Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and Jacts. ? The annual town elections in Connecticut took place last Monday. ? California carries on an immense hour trade with China. About 8,000,000 pounds were shipped from San Francisco in September. ? The presidents of the Augusta, Georgia, cotton mills failed to agree on a plan for the restriction of production, and each mill will run to suit itself. ? The North Carolina State Exposition which opened at Raleigh on the 1st instant, is a grand success, beyond the expectations of its most sanguine' promoters. It is an event in North Carolina's industrial progress ? At the recent session of the Presbytery of Mecklenburg, at Charlotte, N. C., Rev. Dr. I). P. Robinson was found guilty on charges of domestic neglect and unfaithfulness and suspended from the ministry. ? The bloody war begun on the Mormon Elders in Kentucky is being carried out in earnest. Notices have been posted in Wilson, Lewis and Hickman counties, warning *\n nnnno fn rl OOO m or Cllfflor lilt [JUl^gllUluus paisuiis iv uvutmj/ uk >7u>iv> the fate of Elders Bibbs and Berry. The hoys mean business. ? A Georgia woman recently gave birth to two boys and a girl and named one of the boys Grover Cleveland. The governor was informed of this and wrote his congratulations and thanks, enclosing a handsome present. Both the boys died, however, after living but a few weeks. ? Jefferson Davis is now the last of his line. He has been married twice and has no male descendant who bears his name. Not long since he lost his only son, and recently the death of the son of Gen. Joseph R. Davis, of Biloxi, Miss., took away the hist hope of perpetuating by male descendants the name of Jefferson Davis. ? The election for governor, State officers and members of the legislature took place in Georgia on the 1st instant. The vote was small. There was no opposition and Hon. Henry G. McDaniel was re-elected governor. Out of 7,000 votes not more than 800 were polled in Richmond county. It is thought that not more than one third of the vote in the State was polled. ? The first year's experiment with the new rate of postage, which PostmasterGeneral Howe estimated might cause a deficiency of $7,000,000, and which Third Postmaster-General Hazen figured at $2,000,000, shows an actual decrease of $3,296,000 in the stamp account, and a falling off in the total revenue of the postoffice department of $2,242,000. ? Intelligence lias been received of a terrible and disastrous hurricane in Iceland on the 11th of September. The accounts thus far received show that nineteen trading vessels and sixty fishing boats were lost, and thirty-two vessels disabled. The most ftvrt4n?.A Knt*iM/?arin \lTOC tho iip^niuu^ icuiulc vi nig uutiiviiuv ii?u knv lo.ss of life. The exact number of those who perished has not yet been ascertained, but it is known to have been very great. ? The business failures throughout the country occurring during the week ending last Friday, as reported to R. G. Dun & Co., number for the United States 194 and for Canada 23, a total of 217 against 213 the preceding week. Nothing particular to note in connectian in this return. Failures were more numerous than usual in the Southern States and lighter in New York city as compared with the previous week. ? A Raleigh dispatch says: Gen. Alfred M. Scales, the Democratic candidate for Governor of North Carolina, who was badly hurt a week ago by being thrown over a precipice in the western part of the State, is still unable to meet his appointments, and his friends fear that he is more seriously hurt than was at first supposed. He cannot stand up, and internal injuries of a serious character are feared. He is at home in Greensboro. ? An Omaha, Nebraska, dispatch of Saturday tells of the murder of Harry Purcival, his wife, infant child, and a young man living on a neighboring farm, about ten miles west of Fullerton, in Nance county, Nebraska. The mother and child were shot in bed, the father was found beside a hay stack with two bullets in his body, and the body partially consumed by hogs, and the young man was shot in bed. Purcival's house had been robbed of everything of value in money and jewelry except his wi fe's watch. The deed is supposed to have been committed by a farm hand and his partner, both of whom are missing. ? The international congress, in session at Washington, to establish, if possible, a common zero of longitude, was welcomed by secretary Frelingnuysen, and presided over on the first day of its session by Admiral Itodgers. The latter, in taking the chair, as a scholar and a seaman dwelt on the great advantages to come from the civilized world agreeing on a common standard, and he urged theeonierence to my asiue national preferences and inclinations" in behalf of the common good of mankind. This country, he assured the congress, had no disposition to insist on its own national standard. ? A health authority says: Great workers mnst be great resters. Every man who has clerks in his employ ought to know what their sleeping habits are. The young man who is up till three or four o'clock in the morning and must put in his appearance at the bank or store at nine or ten o'clock and work all the day, cannot repeat this process many days without a certain shakiness coming into his system, which he will endeavor to steady by some delusive stimulus. It is in this way that many a young man begins his course to ruin. He need not necessarily have been in bad company. He has lost his sleep, and losing sleep is losing strength and grace. ? Judge Hays delivered a charge to the grand jury at Muscatine, Iowa, on Wednesday in the matter of indictments under the new prohibitory liquor law. He charged the jury that, while selling liquor is indictable, buying is equally a violation of the law, that all persons testifying to having purchased liquor are subject to indictment, and that, referring, as is supposed, to the Temperance Alliance, in the case of any persons being induced or encouraged by any organization or body to buy liquor for the purpose of criminating the seller, such buyer would be indictable, and such body will be guilty of concessory, and subject to indictment. It is thought that it will be next to impossible to enforce anti-liquor law under this ruling. ? On Friday last, at the town of Salinas, on the Mexican National Railway, Jose M. Santos, judge, or alcaide of the town, becoming obnoxious to the people, by reason of many arbitrary acts, the citizens gathered in a great crowd Saturday inornii.fr ?rwl mnnininul hsill. wliorn "'6 IUIW UVVMV.IVV* ?..w J Santos was holding court. The police defended the alcaide and a sharp fight ensued. The mob overpowered the authorities and entered the municipal building, where they seized and murdered Judge Santos and the chief of police. It is reported that over twenty persons were killed and many badly wounded. It is believed that the mob was led by the celebrated outlaw, El Coyote, the wolf, who escaped from jail at New Laredo a few days since. Judge Santos caused the arrest of El Coyote for participation in the IIustamente train robbery a few years ago. ? The robbery of Arnold, Constable <tCo., New York, of $2,000,000 was the deepest laid conspiracy ever concocted to defraud a single business house, and the robbers are all at liberty?some of them enjoying their stolen gains, and others, perhaps, making use of their experience. The firm is not hurt by the loss, and refuses to prosecute, in order to avoid more notoriety than the members of it care to face. The systematic robbery was planned by Herbert Seymour, the cashier, who drew the porter and the receiving clerk into the conspiracy. The handling of the goods received at the doors was so managed as to keep the cash account balanced and hide the leakage, and all went well for a long time. Seymour sent his money to London for investment by brokers. He was too sharp to make a show of wealth here, but he got a reputation in Europe as an American with money bags. At length Henry C. Pedder, the confidential clerk and real business man of the firm, in overhauling the books discovered the leak, and possessed himself of all the facts. He held this knowledge over Seymour, and demanded and got the lion's share of thestealings. He bore down too heavily upon Seymour, who finally confessed to get rid of the load. None of the parties were arrested. The porter and receiving clerk were discharged ; ! Seymour was allowed to go to Europe, an Pedder relinquished all the property 1 was known to possess to the firm to mak good his peculations as far as it could. K is now supposed to be in Chicago under false name, and as he is a superior busine: man, he has probably found opportuniy 1 begin again. The whole nest of conspir tors and robbers went as free as the wind where they listed, because Arnold, Constah & Co. did not think it worth while to pro ecute, as the sum stolen did not affect the business, and they had no mind for gratu tous advertising. Ihc fJdrMle (ghupiirer YORKVILLF., S. (. : . ! THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9,188 THE EVOLUTION OF ADAM. In the midst of an exciting Presidentii campaign, involving the fate of no less tha five aspirants to that exalted position, an with the prospect of a heated State canva: before us, a new question on an old subje has been suddenly evolved by Dr. Jami Woodrow, one of the professors in the C< lumbia Theological Seminary?thequestic being no other than the Evolution of Adan in other words, taking the literal meanin of the term, free from all polemic adori ment, "the act of unfolding or unrolling hence in the process of growth, develoj ment; as the evolution of a flower from bud, or an animal from an egg." The learned Doctor takes the decide ground that Adam was "evolved" from tf lower animals, and he discussed the origi of man from this paganic standpoint in lecture or address delivered before tl Alumni Association of the Theological Sen inary at Columbia, on the 7th of May las which address is published in the Jul number of the Southern Presbyterian lleviei the publication of the address being at tl request of the Alumni Association, an "also at the request of the Board of Dire tors of the Theological Seminary." On account of the peculiar views embodie in the address, it has attracted eonsiderab attention at home and abroad?in Dr. \Voo< row's own denomination and in others; an it is just now becoming the subject of muc comment and discussion?some favorab and some unfavorable?in the Doctor church. Although, an "off-year" in politics woul have been more opportune for the discussio of this vital question, yet as it has bee raised, it were better that it be settled dei nitnhr anfi <>? p.irlv nnssible. Everv da increases the span of time that has elapse since Adam's mortal career, and while he not here to answer for himself?a certai school of philosophers acting upon the a sumption that his origin must be accounte for on a theory of anthropology peculiarl their own?it is no leas to be regretted tin he left an unenviable record to posterity. We do not propose to discuas the que tion, however, in its metaphysical an biological bearing, this having been dor at stated intervals ever since the day < Aristotle by eminent philosophers wl seem to have become fully satisfied in the own minds that they understand the plan i creation equally as well as did the C'reatoi and commencing with Aristotle, we ha\ the theory that in the higher animals s any rate the formation of the new organisi by the process of generation takes plae not suddenly, by simultaneous accretion < rudiments of ail or the most important < the organs of the adult; nor by sudde metamorphosis of a formative substance int a miniature of the whole, which subsequen ly grows; but by successive differentii tion of a relatively homogeneous rudimei into the parts and structures which ai characteristic of the adult. As far back as tt seventeenth century the famous Dr. Harve; who was also a biological writer, defende this hypothesis, which was controverted b Malpighi, who went upon the general groun that the body of the chick is to be seen i the egg before the punctual mnr/uineu, makes its appearance. But though Ma pighi's views were warmly welcomed, o philosophical grounds, by the physiologis of the day, Ilarvey exploded them b simply affirming that the chick as a who! really exists in the egg antecedently to ii cubation; and that what happens in tli course of the latter process is no addition < new parts. Then Bonnet took up the sul ject. lie said that "evolution" and "deve opment" are synonymous terms, and heals defended Malpighi's theory that befoi fecundation the hen's egg contains an e? cessively minute chick. Buffon held nearl the same view; and the notion that all tli kinds of animalsand plants may have com into existence by the growth and modifici tion of primordial germs was entertaine and enunciated by other eminent phi lose phers. In the 17th century Descartes hel that the physical world and all things in i whether living or not living, have orig nated by a process of evolution, due to tli continuous operation of purely physical caui esout of a primitive relative firmless ma ter. Similar views were entertained by host of speculative writers in the 17th an 18th centuries; and in more modern daj we have the theory of Mr. Darwin, who ei larges upon all the vagaries of those wh preceded him "in accounting for the ev< lution of the higher organic forms out of tli lower;" the doctrine of Herbert Spence who elaborates a philosophy of evolutio on a scientific basis; Professor Clifford, wh starting from the basis of empirical idea ism, asserts that material objects are not! ing but states of consciousness, and argu< that the reality answering to them is in a cases something mental. His theory is monistic and quasi-spiritualistic conceptio of evolution. Then we have the writings < Mr. G. 11. Lewes, who adopts a view of tli relation of mind and life or organizatio closely resembling in its essentials that < Mr. Spencer. Professor Huxley, also, i accounting for the appearance of man upo this mundane sphere, after comparing tli human being with order after order of tli mammalia, decides, "There would reinai then but one order for comparison, that ( the Apes, (using that word in its broades I illKl II1U V|uc.">iiuu iui ui.ivuo.7iv/ii nuui I narrow itself to this?is man so iliffej ent from any of these apes that he mus form an order by himself?" And now f the latest contribution to this vexed que: tion?which, from the list of authors w have quoted, it may be seen that it hi engaged the attention of many eminer minds?we have the address of Dr. \Voo( row. He treats of evolution, "as it respec the world, the lower animals and man." In justice to Dr. Woodrow, it may I ! said that he does not altogether ignoi i divine authority, as do nearly all tli i writers on evolution who have precede him ; but from this source he says, "wha ever may be taught is contained in the fir; part of the oldest book in the world, in dead language, with a very limited liters 1 ture." He also says: "It is said that Go created; but so far as I can see, it is not sai how he created." He takes as a basis th theory that all the earlier organic beings i d existence, through an immense period, as ; proved by an immense thickness of layers :e | resting upon each other, were of lower ; forms with not one as high or of complex 5S | organisation as the fish. Then the fish apto j peared and remained for a longtime the i- highest being 011 the earth. Then followed s> at long intervals the amphibian, or froglike animal, the reptile, the lowest mam j! malian, then gradually the higher and highj. er, until at length appeared man, the head and crown of creation." But he goes on to 5? say: "While it cannot be said that the human embryo is at one period an inverte | brate, then a fish, afterwards a reptile, mainj malian quadruped and at last a human bej ing, yet it is true that it has at one period | the invertebrate structure, then successively, j in a greater or less number of particulars, J the structure of the fish, the reptile and the 1 mammalian quadruped. And in many of these particulars the likeness is strikingly close." In view of all the facts which he presents, I)r. Woodrow concludes that the 1. doctrine of descent with modification, which so perfectly accords with the facts as he presents them, cannot be lightly and con* temptuously dismissed. He regards the r coincidences such as must almost compel belief of the doctrine, al We have thus been particular to present ,n briefly the views of a number ol biologists, d and while Mr. Darwin maintains that man ss is the descendant of the monkey, and Huxley ct claims kin with the ape, it will be seen es that Dr. Woodrow, while naming the fish d- as the first animate being, comes on down n with the reptile, then the mammalian quad1; Ifuped and then man, and he says "that in ig the circumstantial account of the creation of i- the first woman there are what seem to me insurmountable obstacles in the way of p- fully applying the doctrine of descent." So a that while the Doctor concludes that man is the result of an accident, or rather a long id series of accidents, woman, the greatest le mystery of all creation, did not appear by n the circumlocutory process that distinguisha es man, and doubtless regardingthe circumle stance as one of no great significance, he l- passes over it with the above quoted single t, sentence. y The theories of those learned philosophers and their speculations on the finite and kindred subjects, which seem inexplicable to d great minds, are interesting, if not always c- edifying. While Dr. Woodrow has no difficulty in formulating; a theory respected ing the origin of man, and discourses learnlo edly upon the hypothesis which he sets up, 1- he admits that there are insurmountable d obstacles in the way of fully accounting for h woman. So with Malpighi, who after exle hausting his egg and chick theo-y, and sat's isfactorily accounting by it for the evolution of man, when asked by a little boy which Id was first the egg or the chicken, gave up the in conundrum in despair, n But I)r. Woodrow is more considerate i- than his contemporaries, Darwin and Huxy ley. While Darwin claims tobedescend:d ed from a monkey, and Iluxley claims reis lationship with the ape tribe in its broadest n sense, Dr. Woodrow begins with primordis al matter and traces man through the sucd cessive stages of fish, reptile and mammalia, y but does not advance an opinion as to which it was first evoluted, man or monkey. From his hypothesis, however, we now unders stand why some men are supposed to be d "fishy" in their transactions, and for dearie ing away the obscurity attached to this exof pression, the Doctor's essay has not been io in vain. The theories of Darwin and Huxir ley are so nearly identical that it requires [if a fine distinction to draw them without a r; difference, and one of these theories will 'e prove about as acceptable to the general it public as the other. The analogy between :n the monkey and the ape is closely traced, e, and with the characteristics of the human if race, as developed since the creation of if Adam, it would be difficult to decide which in of the eminent biologists is correct. Taking to the instincts of the monkey as a criterion, t- we doubt not but that his defendants in a- human form would unfold or develop or it evolve themselves into clever bank cashiers re of the period or successful politicians and ie office-seekers; while on the other hand, y, judging from the physiognomy of the ape, d but with no knowledge of his phrenological iy developments, his descendants, if evolved d with human instincts and attributes, would n be sedate and circumspect in their deportm ment and succeed admirably as metaphysi1 cians, biologists, anthropologists and sciential tic lecturers generally. The ape, as shown ts in the pictures, is evidently of a more y thoughtful and reflective turn of mind than le is the monkey, albeit the monkey's quick l- wit and nimble fingers would seemtosupie ply a lack of reasoning and argumentative if faculty; while the term "fishy," as generally i- used, is broad and comprehensive enough to 1- apply with equal precision to nearly all the >0 species genu* homo, and had Dr. Woodrow (! only been a little more considerate and tracc ed man's descent direct from the shark, his y theory would have been even more plausite ble. Although to our mind the foundation ie is slender upon which to rest a hypothesis i- of such magnitude, yet man is "fishy" if d that word has any generic significance, and > that he partakes of the general characterisd tics of the shark none will deny, t, But with the question still open as to i- whether Darwin's ancestors were monkeys, e orlluxley's remote kindred apes, or wheth3 er, according to Dr. Woodrow's hypothet sis, the ancestors of the human family were a fishes, we find the question of the first wod man undiscussed. The biologists before 'c nnritpfl spflmpfl not. to have iriven it a uas i- sing notice, while I)r. Woodrowconsiderate10 ly leaves the tirst woman where he found )- her. We have often wondered why biologists ie ; invariably neglect this branch of the quesr, i tion, which to us seems the most interesting, n j Some one has said that the greatest study o j of mankind is man; but to our mind the 1- j study of woman involves the greatest probl j lem. She is the cause of at least one half of is : the troublesofthisworldandthedirectearth- J 11 j ly source of all its joys and happiness. In a view of this fact, we believe the philosopher n i will yet appear who will prove that woman if: was first evolved and then man. Unfortuie | nately, only Oriental and semi-barbaric n I writers have, to the present time, ventured )f | upon this delicatesubject. It is an ingenious n : conceit of an Arabian philosopher that the n formation of woman was reserved for the e 1 last thing in the grand plan of creation, ie because if created before all else was done n 1 she would have hindered the progress of )f subsequent work by constantly suggesting it changes and improvements and in finding (1J fault with all; while an ancient Moorr ish legend attributes the creation of wost i man at the last to the fact that it was the is desire of the Greater to have her composi s- tion partake a little of all the best things e . he had created. Either of these theories is is | as substantial as are those of the learned it authors above referred to, and far less 1-; harmful than their insidious teachings in ts the guise of science and religion. As is ! shown by the numberless writers on the ie subject of creation, who like "Ariel," es e tablish premises to suit the occasion and ie then make their deductions accordingly, d science is a swift and willing witness, by t- which any theory, no matter how absurd, it can be proved. a But why invade the domain of science, so i- called, for theories touching this great d theme, when the truth, as accepted by all d i Christianized peoples, with the exception of ie ' a few erratic philosophers among them, is to u he found in almost every home? There isa book, which, thanks to the evangelizing spir- j it of the nineteenth century, is printed in almost every tongue in the world, and which ; may be found in almost every home except perhaps those of Huxley and Darwin, and in ; it we read: "And the Lord God formed i man of the dust of the ground and breathj ed into his nostrils the breath of life; [ and man became a living soul." "And j the Lord God took man and put him into j the Garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it." "And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone: I will make an help meet for him." "And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept and he took one of his j ribs and closed up the llesh instead thereof; | unci the rib which the Lord God had taken \ from man made he a woman and brought her ! unto the man." These quotations are in sim-' pie form of speech, and though taken from j the first part of the oldest book in the world, written in a dead language with a limited literature, yet in the absence of more convincing proof as to the origin of man and woman, we prefer to accept them in preference to finespun and overwrought theories, the only tendency of which is to inculcate the doctrine of atheism and infidelity. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The' venerable ex-Judge Thomas W. Glover died at his home in Orangeburg last Thursday night. ? The track 011 the new railroad to Bennettsville has been laid to the North Carolina line. The first spike on the South Carolina side was driven by Col. C. S. McCall on Thursday. ? Col. Robert Aldrich has been appointed by the State Democratic Committee Presidential elector for the secpnd district, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Gen. Hagood. ? Charles W. Meynardie, of Hampton county, who a few weeks since was severely injured by a train 011 the Port Royal and Augusta Railway, has brought suit against the company for $20,000 damages. ? C. C. Macoy, Republican nominee for Congress in this district, says that Hendrix McLaneisa fraud and is only working to bleed the campaign fund on the false pre tence tiiiit lie can control ;iu,uuu wnite votes. ? The Synod of South Carolina meets in Greenville on the 22nd instant. One hundred ministers and elders will be present, representing the Presbyterian church of the entire State. The Synod will be in session five days. ? The editor of the Keowee Courier says: "On our way to and from Pickens we had an opportunity to observe the crops. Both corn and cotton will be short. We are of the opinion that the crop will not exceed Go per cent, of an average crop. Early upland corn is better than it was last year, but low land corn is short, and late upland almost an entire failure." ? The Newberry Observer says: "The estimates of the cotton crop differ greatly, owing to the fact that the condition of the crop is very unequal throughout the country. Some say the crop will be smaller than last year; others that it will be considerably larger. Taking all the estimates together, a safe estimate we think, would be, that the crop of 1881 will be one-third more than of 188;!." ? Columbia llegister: The Secretary of the State Executive Committee, Captain Wilie Jones, says that letters are being constantly received, which show that the Democratic party in this State is as solid as a brick, ana that it has never been in a better state of organization since 187G. Further, that the colored majority has been greatly reduced by emigration, desertion of the Republican party and from other causes. This is very cheering intelligence and should encourage every Democrat in the State to contribute his full share toward an overwhelming victory in November next. ? The Republicans opened their campaign in Edgefield last Saturday. Drayton, Collins and Paris Simpkins made inflammatory speeehesand labored vigorously to arouse the corpse. There was a large number of negroes present?say oOO. It is thought that the negroes are well organized in secret societies through their churches. A considerable number of Red-shirts were thereto watch the proceedings and to contradict the false statements of the speakers. At one time it was thought that a row would ensue, but it was prevented by the earnest entreaties of County Chairman Bettis. The Edgefield Democrats are thoroughly organized and aroused, and are preparing to strike effective blows for the success of the party. POLITICAL NOTES. ? The Democrats need not count on a victory in Ohio on the Hth inst. The battleground is elsewhere, and the sooner we realize this fact and cease hoping against hope, the better it will be for the party and the country. ? The election of Cleveland means the end of hostile sectionalism, division of the negro vote, the end of selfish, corrupt Republican machine leadership. North and South both are equally interested in the triumph of Cleveland and Reform. ? There is one sure way to break the color line in the South, and that is by the election of a Democratic President. Then the colored man will bid good bye to the Republican party and the color line will be heard of no more. And the negro will be i >-> rviAMfn mnuiAi* h\r oil t.liic tin liuuiuuoi; ^aiiivi k/j it.? vtitw* ? Tlie New York Jlerakl, the New York Times and Harper1* Weekly have opened a dollar subscription fund for the Democratic campaign. They propose to raise $250,000, and from the way the responses are coming in it looks as if they would do it without much trouble. ? The New York World, figuring on the result in New York, says Cleveland will come into the city of New York with from 20,000 to 25,000 plurality, and that his plurality in the city, "making liberal allowance for bargains and treachery, will not be less than 25,000." ? One of the greatest German Democratic meetings ever held was in New York Tuesday night of last week, at the Academy of Music. Several of the most distinguished German speakers in the State addressed the meeting, the last speech being made by Carl Schurz. Participating in the meeting were many Germans who have heretofore voted the Republican ticket. ? Says a New York dispatch of Saturday : Senators Gorman and Jones and Secretary Smalley, of the National Democratic Committee, were enthsiastic this morning over the widespread interest in a Democratic victory as shown by the thousands of small contributions which continue to pour in , from all over the country. When a man . is ready to support his party with hard ( earned money, it is evident that his heart is in the work. That is the view the com- j mittee take of it. The National committee , has now received nearly twenty thousand 1 dollars in small contributions to the people's [ campaign fund, more than the entire : amount received in a similar way during 1 the campaign of 1KH0. ? Ex-Governor St. John, the prohibition ! candidate for President, spoke at Indianapolis last Thursday night to an audience of , about 2,000 persons in Circle Park. He had spoken from his carriage at tne state Fair in the afternoon. In his speech at night he urged the Prohibition cause, and 1 said that while a vote for St. John might be half vote for free whisky, a vote for either " of the old parties was a whole vote for free 1 whisky. He reviewed the history of Prohibition in Kansas, and claimed that it was a success in that State. In an interview he ] said: "Prohibition will succeed beyond , question. It is growing. Some of the Prohibitionists of Indiana will wake up after the election to find out how the prohibition cause is growing." A Young Merchant Dies ok Consume- ! tion.?Mr. W. S. Belk, a young merchant of Fort Mill, died at his home in that place * I Sunday night, of consumption. Mr. Belk 1 i was 2!) years of age. He was very well 1 ' known in Charlotte, where he has a number 1 I of relatives, besides a large circle of friends. 1 He was one of Fort Mill's most prosper- 1 I ous merchants up to a short time ago, when ? ! his declining health caused him to sell his ' I store and retire from business. Our mer| chants, with whom ho dealt largely, all : j speak highly of his excellent characteristics, i and all regret his death.?Charlotte Observer. ! LOCAL AFFAIRS. j; NEW ADVERTISE*!KXTS. J. M. Elliott, Sr., Winnsboro, S. C.?Now is Your j Chance. K. C. Stalin, Chester, S. C.?Visitors to the Fair. | J. Shillinglaw, Agent of the heirs of Elizabeth ;' Wherry?Land at Public Sale. W. E. Campbell?Administrator's Notice?No- j tice. Rhoda li. Ferguson?dents' Clothing Cut and I Made. M. Strauss?The Cheapest Store. ', Caldwell it Dickson?Groceries. Walker it Wall?Fancy and Staple Groceries. Hunter it Oates?Complete. If. F. Adickes?Stocks in all Departments. T. M. Dobsoii?Rest Fitting Clothing in York. J. Reatty Williams, Judge of Probate?Citation? I Samuel L. <iarrison, Applicant?Mark Gar- I rison, deceased. J. Reatty Williams, .Judgeof Probate?Citation? { F. M. Rurris, Applicant?II. K. Rurris, ; deceased. UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 18S5. We will furnish the Hnquirkr from this date until January 1st, 188f>, for 55 cents, the cash in all cases, to accompany the subscription. Rev. Dr. LATHAX. At the recent session of the Synod of the Associate Reformed Church, in Augusta county, Va., 1 Rev. R. Lathan, D. D., of this place, was elected to a professorship in the Theological Seminary at Due West. It is probable that lie will accept the position. SALES-DAY. There were no judicial sales on Monday last? sales-day for October. The only real property sold was the tract of land containing 112 acres, 011 the Armstrong's Ford road, formerly owned by Robert E. Currence, and sold by M. If. Currence as agent for E. R. Currence. Rought by Mrs. Henry Rattareeat ?12 per acre. habeas corpus. Judge Cothran was unable to hear the application for bail, on a writ of habeas corpus made returnable before him at Chester, 011 Wednesday of last week, in the case of Svlvanus Thorn burg, charged with arson; and a hearing of the application was set for "> o'clock yesterday evening before Chief Justice Simpson, at Columbia. We learn that Major Lerov F. Youinans, of the Columbia bar, has been retained to assist Major Hart in tlie defence. INCENDIARY FIRE. We learn from Mr. I. T. Parish and Win. Smith, who were eye-witnesses to the scene, that at about 1 o'clock yesterday morning, the barn and stables of Mrs. P. L. Jackson, about a mile south of the town of Clover, in this county, were burned by an incendiary tire. Resides the barn, several small outbuildings on the lot were burned, and also a mule, two wagons, 7,000 bundles of fodder and other articles. Our informants were passing along the road'at the time, and saw the torch applied to a hay-stack in the barnyard, while the barn was in a blaze, but they were, of course, powerless to stop the progress of the lire. CHESTER FAIR. The sixth annual fair of the Chester, York, Fairfield and Lancaster Agricultural, Horticultural and Mechanical Association will open at Chester, on Tuesday, the USth instant, and continue four days. As will be seen by advertisement in another column, the premium list this year is more valuable in money and medals than any previous year, while on the part of the management every effort will be made to render the exhibition and display of the resources of the counties composing the Association more imposing and attractive than ever before. That the fair will be a grand success the public may rest assured. In this connection we direct attention to the notice of John S. Bratton, Vice-President of the Association, relative to the shipment of articles from York county for exhibition. CHURCH NOTICES. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Services next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. .Sunday-school at !) A. M. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at 7 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday, forenoon and evening, at the usual hours. The pastor will also preach at Templeton's School House at J o'clock P. M. on Sunday. Episcopal?Rev. E. X. Joynor, Rector. Services yesterday (Wednesday) evening, at 7 o'clock, and again this evening at the same hour, when the Bishop of the Diocese and Rev. II. M. Jarvis will also be present. Morning and communion service to-morrow at 10.:50 A. M., and evening service at 7 P. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. A. Mood, Pastor. Services at Mt. Vernon Church next Sunday. Associate Reformed?Rev. R. Lathan Pastor. Services at Tirzah Church next Sunday. CIRCUIT COURT. October term of the Circuit Court for York county, his Honor Judge Cothran presiding, will convene on the fourth Monday of the present month. On Tuesday last the following names were drawn, under direction of the Jury Commissioner, to serve as petit jurors during the term: J. L. Brandon, Bethel. Henry tlill, colored, Bethesda. T i\r v 11 ' >? . ruwni, A. C. Hogue, York. T. J. Nichols, Bethel. W. M. Allison, York. T. E. Blair, Bullock's Creek. J. F. Alexander, Fort Mill. J. E. Mint/., Cherokee. Thomas Chambers, ; Ebenezer. 1 Edward Setzcr, colored, Bethel. Andrew Hardin, Broad River, i J. J. Matthews, Bethel. W. J. Clinton Catawba. \ Riley McDanicl, Cherokee. B. N. Craig, Catawba. Madison Alexander, colored,....Bullock's Creek. William Ferguson, York. S. A. McElwee, York. Barnet Agers, colored, York. John A. Faris, Jr., Catawba. Joseph G. Nevins, Fort Mill. , J. L. Hodman, Broad River. W. K. Carothers, Ebenezer. 1 Simon M. Mills, Fort Mill. 1 J. B. Heath, Bethesda. 1 S. P. Sutton, Jr Fort Mill. ] Rufus Chambers, colored, Broad River. \ I). B. McCarter, '. Catawba. ; A. W. Hicklin, Catawba. . J. W. Wisher, Broad River. S. M. Feemster, Bullock's Creek. J. T. Burris, Bullock's Creek. ' Boman Merritt, Fort Mill. I L. B. Brown, Bethel. < M. It. Kco, Ebenezer. \ YORK MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. ' The York County Medical Association met , pursuant to adjournment, in the Court House, at i 1 o'clock P. M., on Monday last, Dr. A. P. Campbell, First Vice-President, in the chair, and j the following members present: Drs. J. R. Brat- . ton, R. Andral Bratton, J. W. Allison, J. P. ( Ilambright, Love and White. j Tn the absence of the Secretary, Dr. Crawford, j Dr. W. G. White was requested to act as Secreta- f ry pro tcm. l The reading of the minutes of the last meeting i was dispensed with. The committee appointed at the last meeting 1 to revise the by-laws of the Association having C failed to report, on motion, the committee was j continued. . 1 Drs. Carothers and White, appointed at the j iiut inr>otinif in road twlinicul fissavs before the I present meeting, were, on motion, permitted to lcfer the reading of their essays until the next ' meeting, January f>, 188f>. I Jr. Waring, the ora- * tor of the present meeting, not being present, a motion was adopted expressing tlie desire of * the meeting for him to address the Association at its next meeting. I)r. J. It. Bratton presented a paper to the As- 1 sociation, soliciting subscriptions to tlie Sims ' Memorial fund, to which the members present ^ responded with subscriptions and cash to the . unount of $.'10. The Association then adjourned until the time r [>f its next regular meeting, Monday January ( 5, 188.1. ' > I)MATH OF W. It. BYERS. t Mr. W. Iiolliver Byors died of paralysis, at ( his home near Bethcsda Church, in this county, J on Thursday morning, October 2nd. He was 1 )!(years old on the 21st of September last. Mr. ' Byors was well known by many of our citizens. ^ In the vcar 1844 ho entered the store of the late c II. F. Adickes as a clerk, and in 1800 he formed ii patnership with Mr. Adickes, which continued until 1805, when lie returned to the country and engaged in agricultural pursuits, and about this v time ho married Miss Mary Clark, who, with i three sons, survive him. The attack of disease 1 f terminating fatally with Mr. Byers was sudden. On the day preceding his death he was in town ipparantly in his usual health, and was oven i; congratulated by friends on appearing so well, s On his way homo that afternoon ho was stricken. < ' Mr. Byers was elected as a member of the j House of Representatives in 1870 and was a member of the Wallace House in that mcmora- t Itlc struggle between rapacity anil honesty. He il served the term for which lie was elected, proving himself an acceptable Representative. He was a man much respected by all who knew him. His ancestors were Virginians, his father, Mr. Baldwin Bvers, having come from that State to York county. He died about the year 1839 on the plantation now owned by Mr. T. H. Lomiuack, six miles south-west of town, on the Pinckney road. HOMICIDE. Ellison Sanders, colored, was killed on last Sunday afternoon, in Bullock's Creek township, this county, near the line between York and Chester. He was shot from ambush, while walking along the road in company with two other colored men, and died in a few minutes. Columbus Crnnford, colored, is supposed to lie the perpetrator of the deed. His motive is supposed to bo due in part to the fact that Ellison Sanders was a Democrat. Sanders voted in the recent primary election in Chester county, and the rumor is that this act, and the fact that lie has acted with the Democratic party, incensed several negroes, among them Columbus Cranford. We learn that several colored men are willing to testify lliiit they heard (.'ranford say that lie intended to kill Sanders. C'ranford was arrested in Chester last Monday, eharged with the crime, and committed to the jail in that place, hut will be removed to the jail of York at an early day. Correspondence of the Yorkville Kmjuircr. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, October 7,1884.?On last Tuesday night, .Senator Hampton, LieutenantGovernor Sheppard, Congressman Tillman, General John 1). Kennedy and General W. L. T. Prince arrived here amid the booming of artillery, and warmest demonstrations of enthusiasm by our people. After spending the night comfortably at the Marshall 1 louse, they were in good trim for the next day, which witnessed the grand rally of the Democracy of Chester county. The day was devoted by the Democracy to the Democratic cause, State and National. The merchant closed his store, the farmer abandoned the cotton field, the carpenter closed his shop, the professional man his office?each and all participated in the grand Democratic meeting. The procession, composed of Democratic clubs, mounted and partly arrayed in red shirts, moved about ten o'clock. The Sandy liiver Band, and two colored bands from town dispensed music on the thrilling occasion. The distinguished speakers were conveyed in carriages to the Pair grounds, where the speaking was held. The speak ers' stand was beautifully decorated, the grand stand was filled to overflowing with an enthusiastic audience, and nothing was wanting to infuse the speakers with all the patriotic fire of which their souls were capable. After an appropriate prayer by lie v. Mr. Pressley, J. M. McNeel, Esq., our County Chairman, introduced in graceful terms Lieutenant-Governor Sheppard. After a complimentary reference to the meeting, which he regarded as the largest and most enthusiastic demonstration made this year by the Democracy in the State, he devoted the greater portion of his time to a portrayal of the character and acts of Blaine. He regarded the Presidential candidate as the embodiment of corruption, bribery, falsehood, and urged the Democracy to do all in their power against him. Col. Sheppard's speech was eloquently delivered and enthusiastically received by the immense audience. The next speaker was Senator Hampton. He spoke briefly and on the same line with that of the Lieutenant-Governor. He advised union and work in behalf of the good cause, and among the many good things, he told his hearers that they could not expect prosperity and peace in the State while the Republican party was in the control of the government. Congressman Tillman next addressed the crowd. He made a long speech, and was very outspoken in the expression of his sentiments. Cleveland, he said, must be elected by an overwhelming majority, if trouble was to be prevented. In his opinion, and it was formed by talking with Republican Congressmen, the leaders in the Republican party would prefer to inaugurate war rather than submit to the election of Cleveland, if they had any pretext for doing so. He urged the Democracy to the putting forth of every effort in behalf of Cleveland, for he said if the Republicans ever again obtained full control of the government, they would take such action as would keep our State and the South for all time to come, in their hands. This action would be the enactment of a law providing for the appointment of officers of election by Federal authority, and the appointment of jury commissioners by the same authority. Mr. Tillman thought that action of this kind was all that was necessary to forge Republican chains for all time upon the South. He was followed by Gen. John D. Kennedy and Gen. W. L. T. Prince, both of whom made fine addresses. The grand rally was a grand success, and showed the invincible spirit of the Chester Democracy. The Republican Congressional Convention for this District was held at this place on last Thursday. F. A. Clinton, of Lancaster, was elected Chairman, and J. M. Clinton, of York, was elected Secretary of the Convention. The following delegates were in attendance: Essex McMullen, Simon Thompson, G. W. Walker and 1). J. Young?Chester; A. S. Wallace, J. M. Clinton, T. S. Simpson and D. L. Witherspoon?York; Frank Pierce, W. B. Harris, G. E. Thompson and Isaac Thorn?Kershaw. The other counties in the District had no representatives in the Convention. C. C. Maeoy, of our town, was nominated for Congress from this District, and the motion being seconded, he was unanimously nominated by the Convention. Macoy made a few remarks in accepting the nomination. lie told his Republican friends that with their majority in the District they could carry the election, if it was fairly conducted. He said that with the registration law and eight box law it would be almost impossible to elect a Republican, but he believed that if they would work with all their might they could win, notwithstand' * i - i._ -i - il.A Til \ niu lllg mo ODSUieies 111 uie iviiy. r. i\. v>jiuton, in endorsing the nomination, sounded the praises of Macoy. He spoke of his unblemished character, and of his fitness for the office. He said that his election could inly be prevented by the shot-gun policy of the Democracy. J. M. Clinton, a colored lelegate from York, warmly approved of denomination. Macoy, in his opinion, was the man to beat Hemphill, and now was the time for the Republicans to win, as the Democrats were divided. He denounced lis colored brethren who wore red shirts ind said their shirts must come off. He jharged the colored Democracy with barterng their Republican principles for whissy. D. L. Witherspoon, of York, indorsed ;he nomination. His remarks were of a nilder character than those of the precedng speakers. The horses attached to Mr. McXinch's lack ran away last Saturday night while joining from the depot. They were stapled after running a long distance, without njury to themselves or vehicle. Dr. Kuycendal, of York, jumping out, was slightly njured. The Democratic Judicial Convention for his Circuit met at this place on yesterday iftcrnoon, Capt. B. H. Massey in the chair, fhe chairman ordered the reading of the esolution adopted by the Democratic State Executive Committee, directing the Chairnan of the Convention, Capt. Massey, to j e-convene the Convention. After some, ireliminary work, the 117th ballot was tak- i iii with the same result ar uie first?to wit: ' Jaston,8; McDonald. S; Hough,G; McCaw, j 0. Two additional ballots were taken ! vithout any material change in the result, j Phn fYmvnnfinn thon jirlinnrned 1111 ti 11 81 I )'clock iast night. At this hour the Contention re-assembled and occupied some ime in taking several further ballots. The Convention then went into a committee of he whole and adopted a resolution providng for a sub-committee to devise some plan J or solving the difficulty. The committee : consisted of 11. II. Massey, It. T. Mockbee, i t. E. Allison, and C'. A. Douglas. The sub-1 ommittee retired, and after prolonged and lamest deliberation, made the following J cport: Resolved, That the committee of the whole proeed to ;i secret ballot for Solicitor in the follow- I ng manner to-wit: 2nd. That the names of the candidates be | aken up alphabetically, and in said order be un against each other candidate in the field. | 3d. That this balloting shall be continued ) intil each of the four candidates shall be run j ingly against each of the other of said candi-t tales. 4th. That as each ballot is taken they shall; >oallowed to remain in the hat uncounted until I 11 of said ballots shall have been taken, and j hen the count shall bo taken, and the caulidato receiving the highest number of votes 1 cast shall he declared to be the nominee of this . Convention, and reported as such to the Convention. ">th. That before said balloting shall begin, the | Chairman of each delegation shall be required, after consulting with other members thereof, to pledge his delegation that no agreement or combination have, or will be entered into by their respective delegations or any of their number. fith. That the action of this committee be reported to the Convention as the sense of the com inittee of the whole. 7th. That each delegate pledge himself not to form a combination with any other delegate or delegates in voting. 8th. That before counting said votes the tellers shall ascertain if more than 192 votes have been cast, and in the event more than 192 votes I have been cast, a new ballot shall be ordered. The following resolution was also adopted: That there shall be six separate hats plainly j marked with the names of the two candidates j voted for in said hat, one hat for each ballot, and | if there shall be more or less than 32 ballots in | each hat, and if there shall be any ballot or ballots in either hat for some person other than the two whose names appear marked on said hat as j aforesaid, a new ballot shall be ordered until 32 ; legal votes shall be cast in each hat. After this plan was proposed the Convenj tion adjourned last night until this morning. The Convention reassembled this morning | and very soon went into a committee of the whole, for the purpose of discussing the j plan proposed last night. Capt. B. H. M&sJ sey moved an indefinite postponement of I the plan, but the motion was defeated. Sometime was consumed in discussing the ! plan, but it was finally adopted and carried out. The result of the vote, in accordance with this plan, was McDonald 54, McCaw 50, Gaston 45, Hough 43. The committee of the whole then rose and reported to the Con venuon mat .j. i\. ivicjjonaia wasrne nominee of the committee of the whole. The Convention then took the 127th ballot, and McDonald received the unanimous vote of the Convention. He was then brought into the Convention, and made a few remarks thanking the Convention for the honor conferred upon him. J. E. McDonald, Esq., was born in Chester county, near Richburg, December 15, 185(5. He graduated at Erskine College, and was admitted to the bar January 10,1880. He has been engaged since that time in the practice of his profession at Winnsboro, and has obtained a good practice. His career as a lawyer has been throughout honorable and successful. He has devoted himself assiduously to his profession, and now occupies a high position at the Winnsboro bar. 1 le is a strongj and ready speaker, a clear reasoner, and withal a good manager of causes. He has been called upon as releree to determine important and difficult questions, both of law and fact, and his reports have always been clear, able and exhaustive. m. The Cotton Crop.?The following is a summary of the crop report of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange for the month of September: The great heat of September and the small rainfall has been unfavorable for the cotton crop, and the effect has forced a lowering of its condition to 75 percent, against 80 per cent, for August, 87 per cent, for July, 85 per cent, for June and 84 per cent, for May. From one extreme of the Cotton Belt to the other the drought may be said to have prevailed, and as a natural result shedding has been general. The weather has proven unusually fine for picking, and as many correspondents say, labor is working hard to gamer anci save me crop. 11 is me general theory that the cotton growth is a good one, but the middle crop is only moderate and the top crop very poor. In many portions of several States ginning had not commenced up to the date of advices received, while in other sections, with continued airy weather, a comparatively early cessation of picking is predicted, the time running from the middle to the close of October. The average condition of the crop by States is as follows: Virginia 80, North Carolina 80, South Carolina 81, Florida 78, Georgia 80, Alabama 70, Mississippi 73, Louisiana 78, Texas 03, Arkansas 80 and Tennessee 82. Under date of last Monday, the Memphis Cotton Exchange reports for that section: Cotton in the main has not fruited well, neither has the plant retained its squares and bolls. From all over the district serious damage is reported from drought, rust and excessive rains. These have caused a general reversion of the late prospective yield which, as now indicated, will be about 171 per cent, less than last year. The weather since these reports were furnished has been more seasonable and the continuance of a more favorable condition of weather, with late frost, would improve a large proportion of the growing crop, especially in bottoms, which would reduce the per centage of decrease and possibly make the yield in this district approximate to that of last year. Corn has not suffered to the extent of cotton and there will be ample raised to more than supply the demands of this section of the country. # ? Republicans in Secret Session.?The State Executive Committee of the Republican party met at the Postoffice building last night. A sentinel was stationed at the Main street entrance to the building who was instructed not to admit any one who did not bear the stamp of a true blue Republican or who was not of their friends, the Independents. The door was locked and unlocked as occasion required. The participants in the meeting were pledged to secrecy except jus to those matters which were desired to be made public. Orations were frequently delivered during the session of the committee, but they sounded only as a mumble of words to the reporters who hung on the railings to the rear of the building. The platform and address of the committee to the Republicans and Independents will be prepared by a sub-committee. J. Hendnx McLane was present, engineering the interest of the Independents, who tailed to accomplish anything under the njime of Greenbackers in 1882, and whose ranks to-day are only of strength in the imjiginjition. But the Independents have managed to make the National Republican Committee believe that they are "some pumpkins," and hence the State Committee have been compelled to give them recognition, as will be seen by the fusion in the following Electoral ticket: Electors at large?l)r. W. I). Krum, colored, of Charleston; W. W. Russell, Independent, of Anderson. 1st District?Dr. M. H. Collins, of Charleston. 2d District?Dr. W. 1). Durham, Independent, of Aiken. 8rd District?J. C'. Ilunnicutt, Independent, of Oconee. 4th District?C. C. Turner, of Spartanburg. oth District?F. A. Clinton, colored, of Lancaster. Oth District?ltev. J. E. Wilson, colored, i of Darlington. 7th District?Thos. Baskins, Independent, of Sumter.?Columbia Register, 3rd. Hendricks in West Virginia.?A Wheeling, W. Va., dispatch of Saturday says: Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks arrived in the city this morning and after he had hiusoL-f.icfwl an infnrmiil reeentinn wns ten dered him and Messrs. Randall and Fellowes who accompany him. Many prominent Democrats of the city and State called to pay their respects. At 11 A. M. an industrial display and parade of marching clubs, the largest similar demonstration seen in this city during the campaign, moved over the principal streets. The city was gaily decorated and Hendricks was repeatedly cheered along the line of march. About 5,000 strangers are in the city. In the evening Col. John It. Fellowes, of New York, spoke at the Capitol Square before a large audience. The torchlight demonstration which took place this evening has never been excelled in this city. Mr. Hendricks reviewed the procession from the west porch of the Capitol building, and afterwards made some brief remarks, which were loudly and continuously cheered. _____ Buffalo's Tribute.?Magnificently did Buffalo welcome Governor Cleveland Thursday night with such a reception as she never gave to any citizen. !Notwithstanding the fact that a drizzling rain was falling thousands of citizens of all parties gathered at the depot to welcome him, and a line of lifteen thousand men marched in procession bearing torches, banners and devices, with significant inscriptions thereon. It was the Governor's first visit to his old home since he left it to enter upon his duties as Governer of the great State of New York, and his magnificent reception was not only a testimonial of the appreciation of the people among whom he had lived and raised from humble walks to his present high position,