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? craps and ,facts.
? Women in Paraguay have exactly the
same rights its men. They farm, manufacture,
buy, sell and, in fact do all the work.
Paraguay has a population of 300,000, of
which 270,000 are women and 80,000 are men.
? Lawyer J. Corneilson, who cowhich^
Judge Reid, of the Kentucky
Court, causing the latter to commifc^'f1"6
from shame, has been sentence*^*0 three
years' imprisonment in the Penitentiary
bv the Court at Mount Ster^tg.
-In the course of aj^!u/e Jn Chicago,
Col. Bob Ingcrsoll w*t5d to know what
minister had pvoc/^ne fls muchx for the
world as Danvi^hen a voice sang out
"Burchard." >venThe Colonel had to join
in the laugb^*^ followed this pat reply.
The >^tsons indicted for participation
in the^9^on frauds in the second precinct
0f o<5 i?tn wara, unicago, appeared ueiore
vdge. Blodgett in the Federal Court last
yfriday morning, and gave' bail in $10,000
/ each. The accused declared that they had
s no time to examine the indictments, and
' were allowed until Tuesday to plead.
? An Iowa Republican suggests to the
Chicago Inter-Ocean that the Republican
party raise theircampaign fund for 1888 now,
and use it in transporting many thousands
of the best class of colored men from the
South to Indiana and other States of the
North and West, and so making these States
solidly Republican.
? The liquor license question was voted
upon under the local option law in many
parts of Louisiana on election day, and it is
said this matter excited more interest than
thp Presidential contest itself. A good
man^,of these votes have beenjtaken in the
Stated and, although the temperance men
met defeat, the votes are such as to encourage
them to keep up the fight.
? The business failures throughout the
country, for the week ending last Friday,
as reported to R. G. Dun's mercantile ageucy,
number for the United States 314, and
#r for Canada 34?a total of 348 as compared
^ ^^with 320 for the previous week. The failF^'^ures
in the Western, Southern and Pacific
States are above the average, with the other
sections of the country about as usual.
? Attempts have been made recently to
palm off upon the Philadelphia mint what
appears to be African gold or North Carolina
retorted amalgania, but which proved to
be steel filings which had been washed with
gold, to the Value of about one dollar per
ounce. This bogus stuff was received
through the Adams Express Company, consigned
from Little Rock and Nashville. It
resisted acid, and was only betrayed by the
specific gravity test.
? The President sent to the Senate on
Tuesday the nominations of about two hundred
postmasters. The terms of most of the
officers are about expiring, and in many
cases the present occupants are renominated.
It is understood that the President will
send in nominations promptly where there
are vacancies by reason of expiration of commission,
or from other cause, and will
leave as far as he can a clear docket to his
successor. Among the nominations were the
following in South Carolina: A. A. Durant,
at Marion; David C. Gist, Union; W. J.
Moulton, Georgetown.
2?At Raleigh, N. C., on Friday last, in the
case of Aubrey, Bennett & Co., against Covington,
in the United States circuit court,
involving the validity of a contract to deliver
cotton at a future time, to which defence
was made that the contract was gambling,
and therefore void, the court held that the
contract was not void, and in order to make
it a gambling contiaet both parties must
agree that there must be no delivery, but a
settlement by differances. The jury rendered
a verdict against Covington for $5,200,
with interest.
? Farmers in many parts of Nebraska are
burning corn for fuel. They have figured
the matter out to their own satisfaction and
are confident that it is cheaper to burn corn
than it is to sell it and buy coal. Soft coal
is worth in that State about 22 cents a bushel
and corn does not find a ready sale in the
rural markets for more than 12 cents. Exw.
periments have shown that two bushels of
corn will produce more warmth than one
bushel of coal, and farmers are thus burning
the former and saving themselves the
trouble of hauling it to market and drawing
the coal home again.
? The National Democratic Committee has
appointed a cornmitiee, consisting of fifty
prominent gentlemen of Washington, to
make all the necessary arrangement, for the
inauguration of President-elect Cleveland,
and has appointed Col. James G. Barrett
chairman. Among the most distinguished
members of the committee are \V. \V. Corcoran,
L. Z. Leiter, Gen. Sheridan, Admiral
Porter, Rear Admiral Rogers, Gen. Meigs,
Prof. Raird, Dr. Toner, Rear Admiral Worden,
Gen. McKeever, Hon. George Bancroft,
President Welling,of theColuinbia University,
and Gen. Park.
? During the past summer, the English
bark Mignionette was wrecked, and of the
crew who succeeded in getting from the
vessel to a boat, were Captain Dudley, Mate
Stephens and a boy. After being out for
several days, with nothing to sustain life,
and fearing starvation, the men killed the
boy, who, they alleged, was in a dying condition,
for the purpose of furnishing themselves
with food. The men were rescued,
and on reaching England and reporting the
, facts, they were held for murder. On their
trial they were convicted and sentenced to
death; but on Saturday last the sentence
was commuted to six months labor without
imprisonment.
?The question of woman's rights has
had its first test in the Georgia Legislature
and resulted in favor of the women.
It arose over a resolution instructing the
Clerk of the House to employ women to
perform clerical work. In the debate which
ensued it was urged that true public policy
dictated the opening of every avenue of
labor to women. Dr. Felton said that the
employment of female clerks by the national
government was inaugurated by a
distinguished Georgian, and that women
should enjoy the emoluments as well as
the burdens of government. "Let the
men," said he, "go into the fields and plow
and dig, and leave to the women such positions
as they can fill." An attempt to
table the motion was defeated by an overwhelming
vote, and the motion was adopted.
?Several weeks ago a man named A. II.
Murphy was shot down in the streets of
New Orleans, as alleged, by several peace
? -o-lSeiak -of the city, and during the past
week the grand jury have been investigating
the matter. One hundred and three
?? aT
Witnesses were eAtiniiiieu. v;n nntui'uaj' internoon
the grand jury had all the accused
brought into Court, and one by one confronted
with the witnesses, whereby all
but one were fully identified. At (? o'clock
the grand jury presented true bills against
Recorder Thomas J. Ford, his brother, Patrick
J. Ford, Court Officers \V. E. Caul field
and W. A. Buckley, Policeman John Murphy,
porter of the Recorder's Court, Baptiste
J. Fabetto and Court Officer Charles Bader,
for wilful murder and not a true bill against
Policeman Laws Ceresse. The accused are
in the Parish prison.
? Says the Augusta Chronicle: The move
in Congress to provide a Colored People's
Exposition will meet with favor from liberal
minded people. The question of the locality
for such an important school for the
colored race ought to be carefully considered.
A point more convenient that Chicago,
both to the colored people and their
well-disposed Northern teachers, should be
selected south of the Ohio River, it would
be easier for the exhibits to come to some
point among the colored people, than for
colored people, with their moderate means,
to go so far north. New Orleans or Memphis
would be more suitable to a people
not accustomed to travel. It can hardly
be the design of the originators of the exposition
project tq entice the blacks North
to win them over as citizens for their political
value in the new apportionment deal
under the census of 1890.
? Warren Price, white, was hanged last
Friday, at Wrightsville, the county seat of
Johnson county, Georgia, for the murder of
R. F. Perry, on the :27th of August, 1882.
Perry, was his son-in-law, who had been
separated from his wife, she having returned
to the house of her father, who encouraged
her in receiving attentions from another
man. Perry received an invitation to
visit his wife at her father's house, for the
purpose, as pretended, to reconcile their differences.
On the fatal day in company with
i a friend, he started for Price's house, but on
approaching, he was shot in the back by the :
old man Price, who was in waiting for him
with a loaded gun. On the trial it was
shown that'the pretended invitation was1
only a to draw Perry into the trap for
: the jy*fpose of ending His life as the easiest
j wjrf to get rid of him. The daughter and
yfer paramour were held as accomplices, !
but were discharged. Price had always, !
prior to this act, lived a blameless life, and j
was respected by his neighbors. He was |
oyer fifty years of age, and met his fate un1
Hinchingly. George Cook was hanged at I
Laramie, Wyoming Territory, on the same !
day for the murder of his brother-in-law,
; Henry Blount, one year ago. He maintain-;
! ed to the last that he had been too drunk to :
know that he had been committing murder. :
I His neck was broken by the fall.
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YORKVILLK, N. ( . :
THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. IS, 1884. j
NO PAPER NEXT WEEK.
Christmas occurring on Thursday next,
the date of our regular day of publication,
no paper will be issued from this office next
week. In closing our newspaper labors
for 1S84 we extend to our readers the compliments
ot the season, wishing them all a
Merry Christmas, and promising to greet
them with our next issue on New Year's
day, 1S&">.
CONGRESS.
The proceedings of Congress are devoid of
general interest. In the House, on Monday,
the Speaker appointed a committee of one
from each State to attend the Executive
Mansion on Tuesday to witness the ceremo-1
nies of opening the New Orleans Exposition.
South Carolina was represented on the
committee by Mr. Hemphill. A similar
committee from the Senate was also appointed,
Senator Butler being the representative
of this State.
Mr. Aiken, of South Carolina, from the
Committee on Agriculture, moved to suspend
the rules and pass the bill to establish
a Department of Agriculture. Blount, of
Georgia, Potter, of New York and Browne,
of Indiana, spoke in opposition to the motion,
which was advocated by Wilson, of
Iowa, Aiken of South Carolina, Judd of
California, Hardeman, of Georgia and Cox,
of New York. The motion to suspend the
rules was agreed to, by yeas 16G, nays (>9.
THE SHERMAN-DAVIS CONTROVERSY.
A correspondent recently asked General
Sherman whether or not he intended to reply
to certain strictures made by the General.
Sherman replied that he might do so
at some future time, but he should consult
his own convenience; that Davis had not
addressed him, but the St Louis IlepuMh-an,
and that if he made any reply it would only
be through the War Department. He further
said that he did not suppose any reporter
was at the meeting of the Frank
Blair Post on the night he spoke, as the
Grand Army is an organization only for the
social interchange of personal memories;
still he admitted that the reports published
contained much of the truth, but not all.
He has most of his Louisiana papers, he
said, to make good his assertion that the
civil war was forced upon the people of
Louisiana by conspirators in Washington,
and that during the progress of the rebellion
Davis changed his views of the doctrine
of secession, and threatened to use force in
ease any State of the Confederacy should
attempt what was then known as "separate
State action." The General has already
sent to Washington some letters and papers
hearing on the case, but as to their publication
he stated thar the authorities there
must be consulted.
It having been suggested that Vance, of
North Carolinn, is the Senator referred to
by Sherman as having received the alleged
letter from Mr. Davis, that gentleman has
given a letter to the press in which he says
that he never received a letter from Mr.
Davis containing such threats as those imputed
by General Sherman.
It is said that Sherman has sent a messenger
to Washington to hunt up the letter,
and that if it cannot be found he says he
will make affidavit as to its substance, reiterating
the truth of his former statement.
The old gentleman's blood seems
to be up.
GF.XEUAI. (i It A XT.
The reasons impelling General Grant to
request the withdrawal of the bill in Congress
pensioning him are explained by a
Washington letter to be due to his conviction
that he should be placed on the retired
list of the army. The veto by President
Arthur of the bill to place Fit/. John Porter
on the retired list would estop him from
approving a bill for General Grant, as the
| principle involved in the President's objee- j
I tion to the Fit/. John Porter bill would ap- j
I ply equally to the case of (ten. Grant. The
! President held that Congress invaded t' 'if
j constitutional prerogative of the Kxecuti ,e |
| in undertaking to name a particular person i
: for a particular office. He therefore could i
i not be guilty of the inconsistency of a])-1
i proving the billTor the benefit of one person
while vetoing a similar bill for another, j
j This was the reason why he recommended I
a pension for General Grant. It has been
1 been suggested that Congress could pass a I
! bill providing for the appointment of a gen- j
j end on the retired list of the army without i
specifying any name for the position, and j
: the President could then exersise his con- j
. stitutional right and name Grant. There I
are, perhaps, twenty officers on the retired j
list now who were placed there by specilic acts j
of Congress in their favor?acts which were
| approved by President Grant and President j
; Hayes witlnmt question?and it is not like- i
i ly that the technical objection of President j
| Arthur would have been raised had the |
, person to be benefitted been other than Fit/.!
' John Porter. There is undoubtedly a more j
friendly feeling for the project of putting j
General Grant on the retired list, if it can
be accomplished, amonir Democratic Sena- !
tors and members than among the Kepitbj
Means. Bills in his favor have been twice
I defeated through the opposition of Repub|
lican members of the military committees.
Southern members of Congress have almost
universally expressed themselves in favor j
of such a measure. An intimate friend of
Gen. Grant says that he is indeed a changed j
man since the failure of the firm of Grant A
Ward; that the shock was a blow from
which even his iron frame and resolute will
could not recover. lie said that only a few j
days before the failure, so unconscious was
Grant of the impending disaster that he J
spoke in the most enthusiastic terms of his
I financial standing, estimating his own
wealth and that of each of his sons at a million
or two, and also remarking that he
had gone into business with the main idea
of advancing the interests of his boys. Now
he seems to shun company and to prefer
being alone, and some of those who have
suddenly come upon him have been pained
and startled to see evidences of tears trick
: ling down that impassive face.
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THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION. '
The World's Cotton Exposition at New i
()rleans was formally opened last Tuesday,
the program me heretofore published having
been generally carried out. It had been
suggested that the machinery in the Expo- i
sition should be put in motion by President
Arthur, who was invited to bo present;
but as his official duties prevented him i
from leaving Washington at this time, ar- I
rangements were made by which he performed
by electricity the part assigned him. I
Sitting in the Eastern Jtoom of the White
House, by merely touching a button he
gave motion to the ponderous engines and
the innumerable pieces of machinery in a
city 12o7 miles distant. This alone is a
grand achievement of science, which would
have seemed an incredible feat twenty-five
years ago, but to this progressive agcomy
indicates the possibilities of the future.
lly associating the word cotton with this
Exposition its true character and importance
is generally lost sight of, many persons
thinking it only a display of cotton samples.
The Exposition takes its name from
the fact that it occursduring the year marking
the centennial of the first shipment of
cotton from America to England ; and so
far from being a display of cotton bales, it
bids fair to exceed any industrial exhibition
ever attempted in the United States or
Europe. The buildings are thus described
by a correspondent who has paid the
grounds a visit:
It is a fact that you could put nearly the
entire buildings of Parisand Vienna, which
were devoted to their fairs, into the main
building of the New Orleans Exposition.
It is about one-third larger than that of the
Centennial at Philadelphia. It is by all odds
the largest edifice of which history gives
any account. The Coliseum at Rome, astructure
which gave a word to the world by
which to express magnitude, does not compass
half as much space as this Exposition
at New Orleans. Rut of course this is not
as lofty and substantial as the Coliseum was.
Altogether, the Exposition will doubtless
prove one in which the United States may
well take pride.
THE LIEN LAW.
In the State Senate last Monday the bill
to repeal the lien law came up us a special
order, when Mr. Earle moved to strike out
the enacting clause. A lengthy debate ensued,
participated in by a number of meml.
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Earle's motion to strike out the enacting'
clause was voted on by yeas and nays, resulting,
yeas 1">; nays 14.
The following members voted in favor of
the motion: Messrs. Bell, Benbow, Bieman,
Bobo, Buist, Coker, Earle, Howell,
McCall, Moody, J. W. Moore, Smith, Talbert,
Williams, Wingard.
The following opposed it: Messrs. Black,
Byrd, Field, Leitner, Maxwell, J. B. Moore,
Munroe, Patterson, Redfern, Sligh, Todd,
Wallace, Woodward and Youmans.
In order to finish the bill effectually, a
motion was adopted that the bill be reconsidered
and the motion to reconsider be
tabled. This places the matter where it
was before the Legislature met, and no other
effort to abolish the Lien law will be made
this session.
This was the only important action of the
Senate during the day.
In the House, the general appropriation
bill was taken up. Mr. Haskell made a
general explanation of the reasons governing
the Committee on the changes made in
the items of the Bill, which show an apparent
increase or decrease, the aggregate
showing a reduction of $4:1,492.7(1 as compared
with the appropriations in the last
bill.
The first attack was made upon the appropriation
of $14,000 for maintaining the
militia organizations, by a motion of Mr.
W. II. Wilson, of York, to strike out the
clause.
Mr. Haskell said the reason governing the
committee was that they found the existing
law required such an appropriation. Jf the
clause was rejected it would in effect repeal
the law.
Mr. Wilson said that he had made the
motion in full view of the effect suggested,
but while one Legislature had the right to
make the law, it imposed no binding force
upon another to make the appropriation.
He asserted vigorously the policy or utility
of the expenditure for such a purpose as
contemplated.
The discussion was entered into by Messrs.
Mcllugh, Kennedy, Melver, Ancrum, Simons,
Boykin, Davie, A. 31. Youmans, Lee,
Schumpert, and O'Bryan.
The yeas and nays were demanded on the
question and resulted: yeas 24, nays SI.
Other items of the bill were discussed, the
debate running through the evening session,
when Mr. Wilson fired a final shot at the
lur mnviiKr tn vnrliifn
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it from $14,000 to $10,000, and Mr. Me Ivor
moved to table the amendment. The yeas
and nays resulted: Yeas 7S, nays do. The
bill was finally ordered to a third reading,
about five hours having been consumed in
its discussion.
Other Legislative proceedings are printed
in another column.
THE MET1I01MSTS IX COUNCIL.
The Methodist Centennial Conference,
was in session last week in Baltimore, and
adjourned on Sunday. The sessions were
unusually interesting.
In the proceedings on Friday, one of
the resolutions (offered by Rev. C. K. Marshall,
of Mississippi) proposes a uniform
hymn book to be used by tin; various
branches of Methodism.
Rishop Campbell, of the African M. F.
Church, speaking in reference, to the work
accomplished in the colored churches, said
Methodism had done much for his race and
he proposed to file a paper with the records
of this Conference showing what had been
accomplished. The colored man may thank
the Raptist, the Episcopalian and the Quaker,
but Methodism has been his most faithful
and constant friend.
Rev. IT. S. Thrall, of San Antonio, Texas,
hoped the Conference would turn its eyes to
the great work done by Methodism among
the aborigines within the boundaries of the
Cnited States, lie thought it would be interesting
for the conference to offer a satistical.
table, showing the results of the missionaries
among the Indians.
Thospecial subject of the day "Methodism
in ITS! and its Outlook." At the afternoon
session a letter was read from President
(iillman, of Johns Hopkins I'nivorsity,
inviting the delegates interested in the
cause of education to visit that institution
to morrow. Rev. R. F. Lee discussed the
"Causes of Success of Methodism," and
Rev. J. II. Vincent the "Possible Dangers
to Future Methodism."
Hon. (J. I). Shands, of Mississippi, a
prominent member of the M. F. Church,
presided over the Conference on Saturday.
After the reading of the minutes of Friday,
a number of resolutions were offered and
appropriately referred. A resolution offered
by Dr. Kynett, that the Bishops of this
Conference prepare a pastoral address to the
ministers and people of the Methodism, was
adopted. A general discussion on the subject
of "Revivals" ensued, alter which Rev.
John A. Williams read an essay on the
"Rise and Progress of Methodism in Cana
da," which was ioiiowcu ny an essay oy
Kev. Charles .J. Little on "Methodist Pioneers
and their Work."
A Fatiikk Skks his Ciiili> Kihi.kdhv
a Tnaix.?The fast passenger train on the
Air Line road, which left this city yesterday
afternoon for Atlanta, run down and
killed a little white child near Clack's Station.
Section Master Hardin was at work
on the opposite side of the track from his
house, and though he was aware of the approach
of the train, he did not know his
little child was running toward where he
was working. Its course led directly across
the railroad track, and the child stepped up
on the! track just in time to he knocked in- '
to the air bv the engine. The engineer had
no time to do anything save blow his whistle,
and at that moment Mr. Hardin looked
up and saw his child knocked from the
track. The train was stopped, and it was
found that the child was still alive, but so
badly hurt that death was a matter of only
a few minutes. It was about three years
old.?Chariotlr Obxerrrr, Saturday.
Coi-n'K|>omlciicc of lh?' Yorkville Kiiquirer.
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FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
Com'MHIA, December 18.?The city, to- '
day, presents almost a deserted appearance,
a large majority of both Houses of the < tenera
1 Assembly, as well as a great many of
the citizens of the place, having availed
themselves of the advantages offered by j
the very low fare to attend the Cleveland
and Hendricks celebration held in Charles?
ton last night. The S. C. Railway Company
and the Atlantic Coast Line began cutting
in rates yesterday, and before the departure
of the excursion trains, both com pa- i
nies were offering tickets for the round trip j
for ">() cents.
The bill to re-enact theold usury law, limiting
the rate of interest to 7 per cent., was
defeated, a majority of the House, as evidenced
by the discussion, being of the opinion
that money was a commodity and worth
what it would bring.
Two bills were introduced, one in the
Senate, and one in the House, each having
for its object the repeal of the law exemptting
manufacturers from taxation for ten
years. After very able arguments for and
against it in the Senate, the Senate by a
vote of 18 to 17 refused to repeal the law.
The bill introduced in the House met with
a different fate. After m\ entire day and
night session spent in trie discussion, the
House by a vote 7.7 to -37 passed the bill to
a third reading. Then; is some uncertainty
as to what- \i'ill be the fate of this bill
when it goes to the Senate; the friends of
the bill in the Senate claiming that the
overwhelming majority for the repeal of
the law in the House will secure its passage
in the Senate, while the opponents of the
measure claim that it will not pass.
A bill introduced in the Senate by the
member from York to change the time of
listing property for taxation has passed the
Senate and will probably pass the House.
It proposes to dispense with any assessment
for 18So and have the next assessment made
in January and February, 188(5.
The bill repealing the Lien law is the
special order in the Senate for Tuesday
next. The bill, as it now reads, does away
with the law absolutely; but an amendment
will be offered, and I think will be
adopted, giving tho landlord a lien for rents
and a lien next to the landlord to agricultural
laborers.
There is a strong disposition among the
members of the General Assembly to do
.something toward preserving the State
House from ruin and decay. The Legislature
will take some action on this matter
at this session.
The action of the authorities of the Presbyterian
Church in dismissing Prof. Woodrow
from the Perkins Professorship in the
Theological Seminary, although expected by
those who were intimately acquainted with
the facts, has caused considerable feeling
here, which was intensified by the resignation
of Professors Poggs and Hemphill.
The resignations will not take etfect until
the first of June, 188.1, consequently there
will be no interruption of the exercises. It
is thought that these events will injure the
usefulness of the Seminary at least for a
while, and several years may elapse before
the institution fully recovers from the shock.
The evolution doctrine is a dangerous one
to teach, and especially so to young men
I who are to be set apart for the work of religious
instruction of our people, most of]
whom have not the time or necessary scientific
knowledge to enable them to come to
an intelligent conclusion as to the effect that
an acceptance of this doctrine might have
upon the Standards of Faith of the church.
Prof. Virchow, the great biologist and scientist,
and the greatest of living authorities
on comparative anatomy, says nothing has
ever been discovered in fossil remains, or
j elsewhere, that furnish any proof that the
I hitman species, or any other animal species
! sprang from a lower species by evolution.
! Any attempt to formulate problems into
! doctrines or make hypotheses the basis of
| religious instruction, will and should fail
in our churches in the South, and cspecial]
ly in a church so conservative as the Southern
Presbyterian Church.
The Presbvterian Church has, by her ac
tion, affirmed hor belief in the Biblical account
of the creation of man, and higher
ground than this no one can take.
Mr. Riddle, of York, has introduced a
bill to authorize and empower the town
council to make a levy of 8 mills in the
town of Yorkville, one'mill of which shall
he devoted to work on the streets, and
to change the time of holding the municipal
elections to the second Monday in May.
This bill was introduced at the request of
the town council of Yorkville.
The question of the Columbia Canal is not
yet acted upon by the general assembly.
The joint committee appointed to examine
the work on the canal have made their
report. The committee was equally divided.
Messrs. J. W. Moore, .T. C. Leitner, J.
J. Mikell and F. \Y. McMaster were in favor
of continuing the work to completion
according to the original plan. Messrs. .J
B. Moore, B. J I. Massey, J. (f. Blue and J.
S. It. Thomson are in favor of winding up
the job in as short order as possible without
losing what has been spent already by the
State.
One member, B. 11. Massey, deserves great
credit for his patient and earnest work in
getting up facts in regard to this work, and
in impressing members with the duty of
putting a stop to this wasteful expenditure
of money by the State. His long service in
the Legislature, and as one of the Directors
of the Penitentiary, has given him great influence
with the new members of the Legislature,
and he always uses it for the good
of the people, lie is now prominently
mentioned in the House for the place of
Superintendent of the Penitentiary.
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SOUTH CAROLINA NKWS.
' ?Charleston's celebration, on Friday and j
j Friday night last, of the election of Clove-!
J land was a grand occasion, participated in |
by thousands of people from all parts of,
j the State.
j ? Four stores were destroyed by fire at I
j Orangeburg last Saturday night, causing a
loss of Odd, on which there was insu-j
j ranee for ?1X,I)W). The origin of the tire is ;
i unknown.
I ?The South Carolina Conference of the j
, Methodist episcopal Church, South, con- [
vened at Trinity Church, Charleston, on j
, yesterday at in o'clock, A. M. Bishop MeTyeire,
of Nashville, Tennessee, will pre-j
i si(l?|
?The Flection Commissioners have order-!
j ed an election to be held in Columbia on
; the: H7th of the present month, to deter- i
mine whether the City Council shall issue
license for the sale of spirituous liquors in
I that city for the next two years,
j ?A Slate Bar Association was formed at!
: Columbia last Thursday, the names of over
one hundred members having been enrolled.
A. (J. Magrath, of Charleston, was elected
President. A Vice-Presidentand two members
as local counsel, were elected for each
ciivnii I'm- the Sixth Circuit (tiles .J. Pat
terson, of Chester, was elected Vice-President
; and Freest Moore, of Lancaster, |
land.I. F.IIart, of Yorkville, local counsel.
? A Laurens dispatch of Monday, to the
Columbia /'r(/is/rr says: Yesterday afternoon
X. I). Franks, Constable of C. M. Miller,
Trial .Justice, committed a homicide on
the body of .John Lark, who was charged
witli burglary. Franks had a warrant to ;
arrest him, but Lark resisted with force by
throwing a brickbat at Franks. Thereupon
Franks shot him. Lark died in a short
while afterwrrd.
? Columbia I'rt/isfcr,Sunday: Chief llushyhead,
of the Cherokee tribe of Indians, is
i in the city. He resides in .Jackson county,
; X. ('., and is nearly three score and ten
years of age. His mission is to obtain sufficient
funds from the State or from private
sources to pay his expenses to Washington,
where he desires to prosecute a claim against
i the < iovernment in behalf of his tribe which
numbers some 1 ,">()(I Indians of all ages.
P.ushyhead walks with difficulty, in consequence
of wounds which he received in the
! late war, in which he led a band of ">uo
braves. Pushyhcad is an Indian of commanding
presence, l?ut lie speaks Fnglish
i very imperfectly.
I.OCA,I- AFFAIHS.
MOW ,\D\ IOIITISIOM FATS.
John K. Asho?Valuable Plantation for Sale or
Lease. ?
Hr, J. C. Clapp, President-Catawba lliidi and
Normal School.
May iV May?At Cost.
II. I*'. A dick OS?J n si Received.
Hunter A Dates?Thanks.
Withers Adiekes?Headquarters tor Christinas, j
"'" "loo 1> r/\t ? A f tonf it ?n.
T. M. Dobson?ChristinasHoods.
William S. Wilkerson?Executor's Notice.
H. W. S. Mart, Administrator?A Partial List.
F. It. Lindsay, Commandor?American Legion of
Honor.
I?. Harrison, Chairman Hoard of Examiners?To
Free School Teachers.
dkath or ax i:\hi\ekk.
.Mr. James 15. Smith, well known as a loco-j
motive engineer on the Chester and Lenoir Kail- |
road, died at his residence in Columbia last |
Saturday, from a complication of diseases.
kespite 01* sentence.
Columbus Crunford, colored, in the jail of
York county under sentence of death, theexocu- |
tion having been appointed by Judge Cothran to !
take place to-morrow, has been reprieved by
Governor Thompson until Friday the (Hh of
February, 1SX.1.
cuntcH notices.
Presbyterian?llev. T. It. English, Pastor.
The pastor will preach at P?oth-Shiloh in the forenoon
nextSunday. At the church in Yorkville,
at the regular hour on Sunday evening.
Methodist Episcopal?IJev. L. A. Johnson will
preach in the church at Yorkville next Sunday,
at the regular hours, morning and evening.
liaplist?Kcv. J. K. Covington, Pastor. Services
at II A.M. next Sunday, at Union ; in the
church at Yorkville in the evening.
happy m'akkiahe.
one Oiu iwncm Mr. Horace If. Heard, express
agent and telegraph operator at this place, has
been led captive to the matrimonial altar, the
happy Initio being Miss Minnie K. Speck,
daughter of ('apt. and Mrs. John F. Speck, of
Statesville, X. ('. The pleasant event occurred
at the home of tin* bride's parents on Thursday
morning of last week, and with his prize Mr.
Heard returned to his home here on Thursday
evening, where a pleasant reception was held, a
large number of his friends calling to extend
their congratulations.
khmandhiTfor trial.
On Tuesday last, Wallace Rcid, (piny Tigler,
Riles Rood and Sam Rood, all colored, appeared
before Trial Justice MoCaw for preliminary examination,
charged with being accessories before
the fact, of the murder of Ellison Sanders, for
which Columbus Cranlbrd as one of the parties
to thcaffair, and who, it is alleged, tired the fatal
shot, is now in .jail under sentence of death.
Three of the accused were represented by Col.
W. B. Wilson, as counsel. After a patient examination
the trial justice remanded all the parties
to jail, for trial on the clnurge preferred against
them, at March term of the Sessions Court.
OFFICIAL BONDS.
On Monday last the oflicial bonds for York
county of two of the County Commissioners,
the Clerk of the Court, the Sheriff, the County
School Commissioner and the Judge of Probate
wore recorded in the office of the Clerk of the
Court. The bonds of the County Commissioners
wcrcapproved by the Clerk of the Court, and the
bonds of all the other officers by the County
Commissioners. The following information has
been obtained from the record :
It. If. Rlcnn, Sheriff; penal sum of bond,
$10,000; sureties?S. D. Simril, 1>. W. l'arron, S.
A. (Menu, I>. J. Rlcnn, Jr., J. It. Cook, S. S.
i Smith.
Joseph F. Wallace, Clerk of the Court ; penal
sum of bond, $10,000; sureties?W. E. Campbell,
A. A. Barron, E. B. Williams, A. II. Barnett.
J. B. Allison, County Commissioner; penal
sum of bond, $-,1100; sureties?J. W. Allison, R.
M. Allison, J. M. M. Cain.
Joseph X. Steele, County Commissioner ; penal
sum of bond, $2,000; sureties?John Battaree,
J. F. Workman, It. A. Steele.
J. Beatty Williams, Judge of Probate; penal
sum of bond,$.j,000; sureties?W. T. Barron, Joseph
It. Witherspoon.
Douglass Harrison, County School Commissioner;
penal sum of bond, $1,000; sureties?F.
If. Brown, B. T. Rillespie, Henry Massey.
Mr. B. W. Whitcsides, oneoftho County Commissioners,
and Mr. John M. Caldwell, Coroner,
will tile their respective bonds in a few days.
I !!! II ? MIIIUIM
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, December Hi.?Col. W. It. Da"
i -c AI.? T ?;^i..i.
vie, one 01 our memuers oi uie negisiuiuru,
was at home last week for a day or so. lie
enjoys life in Columbia, as lie has comfortable
quarters at the Grand Central, where
the "big men" do congregate. Moreover
the excitement attaching to the duties of a
law-maker is agreeable to him. In his opinion
the bill providing for the repeal of the
lien law will become a law. He has no
doubt of its passing the J louse, and believes
it will pass the Senate. He informed me
that the bill amending the liquor law prohibits
the sale of intoxicating liquors in
twenty-four towns, besides Chester. .Judge
Cothran's decision, he says, was entirely at
variance with the intent of the Legislature
that passed the bill prohibiting the sale of
liquor at this and other places. Col. Davie
introduced a bill in the house to prevent the
I purchase of seed cotton from certain persons.
The Committee on Agriculture reported
favorably on the bill, and it will in
all probability pass. Section first provides
"that from and after the passage of this bill
it shall be unlawful for any person in this
State to buy seed cotton from the following
persons, to wit: 1. From any person or from
any member of his or her family, or in his
or her employ, against whom there exists of
record an unpaid lien, mortgage, judgment,
or other legal evidence of indebtedness,
i due to any other party than the one purj
chasing said cotton, without the written
I consent of the party holding said claim.
1:2. From any person, or from any member I
I of his or her family,or in hisor her employ, I
! being a party to a contract or record to work
a farm on shares, without the written con-'
I sent of the other party or parties to such i
contract. J. From any person, or from any
member of his or her family, or in his or.
her employ, who is under contract of record 1
to work for wages in any capacity upon a j
farm. 4. From any person who is not en-1
gaged in farm labor under contract of record. 1
This is an excellent bill and if it becomes a ;
law will be a great protection to the farming
interests. Col. Davie also introduced a j
bill in the House authorizing trial justices j
to issue warrants for the enforcement of ag-1
ricultural liens in cases where the amount |
of the advances does not exceed one hundred :
dollars. As the Committee on the Judiciary
made an unfavorable report on this Hill, the ,
probability of its becoming a law is slim, j
Messrs. Walter .Moore, .J. C. Saudiler, and
\V. L. Irwin, of York county, passed last j
Wednesday night on the Fair grounds at
this place being ni route in wagons to Florida,
where they intend settling. Their
fpiurwl*: fhom 1 inwnoritv in their new
homo.
I did not know until last Friday that-m.v ;
old friend, Mr. Ira I'rossloy, was married.
I lo is a splendid man, and merits, as lie has >
obtained, a splendid woman for a wife. 1 Ie 1
was united in marriage about two week ago ;
by llev. A. J. Cauthen to Miss Jane ('. j
Hardin, also of this county. His friends in
town extend him their warmest congratulations,
and wish for him and his all the happiness
that lift; can give.
A reward of $100 has been offered by Mr. i
W. II. Hardin, Intendant of our town, for
the discovery of the persons who committed
sonic outrageous acts at this place a
few nights ago. Reference was made to
these acts in my last correspondence.
Mr. \V. \\\ (iraham, of our town, and
Miss Mary Darby, of our county, were
united in matrimonial bonds by Rev.
(Jeorge Suminey on last Wednesday night.
On the next day by Rev. A. .1. Cauthen,
Mr. J. 15. Stevenson and Miss Nannie R.
Ferguson, both of Kossville, in this county,
were married. The best wishes of friends
attend both of these happy couples who
under auspicious circumstances have embarked
on the placid waters of matrimony.
On last Friday a telegram was received
from Columbia advising sellers of whisky
at this place to close their barrooms. They
were directed officially on Saturday by our
Intendant to close. The bill prohibiting
the sale of intoxicating liquors in Chester
has been passed by both Houses of the Heglature,
and signed by the (Jovernor. It is
hardly necessary to say that the barrooms;
have again been closed.
Mrs. Ifenrv Thompson died at this place
on last Wednasday. She fell a victim to
that groat destroyer of humanity?consumption.
Tom < )rr, colored, an escaped North Carolina
convict, was captured here on Saturday,
and committed to jail by Trial Justice
Robertson. The next day an officer from
Charlotte came down, and after paying the
expenses of commitment, left on the return
train with his prisoner, securely fastened
in irons. On Sunday a white North Carolina
convict was captured near IMaekstocks,
and lodged in jail at this place.
Mr. W. T. 1). Cousar, Jr., while returning
last evening to his store at Baseoinville, fell
off the train, and in doing so his leg was so
fearfully mashed by the ear wheel that it
hail to Ik* amputated. Pre. Pabeoek and
Davega performed the operation.- m.
I.FHISLATUUK OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Tuesday, December!).
In the Senate, a joint resolution was
unanimously adopted and sent to the House
for concurrence, that both houses of the
(Jeneral Assembly adjourn at 2 P. Nr., on
Friday, for the purpose of allowing all
members desiring to do so, to attend the
political celebration to be held in Charleston
on Friday.
The special order for 12 o'clock was stated
by the President to be the election of a
United States Senator to represent the State
of South Carolina in the Senate of the
United States for the term of six years,
commencing March 1th, in accordance with
the provisions of the law. Mr. Mauldin
nominated the Hon. Wade Hampton, making
a felicitous speech upon the occasion,
The nomination was seconded by Senator
Moore. The vote was then taken by a call
of the roll with the following result : Wtule
Hampton :il votes; \V. .J. Whipper, :
Villus.
The election being over, the Senate pro
ceeded with the consideration of thecalen
dar work.
At 1 o'clock the bill to provide for the appointment
of stenographers for each judicial
circuit of the State came up as a speeia
order, and after a lengthy debate the bil
was killed. After this action a bill providing
a stenographer for the Eighth eireuii
was passed.
Among other bills passed were the follow
ing: To amend the charter of the Catawbi
Oil Company; House bill in relation to tin
sale of ardent spirits in incorporated towns
bill authorizing commissioners ot thesov
oral counties to transfer balances remaining
in the hands of county- treasurers for on<
fiscal year to the credit of the same fund fo
the same fiscal year; House bill to amenc
the Code of Procedure relating to confessioi
of judgment without action; House bill t<
prescribe the duty of solicitors in regard t<
the entry of judgment against defendant
in criminal cases.
Jx the Housk, Mr. Haskell, from tin
Committee of Ways and Means, submitter
the bill to meet the ordinary expenses o
tiie State Government for the fiscal yea
ending October .'11, 1884, and it was inadi
the special order of Wednesday next
The bill appropriates the sum of 8808,1J?1
as follows for the expenses of the severa
departments: Executive Department, j$GG,
000; Judiciary Department, $57,250; Htflltl
Department, $0,100; Tax Department, $25,
.'100; University, $117,000; Penal and Charit
able institutions, $1(58,4:18; Miscellaneous
$52,000; Interest, .1(51,:137.
A number of bills of no general publii
interest passed their third reading.
A lengthy debate ensued upon the bil
requiring all convicts hired.from the Peni
tentiary to be and remain under a swori
officer and guards appointed by and respon
sibletothe Superintendent of the Peni ten
tiary and regulating the hiring of such con
victs, and after several amendments wen
agreed to, the Hill was passed to a thiri
reading.
The hour for the election of a Uniiec
States Senator having arrived, Mr. Eicken
of Charleston, nominated Wade Hampton
The nomination was seconded by Mr. Ru?k
er, of Anderson, and the vote resulted a
follows: Hampton, 11(5 Robert Smalls,&
A bill, introduced by Air. Davie, of ('lies
ter, to prevent the purchase of seed cottm
from certain persons, was debated to con
sidcrable length, but no definite action va:
taken upon it.
The Committee on State House ant
grounds presented a report and resolutions
stating the necessity of the presence ot Nr
Xiernsee, architect, to enable them to re
port the matters referred to them, and ask
ing that they be empowered to proem
the attendance of Mr. Xiernsee befon
them at an expense not to exceed $50, to hi
paid out of the Governor's contingent fund
i no report aim resolution were uuopieu.
\V j-:dx lis i) a v, December 10.
In tiik Si:natk, after a long and inter
esting debate, Mr. Bobo's bill repealing thi
law exempting certain manufacturers frai
taxation for a term of years was defeats
by a vote of 18 to 17.
Some new bills were introduced?on<
only of general interest, viz.: Bill to gin
physicians a privilege and lien for medial
services rendered.
A number of bills passed their secont
reading.
In Tin-: JIot'SK, The ways and means com
mittee presented the legislative appropria
tion bill, which received its tirst reading;
was placed upon the Calendar, and mad*
the special order for to-morrow. The a?
gregate amount appropriated is $40,6">7.8U
divided as follows: Senate, 810,00"); Hous
of Representatives, 820,702.80; engrossii?
department, ?8,100; miscellaneous, ?850.
Among the new measures introduced wa
the following by Mr. Witherspoon: Join
resolution to instruct the directors of tb
Penitentiary to do such work on the earn
as may be needed for the use of the Pen i ten
tiary and waterworks, and then discon
tinning further work thereon.
The bill to repeal the Act exempting eel
tain manufacturingestablishments from ta.n
ation was discussed, but left without deli
nite action.
Tiin:si).vv, December 11.
In tiik Sknatk, among the new bill
introduced was one by Mr. Patterson to in
corporate the town of Chester.
Several bills passed their second reading
among them the following: Bill to amen*
Section !?!)7 of the General Statutes relatin
to common schools; bill to regulate the ad
mission and discharge of patients from th
Lunatic Asylum.
In tiik I lot's i-:, After a debute of tw
hours, the bill to regulate the rate of inter
est upon money was defeated.
The bill to prohibit the distillation o
manufacture of spirituous liquors from graii
in Pickens county was taken up. The hi I
was advocated by both the members iron
Pickens. Mr. McCrady opposed the hi 1
and took occasion to enter an earnest pro
test against local legislation. The effect o
such legislation was, he argued, pernicious
At the last session a prohibitory law luu
been passed in reference to Oconee county
It had been since found out that the wishe
of the people of that county were opposei
to it and a bill was now before the Housed
repeal that Act. He urged the General As
i ^
seniDiy U) pause rigni iii-iv. i imiiumwi
was being injected into the politics of tin
State and it was a dangerous matter. I
would do as it had done in North Carolina
break up the Democratic party. Suflicien
legislation had been had upon the subjee
and this House was under no obligation t<
legislate further upon the subject. Thi
forcing of legislation, he argued, was tin
old Puritanical idea and was not the wai
to secure what the temperance people wen
seeking to secure.
After some further discussion a motiot
was made to strike out the enacting word:
of the bill. The vote on amotion to tabh
this resulted st to J!J?a grand and sweepin<
victory for the Prohibitionists.
Mr. Stanyarne Wilson then moved t<
strikeout the word "Pickens" and inser
the words "State of South Carolina," thu
making it a general prohibition bill. Tin
yeas and nays were called on a motion t<
tabh; this, and resulted: Yeas 87, nay lis
This vote was intended to test the sense o
the House on the subject of prohibition, bu
the ligures can hardly be relied upon lb
the reason that many of the friends of pro
hibition regarded the amendment in tin
light of a fatal rider to the bill, and votei
against it.
The bill was then passed to a third read
ing, and the House took a recess until 7.:}i
P. M.
In the evening session the following bill:
received a final reading: Hill to regulati
the hiring out of Penitentiary convicts
I
bill to prevent the purchase of seed cotton
from certain persons.
Friday, December II'.
In tiik Skxatk, Mr. Bell introduced u
Dill to regulate the mode of advertising by
county officers.
Mr. .J. \V. Moore introduced the following
Bills to amend an act to require foreign
corporate assessment companies to comply
with the insurance laws of the State, and to
clearly define who shall Do considered agents
j of the insurance companies ; to amend SecI
tion l.'loo of the (icneral Statutes, relating to
insurance companies doing business in tiiis
hv nrovidintra ereneral license.
Several bills of a local nature and Acts of
incorporation were passed after which the
two houses met in the Senate chamber for
the purpose of ratifying a number of Acts
and Joint Resolutions. Among these were
the following: An Act to ratify the ainendi
ment to Article IX of the Constitution by
, adding a section thereto, to be known as
Section 17. An Act to Amend Section 174!)
: I of the General Statutes, in relation to the
! sale of intoxicating liquors in incorporated
: towns and cities.
The Senate then adjourned until Monday.
.! Ix the House, the Senate bill* to create
the office of Surveyor in each county was
rejected.
A number of hills Iroin the Senate receiv
ed their first readingand wore referred.
i! Several bills were read the third time
, I and ordered to the Senate, when the House
i adjourned.
i j Saturday, December 1.1.
, i The Senate was not in session, having
; on Friday, adjourned over until Monday.
\ Ix the House, a number of Acts ofin[
| corporation and other bills of a private na,
i ture, came from the Senate and were ap?
| propriately referred.
' I The following now bills were introduced :
. j To make it the duty of all school officers and
. county school commissioners to communicate
with the State superintendent through
. j the county school commissioners. Toamend
. Section 74(1 of the General Statutes in relaI
| tion to vacancies in the office of Judge of
I Probate. To empower Judges of Probate
. I to administer oaths as fully and effectually
t1 as other officers.
j The general order bills were then taken
. i up, and after disposing of a few bills on the
. calendar the House took a recess until 7
;! o'clock P. M.
I In the evening session, the bill to amend
I the railroad law was discussed, and after
r the adoption of several amendments it was
' passed to a third reading.
r The special order for the hour was taken
j up, being a report of the Committee of
1 Ways and Means on a Resolution referring
j to the Ways and Means Committee the con,
sideration of the necessity of providing for
s the year which has been lost in the collection
of taxes, and requiring said committee
3 to report by Bill or otherwise. The comj
mittee report that they have given full conf
sideration to the question, fully realizing
r the urgent necessity of some remedy for
3 this evil, which imperils each year the
ability of the State promptly to meet its
obligations. This matter is now more than
j ever pressing, and the danger more serious,
in view of the fact that in a few years the
^ public debt will begin to fall due, and must
either be paid with borrowed money or refunded,
and to successfully do either the
credit of the State must be kept as high as
' possible. Two modes have been considered
c by the committee:
1st. The borrowing of money sufficient
j to pay the ordinary expenses of the State
for the missing year. The committee are
~ of the opinion that this will be inexpedient,
even if practicable, in view of the near
~ maturity of a large portion of the public
~ debt and necessity to provide for it.
" :>d. The second and only other alterative,
j in the opinion of the committee, is to levy
a tax the proceeds of which shall be allowed
i to accumulate in the treasury until a sufli- "
cient amount is on hand to pay the deficl'
ency arising from a change in the date fixed
* for the collection of taxes. There will prob~
ably be certain funds, the amount of which
is entirely uncertain, coming into the treasury
in certain funds, the amount of which
j is entirely uncertain, coming into the treasury
in certain cases, some lately decided
" and some now pending in the Courts of the
' State, between the State as plaintiff and
i certain phosphate companies as defendants.
The committee believes that if the General
' Assembly will supplement any such sum,
^ with any balances which may accumulate
~ in the treasury, by a tax of one mill per an~
num for three years, that at the meeting of
^ the General Assembly in November, 1880,
^ it will be safe to change the time for collection
of taxes, so that the appropriations
' of every year thereafter will be made, as
they should be, against funds in hand, instead
of as at present against luture collections.
The committee therefore ask leave tore
j port the accompanying resolution, and
j recommend that the same do pass: *
Resolved, By the House of Representatives.
^ the Senate concurring. That the Committee of
" | Ways and Means of the House of Kepresenta?
tives and the Finance Committee of the Senate
1 be instructed to insert in the General Supply
Rill one mill additional tax, the proceeds to he
1 | held in the Treasury as a fund to lie used in the
I future to meet the deficiency created by any
change hereafter made in the date fixed for the
collection of taxes.
Mr. Lee moved, that on account of the
' i small number of members in attendance, the
j consideration of the Report and Resolution
" I be made the special order for Monday next, i
' | at 7.80 P. M., which was adopted. I
rAbout fifteen Bills on the calendar were . M
3 j passed to a third reading, among them a M
Bill to provide for Stenographers for the 4th,
J ! Ath and Oth Circuits.
_ i The House adjourned at half-past 10 o'clock
j to meet at 10 A. M. on Monday. ^
; EASTERN YORK.
Items from the Rock Hill Herald.
. ? The cotton shipments from this place
. for the three months ending November 80th
. were 7,041) bales, against 7,247 for the same
months last year, 10,002 in 1882 and 6,800 in
1881. The shipments this year show an
increase of 702 bales over 1888, while the
5 same shipments show a decrease of 2,0.78
i bales as compared with 1882. .
? Some time last week a thief entered
; the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church through
j a window and stole the pulpit Bible, the
9 minister's hymn book, a pitcher, some
\. j tools which carpenters had left in thebuilde
j ing, and other articles. The Bible was
| a very tine one and was highly prized by
0 the congregation, who will reward the per..
son who will find and return it. The name
{ of the church was printed on the back and
r it was excellently bound.
,j ?Mrs. Martha J. Steele, the aged mother
1 I of our respected townsman, Mr. John J.
i j Roach, died at the residence of Mrs. R. M.
I Kerr in this place on Friday of last week,
; aged 71 years. Mrs. Steele was a native of
f j York county and was ever held in the high|
est esteem by the community. She was
j J twice married, her first husband being Mr.
Ross Roach, who died many years ago.
a Her second husband was the late John M.
1 Steele, who died during the war.
, | ?During the past conference year, Rev.
_ Mr. Traywick, pastor of the Rock Hill cir!
cuit, preached 213 sermons, besides doing
..II n+lmr fiii^tnnitirv ivkIiim! vvnrL* hn po.
t ceiveil Dd persons into the church membership,
and baptized ID children. Two new
t churches, the result of his energies, have
t i been built and paid for, an incomplete
, church building has been finished, and a
s large debt removed from another. The
[? missionary and conference collections show
. an increase <?t KM) per cent, over the last
. year and it is expected the salary will he
paid up to a cent. The present membership
j of the church at Rock Hill is 121, and of
s the whole Circuit, <>2d. During the past
, year the increase in membership in the cir,
cuit has been about one hundred and tlie
church is still growing.
) ?Saul llill, colored, a son of Madison
t Hill, was one of the darkies who left this
s county several years ago for Liberia. Saul
> seems to have prospered at his new home,
> he being the owner of about seven hundred
. acres of good land. Last week his father,
f in this county, received a sack of coffee
t which had been shipped from Liberia to
r him by his son. l-'or the past five years
- Saul has been shipping his en tire coffee crop
.? to a Philadelphia firm and it is pronounced
1 of good quality. His success in Liberia is
exceptional, he being in very good financial
- circumstances when he left.* A number of
i other colored men went to Liberia at the
same time, but some of them returned in a
year or so afterward as poor as church mice,
? and thoroughly disgusted with the new
: i country.