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f craps and Jacts. ? There were 205 mercantile failures in the United States and Canada last week against 226 the week before. ? James D. Fish, late President of the Marine National Bank, New York, was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in Auburn prison last Saturday, by Judge Benedict, in the United States Court. ? Vice-President Hendricks was tendered a reception and dinner at Boston on Friday by the Bay State Club. Plates were laid for 300, and about that number gathered to do honor to the "war horse" from Indiana. Mr. Hendricks made a long speech. ? One of the saddest sights in Washington has been that of Gen. Singleton, of Illinois, who is yery old and very rich, worrying the President for a picayune postoffice. And now, it is said, that he was Insolent to Mr. Cleveland, and was dismissed from the white house very summarily. ?At Alexandria, La., last Thursday, A. A. Goodwin was tried by a jury of five, charged under the Act of the Legislature of 1884 with sending a threatening letter. He was convicted and sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the city prison. A fine of $50 with costs was also imposed. An appeal was taken to the Supreme Court and the grisoner released on bail. A petition to the ovemor for his pardon is being extensively signed. ? Information comes from Lawrence, Kansas, that Capt. Couch, the leader of the Oklahoma boomers, says he believes that the commission appointed by President Cleveland will make a favorable report early in July, and that the land will immediately be taken by squatter sovereignty before it is officially opened. The boomers'camp is about three miles from Caldwell and at present contains about .350 people. Couch says additions are continually coming in, and when he issues his call he expects to have it answered by thousands. If the commission should report unfavorably to the opening of Oklahoma for settlement the colonists as a last resort will again invade the territory. ? One of the Tammany Hall leaders now in Washington says that in the course of two months Tammany will be thoroughly reorganized and that it will result in a general breaking up of the County Democracy. Under the proposed plan, instead of one man holding absolute sway, as now, the power will be distributed among twenty-four men, representing the twenty-four Assembly Districts. It is said that upon the reorganisation cuch lpnrlpro of t.hfi Countv Democra cy as Hubert O. Thompson will attach themselves to Tammany. It is also claimed that a member of Cleveland's Cabinet will connect himself with the organization, while the County Democracy will be left in the hands of Mayor Grace. ? The Iowa cyclone last week proves to have been much more destructive than at first reported, traversing about 280 miles, causing a loss of $G00,000 in four counties, killing at least 20 people, and seriously wounding 50 more. There were two distinct storms, one coming from the southwest and entering the State about 30 miles below Sioux City, taking in Sioux City in its course and passing on to Lemars, a town to the north-east. Here it was met by another storm that had come from Yankton, Dakota, and the two united and left a track of devastation to Fort Dodge, 75 miles eastward. Old residents declare that this beats even the Iowa record in cyclones, and the storm in less violent form extended east into Illinois and south into Missouri. ? A Tucson, Arizona, dispatch of Saturday says: General Cook has been busily engaged for the past few days in refitting and preparing for the Indian campaign in the Sierra Madres and is about ready to start for that locality. It is unofficially stated that the campaign will be conducted as follows: General Crook, with scouts and infantry, will enter the Sierra Madres mountains and endeavor to kill or capture Gerinomo and his followers. Should they escape him and attempt to return to the reservation in Arizona or New Mexico they will be intercepted by cavalry which will be stationed along the line. The troops will camp at different water holes along the line between Fort Huachuc and Silver Creek, so that the entire line will be guarded. ? The New York Commercial Advertiser says that the profits of the Louisiana Lottery Company lor May were $477,500. When Assistant Postmaster Richards, of New York, was asked concerning the use of mails by the lottery company, he said: "This lottery company advertises that letters, money orders, &c., shall be sent to 4M. A. Dauphin &Co.' Now we have no power to inquire into the contents of a sealed letter addressed to such a name. A sealed letter is sacred, and the department itself cannot open it without breaking the law. We could stop giving money orders addressed to this person and to others whom we knew were engaged in fraud, but we could not stop letters. Circulars unsealed are different, and these we may open and prevent the distribution of them. ? When the North Carolina legislature passed the bill appropriating $30,000 for the payment of pensions to disabled Confederate soldiers and widows of soldiers, it was estimated that there were 1,000 of all in the State. This was regarded as an outside estimate, 800 being deemed nearer the exact figures. "But," says the Raleigh Observer, "it was a poor estimate. Auditor Roberts has thus far sent out 8,000 blank forms of application. The number of applicants is apt to be 4,000. There are advices of over 3,000 applicants now. Letters are daily received asking for more blank applications. Most of the claims will doubtless be allowed, though, of course, a number will be rejected. The examining boards have already passed on many claims. The matter is attracting much attention. It looks as if the Eensioners will get something like $10 each; ardly more." ? Information has been received of another hanging of horse thieves in Indian Territory, they being a part, of the same gang with those that were hanged about two weeks ago. Some officers from Burlington with a posse of citizens and officers from Indian Territory determined to rid themselves of these horse thieves, whose depredations have been greater and more daring this last spring and summer than ever before. Their thefts were wholesale and the gang was murderous and defiant like the Lee gang. When three of them were overtaken and hanged a few days ago the citizens determined not to stop until the work was completed, and from the latest advices it would seem that this policy has been carried out. The officers and posse of citizens continued on the trail and overtook Clgllli IUU1C Ul LJ1C giiu^ Ull >? IUIIUI IllVCI and hanged ihem all. Continuing their search the officers found four more of the gang on Mud Creek and they also suffered the same fate. The names of the men hanged are not given. ? John McKeever, colored, who shot and killed Wm. J. Trainor four miles south of Memphis, Tenn., on the 17th of last December, was hanged in the county jail at Memphis last Friday. The condemned man 1 tried to commit suicide at midnight Thurs- i day night by cutting the arteries of his! arms and legs with a rough piece of tin i shaped like a knife, which he made out of a ' snuffbox. When found by the night war-1 den at 4 o'clock A. M. he was unconscious ! from the loss ot blood. Medical aid was j summoned and he soon rallied. Father j William Walsh, of St. Bride's Catholic j Church, and Father J. It. Wood, a Catholic 1 Priest from Water Valley, Miss., attended j him on the scaffold. When asked by Sher-1 iff Conner, if he had anything to say, he replied, "Yes,Jl am no murderer." Eyeing : his attorney among those who were pres-! ent to witness the execution, he called to him, saying, "Good-bye, Mr. Moss. You bet your life I am going to die right." These were his last words, and five seconds afterwards the trap was sprung. Mrs. Trainor, the widow of the murdered man, occupied a seat on the scaffold and witnessed her husband's assassin take bis leap into eternity. Other hangings occurred on the same day as follows: At Marianna, Lee countv, Arkansas, Kufus Dortich, colored, for the murder of another negro last winter. Robert McCoy, colored, at Sylvania, Ua., for murdering James Miller, a white eonstabl?|'on November 20, 1884. Two thous-i and people witnessed the execution. At; Fort Smith, Ark., James Arcine and Wm. i'archmeal, full-blooded Cherokee Indians, were hanged for the murder of Henry Feigel, an old Swede, thirteen years ago. ? Secretary Manning has requested the resignation of Horatio C. Burchard, of Illinois, as director of the mint. It is understood that Burchard will decline to resign j on the ground that there are no charges : against him and further because his term J of office will not expire until February, 1889. ; It is said that the friends of Burchard question the right of the secretary of the treasury to remove him inasmuch as he was appointed by the President under a special statute, which provides that the incumbent shall not be removed except on charges sustained by the Senate. Burchard's friends assert that his administration of affairs has been honest and efficient, and that the Senate will not consent to his summary removal. While it is understood that Secretary Manning is dissatisfied with Burchard's management of the office of director, it is not believed he will act arbitrarily in the matter and remove Burchard except for reasons which would be accepted by the Senate. ?hc forfcvtUc taqittm. YORKVILLE, S. C. : THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1885. RAILROAD SURVEY. On Wednesday of last week, Capt. O. A. Ramsour, engineer in charge of surveys for a proposed railroad between Marion, N. C., and Georgetown or Charleston in this State, to be built by the "Massachusetts and Smithprn Construction Comnanv." comDlet ed a survey from Hickory Grove, in the western part of the county, to this place. This survey crosses Bullock's Creek at Black's Ford, near the residence of Mr. John A. Byers, and thence by Walnut Grove Church, about half a mile north of Sharon Church, passing on the south side of "Locust Hill" and crossing to the north side of the Howell's Ferry road, in the vicinity of Mr. A. F. Love's residence; running thence along the ridge about two miles, to the residenceofMr. W.J. Stephenson, crossing there to the south side of the road and running nearly parallel with the Howell's Ferry road and crossing Turkey Creek about one-fourth i of a mile south of Herndon's mill; continuing on the south side of Howell's Ferry road to a point about half a mile west of the Court House, near the house of Aaron Moore ; thence across to Madison street, entering that street near the residence of Mr. Barber, and continuing along Madison to the crossing of the street by the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, near the A. R. P. Church. The distance from Hickory Grove to Yorkville by this survey is 13 7-10 miles. After reaching this place, the surveying party left for Shelby, X. C., for the purpose of of running a line between that town and Rutherford ton. As our readers are aware, it is under dirpntinn nf this cnmnanv thatseveral survevs ?- r 1 ' have recently been made through this section, one from Gaffney City to Chester. As we understand the purposes ofthe company, and the provisions of their charters in North and South Carolina, they are restricted to no specific route, but in the location of their road will be governed by the line along which the people offer the greatest inducement, topographical conditions and estimated amount of traffic on the route also being considered. The line via Yorkville contemplates liock Hill and Lancaster on the route. As to the intentions and the good faith of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company, we make the following extract from the proceedings of a conference of delegates representing different sections interested in the road, held at Black's on the 10th ultimo: After several delegates had spoken a committee was appointed to invite Mr. A. A. Urquhardt, the agent of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company, and Capt. liamsour, its engineer, to address, the conference. In a tew moments these gentlemen appeared. Mr. Crquhardt said that he did not care to make an address but would answer, as far as he could, any questions that might be propounded. In response to a number of inquiries from various gentlemen, Mr. Urquhardt said that two of the leading capitalists of the company were Mr. Chas. Whittier, owner of the Whittier Steel Works, of Boston, a large holder of Bell Telephone stock, and acting president of the Construction Company, and Mr. E. Howard, the treasurer, who was a bank president. The company was absolutely sound financially, and had millionsof dollars back of it. The original route was from Cincinnati and Chicago to Charleston and Georgetown. Its construction was to be under four charters, the Georgetown arid North Carolina Narrow Gauge Company's, with its amendments to permit a broad gauge, the Rutherford Construction Company's, the Rutherford, Marion and Tennessee Company's, and the Union, Gaffney City and ituther-1 ford Company's. Two points had been ; definitely settled upon, Rutherford ton and ' Marion. The contracts with Rutherlordton and Marion would be kept in good faith. , The route to Gaffney City had been considered probable, but could be changed. From Gaffney City to Chester, the route had i proved heavier than had been anticipated, hence another had been suggested. The company would adopt that route that pre- I sented the most commercial advantages and j offered the greatest assistance in the build- ; ing of the road. The company was after a through line to carry the trade between West and the West Indies, which was enormous, employing two steamer and seven packet lines from ; New York, besides lines from Baltimore | and Boston. Much of this traffic was in j perishable commodities which now could 1 scarcely be taken to the West at all. Asid from the settled points, the line that offered most inducements would secure the benefits of the road, about whose construction there was not a possibility of doubt. He would advise early action upon the part of the communities interested, although he could not guarantee that any particular points would get the road. The company does not care for promises. It wants something definite. Grading would first begin at Itutherfordton toeither Gaffney City or Shelby. Any propositions should be made to Col. It. A. Johnson, superintendent of the 1road. As to the financial condition of the company Mr. Whittier or Mr. Howard could be communicated with. Capt. ltamsour, the chief engineer, was then called. lie said there would be little difference between the cost of the road via Gaffney City or via Shelby. Hickory Grove had been the common point of the surveys already made. Three or four miles from there the survey being made had diverged i in the direction of Shelby. The company had begun the work on October 6 and had shown no disposition to hurry the work, but seemed to want all the information possible. All expenses had been promptly met. ()ver j ?20,000 had already been spent. A line had been run from Black's to Chester and another would be run from Black's to Yorkville. The speaker would advise all the gentle-! men present to take steps to secure the ! road, as it would be one of greatest trunk lines in the country. Such are the representations of members of the company or those in their service, which we place before our readers for their information and guidance. EDUCATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA. After his return to Boston from his Southern tour, Dr. Mayo published in the Boston Journal of Education, of which he is one of the editors, the following as the result of, his observations while in this State: Our Associate Editor has just finished a six weeks' visit to South Carolina, where, under the direction of State Superintendent Coward, he made addresses in nearly twenty places, in almost every portion of the State. He reports a gratifying progress in school work in several of the larger towns, and a very decided advance in public sentiment on the public school question since his last visit three years ago. Everything well begun then is stronger now. The public schools of Charleston, underSuperintendent Archer, are putting forth new vigor, and all the educational institutions of that city are being strengthened. This year the State institute will be held in Charleston, with Superintendent Archer as principal, and the ablest teachers in the Shite as assistants. Several important county institutes will be held, and great preparations are being made for the summer instruction of colored teachers at Aiken, under Professor Itodenbaeh and a corps of the ablest workers from other States. The,State University was never so largely attended or more amy manned with professors, and the department for colored students, Claflin University, is becoming a model of its kind. The excellent new graded schools of Columbia, the capital, under Prof. D. B. Johnson, are becoming a power in the State, and many of the smaller towns are dealing with the question of an efficient system of graded instruction. The greatest drawback here, or elsewhere is in the open country. But already the public school is everywhere established, for both races, with average session of from three to four months. The new State Superintendent, Col. Asbury Coward, is a fit successor of Hon. Hugh S. Thompson, now Governor, a professional teacher, effective public speaker, and devoted friend of the free school. The leading press of the State and a majority of its public men are vigorously on the right side in matters of public education, and a fair vote of the people would show a three-fourths vote heartily in favor of national aid. There is still, in this as in every Southern State, a strong opposing influence, showing itself more in the way of local obstruction than by public demonstration; and the opposition, which works along with the ecclesiastical and social phases of hostility to the free school, is not to be moderated. But here, as all through the South, the masses of the people are getting thoroughly aroused, and asking certain leading questions, such as r Why the education of all the children in a community should be postponed indefinitely to gratify the theory of some ancient and honorable politician, to build up the parochial schools of two or three excellent clergymen, or to afford a subsistence to the worthy members a few decayed families? Why a State like South Carolina should remain half developed to illustrate a theory that the laboring class should be kept in ignorance? and why Southern boys and girls should not be permitted to enjoy those advantages for a start in life that are freely offered to every child in every other portion of the Union? The people are patient, but are getting deeply in earnest, and if those to whom these questions are put do not "hurry up" satisfactory answers within a remarkably short time, the Southern peonle will deal with this Question of universal education in the decisive American way; whoever or whatever may go down stream in consequence. * Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM WHITAKER'S. Whitaker's, S. C., June 27.?On Wednesday night, the 24th, at about half past 8 o'clock, this section was visited by one of the most destructive rain storms ever witnessed by the oldest people of the country. The cloud came from the north-east and traveled south-west, following King's Creek, which it crossed to the south side at or near the "Old Furnace" place. From that point to the head of the creek, a distance of ten or twelve miles, from the best information to be obtained from the farmers living along the creek, about one-half of the wheat on the bottom lands was washed away or blown down and destroyed. The growing corn on the bottom lands was also leveled to the ground. The following are the greatest sufferers on King's Creek: Rev. L. H. McSwain and Mr. O. P. Morgan lost all of their wheat except 15 shocks, Messrs. M. M. Tate, E. J. Downey, E. Hardin, William Borders, Drewry Neal, J. M. Hambright, A. C. Hambright, A. F. Hambright, G. Hambright, I). R. Hambright, J. S. Wells and many others, further up the creek, were more or less damaged; and twelve or fifteen farmers living only two or three miles south of King's Creek, on smaller streams, who lost more or less wheat, sustain considerable loss by damage to their other growing crops. The corn and cotton on uplands were badly damaged by being washed away. In many places the land was fearfully washed. It is impossible at present to give an estimate of the damage to the crops of the section named. Some of the most intelligent farmers think there was more than one thousand bushels of wheat destroyed. The injury to the growing crops cannot be estimated at present, but it will be considerable. The rainfall was a fraction over four inches in one hour and a half. The scarcity of grain in the country at this time, with not more than a two-thirds wheat crop at the best, and a loss of about one-half of that on the bottom lands, and the damage to growing corn, are indications of a scarcity of grain in the track of the rain storm which the formers of this section have never before had to meet. The growing crops are not by any means clear of grass and weeds, but up to this time, where properly worked, they have been growing nicely. This would be as good a time as any to take a little advice. Allow me to offer the agricultural readers of the Enquirer a word : Farmers, in the future plant four or five acres less to each horse or mule than you can work with a favorable season and other favoring circumstances. Then in such a season as the present has proved to be you will be able to keep clear of the grass and escape the worry and strain incide'nt thereto. And then with a more favorable season you will be able to work your crops better, with more satisfaction to yourselves and less wear and tear to farming implements and stock, while the profits will be about equally as large in the end. Try it! A Farmer. Correspondence ol' the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM BLACK'S. Black's, S. C., June 29.?The corn and. cotton crops of this section are fine and the prospect for these two crops was never better. The oat crop is a failure. Wheat is good with the exception of a thin stand on the ground in places. The grain is full and plump. On last Wednesday we had the heaviest rain that ever fell in this locality. It was no ordinary rainfall, for it poured down in torrents for nearly an hour. Doolittle Creek, which has its source at this place and empties into Broad lliver, was filled to 15 feet in depth, and the channel was 125 yards wide, sweeping every thing before it. The dam of Ira Hardin's grist mill was carried away. H. M. Moore had 200 shocks of wneat wasnea away, ana oiners sunereu proportionately on this small stream. The growing corn was either washed away or covered* up with mud. The next greatest sufferers were on King's Creek, in the Antioch section. There the principal damage was done on the farrrfs of Gill llambright, Drewry Neal, Elijah Hardin, James Dillingham, E. J. Downey, M. M. Tate, Lewis II. McSwain, Mark Wells and perhaps others. The wheat crop had been harvested and shocked in the fields. In some instances all the wheat on some of these farms was washed away. The creek at Elijah Hardin's farm was 500 yards wide. It was the greatest freshet ever known on the creek. The corn crop, which was about being laid by, was badly damaged. The uplands were badly washed by the rain. It is estimated that the wheat crop in the Antioch section was damaged to the extent of one thousand bushels. Our neighbors just across Broad River, in Spartanburg county, especially on Cherokee Creek, suffered severely. Three mill dams, situated not far apart, the property of Mad ison Surratt, Lewis Clary and P. O. Lemons, I were washed away. The heavy rain fol- j lowed the Air-Line Railroad, and was heavier in 9ome places than others. The damage was greatest where there was no wind. , The rain had the appearance of falling in j sheets. |: Col. John L. Black, U. S. Deputy Collect- |; or, was in our town a few days ago on his i j way to Yorkville and Rock Hill, but was i compelled to return to his home in Green- i: ville, he being seriously ill. Col. R. A. Johnson, ot Boston, superintendent, and Capt. G. Ramsonr, chief engineer of the Massachusetts and Southern Con- | struction Company, Mr. H. B. Harris, of j Spring-field, Mass., president of the Vermont Valley, Sullivan county, and Ashuelot , Railroad Companies, and Mr. J. F. Jones, of Hartford, Connecticut, superintendent, J of the Hartford and Connecticut West- ( ern Railroad, were in our town on the 21st instant. They were engaged in looking over the several proposed routes for the road which is proposed to be built by the Massa- ] chusetts and Southern Construction Com- ( pany. . , This line of road will be built leading from themountainstotheseaboard, making a thoroughfare through our State, and constituting one of its most important lines. < The people of our county should do everything within their power to avail them- ] selves of this road, and the advantages it : will afford. By it Charleston will be open- : ed to us in a way that it never has been, i and freights will be cheapened, which to the agricultural interests, with the natural developments, are essentially necessary. Let us be active and wide awake to secure the benefits this road would confer upon us. i Mrs. Julius T. Howe, an estimable lady, i who had long been a great sufferer, died of i consumption in thisplaqe on the 2oth instant. . Ego. Correspondence ol* the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, June 29.?The Chester division of the Survivors of the Sixth Regiment will hold a meeting at this place on the Gth of next month to make the preliminary arrangements for the annual meeting of the Survivors of this Regiment in August. The annual meeting will be held this year on the battlefield of Seven Pines. It is hoped and believed that such liberal rates will be made with the railroad companies as will enable a large number of the old veterans to go to Virginia, and once again see tfte ground on which they fought so gallantly twenty-three years ago. The dwelling house of E. B. Kell, of this county, was destroyed last Monday night by tire. The fire is supposed to have originated from the stove in the kitchen. The house and furniture were insured for $2,000. The insurance does not cover the loss. A portion of the furniture was saved. Coroner Murphy held an inquest last Monday over the dead body of an infant child of Arnzi Stokes, colored, of this county. Its death was caused by suffocation, produced by an older child, when asleep, lying upon the infant. The verdict of the jury of inquest was in accordance with these facts. Mr. Edward Strobel, who lived here- during his boyhood, and whose mother still lives here, has been appointed Secretary of T A! ..A Arn/l?:,l TTr. LiC^UUUli at iuaunu. lie giauuaicu nun first honor at Harvard University, and has been engaged for several years in the practice of law in Ne\V York City. He is a young man of brilliant talents. Torbit's Mill Pond in this county was the scene of a lively party on last Tuesday. A number of our citizens, desiring some relief from the cares of business, decided upon the amusement of seining, and Torbit's as the place to have the fun. They were successful in catching a large number of fish, which constituted the principal dish tor dinner. Our friends, however, had several good things in addition to fish for strengthening and pleasing the inner man. The picnic on last Tuesday at Pleasant Grove Church, celebrating the successful close of the scholastic year of Mr. Torbit Henry's school was a pleasant affair. Scholars, patrons, with their invited friends, combined to make a large attendance, and I the programme was so attractive as to make | the occasion one of great pleasure. Interesting addresses were delivered by Messrs. F. T. Morgan, and J. & Brice. The first, in his address on education, divided his subject into three heads': .first, that popular education was necessary to the safety of the State; second, that its power in politics and war lias been recognized by the history of our country, and third that popular education is indispensable to the perpetuity of our republican form of government. By Rev. George Summey, Mr. J. II. Overcash, of IJock Hill, and Miss Susie Graham, of our town, were married on last I Wednesday afternoon. The happy couple left the same afternoon for Rock Ilill. Mr. C. E. Cobb, of our town, died at Rock Hill on last Thursday afternoon. His many friends truly lament his death. On last Thursday afternoon there was a closely contested game of base ball at this place between the Chester Base Ball Club, and the Chester Little Boys' Club. The latter were victorious and their joy over their victory was exceedingly great. The prize for the winning club was a ball and bat, which have not yet been received by tut; viuiuio. The Lee Light Infantry spent a portion of last Friday evening in the enjoyment of target shooting. The scene of the shooting was in Brice's woods, and the distance of firing was one hundred yards. Each member of the company fired three shots. Messrs. J. G. Baird, H. J. McNinch, S. Childs, and M. Heath made a tie, each making eleven points. On the test shot Mr. Baird was successful, and won the silver medal. Mr. Julius Sams missed the target, and won the tin cup. A heavy and destructive rain fell in our town and county on last Friday afternoon. The water courses have not been so high in < many years. It is regarded as the heaviest rain in the county since the 14th of June, 1873. An immense amount of damage was done to bottom corn. Messrs. W. Holmes 1 Hardin, J, P. Ferguson, and many others 1 that could be mentioned were great sufferers by the overflow. Mr. Ferguson's gin house was set on fire by lightning and entirely ' consumed together with two hundred bush- ' els of wheat. The rain washed the lands i so badly that cotton in many places was < greatly injured. 1 Mrs. T. N. Berry, of our town, is lying at < the point of death. The attending physi- < cians have no hope of her recovery. < Mrs. William Walker is alsocritieallly ill. < Her friends are very apprehensive as to the i result. l Mrs. J. S. Colvin has been very low, but , I am glad to report an improvement in her i condition. >i. t The Cask of Cj.uveuius.?The effort of , counsel for T. J. Cluverius, convicted of the f murder of Lillian Madison, to prove an ali- ' bi was abandoned by them in the Hustings Court at Richmond last Friday. They have ! failed to secure the necessary affidavits. They, however, submitted another motion to set aside the death sentence and grant a 1 new trial on the ground of newly discover- 1 ed evidence. This motion was based on . the affidavit of Dr. James It. Garlick, prin- J ci pal of the Birmington Academy and teach- j er of the murdered woman, in which he , states that he has positive conviction that s the superscription on the envelope contain- t ing the torn note found at the American } Hotel on the morning after the discovery of the body, and which connects the de- . ceased with the prisoner, is not in the hand- ' writing of Lillian Madison. After brief i argument by counsel on both sides, Judge t Atkins overruled the motion for a new trial ( and counsel for the defence excepted to the * ruling. They will now turn their attention t to securing a hearing before the Supreme j Court of Appeals, to have the verdict set V aside and a new trial ordered. ? A Quebec dispatch says that Messrs. Lemieux and Fitzpatriek, counsel for ltiel, ' have returned from Ottawa, having been ; there to interview the Government about * having Kiel tried in the Supreme Court of t Lower Canada. The Government would t give no assurance. The minister of Justice ( stated that he did not think there was any I 1 provision in the law to justify the Govern-j ' ment in giving assistance to enable counsel , for the defence to produce, witnesses in Ke- j gina who are required to establish Kiel's j defence. t ? ? - 1 Col T. C. Moody, of Marion, enjoys the I! distinction of having received an autograph letter from President Cleveland. t LOCAL AFFAIRS. ! NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Dowry it Starr?Diamond Dye?Dyspepsia Can ^>e Cured. John C. Kuykendal?Mortar Music, Ac. May A May?Drugs, Medicines, Ac. M. Strauss?Bargains, Bargains. F. A. Gilbert, Clerk?Sanitary Notice, fr, H. McMaster?Fairfield Farms for Sale. John R. Ashe, Intendant?An Ordinance. Sarah E. Jackson?Administratrix* Notice. T. M. Dobson A Co.?Remember August 2V>, '85. | Hunter AOates?An Opportunity. Swift Spaeific Co., Atlanta, Ga.?A Frightful i Case of a Colored Man. (4th page.) PICNIC. There will be a picnic at Chestnut Academy, :i AM Cnt.iHrlntf iniuu imiun iiunu-wcnt ui lu?ji, un nammuj. i Among other attractions to render the occasion I enjoyable, music will be furnished during the :lay by a string band. UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, 1880. We will furnish the Yorkvillk Enquirer from this date until January 1st, 1880, for $1.20, the cash, in all cases, to accompany thesubscription. COTTON BLOOMS. Wo have received, during the past week cotton blooms from the following persons : From Mr. B. F. Rawlinson, near Rock Hill, plucked June 20th; from Mr. W. L. Plexico, Bullock's Creek, plucked June23rd ; from Mr. H. E. Wilkerson, near How'ell's Ferry, Bullock's Creek township, plucked June 24th; from Mr. W. R. Lipscomb, Black's, plucked June26th. RESIGNATION OF A RECTOR. Rev. E. N. Joyncr has resigned the charge of the Church of the Good Shepherd at this place, the resignation taking effect to-day. He assumes the charge of St. Mark's Church, Chester, in connection with the Church of our Saviour at Rock Hill. We understand that the resignation was based solely on the desire of the congregation ofthe Church of the Good Shepherd for the services of a resident rector. Rev. Mr. Joyner has for more than two years been the rector of Yorkville parish, and his congregation part with him with great reluctance and regret. CHURCH NOTICES. Associate Reformed Presbyterian. Services at 10.30 A. M. next Sunday, by Rev. R. Lathan. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor. Services at Shannon's School House next Sunday at 11 A. M., Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. Thomas Pate, Pastor. Rev. H. L. Abernethy will preach in this b" -'d. nov 4 Cifvtrlnvf ?vtAt>n?n/w of 11 a'o! Apt* Oil rl U11UIUU Ilt'Al OUUUdj 111U1 lllUfi uv li. V V>iwvi?, tuiu at 4 o'clock P. M., will deliver a lecture on the subject, "Soul and Mind." A general invitation is extended to the public. Episcopal?Sunday-school at ">.30 P. M., the bell ringing at 5. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Services at Union next Sunday at 11 A. M., and at Yorkvillein the evening at 8.30. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at 10.30 A. M., and at 8.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 5.130 P. M. Praver-meeting at 8.30 P. M. Thursday. THE NEW POSTAL LAW. The following is a comprehensive epitome of the new postal law which went into effect yesterday. 1. Sealed letters to go anywhere in the United States for two cents on each full ounce or fraction thereof. The full ounce weight applies to drop letters delivered for any one where the carrier system is not in operation. 2. Registered newspapers, sent by publishers or newsdealers, one cent per pouncl,to include regular and specimen copies. Other papers sent by any one, one cent for each four ounces or fraction thereof. 3. Articles in newspapers may be marked with pen or pencil to call attention to them, but no words or figures can be used. This is not allowed to publishers sending papers by pound rates. 4. A special stamp costing ten cents and put upon letter going to any place having 4,000 population according to the United States census, and to other places that may nereauer oe specially designated by the department, will be immediately delivered by a special messenger; provided", the recipient lives within one mile of the post office, or its stations in large cities. Letters arriving after midnight not thus delivered. TEACHERS' INSTITUTES. We are pleased to note a continued interest by teachers, as also by the general public, in the teachers' institutes now being conducted in this place. Mr. Witherow, principal of the institute for white teachers, has given universal satisfaction. While his methods are instructive to the teachers, his manner is engaging and has attracted a general attendance of la it'L? hoon iniinVi infnr U1CS illlU ^CIllIUUIVJll W11VS 1IUTV UVVM lliuvt* esteil in the exercises. Besides the teachers heretofore enrolled, the following have been in attendance: W. F. Smith, Miss Fannie Miller, Miss Lila Peck, Miss Ella Davidson, Miss Sue McFarland, Miss M. J. Adams, Miss Lillie Ratcliford, Miss Alico Stephenson, Miss M. A. Gist, F. A. Bigger. At the institute for colored teachers the following additional teachers have been enrolled: Daniel Davies, D. M. Hughes, Blanche King. Prof. Roberts, who has charge of this institute, has succeeded admirably in his duties, and by the instructions he has imparted to the teachers, will have accomplished a good work by the close of the term. On Monday night Col. A, Coward, the State Superintendent of Education, addressed a large and intelligent audience in the Court House, on the subject of Graded Schools. In this address, besides explaining the advantages of a graded school system in towns, he also made a strong and effective argument in favor of popular education, and closed with somo wholesome advice and counsel to those engaged in teaching. On Tuesday night, by invitation, Capt. J. ('. Lynes, Associate Principal of King's Mountain Military School, delivered an address to the teachers, taking for his subject, "How to secure attendance in country schools ; and Side-studies in the school-room." A large audience was well entertained for an hour, by the lecture, while we feel assured the teachers present were profited by the many practical hints and suggestions it con tabled. CIRCUIT COURT, Our report of the Court of Sessions last week, closed with the result of the trial of the case of the State vs. Andrew Glover, colored, charged with arson, the offence being the burning of Mr. lames Sutton's gin-house and crib adjoining, in the month of November last. This case went tiefore a jury at the last term, resulting in a mistrial, and the crime charged being a capital jffence, it was invested with considerable in:erst, counsel for the prisoner making an able jffort in his behalf. The following jury was impaneled: J. C. Patrick, foreman, J. M. McUullough, W. B. Izlar, L. L. Packard, John F. Jates, J. M. Sherer, J. S. Dillingham, R. L. Lindsay, R. E. Porter, J. B. Lynn, J. A. Shurley, Perrev Anderson. The defence relied mainly ipon an alibi which it was attempted to estabishby proving that the prisoner was attending a :hurch, some distance from the scene of the lire m the night of the burning, and was in the church vhen the alarm was raised, having arrived there lome considerable time before the fire was discovered. The verdict was guilty with a recomnendation for mercy. Messrs. Hart A Hart and Chambers for defence. Late on Tuesday evening the grand jury subletted their final presentment as follows, and ,vere discharged for the term : To His Honor I. D. Witheuspoox, J'rcsidny Jiulye: The grand jury are pleased that as nihiopt* for ireneral nresentment there are but ew matters before us demanding attention. Ylthough, as the records show, there have been some violations of the law?a condition incident o all communities?yet we are pleased to report he general peace and quietude of the county. The crying evil of this time is the impunity vith which a number of persons violate the law )robibiting the carrying of concealed weapons, md the statutes regulating the sale of intoxicatng liquors. While wo appreciate the remarks >f your Honor in charging this body on the ipeningofthe term, characterizing your views is eminently correct and fully sympathizing herein, we sire constrained to say that without he aid of all law-abiding citizens the grand uries are powerless to abate these evils, which seem to be daily increasing, and to which causes he larger proportion of crime in our midst may jo directly traced. An examination of the public offices has not >een made by us at the present term, we having jcrformed that duty at the first term of the fear. Complaint is made that some of the trial-jusices of the county are in the habit of permiting compromises in cases involving violations >f the State laws, after the causes have come up lefore them, one condition of such compromises naking the county liable for the pay of State's vitnesses. While'the propriety of'permitting ompromises, except in the most trivial cases, s doubtful?and certainly the same rule will ap)ly to a trivial as a serious case?we do unliesiatingly recommend that 110 such compromises jc permitted unless the defendants in the actions issutne the payment of all costs incurred in inch proceedings. The books of all the trial justices of the couny have passed under our inspection, (leneral lj', they manifest a fair record of the cases entered thereon. A common fault with nearly all of them is the failure to record in the column spec- j ified for the purpose the amount of sheriff's and j constables' costs in the respective cases docket- I ed. We regard this as an important omission in making up the full record of a case, and we recommend that the various trial justices coming ' within this exception be required to make the | proper entries on their dockets of all items of; Sheriff's and constables' costs in each and every | case recorded. The condition of the public roads is a question of public concern, and one, which under the I present system of working the public highways, j will never be satisfactorily solved. Our infor- i illation is that the public highways of York I county are generally in bad condition, and we j can only recommend that the proper authorities rigidly enforce the law for the proper working and repairing of the public roads during the leisure season of farming operations. We specially present that John Miskelly, colored, has been guilty 011 at least one occasion, of I carrying concealed deadly weapons, displaying the same in a threatening manner in the streets | of the town of Clover, in this county, on the 22nd day of May, 1885 ; witnesses to prove which are Dr. J. R. Latimer and Mid Hambright, colored. Also, that Andy Hersh alias Stonewall Jackson, colored, is guilty of carrying concealed weapons, witness to prove which is William B. Falls. With these statements we close our report, making due acknowledgements for the courtesies and assistance in the discharge of our duties so cheerfully rendered by your Honor and the Solicitor. All of which is respectfully submitted. R. T. Riooins, Foreman. After the trial of the Clover case the following were disposed of during the remainder of the term: State vs. Wm. Thornburg ; retailing spirituous liquors. Continued by the State. State vs. Rufus Rattaree, colored; burglary and larceny. Continued. State vs. Sam Good and Quay Tigler, colored; accessories before the fact of the murder of Ellison Sanders, in October last. Nolle prosequi entered. This is the murder for -which Columbus Cranford was hanged in the jail in York on the 10th of April last. State vs. W. D. Parks; assault with intent to kill. Prosecutor, A. W. Osborne. Continued, in consequence of sickness of prosecutor. State vs. W. D. Parks; selling intoxicating liquor without a license. Mistrial. Hart ifc Hart for defence. Another similar case against the same defendant was continued. State vs. David Long, bigamy. Continued by defendant. State vs. J. R. button; carrying concealed weapon. Prosecutor, E. P. Lugand. Nol. pros. as to the first count. Verdict, guilty as to the second count. The court imposed a tine of $44 or four months in the penitentiary. From the verdict detence appealed. Wilson tfc Wilson for defence. State vs. Quitman Byers; assault with intent to kill, and carrying concealed weapons. Prosecutor, Taylor Carothers. Continued by defendant. State vs. John Chambers and Edward Chambers, colored; carrying concealed weapons. Prosecutor, Edward Byars. Verdict, not guilty. Mr. Chambers for defence. State vs. Daniel Darwin, colored; carrying concealed weapons. Verdict, guilty. State vs. Andrew Neely, colored; carrying concealed weapons. Verdict, guilty. State vs. Samuel Walker, colored; carrying conceaieci weapons. \ eruici, guiuy. The three last-named cases grew out of the Mt. Zion camp meeting riot on the 13th ultimo. The first case called on Thursday was that of the State vs. Robert K. Gordon, charged with the murder of Andrew G'ureton, colored, at Rock Hill on the night of the 2fith of December, 1880. The murdered man was discovered on the night of the occurrence at the livery stable where he was employed, Gordon lying by the side of the dead body, asleep. He was arrested and placed in the guard-house at Rock Hill, but made his escape the same night, and never was arrested, his whereabouts being unknown to the officers of the law. On the morning of the 22nd instant he came to Yorkvilloand surrendered himself to the sheriff, stating that he desired to stand his trial. He was locked up, and on Thursday the case was reached. The following jury was empaneled: J. A. Krwin, foreman; J. B. Lynn, R. E. Porter, F. M. Collins, R. A. Smith, J. M. Sherrer, J. A. Shurley, J. K. Oarothers, S. S. Karris, J. M. Barnett, J. P. Epps, J. C. Patrick. Wilson <fc Wilson and J. C. Witherspoon for [ the defence. The commission or tne crime oy the defendant was not denied, and all the testimony taken before the coroner's inquest as to the facts of the killing was admitted, as though the witnesses, all hut one of whom is now dead, were present to testify in person. The surviving witness, IVm. Adkins, who testified at the inquest, was introduced, and swore that in December, 1880, he was employed in Baxter's livery stable, Rock Hill. On the night of the 20th, when he returned to the stable from supper, defendant had R. S. Harrell down and was astride of him. The defendant and Harrell both had hold of defendant's pistol. The deceased pulled defendant off of Harrell. Defendant told Harrell to turn his pistol loose, and then said to deceased: "G?d?n you, I am going to kill you," having his knife in his hand. The deceased grabbed him, and stepping back, said: "Mr. Gordon, you have cut me." Detendant then said: "Do you see my knife in my hand ?" Deceased asked me to go for a doctor and I wont. I don't recollect that I saw defendant before on that day. When I returned from going for the doctor, the defendant was lying at the head of the deceased, and when I got up to them the de| fendant said : "I am shot." Defendant was put I in the guard-house. lie was drinking on that night. I knew of no disagreement between the parties. On ci'oss examination, witness testified that deceased told Gordon he was his friend, and that he was trying to prevent the fuss between him and Harrell. When witness returned with the doctor Cureton was dead. The State here rested without introducing further oral testimony. The record of the coroner's inquest was substantially the same as the above testimony. The defence relied upon the mental attliction of the defendant at the time of the commission of the deed, entering the plea of epileptic mania, and introduced Drs. J. R. Bratton and J. W. Fewell, as medical experts, who testified as to the peculiar efifects of the disease upon a subject, the fits inducing great derangement of the nervous system, and during the paroxysm or immediately thereafter the afllicted person being unconscious of his acts. When aroused from the lethargic state after the paroxysm the nerson iust previously affected cannot remem ber what has just previously occurred. Such persons are dangerous to themselves and to persons around. Dr. Fewell coincided with the statements of Dr. Hratton, and in addition he testilied to the atliiction of the defendant whom he had known for twenty-six years, and had seen him when having epileptic tits. Had tried to quiet him when he was almost maniacal, and had endeavored to put him under the influence of chloroform. On one or two occasions, when called to treat him ho was afraid to enter the room, as he regarded him dangerous. D. A. Gordon, father of the defendant, testified as to his atliiction. \V. L. Krwin and Capt. Allen Jones testilied as to the strange behavior of defendant as a member of the Catawba Hilles, while attending the King's Mountain Centennial, in October, 1880. Wm. Adkins was called by the State in reply, lie said he was the only person present at the stable with the defendant and the deceased. When Harrell refused to give defendant his pistol, defendant then drew his knife. Solicitor McDonald presented the side of the State, and Col. W. II. Wilson spoke for the defence. His argument has been generally commented upon as an able and eloquent elfort in behalf of the unfortunate young man. In the course of his appeal to the jury he said : This is a peculiar and extraordinary case. The defendant took the life of one who was his friend?who had done him 110 wrong?against whom he had no malice. The deceased had just assured him in kind words that he was his friend. The reply was a death-gash across the throat; a bloody deed without a motive. Hut the very enormity and unnaturalness of the deed, prompts the question, What has caused this strange tragedy ? Medical seienceand the facts proven in this case give the answer, and clearly show that the prisoner now arraigned 011 triai for his life, instead of being a criminal deserving the penalty of the law, was anatllicted fellow mortal, and atllicted by one of the most formidable diseases known to mankind?one, which, perhaps, more than any other, has battled the skill and research of the medical world, and is to-day involved in obscurity and most dillicult of treatment?epilepsy, accompanied with furor epilepticus (epileptic mania.) It attacks the brain as well as the body. The man is suddenly .seized. The term epileptic is derived from two Greek words meaning "to seize upon." He is seized by violent, irresistible and dangerous impulses?dangerous to friend or relative, or any one near him, as if a sudden cyclonic mania swept through' the brain, dethroii ing reason, obliterating all sense of right and wrong, and after hurrying its helpless victim to the commission of, it may be, some bloody act, leaves him prostrate, unconscious, pale, still and corpse-like, just as the defendant, Robert Gordon, lay, seemingly dead, beside the dead body of Andrew Cureton. And then when animation returns, and the mind resumes its normal state, the man has no recollection of anything that has occurred. It is a terrible disease. The ancients regarded it as a special infliction of the gods. The prisoner is a subject for pity?not for punishment. The law punishes murder and manslaughter, but not mania. The court instructed the jury as to the law bearing upon this peculiar ease, and a verdict was returned of not guilty. The next and last case tried, taken upon Thursday afternoon, was that of the State ys. George Beckham, colored, for murder. This was another case growing out of the Mt. Zion camp meeting riot. In that affray, William Crawford, colored, received a pistol shot wound from which he died on the following Tuesday, and it was charged that the said wound was inflicted by George Beckham. Messrs. Hart it Hart appeared for the defence; Mr. Solicitor McDonald for the State. The following jury was empaneled: Win. Whyte, foreman; T. A. Gwyn, J. B. Lynn, J. M. Burnett, l. L. Packard, John f. Dates, j. K. G'arothers, S. S. Faris, J. M. Sherer, Allen Patten, Perry Anderson, J. P. Epps. Tho State introduced Dr. Crawford, who testified as to the nature of the wound inllictcd upon the deceased, and that the said wound was the cause of his death. Hunter Williamson, colored, testified that the deceased was shot by George Beckham ; that Beckham first provoked a quarrel with witness and Crawford. During the quarrel the prisoner snapped his pistol three times at Charner Deas, and then pointing his pistol at Crawford, fired, saying, "I've got you." Xelus Hinton, colored, testified: Beckham fired first at Charner Deas, which witness saw, but did not see the shot fired at deceased. Charner Deas, colored, testified : I saw Wm. Crawford when he received his death wound. He was shot by George Beckham, whom he identified in the prisoner's dock. The quarrel began between Crawford and George Beckham. Beckham struck at witness. Ho snapped his pistol at witness three times, and the fourth time he pulled the trigger the weapon discharged, but missed witness. At the time he fired, Wm. Crawford was twenty steps from the prisoner. to his riirht. Heard three shots. Alcc. Garvin, colored, testified : George Beckham shot William Crawford. Beckham and William Crawford were in a dispute when I got up to them. I saw the pistol in Beckham's hand. Mr. Adams testified that the deceased received his death wound on the 7th of June and died on the evening of thefith. The State rested. For the defence, Joe Walker, colored, was introduced as the first witness. He described a scene of rocks falling, sticks flying, and a state of general confusion, but could not tell who all were engaged in throwing the rocks and brandishing the sticks. He saw George Beckham dodging the rocks, and though he did not see who fired pistols, he heard the reports of twelve or thirteen shots. George Beckham received a pistol shot wound. Andy Neely was struck before the shooting. George Beckham was struck several times before he fired. He was surrounded and could not make his escape with safety in either direction. Bob Stewart, colored, testified: I saw George Beckham surrounded by a crowd who wore throwing rocks at him. I saw him draw his pistol and snap it. There were fifteen or twenty men around him, all throwing rocks. It seemed to him that there might have been some whisky in the crowd. Tho rocks were thrown blfore any pistols were fired. At ono time the pistol firing was quite brisk. I saw Crawford throwing rocks, and saw rocks strike George Hr>r?lrV?am liAfnrA 1IA fi rpH Feemster Bratton, colored, testified: I saw George Beckham struck on the head with a stick. George was brandishing his pistol while he was surrounded by the crowd who were throwing at him. I saw rocks strike George. Win. Anderson, Colored, testified: I saw persons beating George, throwing rocks and chunks. There was a large crowd around George, shouting, "kill him !" I saw Crawford stoop to pick up a rock about the time he was shot. Several were shooting at the time. George Worthy, colored, testified: I heard George Beckham speaking to the crowd to keep off of him. They were throwing rocks at hini and beating him with sticks. I heard him fire before he left the crowd. I saw Beckham struck with a stick before the pistol was fired. , Dr. White testified as to the wounds of George Beckham?a pistol shot in thigh, bruises all over his body, on head and breast, lip cut, and that he was also expectorating blood from wounds on the breast. ^ Emma Garrison, colored, testified that she saw the difficulty and heard pistols fired, but did not know who fired them. Hamp. Witherspoon," colored, testified : I saw the fighting. Several persons were engaged, all attacking George Beckham, and beating him with sticks and rocks. I saw him knocked down with a rock, after which he fired his pistol. I did not know Crawford. Three pistols were fired at the beginning of the fighting?all fired about the same time, and two of them almost simultaneously. George was struck before he fired. Before the shooting, I heard cries, "Kill him! kill him !" Margaret Caldwell, colored, testified: Rocks were thrown at George from every side before the shooting commenced. I heard persons holloeing, "Kill thed?d Yorkville negro !" Dave Buchanan, colored, testified to the same purport, and went on to say that fearing for his , mrn snfetv when the crowd threatened him be cause he was a Yorkville darkey, he assured them that he was from Rock Hill. George Beckham, the prisoner, was put upon the witness-stand. He testified to the blows he received, and said he ran and endeavored to escape from the crowd. Owing to the wounds he had received and his excited condition at the time, he had no recollection of firing his pistol, but if he did fire, it was while he was running from his pursuers. He did not know William Crawford, the deceased. Ho received the wound on his k head before any firing commenced, and after receiving that wound he could not see well. He said he had no quarrel with William Crawford. In reply the State put William Davis, colored, on the stand. He said that when George Beckham drew his pistol he ran between George and Win. Crawford. When he first went up, Crawford was not speaking to George. There were no rocks thrown until after George shot Crawford. George's first shot was aimed at Crawford, and after firing the first shot he ran and fired back on the crowd three times. After George had shot Crawford, then Crawford's friends commenced throwing rocks. With this testimony the State closed, and Court adjourned until Friday morning. On Friday morning the case was argued by Major J. F. Hart for defence and Mr. Solicitor McDonald for the State. After being fully and clearly instructed by the Court as to the law bearing upon the case, the jury, at 1 o'clock, rotumed a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. Motion for a new trial was argued at 3 P. M., , by Major Hart for the defence, W. B. McCaw, Esq., representing the Solicitor. The motion was denied, and the prisoner was sentenced to ten years in the penitentia l'V. r rom mo stiucun; ?u a[i[jtai ? iui\cn. The following other sentences were passed: Andrew Glover, arson; 12 years in the penitentiary. Daniel Darby, carrying concealed weapons ; to pay a fine of ?40 or six months in the penitententiary. Fine paid. , Satn Walker, same offence; to pay a fine of ?<;<) or nine months in the penitentiary. Fine paid. Andy Ncelv, same offence; to pay a fine of ?100 or nine months in the penitentiary. Fine paid. After passing upon some motions and granting orders, at 5 P. M. on Friday the Court of Sessions was adjourned. THE STATE GRANGE. Arrangements have been perfected with the authorities of the various railroads in the State, for free passage for three delegates from each county agricultural society or clubs, to the joint summer meeting of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society and the State Grange, to be held at Bennettsyille, Marlboro county, on Wednesday, the 5th of August next. Each county agricultural society is invited and requested to be represented at the meeting. A circular received from Thomas W. Hollowav, Secretary, says : Where there is no such county association, farmer's club or society, it is desired that steps for such organization bo taken at once; that a meeting of citizens be called, say salesday in July to select three delegates to the summer meeting