prescribed sorman's Neutralizing Cordial, the results have icen satisfactory. I would advise every family o keep a bottle of it in the house, and give it at he commencement of all stomach and bowel ir egularities. Very Respectfully, J. M. Glens, M. 1). August 10 33 It HYMENEAL. Makkikd?In this county, 011 the 2nd instant, iv Rev. T. H. Mullinax,'Mr. ISAAC C. FARMS and Miss MARGARET I. WELLES. OBITUARY. Died?In Pulaski county, Arkansas, July 29th, .883, Mr. JOEL JOINER, formerly of'York ounty, S. C., aged 73 years. In York county, July 30th, 1883, MARTHA (AXE HOFFMAN, daughter of J. L. and M. B. Hoffman, aged 6 years 7 months and 20 days. At his residence in York county, July 20th, .883, of typhoid fever, Mr. AMZI li. HOPPER, iged 24 years, (i months and 9 davs. Brother Hopper professed faith in Christ soon ifter reaching manhood, but did not unite with he Church for near a year afterward, to be sure hat he possessed a well grounded hope in Christ. Since that time he has been a consistent member >f Union Baptist Church. When he was con icious that his end was fast approaching he gave o sorrowing friends unmistakable evidence that le would "depart with joy and not with grief." Jut Brother Hopper bore nis best testimony to .'hrist while he lived. It is blessed to know that 1--.u 1 t.;? .inntt, I1U riglUttOUS IKUU UUJJC ill inn ucraiu. At her home, near Kock Hill, in York county, i. C., on Tuesday, June 10th 1883, Mrs. K. E. 'EWELL, in the forty-third year of her age. The approach of death, under any circumtances, is sad and painful; but when a happy vife and mother falls by such a stroke, the home 'irele is thrown into inexpressible darkness and lorrow. A strange mystery hangs over the scene ind swells the Hood of grief into a mighty torent which, for the moment, seems to sweep iway all comfort from the bleeding hearts. But ve know that "the Lord is righteous in all His vays, and holy in all His works." Hereafter we ilia.ll see that there is no contradiction between Jis word and His providence. Dark as these (vents are now, the true light will then shine up>n them and show that they were bright with leavenly meaning. Every child of affliction can est sweetly upon such a precious fact, and patently wait for the coming dawn. Mrs. Fewell was born August 23rd, 1840, the laughter of Joel S. and Jane S. Barnett. Her ather was for many years an honored and useful Ruling Elder of Ebenezer Church, in Bethel Preslyterv. The children of his family were faithully instructed by precept and parental exam >le, in religious truth as revealed in the Holy scriptures, and lasting impressions were then nade upon them for their spiritual good. With ^ >od's blessing upon these homo intluences, the lumeet 01 mis nonce was oruugm iu viuist m lariy life, and she made a public profession of icr faith in Him by joining the Church of her parents in the year *1857. It was at the time of 4 in extensive and precious revival during the lastorate of Rev. John G. Richards, and when uany young people came under the saving power of the gospel. Since that time she has led a consistent Christian life, trying by her walk and conversation, to adorn the doctrines of God her Saviour. Amidst the trials and difficulties of lomestic duties, she was always found striving o keep her own lamp burning,* and to guide her children into the way everlasting. At the end ihe feelingly mourned over her unworthiness md shortcomings, but declared her trust and confidence in the merits of Jesus. She meekly accepted her sickness as His loving discipline, md was resigned to His will. Her memorv mist ever be dear to the loved ones left behind, md though the hour be so lonely and dark to hem, they can rejoice in the assurance that her lufl'erings have ceased and her glory begun. . She was married to Mr. S. M. Fewell, March 'th, 1861. They had ten children. Four of them ^receded their* mother to the grave. The other lix?two daughters and four sons?survive, with heir father, to meet the new responsibilities thus brown upon them. The Lord bless their sore lereavement to them all, and turn their loss into eternal gain. A Friend. FOR REXT, OR SALE. [DESIRE to LEASE on long term, or will SELL for cash, my ROSS TRACT OF LANI), li miles from Yorkville. W. P. GOOD. August 16 63 2t APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE.~ NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Administratrix of the estate of JOHN McJARTER, deceased, has made a final settlement xt a i T? -1 -i'Tl s-.sxii *1 #- ?* nnrl v1111 i iii? ?j uu^u ul x" ruuiiiu iui iuziwwuiuvt,uiivi >ii Saturday, the loth day of September next, will nakc application for a hnal discharge from lia>ility as Administrator of the said estate. V HO LI BAM AII MeCARTER, Adm'stratrix. August 16 36 at" WHEAT AM> CORN GRIXDIN L " WOULD respectfully inform (lie public that I I have added a steam engine to my WHEAT VIILL, on Allison C'reek, live miles north of iTorkville, and am now prepared to grind CORN \ND WHEAT at any time, ?lay or night. A irst-elass MILLER is always in attendance, and tatisfaction guaranteed. L. K. ARMSTRONG. August 16 33 3t &S5A>0 REWARD. LOST OR MISLAID, a book or books containing the Records of the Town of York. ille, for the year I860 to and including 1870. Yny person knowing of the whereabouts of said >ook or books, and returning the same, will re eivo the above reward. Bv order of Council. F. HAPPERFIELD, * Intendant. J. R. Schorb, Clerk. Aug 16 33 tf ROADS AND BRIDGES. TO the Supervisors of Roads and Bridges in York county: Your attention is called to the mportance of putting the Roads and Bridges of four respective Highway Districts in good order, or the Fall season. The Board suggests that mmediately after the lirst general rain in any District?the road-hands be called out, and at east six days' work be done, if necessary. All tanging limbs on the roadside should be removal, and all loose rocks thrown from the road-bed. Bv order of the Board. J. B. ALLISON, Clerk of Board. August 16 33 It INSURANCE LICENSE. 4 Office ok Comptroller General, Columbia, S. C\, August 11,1883. I CERTIFY that W. H.MeCORKLE, of Yorkville. S. C., agent of the Crescent Fire Insuance Company, of New Orleans, incorporated >v , has complied with the requisitions of the Yet of the General Assembly, entitled "An Act o regulate the Agencies of Insurance Companies lot incorporated in the State of South Carolina," md I hereby LICENSE the said W. II. McCORCLE. asrent aforesaid, to take risks and transact ill business of Insurance in this State, in the ountv of York, for and in behalf of said coni>anv. Expires on , 1884. W. E. STONEY, Comptroller-General. August 10 33 It STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York. lYTHEREAS Dr. J. R. BRATTON has apT T plied to me for Letters of Administration, n all and singular the goods and chattels, nights nd credits of Mrs. JANE COUSART, late of he county aforesaid, deceased: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all nd singular the kindred and creditors of the aid deceased, to be and appear at our next Judge f Probate's Court for York county, to be holdn at York Court House on tho 3iST DAY UP LUGUST, A. D., 1883, at 11 o'clock, A. M., to hew cause, if any, why the said Administration hould not be granted. liven under my hand and seal, this 11th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and in the 108th year of tho Independence of the United States of America. J. BEATTY WILLIAMS. Judge of Probate. August 10 33 '2t