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jltoaps and Jfarts.
?Commissioner of Agriculture Henderson,
of Georgia, estimates tne cotton crop of that
State at 62 per cent, or 550,000 bales, and
says if frost is delayed two weeks there will
be a slight increase over this estimate.
Heavy oat crops are being put in.
? William D. Clancy, a well known Charlestonian
and one of the Masters in Equity
for that county, committed suicide by shooting
himself in the head Wednesday. He
was a bachelor and was noted for his wil
and social accomplishments.
? There is trouble in Texas over the anticivil
rights bill decision, and the negroes
are reported to be rising in force in Milan
county. Troops were ordered out, but have
been dismissed, a colored preacher having
undertaken to restore peace.
? Abocit the first of next month the new
time principle indicating the hours from 1
to 24 o'clock will be in practice. The watch
factories North have already begun to make
the new issue dials to mark the hours from
1 to 24.
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Clarke Gaines vs. The City of New Orleans,
just forwarded to the Supreme Court of the
United States, contains 25,000 pages of legal
cap paper and weighs 196 pounds, and the
importance of the matters involved is commensurate
with the bulk of the record.
? The business failures throughout the
United States and Canada for the sever
days ending last Friday as reported to R.
G. Dun & Co., number 215 against 218 the
preceding week, and 243 the week before.
In the Southern, Middle and New England
States there is a marked decrease noted.
? Near Falmouth, Ky., a bull planted
himself in front of a fast express train or
the Kentucky Central in an attitude of defiance.
The locomotive struck him and
killed him, but the baggage car and two
coaches were thrown from the track and
the rails were torn up for a hundred feet
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? At Huntington, Indiana, last Thursday,
Charlotte Epps was found guilty of murdering
her husband last June, by administering
poison. Epps was an old and wealthy bachelor,
and was married two months before
his death, she previously having been his
housekeeper. Herpunishment was fixed at
imprisonment for life.
? A fire occurred in Savannah, Ga., on
Wednesday afternoon of last week, and
raged until after night, having exhausted
itself after spreading over fifteen blocks,
comprising the section between West Broad
street and the canal. One hundred colored
families and forty white families were rendered
homeless, and the lass is over a million
dollars.
? The express a^ent at Atlantic Station,
Ga., was robbed ot a pouch containing $15,000
Thursday night. The pouch was hung
round his neck, and he pushed it behind his
back as he stooped to raise the handles ol
hi% trunk, which he was about to wheel into
his office. A man came behind him, cut
the straD of the Douch and darted off with
it into tRe darkness.
? Georgia has a Confederate pension list
amounting to $25,00) per annum. One hundred
dollars is allowed for a loss of a leg
above the knee; $75 for the same loss below
the knee; $60 for an arm above the
elbow and $40 for an arm below. Under the
present law all persons who have sustained
such losses are carried on what is praticallv
a pension roll,jComing up regularly every
three years for the amount in cash.
? A dispatch of Friday from Corruna,
Indiana, says: For some time past the farmers
of this neigborhood, who own self-binding
harvesters have been receiving letters
at this and adjacent postofflces threatening
vengeance because these machines reduce
the demand for farm laborers. This week
these threats took the form of barn burning.
Several barns have been destroyed already,
including two last night. One of these was
set on fire at 3 o'clock this morning after
the owner had guarded it until 2 o'clock.
? Every county in Ohio gave a majority
for the second, or prohibition amendment
exceptfive, viz, Cuynahoga, Franklin, Hamilton,
Lucas and Montgomery. These counties
contain the cities of Cincinnati, Columbus,
Cleveland, Toledo and Dayton, and
kept the State from adopting the amendment.
As to the actual vote cast on this
question the prohibition vote is far ahead,
but the enemies to prohibition owe their
escape to the requirement that an affirmative
vote on constitutional amendmentsshall
include a majority of all the votes cast at
the same election.
? Several severe explosions have recently
occurred in London, supposed to be the
work of Fenian sympathisers. The lieavm
iest explosion, and "Qne had the plans of its
projectors been entirely successful, would
nave caused great damage and loss of life,
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day night of last week. The British government
offers a reward of ?500 for information
leading to the conviction of the perpetrators
of this outrage, and the railway
companies offer an additional reward of
?500.
? A large meeting of prominent colored
citizens, held in Memphis last Friday night,
adopted resolutions expressing regret at the
decision of the Supreme Court in the civil
rights case and asking the people of the
State to join in petitioning the Legislature
to repeal all its Act discriminating against
colored people and protesting against confounding
social and civil rights and in favoring
the encouragement of colored people
in the habits of economy and intellectual
culture. They also compliment Judge Harlan.
A ddresses were made by Congressman
Casey Young and others.
? Frank James, the notorious outlaw,
under arrest at Gallatin, Mo., has been
given the freedom of the town, and great
indignation is felt by the citizens of Gallatin
over the fact. A warrant from Alabama
is out for the arrest of James, but it cannot
be acted upon until the State of Missouri is
through with him. During the recent trial
of James at Gallatin, while he was walking
about the streets, a negro man was kept in
the court house with a ball and chain attached
to his leg, his offence being the stealing
of a ham for his family.
? At a Democratic meeting in Danville,
Va., last Saturday, at 3 P. M., matters pertaining
to the approaching election being
under discussion, a large number of negroes
assembled near the opera house, in
which the meeting was held, and created
a row, first commencing a fisticuff. This
soon led to the drawing of pistols by both
sides, when a negro placed a pistol at Walter
Holland's head and fired, wounding
him, it is supposed mortally. Then a general
fire opened, which resulted in the killing
of three negroes and the wounding of
many uuiers, sume muruiuy. vjieai cauiicraent
exists, especially near the Western
suburbs of the town. One white man was
fired upon while patroling in that vicinity,
which wounded him and nis horse.
? A meeting of a large number of representative
colored men was held at Birmingham,
Alabama, last Saturday in order to
express the sentiments of the colored people
on the decision of the United States Supreme
Court on the Civil ltights act. Res*
olutions were passed denouncing the court
and condemning the act as a deception to
the colored people. J. II. Welch, chairman
of the meeting, in a speech advocated
the cultivation of more friendly relations
with the whites of the South. He said he
believed that the Southern people, without
regard to party lines^ would prove the
last refuge of the colored people, ana wouia
help them to reach a higher and nobler manhood.
? In his annual report Adjt.-Gen. Drum
recommends the retirement of enlisted men
who have served thirty-five years, and the
shortening of the term of enlistment from
five years to three years. He says the number
of discharges from the army during the
year ended June 30,1883, was 5,950, deaths
221, desertions 3,578. Total casualties 9,749.
The total number of enlistments during the
year was 8,998. Out of 7,931 accepted recruits,
4,538 were native born, 3,393 of foreign
birth; 6,461 white. 1,470 colored. The
number of applicants for enlistment rejected
is 19,738. Every effort was made during
the entire fiscal year to obtain sufficient
men to fill the army to its authorized
strength, but notwithstanding these efforts
the total enlisted strength of the army on
that date was only 22,851, or 2,149 less than
the authorized number.
? At a meeting of Irishmen held at Chioa%
go on the 15th .of last month, resolutions i
were passed instructing the chairman to 1
.: communicate with the State Department |
! with a view to securing instructions to the
;' American Minister to England to use his
' influence toward securing an impartial trial 1
for O'Donnell as an American citizen on j
^ the charge of the murder of the informer
* Carey, and ask a modification of the rules
of practice before the British Court to the
.! extent of allowing Americans to act as
' | O'Donnell's counsel. Secretary Frelinghuy
sen, replying, says: "In the event of its
! being ascertained that Patrick O'Donnell
; is an American citizen, he will receive from
the Executive Department of this government
all the protection to which he is enj
titled, in harmony with the resolutions you
enclose. It is not within the province of
; this department to ask a modification of
I a ruling of the Court in this particular
' case." He adds that if the English Court
should need an assurance of the standing
of the counsel from this country the Ameri
can Minister will be instructed to give such
| assurance.
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1 YORKVILLE, S. C. :
| THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 8. 1883.
; TUESDAY'S ELECTIONS.
1 On last Tuesday elections were held in ten
States. Connecticut elected its House of
Representatives and half its Senate ; Maryland,
Governor, Comptroller, Attorney General
and Legislature; Massachusetts, Gov.
ernor, other State officers and Legislature ;
Minnesota, Governor and other State officers,
a railroad commissioner and also voted
1 upon three constitutional amendments;
' Mississippi elected a Legislature; Nebraska
a Justice of the Supreme Court and University
Regents; New Jersey a Governor,
House of Representatives and part of the
Senate; New York elected Secretary ofState,
Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney General,
Engineer and Surveyor, and both branches
of the Legislature, and also voted upon a
proposition to abolish contract labor from <
the State prisons ; Pennsylvania elected an
, Auditor General and a State Treasurer;
Virginia, Assemblymen and part of its
i Senate.
Of these States public attention is mainly
! turned to New York, Massachusetts and
Virginia; to New York because of its importance
as a factor in Presidential elections,
and because of the squabbles among
the Democratic factions which make it no
easy matter to forecast results with any certainty.
Notwithstanding the reports published
of established harmony between these
factions they don't seem to be any nearer
together than they ever were, and John Kelly,
the Tammany boss, still insists on playing
dictator, and runs his candidates, and
each of the other factions will do likewise,
thus dividing the Democratic vote for members
of the Legislature and giving the Re1
publicans a good chance to wajk in. This
split, however, is only confined to the city
of New York, and may not have much
damaging influence on the State at large.
THE OLD SOUTHERN EXPRESS.
A Washington dispatch says that suit is
about being instituted in the District Courts
to determine the liability of the stockhold'
ers in the National Express and Transporta.
tion Company. This was a company which
started after the war to do the express business
in the South and was chartered by the
State of Virginia. For a while its business
' was large and its directors consisted of some
. of the mostprominentSoutherninen. Many
business men of Washington and Baltimore
subscribed for or purchased the stock for in1
vestment as holding out prospects of liberal
returns, but owing possibly to extravagance
anu niisuuiuugeiiieui, unci cuuiug
nients of $20 per share on its stock, the eoin,
pany closed business in 18G7.
After a period of seventeen years certain
creditors of the company are now trying to
collect sufficient assessments from the stockholders
of the late company to pay their
claims, but so many questions of liability
and equity are concerned that it probably
can only be settled, so far as the District
stockholders are concerned, by an eventual
appeal to the Supreme Court of the United
States.
The assessment necessary to pay the indebtedness
of the defunct concern will be
: about $17 on each share of stock. The Charlotte
Observer says that the intelligence of
the proposed action of the creditors caused
quite a flutter in that city, where a large
f number of shares were held, but after consultation,
the share-holders concluded that
they were liable and would have to pay.
CONTESTS IN CONGRESS.
Among the contests for seats in the next
Cangress there will be several of peculiar interest.
Papers have already been tiled with
Air. McPherson, the clerk of the house, in
the following cases: From the second district
of Alabama there will be two contestants,
G. H. Craig and J. W. Jones for the
seat of Charles M. Shelly. Benj. F. Frederick
will contest the seat of James Wilson,
of the fifth Iowa district. S. X. Wood
claims that he was elected from Kansas instead
of Samuel R. Peters. George F. Garrison
challenges the right of Robert M. Mayo
to the seat belonging to the first district of
Virginia. In the seventh district of Virginia
the certificate was given to John Paul,
who was subsequently appointed United
States Judge. The Governor of Virginia
has made no provision for a special election
to fill the vacancy, and it is supposed that he
prefers to wait and see what action the house
will take 011 the contest made by C. T. ()'Ferrall
for the seat. The most interesting
contest will be between Chalmers and Manning,
of the second Mississippi, and W111.
McKinley, Jr., and Jonathan II. Wallace,
of the seventh Ohio district. These two
cases are likely to occupy considerable time
and cause warm discussion. There were
several other notices of contest filed soon
after the election, but they have since been
withdrawn.
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COTTON PICKING MACHINERY.
It does really seem that the days of cotton
picking by hand are about numbered. The
Charleston jVews a/ul Courier publishes a
lengthy descriptive article on a cotton picking
machine recently patented by Mr. C. T.
JNIason, Jr., of Sumter, which docs the work
thoroughly and without injury to the plant.
The trial test showed the capacity of the
machine to be 200 pounds an hour, which is
by no means its limit, and a much larger
gathering in pounds in the same time is
looked for. One man and one horse easily
manipulate the entire machinery. With
one of these machines, a planter can gather
his cotton at a cost of only $1 per bale,
whereas it now costs $7. Taking this into
, consideration, the saving will be great, to
! say nothing of the other advantages which
' such a machine would suggest. It is ex1
pected they will be ready for introduction
; j for the gathering of the next crop, and then
! planters will live, as it were, in a new age.
1 There is no humbug in this, and the cotton
picker of old will remember his avocation
! as a thing of the past.
THE COMING STATE FAIR.
D. P. Duncan, President of the Soutl
Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical So
ciety, has addressed the following impor
portant circular to the people of the State
Another annual State Fair is at hand, anc
it remains for the people of South Carolim
to say whether it shall be even a greater
more instructive and more useful one thai
that of last year. What are the peculiai
inducements to bring all classes of our peo
pie together at a State Fair, beyond all othei
occasions? First, it touches "every man's
and woman's home and industry. Then
is nothing within the round of our hom(
economy, let it be of the narrowest or wid
est scope, that does not find room and ex
pression in this great objective view o
what we are doing, how we are all living
and what remains for us to do hereafter ii
seeing and knowing what is possible to jus
such people as ourselves, our own neigh
bors, who perchance live but a few mi lei
from us, or in our own county or section, 01
our own State.
The great improvement in agriculture
methods and implements, important a;
tnese are, sureiy are not me most linpuriuui
things to be seen at a State fair. Neithei
are tne improved live stock or agricultural
products, or manufactories, highly impor
tant incentives as these are to progressive
industry. There is that to be felt and seei:
and felt no where else. It is the aspiration
of all classes for a day of better things.
That which is the brave, earnest wish of ar
industrious, honest people, that which thej
crave and hope for in their hearts, and earnestly
believe themselves equal to, thai
thing may be considered an accomplished
fact as soon as there is one heart and one
mind set upon it as a great social and industrial
necessity. Now, when our people
come to a State fair it is not one class thai
comes, but all. Not only the well-to-dc
farmer, mechanic or planter and their families
are to be found in the throng, but the
humblest citizens and their wives and
daughters come and are welcome, and more
than welcome?all find a common meetinp
ground on this occasion of all others. We
all come, not only to shake hands with oui
old and accustomed friends and to exchange
old ideas and preconceiveel notions, but tc
make new friends, to get new ideas or tc
impart them, and literally to feel the pulse
of the people and to know how we now are
and what all hope for. The numerous entpr+?>imriprit?j
of most, interestina" char
acter which have been provided by the
citizens of the State capital will be seen by
the largely distributed posters. These displays
will be even more attractive to all
classes of our people than they were last
year. They are alone worth the trip. The
articles on exhibition will bo more varied
and improving and full of interest to all
than ever. Nothing will be left undone tc
show what our people are doing and have
done. But there is one thing we cannot
place before the public eye?what we are
hoping for, what we mean to do and what
sagacious practical men see possible for the
future.
Now to meet this very desideratum, tc
enable miinformed people to see the true
meaning for the future in what they see before
their eyes, it is proposed to hold public
discussion at our night meetings touching
the industrial.matters of the State, so thai
we shall all go away with a better idea oi
what it means for us and our chidren aftei
us. Whilst the pleasure-seekers are enjoying
themselves in innocent amusements,
the older or more practical heads may be
making a reckoning of where we are in our
industrial progress and comparing notes in
a practical way, which will send the wisesl
of us back home with something, if not
much, to think about, which we are now
earnestly thinking of or not informed ol
at all before we met at the State Fair. Then
let me urge on our people, one and all, tc
come to the State Fair this season. There
will Kq i-nrtiYi fnr ??v-Qr\rbnfl v this VPnr
and many new and attractive features in
the improved character of the articles on
exhibition; also much to be enjoyed in the
entertainments provided by the citizens ol
Columbia.
We all now see our way out of the
woods?if not in all things. Let us come
together in such a great gathering ol South
Carolinians, as well as visitors from other
States, as has not been seen within our
borders. Last year showed what was entirely
possible. Let this year show how
much more is possible.
D. P. Duncan, President.
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Hon. J. B. Campbell, of Charleston, is
dangerously ill in "Washington City.
? The ladies of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Church at Winnsboro have
bought a chandelier at a cost of over $100.
? The Blue Ridge Railroad paid its State
and county tax this year, something it has:
not done before in ten years. The amount
was $2,052.56.
? The State Treasurer reported about $174,000
in taxes received up to the close of business
on the 31st ultimo, which was the end
of the fiscal year.
? Armistead Burt, a distinguished lawyer
of Abbeville, died suddenly in his office on
the 30th ultimo, from an affection of the
heart, aged 81 years. \
? Col. Coward, State superintendent of education,
addressed a convention of trustees
and teachers of public schools at Orangeburg
last Friday.
? Fifteen of the delegates from this State
have signified their intention to attend the
Cotton Planters' Convention to be held at
Vicksburg, Miss., on the 21st instant.
? A number of the political cases arising
out of the election of 1882 will be tried in
the U. S. Circuit Court at Columbia, beginning
on the fourth Monday of the present
month.
? Governor Thompson has. appointed E.
M. Atkinson, of Chester a tltd^gate from
the Fifth Congressional district totWFarmers'
Congress of the United States, totneet
in Louisville, Ky., on the 5th of next month.
? In Union county on Monday, Union
and Goshen townships voted subscriptions
to the Union, Gaffney City and ltutherfordton
Railroad. Dayton township voted almost
unanimously against it.
? Columbia Register: Colonel Coward
states that the reports to -WrKii^ce in reference
to public schools are highly^ncuuraginc
find show a wonderful imnrovemCnt in
educational work for the past year.
? The New York World is authority for
the'statement that "Senator Butler, of South
Carolina, will give up cotton planting and i;.
now iH-New England buying stock for a
grass and horse farm."
? According to the Columbia /fry islet', it
will take 17,000, carp to supply the demand
which is on file with the Fish Commissioner,
and every one of the 850 applicants have
made a pond especially for carp.
? Willie Chafee, a Lancaster youth, who
is a student at Fort Mill Academy, was seriously
shot in the head with a pistol, the
other day, by a companion, who did not
know the weapon was loaded.
? The merchants of Spartanburg say that
the farmers generally are prompt in paying
their past indebtedness. This speaks
well for the county, notwithstanding the
shortness of crops.
? The colored Baptist Association of Fairfield
met at Winnsboro last week. Then;
were one hundred and thirty delegates in
attendance, representing theterritorial jurisdiction
embracing the counties of Fairfield,
liinlilond eiiMetut- nnrl lv nr<h*.i \v
? A correspondent of the Winnsboro JVeics
and Herald complains that there is an active
business done at Monticello, Fairfield
county, in "bitters" and "tonics," and that
this is a violation of the law regulating the
liquor traffic.
? The value of real estate by the last assessment
in Lancaster county is $1,250,878,
and the value of personal property 8712,871.
The average assessed value of horses in the
county this year is $06.}; the average assessed
value of cattle is 88, and the average
assessed value of mules is 8773.
? The Newberry Observer having charged
Major E. B. Murray, of the Anderson Intelligencer,
with being a prospective candidate
for Congress, that gentleman replies in his
newspaper, virtually admitting the soft impeachment.
There are prospects of an exceedingly
lively fight in that district.
? U. B. Whites, the defaulting Treasurer
of Newberry county, having pleaded guilty
to the charge of failing to turn over money
to his successor, was sentenced to pay a
fine of $2,000 or to one year in the county
jail. Failing to pay the fine he went to'
t jail.
. ? The negroes of Lexington have been
stricken with the emigration fever. The
* ; Dispatch says: "The negroes of this county
: ' have made up a purse to pay the expenses
11 of Press Shackleford in visiting Arkansas .
t: for the purpose of reporting the attractions
> of that promised land, as they contemplate
? an exodus. He will leave for Little Rock
r next week." ;
" ? Rock Hill Herald, Thursday: The Rock
[ Hill Lodge of the Legion of Honor has paid .
| Mrs. Anna Hall So,(100, the amount due her
on the death by her husband, Mr. J. Ira
? Hall. Last week, the Knights of Honor
" paid Mrs. Hall $2,000, that being the amount
* due her by that order on the death of her \
' husband.
r
J ?Columbia Register: About 2(!0 rolls of
t companies from South Carolina in the Con.
federate service have been sent to the Ad- I
5 jutant and Inspector General's office, 04 are s
r in course of preparation and about 124 re- t
main unaccounted for. It is earnestly urg- v
i ed upon those whose duty it is and pleasure ?
J it should he to furnish" these rods of the ^
l .gallant Carolinians that they go to work a
? and prepare them. . . r
I ? In their presentment, last week, the ^
- grand jury of Oconee county made the fol>
lowing recommendation : "Believing that e
l as a people our growth and prosperity are
l retarded to a great extent by some of the
, laws of the State, and that no relief can be
t obtained under the present^Constitution of a
r the State, they respectfully ask the dclega- (
- tion to the General Assembly from this v
i county to exert their influence in behalf of
I the calling of a Constitutional Convention."
; ? On the 1st instant, the South Carolina
Railroad abandoned, tpe Barnwell branch, "
i a short line rnnning from Blackville to b
i Barnwell court house, a. distance of fifteen \
> miles. This action is taken inconsequence p
of the new freight tariff which is made to
: apply to the Barnwell road the rates in
i use on the South Carolina road, at which
1 rates, it is claimed, it can only be operated
; at a loss of $500 a month. Col. Peck, Super- .
! intendent of the South Carolina road, says ^
other branch roads in the State will be A
' abandoned, and is probably correct, such e
> action having been threatened by the an- t
? thorities of other lines. p
! THE MORMON PROBLEM. ?
| George G. Cannon, the delegate from r\
\ Utah to Congress, is in Washington and j
; lias been interviewed on the report of the ,
Utah Commissioners. To the reporter Can[
non said:
"The Edmunds law had precisely the ti
[ effect I predicted, just the effect I told Sen- p
ator Edmunds it would have, but he thought p
[ I was too much interested to give an un- )
biased opinion. It has whooped our people
, up, to use a common but expressive term.
! To illustrate, there is a grandson of Brigham
[ Young, a young man not over 22 years of
! age. He is rather wild, not bad; but he ^
; has always been rather careless with re- v
gard to religion. His friends have believed c
that his sympathies were with the anti- i:
J Mormon element, and perhaps they were 0
! in a measure. Well, at the last election t(
| lie went to the ballot-box and putting in a
; vote said: 'They have disfranchised pap "
' (his father) but I'll put in a vote that will ('
count for his side.' You see he had but one t
wifo nnvor lisul unv mnrp nnrl thev could t
'1 not disfranchise him." "Has Edmunds' j
law been very obnoxious to the Mormons ?" ^
[ inquired the reporter. "The law itself has
; not," replied Cannon, "but the way it is c
administered is very oppressive. It has v
i been given a construction not warranted t
' by the constitution." "In what way?"
; "Ithas been made retroactive. Men areex'
eluded from voting for acts alleged to have
' been committed many years prior to the s
1 enactment of the Edmunds law. For in- a
J stance, the ex-Mayor of Salt Lake City had v
1 once two wives, but is now a widower. He
1 has been disfranchised. The present Mayor
1 has but one* living wife. He had another a
| who lived but a short time. He is excluded &
I from voting, although he, like others, com- a
mitted polygamy many years before the law p
was enacted. Mrs. Dr. Kichardson was ex- n
| eluded from voting because her husband, .
while living had another wife. This con;
structionof the law hasgi ven rise to test suits, 11
and I am satisfied it will not stand in the p
courts. But as I said at the outset, this tl
' prosecution has made our people mcfre e
united. It has drawn the young people 0
who were indifferent as to the churcn and "
its teachings, to take sides. It placed them t]
in a position where they had to take sides
with their own people or against them, and
natnrollv tlimr hnvp i?hn<3f>n tn sffl V with
their parents and friends. Now, at the last A
election for delegates, our candidate receiv- v
, ed as many votes as usual, while the opposition
got only what it polled when I was r
elected to the Forty-fourth Congress. The a
, votes of the young people, who were indig- ,
nant at the oppressive construction of this 1
law against tneir parents and relations,
made up for all that we lost by disfranchise- t<
inent." d
"Then the law has not injured Mormonism?"
put in the reporter. $
"No," said Cannon. "Except that it is i
unpleasant to stand prosecution. Hut the q
people of Utah can stand a great deal of op- .
pression. They are united, industrious and i(
frugal, and having endured much, can endure
much more. There are a good many
people in Utah besides the Mormons, and g
they can't enforce oppressive laws against
the latter without pinching the others some.
Now the clique who clamored for the Edmunds
law are very much dissatisfied with e
its operation. They were disappointed. ,
Their scheme was to get entire control of .
the Territory and having failed by this C1
means, they" want to try another. Now n
they want a legislative commission if they ai
can bring it about. Failing in that, they ft
will perhaps perpetuate the existing com- n
mission. It is to continue until the Terri- .
torial Legislature enacts certain laws. The
finwrnnr ran if lip ehooses. prevent the w
legislation by his veto, or by insisting upon fi
legislation that the people cannot grant, ii
In this way the present commission could n
be continued. The enemies of the Mormons
cry out about treason, but they can't
point to a single act of that kind. They t(
have tried to prove the Mormons into some r(
overt act that would give a pretext for call- c<
ing for troops, but none such have been p
committed. This Edmunds act was well v
calculated to arouse such indignation as ,
would break the peaceful bounds, but the
people have borne it with patience, and 1J
will bear on." ?
Sam Lee Heard From.?Sam Lee, the
notorious South Carolina Radical politician,
has been heard from after a silence of several
months. A Washington dispatch to v
the New York Times thus recites Sam's ti
latest adventures as related by himself: ^
Samuel Lee. of Alabama, is a very light
colored man, who was recently conspicuous ^
as a claimant for a seat in Congress. He *
did not get that, but he was consoled by an n
appointment as special agent of the General d
Land Office. He is in the city at present, Sl
and gives an account of his occupation that je
is not calculated to excite much desire to
serve the land office in his State. His work
is that of a detective. The hostility of the i'
people is so great that he cannot allow his cl
business or even his name, to be known, ti
fie has to have a guide thoroughly acquainted
with the country and the people, as he *
would arouse suspicions by his questions if he .
traveled alone that would make it impossi- 11
hie for him to get any accommodations, and H
might lead to Ids being attended to in such
a fashion that accommodations would be a pj
matter of no concern to him. In the region
of Alabama, where he is mostly employed,
he says that there is no one that I
would give him a meal or a place to sleep, *
knowing him to be an agent ol the Govern- al
ment. One man who knew that he had
some position under the Government did q
give him a supper and a breakfast, but did
not dare let him sleep in the house, and ';
Mr. Lee spent the night in the woods. This
spirit of hostility is due in part to the fact
that the entire population is, directly or in- to
directly, interested in violating the land i0
laws and defrauding the Government, and ^
partly to the fact that this region is full of
moonshiners who are as much afraid of a
special agent of the general land office as B
they are of an agent of the internal revenue tl
bureau. They would not tolerate any offi- J<
cer of the Government. Many of the so- at
called poor whites are employed by capitalists
to aid the latter in making fraudulent j
entries of timber and mineral lands, and in a ^
moment of extreme excitement they might
shoot a rascally agent of the Government
who was trying to breakup their business. 01
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
t. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriffs Snles.
larthn Blair?Fair Warning
os. F. Wallace, C. Pis,?Tlerk's Sales.
. C. H. Duff?For Sale.
ames Reese?New Barber Shop.
'. S. Jefl'ervs, Agent?Acid Phosphate for Wheat.
id ward P. Steele?Executor's Notice.
. R. Lindsay A Co.?Wanted.
\ M. Dobson?Wonderful, If True.
lunter A. Gates?Grand Cash Sale.
. Ed. Jefferys?New Furniture Store.
V. C. Latimer?Millinery.
I. Strauss?To the Interest of Buyers.
Vithers Adickes?New Goods.
. M. Adams?They all Do It?Stoves?I Defy
Competition.
'arisli A McKnight?Wanted to Sell.
CIRCUIT L'OURT.
The Circuit Court for this county, his
lonor Judge Fraser presiding, is still in
ession and will continue the remainder of
his week and probably for a portion of next
veek. The first week of the term was ocupied
with Sessions business, and last week
nd the present to the trial of civil causes
equiring a jury. Besides an unusually
urge Sessions docket, Judge Fraser found a
argc amount of civil business on the C'alndars,
and he decided to go through them.
ivrcMidAnv riup
On Thursday last,Tbout 9 o'clock P. M.,
. cotton house, belonging to Mr. It. E.
Juthrie, about six miles south of Yorkille,
was destroyed by fire. In the house
t'ere eight bales of cot on and 300 bushels of
otton seed, which vere also destroyed,
.'his was not at Mr. Guthrie's home-place,
?ut atone on which I)t niel Rainey, colored,
wis a tenant. All the circumstances point
o the fact that the fire (was of an incendiary
rigin. ' I
tAe restoration of the jews.
On Saturday morning next, at 11 o'clock,
he Rev. A. W. Miller, I). I)., of Charlotte,
s. C., will deliver a lecture on this intersting
subject in Bethel Church. The lecure
will be divided into two parts. One
iart will be delivered in the morning, and
he other in the afternoon, with an interval
f three quarters of an hour between them,
'his lecture is given by invitation of the
tidies' Aid Society for the purpose of putine
some monev in their treasury, and
hey will charge an admission fee of twentyive
cents. The public are invited to be
resent, and none will be disappointed in
heir expectation of hearing an able and
nstructive lecture. .
JUDOE WITHERSPOON.
Judge "Witherspoon left his home in this
lace last Saturday for Charleston, where he
rill preside over the Circuit Court of that
ounty which conven ;d last Monday mornng.
The Xews and Courier says the work
f the Sessions, as it always is at the fall
erm, is very heavy. There are sixty prisners
in jail for offences ranging from murer
down to hog stealing. The majority of
he cases are for larceny. The case against
Smil Hyman, charged!with the murder of
Minnie Cochran, whicll resulted in a misrial
at the last term, is the only murder
ase for trial. The solicitor thinks the work
rill occupy the attention of the Court fot
en days. 1
FROST.
The first killing frost of the season in this
ection occurred last Thursday morning,
bout fifteen days later than usual. There
no a 1 cn n lionvv frn^f nn the succeeding
norning. Owing to the lateness of frost,
nd the generally propitious \Veather, the
ill has been favorable to fanners. A larger
mount of cotton has opened than was exectecl,
and mild weather has admitted of
lueh fall plowing and seeding. Farmers
all us that oats have been sown plentifully
nd the prospect for that crop is now very
romising. The frost has been general in
liis State, and is noted as far north as Fredricksburg,
Va. Ice was reported on the
nd, at Society Hill, Darlington county, in
bis State.
churciTnotices.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. It. P. Franks,
'astor. Services in the church at Yorkille,
forenoon and evening, next Sunday.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.
t. Lathan, Pastor. Services next Sunday
t Tirzah, to be conducted by Rev. W. A.
I. Plaxico.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pas3r.
Services at the usual hours next Sunay,
morning and evening.
Episcopal?Rev. Aug. Prentiss, Rector,
ervices in the church of the Good Sheperd
to-morrow (Friday) at 4 P. M. On
unday, morning prayer and holy commun>n
at 10.30 A. M.; Sunday-school at 4 P.
[. ; evening prayer and sermon at 7 P. M.
Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor,
ervices at 11 A. M.
TIIE GRUBEK FAMILY.
The Gruber family playecl to large audinces
in College Hall 011 Monday and Tuesay
nights. Mr. Grubei is a natural musiian
and a genius in his way. He discards
luch of what he terms the theory of music
5 exemplified by the teachers, and p. rirms
by what he claim: to be the practical
lethod. However mu ill he may differ
om other exponents 0 the divine art, it
innot be denied that le produces a rich,
ill tone on the violin, ar d his style is pleaslg.
Mrs. Gruber is 1 vocalist of high
lerit, and the childrer ? four in number,
le youngest only four 3 ears of age?seem
> inherit the musical tilent of their pa
silts, ami their performances enciieu enamiums
of praise. Witfli the. accustomed
berality of ZNIr. (Jrubqr every time he
isits Yorkville, appropriating a share of
is receipts to a beneficent object, on the
resent occasion he gave a portion to the
imetery fund, an act of liberality which our
itizens fully appreciate.
SALES-DAY.
Monday last, sales-day for November,1
as a propitious day, which, with the at actions
of Court week, induced a large atmdance
of people in town. The day passed
uietly, however, with the exception of one
nock down, which occurred near the beef
larket. The assailed man, whose name we
id not learn, was white, and so, we pre
urn nniilrl nnf
lint?, WilS IIJS UiNSiWlUllt, UIUU^II ?u vuvlivi Iiwitarn
his name, nor the origin/)f thediflillty.
The horse-swapping brigade was out
1 lull force, and a number of costanogas
umged hands, presumably to the satisfac011
of all parties.
The Sheriff sold, by virtue of writ of fieri
tciux, the interest of Wm. B. Davidson
i a tract of land near Bethany.Church,
ought by \V. Porter Good for $10.
The Clerk of Court sold the following
roperty :
At the suit of Emily Atkinson vs. L. G.
[cCreight and others, tract of 104 acres on
ishing Creek. Bought by J. M. Williford
: $12.30 per acre.
At the suit of Jerome C. Miller vs. Mary
. Miller and others, tract of 88 acres, known
i Miller's Mill, on Allison Creek. Bought
Y J. C. Miller for $1,S00.
At the suit of Samuel M. Fewell, Execuir,
vs. A. F. Fewell and others, house and
t in Rock Hill. Bought by W. J. Rawtison
for $200.
At the suit of W. Z. Kell and others vs.
anks Kell and others, tract "Xo. 3," of
ic lands belonging to estate of the late
)hn G. Kell. Bought by George C. Leech
i $7.55 per acre. Tract "Xo. G," of the
me estate, 74 acres. Bought by George C.
eeeh at $12.25 per acre.
All the notes and accounts due the late
:m of J. J. Smith & Co., as advertised in
ir last issue, except the account of Sam
j Brian, colored, for $1.05, were sold by their
I Assignee, and brought the sum of $17.60.
The account of Sam Brian had been paid on
the first day of October, and was included
in the advertised list through an oversight
j on the part of the Assignee.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
A serious accident occurred to the north-;
bound train on the Chester and Lenoir Rail- j
road, on Wednesday evening of last week, j
between Gastonia and Dallas. The Gasto- j
nia Gazette gives the following particulars
of the affair:
The train jumped the track near Bradley's
Branch, about a mile above town, and
being 011 a steep grade the cars could not be
checked until they rushed down the grade
and over the trestle, tearing up everything
as they went. The track was torn up for fifty
yards and the trestle was completely demolished.
The baggage, express, and second
class cars were capsized, and the ladies'
car was turned to one side on the bank of a
precipice. The following passengers were
on board besides the train hands; Mrs.
Gregory, Newton ; Mrs. Gillam and three
grand-children, Columbus county, Ga.; Mrs.
Kirby and two children, and Mrs. Robinson
of Gaston ; Mrs. Roberts, of Cleveland
county; Mr. Grose, of Lancaster, S. C.
Mrs. Gillam was hurt in the side and back
slightly. Mrs. Kirby's child was slightly
bruised on the head. Mr. Wolfing, the exr>rnii<iriin'i
nninfnllv hurt in thp nnlrle. Mr.
Grist and ^ir. Akin, mail agents, escaped
miraculously. Mr. Falls, proprietor of the
Falls House, went immediately with his
hack to the wreck, and with the assistance
of Mr. Bradley brought all the passengers
to the hotel, where they were cared for.
The wreck is the worst that has ever taken
place on this road.
MERE-MEXTIOX.
The President has issued a proclamation
designating Thursday, November 29th, as a
day of national thanks jiving. It is estimated
by the commissioner of pensions
that ?40,000,<M)0 will be required for the payment
of pensions during che tiscalyear. It
is said that the money paid for fertilizers in
Hartford county, Maryland, this year would
have bought all the land in the county twenty
years ago. The negroes of Texas are
reported as dissatisfied with the plan of exclusive
cars for their accommodation and
the train men on the Texas Central Road,
where the system has just been inaugurnfpfl.
havp heen comnelled to take col
ored people out of the cars assigned to
whites. There were seventy deaths from
yellow fever in Havana last week. A
court of inquiry has been ordered by Secretary
of War Lincoln to convene in Washington
City to-day, to investigate the failure
of Lieut. Garlington's Arctic Expedition.
The corn crop ofl883 is estimated
at 1,621,100,000 bushels, the largest, with but
one exception, ever grown in the United
States. Nyie of a gang of counterfeiters
were arrested at Steinville, Ind., last
Thursday At noon last Thursday, Gen.
Sherman transferred the command of the
army to Lieut.-Gen. Sheridan. There were
no ceremonies attending the transfer. A.
L. Rives has been appointed general manager
of the Richmond and Danville Railroad,
vi<;e Mr. Talcott, resigned. Two Mormon
missionaries in Mississippi have been
arrested for vagrancy. They nave plenty
of money, and a test eiise will be made of
the affair. At Keokuk, Iowa, the colored
people in mass meeting 011 Wednesday
resolved to ask the next Legislature of Iowa
to adopt the section of the civil rights bill
which has been decided to be unconstitutional
by the Supreme Court of the United
States. The secretary of the navy has
written a letter to Commander Wildes condemning
his course on the Greely relief expedition.
Gen. Robert Toombs, of Georgia,
has joined the Methodist Church. The
Mormon apostles own and run a bank, an
opera house,street railroadsand a mammoth
trading post in Salt Lake City, control the
Utah Central railroad, and collect $500,000 a
year in tithes from the faithful followers of
the Church of the Latter-DaySaints.*-,*Next
Saturday will be the four hundredth anniversary
of the birth of Martin Luther, the
great German Reformer, and preparations
are making in several places for the proper
celebration of the day.
Internal Revenue.?The annual report
of the commissioner of internal revenue for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883, has <
been submitted to the secretary of the treas- <
urv. The commissioner reports the receipts
from all sources of internal revenue during
the year as $154,553,344, against $146,523,233
for the preceding year, and the total cost of <
collection as $5,113,734. He says the ex- 1
penses amount to about 3J per cent, of the :
sum collected. The statistics of the details :
of the service, as given in the report, show
that $61,275 was expended through collectors
and revenue agents for the discovery
and punishment of frauds. Three hundred
and ninety-seven illicit stills were seized
and 1,635 persons were arrested. One thousand
one hundred and twenty-nine distilleries
were operated during the year and i
18,644,787 bushels of grain were consumed, <
which is 8,814,304 bushels less than last year.
Seventy-two million two hundred and thir-L?
At 1 1 1 ,1 ?.w]
rithliim and their calls for help were soon
esponded to by the neighbors. Mr. Bailey
tever spoke after he was attacked, and
ingered in an unconscious state until one
'clock Tuesday afternoon, when death reeased
him from his sufferings.-- Union Times.
Jntaittial anb Commercial.
YORKVILLE, November?.?Cotton8Jto9.55.
CHARLESTON, November 5.?Cotton dull ;
middling, lOi.
NEW YORK, November 5.?Cotton quiet; upands,
10*. Futures closed dull but steady, with
ales of 72,000 bales as follows: November 10.30
[> 10.37; December 10.52 to 10.53: January 10.67
o 10.68 ; Februarv 10.81 to 10.82 ; March 10.06 ;
ipril 11.08 to 11.00; Mav 11.10 to 11.20; June
1.30 to 11.31 ; July 11.41 to 11.43 ; August 11.50 to
1.52.
Comparative Cotton Statement.
NEW YORK, November 2.?The following is
he comparative cotton statement for the week
nding November 2: 1883. 1882.
teeeipts at al 1 ports for the week, 239,280 252,430
'otal receipts to this date 1,458,851 1,365,538
Exports for week 153,485 170,531
'otal exports to date, 633,801 701,191
tock at all U. S. ports 768,547 580,449
took at all interior towns 127,928 88,129
took at Liverpool 433,000 462,000
iinerican for Ureal Britain 120.000 172,004*.
ty-ilvtj M1UUSUI1U uuc I1UUU1CU tinvi .TCYCUIJfive
gallons of spirits were produced during
the year against 104,109,077 in the preceding
year. The commissioner reports an increase
in the production of manufactured tobacco 1
and snuff of 9,115,947 pounds over that of
last year, and an increase of 180,234,977 in
the number of cigars, and 9,880,427 in the
number of cigarettes produced. He pre- i
sents figures to show that the reduction of
taxes made by the internal revenue Act of ,
last March will, on the basis of last year's
business, cause a reduction of revenue from
tobacco during the present fiscal year of at
least $25,000,000. He estimates that the re- 1
duction of taxes on proprietary medicines, ;
bank checks, matches, bank deposits and
capital and on tobacco will cause a reduc- .
tion of internal revenue receipts of not less .
than ?43,000,000 per annum. He thinks,
however, that the increased revenue from ,
distilled spirits for the current year will so ,
augment receipts this year that they will
reach ?120,000,000. He reports that during J
the first three months of the current fiscal j
year the receipts from internal revenue
were ?2!),171,170, which is a decrease of ?7,920,501
from the receipts of the correspond- j
ing period of last year. The collections
from tobacco during the year amounted to
?42,104,249. The number of collectors and ,
districts has been reduced during the year '
by consolidation from 126 to 83, and the annual
saving is estimated at ?125,000. He }
i reports the condition of the service excel- ,
lent except in a few localities. He estimates
the expense of the service for the .
fiscal year ending June 39,18S5 at ?4,999,199.
Presbytkriax Syxod.?The Presbyte- (
rian Synod of South C'arolinamet in Ander- s
son on Wednesday the 24th ultimo. The ?
Synod includes all the ministers and 1
churches of that denomination in South 1
Carolina, embracing 176 churches, about 110 n
i nvon/>iipra nnfl nvor 1 !2.00(> members. There f
were present at the recent meeting 46 min- i
istersand 66 ruling elders. The following i
delegates attended from York county: T. 1
It. English, J. Lowrie Wilson, M. R. Kirk- t
patrick, L. R. McCormick, R. A. Webb, J. f
S. White, J. P. Moore, R. S. Wilson, ,J. Le- a
under Adams and A. H. White. j
The opening sermon was preached by v
Rev. J. S. Cozby, of Sumter county, on the r
polity of the Presbyterian church, Text, 1 r
Tim., o: 17. Rev. J. B. Mack, 1). D., was 1
elected Moderator. Narratives and statis- c
tical reports represent the church as in a l
satisfactory condition. Greenville was se
leeted as the next place, and Wednesday
evening before tl^e fourth Sunday in October,
1884, as the time of the next meeting. :
The World's Cotton* Exposition*.? ,
Commissioner-General Morehead of the
World's Exposition, to be held at New Or- i,
leans next year, arrived in Boston last Sat- s
urday, and met a large number of exhibit- t(
ors at the American Exposition, who, it is
expected, will duplicate their exhibits in ;
New Orleans. Morehead will visit the j
Govornors of the New England States with
the purpose of organising and perfecting
the exhibits from these States. Morehead, t]
who is also president of the National Cotton e
Planters' Association, requests the Gover-11
nors of the cotton manufacturing States of '1
New England and the President of the New >}'
England Cotton Manufacturer's Association ! 2
to appoint delegates to the convention of ^
the last named association, to be held at is
Vicksburg on the 21st instant. '/
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, delivered
the address at the Weldon fair last Tuesday.
? Says the Lincoln Press: Harry, the
black Lewellyn setter of Maj. J. K. Marshall,
has been entered for the all age stake
at the Eastern Fields Trial Club at High
Point.
? Thomas DeJarnett, who shot and killed
his sister in a house of ill repute in Danville
two years ago, and was acquitted on the
plea of insanity, and confined in the insane
asylum at Raleigh, has been completely restored
to his reason. He has enlisted in the
First U. S. Cavalry, and is stationed at
Walla-Walla, Washington Territory.
? Two men from Asheville, N. C., have
been living mysteriously in aswampin Opelousas
Parish, La. One of them calling himself
Lane, murdered a man and was killed
resisting arrest. His companion was called
Brown and claimed to be his cousin. They
acknowledged having fled from justice in
North Carolina, and claimed to belong to
the "Redman gang."
? .Monroe inquirer: :ur. jioncure, wi
Portsmouth, an attachee of the Carolina
Central Railroad, was in Monroe last week
for the purpose of locating a route for a new
railroad from Monroe to Chester, S. C.,
which the railroad authorities propose to
build. This company is abundantly able to
build this road, and we understand there is
but little doubt that it will be ultimately
built.
? Charlotte Observer: The Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley Railroad Company purchased
two new engines and put them on
the road bust week. Friday evening they
made their first trip, and a disastrous one it
was, too. By some blunder, one of the engines
was left standing on the main track at
a point near the Gulf, and the other engine
pulling a train of ears came along and crashed
into it. Nobody was hurt, but the two
engines were seriously broken and battered
up. Bad luck, for the C. F. & Y. V. R. R.,
but it may prove a good lesson to the company
in the future.
(Jhoi> Reports.?The New Orleans TinierDemocrat
of last Thursday publishes special
dispatches from a large number of points
in the Southern States showing the conditidh
of the cotton and grain crops on the last
day of October. The following is a synopsis
:
Alabama?Cotton acreage increased 8 per
cent.; yield G7 per cent, as compared with '
last year; picking season the best ever
known, 90 per cent, of the crop having already
been picked and 56 per cent, marketed.
Grain crops, except wheat, good.
Arkansas?Cotton acreage unchanged ;
yield 85 per cent. ; picking season splendid,
about one-fourth of crop picked and onefifth
marketed.
Florida?Cotton acreage and yield unchanged
from last year; 84 per cent, of crop
picked and 25 per cent, marketed. All
grain crops excellent.
Georgia?Cotton same acreage as last sea
son ; crop short 32 per cent, f picking season
excellent and nine-tenths of crop picked.
Grain crop about 30 per cent, below
last season.
Louisiana?Cotton acreage 2 per cent, below
last year's yield ; 30 per cent, short;
picking season excellent; two-thirds of crop
picked and two-fifths marketed ; quality is
staple. Grain crops large. #
Mississippi?Cotton acreage 3 per cent,
greater than last year, but yield only 64 per
cent of last year's crop ; picking season not
so good on account or rains ; two-thirds of
crop picked and two-fifths marketed. Grain
crop one-fourth short.
Tennessee?Cotton acreage slightly leas
and yield 84 per cent, of last year's; picking
season magnificent, one-half the crop
having been picked and one-third marketed.
Cotton crop good, but oats and wheat
poor.
Texas?Cotton acreage about same as last
year, but yield only 67 per cent. ; picking
season excellent, nine-tenths of the crop
having been picked and one-half marketed;
quality of staple excellent.
Political Prosecutions.?The State
Democratic Executive Committee met at
the Carolina National Bank last evening to
make preparation for the defense of the citizens
of South Carolina who may be brought
before the United States Court for prosecution
for alleged violations of the election
laws of the national government. The committee
are convinced that the prosecutions
will be begun before the Unitecl States Circuit
Court which will convene in Charleston
on the fourth Monday in this month, and
that they will be carried on with all the
power of the government and with the utmost
exertion for conviction. About -forty
cases will be brought before the Court, in
eluding thirty from Marion county alone,
and the others from the counties of Fairfield
and Chester. The defendants and their witnesses
from Marion county especially are
unable to defray the expenses incident to a
long trial, and this fact is known to the
prosecuting officers. The State Committee
have determined to protect and defend the
persecuted citizens of South Carolina to the
most liberal extent, and have secured the
services of the able counsel who so heroically
defended the political prisoners in
Charleston over a year ago?lion. A. G.
Magrath, Hon. L. F. Youinans, and Captain
J. K. P. Bryan. It will be the duty of
the Democrats of South Carolina to second
the efforts of the State Committee, and they
would be false to their past record if they
did not respond with alacrity and cheerfulness
and use all the means in their power
to defeat the conspiracy of our enemies.
Let every Democratic juror be at his post
and perform his duty.?Columbia Register.
Bad Accident at the Rock Hill Factory.?A
very serious accident, resulting
in the destruction of the engine at the Rock
Hill cotton factory, occurred last Friday
evening, and will cause a suspense n of busineas
in the factory for the next ninety days.
The cylinder head was torn all to pieces by
the crank shaft which, being released by
the pin dropping out, flewoverand not only
knocked the cylinder to pieces, but tore uj>
the engine room in a lively manner. It
was a very strange accident, the like of
which seldom happens. At the time it occurred,
the engine was being driven under
i full hp-irl nf stenm. nnrt the moment the
pin dropped the crank flew up, tearing out
its fastenings and knocking the cylinder to
pieces. The accident will necess-tate the
purchase of a new engine and according to
oreman Neisler's estimate, a suspension of
ivork for 90 days. The Itock Hill Menufacuring
Company employs 100 hands, who
vith their families, make a total of 300
jeople dependent upon it for their support,
rhe loss in breakage of machinery, comlined
with the enforced suspension of work,
vi 11 beaseriousone to the company.?Charoft
e Observer, Sunday.
Sudden Death of Rev. J. S. Bailey.?
)n Tuesday morning our community was
tartled by the announcement that Rev. J.
1. Bailey, the beloved pastor of Enoree,
dt. Tabor, Cane Creek and Mt. Vernon
Presbyterian churches, was dying from an
ittack of paralysis. Late the evening beore
Mr. Bailey was on the street, convening
freely and in apparent good health.
Vbout 9 o'clock his family discovered that
lis articulation was indistinct. He went
o bed in apparently good spirits, but in a
ew minutes he was discovered struggling in
, paroxysm of paralysis. His wife and
numrest daughter wore the nnlv nersons