Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and .facts. ? The War Department?the Quartermas tor's office?has just sent to England a hug order for gold lace?14,000 yards. A chang in the uniform, new chevrons for non-com missioned officers, are said to call for thes eight miles of gold lace. ? A curious coincidence has been dug out c American history, showing that October 3( 1781, the Continental Congress elected th first Secretary of War, whose name wa Benjamin Lincoln. In 1881, justacentur; later, the present Secretary of War, Rot ert T. Lincoln, was appointed. ? Mrs. Stonewall Jackson has returned t her home in Charlotte, N. C., after makim an extended visit to friends in the Wesl Her daughter, Miss Julia, is visiting friend in Sumter, S. C. The story that Mrs. Jack son and her daughter have been travelini through Europe for several months past i entirely unfounded. ? Twenty thousand people?men and wo men, boys and girls?are engaged in th< manufacture of cigars in the city of Nev York. It is estimated that tho hands in i single large factory consume 3,000,000 cigar a year, saving the tobacco out of their al lotment and rolling and filling the cigar for themselves, labor being the main ele ment of cost. ? The business failures of the week end ing last Friday throughout the country, a reported to R. G. Dun & Co., number fo the United States 149 and for Canada 30, i total of 179 against 189 the previous week a decrease or 10. A lessened number o casualties are occurring in the New Eng land, Middle and Western States, but ther is an increase in the Southern and Pacifi States and in Canada, as compared witl previous weeks. ? A Galveston dispatch of Saturday says Later reports from Northeastern Texas in dicate considerable damage by floods. Man: small streams are higher than ever knowi before, and in some instances every bridg has been swept away. The rainfall at Hous ton for twenty-four hours was over fivi inches. Heavy rains extended far west o El Paso. In a large portion of the floode< district the cotton growth has been retard ed from three to four weeks. ? The statement is made that on Sunda: next, a new lightning schedule is to go int< effect on the Richmond and Danvilie rail road, by which the time between Atlanti and New York will be lessened by fiv< hours. The trains will arrive at and leavi diorlAHn at aKnnt tho cama fima thPV VIIUIIV/VIV UV UUV/UV VtlV CM44JV v?k*4v v.' now, coming in from the North about hal an hour earlier and arriving from the Soutl half an hour later. By the new schedule i person can take dinner in New York on< day and arrive in Charlotte at dinner tim the next day?distance 600 miles. Thi schedule run over the Richmond and Dan ville line will be about 35 miles an hour. ? Enoch Brown, a negro was hanged a Halifax, N. C., last Friday, for wife murder On the same day, Wra. McHugh was hang ed in Cincinnati for wife murder. Durinj his imprisonment McHugh supported hi poor old mother by writing doggerel verse and selling them to the curious people visit ing the jail. Some of his verses are as goo< as those published in the daily newspaoer to accommodate sentimental women. Mc Hugh carved his wife to death with i butcher-knife and the women sent him be quets. Cincinnati has but few poets and i seems a pity that she should have hange* the only one that had achieved any dis tinction of late years. On the same day Wm. Brooks, colored, was hanged at Alex andria, La., for the murder of nis wife. ? An industrious reporter in Atlanta ha unearthed another sensation. Eighteei years ago Thomas S. King, of that plac was married to a widow. Recently it wa discovered that Mrs. King's first husbani was still living. Mr. King and his wifesep oc ennn ac thiu diftPnvPrv Wfl.4 mndf and legal proceedings were begun to hav their marriage annulled. The Superio Court in Atlanta has set aside the marriag and now Mrs. King has begun a sui for divorce from her first husband upoi the ground of willful and continued de sertion. It is not expected that any de fence will be made to this suit and that th decree of divorce will be granted in the fall Then Mr. and Mrs. King will be marriei again, and the status of their children wil be established by law. ? Mr. Randall, it is said, will make an el fort to secure the adjournment of Congres by July 1. Of the twelve appropriatioi bills one alone has passed. The Senate ha already restored the items in the postal ap propriation that the House struck out, an< the discussion over concurrence in thesi amendments is likely to occupy much time In former years the legislative, executivi and judicial bill alone has occupied severa weeks in its passage, and how Mr. Randal hopes to get through with this and the oth er ten untouched bills in the short time hi has allowed, is not easily conceived. Bu Mr. Randall is a man of resources, and i he goes about the work with his wonte< vigor, perhaps the people will see his prom ises fulfilled. If he accomplishes his pur pose the Pennsylvania statesman will cer tainly deserves the commendation of al parties. ? The Southern Baptist Convention me in Baltimore yesterday. The Convention i a delegated body and comprises about 4b delegates, representing all the churches an< missions in the Southern States. There an rtrny Conventions of the Baptist Church?on* and one South?but they are not sep arate on account of differences in doctrine politics or church government, but simply from expediency. Dr. P. H. Mell, of Mercer University, is the presiding officer, an< three sessions a day will be held until th< Convention adjourns. The principal worl before the body will be the reports on for eign missions and on home missions, includ ing the work among the Indians and colore< people. The educational and theologica work of the Church will also come befor the Convention. An election of officers wil also take place. ?The widow of the once famous Mexicai General, Santa Anna, is living quietly ii one of the States of Northern Mexico, an* seldom intrudes into the outer world. Sh is only forty-eight years old, Santa Ann: having been President of Mexico thre years before she was born. She was plight ed to him in her cradle, and married to hin when only thirteen years old. He wa then a military dictator, and in six month he had lost his leg and got into a Texa prison. For twenty years her life was spen in a camp surrounded by the whirl of war fare. Her husband was five times Presi dent of Mexico, four times military dicta ? TT? 1 w3 tor, in aosoiUW} power. ne was umusueu recalled, banished again, and finally diet when with his wife in exile as a traitoi She ha3 seen much "glory," and has receiv ed unlimited adulation, but she hardly e\ er enjoyed one thoroughly peaceful montl in her life. ? Rev. C. A., Harrison of Belmont, Alle ghany county, N. Y., who delivered a ser mon against the doctrine of imraediat sanctification, and was expelled from hi charge and deposed from the ministry b; the Methodist Conference of that district at once became a raving maniac. He wa taken to the Buffalo Insane Asylum. A1 though shackled and handcuffed, it requir six men to keep him in proper restraint oi the cars. He was a powerful man of unu sual mental soundness before the decision c the Conference was announced. His friend began legal proceedings against the Confei ence. They are backed by a guarantee subscription of $10,000. This divine doe not seem to be as strong minded as the Rev Mr. Dale, of the centre Brunswick, N. Y Lutheran church, who has not been harmc nious with his flock, and when he preachei his farewell sermon, the other day remark ed that he would be "preaching the gospc when a majority of his congregation are i hell." ?On Tuesday night of last week a ban of robbers attacked the bank of Medicin Lodge, Kansas, fatally wounding the Pres dent, who has since died, and killing tw or three other officers aud attachees of th bank. On the following morning a poss started in pursuit and came up with th robbers three miles from town. After brief struggle the robbers were capture and taken back to town and lodged in th calaboose. A crowd gathered at ten o'cloc at night and attacked the building. One < the robbers opened fire whereupon th crowd riddled him with bullets. The r< maining three were taken out, conducted f the edge of the town and hanged. The e: citement of the crowd was intense. The refused to listen to the officers, who endeavI ored to quiet them. One of the prisoner? _ begged for mercy. The excitement increas~ ed when it was found that two of the rob!* bers were Henry Brown and Ben Wheeler, e ; respectively marshal and assistant marshal e of Caldwell, a neighboring town. Theothei l" I two were John Wesley and Billy Smith, e J cow boys from "T o" Range. All the men ^: were well known. I iltc ?0rhviUc (Eroquim. I- YOKKVILLE, S. C. : a ? ? THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1884. ? EX-PRESIDENT HAYES. s A singular story relative to ex-President - Haves comes from Washington. It is cur rently reported in that city that the Seventh day Adventists, a religious sect having their s headquarters at Battle Creek, Mich., are ? expecting a convert shortly in no less a person than the Hon. Rutherford B. Hayes ; f that he will be followed by a number ol - other people of note, and that soon after the e end of the present state of things will come c to pass. The Seventh-days observe Satur1 day, for their Sabbath, and believe in the : second coming of Christ. Recently, as the - report goes, Mr. Hayes wrote to Elder CartV wright, who is at the head of the order, ask1 ing for books and pamphlets bearing on the ^ belief. Elder Cartwright set about complyg ing with the request, and while engaged in f gathering the literature together, staggered i against the startling bit of information that - Mr. Hayes has once been President of the United States. The discovery set the elder ? to thinkiner, and then he and others remem 1 bered it was promised that a sign that the a end was near would be the coming of many b public men into their fold. They at once b conceived that Mr. Hayes was the advance ? guard, and they posted to him right away every work they thought would be of inter^ est to him. The Adventists have been in a B' high state of excitement ever since. The e effect of the literature on Mr. Hayes has not e been ascertained. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. t In the Senate, on the 29th, the House ' joint resolution to authorize the Secretary oi - War to loan to the city of Charlotte, N. C., ? two hundred flags to be used at the 20th of s May celebration, was read three times and s passed. The Animal Industry Bureau bill r was discussed by several Senators and finally 2 put upon its third reading and passed. s In the House, the tariff bill was debated, the most notable speech being made by Mr. a Hurd in favor of Morrison's bill. ?- In the Senate, on the 30th, after the dispost ing of a large number of bills on the calenrl rif11. +v,Q mowhont lnnrinp hill wns discussed >- and pending this debate the Indian appropriation bill was reported and the Senate - adjourned. The session of the House was occupied in s debating the tariff bill. ii In the Senate, on the 1st, several bills e were reported favorably from committees s and placed on the calendar. The Senate 1 then proceeded to the consideration of bills ?- on the calendar under the five-minutes rule. !, The first bill to engage attention was the e bill to release the members of the original r Fitz John Porter court martial from the obe ligation of secrecy so far as relates to the t votes of the members. Garland moved the ti indefinite postponement of the bill, which i- was unanimously agreed to. The merchant s- marine bill was then taken up and discussed e until adjournment. The House was occupied in debate of the I tariff bill. 1 In the Senate, on the 2nd, the merchant marine bill was discussed, and pending the _ discussion, the Senate went into execus utive session, and adjourned until Monday. T? 2 1 Al. A irt*.; W A tlTOO AAA _ rj in Hie XlUUSe, luc luim ucuinc v? ?.-j v-v<11s tinued, and an evening session was held, . during which thirteen pension bills were 1 passed. g In the House, on the 3rd, the bill to amend f< the Chinese immigration Act, placing ade ditional checks to Chinese immigration to 1 America, was passed by a vote of 184 to 13. 1 In the Senate, on the 5th a number oi . bills were introduced and referred, among e them one by Butler, making an appropriat tion for the repair of the Custom House f wharves at Charleston, S. C. After the ex] piration of the morning hour, the remain. derof the session was occupied in debate ol . the merchant marine bill. The session of the House was devoted to 1 the Virginia election contested case ol O'Ferrel vs. Paul, which resulted in the t adoption of the resolution seating O'Ferrel 1, s Democrat, and that gentleman appeared at 0 the bar of the House and took the oath ol \ office. B POLITICS IN THE STATE. 0 _ ? The Oconee County Democratic Convention will be called at an early day in June. / ? Congressman Aiken in a letter to a citi zen of Newberry declares his intention to 1 be a candidate for renomination. 3 ? The Abbeville Democratic Convention v does not favor June nominations of theState - officers. " ? The County Democratic Executive Com| mittee of Greenville county met last Mon1 day and issued a call for a County Conven^ tion to be held on the first Monday in June. ? J. Stanyarne Wilson, Esq., one of the most energetic and successful attorneys ol 1 Spartanburg, has announced himself as a [j candidate for the House of Representatives, p ? The Carolina Spartan in giving good advice to electioneerers tells them not to speak p against another man's candidate even if they do dislike him somewhat. 1 ? No candidates have yet been announced g in Lancaster. ine ueniocrauc convention s for that county will meet on the second day g of June. The Democratic Convention ol I; Sumter will meet on the same day. - ? The Carolina Spartan says: "In the low. er part of the county the fanners are talking about holding a meeting and passing resoi lutions to support no candidate who begins j to canvass the county before the crops arc . laid by." ? The Advertiser says there is no cause for local dissention in Edgefield county and that h the disaffection caused by the passage of the Stock law and the Registration and Election i- laws has been entirely healed. The practi - cal operation of these laws has demonstrated e their benefits and the wisdom of their pasI sage. y ? The Gaffney Carolinian says: "Itisstat ted on good authority, that Col. B. W. Ball, s of Laurens, will be a candidate for Con1 gressman Evins' office at the next election, - provided that Mr. Evins is not desirous ol n being his own successor ; and there is now 1- a growing belief that Congressman Evins ,f will not decline a renomination." sj ?There are six colonels who are candi -: dates for Congress from the Fourth District, d ' in view of which fact the Carolina Spartan s i says: "It would seem that there is a pretty \ : good chance for a clean limbed, high head., j ed, dark horse, free from spavin and blem >- ishes to prance in ana laae xne leuu 111 nu cl race." ? The Spartanburg Herald says : "Let u< ?1 have fewer elections. What reason is thert n for electing sheriffs every four years and judge of probate every two years? Whj d should not all State and county officers be e elected for four years? The subject is one i- worthy of serious thought and earnest efo fort." e ? The Spartanburg Herald says: "The ;e Herald is not in the position to state thai e Col. Evins is or is not in the race formally a.' a a candidate, but the faithful and eminenl el services of the present member call for hi* ie renomination and election. Col. Evins, bj k his energy, and ability, has won for hi nisei if a position of influence which it would take e a new member years to obtain. He is ir i- the position now to do more good than ever :o and it would be unjust to ourselves to eleci c- another member. His people therefore in y sist upon his renomination." . I TUP VATfftV AVn TUP erunni.6 AUU ilAlAVH AilAr JL MM M-d UVUVVJUUI > m . VIEWS OF COL. COW Aim, STATE SVPERIKTENTtEKT OF EDUCATION. ( Columbia, April 30.?Col. Coward, State I superintendent of education, holds broad I and thoroughly progressive views on the i ( question of public instruction and is a ready i and graceful talker. At my request he j consented to be interviewed in regard to , , Federal aid to education, and his conclusions will, I am sure, be interesting and instructive to the readers of the News and Courier. To open the subject by the most general method now prevailing in South Carolina, I asked: ' "Colonel, have you read Senator Butler's letter on the Educational bill?" "You mean the letter to Mr. Connor? 1 Yes. "How do you understand it?" " * 1- 1 A. 1 !i- y, ?r I "1 nave uiiuersiouu it iu Ut' u minim e.vplanation of his attitude in opposition to 1 the Educational bill before the Senate, and a definition, in part at least, of his views of 1 popular education." "What do you think its effect is?" "I fear," said Col. Coward, "that the effect is prejudicial, to a certain extent, to the educational interests of the State, because it has reawakened a latent opposition to the public school system which nad be- 1 comealmostdormant. I am persuaded that our people have fully adopted the schools, aud will not be inclined under any circumstances to be deprived of them, but the adverse sentiment which Gen. Butler's letter is calculated to encourage will cause a greater degree of friction in the work of the public school system. In nearly every i school district there are some individuals i who are at heart bitterly opposed to THE EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO ' and who, persistently turning their faces backward to the fleshpotsof the past, fail to realize the fact that the negro is now a freeman and a citizen. The great success that has attended the public schools in the State, the declared purpose of the Democratic party to maintain them for all classes, and , + (rnnnral flrlvnnnp nf nnhlie oninion to a i higher and broader plane, had shamed most [ of these individuals into silence. Now that ; they find themselves standing under the , shadow of a prominent name they are be; coming more outspoken and aggressive than ever." "What is your answer to the objections ! which are urged against NATIONAL AID TO EDUCATION ! as now contemplated ?" i "These objections, it seems to me, may be classed into four groups?objections on constitutional grounds, objections to the particular bill before the Senate, objections to the ' .general policy of public education, and ob! jections growing out of polical partisanship. ; Although reared a States' Rights man according to the straightest of the sect, Cal- , houn's disquisition on Government and treatise on the Constitution of the United , States having been a text-book in my alma mater, I must candidly confess my inability to appreciate the force of any objection urged on the ground of constitutionality. Vniiniiiinm fhn viowe nf thp most, enlifrht X VllUHlllg vtiv * ?v ?? w V. n ened writers on the subject of government, the framers of our Constitution with singular unanimity, recognized and acted upon the great fact that a government sucn as they desired to form must be based on the virtue and intelligence of the people. In , one of his letters Mr. Madison says: 'A , popular government without intelligence 1 or the means of acquiring it is but the pre! lude to a tragedy or a farce, or perhaps to , both.' Accordingly THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS in the days of the Confederation saw the necessity of providing the means to secure 1 intelligence by making liberal provision for 1 public schools. So early as 1785 the Kith section of every township of the public domain was reserved and consecrated to that purpose. No doubt was entertained of the i necessity and propriety of this step. The only question upon which there was any division at all was to the agent by whom the schools were to be organized and managed. The Federalists generally advocated that the work should be done by the Gen ; eral Government; the Republicans, whose lineal descendants are the present Democratic party, and not the modern wolf in the ^uise of that august name, were of the opinion that the States individually should - do it. It must be remembered that in the 1 government, under the Articles of Confederation, the principle of State antonomy was carried to such an extreme that the cohesiveness of the government was, in the language of that day, little better than a 1 1 rope ol sand. From this fact we may infer 1 the intensity of their conviction about the necessity of popular education and the propriety of its support by the General Gov- ; ' ernment. Upon the admission of Ohio in . 1802, the State was made the trustee of the donations and the irresponsible agent " of its administration. "The twelve States admitted up to 1848 ( ' received the benefit of the lGth section, and all the States admitted since that year have ' ; received the 16th and 36th sections. THE LANDS THUS GIVEN , to States and reserved to Territories up to 1S80 amounted to 67,893,919 acres. Besides i this, special grants have been made for the support of universities, amounting to 1,565,: 620 acres. These enormous benefits were 1 conferred only on the Public Land States; but in 1862 the educational endowment was 1 enlarged by donations to all the States to promote the establishment of agricultural and mechanical colleges, amounting to 9,600nnn 'in nlace' and 'in serint.' Of this South 1 , Carolina received in script 180,000 acres, , from the revenues of which the agricultural and mechanical department of the University are supported. The total of all these grants up to 1880 is 78,759,430 acres, which 1 at two dollars per acre reaches a money value of $157,518,778, or more than twice as 1 much as the Senate bill proposes to use. ' Now here is 1 A PRINCIPLE RECOGNIZED ANI) ACTED ON 1 from the very foundation of the Govern- : . ment. Its constitutionality has never been , questioned, but, on the contrary, it has been ; accepted as the practical working out of one of the important objects for which the Con- ; stitution was ordained and established, " namely, 'to promote the general welfare.' ; Indeed, it is difficult to conceive of any ' other means by which the General Government could so well carry out this particular ( object. It would be puerile to assert that ! the principle involved in the distribution ! of the $77,000,000 contemplated by this bill 1 is different from that upon which the land ! grants have been made. Every acre of the 1 public domain cost money or both money j and the blood of our citizens, in other words, ' i was acquired by direct purchase or at the 1 cost of war. "While I was in Washington in February 1 last, I studied very closely the bill intro- ! duced by the Senate committee on educa- ' tion, known as THE 'BLAIR BILL,' ' I and I thought it absolutely free from objections. It was amended in many particulars ( before it finally passed the Senate, and some ( of the amendments are, I think, objection- , able and calculated to arouse serious opposi- ' tion in the House, me most oujecuunuun; 11 provision is to be found in the last sentence I of the 11th section in these words: 'The I ; secretary of the interior shall have power | . to hear and examine any complaints of mis-' ' appropriation or unjust discrimination in ! use of the funds herein provided, and shall ' report to Congress the results thereof.' This i power given to the secretary may be PROSTITUTED TO PARTY SERVICE. , "Of course the State could refuse to accept < the benefit of the Act as soon as such use is ; j made apparent, and she would be in no i worse condition than she was in before, but . this would be a deplorable remedy. It is to j ! be hoped that this sentence, which can sub- J [ serve no good purpose, but may prove a i i r source of irritation and annoyance to both 1 , the Shite and General Government, will be ! , eliminated before the bill becomes a law." I "And as to the objection to popular edui cation ?" , i "The answer," said Col. Coward, "to the j I j class of objections which spring from oppo- ' . j sition to the general t j POLICY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. i: would open up a wider scope of discussion r than either you or I now have the time to f explore. I can only say that the answers i are based mainly upon considerations of i economy, superior effectiveness in the work ! , of the schools, the greater diffusion of their t benefits, and the general enhancement of - the productive value of labor. The abstract theory that the benefits of education should be enjoyed only by those who are able to pay for them, however plausible to the ear, has long been condemned practically by every civilized people as selfish to social progress. "The last class of objections is really the most energetic. We have reached that political condition so earnestly deprecated by Washington, wherein no great general question can escape. TIIE HARPY-TOUCH OF PARTY SPIRIT. "This great measure for the general welfare cannot escape: it must be made to subserve party ends. It originated in the Republican Senate; therefore to the Repulican party must belong the glory of its passage and to the Democratic partv the ignominy of its defeat. The Northern Republican members care but little fora measurefrom which their people are to derive but little benefit, and of which they feel no such pressing need as we r\f flin Snnfh fool Ago no pf u fhpv PHIllfl HOP the defeat of the bill by the Democrats as a stronger argument in the coming canvass than they could the merit of its passage; hence the injection of objectionable features into the bill and the irritating character of the debate upon it. It was this spirit that made the 11th section a scorpion by inserting the sting in its tail. It remains to be seen whether the Democrats of the House will play the role assigned them in the Republican game." With these significant words the interview was closed. x. g. g. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A hosiery mill has been putin operation at Walhalla with a capacity of forty dozen stockings per day. ? Trial Justice C. J. McDowell was murdered by A. H. Perry with- a shot gun in Kershaw on Wednesday. --A number of cows are dying in Abbeville county by some sort of plague, the name of which is^notyet known. ? About 7 o'clock last Saturday evening the passenger depot at Cheraw was destroyed by fire, communicated by a spark from an engine. ? Spartanburg township, Spartanburg county, has voted a subscription of $2o,000 to the Spartanburg and Rutherford Railroad, and Mr. Justice, a prominent lawyer of Rutherford ton, says this vote will secure Spartanburg the road. ? Many of the farmers in Kershaw county, intend using kainit in the low lands as a fertilizer for corn. It is said that there is no surer means of destroying bugs and other insects which eat or destroy young corn than the use of kainit; say about one hundred pounds to the acre. ? Mr. Samuel Lambeth, one of the most successful and well-to-do farmers of Lancaster county hasn't planted any cotton in twenty years, lie makes everything to eat at home, and always has plenty of corn, fodder, &c., for sale. He has fodder in his ba rns thirteen years old. ? The Clarendon Enterprise says: "For nine weeks preceding last Monday the doors of our jail were left open, and the jail was of no service ; but 011 that day a white man was committed on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. This is the third white man incarcerated in the jail during the past four years." ? At Tiller's Ferry, in Kershaw county, a few days ago, while Mr. W. W. Hearon was reprimanding Lewis Clyburn, colored, one of his laborers, for some dereliction of duty. Clyburn pulled out a pistol and fired twice upon Mr. Hearon, one ball taking effect in the back, but not making a dangerous wound. Clyburn immediately left and has not Deen nearu irom sunt;. ? In Abbeville county, one day last week, Rufus Hughes, white, accidentally shot his sister, Miss Ann Hughes. The wound is painful but not necessarily dangerous. They were scuffling together when a pistol which Rufus had in his pocket was discharged. The ball entered the young lady's arm and lodged near- her collar bone after passing through her right breast. ? Orangeburg Times ami Democrat: The buffalo gnat, which is doing so much harm in the West, has made its appearance in our county. Dr. M. J. I). Dantzler informed us last week that they had killed two mules in the Vance's Ferry section. Use kerosine oil freely on your stock twice a day should they be attacked, and it is said that it will drive the pest away. ? A white man by the name of Broughton, who was employed at Kelly's saw mill, on Six-mile Creek in Pickens county, met a fearful death on April 22. He was bearing off lumber from the saw, and by some accident a plank that he was carrying struck the saw which was in motion, and jerked him across the saw and his body was sawed almost in two, causing instant death. ? The Lancaster Ledger says: "Up to date 1,498 liens have been filed in the clerk's office at this place. Of this number 179 are for rent and the remainder?1,301?are for agricultural advances. The average amount which these liens are to secure is between 540 and $50. The largest amount of any one lien is $600 and the smallest is $7.50. The number of liens filed so far this year exceeds the number filed during the whole of the year 1883." r* xv 1? x,. T? A ? Lne ?oum uaromia out it; x'ress amwiution will meet in Charleston on the 14th instant. The News and Courier says : "It is probable that the North Carolina Press Association will also attend the meeting next month. A formal invitation has been extended to it, and the hope is that arrangements can be perfected for a joint meeting of the journalists of the Carolines. Aside from the great pleasure that such a gathering would afford to those whoshould attend it, the ultimate result to Charleston and its business interests would be incalculable." ? Columbia Register : The Department of Agriculture is in constant receipt of encouraging letters regarding exhibits at the New Orleans Exposition. The assistants of the department are pushing the interest, and in many localities associations and individuals have gone manfully to work preparing exhibits of farm products, minerals, wood, >toneand manufactured articles. The finny tribe will receive special attention. Mr. E. L. Roche has arranged for 111,000 feet of space in the Exposition buildings, which it is believed will be fully occupied by the South Carolina exhibits. ? Laurensville Herald: John Vinson, colored, who lived on Mr. Pat Todd's place, shot and killed Robert Byrd, also colored, last Saturday afternoon. The murderer had had some words with Byrd some days before, and on Saturday evening was engaged in nlantin<r cotton in a field near the public road, when he chanced to see Byrd passing by riding a mule. Byrd was allowed to pass unmolested, but Vinson, seeing him returning, went to his cotton seed basket and drew therefrom a pistol with which he shot Byrd as soon as he came in shooting distance. The murderer escaped. ? In conversation last Thursday with a resident of Cash's Depot, a reporter for the Columbia Register learned that Mr. Coward, who was one of the parties shot by Boggan Cash at Cheraw, is in no immediate danger of death from his wound, but that the paralysis of the lower portion of his body remains as when it first occurred. There has been no change for the better. It was also learned that the reports which have been published to the effect that Colonel Cash was exceedingly attentive to the wants of the unfortunate young man and that he would bear all the expenses consequent upon Mr. Coward's illness, were without foundation. The Register's informant did not give the whereabouts of Boggan, though he claims that there has been a strong reaction of public feeling in Boggan's favor since the passions aroused by the homicide have ceased to be fanned with angry breezes. ? W. K. Blake, a lawyer of Greenwood, Abbeville county, was committed to jail for twenty-four hours, one day last week, by Trial Justice Tarrant for contempt of Court. Mr. Blake publishes a certificate signed by the jurors who sat in the case, and tney say that the cause of contempt "was a simple request addressed in respectful language and manner to the Trial Justice, that his own witness, on his direct examination, might be reauired to restate his testimony, so that the attorney might know whether he understood his witness as the Trial Justice understood him; to which the Trial Justice replied, that he had recorded the statement of witness as he understood him, and it did not matter whether the attorney understood him or not. When Mr. Blake insisted on his right to understand his witness the Trial Justice arose from his seat, and in an angry tone said: 'We never could agree in court, and I rule you for contempt.' " j LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. John R. Ashe?Terrible Excitement. T. M. Dobson?Moschcowitz Model Waist Lining Hunter A Gates?'The prettiest and cheapest stock of Spring Good. Withers Adickes?Prevention is better than Cure. T. B. McClain it Co.?A beautiful line of Spring and Summer Hats. J. M. Adams?Preserving Kettles, Ac. T. S. Neel}', Rock Hill, S. ('.?Ayreshire Stock for Sale. W. C'. Latimer?Millinery. T. S. Jeffervs?Navassa Guano Company. Agricolrc?Cotton Exchange. Ashe A Ashe, McC'onnellsville, S. C.?Dry Goods for Ladies. R. II. Glenn, S. Y. ('.?Sheriff's Sale. Lost. E. M. Law, Captain?Jenkins Rilles. Attention ! UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1885. We will furnish tho Exquirkr from this date until January 1st, 1885, for tl.70, tho cash in all cases, to accompany the subscription. MECKLENBURG CELEBRATION. We acknowledge the reception of an invitation to the 109th anniversary of the Mecklenburg Dec laration of Independence, to be held in Charlotte, on the 20th instant. COTTON EXCHANGE. By advertisement in another column, it will be seen that on the 15th instant a number of the planters of this section will offer for sale 350 or 400 bales of cotton. Tho inducements will bo sufficient to attract buyers from a distance. SUDDEN DEATH. On Saturday night last, George Garrison alias George Simril, colored, who was living on David Simril's plantation in tho Clay Hill neighborhood, fell suddenly from his chair, dead. The cause of his death is supposed to have been heart disease. CORRECTION. By an error in the advertisement published hist week of the municipal election, the statement was made that the polls will be closed at 5 o'clock P. M. The hour for closing the polls should have been given as 4 o'clock P. M., which is bbe hour designated by statute. PROMOTION. Wo learn that our young townsman, Mr. ?am B. LutMan, who accepted a 81,000clerkship in the War Department last winter, has just been promoted to a 81,200 clerkship in the same department, he having successfully passed an examination before the civil service commission. SALES-DAY. The following is the only property sold by offlicial sale on Monday last?sales-day for May : Under foreclosure of mortgage, the Clerk of the Court sold a houso and lot and a vacant lot in Fort Mill, belonging to R. S. Wilson. The lots were purchased by R. A. Freeman, the Plaintiff. The house and lot for 8301, and the vacant lot for 8101. ANOTHER MUNICIPAL TICKET. The following proposed municipal ticket came into our hands through the post-office last Monday, unaccompanied by any proper name. We depart from an invariable rule, however, and insert the ticket at the request of "Many Voters For Intendant?F. Happerfieici; ior wardens? J. R. Schorb, Win. John Hyndman, Alonzo Roze, R. B. Lowry. / ANOTHER ANCIENT COIN. Air. B. H. Fite, who lives in Gaston county, N. C., near Armstrong's Ford, has sent us an Irish copper coin, the size of an American copper cent. It was coined in the year 1781, and on the side bearing the date is the traditional Irish harp encircled by the word "Hibernia." On the reverse side is a medallion of King George> encircled bv the inscription, "Georgius III? Rex." ' _ CLOSED OUT. The firm business of J. R. Lindsay & Co., in this town, has been closed out, by the sale of the entire stock of goods to John R. Ashe. This change was necessitated by the death of R. M. Lindsay, the senior partner, and the desirability on tho part of the surviving partner to close up the business at the earliest practicable day. Mr. Ashe will continue the business for the present in the same house occupied by J. R. Lindsay & Co., his announcement of which is published in another column. THE COURT HOUSE. After advertising for proposals in pursuance to law, the County Commissioners have awarded contracts for some necessary repairs to be made to tno L ourt House, doiuoi masonry uuu o?upouter's work. The most important item in this work is the laying of a new floor in the offices below stairs. The masonry work is insignificant in extent, it being only slight repairs essential to be made before the painting is begun. Messrs. Woods and Ilvndinan are the contractors for the wood work, and Mr. A. Cody for the masonry. THE GROWING CROPS. -<yfever at this season of the year was the small grain crop in this section more promising than at the present time. There is a larger area of land sown in wheat and oats than usual, and the present prospect indicates bountiful crops of both these grains. The cotton that was planted last week is coming up rapidly and the stands are good. That which was previously planted is not doing so well. There has not yet been a great deal of corn planted, though we have heard of some that is up and looking well. ^ PERSONAL MENTION. We were pleased to see in town last Monday, , ' ' - 1 l->? n our vencnune lneuu, oamuvi v?. jjiu...., who, despite his age, has so far recovered from his severe illness of last winter as to be able to attend to his ordinary business duties. Our young townsman, G. W. Williams, son of W. B. Williams, Esq., successfully passed the physical and mental examinations for naval cadetship, in the competitive examination held in Chester last Thursday, mention of which is made by our Chester correspondent. Mr. Williams will leave here for the Naval Academy next September. yC DEATH OF MRS. HEMPHILL. Mrs. Addie Avery Ilemphill, wife of Hon. - . r IT 1.M1 Tnnoflov niirlif nf tnat. .JOlin d. rium?111111, urcu uu lucouCV ....... week, at the home of hex-sister, Mrs. Jos. Scales, near Cascade, Va. It was only last November that Mr. Hemphill, member of Congress from this Congressional District, married Miss Avery, and the couple proceeded to Washington city, where they expected to reside during the session of Congress. Mrs. Hemphill left Washington for a visit to her sister near Cascade, Va., during the severe cold of last January, and contracted an illness from which she never recovered. Mrs. Hemphill was the youngest daughter of the late Hon. Waightsill W. Avery, of Morganton, N. C., and her remains were interred in the old family burying ground at that place on Thursday last. In this sad affliction Mr. Hemphill has the heartfelt sympathy of his friends. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector. Sorvico to-morrow (Friday) evening at 8 o'clock. Morning service next Sunday at the usual hour. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. No evening service. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M., and 8 P. M. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Sunday-school at 0 A. M. Preaching at 10.30. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. A. Mood, Pastor. The pastor will preach at Mt. Vernon at 11 o'clock next Sunday. No service in the church at Yorkville. Prayer meetingcvery Wednesday night. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. No service at Tirzah next Sunday. The pastor will assist in sacramental service at King's Mountain, on that day. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Supply. Services at Canaan, at 11 o'clock, A. M., and at Zion at 3 o'clock, P. M., next Sun- j day. REGISTRATION. The following paragraphs are published for the information of all concerned. Let every voter read them carefully: 1. All persons who have in good faith lost their certificates of registration are entitled to renewal thereof thirty days before the general election without cost. 2. Defaced certificates can be renewed upon surrendering the same. 3. In case of a party who has removed his residence to another place in the same precinct, ho shall notify the Supervisor. 4. In case of the removal of an elector from one product in the same county, he shall notify the Supervisor. 5. In case of the removal of an elector from one county to another, he shall notify the Supervisor of Registration of the county wherein he is registered, get a certificate of transfer to the county to which ho removes, upon presenting which to the Supervisor for that county he will get a certificate there. ! 6. All persons who have attained majority I since the lust election in 1882 are entitled to a [ certificate. 7. A person desiring to vote at a nearer polling place in a precinct shall notify the Supervisor. 1 8. For general registration, the books are open 1 only on the first Monday of each month to and including the first Monday in July, 1884, ex- ; cept in the event of an elector coining of ago ' between Gth July, 188-1, and 4th November thereafter, who can apply to the Supervisor and get a certificate. Any information as to the death or the removal of an elector should be furnished to the Supervisor. [Communicated.] THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION. Yokkville, S. C., May 3, 1884. To tiie Editok of the Enquirer: Feeling grateful to my friends for the confidence they repose in me by suggesting my name < for re-election to the office of Intendant of Yorkville, I must be permitted to emphatically decline allowing my name to be placed in nomination. Regard for my private business demands this course, after a service of two years on the board and one j year as Intendant. A very acceptable ticket was named in the Enquirer of last Tnurscmy, ana so mr irom ieenng antagonized by it, I give it my hearty sympathy and support. I have had intimations that my name will be proposed for re-election, and to prevent any complications I make this public announcement in advance that I do not desire the position, and with due deference to my friends will decline to serve, even should I be elected. Very respectfully, P. IIapperfield. [Communicated.] CARD OF DECLINATURE. Yorkville, S. C. May 5,1884. Editor of the Enquirer : I see in the last issue of the Enquirer my name proposed as one of the municipal ticket to be voted for next Monday. With the exception of my own name, I am heartily in accord with the ticket, and will give it my cheerful support; but thanking my friends for the implied compliment, I must beg the withdrawal of my name, and I take this public occasion to say that I cannot, nor will I, if elected, serve on the board of town council. Respectfully, J. W. Dorson. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Lb IT Lit IIIU.U LUbSI'Ltt. Chester, May 6.?The gentlemen appointed in this county to assist Col. A. P. Butler, Commissioner of Agriculture, in obtaining exhibits for the New Orleans Exposition, did not meet on the day appointed for the meeting. A quorum could not be obtained, as only a few of these gentlemen were present, the rest preferring to stay at home to attend to their farming operations. The last Saturday of this month is the next day appointed for their meetiug. It is hoped that they will attend, and take such action as will show the public that they are at least interested in the work of having our county represented in the New Orleans Exposition, and intend to do their part toward accomplishing it. On last Wednesday morning intelligence was received here of the death of Mrs. J. J. Hemphill, wife of our representative in Congress. She died the night before at the residence of a married sister near Danville, Va. As she had been in very delicate health for some time, her death was not unexpected. She was an accomplished, cultivated lady, and made many friends in our town during her brief stay here last winter. Mr. Hemphill has the warmest sympathy of his many friends in this time of his affliction. Mrs. James Hemphill, Mr. David Hemphill and Mr. Paul Hemphill left here on Wednesday for Morganton, where the burial took place on Thursday. The lady who has just Kassed away, left Morganton last Novemer a happy bride, with bright prospects for the future; she has been taken back by mourning friends the first time since she left, to have her body laid away in the cold onrl cilont (rmvp. Whflt Sflrl phiinfrPS ft fpw months can bring about! On last Wednesday when a car loaded with corn was opened at this place, out stepped a negro boy. On being asked to give an account of himself, he said that he left Augusta on Monday, riding all the way to Atlanta on the trucks of a freight car. On Tuesday he came to Charlotte in the same hazardous way. Satisfied with his traveling experience, and desiring to get home, he went into an open freight car, loaded with corn, and laying himself down was soon fast asleep. W hen he awoke, the car was in motion, and having been locked, there he remained in an almost suffocating condition until the car was opened at this place. He announced his intention of going back to Augusta, and was very candid in stating that he would steal a ride if possible. .V Last Thursday was the day appointed for the examination at this place of applicants from this. Congressional District for the vacancy in the Annapolis Naval School. The position went a begging. Only one ap-plicant was present?G. W. Williams, of Yorkvillo. Dr. David Lyle examined him as to his physical qualifications, and Rev. Robert Lathan, D. D., of Yorkville, and James Hamilton, nsq., 01 tnis piace, men examined him as to his mental qualifications. Having passed both examinations, he was recommended for the position, y/ Dr. Lathan, who by the way is gentleman of great learning, and one of the first men of his denomination, informed me that he intended going to Belfast, Ireland, next month to attend a meeting of all branches of Presbyterians in the world. The object of the meeting, he said, was to strengthen fraternal relations between Presbyterians, if possible formulate a creed upon which Presbyterians, of every branch, might unite. This Pan-Presbyterian body will he in session several weeks. Dr. Lathan expects to visit several cities of the European continent before his return home. On last Thursday night Amanda Rosborough, colored, was shot at this place by Sam Henry, colored. The latter, who is paying his addresses to Amanda, picked up a pistol that was in the room and remarked that he intended to shoot her. i Suiting the action to the word, he fired away, the ball passing through a portion of Amanda's neck. Dr. Sumter Davega was called in, and dressed the wound, which he found not serious. Henry, by way of defending himself, said he was unaware of the pistol being loaded, and that he had no < intention of shooting Amanda. As she entertained a similar opinion, their relations " " ' 1 1 * - - ?* y-1 Kir +K A Of menusnip were Iiui uiaiuiucu uy Hie shooting. | Dr. W. M. McCallum, one of the most pop- < ular physicians of this county, died at his home, near Carmel Hill, on last Thursday ' night. His health has not been good for ; several months. His remains were buried on Friday in thegraveyardadjoiuingBrushy Fork Church. A large number of relatives and friends, who deeply lament his death, were present. Dr. and Mrs. T. D. Marion, of Richburg, > lost another child Sunday night. Only a < week or so has elapsed since they laid one : of their little ones in the grave. The Doctor 1 is very ill with the same disease?dysentery. 1 The friends of this family deeply sympa-1, thize with them in their present affliction. Yesterday was sales-day, but nothing was j sold of any consequence. | Hon. J. J. Hemphill, who has been here | since Friday, left yesterday for Washington. Mr. C. W. Wynn, of Charlotte, has ob- i tained the contract for building the new j JiiipilSt cnurcii lit uii.i piuut;. Tlie Democratic Executive Committee of this county have been called to meet on Saturday, 24th instant. m. ' "Sentimental Suicide."?We regard Southern opposition to the Blair Educational bill as a species of sentimental suicide without one mitigating ingredient of com- ' mon sense. To refuse a wise and legitimate appropriation by the United States Govern-! ment in aid of our common schools, when I the people of our State are being taxed an-1 nually two mills for that purpose, besides the proceeds of the poll tax, is a glaring incon-1; sistency that finds no parallel in political j history. It will next be in order to object; i to an appropriation for the deepening of j; Charleston Harbor.?Aiken Recorder. I NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The purchasers of the Western North Carolina Railroad have paid in the $600,000 they owed the State for it. ? An unknown white man threw himself in front of the railroad train near Salisbury last Friday, and was crushed to death. ? There is a farmer in Granville, N. C., who has in his possession an ear of corn which he has kept in sound condition for forty-live years. ? Mr. H. McSmith, the well-known manager of the Charlotte music store, committed suicide on Thursday last, by shooting himself with a pistol. No cause is assigned for the act. ? Dr. Edward Seagle, a young physician formerly of Newton, but late a resident of Lowesville. Lincoln county, committed suicide at his boarding house in that place last Sunday, by drinking laudnum. ? A crazy woman was arrested in Mecklenburg county and confined in the Charlotte jail several days ago. She says her name is Reed or Fesperman, and that she is guilty of having killed her husband in Stokes county. ? Gov. Jarvis offers a reward of $200 for the arrest of Foard Knox, the negro who killed Mr. Durant of South Carolina, and commiueu some crimes in vauarrus cuuiuy, N. C. He is described as black, about 25 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, and weighs about 150 pounds. ? ltay and Anderson, charged with the murder of Horton and Miller, in a mica mine in Mitchell county, on the 17th of last February, were formally indicted in the Superior Court at Bakersville last week ; but on motion of the State, their cases were moved to Caldwell county for trial next month. ? The Charlotte Observer learns that on Monday morning last, T. H. Proctor, a prominent citizen of Denver, Lincoln county, hearing his name called, stepped to his door to be confronted by a white man named Doc Thompson, who instantly fired a pistol at Proctor, inflicting a wound which it was thought would prove fatal. ? Mr. H. A. London, president of the North Carolina Press Association, has received a formal invitation from Mr. F. P. Beard, secretary of the South Carolina Press Association, to attend the Convention to be held in Charleston on May 14. Mr. London has published a notice urging all the members of the North Carolina Association to accept the invitation, and the probability is that the gathering of journalists in Charleston on the 14th will be the most remarkable in the history of the State. ? The cotton plaid manufacturers of the South assembled in convention at Greensboro on Wednesday of last week. The meeting represented twenty-three hundred cotton Dlaid looms, and the convention was more unanimous than the recent convention held in Augusta, Ga., and decided that there was no over production. It was ascertained that every mill represented had now sold goods to be produced some time in the future, and that there were no stocks in the hands of the manufacturers. The meeting was harmonious and enthusiastic over the prospects of Southern mills. POLITICAL *NOTES. ? General Butler goes to Chicago as a Democratic delegate-at-large. His last appearance in the Democratic wigwam was at Charleston when he voted for Jefferson Davis. ? It is thought that the reason of Watterson's defeat in Louisville is that the Democrats in Kentucky hold Watterson personally responsible for raising the tariff issue, and has killed every chance to elect a Democratic President. The refusal to instruct for him is therefore a severe rebuke. ? It is reported from Washington that in the event ne cannot secure the nomination himself, Mr. Arthur would be pleased with the nomination of either Lincoln or Gresham, and that Blaine, failing in his effort, would like to see Gen. Sherman or Ben. Harrison, of Indiana, nominated. ? The North Carolina Republican Convention, in session in Raleigh, on the 2nd instant, nominated Congressman Tyre York, Liberal, for Governor; Mr. Faircloth, for Lieutenant-Governor; Daniel L. Russel, for Supreme Court Judge; and C. A. Cook, Liberal, for Attorney-General. The rest of the ticket is Republican. A resolution offered instructing the Chicago delegates to vote for Gen. Grant was tabled. Dockery, delegate at large, is for Blaine. The district delegates are not solid for Arthur. ? Republican Conventions to choose delegates to the Republican National Convention which meets in Chicago, on June 3rd, have been held in all the States and Territories, and the result (leaving out New Mexico, which has not yet been heard from) is summed up as follows: Whole number of delegates 820, of which, on first ballot it is estimated that Arthur will receive 287 Blaine, 340; Edmunds, 06 ; Logan, 58; Gresham, 7; John Sherman, 21; unknown 15. It will require 411 votes to nominate the candidate for President. In the estimate, South Carolina is put down 18 votes for Arthur. Jinaittial anil CommrrciaL Yorkville Market. REPORTED BY RIDDLE <fc PEGRAM. YORKVILLE, S. C., May 7.-The following are the quotations of Cotton in this market: Good Middling Ill @ Middling 11 @ Strict Low Middling 10} (g) Low Middling lOi (a, Stains 9 @ 10 CHARLOTTE, May 6.?Cotton, 11 5-10 to 11 11-16. CHARLESTON, May 5.?Cotton nominal ; middling, 11}. LIVERPOOL, May 5.?Cotton steady and improving ; uplands 6ga. NEW YORK, Mayo.?Cotton dull; uplands 11}. Futures closed dull and easy, with sales of ??? * i ? n >f ii <?-**ii no . T.??/v ofl.wu oaies as iouows; auuv n.u< iu ii.uo; ?/uuc 11.72 to 11.73; July 11.80 to 11.81; August 11.88 to 11.89; September 11.57 to 11.58; October 11.03 to 11.04; November and December 10.87 to 10.89; January 10.94 to 10.96; February 11.03 to 11.05. Special Notices. Religious Notice. Rev. G. A. Blackburn will conduct services at Allison Cregk Church on the first and third Sundays of each month, and at Beth-Shiloh on the second and fourth Sundays. May 8 '19 It Becoming Popular. Norman's Neutralizing Cordial is fast becoming one of the most popular articles in existence. It soon will be the aiue qua non in every househousehold. Mothers do not hesitate to give it to children, beingso harmless, hence its popularity. Municipal Ticket. Editor of thr Enquirkr: The following ticket is respectfully submitted to the voters of the town of Yorkville, as worthy of their confidence and support in the municipal election to i.n i-.ni.-t Mnnrlnv nAxt 14th instant: For In tendant?G. W. S. Hart, Esq.; for WardensJohn R. Ashe, W. H. Herndon, John R. Schorb, T. B. Met'lain. Citizens. May 8 19 It __ HYME]NEAL; Married?At the residence of the bride's father, O. S. Poe, Esq., in Pittsboro, N. C., on the 22nd ultimo, by Rev. Wm. Walker, Dr. T. A. CRAWFORD, of Rock Hill, S. C., and Mrs. CARRIE IIIRIE. At the parsonage in Yorkville, on Tuesday night, May 6th. 1884, by Rev. J. E. Covington, Mr. GEORGE HOLLER and Miss NANCY LOVE. Both of York township. At Shady Grove parsonage, on the 6th instant, bv Rev. J. A. Mood, Dr. B. E. FEEMSTER and iss M. E. PLEXIC'O. All of York county. OBITUARY, Died?In this county, on the 19th ultimo, Mrs. NANCY THOMASSON, wife of James G. Thompson, aged 28 years 5 mouths and 3 days. JENKINS RIFLES, ATTENTION ! EVERY member is expected at the armory fully equipped for INSPECTION AT 3 O'CLOCK TO-DAY, (Thursday). By order of E. M. LAW, Captain. May 8 19 It LOST. BETWEEN the resideneo of Mrs. llludworth and that of Mrs. J. B. Smith, on the 6th instant, a GOLD RING, old style, with garnet setting, carving on each side ot! the setting, and on inside of the ring the name "A. E. Armstrong." The tinder, by leaving it at this otlice, will bo suitably rewarded. May 8 19 tf