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P f traps and Jacts. jj ? There is a movement in Louisiana to; f remove the capital of the State from Baton | j Rouge to New Orleans. The Legislature :} is believed to be favorable to the scheme. : s Should it be carried the State will have to expend from $250,000 to $500,000 for a new t State House. ^ ? John H. O'Neal, a nephew of Judge * O'Neal, the celebrated jurist of South Car- e olina, has been overwhelmingly nominated I for Congress bv the Democrats of the Second District of Indiana. Mr. O'Neal is a native of Newberry county and is forty-eight years of age. ? A dispatch from Annapolis, Md., says the entire class of 1884, thirty-nine members, was successful at its final examination concluded at the Naval Academy last Thurs aay. iieiween iwenty-nve auu iniriy win be retained in the navy; the others will be honorably discharged with one year's pay. ? Business failures occurring throughout the country during the last week, as reported to R. G. Dun & Co., number for the United States 160, for Canada 27. Total 187, against 181 last week and 167 the week previous. More than half the casualties are reported by the Western and Pacific States. ? A bill has been reported to the House in lieu of several others on the same sub- ] ject, in relation to the transmission through , the mails of lottery advertisements, and ( under the proposed Act, all papers containing advertisements of lotteries are declared 1 non-mailable matter, and will not be deliv- < ered from any post office. < ? At the recent session of the General j Assembly of the Knights of Labor, a reso- j lution was adopted petitioning Congress | for the abolition of the National Banking institutions and the eitablishment in their ] stead of govermental loan offices and sav- 1 vings banks, where money shall be loaned i at a fixed low rate of interest, the profits ] arising from such loans to be covered into , the Treasury of the United States for public uses. ? A Tucson, Arizona, dispatch of Friday says: "A courier arrived here yesterday from Vail's Ranche, East of Fort Lowell, , with the intelligence that the Indians had , killed Dr. Clinton H. Davis yesterday after- ' noon. He had gone out in that section for 1 a drive. He was from Iowa, and with his s wife and family was visiting his 'brother, j W. C. Davis, of Tucson. There were eight Indians in the party." ? On Thursday, Judge T. W. Hooper, of Clarendon. Monroe countv. Ark., was turn ed over to the keeper of the penitentiary of 1 Arkansas, by the Sheriff of Phillips county, ( in furtherance of the sentence ineted out l to him for haying issued some $8,000 spuri- i ous county scrip during his term as Judge i of Monroe county last fall. The Judge took a change of venue from Monroe to Phillips county. The jury found him guil- ; ty, and the Judge sentenced him to two years in the county jail. i ? The Cook county (Chicago) grand jury i reported last Saturday to Judge Itogers. ] The report says that the number of danger- , ou9 Anarchists has been greatly over-esti- ' mated. In reality there are less than one hundred dangerous characters of Anarchistic < tendencies; the remainder are made up of 1 ignorant men, who implicitly follow the guidance of their leaders. The report says: The jury are in possession of facts which cannot fail to bring these leaders to the j punishment so justly deserved. The jury decides that the bomb throwing was the ( consequence of premeditated conspiracy, and recommended that the detection of the ' leaders be left in the hands of the police. i ? Near Tyro, ten miles north of Lexing- 1 ton, Davidson county, N. C., last Friday ? night, while A. J. McBride and wife were \ eating supper, they were murdered in their e seats and tne house robbed and burned, to- " gether with their bodies. McBride gave in his taxes on Thursday and stated that he * had two hundred dollars on hand, which is < supposed to have been the cause of the mur- j der. Alfred Long and Walter Woraack, j his brothers-in-law, both colored, were ar- , rested on suspicion. On Sunday morning Long, who had made a full confession of the crime was taken from the jail and lynch- i ed. Womack was released, it appearing i that he had no connection with the crime, j ? Onthe 20th of last March, Allen Herbert c and Henry jfcJdwards were working at a u quarry near Nashville, Tenn. They had a I . quarrel which was revived later in the day. J Herbert was abusing Edwards, who told j 1 him if he wanted the drill to come and take t it, adding if he laid his hands on it he would ! ] cut his throat. Herbert jumped at him, j t and plunged a knife into him again and j, again. Edwards fell, dying almost instant- j f ly. Herbert fled, but was apprehended, 11 convicted and sentenced to death. The Su- 1 preme Court refused to interfere. Gov. i Bate granted a respite of thirty days, and a on last Friday, when Herbert was to have t been hanged, the Governor commuted the sentence to life imprisonment. * ? There is now scarcely any doubt that * the Senate committee will report favorbly upon the nomination of James S. Mat- e thews, the colored lawyer of Albany, for i Recorder of Deeds for the District of Co- \ lumbia, vice Frederick Douglass, whose t term of office has expired, and that the Senate will promptly confirm it during the present week. Matthews was born a slave in Virginia. After four years'study he was . admitted to the Albany county bar, and is 1 the first colored man in New York who ac- ? quired that distinction. He has been a con- r sistent Democrat, and ably supported Dan- t iel Manning, now Secretary of the Treasury, e in his struggles in the local contests. It is to Mr. Manning's influence that Matthews' " nomination is attributable. 1 ? Jacob Neff, a well known fanner near Lancaster, Pa., died suddenly the other 1 morning under peculiar circumstances. ^ He drove to Millersville at six o'clock to c see his son started on a journey and have N . some repairs made to his carriage. Meet- r ing a friend the subject of sudden death ? came up, and Mr. Neff remarked upon the 11 large number of such deaths that had oc- ? curred recently. The conversation ended, j he turned to go into the blacksmith shop, [ when he uttered an exclamation and fell * dead at the feet of the smith. His death ** was caused by heart disease, and it is a | curious coincidence that the majority of 1 persons mentioned in his conversation died v from the same cause. He was seventy-six c years old, and leaves a wife and several ? married children. J ? At Aspen, Colorado, last Thursday even- ? ing, a party of young ladies climbed to the ^ top of a fire-bell tower, sixty feet high, to ^ obtain a good view of the city. Etta Stewart stepped to the edge of the tower and ^ was leaning against the corner post, looking ? over the country, when the janitor, not p knowing of the presence of the ladies, seized ^ the bell rope to call a meeting of the fire company. The sudden clanging of the great . bell started Miss Stewart, and she plunged " from the dizzy height to the pavement. ^ She was carried into a neighboring house, f when it was discovered that both legs were . so badly crushed that the feet had been driven to within a few inches of the knee, that the bones of her left arm were broken into splinters, and that five ribs on the right side j b were broken and torn loose from the spine, j ^ She was alive when picked up, but there j F is no hope of her recovery. ^ ? The funeral of John Kelly took place j e from St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, j \ last Saturday morning. There were no ser- j p vices at the house. At an early hour peo-j t pie began to arrive at the house to take a e final view of the remains, which lay in a a casket between the heavily draped win-1}( dows in the rear parlor. There were no I o flowers on the casket, all was black save the l silver plate and handles on the sides. The n plate bore the words, "John Kelly, born n April 20th, 1821, died June 1st, 188G." jv Many candles burned at the head of the g casket. The funeral services were conduct- 91 ed by Archbishop Corrigan. After the ser- p vices the bod v was borne to the old St. Pat- n rick's Cathedral on Mott street, and placed in the vault. One hundred members of the u Tammany Society followed the remains in s procession. The services were very im- 9 pressive. t; ? Mrs. Garfield, widow of President Gar- j v field, resides in a handsome residence over-! s< looking Cleveland, Ohio, and never goes r; down into the city except in a close car-: ? riage, with a most dignified and careful ii driver. December 22, 1885, Mrs. Garfield's h carriage was passing along Superior street p and at Monumental Park it encountered a c well known woman named Thankful Tan- cl ler, who was knocked down and bruised. : Mrs. Garfield gave the woman money and i old her to call on her for more if she need- : 'd it. Instead of doing so Mrs. Tanner i >rought suit, claiming $25,000 damages, drs. Tanner has recently been in the work- i louse, but secured her release in time to ! ippear against Mrs. Garfield, who answerid to the complaint in open court last Satirday. It was with the greatest difficulty hat a jury to try the case could be obtained. ?hc f idtferiUc inquirer. YOKKVILLE, S. : v/~ THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 10,1886. SECRETARY MANNING. On the 20th of last month Secretary ManTina hnnripd President Cleveland his resig- I oation as Secretary of the Treasury, stating that his health would not permit an early resumption of the active duties of the office. 3n the 1st instant the President replied, :leclining to accept Secretary Manning's resignation at the present, and asking him instead to take leave of absence until October 1st, when the subject may be renewed if Secretary Manning remains of the same mind as now. Secretary Manning will act upon the suggestion of the President and leave his resignation in abeyance for the present. He has left Washington for an extended stay at the Hot Springs of Virginia. SENATOR HITLER <>N FREE TRADE. Senator Butler has recently written a letter to the Free Trade Association of this State. He avows himself a revenue reformer in the best sense of that term. He says that "tariff taxation shouid be gradually reduced until we have reached the point when each article will produce the largest amount of revenue, and then leave off, transferring from time to time such articles to the free list as should be found from experience to be most conveniently spared from the revenue list.". On this position l-ho Voi\r VnrL- 'PimpM nnmmpnf<i SIS follows : "This is plain and reasonable. It would not be easy to do, because all the protected interests would rally to the defense of each. But it is what the country will surely demand and what it must get if it is to have anything like a fair chance in the struggle for commercial progress. 'Gradually and surely' is the right motto for tariff reduction, and if the Southern representatives ;ould be united in carrying it out the end would not be doubted." THE CONVICTION'OF MAXWELL. In the progress of the trial of Maxwell *tSt. Louis, for the murder of Prellar, on Easter Sunday of last year, when the prisoner took the witness stand, he admitted that he had administered to Prellar chloroform, but without evil intent, the object oeing to relieve pain with which Prellar suffered, and that Prellar consented to the treatment. After death ensued, being a stranger in St. Louis and fearing his story would be disbelieved, he effected his escape, ind attributed much of his subsequent conluct to intoxication. By depositions of oersons residing in England and who knew lim previousXo his departure for America, le sustained a good character. On the 1st instant Judge Van Waggoner ead his instructions to the jury. They ,vere plainly formal and to the effect that, us they might weigh the testimony they :ould find a verdict ranging from murder in he first degree to manslaughter in the ourth degree; or that if the jury should >elieve and find from the evidence that i>q /lofonriont vi'ns nttemtitinc to treat said 'rellar for some disease and that in such ! reatment did, with the consent of said \ Cellar, and that the defendant did admin-!, ster such chloroform to the said Charles Cellar in a careful, prudent and cautious nanuer in the treatment of such disease, md that Prellar then and there died from he effects of said chloroform so administerd by the defendant tire jury should acquit ' he defendant. The case was then argued, which consum id the time of the court until Friday evenng, when the jury retired, and Saturday norning returned a verdict of murder in he first degree. GENERAL IMtATTOX'S POSITION. General John liratton publishes a letter j n the AVinnsboro News of last Saturday, giving his views about the farmers' move- ! nent in this State, and defining his posi-! ion on the questions discussed in the Farinirs' Convention. After according to the !! tdvocates of the farmers' movement honesy of purpose and good faith, he says: But grant the correctness of these assump- j ions?do the measures proposed reach and j ure the evils? Do they tend to generate i ?r call into service a healthy, sound, ele-I. rated, liberal and enlightened public senti- ; nent? This is the only reliance?the sin- i \ ;le and sole agency by which rottenness in , i government like ours can be reached and j radicated. To meet the assumed condi- j ( ion (which, by the way has strayed entire- ( y away from the incipient object of the .'onvention, namely, agricultural depression ( nd its cause) the farmers are called upon , o organize as a class, to enforce class legisation?to capture the Legislature, to take vhat legislation they want. They are to 1 all a convention of the people, and reor- j janize the government to suit their views. |, n the meantime, such institutions as the j issembled wisdom of all classes of the , itate have been able, with patient and j arnest labor in adjusting complications and ; j urmounting difficulties, to build on the , shes of our ruins are to be felled at one I >low as State institutions, and, without re;ard to cost, converted into class establish- j nents. If the farmers organize forsuchaj, ight they will inaugurate class conflict, in '? chich the actions of men are governed, not , iy moderation and wisdom and calm con-1; ideration for the common weal, but by :, lassion anc, preiuuice. win mis, 1 auumu , o the organizers, call into action that sound, j lealthy public sentiment that you need to ure rottenness in the government? i j It seems that one of the purposes of the ! j novement is to take by legislation for the j > enefit of the farmers their just share of the ] tublic treasure. When the power is ob- j; ained by such means to do that, who is to i! letermine what the just share of the farm- j ] r class is? Who is to measure the grab? | j Vhere is the authority for distributing the I ( tublic treasure, justly or unjustly, among; he classes of our people ? When was it < ver done in our country, except unjustly j! nd indirectly, as is proposed here, by clams ] 'gidittion, the great source to which some , c f us trace the depression of our industries? j \ mean Federal class legislation, however, ot State. But push on a step further. We ( lake this class tight and win. And what do ( ;e as farmers, or our agricultural interests, j f ain to remunerate us for the wounds and |{ Kirs with which a crippled and debased i. olitical sentiment emerges from the con- ( ict? |( We will have lowered our standard of edcation, especially that of the farmer, by ; ( ubstituting, regardless of expense, a set of ( pecial class schools for our State Universi-!?. v system. By special class education we j j .'ill secure the perpetuation of the class dis- \ ension and strife which we have inaugu- i f ated. The State will not be allowed to ^ oncentrate her educational strength and, j a her impoverished condition, exercise the t ighest and wisesteconomy in affording op- | ortunities for the moral and intellectual ulture of her sons and, breaking down lass lines, train up all into hearty, healthy, I storng family mutually dependent, mutually supporting and always struggling together for the welfare, honor and glory of their common mother. How this is to benefit the farmer as an individual, or the farmers as a class, or the agricultural interests of the State, it will be difficult to show. There is one assumption that I neglected to mention, which is correct; and that is, that the farmers constitute the majority of the dominant polical party of the State. This is a first-class ground for not organizing as farmers for political purposes, as in that dominant party only can they wield their political strength wisely for the welfare of the State and for the benefit of themselves. But the programme is an appeal to them, not to assert that strength as citizens and Democrats, but to organize it and wield it as class power for class purposes. This power is to be wielded within the lines of the Democratic party. That is the avowed and, I believe, the sincere intention of the movers and organizers. Will such a movement contribute to the harmony and efficiency of that party? Is there any conservatism, any spirit of concession in it? Is there not the shadow of the spirit that would rule or ruin? Again it is a farmers' orgaization to carry out a platform political in its character anil other than that of the Democratic party. How is the membership of such an organization limited to Democrats? Is it not unfurling a flag that might attract even a judicious enemy of Democracy and under which he could judiciously fight? There is no provision against it. Can we afford this sort ot thing in our condition? Fearfully handicapped by the weight of a newly-fledged and debased citizenship, is it not suicidal to fritter away our strength for such a purpose, \ when it is all needed to uphold the thin veil of the law between us and licentious and debauched government, and with it, if it ever comes again, the debasement of our standard of free citizenship? From such a condition there can be no restoration for us. The situation here in South Carolina devolves on us of the white race the highest duties of citizenship?requires of us the maintenance of the highest standard of citizenship. While orators, writers and sentimental philanthropists theorize at a distance on the race question, it is our fate to be in the forefront in the practical solution of the problem. The vital question with us is?can we, under the load thrust upon us, maintain a healthy, liberal, enlightened public and political sentiment, or are we to succumb and be dragged down to its level ? By taking care of ourselves in this matter, we render the highest service and do our full duty to the State, and, indeed, by thus holding up to his view a high and worthy standard we render the only aid in our power to the "man and brother" in working out his own destiny; for that he must, under the laws of nature, do for himself. But the point is made-for application to ourselves and our duty in working out our own destiny. Is it not the part of wisdom, is it not the dictate of self-preservation, to concentrate our force?our intellectual and moral force, our educational and political force, our Anglo-Saxon race force?and apply it to the accomplishment of this purpose ? How can we do it? The only agency in our reach for affecting this combination is the Democratic party?the organization not of any class, but of all classes?the organization of the people. It was framed for the purpose and used effectively to lift the political sentiment of the State from a condition of ruinous and disgusting degradation to a healthy standard, and thereby restore to its allegiance to the Constitution the govern ment of the State. It is the only means at our command for inantaining the fidelity of government to the expressed will of the people. It is the only instrumentality through which we can concentrate our strength for the supreme duty of the situation. So long as it will require of the officials of the government fidelity to constitutional obligations in the conduct of their offices, and maintain the rule of the Constitution, so long may we await in calm security the development of the destiny of the black race. The Democratic party with all its faults and shortcomings, is our sole reliance, our forlorn hope, in the conflict with the difficulties and dangers of this critical period in the life of the State. Can we afford any movement that will cripple and impair its efficiency ? But enough has been said to indicate my views on the subject. I am forced to the conclusion that the movement will operate in the opposite direction from that intended, and is a most unfortunate mistake. Its fullest success would sacrifice the substance for the shadow, and, far from benefitting the agricultural interests of the State, would be detrimental to all the interests of the State and especially to the agricultural. But the particular misfortune of such a movement lies in the fact that success is not necessary to enable it to do harm. The mere persistence in it will be like a fire in the rear and will distract and cripple our strength in the great conflict in front. In my judgment the action of the Convention was ill-considered and inconsiderate, radical and unreasonable, and utterly regardless of the difficulties and complications of the situation here in South Carolina. Jxo. Bhatton*. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, June 7.?A County Institute will be held at this place beginning on Monilay the 28th instant. Professor Mitchell, Superintendent of Public Schools in Charlotte, will be in charge of the institute. He will be assisted by Professor Morrison, of sminhnrtr nnrl "Mr. Witherow. of Ches ter. The teachers of this county will be entertained by the friends of the institute. It will continue in session one week. The teachers of other counties are invited to be present and enjoy the advantages of the institute. Professor Mitchell is a distinguished educator. As superintendent of institutes, his services are in great demand. Col. Coward endeavored to secure him as superintendent of the State Normal Institute, but was unsuccessful. The teachers nf our county should eagerly embrace the opportunity of listening to his instructions. Mr. J. (). Hardin, of this county, lost ono of his children on last Tuesday night. TVe friends of the family deeply sympathize with them in their affliction. A considerable crowd from this place attended the railroad meeting at Dallas on last Tuesday. They greatly enjoyed the trip. Mr. T. N. Youngblood took charge of the post offlce at this place on last Tuesday. He will doubtless discharge the duties of the offlce in a manner satisfactory to the public. He retains Mr. John McKee as his Assistant. A difficulty occurred on last Thursday night in this county between Lucius Backffrom and Calvin Barber, both colored. The former struck the latter in the head with a piece of wood, producing death in a Tew hours. It appears that these parties, together with William Howze, having become involved in a quarrel, Barber threw Howze down and got on top of him, when llackstrom, coming to the relief of Howze, flit Barber on the head, producing a wound from the effects of which he died next day. rhe murderer had not been arrested at last accounts. The verdict of the coroner's ury was in accordance with the above facts, something ought to be done to stop the killing now so prevalent in the State. A few hangings would have a wholesome iffect. Mr. William Alexander, son of the late sample Alexander, of this nlace, preached it the Presbyterian Church last night. He lias recently been attending a theological seminary 111 \ xie imuuh.x l )f making a good preacher. A heavy rain fell at this place and through)ut the county, on Sunday. Peden's bridge, )ver Rocky Creek, was washed away. Loss :o the county about $700. Bridge over Sanly River at McAlilly's mill partly washed iway. The railroad bridge on Hooper's J reek on the Chester & Cheraw Railroad onsiderably injured. The farmers' county convention met tolay. They decided to wait until the State jrganization met before adopting their constitution and by-laws. A resolution was idopted that the county convention be a , epresentative body, and that the township armers' clubs elect each five delegates hereto. A resolution was adopted that at he next meeting of the farmers' county :on vent ion the subjects of cotton seed and ruit and grape culture be discussed. m. ' ? A county Democratic Convention will >e held in Marion on the 1st of July. I JLsOOuDkXU J&kEFXF./IwXjRtS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. James A. Watson?For County Auditor. K. H. Glenn, Agent of L. M. Sariing?Mortgage Sale of Land at Black's. L. A. Barron, Rock Hill, S. C.?Administratrix' Notice. May A May?News for this Market. Lowry & Starr?Fruit Powders. J. W. Iiobson?Feed Cutters?Fly Fans?For Sale or Exchange?Chains. Lindsay A Moore?Wholesale Jobbers?City Grocery. Withers Adickes?Our Low Prices for Cash. M. Strauss?Bargains, Bargains. T. M. Dobson A Co.?You will Find Them at the Old Chap's. W. C. Latimer?Dry Goods. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Grain Cradles. SALES-DAY. Last Monday was sales-day for June, but as there were no sales to take place, and the day was very inclement, the attendance of people in town was quite small. UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1887. We will furnish the Exqitikkk from this date until January 1, 1.887, for $1.30; or for one year to two names paid for at the same time, $4.00. Single subscription $2.50 per annum. THE RECENT RAINS. Besides the information given by our corresiA /ln*f hovo infollitronPA jjwiiuuiua, pit i;uaucu tu-uaj , *v v/ **?% ? ^ ??tvu...ew..vw from other sections of the county that the rains of last Sunday and Monday were more destructive to the growing crops than the freshet of the 18th ultimo. Here a heavy rain fell on Monday afternoon, another on Monday night, and still another on Wednesday morning. Streams wore raised, but soon fell, and fields were flooded. /'sales op fertilizers at clover. ('apt. W. Bcattv Smith, agent of tho Chester and Lenoir Railroad at.Clover, in this county, informs us that for the months of January, February, March and April, 1885, there were 625 tons of commercial fertilizers shipped to that place; and for the corresponding months of the present year 725 tons, of which only ten tons remain unsold, showing an increase in shipments of 100 tons over hast year. - . congressional aspirants. 'xtte statement frequently made of late, that Congressman Hemphill, of this District, would have no opposition for renpmination in the approaching canvass, can no longer go uncontradicted, as York alone will furnish at least two candidates for the nomination, and there are other counties yet to hear from. Col. A. Coward and Gen. E. M. Law are both in the field for nomination as Mr. Hemphill's successor. due west female college. The annual examination of the above institution will begin on the 22nd instant and close on the 25th. Tho commencement sermon will be preached on Sunday, 27th, by the Rev. W. M. Leftwich, of Nashville, Tenn. On Tuesday, the 29th, the Board of Directors meet, and on Thursday, July 1st, the commencement exercises will be held. The catalogue for the college j'ear 1885-86 shows a total attendance of 155 pupils for the year closing, and is the best indication of the prosperity of the college, which justly ranks among the best institutions of learning in the land. military inspection. The annual inspection of the Jenkins Rifles was made on Monday afternoon last, by Adjutant and Inspector-General Manigault, who was prevented by the rains and the consequent stoppage of travel from filling his regular appointment for this place on the 20th ultimo. And in consequence of the heavy rain on Monday afternoon, the usual parade and drill were dispensed with. The company numbered 82 men, rank and tile, and were highly compli men ted by the inspecting officer on their soldierly bearing and the line condition in which he found their arms and accoutrements. After his address to the company, Captain Law and Lieutenant Adickes, in response to calls, each made short and appropriate addresses to the command and the company was dismissed. DAVIDSON COLLEGE. The following is the order of exercises for the approaching commencement at Davidson College : June 13?Raccalaureate sermon at 11 A. M., by Rev. J. L. Girardeau, D. D. Missionary sermon at 8 P. M., by Rev. J. H. Thornwell. June 15?Annual meeting of the Hoard, at 11 A. M. Reunion of literary societies, at 8 P. M. June 16?Address before the societies at 11 A. M., by Hon. W. M. Robbins. Meeting of the Alumni Association at 4 P. M. Orations of representatives of literary societies at 8 P. M. June 17?Commencement exercises at 10 A. M. Regular trains leave Charlotte each day at 6.30 P. M., and Statesville at 8 A. M. An extra train will leave Charlotte at 8.30 A. M., on the 16th and 17th, and return the same nights about 11 or 12. Reduced rates can be obtained at the principal stations on the roads leading into Charlotte, and on the Western N. C. Railroad. Comfortable accommodations will be provided at $1.50 per day in the houses of a number of families living at the College. CHURCH NOTICES. v Haptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Services in the church at Yorkville next Sunday at 11A.M. Sunday-school at 0.45 A.. M. Observance of Children's Day at 3.3U P. M. Prayermeeting Wednesday at 8.30 P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. andS.liP. M. Prayer-meeting Thursday evening" at 8.15 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Services every Sunday at 10.30 A. M., and 8.15 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. every Sunday. Prayer-meeting Wednesdays at 8.15 i> \r Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services at Tirzah next Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunday-school in Yorkvilleat 4 P. M. Episcopal?Rev. G. A. Ottmann, Rector. Services at 10.30 A. M. and 8.15 P. >1. Sundayschool at 4 P. M. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor. Services at Philadelphia Church next Sunday at 11 A. M., and at Shannon's School House at 4 P. M. ' PERSONAL'MENTION. yyfu. Robert Mills, of Fairfield county, is vising the family of Dr. Walker. Auditor Corkill, of Chester county, visited Yorkville last Friday and returned home on Monday. Mr. W. A. Metts, of Columbia, is spending a few days of recreation with friends and relatives in Yorkville. ^ Miss Kate McGowan, of Holly Springs, Miss., is visiting Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. Judge Witherspoon. / Miss Bessie Duff, of Booneville, Lincoln county, Tennessee, was in Yorkville last week, visiting Mrs. R. Frank Clark and Mrs. R. R. MoCork lc. j Dr. L. Alexander, formerly a citizen of Yorkville, but who moved to St. Augustine, Florida, in 1SSI, is now, with his family, visiting relatives in this place. The Doctor will return to St. Augustine this week, but his family will remain here for some time. We received a call on Monday from Rev. A. W. Moore, editor and proprietor of the Centenary, who is canvassing this section of the State in the interest of his paper. The Centenary has just completed its lirst volume, and Mr. Moore informs us that during the year it has attained a circulation in the States of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, of about 7,000 copies. The Centenary is published monthly at Florence and Lancaster, S. C., at 81 per annum. THE TOWNSHIP BONDS. At the instance of representatives of the Massachusetts ami Southern Construction Company, a special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was held at this place on Thursday last. The meeting was called in order that the County Commissioners might sign and deliver, in trust, to the Boston Safe and Deposit Company, through the Express Company, the bonds recently voted by Cherokee, Broad River, Bullock's Creek, York, Ebenezer and Catawba townships, in aid of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad. The County Commissioners signed and sealed all the bonds pertaining to each township, but when this had been done, it was developed that the trust agreements, which had been sent to the Safe Deposit Company for signature, had not been returned. Subsequently, upon the advice of the counsel of tho Board, the County Commissioners adopted resolutions declining to deliver any of the bonds, hereafter, except those of the townships of Cherokee and Catawba, until the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company shall definitely designate whether the railroad is to be built through the townships of Broad River and Bullock's Creek, or through York and Ebenezer townships. When the Construction Company decides which route it will take, the County Commissioners will deliver the bonds pertaining to the selected route, and destroy the bonds of the townships through which the railroad will not bo built. The following are the resolutions adopted by the Board of County Commissioners: 1. Resolved, That so soon as the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company executes on its part the indenture agreement between said company and the townships of Cherokee and Catawba respectively, the Board hereby declares itself ready to deliver to said Trust Company the bonds of said townships, under the terms of said agreement. '2. Resolved, That the route through Broad Riverand Bullock's Creek townships on the one hand, and that through Kbenezcr and York townships on the other, being inconsistent, the Board declines to deliver the bonds either of Broad River and Bullock's Creek, or of York and Ebenezer until the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago R. R. Co., indicates which route it proproses to build; when, after the execution of the indenture agreement aforesaid, the Board ilnwirou itunlf rnmlv to dulivnr to Silid Trust Company the two sets of bonds along the route so indicated, and only these. Col. R. A. Johnson, General Manager of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company, reached Yorkvillc on the evening train last Monday, presumably to arrive at a satisfactory adjustment of the matter; but up to the time we go to press, though he is still in town, no action has been taken in the promises. FARM MRS' CLUBS. The following circular from Captain Iredell Jones, member for York county of the executive committee appointed at the recent Farmers' Convention in Columbia, fully explains itself: To the Fanners of York County : Ity virtue of a resolution of the Farmers' Convention, held in Columbia on the 29th of April, it becomes the duty of the undersigned to request you to organize a Farmers' Club at each precinct of the county of York, elect officers and be ready to send delegates to a County Convention. Fort Mill has completed its organization, and thus leads off in the movement. The convention of the county will be called to assemble about the 1st of August, after the crops are "laid by." Before that time, therefore, the organizations ought to be made complete. In the humble judgment of the undersigned, the farmers of South Carolina do not need to-, apologize for an honest ell'ort to improve their agricultural system and to cheapen the expenses of the government, both State and County. The great shrinkage in price of their chief staple production alone would justify it. The object of the farmers' "movement is the protection, improvement and elevation of the industrial classes, with a general policy of retrenchment and reform. The Democratic party is the farmers' party and stands in no danger of harm by this movement, which all other classes should aid and encourage, because whatever policy contributes to the welfare of farmers is invariably accompanied by general prosperity. The undersigned, therefore, would urge the farmers to form organizations at an early day, and let York be prepared to unite with her sister counties of the State in an earnest effort to ameliorate the condition of the fanners of South Carolina and to inaugurate a policy of retrenchment which will redound to the welfare of all classes or people. iukdki.i. junks. CHESTER AM) LENOIR RAILROAD CO. The annual convention of the stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow flange Railroad Company was hold at Dallas, X. C., on Thursday last, 3rd instant. Col. L. A. Mason, of Gaston county, X. C'., was called to the Chair, and J. F. Wallace, of York, and J. J. McLure, of Chester, appointed Secretaries. The committee to verify proxies reported 2,l?15 shares of stock represented in the convention? 291 shares in person and 2,324 by proxy, which being a majority of the entire stock, the chairman declared the convention legally constituted and ready for business. The President submitted his annual report, in which he stated that the lessees of the railroad had complied with all the conditions of the lease. He also informed the stockholders that the Directors had appointed J. J. McLure, Esq., of Chester, secretary and treasurer of the Company, to fill the vacancy in that office occasioned by the death of Mr. James Mason. J. J. McLure, Esq., treasurer, stated that the dividends duo the stockholders had been paid to him by the lessee as they became due, and that they had been promptly disbursed to the stockholders when called for. He also stated that any stockholder who had not received any dividend that is due, can get the same by making application to him at Chester, S. C'., either in person or' by letter. The following stockholders were elected President and Directors for the current year: President?W. Holmes Hardin, of Chester, S.C. Directors?J. L. Agurs and J. II. Smith, of Chester, S. C. ; Joseph F. Wallace and L. M. Grist, of York, S. C.; L. A. Mason, of Gaston, X. C. ; V. A. McBee, of Lincoln, X. C.; W. H. Williams, of Catawba, X. C. ; G. W. F. Harper, of Caldwell, X. C. The convention adjourned to meet at Hickory, Catawba county, X. C., 011 the first Thursday of June, 1887, at 12 M. After the adjournment of the convention, the Directors met and elected J. J. McLure, Esq., of Chester, secretary and treasurer for the current , IWOATW OK1 RRV. W. McEIAVEE. D. D. r ~ ? We have received information of the death of Rev. W. Meek McElwee, I), D., a native of York county, who died at his homo at Frankfort Springs, Reaver county, Penn., on the 1st instant, at 2 o'clock, P. M., in the 85th year of his age. Dr. McElwee was a brother of the late J. Newman McElwee, and was born about 10 miles north-west of Yorkville, and two miles north of Clark's Fork Post Office, in this county. At a suitable age ho began his preparatory course at a high school at Statesville, N. C., kept by Rev. John Mushat, then a minister of the Associate Presbyterian Church. After finishing his preparatory course, in 1820 he entered the South Carolina College, then under the presidency of the celebrated Dr. Cooper, from which institution he graduated in 1822. Very soon after his graduation he entered the Associate Presbyterian Seminary at Cannonsourgh, Penn., which, at the time, was under the presidency of Dr. James Ramsey, whose only daughter lie subsequently married. His first pastoral charge was Sharon oud Tirzah congregations in York county, S. t'., over which lie was installed pastor by the Associate Presbytery of the two Carolines. In May, 18.il, at Cannonsburgh, Penn., the Associate Synod of Pennsylvania passed a resolution requiring the pastors under its jurisdiction to enforce upon their congregations an order requiring the manumission of all slaves held by their members. This resolution Dr. McElwee could not enforce, and rather than disobey the order of his Synod, he demitted his chargfi and removed to Reaver county, Penn. There he became piistor of an Associate congregation at or near Frankfort Springs, in that county, where he continued to labor faithfully for about fifty years. At the end of that period, becoming too infirm to discharge the duties of the position with satisfaction to himself, \\ Ah the consent of his people, lie demitted the charge and retired from theaetive duties of the ministry. Since he demitted his charge, he has .continued to reside at Frankfort Springs, Reaver county, Penn. In the year 1881 lie visited his kindred and friends in this county and remained hero for several weeks. Dr. McElwee was an able and faithful minister of the ntiil !i m,in who ahvavs maintained his M convictions of truth and duty. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ^LETTER FROM FORT MILL. 4?Fort Mi el, S. C.f June 7.?The Hood Avhich visited us about the 20th ultimo, was quite varied, both in effects and traditions. At one time there was a rumor that 000 railroad hands were standing on the iron bridge across Catawba river to hold it down and prevent it from floating off; but investigation showed that some one had exaggerated, the flood not being quite so high as that of18G0, and the number of hands about 899 less than was represented. Some lowlands were benefitted by a deposit of other peoples' soil, while the lands of others were scarred and torn by deep gulches and injured by deposits of huge sand banks. Whether the real estate account is evenly balanced it is difficult to decide; but it is certain that great damage was done to crops along the various streams. Many farmers have been compelled to replant both corn and cotton on low lands. Wheat had too much wind and rain while in bloom, and in places was badly beaten : by hail. Oats generally look well, and tobacco, a little of which is planted in this section, is doing finely. ^ A hailstorm passed over this section on {he 28th ultimo, its general course being down Steele Creek and across the fork be- i tween Fort Mill and Doby's bridge, doing ; great damage in spots. Mr. A. S. White's crops were hurt worse, probably, than any i others heard from, llelow this, on II. F. Massey's farm, a negro says he got the worst whipping of his life. He was knocked down twice and rolled about by the haii so that he was too sore for comfort at all. This hail also caused some replanting of crops. We had hail about two weeks before, but it was not so damaging. Some of the hail stones in this latter storm were nearly as large as a guinea's egg, The only fun about it was in seeing some of the young folks trooping home bedrazzled from a picnic about a mile south of Fort Mill. Both Doby's and Darby's bridges, on j Sugar Creek, were broken down by the Hood, which is said to have been the greatest on that stream for a generation back, j The last named bridge has been put in pas- j sable condition by Messrs. Culp and others; ! the former has totally disappeared. It is; thought best by many that a suspension bridge should be built there, above high i water. This would probably cost as much T as two ordinary bridges, but in the end it! would be economy on account of durability j and safety from Hood. As the weather gets warmer so does the | blood, and more numerous are lights and big meetings. Last week our colored friends I had some sort of a gathering-in-from-all-1 nuni'tfli-i! moL-inr* tin-era onfl nil ifilrniK TPP. In fact, an egg at auction would command a fabulous sum. Besides, the cholera is destroying many old hens and their chick-ahidies. On the 2nd instant, Mr. Jo. Bales, living on A. C. Springs' place, had a difficulty with some hands about work and received a dangerous cut in the forehead from Simon Fewell's hoe. Simon went to town fora warrant against Bales. Bales was taken to town for treatment and got a warrant against Simon, who with his two sons were committed by Esq. C'ulp ; but one boy escaped on the way to jail. Bales' skull wascut into and raised by Dr. Gibbon, of Charlotte, and our local physicians, and on Saturday he was taken home, apparently doing well. On the same day Mr. W. H. Crook got into a similar difficulty, but he was more fortunate than Mr. Bales, having used a hoe to some purpose. he town of Fort Mill has elected a new Council. On the 22nd ultimo an Intendant and three Wardens were elected, the fourth failing of election because of a tie between three candidates. The race was run again on the 3rd instant, when \V. A. Fisher was elected. The Council is composed of S. P. Durant, Intendant; S. L.Laney, S. F. Massey, A. A. Bradford and W. A. Fisher, Wardens. About daybreak yesterday rain commenced falling here in earnest, and it continued with only slight intervals until 2 P. M. The creeks have overflowed the bottoms and more rain is expected. Axon. . Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Bock Hill, June 7.?The Bock Ilill Literary and Musical Club had quite an interesting debate last Monday night, the question being "Have savage nations the right to possess the soil?" The question was ably argued, and the speeches were enjoyed by the large audience. The President decided the question in the affirmative. To-morrow night the Club will give a concert, t'UIlSlSllIJ^ Ui VUUtti auu iuouuui^utal music. The next debate will be on the night of June 14th, the query being "Should immigration from foreign countries to the United States be restricted?" The speakers on the affirmative are W. L. Koddey and John It. London; on the the negative Dr. W. J. White and J. J. Hull. VMr. V. B. McFadden received from Richmond, Va., on Saturday, the first car load of ice ever shipped to this place. It was a novel sight, and the unloading was witnessed by a number of our citizens. The ice is in blocks about 2 feet by 18 inches wide and 18 inches thick. C'apt. E. It. Mills is the boss gardener of this place. I was shown by him on Saturday last, 13 head of cabbage that averaged 5 pounds, one weighing over G pounds, and he informs me that he has a large number yet in his garden. The seeds were planted in a hot bed in January and the plants set out in March. ;xCA duck was killed in this place a few days ago that had a six-penny nail stuck through its gizard, and from all appearance it had been there for some time. This would have been hard for me to believe had I not seen it; but Mr. It. J. Hagins comes to the front with one better. He says he killed a cow some time ago and found in its stomach a half a gallon of rusty nails. S?^Irs. Epstein, of Chicago, a sister of Mrs. Friedheim, is here on a visit to her sister, and will remain during most of the summer. Mrs. Epstein will be remembered by many as Miss Carrie Stengel, who was such a favorite here a few years ago. On yesterday It rained incessantly at this place for seven hours. The rain was the hardest we have ever had, and did more riatncicro tn thfi inndsthan the recent freshet. vul,ilwbv ? The creeks and branches were swollen as much as they were during the freshet. As yet I have heard of no hail in this section. -./Death has robbed another household of a fjweet little bud. Andrew White, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. White, died on Saturday afternoon, aged about ten months, lie was buried in Laurelwood Cemetery this morning. In the loss of their little boy the parents have the sympathy of"the whole community. Hal. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. THE CROPS AROI XI) CLOVER. Clover, June 7.?We are now having an extremely wet spell; too much rain for our sandy and bottom lands. The prospects for a crop in this section are very gloomy. Cotton on sandy land is doing no good, and that on common bottom land is very poor. It has been so wet that farmers have not been able to replant their lowlands, and what was left from the overtlow of two weeks ago is drowned out. Some farmers report wheat as being very light?the heads not tilled?while others report a fair crop. The oat crop is very light. Vegetables are tine, and so is the fruit crop abundant. The fruit crop is the best we have had for years. The spring session of Clover Academy closed last Friday. The exhibition on Friday night was one of the best entertainments we had for a long time. W. J. Bowen, the teacher, has certainly been faithful in the discharge of his duties, and the pupils have evidently tried to learn. Most of them are small, but in their speeches and dialogues they acted their parrs splendidly. All present enjoyed themselves, and the children were happy. j. n. g. APPALLING RAILROAD ACCIDENT. The Charleston Xeics and Courier of Tuesday devotes nearly a page to a graphic account of a serious railroad accident that occurred to the northward bound passenger train of the .North Eastern Bail road, which left Charleston shortly after noon on Monday. The accident occurred at 2.22 P. M., while the train was crossing the &ntee Biver trestle, at a point two and a half miles from St. Stephens. The Santee swamp was reached on time and here the down train, due in Charleston at 4 o'clock, was met. This train had just crossed the long trestle which lies on the south of the river and had passed over it without trouble. A few minutes later the fated train, bearing its doomed freight, entered the trestle and in j another instant the work of death had been j done. The trestle suddenly gave way and ; the train, with the exception of the engine j and the last sleeper, plunged headlong into . the canal below. The scene that followed battles description. Hours were spent in ! extricating the dead and wounded from the j wreck. ])r. (i. G. Kinloch, Win. Inglesby, ('apt. j J. L. Cole, Miss Hannah Wilson, Miss Flora Mclver, of Charleston, and Miss Xella Mc-j' White, of Marion, were instantly killed. The list of wounded comprises thirteen,; of whom four are seriously injured. The dead and wounded were taken to! Charleston on Monday night, and the ; wounded given necessary medical attention, i While no one knows for a certainty how ; the accident occurred, it is supposed that something must have given way under the tender or front car, causing it to fall over on the side and carrying the trestle and train with it. The break is about two miles from the beginning of the trestle, and includes four benches, each ten feet in length. The cars fell one on top of the other, the tender going down first, then the mail car, followed by the baggage car, the second and first-1 class passenger coaches and the first Pull man car, the last remaining on the track. I SllI TII CAROLINA NEWS. . ? Captain W. NV. Covington, a ))rominent citizen of Marlboro county, died on the 2d instant. ? Major Redmond, the once noted "moonshiner," is superintending Bieman's government distillery at Walhalla. ? Mrs. Richard Remaster, living near Wilkinsville, Union county, was killed by , lightning on Sunday of last week. ? Rev. Neander M. Woods, of Charlotte, X. C., has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Second Presbyterian Church at Columbia. ? Lum Guflin has been dismissed from the custom house at Charleston and has gone to Beaufort where he has engaged in farming and keeping store. Col. it. M. Sims, formerly Secretary of State, has secured his plpee. ^Spartanburg Herald: "Sam McGowen is a crack shot. The other day a hornet was floating by on the wing. Sam took him in with his gun and shot his head off as clean as if it had been cut off with a knife. This is no 'tale,' it is the unvarnished truth." ? The South Carolina Bent Wood Factory, at Columbia, has been closed by the Sheriff by the foreclosure of a chattel mortgage for $1.3,000. The factory had profitable orders for eight months ahead. Capital was pretty well exhausted in erecting buildings and getting machinery and its affairs in operation. ? At Greenville, on Wednesday, J. A. .Sherman, while working at the gas house received injuries from a fall which caused his death on Thursday afternoon. lie was standing on a barrel when its head broke in, precipitating him violently to the ground. His collar bone was broken, the end of it penetrating the right lung, causing internal hemorrhage. f ? The Edgefield Chronicle tells the following snake story: "One night last week, while Mrs. C. C. West was feeling in her husband's vest pocket for a match, a rattlesnake over two feet long dropped out. Colonel West thinks it got into his pocket while he was fishing several weeks before. The lining was torn, and it is thought the snake was coiled under it." ? On the 4th instant, the .State Supreme Court adjourned until the fourth Monday in November next. In the order of circuits at the November term, appeals from the Sixth will be heard on the 2nd and 3rd of December. Cases in the original jurisdiction will have preference on each Monday of the term. Applications for admission to < practice must he filed on or before the sec- > ond Tuesday of the term to wit, November 30. ? Abbeville Press and Banner, June 2: "Last Saturday night while in the discharge ? x of his official duty, Mr. W. G. Kiley, the Town Marshal, received a wound which came very near being a fatal one. In seizing the arm of Mr. Lucien Douglass to prevent what seemed likely to be a violation of the peace, the pistol which Mr. Douglass had was discharged, the 38calibre ball pass ing almost through tne lower part or me neck, without much injury to any vital organ. It is said that the shooting was not intentional." ? Captain John S. Wilson, of Chester, has received an invitation from John B. Batch- / elder, government historian of the battlefield of Gettysburg, to attend the re-union of the officers of the Federal and the Confederate cavalries at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the 7th instant. The battleground is to be mapped on that occasion. Senator Hampton, Governor Fitzhugh Lee, Major H. M. McClellan, of Stuart's staff, Major-Generals Gregg, of Pennsylvania, Mcintosh, of New Jersey, and Briggs, of Michigan, have signified their intention to be present. POLITICS IN THE STATE. ? There is a strong and well sustained movement in Laurens for a county convention of farmers-to select candidates to put before the primaries as farmers' candidates. ? Judge Cothran has written a letter for publication in which he says he does not seek the nomination for Congressman from the Third district, but if tendered him he will not decline it. ^ ? The Barnwell People of the fid instant says: "It is rumored that Hon. Clinton Ward, a member of the Legislature from Edgefield, will oppose Uncle George Tillman for Congress." ?L'oi. \v. it. jjavie, 01 unesier, wrues iu the Chester Reporter that he, while he does not endorse Congressman Hemphill's views on the silver question, has not thought of opposing him in the coming race for Congress. ? Orangeburg Times and Democrat: 44 A number of small fry men in different sections of the State expect to be wafted into office by the farmers' movement. We can name a half dozen such men in Orangeburg county. The farmers see through their . i little devices, and when election day comes they will realize that they reckoned without their host." The same paper says Orangeburg county is in favor of a primary election. ? A meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee of the Third Congressional District was held at Seneca City last Friday. The following resolution was adopted: That this committee recommend to the several County Democratic conventions of this district to elect the number of dele gates to which they are entitled, on the basis of representation established in 1884, to a convention to be held in Seneca City at 8.30 o'clock P. M., on Wednesday, the 7th day of July next, instructed as to the wishes of the several counties upon the question of nominating a Congressman by primary election, and for the purpose of settling that question, only with power tofix the date of such election, and prescribe rules for the conduct thereof, if the prima ry plan shall he auopteu uy sucn convention. .NEEDED AMENDMENTS. There is some talk of amending and revising the Constitution of the State Demo- <r cratic party so as to select all officers from the Governor down by primary elections. It would solidify the party and cause each individual to take more interest in the ad- . ?' ministration of the government and enable them to select their officers with more intelligence. There lias been a defect in the State organization of the party since 187G, which should have been remedied years ago. The representation from the several counties, in the State conventions, has been apportioned among them according to the number of representatives they have in the Genera Assembly. This legislative representation is based upon population. This is right where the laws are to be enacted by all the people. It is wrong in political conventions. Only the Democratic party should be represented and each county's number of delegates should be based upon the strength of the party in that county. As it stands, Beaufort with less than oOO Democratic voters, sends more delegates to the State conventions that Pickens or Oconee with their overwhelming Democratic majorites. There is no equity in it and the voice of the party cannot be expressed when Republican counties have such a preponderating influence. Again, Charleston will have more than her proportion because the last Legislature refused to have a census taken as was proper and in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. Until the amendments are made there can be no fair selections of officers, either by conventions or primaries. The State Executive Committee should look into this matter at once and provide for a fair and just selection of officers. It is right and the * duty of the Committee is plain.?Abber!//i> ~\Ti>il'nnn. ?? . * m Local Option* in* North 0'aiiolixa.? * Local option elections were held in several towns in North Carolina last Monday, and in some of them excitement ran high. In Charlotte the contest was more bitter, perhaps, than in any other city, each party exerting their utmost strength. The result in Charlotte was a majority of 429 for license, in a vote of 1,607. The following is a recapitulation of the result in other places so far as heard from : -JgKProhibition?Raleigh, Winston, .Salem, *" Concord, Oxford, Kinston, Henderson, Warronton, Louisburg, Apex and Beaufort. License?Asheville, Statesville, Durham f (xoldsboro, Franklinton, Iteidsville, HoU Springs, Morehead City and Littleton. M. 1 > A