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? traps and .facts. ! i ? A prohibition convention met in Mis- j sissippi on the 1st instant, and it is stated is 1 the strongest movement ever made in the i State, and that the question will enter large- I ly into politics this year. A full State ticket will be nominated. ? The wife of Lord Randolph Churchhill, the new English Premier, is an American girl, daughter of Leonard Jerome, the celebrated New York sportsman. She is a sort of Mrs. John A. Logan, polititically speaking, and manipulates the wires for her husband. ? On the New York election this year depends the entire State Government?the Superintendent of Public Works, Superintendent of Prison, Health Officer, Railroad Commissioners and other appointees of the Governor. The result will also largely determine the choice of a United States Senator. ? Miss Lucille Yseult Dudley, who, in February last, in the streets of New York, assaulted O'Donovan Rossa with a pistol, inflicting a wound in his shoulder, has been tried in the criminal Court and acquitted on the ground of insanity. She was taken to the Middleton insane asylum last Friday. ? It is a singular historical fact that the elegant soft hat of the Spaniard has remained the same from the earliest period to the present day, while among all other civilized nations a transformation in that article has taken place. Comfort in the wear seems to have given place at all times to fancy and the demands of fashion. ? Twenty-eight States of the Union have adopted laws restricting the practice of medicine to educated persons. The medical profession is certainly one of the most important professions and one that should receive great study from its members. The greatest responsibility rests upon the physicians and we have no hesitation in saying the law is a good one and should become general. ? The Washington Star of Friday says: "When Miss Sweet, the Pension Agent at Chicago, was asked to resign, some months ago, she was told that she could have until the 30th of June to send in her resignation. This time expires to-day; but it is stated that no further steps will be taken in the matter and that it is possible that Miss Sweet will serve out the remaining year of the term for which she was appointed." ? The Republicans of Ohio opened the State campaign at Columbus on Tuesday with a great demonstration and speeches by Judge Foraker, Gens. Beatty, Kennedy and Jones and others. The occasion of the assembling of Republicans from all parts of the'State was the meeting of the State central committee to select its executive body to conduct the campaign. The committee is said to be so constituted its to be under the control of ex-Governor Foster. -r-The Republicans are preparing for an active campaign in Ohio next fall. They propose to raise a big fund, throw their Best speakers into the field, among them James G. Blaine, who is not yet prepared to retire to the shades of private life. John Sherman takes special interest in the election because his seat in the Senate depends upon the result, and if he succeeds in reelection it gives him a boost for the nomination for the Presidency in 1888. ? John Boggan, a negro, who criminally assaulted Mrs. Bruner, a respectable widow near Wadesboro,-N. C., was discovered secreted in a cave at 1 o'clock last Thursday morning by a party of 75 men to whom he confessed the deed and gave a detailed account of his crime. His captors then took him to Wadesboro and at 2 o'clock hanged him on a tree near the court house. His body was riddled with bullets and a placard was placed on his breast which read as follows: "This man confessed his deed. Our women must be protected." ? The Chicago Railway Age of last Thursday^ date says: Railway building in the United States for the first six months of 1885 is less than that of the corresponding period for any one of the past five years. The total miles laid up to July 1 in twenty-five different States is 895.5 by 56 different lines. The States showing an addition of fifty miles or more are Georgia, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska and Texas, and in these States as well as in Colorado and Pennsylvania, from four to six lines each have been under construction. ? Three prominent men are stated to have J.?i.u.. >> rpv,0 mieiy lesieu me wic. xnt mov drew a long, deep breath from the receiver and reported that the sensation was delightful ; he felt it tingle to the ends ot his fingers. The second took an inspiration and became pale and agitated; he was told that the oxygen had found the weak spot in his anatomy. The third man declared he felt nothing; he could take the stuff in all day. Then it was discovered that the "professor" had forgotten that, morning to connect the tube with the oxygen reservoir. The patients had been breathing ordinary atmospheric air. ? For several days past serious trouble has been apprehended in Chicago on account of a strike by the conductors and drivers employed on the street cars. Grievances complained of by the employees of the street railroad companies remained unnoticed for several days, which led to the strike; and besides the large number employed on the street cars and in the stables, the sympathies of the Socialistic element are enlisted with the strikers which encouragement renders the movement more formidable. The police are unable to maintain order, and the fire department has been called to their assistance. ? A writer in the Weekly Medical Review says: "I have collected every catarrh, asthma and hay-fever 'sure cure' that is in the market, numbering in all fifty-eight, and have carefully examined them. Eighteen of these 'sure cures' are bald-faced frauds. , One ounce of quassia chips, a pound of table salt,, fortv canons of water, will make a barrel of 'sure cure' that sells for ?1 a bottle, holding six ounces. The same quantity of water, a pound of muriate of ammonia, a pound of ground cubebs and a little common potash will make another 'cure' that sells for fifty cents a bottle, holding four ounces. These two are the best of the eighteen frauds." ? The State Constitutional Convention of Florida is now about half through with its work. The time for the meeting of the Legislature is changed from January to April. All State and county officers* are made elective instead of appointive as at present. A bureau of agriculture will be established, the office of adjutant-general abolished, and the Governor is authorized to remove incompetent officers under certain conditions. Many other changes are proposed. The constitution will not be submitted to the people till November, 1886, and all the present officials will hold to the end of their terms. ? Of all the cool things in this world of cheek, the passage cited from the sentence of death passed by a Wyoming Territorial judge upon a condemned murderer is certainty the coolest. After reviewing the trial, he said to the prisoner: "I am by no means satisfied with the evidence in the case, and am not sure whether you killed John Forbes or whether he died by a visitation of God, but my sentence is that you be hanged on the third Friday of June; and should you know of your own innocence you will in it have the comforting thought that it is doubted by some of the wisest thinkers of the age whether life is in any circumstances worth living." ? Intelligence received at St. Lo#ls from; detective Tracy, who is now in Aukland, announces the safe arrival of the detectives " -\r ?l , 11.? I l racy ana LJaager. ..HUAwen is juntv men-1 tifieel by Tracy, who is sure the prisoner is ! the man he saw in Preller's company at { the Southern Hotel before the murder. Maxwell denies any connection with the i crime, and persists in the statement that his ! name is not Maxwell, but D'Angier. He i has refused to hold an}' communication with the St. Louis officers. He has made ; - every arrangement for a bitter legal tight! against his extradition from New Zealand. The proceedings in court looking toward extradition have begun. ? The mercantile failures for the six months ending June 30th, are reported by R. G. Hun & Co., of the mercantile agency, as 6,004 as against 5,510 for the first six ' months in 1884, an increase of 404 failures. In the liabilities, however, there is a marked diraunition, the amount being for the first half ot 18So, 874,000,000, asagainst $124-; 000.000 for the first six months of 1881. In ' the circular announcing these statistics the fact is dwelt on that the increase in failures of less than 400 among the number of traders reported by this agency, now over one million, is not surprising, while their diminishing importance, as shown by the low aggregate of liabilities, is commented upon as indicating a more favorable condition of things than existed this time last year. ?News of the death of Win. H. Howard, once a wealthy business man of Louisville, Ky., and afterwards a fugitive from justice, having been sentenced tb be hung for murder in 1852, has been received from Melbourne, Australia. After escaping from jail Howard went to iNew Orleans ana sailed for Ireland, where he remained several years; thence he went to Capetown and finally to Australia, where he made an immense fortune. He was charged there with murdering Amelia White, the mother of five children born to him in Melbourne, and got off by the use of large sums of money. He left all his fortune to his illegitimate children, and his son, now living in Louisville, is going out to contest the will. The family in Louisville, spent $90,000 in trying to save Howard's neck and in helping him to break jail and escape. the fotMlc YORKVILLE, S. C. 7 \' THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 9,1885. THE REPUBLICAN PROGRAMME. There has been more or less discussion as to the probable action of the Senate in the confirmation of the appointments to office by the President. The Washington Critic noting an interview with Senator Conger, of Michigan, quotes the resolutions passed by the caucus of Republican Senators in Washington in March, before the adjournment, as follows : "1. That in case of the removal of any efficient Republican public officer on the ground of 'offensive partisanship' and the nomination of a Democratic 'partisan' in his place?that such nomination will not be confirmed." "2. That in case any Democratic 'partisan' causes the removal of an efficient Republican and receives as his reward for causing such removal the nomination as successor to the decapitated official?that such nomination will not be confirmed." The Critic maintains that the Republican Senators will adhere to these resolutions and that the "offensive partisan" question may loom up into some proportions, but for all that Mr. Cleveland has the inside track, and will continue in the line he has chalked out. The mistake the offensive partisans make is in remaining in till they are invited to step out. THE SOUTH CAROLINA^CONVICT SYSTEM. A most violent article recently appeared in the Cleveland, Ohio', Lender, on the subject of the treatment of convicts in South Carolina. The article was most unjust to the people of the State, and cotemporaries outside of South Carolina's limits have even pronounced the language brutal. There had been a case of whipping a convict, it seems, but an investigation was ordered as soon as news of it reached the ears of the oioo <>nf1 tho nptNjnn rr-??;nnns;ihip fnr UUIUUilVtV^) W..V? V..V the cruelty was discharged. The facts in this case, however, did not justify the harshness of language referred to, and it is gratifying to find a rebuke administered by an Ohio man, Gen. R. Brinkerhoff, who has lately visited the .Southern States for the express purpose of inspecting their prisons and asylums. He replies to the article in the Leader, and in the course of what he writes makes the following reference to the South Carolina penal institution : "Now it has so happened that I have been missionary, or more properly, an investigator, in several Southern States upon this and other subjects, and three weeks ago I visited the South Carolina penitentiary at Columbia. I found a penitentiary, now rapidly approaching completion, which, when finished, will be equal in all its appointments to the average of Norihern prisons, and ceruinly will be superior to our own in Ohio. The south wing is already occupied and the north wing will be ready for use in a few months. The grounds upon which the prison and shops are located consists of fourteen acres, and is enclosed by a substantial wall already completed. "The superintendent, Col. Thos. J. Lipscomb, will compare favorably with our best nrison wardens at the North, and the whole tone of the prison was elevated and humane, and I am willing to guarantee in advance that an investigation by him will not be a whitewashing process by any means. The total number of prisoners is about 1,000; of these about 300 are leased out, and the remainder are inside of the prison walls, and mostly employed upon contract labor, the same as in Northern prisons, and I have no doubt are as kindly treated. So far as the lease system is concerned 1 did not find a man in South Carolina who approved it, and everybody seemed delighted at the near prospect of its entire abolition in the State. The same can be said of North Carolina and Virginia, and within a year or two it will cease to exist in all three of the States named. "The truth is, the South is rapidly advancing in all directions, and nowhere more noticeably than in its methods of its dealing with the dependent, defective, and criminal classes. Because slavery has existed, it does not follow that the Southern people are sinners beyond all others. Let us remember that for twenty-five years after Ohio was settled our criminal code authorized whipping posts, stocks, pillories and ear-croppings as civilizing institutions, and for a longer period the poor were sold out to the lowest bidder, and yet it would hardly be fair to claim that our fathers were inhuman monsters." Gen. Brinkerhoff has taken several other occasions than this to correct erroneous impressions existing in his State relative to thn Snnthprn npnnlp nnfl flip ermriitinn nf v"v i | affairs in the South. Mr. Manning's Way.?Among the throng in the office of Secretary Manning i the other day, says a Washington special to the Minneapolis Tribune, was a clerk who had just received his dismissal. "I have called, Mr. Secretary," said he, "to ask you what the charges are against me." "There are no charges," said Mr. Manning in reply. "You are a Republican, and we want your place, that's all there is about it." The cleric withdrew without another word. "I told that man an untruth," said Mr. Manning, when his visitor had departed. "There are charges against him. He is a shiftless and incompetent clerk. lie ought to have been discharged years ago. Why didn't I tell him so? Because he would have insisted on being heard. This would have taken up valuable time that 1 cannot afford to spare. I used to be honest with them until I found they all asked the same question. If I heard their side of the story, it would compel me to turn my office into a court of appeals, and I should have little opportunity to attend to anything else. As it is, I am tied down at my desk from 9 o'clock until 0, attending to the legitimate business of the Department. I make sure the charges are in all cases correct, and then, when I am iisked for an explanation, tell them what I told this man, that they are Republicans and we want their places. You see," he continued, philosophically, "that gives them nothing to cavil about. Such an argument is unanswerable. It is a good deal easier for us, and much more satisfactory to them. They go away quietly, and that's the last we see of them." THE SOUTHERN BUSINESS OUTLOOK. The outlook for business in the South this fall is remarkably good, despite the general trade and industrial depression throughout the country. Even if there is no decided j improvementin business this fall elsewhere, j the South at least will, we think, be more j prosperous than for several years, provided, ' of course, that no disaster befalls the growing crops, which at present give promise of wonderfully good yields. It is everywhere admitted that the condition of the cotton crop has rarely ever been better than it now is, and that unless it is seriously damaged, the yield will not be less than 7,500,000 bales, and possibly considerably more. This, as all will understand, cannot be counted upon as a certainty, but so far advanced is the plant, and so excellent its condition, that a large yield is a reasonable expectation. The stock of cotton in the world's markets is greatly reduced, as compared with last year, and hence even a very large crop may not unduly depress prices. Moreover, as the crop has been produced at a much lower cost than in former years, planters can better afford to sell at a smaller price than in-other seasons. There is no doubt but that a cotton crop of 7,500,000 bales, or over, would vastly stimulate trade and industrial interests in the South, and would largely assist in increasing the prosperity of all Southern railroad and steamship lines. In addition to the fine cotton prospects, there are good indications of an unusually big corn crop. The acreage in corn is large, and the condition of the growing plant remarkably good. In fact, the South is now promised of corn, as of cotton, the largest crop ever produced. With abundant yields of these two crops, the leading staples produced in the South, a year of great activity in business may be counted upon with reasonable certainty. Stocks of goods generally are very low; farmers have for two yeas economized and put off the purchase of agricultural implements, the improvement of their dwellings, and the purchase of household goods, and hence if their crops are large, they will be liberal buyers, and as merchants are carrying light stocks, they would have to replenish their supplies very early in the fall. Manufacturers have avoided the outlay ol money for new machinery, whenever practicable, and they, too, under the stimulus of big crops and better business, would be disposed to purchase more new and improved machinery. In the organization of new industrial enterprises, there is even now a very decided difference in favor of this year, as compared with the same time last year. During June, July and August of 1884, there was a great dearth of new enterprises in the -South, but, as our "Construction Department" will fully attest, June 1885, was a very active month, and the number of new manufacturing and mining industries organized were very large, while July starts out well, and every indication Joints to activity in new enterprises during uly and August. The outlook for prosperous times in the South this fall is, taking all things into consideration, very satisfactory.? Baltimore Manufacturer.s' Record. RAIROAD^TALK. From, the Charleston News and Courier. The Lancaster papers are very much interested in the railroad projects of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company, which proposes to build a railroad connecting Charleston and Georgetown with the great Northwest. The object of the road is said to be the opening up of direct trade between the Northwest and the West Indies. The company is said to have unlimited capital. The road will connect Charleston with Cincinnati. It has already been determined that the road shall pass through Marion and Rutherfordton in North Carolina. There is some doubt whether the road will come from Rutherford ton to Gaffney City, thence down the other side of Broad ltiver, thence across the river to Chester, thence across Catawba River into Kershaw county, and thence in the direction of Charleston. The Lancaster papers propose a co-operation with Shelby, Yorkville and Rock Hill in order to induce the company to take the route running through those towns. Delegates have been appointed in Lancaster to a railroad conference to be held hereafter at Yorkville to arrange a plan of action. It is said that the route through Lancaster will run right through a large territory of country lying between the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, and the Carolina Central, which is now to a great extent destitute of railway facilities. Its friends also say that it is the shortest line to Charleston and can be built much cheaper than the other. The Lancaster people seem to be in earnest. They say that if the road is built it must come through their town. from the Shelby, A. L\, Mew Ma, juiy isi. Col. A. Urquhart, agent of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company, arrived in Shelby on Thursday night and the engineer corps of the company came on Friday and went into camp at Hopper's Park. Col. Urquhart remained in Shelby until Monday, when he left to start on his way to Marion to attend to some business connected with the Rutherford ton, Marion & Tennessee charter. Col. Urquhart reports the company as well pleased with Shelby and as willing to come here if sufficient inducements be granted. The engineer corps under Capt. Itainsour is running a preliminary line from Shelby to Forest City, where it connects with the line already located from Gaffney City to Rutherfordton. THE INDIAN TROUBLES. A dispatch of Friday from Tombstone, Arizona, says that Willam Penn Howland arrived the previous night from Bernardino ranche. He gives the following account of. the fight previously reported between whites and Indians at Oputo: Captain Crawford, with the main body of troops and scouts, went directly towards the scene, while Lieut. Davis' command passed around to the east end of the mountain, flanking the Indians and surprising them while in camp. They consisted of seventeen bucks and fourteen women and children. In the attack, two of the bucks were killed and one was wounded. The women and children and the wounded buck were made prisoners, but the rest of the Indians escaped into the mountains, and it was found impossible to overtake them. Lieutenant Davis sent Lieutenant Ilanna with a detail of six men in charge of the prisoners and three mutinous Indian scouts to San Bernardino riuwli. At the same time he sent a courier to Fort Bowie, asking General Crook for reinforcements to meet Lieutenant Hanna at San Bernardino ranch and relieve him. When Rowland left San Bernardino ranch on the day before Lieutenant Hanna had not arrived there, although he had been on the way six days. Lieutenant McGrew, who had been dispatched to relieve Lieutenant Hanna, arrived at the ranch on Monday, and scouts were sent out from Lieutenant McGrew's command to obtain news of Lieutenant Hanna. The belief exists that the fourteen bucks who made their escape after the Oputo fight, seeing that the prisoners left the main command guarded only by six men, have followed and ambushed the party and massacred them and rescued the prisoners. Governor Eaton, of Colorado, has received urgent calls for arms, ammunition and help from State troops for Durango, Moncos and Dolores, which settlements are reported to be in danger from Ute Indians. Xo actual violence is reported and no better ground for aid is given except that some of the Utes have been seen off their reservation and their agent is afraid of trouble. The people who ask for aid say they have no | confidence in the Federal Government and j claim State protection. A HINT TO OFFICE-SEEKERS. Representative Foran, of Ohio, has con- j eluded that it will not be a difficult task to ! flivprt the President from examining all ! the papers that come before him. ".Some of my constituents," he is quoted as saying, ! "think they have to wait a good while for 1 action, and are constantly asking me about' it. The President will act in all cases only ' as he reaches them in the course of his per-1 sonal examination. It seems as though he ; had an almost endless job before him, but | it is his way, and he seems determined to ; 1 go on as he has begun. The candidate who , depends largely or entirely on verbal rec-; | ommendations or influence of outside per-1 sons will certainly get left. The cases large-' ly depend on the kind of papers that are! filed, and the President holds persons who j j recommend a man to a strict account." A | ' gentleman who conversed with the Presi-1 dent a.few days ago says that Mr. Cleveland 1 has become so skillful in discovering the ! character and qualifications of men through their papers that he has come to rely a good ! deal upon them as a guide. He does not like greasy, disorderly papers that look as ; if they had been passed about in sloppy j places, filled up with lead pencil signatures, and then rolled up in a wad. A stuffed batch of signatures does not deceive him. Having gone over a lot of papers he sorts out those in which the applications are made without sniveling, in a straightforward and business-like manner, always discarding the sort that begin : "I base my application for this office on my services rendered in the last campaign." From among the applicants whose papers arrest attention because their writers possess ability and intelligence, the President again selects a number to whom he manages to convey the intimation that it would be gratifying to him to meet them in person. When the applicants present themselves they must pass another test, for they are encouraged to talk freely and so furnish the President, who is a good judge of men, with an idea nf b-nrMtrloflnrn rlien?>otinn nnfl HllsinPQS ability. The President is easy and informal, and soon leads his visitors to talk in an unrestrained fashion. Sometimes it is good for them and more frequently it is always good for the President.? Washington Correspondent N. Y. Times. Letter Postage.?The new system of postage, by which an ounce instead of a half ounce is made the standard weight for letters, is one of the results of a policy which has many advocates and nearly as many opponents among persons familiar with the postal service. When the receipts of the Post Office Department began to approach in i amount theexpenseaettliqservice, the question arose whether the receipts should be diminished by lowering the postal rates, or the expenses increased by providing greater facilities for the quick transportation and convenient delivery of mail matter. Postmaster Pearson and many other experienced postal officers are known to feel that the facilities granted to the public in this country are not as great as they should be. The advocates of the system of better service say that the rates of postage have not been exorbitant, that most of the letter writing is done by persons who do not feel greatly a slight difference in rates, and that the real need of those who contribute most to the postal revenues is a certainty that their letters will be delivered quickly and safely. They believe that the house to house delivery should be extended to all large towns, though it may not for generations become universal, as in England. More frequent deliveries and collections of letters in large cities, the transportation of mails to places of any importance by the quickest route, even if the more expensive one, and other plans for bringing tne receipt of a postal message as near as possible in point of time to its deposit in the mail, find advocates among the officials in the service. The system, however, which of recent years has been almost uniformly successful in gaining the approval of legislators is that looking toward the reduction of the rates of postage. The great reduction from three cents to two cents as a single rate for letters has been followed by reductions in the cost of sending periodicals not dispatched from publication offices and other changes, ending in the present increase in the allowed weight of single-rate letters. It is an open question whether the system of reduction is tho hof for nno or has hoon arlnntpd nnlv because it is on the surface the one most likely to increase the popularity of the legislators.? New York Times. Resignation of Mr. Hay.?Malcolm Hay, has resigned as First Assistant Postmaster General, his resignation taking effect on Monday last. Ex-Congressman Stevenson, of Illinois, has been appointed to succeed him. It is the intention of Mr. Hay to leave Washington in a few days for Colorado or Wyoming. Hay refused to receive any compensation for the time he was absent in Florida, and turned over the vouchers which he- received for his salary for that time to the Treasury Department. It is said that Mr. Hay's resignation was prompted simply on account of bad health, and on referring to the matter last Friday, the Postmaster General said: From the purest of motives Hay had striven to continue the performance of his arduous and 1 exhaustive task, but his physical strength was not equal to the strain. Of Mr. Stevenson, who had been selected to succeed Mr. Hay, the Postmaster General said that he was thoroughly in accord with the policy of the Administration, and would carry out the wishes of the President in the matter of appointments. Stevenson was born in Kentucky in 1835, and removed toBloomington, Illinois, when 16 yearsof age, where he studied law. He held various State judicial offices, and was a candidate for Presidential Elector on the McClellan ticket in 1864. In 1874 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. As delegate to the last Democratic National Convention he voted on every ballot for J. E. McDonald and was a member of the committee appointed to notify the nominees of their selection. He has been a warm friend of Postmaster-General Vilas for many years. Stevenson is a man of powerful physique and is said to be well equipped for the discharge of his new duties. The War on Polygamy.?a Salt Lake dispatch says: Among the latest arrests for polygamy are John Nicholson, editor of the Deseret News, the Mormon Church organ, and George Romney, a wealthy and prominent citizen. Each had two wives. Nicholson was arrested several months ago, but having spirited his wives and children away, the grand jury could obtain no testimony and had to ignore the charge. Since that time the paper has been more abusive than ever of Federal officials. The other day a brother of his polygamous wife was found by a deputy, with enough testimony to indict. Iiomney's polygamy is twenty-five years old. The" Supreme Court has affirmed the decsion of Chief Justice Zane in the cases of Elders Canon and Musser. Hereafter it will b.e an easy matter to convict polygamists, the Judges saying that proof of cohabitation is unnecessary, it being sufficient to convict a man if he lives under the same roof with two or more women, or if he holds out as wives two or more whether or not he lives with either. The Supreme Court's opinion has destroyed the last hope of the polygamists, who realize now that they must flee from the country, abandon their surplus wives or go to the penitentiary. Thk South Carols a College Question.?The South Carolina College question, like Banquo's ghost, will not down, but is fast becoming a prominent issue in our politics. The Greenville News, which has always opposed free tuition in the college, says that "the best way to settle the question of free tuition in the State College is to make it an issue in the next preliminary campaign. Let the opponents of free tuition select a candidate for Governor pledged to veto any measure sustaining it adopted by the Legislature, and let the friends of lree tuition select a man to oppose him on that issue. Then the matter will come squarely before the Democratic club meetings and primaries, and the will of the masses of the people can be expressed defi nitely and decisively, free of the influences of champagne suppers and the power of the lobby. Let us have a square and direct fight and begin it without delay." This is a good plan, and we hope it will be adopted. Then the will of the people respecting this institution will be ascertained and it will be forever eliminated from our politics. Orangeburg Times. Fighting Oveii Blind Tom.?Blind Tom, the noted pianist, was brought up on habeas corpus before the county court of Fauquier county, Va., on Tuesday. Within the bar were the contestants, Charity Wifrprins. colored, of Georgia, the mother of Blind Tom ; Mrs. Eliza Bethune, the claimant, wife of the late manager of Blind Tom, John Bethune, killed by a railroad accident in Wilmington, Delaware, in February last; Charles T. Moore, W. C. Murdoch, and A. 1 J. Lerick, counsel for the contestant, and Gen. Payne and Eppa Ilunton, Jr., for the defendant. Judge Spillman, without reserve, decided for the remanding of Blind Tom to General Bethune, his former committee. The question of his control is a 1 federal one, and goes to the United States supreme court. ? The only complaint of the cotton and corn crops in the State so far comes from < Marion, where both are said to be poor. / LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. R. London?Mason Cylinder Gin. P. A. Gilbert, Clerk and 'treasurer?Town Taxes. Mrs. J. Bolton Smith, Jr.?Watch-Making. J. T. Roberts, Principal, Yorkville, S. C.?York Institute?1885--8G. J. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis.?Notice to the Creditors of Alexander White. John C. Kuykendal?Nothingthat Defileth?Over 4,000Gallons Daily -What Do I See?Teachers' Association. Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis.?Notice to the Creditors of Mary R. Vaughan to establish demands. The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.?Indigestion Cured. Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis.?Notice to the Creditors of Nancy L. Craig to establish demands. Latta Brothers?Groceries?After Dinner?Tobaccos? Hardware?Wood and Willow Ware?Don't Fail to Try. John F. Speck, Jeweler?Dealer in Fine Watches, Diamonds, Clocks, <fco. Withers Adickes?About One Thousand. UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, 1880. We will furnish the Yorkville Enquirer from this date until January 1st, 188<>, for $1.15, the cash, in all cases, to accompany thesubscription. HONORARY DEGREE. At the recent meeting of the Board of Trustees of Erskine College, the honoray degree of D. D. was conferred upon Rev. E. E. Boyce, the pastor of Bethany A. R. P. Church, in this county. EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. On Thursday and Friday last there were 4<i teachers of free common schools in York county before the board of examiners. Of these 18 were colored. The board has not yet completed passing upon the examinations. RELIGIOUS* REVIVAL. During the week closing last Friday night protracted services were conducted in the Baptist church at this place, resulting in the accession of several members. The pastor, Rev. J. E. Covington, was assisted by Rev. J. Lee White, of Winston, N. C. THE MASON CYLINDER GIN. Mr. J. R. London gives notice in our advertising columns that on Tuesday next, 14th instant, ho will have in operation at Rock Hill, a Mason cylinder cotton gin, and invites cotton planters and the public generally to be present and wit iu;.ia na n wi iviu^. WATCHMAKING, &e. Mrs. J. Bolton Smith, Jr., announces this week that she has secured the services of Mr. John Campbell, of London, Canada, a practical watchmaker and jeweler, and will continue the business interrupted by the death of her husband. As will be seen by an extract from the London Advertiser, published under the head of special notices, Mr. Campbell comes highly recommended. DEPUTY U. S. MARSHALS. Major E. M. Boykin, the newly appointed United States Marshal for South Carolina, took charge of the office, which, it is understood will be continued in Charleston, on Wednesday of last week. His oflicial bond is for the sum of $4f>,000, which has been made out and forwarded to Washington for approval. Among his appointments of deputy marshals the following are for York county: C. J. Pride, Jr., T. C. Beckham. AT THE SPRINGS. Mr. James Mason, agent of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad Co., at this place, who has been in ill health for several months, left for Cleveland Mineral Springs on Monday afternoon last, accompanied by Mrs. Mason. Rev. J. Thomas Pate, Pastor of Yorkvilleand Philadelphia congregations of the M. E. Church, having been seriously indisposed for several days, has taken a short vacation, and with Mrs. Pate, left on Monday for Cleveland. THE FOURTH. The Fourth passed off very quietly in Yorkville, and it was probably the most quiet anniversary of the nation's Declaration of Independence since the war. The colored people, who' have manifested considerable interest in the day since emancipation, did not flock to town as has been their custom, nor were there any parades by their societies. A few darkeys of both sexes came to town dressed in their Sunday clothes and promenaded the boulevard*; but otherwise the day had all the characteristics of an ordinary Saturday. MYSTERIOUSLY ABSENT. The Rock Hill Herald notes the absence of Mr. David G. Wallace, a citizen well known throughout the county, who left his home in Ebenezer township on the first Monday in May and has not been heard of since. The Herald says, "he was in feeble health and his long absence from home cannot be accounted for. Any information concerning him will be gladly received by Mrs. Rebecca E. Wallace, Clay Hill, S. C." Mr. Wallace was in Yorkville for about three weeks during the latter part of March and the first of April, and told persons here that he was making arrangements for going to Florida. FAILED TO COME. Owing to indisposition, Rev. Dr. Lathan, Professor in Erskine College, Due West, failed to meet the appointment made by the Presbytery for him to preach at this place last Sunday. By a letter received from him on Tuesday, it is learned that ho will be unable to fill either of the appointments made for him by Presbytery, during the present month, at Yorkville and Tirzah. Rev. Dr. Abernethy, who was to have preached in the M. E. Church last Sunday morning, and who in the afternoon was expected to deliver a lecture on "Soul and Mind," was prevented from coming, we learn, by the death of his moth er, which occurred on the 2'Jth ultimo. CHURCH^ NOTICES. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at 10.110 A. M., and at 8.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 5.30 P. M. Prayer-meeting at 8.30 P. M. Thursday. Preaching at Templeton's School House at 4 P. M. on Sunday. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor. Preaching at /ion Church next Sunday at 11 A. M. Episcopal?Sunday-school at 5.30 P. M., the bell ringing at 5. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Services in the Church at Yorkville next Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 0.30. Praver-meeting every Thursday at 8.30 P. M. SALES-DAY. The attendance of people in town on last Monday, sales-day for July, was very small, there not being a dozen persons in the Court House yard when tiie hour for the sales arrived. By virtue of writs of Jicra facias the Sheriff sold a tract of land situated in Broad River township, containing 150 acres, levied on as the property of Wm. S. Beard, deceased, at the suit of W. T. Beard against Dinah X. Beard, Executrix of W. S. Beard, deceased. Bid off by C. E. Spencer, attorney, for $2.45. In obedience to a decretal order of Judge Wallace in the suit of Eewell and DuBose against Jos. F. Wallace, Administrator, and others, the Clerk sold all the right, title and interest of Susan Hoicombe, deceased, in a tract of 100 acres of land in Catawba township. Bought by Dr. DuBose for $225.00. THE CROPS. Harvest has verified the fears previously entertained that the small grain crops would make a poor yield. Wheat and oats are turning out badly, and it is safe to say that in this county not the half of an average crop of either will bo umuc. On account of excessive rains cotton was badly in the grass during the last month, and tho farmers were never before kept so busy in subduing this enemy of the cotton plant; but the fields are now generally clean and the plant is growing finely. We learn that in some sections of the county, whero labor was not adequate, some fields have been thrown out after planting, owing to tho start the grass obtained ; but this condition is not general, and the crop is now promising. The prospect for corn, especially on uplands, was never better in York county than the present season. In somo lowlands tho stalk was drowned out, and in the western and southern sections much that was planted on bottoms was completely washed away by the freshets week before last. A SUCCESSFUL COLORED MAX. On Monday the nth instant, the last will and testament of Samson Hall, colored, was admitted to probate before the Probate Judge of York ( county. The document is a plain, businesslike paper, and names Mr. Peter Garrison as Executor. The testator was an industrious colored man, and while his example is well worthy of imitation by all of his race, it should i serve as an encouragement to any of them who may be aspiring to true citizenship. At the time of his death Samson was possessed of 183 acres of good farming land near Rock Hill, one thousand dollars in cash, and personal property of the value of about live hundred dollars. This is equitably devised among his heirs, consisting of wife and eight children. Until the close of the war he was a slave, and his possessions were acquired after his freedom by good management, economy and industry, lie worked industriously and raised his children to work. He was universally respected by the white people of his community as honorable and fair in all his business transactions and with the merchants of Rock Hill his credit was always good. He, however, resorted to the credit system in his purchases very sparingly. As one example of his methods, it may be mentioned that instead of buying grain he sold it and so conducted his farm as to make it self-supporting, and this was one reason of his success. nrvTTvmv rm * ntf nr>c<i \ * rrrrWT vwtinx irj.'iV/jirjivi} ;iaaui/i.inu.i. As an outcome of the Teachers' Institute conducted for two weeks in the Female College building, on Friday afternoon last tho organization of a County Teachers' Association was perfected by the teachers present. A constitution for the government of the Association was adopted ; when, On motion, all present who were entitled to membership by the provisions of the constitution, were invited to enroll themselves as members of the Association. Accordingly, the following names were enrolled : Miss Annie K. Rawlinson, Miss Bessie M. Mason, Miss Julia Adams, Miss Nettie Dickson, Miss Ida E. Kennedy, Miss Kate L. Ratchford, Miss Ella Davidson, Miss Lila M. Peck, Miss Lilla M. Crenshaw, Miss M. Connie May, Mrs. M. E. Williams, Mrs. M. C. Simmons, Miss Sue L. McFarland, Miss Mattie E. Gettys, Miss Fannie M. Miller, Miss Alice M. Stephenson, W. J. Bowen, D. Harrison, W. II. Witherow, W. F. Smith, U.G. Bellinger, J. A Ellis, J. B. Bell, J. T. Roberts. The following were enrolled as honorary incumbers : C. E. Spencer, R. L. Simmons, John R. Ashe. The following officers of the Association were then elected: President?J. T. Roberts; VicePresident? J.B. Bell; Secretary?W. J. Bowen. The constitution provides- for three Vice-Presidents, but the election of the remaining two was deferred to a future meeting. On motion a vote of thanks was tendered to Miss Annie K. Rawlinson for the excellent music rendered by her during the sessions of the Teachers' Institute; and also to Mr. C'. G. Parish for the loan of organ; to Capt. J. F. Speck for use of clock ; to Capt. Lynes, Major Hart and Prof. Tankersly, of Gall'ney City, for interesting and instructive addresses; to Mr. Witherow for his interesting and instructive lectures as Principal of the York County Normal Institute ; and to the Yorkville Enquirer for its kind and encouraging comments 011 the Institute. It was moved and carried that the next meeting of the Association be held at the Yorkville Female College on the first Saturday of September next. It was moved and adopted that a library be provided for this Association, the executive committee to attend to procuring books for the same, and that the County School Commissioner be appointed librarian. It was also moved and adopted that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Yorkville Enquirer and the Rock Hill Herald. On motion, the Association then adjourned, to meet at Yorkvillo on the first Saturday of September next. constitution of the association. Article 1. This Association shall be known as the York County Teachers' Association. Article 2. The object of the Association shall bo the improvement of its members in the science and art of teaching, and the advancement of the cause of education. Article 3. All school officers, teachers, and those proposing to teach who are in good standing, shall be entitled to membership. Persons of other professions who take an interst in education may be elected honorary members. Article 4. The officers shall consist of a President, three Vice-Presidents and a Secretary, who shall hold their offices for one year or until their successors shall be elected*; and these officers, together with the County School Commissioner, shall constitute an Executive Committee. Article 0. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at the meetings of the Association and to call meetings of the same, at the request of the Executive Committee. Article U. In the absence of the President, it shall be the duty of the senior Vice-President in attendance to preside. Article 7. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a record of the proceedings of the Association. Article 8. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to determine the time and place of holding the meetings of the Association, and to make all necessary arrangements for conducting them. Article 0. Funds needed to defray the expenses of the Association shall be raised by voluntary contribution. Article 10. This Constitution may be altered or amended at any regular meeting by a majority vote. Correspondence ol* the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, July G.?The farmers in this section have finally conquered "General Green," and now the crops are looking well. Maj. T. C. Beckham and C. J. Pride, Jr., have received from U. S. Marshal Boykin their commissions as Deputy Marshals for York county. Col. J. M. Ivy is still in the North-west. He writes that his health is very much improved. The Fourth of July passed off quietly in Rock Hill. There were several picnics in the neighborhood, which were largely attended by our citizens. The colored people spent the day in playing the national game and dancing. On Saturday last, while Mr. John Matthews and Miss Mary Jackson, daughter of Mr. Sam. W. Jackson, of Ebenezer township, were returning from a picnic near Ebenezer the horse they were driving became frightened from some cause and began kicking. Miss Jackson, in jumping from the buggy, had the misfortune to break one of her lower limbs just above the ankle. Dr. DuBose at once set the broken bone, and I am glad to say the unfortunate young lady is doing as well as could be expected. The ministers of the different churches of Rock Hill having agreed to preach a sermon to the young people once a month for the next four months, the first of the series was delivered by Rev. Edmund N. Joyner, at the Episcopal church last night, before one of the largest congregations ever assembled in Rock Hill. lie took his text from 15th Cor., !):24, last clause?"So run that ye may obtain." His sermon was very instructive and was listened to by the large congregation with marked attention. Capt. I). D. Moore died at the residence of Cant. E. R. Mills in this place, 011 Thurs day last, in the 58th year of his age. He was buried on Friday with Masonic honors at Hethesda church. Capt. Moore was born and raised in York county. As a business man his faithfulness and integrity were well known. He was a consistent member and an elder of the Presbyterian church at this place. His death is a great loss to the church and community, of which he was a useful and honored member. Hal. Defective Liens.?In a case tried at the recent term of the Circuit Court for Darlingtdn, for violation of the lien law, Judge Hudson instructed thejury to bringin a verdict of acquittal on the ground that the paper introduced as a lien was not a legal pa- j per, and therefore no lien under proper interpretation of the statutes, only one of; the parties to the transaction having sign-1 ed it. He has previously decided a case in which a criminal action was brought for selling crops uuder lien, and the State failed : under his ruling, because the paper pur- j1 porting to be a lien had only one signature, and was, therefore, no lien. A man has an 1 equitable right under such a paper, but lie | i - ii ? !il zi :~ I can ucr noimng wiui n< m a v/uuu ui m>?. This decision touches 1111 important question, for a great number of liens are given < throughout the country and most of them are only signed by the maker of the lien. It is necessary, under this ruling, that both parties to the transaction sign the lien. ?. ?.? i ? Thomas Bayne, a young white man, has i been sent to jail in Greenville for passing ;: counterfeit money. The Greenville Enter-! j prise says: "He claims to hail from Ashe- i ville, N. C. It is rumored that a great deal ! of counterfeit coin is being circulated in the mountains of this county and western North ' Carolina." Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. ' Chester, July 5.?When I closed nn.' correspondence last Monday, Mrs. T. is. Berry, was at the point of death. She died in the afternoon greatly lamented by a large circle of relations and friends. The many noble qualities of which she was possessed ^ caused her to be greatly loved and admired. J The light and joy of the household, her ? place can never again be filled. Three M years ago she became a bride, and now af- ^ ter three short years of married life her bridal attire has become her burial robe. Two months ago the picture of health, today, she lies in the cold embrace of death. A friend and relative, I claim the privilege of shedding the tear of sympathy and affection on the grave of this estimable lady. She was a daughter of the late Richard Kennedy, deceased, and a grand-daughter of the late Major John Kennedy, deceased, one of the early settlers of our town. The funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at the Baptist church Rev. A. W. Sanders, and Rev. Mr. Bowen officiating. The attendance of sympathiz ing friends was large, and the remarks of Mr. Sanders were appropriate and impressive. The remains were buried in Evergreen Cemetery. A good dwelling house belonging to Dr, S. M. Wylie, of this county, was recently destroyed by fire. It originated from lightning. There was no insurance on the property. One of Dr. Wylie's tenants occupied the house at the time of the burning. A tremendous rain fell at the same time in the same vicinity damaging bottom corn to a great extent. Farmers report a great fall off in the yield of wheat and oats this year. They state that the wheat crop is about onehalf of a good average yield, and that the oat crop will not yield one-half, probably not exceeding one-third. Last Friday was a big day among our colored people. The greatness of the day was due to the annual meeting of the Lodge of Odd Fellows (colored) of this place. While the procession was not so imposing as that of the Knights of King Solomon a few weeks ago, still it was quite creditable to our colored friends. At the fair grounds several addresses were delivered by prominent colored members of the order of Odd Fellows. The principal orator of the day was G. W. Clinton, of Fort Lawn, who took for the subject of his address, "Twenty years of Sunshine." Two of the speak- ers, G. M. Greer, and S. M. Pharr, were from Charlotte, and one from Yorkville, Allen Alexander. The theme of their ad- . dresses was Odd Fellowship and its advantages. At a school picnic at Well Kidge, in this county, the railroad question over-shadowed that of education. Hon. J. G. Patterson nnrl Mr. .T. 1C; Hpnrv made some interest ing remarks upon the latter subject, while Major Julius Mills and Capt.O. Barber paid their respects to the former. The citizens of Well Ridge earnestly desire the building of the Rutherfordton and Georgetown Railroad, and moreover, favor the running of the road through their portion of Chester county. They see in the construction of this road their only hope of obtaining an outlet for their productions, and the proper development of the great resources of this section. Major Mills warmly urged the taking of such action by the county as would secure the passing of the road through its limits. He advocated a county subscription of $50,000 to be paid by taxation. He enumerated in his address the advantages to accrue to the county from the building of this road through its limits. His views were endorsed by Cant. O. Barber, our exmember of the Legislature. The "gloriousFourth" was not celebrated here save by the colored population, who thronged our streets throughout the day. They seemed apparently, as happy as Vanderbilt with his millions. The Chester survivors of the Sixth Reg- & iment met here to-day to arrange in regard to the holding of the annual meeting of the survivors of the regiment on the battlefield of Seven Pines next month. With liberal railroad rates the regiment will be i well represented in Virginia. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A new Masonic building is to be erected at Walhalla. It will be a substantial and imnosing structure. ? The sick Northern man in Aiken who * sent North for a "faith doctor" to attend him died in a few days after the crank took him in charge. ? In the Spartanburg Sessions Court iast week, Enoch Foster, colored, tried on the charge of arson for burning the Fingerville > cotton factory, was acquitted. ? The different denominational colleges throughout the State have appointed delegates and called a meeting to be held in' Greenville during the summer to take into consideration the question of free tuition in the South Carolina College. ?Spartanburg Herald: We learn from a responsible gentleman that some time ago Mrs. Marcella, Living near Marcella's Mill, just across the Greenville line, boughta barrel of molasses. When almost empty something was found stopping up the faucet. It was pushed back, but again stopped it up. When the barrel was broken open it was discovered to be a large rattlesnake?dead, of course, but perfectly preserved. , ? Greenville News: R. Y. McAden, President, and Gen. Jas. Anderson, secretary of the A. & S. R. R., and Col. Gabriel Cannon and Mr. Simpson Bobo, signed on Monday the first mortgage of $500,000 on the A. & S. R. 11. to the Central Trust Company, of New York. President McAden states that the road will be completed, probably, by the last of October, and certainly l)y January 1, 188G. The Trust Company take the bonds and advance the money as it is needed. The agreement provides that $40,000 shall be used on the lower end of the road in building a line to the Air-Line depot. Kiel's Version.?A letter has just been received at Quebec by Dr. Fiset from Louis Kiel. After speaking of his ready surrender, his chance to escape il he wished to do so, and the pacific effect his surrender had in bringing the rebellion to a close, Kiel says k it should have some weight in securing him his trial before the Supreme Court and in lower Canada, for it is there alone that he can procure all his witnesses. He says he was in the United States laboring to create a future for himself when he was invited among the half breeds to assist them in petitioning the Government, and he worked peacefully until the time when arms were taken up. He says also he never dreamed' of war, but by intrigue and forged letters a complication of affairs was brought about by interested dealers, lie desired to return to the United States, but the people would not listen. On March 18th they were proceeding to St. Laurent to celebrate the feast of St. Joseph and to pass St. Antoine en route, when they learned that five thousand * policemen were coming by forced marches to disperse them and imprison their leaders. When the half breeds learned this they stopped their wagons and made a prisoner of an Indian a^ent. Thev also made one or two other arrests. Kiel says he was not present when these arrests were made, but he was notified, and when he went to the place he found the people had decided to take arms in their defence. In twentyfour hours the whole population were in arms. He concludes by asking not to be treated like a murderer, and not to be chained before the jury have pronounced upon his case, and feels confident they will not find him guilty. lie says his incarceration is telling upon his health, notwithstanding the kind attention of his jailors. _______ The Health of the State.?Dr. H. 1). Frazer, secretary of the State Board of Health, has just returned to Charleston from an official visit to the different sections of the State. The survey of the State was made in accordance with the instructions received from the board to inquire into the sanitary condition of the State in view of a possible visitation of Asiatic cholera, and to make a report of the same, in order that the board of health might be able to act advisedly in adopting measures for preventing the entrance of cholera into the State, and for combating it should it gain a foothold here. Dr. Frazer reports that the State generally is in a fairly healthy condition, although there are certain localities in different parts of the State in which the sanitary condition is not such as it should be, and where measures will have to be adopted to promote a better system of sanitation.