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f craps and (facts. ? The total registration in New York City in 1880 was 217,000. There is a considerable increase and the estimate is that it will run up to 230,000 this year. The Democrats claim that an increased registration means an increased Democratic majority. ?The business failures throughout the country for the week ending last Friday as reported to R. G. Dun & Co., number for the United States and Territories 192, and for Canada 26?a total of 218, against 220 the previous week. Failures are numerous in Texas and in the ?outh generally, as also in the Pacific States, but rather below the average in other sections. ?Since the 9th of last July, a drought has prevailed in lower East Tennessee, North Georgia and North Alabama, the region of which Chattannooga is the centre. The indications are that all farming interests are seriously imperilled, and unless there is rain soon the "result will be disastrous. The grazing: lands are burned up and the creeks are drying up. The Tennessee River at Chattanooga is within three inches of the lowest point ever known. ? A letter from Marion, N. C., says that two children of Garrett Wiseman, living in Mitchell county, near the mica mines, met with a horrible death on the 12th instant. While passing through a long strip of woods, they were attacked by a large catamount, and the younger child, age six, was instantly killed. The ferocious animal buried his claws in the girl's throat. The older sister, age eight, attempted to escape, but was pursued and so terribly lacerated that she was unable to speak when found. She died later. ? A shocking railroad accident occurred at Harrisburg, Pa., on the 16th instant. Miss Lizzie Wallace, in getting off the Cumberland Valley Railroad stepped in front of another train that was moving. Harvey Foster, the checkman, promplv sprang to her rescue, but both were run down. Miss Wallace was cut to pieces and died instantly. Foster had both legs mangled and almost torn off. He cannot recover. Miss Wallace was a delegate to the Woman's Temperance Convention, now in session at Harrisburg. She resided at Newville, Cumberland county. ? A colored citizen of Norfolk, Va., was passing over a bridge near that city on Friday night and was passed by what he thought to be a big black dog. He gave the animal a passing kick and was quickly in the midst of the most exciting episode of his career, the animal being a black tiger which had escaped from a menagerie. The colored citizen managed to clear the side rail and jump overboard into the river with very few clothes to embarrass his progress and leaving several pounds of meat for the tiger to lunch upon. ? The new Henderson process of making steel which is controlled by a dozen leading iron firms of Eastern Pennsylvania and which is to take the place of the Bessemer process, was successfully tested the other day at Birdsboro, Pa. The blooms rolled nicely. The sheets were then cut into vail plate, and iron and steel nails of excellent character were manufactured. The new kind of steel is more pliable, cheaper ana more easily worked than Bessemer steel, while it is as tough. The expectation is that it will take the place of hammered and rolled iron altogether. ? Dr. Felix Bremont has written an article for the Journal d' Hygiene in which he gives tobacco smokers some good advice, which may be summarized as follows: Cigar smokers should always use a long holder and renew it frequently. Havana cigars are by far the least hurtful. Dry cigars contain less nicotine than damp ones. Itis better to smoke slowly than quickly. Cigarette smoking is the most pernicious form of smoking; while the smoking of pure dry tobacco from a porous pipe frequently renewed, is the nearest possible approach to hygienic excellence. ? Says the Philadelphia Times: The Presidential battle is now remanded back to New York, and Cleveland starts on the home-stretch vastly in the lead and the odds largely in his favor. With Ohio saved by only the most violent party efforts, Indiana is not a doubtful State. Her vote will be given to Cleveland; and Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin will tremble in the balance. New Jersey may be counted as safe for Cleveland; New York and Connecticut will be desperately disputed, with Blaine on the outside track, and New Hampshire and even Massachusetts will demand desperate Republican effort to hold them to Blaine. ? The 10th instant was the first of the colored people's days of the North Carolina Exposition at Raleigh, and over half the visitors were negroes. A procession of colored military escorted Governor Jarvis and the officers of the North Carolina Industrial Association to the exposition. The Rev. Jos. C. Price delivered an address. Governor Jarvis followed in an admirable speech to the colored people. He complimented the negroes of North Carolina upon the progress they had made and were making, morally and intellectually. The special exhibit of the colored people was then formally opened by its president, John S. Leary. ? A Macon, Ga., dispatch says: The long drought in Georgia has given vent to much superstition among negroes, who are holding meetings for the purpose of turning away divine wrath. In Henry county the negroes assert that a child was born with three teeth, lived three hours and died, after having spoken three words,''Three dry years," which the colored people interpret to mean three years of famine. On Saturday a black child was born in Troupe county which died during the night. The at It* liUUIllO IU91SD lliai iv 0(?iu uvtviv v*v/*.%>?.?* y "Five years without rain." These two incidents are firmly believed by colored people, who expect their literal fulfillment. ? The drummer system promises to come to an early end in Texas, the Galveston News seems to think. The leading wholesale houses in that city are withdrawing from service, it says, the greater portion of their traveling force, reducing expenses somewhat difficult to be borne in times of stringency. The iVefrsad vocatesdoingaway entirely with drummers. It thinks the whole system far too expensive, eating up all the profits of trade, and the outgrowth of ill directed competition. However that be, Galveston has definitely decided to do away with the drummer system and will not compete for trade in this way. ? According to recent statistics there has been a great increase in the consumption of liquor in the United States, and one far outstripping the growth of population. In 1840 the number of gallons of liquor consumed was 71,000,000, and how the number has gone up since is shown in the following figures: 1850, 94,000 000 gallons; 1860, 202,000,000; 1870,293,000,000; 1880,506,000,000; 1883, 655,000,000. That is while the population has only trebled during the last forty years, the consumption of liquor has increased by almost ten fold, and the amount of money expended in its purchase shows a still greater proportional increase. The annual expenditure for liquor in the United States now exceeds $800,000,000. ? The publication in New Haven, Conn., of the address of one hundred prominent Republicans, who represent every county in the State, repudiating Blaine, has created quite a sensation in Connecticut Republican ranks. It is known also that the names represent many other men of very great prominence in the State who have announced themselves as opposed to Blaine, but do not wish to publish themselves as against ^ ' AL. 1-1IJ W.4-AM rsf nun. une sign 01 uie uuuug ummvici ui the address and signatures was the refusal of the two Blaine morning newspapers at New Haven to print it, although it was offered to them. The Independent Republicans will immediately circulate many thousand copies of the address throughout Connecticut, and, if the Blaine organs refuse to print it, will probably offer it for publication in their columns as an advertisement. ? Both the Democratic and Republican press of Cincinnati agree that the recent election in that city was the bloodiest ever held there. The followingis a list of persons injured in various disturbances: Joe Lawrey, shot in the spine; Bridget Hughes, struck in the breast with a stone, dangerous; John Murphy, shot in the stomach, flesh wound; Andrew Bennett, colored, shot in side, not dangerous; John Dalton, shot in fhe leg, not dangerous; Sam Taylor, shot in ; the side, serious; Mike Gorman,policeman, shot in the back, dangerous; Henry Sher: lock, policeman, shot in the back, danger! ous; Henry Brown, colored, shot in the ab- T1 , domen, fatal. The last three were wounded I in an affray at the corner of Sixth and Free! man streets late Tuesday night. Between A fifty and 100 persons took part in the ( I fight which grew out of an attempt by Gorman to arrest a negro. Gorman was shot in the back by some unknown person, and a general fusilade followed, one hundred shots th beig fired. The riot alarm was sounded pe and the disturbance was quelled after two policemen and Brown had been shot. Be- j) sides those injured as above mentioned, Albert Russell, colored, was killed. _ Tc fbc far fertile (frttsjutm. L YORKVILLE, S. C. : W< af THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 23,1884. ? , m DANGER OF APATHY. The greatest clanger to the success of the dr Democratic ticket in South Carolina is apathy on the part of the voters, and a feeling that because the State ticket is reasonably safe, there is no necessity in voting in the ca National election. Voters should not be lured by this false idea. Every vote will ns be needed, not only in the Presidential contest, but also in the Congressional race in this district, and we urge upon every Democratic voter who reads this paragraph ca to be prompt at the polls on the 4th day be of next month, and see that his neighbor w< goes. Do not depend upon your neighbor wj alone doing his duty in this momentous contest, but feel and act as if success depends alone upon your individual exertion. ? lif DETERMINED DEMOCRATS. th In commenting upon the supervision of h0 the polls on election day and the appointing ^ of deputy United States marshals and depu- 0f ty sheriffs, the Chicago Times of last Friday eh prints the following: be The Democrats, that is to say one hun- th dred of them, organized yesterday what m they are pleased to style a vigilance com- bi mittee. It is composed of resolute men, vc who are resolved that no intimidation or 1 violence shall rule at the Chicago polls, and co their orders are to provoke no fight them- M selves nor to indulge in any as long as the T1 contest is merely wordy, but if any bull- eh dozing is attempted by negro or other dep- di uty marshals to resist it, and if any Demo- bo crat is shot to see to it that the shooter at of once suffers the same fate. So the matter ' stands, and if the feeling keeps growing in St intensity there will be serious trouble in th Chicago on election day. of 101 FRANK HURD INTERVIEWED. vi In an interview at Toledo, Ohio, last Fri- ^ day afternoon, Frank Hurd, the defeated < Free Trade Democrat, made the following ty statement concerning his Congressional con- V: test in the tenth District: "I have taken th steps to ascertain whether the majority against me has been unfairly or corruptly ^ obtained. If, as I have been informed is W( the case, I shall learn that I have been de- tic feated by the changing of ballots, perver- ev sion of returns, purchase of votes and re- j-0 peating, I shall immediately institute proceedings for a contest. However, if the ^ majority proves to be a fair expression of un the will of the people of the Tenth District, po I would not take the seat if proffered by ' the next Congress. I do not expect for an some days to have the necessary informa- ^ tion to determine my action." lid THE OCTOBER ELECTIONS. b ; The State election in Ohio, to which pub- Hi lie attention has been directed for several f?r' weeks, occurred on Tuesday of last week. ?ti This election is generally regarded as an indication as to the result of the National f0I contest which succeeds it every fouryears in November, and hence Ohio is termed the o\\ pivotal State. As our readers have been "w* apprized from time to time, the Democrats I have not counted upon Ohio going Demo- W( cratic in the election of last week; and tak- sts ing into consideration the extraordinary efforts that were made by the Republicans th to gain the day, the result may be regarded ba with gratulation by the Democracy of the ^ country. Besides a personal canvass of the de SUite made by Mr. Blaine, with a host ' of prominent Republican speakers who rai were pressed* into service from different in< sections; the alleged importation of thousands of colored voters from Kentucky and ^ neighboring SUxtes; the free use of mor * y, an and the exercise of methods familiar h~?e- pu tofore only in the Southern States in the of employment of an army of armed United jh States marshals, the Republican victory may , be regarded as meagre indeed, though their . majority in the election of Supreme Court ar] Judge, which was the real issue, is now pa estimated at between 15,000 and 10,000. Of vo the twenty-one Congressmen elected, eleven di.1 are Democrats and ten Republicans, and but for his free trade proclivities, Frank CQe Hurd, Democrat, would also have been re- ve turned to Congress. im The Democrats in Ohio are undismayed wi at the result and are determined to continue the fight for the possession of the State in the National contest. At a meet- ou ing of prominent Democrats at Columbus do on the day after the election, pursuant to a he call of John G. Thompson and Allan W. ho Thurman, thirteen of the twenty-one Con- 1111 gressional districts were represented. An organization was perfected to be known as the SUite Democratic Club, and after the ed election of a complement of officers, the fol- M lowing resolution was unanimously adopted: de Resolved, That the Cleveland and Hendricks ^r' and other Democratic clubs in the State will toi continue the Presidential campaign with still SU greater zeal and activity, fully assured that the he Ohio Democracy can wipe out the small majority recorded acrainst the friends of Good Government on Tuesday last. " " ^ While the Democracy of Ohio are thus id sanguine of success in November, the re- th suit last week inspires other Northern States go with renewed courage, so that while Blaine ^ may congratulate the three or four State a? officers and the ten Congressmen elected on , the Republicon ticket, he may yet have th little on which to congratulate himself. | th West Virginia, which voted on the same i of day, went Democratic. As far as heard j P? from twenty-eight counties of that State give j ?* Democratic majorities of 12,133, twenty-two w] counties give a Republican majority of 9,- fa) 277, leaving a Democratic majorty of 2,850,1 sel with four counties to hear from, which may : ga increase the Democratic majority 1,200. j y? The Democratic plurality in 1880 was 16,136 j and their majority 3,100 over Republicans j a. and Greenbackers. The total vote will sur-j pass any in the history of the State. In ty this State as in Ohio, a tremendous effort | I was made to influence the election in favor i a.s | of the Republican leaders, or the Democrat- J ^ i ic. majority would have undoubtedly been | taj j greater. j Y< I ? Senator Edmunds, last December, intro- ov duced a bill in the United States Congress en which if passed, will make void every State on law making a distinction between the i ' whites and blacks in regard to intermar- ina 1 riage, separate schools for the two races, &c, in That bill is still pending and the Republican ge i party has virtually adopted it ia its plat-, f I form. Are we ready for mixed schools and wl 1 in tor-marriages between the races? ov OUR LIBERTIES IN DANGER. IE SOLEMN WARNING OF THE LATE OHIO ELECTION. Timely Address by the National Committee of the Democratic Party to the People >f the United States. The following address has been issued by e Democratic National Committee to the ople of the United States: Headquarters KMCMJKAT1U IN AT1UJN AIj V/U.MMA\r.rjhll,, No. 11 West Twenty-fourth Street, New York, October 10, 1884. > the People of the United States: The result of the elections on Tuesday ?t in the States of Ohio and West Virginis before you. Ohio chose Republican Presidential elecrs in 1868, 1872, 1876 and 1880. West Virginia chose Republican Presintial electors in 1868 and in 1872, and miocratic electors in 1876 and 1880. Garfield obtained a plurality in Ohio in 80 of 34,227 votes. The Republican candate in the late election for Secretary of ate was a gallant soldier and a reputable an. The vote of the Republican party in at election was broken down by the sight of Mr. Blaine, a factional seeker ter the Presidency. The people then elected a Democratic ajority of the Congressional delegation of e State. We may confidently expect a ajority in Ohio for Cleveland and Henicks in November. West Virginia has by its splendid and icisive majority for a Democratic Governat the October election, already declared i purpose to give its electoral vote for our ndidates in November. The Blaine managers employed extrordiLry methods in both States. They expended not less than $o00,000 in lio and more than 8100.000 in West Vir nia in their political work. They did not use money only. They lied from every State the' office-holders st fitted to do the work at which they are put. They crowded these two States ith such men. They employed in political jobs the men igaged in the postal service of the United ates. They left the veterans who had saved the e of the nation without the pay to which ey were entitled, under the pretence of tying an insufficient clerical force in the jnsion Bureau, and then used the Comissioner of Pensions and a great number his clerks as parts of their political mainery in Ohio and West Virginia. It has en openly charged, without denial, that e payment of the veterans by the Comissioner of Pensions has been delayed by m with the purpose of coercing them to >te for Mr. Blaine. These abuses of political power have been mmitted under the over looking eye of r. Blaine, and with his full sanction, ley show the manner in which, if he were scted, the public offices would be subornated to liis personal service, and the unty of the country be made the means advancing his personal interests. They made the Marshals of the United ates and their deputies, who ought to be e guardians of the right of every citizen the United States, a part of their machine rce. They armed them and incited them to olence and outrage. They expect to pay r the weapons and services of these men t of the Treasury, of the United States. They made Mr. Blaine one of their counand ward workers in Ohio and West irginia, and he entered with zest upon e familiar duties. They devised with s knowledge methods of compelling worken to vote as their employers dictated, ley kept in daily association with the )rst elements of their political organiza>n. They made him their counsellor in ery disreputable plan which they devised promote his success. He could not have en a stranger to their purpose to make ins in Cincinnati, at the election on Tuesy last, by using armed deputy marshals d armed negres to drive voters from the lis. The methods of their campaign in Ohio d West Virginia and the share of their ndidate in these methods have added to e opprobrium already resting upon his me, and have assured his defeat at the neral election in November. Mr. Blaine has been a member of the ouse of Representatives, Senator in Coness and Secretary of State for the United ates. He has been accused of corruptly ing his influence as Speaker and as a ember of the House of Representatives his individual profit. His misconduct has been proven by his m letters. These have confronted him lerever he has gone. He has attempted explanation. The phrases of these let's are so well known that they are by>rds on the streets and jests upon the ige. A. Speaker of the House of Representares, a member of that House, wno would rter his influence for money or property, ight avail himself of the large opportuniis which the office and powers of a Presint afford. These are not words dictated by party ncor. They sum up the judgment of that rlejjendent press which is and always will main the bulwark of good and constitu>nal government. They express the conations of the leading Republican journals, d the belief of those distinguished Reblican statesmen and citizens whose love country has forced them to declare that e nomination of Mr. Blaine was one not to be made. There is reason for our confidence that we 11 achieve a victory in November. The my of office-holders, engaged for a month st in the business of manipulating the tes of Ohio and West Virginia, must now sband. Each man of the number must go his own place. The Commissioner of msions and his bureau clerks cannot be ncentrated for political uses in the Nomber elections. When they are acting dividually in their several States they li oe unaDie to ao miscnier. The Marshals of the United States, by ison of the powers which they exercise, ty again do harm in November. They ght to understand that for what they have ne and for what they may do they will be reafter held to the strictest account. The pes of reward and the promises of indemty which have been held out to them will t avail them in the days which are close hand. The country is fully aroused. It is alarmby the corrupt influences surrounding r. Blaine, and will reject him as Presint. Mr. Blaine hus grown rich; the men Dund him have grown rich; the speculars whom he has aided by framing laws to it them, are rich ; the corporations which has helped have monopolized the public ids. But trade is stagnant, the commerce of e country has decayed, mills are standing le. Where wages have not been stopped ey are reduced. Mechanics and laborers about seeking employment in vain, omen and children are beginning to want ead, and yet the farmer can find no profitle market for grain. The circumstances afford conclusive proof at a few interests have been cared for by e Republican managers at the expense the interest of the great body of the ople. The creation, in this favored land, such extremes of wealth and poverty d the evil days which have overtaken all 10 are engaged in labor are not your nit. It has been and is the fault of these Iflsh men who use the powers which you ve them for their own advantage, leaving >u to fare as best you could. It is for you determine whether these evils shall conlue and increase or diminish and end in Tonorol Tirncnnrit.v charnri in hv all alike.. iVUV*U* J^A - WJ ?/ You have a right to expect that your parleaders, to whom you have given support d accorded honors, in past years, will lay ide all differences and establish a lasting tim upon your gratitute by making cornon cause in your supreme efforts to obin the blessings of a good government, ou will not be disappointed. Remember that victory in November erthe unscrupulous men who are now deavoring to seize the Presidency can ly be assured by complete organization, when men are of one mind and want to ipress thejr opinion upon the community which they live, tnpy must stand father. fhe highest and best organization of lich men are capable is that in which pry man wants to do that part of the com mon work which he can do, and does i with all his might. Your organizations ought to be of sucl nature, and if they are Governor Clevelan< will be elected in November by an unparal leled majority. w. H. Barnum, Chairman. A. P. Gormax, Chairman Executive Committee. AGAINST EVOLUTION. The Presbytery of Atlanta is the larges Presbytery in the Synod of Georgia, whicl is one of the four Synods controlling th< Theological Seminary in Columbia. Th< * ' ? ?i 1 -1 1 XT- . recent session 01 tne eynoa consiuereu. uh late action of the Board of Directors of th< Seminary on the subject of Evolution, ant by a vote of thirty-two to one, the following resolution was adopted: "Rewired, That Atlanta Presbytery mos heartily approves the action of Dr. Stacj and G. W. Scott, members of the Board o Directors of Columbia Theological Semina ry (and of this Presbytery) in entering thei: protest to the action of the majority of th< Board in relation to the teaching of Evolu tion in said Seminary; which said actioi by the majority is most emphatically con derailed." The Presbytery also adopted an overtur* to the Synod of Georgia, earnestly request ing said "Synod to express disapprobatioi of such teaching, and to take whatever step may be necessary to prevent it." For thi: course they give six reasons, viz.: 1. Because Evolution is an unproved sci entific hypothesis. 2. Because, even in the form presente< in the address, the doctrine brings upon ou church much of the odium that attaches t< the doctrine in its worst form. ; 3. Because the Synod cannot afford t< I make itself responsible for this doctrine ii | any of it3 forms. 4. Because it is founded upon a mode o interpreting the Scriptures which tend: i greatly to unsettle the confidence of our peo pie in the correctness of the word of God and sets to our theological students a dan gerous example in exegesis. 5. Because it will unnecessarily agitati and damage our church by an excited anc protracted controversy. 6. Because it is contrary to the sense ii which our standards have always been un ' derstood, and would make necessary a re statement of some of our doctrines. A somewhat lively time is expected ii the Synod of Georgia, which meets at Ma rietta in about a week. The advocates o the Evolution theory are already beginninj to evade the question by hiding behinc technicalities. Besides the discussion of this question ii the ecclesiastical courts of the Presbyteriai . church, the controversy is attracting thi attention of the press of that denomination North and South, the denominational pa pers devoting considerable space to it. A showing what may be the tendency of thi discussion, we clip the following from thi New York Observer: The Southern Presbyterian church is great ly exercised over the state of things in thi Columbia Seminary. The Louisville Chris tian Observer says the action of the Direc tors sustaining Professor Woodrow will bi received with "sadness by multitudes in ou church." One of the Directors writes to us that i is not probable that the action of the Boarc will be reviewed by the Synods having thi Seminary under their care. Another Director writes to us that thi action will undoubtedly be reviewed by thi Synods. The Central Presbyterian, of October 1 has more than twelve articles on the subjec of Professor Woodrow's animal Theology and shows intense opposition to the nev departure. One writer says: A rainiste1 who expected at once to enter upon the worl of an evangelist, for which he is eminently fitted, told his Presbytery that he could no enter upon the work if the Synod of Soutl Pn m/\1 ?mG o mAnlrovnn Vifir afonflorH A uaiuium puu a uiviiuvj \/u nv/i number of anti-fraternal men have said anc are saying: "Organic union with the North ern church is preferable to tadpole Theol ogy." The Observer commenting on this lattej statement says: No great compliment to the Northerr church is this last remark, but the writer o: it may be sure that union with the North ern church, after the tadpole Theology, as he calls it, is incorporated into the South ern, will be as far off as the East is from the West. The same paper says the discussion must now go on until "it has been unequivocally and unmistakably made known thai the unscriptural and unscientific theory o; the evolution of man's body will not be taught in our theological schools." POLITICAL NOTES. ? The statement is made that Henry Ware Beecher will make a number of public addresses advocating the election of Cleveland ?The Philadelphia Prohibitionists gave St. John a big reception Friday night. The Academy of music was croweled, and those present were very enthusiastic. ?Secretary Lincoln will leave Washingington in a few days for Illinois, where he will make a number of speeches in supporl of the Republican candidate for President, ? A small Convention of the temperance people met in Atlanta last Friday night and put out a ticket of prohibition electors foi the State of Georgia, and endorsed the National Prohibition platform. ? Gov. Cleveland has written to a friend that he has not the slightest idea 01 visiting Philadelphia or any other place outside of New York during the campaign He adds that he "expects to adhere to his determination in this respect." ? A number of prominent Prohibitionist' and advocates of the ticket headed by St, John intend inviting W. E. Daniel, the n.>nri;/into fnr- VTino.Pppciflpnt. f>n t.hp Prnhi UiiiuiviaiC' iv/i y ivv x *vwv.v..? v.. ?..v bition ticket, to visit Atlanta at an earlj day and deliver an address. ? Hon. William Daniel, of Maryland, Prohibition candidate for the Vice-Presidency spoke last Friday night in Washington city to an audience of about 1,000 persons. From Washington he proceeded to Alabama and expects to remain in the Southern States until after the Novermber election. ?The New York Herald says pithily thai the Democrats have no reason to be discouraged at the result of the Ohio election, bul on the contrary, the Blaine men, it says, have spent their strength on a blow thai hurts them far more than it does their antagonists. ? Martin Foran, the Democrat whoslipped through a small hole into a seat in Congress from Republican Cuyahoga county, Ohio, will be a curiosity. He wins while all else is lost to the Democracy by over three thousand votes. It is said the workingmen helped him through. He has taken an active part in their behalf in the local labor troubles, ? Daniel McSweeney, the Irish patriot who spent nearly a year in a British jail because Mr. Blaine refused to demand a trial for him, has arrived in New York from England, and will take .the stump and tell the people of New York and othei States what he knows about Blaine as the champion of the rights of American citizens abroad and how he loves the Irish. ? The Vermont Prohibitionists met at Montpolier last week with 250 delegates in the Convention. The committee on resolutions reported a resolution declaring thai V?nrl nnfliinfr fn Hnnc UHJ X~ IU1I1IJ1 tlUIHOLO l.tVVl 11VV...U& vw for from either the Republicans or the ! Democratic party on this issue, and'they | therefore endorsed St. John and Daniel. Electors were chosen and a State commit' tee of one from each county was appointed. ? Ben Butler aspires to the role of ematiI cipator. Here is the way he delivered himj self in a speech at Pittsburg, Pa.: "The nei gro works for half price because he cannot | protect himself. It took red handed war to ! free the slaves?a war the like of which : was never known before and which filled ! the land with blood. Our cause is greater ! than the abolitionist. It is intended to free ! forty million workmen. If it cannot be done by the ballot, as sure as a good God reigns and our cause is just, so sure shall He ! punish the land again by red-handed war i for fettering the white race." j ?The negroes in Marion county are said to be taking an active part in politics this I year. t LOCAL AFFAIRS. 1 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 1 J. W. Allison, Chairman, Ac.?Managers of Congressional Election, etc. J. Beatty Williams, Judge of Probate?Citation? Mrs. Mary E. Byers, Applicant?W. Bolivar Byers, deceased. W. A. Moore, Chairman, Ac.?Managers of Stato and County Elections. H. A. D. Neely?Tax Notice?Time Extended. J. W. P. Hope A Co.?Notice, t Geo. W. S. Hart, Assignee?Creditors' Meeting. May A May?Drugs, i Withers Adickes?Groceries, Hardware. Ac. a The Hoover A Gaines Co.?Frnit Trees. a Hart A Hart, Attorneys?Notice. " Robt. G. Ratchford?Notice. 3 T. M Dobson?19 Suits in One Day. a Hunter A Oates?Freshen Up. J Parish, McKnight A Co.?I Am Proud to Inform. M.^trauss?Manv Are Convinced. J T. ij. McUIain & (Jo.?uur urocery ijeparcinem. W. C. Latimor?Pay Up. ^ Hunter <fc Oates' Opera House. J UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1885. f We will furnish the Enquirer from this date until January 1st, 1885, for 45 cents, the rash r in all cases, to accompany the subscription. a # I MINISTERIAL VACATION. 1 A two months' leave of absence has been grant-. - ed Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector of the Yorkville and Rock Hill parishes, and he will spend that 3 time traveling in the interest of the Church Mes. senger, of which he is the editor. During his .j absence Rev. H. Mr Jarvis will officiate in Dr. s Joyner's churches. 3 ASSIGNED. Mr. J. M. Adams, doing business in this place - as a tin-man and dealer in house-furnishing goods, made an assignment last Monday to G. 1 W. S. Hart, Esq., in favor of all his creditors, r His liabilites are not large, but being involved, ) he decided that the easiest way out of his financialyenthralment was by the course he pursued. I ' OCTOBER FROST. The first frost of the season occurred here on f Wednesday night of last week. It was light, g and not sufficiently severe to injure vegetation. - There was slight frost at several other points in , the State on the same night. On the same day - the first snow of the season fell in New England. At Dover, N. H., it was one and a half inches, e and slight snow falls are reported at other towns 1 in that State and Maine. TTEMPTING TO KILL HIS WIPE. One night last week a negro named Mose Bur - ris, living two miles from town on me rincaney road, attempted to kill his wife by shooting her } with a pistol, and inflicted a wound on her . chin; the next night he repeated the attempt, this time inflicting a flesh wound with a pistol ball in her arm. A warrant is out for his ary | rest, but up to this time he has evaded the officers. TAX COLLECTIONS. j The total collections of taxes in this county to the 20th instant aggregate $45,927.02, of which amount $10,410.90 was paid during the May col" lection. The amount yet unpaid is $22,242,92, and > the number of receipts yet to issue is about 2,000. - The date by legal enactment for .the collection of 3 taxes expired last Monday; but as will be seen g by notice of the County Treasurer, published in q another column, the time for receiving taxes, before the penalty attaches, has been extended to the 10th of November. ( 3 GRAND RALLY AT ROCK HILL. Just as we go to press we have received the proceedings of a meeting of citizens of Rock B Hill proposing a grand rally of the Democracy r of Eastern York at Rock Hill on the 31st day of ? this month, in which the Democracy of Western j York are cordially invited to participate. Wo a hope the Democracy of this and the Western section will accept the invitation, and joining their a friends of the east make the day one to be rea menibered and the occasion such as will redound to a triumphant Democratic victory on the 4th ? of November. 1 STANDARD DRAMATIC COMPANY. J Our amusement lovers will be pleased to learn r that the Standard Dramatic Company, under the c management of Mr. S. B. McElreth, will play in j Yorkville this week, commencing to-night, k Mr. McElreth is a commedian of acknowleged 1 reputation ; and is supported by a fine company, L complete in every respect. Not the least attracl tion of his entertainments is the splendid or. chestra under direction of the talented musician, - Bobby Carmichael, whose performance here last season is remembered with pleasure by many, r The company is a deserving one in every respect, fully meriting the success it meets wherever it , goes. f X EXPERT COTTON PICKERS. nnrinor the uresent season reports have reach ' ed us of the expertness of cotton pickers, [ some of which are worthy of mention. One day, ' recently, Parks Curry picked 357 pounds, and his half-brother, Claude Bell, only 12 years of [. age, picked 247 pounds in one day. These are f children of W. R. Bell, of York township, j Near Clover, one day last week, on the lands of A. M. Wallace, John A. Forbes picked in one day 427 pounds, and on the same day Willie B. Glass picked 341 pounds. These are boys under 21 ^ years of age. Mr. J. H. B. Jenkins informs us that between sun up and sun down, one day last week, Andy Thompson, a colored boy 8 [ years old, and who weighs but 44 pounds, picked ' for him 110 pounds. cotton gin burned. f At about 11 o'clock on Friday morning last, the cotton gin of Mr. John Hamel, who lives 5 about 51 miles east of town, on the Rock Hill t road, caught on fire and was entirely consumed, together with twelve bales of cotton, ten of ! which belonged to Mr Hamel. His press, tho I belting connected with the machinery, and a quantity of cotton seed were also destroyed. Ilis loss will aggregate eleven or twelve hundred dollars. A colored laborer named Johnson Lowl ry, who was in tho press packing cotton when f the fire broke out, was rescued with some diffi1 culty and was severely burned. The fire origi nated from friction in the gin, caused by a peb5 ble, or possibly a match in the cotton. i supervisors of election. In the United States Circuit Court at Charlesi ton, on the 14th instant, Judge Bryan presiding, upon motion of Wm. J. Gayer, chief supervisor r of elections, Federal supervisors of elections were appointed for a number of the counties of the State. , The following are tho Democratic appointees ' for York: W. S. Byars, John Thomasson, W. i R. J. Stanton, O. J. Gwin, S. M. McNeel, W. D. 1 Gaston, W. J. Ncely, John Knox, R. J. Love, > W. II. Stewart, R. G. Whitesides, John D. MeConnell, W. S. Adams, David T. Lesslie, Fred. ' H. London, J. W. Dobson. The following are the Democratic appointees for Chester: W. II. Hardin, Joseph H. Wilson, i S. J. Lewis, A. Gibson, L. S. Wise, W. A. Hard' in, S. M. McDill W. S. Turner, S. T. McKeown, E. C. Howze, Wm. J. Cherry. [ the business outlook. l The outlook for the farmers is decidedly dull i and gloomy, owing to the low price at which ! cotton is ruling in all tho markets of the world. This is owing to a general depression of busi' ness in all branches of industry, and especially ! textile manufactures, of which the markets are overstocked. So far this season the buyers in > Yorkville have paid more for cotton than it has L commanded in any of the neighboring markets, 1 the transactions being on a cash basis, and while the price of the staple has been below tho expectations ui tuu wnimis, iucj ma freely. The disposition to pay back indebted! ness is general, and merchants have remarked in our presence that farmers to whom supplies were advanced in the Spring are paying prompt' ly. Fourteen hundred dollars of this class of ' indebtedness was paid to one merchant last ! Saturday, and ho did not dun a man for a cent ' of it. Other merchants speak in encouraging [ terms of their settlements of the year's credit ! transactions, which is a good indication and will go far towards strengthening confidence, notwithstanding the general depression. PRISONERS IN JAIL. There are now twenty-seven persons confined in the jail of York county, eight of whom are | United States prisoners, serving out sentences imposed by the U. S. District Court at Greenville for violation of the Internal Revonuo laws; four, colored, serving sentences of trial justices' courts I for trivial offences; and one?John Ross?color, od, detained as a State's witness. Fourteen, whose names are as follows, are awaiting trial, for the offences named, at the ap, proaching term of the Court of Sessions: Waddy Davis, colored, larceny of live stock ; Enoch Love, colored, assault and battery with intent to kill; Dublin Walker, colorod, misdemeanor; Sam Hart, colored, assault and battery with intent to kill; James Barber, colored, adultery; LottaGraham, colored, adultery; S. T. Ohisholni, colored, resisting an officer; J. 0. Walker, pi white, aiding a prisoner to escape; Sylvanus tl Thorn burg, white, arson ; James Syblig, color- gl ed, assault and battery with intent to kill; Win. Ill Cunningham, assault and battery with intent to tl kill; James Williams, colored, housebreaking; John E. Williams, white, malicious mischief; Columbus Cranford, colored, murder. Court tl convenes on Monday next. , ?. o' DEATH OF JAMES E. WILSON. tl We regret to learn of the death of Mr. James ir E.Wilson, which occurred at Nashville, Tenn., W last Saturday, the 18th instant, from tho ef- t( fectsof an overdose of laudanum. We have no 1( particulars of the occurrence, but from our in- e< formation the supposition is that the fatal dose i II" was taken medicinally. Mr. Wilson was con- 3J nected with the editorial management of tho n Enquirer from 1S67 to the close of 1870, and as a ^ terse and graceful writer, made an enviable and indellible record in its columns. He was a gen- ft tleman of frank, engaging manners, and won P - - * ' ... . - .. _..l Un. 8C ana reunnea tne esteem ui an \mui nnum uo was associated. He was brother of Rev. J. Low- j rie Wilson, pastor of Bethesda Church, near Mc- ^ Connellsville, in this county, and during his j residence in Nashville was connected with an extensive flouring mill as book-keepor. CHURCH NOTICES. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. A. Mood, Pas- ? tor. Fourth quarterly meeting at Philadelphia 11 Church, commencing at J1 o'clock, A. M., next J Friday. Services Saturday and Sunday, on which occasion the presiding elder will be present. Preaching in the church at Yorkville on ^ Sunday night. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Ser- " vices at 11 o'clock, A.M., next Sunday. Sundayschool at 9.30. Prayer-meeting every Thursday f evening at 7 o'clock. ^ Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor* There will bo no services in this church next Sunday in consequence of the absence of the ^ pastor who will bo in attendance upon Synod, which meets this week, in Greenville. Episcopal?Rev. H. M. Jarvis, Minister. Ser- a, vices at the usual hours, morning and evening. ^ Sunday-school in the afternoon. Associate Reformed?Rev. R. Lathan Pastor. Services atTirzah next Sunday u ... fl For the Yorkville Enquirer. sji DEMOCRATIC MEETING. ? A meeting of the Democracy of Rock ? Hill and vicinity was held at Fireman's Hall on Monday night last, for the purpose of making arrangements to hold a grand J? ratification mass meeting of the Democra- j; cy of the county at Rock Hill, on some fu- ~ ture day. W. C. Hutchison was elected " Chairman, B. M. Fewell Secretary, J. B. j* Johnson Treasurer. r The Chairman explained the object of the 11 meeting to be as above stated. Friday, the | 31st day of October, was fixed as the day h for the meeting. A committee was ap- S1 pointed to invite a number of distinguished n speakers, and other preliminaries were provided for by the appointment of suitable committees. The demonstration will be ; concluded at night by a grand torch-light " procession on horse back. The Democracy ? of the entire county are respectfully ana 11 earnestly requested to co-operate with the party in Eastern York on this occasion. It tl is expected that some of the most distin- I guished orators in the State will be present, G and it is the determination of the Democ- r< racy of Rock Hill and vicinity that the b meeting shall be a success. There will be o an entire suspension of business on that day. . The following gentlemen were appointed s] as Marshals for the occasion and tney are p each urged to be present and bring with them as many of the "Red Shirt Cavalry- si men" as may be possible. o Chief Marshal?J. F. Reid; Assistant tl Marshalls?W. J. Poag, McElwee's Mill; . W. C. Wherry, Catawba Church; John T. ? Speuce, Coates' Tavern; W. T. Poag, San- f( tuc; J. R. Haile and J. W. Marshall, Fort ^ Mill; W. S. Adams, Bethesda; Henry p Massey, Tirzah; L. T. Wood, Clay Hill; r Dr. W. G. Campbell, McConnellsville; J. B. j Johnson, E. R. Avery, and M. D. Blum. ^ Rock Hill; Capt J. R. Lindsay, Yorkville; p J. P. Hutchison, India Hook; Capt J. C. Patrick, Clover; J. Leander Adams, Bethel, " W. C. HUTCHISON, President. P B. M. Fewell, Secretary. ,? cl Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ^ LETTER FROM CHESTER. ? Chester, October 21.?When I closed my u( correspondence on last Tuesday, the Court 0] was engaged in the trial of the case of the tr State against F. M. Leucher charged with breach of trustj with fraudulent intent. The " prosecuting witness was Mrs. Logan, of our jv town, with whom the defendant had form- tr ed a partnership in the lumber business. Vi According to the testimoney she gave him J? money on several occasions to buy lumber, 11 but instead of spending it in this way he appropriated it to other purposes. In a ^ letter to the prosecuting witness he acknowl- JY edged that he spent the money advanced by ir her in meeting an indebtedness to B. M. ai Spratt, in whose employment he was pre- SS vious to forming a partnership with Mrs. ^ Logan. Realizing his condition, and fearing prosecution, he left town, and his whereabouts were unknown for several days, when he was arrested in Charleston and brought back to the scene of his fraudulent operations. His lawyers, Messrs. E. C. Mc- M Lure and \V. A. Sanders, did all in their P,( power to save him from the Penitentiary, ^ but their efforts were unavailing. The tes- so timony in the case was so clear and con- y vincing as not to admit of any doubt of the defendant's guilt. In the absence of the Solicitor, who was sick, the State was ably y represented by J. M. McNeel, Esq. The Judge sentenced him to three years of hard ,a labor in the penitentiary. On Wednesday el morning the case of the State vs. Berry San- te ders, colored, charged with rape, was tried. m The prosecuting witness was Nancy Peake, ,a white, who testified that the defendant on the night of the 2nd of August last opened a P window in her house, entered therein and ^ committed an outrageous assault on her person. As it was moonlight, she recognized ^ him, and on the stand swore positively to his identity. As a matter of course, this ai testimony established the guilt of the defendant. The jury recommended him to the mercy of the Court, and he was sentenc- " ed by the presiding Judge to imprisonment fjj for life in the penitentiary. On Wednesday afternoon there was con- ?j; siderable argument on the motion, made by a' Major S. P. Hamilton, that the indictments er against several persons for selling spirituous w liquors without license be quashed. The motion was made "on the ground that an Kr indictment could not lie for selling without in license in the town of Chester." The pre- n( siding Judge granted the motion for the rea- nc son that Cliester was not embraced within Wi the operation of the general liquor law, w< and the special law passed for the town of ln Chester does not prohibit the sale of liquors f0! within the limits of the town. Solicitor Gaston made an able argument in opposition to the granting of the motion. Thursday and Saturday were devoted by J!?' the Court to the trial of civil cases that did not require a jury. This week will be given P1 to the trial of cases that require a jury. nc Mr. R. M. Cross, our Chief of Police, who an was painfully cut with a knife a few nights t0 ago by Holly Upson, of our town, is again ?? able to be in the street in the discharge of bl! his duties. w A mnnnr tV>n ofInna A f tho fair nPYt, i W< Xlllll/U^ V1IW aiUUVbAUliU V* HIV iM4? >4V?? | week will be the Mason cotton gin. Farm-1 ^v' ers in particular will be pleased to see this tr. evidence and specimen of South Carolina's I skill. m. | ye Lynching a Political Murderer.?f. j bu A. Burton, President of the Blaine and Lo- in gan Club at La Cross, Wisconsin, was shot N< dead by a man known as "Scotty" at tn 8 o'clock on the night of the 16th instant, th while the Republicans were forming in Sa procession on Main street. Seven shots th were fired in quick succession. The murder-1 -In er was arrested and hurried to jail before th the immense crowd could realize what had ou occurred. As soon as the fact was made , th known there was intense excitement, and fic hundreds of men in uniform and carrying of! their torches hurried to the courthouse yard, w< and demanded that the prisoner be handed sa over to them. "Lynch him," "lynch him," j th was the general cry. The body of Burton in was taken to a drug store, where an exam-, be ination showed that life was extinct. Every of shot took effect. Those who stood near the Hi scene say that the man advanced from the to crowd on the sidewalk to within a few feet A, of his victim and fired the first bullet into I mi his back, when Burton fell to the pavment. j It This was followed with six shots into the i th rostrate man's body and head. "Scotty" len threw his revolver at his victim and ive him a kick. All this was done in a loment and before any one could realize le situation. A mob of several hundred gathered round the prison door, and finding that ley could not prevail upon the authories to surrender the prisoner, at 10.4o clock procured cold chisels, forced open le doors and putting a rope around the lurderer's neck lynched him. - The officers ere not able to stay the mob who refused > listen to argument. From 9 o'clock to ) the courthouse yard and square present\ a scene which beggard description. The 10b increased in number until the entire iace on three sides of the jail was a dense lass of humanity demanding that the murerer be hung. Torches flared above the sea f heads and white plumes moved resolutely bout the square. The best citizens in the lace were present and watched the fearful :ene with blanched faces, but with no exression of sympathy. The motive for the lurder has not been revealed. Burton was 'ennhHean manager of the eamnaimi at laCrosse. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Moses Williams, colored, aged 11G years, nd the father of forty odd children, died 1 Barnwell county on the 7th instant. ? Lawrence Williams, a colored boy aged xteen years, accidentally shot and killed is brother Earnest, aged eleven, while out juirrel hunting near Honea Path, last 'riday. ? In Edgefield county, a few days ago, ohnnie, the seven-year-old son of John L. Lussell, while playing in a pile of seed cotHi fell into a hole wnich some^f the chilren had previously made in the cotton and 'as smothered to death. ? A destructive rain storm visited Goueysville, Union county, on Thursday night f last week, beating out much cotton from le boll and washing it away. The damE*e on Captain S. S. Walker's farm amounts ) $1,000. ? A negro in Sumter county nicked up a un and pointing it at another aarkey, said, Look out, I am going to shoot you." He red, tearing off the man's lower jaw and ilitting his tongue in several places. He ind't know it was loaded, but he languish3 in jail all the same. The wounded nero will probably recover. ? A heavy hailstorm passed over a part f Sumter county on the evening of October . In the neighborhood of the Shaws and irosswells near Manville, it seemed to be eaviest, stones falling as large as an egg, nd almost thick enough to cover the ground. otton was oaciiy neaten out, ana several idustrious farmers were seriously daraagd. During the storm a pine tree on Col. larle's place was struck by lightning and ixteen well grown hogs that were sleeping ear the foot of it were killed. POLITICS IN THE STATE. ? D. R. Feaster, of Fairfield county, pubshes a card declining to become a candiate of the Indepedent party for Congress 1 the Fourth district. ? The Edgefield Chronicle says: One of fie most'conspicuous individuals in the >emocratic procession last Thursday was leorge Weaver, a colored Democrat, who ide with the Democrats in 187G and has een faithful ever since. He is a member f the Pleasant Lane Club. ? Says the Columbia Register: What our peakers at our mass meeting told our eople should not be forgotten. We must rork if we would win. A glowing enthuiasm in one State or section penetrates all thers. South Carolina has her place in le picture and she will play it manfully. ? There are opposition candidates for Conress in five Congressional districts as fol>ws: First, J. Hendrix- McLane Indepenent and W. N. Taft, Republican ; Second, 1. J. Dickerson, colored, Republican ; Fifth, '. C. Macoy, Republican, A. G. Johnson, ndependent; Sixth, M. Kelly, Indepenent; Seventh, Robert Smalls, colored, Re ublican. ? The Hewson branch of the Republican arty in Sumter county held a convention on ist Saturday for the purpose of nominating county ticket. It is their hope to capture le county offices. There are two factions f the Republican party in Sumter?one id by Hewson and the other by Brayton. he Hewson faction is composed of the oisterousand unruly elements of the "grand Id party," and will probably give some ouble in Sumter. ? Speaking of the nomination for Congress r Col. Win. Elliott in the "Black district," le Sumter Spirit of the Times says: "For arious reasons Col. William Elliott is the lost available man to put forward at this me. His merits as a man of business are ell known, and his rectitude and integrir have won for him the confidence of both hite and colored. Besides he comes from le banner Republican county of the State, id is in a position to keep an eye upon the mvict Smalls, who is from that county, fith proper support Col. Elliott will be lr next Congressman." MERE-MENTION. The manufacturers at Fall River, Mass., ive agreed to close mills aggregating 700,K) spindles. The President has aplinted First Assistant Postmaster-General rank Hatton, postmaster general. On niie of the through railroad lines in New ork State passenger rates have been relced to one cent per mile. Fence cutng in Colorado is done by wholesale, ighty miles of wire fence was cut in Borm county, in that State, on Wednesday of st week. Senator Morrill has been ected his own successor ror the long rm of United States Senator from Veront. The Bennett-Mackay' cable was nded on Coney Island at 12.15 last Saturly afternoon, and at 1 o'clock the end was aced in the station. Sixofflcersof the ussian army who were sentenced to death trly last week were executed at the St. Btersburgh Citadel last Saturday. Besides iem two women also paid the death penty. < Mrs. Lockwood Takes the Stump.? rs. Belva Lockwood, the woman's equal ghts candidate for President, spoke at eveland, Ohio, to a large audience, the her night. Her speech was listened to tentively and frequently during its delivy she was applauded. Alter the speaking as concluded, she said to a reporter: "I am working heart and soul for our eat cause. We have a full Electoral vote New Hampshire, some in Maryland, Illi)is and nearly every Southern State. I do )t, of course, expect to be elected; but we ant to see our strength at the polls. If I gre elected I would call one woman into y Cabinet, and commence my work of rerm in the Treasury Department. I think yself that Blaine has the best chances of gction. I am not able to say in which ate I expect to poll the heaviest vote. I ceive a great many letters from strangers, le man writes that he can carry Mississip; another says we can carry half of Illiiis. I don't know whether this is all talk id merely in the eye; but it is encouraging, say the least. Like all candidates, we, of urse, claim everything with confidence, it I tell you confidentially that our work ill begin when the campaign closes. Then e expect to put in four years of good, solid :>rk, and in 1888 we will surprise the couny with our strength." Edgefield Again in Ashes.?Three tars ago, on the 30th of October, 1881, the isiness portion of the town of Edgefield, this State, was swept away by a fire. bw buildings were erected on the burnt onrl offQi* 10 a'dIadIt loaf T?ri/lov nicrhf". CHiU Ui VV1 X ad V V^IVV/IV 1UOV X 1 >UU J ey, too, were destroyed. About 4 o'clock turday morning a burglar, after robbing e store of C. L. B. Marsh, set it on fire, a short time the entire business part of e town was in a blaze, and thirteen stores t of sixteen were totally consumed with eir contents. In addition to these the ofe of the Edgefield Chronicle and the law ices of W. D. Outz and J. L. Addison sre also burned. Very lew goods were ved on account of the rapidity with which e flames spread. There was very little surance on the property, and the loss will over$100,000 with an estimated insurance $13,500. The Courthouse and Masonic all escaped. On Tuesday night previous the fire a burglar entered the store of W. , McCullough, and on last Friday night a an suspected of the crime was arrested, is supposed that some of his gang caused e fire. A