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fcraps and Jacts.
? France lost 15,000 men in the Tonquin I
campaign, and her losses in money, ii\- J
eluding the cost of building forts hospitals |
and frontier defences were ?43,000,000 while i
China's losses were 100,000 men and ?38,000,000.
? The business failures during the week I
ending last Friday, as reported to K. (J. ;
Dun & Co., number for the United States;
184 and for Canada 19, against 150 the week
previous. The increase is altogether in the
Pacific and Western States.
? Judgment in the Riel appeal case has
been given at Winnipeg confirming the
sentence of the court at Regina. The
French and half breed population is greatly
excited in consequence, while the bulk
of the whites are jubilant. The general
opinion is that Riel will be hanged.
? Three hundred Mormons arrived at
New York, Wednesday, en route tor Utah.
They came from Germany, Scandinavia and
England. All paid their passage and
brought monev with them. Several of the
women were much better looking than the
average of Mormon wives.
? Walter L. H. Maxwell, the presumed
murderer of Preller in a St. Louis hotel last
spring, was taken into the court of criminal
correction last Friday, and by agreement
between counsel, the case was continued
until October 19th, before which time the
grand jury will have an opportunity to take
the matter up.
? The Mormons are not destined to occupy
Mexico without opposition. The papers
are speaking out, and the Financier says
they must be driven out. The papers urge
that if they are too filthy to be endured in
the United States that Mexico cannot stand
them. The Roman Catholic priests are also
active in the crusade.
? Heavy rains last Thursday have done
untold damage to the crops in Mississippi,
especially in Yazoo county. The fall
of water is unprecedented, overflowing, almost
washing away fields in some places.
The Yazoo railroad loses several bridges,
and the track is so badly undermined that
no trains can be run to Yazoo City. The
cotton crop will fall far short of last month's
estimate, and farmers are being discouraged
because of the gloomy outlook.
? At a meeting of the Republican State
Executive Committee, held at Jackson,
Miss., on Thursday, it was decided not to
place a State ticket in the field, for the reason
set forth in the following resolution,
whioh was adoDted: That in view of the
fact that organized opposition to the Democratic
party of this State this fall is useless,
because of the well known impossibility of
securing at the polls an honest election, it is
the sense of this committee that no convention
be called to nominate a State ticket.
? A chart prepared by the agricultural
bureau for the use of the Forestry Congress,
which will meet in Boston shortly, shows
that there are two hundred and eighty-five
million acres of improved land, four hundred
and eighty-five million acres of forest,
seven hundred and thirty millions of unim{>roved
and untimbered land. Incidentaly
it is found that the forests are disappearing
at the rate of twenty-five million
acres each year. The forest product
during the census was year eighteen thousand
million feet, board measure. Last year
it was twenty eight thousand million feet.
? William Mangum, aged 17, left his home
in Atlanta on Wednesday night, and was
found dead in a little cabin in the suburbs
of the city the next morning with blood
streaming from his nose and mouth. The
cabin was occupied by two negro Voodoo
women, fortune-tellers. Both have disappeared.
It is thought that they killed
Mangum when he went to have his fortune
told. The negroes in the vicinity are crazed
with fear and say that he was conjured
to death. The authorities are investigating
the matter.
? There is a growing bitterness between
the Cherokees and the negroes who claim
citizenship In the Indian Nation. The
freedmen number between seven and eight
thousand and enjoy all the rights of native
born Indians. The present trouble is causnz-l
h\r iho fraprlmnn flnimincr a. sharp of tho
$300,000 recently paid the Cherokee nation
by the government for land ceded to it by
the Cherokees. This claim is questioned
by the Indians who assert that the freedmen,
not being of Cherokee blood, are not
entitled to any share of the money. The
colored men base their claim on the treaty
of 1866, which, they say, accords them the
rights of native born Cherokees.
? Lawrence Brainerd, whose defalcation
as president of the St. Albans, Vermont,
savings bank ruined thousands of farmers
and working people a year ago, has been
captured by American detectives in Winnipeg,
Manitoba. The detectives spent four
months in Winnipeg, passing as absconding
crooks from the United States, and last
week induced Brainerd to go duck shooting
with them. They got him in a wagon and
made for the line, which they succeeded in
crossing, eluding the Winnipeg police who
pursued them. Arriving at Minneapolis,
while his captors were engaged in purchasing
railroad tickets for the east, Brainerd
slipped away and made his escape.
? Belle Hasty lived with the Peabody
family at Urbana, Illinois, and was engaged
to be married to young Robert Peabodv.
The young man's parents opposed the match.
On August 2nd his mother died, apparently
with neuralgia of the stomach. On the 17th
his father died with the same symptoms.
On September 1st Miss Hasty and her lover
were taken sick with the same symptoms
and the girl died. Since her death a package
of nit poison has been discovered in
some ol her underclothing. Taken in connection
with other facts, it causes the belief
that Miss Hasty poisoned the older Peabodies
to get rid of them and remove obstacles
to her marriage, and subsequently attempted
to kill her lover and herself.
? Such speeches as that of Senator Sherman
a few days ago cannot do any harm
when the antidote of truth is promptly applied
by newspapers of his own section.
Senator Sherman labored very hard to convince
the people of Ohio that the colored
people in the South are denied the right to ;
vote, but the Springfield Republican reminds !
K?? m tV?ut in tho rjlr^vrnn to trie wV??r>li crar?or1_ I
IMUl ?>?> IU MIX ? .^VVV. |
ed Mr. Blaine received 770,000 votes, against
Mr. Cleveland's 1,040,000. "There was probably
some suppression or intimidation of
the colored vote in South Carolina and Mis- [
sissippi," says the Republican, "but elsewhere
the South never had a fairer election
and Mr. Cleveland "could have spared both
those States and still have been elected."
So it is?as the Rejniblican says?false and j
wicked to charge that he owes his election
to crime or crimes."
? The Baltimore Manufacturer's Record j
says: The King's Mountain Gold Mining i
Co. has been reorganized, with prof. J. C.!
Horton as president and superintendent. :
He is now at the mine, near King's Mountain
Station, on the A. & C. Air Line Rail- J
road, and is engaged in working some of i
the surface ores. The main shaft is over
300 feet deep and has a fine vein of quartz !
in limestone, sometimes having a width of
15 feet. The ore is of a grade that will pay
well if the proper mode of treatment and
management is used. At present they employ
about 25 or 30 bands. They are figuring
on a large steam pump of sufficient ca-1
pacity to drain the main shaft. They have j
a 40-stamp mill, or we should say, the re-;
mains of one, as parts of it have been taken
from the mine during the late litigation, all !
of which will be replaced when it is expo-;
dient. The mine produced $80,000 one year
when in full operation. John Mackey, the
bonanza king, was at one time a stockhold- j
er in this property.
? Miss Ada Sweet, who is to be succeeded
?\onc!r\n urrnnt in
^UOIVH U^VllV Alt VliIVU^\/ k/J i'llOi A'AUii' |
on Mulligan, says, concerning the change:
"Since the time I was requested to resign,
last April, by Commissioner Black, I have
desired to become independent of the whims
of political schemers. At that time something
was due my friends and myself, and
I refused to comply with a demand which
seemed to me to be most unjust. But when
last week a position at a large increase of
salary was ottered me by one of the leading
firms of the city to manage a branch of its
business in the East, I immediately accepted
the offer and at once sent my resignation
to President Cleveland to take effect Sep- ,
tember 30." In her letter of resignation
Miss Sweet refers to the business change
she is about to make, and then says:
"Thanking you for the confidence you
have shown me, and for the courtesy and 1
consideration bestowed upon me by you and i
the officers of your Cabinet with whom I j
have had business relations, I am very re- ^
spectfully your obedient servant." ^
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DEATH OF COL. J. M. IVF. !
Colonel James Morrow Ivy, of Rock Hill, j
died at his residence in that town on Friday 1
afternoon last at o o'clock. The immediate {
cause of his death was cancer of the liver, r.
though a shattered constitution and general I
exhaustion of the entire nervous system,
caused by overwork and unremitting atten- 1
tion to an extensive and varied business for ?
the past twenty years, contributed in no i
small degree to sapping the vitals of a c
vigorous life, and he was cut down while t
yet in the prime of manhood, at the time i
of his death being in the 46th year of his
age. Though from previous reports concerning
his condition the event was not
wholly unexpected, yet the intelligence, j
when received here on Friday evening, (
cast a gloom of sorrow over the community, i
Col. Ivy was well known by our people and i
by them universally esteemed for the many <
high and prominent traits distinguishing j
his personal character, and as a business (
man controlling large interests.
Col. Ivy was born in Lancaster county, .
this State, on the oth day of December, 1849, 1
and is a son of Rev. Adam Ivy, a well '
known minister, now living.
He began his studies in school at Rock s
Hill, successively under W. H. Thomasson,
Col. J. M. White and Gen. J. A. Alstoii; 1
and when Gen. Alston was called to take J
charge of old Mount Zion Institute, at
Winnsboro, in the year 185S, he followed i
him there, where he remained one session, ,
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ana men enterea cne scnooi 01 oonn j
Shurley, at Ebenezer. At this school he t
completed his preparatory course for the '
South Carolina College, which institution 1
he entered in the year 1859. Here he pur- ,
sued his collegiate studies until the Spring ;
of 1861, when on the breaking out of the <
war he joined the military company com- <
posed of the students of the college, and I
commanded by Captain John Gary. This ;
company was ordered to Charleston to re- (
port for duty to Gen. Beauregard. In his <
command he served as sergeant and was an s
eye witness to the inception of hostilities, (
the bombardment of Fort Sumter, in April, 1
1861. After the fall of Fort Sumter the \
"College Company" was ordered back to f
Columbia, but Mr. Ivy with many other <
students, decided to enter the regular service,
and soon after the return of the company
to Columbia he withdrew from the !
college and joined the Washington Light
Infantry of Charleston, under the com- j
mand of Capt. James Conner, and one <
of the companies of the famous Hampton (
Legion. He passed unscathed through the 1
first battle of Mannassas, on the ever-mem- ^
orable 21st of July, 1861, although several j
times struck by spent balls; and was in a <
desperate charge on Bickett's Battery, j
where the Hampton Legion suffered so severely.
He remained in the Army of ^
Northern Virginia during the fall and win- |
ter of 1861; and in the spring of 1862, was ,
transferred, with his command, to the Pe- i
ninsular, where, in the battle of Seven 1
Pines, on the 31st day of May, 1862, he was 1
severely wounded in the left shoulder by ^
a Minie ball, which he carried to the grave, j
and from the effects of which he never fully (
recovered the use and strength of his arm. '
In consequence of his severe wound, he 1
remained in hospital at Richmond until (
about the middle of July, when he was J
honorably discharged from the Confederate ^
service, and returned from the theatre of
war, a disabled soldier, to enter a new and 1
happier life?the knight of Mars becoming <
the slave of Venus. He married, on Au- 5
gust oth, 1863, the daughter of Hon. Henry
Conner, of Lincoln county, X. CM who, in ,
1814, entered the U. S. Army as Aide-de- j
camp to Gen. Joseph Graham, in the Creek (
war, and afterwards served as a member '
of Congress for twenty consecutive years?
from 1821 to 1841?when he declined a reelection.
Owing to the failing health of Major Con- ner,
Mr. Ivy settled at Reattie's Ford, in i
Lincoln county, the home of his father-in- i
law. It was then that he first commenced \
his career as a merchant. He opened a j
store of general merchandise at Reattie's |
Ford in 1866 and conducted a successful and |
prosperous business for three years. .<
In 1867, he conceived the idea of seeking j 1
another and wider field for the exercise of j'
his business tact and energy, and upon in- ]
vestigation decided that Rock Hill afforded '
rare facilities for opening and developing
the mercantile business. Accordingly, he [
established and organized at Rock Hill, in (
that year, the firm of Ivy, Roach & Jones, <
and left the Rock Hill house with his part- 1
ners, giving his own personal attention to |
his business at Beattie's Ford, but making t
occasional visits to Rock Hill. t
In June, 1861), after the death of Major \
Conner, he closed out his business in North c
Carolina, purchased property in Rock Hill J
and returned with his family to his native ;
State, to make his home amid the familiar ^
scenes of his boyhood and among the friends \
of his youth. From that date he was the 11
head of several mercantile firms, conduct- i
ing a large business, and at the time of his
death was a member of the firm of Ivy & t
Fewell, merchants, which partnership was i'
formed in 1S77. The house of J. M. Ivy & J
Co., was distinct from that of Ivy Fewell, f
and was engaged strictly in the cotton and i i
fertilizer business, under the immediate t
control of Col. Ivy. In 1872 he introduced
into the Rock Hill market the system of *
dealing in futures. By this plan of opera- ?
tions he handled about 20,000 bales each ({
season, his purchases extending to all the
surrounding markets, where he kept agents ^
regularly employed. It is claimed that he \
was the first buyer in this section to afford ]
to planters the facility they now possess, of fc
selling their crops at remunerative prices s
in advance?to be delivered m tne ran? a
thus eijsuring the planters against the fiuc- t
tuation of the price of the staple and render- j
ing their transactions in cotton also safe. ]
Besides his enterprise as a merchant, he (
was always among the first in all things y
concerning the public welfare, lie ever 1
manifested liberality, a charity and a public
spirit excelled by 110 man in the community
in which he lived. He contributed 11
liberally to aid in the building of the Epis- 1
copal church of Rock Hill, and gave gene- a
rously to all other churches and charitable g
associations. He ever showed a disposition c
to aid all who sought to advance them- 41
selves, and owing to this characteristic was g
connected with several enterprises outside
of his regular mercantile pursuits. ^
lie was twice elected intendant of Rock 0
Hill, in which position iie served with efti-1 c
ciency and satisfaction. Without taking a 1 !>
lotably prominent part in politics, he dismayed
a lively interest in all that concerned
;he public and political welfare of the State.
3e was the president of the Democratic j
:lub of Rock Hill in the eventful struggle j
>f 187G, and was accordingly chosen to inroduce
Hampton on the occasion of his j
,Tisit to Rock Hill during that memorable (
ampaign. He was also selected to welcome f
iovcrnor Hampton to South Carolina, on ,
lis return from Washington after the his- <
orical interview between the Governor and 1
3hao? /Ion f I-FotTrvo (
luniuviiu
His recent business complications, which
lave been the subject of much discussion, ,
>ut in connection with which not a word
>f aspersion has been uttered, are now hi- f
niliar to the public. His enthrallment was <
lue, no doubt, to his failing health ; or, in
)ther words, had not his system given way j
mder the severe strain to which it had j
)een subjected dtying the past few years, i
le would have overcome all the difficulties
jurrounding him. Feeling the near ap- j
jroach of death lie pursued the wise and
lonorable course of placing all his earthly
)OSsessions in the hands of his creditors,
rhe strict integrity for which he has ever
>een noted impelled this course.
As showing the mark of esteem in which
le was held, the occasion of his funeral on
Sunday last attracted a large concourse, ,
nany being present from the adjoining :
:ounties, while the sympathy manifested in
he misfortune and death of so good a man 1
s genuine and universal.
ALL ABOUT T1IE RAILROAD.
In response to a notice to that effect, the
rxf iK A Anlr K aM Ave Af tKn I
I^CIUD ui me oivumiwiucio \ti i/uv
ord Construction Company met in the
:ourt house in Rutherfordton on last Wedlesday
morning to complete the preliminary
details requisite in order to permit
he Massachusetts and Southern Construc;ion
Company to begin work upon the
Rutherfordton and Shelby division of the
Charleston and Cincinnati railroad. Col.
R. A. Johnson, general manager, Major
John F. Jones, chief engineer and superin:endent
of construction and Mr. A. Urqulartof
the latter company, were in Ruthjrfordton
and Col. Johnson presented to the
igentsa series of resolutions when the board
idjourned until Thursday at ten o'clock.
On Thursday morning the agents met
with Mr. Martin Walker, president in the
?hair, and Col Jas. A. Miller, secretary.
They decided to have the bonds engraved
md issued at once, and placed in the hands of
i trustee, to be held in trust under the provisions
of the contract. The board then adourned
until 1.30 P. M., when it proceeded
to the election of the trustee. After six
ballots Judge George W. Logan was elected
trustee.
The board considered the resolutions once
more, and adjourned to meet again at 7 P.
M. At the night session the whole series
was adopted. The resolutions, which are
}uite lengthy, simply provide in detail for
the execution of the contract of June 2,
L884, and its modification of July 21, 1885.
rhe bonds of Rutherford county are to be
lelivered to the Massachusetts and Southern
Construction Company under the conditions
similar to those in the case of Cleveland
bounty. The resolutions also make the
provisions usual and necessary to similar
contracts between railroad companies, so
that the Massachusetts and Southern Construction
Company will be enabled to go to
work at once without embarrassment.
A COUNTER MOVE.
On Sunday morning Major John B. Winder,
general manager of the Seaboard Air
Line, of which the Carolina Central is a
part, accompanied by Gen. R. F. Hoke, arrived
in Shelby on a special train over the
Carolina Central Railroad. A carriage was
jbtained here and the party left for Rutherordton
in the afternoon. Captain John B.
Eaves and others were called upon and injuiry
was made as to the relations existing ,
imong Itutherford county, the Rutherford
Construction Company, and the Massachu>ets
and Southern Construction Company.
On Monday the County Commissioners of
itutherford county were in session and the
'riends of the respective parties in interest
were assembled in force. A proposition
was presented to the commissioners offering
o extend the Carolina Central Railroad
Tom Shelby to Rutherfordton within
Avelve months for $100,000 in the bonds of
Rutherford county, to be delivered upon the
;ompletion of the road and a cash deposit
)f $25,000, to be forfeited i a the event of the
jontract being broken, was also offered.
The commissioners replied that the county
was already under contract with the Massajhusetts
and Southern Construction Company
and could consider no other so long as
:he existing contract was adhered to by
that company.
The feeling of Rutherfordton was decid!y
against the Carolina Central Railroad
Company for having appeared upon the
scene at so late a date, after having for 18
years refused to build the extension. Eviry
confidence in the sincerity of the Massachusetts
and Southern Construction Company
is now felt in Rutherford county. The
Carolina Central people say that they have
tieen so tangled up in litigation of recent
years that they were unable to build the extension.
THE KING'S MOUNTAIN ROUTE.
Dr. F. M. Garrett, of King's Mountain,
was in town yesterday to ascertain the prospects
of King's Mountain obtaining the
location of the new railroad through that
town. The doctor offered, on behalf of
King's Mountain, to grade and cross-tie
from Shelby to Yorkville via King's Mountain
for $5,000 per mile, lie learned from
the railroad officials that the matter was
dill open and would be decided upon purey
business considerations. Should these be
i i x? i.i
jaianceu mat rouic wouiu uc vnuxu wiik-h
.vould give the most satisfaction to tiie
greatest number of friendsof the road.
the cleveland county bonds.
Col. Johnson and Major Jones appeared
before the county commissioners yesterday ;
o confer with them in reference to the en- ,
craving and issue of the Cleveland County ,
>onds voted in subscription to the stock of
tutherford Construction Company and to ;
he contract necessary to be made among i
he county, the railroad company and the
rustees that my be selected. The contract 1
vas read and appeared to meet all the ne- ,
:essities of the case, and the engraving and i
ext of the bonds was discussed. As the
ext of the bonds had not been prepared, j
he commissioners adjourned to meet in ;
pecial session on Friday, when everything (
vi 11 be settled. The conference was entire- <
y satisfactory to all parties concerned.
railroad work. <
In the meantime preliminary work upon ]
he railroad is going actively forward. The {
ine between Shelby and Black's has been \
ompleted and all estimates have been
nade. Between Forest City and Kuther- i
ordton the li ne .is ready lV>r work and the j
ntermediate line is now being examined <
>y the engineer corps. t
Major Jones, superintendent of construe- '
ion, stated to a New Era reporter that
;rading will positively be begun in tenor
welve days near ltutherfordton.?Condensed
from the. Shelby New Era, Sept. \)fh.
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Deatii of an Estimable Lady.?Mrs. (
Jary E. ltoddey, l. Jier of our townsman, <
Jr. J. E. ltoddey, died at her home in \
'airfield county, on Tuesday of last week, i
Speaking of her death the Fairfield Herald <
ays: ".She had been in failing health for i
ome time with that dread disease consump- ]
ion, but her friends did not think the end i
o near. .She was a daughter of the late *
fohn Simonton, and from her early childlood
had been a member of New Hope 1
/hurch. She was kind and gentle and her 1
vhole life exemplified the true woman in 1
ts broadest sense. She leaves a son and <
wo daughters."?Rock Hill Herald.
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From High up the Creek.?There is a \
nan in the Horeb neighborhood whom the t
legulators want to get their hands on. The i
foresaid man is from Lancaster and the Keg- t
' 1 ? i-t. ^ /ilr 1 i r\ ff Kim T
uuiors art; raiucr uuuiuus w miming mm | j
itice he came from that locality. The Lan- i
aster man, in consulting a lawyer, said the t
law justified a man in runnin' if he kin t
it away;" but if the ku-klux corner him j a
ie will practice the art of his native heath | 1
nd ventures to remark that somebody will 1
skin the weeds." lie says he is the "boss \
f that settlement," and they are trying to f
ower him, "which he don't do."?Winm- c
oro News. t
BETHEL PRESBYTERY.
A FULL AND INTERESTING MEETING OF
THE FALL SESSION.
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[Reported for the Yorkville Enquirer.]
Bethel Presbytery convened in regular fall
session on Wednesday morning, September
9th, at Bethesda Church, and was opened
with a sermon by the retiring Moderator,
llev R. A. Webb, who based his discourse
on Acts xvi, .'11. The roll-call showed
that out of a total of 22 ministers, IS
were present, and out of a total of 41
churches, 31 were represented.
Rev. IT. B. Pratt, of Lancaster, was elected
Moderator. Itev. I). Harrison resigned
the office of Stated Clerk, and Rev. R. A.
Webb was chosen his successor, nev. ueo.
3ummey, of Chester, was elected assistant
?lerk.
Concord Church presented a call for Rev.
E. G. Smith, of Mars Bluff, S. C. Hopewell
Church called Rev. J. S. White for one half
the time, which he accepted, and arrangements
were made for his installation in November.
Allison Creek and Beth Shiloh
Churches presented callsfor Rev. Roger Martin,
of Shoe Ileel, N. C., and he signified his
willingness to accept the calls. Aim well and
Longtown Churches called Mr. H. II. Newman,
a candidate for the ministry, who has
been supplying them during the summer.
Fishing Creek Church was chosen as the
next place of regular meeting. *
On Thursday morning, Rev. T. R. English
preached an able sermon to a large and
attentive'audience; and after the sermon
a congregational meeting of BethesdaChurch
was held, at which the Rev. J. Lowrie Wilson
resigned the pastorate of this old and
most honorable Church, of which he has
been pastor since 18G9. It has been his first
and only charge. The congregation promptly
determined to resist the acceptance of the
resignation with energy at the bar of the
Presbytery. The Presbytery heard the request
of Mr. Wilson, and unanimously and
heartily declined to accede to it, and refused
to grant the dissolution.
After some discussion of the Presbytery's
method of conducting its work through an
Executive Committee, the Presbytery defnrm!tmrl
ofllioro trv itc nlnn nf worki 11P*
through a general committee.
Rev. Roger Martin, of North Carolina,
preached on Friday morning a very interesting
sermon to an attentive audience.
The discourse was universally spoken of with
the highest appreciation.
Some ringing speeches were made in behalf
of the venerable and useful college of
Davidson. The Rev. Luther McKinnon,
the new president, is on the ground, and
has begun his career under the most favorable
auspices. Three new professors are also
at the institution, making a full faculty of
seven able men, who begin with 90 students
on the grounds.
The Presbytery, on assembling, found everybody,
male and female, young and old,
discussing Olivet's move to McConnellsville.
Olivet Church lies about two miles west
of McConnellsville, and the village has
heretofore been exclusively the territory
of Bethesda, which is four miles distant.
This summer about twenty-one members
of Bethesda went to Olivet, and
Olivet thereupon determined to come to
town. At once a contract for a $2,700 brick
building was let, and the foundation of the
new house was laid. The session of Bethesda
protested. The feeling on both sides
rose high. The action of Presbytery touching
this matter is the following:
Whereas, it has come to the knowledge of members
of Presbytery, that the Session of Oliyet
Church did lately enter upon and take possession
of certain territory, which was also claimed by
the Session of Bethesda Church, and this after
thejr were requested by the latter session not to
do so till the question at issue could be decided
by Presytcry ;
Resolved, 1. That in the judgment of this Presbytery
it is not right for one ot the parties to a
disputed claim, thus practically to settle in his
own favor the question in dispute, and this
action of the Olivet Church was a practical adjudication
of the claim.
Resolved, 2. That the Presbytery regrets that
the courtesy of waiting, in answer to the request
of the Bethesda Session, was not shown; but
since the matter has proceeded so far, Presbytery
will not interpose to check the building of the
Church, only enjoining most earnestly upon the
parties hereafter tenderly to respect the rights of
others, and to study the things which make for
peace.
This paper was unanimously and heartily
adopted, and the hope is generally expressed
that all will now become quiet.
Tho Ppoahvtprv'e cnmmittpfi tn nrenare a
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narrative to Synod on the State of religion,
as exhibited by the reports from the various
Churches, was so doleful that all the members
under the jurisdiction of this body
ought to read it. It is as follows:
Bethel Presbytery respectfully reports to the
Synod of South Carolina, that it Is in great grief
at the low state of practical religion in its bounds.
It comes clad in weeds and ashes. It brings no
report to gladden the Synod's heart. Things are
not depressed as low as they can be; still we
search almost in vain for a single refreshing sign
of progress during the past year, and we have to
front the prospect of a still lower depression in
the future, unless the Cod of all grace visits us.
While there has been preaching, with somo
degree of regularity, in all our churches during
the past year, and while every pastor comes up
credited with faithfulness in the discharge of
duty, yet there is an array of facts which makes
us bow our heads with shame.
We have failed to establish family religion in
our homes, though we have tried by entreaties,
by instructions, by admonitions, by warnings,
by emphatic injunctions, to prevail upon our parents
to indoctrinate and govern and hold worship
with their families. Every Church under
our jurisdiction comes to us and tells us to our
faces that this matter is deplorably neglected.
And furthermore, this radical cvif appears to
be striking its roots deeper in the face of all the
opposition with which we can confront it.
In addition to this, only one church out of
forty-one, reports anything like a special revival
during the past year. This strikes our minds
as a grievous thing and a bitter, and our hearts
cry, "Hath tho Lord cast off forever?"
Again, there is intemperance among many of
our members. The complaint comes up from
many churches that this evil exists among them,
and some report it as increasing.
Again, the majority of our churches inform us
that they have members, and some of them whole
families, who habitually neglect the Lord's
house, word, worship and service, and there aro
no signs of improvement in this direction.
Still further: While most of our churches inform
us that the sentiment of the people is against
worldliness, there comes to us at tho same time
the report that this evil prevails in the face of
this sentiment and the discipline of the church.
Peace and harmony is reported as prevailing
imongour Churches. The Sabbath, in most congregations,
is said to be well observed. Our
Evangelist is enconrogcd in his endeavors to
recover the waste places in our bounds.
We express great sorrow at this report of the
date of religion in our Presbytery, and ask for
the concern and help of the Synod.
The Presbytery adopted heartily the following
resolution of thanks, and then adourned
to meet at the call of the Moderator,
luring the session of Synod at Chester in
October:
Ilc.solveil that the thanks of Presbytery are
lueand are hereby given to the good people of
licthcsda Church and vicinity for their kind and
jencrous entertainment of members during sessions
of Presbytery, and to the railroad lines for
reduced rates of travel.
llethcsda handsomely entertained the
Presbytery, and seemed anxious to do till
that the comfort and convenience of the
brethren could ask for.' May temporal and
spiritual blessings be abundantly bestowed
jpon them.
/ REGULATORS^? FAIRFIELD.
For sometime past the papers have made
X'casionai reierenee tome uoiugs 01 uanus
>f white regulators in Fairfield county,
:his State; but their motives were not fully
mderstood until last week, when a thorough
nvestigation was made by a representative
)f the Columbia Itecord. From his report,
t would seem that miscegeneration prevails
to some extent in that county, and it
s the determination of the "regulators" to
ibolish the practice in their midst.
The operations of the regulators date as
ar back as last July, when some young
nen visited a farm near Bidgeway, where
ived a white family named Boyles, and
)ne of the daughters living openly with a
tegro man. Two others kept a direputa)le
house for negroes. The regulators
.vhipped Boyles, his wife and two daughers,
and warned them to leave the county
n ten days. Boyles begged to be allowed
o harvest his crop, and on account of his
joverty he was given leave to do so. But,
n the meantime, the original order being
lisobeyed, the regulators gave the family
mother whipping. Next the regulators j
visited parties between Itidgeway and
ATnnsboro and whipped them badly. Tom
)avis, who had a negro mistress, was next
visited. He got away, but his household
urnilure was badly broken up and his colled
family warned to leave. Tom Davis,
he richest merchant in Kidgoway, reported
i to be worth $45,000, was given ten days to
: quit the place because he had a negro mis- i
i tress and family. He left his business in
[ the hands of hisclerksand put out for Mississippi.
Ross Williams, living on the other
side of Ridgeway with a negro woman, was
visited and showed tight, but he was severe!
ly whipped, as wits his mistress, and orderi
ed to leave. About ten families, all mixed,
i have felt the power of the regulators so far. i
The reason the regulators give for their 1
action is that the grand jury don't take!
cognizance of those living in open adultery,
because it is so hard to prove the existence :
of such a fact. These people could not be
reached by law, and so it was determined
to reach them outside of the law. The
chief offenders, whether warned or not, are
dissolving their establishments and leaving
for fear of exposure and punishment. The
regulators diguise themselves while visiting
by covering their faces with cloths. No
weapons but hickory switchs have been
used.
For the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
THE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.
The York County Teachers' Association
held its first meeting, since its organization,
in the Female College at Yorkville, on the
Gth of this month. There were present
about thirty-live teachers, for the most part
ladies?very few male teachers being present.
Why was this thecase? As every one
knows, this Association grew out of the normal
institute which was held at Yorkville
last summer. I have heard it intimated
that quite a number of the teachers of the
county objected to the appropriation that
was made for the normal institute, and
that is the reason why they refuse to identify
themselves with the Teacher's Association.
This is a "progressive age." Teachers, as
well as any other class or profession, should
readily take hold of anything which promises
improvement. It is both interesting
and amusing to note that not a few of those
who consider themselves our best teachers,
are very much concerned, lest young teachers
should discover that there is something
new in education.
Educationally, the world is moving, and
unless the old fogies take the step also, they
will have to get out of the way of the host
of young progressives, who have "Onward
and Upward" for their motto.
Our Teachers' Association can be made
a power in the land if the teachers will
give it the required support. Meeting together
at stated intervals and exchanging
our views cannot but be productive of
much good. The grace of an inspired teacher
can convert those mentally lost from the
error of their ways to a bright and living
intellectuality. It is an evangelism worthy
of the noblest minds. How many are intellectually
lost! How few know the joy
and peace of a mind in harmony with truth,
whose chief delight is in searching after
its principles.
Tf ia o nrrvr>/J ftvuloilPB r>f TinVVPT nf mind
J.L JO <1 gV. ? 1UV..VV v..~ r" " ?
to notice how easily any one may be influenced
to do wrong. If mind has such power
over mind for evil, how much more does
it have power for good. Then let us meet
together and discu.ss the best methods of
teaching. If any teacher has tried a new
method successfully, let him pass it to his
neighbor and in this way help his fellow
teachers. There is as great salvation for
teachers as there is for pupils, and it comes
in slow degrees as regards both teacher and
pupil. But sometimes it bursts upon their
minds with a bright and holy light that
will forever warm their lives and reclaim
their intelligence. Every teacher should be
the prophet and priest of this mighty intellectual
salvation. Then, progressive
teachers, come to the front. Let us have
an enthusiastic meeting at Yorkville on the
3rd of October. Progress.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, September 11.?An interesting
meeting has been in progress for several
days at the Baptist Church. Services are
held in the morning and at night, and have
been well attended. The pastor, Rev. R.
W. Sanders, has beeen assisted by Rev. J.
1). Huggins, ol this county, whose earnestness
is one of the chief features of his acceptable
preaching. Rev. John Stout, pastor of
the Baptist Church at Society Hill, arrived
on last Tuesday, and since his arrival has
been rendering the pastor very efficient ser- J
vice, lie is an attractive preacher, having
a soft, pleasant voice, a good delivery and
the power of presenting his thoughts with
force and clearness. Mr. Stout will leave i
to-morrow for Cleveland Springs, as his j
health is not good. Rev. Dr. Furman, of
Greenville, is expected to arrive on Thurs- j
day next and will aid the pastor in the!
meeting. As his reputation as a minister is
established, he will doubtless attract large
congregations. The meeting has already
resulted in several accessions to the Church,1
and doubtless many more will unite. The
dedicatory service of the Baptist Church
will take place on next Sunday. Rev. Dr.
Furman will preach the dedication sermon.
Our Baptist friends are looking forward
to the occasion with great interest
and pleasure.
J-JUa .teamster, coioreu, ageu iu years,
was found dead in her father's house on
last Tuesday. The verdict of the jury of
inquest was that she came to her death by
an accidental shot of a pistol in her own
hands, while playing with the same.
Mary Dennis, colored, of this county,
was found dead in her house on last "Wednesday.
Coroner Murphy investigated the
matter, and found that her death was caused
by dropsy of the heart.
William Simpson, colored, of the neighborhood
of Blackstock's, died suddenly on
last Friday. The verdict of the jury of inquest
was that he came to his death from
congestion of the bowels.
Capt. O. Barber went North last week to
buy new machinery for his cotton factory.
The Bishop of the Diocese, Rev . W. B.
W. Howe, J). D., will visit this parish tomorrow.
He will conlirm any candidates
that may present themselves for confirmation.
Nine persons were immersed yesterday
afternoon at the Baptist Church. The ordinance
was administered by the pastor.
F. T. Morgan, Esq., editor of the Bulletin,
returned on last .Sunday from a trip of several
weeks in New York City. His health
was greatly improved by his trip. When
he left home it was his inteution to spend
the greater part of his time at Saratoga, but
he found New York so pleasant in every way
that he staid there nearly the whole time.
Cotton is selling at S.G5. Farmers do not
like the low price. m.
MERE-MENTION.
It is said that Judge Mcllvaine, Republican
nominee for Supreme Court Judge in
Ohio, withdrew from the ticket because lie
was assessed ?2,500 for campaign purposes.
Vice-President Hendricks made a
ringing speech at a meeting in New York
Tuesday night, called to express the sympathy
of Irishmen in this country for local
self government in Ireland. The Brunswick,
Ga., Jlerahl says that Senator Brown,
of Georgia, hires 500 convicts of the State
for ?25,000 a year and puts them to work in
a coal mine at a net profit of ?100,000 per annum.
A correspondent of the New
York Evening J'oxf makes two recommendations
looking to the completion of a perfect
postal system for the United States.
These are the establishment of postal banks
and the reduction of the registration fee to
five cents. In a local election at Milam,
Texas, on Tuesday the prohibitionssts pre
vailed by a majority of 86. The sever-1
est cyclone of the year visisted Ohio last
week, doing immense damage. Besides
the destruction of public buildings, idivid- j
ual losses in the town of Washington exceed j
8250,000.
Sept em it Kit Cotton Hepout.?The Sep- \
tember cotton report of the department of
agriculture shows the prevalence of hot and
dry weather during August, except in Louisiana,
Mississippi and Florida. Shedding of
bolls and decrease of vitality have resulted
quite generally. The drouth has been serious
in Texas and Arkansas, and quite
general in western Tennessee, southern
Alabama, Georgia and Carolina. Caterpillars
have caused much damage in southern
Texas, Arkansas and in central and
southern Alabama. Their prevalence is
noted throughout central and southern
Georgia with small effect as yet. The boll
worm is causing much damage in the black
belt of Alabama, and in Arkansas and Texas.
The condition lias declined in every
State. The average is S7 against 9GJ in
August.
li OCAL AFFAIES. r
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. tl
Mi jam in R. Smith?Administrator's Notice. n
P. L. Jackson, Executrix?Planiation For Rent.
Joseph N. Steele, Chairman?Railroad Election j:
in Broail River Township. p
J. A. Darwin?A Plantation to Lease. V
H. F. Adickes?We Claim Excellence.
Hunter <k Gates?Gone to Market. ?
W.('. Latimer?New Goods. fi
T. B. McClnin A Co.?Seed Oats. t
.J. W. Dohson?Livery and Feed Stables. v
J. Beatty Williams, Judge ol'Probate?Citation? *
Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis., Applicant?Joseph
G. Smarr, deceased.
Jos. X. Steele, Chairman?Railroad Election in ^
Bullock's Creek township. 8
J. X. Steele, James B. Allison, B. W. Whitesides, V
Board of Co. Commissioners?Railway
Contract.
F. A. Gilbert, Town Treasurer?Pay Your Town
Tax.
McElweeA Darwin?Tallow for Sale. 8
t
UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, 188(1.
We will furnish the Yorkvili.k Enquirer
from this dato until January 1st, 188(5, for GO
cents, the cash, 111 all cases, to accompany uie ^
subscription.
THE HOT SPIUXGS TOURISTS. c
All the party who left here about the first of 2
August for the purpose of testing the medicinal h
virtues of Hot Springs, in Arkansas, have returned
except Messrs. Gordon and Mr. K. Frank a
Clark. Those who have returned were not im- j
proved by the water. Mr. D. A. Gordon and 1
Mr.lt. F. Clark think they are deriving some f
benefit from the baths and decided to remain a
while longer. /
GONE*NOHTH/\ (
Both Mr. llunter and Mr. Oa^s, oljthc firm of 1
Hunter A Oates, and Mr. JoluKJu-^atta, of the 1
firm of Latta Bros., started to the northern mar- y
kets last Thursday to make their fall purchases.
Mr. T. M. Dobsoti and Mrs. Dobson started I
North on Tuesday, the former to purchase a (
fall stock of dry goods, Ac., and Mrs. Dobson to i
purchase millinery and fancy goods for the house '
of T. M. Dobson A Co. Mr. Haskell Dobson ac- <
eompanicd his father, and will enter the Poughkeepsic
Commercial College. <
11AILKO AI SELECTIONS.
By reference to our advertising columns it i
will be seen that the County Commissioners j
have ordered an election in Bullock's Creek and t
Broad Itiver townships, on the 17th of October ?
next on the question of the townships respectively
voting a subscription in aid of the George- j
town and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Rail- |
road. There is also published in this issue the j
terms of contract proposed between Bullock's .
Creek township and the Massachusetts and 4
Southern Construction Company. .
Q ACCIDENTAL DEATH. J
On Monday morning of last week, Mrs. Frances
V. Parks, wife of Mr. Allen O. Parks, started on
horseback to her home from the house of Mr.
James < Jood, near Iloodtown, in the south-west- (
ern part of the county, where she had been on a j
visit. Mounted on the horse behind her was her '
little son, and in her arms her baby, Lelan Obe- '
diah, aged 11 months. After starting, the horse |
became unmanageable, and rearing up it fell f
upon the babe, from which it received such inju- }
ries that it lived but three hours after it was hurt. {
Mrs. Parks was also hurt by the fall, but not so- |
riously. <
CHURCH NOTICES. '
Episcopal. Sunday-school on next Sunday at
1 P. M. On Wednesday of next week, Rt. Rev.
W. B. W. Howe, Bishop of the Diocese, accompanied
by Rev. E. X. Joyner, will make his annual
visitation to this parish. Thero will be ]
morning service with the holy communion, at s
10.45 A. M., and evening service at 7.30 P. M., on I
that day. j
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. Thomas Pate, |
Pastor. Preaching at Yorkville next Sunday at ]
11 A. M., and at Philadelphia Church at 4 P. M.
Prayer-meeting on Wednesday at 7J P. M. Sun- 1
day-school at 41 P. M.
Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Ser- 1
vicesat Union nextSunday morningat 11 o'clock, j
and at Yorkville at 7.00 P. M. Snndav-school at
9.50 A. M. Rev. R. W. Lide, of Darlington, will
preach at the Baptist Church in this place this 1
(Wednesday) evening at 8 o'clock. '
King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, ,
Pastor. Services at King's Mountain Chapel
next Saturday and Sunday, at 11 A. M.
Presbvterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. !
Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M., aiul 8 P. f
M. Prayer-meeting at 8 P. M., on Thursday. '
Sundavj-school at 4.30 P. M.
KILLED BY FOUL AIR.
(Vn Saturday the 6th instant, at the residence of
Mr. 0. J. Gwin, in the south-western part of
the county, Marshal Hamilton, colored, lost his
life from suffocation by foul air in the well of
Mr. Gwin, which he had undertaken to clean. <
He went to Mr. Gwin's house about 8 o'clock in i
the morning to begin work, and Mr. Gwin fear- ;
ing the well might be contaminated with gas, i
lowered a lamp, which was at once extinguished,
satisfying him that his suspicions were correct, i
The lamp was lowered a second time with the ;
same result, when Mr. Gwin decided to defer '
the work until after 1 o'clock in the afternoon, i
On lowering the lamp for the third time, in the i
afternoon, the flame went out as before, and ,
notwithstanding Hamilton was cautioned of the
danger in descending, he persisted in goingdown.
Ho brought up a rail that was in the well, remained
up about half an hour and then went
down again for a board that was at the bottom.
Ho was told to put the board in the buckot and
come immediately after it. While the bucket
containing the board was being drawn .up, the
end of the board became fastened in the wall,
and the bucket could not be drawn up. Hatnil- j
ton was told to unfasten the board, but failing to (
do so, and not answering when called, light was j
roflected to the bottom and he was seen sitting 1
motionless.
The body was taken out of the well as soon !
as possible, and on Sunday Trial Justice J. P. s
Blair, acting as coroner, impaneled the follow- s
ing jury of inquest: J. S. Gourley, Foreman; 1
J. B. lvirkpatrick, J. M. Kirkpatriek, F. K. 1
McKnight, H. M. Stephenson, A. W. Stephenson,
John Gwin, Amzi Pratt, James Gill, Amzi
Orr, Dan Galloway, L. Orr, who after hearing the -t
testimony of Dr. T. M. Gwin, 0. J. Gwin, Henry
Strouder, and S. Z. McMackin, which was substantialiy
according to the statament above giv- $n,
rendered a verdict that "the deceased Marshall
Hamilton, came to his death from the
effects of carbonic acid gas in the well of O. J. 1
Gwin." 0
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Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. |
? LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. t
Rock Hill, S. C., September 14.?Col.
James M. Ivy died on Friday afternoon, in
the 46th year of his age. Never has the
death of any one cast such a gloom over our
community. He was honored and respected
by all, both white and black. As soon as
his death was announced, business of all t
kinds was suspended, and on Saturday evLin;!nocu
hnncp. the TJevaUl office, the
engine hou.se, the hall of the Knights of "
Honor and the Legion of Honor, the M. E.
Church, the factory and several private res- idences
were draped in mourning. The last
three days have indeed been sad ones to ^
our people. ?
Col. Ivy was buried in Laurehvood Cemetery
yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, from j
the Episcopal Church, the rector, Kev. E.
N. Joyner, officiating. The remains were I
escorted to their last resting place by a dele- (J
gation of the business men of the town, and h
one from the Knights of Honor and the '
Legion of Honor, of which orders he was an active
member. The salesmen in the store
of Ivy & Fewell acted as pall-bearers. Nev- ::
er before has such a concourse of people assembled
together in Iiock Hill to pay their i<
last tribute of respect to any one. Men, tl
women and children stood around the open 511
grave with tears in thcireyes, fully realizing ()|
that they were laying to rest a friend to all. ~|
In the death of Col. Ivy our town and ?
county have lost one of the most liberal- ii
hearted and public-spirited citizens?one h
who was ever ready to assist any one in
distress. He has done more towards build- 11
ing up the town and bringing it into prominence
as a live business place than any one ti
man in it. He had his life insured for c<
about ?40,000, of which sum ?15,000 goes to tl
his family. I le leaves a wife and four chil- ai
dren who have the sympathy of the entire ?(
community which mourns with them in
their great loss. A kind and indulgent y
husband and father, a firm friend and a tl
Christian man has passed away. r<
/The lit. llev. W. 11. W. Howe, Bishop of >?;
the Diocese of South Carolina, will make ^
his annual visitation to this parish on Sun- ?
clay next, at which time two candidates for
deacon's orders will be ordained. TheBish- j1(
op will he assisted by Itov. A. Toomer L
'orter, of Charleston, and other ministers.
Rev. A. P. Pugh preached a sermon to
tie young people at the Baptist Church last
ight.
A series of services is being held in the
'resbyterian Church at this place. The
astor, Rev. W. B. Jennings, is assisted by
lev. R. A. Webb, of Bethel.
?Mr. John H. Steele took :i number of his
riends by surprise when he stepped from the
rain on Tuesday last with his bride. He
ras married on that day at Ridgeway, to
liss Cora Parker.
All the merchants have returned from the
lorthern markets. Cotton is coming in
lowly and trade seems to be dull with the
nerchants. IIal.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Several of the river planters of Kerhaw
county have suffered seriously from
he depredations of the caterpillars.
? The Richmond and Danville Railroad
efuses to allow the Greenwood, Laurens
,nd Spartanburg to join their track at Sparanburg.
? The sheriff of Newberry county has reeived
a stay of execution in the case of
\Tinnie Nance, who was sentenced to be
langed on the 25th instant.
? The United States Court at Greenville
idjourned last Saturday, after one of the
ongest and hardest terms ever held there.
V large amount of business was despatched
luring the term.
? Capt. W. K. Lane, formerly a citizen of
Williamsburg county, where he at one time
arried on a large turpentine business, was
cilled in Georgia two weeks ago by a negro
.vitli whom he had a dispute in regard to
,vages.
? Jeff Floyd, colored, of North Carolina, a
efugee from justice, shot and killed an- ,
ither colored man named 1 laynes McKay,
n Marion county on Sunday of last week,
rhe difficulty originated about an accord>an.
The murderer made his escape.
? R. IT. McMurray, a traveling photographer,
has been bound over for trial in
:he Fairfield Court of Sessions charged with
ittempting to burn down the Thespian
Hall in Winnsboro. He had a gallery in
:he building, and the alleged motive was to
secure $700 insurance on his stock and instruments.
? J. W. Morrah, of Mount Carmel, Ches:er
county, has a sample of Mexican corn
jrought from the Exposition at New Groans
which is seventeen feet high, of rank
rrowth and still crowinfr. It has not tas
jelled yet. It has brace roots on the stalks
Mght feet from the ground. Col. Davie, ol
:he same county, has fifteen acres in cultivation
and has already gathered and cured
i very large amount.
? Greenville News, Friday: Parties who
:ame here last night from the neighborhood
)f Reidville, Spartanburg county, confirm
;he story of the hanging of the man who assaulted
an insane white woman. They give
10 particulars, but say it is a fact that a
body has recently been found hanging in a
secluded place in the woods and that it was
ecognized as all that remained of the man
iccused of the assault. It was undoubtedly
the most quiet lynching ever known in this
section.
Ularlitt Reports.
YORKVILLE, September 16.?Cotton 85 tosj;
NEW YORK, September 14.?Cotton firm;
middling uplands, 10. Futures closed quiet but
steady, with sales of .'11,000 bales as follows: Sep:ember,
9.63 to 9.65; October, 9.50 to 9.51; November.
9.49 to 9,50; December, 9.54 to 9.55; January
).G1 to 9.62; February, 9.72 to 9.73; March;
1.83 to 9.84; April, 9.93 to 0.94; May 10.03 to 10.05,
Tune 10.13 to 10.15; July 10.21 to 10.23.
LIVERPOOL, September 14.?Cotton quiet
with fair inquiry; middling uplands, 5 7-lCd.
CHARLESTON, September 14.-Cotton steady ;
middling, 9.
CHARLOTTE, September 15.?Cotton steady ;
middling, st 10 ??.
Comparative Cotton Statement.
NEW YORK, September 11.?The following is
the comparative cotton statement for the week
gilding September 11, 1885: 1885. 1884.
Receiptsatallportsfortheweek, 53,045 42,505
Total receipts to this date 75,793 47,259
Exports for the week 10,027 14,429
Total exports to date, 17,70* 20,421
Stock at all U. S. ports 152,153 121,400
Stock at all interior towns 8,700 8,454
Stock at Liverpool 554,000 054,000
A.mericanatloatforGreatBritain 95,000 19,000
%raal ftoiias.
Pupils in Demand.
One very great advantage of the conservatory
of music is its reputation in musical circles and
the fact that its pupils arc so much sought for as ,
instructors. This fact is frequently illustrated.
On yesterday Prof. De Camps received a letter
from the principal of the Philadelphia high
school, Glenn Springs, Spartanburg county, asking
for musical instructors for that institution.
Ten or twelve of the young ladies from the conservatory
are now at work teaching music in
different parts of the country.?Greenville Neiv.i,
September li.
Sept. 17 38 It
Wisdom and Folly.
It has been said that we learn more by the follies
of men than by their wisdom. Judge for yourselves
how much of truth there is in the sentence,
but be assured that no wise man will watch his
neighbor paint his house with "Slop Paint," or
other cheap material, and in a short time see it
scale off, and then go and apply the same stuff to
liis own dwelling. In this case folly begets wisdom,
and wisdom teaches you when you make an
investment to secure yourself, if possible, against
loss. This is just what the guarantee attaching
:o Longman it Martinez' Pure Prepared Paints
Is for, and it is in no vague and uncertain terms.
The proprietors are tangible beings that can be
ieen,heard and felt, and Kuykexdal, their local
igent, stands ready to see this guarantee made
?ood in all bills sold by him, if it is applied by a
jractical painter.
Dr. 8. <(. Lit pi us.
J)r. !S. t?. ijapius oners ms services 10 uie tautens
of Yorkvillo and the surrounding country,
ind can lie found at the York Drug Store at
ill hours of the day or night.
Nature's Laws.
It is one of tho laws of nature that there is noth- .
ng lost. Matter that is apparently destroyed, J
inly assumes another form. You may not he i
hie to recognize in the dust of the ham yard or
lighway all the Harness, Shoes, Bridles and
iuggy Tops that have gone before, hut they are
here, nevertheless.
All things earthly will decay,
Proofs lie thick along the way.
In leather alone this law you foil
Bv usingJ. I. Harness Oil.
Sold only at the Y. I). S.
A Nation in a Day."
The capture of Urease by Chinese Cleansing
'ream. See particulars in another issue.
Kuykkndai..
HYMENEAL. 1
Makkikd?In Fairfield county, by Rev. J. It.
IcAlpine, at the residence of the bride's father,
n Wednesday, the Dth of September, 1885, Mr.
OHN II. STEELE, ot York county,and Miss
ORRIE B., daughter of Mr. Eli Parker, of
'airfield county.
September :2nd, 1885, at the residence of Mr.
I. L. Elliott, Winnsboro, S. ('., by Rev. JohnT.
halmers,assisted by Rev. D. E. Jordan, Rev. J. ,
[. McALPIN E, of York county, S. C.,and Miss
,ULA ELLIOTT, of Winnsboro.
^ OBITUARY.
Dikd?Near Hopewell, York county, on the
Hit instant, DOCfE ALBERTIE, infant daugh;r
of H. E. Pauline Wilkerson, aged 4 months
ud 8 days.
ROBERT TURNER ALLISON was born July
id, 1873, and after nearly twelve years of sunny
liild-lifo closed his beautiful eyes to earth April
hid, 188"). His disposition was bright and lovlg,
laughter and song bubbling constantly from
is lips. Only the bereaved family and their
teavenly Father can know how much he is
lissed; "how still and sad the house has been
ithout him. Robbie had early shown a strong
>ve of right and manly conduct, and a detestaon
of drunkenness and other vices that had
mie under his observation. His friends thought
icy saw in these things the promiseof a worthv
ii(l noble manhood. Hod knowethbest, and He
>nt his angel-messenger to take him home, an
mocent child. O! mourning friends, who
atchcd beside him during the paroxysm of pain.
ou need no longer say: "God pitv him, for
le loving Father has removed him from the
such of suffering. Wo, who loved him, need no
loro say: "Gou bless you, darling," for what
lessing can be added to the gift of a heavenly
ernallife? and this we know is granted him, '
ir Ho who said: "Suffer little children to come
nto me," said also: "Blessed are the pure in
eart; for they shall see God," and this sight is
il'e Eternal. His Tkachkk.