Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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frraps and Jfacts. ? It is rumored that there will be four candidates for Governor in Georgia, the Whigs Republicans, Greenbackers and Democrats, each having a candidate in the field. ? The bones of Carl Bechtler, who committed suicide near Rutherfordton, N. C., forty years ago, Chris. Bechtler and August Bechtler, three men of prominence in their day, were disinterred recently and placed in boxes for shipment to Germany. ? The National Anti-monopoly Convention met in Chicago on the 14th and nominated Benjamin F. Butler for President. There will be live other national conventions for the nomination of candidates for the Presidency, viz.: The Greenback-Labor, in Indianapolis, May 28; the Republican, in Chicago, June 19; the Democratic, in Chicago July 8, and the prohibition in Pittsburg, July 23, the date of the last having been postponed from May, 21. ? Thomas L. Shields, the slayer of James G. Sitton, superintendent of a gold mine in Mecklenburg, N. C., about twelve months ago, and who was convicted and sentenced to be hanged on the 12th day 01 uctoDer, 1883, but who appealed to the Supreme Court, has been granted a new trial. Snields made a remarkable escape from the Mecklenburg jail a few weeks ago, but was recaptured on the following day and returned to prison. ? A young German, Henry Hulsner, of Savannah, sent a barrel of Georgia potatoes to his father, residing in the town of Hanover, Prussia. A letter from Mr. Hulsner states that the German officials siezed the potatoes and searched his father's house and put him under police surveilance, the innocent Georgia roots being magnified into a Socialist plot to introduce the Colorado potato bug into the empire. The German consul at Savannah has been called upon to set the matter straight. ?About ninety delegates from South Caro lina attended the Southern Baptist convention at Baltimore. The Home Mission Board reported that the total contributions for the year were $56,414; from South Carolina, $2,988. The Foreign Mission Board reported the total contributions, $89,625. Of this amount, South Carolina contributed $7,690. There is reported a balance on hand for the first named Board of $3,442, and a balance on hand for Foreign Missions of $9,566. The next meeting of the Convention will be held at Augusta, Ga., in May, 1885. ?General Grant concluded his letter expressing regret at his inability to attend the opening of the fair in Richmond, Va., in aia of the proposed Confederate Home, as follows: "I hope the fair may prove a success, and that the object contemplated may receive a support which will give to all the brave men who need it, a home and rest from cares. The men who faced each other in deadly conflct can well afford to be the best of friends now, and only strive for the rivalry in seeing which can be the best citizens of the grandest country on earth." ? Anything like a general financial crash, in consequence of the failure of Grant & Ward of the Marine bank, in New York, has been averted, though several important failures followed the closing up of the business of Grant & Ward, who seem to have been the most reckless of stock gamblers. With them nearly all the family connec * -? 4/\ lnof fKo! r IIUIIS Ui nit; uriauio uanu iu utvvt; itov viivo entire property. It is alleged that Chaffee, the wealthy father-in-law of young U. S. Grant, is left almost penniless by the collapse of the young operator's banking house. Charges of fraud and swindling have been preferred against Ward, and his business transactions are being judicially investigated. ? Hon. Wm. H. Barnum, Chairman of the Democratic National committee, was in Washington on Thursday. In an interview, he said his first choice for Democratic standard bearers in the coming campaign were Tilden and Hendricks. The old ticket, he thinks the strongest the party can nominate. Should Mr. Tilden decline, Mr. Flower, of New York, in the opinion of Mr. Barnum, is the strongest man and can carry New York by 60,000 majority, and New Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana, and probably Ohio. After Mr. Flower, Mr. Barnum thinks Mr. Randall the next best man, "by all odds." While expressing this individual opinion as to the relative strength of individuals, Mr. Barnum, when asked whom he favored, replied, "The nominee." ? About II o'clock on the morning of the 14th, a collision on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, one mile east of Connellsville, between a freight train west and a construction train east, resuted in a terrible loss of life. The construction train consisted of six camp cars containing fifty laborers on the way to the Ohio Pyle Falls to work. It was telescoped and many men were crushed to death. Many of those who escaped death are terribly injured. There was a sharp curve where the accident occurred, and the trains came together with a crash. The cars took fire and the bodies were burned. The number killed outright is stated at fourteen, several of whom were burned and otherwise disfigured beyond recognition. ? It is true that Ben, an educated negro Kol^ncnncr fjon JpflF Davis, did bllV the W V.VM# V v.- ? ^ Davis plantations for $200,000, but it was aflat failure, and Ben was released from his bargain. The Washington correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle writes of him: "He is now in the West engaged in commercial pursuits and doing reasonably well. He is a remarkable, phenomenal exceptional and most worthy black man, but he does not own Hon. Jeff. Davis' plantation. His children have relapsed into the ordinary intellectual dullness of the race. Dr. Cartwright, the celebrated ethnologist, took Ben's eldest son and had him educated at Paris for the practice of medicine. Every advantage was given the young man, but after five years of trial he was dismissed without a diploma." ? One nteht last week a train of the Richmond ana Danville Railroad was drawn from Richmond as far as Danville by a locomotive that was supplied with the newly patented electric headlight. The President of the road was on the engine to satisfy himself as to the working of the light. It was pronounced a success. For four hundred yards ahead the engineer could distinguish the smallest pebbles on the track and could readily see a man one mile distant from his engine on a straight track. The power for generating the electricity is furnished by a small dummy engine, placed over the boiler in front of the left window cab, steam being supplied from the boiler. Besides driving the headlight the dummy engine has sufficient power to light up the cars in the rear, wires to run from the engine back through the cars connecting with electric burners. ? The "Wilson Advance tells the following story: In 1872, Mr. A. W. Williams, of Wilson county, N. C., who had married Miss Rowena Eatman, enlisted and went into the war. He was not heard from until one day last month, when he returned to his former home and found that his wife had married Henry Strickland, who had died a few years ago. He also learned that his wife was living in Mississippi. He visited the scenes of his old home and renewed his acquaintance with relatives, hardly knowing what course to pursue, when a few days ago his wife, knowing that her aged mother was sick, reached Wilson and went at once to see her mother before she died. Imagine her surprise when she found her first?and as she supposed dead?husband at her mother's bedsiae. There was a happy reunion, and the couple, after not having seen each other for 22 years, will now live together as man and wife. If Strickland, the second husband, had been living, it would have been a complicated affair, but as it is, there is no impediment to the reunion. ? At the Crump gold mine, in Mecklenburg, N. C., on Tuesday of last week, West Thomasson, a York county negro, had a dispute with another colored laborer named Rufus Hearne, and at the time the quarrel arose Thomasson had a pick in his hand with which he had been digging ore. Hearne advanced towards him and as he did so, Thomasson brought down the pick with heavy force upon Hearne's head, rhe loug sharp-pointed instrument sinking intc it about five inches, making a terrible looking hole through which a handful ol Hearne's brains poured out. The blow imbedded the pick so tightly in the unfortunate negro's skull that in trying to extricate it the negro's body was drawn aboul ten feet by Thomasson, who in savagelj I jerking at the pick, finally succeeded in pul1 ling it out. He then threw the bloody j weapon to the ground and picking up a ' shot ?un, quickly made his escape from i the neighborhood, and has not yet neen arrested. I? he IfarfeviHe ^ttqwircr. YORKVILLE, S. . : THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1884. COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. By notice published in an another column, it will be seen that R. H. Glenn, County Chairman, has called a meeting of the executive committee of the Democratic party of this county, at Yorkville, on Monday next, 26th instant. This, we infer, is with a view to organization and maturing plans ? for the approaching canvass, which is necessary and proper. But in view of the fact that there is no probability of a Republican ticket being placed in the field, and that no omoroppnpv is exnected to arise rendering ? XT -- ? necessary a heated protracted canvass, and a no less important consideration that the farmers are very much behind with their work, it is hoped that the executive committee will decide to defer the opening of the canvass to as late a date as is compatible with the welfare and success of the party. This, so far as we are advised, is the prevalent opinion, especially with the planting portion of the community, whose interests are most affected by the derangement of " labor and loss of time incident to a political canvass. AN INTERVIEW REPUDIATED. On the first page of this paper is printed what purports to be an interview with Jefferson Davis, at his home in Mississippi. Like everything of this character that seems to emanate from that distinguished source, a denial quickly follows the published statement, and in the present case, by the force of Mr. Davis' unvarying habit and the promptness of the mails, we are enabled to print both in the same issue. It is a matter of very grave importance as to what Mr. Davis said on this occasion, and he is entitled to the benefit of his denial of the reputed interview. It will be seen, however, that he tacitly admits that an interview took place. The difficulty, we apprehend, is that Mr. Davis' style of speaking is so ornate and stately that the ordinary correspondent cannot fully comprehend what he does mean, and hence the denial and explanation that inevitably follow the first publication. After reading the interview on the first page, with the main racis 01 which most Southern readers will agree, whether Mr. Davis used the words or not, | the reader will please turn over (the paper, we mean, not himself) and read the following authorized and official statement from Mr. Davis, who deposes and says: "A Mr. Taylor came to my house in the night, saying he had called to pay his respects. He proposed to go to a neighboring village to stay until morning. It was quite dark, and the roacl was narrow and crooked, and he was invited to remain where he was until morning, when he took the train to New Orleans, to which place he desired to go. Whether it was in ignorance or in disregard of the obligations of society that he went off to report a conversation held during the time he was a guest, is unimportant. It is of some consequence, however, that he misrepresents my opinions and facts as they were known to me, and therefore I am quite sure is indebted either to his invention or his defective memory in his statements of remarks attributed to me. For example, he says I thought Gen. McClellan could have entered Richmond if he had pushed on across the Chickahominy and that Gen. Lee thought so too. Gen. Lee did not think so, and had assured me that if McClellan made the attempt he would be upon his heels before he could break the line of defense, which I with a small force on the south side of the Chickahominy would maintain. With a grain of truth, there is a general misrepresention of anything I could have said about Grant or Sherman, or Meade or McClellan." CROPS IN THE STATE. The State Department of Agriculture publishes under date of the 14th, 311 crop reports covering every county in the State and more than three fourths of the townships, of an average date of May 1. These reports show that farming operations were greatly retarded by unfavorable weather during the month of April. Only 33 reports of favorable weather were received. It is estimated that 85 per cent, of spring ploughing is usually done by May l, but this year only 79 per cent, has been accom-1 plished. The grain prospect is much more promising than it was earlier in the season. The condition of wheat is reported at 98. but the reports are very encouraging and indicate a maximum yield. It is heading finely and a part of the crop will be harvested by the middle of May. A few of the correspondents state that the stalk is small, indicating small heads. It has also, in some localities, been slightly injured by late frosts and by a fly or maggot that attacks the roots of the plant, but these reports are excentional. and the damage resulting from these causes will hardly be perceptible in the total yield of the crop. In the upper counties the condition is reported at 101, in the middle counties 98, in tne lower counties 95. Oats show wonderful improvement in the last few weeks, and the early sown will, from present indications, give fully an average yield, but the late sown were badly winter killed, and the crop on bottom lands has been damaged by late floods in the rivers and creeks. This will reduce the yield of the crop below an average. The condition is reported, in upper Carolina at 92, the middle counties 91, in the lower counties 95. It is estimated that cotton planting is fully two weeks behind an average year, and planting will not be completed before the middle of May. The crop has been injured by cold rains, and in many sections replanting will be necessary. In the middle section of the State there is complaint of seed rotting in the ground, and in the lower counties the land was packed by heavy rains and defective stands are the result. The young plants were injured by frost on the 27th of April. A scarcity of seed is reported in several localities, caused, principally it is supposed, by the large consumption of seed by the cotton seed oil mills. It is estimated that the acreage will be decreased 1 per cent., and this estimate holds goods for the whole State. The reports show that 84 : per cent, of the crop has been planted, 28 ! per cent, is up, and the condition, as comj pared with last year, is 79. It is estimated I that 4 per cent, less fertilizers have been used on cotton this year than last, and that : 29 per cent, of the crop is fertilized with | home-made manures. It is estimated that the acreage in corn has been increased 2 per cent. This is the invariable rule ; a decrease in the cotton area shows a corresponding increase in the area devoted to corn. A large proportion of the bottom lands has not yet been planted, and the crops on those lands that had been plant, ed was injured by the spring floods. The development of the plant has been checked by the cold wet weather, and the young corn has been injured by birds and worms. ; The general condition including stand of , the crop compared with last year, is 88. . Fifty-five per cent, of the crop is fertilized, i and one-half of this amount is fertilized 1 with cotton seed and home-made manures. , I On the subject of labor the report says : s1 Owing to the short crops of last year many : negroes who had been running small farms s under lien were unable to meet their obliga) tions, and therefore could not obtain credit ? from the merchants for the present year, f Consequently they have been employed as laborers by the year, month or day, and there is no scarcity of labor in any section of the State. The average wages is eight dolt lars per month with rations and house fur' nished. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senatet on the 13th, Senator Logan, from the committee on military affairs, reported favorably the bill to place Gen. Grant on the retired list. He moved that the bill be put at once upon its passage. Consent was given and the bill was at once read the third time and passed without debate or remark, except that Senator Logan said he presumed that there would be no objection to it. The bill provides that, "in recognition of the distinguished services rendered to the United States, U. S. Grant, late Gensral of the Army, be placed on the retired list with the rank and full pay of General of the Army." Only Vest, of Missouri, voted against the bill, which he explained was from no personal opposition to Grant, but because he was opposed to the principle ef the bill. A resolution appropriating $30,000 for the erection of a suitable monument to commemorate the landing of Sir Walter Raleigh's colony on Roanoke Island, N. C., was rfeerred to the committee T 1 _ A 5 L. i 1 I on library, me inaian appropriation um, appropriating $6,300,000 lor the next fiscal year, was passed, and the Senate adjourned. In the House, the bill providing a civil government for the territory of Alaska was passed. Mr. Townshend's bill providing that hereafter no Territory shall form a Constitution or apply for admission as a State into the Union until it shall contain a permanent population equal to that required in a Congressional District in order to entitle it to representation in the House of Representatives, was next taken up, and after a protracted debate was tabled by a vote of 109 to 15, and the House adjourned. In the Senate, on the 14th, the labor bureau bill was discussed, and the consideration of the Utah bill was postponed. In the House, the session was devoted to consideration of the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill. In tne Senate, on the loth, the chair presented a message from the President recommending an appropriation to enable the Government to execute the provisions of the convention between the United States and Mexico relating to the boundary line between the two countries. The AppropriC'nmmi'Won i.Qr,nffofl fho invfllifl nPtl tlliwu VUUJillltlCti A V W-v* vitv <u TM..V. j-w? sions bill, with amendments. Placed on the calendar. The same committee reported, with amendments, the bill to aid the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition at New Orleans. On motion of Cockrell, the bill was put immediately upon its passage. It had been carefully considered by the committee, he said, and the only amendments were in the nature of restrictions to guard the expenditure of money and the liability of the United States. Cockrell added that it was important that the bill should be acted on as soon as possible. Some opposition was shown in debate, and an effort made to reduce the amount to half a million dollars, on motion of Sewell, of New York. Blair stated that he had had a recent opportunity to observe the patriotic interest taken by our fellow-citizens of the South in this enterprise. He regarded the Exposition as one calculated in tne highest degree to develop the material interests and prosperity of the South. He would regard it as a national loss if it should fail. It would be better to give a million dollars outright than that the Exposition should result in failure. He hoped the vote of the bill as reported would be unanimous. Sewell's amendment was not agreed to, and * V Yi. ?? rne Dili passea suusianimuy ua ii? i-muc uum the House, the amount remaining at one million dollars. A resolution was offered by Morgan, which, under the rule, went , over one day, directing the Committee on Finance to examine into the causes of the failures of such national banks in the city of New York as have suspended business in May, 1884, and report whether said failures have to any and what extent resulted from any violation of the laws regulating I their conduct. After an executive session I the Senate adjourned until Monday. In the House, the Senate amendments to the bill for aid to the New Orleans Cotton I Exposition were concurred in. The consu! lar and diplomatic appropriation bill was discussed until adjournment. In the House, on the 16th, the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill was reported with favorable recommendation, and the House proceeded to the consideration of the army appropriation bill, which being laid aside favoraoly, the District of Columbia appropriation bill was taken up and reported favorably. An evening session was held for the consideration of pension bills. BOGGAN CASH KILLED. The career of a turbulent character had a tragic ending on Thursday morning last, the bare facts of which are communicated in the following official dispatch : Chkiiaw, May 15?9.35 A. M. To Governor Hugh S. Thompson : I went with a posse last night to arrest W. B. Cash. 1 instructed the men not to tire unless absolutely necessary. I surrounded the house and barn, placing two men between the house and barn and two between barn and swamp. Finding Cash in the barn I ordered it surrounded. Cash came out and fired on the posse. The fire was returned, and after Cash fired several shots he was killed, being riddled with bullets. None of the posse were struck except W. II. Hilton, whose fingers were shot off by Cash. E. T. KING* Deputj' Sheriff. A correspondent of the Columbia Register gives the following details of the affair : Cheraw, May It.?After Sheriff Spofford's disgraceful move last week to arrest W. B. Cash, Solicitor Newton sent him peremptory orders to turn over the papers in the Cash matter to Deputy E. T. King. Last night Deputy King took a posse and proceeded to W. B. Cash's residence, 1 -* ?? i _ i-i- ~r /iu? tFa aDOUt nine nines suum ui tneruw. iic K laced two men between the house and arn and two men between the barn and historic swamp. Subsequently, finding that Cash was in the barn, he surrounded that building, giving his men instructions not to fire unless absolutely necessary. In the meantime one of Cash's strikers managed to get to the harn and give him the alarm. At 4.30 o'clock A. M., W. 13. Cash came out of the barn, armed with a doubled-barreled shotgun and a Winchester rifle. As soon , as he was ordered to halt he opened fire upon the arresting party, who returned *he fire, resulting in the killing of W. B. cash, whose body was literally riddled with Winchester balls. Cash continued firing after , he was down, fighting till the death. Samuel Lee, W. B. Cash's particular henchman, and who was tried for his life a few years * ago for the murder of young Presslar, but by some means evaded conviction, was secreted under W. B. Cash's house, armed, from whence he fired upon the arresting party, but was soon silenced by a bullet through the leg. He was brought before Trial Justice McQueen at Cheraw this morning and committed for trial. The only person hurt in the arresting party is Mr. W. H. Hilton, who had one finger shot off by W. B. Cash. The ball fortunately wasturned aside by striking the barrel of Hilton's i rifle, thus saving his life. The Sheriff's r>ns?p u'ppp "F!. T. Kint>*. Bpnnt.v Sheriff. L. L. Rhodes, Henrv Jackson^ j7 E. McNair, H. D. Hendrix, W. H. Hilton, Jules Sellers and Ned Avery. THE INQUEST. At half-past 11 o'clock on Thursday, a juryot inquest was organized by Trial Justice McQueen, acting Coroner. The jury was sworn with J. S. Iluntly as foreman. The body was viewed and was found to bear twenty wounds, including buckshot wounds. An entire charge of buckshot entered the right thigh, severing the femoral ar^rv A t. the same nlaoe there was a rifle wound. There were other wounds, in the back, side, breast and head, three of which, Dr. Kollock testified, would have caused instant death. Five witnesses were examined, and their testimony shows that W. B. Cash fired the first shots after being ordered to halt, and that he had ample opportunity to surrender without bloodshed. The testimony further shows that he fired three shots after being down, aud that the shooting by the posse was only resorted to when it was thought to be absolutely necessary. All the shooting was at very short range. After the examination of the five witnesses the inquest was adjourned over to Monday morning at Cheraw, and the verdict has not yet been published. After tne adjournment, the body was carried over to Col. Watts', the only member of the family present. Cash was buried at 3 o'clock last Friday afternoon in the orchard, about 200 yards south of his father's residence. The body was followed to the grave by all the members of the family except Colonel Cash, who stood, however, on his piazza, in sight of the grave. No minister was in attendance, and, in fact, there was no service of any kind, whatever, religious or otherwise. : The body was simply borne in silence to the grave and covered with the earth, the whole I proceeding occupying but a very few min-! , utes. There being no public notice of the ! time or place of burial, the attendance was i quite^ small. Col. Cash was very uncommunicative during the entire proceedings of the ] inquest, and so far as is known has expressed no opinion on the event. ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE KILLING. , The following graphic account of the kill- . ing of Boggan Cash was written by a mem- 1 ber of the coroner's jury, Mr. H. W. Fin- " kyson of Cheraw, to his son in Wilmington, < C., and published in the Star of that city: " "Solicitor Newton, not satisfied with Spofford's course in the Cash affair, last week .1 wrote him to place the warrant in the hands of Zeke King. The latter immediately and quietly went to work and selected him a a posse of eight men, M. L. Rhodes, Ed. 1 Avery, Henry Jackson, Julian Sellers, H. ? J. Hendricks, Wm. Hilton and J. E. McNair. They quietly left town Wednesday night, rode seven miles to Bethel Church, s left their horses there in charge of McNair 1 and walked five miles to Boggan's lower c Dlace where he has been living for the past year. He has been staying in a swamp at night,superintendinghisfarmingoperations i iri the day time; but this was a gloomy ( night, raining hard. They arrived there { about day and surrounded the house and barn. Pretty soon a negro boy was aroused by the barking of dogs and came out, saw the men and went up stairs in the barn. J Boggan's voice was soon heard up there t talking with him and in about fifteen min- ( u tes he came down with a sixteen shooter (rifle) strapped around him and his double barrel gun in his hand. He started sideways towards the Bwapfj), Which was only * 3(H) yards distant, and was looking back in ' the direction of where the men were sup- r posed to be; as he neared the fence on his way to the swamp, and when within 20 feet of Hilton and Avery they rose upon him ( behind a pile of wood and ordered him to T surrender. He turned his face and discharg- c ed both barrels of his gun at them?with- j out speaking a word. Hilton's gun-stock tunc hit onrY hrnlron nnrl hit? finrrpr shot, almost off. Avery and Hilton then shot at him and a ball from a sixteen-shot Win- c Chester broke his thigh and he fell to his ( knee. Grasping his rifle he began using it, but before he could fire but twice he was riddled with bullets, buckshot, &c., the f others coming to the rescue ana firing at ] him. He fell and expired almost imme- { diately. His only words were:'Oh Lord !' j Hilton's injury was all that was inflicted ? 011 the posse and as soon as it was found out in Cheraw and the fact made known ( that he was a poor man, a purse of $75 was immediately made up and presented him. While all this was going on Sam Lee ran * out of the dwelling house, which was sur- f rounded by Rhodes and Hendricks, gun in hand, and fired at Rhodes. Hendricks, on the opposite side of the house, stooped r down and shot him through the leg, under i the house. Rhodes in the meantime fired ( two or three times at him, and made him t throw up his hands and surrender. Lee g has been committed to jail, and Cash will i be buried to-day in his father's yard, at t Cash's Depot. The posse was armed with ( the latest improved rifles, 16-shooters, a t large number of which have been brought j here since the shooting of Richards. People , appear to breathe easier now, as Boggan was feared more than his father. I was on the jury of inquest that met on Friday, but we went down yesterday and adjourned until ] next Monday. Col. Cash was not there; he ? remained at home and has done so ever t since he was released at Columbia. There s was great excitement here and all over the t State. People appear to be almost unani- t mous in naming King as the next sheriff, ; arid he will doubtless be elected at the elec- ) tion this fall." ( SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. 8 ? The State Supreme Court has recently 8 decided that the homestead exemption is not good against a distress warrant for rent. ? Since the first of January over 7,000 * bushels of corn have been shipped to Walhalla from the West. And Oconee is a corn * county. ? Ex-Senator T. J. ltobertson, who, for several years has been living in Augusta, Ga., has decided to remove to his old home ? in Columbia. ? The Tri-Weekly Transcript has appeared 1 at Gaffney City, Spartanburg county. This c is published by Mr. Britton, of the Carolinian, and he proposes to start a daily paper S soon if sufficiently encouraged. c ? Nine hundred thousand young shad 5 were placed in the Saluda, Seneca and Tu- a galoo Rivers, in the upper part of the State, on Monday, by agents of the United States Fish Commission. a ? Mrs. P. H. Brewster died at Cedar Springs, Spartanburg county, on the 5th c instant. She was born in Laurens county a in 1791, and died in her 94th year, being one t of the oldest living persons in the State. s ? S. A. Nettles, editor of the Clarendon Enterprise, was knocked down and brutally beaten on the streets of Manning, last Sat- t urday, by Sam Clark, a bar tender, whose , business the Enterprise had very sharply criticised. 8 ? Mr. Stephen Grooms and his wife Nel- ? lie, of Sumter county, died last Wednesday, v -J. It ... ^ ^ ... kl?W? A/1 4-lXsi ' lit lilt; isttliit; iijwhichi) mm nuc uuncu uic . next day in the same grave. Mr. Grooms was, probably, considerably past 80 years of age. ? In commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of his connection with the Abbeville Press and Banner, Mr. Hugh Wilson has published an interesting record of the important events during this long period of active journalistic labors. ? The Episcopal Convention of the Diocese of South Carolina assembled in its ninety-third annual meeting at St. Philip's Church, Charleston,on Wednesday morning of last week, Bishop Howe presiding. A larere number of delegates were in attend- r ance. g ? Pinckney Duncan, of Marion, was whip- y ping his wife, when her mother, an old lady g over GO years of age, interposed, whereupon j he turned, knocked her down with a hoe 3 stamped her in the face, gashing up her * head terribly. The case will go to the grand jury. t ? Redmond, the famous South Carolina moonshiner, who was transferred from the r Albany penitentiary to the penitentiary in j Columbia, about six weeks ago, has been pardoned by the President, and his release ( will be made as soon as the necessary papers can be prepared and forwarded to the s, proper authorities. ? The annual meeting of the South Caro- ? lina Press Association in Charleston last week, was a pleasant and harmonious a gathering of a number of the editors of the State. The oration before the Association was written by W. Waddy Thomson, 1 of Gaffney City. The theme was "Milton's t Minor Poems." The oration was delivered t by Capt. Clarke, of Camden, Mr. Thomson a being unable to attend. 1, ? The Clifton Cotton Mill in Spartanburg t county, has ordered three thousand additional spindles. At the annual meeting of a the stockholders, last week, the net earnings u for the last twelve months were stated to be t fourteen per cent. At the annual meeting c of the Piedmont Manufacturing Company, g in Greenville county, on Thursday, the reg- ^ ular semi-annual dividend of four per cent., j payable July 1, was declared. 2 ? In Union county several days ago, three 0 small children were left at home after break- rj fast while the parents went to work in a g field some distance from the house. Some ^ time after the parents had left, the house ( took fire, and before assistance could reach . it, the building was in ashes and with it, two of the smallest children were burnt to a crisp and the third one so badly burned that for some time it was thought it could g not live. All the furniture, clothing and f provisions were also consumed. c ? The Grand Lodge of South Carolina In- c dependent Order of Odd Fellows met in c Greenville on Wednesday of last week. 1 About twenty-five delegates and officers r were present. The following officers were j elected for the ensuing year: Henry F. \ Williams, of Greenville, Grand Master ; | f W. W. Johnson, of Charleston, Grand Dep- j t uty Master; F. D. O'Mars, of Orangeburg,11 Grand Warden ; I. W. Rothrock, of Ches-11 tor, Grand Secretary ; John Hessemann, of; i Charleston, Grand Treasurer. The next a session of the Grand Lodge will be held in t Charleston on the second Wednesday of 1 May, 1885. I C Li OCAL AFFAIRS. I"! . j gl NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Jjj| IV. Holmes Hardin, President?Chester and Le- i noir Railroad. j kV. II. Windle, Ranaleburg, N. C.?Windle's j Cotton Cultivator. : m El. H. Glonn, Chairman?Executive Committee, fa l\ M. Dobson?He Blows His Own Horn. EI. F. Adickes?Just Received. I fe Elunter A Oates?Clothing. qi Tohn R. Ashe?How, When and Where to Buy. ,, T. C. Kuykendal?York Drug Store Paragraphs. | kVithers Adickes?New Goods Received. I t'1 Tohn R. Ashe?Lumber and Shingles?Cotton. | th IV. C. Latimer?Dress Goods. I \y Caldwell A Dickson?We Will Receive. . gc T. Beatty Williams, Judge of Probate?Citation? j W. N. Ferguson, Applicant?John Fergu- | son, deceased. | j r. R. Scliorb, Treasurer?Annual Report. ? In UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1885. Ir We will furnish the Enquirer from this date tl? intil January 1st, 1885, for 11.00, the cash in all th wises, to accompany the subscription. ul ca SUNDAY-SCHOOL PICNIC. The children and teachers of the Presbyterian C< Jundav-school had their annual picnic last Tues THE FESTIVAL, fl The ice-cream and strawberry festival given )y the ladies of tho Episcopal church, on tho ^ ?ourt House green hist Friday evening, was a pj ileasant occasion and a financial success. jg] TOWN COUNCIL. Ci The new board qualified on Monday last. Mr. Tolin R. Schorb, of the board, was re-elected own clerk and treasurer, and Mr. A. F. Mc?onnell was re-elected town marshal. se LOWRYSVILLE ACADEMY. at The Winnsboro' Neivs says that J. E. McDonild, Esq., of that place, will deliver the address pr he closing exercises of the Lowrysvillo Acade- C'? ny, in Chester county, next month. h M ECKL END URG'DECL A RATION, j" A goodly number of our citizens went over to ^ Jharlotto last Monday?some by private con eyance and somo by rail?to participate in the celebration of the 109th anniversary of tho Meek- pr enburg Declaration of Independence. Tho srowd was larger than at any celebration since Sc 875, and the celebration last Tuesday was con- co lucted on a grand scale. Hon. G. H. Pendleton, ou >f Ohio, delivered the oration. .W! FORT ill ILL ITEMS. A note from Fort Mill informs us that good ind seasonable rains fell in that vicinity on the ' [4th, much to the joy of tho farmers, as the aj, ground had become quite hard since the previous ains, and cotton was coming up slowly. Good in ifon/lo liovfi honn ohfoinoil frmti tha nnrlinr nlflllt- ^,1 W*"UO ",%T V VUVM141VM V**" *" ' iXl ng. Planting is generally finished, except that fr, )f corn on low bottom lands. Crops of all kinds fog ire looking well?the small grain especially? be ind wheat was never more promising at this t season. ar THE REVENUE PRISONERS. Helton Clyburn, Simon Hammond, Possum Thompson and Richard Belk, all colored, charged vith rescuing prisoners from United States olfi;ers in Lancaster county, in the mouth of Sep- ^ ember, 1882, had a hearing before U. S. Commissioner O. J. Hart, Jr., in this place on Thursday ^ ast. For want of sufficient evidence against hern, Thompson and Belk were discharged. ??] ^lvburn and Hammond were bound over for pg rial, and on Monday Hammond gave bond for ev lis appearance in the U. S. District Court. Cly- er jurn is in jail. th THE COTTON EXCHANGE. There were no auction sales of cotton at this f11 ilace on last Thursday in consequence of the ab- . sence of buyers. The planters who proposed to ga sell the remainder of their crops on that day detired to attract the attention of mill men and ob- re .ain from them tho prices that they would pay he cotton broker for the same article. About pf >90 bales were represented, but there was only "( me manufacturer present?Mr. J. A. Deal, of m Cherokee Falls Mills in this county. Therewere 4"[ i number of brokers present; but after consul- co ation the holders decided not to offer their cotton m it auction. After this conclusion had been re eached, and each holder then at liberty to make CI irivate offering, Mr. J. N. McGill sold to Mr. be )eal 12 bales at 11J and 2 at 11J. The brokers se >resent did not manifest much anxiety to buy, m lor did Mr. Deal as a manufacturer. fi1 CHURCH NOTICES. fr Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor, hi Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M., and 8 P. M. de Aesnpinffi Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. ca ^athan, Pastor. Services at Tirzah, next Sun- e\ lay, at 11 A. M. m Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. A. Mood, Pastor. Services in the church at Yorkville next Sun- ta lay, at the usual hours, morning and evening, be Sacrament of the Lord's Supper at morning en ervice. ru Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Ser- Ol rices in the church at Yorkville next Sunday, m it 11 o'clock A. M. W Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector. Sunlay-school, first bell at9 o'clock A. M. Morning ui ervice?second bell?at 11 o'clock. In the afernoon, at 4 o'clock, the rector will hold a mis- P.c lion service at Sutton's Spring. nC amusement hall. Messrs. Hunter it Oates have decided to fit up ec he second story of their "Mammoth" store fo milding for the purposes of a public hall for p( imusemonts, <tc. Their modesty, if not their aj iense of propriety, prevents them from styling it ic in opera house, as that term is applied to similar th lalls in nearly every village in the Union boast- ?r ng of a "barn-storming" establishment; but C( heir hall will be fittod up in a more creditable ^ nanner than are similar halls in towns of greater 1 J )retensions. It will have a commodious stage P' 'urnished with theatrical scenery and the acces- tv lories ol comfortable dressing rooms, green 15 ooiii, &c., and the seats of the auditorium will gu >o in tiers. The seating capacity of the hall will g^ ie about 500. Workmen are now engaged in fit- pj ing up the hall, and it will be in readiness for ^ he next season, whon the proprietors will have jn t opened by a leading professional company. n( death of an aged lady. ic Mrs. Martha Wright died at her residence, 2$ w niles east of Yorkville, on Friday last, 16th intant, in the 95th year of her age. Mrs. Wright vas born in Lancaster county, this State, on the J3 ;th of January, 1790. Her maiden name was J? kelson. About seventy years ago she married ? dr. John Wright, who was a soldier in tne war w if 1812. On account of her husband's military erviec, Mrs. Wright received a pension from ^ he United States government. About the time of her marriage, Mrs. Wright S6( nado a public profession of religion, uniting pa ierself with the Shiloh congregation then in con- {p lection with the Associate Presbytery of the bl< larolinas. Afterwards, moving to this county, ov he transferred her church membership to the Associate Reformed congregation of Tirzah, and pa gain to that congregation in Yorkville. Mrs. St Vright lived a life of faith upon the Son of God, th nd died in peace. _ KNIGHTS OF HONOR. Col. A. Coward, who is Grand Dictator of the mights of Honor of South Carolina, and ono of lie Representatives to the Supreme Lodge, visi- S0J ed Chicago last week, in order to attend the gt nnual meeting of the Supreme Lodge, which C0] leld its session in that city. He has not yet re- th' urned. Ch The Supremo Lodge selected St. Louis, Mo., es< s the permanent residence of the Supreme Treas- no irer and the Supreme Reporter. The salary of tin ho Supremo Dictator was increased to $2,500. ic Jen. Frank B. Sloat, of Connecticut, was elected th: iupreme Dictator; Judge L. A. Gratz, ofTennes- is - ? -- A A. ee, Supreme Vice-Dictator; supreme .assistant dictator, Judge M. C. Crawford, of Illinois ; B. F. fclson was re-elected Supreme Reporter without tbi pposition ; J. W. Branch, of Missouri, Supremo in.' treasurer; G. W. Holland, of South Carolina, W1 Supreme Chaplain. The Supreme Trustees lected were: H. N. Carpenter, of Nebraska; ?. leorgo S. Woodman, of Maine; John T. Mill- :ie >urn, of Kentucky. i. The Noose.?Friday last was a tolerably Sa ;ood day for legal hangings?no less than ag ive culprits having been swung off on that lai lay. The execution of Riley Anderson, ye olored, for the murder of Lou Griffith, and ad ?f James McCullough and Alfred McCul- Ch ough, father and son, also colored, for the ' nurder of Eph. Saxon, took place in the bu ail yard, in Greenville, this State. The W >relirainary arrangements had been care- be ully made by Sheriff Gilreath, and everyhing worked well. The same ropes were in ised which had served in the execution of ca: he incendiaries, Bates, Burton and Adams. ' V detachment from the Greenville Guards th ind the Butler Guards acted as a guard, and he execution was as private as possible, ha rhe drop fell at 12.02 P. M. The two Mc- rel ?ulIougns had their necks broken and died br; most without a struggle. Anderson straned to death. The unfortunate men bore emselves calmly. Riley Anderson had ten in bad health for some time, but James id Alfred McCullough were in fine health. iey all declared that they were ready to eet their God and were reconciled to their te. George Andrew Horn and Wm. H. Grifn, aged 24 and 29, were hanged at Ashland, hiio, for the murder of Harry Williams, on arch 25th of last year. It is estimated at ten thousand people had collected in e town, and it was feared that the mob ould tear down the enclosure about the affold, and nine companies of militin rrounded the jail and kent them back, t five minutes past 10 the prisoners were d to the scaffold and without necessary dey they were bound and the trap sprung, i twenty minutes they were pronounced ;ad. The militia conveyed the news tc e outside crowd, which howled with extation mingled with disappointment bense the hanging was not public. >rrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, May "20, 1884.?I was in the mrishing town of Richburg on last Wedisday, and while there metCapt. O. Bar?"* rv* J nUS rrArt rvf f h n 4 ;i j n piuiuiucub lui/juu v/i uiav e has represented this county in the Leglature, and is now the President of the idar Shoals Manufacturing Company. At y request he kindly consented to give me s views upon the great issue that is now ;itating the country, viz., a protective riff. He is a gentleman of fine, practical nse, and his views are worthy of considerion. "Captain," I said, "are you in favor of a otective tariff?" "I am opposed," the iptain said, "to a protective tariff. I am ;artily in favor of free trade. The South, my opinion, will be greatly benefitted r the removal of the tariff not only on anufactured goods, but on all machinery ilongingto cotton mills. We then could ly English machinery at a greatly reduced ice, which would be an immense advance to the manufacturing interest. The tuth can beat the world in manufacturing tton goods, because we have the cotton at ir doors, we have the climate, and more iter power than we can ever utilize, and ficient labor if properly managed. It is sar to me as noon dav's sun that it is ily a question of time when the machinery ust and will come to the cotton. To bring tout this end it only requires capital and lergy. The difference of the saving in achinery will more than counterbalance 1 the benefits the South will ever derive am any protective tariff. Chester county is two cotton mills, both in their infancy, ith running at full capacity, and we innd to run Doth mills on full time. We e making money every day, and intend put in more machinery at an early day. ny party that can't make money spinning tton at the South with all the advantages e have, I shall believe was born tired and iver got rested. Such men will fail at any ing they undertake." "Has the South superior advantages to e North?" I asked. "We certainly have," the Captain replied, ro illustrate?a Boston manufacture must iy freight, drayage, and commissions on ery bale of cotton he spins, while Southn mills can buy the greater portion of eir cotton delivered at the mills. Morerer, a Boston manufacturer has to keep s mill at a certain temperature, which kes ii great deal of fuel, occasioning a ;avy cost in the winter. This expense is ved at the South, as there are not many tys during the year sufficiently cold to quire fire in a cotton mill." As the Cedar Shoals Maufacturing Com"OAO rilnman+ oHonKmonf I CO 1 fl uijr uoco 111^ vitiuv/Ub aviuvuiuviiv) a. Captain, what about the Clement attachent." "It's a perfect success," he said. The fiber of the cotton is not cut, and as a nsequence the thread is stronger than that anui'actured by the ordinary process. The ason that several have failed with the ement attachment is due to the fact, first, cause they did not understand it, and, cond, because they used old and worn out achinery. I have in my factory new and st class machinery. I can turn out IOC >unds of yarn per day to every card I run, Dm No. 12 down. I can sell my yarn at the ghest market price. I cannot supply the :mand for it, having many orders that i nnot fill. My factory is making money 'ery day. It has five Clement attachents, and I intend to buy three more." In regard to running on short time Capin Barber was opposed to it. "It would s," he said, "a great injustice to the hands nployed in the mills. The South should :n every spindle it has on full time withit profit rather than put out of employent thousands of operatives unfit for anj ork besides manufacturing cotton." Mr. J. C. Hicklin, the Secretary and Treas er of the Fishing Creek Manufacturing jmpany, also lives at Richburg. He re>rted this factory in a flourishing condian, running 4,300 spindles on full time, id having a ready sale for all its yarn. On next Saturday the Democratic Exutive Committee of this county, will meel r the purpose of taking such action as the fiitical situation demands. A day will be )pointed for the meeting of the Democrat clubs of the county to elect delegates tc. ie County Convention, which will meel i the day to be named by the Executive jmmittee. In a recent conversation with e Chairman of this Committee, J. M, cNeel, Esq., a prominet lawyer of this ace and an aspirant for the position oi ilicitor, I inquired of him if he favored e nominatfon of the State ticket in June, e replied by saying that in his opinion ich action on the part of the Democratic ate Convention would be very unwise, e believed that the Democracy had every ling to gain and nothing to lose by waitg until September before making their inclinations. With the national Democratticket and platform before them they ould have all the political light necessary enable them to act intelligently. While ; favored the renomination of the present ate officers, he thought it decidedly best wait until September before putting the 3ket in the field. If nominations were ade in June, something might arise that ould cause regret on the part of the Deocracy for the unnecessary haste. Mr. Mceal ridiculed the objection that nomina)ns in June would save the expense of a cond Convention. Delegates, he said, .id their own expenses and never objected the least to doing so. There was no troue in finding delegates willing to pay their rn expenses. Public sentiment in this county favors the stponement of the nomination of the ate ticket until September. That this is e feeling of the great majority of the unocracy of this county can hardly be ubted. In addition to the political ob:tions, the opinion prevails that nominams, in June would result in opening the mpaign at once, and thus interfering to me extent with the agricultural interest, ill, if the State Convention in June, after nsidering the objections, decides to make e nominations, and acts accordingly, the tester Democracy will gracefully acquire in the decision. They will give the mination an ardent support. There are ose who fear dissensions in the Democratranks in consequence of the differences at prevail on the liquor question. There no doubt of the fact that the anti-prohitionists would like to have in the next ^ A,r\lr?4;An fVinf u'nnlrl 1 ohnr fnr JglSlllLUIC aucicgativ/u mau hvuiu iuwv. b repeal of the act prohibiting the sale of toxieating liquors in our town. They 11 in all probability endeavor at the priiry election to secure men of their way thinking, but if they are defeated I beve they will yield to the will of the ma ity by giving to the ticket nominated by e majority a cordial support. Miss Betsy McCandless died here on last turday in the ninety-second year of her e. She was born in Antrim county, Ireid, and came to this country about sixty ars ago. She has relatives living in Philelphia. The burial took place at Purity lurch on Sunday. The friends of Dr. T. D. Marion, of Richrg, will be glad to hear of his recovery, itli continued improvement he will soon able to attend to his professional duties. Dysentery is prevailing to a great extent this county. In some places there are ses of it in almost every family. Ihe Democratic Executive committee of is county will meet on next Saturday. A considerable number of our citizens ve gone to Charlotte. They will doubtless turn with glowing accounts of the celeiition. m. POLITICS IN THE STATE. ? The Spartanburg Spartan's candidates' column shows the names of thirty-seven I men who are running for office. In this ; number there are eight lawyers, nineteen II farmers and ten engaged in other occupations. I ? The Edgefield County Democratic Conj vention met on Friday last, a large delega| tion being present. Chairman W. B. Bettis j was unanimously re-elected, as were the ! other officers of the Convention. Solid Till; man and Bon ham delegations were sent to [! the Congressional and Judicial Conventions ! for that district and circuit. Resolutions L j favoring the re-election of the present State ; 1 officers, and especially complimentary to ; | Lieutenant-Governor Sheppard were enthusiastically adopted. The best of harmo[ ny prevailed and everything passed olf satisfactorily. ? J. Hendrix McLane, the South Carolina . Greenback apostle, was in Charleston a few davs a^n. and was interviewed hv a enrres Sondent of the Cleveland (Ohio) Leader. leLane had just arrived in Charleston from the up-country, where he had been laboring, though for the most of the time i since the 1st of last July his headquarters have been in Washington. The only point , of interest in the interview is the statement made by McLane that the "Anti-Bourbons," . (meaning his own party) "will nominate a i regular ticket, and vigorously prosecute the , canvass. His main hope is in the purity of i the ballot-box." MERE-MENTION. The Brotherhood of Telegraphers is being reorganized under a new name. By an incendiary fire last Thursday morning every business house but one in Macville, Ga., on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, was swept away. The loss is estimated at $150,000. Governor Robinson, of Massachusetts, has signed the bill to prevent life insurance companies discriminating against colored people. Charles C. Greer, who killed Edward B. Philpot, while a ball was progressing in a fire-engine house i A iirtiiofn (in An f V\ A nf fKn nf in ua?) uij mt iu^jiv ui uiu x-zui vi 1 last February, was tried in Augusta last ' week and acquitted. The trial occupied ; three days. Charles O'Conner, who for 1 many years has been the leading counsellor of the New York bar and one of the most 1 distinguished lawyers in the country, died 1 at Nantucket, Mass., on Tuesday of last week. Cyrus H. McCormick, the great Chicago reaper manufacturer, is dead. He was a native of Virginia, and perfected his invention in that State; but was forced to go to a more enterprising section of the 1 country to find sale for his labor-saving machine. The Southern Presbyterian General Assembly was in session at Vicksburc:, Miss., last week The business ! failures in the United States for the week ending last Friday were 182. George Adams, a colored man, who is charged with being the ringleader in the troubles which 1 brought about the Danville riot last fall, was severely beaten by four white men, in Danville, last Saturday, and the Mayor has telegraphed the Governor that he entertains 1 fears of much bloodshed there unless troops are sent to preserve the peace. ; Memorial Services.?The memorial services at Ebenezer last Monday were well attended and were impressive throughout. The Catawba Rifles and the Cornet Band went out from Rock Hill, accompanied by quite a number of our citizens. Mr. \V. B. McCaw, of Yorkville, delivered the oration. , He made an excellent speech of a half lirmr'a Hnratinn nnrfrrtvinc t.hp rlpvnt.inn flf the Southern soldier to his loved country > and recalling the heroism and fortitude of the armies of the South. After the oration the roll of the honored dead was called. The ladies and soldiers then proceeded to decorate the graves of the Confederate soldiers with evergreens and flowers. With - devoted hearts and patriotic hands all join: ed in the sacred privilege of bestowing their i floral tribute to the memory of the heroes ' whose bones lie under the peaceful shades , of the spreading oaks at Ebenezer and the , comrades scattered and sleeping in the cem: eteries and on gory fields all over this fair i land.?Rock Hill Herald, loth. i , Exemptions from Jury Duty.?Just i after the recent riots in Cincinnati it was i claimed that many of the best citizens of ; that place were exempted by law from jury duty, and that in consequence of these ex. emptions the administration of justice was practically in the hands of the criminal . classes or those who sympathized with them. The Pee-Dee Index thinks that there 5 are too many legal exemptions from jury [ duty in this State, and that the law in re. gard to the matter should be repealed. Uu. der the law as it stands one hundred and r eight of the best citizens of the county are exempted from serving on the juries. Un. der the General Statutes there are more than , twenty different classes of exemption. The 1 Georgetown Enquirer thinks that this is a . weak spot in our system of administering justice, and that it is one of the primary ' causes of the unsatisfactory results of trial . by jury. This is a matter that is well worth ; careful investigation by the Legislature. [ ?Thirty years ago there were only one ' or two doctors in Oconee county, now there > are seventeen. ; Jtnaittial anlt Commercial. ) Yorkville Market. f REPORTED BY RIDDLE <fe PEGRAM. [ YORKVILLE, S. C., May 21.-The following are the quotations of Cotton in this market: 1 Good Middling 11 @ ' Middling 10} (a) , Strict Low Middling 10} @ r Low Middling 10} @ , Stains 9} @ 10} CHARLESTON, May 19.?Cotton nominal ; middling, 11}. ' LIVERPOOL, May 19.?Cotton lirm, with an active demand, and higher prices bringing out ' sellers. Uplands, 6}. ! NEW YORK, May 19.?Cotton lirm; uplands ; 119-16. Futures closed dull, with sales of 61,000 bales, as follows: May 11.56 to 11.58; June ' 11.68to 11.69; July 11.84 to 11.85; August 11.95; September 11.67 to 11.68; October 11.15 to 11.16 ; 1 November and December 10.94 to 10.96; January 11.01 to 11.03; February 11.12 to 11.14. Special Notices. Religious Notice. Rev. S. R. Hope will preach at Beorsheba Church, on next Sunday, 25th instant, at 11 o'clock, A. M. May 22 It Religious Notice. There will bo sacramental services at Zion Church, near Lowrysville, on Sunday next, 2f>th instant, preaching commencing on Friday nigfct previous. The pastor will be assisted by Row T. R. English. W. T. MATTHEWS. May 22 21 It Religious Notice. Rev. G. A. Blackburn will conduct services at Allison Creek Church on the first and third Sundays of each month, and at Beth-Shiloh on the second and fourth Sundays. May 8 *19 3t ^nitounttmenfs lor ?ice. For Solicitor, Sixth Circuit. I hereby announce myself to the citizens of my native county, as a candidate for the Office of Solicitor of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina, subject, of course, to the decision of the Democratic party. JOIIX M. McNEEL. Chester, S. C., May 19,1884. ill tf X. HYMENEAL. Married?At the parsonage in Yorkville, on the 15th instant, by Rev. R. Lathan, Mr. J. C. BRACKETT and Miss E. R. CLINTON. Both of York county. OBITUARY. ~ Died?Of Typhoid fever, near Rome Ga., on Sunday, April 13,1884, Mrs. AGNES L. CHAMBERS^ wifeofT. L. Chambers, arrd eldest daughter of Dudley Jones, formerly of York, S. C. Also, of the same disease, near Rome, Ga., little MAMIE, daughter of Mrs. Agnes L. Chambers, on Saturday, Slav 10th, in the 8th year of her age. Also, of the same disease, near Rome. Ga., on Monday, May 12th. Mrs. MINNIE BARNETT, wife ofCliarfes R. Barnett, and youngest daughter of Dudley Jones, formerly of York, S. C. Zif Chester and Rock Hill papors please copy. "In Bullock's Creek township, on the 14th instant, Mrs. ELIZABETH McKNIGHT, aged 83 years 8 months and 7 days.