Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f traps and dads. ? By a very careful estimate it has beer ascertained that there is one drinking saloon in West Virginia to 813 inhabitants, But it is claimed that there are proportionately fewer saloons than in any State except Kansas and South Carolina. ? A bitter faction fight is being waged ir St. George, Tucker county, West Virginia and in a difficulty growing from it, Editoi Clayton, of the Democrat, shot and wounded Deputy Sheriff Pifer. Pifer's friends attempted to lynch Clayton, but were dis persed. ? The business failures occurring through out the country last week, as reported tc K. G. Dun & Uo., nuraoer : ror tne l nnec States, 251; Canada, 35; total 28(5, againsl 275 last week, and 287 the week previous Business casualties in the Southern States and in Canada are still above the average ? "Gath" says that it requires a very neat little sum for a New York man to gratify his ambiton to have a seat in Congress Each of the three Democratic organizations of New York city demands a contribution of $5,000 from each candidate, and there are many other expenses connected with the canvass. " ? Attorney-General Garland says he does not intend to resign, but after the House has finished its investigation of the telephone business he will take steps to meet all criticisms upon his connection with the Pan Electric concern in a way that cannot fail to secure the approbation of those who really desire to be satisfied. Whal these steps will be he does not make definitely known, but he is a man who always makes good his promises. An Oeala, Fiorida, dispatch of Saturday says: The accounts published of the effects of the late frosts in this State are 75 percent exaggerated. Instead of having been killed, the bearing orange trees are even now in bloom, and the prospects for the coming crop are as favorable as any other year Florida is a great State, but she has somt awful liars to contend against, and thej have hurt her reputation worse than the al leged frost. ? The pension system has become a posi tive evil and source of great corruption ir the federal government; but no one wil object to the proposition to give a pensior of $5,000 a year to the widow of Genera Hancock. On the contrary, all will rejoict if the fund which has been started in New Vn.ir hai. Knnofit frrnwc tr> Iftrw nrnnor JL VTI XV JVI IIVl tA/UVllV ?w ?..Q? r tions. Her distinguished husband was i liberal man and died poor. ? A year or so ago James Hawkins, a re spjeeted colored man of Denver, with hi: wife, went to the opera-house owned by Ex Senator Tabor, ana handed the ticket takei two first-class tickets. He was told that h( could not occupy the seats called for by th< tickets, and the money for the tickets wa: offered to him. He refused to acept it, anc brought suit for damages against the Ex Senator. On Friday a jury brought in i verdict awarding Hawkins SI damages anc the price of two tickets, So in all. ?The teller of the LaCrosse, Wis., na tional bank has discovered a couuterfei silver dollar that is pronounced by all bant people in that city absolutely the most dan gerous ever seen. It is the standard silvei dollar of 1881. The outside is silver anc the die in every substantianl particular a: clear as the original. It stands all micro scopic tests. The only possible means oi detection is by weight, it being exactly 41 grains shbrt of the standard dollar and es timated about 43 grains short of the average. ^ ? During the cold snap last week a mar ' named Mulligan froze to death in Catawba county, N. C. He was sober, and froze while riding along the road, on horseback He was observed while passing a house, and presented the appearance of being asleep. Some one called to him but no reply was received. His horse then stopped and he was carried into the house, when his face and neck burst, and it is reported thai his feet came off. He was about twenty years old. ? The civilized Indians residing in the Indian Territory, are protesting againsl beingplaced under the clirect jurisdition ol the United States courts. This, on its face, indicates that there must be a number oi hard citizens among the Indians. It is A--'-A- r TT_ri.?^ fhof cnaraciensuc ui uuutu oiuico wwuno mi*, they are not popular with hard citizens, whether white, black or tan colored. It is, perhaps, an evidence of Indian civilization that they should be smart enough to oppose a measure that may open an avenue to the penitentiary for a number of them. ? Near FJowery Branch, Ga., last Thursday, Conductor Francis, of the Air-Line train, put off a drunken passenger who had no ticket. The man resisted, aided by some of his friends, and knocked the conductor down with a rock, injuring him severely. A traveling man named Camp, who helped Mr. Francis, was assailed by one of the party and knocked him "winding." The row was an ugly one for a time and more serious trouble was threatened. Mr. Francis was disabled and was left at Gainesville where a substitute went on and took his train to Charlotte. It is feared that Capt. Francis was fatally hurt, as he seems to be suffering from concussion of the brain. The man who threw the rock has been arrested. ? Probably no one will regret to learn, or the authority of the superintendent of Castle Garden, that Mormon emigration to this country, for the present at least, has practically stopped. There has not been, says an exchange, a solitary arrival since last November?it is certain that none are or the way?and advices from the emigratior agencies on the other side warrant the belief that the determined attitude of Congress with reference to Mormonism as an institution has had a restraining effect upon intending pilgrims to Salt Lake. Last summer one of their elders who had brought out a party of 150 from England and Wales said if ever the time should come when the United States would disturb them in Utah, they would find no difficulty in transferring themselves to Mexico or to British territory! It may be now that they are contemplating some such experiment, and, meanwhile, immigration is held at abeyance. ? Mr. M. A. Goer, who lives near Atlanta, Ga., fed his hogs the other day and then went to town for the purpose of making purchases. When about to pay for therm he missed his wallet which contained $250, He at once retraced his steps without stumbling across his treasure. At last reaching the hog pen, he decided that he must have dropped the money while feeding them, and immediately set to work to kill them with the view of finding his money. In this he was successful, finding in the entrails of one of the animals a wad of pulp into which the greenbacks had resolved themselves. He took this to Mr. Lot Hill, president of the Gate City national bank who estimates that it contains $200 of the money, so that the other $50 is in some ol the hogs which ha\? not yet been killed Mr. Hill will send the pulp to the treasury department in Washington for exchange. ?Says the Baltimore Sun of Friday: "Today's paper contains special dispatches from Charleston, S. C., and Boston, Mass., giving in outline, the history, experience and practical results of the railroad commission laws ofSouth Carolina and Massachusetts. Theii general working, it will be observed, has been beneficial to all parties concerned The Massachusetts railroad commission which was established thirteen years ago has only under special authorization the pewer to fix rates?a circumstance to which it owes its escape from much of the odium that has been excited against commissions with fuller powers. The South Carolina commission, when first established in 1882 was clothed with tun powers in respect u rates, but this power was taken from the commission in the following year, under at: apprehension that its exercise might prevent the further development of the railroad system of the state. At present railroad companies are given the right of ap peal to the court when changes in rates bj the commission are deemed unsatisfactory ? A remarkable phase of the convict laboi problem was presented at Joliet, 111., lasl Saturday. The State Penitentiary authorities seem to have a surplus of convict labor, Advertisements have appeared in half i dozen of the leading papers offering men tc be contracted for to the highest bidder foi from five to eight years. On Saturday the Board of Commissioners met at the Penitentiary to open bids for the convict labor but no bids were received, much to the sur I i prise of the Board. The members con J eluded that the agitation of the convie labor question had intimidated contractor , to such an extent as to cause convict labo 1 I to be placed at a discount. The authoritie " | are in a quandary as to what to do witl j the men. It is thought the convict labo '; question will be submitted to a vote of thi " I people of Illinois at the next election, an< I that it will be abolished in that State. ; _ ; ?he fJurfeviUc 5 YORK VILLI:, S. C. ! THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 25, 1886. ABOUT THE CHANGE OF GAUGE. ' In additon to the informaton which w< I have given relative to the change of gaug< [ of Southern railroads, soon to be made, th< ) work to be accomplished iu two days, thi Wilmington Star has the following: Th ; change is to be made on almost every rail ' road south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers 5 extending over about 13,128 miles of rail road, made up as follows: South Carolin: r 1,320 miles; North Carolina 900; Georgii > 2,413; Florida 1,250; Alabama 1,803, Mis sissippi 770; Louisiana 313; Kentucky 1,118 Tennessee 1,880; and Virginia 981 miles . The work to be done on the day of tlv | change will be greatly expedited by doinj ? as much of it as possible previous to tha r time. On the day of change there will b " at least three men assigned to each mile a rail. The work will be done between 3.3 ' A. M., and 4 P. M., during which time th I running of trains will have to be suspended i After 4 o'clock, however, the running c 1 the trains will be resumed. The change c ' gauge will of course, necessitate a complet 7 change in the running gear of the rollinj ~ stock, and this will be almost as big a jo! as the alteration of the track. The greate . part of this work, however, can be don 5 before the day of the change, and, indeed - many of the cars and locomotives are nov r being prepared for it. 5 CONGRESS. j Last Monday being the anniversary c Washington's birthday, neither house c t Congress was in session. The Blair Edu 1 cational bill remains the unfinished work o the Senate. If it should be disposed of be - fore the end of the week, Senator Hoar wil t try to secure the right of way for the bank " ruptcy bill, and Senator Piatt will make ai "r effort in behalf of the Washington Territor; I bill. Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, spok 5 on Tuesday upon the Chinese question. The House of Representatives will prob f ably devote the entire week to the consider _ aration of appropriation bills. The imme . diate deficiency bill was reported on Tues day. The pension and Indian appropria , tion bills now on the Calendar will probabl; L be taken up in the order named. Durinj < the morning hours it is expected that th< Hennepin Canal bill will be called up ant ^ discussed. The debate on this measure will i without doubt, wholly consume the tw< [ hours allowed for discussion under the rule: i and the bill will then take its place on th< ' House Calendar as unfinished business. I the committee on Pacific railway is reachet in the morning hour call, it will call up tin l bill relative to the compulsory survey ant r natentine- of lands erranted the Pacific Rail , road Company. F The various appropriation bills are rapid ! ly approaching completion in committee ' and it is probable that the military acade ' my, army, the consular and diplomatic anc [ post office appropriation bills will be re ! ported to the House during the week am ! placed on the Calendar. Mil. TIL HAN'S VIEWS. 1 A correspondent of the Richmond Dis 1 patch recently interviewed Representative ; Tillman, of South Carolina, who in speak ing of the silver question said: "I am in favor of the unlimited coinage > of silver dollars of their present weigh s and fineness. I am satisfied the agitatioi . of the silver question will never stop unti j the holder of silver bullion can take hi: > metal to the mint and secure its value ii 5 coin in return. The policy of the Presiden towards silver has already depreciated th< > price of wheat twenty cents per bushel ii ) the West, and cotton in the South has de , clined two cents per pound from the sam< cause. Our only remedy lies in unlimitec k coinage. I believe that a bill could be pass ; ed by this Congress even over the Presi 5 dent's veto. We shall have unlimitei i coinage in the near future, and our nex I President will be elected on that issue.' ' "What do you think of the Sherman bil as a compromise measure!" "The Sherman bill is a Trojon horse John Sherman's policy of treachery to th< people and friendship toward the hondhold ers and national banks is in a great meas ure the cause of the present unsatisfactory state of financial affairs. No friend of hon est money should support that bill. This i is the first time in the history of our gov | eminent that we have had an opportunity to secure honest monev. 'Shall we reiec ' j the good things the gods have given us?'' ; I "l)o you believe that international hi '! metalism can be brought about through tin ; medium of unlimited coinage?" "We care nothing about international hi > metalie agreements. We never heard o i the idea until Sherman and Bayard smug ' gled through Congress the bill for the de i monitization of the silver dollar, and tic . one has ever heard of an international coin France with her population has held the : ratio between gold and silver at 1 oi to 1 foi ! upwards of one hundred years, and the , I nited States should do it with a popula i tion of sixty millions." | - * The Ferguson Case Again.?The Ah , beville correspondent of the Columbia J icq I inter, writes under date of Saturday last , John C. Ferguson was brought before His , Honor, Judge I. 1). Witherspoon, this > morning, on a writ of habeas corpus, for the f purpose of securing bail. Solicitor Orr came , down from Greenville last night in ordei ' to attend to this matter. The fact thai there had been ihree trials of this case wa; relied on strongly as a ground for bail { The weak condition of Ferguson was alsc , pleaded. Besides this, the defence claimed ; that lie had had an opportunity to escape ! and had not taken advantage of it. 1 The State claimed that if counsel for the . accused relied upon the facts in the case they could not claim bail, as the facts show ed murder pure and simple, and that if In ' was crazy, it would be wrong for his Hon I or to turn him loose on the community, ac ' there was no telling when he might kil ! another man; and that, in that case, he . should be kept in jail or sent to the Asy ^ lum. The State denies that he had had ar opportunity to escape. Judge Witherspoor ' promptly refused bail. 51 The Woman Suffragists.?The annua 1 convention of the National Women's Suf frage Association was in session in Wash ington last week. Resolutions were adopt " i ed reaffirming confidence in the nationa ' method of securing the ballot to women r through an amendment to the Federal Con , stitution, calling on Congress to submit a 4 once the question of the right of women tc t vote, protesting against the admission t< i the Union of any Territory where the elect , ive franchise is denied to women, declaring i the National Woman's Suffrage Association > to be lion partisan in politics and protest ing against the passage, in its present shape ; of the bill now pending in Congress to sup press polygamy as discriminating unjustlj , against Gentile and non-polygamous wo men for crimes never committed by them -1 THE FREE TRADE MOVEMENT. *: The Free Traders of this State seem to L ? moving in earnest. The executive commi s tee of the State Association met in Colun i bin last Saturday and decided to call a mee r ingof the State Association on the 2nd < o next June, and perfected arrangements fc * that meeting. The Register of Sunda gives the following report of the proceec ings of the executive committee: President Dargan was present and infuse * his abundant zeal and enthusiasm into th : meeting. Prof. R. Means Davis, one of the best ir j formed and most progressive free traders i i the State, was elected Chairman of the Ej I ecutive Committee. I President Dargan gave an inspiritin j statement of the interest which had bee j excited by themovement in South Carolina tnrougnout an me omer ooumern mates, r i evidenced by the large number of lettei j received by him from leading men, askin | information as to the movement, and e? r pressing the growing desire of the people t unite in the movement. The meeting was occupied in the discu: sion of practical measures for an active can paign, in advance of the election catnpaig in the State, which will have for its obje< the dissemination of free trade views anion b the people. e Col. J. J. Dargan and Col. F. W. McMai B ter were appointed to meet the Xationi e Committee in Washington early in ne> month. B Prof. It. .Means Davis was instructed t * prepare a letter to be addressed to the Sout i, Carolina delegation in Congress, urging up . on them the necessity and importance! a ! maintaining the record of the State on th ! free trade doctrine, and asking them to me< the people at various points in the State an * give them the benefit of their views on th ; tariff and free trade questions. i. The Executive Committee were instruc e ed to call a general meeting of free trade: in Columbia on Wednesday, June 2nd, i * ! which essays will be read by the gentleme 1, heretofore selected, as follows: e j "A brief account of the origin and growt f j of protection in the United States," Edwai 0 I McCrady, Jr., Charleston. e ! "The Free Trade Struggle in England, i W. C. Benet, Abbeville. '* J "South Carolina's Record on the Tari ll I Question," J. W. R. Pope, Columbia, 'f j "The Tariff in Relation to Agriculture, e | W. R. Davie, Chester, g ! "The Duty of the Press in the Preset ^ J Free Trade Agitation," X. G. Gonzale I Columbia. e ; POVERTY AMIDST RICHES. j The Boston Traveler prints a remarkab v ! story about James Henry Paine, a grant son of Robert Treat Paine, one of the sigi i ers of the Declaration of Independent'! There died iu New York City some t\v ,f j weeks ago, in squalor and abject wretche< r ness, a man who, up to some thirty yea: | ago, was well known in Boston in journals "! tic circles as a musical critic of more tha average ability and a financial reporter < i-1 uncommon keenness. On the street li 1 j known as the most miserly, unscrupulot _ i and grasping of usurious money lender j His name was James Henry Paine. E was born in Boston in 1812, and was edi V ! cated in the public schools, and in 1829 li e ! began business for himself and soon becam j musical and financial reporter for the Tos i-! and some years later was employed by th _ I Traveler as its financial reporter. He ii herited quite a property from his father estate and began his business of loanin " money on the streets at high rates of inte - est. His habits, even at this time, wei ? miserly in the extreme, and his person! y appearance was repulsive because of h I slovenly dress and person. He gained o i the street an unenviable notoriety for h 1 practice of loaning money on stocks an ? then bearingthe stocks through the columr 3 of the paper on which he was employee s This naturally led to his loss of employmer , asa financial writer, and his personal habil 0 became more disgusting, while his gree for money increased. ' In the latter part of 1854, owing to a que; 3 tionable financial transaction, Boston b< 1 came too hot for him and he departed fc lt i ,i /nm1?t l\o svsvi-t iiniD or? r\ i OCW iUltv. inn wuiJy it 110 uii \ji wooden, hair covered trunk, into which li packed all his earthly possessions. Hi brother, the late Robt. Treat Paine, fr< ? quently said that he had no doubt his brotl - er James carried away in that old trap of ] trunk not less than ?200,000 or $300,000 i . good securities, mostly bonds. He ws; , next accidentally met in New York by th executor of an estate which he had de frauded. He was arrested and taken to th Tombs, where, after some parleying, Payn promised, if he might be released, to mak ; good the amount of the stocks and oth( ? property which belonged to the estate. The executor went with him to a larg brown stone front house on Fifth avenut where they were admitted without que: r tion, and on entering a finely furnishe room Paine asked a man they found tlier j to bring him his bonds. The mancomplie ' and brought a large quantity of bone ? which Paine piled on a table and counte } out to the executor fifty-six one thousan * dollar bonds without making any percept J ble diminunition of the pile. He contir ued to be heard from, now and then, aboi ~ New York. He finally became so ragge j and filthy that he was arrested as a vagrar and sent to the Island. Some acquaintance who knew of his musical ability, raised j purse of some $80, secured his release, an ; procured him a presentable suit of clothe: , Subsequently it was known that he hired . room in Canal street, to which no one wf admitted. He grew so wretched and san so low that he was seen on the street hole ing his hat, begging for pennies to purchas food. After his miserable death, on seardhin the rags which covered his person, som $200 or $300 were found secreted in then nnrl thivj wnc nil And hprp nrisPi* thp fillP< 5 tion, what had become of his stocks, bond " and wealth? His brother, Robert Tre? L Paine, believed that he was worth from SI , j (JOO, to 82,000,000. It is certainly know j that he owned a large amount of property J He was a large owner in the Chicago Lan 'j Company. Checks in payment of divi ; (lends were sent to him in New York, an J. though it was never easy to find him thes j cheeks were always promptly acknowledge | j and came back to Chicago properly en don od by him in token that he received th money. PRICES AS1) PROFITS. ? We cannot possibly see where the prolil 1 in cotton raising can begin to come in si present prices. At present prices, or anj thing like the rate, the cotton planters c . the South must be raised out of cotton rait . ing altogether. With two and a half acre : to the 450 pound bale, we see ISO pound per acre. This will be, possibly, about th j average for the country over. ; Let us state the cost of production, so tlm I any business man can see for himself wher r cotton production is drifting. Ilere is th I statement per acre: j One first class ploughman to 20 acres a 815 per month, 8180, or 80 per acre. \ Food for one animal at 30 cents per daj I 8110 a year, or 85.50 per acre. > Throe good choppings at 50 cents pe acre, 81.50. > Picking 180 pounds of lint at 81.50 to bun ? dred pounds of lint, 82.70. dinning, bagging and packing at 8i.O ? per hundred, 81.80. ! I Transportation on 180 pounds, at 25 cent 5 per hundred tor a hundred miles, with av 1 erase of 2J}0 miles to market, 1)0 cents. ; Fertilizer, 150 pounds to acre, and at S3 1 per ton delivered, $2.62. i Now aggregate these amounts to the acr , and we have. Ploughman * 8 0 ?(? Animal 5 50 I Chopping* 1 50 Picking 2 70 Ginning, A*<; 1 SO Transportation 00 I Fertilizer 2 02 821 02 | To meet this expenditure we find IS j pounds of lint at last Charleston quotation.4 j 8 11-1G cents, $15.63. Compared with abov figures, we see a deficit of $8.30 on ever; acre planted. Now, unless along with thi cotton production this $8.30 is made up ii some other product, got with the same la bor used in making the cotton, here is a los which would soon drive cotton productioi out of our fields. And even with addition al product, where is the margin left for th cotton producer? It may be that we have stated this co? 2o per cent, too high. This would take off! )e $6, and leave the cost, at $18 for an acre's j , product in cotton put to market. But still , there is a loss of $2.87 to the acre. So that j l* a farmer running a five-horse farm would | t-1 have to show, in addition to his cotton j }f j product, $2.87 of other products per acre! )r | clear of all cost of production. Quite pos-1 ? sibly a thrifty farmer would show some j j | 700 bushels of corn or more, with wheat j ! oats, peas, potatoes and vegetables, and i | should he raise his own meat he could live; d but if otherwise where would he be? ie This is just the time that farmers and planters are pitching their crops, and we i- purposely repeat these facts for their earnn est consideration and to urge upon them c- that it is worse than grasping at a shadow to plant cotton at the ruling rates. If the g world does not want to pay living rates for n the staple, the planters must stop produci, ing it. It is not as he will, but as he must is in this matter. The Southern planter will "S find that not a pound of cotton should be g raised at less than 12 cents, and if the world c- can't pay that the production must stop, o There is absolutely no sense in shutting our eyes to the stubborn fact.?Columbia Regs hter. n Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. g LETTER FROM ROCK IUTb. Rock Hill, February 22.?The corps of 3- engineers surveying the preliminary route il of the Charleston; Cincinnati and Chicago ;t Railroad reached our town last Thursday afternoon, and proceeded in the direction of o Yorkville. Asjust surveyed, the road will h enter Rock Hill in front of the residence of )- Dr. R. II. Hope, pass through the large if grove in rear of Capt. Hutchison's resiie denee, and cross the C'., C. it A. Road al3t most opposite the cotton factory^ < )ur peod pie now begin to believe that we are going le to have the road; but they must remember that railroads are not built by talk alone, t- and unless they turn out on the 20th of rs March and vote in favor of a township subit scription we will certainly lose the road and n may never have such an opportunity again. s5Vill Gibbs, a colored man, while walling h a well for Mr. David L. Black on his pland tation, was struck on the head with a rock weighing over thirty pounds. Mr. Black " had two rocks in the wheelbarrow and in turning them out one rolled into the well, ff striking Gibbs upon the head. He was apparently dead for a short time, but soon re" covered and is at work again. It is fortunate for him that the rock struck him on it ;the bead instead of some softer place. 3^- ^t)n last Wednesday Mr. S. M. Fewell was ' thrown from his horse and badly hurt, receiving a gash two inches long on the side of his head. He was taken home in an inle sensible condition. He was in town on I- Saturday, but still suffering some pain, i- The residence of Prof. L. Shurley in Ebe. enezer caught on lire on Saturday last from 'o a spark from the stove pipe and was making J- rapid progress, and but for the timely asrs sistance of the neighbors the building would $- have been consumed. The damage was n slight. jf- %2*early every citizen of this town chews rT shewing gum. The young men, when they is go to see their girls, take a package with s. them, the married ladies chew it, the busi[e ness men chew it, and the children eat it. j. One business man told me he was going to ie order a ton to supply the demand. ie The Columbia J leg inter states that Itev. W. B. Jennings had resigned his charge ie here and had accepted a call to the Presbyi terian church in Greenville, S. C. This is 's a mistake and I take pleasure in correcting g it, as it may have originated from the parar graph in reference to him in my last letter, e Tj. S. Commissioner C. J. Pride has red turned from Greenville, where he has been is attending the IT. S. Court, lie informs me n that James Gooch, colored, of this place, is who was tried for perjury, was convicted d and sent to the South Carolina Penitentiary is for nine months. Jim has heretofore been 1. a hard working, and industrious man and it has always voted the Democratic ticket, ts The dwelling of Mr. It. L. Horn, situated d near the Chester county line, with all its contents, was destroyed by fire on yesters day at 2 o'clock P. M, the family barely j. escaping. The house caught from a spark ir from the stove pipe, and before discovered d had made such headway that it was with ie difficulty that Mrs. Horn could get the is children out of the house before the roof v fell in. Mr. Horn was away from home at i- the time. There was no insurance. He is a well known here and we regret to hear of n his loss, which falls heavily upon him, being is a man of large family. e~y-Xhe young ladies and gents indulged in ?- another fox or paper chase to-day, Mr. C. / B.Simmons and Miss Jennie Barber being le me ioxes. 1 ne race exteiiueu seveiai nines i ;e in the country. Miss Hallie Caldwell, ofL ?r Charlotte, N. C., captured the foxes and was awarded the plume. Hal. j, Missouri and the Confederacy.? 5- Gen. I). M. Frost, at the meeting of the d Southern Historical and Benevolent Society e in St. Louis, Mo., on Thursday last, stated d that at the time Gen. Price was falling back Is from Lexington, Mo., in September, 18(51, d with a halfarmedand badly-equipped army, d he was somewhat surprised that Gen. Mci Cullough, who had an army in Northwest )- Arkansas, or Gen. Hardee, who had an arit my in Northeast Arkansas, or Gen. Pillow, d who had an army at Columbus, Ky., did it not move in Missouri and co-operate. He ?, called on Gen. Albert Sydney Johnson, who a had command of all the Confederate forces d west of the Alleghanies, and suggested that s. these different armies be united under one a commander and an effort made to hold is Western and Southern Missouri. Gen. k Johnson replied that the Richmond Gov1 ernment did not desire to commit itself ie to a policy that would hamper when the question of treating for peace arose, a line g from the mouth of the Ohio River to the e Pacific Ocean being considered as the prob), able western boundary of the two countries. 3- Gen. Frost added that the matter was i nils parted to him as a State secret and he had it kept it as such until then. In an interview ,- afterward Gen. Frost said : n "President Davis expected the indepen'. dence of the Southern Confederacy would d be established and that there would be i- some trouble in fixing the boundary line d between the two republics. He did not bee lieve the north would consent to a bounda(I ry line {jiving Missouri to the Confederacy, 3- and it was not deemed expedient to get into e iinv entnno-line1 alliance with the State. I lis idea was to draw the boundary line from the mouth of the Ohio River west, giving Missouri to the North. It woulu :s have been very impolitic at the time to it have told of this secret, as the support giv - even by thousandstrf- Mrssourians to the >f Confederacy might have been withdrawn. 5- When the .South first seceded, strong in>s ducements were made to get Missouri to Is join the Confederacy, but when the Cone federate Oovernment was established at Richmond, it was deemed advisable to let it Missouri remain as she was." o ? e Moke Trochee From the Woodrow Matter.?The special meeting of the t Louisville Presbytery, called to try the charges made against the Rev. F. B. and T. F. Converse, editors of the Christian Observer, by the Rev. Messrs. Daniels, r Boggs and Mittingly, three Memphis ministers, was begun on Thursday. Thecharg- ' i- es are that the Converse brothers had willfully and deliberately and knowingly, in 0 many particulars and at sundry times, 1 violated the Ninth commandment and s been guilty of other unchristian offences. Specifications were filed covering seven < pages of close writing and giving a great 1 ;3 number of instances of alleged falsehoods, i One charge was that Messrs. Converse had e j obtained money from the Presbyterian i mutual assururanee fund, in violation of ( | the rules of the company, by concealing the ! physical condition of an applicant for the j benefits arising from the same. They , were also accused of slandering members of j the church and religious bodies through ! tho nniiimn? of thr? (Viristian Observer. The j case was referred to a committee to make its report. 0 ? >, Direct from Brazil.?Charleston is e feeling good over the success attending the y I renewal of direct trade between that city s j and Brazil. The first importation consists 11 of bags of coffee of the grades most in favor in this market. The people see no reals son why "Charleston should not attract to a itself the commerce of South America i- which hasso longdrifted by its ocean gates." i e An important beginning has certainly been mgde and if followed up will undoubtedly i it lead to great results in the future. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. II. M. McGill?Executor's Notice. Win. G. Campbell, Chairman Board of Trns tees?School Meeting. J. N. Roberts?Roberts' Club. Withers Adiekes?Seasonable Eatables. Hunter A Gates?The Mammoth. Lindsay A Moore?Standard Fertilizers. II. F. Adiekes?Acknowledged Headquarters. Frew Brothers, Rock Hill, S. C.?Mackerel. M. Strauss?All Right. Kennedy Brothers A Barron?On the Way. John F. Speck?Watches, Watches, Watches! John C. kuvkcndal?1The Writing on the Wall OUR PREMIUM BUGGY. Club makers tor the Enquirer, or others in terested, are informed that the splendid buggy which we offer as a lirst premium, can now b een in the buggy and carriage repository 01 Mr. F. E. Smith. -^/CONVICTED OF RETAILING. Hortea Garrison, white, was received at th cuuiuy jail lust .uunuiiy, nnv jiij^ utreu uuuviau* in the United Suites Court, at Greenville, of re tailing, and sentenced to the York county jail fo one month, and a line of 8100. . A BEAUTIFUL BOOK. We have received from the publisher, Mi Joseph M. Brown, a copy of the "Mountai: Campaigns in Georgia, or War Scenes along th Western it Atlantic Railroad, between Chatta nooga and Atlanta, in 1804." The hook gives vivid description of the battles fought betwee the armies commanded by Johnson and Sher man. While the hook is interesting from a his torieal standpoint, it is beautifully printed an' illustrated with a number of fine engravings ^PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. \v. D. Hope returned home last week fror the University of Maryland, in which institutio: he has completed his second course o( medic,i instruction. Dr. Cartwright also returned last Saturda, from a visit to his parents in Kentucky. Mr. W. /.. Kcll, a native of York, and noi past the middle age of life, has sold out hi possessions here with the view of making hi future home in*Alabama, to which State hewil move m a few days. JIORK AT THE S. C. COLLEGE. ''TnYhe report of the examinations made at th Soutni Carolina College last week, showing th grimes and honors attained by the students i their respective classes, the students from Yor mark the following attainments : W. A. Davies, Junior Class, proficient; Georg Walker, special student, second year, distiri guished ; M. II. Sandifer, special student, sceon vear. proficient; J B. Davies and D. E. Finle> law students, second year, distinguished. RAILROAD EARNINGS. From the statement furnished by M. T. Bart lett, Secretary of the Railroad Commissioner.' showing the total earnings of the railroads i South Carolina for the month of December, 18S and 1885, we take the following : Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line?1884, 8107, 171.29; 1885, 8108,812.35. Increase, 81,041.00, 0 1.5:1 per cent. Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta?1884, 805, 710.12; 1885, 801,289.40. Decrease, 84,420.00, o 0.73 per cent. Cheraw and Chester?1884, 83,039.72; 1885, .8:!, 275.33. Decrease, 83(54.39 or 10.1 per cent. Chester and Lenoir?1884, 87,991.47; 1885, 85, 957.10. Decrease, 82,034.31, or25.45 percent. THE RAILROAD SURVEY. The Massachusetts and Southern Construotioi Company's corps of engineers, under directioi of Captain Ramsaur, reached town yesterdaj completing a preliminary survey from Rocl Hill. The surVey approaches town via th Thorn's Ferry road. Captain Ramsaur reports desirable route between this place and Rocl Hill, and on account of the open country am even surface of the ground made the survey in much shorter time than the same distance is usu ally surveyed. The corps return from here to Rock Hill, am from that place will make a preliminary surve; via Lanusford to Lancaster, and thence to Cam den. CLUBBING FOR THE ENQUIRER. The time for securing the Enquirer at clul rates, under the present otter, will expire oi Monday the 8th of March. For the informatioi of those who may wish to avail themselves o club rates, we publish the list of club-makers either of whom will receive names: J. M. Adams Sam'l (}. Brown, \V. A. Baber, T. Gid. Cuip, W H. Crook, R. L. Flannigan, John I). Faries, I< M. Faries, Albert M. Grist, Joshua I). Gwin, W O. (Jlover, C. S. Holton, I). T. Lesslie, Mrs. II A. Lumpkin, E. P. Love, S. L. Milling, B. Jit Lure, W. II. Moore, W. J. Neelv, H. K. Roberts J. X. Roberts, J. B. Ross, Maj. Mvles Smith, AY V. Smith, R, K. Seahorn. THE LANCASTER FIRE. The name of the unfortunate man who perish ed in the recent fire in Lancaster was O'Dod emny, who was well known by the mill owner in York county, as a fine and reliable workman his vocation being that of dressing and balan cingmill stones. Alluding to his death the Iti view say: "Little or nothing is known hereof O'Dodem ny or his antecedents. lie came to Lancaste under the influence of liquor one evening las week, drank heavily while here and was so vio lent and noisy the night before his death that h had to be confined for a time.in the county jail He told policeman Clark that he was from Si Louis, and wasa man of family. On several oc casions he was seen with a roll of money, proba bly $.'10 or $40, or possibly even more, and som silver change. He was"an inveterate smokei and was constantly resorting to a match box ii his pocket for a light." CHURCH NOTICES. Baptist?Rev. J. 10. Covington, Pastor. Ser vices next Sunday at 11, A. M. Sunday-schoo at 9.45 A M. Prayer-meeting at 7.JO P. M., oi Wednesday. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C Galloway, Pastor. Services at Tirzah next Sun day, at11 A. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor Services at 11 A. M., and 7.30 P. M., next Sun dav. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pas tor. Services every Sunday at 11 A. M., and P. M. Sunday-school at :l P. M. every Sunday Prayer-meeting Wednesdays at 7 P. M. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. John son, Pastor. Services by the pastor at Zion a 11 A. M., and at Canaan at 2 P. M., next Sunday Services at Philadelphia Church at 2 o'clock I1 M? by Rev. W. W. Daniel. Episcopal?Rev. <4. A. Ottmann, Rector. Ser vices at 11 A. M., and 4 P. M. Sunday-school a 3 P. M. ____ _ RAILROAD ACCIDENT. About 4 o'clock last Friday afternoon a north bound freight train on the Chester and Lcnoi Railroad met with a serious accident near tin 24 mile-post, which is about a mile from the do pot. The train was made up for Clover, and ai there is no turn-table at that place, the engini was attached with tender in front, and thus pro ceeding went on the embankment, which is S o; !) feet high, at the point named, when the tendc suddenly jumped the track and becoming de taclied from the engine rolled down the soutl side of the embankment. before the engineei could stop his engine, it also struck the spo causing the accident to the tender, and leaviiif the track, ran oil' on the north side of the em baukment. The tender and engine were botl completely wrecked. A llat car, loaded witl fertilizer, also plunged down the embankment and two box-cars left the track, but were no overturned. The train was in charge of D. C Warren, engineer and acting conductor. Hi was thrown forward and fell among the debri: of the engine, receiving only a slight wounc on one hand, though his escape from beinj, crushed to death seems almost miraculous Fortunately the escaping steam was thrown ii an opposite direction from him. As soon as hi extricated himself from his dangerous position he proceeded to close the valves and put out tin lire in the furnace ot tnc oouer. .mines .vmivi derson, lireman, and Win. Hyatt, brakeman botli white men, either fell or jumped from the cab, rolling down the embankment. Andersor was badly hurt, receiving a severe cut in th< thigh, a bruise on the right shoulder and on th< left breast. Hyatt, though badly bruised, wai not so seriously hurt. As soon as word reached town, a number of persons went to the scene of the accident, and Mr. R. A Parish sent a carriage from his stables in which the wounded men were conveyed to the Yorkville Hotel where they were attended by Drs. White and Lindsay. The train was moving slowly at tho time ol the accident, and from tho statement of personsnear, who saw it moving, it would seem that 11c fault is attached to those having it in charge. The embankment was soft and spongy, by rca son of the recent freezes, and the track no doubt sunk or spread, causing the derailment. This is but one of a number of similar accidents that have recently occurred on this road, and so fre j | quent have they been that people are beginning to discuss the safety of risking their lives on the ! road. Economic railroad management is commendable, but the question occurs, may not the managers of the road exercise undue vigilance by neglect of the roadbed and track, thus in-, j creasing the risk of danger and rendering it possible for a wreck almost every day? So long as J the loss is confined to the destruction of railroad , . ' property, the public will not complain, though it may criticise the policy ; but when human ! life is daily endangered by a false notion of, economy, the people have a right to protest. I ' By proper attention to the track and the prompt j ? repairing of it, possibly the substitution of a sound crosstie for a defective one at this par- j ' ticular place, the accident of Friday would have j | been averted and no human lives endangered, i e ; - i ' ('ni'i-psnniiilt>n?'ft lit' the Yorkville Klliiuirer. -! LETTER FROM CHESTER. r j Chester, February 22.?The store of j Gulp & Irwin, and the mill of E. C. Stalin i suffered on last Wednesday evening from j .# the operations of burglars. The loss at the | ,j store consisted of shoes and some other ar-1 e ticles, amounting in value to about $25. The loss at the mill consisted of four or five ^ sacks of flour. The burglars tried to euter the store at the rear, but failing in this j went to the front and broke a glass window, " I enabling themselves to take such things as they could reach with their hands. They cl entered the mill by means of a pin used for ! coupling cars, thus giving rise to the sus| picion that they were railroad hands. No J definite clue has yet been obtained as to I 11 | the perpetrators of these burglarious acts. 11 Our new council has lately obtained con'1 Lsiderable money in the way of fines. The new chief of police certainly keeps his eye v upon the evil-doers. A few nights ago some country boys amused themselves by v tearing up some of our town bridges, piling s up boxes in the streets, etc. Some of the s offenders were discovered, brought before 11 the town council and fined. It is thought ! that the other participants in the affair will j be discovered and like their companions, | add their portion to replenish the town e | treasury. e j The lien business promises to be as large ii this year as ever. A number of our merk i chants are furnishing supplies on the lien. As an indispensable condition in most case es they require the endorsement of the landholder. .Some are even more particu(1 J lar in that they require not only a lien but , I a mortgage on stock to the amount of goods ' | furnished. I have heard of some dissatisj faction with the priority lien law on the ; part of one of our largest landholders. He is unable to secure the cultivation of a con\ siderable portion of his land for the reason ' that he is unwilling to endorse the liens of " - - J- T 1 U 1 1 ^ IIIS UHIUIJIS. Ji>t!iuiiuiucia aic ^cncianji well pleased with the law, as it gives them better control over the laborers by their " endorsement of the liens. A daughter of Mr. J. M. Grant, of Hal selville, in this county, was badly burnt r on last Friday. She was standing with her back to the fire, when her dress " caught. She started to run, when her mother kept her in the house. Iler brother, who was in an adjoining room, ran to the help of his sister, and with considerable difficulty extinguished the flames. ? Though seriously burnt, it is thought that u she will recover. Her mother was also . burnt in her efforts to save her daughter. The party who broke into the store ofj Culp& Irwin and into the mill of E. C. I Stahn, has*been discovered and is now in j jail. He is an escaped convict from North I Carolina. The discovery came about in I 1 this way: On last Saturday a colored man I a stepped into the store of Wm. McNeel and I * desired to exchange a pair of shoes, and as there was a cuton the negro's hand, Mr.Mc-1 1 Xeel suspicioned him to be the burglar who ; Y robbed the store of Culp & Irwin. The ne-! - gro was detained, and in the meantime Mr. Culp was sent for, who, on his arrival, at once identified the shoes. The negro made j a full confession of the robbery and gave j * his name as Richard Bridges, and said he I 1 was an escaped convict from North Caro1 lina. He also gave information of another f escaped convict, Cornelius Moore, who > was then working on Mr. Andrew White's ? plantation. Cornelius was arrested and confessed the charge. Communication be ing had with the North Carolina authori. ties they telegraphed to hold the prison. ers. The annual meeting of the Chester Fair , Association, was held at this place to-day. . Gen. John B. Erwin, of Lancaster, was elected President, and Col. J. S. Bratton, of York, Gen. John Bratton, of Fairfield, i r?XT IT...,!:., ,.f fUnofQ,. onrl A T-T ! j i. iiaiuiiij v/i vnvoivi, uuu aj.* . - Uooch, of Lancaster, were elected Vice-1 - Presidents. J. K. Henry, Esq., was res elected Secretary and Treasurer. The As; sociation is about $800 in debt, $200 of which . arose from the failure of the last Fair to .. meet expenses. An enjoyable time is expected at the - skating rink on next Friday evening, r Prizes will be gi ven to the best skaters. ^ Mr. W. B. Murr, who was seriously in jured last week by the falling of a ladder, je is on his feet again. m. > A Lawsuit over a Corpse.?About last - Christinas a stock dealer from Texas was e suddenly killed by a railroad accident in '? Georgia. He was known in Atlanta as I J. W. Pierce, and when the fact of his death became known, two women?one from Texas, and the other from Indiana?claimed the body, each representing ' herself as the widow of the deceased. The II question went into the Superior Court of! 11 Fulton county, and the following is a report of the decision on Saturday last: Judge Clark, of the Superior Court, grant* ed the injunction as prayed for by Mrs. J. W. Pierce, of Texas, to prevent Mrs. J. P. ' Weaver, of Indiana, from removing the - body of J. W. Pierce alias J. P. Weaver, who was killed in an accident on the Geor gia Pacific road on the 1-lth of December. 7 The trial occupied the court the entire day. . Weaver, or Pierce, is said to be worth $200,000. . j The trial opened at 9 o'clock, and a large t ! crowd was present to hear the novel case. . I The two ladies to-day, for-the first time, | were brought face to face. j lad the case ' I been decided in favor of Mrs. Weaver, the . I remains would have been taken to Indian11 apolis, and buried as J. Pierce Weaver, the j undertaker; but as it is the body will be i taken to Texas, by Mrs. Pierce, and buried as J. Woods Pierce, the stock dealer. The - result to-day will hardly be a final one. r ; Each woman is confident that the man is e : her husband,and both are desperate in their .; efforts to secure the corpse. c 15 I a Familiar Scene in Our Sunny South. . Business called us to the court room last Tuesday afternoon. The trial of Lewis , P Stewart, colored, for the murder of his . ; wife, was in progress. Every seat, save the ?' , first on either side of the room was packed r j with negroes, of both sexes. Allthe whites i t! who were unable to get seats on the two r! first benches, or inside the bar, were stand' ; ing in the aisles. The aspect seemed some- I ": what anomalous, and the thought occurred 1 to us that surely we have a very tolerant < 1 ! set of court officials, as well as a tolerant ] ' people, as every one was apparently satis- j 1; tied with the situation. White men who . ! were unable to obtain seats because they J were occupied by negroes, were perfectly i content to stand up; or at least they seemed i 1 so. Who will undertake to say that the < ; negro is denied his rightsin Laurens county. < . : Laurensril/e Herald. ^ l # # ? > I Pushing a New Railroad.?The peo,! pie who are building the Charleston, Cin;: cinuati and Chicago railroad seem to be in 1 . j dead earnest, and it is reported that i men are at work between Rutherfordton, i "NT r1 oml Ulnrk-'<s Kt;itinn S. f. ff'he fiist > . I mile out of Black's lias been sub let to ; < , Jackson & Ross. It will cost $10,000 or $11,-1 ' ' 000 as it is around the foot hills of Whita-' ' ker's mountain. Three high trestles will; i I be built in this mile, and the timber for < [ them is to be delivered, under contract, in j < J | thirty days. All the contracts for grading '< ': are to be completed by July 1st, and the | ' [ bridges and trestles are to be built by Janu-?< > ary 1st, 1SS7. II There is some talk along the line of a| j branch road from Rutherfordton, X. C., to . f | Greenville via Columbus, Polk county, t i Landrum's and Gowensville, and it may i > i take more definite shape as the main stem ] , nears completion and the amount of local 4 ' aid needed is knownfirrrnr!//? Xnr*. \ SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A juror, at a recent term of court held in Williamsburg, was fined by Judge Pressley ?00 for absence without leave. ? Farmers in Lexington county say that the oat crop is almost entirely destroyed, and in light sandy lands the wheat is seriously injured. ? The merits of the primary election are beginning to be discussed in the counties that have adhered to the convention system of nominating candidates. ? B. >Sugenheimer, of Winnsboro, dealer in general merchandise and liquor, failed on Thursday. His liabilitiesareabout $15,000. Assets as yet unknown. rPlir? fni-nioptt (\f T .nnmstop vi'ill linUI mass-meeting on the first Monday in March, to consult upon matters for their mutual benefit. Mr. B. R. Tillman has been invited to be present. ? Mr. George L. Dial, a prominent citizen of Columbia, and for the past ten years a member of the firm of Tozer & Dial, died at Madison, Florida, on the 16th instant. His remains were buried in Columbia on Thursday. ? The evolution agitation has resulted in the establishment of a second Presbyterian < church in Columbia, composed of communicants who disapprove Dr. Woodrow's peculiar theories respecting the origin of man. Dr. Girardeau will probably be the pastor of the new church. ? The Lancaster Review of the 17th instant states that Rev. H. B. Pratt has tendered his resignation as pastor of the Presbyterian church of that town to accept a call elsewhere. The call he has accepted is one Irom the American Bible Society, to devote his undivided time and strength to the work of preparing a new and more acceptable and correct version of the Spanish Scriptures ; a work he has long been prosecuting on his own private account. ? Says the Camden Messenger of the 16th : A preliminary hearingin thecaseof Duncan McGougan, charged with the shooting of Wilson Steen, the mail rider between Camden and Jefferson, was held yesterday evening before commissioner Adams. The prosecutor was the only witness examined. Mr. McGougan was bound over lor trial at the May term of Court in Charleston in the sum of SI,000. Messrs. H. H. Hall and J). M. Bethune are his bondsmen. ? Alfred English and his wife, colored, left their homes in Sumter county on February 13, and left their three small grand children by themselves. The children wandered out in a field where a stump was on fire. The grass caught fire from the stump and burnt very rapidly, overtaking the smallest phihl and if. was roasted in a few minutes. A passing gentleman, hearing the screams of the older children, went to them and carried the roasted little child to the house. ? The National Lancers, a crack military company of Boston, visited Charleston last Thursday. The train on which they were conveyed was boarded at a station fifteen miles outside the city by a delegation from Charleston, who extended them a warm welcome. The visitors were received by an immense crowd of spectators, who thronged the sidewalks along the route of march. After parading through the city, escorted by the Washington Light Infantry and the German Artillery, they were received at the latter's quarters by the Mayor of the city and the staff of the Fourth Brigade. A grand banquet and military ball, besides many other marks of attention were given the visitors during their stay in the city. > MERE-MENTION. John B. Gough, the noted temperance speaker, died in Philadelphia last Thursday. The Chattanooga Times says that eleven Mormon elders arrived in that city one day last week, and immediately started out for their new fields of labor. A majority of them go into East Tennessee and South Carolina. Cotton is lower than it has been in thirty years, wheat lower than it has been this century, meat is very low, and sugar is so low that many of the producers are ruined. 'The Crihadiatt Government has decided to raise the price of liquor licenses, and has fixed the following scales: In cities of over 20,(100 inhabitants $250, under 20,000 8200, in towns $150, in villages $180and in townships$100. Saloon licenses in cities will be $300 and in towns $250. A disastrous fire occurred in Wilmington, N. C., last Sunday alternoon, destroying over a million and a half dollars', worth of property. To Navigate the Air.?A Chicago dispatch of Friday says: Articles of incorporation were issued at Springfield to-day to the Transcontinental Aerial Navigation Company of Chicago to establish aerial transportation lines, the capital stock being $150,000 and the incorporators I)r. Arthur De Baussatt, Eugene; Marquerat and Jules Lang. Mr. De Baussatt has lived in Chicago for several years, has made a study of aerial navigation for over twenty-two years. His idea is to build up an air ship, the length of which will be one hundred and seventy-four feet. Its width is to be twenty-four feet and its height twenty-two feet. It is expected to prove by the vacuum theory that it is possible to navigate the air by the laws of gravitation, by overcoming the pressure of the atmosphere without the use af hydrogen or any other gas. The doctor is in receipt of a very flattering letter from the Smithsonian Institute concerning his invention. Adopting the Stage.?Mr. Percy Vernon has purchased a half interest in the Richmond & McElreth Standard Dramatic company, and is out on the road with that organization. It will be remembered that when the Standard was here last fall Mr. Vernon took the stage with it, and played the leading character in "Hawkslaw, the Detective," and when the company left, he went with it. We understand that he paid 8500 for a half interest in the company. He does most the heavy acting, and makes himself useful, generally. It is expected that he will return to Charlotte in April. His stock farm in the meantime, is being looked after by Mr. Vanderlip.? Charlotte Observer. The Newspapers and the Ferguson Trial.?The Abbeville Messenger reports that the lawyers for the defence in the Ferguson case devoted much of their time to abusing the newspapers. This is a variation of the old trick of abusing the prosecuting attorney who was there, however? some hundreds of pounds of him?and the newspapers were not there. But it is all right. The attorneys for Ferguson and proprietors of the grand and netit mal Datent can talk but four times a year, while the newspapers can relieve their feelings from fifty-two to three hundred and sixty-five times. We really think the prosecuting attorney would be the cheapest game in the end.?(Srecnvilk Xews. Gone to Join the Mormons.?A Jonesboro, Ga., dispatch of .Saturday say: Miss Laura G. McKinney left here yesterday for Chattanooga, Tenn., where she will meet a party to-day. They will leave for Utah tomorrow. They will join the Mormons. Miss McKinney is the daughter of Rev. M. McKinney, of this county. He was very much opposed to his daughter going, and tried to persuade her not to go. She grew lesperate over the matter, and said she would go, and remarked if she did not like Utah she would return. Miss McKinney is , ibout 21 years old. Tiie New Deal Movement.?Those ivho are opposing the "new deal movement" on tne ground that a change of administration would be unjust to the present State officers, are themselves doing these jfficers an injustice. A change would be in 10 sense a rellection on the present incumbents, and would not imply that they had f K/?n 11 * K An f Ua Aknnr?A IIUL UUIJt? lilvli uui^, nnrii ? iuc viiauf;c Iocs come?as it surely will?some may conclude that they did not do their duty, ind were therefore turned out. We do not snow that the present state officers want a :hird term .?Newberry Observer. tBSf A grand juror having applied to the Judge to be excused from serving on account )f his deafness, the Judge said: "Could you lot hear my charge to thejury, sir?" "Yes, 1 heard your honor's charge." said the juror, 'hut I couldn't, make any sense of it." He ,vas "excused."?Chicae/o 3fail.