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Scraps aud .facts. ? The sale of English cottons is rapidly diminishing in China, because they do not make good rags after being worn in garments. The economical Chinaman uses cotton rags to make the thick soles of his shoes, and pays a higher price for native cloth so as to have the rags good and durable. ? The New York Tribune shows by statistics that the South, last year, got but 7,707 of the 400,000 immigrants. There are several reasons for this. The negro keeps out the white man; many of our people do not care for outside population ; and when others in this section arrange to procure European laborers, they are Tyingly kept away at Glasgow and Castle Garden. ? Emancipation day was generally celebrated on the 1st instant by the colored people of the larger cities and towns in the .South. At Key west, Florida, resolutions condemning the Danville massacre and thanking Senators Edmunds and Wilson for their efforts in behalf of civil rights were adopted and speeches were made by exCongressman Gartrell and others. ? The Associated Railways of Virginia and the Carolinas have adopted the twentyfour hour system of computing time. The Atlantic Coast Line and the Virginia Midland, or Richmond and Danville route, are included in this, and their tables of time from New England to Florida, and by the Southern Pacific to California, are calculated according to the twenty-four hour system, beginning at midnight. ? The Blue Laws of Massachusetts saved the good city of Worcester a heavy amount in damages last week. John M. Barker, a rich manufacturer, fell on the icy sidewalks a week ago last Sunday, and suffered a serious injury. He sued the city for a large amount, but the Court held that he had no ground of action because he was violating the statute which prohibits traveling on the Lord's day. ? The sentiment in favor of woman suffrage is growing rapidly in Iowa, it is claimed. Its advocates are vigorously at work, and some of the most influential papers in the ?>tate have given in their adhesion to the movement. The next Legislature will be asked to take the final step toward submitting a constitutional amendment on the subject to the people, and if this is done an earnest campaign in favor of its adoption will be made in 1881. ? Returns to R. G. Dun & Co.'s Mercantile Agency in New York, show that the business failures of the week ending last Friday, number for the United States 319, and for Canada, 29, a total of 348, probably a larger number of commercial casualties than ever before reported in a similar period. The total for last week was 238. The increase is still mainly in the West and South, but New York citv shows a larger number of assignments than have been noted for some months. In Canada the failures are getting fewer. ? The New Orleans Times-Democrat estimates that the South loses from $5,000,000, to $6,000,000 annually by gin house tires. Our contemporary adds : "This is too poor a section to allow this large amount of prop' ertyto go otf in smoke. If many of our methods of handling cotton are careless, as Mr. Atkinson complains, none is more careless than this, which leavescotton uninsured and unprotected, to remain in a tinder-box of a gin house until some incendiary sets fire to it and destroys it." The sooner a planter gets his cotton to market the better. ? Mr. Grady writes in the Atlanta Constitution : I have it from good authority that Charles O'Conor advised President Davis to escape from the country after he was taken out of prison on bond. Mr. Davis refused to do so. Mr. O'Conor urged the excited state of feeling that might lead to the worst results. Mr. Davis replied that, other considerations aside, he could not think of leaving his bondsmen in the lurch. "Oh," said Mr. O'Conor, "I am able almost to pay the amount of the bond, and I could not devote my fortune so as to give me greater happiness than in paying for your liberty." ? In the case of Frauk James, the Missouri outlaw, who is under bond to appear for trial in the courts of that State, and who is demanded by the Federal Government, on the charge of being concerned in a robbery in Alabama, Judge Kreteel, of the U. S. District Court, at Kansas City, has announced his decision. He orders that the prisoner be remanded to his bondsmen in the Missouri robbery case, holding that a State tribunal first gaining possession is consequently entitled to his custody until the disposal of the State cases. This decision leaves James at liberty on bond. ? The prohibition law is enforced in Pottawatomie county, Kansas. A salooon keeper named Hulem, having been convicted on twenty counts, was fined $100 on each count, and on the twenty-first count the court committed him to jail, to stay until all the money is paid. Saloon keeper Shaw, also having been convicted on thirteen counts, was sentenced to pay $100 and costs on each count and to spend thirty days in jail, and stay there until he pays up. Saloon keeper Pittman got $1,100 fine and a month in jail. ITj)on twenty dealers the court imposed fines aggregating $7,600 and $3,000 costs and ninety uays injaii. ? The revised Old Testament threatens to provoke even more criticism than the revised new one. Joseph's coat is no longer a "coat of many colors," or "crazy pattern," but "a tunic with long sleeves." The hippopotamus no longer "drinketh up a river and hasteth not, because he trusteth that he can ^raw up Jordan into his mouth," but "though a river swells he is not afraid; fearless though Jordan washed into his mouth." The "chariots with flaming torches" seen in a vision by Isaiah are "chariots with steel." The woods are not full of "satyrs" and "dragons," but "goats" and "jackals." The "nation scatered and peeled whose land the river has spoiled," is the "nation tall and shaven whose land the rivers divide." ? On last Thursday morning Governor Crittenden, of Missouri, pardoned Charles Stevens, who was in the penitentiary under a life sentence for murder in the second degree. Stevens was a gambler and barkeeper at Maryville, Nodaway county. lie was known throughout the country as "Omaha Charley." In March, 1878, he shot and killed John Mavhan in a saloon row, and his neck was only saved after a hard legal battle. He is a man of rare mechanical ingenuity and he made a number of presents, the work of his own hands, to Vnfi'n fV*a liffln rloiirvKf/kH rvf fK/i uiu iiiuu uau^uia ui uic viuvtjiinjx. She seemed very much attached to the convict, and during her last illness she induced her father to promise to pardon him. The Governor has kept his promise. There was at the time of his trial a rumor in Maryville that Stevens had killed a man at Omaha some years before. ? The Postmaster General issued an order, on the 2nd instant, changing the rate of postage on a number of articles that have heretofore been rated as third-class or print' ed matter, paying postage at the rate of one cent for every two ounces. Under this order these articles will hereafter be classified as merchandise or fourth-class matter, upon which postage is one cent per ounce. The following is the text of the order: "The character of paper as an article of merchandise within the meaning of the postal laws is not necessarily changed by printing or stamping thereon of words, letters, characters, figures or images, or of any combination thereof. Labels, patterns, photographs, playing cards, visiting cards, addressed, tags, paper sacks, wrapping paper with printed advertisments thereon, bill-heads, letter-heads, envelopes, and other matter of the same general character, printing upon which is not designed to instruct, amuse, cultivate the mind or taste, or impart general information, are mere articles of merchandise, and should berated as fourth-class matter." ? During the past year Crime has been on the increase. On an average there have been four murders and two suicides each day. On the other hand, executions have averaged only two in a week, and lynchings about the same number. Last year there were on an average two murders and one suicide a day, and two hangings and one lynching a week. Since January 1 last, one hundred and five persons have expiated their crimes by death at the hands of the law. Judge Lynch has been very busy during the past year in the South and West. Through the instrumentality of vigilance committees and mobs, summary justice was meted out to ninety-two culprits, against fifty-seven in 1882. Eleven of them were shot, eighty were hanged and one (a negro) j was burned at the stake at Edgerly, La.; t ! In various parts of the Union nine hundred | and ten persons put an end to their earthly , s existence by drowning, fire, gas, the pistol, ! razor, rope, &e. In 1882 there were three I hundred and eighty-three cases of suicide.; ^ j This year New York leads with two him- j * i dred and four cases, against one hundred i and eighty-four in 1882. Pennsylvania fol- j c ! lows the* Empire State with ninety-two c ; cases of self-destruction. ^orhriUc i&wjttiw. I I YORKYILLE. S. V. : . n THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 10. 1884. ? MANUFACTURING IN THE SOUTH. '' The Baltimore Manufacturer's Record of t last Saturday publishes an article showing ? a remarkable increase in the cotton manu- i facturing interest of the South during the s last three years. The Record gives the name and location of every cotton mill in ( the South with the number of spindles and t looms in each. The figures as thus compiled \ show that there are now 314 cotton mills in c the South, having 1,276,422 spindles and 24,873 looms, while at the time the census was t taken in 1880 the South had only 180 mills ^ with 713,989 spindles and 15,222 looms. ^ The largest increase in the number of mills j, was made in North Carolina, where a gain of 43 mills and 110,595 spindles is exhibited, s while Georgia made an increase of 139,156 1 spindles and 22 mills. In 1880 the value of * manufactured cotton produced at the South * ' wasa little over 821,000,000, while in 1883 the ]' value had risen to between $35,000,000 and $40,000,000. The Record figures up that du- ( ring the last three years and a half about c $20,000,000 has been invested by new and f old Southern cotton mills in machinery, the ft bulk of which has been paid to Northern ? and Western machinery maufacturers.. BUTLER ANITTHE REVENUE. ? The position of Senator Butler on the in- ^ ternal revenue system having been mis- > construed by some persons, he has explicit- li Iy given his views to a reporter ui me i < Xeirx and Courier. He says lie is not opposed to a tax oil whisky, but the main ob- * ject of the bill he hasintroducedis to get rid of the internal revenue bureau, with its army n of informers and blackmailers. He says: e "Tax whisky as high as you please, and the k higher you tax it the better you please the whisky monopolists and retard the cause of s temperance; but abolish this infernalsys- ^ tem of espionage and supervision kept up ^ by the Government over an importaut p branch of the business of merchants and c farmers. I refer to the tobacco business, v I do not believe the Government has any ^ better right to tax tobacco than cotton. Both are agricultural products, and should ^ be left untrammeled for their fullest and s most profitable development. Tobacco is jh almost as much a necessary of life as cotton, q and the tax upon it is an outrage upon the \'< farmers and manufacturers of the tobacco 1 growing States, and I would repeal it en- ? tirely." v THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION*. Representative McCord, of Iowa, intends f( to urge the consideration of his bill to pro- t vide for the election of President anu Vice- f: President for an unexpired term in case of v the removal, death, resignation or inability, \ both of the President and Vice-President, ? and to declare the officer that shall act as n acting President ad interim. The bill pro- s vides that the electors appointed by each 1< State for the election of President and Vice- * President shall hold their trusts as such electors and constitute the college of electors of s | their respective States for the presidential <j term of four years, with power to fill vaean- > cies. In case of the removal of the Presi- 1 dent and Vice-President the Secretary of s! State shall perform the ministerial duties Jj of the office of President ad interim, and he shall immediately issue a proclamation de- n daring the vacancy to have occurred and t appointing a day, not less than 20 days '' thereafter, upon which the college of elec- J] tors shall meet for the election of a Presi- !j dent and Vice-President for the unexpired ^ term. The bill further provides that the i; same course of procedure shall be followed v which would be followed in an extraordina- h ry year of the presidential election, except that the counting of the electoral vote shall take place upon the second Tuesday after ^ the meeting and organization of the next (] succeeding regular session of Congress, and o i shall be in session when such election occurs, u when such counting shall place upon the ^ | eighth Tuesday after such election. ^ NIHILISM REVIVING. ? It was given out from St. Petersburg, three c I weeks ago, that Czar Alexander had met i with an accident from which he would be n kept indoors for several days; but the latest * version of the accident is thus vouched for * in a Vienna dispatch of last Saturday : rj The Czar was returning, about 3 o'clock in } ! the afternoon of December 17th, to the a I Catchina Palace from a shooting excursion, o I accompanied by his suite, in eight sledges, g with a number of servants. Although dark- t ness was coming on, the party noticed on I the road ahead six men, apparently peasi ants. The Czar's Aides-de-camp drove forward and ordered the men to clear out of ( J the way. The men saluted the officers and ( I appeared to obey the order, but when the : Czar's sledge came on a level with them 1 ! they suddenly wheeled around and fired at f : the Czarthrice, and two of them ran toward ^ him. The horses drawing the imperial t I sledge became frightened and galloped some r ; hundred paces, when the Czar was thrown out of the sledge. A bullet lodged in the j, I Czar's shoulder. The wound, however, is ( | not dangerous. The Czar's followers imme- ^ i diately unharnessed their sledge horses, j mounted the animals and followed the j( i would-be assassins, who escaped in the ' neighboring wood. Owing to the depth of , the snow the pursuit was fruitless. One of the pursuing officers ventured too far, and has not returned. The Telegraph, referring to the foregoing, says: "Whether this story be true or unj true, the revival of Nihilism is undoubted. | The Nihilist Executive Committee promJ ised to give the present Czar a fair trial. No constitution and no reforms have been granted, although he promised them. His j trial is, therefore, at an end. Yields Gracefully.?In last week's Barnwell People we lind the following humorous advertisement of one of Barnwell's liquor dealers by the name of Ben Davies. He addresses his valedictory to his friends, countrymen and lovers, and says: As Mr. Vennor and the South Carolina Legislature are united in declaring that a long dry spell will begin in Barnwell at midnight on Monday, the 31st instant, and as I propose to join the procession, I invite my friends, enemies and the rest of mankind to call and get their Christmas, New Year and Dry Spell supplies of the purest wines, whiskies, brandies, rum and bitters in Barnwell. This is your last chance to fortify yourself 1 against snakes, malaria, cholera morbus 1 and the many ills for which the medical s fraternity prescribe such physic. Next year i you may call up spirits, but they won't c come, so fill your little brown jug at Ben t Davies' and don't wait till his stock is ex- j hausted." SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The town council of Manning hasdeciiled to put the liquor license at $900. ?The Governor has appointed Mr. \V. J. loddy, of Rock Hill, a Notary Public. ? The saloons in West Union, a suburb in A'alhalla, have been closed on account of he passage of the prohibitory law in Oconee. ? The Greenville News notes that several if the eighteen bar-rooms of that town have losed for want of business. ? Col. R. M. Wallace, president of the Naional Bank of Sumter, has moved his famly there. The bank will soon be in readiless. ? In accordance with the recent election n the subject of the license question, the ar-rooms in Orangeburg closed their doors list Monday evening for good. ? The mail service on the route from Yirt Lawn to to Wylie's mills and Landward, in Chester county, has been increased roni semi-weekly to tri-weekly trips. ? The Town Council of Brunson, Hampon county, has adopted an ordinance makng the license to retail spirituous liquors 1.000. This means a dry town. ? A Marion county man eloped with a ieighbor's wife last week. The runaway >air were caught at Florence and taken tack to Marion, where they were lodged in nil. ? The jewelry store of Mr. Stalin, in Cheser was burglariously entered through the ;lass front window on the night of the 27th iltimo, and about $100 worth of goods tolen. ? The Town Council of Newberry has icensed several saloons, including two I rug stores, at $400 each, and it is thought hat the number will reach ten. Last year icense was granted to twelve saloons, inluding three drugstores, at $200 each. ? Mr. T.I). Gillespie, so well known as he division superintendent, in the territory mbracing South Carolina, of the Southern Cxpress company, has resigned thatrposiion, and is succeeded by Mr. (). M. Saddler, ate route superintendent. ? Chester Bulletin, Friday: Near Black tock on last Friday Mr. Win. McDaniel's ittleson, about six years old, was crushed o death almost instantly by a log. Several hildren were playing on a hill-side rolling ogs, when one accidentally rolled over the it-tie fellow, causing immediate death. ? Rock Hill Herald: The shipments of 'otton from Rock Hill for the month of Deember foot up 1,938 bales. The shipments rom September 1st to December 31st ag;regate 9,185 bales, against 13,054 for the ame time last year and 8,034 the year iefore. ? Prof. J. M. Hughson, a deaf mute, and professor in the institution at Cedar iprings, Spartanburg county, was set upon nd badly beaten by a gang of tramps ori Jew Year night. They also robbed him of lis watch and about seventy-five dollars iri noney. ? In Union county, last week, John ltounree, white, was exhibiting the qualities or pistol to a negro named Choice Herndon, nth a view to selling it. Whilst in the ctof snapping it the pistol was dischargd, the ball entering Herndon's breast and ;illing him instantly. ? The business progress of Columbia, as hown by the annual report of Col. S. A. *earce, President of the Board of Trade, las been very gratify ing. Col. Pearce shows hat "the increase in the receipts of cotton n Columbia last year (18S2) wasabout 70 per ent. The decrease so far this year (1883) pith a short crop is less than 4 per cent, 'he total receipts since the lstof September ast have been 22,438 bales. ? Union Time?: The town council has >een engaged for some days trying cases for elling liquor without license. Three cases lave been tri6d so far, resulting in one ac[uittal and two convictions, each of the itter sentenced to pay a fine of 820 and be; mprisoned 20 days. There are G or 7 other ases on the docket, and the members of the ouncil are determined to do their duty rithout fear, favor or affection. The coun il must be respected and the laws obeyed. ? About 7 o'clock last Thursday morning, nur prisoners who had been sentenced to he penitentiary for life made their escape rom that institution. Their names, preious residence and crimes are as follows: Charles Cosar, Aiken, burglary; Thomas idams, Charleston, burglary; Henry Mack , lumter, arson ; Jacob Johnson, Lexington , uanslaughter. They escaped through a ewer and as their striped garments were sit at tne outlet01 tne sewer, u is wnevt-u hat they effected their escape through the id of outside parties. ?The Newberry Observer of January 3rd ays: "Between one hundred and one bunTed and twenty-five negroes will leave dewberry to-morrow or next day for Texas, 'hese go to Col. H. It. Hearne, of Roberton county, Texas, one of the solid men of hat section, being worth $75,000 or $100,000. 'his lot will make about two hundred and eventy-five from this county. The colored majority is being gradually reduced." On he same subject the Newberry Herald says: The Texas fever has laid a strong hold upon he Newberry negroes. The week before ist one hundred and fifty left this place for 'exas; we learn that a large party will gc o-morrow, and another party on the followng Friday. Some of these emigrants are rell-to-do negroes, but they say that labor > too cheap here and their wages too hard 0 collect after they have been earned." ? In the Montmorenci portion of Aiken ounty, that community was much shocked n the morning of the 22nd ultimo, by the iscovery that some ghoul had entered the Id cemetery, two hundred yards east of the epot, and dug into the grave of a wellmown citizen of twenty years ago, James 1 Woodward. Mr. Woodwad was a Con?derate soldier, and died in 18G4. This old emetery was very near the stockade or emporary defence made by the Federal avalry during their occupancy of that place n February, 1805, and it is believed by tiany that something of value was secreted here at that time, and that the robber of hat era has returned, after the lapse of early twenty years, to secure his booty, 'he remains were not molested, but Mr. T'.irinn Wnndward and his brothers. James nd Henry, sons of the deceased, had the rave reopened and the remains carefully withered up and put in a neat box and reinerred. SOUTH CAROLINA POLITICS. "Richland," the usually well-informed ,'olumbia correspondent of the Augusta 7/ironicle and Constitutionalist writes to that taper under date of last Saturday: It would seem to be rather early for the riendsuf aspirants for political preferment o begin to canvass in South Carolina, but he boys like to be always on time and aleady we hear of nominations for ihe various ftices. An admirer of Col. W. H. Perry las placed his name before the public for iovernor, provided, of course, Governor Thompson does not desire re-election. Col. 'erry is the son of ex-Governor Perry and s now State Senator from Greenville, and could no doubt make a fine Executive, but iovernor Thompson who was unanimously lominated in 1K82, contrary to his wishes, vill be complimented by a similar nomilation in 1SS4, and he will deserve this lonor at the hands of his party, and will re eive the support 01 the people 01 an classes. South Carolina never had and never will lave.a better Executive. He was never a andidate for any position, and yet the peo>le twice elected him Superintendent of education, and in recognition of his faithiil services in that position made him the Jhief Magistrate of the State. Governor Thompson is one of the ablest men in South Carolina, progressive and practical, idvocatingat all times everything for the naterial advancement of his people and he prosperity of his State. Ilis onerous lutiesare discharged in the promptest and nost efficient manner, and what is of equal mportance, pleasantly and affably. While ireserving at all times the dignity due to lis position he never forgets to be polite o all his visitors. The liuinblest citizen :an approrach him as easily as the highest n the land and feel assured that he will reeive the same courteous treatment. He vas always one of the most agreeable of nen, but his political elevation seems to lave added to rather than detracted from lis eminent social qualities. It is not trange, therefore, that he is greatly beloved n the State and that the people feel confilent of a wise, just and economic adminisration of their affairs so long as he occu>ies the Gubernatorial chair. Up in the Third Congressional District if the canvass is warming up a little. It is i said that Hon. George Johnstone, of New-; i berry, Chairman of the Ways and Means ! Committee of the House, and Hon. E. B. . ] Murray, Chairman of the House Committee j on Privileges and Elections, Will oppose , Col. D. Wyatt Aiken in the nominating j convention. Both of these gentlemen are I ; well known in the State and either of them ^ ; would make a good representative in Con- ,T i gress. ! Down in the Second District it is rumored 'j that Hon. John C. Shepard, now Lieutenant ! } Governor, Hon. Geo. W. Croft, Bepresenta- j tive from Aiken in the Legislature, and possi-; ^ hly others will contend with "uncle" George } Tillman for Congressional honors, but this A can only be stated as the faintest sort of j whisper yet and it may be that theadmi-1 j ration of some enthusiastic friends of the j } two gentlemen mentioned have led them ! into expressing a desire to have them sent! to Congress, and that possibly neither Mr. Shepard nor Col. Croft expect to enter the j \ race. Candidates in all the other districts i j will doubtless develop as the time draws ^ nearer. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Carolina Fair Association at Charlotte was reorganized last Saturday. Gen. Rufus Barringer was elected President. <? Two hold burglaries were committed in 1 Charlotte on Tuesday night of last week. C The residence of Dr. It. M. Norment was en- J tered, and a trunk in his bedroom was rob- a bed of one thousand dollars in cash. A large t glass show window in thestoreof E. D. Latta A Bro., was broken with a rock, and burglars 1 crawled through the hole, selected a large f amount of shirts, drawers, overcoats and i men's furnishings, and left. The robbery ? was committed in gaslight and was very daring. Two clerks were put on the trail and captured a negro named Frank Williams six miles from the city. Williams , had eighty dollars' worth of stolen goods in ; his possession. He was brought back to the r city and locked up. There is no clue, as c yet, to his accomplices. 1 ? The Lincoln Press of last Friday says 1 that on Christmas day the bloodiest fight j that ever occurred in the history of that county, took place at Logan Rudisill's store, six miles from Lincolnton. The Press says: 1 A large crowd had assembled at the store at i a shooting match on that day. Brandy j was plenty and was "treated" out freely. ( soon a friendly scuffle commenced between Dal Workman and Henry Hipp, which terminated in a quarrel. The quarrel soon brought on a fight and in a few minutes j not less than forty men were fighting like , demons, with knives, pieces of scantling, rocks and any other weapon they could lay their hands on. The fight raged furiously ? until the most beligerent were rendered 1 /tors du combat. Nearly every man engaged j in the tight was hurt in some way, and at least one will die. But few of the combat- t ants were able to appear at the magistrate's ' court, held on Friday after the fracas, and c consequently the examination was postponed until the 12th instant. ? ? The present material condition of North s I rUnrvliMn f lum oaf fnrtK 5 ti IHohorrla' Cll. I. ill Uiiirn jo mun net avji vu asm iviumtuo manac: There are in North Carolina 6113 attorneys, 830 blacksmiths, 24") boarding houses, 270 hotels, 030 contractors and builders, 254 druggists, 214 distillers of turpentine, 201 fertilizer agents, 3,672 general mer- A chants, 2G4 mines, 1,924 mills, 371 manufac- c turers, 1,012 physicians, 300 private schools r and colleges, 303 saloons, 194 tanners, 135 t newspaper and printing offices, and245 lum- ^ ber dealers. There are 30 railroads. The ( population is a million and a half. The increase is natural, instead of being from im- 1 migration, and is 30.06per cent.. There are 1 157,600 farms. There is 3,500,000 horse povv-| m er of water power,distributed over almost thet entire State, which would turn 140,000,000 ^ spindles, or thirteen times the number now in operation in the entire United States. There were in 1870,33 cotton mills, with 618 looms, and in 1883 there were 76 cotton ? mills, with 3,000 looms and 136,000 spindles, r WASHINGTON GOSSIP. A late Washington letter says: Mrs. Carlisle's place next to the President at the t White House upon New Year's Day occa- ( sioned some dissatisfaction to the ladies of the Cabinet. They have held that the Qn/inl/cirV lrifa chnnlil hnvp ntnnd holnw thp ^ Cabinet and that the first place should be given to Mrs. Frelinghuysen. Mrs. Carlisle t was given the place because her husband r occupies the third place in rank under 1 the Government, and there was no lady 1 representing the second place to take prece- fc dence. The .President paid great atten- r tion to Mrs. Carlisle, and this has aggrava- t ted the social situation, for it is remember- r ed upon last New Year's Day he once so ( far forgot Mrs. Frelinghuysen, who stood s next to him, as to turn his back upon her. s Another vexed question of etiquette at f Washington is whether the Speaker's wife t ranks the wives of the Justices of the Su- t preme Court. Mrs. Blaine, when her hus- ' band was Speaker, refused to call upon the t Justices first. Mrs. Carlisle concedes the f position of the Justices' wives and will call 1 upon them next Monday. t Within the last week there has been a great deal of talk about the President's health. He has not been in first-class condition for over a year. He does not possess t great endurance. His face is much thinner. ^ A number who saw him New Year's Day, t who had not seen him for six months, were much impressed bv the change in his ap- s, 4 ? (I pearance. *'v puum; iuuu hi cuinineuuny upon the President's worn look, said that t something ought to be done to relieve the Presidential office of its excessive burden r of responsibility and interminable petty draughts upon a man's patience and time. J President Arthur has had no real rest for a a long time. The Florida trip resulted in a nothing hut sickness and fatigue, while the a Western trip was one that made a severe j draught upon the President's strength. It j would have been a hard trip for a perfectly 0 well man, and the result was most disap- ~ pointing. He will make no more long v journeys seeking rest. \ Carlisle and Randall have held several i; conferences within the past few days to see if some agreement cannot be had between the protection Democrats and the revenue . reformers, for it is clear that unless some agreement is made no tariff legislation is possible. Mr. Randall has not yet commit- p ted himself upon the subject. The Ways t and Means Committee will not attempt any 0 general bill like that one of last winter. It is probable that a short bill will be reported early, putting a number of articles upon the v free list. Besides this there will probably be S recommended a 15 or 20 per cent, reduction upon the majority of articles now dutiable, u The scale will apply lo, only the highest fi duties. The revenue-reform people say c they will be satisfied with a fair bill like c this. e A Kidnapping Case.?The Charlotte Observer of Saturday says that about three weeks ago three men * were captured at King's Mountain Station on the Air Line I Railroad on tin; charge ot attempting to kidnap the children of Captain George Coolridge. On the night of the attempted kidnapping, as the fast express for Charlotte neared King's Mountain the cars were cut P loose and the train was brought to a halt, tl | Nine men dressed in long rubber overcoats s i that formed a complete disguise, jumped a | from the cars and went in a body to the I residence of Mrs. Coolridge. The fast ex- 0 j press does not stop at King's Mountain and, i the cutting of the train followed by the t: jumping off of this body of men, excited the " I suspicions of the townspeople that some b ; dirty work was on foot. The men were * traced to Mrs. Coolridge's residence and it () immediately became noised around that *~ that they intended to steal Capt. Coolridge's a ! children. A special posse of citizens was or-; 0 dered out. Mrs. Coolridge's residence was j 11 surrounded, and three of the men were 11 captured, the remaining six taking to their I r' heels and escaping. The three men were j e tried before a Magistrate who sent them to a Shelby jail in default of heavy bonds. The ; * men were from Spartanburg, S. C., and one ; v of them, Frank Burns, is attempting to have ; v his bail bond set aside. He was to have \ 11 appeared for that purpose before Judge! Shipp, in Charlotte on a writ of habeas cor- j ? pus yesterday. j " ? The long drouth of New England, last: r summer and fall, and the deficient rainfall; s] of the past four years, may be said to ac- p count for the lowering of many records this year of profits of the numerous manufacturing concerns that depend wholly or in part 11 upon water power. A perfect electro-motor . t! will revolutionize all that. I c LOOA.Ii AFFAIRS. | MEW ADVERTISEMENTS. olin J. Smith?Notice. . Beatty Williams, Judge of Probate?Citation? tj.'W. Wilkerson, Applicant?Robert Collier. deceased. >rs. .). A. it E. F. Glenn?Dental Surgery. Valker A Wall?Family and Fancy Groceries. | . Beatty Williams, Judge of Probate?Citation? 1 Robert A. Giltillan, Applicant?John R. j Cairnes, deceased. \ B. McClain it Co.?To the Public. J. Strauss?Goods Cheaper Than Ever. Jooro Brothers?High Grade Fertilizers. Vithers Adickcs?Seasonable Goods. V. C. Latimer?A Big Drive. 'arislwt McKnight?Well, Governor, os. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis.?Clerk's Sale, lart it Hart, Attorneys?Fair Notice, ting's Mountain Military School. {. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sales. PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. Joseph W. C'olcock returned to York'ille last Monday from Texas, in which State le has made his home for the past four or ive years. We are pleased to learn that ho las returned here to remain: THROUGH TRAINS. We learn from Col. Mason, Superintenlent of the C. & L. Division of the C1., C. & V. Railroad system, that the trains of the Chester and Lenoir road will run through to lickory on next Saturday evening, and ifter that date will make regular through rips from Hickory to Lancaster. The south rain will leave Hickory at 8.15 A. M., and irrive at Yorkville about 12.30 P. M. The ip-train will leave Chester at (? P. M., and irrive at Yorkville at about 7.30 P. M. A NEW FIRM. With the changes of the New Year, dessrs. Walker & Wall, whose announcenent appears in another column, have opened a family and fancy grocery store in the 3ratton building, under the old Masonic mil. Mr. Walker is well known to our citzens. Mr. Wall, who has been a resident >f Yorkville for several months, has had a ong experience in the grocery trade, in Maion, from which town he comes, and we >redict for this new house thesticcess it will teservf. CHURCH NOTICES. Associate Itefornied Presbyterian?Rev. tobert Lathan, Pastor. Services at Tirzah Jhurch next Sunday. Episcopal?Rev. Aug. Prentiss, Rector, services in the Church of the Good Sheplerd, at the usual hours, morning and evenng. i Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at the usual hours, morning and tvening. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Jervices next Sunday at 11 A. M. Sundaychool at 9.30 A. M. . ? . THE EKEE L'UilHOUiK StHUULa. Iiev. I)r.. Lathan, the School Commissiont of this county, completed last week a risit to each of the school districts in the ounty, and from him we learn that arrangenents have been made by the school trusees to open immediately 148 free schools, vhich are located by districts as follows: Cherokee, 11; King's Mountain, 13; Bethel, 1; Fort Mill, 13; Catawba, 12; Bethesda, 2; Ebenezer, 11; York, 14; Broad River, 0; Bullock's Creek, 16; Yorkville, 2; Rock iill, 3. These, with 20 joint schools, make he total number 148. An examination of teachers was held in forkville last week, and certificates were granted to 42 applicants, as follows: White nales, 13; white females, 24; colored males, 5. INTO THEIR NEW QUARTERS. The Columbia Meg titer of the 1st instant bus notices the growth and expansion of a Columbia enterprise, in the prosperity of vhich the industrial and farming classes of >ur people should feel a sense of pride : Messrs. Tozer & Dial will begin work in heir new shops, near the union depot, this norning. These enterprising gentlemen' lave erected an establishment second to no >rivate machine shop and foundry in tne itate, with commodious apartments for carying on the several branches of their large )usiness, which increases month after nonth. A branch track from the South Carolina Railway runs into the yard of the hops, which will render the delivery and hipment of engines ancl other machinery ar easier of accomplishment by the firm han formerly. We trust and believe that he business of these gentlemen will be comnensurate with their enlarged facilities, and hat the close of the year, which has been so tuspiciously begun by them, will find a arge balance on the profit side of their >ooks. CHURCH NOTES. Rev. John T. Chalmers will preach in he Associate Reformed Church of this >lace to-day (Thursday) at 104 o'clock. Afer the sermon he will, as agent of the Asociate Reformed Synod, present the Eniowment of the Theological Seminary of he Associate Reformed Church. Rev. J. A. Mood, the Methodist Episcopal ninister for Yorkville station, the present rear, has arrived. He will make his home t the "parsonage" near Shady Grove. His ppointments for the next three Sundays re as follows: The second Sunday, 13th,at dt. Vernon ; the third Sunday, 20th, at Tiiladelphia Church ; the fourth Sunday, 7th, at Yorkville. On the occasion of serrices in Yorkville, the Presiding Elder will 'isit this place, and the first quarterly meetng for this church will be held on that day. Rev. A. J. Cauthon, the Presiding Elder f this district, will make his residence at Chester. Rev. B. G. Covington, for several years tastor of the Baptist church at Fort Mill, in his county, has been called to the pastorate f the Baptist church in Florence, and has ntered upon his duties. Noting the arrial in Florence of Mr. Covington, the Times, ays: "We are glad to have Mr. Covington with is, and hope his ministrations will be raught with the greatest good results. We ongratulate the congregation on having soured so able a minister, and wish them very advance in the cause or their aenormlation." THE RAILROAD CELEBRATION. Those along the line of the Chester and jenoir Railroad, who had anticipated a ileasant time at Hickory on the 27th ultino, in honor of the completion of the road a that town, but who were deprived the leasure by the accident at Long Creek tresle, will yet be glad to learn that the occaion was duly celebrated and that a pleasnt time was had. The Newton Enterprise. f last Saturday says: According to announcement, the compleion of the Narrow Gauge Railroad to Hickry was celebrated last Thursday, Decemer 27th, very appropriately in that town, 'lie citizens gave an entertainment to the fticials and employees of the Western North 'arolina, the C. C. & A., and the Chester nd Lenoir N. G. Railroads. On account j f the giving way of the trestle on the Nar-; ow Gauge road, and an accident beyond the . lountains on the Western road, many rail- j oad men were prevented from being pres-1 nt, but a large number of guests were there, nd the day was spent very pleasantly, j it 3 o'clock "the invitation was extended to ' isit the dining room of the Central hotel, diere Mr. Reece had prepared a most inagificent dinner. At 5.30 o'clock we again epaired to the dining room to enjoy the anquet, where both wine and eloquence owed freely until about 8 o'clock. At the banquet, a number of toasts were ead by Mr. J. G. Hall, and properly reponded to. Of the toasts proposed were he following: "Our friends, Col. James Mason and his ion of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, he completion of which to Hickory we alebrate to-day." Responded to by Major S. M. Finger, one of the directors of the road. "Judge Haskell and staff, of the Charlotte,, Columbia and Augusta Railroad." None being present to respond, J. G. Hall, presiding, read telegrams and letters of congratulation and regrets at absence from Judge Haskell and other officers of that road. At night a grand ball was given, which closed the festivities of the occasion. SALES-DAY. Sales-day in January is usually noted for large attendance of people in town from all i sections of the county; but last Monday was 1 an exception to the rule. Owing to the se- j veroly cold weather, we suppose, there were j but few others in attendance except those who were compelled by business matters to attend, and the day was not enlivened by the presence of mountain wagons, horse 4 hi i /I A ? ?? n n/1 /\f U/> Hf urU n I 4 r? umiuiD UIJU \ituvi9) ? II<J aiu >YUUI IU gate at Yorkville's Rialto on that day. The following legal sales were made: By the Sheriff: At the suits of W. T. D. Couser & Son and others vs. John S. McNeel; undivided interest of the defendant in a tract of land belonging to Samuel W. McNeel at the time of his death, situated in Bethesda township, containing 150 acres. Bought by A. M. Titman for $1200. The Clerk of the Court sold the following lands: At the suit of Arrena Clark and others vs. Mary Etters and others, 82 acres, being part of a tract of 119 acres of which Jacob Etters died siezed and possessed. Bought by Ira Hardin at $2.75 per acre. At the suit of John T. Houser and Jane Goforth, against Ilariet Howell and others, the following parcels of land in Cherokee township: Tract No. 1, known as "Rock House place," on King's Creek, containing GO acres, Bought by Lawson Howell at $27.25 per acre. Tract No. 2, containing 36 acres, bought by Wm. Borders at $12 per acre. Tract No. 3, containing 172 acres, bought by M. R. Wells at 25 cents per acre. Tract No. 4, containing 162 acres, bought by. Wm. Borders at 25 cents per acre. Tract No. 5, containing 186 acres, bought by Dr. A. F. Ilambright at 25 cents per acre. COLD WEATHER. Last Sunday and Monday were the coldest days on record in this locality since the 27th of December, 1870. On that day ice formed 1 A- i-l. ~ 1L ; .1 + ntjre u) iiie uuciuitss ui twu muicn, ?uu 11/ whs remarked at the time that Broad River, in this county, was frozen entirely across, which had not occurred previously in thirty-seven years. The day was bright and clear, and the thermometer registered 4? below zero. Last Sunday, the coldest day of this winter, the thermometer registered 8?, and on Monday it registered 10?. On Tuesday the temperature moderated considerably, the thermometer registering 14?. Snow fell here to the depth of about an inch on Saturday. Before night the clouds cleared away and the sunset was as gorgeously brilliant as those noticeable in October and November. The cool wave became perceptible " ^ n -1-1 SvxnHniuiS *>/* \f _ ill O U'L'IUCK, IIS llllt'UMl^ lliaC(i3iii^< 1U.UUday was cloudy, and on Monday night sleet fell, accompanied by high wind, which was followed by snow to the depth of about four inches. On Tuesday night snow fell to the depth of one inch, and on Wednesday morning the thermometer indicated 20? above zero. Our Black's' Station correspondent, under date of Monday, reports Broad River as frozen from bank to bank, and persons walking across on the ice with safety. [ Buffalo Creek, next in size to Broad and Catawba Rivers, is also frozen over. Snow fell on Saturday at Black's Station for three hours, and was accompanied with a high wind. From the postal clerk of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, who came from Lancaster on Tuesday, we learn that the Catawba River was frozen from bank to bank on that day above the railroad bridge that spans that stream. At other points in the State the cold was severe. At Columbia the thermometer was 7? above zero. At Greenville it registered 8? above zero. At other points in the State, from which reports have been received, it was equally cold, with accompaniment of either sleet or snow. In the Northern and Western States the cold was more severe. At Jamestown, Dakota,-on Saturday, the thermometer was 48? below zero in the morning, and 42? below zero at noon. At Cincinnati it was 20? below zero. At Chicago the thermometer re corded 24?. At these points, and others in the Northern States, the weather is reported colder than it has been in twenty-five years. OUR EXCHANGES. The Chester Bulletin has been purchased by Messrs. Morgan & Whitlock, and the first issue of the paper under their management appeared last Friday. No radical changes are contemplated in the future conduct of the Bulletin, and the number before us gives eyidence that the present editors will fully maintain, if not excel, the past reputation of the paper. Mr. Clawson, the retiring editor, will leave in a few days for Florida, where he will go into the newspaper business. The Carolina Spartan, published at Spartanburg by Mr. Charles Petty, has just entered upon its forty-first volume and is still in full vigor. The Spartan has always occupied a high place in South Carolina journalism, and we trust it may long continue in its present prosperous condition. TheWinnsboro News has recently added a power press to its mechanical facilities, which is a pleasing evidence of the prosperity of that excellent journal. For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. THE THORNWELL ORPHANAGE. To the pood People of York: Dear Friends: I do not know how to thank you all enough for your kindness to the orphans under my charge in the Thorn well Orphanage. I have received boxes of goods and provisions from Yorkville, Bethel, Rock Hill, and gifts of " : ^ mrl nour money ironi ninny pn vuic pm iic^} auu uuw S32.60 which Mr. A. J. Davinney collected in Yorkvilie and forwarded. May God serve you all. You will be glad to know that our Orphanage is gradually extending its work and improving its appliances. Its new building, the Orphans' Seminary, is a very neat, pretty and serviceable building, with chapel, library, museum hall and six large and commodious school-rooms. To York county, we are largely indebted for itsexistence. The gifts of her generous citizens have not been withheld in hard times. We now have forty-two orphans. Of; these, "> are from Georgia; 1 from Virginia ; 1 from Kentucky ; 2 from Tennessee, and ! the rest from our own State, and from every | section of it. The children have passed | through a remarkable season of good health. It has been fifteen months since we had a case needing special medical attention. May God bless you all and make this new year one of abundant harvests, that you may have to give to every good cause.! Yours faithfully, Wm. P. Jacobs. Fair Association.?The stockholders of1 the Fair Association met in the Court House on last Monday, and elected the following officers: President?Gen. John Bratton, of Fairfield. Vice-Presidents?Gen. John B. Erwin, of Lancaster; Col. John 8. Bratton, of York: Maj. T. W. Woodward, of Fairfield, and Jesse II. Hardin, of Chester. Directors?E. T. Atkinson, W. II. Nance, R. A. Love, John H. Hardin and 8. Moore Wylie. Secretary and Treasurer?J. K. Henry.? Chester Bulletin, 4th. I MERE-MENTION. The members of the sub-committee on appropriations estimate that it will require $70,000,000 to meet the demands of the pension bureau for the next fiscal year. The friends of Speaker Carlisle are urging his name for Senator from Kentucky, but he declines to allow his name to be used. He says, however, that if elected he will serve. The Kentucky Legislature votes for Senator on the loth instant, and a deadlock is expected. The election of Carlilse, who would Like his seat on the 3rd of March, would make a serious change in the probable House legislation. Judge Smith, of the Chicago Superior Court, rendered a decision last Friday, declaring unconstitutional the Act of the Legislature under which damages could be recovered from owners of houses in which money had been lost in gambling. The Democratic clubs of Chicago are making an effort to have the National Democratic Convention held in that city. T. H. Weathersby, sheriff of Madison county, died at Jackson, Miss., Sunday, frpm hydrophobia. He was bitten by a rabid'dog two months ago. The Southern lumber trade continues to grow in importance. It is asserted that Southern cypress is a more useful wood than white pine. Chief Bushyhead, of the North Carolina Indians, is traveling through Georgia with a magic lantern show. ExSenator Thurman, of Ohio, and wife will make a tour of the South this winter. He says he is not and will not be a candidate for U. S. Senator under any circumstances. Since 1860 Congress has given to railroads 260,000,000 acres of the public domain. The first choice of the Republicans of Kansas for President is General Sherman ; second, Blaine. In owning up that he didn't know what caused the red suusets, Professor Loomis, of New Haven, set an example of frankness which the other astronomers might well imitate. St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Convent at Belleville, Illinois, was burned to the ground at an early hour last Sunday morning. Twentv-two pupils and five teachers were lost in the flames. Congress re-assembled last Monday, and as usual, immediately after holiday recess a large number of bills were introduced. The Richmond and Danville Railroad is putting down steel rails, and will make the time between Charlotte and Danville, 182 miles, in four hours. Thk Gallows.?Ed. Rector, colored, was hanged in the jail yard at Baton Rouge, La., last Friday, for the murder of Duncan Williams, in that city, in December, 1882, by stabbing him in the back! The murder was cold-blooded and cowardly. Rector also murdered his stepfather without provocation, but escaped punishment by laxity in the courts. When the sheriff drew down the black-cap and affixed the rope he slipped off the scaffold, closely followed by Rector. The culprit was then taken back to the drop, but refused to remain, following the deputies when they left. He was forced back time and again, but finally so great were his efforts that the united strength of three men was necessary to keep him on the trap. He grasped the rope about his neck and his hold could not be released by the officers. So prolonged .was the struggle and so great the display of strength by Rector that the sheriff was compelled to call upon bystanders for assistance. All this time Rector was uttering the most terrifying screams. The officers then attempted to force him upon his . knees, when another struggle commenced, and it took several men to throw him down on the trap. He fought hard and begged most piteously to be spared. The struggle for life continued for some time. Finally at two minutes past 2 the doomed man, bound in cords, was thrown eastward from the trap, falling six feet. Life was not extinct until the expiration of eighteen minutes after the drop fell, as shown by pulsations. The body was cut down at 2.22 o'clock and turned over to his brother. Two hundred spectators witnessed the execution. The scene was most horrible and caused many to snuaaer ana turn away, Dut tne jusuce ui the sentence was acknowledged by all. At Easton, Georgia, on the same day, Jim Crummidy, colored, was hanged for the murder of James A. Mitchell last September. When Sheriff Rawlins apd his assistants went to take Crummidy from his cell they found a small knife in his hand. The prisoner made a desperate attempt to kill the sheriff's assistants and wounded two of them slightly. He was seized by both hands, but by a powerful effort he wrenched his right arm loose and inflicted a terrible wound in his throat from which the blood flowed profusely, causing him to soon become unconscious. At a few minutes before 3 o'clock he was carried to the scaffold on a stretcher and supported over the drop until it fell. Death was instantaneous. A large crowd was present, but there was no disturbance. N Death of an Estimable Lady.?Mrs. Addie Rawlinson, wife of our townsman, W. J. Rawlinson, Esq., died at her residence in this place at G o'clock on the morning of the 1st instant, of pneumonia, aged 32 years and 7 months. Mrs. Rawlinson was a daughter of the late Dr. Thomas Caldwell, of this county, and was oneof the most highly esteemed ladies in our community. She leaves an infant about six weeks old and other children to mourn the loss of a mAlliAi. TLA fiiMovol ooirnAn u'O c gWJU lUUHIUi illC lUIIClai im mull TT Ui? nreached in the Presbyterian Church on Wednesday morning last, by Rev. J. S. White, after which the remains were interr- ' ed in Laurel wood Cemetery. We deeply sympathize with the husband and relatives in their great bereavement.?Rock Hill Herald, 3rd. jfraancittl smb Commtrtial. YORKVILLE, January 9.?Cotton 6J to 9.8.5. CHARLESTON, January 7.?Cotton 7 tolOjf. LIVERPOOL, January7.?Cotton steady; uplands 5 15-lfid. NEW YORK, January 7.?Cotton linn. Uplands 10i Futures closed weak, with sales of 56,000 bales as follows: January 10.64 to 10.66; February 10.74 to 10.75; March 10.90 to 10.91; April 11.05*to 11.06; May 11.19 ; June 11.32; July 11.44 ; August 11.52 to 11.53; September 11.18 to 11.22; October 10.80 to 10.85; November 10.70 to 10.75. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, January 4.?The following is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending January 4: 1884. 1883. Receipts at all ports for the week, 134,002 224,735 Total receipts to this date 3,526,454 3,625,386 Exports for week 132,979 184,7:16 Total exports to date, 1,928,437 2,221,708 Stock at all U. S. ports 1,276,570 964,055 Stock at all interior towns 211,613 190.087 Stock at Liverpool 679,000 710,000 American for Great Britain 279.000 329,000 jsSgraal JUfitts. Religious Notice. The Rev. T. E. Smith, of Cherokee Presbytery, Georgia, has made an appointment to preach at Bullock's Creek Church, York county, on the second Sabbath, 13th January, instant. J. P. HOOD. January 10 2 It .1 Card. I herebv extend my sincere thanks to all?both white and colored?who have aided in repairing the loss occasioned by the burning of my houses on the 22nd of July last. This aid, includes $271.35 in cash, and a' quantity of wheat, bedclothing, wearing apparel, lumber, labor, timber, etc., etc. I hope, kind friends, in this instance you will all feel the power of the truth which teaches, "That it is more blessed to give than to receive," and that this gratitude will be as lasting in memory as the event which gave rise to this necessity, wbich I feel sure time can never efface. \\\ W. RATCHFORD. January 10 2 It HYMENEAL. Marrikd?In the Presbyterian Church, at Asheville, N. C., on the 25th ultimo, by Rev. J. P. Gammon, Rev. MASON \Y. PRESSLY, pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Chester, S. C., and Miss ANNIE C. ? WORTH, daughter of the late Dr. T. C. Worth. At the parsonage, in Yorkeountv, S. C., on the 3rd of January instant, by Rev. \V. Y. Love, Mr. J. J. E. TUftNEY and Miss LAURA JANE PURSLEY. Both of this county. Near Fort Butlington, Cherokee county, Gsl.^ on the 24thof December, 1883, by Rev. C. M. MeClure, Mr. ROBERT B. CLARK, formerly of York county, S. C., and Miss NANCY JANE BELL, of the former place. In Chester county, on the 18th of December,. 1883, by Rev. R. W. Sanders, Mr. GEORGE J. McFADDEN %nd Miss M. E. ORR. Both of Chester county. Near Clover, York county, S. C., on the 19th of December, 1883, by Rev. M\ R. Kirkpatrick, Mr. JAMES CURRENCEand Miss LORENA ADAMS. All of York county. j| < j I