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f ctaps and Jacts.
?Connecticut has the largest apple crop j
known since the war.
? The Fall River manufacturers are considering
the practicability of forming a com- j
bination to keep up the price of print
cloths. *
? The population of Florida has increased
G4,G58 since 1880, and the value of her real
aud personal property raised from $3,938,309
to $00,588,019.
? Old fashioned barbecues are already a
nleasant feature of the Democratic eamnaiem i
in Virginia. The colored voters enjoy !
these repasts prepared by their white j
friends without interrogation as to how '
they will vote in November.
?The late Emory Storrs left his wife abso- !
lutely penniless. He did not leave enough <
to pay his funeral expenses. The recipient j
of the largest fees paid to any Chicago law- j
yer, he did not leave his wife enough to !
buy a day's bread.
? Mrs. Elizabeth Hendricks, of New
Brunswick, N. J., convicted on charges
growing out of brutal treatment of a girl
obtained from a charitable institution, has
been sentenced to pay a fine of $500 upon
each of the two charges and ten years at
hard labor for atrocious assault.
?The business failures occurring throughout
the country for the week ending last
Friday, as reported to R. G. Dun & Co.,
number for the United States 156 and for
Canada 29; total 185. The Western and Pacific
States furnish exactly one half of the
total number of failures this week.
? The devastation by prairie fires from
Fargo to Bismarck, Dakota, far surpasses
the destruction of any previous year. -The
amount of wheat burned in North Dakota
the past week is immense. It is estimated
that the entire crops of one hundred farms
between Jamestown and Bismarck have
bepn destroved.
y/- There is a man in Americus, Ga., who,
/ when a child lost an eye. A cat was caught
/ and while under chloroform one of its eyes
/ was transposed to the boy. After many
/ months he found himself possessed of perfect
sight, being able with his cat's eye to
see as well at night as in the day time.
The pupil of the latter will expand and contract
as that of a cat.
? In the Boston Superior Court, last Friday,
Franklin J. Moses, ex-Governor of
South Carolina, pleaded guilty to an indictrtrw
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under false pretenses from ex-Mayor Cobb
and others in February, 1884. The judge
deferred passing sentence upon him until
to-day. Moses has recently served out a
term in Middlesex county jail for a similar
offence.
? Messages have been received at St.
Louis from London, England, stating that
Samuel N. Brooks would soon start lor St.
Louis to ascertain definitely whether the
man now held in jail there as the murderer
of C. Arthur Preller and known variously
as Hugh M. Brooks and Walter H. Lennox
Maxwell, is his son. It is said if such
should prove to be the case Brooks will be
prepared to present some important documentary
evidence for the defence.
? The jury in the case of Eugene W.
Beck, on trial at Gainsville, Ga., for the
murder of his wife and sister-in-law, at
* Clayton, returned a verdict of guilty and
recommended that he be imprisoned in the
penitentiary for life. The verdict was returned
after an absence of nine hours.
The peculiar feature ol this case was that
the deed was committed while the prisoner
was laboring under delirium tremens, and
the plea of insanity was set up.
? The Cincinnati Enquirer says: "Ohio,
in the coming battle, occupies peculiar
?;round. It is the first State to vote succeedng
a National Democratic Administration.
Carried by the Democrats, it would be the
first blow struck in the annihilation of the
Republican party. There can be no doubt
that if Ohio is anchored safely in the Democratic
column both New York and Virginia
will give Democratic majorities, and
this means the overthrow of a' party which
has survived for ten years past only upon
santional hate."
? Goveruer Hoadly puts the case straight
to Senator Sherman with this pungent comment
: "Eight million bales of cotton produced
by working men in the South?both
black and white?is a fact that outweighs
your pretence. If Southern labor were disorganized
and Southern laborers under tyranny,
this magnificent result would not
have been achieved. Your whole argugument
is based on the claim that wheu
the black men of the South ceased to be
chattel slaves they at once became slaves of
the Republican party, and must thereafter
vote at its dictation to the day of judgment."
? An Akron, Ohio, dispatch of Friday
says: Several carcasses of diseased pork
have been seized in the Akron markets.
An investigation shows that hog cholera
exists in every quarter of the county, several
hundred pokers being down with the
disease. As soon as it appears the owners
kill the afflicted hogs and send them to
market. The discovery has caused much
commotion in this city, and Council is asked
to forbid the sale of pork in Akron for
a month. Hog cholera threatens great damage
to the pork interest in Iowa, and in
thirty counties in Kansas, the losses from
the same cause will reach $100,000 or more.
? Prof. R. M. Davis, of tl e South Carolina
College, contributed to the Cincinnati Enquirer,
last week, a comprehensive sketch
of the rascality practiced by the Republican
party in South Carolina from 1865 to
1876, which is designed to illustrate the
methods by which the party committed
self-destruction in this State, and at the
same time to answer some of Senator Sherman's
charges against the South. The story
is a familiar one in these parts, but Prof.
Davis has put it in highly interesting shape
for Ohio readers, and nas supplied Mr. Sherman
and his lieutenants with nuts enough
to crack to keep them busy during all the
rest of the campaign.
? At Battleford, last Friday, the following
sentences were pronounced upon actors in
the Riel outbreak : Wandering Spirit was
sentenced to hang for the murder of Agent
Queen, at Frog Lake. Some dozen other ;
Indians were sent to prison, from four to 1
fourteen years, for arson and horse stealing
at the time of the rebellion. Dressyman
and Charteboise were convicted of murdering
a squaw, and were sentenced to hang.
Gonizen Mougrand was found guilty of murdering
a constable at Fort Pitt, and received
a similar sentence. Bright Eves was <riv
en twenty years for manslaughter. Wan- i
dering Spirit and Mongrand are to hang '
November 27, at Regena. Big Bear and
eight of his band were sentenced to three J
years in the Manitoba Penitentiary. Left J
Hand, Poor Crow and two other Sioux i
Indians got two years.
? There was a dramatic scene in court at;
Muncie, Indiana, last Friday. Bishop and
Oney Scott and Frank Poor were on trial
for the murder of Wm. Haynes, on March !
24, at Eaton. Bishop Scott shot Haynes, |
and Oney and Poor are alleged accomplices.
Bishop Scott, whose wife is seriously ill
and whose father is almost blind with grief,
was testifying when suddenly his mind
gave way and he became helplessly insane.
The crowd surged around, his sisterscreamed,
and amid wild excitement he was removed
to jail. Four men were required to j
hold him. On the next morning, physicians
who examined him, testified that he
is insane, perhaps permanently. The court
thereupon terminated the trial and dismissed
the jury. The State had just closed its
testimony and Scott was the first witness
for the defence.
? News comes from Letcher county, Kentucky,
of another bloody encounter more j
bloody, in fact, than all the bloody difficul- j
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tofore reported between the Jones and
Wright factions. Early last Sunday morning,
about seven miles above Whitesburg I
Daugh Drawn, deputy sheriff of Knott |
county, together with eight or ten other
resolute and brave men as his posse, was in j
search of Wright and his crew, consisting
of 8 or 10 men, against all of whom Drawn
had warrants without bail issued by Special
Judge John Dishman at the last regular
term of the Letcher Circuit Court, but the
Wright party?one of whom is the famous
Wasli Craft?had been apprised of their
coming, and lay in ambush until the
deputy sheriff and posse had got within
a few yards of them, when they fired into
them with rifles, when Deputy Sheriff'
Drawn, Sam Cook and Sam Francis fell off
their horses, dead. Several others are believed
to be killed, as the battle was still
raging when our informant left. About
twenty men in all were known to be in the
fight, each of whom is as brave and courageous
as ever pulled a trigger.
fjotfevinc inquirer.
YOKKVILLE. S. C. : V
THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1,1885.
NEW YORK STATE CONVENTIONS.
The State Conventions of the Republican
and Democratic parties of New York were
in session at Saratoga last week. Both Conventions
contained full representations of
their respective parties, and each was enthusiastic.
The Democrats nominated for
Governor, David B. Hill, the present incumbent,
who succeeded to the chief executive
office on the election of Governor Cleveland
to the Presidency. The ticket, with
Governor Hill at its head, is a strong one,
though he is regarded more as a practical
politician than a Civil Service Reformer.
The Republicans nominated for Governor
Ira Davenport, a comparatively obscure politician.
He is the son of Col. Ira Davenport,
and removed with his father when
only six years old to Bath, Steuben county,
of which Mr. Davenport has ever since been
a citizen. His education was received at
Bath and New Haven, and in 1868, upon
the death of his father, who was a very
wealthy man, the management of his large
estate devolved upon young Ira. Mr.
Davenport first became known in State politics
in 1877, when he was elected Senator
by a plurality of 1,701, over George B.
Bradley, the Democratic candidate. He
was re-elected in 1879 by a plurality of 5,778.
In 1881 he was nominated for Comptroller
by the Republican Convention, and ran
away from all other men on his ticket, being
elected by a majority of 14,084. In 1S83
he was a candidate for re-election, but was
defeated by Mr. Chapin, the present Comptroller,
by a majority of 16,210. Last November
Mr. Davenport was the Republican
candidate for Congress to represent the
district composed of Steuben, Yates and
Ontario counties, and he was elected by a
plurality of 3,610, running ahead of Blaine
in the counties by 616. Mr. Davenport is
unmarried, and if he is elected Governor,
will be the third bachelor to occupy the
Executive Mansion in Albany in succession.
ALL ABOUT THE RAILROAD.
The Shelby papers of last week contain
glowing accounts of the beginning of work
at Rutherford ton, on the 18th ultimo, on
the Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad,
under the auspices of the Massachusetts and
Southern Construction Company.
A GALA TIME.
The Era says the celebration of the occasion
commenced in Rutherfordton on
Friday night. The old and historic town
was ablaze with lights, aud her streets
were thronged with the best people of the
county. During the day numbers of persons
had come to town from the surrounding
country and neighboring counties, so
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joyment of a great fete. The cornet band
from Black's was present and gave an open
air concert, after which the air was rent,
with the sounds of exploded gunpowder and
it was only when midnight had passed that
Rutherford ton was able to resume her usual
evening quiet.
PREPARING FOR WORK.
Saturday opened clear but with sufficient
clouds in the sky to ward off the heat of the
sun, while no fears of inclement weather
were occasioned. Early in the morning the
roads leading to Rutherfordton were thronged
with people, carriages and wagons, on
horseback and on foot, all going to witness
breaking the sod on the new railroad. The
baud played a number of selections upon
the porch of the Rutherford Hotel. About
1 o'clock the band started off for the point
where the work was to begin. The place
was admirably situated in the woods on
the ridge about a hundred yards south of
the Whiteside settlement road and about a
mile north-east of Rutherfordton.
Within an hour after leaving the hotel
there were between two and three thousand
people on the grounds. A good proportion
of tnose present were ladies, whose bright
costumes, merry laughs and soft voices lent
the scene its greatest charm. Cleveland
county was well represented by business
and professional men and substantial farmers,
as were McDowell, Buncombe and
Mitchell counties and several points in South
Carolina.
THE OPENING CEREMONIES.
After several selections by the band, the
air, "Sweet Bye and Bye," was the signal
for the ceremony to begin. Rev. C. B. Justice,*
of Rutherfordton, delivered a short,
earnest and impressive prayer, invoking
the blessing of Almighty Cod upon the
great work about to be inaugurated. Col.
R. Johnson, general manager of the Massachusetts
and Southern Construction Company,
then addressed the multitude. After
congratulations, and sketching a brief outline
of the history of the enterprise from the
date of its inception two years ago, he
warned his hearers that they must not be
too free in the use of the wet blanket. He
snirl it, rennires a rue-eed natient to stand it.
and besides capital or its representatives I
may be driven away before they become I
inured to the treatment. He had felt that i
the cry of croup and wet blankets had passed
away, when a week ago on last Monday
a new cry of croup was raised from a new
quarter. A new wet blanket was prepared,
yery wet, designed to be large enough to
take you and me and all of us within its ample
folds; but I kicked out and thank God
you kicked out with me. Well, a word in
relation to the Carolina Central. I have
heard their conversion compared to St.
Paul's, but St. Paul would never have spent
twenty-five years on his way to Damascus!
Seriously, we had hoped to deal pleasantly
with that railroad, reciprocating business on
business principles as we shall be pleased to
do with any railroad with which we connect.
Still, if they prefer to perpetrate a quarrel
we are all ready tor that. I have been told
that they say that they shall build a road
from this place to Shelby?-all right, gentlemen,
then "there will be two lines between
those points. Be there two or three lines,
there will be one line running from the
rich coal fields across yonder mountains,;
bringing to you its treasures and taking the :
products of your soil in return from here to j
your neighboring daughter, Shelby, and j
from thence through South Carolina to the j
seashore. This line will be constructed as
rapidly as prudence and good judgment
shall dictate and although I may be taken
away, possibly, to the golden shore before j
its completion, yet I thank God I have had I
a part in its commencement and so sure as
yonder declining sun shall rise to-morrow
this line will be built.
Col. Johnson was followed by several other
speakers who spoke enthsiastically upon
the enterprise, when late in the afternoon
noon the first dirt was thrown, and work,
with a force of fifty hands was formally
commenced.
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The Aurora gives intimation of a new
route proposed for the Atlantic and Northwestern
Kail road:
There will be a strong effort made to build
the Southern Western Railway from Cranberry
to Shelby, thence to Spartanburg connecting
with the Greenwood, Laurens &
Augusta Railway. The Georgia Cent nil,
a wealthy corporation, controls and owns
the major part of the new road finished this
week to Spartanburg. Spartanburg is anxious
for another Northern outlet and will
give $">(?,000 to coni'1 to Shelby, and sent last
week a, delegate to see Col. S. McDowell
Tate at Morganton. Cleveland wants the
Georgia Central to come to Shelby and the
Carolina Central to go to Cranberry through
or near the centre of the county. Some
i think the Cranberry route will be finished
| before any other; it is difficult to tell when
any railroad will be finished, as so many
I unforeseen accidents may happen. If the
j Boston Construction Company builds to
i Black's, S. G'., the same track for ten miles
might be utilized by the Southwestern Railway
in the extension to Spartanburg. We
understand Col. S. M. Tate proposes to visit
Shelby in a short time. ?
ANOTHER COMPANY AT WORK.
A ltaleigh dispatch of Friday, in the Neirs
and Courier, conveys the information that
the Carolina Central Railway is to be finished
as soon as possible from Shelby to Rutherfordton,
according to the provisions of the
original charter, and it is also said that the
Carolina Central will be extended from
Rutherfordton to Cranberry. The Raleigh
dispatch says:
\esterdaythe Carolina Central Railway
began the work of extending its line to
Rutherfordton and thence to the famous
Cranberry iron mines. The intention to
make the road a throughfare between the
coast and the west is apparent. Mr. Robinson,
President of the Seaboard System,
furnishes the means. Wilmington is to be
the favored port, but, of course, as the Carolina
Central road is backed in this enterprise
as in others by the Seaboard System,
of which it is a part, much business will
go to Norfolk or Baltimore eventually, or
perhaps directly. There is a desperate and
bitter fight, which always goes on, between
the Seaboard and Richmond and Danville
Railroad systems. Of course all are in the
pool, with headquarters at Richmond, so
that there is a uniform rate of freight. But
there is always bad feeling and absolute
lack of harmony, and the Seaboard road
waits and hopes for the day when it will be
a law unto itself and have no part in combinations.
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THE EDGEFIELD TRAGEDY.
Another act in the terrible tragedy which
began with young Hammonds's assassination
in Edgefield county a few days ago,
was enacted in the town of Edgefield late
on Monday evening of last week. It will
be remembered that young Hammond was
shot down on the night of the 12th ultimo,
in the yard of Mrs. Culbreath, wife of O. T.
Culbreath, with whom she has not lived
for the past two years. Suspicion settled
upon Culbreath, and on Monday night the
suspicion culminated in the lynching of
Culbreath, by a band of masked men, in the
heart of the town.
Early Monday morning a warrant was
sworn out before Trial Justice Glover for
the arrest of Mr. 0. T. Culbreath, the husband
of Mrs. Fannie Prescott Culbreath,
chArginghim as the assassin of young Hammond.
The warrant was placed in the
hands of Constable Robert Ramsay, who
found no difficulty in executing the same.
Returning to Edgefield village, it was
agreed that Mr. Culbreath should not be
placed in jail, as no fear was entertained of
his fleeing from justice, so he was left at the
hotel. After tea that night he repaired to
the office of his attorneys, Messrs. Gary &
Evans, to consult with them in reference
to his bond and petition. It had been raining
all day; and at about ten minutes before
eight o'clock the village was as quiet as
such an occasion could demand, when Constable
Ramsay rushed into the office of
Messrs. Gary & Evans and informed them
that a body of men were coming up the road.
Rumors of a lynching party had been heard
in the village, and Mr. Culbreath had been
advised to leave by friends, but he said nobody
wanted to hurt him, and it was probably
an attempt to extort information from
some negroes on his place who were thought
to know something about young Hammond's
death. When the constable entered
the office with the announcement that a
body of men were approaching, it could no
longer be doubted that
THEY WERE AFTER CULBREATH,
and he was told to enter the back room of
the office and make his escape through a
door opening into a small yard. He had
no sooner left the room and closed the door
than the mob knocked at the front door,
and asked if CIubreath was in. They were
informed that he was not, but, not satisfied
with this answer, they entered, and two of
the men, covering Mr. Gary with cocked
pistols, two threatening Mr. Evans in the
same manner, and two others proceeded to
open the back room door. Messrs. Gary &
Evans were unarmed, but protested vehemently
against the invading of their private
office. Upon the opening of the doot1 of the
back room Mr. Culbreath fired, his shot
taking effect above the door. His fire was
immediately returned, one ball striking
Culbreath in the right shoulder and another
penetrating the door. Culbreath cried out
"Don't shoot me any more,
"i killed !"
He was seized and dragged outof the office,
[ all the while protesting nis innocence and
the great wrong that was being done him.
He was dragged, between two men, about
! a mile back of the Court House, out of town,
to a small hollow between the Creighton
and Eichelberger places. He called the
names of several members of the party, begging
them to let him ride, saying that he
was dying from his wound and was unable
to walk ; also asking certain persons, whose
names he called, if they were not ashamed
to treat an old friend that way, and alleg,
ing his innocence of the crime for which he
I was being murdered. When they arrived
at the hollow he asked to be allowed to
[ pray, and also requested that he be shot in
the back. He was then shot three times,
one ball striking him in the small of the
back, one in the hip and one lower down in
the leg, neither of which were serious
wounds. He sunk to the ground and the
mob dispersed, leaving him for dead.
By this time a party of citizens had been
organized and set out in pursuit of the
lynching mob. Near the house of Mr.
j Creighton they met Mr. Culbreath walking
back to town. He was taken in a vehicle
and carried back to town, and placed
upon a bed in the jail for safety. The doctors
suppose that he fainted from loss of
blood an exhaustion just about the time he
was shot the last time, and thus it was that
the mob thought him dead. He was unable
to lie down, and complained of excruciating
pain in his side. He was propped up in
bed, but the attending physicians did not
consider his wonuds fatal. He was perfectly
conscious, and the account of the
fearful outrage upon him, which has just
been related, is
as told jiy himself.
lie protested his innocence throughout,
and prayed for his murders, calling the
names of several whom he recognized. He
lingered until 5 o'clock Tuesday morning,
when he died.
THE CORONER'S INQUEST.
The coroner's inquest over the body of
Culbreath was in session Thursday and Friday.
On Thursday, James Mims, a very
reliable young man, gave as evidence, in a
fearless and commendable manner, that on
the day of the lynching he was at Antioch
Church about eight miles from the court
house, making some repairs on his father's
grave, when he noticed passing in easy
hearing distance some eight or ten mounted
men, some of whom were partially disguised,
though not sufficiently so to avoid identification
; that some of them spoke to him,
calling him by name. Those whom he
mentioned as recognized by him are W. L.
McDaniel, W. L. Holmes, I)r. W. E. Prescott,
Win. Parkman, Memphis Culbreath,
Lou Prescott, Ned Bussey, "One-eyed"
Wilson, and Collier Hammond, only three
of whom were disguised. That a few minutes
after this he saw Luther Bell and D.
A. O. Bell, Jr., standing in a pine thicket,
who inquired if a crowd had passed. Mims
answered yes and called the names of some
of them. They replied that it was their
crowd and went in pursuit toward the
court house, saying that they were going to
take "him" from the constable and see if
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murder.
Dr. Hill, one of Culbreath's physicians,
testified that his patient told him that Bill
Parkman shot him in Gary's office, and
Parkman and Wyatt Holmes carried him
out to the slaughter pen. This testimony is
corroborated by others.
On Friday, I). D. Barr, who lives in the
vicinity of Antioch Church, testified as follows
: That on Monday evening his servants,
as usual, were on their way to his pasture
to drive up his stock when they saw a crowd
I (if men in his pasture, at whose presence
they were frightened back to the house,
whereupon he went himself, and on his
way he met Wyatt Holmes, George Vance
and Steve Hammond, while they were
drinking water at the branch ; that Holmes
told him they had two hundred more men
along out in the woods; that he started in
the direction thereof and was advised by
Holmes not to go, and he therefore returned
home. That on Monday night about 10
o'clock he was aroused and called out and
saw three men, one of whom was Wyatt
Holmes, who cautioned him to keep his
mouth shut.
H. Wood testified that on Monday evening
he saw a crowd of men in the vicinity
of Antioch Church, among whom he recognized
Ned Bussey, Collier Hammond, Pat
Bussey, George Vance, I). Bussey, Jasper
Talbert and three of the Holmes boys,
whose names he could not recall.
Other witneases testified to having recognized
most of the parties mentioned.
The verdict of the jury is: "That the deceased,
O. T. Culbreath came to his death
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Parkman, Wyatt Holmes and others
unknown to the jury being aecesseries
thereto."
A FAMILY AFFAIR.
The Augusta Chronicle gives the following
account of the circumstances which led
to the assassination of Hammond and the
subsequent lynching of his supposed murderer
:
The circumstances surrounding the terrible
tragedy are peculiar, and the parties
are all connected by marriage or other relations,
making it one of those unfortunate
family affairs which are so disastrous in
their consequences and so deeply to be deplored.
From a gentleman acquainted with
all the parties and tfye circumstances of both
chapters in the bloody tragedy, we get the
following facts which have nearing upon the
matter: The parties are all respectable,
well-connected people, and stand high in
the county. Mrs. Culbreath is the daughter
of the late Captain Wm. Prescott, one of
the most respected names in South Carolina.
Dr. William Prescott, a brother of Mrs.
Culbreath, married a sister of Mr. Culbreath.
The brother of young Plammond who was
assassinated, was engaged to be married to
a daughter of Culbreath. Culbreath was a
man past forty years of age and had grown
children. Owing to his cruel treatment of
his wife, she was forced to separate from
him about two years ago. It is said that
on the separation she gave him $5,000. expecting
him to go away to some other place,
and leave her alone. Instead of this, however,
he settled within a mile of her, and
has since then kept jealous vigilance over
her, making threats against any one who
went to see her, and constantly importuning
her to let him come back. He is said to
have threatened young Hammond's life
more than once, and his own daughter testified
at the coroner's inquest over Hammond's
body that she had heard her father
vow he would kill him. Young Hammond
was about 21 years of age, a near neighbor of
Mrs. Culbreath, and had been employed as
a sort of overseer on the Culbreath place.
His mother testified at the inquest that her
cnn hew! tnlH hpr n fpw dn.vs hpfore that
Culbreath had threatened his life, and he
told her so she "might know in case he was
killed who was his murderer."
Said our informant, in view of these
facts, there is little doubt on the minds of
the people of the neighborhood that Culbreath
is reponsible for young Hammond's
death. There is a fence running along by
the Culbreath house and there is a door at
either end of the house. There was a beaten
path along the outside of this fence running
the length of the house, showing that
Hammond's murderer had been waiting
the opportunity to kill him for some time,
and had paced backward and forward from
door to (toor in the attempt to see in the
house or secure an opportunity to shoot.
When Hammond came into the yard with
the child the desired opportunity was afforded
and he was shot down like a dog.
Said our informant: While I was not in
Edgefield at the time of the killing of Culbreath,
I know the feeling which existed
towards him, and the reasons which led to
his being dealt with by the mob, viz: the
firmest conviction of his guilt, the inability
to prove it, and the knowledge that his arraignment
and trial would be a mere farce,
resulting in his acquittal. It is not certain
that Culbreath did the killing; he was, perhaps,
too smart for that, and I learn he
wrote a letter to Dr. Prescott assuring him
that he could prove an alibi. It was firmly
believed, however, by the men who killed
him that he was responsible for the murder
if not the actual slayer, and that if a
negro or other person did the shooting it
was merely as a tool in Culbreath'5- hands.
The report that there were improper relations
existing between Mrs. Culbreath
and young Hammond is utterly without
foundation, and receive no credence from
the people who knew her. She is one of
the most estimable ladies in Carolina and
is above suspicion. Said our informant: I
do not give you these facts in justification
of the action of the mob that killed Culbreath.
I deprecate the sad occurrence as
much as anybody, and heartily disapprove
of their course.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, September 28.?The low price
of cotton does not occasion very great activity
in the sale of the staple. Farmers are
generally holding for a rise, and will hold
until their obligations compel them to sell.
The following is the list of petit jurors at
the next meeting of the circuit court for
this county; J. A. McDaniel, S. J, Curry,
W. B. Robinson, It. S. MeCully, J. C. Dye,
W. J. Lucas, Alexander Wise, W. A. Anderson,
R. B. Mills, James Heath, S. A.
Rodman, John Banks, T. 0. Estes, W. T.
Robinson, L. M. Jackson, J. J. Lewis, John
McC'rory, W. F. Coleman, George Boyd,
Jesse H. Hardin, Pressley Hempnill, J. C.
I)ickey, J. Q Wilks, S. M. Jones, J. L.
Yongue, John Ford, J. J. Anderson, PI. J.
McKeown, J. IP. Wilson, R. W. Lipsey,
H. 8. Hardin, IP. S. McKeown.
Mrs. Brown iroctor of this county, died
on last Tuesday. The burial took place the
next day at Pleasant Grove Church. Mr.
J. M. Tennantof this county lost a six year
old son by diphtheria last week. Mr. G. W.
Quinler, also of this county, lost a little
girl four years of age by typhoid pneumonia.
Dr. S. M. Davega, of our town and Miss
Kate Cannon, of Ellenton, were married on
last Thursday afternoon at Winnsboro by
Rev. Mr. Gass. The friends of the happy
pair wish them a long, prosperous, and blissful
wedded life. They have taken apartments
at the Marshall House, and will remain
there for some time.
Rev. Dr. Burkehead began his good
work at this place on last Thursday evening.
He preached twice a day, the morning
service beginning at 9} o'clock in order
to suit the business men. He is a fine
preacher and draws large congregations.
As an illustrator of divine truth he has
few superiors. The Presbyterian Church
was crowded to its fullest capacity on yesterday
with persons anxious to hear this
great preacher. The holy communion was
administered in the morning, and there
were some accessions to the church by letter
and on profession?Mr. I'aul Hemphill
among the number.
! Mr. Littleton Land, an aged and highly
respected citizen of the western side of this
county, died on yesterday. Miss Florence
Chapman, of Halseville, died of consumption
on Saturday. She was twenty years
of ape. M.
? Spartanburg Herald: For several years
two or three Mormon Elders have been seriously
laboring in the upper part of this
county, but with insignificant success. Their
efforts have, however, caused great indignation
among the citizens of that section.
Several nights ago a party of about 40 men
surrounded the house where two of them
were staying, not far from Gaffney, and
took them out for punishment. One of
them escaped, but a flying bullet grazed
his neck. The other received lorty lashes
at the hands of the irate citizens. They J
left that section, but have taken up their
headquarters near Paris Bridge. Further
trouble may be expected unless they leave
the county.
4 ? -?
? Columbia Record: The liens recorded
in the olfice of the Clerk of the Court for
Itichland county cover in money at least
$220,000?a cool quarter of a million. One
merchant alone, Mr. B. Griffin, has taken
liens to the value of $.15,000.
j LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Hunter A Oates?Freshen Up.
J. Beatty Williams, Probate Judge--CitationJos.
F. Wallace, C. C. Pis., Applicant?Jos.
M. Adams, deceased,
j Lowry A Starr?Window Class?Drugs?Blue
Stone.
! J. Beatty Williams, Probate Judge?CitationMary
Jane Dnlin, Applicant?John Dnlin,
deceased.
T. M. Dobson A Co.?Old Chap and New Goods.
C. E. Spencer, Plaintitrs Attorney?Notice to
Thomas G. Eakin and others, Defendants.
Niecie Minter?Warning.
C. E. Spencer, Plaintiff's Attorney?Notice to
Alexander II. McKen/.ie and others, Defendants.
H. F. Adickes' Graiul Central Dry Goods Establishment,
Ac.
Frew Brothers, Rock Hill?We Invite Inspection.
M. Strauss?Stock Complete.
J. R. Lindsay?Bagging and Ties.
John F. Speck?It Will Pay You,
J. W. Dobson?Hardware?Mackerel?Oats, Ac.
J. B. Heath?Administrator's Notice.
0. E. Spencer, Attorney for Estate?Auction Sale
of Real Estate.
TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.
The next regular meeting of the York County
Teachers'Association will be held in the York
Institute building at 11 A. M. next Saturday.
UNTIL JANUARY' 1ST, 1880.
We will furnish the Yorkville Enquirer
from this date until January 1st, 1886, for 50
cents, the cash,.in all cases, to accompany the
subscription
J/TCRSONAI* MENTION.
Navaj/Cadet G. W. Williams returned to
Annapolis last Monday. He has had one cruise
on the water, and will now remain in the Academy
one year before again going on a vessel.
We learn from the Minneapolis Pioneer Press
that Lieutenant George D. Wallace, of the Seventh
Cavalry, lias been transferred from Fort
Keogh to Fort Buford as captain.
Xa NNUAL VISITATION.
Rt. Rev. W. H. W. Howe, Bishop of the Diocese
of South Carolina, made his annual visitation
to this parish on Wednesday of last week.
He was accompanied by Rev. E. N. Jovner,
formerly the acceptable rector of the parish.
Services were held in the church on Wednesday
morning and in the evening. There were no
confirmations on the occasion of the present
visit.^t
RESIDENCE BURNED.
On Saturday night last the residence of Mr.
Jerome C. Miller, six miles from town, in the
Clay Hill section, was destroyed by fire. We
learn that the fire oiiginated in the garret, and
is supposed to have been communicated by mice
nibbling matches. The house was one of the
landmarks of that section, it having been the
home of Mr. Miller's father, though in late years
it had been modernized. Mr. Miller also lost a
considerable portion of his furniture. We have
not learned the amount of loss he sustained.
Nq)EATH OF Mr. E. N. CRAWFORD.
/Ir. Edward N. Crawford, of McConnellsvillo,
in this county, died at 10 o'clock last Sunday
night, after a protracted illness, lasting for several
months. He died in the full possession of
his faculties to the last. He was buried on
Monday afternoon in the new cemetery at McConnellsville,
his being the first interment in it.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J.
Lowrie Wilson, assisted by Rev. J. C. McMullen.
His remains were followed to their last resting
place by a large concourse of sympathizing
friends.
Mr. Crawford was a prominent citizen of his
section and was well known throughout the
county. Noted for his spirit of enterprise and
his upright character as a citizen, his death will
be a loss to the community. He leaves a wife
and family of grown children.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. Thomas Pate,
Pastor. Services at 8 P. M. Next Sunday.
Prayer-meeting on Wednesday at 8 P. M. Sunday-school
at 4 P. M.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Sorvices next Sunday at 11 A. M., and 7.30 P.
M. Prayer-meeting at 7.30 P. M., on Thursday.
Sunday-school at 4.30 P. M. The pastor will
preach at Templeton's School House at 4 P. M.,
next Sunday.
Episcopal. Sunday-school on next Sunday at
4 P.M.
King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson,
Pastor. Services at 11 A. M., next Sunday at
Shannon's School House.
Raptist. Sunday-school at 10 o'clock next
Sunday.
VC DEATH OF Mrs. ASHE.
We are pained to record the death of Mrs.
Martha Georgiana Ashe, wife of John R. Ashe,
Intendant of Yorkville, which occurred after an
illness of about a week, at 11 o'clock last Sunday
night. She was the daughter of C'apt. T. S. Jefferys,
of this place, and was aged 28 years and
1 week. In November, 1881, she was united in
marriage to Mr. Ashe and entered her new relations
with bright anticipations of a happy
future. With a largo circle of friends and relations
she was a fayorite from early childhood to
maturer years when they knew her in all the
relations of woman, wife and mother, the gentleness
of her character always prominent, and
her heart and hand ever ready for deeds of benevolence
nnd charity. She was a member of
the M. E. Church, and lived a life of exemplary
piety. In this sad bereavement, which came
almost without warning, the afflicted husband
has the sympathies of the entire community.
Her remains were borne to the cemetery on
Tuesrluy morning, IOlIOWeu uy u, largu uuucuurae,
the obsequies being conducted by Rev. L. A.
Johnson assisted by Revs. T. R. English and
J. Thomas Pate.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
A. R. PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD.
Due West, S. C., September 28.?The Associate
Reformed Synod of the South met
at this place on Thursday last, 24th instant.
After a sermon by Rev. R. G. Miller, the
retiring Moderator, he called the Synod to
order. Rev. R. Lathan, D. D., the clerk,
called the roll and the Synod was organized
by the election of Rev. Dr. W. M. Grier,
President of Erskine College, as Moderator.
About one hundred clerical and lay delegates
are in attendance, making it the largest
meeting that has ever been held. All
the Presbyteries are represented except that
of Arkansas.
Bethany Church, the charge of Rev. S. A.
Agnew, in Lee county, Mississippi, has
been selected as the next place of meeting.
The reports from the various Presbyteries
are of a most encouraging character. In
quite a number of the churches, there have
been an unusual number of accessions, and
the prospects are flattering for a steady and
healthy growth of the denomination.
At a late meeting of the General Assembly
of the United Presbyterian Church,
held of Topeka, Kansas, a committee was
appointed, consisting of Rev. David R. Kerr,
D.D., L. L. D., Rev. Joseph T. Cooper, D.
D., Rev. W. W. Barr, I). !>., Rev: William
J. Reid, D. D., and Rev. D. W. Carson, D.
D., to convey the salutations of that General
Assembly to the Associate Reformed
Synod of the South, to co-operate with a
similar committee from the latter body, in
formulating a basis of union between the
denominations. On Monday, all the members
of the United Presbyterian committee,
with the exception of Rev. Dr. Cooper,
who was detained at his home by illness,
appeared before the Synod and delivered
addresses, which were responded to in a
proper manner by Rev. Dr. Grier, the Moderator
of the Synod.
Immediately afterward, the joint Committee
on Conference to formulate a basis of
union between the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Synod of the South, and the
United Presbyterian Church, submitted the
following joint report:
The joint Committee of Conference of the
United Presbyterian Church of North
America and the A. It. Synod of the South,
met at Due West, S. C'., September 26th,
188o, and held several earnest and protracted
sessions. There were present, on the part of
the U. P. Assembly, Rev. D. It. Kerr, D.
| 13., W. W. Barr, 13. D., W. J. lteid, D. 13.,
]). \V. Carson, 13. D. On behalf of the A.
It. Synod, Itev. James Boyce, D. D., Itev.
It. A. Boss 1). 1)., Prof. J. P. Kennedy,
Itev. J. E. Pressly, 13. D., Revs. C. B. Betts,
M. W. Pressly, J. M. Todd. After careful
consideration, the following General Statements
and Basis of Union were adopted
and ordered to be submitted to the Supreme
Courts of the respective churches for their
approval:
iGENERAL
STATEMENTS.
I 1. The U. P. Church and the A. It. Church
are so one in doctrine, government and
worship, that in our judgment they should
be orfbnically one.
2. While tnere may be minor points in !
1 which there is some divergence of view and
| practice, yet it is believed that, by mutual
j forbearance in regard to these points, the
two churches, when united, would ultimate- j
ly grow into unity and uniformity,
n.
BASIS OF UNION.
In view of the truth expressed in the
above statements, it is our judgment that
a union may be effected on the following
hnsis;
1. The Confession of Faith and Catechism, j
as now received by both churches, together
with the Testimony of the United Presbyterian
Church, shall be the doctrinal standards
of the United Church, with the explicit
understanding that the forbearance in love
which the law of God requires, shall be exercised
toward any brethren who mayt not
be able to fully subscribe to all the articles
of the Testimony, provided they shall not
determinedly oppose them, and shall follow
the things which make for peace, and things
wherewith one may edify another.
2. The arrangement concerning details
shall, until the interests of the united
churches require a change, be as follows:
1st. The respective Presbyteries and
Synods of the two churches shall remain as
at present constituted.
2nd. The Supreme Court of the Church
shall be a General Assembly, composed of
delegates from the respective' Presbyteries,
its number of delegates to be according to
its proportion of ministerial members, constituting
each Presbytery as now fixed by
the United Presbyterian Church.
3. The different Boards and institutions
of the respective churches shall not be affected
by this union; but shall have control
of their own funds, and shall conduct their
operations as heretofore, and the A. It. Synod
of the South shall retain its name and
all its corporate rights and priveleges, and
be controlled by its Book of Government,
Discipline and Worship, as at present.
in
RESOLUTION.
Therefore, Resolved, That we transmit to
our Presbyteries this overture: "Shall the
foregoing basis of union between the U. P.
Church, and the A. R. Synod of the South,
be adopted?" James Boyce,
Davii^ R. Kerr,
c- II. A. ROSS,
J. P. Kennedy,
Mason W. Pressly,
D. \V. Carson,
W. W. Barr,
W. J. Reid,
J. M. Todd.
Whereas, in the judgment of the undersigned,
representing the minority of your
Committee on Conference on the subject of
Union between the A. R. and U. P. bodies,
our churches are at present unprepared for
uuiou, because such agitation might arise as
would disturb the peace and prosperity of
our churches, and fearing that serious injury
might result from overturning the proposed
basis, we, therefore, respecfully decline
to append our names thereto. Respectfully
and fraternally, John E. Pressly,
C. B. Betts.
The matter comes up for consideration
this afternoon, but as the mail will leave in
a few minutes, I am compelled to close.
G.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
>CXETTER FROM ROCK HILL.
R<fck Hill, S. C., September 28.?To-day
one of the old landmarks of Rock Hill is
being torn down. The old store on Main
street, formerly occupied by W. L. Roddey
is being taken down and will soon be replaced
by a handsome brick building, to be
occupied by W. L. Roddey & Son as a banking
house.
Mrs. Hannah Spencer, an esteemed elderly
lady, died in tnis place on Tuesday last.
She was a consistent member of the Baptist
church, from which church she was buried
on Wednesday.
The trustees of Rock Hill Lodge Knights
of Honor have paid to Mrs. Minnie Ratterree
two thousand dollars, the amount of the
benefit certificate of her husband, the late
Hyder Raterree.
The members of Antioch M. E. Church are
buiiding a new church edifice, which will
be completed in about three weeks. This
church is situate six mile from Rock Hill
in one of the most prosperous sections of
York county. A few years ago lands in
that section that could be and were bought
at $3 per acre, are now worth $15, and difficult
to be obtained at the latter price.
The improved guns furnished by the State
to the Catawba llifles, of this place, do not
seem to be appreciated by the company, as
they have never been removed from the
depot. They still remain there unpacked,
and doubtless if the State had not paid the
freight on them, the guns would have been
sold ere now for freight charges.
I am informed that the game law is being
violated in this section by persons shooting
partridges. It is not lawful to shoot these
birds until the 1st of October, and persons
violating this law should be punished. If
the law is not to be enforced, we had better
not have it.
On Saturday last, Col. C. J. Pride, town
marshal, received a telegram from Pineville,
N. C., signed by Alfred Hill, requesting
the arrest of Tom Miller, colored, who
would arrive on the 2 o'clock train. As
soon as Miller stepped from the train. Col.
Pride took him in charge, lodged him in the
guardhouse, and telegraphed to Hill that he
had his man. Alfred Hill, who is a colored
man, came down on the next train and recognized
his man, whom he charged with
stealing a coat valued at not more than
two dollars. Miller returned the coat and
was released.
Itumor says thattwo of liock Hill's young
men are soon to be married and are going
away from home to secure their wives.
Both the young ladies are well known in
ltock Hill. Hal.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The gin-house of Miss Adeline Iiutland,
of Lancaster, with machinery and 10,000
pounds of seed cotton, was destroyed by an
incendiary fire on the night of the l!)th.
? Mr. \V. G. Smith, of Anderson county,
from one sixteenth of an acre expects to
make about one hundred pounds of good
tobacco, which at 25 cents a pound would be
worth $25.
?Tho cadets of the Naval Academy at
Annapolis, Md., have erected a very handsome
monument over the grave of Cadet
Smoak of Orangeburg county, who died
soon after entering the academy.
? Mrs. Elizabeth Farmer, who died in
Lancaster recently, aged 90, was a remarkable
woman. She performed her domestic
duties until three days before her death and
never took a dose of medicine, was a very
devout Christian and had a fine memory.
? The old fort at Cambridge, in Edgefield,
still remains as a monument to the memory
xtrli/i ohorl thoir hlrwirl for lihertv
U1 lliwo^ ?* HU ouv-u VIIV11
in the great war with our mother country.
The trench which Gen. Greene had dug in
trying to undermine the fort is still open,
and the marks of the picks made over a
century ago are distinctly seen. The trench
is 200 yards long, -1 feet wide and 5 deep.
? Hampton Guardian : Last week a scathing
communication appeared in the Barnwell
Sentinel regarding Prof. Putney, a;
Northern gentleman and principal of the
Blackville school, which reflected very
seriously upon his conduct sis a teacher and
his management of the school. Hearing ;
that l)r. Price, of Blackville, was the author
of the offensive article, he sought him
and heard the report confirmed by Dr. Price
himself. The professor then gave the doctor
a terrible beating, and he is laid up. !
The difficulty is not yet adjusted.
? Capt. D. Gailard, the jailor of Oconee
county on going up to feed his prisoners on ;
Monday morning last, found that five of,
them had made their escape during the j
night before. The names of the prisoners ;
who escaped are as follows: L. K. Wall,1
Garrett Smith, Taylor Smith and John and j
William King. These prisoners were under ;
sentence from the United States court. I
They escaped by boring a hole in the southeast
corner of the jail and letting them- j
selves down from the second story of the i
jail building by means of their blankets.
? Darlington News: Sheriff Cole left on
I Friday and returned on Sunday with Henry
Haguewood, white, who had been arrested
by the sheriff of Lafayette county,
Florida, for a murder committed in this!
county in 1869. In that year a white wo-,
man, Elsie Bnddiford, was shot while going I
from church near the Windham settlement.
A few months ago the sheriff' received information
that if Haguewood had ever committed
such a crime in Darlington he ?
oould be found in Florida. On searching
the records of the Clerk's office a requisition
was procured and sent to C. S. Wetherbee,
sheriff' of Lafayette county who made
the arrest. Haguewood is now in Darlington
jail.
? The Court of General Sessions for Laurens
county, Judge Witherspoon presiding,
adjourned last Friday morning. A long
and tedious term was expected, but owing
to unforeseen contingencies only three cases
were tried. William Collins, indicted for
the arson of Mr. James S. Blalock's residence,
was acquitted, although many considered
the proof stronger at this term than
at the former, when a mistrial was entereu.
Alfred Deen was acquitted of the charge
of murdering Mack Bird. The only conviction
of the term was that of John Benson,
alias Vinson, for the killing of Robert
Birdon the place of Mr. W. P. Todd, on
tbe 2Gth of April, 1884. Solicitor Duncan
pronounced this one of the clearest cases of
murder he had ever heard of. The jury
found a verdict of "Guilty. We recommend
end the prisoner to the mercy of the Court."
Three liquor cases were continued.
Utorhfi Reports.
YORKVILLE, September 30.?Cotton 8.50 to
8.80.
NEW YORK, September 28.?Cotton steady;
middling uplands, 10 1-16. Futures closed
steady, with sales of 67,400 bales as follows: September,
9.65 to 9.66; October, 9.66 to 9.67 ; November.
9.65 to 9,66; December, 9.74 to 9.75; January,
9.82 to 9.83; February, 9.93 to 9.94; March,
10.04 to 10.05; April, 10.15 to 10.16; Mav 10.26 to
10.27; June 10.36 to 10.38; July 10.46 to 10.47.
LIVERPOOL, September 28.?Cotton steady ;
middling uplands, 5 7-16d.
CHARLESTON, September28.?Cotton firm; 1
middling, 9}.
CHARLOTTE, September 29.?Cotton 8j to 9.
Comparative Cotton Statement.
NEW YORK, September 25.?The following is
the comparative cotton statement for the week
ending September 25, 1885: 1885. 1884.
Receiptsatall portsfor the week, 114,708 117,888
Total receipts to this date 275,485 232,665
Exports for the week 33,464 34,947
Total exports to date, 71,890 73,386
Stock at all U. S. ports 241,690 226,265
Stock at all interior to ?vns 22,165 15,057
Stock at Liverpool 480,000 587,000
AmericanalloatforGreatBritain 26,000 29,000
special Hofices.
iteugiuun .luiiic.
Services will be held at Tirzah Church on the
second Sunday of this month by Rev. J. C. Galloway.
October 1 40 2t
Religions Notice.
Rev. James Boyce, Jr., will preach at Bethany
Church on Sunday next, October 4th.
October 1 40 It
Religious Notice.
There will be preaching at Ramah Church on
the third Sabbath in October, in place of the first,
by Rev. J. M. McLean.
W. W. RATCHFORD.
September 24 39 3t
Dr. Price's Cream Powder.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder has been declared
by the leading chemists of this country to
be the purest, free from all ammonia, bone phosphate,
alum and other impurities, and as being
equaled by none in purity, strength and healthfulness.
Can be had at the Drug Emporium of
LOWRY & STARR, in quarter, half and pound
packages, at popular prices.
Ed. Mellon
Desires to inform his friends and old customers
that he has again connected himself with the
well known house of Ei.ias & Cohen, Charlotte,
N. C., whoso large and varied stock of Clothing,
Hats, Shoes, and Gents' Furnishing Goods, enables
him to offer anything in his line at prices
that defy competition. Call and be convinced.
September 10 37 4t
Life's too ttliort.
If there were things that even Solomon, with,
all his wisdom, confessed his inability to-understand,
is it to bo wondered at that we uninspired
mortals, in trying to account for the motives that
prompt human action, frequently find ourselves
stumped? This should not worry us. Jdfe's too
short and busy for us to trouble and wrestle
with such questions. There is one matter, however,
that we have been scratching our head over,
and we don't mind mentioning it here?it is why
any individual who intends to paint his dwelling
or any other building, should decline to use
Longman & Martine'z'a Paint. This Paint is a
scientific combination of the most durable pig- '
msntd. Tf. i? the outcrrowth of vears of studv
and practical application. There can be no loss
or disappointment in its use as it bristles all over
with guarantees, and withal, it is the cheapest
Paint on the market. Sold in town only by
kuykexdap.
A Continent of Mud.
Dr. Johnson, we think it was, who characterized
the book of a great author of his day as a
"Continent of Mud." How unfortunate for the
author. If it had been a continent of grease, it
could have been made bright and attractive by
Chinese Cleansing Cream. Sold only by Kuykkndal.
Boots and Bridles.
Use J. I. C. Oil for Harness.
Use it for vour boots and bridles,
It will make them soft and clothlike,
It will make them everlasting.
Sold only by Kuykendal.
May A May,
Headquarters for pure and reliable Drugs and
Medicines. Try them.
July 23 30 tf
~\T H YMENEAL.
Married?On the 10th of September, 1883, at
the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Nancy
H. Garrison, by Rev. Thomas Minnis,'Mr. WILLIE
TUCKER and Miss MARY E. GARRISON.
All of Pleasant Valley, Dallas county,
Texas.
At the residence of Mr. Wm. E. Adams, near
Clover, York countv, S. C., on the 27th of August,
1885, by Rev. M. R. Kirkpatrick, Mr. ROBERT
JACKSON and Miss MARY E. ADAMS.
On the evening of the 10th ultimo, at the residence
of the bride's father, Mr. John C. Jackson,
by Rev. J. E. Covington, Mr. D. A. MATTHEWS
and Miss ALLIE E. JACKSON. All
of York county.
BIX UARY.
#ied?On the 12th ultimo, in Bethesda township,
Mr. R. S. ASHE, son of A. P. and M. I.
Ashe, aged 24 years and 12 days.
In Rusk county, Texas, on the 19th ultimo,
Miss FANNIE TAYLOR, daughter of B. B.and
R. L. Taylor, formerly of this county, in the 21st
year of her age.
In York township, on the lGth ultimo, Mrs.
ASCENATH WALLACE, widow of Robt. M.
Wallace, aged 79 years 3 months and 10 days.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
ALL persons having demands against the estate
of D. R. S. BLAKE, deceased, are
hereby notified to present the same at once, duly
attested. Those indebted are required to make
immediate payment.
" J. B. HEATH, Administrator.
October 1 40 3t*
AUCTION SALE OF REAlTESTATE.
THE heirs-at-law of Thomas M. Whitesides,
deceased, will otter for sale, in convenient
tracts, and on easy terms, the HOME PLACE of
said deceased, containing 572 ACRES, at York
Court House, on Sales-Day in DECEMBER, 1385.
An advertisement more in detail will be published
hereafter. In the meantime, the administrators,
Dr. T. B. Whitesides and Wm. C. Whitesides,
will give anv desired information, and
plats mav be seen by calling at my office.
C. E. SPENCER,
Attorney for Estate.
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of York.
WHEREAS JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. Pis.,
has applied to me for Letters of Administration
on all and singular the goods and chattels,
rights and credits of JOS. M. ADAMS, late of
the county aforesaid, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors of the
said deceased, to bo and appear before me, at our
next Probate Court for said county, to be holden
at York Court House on the 9TH DAY OF
NOVEMBER, A. D., 1885, at 11 o'clock, A. M.,
to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration
should not bo granted.
Given under my hand and seal, this 1st day of
October, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-five, and in the
110th vear of American Independence.
J. BE ATT Y WILLIAMS.
Judge of Probate.
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