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It was thirty-five minutes past eleven when i! I went home. I heard firing a quarter of 11 an hour after I left?a volley?a good many guns?after the buggy had left with William. 11 I am married, and my wife attends to the I clock. I think it is usually correct. I ; Cross examined. I live four hundred j yards from Sylvanus Thornburg's. Colum-1, bus Goore never told me what he was going ! to swear in this case. I had no private con- ' versation with Sylvanus before we left with ! Bill. I asked him why he did not go with < us and he gave as a reason that he had some business to attend to. He did not state the nature of the business. He said I there was a man about Yorkville that he 1 wanted to see?one man in Yorkville, and i another twelve or fourteen miles below ; Yorkville, and the way things were stirred up, if he left, he wanted to leave right. I went on with the buggy and was present ( when Sylvanus was arrested. 1 Re-direct. I was bound over as a witness for the State. The sheriff had asked me < some questions previous to my making my 1 affidavit in the habeas corpus proceedings, i The statement I make to-day in regard to 1 the time is as nearly correct as I can state it. i Second cross examination. I did not say 1 in the sheriff's office, in the presence of ' my father, that it was ten minutes after 1 twelve when we left with William in the : buggy. * ' Wm. Turner, sworn. I was at Sylvanus 1 Thornburg's on the night of the 3rd of Sep- J tember. Columbus Goore, Dick Russell, '< two or three negroes and Sylvanus were i there. I went there at 8 or 9 o'clock and re- 1 ^ mained until between 12 and 1. I was there < when Bill Thornburg and Dick Russell left. 1 Sylvanus was there. I remained fifteen or twenty minutes or a half hour after Wil- ! liam left. Sylvanus left fifteen or twenty ; minutes after twelve o'clock?between 12 : and 1. After William had started, a negro ' went for Sylvanus' horse and brought the ' wrong saddle. Returning for the saddle he wanted, and some blunder he made in ar- i ranging the martingales, delayed his starting. Before leaving he sat on his horse and talked to me. He rode off in the direction of his father's house. I heard the volley a few minutes after he left. He did not say ' where he was going. Cross-examined. Sylvanus' father's house is not in the nearest direction from the Finley place to Yorkville. He started, though, in the direction of Yorkville. I had no watch. I judged as to the time by the position of the moon. I do not know at what time the moon rose that night. I guessed the hour by the position of the moon. Second examination in cliitf. There was no reason for wanting to know the time that night. Do not know whether or not i the defendant had a stick when he left. Mrs. Laura Russell, sworn. I am R. S. Russell's wife. I live within sight of the Fin ley house. Some negroes live there now. Sylvanus did live there. My husband went there on the night of the 3rd of September, and returned home between eleven and twelve; I do not know how near 1 to twelve. He changed his clothes after he 1 came home; left and returned home about daylight. Miss Adaline Patterson, sworn. I live between one and two hundred yards oiann'c nlapo t rpmpmhor the j & via j vatvun v * burning of his barn. At the time I was not sound asleep, and was awakened by the ; roaring of the flames. I went to the back ! door and called Miss Bell, who was at Mr. , Parish's. G. S. Russell was there. I went ( up to the barn gate after dressing. When ( I returned, it was five or ten minutes of , 1 o'clock by the watch, according to railroad time. We can hear the college bell and the railroad whistle. We live a little over a | mile from town. The road is sometimes , traveled after night. There was agood deal of passing at that time. A buggy passed up the road that night; one also passed down, : about 8 or 9 o'clock. I heard some one pass ( after I had gone to bed. When I saw the burning barn, it was all burned down except the weatherboarding and plates. The entire roof had fallen in. It burned some 1 ti me after I got there. Cross-examined. There was a large straw , stack on the left hand end of the barn. Jake Montgomery, colored, introduced, j Objected to by the State, on the ground ( tkn i..wl hoffn vnvintph hpfftfo , a trial justice's court of the crime of hog^ stealing. The record produced, and objection sustained. , Gen. E. M. Law, sworn. I have been, , once, at the place where the barn was burn- , ed?on the loth of October. The ground was dry. On the 4th of September the soil J in town was dry. The last previous rain , was on the 21st of August. The first prima- ? ry election was on the 2oth of August; the J second on the 11th of September. There ! was considerable excitement between those j dates. In town the ground was very dry. , There had been a long dry spell previous to the 21st of August and the roads were very dusty. There was a heavy rain at < McConnelisville on the 21st. On the loth of October I was at Glenn's barn and saw ( several tracks. The tracks .were plain. I endeavored to count the number of iuipres- i sions of the heel tacks in the tracks, but could not count them all. In some instances I could count six or eight, but in no instance ! could I count all. The soil is sandy?medium soil. I made the same experiment with ( the same result on the outside of the gate. Cross-examined. This experiment was made near the middleof the day, when the , soil would be drier than in the morning, i when clump t>y aew. a. neei wuu large , tucks would be more apt to make an impression than one with small tacks. I wit- , nessed the conduct of the defendant on the , evening- thesheriff attempted to arrest him. Question. Did you see defendant, Sylvan- ( us Thornburg, on that evening, and how did he act on that evening ? , (Question objected to. Objection overruled, and exception noted.) I heard a slight noise on the opposite side i of the street from where I was standing. . Sylvanus Thornburg was mounted on a i ' horse, just in the act of escaping from the < sherilf and Mr. Darwin. He passed out of their reach, both following. I saw the sher- , iff turn to Darwin and take a pistol, moving , on after Thornburg, and when I noticed him again he had. drawn a pistol. All were going slowly. I heard none of the conversation after they had left Main street. I ( could not express an opinion as to whether Thornburg was drunk or sober. I formed . no opinion by his physical condition, ( though I was astonished at his conduct. i lie-direct. On a recent occasion I was at j Adickes' store door, picking at a track with , a knife. Sam. Miller called my attention to the track, saying, "Here is Thornburg's i track." He called the attention of several 1 persons to the track. I looked at it, and saw that one was the .impression of half a heel. < This was sometime after the arrest. I do i not remember the size of the shoe. Thorn- i burg was then in jail. i Samuel L. Miller, sworn. I live in ] Yorkville arid am a clerk in the store of 1 Withers Adickes. Soon after the arrest? j on Saturday, September Gth?I saw some i fresh tracks in front of the store, on the ; side-walk. The ground was damp from water thrown on it. One heel was perfect; j 1 the other was a patched or half heel. Col- j; cock Moore and Willie Law counted the i , tack impressions in the heel. There were , twenty-seven impressions in the full heel, i j I do not know the number in the half-heel, j /T\af,ar>/-lci?t'ccLrwa.ichnu;n tft WltnPSS.i Think 1 the track was about the size of tin's shoe, 1 but the half-heel in the track would not < match this half-heel. The tracks were uuade on damp ground, and there was no ; i trouble in observing them. It was about < the time of the discussion of the Thornburg j matter. Green Simkil, (colored) sworn. I live i on Sheriff Glenn's place, and have lived ! there eight years. I live a half a mile from i where the barn was burned. I did not see the tire until the barn was nearly consumed, i Willie Glenn came after me. I wassur-j] prised when I heard of it. I heard some < little talk, last fall, about fire. I saw 3re this last spring not far from the barn, on the side of the road. It was after ni^ht, across the road from the barn, one hunclred yards < distant from the barn. I and Mrs. White 1 i put it out. I found some matches there ' afterwards. I had nothing in the barn last ! year, but had some cotton in the yard ; had it moved for the reason of the fire. I never heard of any threats coming from Thorn- < burg. I saw the track next morning, but 1 noticed nothing about them peculiar. I know the defendant. I would not swear that it is his track. I never saw him walk I without a stick. I heard the suggestions i as to whose tracks they were when they ; were being examined. I looked to see if I could find the mark of a walking stick, i but found none. Cross-examined. I saw the shoe fitted to the track. I never heard any one threaten to burn Sheriff Glenn's barn. The only person I ever knew to express fears of being burned out was the old colored woman, Jane McLeave, who lived on the place. 3he and I were not friendly all the time. The fire I saw was not on Sheriff Glenn's land. It was a small place, and had just commenced burning when I first discovered, it. That is the only sign of fire there that I know of. The sheriff had twenty-five bales of cotton in his barn yard last year from October to December. I had removed my cotton. I watched the tracks until the shoes were brought for comparison, and no person passed over them. Re-direct. I moved my cotton on account of the threats that had been made to burn the old woman. John Simril, (colored,) sworn. I live an the premises of Sheriff Glenn, one mile from the barn. I live close to Green, but npurpr the hnrn thnn he. I saw the Dlace of the fire next morning, but was asleep when the fire occurred. I saw tracks, but do not know whose tracks they were. I know Thornburg and have seen him walk. I heard no suggestions in particular that morning as to whose tracks they were. I 3aw no signs of a walking stick. I have heard some threats?the first of this year? about burning. I had some cotton there, and not knowing what might happen, I moved it. It was in the cotton house. I saw where a fire had been built on the side rf the road, but do not know how it came to be there. Cross-examined. The fire I allude to was a small place, a short distance?about fifty yards from the barn, and near the main road. It was a small place where a match might have been thrown. The old woman's fears were all that I ever heard. I. T. Parish, sworn. I live a quarter of n mile from where the barn was burned. I was there; heard the alarm and went to the place, but do not know the time when I arrived. The roof had fallen in when I got there. I do not remember as to the timbers standing. I did not see Leander Parish when I first got there. He lives further from the place than I. I saw tracks, but cannot say as to the number. Could tell nothing as to the size or number of shoe. There were also barefoot tracks. Thesheriff spoke about the barefoot track, and a little \v hite fellow said some of the hands had been there. There is but one wagon-way through the lot from the gate. 'A hen I went back the second time, after the fire I did not remain more than five minutes. I paid no attention to the measurement of the tracks. George Grist had one of the shoes. He was handling one of the shoes near the tracks. I do not know that any tracks had been made with the shoes. I saw no sign of a walking stick. I never saw the defendant walk without a stick. Mrs. Jane White, sworn. I am the wife of Nathaniel White. I was at home the night the harn was burned. I was awakened by the light, and as soon as I wakened the family I went out. When I got to the barn it was all in a flame, the top burning. Mr. Russell was first to come, and the next after him Frank Johnson, a colored man. I do not know where he lives. Mr. The. Parish came next; then Leander Parish and his son. I noticed the clock after returning from the barn; the time was ten mintes after one. All these persons mentioned had come before I returned to the house. I cannot say what progress the fire had made by the time I returned. The clock keeps ?. i! ? "Vf- 1I7UJ4-/V nHnn/lc; tn if T L'Orr(?Ct IHIJt?* iUl. iinc aiicuuo w/ iv? a. never heard of any threats worthy of notice being made to burn ; all I heard were the fears of the old negro woman, Jane McLeave. I was surprised when I saw this tire. I have no facts within my knowledge to cause me to suspect Thornburg or any , one else. Cross-examined. Jane McLeave is an old colored woman who lived on Sheriff Glenn's place last year. Capt. J. C. Lynes, sworn. I atn a graduate in chemistry and natural philosophy and a teacher of these sciences. There is such a thing as spontaneous combustion, both rapid and slow. Under the conditions of straw and other substances, as described, hi thiiih-irn. tho elements of slow combustion were there. Cumbustion may take place from five days to seven or eight months. Clover, hay, &c., are nitrogeneous substances and would generate slow combustion. [Witness then gave a lengthy scientific explanation of the probable effects, under various circumstances, of the piling up of nitrogenous substances in a circumscribed space, and continued)?I have book knowledge that in cities the percentage of fires from spontaneous combustion is large; in the city of London amounting to thirtythree per cent. In many instances where incendiary fires were suspected, experts have traced them to spontaneous combustion. The cases of nitrogenous combustion are of frequent occurrence in this country?especially in the Western States. Fire is a compound or union of oxygen with other gases. There may be fire without flame. Phosphorous will ignite at sixty degrees, centigrade. Fire is the result of a chemical union of gases. It is latent, the product of heat. Ileat is present even in ice, the coldest substance we have in nature. Heat is in every substance. There may be heat without a flame. Lucifer matches ignite at thirty degrees, centigrade. This degree of heat could be easily obtained by piling organic matter, and would ignite a lucifer motoh if nlHr>p?i within it. The proximity of horse-stables would increase the chances of spontaneous combustion. Their presence would render the conditions of spontaneous combustion good. Horse excrement contains a large amount of nitrogenous matter, and dung hills have been seen to burn up. Cross-examined. Clover, cured and dried, before being placed in a barn, would not cause combustion, if it continued dry. Can give no opinion as to the probable result i>f one load of clover scattered and remaining scattered over a space of twenty-six by thirty feet. With chaff perfectly dry, put in a dry room on a stone floor, there could be danger, by the absorbing of moisture. Unless the floor were well cemented there would be conditions of danger. lo the Court. Spontaneous combustion in cities is due mainly to fatty oils, oakum, Unen and cotton rags. Castor and olive oils generate combustion rapidly under certain circumstances. The stable mentioned, if used for the purpose of a stable, would enhance the danger when filled with straw or chaff. Wm. It. McCuiiiiough, sicorn. On the 1 night of the 3rd of September last, I was at rhornburg's; had been there all of that day. From sundown, until the time he left, Sylvanus was at the Finley house. I was there when William Thorn burg left. I think he left after 12 o'clock. I judge the time by the position of the moon, which had turned to the west. Sylvanus left about twenty minutes after William. I know the ; road usually traveled from the Finley house to Joseph Thornburg's; the distance is half < \ mile. Sylvanus traveled it. From W. R. Lowry's to Joseph Thornburg's the dis- j tance is half a mile. From Lowry's to the Lincolnton road, the shortest way is a quar- < ter of a mile; by the other way, a path, the Jistance is nearly half a mile. I do not know of any other path leading from his house to the Lincolnton road. I have been j to Lowry's house; there is an open neia on the east side of it, and woods on the west 1 side. Cross-examined. I have no watch. From the position of the moon it is my iinnres- : sion that it was twelve o'clock when William Thornburg left. 1 Wm. Thornburg, sworn. I was arrested and put in jail the same ti me as my brother, Sylvan us. I was in jail five days. I was not allowed to hold any communication with my brother while I was in jail. While in jail X received no note from my brother for William Lowrv. I did not communi- j catewith Lowry while I was in jail. Wm. R. Lowry, sworn. I was raised in North Carolina. I have lived in York county six or seven years; a part of the time west of Yorkville, and a part of the time east. I have also lived in the upper part of the county. I have lived in the vicinity of Yorkville six years. I married the defendant's sister. I now live east of Yorkville. (Witness pointed out on map the place of his resi- 1 rtence.) On the night of the 3rd of September I was at home. My family consists of i wife and one child. I have lived at my ! 1 present place of residence nearly four years, < but do not own the place/ I work in a saw ! mill two miles north-east of where I live; was working there on the 3rd of September. 1 Late that evening I came to town for a saw mill file. At Dobson & Parish's store I was j asked how things were getting on at Thorn- j burg's, and this was the first intimation I ! had of the difficulty in town that day. Pre- j vious to being asked the question I knew nothing about it. I went around to Hunter & Oates' store, on business, and there I was also asked about the affairs at Thornburg's, and I found that the people in town generally knew of the trouble, while I knew nothing about it. I returned home after dark, and was then informed what the crowd had gone out for. I went to Joseph Thornburg's house as soon as I could after going home. I remained there fifteen or twenty minutes; saw no persons while there and returned home and went to bed. I went to sleep and was awakened by the sound of shooting?a volley. I remained * ' ' *- Kwv 4Ka wJ n n? I in 1)6(1 J WHS nut UISIUI UCU u,y IIIC nit iiuiig, not having any particular idea of the cause of it. I thought the firing was at Thornburg's, but could not locate it. Twenty or twenty-five minutes later some one halloed at the gate. I got up out of bed and went out, and saw that it was Sylvanus Thornburg. This was about twenty minutes after the firing. My clock was not running and I have no way of fixing the time, except by the moon, which was shining and had turned to the west. Sylvanus remained at my house between a half and three-quarters of an hour. My wife came out before he left and joined in the conversation. She was detained in the house by the child. My wife is the defendant's sister. Sylvanus was on horse-back, and when he left he went a north course from my house. After he left, I went back to bed. The next morning I went to the saw-mill, starting before aa.v-break, in order to arrive there by day-light. I remember seeing at the mill Mr. It. B. Youngblood, besides the regular hands at the mill. I do not remember any one else except Mr. Wallace and Mr. Whitner. I did not know, until I saw Wallace and Whitner thatSylvanus had been arrested. I told these men that Sylvanus was at my house on the night before. I do not remember of having seen L. R. Williams that day. In consequence of the visit of Sylvanus to my house that night, my wife went home and gave some directions to her mother for Sylvanus in regard to his business affairs, the management of his crop, &c. Cross-examined. The distance from my house to the Lincolnton road is 250 or 300 yards. From Sylvanus' house to mine the distance is one and a quarter mile. Sylvanus rode a good horse?one with a good gait. I do not know that he is a fine horseman. I first heard of the fire on the next evening, after he was at my house. I met L. R. Williams at the saw-mill; but have no recollection of any conversation with him. He may have been at the mill that day. Some days he did not come to the mill at all. I saw M. L. Thomasson that evening and spoke to him about the affair, but did not use the expression that Sylvanus passed my house that morning in a hurry. Question. Did you say to Lee Williams, at his saw mill, that Sylvanus Thornburg passed your house in a hurry, that morning, about 2 o'clock, or that he remained only a short time ? Answer: I did not. Question. Did you say to Munroe Thomasson, at his house, that Sylvanus passed your house at 2 o'clock that morning, in a hurry? Answer: I do not remember that I said it. Question. Did you, on that same day, tell R. 15. Youngblood that Sylvanus was at your house that night, but stayed only a short while ? Answer: I did not say that he stayed but a short while. Question. Did you say to Lee Williams or Munroe Thomasson that Sylvanus had to leave in a hurry? Answer: I might have said that he wanted to get to the North Carolina line before daylight. Question. While Sylvanus was locked in jail, did you at any time, have a private conversation with him? 1 did. Re-direct. I received no communication from Sylvanus while he was in jail. The conversation with Youngblood I do not remember; I was busy with my work and do not remember what was said. When busy at work I frequently make answers to persons merely to get rid of them. My opinion of the remark now is the same as it would have been then. I do not remember the words with Thomasson or William* Ldo not know now the time Sylvanus was at my house, but I do know the time he arrived thereafter the volley. It was his habit to visit my house, sometimes for half a day, and sometimes remaining all night. He is a cripple. Second cross examination. A paper was shown to witness, on which he recognized his signature, it being his affidavit in the habeas corpus proceedings of this case. This affidavit fixed the time of arrival of Sylvanus at witness' house at not later than halfpast 12. Affiant was awakened by the volley, and twenty minutes later Sylvanus called at his house. In reply, witness said that when he made the affidavit he was /viiAooin/v of fho timn ^ucoouic ai uiv tiuiv* Mrs. Martha N. Lowry, sworn. I am the wife of W. R. Lowry. Our family consists of ourselves and one child. On the night of the 3rd of September my brother, Sylvanus, came to our house. I hardly know at what time of night he came. He remained half an hour after I got up. I did not get up immediately?some fifteen minutes after became. He wasthere probably three quarters of an hour. He went north from our house, in the direction of Bill Dobson's, toward the Lincolnton road. I think Dobson lives about three miles from Yorkville. I did not hear the shooting that night. My husband and I both talked to Sylvanus when he came to our house that night. In consequence of that visit, I went to my father's house next morning on business for Sylvanus. Mrs. Mary A. Thornburg, sworn. I am the mother of Sylvanus Thornburg. I was at home on the night of the 3rd of September. I am the wife of Joseph/ Thornburg. I heard firing on that night, between, I think, 12 and 1 o'clock. After the firing, I heard a horse. I then thought it was Sylvanus' horse, and that he was going to the stable. lie did not come to the house. I was near a window in the north-east part of the house, and he appeared to be riding around on the east side of the Finley house. From me he was in the direction of the Finley house. Sylvanus Thornburg, sworn. 1 will soon be thirty years old. I first came to York county in 1875 or 1S7G and lived on Glenn's place, where I remained about twenty months. I then went to Cherryville, N. C. I never came back to remain only a short time. It is between two and three years since I came back to remain. I am one of the owners of the Finley land, but have lived at my father's this summer. On the evening of the 3rd of September, after going to my father's, I went to the Finley place. I remained but a short while, but did not return to my father's house. I returned to the Finley house an hour after dark, and next left that house between 12 and 1. My brother and those who accompanied him left the Finley house twenty minutes before I did. Why I did not go with them was because I wished to see my father and Lowry before leaving. I did not know when 1 might return, and wished to give directions for work on the farm. My horse was in the stable. When they brought it to me, they brought the wrong saddle, and a part of the martingales was lacking, which also detained me. I could not find my cane, and can walk but little without a stick. (Stick shown to witness, which he identified.) I cut this stick from a bush in the yard. When leaving, I in tended to go to my uncle's, Forbes, twelve or fifteen miles from Yorkville. I do not know that I said to any one that night that before leaving, I wanted to see some person twelve or fifteen miles below York-1 ville. I told my brother, when he left, | that I did not know whether I would see j him the next night or not; that I had some ! business to attend to; would be detained by j a business matter. A part of this business was to see Lowry and cancel a contract with him for some lumber I had engaged ; under the circumstances not supposing I would need it. And I also wanted to leave some instructions for my mother in regard to j work on the farm. I wished to attend to, these matters because I" did not expect to j be allowed to come back. On riding off, j after passing the spring, I saw some men ! up the hill. They halted me, and fired at j me?between twelve and twenty shots. I | did not fire, but got away as quickly as I; could. I rode from there as rapidly as my J horse could go. I went on up the road, and turned to the left, and after getting some j distance from the party stopped to rest my | horse. I went on through the woods, cross-1 ing the road that leads off by the Adickes' place, came in to my right and took the straight road at Woods' place near the Charlotte road, where I took down the road by O'Farrell's house and went around to Lowry's. I did not stop to see my mother. 1 was afraid to go by there, supposing some of the posse would be watching there for me. I passed within 250 or 000 yards of the house, and my horse could have been heard at the house. I then left the direct road and went through the woods and fields and struck the Charlotte road near Hobbs' field. I then went down a path across the road. Did not see any one after being fired at before I got to the Charlotte road. I did nothing on the road except to cut a switch with which to whip up my horse. Cut the switch on the side of the path. Do not know how long I carried the switch. I remained at Lowry's house a half or three quarters of an hour?a half hour at least. My purpose in going there was to leave a message for my mother; also in regard to emno liimhpr T hnrl pnnlrnntpfl with him for. and in reference to the fodder and hay on the place. While there I also saw my sister, who.remained on the piazza. When I left Lowry's, I went north?by a blind road leading into the Lincolnton road near the two-mile post. Question by Mr. Hurt. I)o you remember anything about burning Sheriff Glenn's barn ? I do not remember anything about the barn. I was not west of the Lincolnton road that night. The nearest point I was to the barn was when I was at Woods' field, three miles from it. I do not know the distance from Lowry's to where I crossed the Charlotte road one and a half mile3 from town. After I struck the Lincolnton road I kept on, riding slowly, and a part of the time asleep. I met two men and being satisfied what their business was, I rode by them, and was fired on. Glenn said, "Stop!" but I rode by. I did not attempt to fire a pistol that night. I wore the shoes shown here on this trial; had worn them three or four weeks. I put the patch on the heel myself. I had pistols, also matches in my pocket when arrested, and did not attempt to throw either away. It is a habitual custom with me to carry matches all the time. At the time of my arrest I did not know of the burning of the barn. The first I heard of it was when we arrived at Mrs. Metis' place. Willie Glenn met us there and told it. I did not then throw away the matches in my pocket, which I could easily have done, having no idea that I would be charged with the crime. (Stick shown.)?I had this stick when arrested, and have had it ever since. After being put in jail, Sheriff Glenn called for my shoes. I made no objection. The shoes were not returned to me. They did not make a track on Sheriff Glenn's premises on the night of the 3rd of September. If a track of these shoes was made there, it was made by some one else the next morning. I had them on my feet all the night before, the most of the time on horse-back. I was put in the dungeon with Walker and kept there thirty days. \\Tollrfti. vamninatl in the flimorpnn t.WPntV IT X V HiCii IIV. VI ill v??v ... ^ seven clays. One day the sheriff came in and said he had received a letter from you remonstrating against my being kept in a dungeon, and said the reason why he put me there was to separate me from the negroes, and to give me a room free from vermin. While in the dungeon, nor at any time since, have I ever wrote a note to Lowry. I have had no private interview with the sheriff, though Walker did while confined in the dungeon with me. I have never been on the premises of the barn but once since it was built. Wasacquainted with the character of the barn, and think I was there one time when it was building. Think my brother worked on it. When I lived there only the dwelling house had been built. After I was arrested and found that I was suspected of burning the barn, I felt some concern on account of the matches in my pocket, and gave them to Walker. Cross examined. I am a good rider and had a fast horse. I did not stop to talk with anyone after I left Lowry's. I stopped at a branch about five miles from town and washed my face. I also stopped for about ten mintes, I think, near Wood's, and then went on until I was arrested by tne parties. From James Thomasson's to where I was arretted, the rlistrirum 1b -about n mile find nail. rrryacTslowly and slept a part ortlTe way. I am not familiar with all the roads intersecting the Charlotte and Lincolnton roads. I have lived near the barn. My brother-in-law and my brother worked on it when it was built. I have seen the barn about the time it was finished, and may have been inside of it. I do not know, but I think I saw a light that night in the direction of the barn, when I was along about where the Limestone road crosses the Lincolnton road. I think I told Tom Glenn that I saw the light. Re-direct. The fire would be behind me, riding in the direction I rode. The general direction led from the fire. (A small pocket knife was shown the witness which he identified as his or one exactly like his.) I first informed Maj. Hart about cutting the switch a few days after the preliminary examination. Maj. J. IL Barry, sworn. I am ac quainted with ay i van us rnornDurg, ana know his general character; it is good. At the request of his counsel I went out, the 25th of September, on a path leading from the Charlotte road above town, to examine if a switch had been cut from acertain bush. About 150 yards from the Charlotte road, on the left hand side, I found where a switch had been cut. I cut off the limb from which the switch had been cut, and going on, I found three twigs that had been trimmed from the switch. Going on to Dowry's, I found a switch in his yard, that, corresponded exactly with the cut on the limb that I took from the bush. I found three twigs which also corresponded with the knots left on the switch. (The switch, the limb from which it had been taken and four twigs, all corresponding as to general appearance, and showing the same marks of the knife, were exhibited to the jury.) The witness continued : I think it was about the 25th of September that I went, and the condition of the twigs picked up indicated that they had been cut about three weeks. (The knife shown to and identified by the preceding witness as his own, was also exhibited to the jury, the purpose being to show the mark on the trimmed places of a small gap in the blade.) Witness said : I found three of these twigs on the evening I went out, and the fourth one, Mrs. Thornburg handed to me, she having found it afterwards. The switch was cut between a quarter and a half a mile on the direct road leading to Lowry's house. Cross-examined. It was one hundred and fifty yards from the Charlotte road where the switch was cut. I have not spoken to Sylvanus Thornburg in twelve months. Question. Did you ever tell Sherilf Glenn that you had sent a message to Sylvanus on the evening of the 3rd of September? Answer: I did, but do not know whether he ever received it. Jie-direct. The switch was cut between the road and the branch. Defence closed. in* 11eply. L. It. Williams, sworn. I reside six miles east of Yorkville, on the Charlotte road. I own a saw mill. I had a conversation with W. It. Dowry on the day the barn was burned. In the morning of that day I went up to tne inm wnere ne was at woik, and spoke to liiin. He said that he did not p;et much rest on the night before ; that Wm. Thornburg had been shot on the evening before; that Sylvanus went to town for a doctor, and while there the sheriff made an attempt toarresthim, and that Sylvanus passed by his house at 2 o'clock that morning, making his way to North Carolina. Muxrok Thomasson, sworn. I live two miles from Yorkville. On the 4th of September I had a conversation with \V. K. Lowry. He said that Sylvanus Thornburg came to his house, or passed his house about two o'clock the preceding night?his clock was not running. He said that Sylvanus did not tarry long, as he wanted to getaway by daylight. Cross-examined. I live two miles from here, between half and three-fourths of a mile from the three-mile post. I have never said to any one that Lowry said to me that Sylvanus came to his house about 12 o'clock. It. II. Youngblood, sworn. I live nearly four miles from Yorkville. I know W. It. Lowry. I had a conversation with him at the saw-mill. He asked me if I had heard of the fracas on the evening and night before, in which the attempt was made toarrestSylvanus Thornburg. He then told me about it, and said that Sylvanus had passed his I house that night, making his way to North Carolina. He also said Sylvan us wanted to see his (Dowry's) wife. R. H. Glenn, recalled. Did K. S. Russell say to you, in presence of his father, that it was ten minutes past 12 when they left the Fin ley house with William Thorn- j burg? Answer: He did. Question. What is your opinion in regard to the spontaneous combustion theory in the generation of heat in barns; or have you any experience in farming? Answer: I have been engaged in farming ever since I was nine years old, and have never known j of any such case of a barn being burned i from such a cause. My oat straw was put away perfectly dry. .Some of the straw was put there last year. I did not see the j clover. I have never heard of spontaneous i' combustion caused by the ordinary contents of a barn. I have seen men who had seen others who said they had read of such , Ut'UUriCIIUUDj U Ub IIUUU cvtx X.aju^ unu^i mjr 1 observation. Chaff was first put in the stable about six years ago, and it has never J been entirely empty of chaff. There was , no dampness about the stable to attract my attention. Cross-examined. There has never been 1 any spontaneous combustion from forage in barns in this neighborhood. Fire might originate in a building, but it would de- \ pend upon the use to which it was put. I have no scientific theory. I have made 1 compost, but in so doing I never made fire. 1 It is my impression that the barn was near- ' ly full. No stock had ever been kept in the ' stable containing the chaff. Water flowed ' towards that stable. The side of the barn i was leveled up fourteen inches. t Colcock Moore, sworn. Mr. Miller was i mistaken, in his testimony in regard to the ] shoe tracks in front of Mr. Adickes' store. ( I did not count the tack impressions in the heel. The heel of this track showed that , there were tacks all over it. The tacks ap- ^ peared to be of ordinary size?not large. ( The State closed, and Court adjourned until 9} o'clock Friday morning. The entire day, Friday, was consumed in 1 argument. W. B. Wilson, Jr., Esq., opened on behalf of the State. Maj. Hart replied 1 in behalf of the defendant, and he was followed by Col. Lerov F. You mans, also for the defence, Col. W. B. Wilson, on behalf of the State, having the closing argument. The arguments were able and exhaustive. Each of the talented counsel did his full duty toward the side he represented, and it would be unjust discrimination to say that one displayed more ability than the other. All were marked by a clear, concise exposition of the case from the respective standpoints, and it is seldom that our bar witnesses such a display of forsenic talent as was exhibited in the argument of this case. The charge of his Honor Judge Cothran was a clear exposition of the law bearing XI 1 * - ? - XL- 1 upon me points invoiveu in ine ease, nuu was unexceptionable. About 6 o'clock the jury retired, and after an absence of fifteen minutes returned with a verdict of not guilty. m?0tfeviUe inquire);. VORKVILLE, S. : THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 6,1884. UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1885. We will furnish the Enquirer from this date until January 1st, 188o, for 35 cents, the cash in all eases, to accompany the subscription. ADMITTED TO BAIL. On Monday last, Sylvanus Thornburg, confined in jail on the charge of selling liquor without a license, gave bail for his appearance at the next term of Court, his bondsmen being Messrs. L. Iv. Armstrong and .J. L. Staecy. On Sunday night last, Mr. D. II. Carroll, who lives about seven miles from town, on the Union road, met with the misfortune of losing his gin house and contents by fire. His gin and press and seven bales of cotton, with a large quantity of cotton seed, were burned, and the steam engine connected with the gin seriously injured. His loss is estimated at about 81,000. The fire was discovered about 10 o'clock, and there are reasons for believing it was of incendiary origin. nutttjm yatipuc ner OI 1 OrK C!OUniyf nave una u?iy cAaiuinctt the body of Lum Dockins, lying here buried and ^ said to iiave come to his death by violence. We t beg to respectfully submit that we find no marks ? of violence or other evidences to account for , death other than natural causes. J. W. Allison, M. D. * J. F. McLuney, M. 1). t No other testimoney was adduced, and in ac- \ cordance with the above, the jury rendered a fverdict that the deceased came to his death from C natural cause. 1 c THE SYNOD ON EVOLUTION. c As stated in our last issue, the question of Ev- 1) olution of tho human race was brought before c the South Carolina Synod at its session in Greenville last week, the matter coming up in the re- v port of the board of directors of the Columbia y Theological Seminary, which informed Synod 1 of an address delivered on the subject by Dr. v Woodrow before the alumni and students of the t seminary in May last. t Tho matter was referred to a committee eonsis- d ting of live members. A majority and a minori- \ ty report?both of which we printed last week? a were presented by that committee. The majority I report approved tho teaching of the views of Dr. t! Woodrow's address in tho seminary, and the mi- s nority report condemned tho teaching of such p theory as he advanced in this address relative to t! the propagation or origin of man. The debate a upon these reports began on Thursday night, the e 23rd, and continued until tho following Tuesday r night, with only a few interruptions. When a li vote was reached on the reports it stood: For majority report, 45; against it, 52; for the minor- T> ty report, 45 ; against it, 52. Both reports were 1 herefore voted down ; but the rejection of the s najoritv report evidently expressed the views < )f Synod as against the views of Dr. Wood row. ' J1 The statement is made that only certain phrase- | f ilogy in the minority report prevented it from s >eing adopted at the first. After the reports 1 vere voted down, the following resolution was 1 presented: I s Resolved, That, in thejudgment of this Synod, : 1 .ho teaching of Evolution in the Theological . i Seminary at Columbia, except in a purely ex- L lository manner without any intention of ineul- | rating its truth, is hereby disapproved. The passage of this resolution, which virtual- |( ly'settles the question officially, was carried by 1 ( i vote of 50 to 45. The Synod adjourned on Tuesday night at 11 j'clock. ' i YORK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. We published last week in the local columns j if this paper, a short paragraph in reference to what purported to ho the action of York Baptist ] Association, at its recent session at Black's Station, on the temperance question. Our attention * was directed to the, subject by a marked copy of ;lie Black's Station Transcript addressed to us, , ind the essence of which matter we supposed , io be the views of Dr. John G. Black on this ques- . Jon, which were reprinted in connection with , :he statement of the Transcript, to the effect that j !'a committee on temperance was appointed, , which, after mature deliberation, submitted a J report that the whole matter of intemperance was a moral one, and as such should be treated solely by the church; and that moral suasion was the proper remedy for intemperance. The , report was adopted." The appearance of this ( statement in the Enquirer?and we certainly , ask the indulgence of our Baptist friends for having inadvertently reproduced it?has attract3d some attention, and among others from the Rev. J. E. Covington, pastorof the Baptistchureh , at this place, and a member of the Association, j who, in the Transcript of last Saturday publishes the following correction. To the Eilitors of the Transcript: In your notice of the proceedings of the Baptist Association which recently convened at Black's, you made a statement in regard to the report on temperance presented to the body which misrepresents the sentiments expressed in the report and the whole tenor of the report on that subject. I will quote your words: "A committee on temperance was appointed by the Baptist Association which convened here last week and after mature deliberation the committee submitted a report that the whole matter of intemperance should be treated solely by the church, (italics mine) and that moral suasion was the proper remedy for intemperance." Now so far from there beingany mature deliberation on the subject of temperance, no thought had been given it either by the committee or the members of the Association. When the report was called for it was found that the brother appointed at last meeting to perform that duty was not ready to report; and in order that the progress of the meeting should not be impeded, lie hastily got together a few scattering thoughts amid the press of his duties as clerk, and presented the report you refer to. No "mature deliberation," I assure you, was given the subject from beginning to end. The second error is contained in the word solely as used by yon: "The whole matter of temperance was a moral one and as such should be treated solely by the church (italics mine.) The only idea conveyed by that statement is "" " 1 4k/\?ir?uf tkn /inmmiltaa vio/1 VX1?JA?>VA1. ilVllVJJUl Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. Services at Tirzah on Saturday and Sunday next, at 11 o'clock A. M. Communion of the Lord's Supper on Sunday. Immediately after the service on Saturday a congregational meeting will be held. Episcopal?Rev. H. M. Jarvis, Minister. Morning and communion service next Sunday; tirst bell at 10.30 A. M. Sunday-school bell at 3 o'clock P. M. Evening service?first bell at <1.30 P. M. , Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at the usual hour, morning and evening. I baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. The ] pastor will fill his regular appointment at Yorkville next Sunday. i Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. A. Mood, Pas- ] tor. Services at Mount Vernon next Sunday. < CORONER'S INQUEST. ( On the 20th of last September, a negro boy i named Lum Dockins died near Hickory Grovo, in this county. From some cause, his mother, : who lives in Union county, was led to believe his death was at the hands of Mr. W. S. Wilkerson, j t.h? sfjitemnnt havinir been circulated by several , negroes of the neighborhood that Mr. Wllkerson j had struck him on the head, crushing his skull. So rife was the rumor that it was deemed nccessary to have a hearing of the ease before a trial , justice, and accordingly a warrant was issued for J the arrest of Mr. Wilkerson for a hearing appointed to be held at Black's Station on Monday ( next. I Mr. Wilkerson, who denied the charge of com- ( mitting any violence upon the deceased, do- < tnanded, in justice to himself, that a coroner's , inquest be heldvover the body of the deceased, and accordingly, on Monday last,J. M. Caldwell, Coroner, impannelled a jury consisting of the ? following persons: R. G. Whitesides, foreman, ( J. N. McDill, M. V. Darwin, E. G. Byers, Moses < White, Robert M. Plaxico, James M. Caldwell, j J. T. Smith, Louis Lanier, Tom Curry, A. Mea- t cham, A. McGill, Madison Whisonantand J. X. r McGill, who with two medical experts, Drs. J. j W. Allison and J. F. McLuney, proceeded to the place of interment and exhumed the dead body. The body was found to be in a state of decompo- < sition, but the physicians made an autopsy of the \ skull, and found it perfectly sound and unin- , jured. After making the auptopsy they gave the f following sworn written testimony: We, Drs. J. W. Allison and J. F. McLuney, j acting as experts under summons by the corb- ' LJlttb UllCI UttJ Oiill lUWU^Ub UiC . ^uiiiuiivtvu jimu come to the deliberate conclusion that the church was the only body that has the right to deal with the evil of intemperance; and that only such efforts as she may put forth in the way of'"moral suasion" be endorsed. Permit me'to say that no such sentiment as this was expressed either in the report or in any of the speeches made on that subject. The discussion bore entirely upon the religious aspects of temperance, the duty of the church to inculcate temperance principles in members upon the basis of Christian duty; the duty of individual Christians to throw the weight of their example and influence on the side of total abstinence, that the principles might be impressed upon the world. The question of legislative interference in the sale of intoxicating liquors, or the right of the church to use its influence to bring about such interference did not enter the discussion at all. The merits of the aspect of the question was not passed upon by the writer of the report or by the vote of the Association. The report, it is true, contained the statement that legislative enactments and temperance societies had proven thus far inadequate in wholly checking the evil. This no one will deny. But this is by no means equivalent to saying there should be no legislative interference nor efforts on the part of the church to bring it about. This correction is due to the committee and body which endorsed its report. I therefore ask that you will give it a place in your columns;. Crrrl-f tmrnanua oVtho JLyuwiiaiion on tbio qnootion had been obtained, it would have recorded its cordial sympathy with any movement whose object is to put a'stop to the' traffic in intoxicating liquors. Very respectfully, J. E. Covington. THE SESSION'S COURT. The following minor cases were disposed of in the Sessions Court last week, after our paper went to press : State vs. Dock G'. Boheler and Harris Cobb; gambling. Wm. Wisher, prosecutor. Nlr. G. W. S. Hart for the State; Mr. Chambers for the defence. Verdict, guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of ?50 each, and each remain in jail for three days, or each to the penitentiary for six months and pay a fine of ?3 each. They chose the former alternative. State vs. Dock C. Boheler and Joseph Porter; gambling. Transferred to the Contingent Docket. State vs. Dublin Walker, colored; malicious mischief. Prosecutor, C. S. Wilson. The nature of the alleged offence was cruelly beating a mule ' belonging to the prosecutor with a trace chain. ' Mr. G. W. S. Hart for the State; Mr. Waters for the defence. Verdict, guilty. Sentenced to the penitentiary for six mouths. State vs. Waddy Davis, colored; horse stealing. Prosecutor, Wm. Erwin. G. W. S. Hart for the State; the defendant managed his own 1 ::use. Verdict, not guilty. State vs. James Williams, colored; petit larceny. Prosecutor, M. Strauss. Verdict, guilty. Sentenced to the penitentiary for six months. State vs. J. O. Walker; resisting a public of- ! ficer. Nolle prosequi entered. Wm. Cunningham, colored, tried on Tuesday j for assault and battery, on a public officer, and , found guilty, was sentenced to the penitentiary ) for one year. : Enoch Love, colored, convicted on Tuesday, ; af assault and battery with intent to kill, was ] sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of I jighteen months. I On account of the illness of Mr. Solicitor Gas- * :on, a number of cases were continued?among ] :liem the State vs. J. R. Hoyle, assault and bat- , ;ery with intent to kill; the State vs. Wm. j fhornburg, sqlling liquor without a license; ' ind the State vs. Sylvan us Thornburg, same jffence. On Wednesday morning the trial ofSylvanus j fhornburg, for the crime of arson, the alleged < iffencc being the setting fire to and burning of i Sheriff Glenn's barn, 011 the night of the 3rd of ' ast September, was commenced, and occupied ( he time of the Court until late Friday evening, j This paper contains a full report of the testimony < n the case. 1 On Saturday morning, Columbus Cranford, j ;olored, was arraigned for the murder of Ellison j hinders, colored. The followingjury was drawn 1 roni the regular panel: T. J. Nichols, J. II t ifintz, A. C. Hogue, J. B. Heath, W. R. Caroth- f srs, J. W. Wisher, L. B. Brown, Wm. Ferguson, j. r. W. Fewell, J. T. Burris, Riley McDaniel, W. i r. Clinton, who elected as foreman, T. J. Nichols, si Owing to the preoccupation of our columns 1 vith other matter, it is impossible for us to print j I10 testimony elicited in this trial, and can only c five an outlino of the case. The murder was a omniittod between 9 and 10 o'clock 011 Sunday a light, the 5th of last month, eight days before J ho Sessions Court for Choster county convened, jvhich was on the 13th of the month. Ellison t landers, the deceased, had prosecuted one Giles e Jood, colored, who was then in jail in Chester, i The motive assigned for the commission of the 1 . -? '? * 1 uoi.l t/\ a 0 leert was mac cntiiiom suuum uaic e...... olored woman named Sylvia Thompson that if e ie could put Ellison Sanders and two others out f the way, Giles Good would come clear. * 'J The homicide was committed in the south- i I vest part of this county, about four hundred 0 arils beyond the house of Columbus G'ranford. i ?he shot was fired from the bush. The deceased vas at the time with three other colored men, j j he four walking on the wagon road leading : } hrough the plantation. They were walking in ! C isorder as follows : Oliver Robbins, first; I ' Vilson Robbins, Jr., second ; deceased, third; |j nd Junius Thomson, fourth. It was 011 a j iright, moon light night, and the three men say 1 hat the person who fired the shot, who was quatting in the bushes, got up and ran. They I lursuedhim, and Oliver Robbins swore that in | ^ he pursuit, as the assassin ran one way and he j ( nothcr, they met face to face, and ho was thus ; '1 nabled to identify Cranford. This is the theory I olied upon by the State, in connection with col- j ^ itteral testimony doveloped in the defence. j j, Tho following is the theory of the defence: 'irst, there were two inquests. On the first, | \ lelrl on the Oth of October, Oliver Robbins iwore positively that the assassin was Columbus Cranford. On being pressed (in this same eximination) as to whether he was certain that the atal shot was fired by Columbus Cranford, he laid he could not say positively that it was Coumbus Cranford, but he was satisfied that it was le. On the same inquest, Wilson Robbins, Jr., iwore that he believed the murderer was Columnis Cranford, but he could not swear positively, lor could he swear that the one who fired the ;hot was a white or a colored man. On the second inquest, held on the 8th, all three >f the witnesses swore positively that the murlerer was Columbus Cranford; and on the Seslions trial they swore the same. On the trial Junius Thomson excused himself us to his testimony on the first inquest, because, 1 t . t- - -1 1 - -1-.! 1 U-. Tntmn 10 8111(1, 110 1111(1 IJ0KI1 HUY1SUU uy nil. "IOOUII Tones, Jr., to be careful how he charged Columjus with the crime before Columbus was put .inder arrest, the reason assigned for this advice being that Columbus was a desperate, dangerous man. Mr. Jones verified this statement. The prisoner sought to establish an alibi by proving that at the time the shot was fired he was in his yard, sitting in front of his house, l'his, the prisoner swore, and was sustained in it by Mariah, his wife, Julia Ann Cranford and 3am Good. The alibi failed, however, in consequence of contradictory statements made by Sam Good on the morning of the 7th, when he, the prisoner and the two others were arrested an suspicion. It was currently believed that the shooting was lone with a musket. Columbus Cranford had a musket, which has never been seen since the commission of the murder. Before the committing trial justice ho said he did not know where the musket was, and a search warrant failed to find it. The State was represented by J. J. Waters and W. B. Wilson, Jr., and the defence was conducted by Hart A Hart. The prisoner had the benefit of able counsel, who did all that legal talent could accomplish in his behalf, and the trial of the ease occupied the day. The jury was out but a short while and returned a veadict of guilty. The prisoner was remanded to jail and Court adjourned until Monday morning. On Monday morning, at 9.30, the Sessions Court was opened, when Cranford, the condemned,being in Court, Major Hart, of his counsel, made a motion for a new trial, the points of which he argued with much ability; but the Court refused the motion, and proceeded to pass sentence upon the prisoner, sentencing him to be hanged between the hours of 10 A. M. and 3 P. M. on Friday, the 19th of December, 1884. The Sessions Court was then adjourned, and the Court of Common Pleas opened, Monday and Tuesday being devoted to causes not requiring the intervention of a jury, the jurors for the second week of the term having been excused, by order of Judge Cothran, from attending until yesterday. The grand jurors were discharged on Thursday morning, after making the following presentment. To the Hon J. S. Cothran, Presiding Judge: We beg leave to submit this, our special return. We have examined the books of the trial justices and find them correct. The countv jail was also inspected by a portion of our body, and wfc are pleased to add that we find everything connected with this institution carried on in the excel- . lent manner that our previous reports have mentioned. We find,however,that the ventilation of the building is incomplete, and we would earnestly recommend to our county commissioners the'importance of remedying this defect at as early a day as possible. A committeeof our jury also visited the county poor-house, and we find as inmates therein sixteen paupers?ten whites and six colored?who express themselves as well pleased at the treatment they receive from the superintendent. As well as we can determine, we find at at the poorhouse between 400 and 500 bushels of corn, 95 bushels of wheat, 75 bushels of potatoes, 125 bushels of oats and 24 bales of cotton, besides a quantity of cotton seed. We are so well pleased with the management by the superintendent of the county poor-house, that we believe the interest of the county will be subserved by retaining him in his present position. We regret here to be forced to call the attention of the Court to the fact that in our previous reports that the recommendation as to the erection of certain offices for the use of the county auditor and the school commissioner has not been acted upon by our countv commissioners, and we again urge that they take action thereon. In conclusion, allow us to express to your Honor the great aid we have received by your able and clear exposition of the laws governing our duties. Respectfully nitbmittcd. W. M. Adams, Foreman. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, November 4.?The sixth annual fair of the Chester, York, Fairfield and Lancaster Agricultural, Mechanical and Horticultural Association opened at Chester on last Tuesday. The attendance was not large on the first day. In taking the grand rounds over the fair grounds on Tuesday afternoon I was greatly pleased with the exhibits. They were beautiful and attractive. The different departments were well represented, especially those of stock and cattle. ? 1 c ?-- ?? X* int?r IlUlTltfttj ilUCl t'U>y nuui ouoc^/, ituui uugo? were never exhibited before at any previous Chester Fair. The poultry department was also very good. A pair of snowy white Holland turkeys were perfect beauties. I was particularly pleased with Mr. John Graham's lot of chickens and pigeons. The department of fancy and domestic work was excellent. The articles thereof were very beautiful, and if I was not apprehensive of making invidious distinctions I would take pleasure in particularizing. Wednesday was a successful day to the fair. The attendance was large, and the enjoyment i*reat. Everybody appeared to be highly pleas ed with the exhibits. The beautiful thoroughbred horses and beautiful specimens of imported herds of cattle were especial objects of attention. Among the exhibitors of the latter were Gen. John Bratton, Col. J. S. Bratton, Col. R. A. Love, Mr. John Withers and Mr. D. R. Flenniken, Messrs Holmes Hardin, J. Harvey Hardin, D. 3. Flenniken, Martin McDaniel, John C'ornwell, John Steele, "William Hollis and others whosenames I don't remember, exhibited tine stock. About 1 o'clock on Wednesday Congressman Hemphill spoke to a big crowd at the grand stand on the political issues of the day. He denounced the corruption and robbery practiced by the Republican party in the administration of the General Government. He also paid his respects in proper style to his opponent for Congressional honors, C. C. Macoy. At the close of his speaking the large crowd continued their observation and inspection of the beautiful obects in the different departments. Thursday ivas the most successful dajr of the fair. The irery large crowd that was "in attendance was composed of persons not only from our own, 3ut adjoining counties. Major Iredell Jones, of Rock Hill, discharged the duties of superintenlent in a highly satisfactory manner. The ridng and driving on the race track were witness)d with great pleasure, especiallv the beautiful idiug of a number of young ladies. The agricultural implements and engines were observed ind inspected with great pleasure. The traction engine drawing a reaper, performed its part adnirally. The ladies' department, containing so nany beautiful and interesting articles, was crowded throughout the day. On Friday, the ast day of the fair, the attendance was not so arge. A good portion of the time was devoted o amusing performances, such as climbing a creased pole, chasing a greased hog, etc. In the ifternoon the premiums were given to the successful exhibitors. Mr. E. R. Flenniken, of iVinsborro.took the premium for the best horse; ind W. B. Miller, of Rock Hill, took the premium fnr Hip finnat lialp nf pnttnn. At the flosft of he awarding of the premiums the sixth annual air of Chester and tne three adjoining counties :anie to a successful termination. The Fair Asociation is in a prosperous financial condition, . ind promises to increase in usefulness every rear. I met on the fair grounds on Friday Maj. itobo Farrow*. He is very much interested in he construction of a railroad to this point and o Camden, Sumter and Charleston. He remarked to me that he had talked with prominent citzens of our town and county, and from what hey had told him he was very'inuch encouraged s to the amount of help our county would prob,bly give to the accomplishment of this railroad nterprise. The election is proceedingquietly at this place. ?here is no probability of any trouble, as tar as resent appearances indicate. Our town and ounty will undoubtedly be carried by the Denocracy. " m. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. os. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis.?Clerk's Sales. Jorrison Russell?Land at Public Sale. ?eo. W. S. Hart?Assignee's Notice. '. A. Carroll, Agent?For Rent. i. D. and W. E. McKnight?Sale of Real Estate. t. Lathan?Notice. . Beatty Williams, Judge of Probate?Citation? E. G. Feemster, Applicant?James Stewart, deceased. Edward Coykendal, ApplicantHarry C'oykendal, deceased. * '. Ed. JeffervsA Co.?New Furniture Store. J. Strauss?"bon't Take My Word for It. laldwell A Dickson?Groceries. \ M. Dobson?Grover Cleveland, lunter A Oates?To the Ladies. Vithers Adickes?It is a Well Established Fact, tiddle & Pegram?Notice. Cennedy Bros. A Barron?Gents' Ready-Made Suits. V. C. Latimer?Gents'Furnishing Goods.