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f craps audi Jacts.
? Mr. Coon, ex-assistant secretary of the
treasury, would have no paper money issued
of less denomination than a $20 bill.
All the rest of our money he says, should be
gold and silver. He is in favor of silver
money, but wants it raised to a gold standard.
? Ten of the fourteen counties in Vermont
have named their Republican candidates
tor the Legislature and the nominees are
reported to be practically unanimous for the
re-election of United States Senator Edmunds,
whose success is therefore regarded
as assured.
? A new and insidious enemy of the cotton
Dlant has aDDeared in North Carolina
in ttie shape of face, which attach themselves
to the under surface of the leaves
and suck the sap. The stalk will in one
or two days after being thus attacked, look
as if it had been dipped in hot water.
They are damaging the crop to the extent
of perhaps 50 per cent.
? The largest balloon in the world has recently
been built in San Francisco by A. P.
Van Tassel. It has a capacity of 150,000
cubic feet of gas, and has been constructed
for the special purpose of enabling the aeronaut
to undertake a journey across the continent.
The cost of the structure is stated
to be $5,000. It is expected the voyage will
be begun early this month.
? The guard from the United States Army
which for nearly five years has kept vigil
over the tomb of Garfield at Cleveland, Ohio,
was with drawn on Wednesday June 30. The
casket containing the remains was opened
and the features of the dead President were
found unchanged. The casket was removed
to the public vaults and will be watched
by private guards until the monument is
completed for its reception.
? The Dry Goods Chronicle gives the
following bit of legal information : A tender
in payment is rarely made in a legal
manner. People commonly clog it with
s6me condition which makes it no tender
in law. One man goes to another and says:
"Here's your money;" I must have a receipt
in full of all demands." A tender to
be good must be an unconditional one,
clogged with no stipulation whatever.
? Mr. Manning does not desire to return
^ to the head of the Treasury Department,
hnt ooortpHintr thp Vaw York World. I
"Mrs. Manning is very fond of Washington
life, and if her husband could go back without
endangering his health she would give
a very large vote in favor of his remaining
in the Cabinet." This is one of the perils
of Washington high life. An ambitious
woman, who once rules there, hates to
abandon it.
? Upwards of $34,000,000 of gold have been
exported from the United States since the
year 1886 began, and the shipments engaged
for the present week alone amount to over
$2,000,000. It was hoped exports of grain
would have checked exports of gold, now
that prices of cereals are so low. The
amount of gold sent out of the United States
the past six months has been four times as
great as for the whole fiscal year ending
June 30,1885.
. ? Capt. W. W. Lenoir, of Watauga, county,
N. C., has sold to a lumber company a
large number of cherry trees on his lands
on and near Grandfather Mountain, in
Mitchell county. The sale is at $6 per 1,000
feet measured in the log, by standard log
measure. It is estimated that there are
2,000 of the trees containing over a million
feet of lumber. A few of the trees are five
feet or more in diameter,"ancl sixty feet to
the first limb.
? Miss J. M. Manhall, a beautiful, stylish
and accomplished young lady who went
from Baltimore to take a position in the
millinery establishment of Hirsh & Co., of
Birmingham, Alabama, has been detected
in stealing goods from her employers. A
search warrant was taken out ana $200 worth
of laces, silks, &c., were found in her trunk.
The young lady was very much mortified
at her detection, but said it was her first
offense of the kind. She was sent back to
Baltimore.
? The Utica Observer recalls that the brilliant
Matt Carpenter, of Wisconsin, once
admitted that nis being on the Judiciary
Committee in the Senate was equivalent
to doubling his income from his practice.
He afterwards said : "I know I am a very
successful lawyer and much sought after.
But when I left the Senate and was dropped
from the Judiciary Committee I was no
longer employed by any of the railroad corporations
which have large interests at
stake at Washington." That tells the
whole story.
? A Louisville, Ky., dispatch of Friday
says: "In Ellicott county, this State, the
moonshiners who were opposed by Mr.
Parton in the manufacture of untaxed whisky,
burned the Baptist Church to which he
belonged, burned his house and also the
dwellings of three of his neighbors and
poisoned a large number of cattle. Parton,
accompanied by his neighbors, James Pinnington,
Tobias Cox and Samuel Slater,
went gunning for the incendiaries and, coming
upon two of them, named respectively
Simons and Turkison, shot them dead and
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uunt'u uieiu.
? A young man named Monroe Madison,
of Virginia, was some time ago found dead
in Buncombe county, N. C. The manner
of his death since remained a mystery, but
it was supposed that he had committed suicide.
Last Thursday a man and woman,
charged with his murder, were arrested in
Buncombe and bound over for trial. The
woman volunteered evidence against the
man. She says he shot Madison and left the
pistol at his side to suggest the idea of suicide.
The story is plausable and may clear
up the mystery. The parties were placed
in jail at Asheville Thursday night.
? John B. Smith, of New Britain, Connecticut,
had more apples than he knew
what to do with last Fall, so he stored 4(10
barrels in a neighbor's large ice house. In
the winter the house was tilled with ice, all
around the apples, which were solidly
frozen. To Mr. Smith's great surprise the
fruit, a few days ago, was found to be in
perfect condition. He shipped twenty-five
barrels to a neighboring city and they
sold readily at ?2 a barrel. More were
called for, and now the whole 400 barrels
of hard, fresh, sound Baldwins have been
sold at that price, right, in the middle of
June.
? The Fredericksburg, Va., Xeics reports
the following remarkable case: Mrs. Fanny
A. Lewis died at her residence in this
place on Friday morning last, aged about
sixty years. Mrs. Lewis for many months
past has suffered intensely from an affliction
which completely baffled the skill of the
physicians of this city, who have assiduously
waited upon her, as well as physicians
elsewhere, whom she had consulted. Such
was thesingular character of the malady that
no surgical operation suggested itself for
her relief. Some days before her death she
asked that a post-mortem examination
should be made in the interest of science,
and that afternoon the same was made
by Dr. Martin, assisted by Drs. Boy and
Asheton, when a turf of hair was discovered
inside of her as large a man's fist. The
physicians say that no such case is recorded
in the medical works, and has not occured
before in their experience.
? A dispatch from Grape Creek, Illinois,
says the miners who went on a strike the
first of last May, are being turned into the
woods like so many cattle. They struck for
75 cents, but subsequently offered to arbitrate.
The company declined and placed
a strong guard over its property and notified
the strikers to vacate the houses they
occupied. The men sought relief in law,
but the court decided on the 2nd day of
June that the leases were valid and the
houses must be vacated. The men were
given until June 21 to move out, but failed
to comply and last week they were forcibly
evicted. The strikers with their families
numbering about 1,000, are camped in
the woods and subsist on the pittance doled
out to them by the union. It is asserted that
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UUL JUl CL 1CVY |/ivi^ooiuuu& w*?v
men would have long ago been back to
work. Their condition is deplorable.
? Mr. Boyd "Winchester, the consul general
of the L nited States to Switzerland, has
just completed some exhaustive researches
in regard to the cheese industry of that
country. He has made certain discoveries
that the cheese-makers of this country will
be a little slow to believe. He claims to
have seen cheeses that are more than two
hundred years old. One of the customs
that formerly prevailed in the cheese re
gionsof that country, Mr. Winchester said,
was for the friends of the bride and bridegroom
to join in the presentation, on their
wedding day, of an elaborate cheese. This
cheese was used as a family register and
heirloom, on which the births, marriages
and deaths are recorded. He says that he
has seen some of these "old cheeses" that
date back to 1660. In many parts of Switz- erland
cheese forms the principal diet of
the people. He says that new cheese often
causes sickness. When this is the case the
patient is treated in the homoeopathic fashion
with old cheese, which generally effects
a cure.
(SNquim.
YORKVILLK, S. C. :
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1886.
GOV. THOMPSON S APPOINTMENT.
President Cleveland has tendered to Governor
Thompson, of this State, the appointment
of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
made vacant by the resignation of
Wm. E. Smith. This appointment is second
only in importance to a Cabinet position,
and while it is justly construed as a
deserved compliment to the distinguished
appointee, it is one by which our State may
feel honored in the conspicuous recognition
of the ability of one of her sons. The
appointment is well received throughout
the country, the press in all sections of the
Union endorsing Governor Thompson as a
wise selection for the important position.
There is little doubt but the Senate will
confirm the appointment, when, it is understood
the Governor will resign and proceed
to Washington to enter upon the duties
of the office to which the President has
called him.
SOl'THEKX ~KAILROADS.
The South is beginning to attract attention
as the best field in the United States
fsr investments in railroads. The reasons
for this are given as follows by the Wall
Street Indicator:
"A glance over the railroad field of this
country will suggest to investors that the
most promising opportunities are to be
found at present in the Southern section.
This portion of the country is now in process
of a very rapid development, which,
in itself, is a most important factor in the
profitable operation of railroads. Unlike
the West, which has been a most attractive
field for railroad investments, the South
does not require the building of large
stretches of railroad through unproductive
territory. On the contrary, the construction
of comparatively short lines of road
will connect important business centres and
open up territory already producing largely.
In many cases the building of a line of
road in the South is like starting a horsecar
line in the streets of New York. The
traffic is already there, and all that is wanted
is the road to move it."
There are still other reasons: namely>
that Southern roads are rarely troubled
with strikes as they are in the North, and
Southern railway securties are at such a low
price as to make them very tempting investments.
THE GEORGIA CONTEST.
As showing the present phase of the
Gubernatorial contest in Georgia, an Atlanta
dispatch of Friday says:
The terrible bitterness which has characterized
the Gubernatorial contest in Georgia
has palled, upon the taste. When Gordon
entered the race Bacon had 14 votes the
start of him. Gordon's campaign was founded
upon an appeal to the old soldier sentiment.
In one week he caught up to Bacon
and left him 10 votes in the rear. Last
Saturday a large number of counties acted,
which increased Gordon's vote to 114 and
Bacon's to 60. To this Bacon has since
added four votes. Elections were held in
several counties to-day, from which full
returns have not been received, but Gordon
is in the lead. Bacon would now have to
carry three to one in order to catch up, and
this is altogether improbable. The feeling
produced by the campaign is intense, dividing
the people in every county into factions.
Dr. Felton has openly declared that he
will not support Gordon, and while he has
declared his purpose not to be a candidate it
is well known that he is willing to be forced
inio tne race. It IS IIOW sine iu sny umn
Gordon will be nomiuated on the first ballot
; that Felton or some man of his selection,
will run independent, in which case
the whisky and other disturbing: questions
will be introduced and the colored man
will find himself holding the balance of
power.
Business Retkospect \nd Prospect.?
The half year closes with a favorable outlook
in business and in investments. There
is a general resumption of business activity.
The strike of switchmen at Chicago acquires
on absurd degree of importance from the
license allowed the strikers. It is amazing
that these interferences with property and
the right of property owners are not promptly
suppressed. Crop prospects continue
fair. Dakota and Minnesota have suffered
somewhat from drouth, and the winter
wheat harvest, which is now in progress,
has been retarded by too much rain; still
the winter wheat States will do better than
last year, when there was a total failure of
the crop. It is reported that farmers will
market their crop early. Railroad earnings
have been good in June. The disbursements
of interest and dividends at Boston
for the mid-year reach ?10,192,000, an increase
of about S1S0,000. Most of this sum
goes into the income of people of moderate
means, and is spent in keeping up homes,
but a portion will seek reinvestment. Notwithstanding
the long depression of the
cotton manufacture, the faith of the millionaire
manufacturing families of Rhode
Island does not seem to be shaken as to its
future profitableness, as the Lonsdale mills
have contracted for a new four-story mill,
100 feet by 498, with an ell of 100 feet.?
Springfield Republican.
The Gallows.?Jenkins Wright, colored,
was hanged in the jail of Hampton
county, 8. C., last Friday for wife murder.
He gave his wife a blow on the head and
threw her body in the fire, where the
charred remains were found. The murderer's
child was the principal witness against
him, who testified that "pappy knocked
mammy in the head and den l'rowed her in
de tire." Wright denied his guilt to the last
and sang a hymn while going to the scaffold.
The drop fell six feet and the murderer's
neck was broken. Twenty persons
witnessed the execution.
Franklin Gaston, colored, aged 18 years,
who was tried and convicted at the last
term of the Superior Court of Rowan county,
X. C., on the charge of making a criminal
assault on a white woman, was hanged
last Friday, in Salisbury, according to
the sentence of the Court. The execution
was public, the scaffold having been erected
in the jail lot, within .'!<) feet of Main
street. The drop fell at twelve minutes
past eleven o'clock in the forenoon. The
hanging was witnessed by a large crowd of
people who were gathered in the streets and
on the adjacent grounds.
Dick Bishop was hanged on Friday at
Pittsboro, Miss., in the presence of two
thousand persons. The drop was sprung at
1:44 P. M. Bishop maintained his innocence
to the last. The crime for which he
was executed was the murder of Wise, a
Texas detective, in Calhoun county, about
two years ago.
? The Kev. (). A. Darby, D. D., has been,
appointed presiding elder of the Columbia !
District of the Southern Methodist Church,
in the place ot Kev. A. Coke Smith, who i
has been elected a professor in Wofford College.
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Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, July, 5.?The Circuit Court
for this county, Judge Fraser presiding,
convened at this place on last Monday.
The first case tried was that of Holly Upson,
for selling whiskey without license. The
jury rendered a verdict of acquittal. The
next case was that of Charles A. Whitusfor
the same offence. His ground of defence
was that it was water and not whisky that
he sold. The jury could not see the case in
that light and found him guilty. Daniel
Reed plead guilty to the same charge of
selling liquor without license. The next
case was that of Peter Lumpkin, colored,
for carrying concealed weapons. His defence
was too thin to have any weight with
the jury, and he was consequently convicted.
David Darby, colored, plead guilty of
carrying concealed weapons.
On Thursday morning Lewis Walls, colored,
was tried and convicted of violating
the statute against carrying concealed weapons.
Tony Fowler and Ross Douglass, both colored,
were nut on their trial charged with
the crime of stealing live stock. Tiieir
lawyer did his best in their behalf, but his
efforts were unavailing. The jury pronounced
them guilty. The court then engaged
in the trial of James Caldwell, colored,
who was charged with breaking into
and stealing goods from the Fishing Creek
Factory store. He was saved the unhappy
fate of spending a period in the Penitentiary
through the exertions of his lawyer.
The trial of this case closed the criminal
business for that term of the court, and
was followed by the dismissal of the jurors.
The following sentences were passed on
those who plead guilty or were convicted:
David Iteed, selling liquor without license,
to pay a fine of $75, or to be confined
in the county jail for two months. Charles
Whitus, same offence, to pay a fine of $100,
or be confined in the county jail for two
months. Peter Lumpkin, colored, carrying
concealed weapons, to pay a fine of $20,
or be confined in the county jail for one
month. Lewis Walls, colored, same offence
and same punishment. Tony Fowler
and ltoss Douglass, both colored, larceny
of live stock, one year in the Penitentiary
at hard labor. David Darby, colored,
carrying concealed weapons, to pay a fine
of $20 or be confined one month in the
county jail.
The judge and the lawyers continued until
Friday in the transaction of such business
as came before them.
On Tuesday Mr. Leroy Springs, who
killed John Bell at Lancaster, on the preceding
day, appeared before Judge Fniser,
on a writ of habeas corpus, and was admitted
to bail in a bond of $2,000.
Our County Institute, which opened on
last Monday, continued until Saturday.
There are about fifty white teachers in
r?t. frtwf *? *** >m wnrn in
CAHlliLty, IUll^ VJX vr Hum ugiv iu
attendance upon the Institute. The majority
of these were ladies, showing a
greater appreciation on their part of the
advantages offered them. Professors Mitchell,
Witherow and Morrison were faithful
in the discharge of their duties, and undoubtedly
sowed good seed which will inevitably
yield good fruit. The teachers
who received such valuable instruction,
will be better prepared in the future for the
proper discharge of their duties. Prof.
Mitchell delivered an interesting lecture at
the court house on Friday night before a
large audience on matters pertaining to
the schools. Col. A. Coward, State Superintendent
of Education, followed on the
same line with some very practical and
excellent remarks. It has been a long time
since our people have listened to two better
and more entertaining addresses. The
Chester County Institute closed on Saturday.
The Chester members of the Sixth Regiment
Survivors' Association met here on
Saturday. A committee was appointed
to confer with a committee from Fairfield
survivors as to the place and manner of
celebrating the next annual meeting of the
Survivors' Association. The Chester survivors
opposed holding the meeting at
Manassas, as had been suggested.
Our colored people are celebrating the
"Glorious Fourth" by a picnic at the fair
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glUUllUS. J. lit: Utllltv illlU LIIC J^U^LWIIJCC twi:
closed, but the stores are open. The crowd
on our streets is not so large as usual. M.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM ROCK HILL.
Rock Hill, July 5?I promised in my
last letter to give an account of the closing
exercises of the Rock Hill Academy. I regret
my inability to do justice to the occasion.
The exercises were held in Roddey's
Hall on the 20th and 30th ultimo. On the
first night rain fell in torrents, but at an
early hour the hall was filled with citizens
of the town who have taken quite an interest
in the school under the management of
Prof. Davidson. The programme was well
arranged and was enjoyed by the large audience
present, several of the pieces being
heartily encored. The pupils acquitted
themselves with great credit, both to themselves
and their efficient principal.
On the second night the rain continued ;
nevertheless the hall was again filled, a
larger number being in attendance than on
the preceding night. The exhibition was
a success, as was evidenced by the hearty
applause of the large audience. Prof.
Davidson is an efficient and capable instructor,
and our citizens hope soon to have
a graded school under his management.
Mr. A. F. Fewell and Mr. W. H. Edwards,
of Ebenezer township, plucked cotton
blooms from their fields on Wednesday
last.
As showing the influence of the Enquirer
as an advertising medium, I would say
that Messrs. Frew Pros., of this place, received
an order to day from Illinois for
goods advertised by them in its columns.
Mr. W. A. Steele, of this place, has a
bunch of clover in his garden that measures
17j feet across, which he claims came from
one seed. Who next?
Our base ball boys expected to cross bats
in tho diamond field with the Yorkville I
boys this evening, but a letter from them to
one of the members of the Iiock Hill Club
informs him that ft will be impossible for
them to play to-day. Come down, boys,
and see us.
The Hornets' Nest Riflemen, of Charlotte,
have extended an invitation to the Catawba
Rifles of this place to join them in the excursion
and encampment at Smithville,
X. C., on the Pith of this month. It is expected
that the company will accept the
invitation.
Rev. T. R. English, of Yorkville, preached
in the Presbyterian Church at this place
yesterday morning and again at night.
On the same day, Rev. E. N. Joyner
preached a sermon to his congregation, the
subject of which was "The Fourth of July,
and how Christians should celebrate it."
The Bethel Aricultural Society expects to
give a picnic in August next. Capt. Iredell j
Jones has been invited to be present and |
address them. It it also expected that Capt. |
I*. It. Tillman will be present. IIal.
Cori'e*i|t?ndenre of the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
LETTER FROM FORT MILL.
Fokt Mill, July 5.?The aniversary of
our nation's birthday has come and gone
again. The sacredness of the day and the
wetness of the weather overcame all patriotic
effusions on the occasion. If anybody
thought of celebrating, his ardor was cooled
down before he could tell his neighbor 1
about it.
The weather lias again permitted the |
farmers to accomplish about one and a half
day's work in a week. According to the j
best information, Sugar Creek was four
feet higher on Saturday than it was when!
it moved off the bridges during the great!
freshet last May. Four leet is a gooa ueai >
of water to add to an almost unprecedented !
freshet, but the denizens of the Fork stick {
to the truth of the statement. In view i
of this condition of the weather, it is not j
safe to calculate on this township produc- j
ing enough corn to last until Christmas.'
Small grain, wheat and oats, is rotting in j
the shock faster than it can be cared for; j
and even the grass seems to have become j
chilled and lazy; at least there is no hay I
being hauled to the depot. Besides, the
cotton as yet gives no promise of making
half a crop.
To render the prospect more gloomy, the j
health of the community is bad. Last i
week dysentery took off Mr. Walter JO.'
Spratt's six-months old son, and four or |
live colored children died of the same dis-;
ease within less than two days.
The Lazy Club have turned themselves
loose and surprised the whole community.'
They raised money, bought lumber, tore
down Hotchkiss' shop, moved it and contents
away and built twenty-six panels of
new fence complete in one morning of last
week, except the hanging of the gate,
which was done after dinner. This is a
wonderful feat for the Club. Jack Massey
has bought the Watson lot and moved the
little shoe shop back for a cookery, thus
throwing Sam Saney with his shop in the
old Bradford shop.
There is some speculation as to what will
be the formation of the State ticket, as it
seems to be settled the "Ins" must go, and
the "Outs" comprise a considerable majority
of our population. But let whoever
can form a ticket, so the names are all good
ones, and the amount of responsibility not
beyond the capacity of the respective nom
inees; provided first and last and all tne
time that they must be Democrats.
Anon.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
A ULOOMY VIEW OF THE SITUATION.
King's Mountain, N. C., July 1.?What
are the farmers to do? I have lately had
occasion to pay a visit to Yorkville, and
for the entire distance to your town, I
could see nothing calculated to encourage
farmers, or indeed, any other business. I
have also recently been in several portions
of Cleveland and Gaston counties, and will
give you an idea of the condition of the
farmers as coming under my own observation.
Broad River, Buffalo and Muddy
Fork, in Cleveland, Long Creek, Crowder's
(.'reek and Catawba Creek, in Gaston, and
Allison Creek and Beaver Dam, in York,
traverse a largo area over which I have
traveled, and within the limits indicated,
containing thousands of acres of the best
farming lands, I venture the assertion that
there are not ten acres of good corn on all
the fine bottomsof the above named streams.
The corn on clay uplands looks tolerably
well, but that on sandy lands is poor from
the fact that it has not been well worked.
Cotton is doing no good for want of the
warmth of the sun.
Now in all this region, on the smaller
streams, the crops along which were replanted
after the May freshet, it seems that
they will be lost-again, as the constant rains
prevent them from being worked.
Wheat and oats are yet in the field, a
portion of the oats uncut, the wheat sprout
ing in the shock.
We have had many dry seasons during
the past fifty years, but such a wet time as
the present I have never before witnessed
during the crop-growing season. It is certainly
the most gloomy prospect I have ever
known. What the mass of the people is to
do, and how they are to pay their indebtedness
and buy the necessaries of life on a
third of a crop on hand remains to be seen.
As one means of relieving the impending
distress, I think the people should rise in
their might and stop the distilling of corn
into whisky. j. n.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
HOMICIDE NEAR CLOVER.
Clover, S. C., July 5.?Andy Johnson
was stabbed and killed by Jim Muskelly,
both colored, on Friday evening last, about
three miles south-east of this place, between
the residence of W. I. Brison and D. P.
Boyd. Coroner J. M. Caldwell was sent
for, but not getting here until a late hour
in the night, he concluded to postpone the
inquest until next morning.
Saturday morning he impaneled a jury
as follows: J. It. Barron, J. F. Jackson,
T ? 1 T.' T 1) T A
0 UJ1W lYIiUA, ?J . J>. iVUUJIISUIJ, J. uatnwii,
J. F. Currence, J. S. Glass, Z. Carroll, S. A.
Matthews, It. A. Matthews, W. I. Brison
and J. J. Smith, who, after a somewhat
extended investigation, rendered the following
verdict: "That Andy Johnson
came to his death by a wound in his left
side by a knife in the hands of Jim Muskelly."
It seems that these two had a quarrel a
short time before. On that day Jim Muskelly
and his wife were at work on or near
the road leading from here to Armstrong's
mm, wnen -tvnuy pusseu uu a muic, BUIlJts
to mill with a sack of corn. There was
some conversation between the parties
just here, but as there was no one present,
it is difficult to know what passed at this
point'; but Jim and his .wife followed Andy
some loO yards, or more, when they all
stopped, liufus Williamson, colored, who
was at work in that part of the field,
though at some distance from them, testified
that Andy called him to come to them,
but before he got there Andy had got off
the mule and the deed had been done. Andy
moved a hundred yards or more before
he fell. Mr. James Graham saw him fall
and went to him and saw he had been
stabbed. Mr. D. P. Boyd also saw him
fall, and says he was breathing his last just
as he got to him. There is some circumstantial
evidence bearing on the case, but
it is varied and conflicting. .1. n. o.
Murdered uy a Woman.?At Hunter's
Chapel Church, in Barnwell county,
last Sunday morning, while Sundayschool
was in session, Miss Emma Connelly
killed John A. Steedly. She walked
into the church with her arms folded and
a pistol in one hand, cocked. She passed
into the seat in the rear of Steedly, and
when just behind him shot him. He arose,
looked around, tried to get out his pistol,
and at the same time made for the door.
Miss Connelly snapped her pistol at him
again, but it failed to go off. If it had gone
off the chances are that some one else
would have been hurt, as the church was
crowded.
Steedly fell at the door of the church just
outside and died in about three minutes.
There was great excitemeut among the
ladies and children at the time. Steedly
had been putting out damaging reports
about Miss Connelly, for which her brothers
and a Mr. Ott had horsewhipped him
sometime ago. Some ten days since Steedly
published a letter giving his version of
the whipping and reiterating the reports.
This letter seems to have been the immediate
cause of the shooting.?Midway Dispatch
to the News and Courier.
The State Campaign.?'The quiet prevailing
thoughout the State in political circles
is ominous. None of the State's distinguished
sons so far have openly stood out
for the governorship, and while slates are
being made up, no one man has shown
any great eagerness to come forward as an
avowed candidate. There is said, however,
to be a little log-rolling going on in certain
circles. A prominent and distinguished
politician said to a Itegister reporter last
11I&IIt.
"The quiet is remarkable. The like lias
never been heard of before. It indicates
that the matter has been left to the people,
and when the man is chosen, he will certainly
be the candidate of the people."?
Columbia Register, Sunday.
? Mr. William Henry Wilson died at
Wilson, Fla., June 22, aped about 5G years,
lie was born in the vicinity of Abbeville
and learned the printing business in that;
town. He was a brother of Mr. Hugh Wil-1
son, editor of the Press and Banner. After j
the war Mr. Wilson moved to his farm in !
Florida, on which the town of Wilson was
founded. For several years he devoted his i
energies to farming in Florida, but ot Jate
years he has been prominently before the !
people as Master of the Florida State I
(/range, and as a publisher of a newspaper
at Lake City.
? Georgetown Times, June 30: Mr. David 1
Risley last week put a force of hands at |
work clearing up the old road bed of the !
Georgetown and North Carolina Railroad. j
By the terms of the transfer which gave j
him control of the stock, work was to be I
commenced on or before July 1st. Fearing j
that the Massachusetts and Southern Construction
Company, to which he in turn ;
had transferred the stock, would fail to com- j
ply with the condition, Mr. Risley deter-!
mined to begin work himself in order to
prevent a forfeiture.
? Some one has been frequently raiding:
the barn of Mr. John W. Stuckey, near J
Cypress, Darlington county. A few nights '
aero Mr. Stuckey stood watch and saw a
man unlock the door with a key and enter-!
ed to load himself up with spoils. The own-!
er of the barii stepped up and captured his 1
man, who turned out to be Townsend Ste- i1
vens, colored.
? Farmer B. It. Tillman will address the '
citizens of Aiken county at the Court House <
on Saturday, July 10th, upon "What He <
Knows About the Farmers' Movement."
XaOiGAJU AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
A. B. Farquliar, York, Pa.?Threshing uracil
in es.
T. C. and J. M. Spratt, Executors?Application
for Discharge.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sale.
J. Beatty Williams?For Judge of Probate.
Capt. J. C. Lynes?For Sale.
Dowry A Starr?Wholesale and Retail Dealers.
George T. Schorb?Our Candidates, Wilcox A
White.
Riddle A Pegrain?In Stock.
Withers Adickcs?We Make It a Point.
Hunter A Gates?Our Bargain Counters.
T. M. Dobson A Co.?Down They Go?Rain
Prices.
M. Strauss?Low Prices According To The
Times.
II. F. Adiekes?Special July Bargains.
R. II. Glenn, County Chairman?Executive
Committee.
SALES-DAY.
Last Monday was sales-day for July ; but
there were no sales of any description.
V COTTON BLOOM.
Mr. J. AL Sims, of Bullock's Creek, has sent
us a cotton bloom, taken from his field on the
2nd instant. lie writes that the crop prospect in
his section is very gloomy.
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
By reference to notice published elsewhere, it
will be seen that the County Chairman lias called
a meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee
in Yorkville, on Thursday, the loth instant.
UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1887.
We will furnish the Enquirer from this date
until January 1, 1S87, for $1.15; or for one year
to two names paid for at the same time, $4.00.
Single subscription $2.50 per annum.
DUE WEST FEMALE COLLEGE.
Wo have received, but not until our columns
for this issue were closed, a very interesting account
of the commencement exercises at Due
West Female College, which shall appear next
week.
NC HOMICIDE NEAR CLOVER.
Oiy&aturday afternoon Jim Muskelly, colored,
WOO nnmmittnrl tn inil nn thfi chnrPC of stabbinCT
?iiul causing the death of Andy Johnson, colored,
about three miles south-east of Clover, in this
county, on Friday last. Particulars of the affair
are given in our Clover correspondence. The
grand jury yesterday found a true bill against
the accused, and his trial is set for to-morrow.
V SURFACE WATER.
In view of the vast quantity of rain that has
fallen recently, saturating the ground with water
and filling the wells with surface drainage, medical
authorities advise that much sickness may
be averted by drawing off the water now in the
wells, and continuing the operation for two or
three times, or until the water resumes its normal
depth. This is an important matter, which
in the absence of any sanitary regulations, should
not be overlooked by owners of wells.
CHANGE OF* SCHEDULE.
A change of schedule on the Chester and Lenoir
Railroad went into effect last Monday.
Going south the mail and passenger train now
arrives at Yorkville at 12.30 P. M.; and going
north the train arrives here at 5.40 P. M.
The freight cars have been taken from the passenger
trains, and until further notice a freight
train with passenger coach attached will run
each way on alternate days?going north Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, and south on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Going
north the freight train arrives at Yorkville at
10.3S A. M.t and going south it arrives here at
P. M.
FARMERS' CLUB.
OnSftturday last a Farmers' Club was organized
at Rethesda Church, in Bethesda township,
by the election of the following officers : President,
John S. Bratton ; Vice-President, Capt. E.
A. Crawford ; Secretary, Alfred Moore; Treasurer,
W. X. Elder.
The enrolled members were resolved in a committee
of the whole to solicit membership; and
an executive committee was elected as follows:
W. X. Elder, J. L. Starr, R. E. Sadler, after
which the Club adjourned to the 31st of the
present month for the purpose of electing delegates
for forming a county association, and discussing
such questions as may come beforo the
meeting. _
DEATH OF A GOOD MAX.
We regret to record the death of Mr. George
R. Shillinglaw, which occurred at his residence,
two miles east of Yorkville, about 7 o'clock
yesterday evening. Mr. Shillinglaw was in the
f>6th year of his age, having been born on the
loth of. February, 1830. In the year 1878 he pur
chased the home at which he died, and during
his residence in that neighborhood was regarded
as one of its best citizens. lie was a zealous
Christian, active in all work calculated to
promote the cause of the church, and living
strictly up to tho profession of his faith, he enjoyed
the full confidence and esteem of all who
knew him. Mr. Sbillinglaw leaves a wife and
nine children, some of whom are grown. Tho
funeral services will take place at the Associate
Reformed Church this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
VGUBERNATORIAL TICKET.
While political slates aro being formed in various
parts of the State, a correspondent in this
county submits the following for the consideration
of the public:
For Governor?Col. Joseph Walker, of Spartanburg.
For Lieutenant Governor?Joseph H. Earle,
of Sumter.
For Secretary of State?B. II. Massey, of York.
For Attorney-General?Hon. C. R. Miles, of
Charleston.
For State Treasurer?J. G Blue, of Marlboro.
For Adjutant and Inspector-General?Maj. W.
W. Humphreys, of Anderson.
For State Superintendent of Education?Rev.
Robert Lathan, D. L)., of Abbeville.
For Comptroller-General?W. E. Stoney, of
Berkeley.
THE C. & L. RAILROAD.
We learn from what we deem reliable authority
that the management of tho Chester and Lenoir
Narrow Gauge Railroad contemplato changing
a considerable portion of tho track to the
standard gauge. Our information is that tho
track from Chester to Gastonia will be widened
to tho broad or standard gauge, and also from
Hickory to Lenoir. The intention is, as we
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in time to meet the requirements of the fall
trallic. We learn that tho reason given for not
changing the entire length of the track is that
the lessees cannot find sale at a fair price for the
narrow gauge rolling stock, and they prefer to
retain the locomotives and cars on a portion of
the narrow gauge system, (between Lancaster
and Chester and between Gastonia and Hickory)
until they run down, when, instead of renewing
them, they will then, if not sooner, change the
remaining narrow gauge to the standard.
/ ANOTHER MURDER.
Yesterday morning, between the hours of 5
and l> o'clock, a homicide was committed on tho
premises of Mr. George L. Riddle, at Zeno, in
this county, the parties to tho atl'air being colored
tunn in \rr ltiddlo's emnlovment. Gnlv a few
minutes before the fatal blow was given, a quarrel
occurred between tlio men, June Campbell
and Ed McLean, over a very trivial matter, and
after the hot words had passed, and it was thought
the ill feeling ended, Ed renewed the quarrel
with some slang term, when, without a word of
warning, June sprang at Ed with knife in hand
and plunged the blade, three inches in length,
in his breast, inflicting a wound which caused
death in less than fifteen minutes. Juno attempted
to escape, but was arrested by Mr. R.
1?. Riddle and taken before Trial Justice Perry
Ferguson, who upon affidavit of Mr. Riddlo,
who witnessed the affair, committed the murderer
to jail. lie was brought in yesterday
afternoon and locked up.
THE WEATHER.
The weather continues unsettled, and a clear
day for the past month has been the exception.
Heavy rains fell throughout the county last
week, ami 011 Thursday and Friday the streams
were swollen, indicting renewed damage to
crops and property. As a rule, however, from
the information we have received, the rise of
water was greater in the smaller streams than in
the larger ones. Allison Creek is said to have
been eight inches higher than it was in the freshet
of the 21st of May, and Turkey Creek eighteen
inches higher. On other streams the water
was not so high. Crowder's Creek, at Riddle's
Mills, lacked six feet of reaching tho mark of
the May freshet, and Buffalo Creek lacked about
two and a half feet. Water reached the lloor
of tho bridge across Bullock's Creek near Surratt's
Mill on tho Hamilton Ford road. This
bridge is about a mile from tho intersection of
the creek with Broad River. At this bridge the
creek was not so high by six or eight feet as
luring tiie May freshet, when the bridge was
removed from one of tho abutments. At Moore's
Mill, on Buffalo, three miles north-west of
Black's, the temporary bridge built by the Massachusetts
and Southern Construction Company,
in place of the old bridge destroyed by the May
freshet, was swept away, and we have heard of
other damage to property, while the destruction
of crops on bottom lands seems to be complete.
There is a general feeling of gloom and despondency
among the farmers, and notw ithout cause
so far as may be viewed from a temporal standpoint.
Rains were general last week throughout
the State, and reports reach us from all sections
of damage by high waters.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor.
There will bo no morning service in this
church next Sunday. Sunday-school at 4.30 P.
M. Preaching at 8.30 P. M., and every evening
during the week. Prayer-meeting at 8.30 this
evening.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
in on a at q on t>
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M. Sunday-school at 4.30 P. M. Prayer-meeting
to-morrow evening at 8.30.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C.
Galloway, Pastor. Services at Tirzah next
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday-school
in the church at Yorkville at 4 P. M.
Raptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Business
meeting on Saturday next, at 5 o'clock in
the afternoon. Sunday-school at 9.45 on Sunday
morning. Service at 11 o'clock. Communion
after service. Prayer-meeting this evening at
8.30 o'clock.
King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson,
Pastor. Services at King's Mountain Chapel
at 11 A. M., on Saturday and Sunday next.
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper at the Sunday
service, on which occasion the pastor will be assisted
by Rev. W. W. Daniel, of Yorkville.
V A NARROW ESCAPE.
Our townsman, Dr. J. Rufus Bratton, made a
narrow escape from drowning on Thursday afternoon
last. Having been called to visit a patient
on the Howell's Ferry road, he started in
the forenoon and without much difliculty crossed
Bullock's Creek on the the bridge, about eight
miles West of Yorkville, but found the stream
much swollen. Returning in the afternoon,
and having in his buggy with him Mr. Theodore
Moore, an elderly gentleman, he found the
stream considerably higher than when he crossed
it a few hours previously, the water surrounding
the bridge and extending out into the road
to a greater extent. Ho had expected this, and
to make sure of crossing safely he obtained the
best information he could as to location of the
road after leaving the bridge, by which, with his
own knowledge of the surroundings, lie hoped
to make the proper bearings. But by some mischance,
after leaving the bridge, his horse took
one side of the buggy up an embankment, upsetting
the vehicle. Mr. Moore, besides being
feeble, was utyible to swim, and as both were
thrown into the water, the Do.ctor gave his undi-trS/lA/l
oDnntmn fAuavinn1 fVinlito nf llSd PAIYinnn
ion, and while thus engaged his horse becoming
unmanageable, broke the shafts of the buggy,
and being entangled in the harness, was
drowned. Besides the valuable animal, the Doctor
lost his medicine case and his buggy was
badly broken, while he had some difficulty in
saving himself and his companion.
ERSONAL MENTION.
?^Mr. Lamartine G. Strauss, of Staunton, Va.
is visiting his pardnts in this place.
Miss Stitt Harris, of Columbia, is in Yorkville,
visiting the family of I)r. J. Rufus Bratton.
\ Mrs. 0. E. Thomas, nee Miss Maggie Harris,
of Columbia, is in Yorkville, at the Yorkville
xiuitri.
1*1 r. E. Spencer, of Lynchburg, Sumter county,
S. C., is in Yorlcville, visiting his son, Mr.
C. E. Spencer.
Miss Agnes Harris and Miss Duffy Harris, of
Fort Mill, are in Yorlcville, visiting the family
of Rev. W. W. Daniel.
Mrs. Horace H. Beard, of this place, returned
home on last Monday from Lincolnton, X. C.
where she had boon visiting friends.
J^-W. Porter Goode, Esq., formerly a member
of the Yorlcville bar, but now a citizen of Texas,
arrived here yesterday on a visit to his old
home.
Naval Cadet George W. Williams having resigned
his cadotship in the Naval Academy at
Annapolis, Md., returned to his home in this
place last week.
Professor Joseph A. MacLean, of Rome, Ga.,
who is in charge of the musical department in
the Rome Female College, is in Yorkville visiting
friends and relatives.
Miss Mell Lathan, who has been engaged in
teaching school in Fairfield county, returned
to her home in Due West, via Yorkville, spending
a few days here with relatives.
Congressman Hemphill, who was called from
Washington by business in the Circuit Court of
Chester last week, made a flying visit to Yorkville
Friday evening, and met quite a number of
his York constituency during his stay here until
noon- Saturday. He will be a candidate for
renomination.
Prof. R. J. Herndon, who has been in Wilmington,
N. C., for several weeks, will leave
that city on Saturday next for New York, anil
from there will sail on the following Saturday
for Europe, expecting to land at Glasgow. From
Glasgow he will proceed to Liverpool and London
and make a tour of the Continent.
THE CIRCUIT COURT.
The Summer term of the Circuit Court for
York county, his Honor Judge Frasor presiding,.convened
at 10 o'clock A. M. last Monday.
All thoofficors of the Court were promptly in
attendance, and the grand jurors answered to
their names as follows: J. T. Lowry, Foreman ;
Irvin Blair, W. II. Stewart, W. E. Good, J. B.
Blanton, It. M. Plexico, W. T. Hartness, It. M.
Faries, W. C. Abernathy, I). W. Fowler, S. S.
Plexico, W. It. Barron, Felix II. Dover, J. D.
Whitesides, B. J. Gold, T. E. McKeowu.
Addressing the grand jurors, his Honor said
that as the present is their second term, and
having been previously charged as to their duties,
ho deemed it unnecessary to charge them
generally, inasmuch also, as their principal business
the present term would be to look after
indictments. He, however, reminded them that
they are empowered with a general supervision
overall the public oflices of the county, and it is
a part of their duty to inspect the offices. He did
not impute bad management to any public officer
of the county, but yet it is a duty the grand
jury owes to the people to look after the conduct
of their public officers, the private individual
rarely putting himself to that trouble. Hence
the duty of the grand jury to inquire into the
administration of the county officials, and if any
of them are found to be erinnnauy naDie, 10 maae
presentment of the same. He also admonished
the grand jurors on the importance of secrecy as
to all that transpires in the grand jury room.
Mr. Solicitor McDonald then passed up a number
of indictments, and the law as bearing upon
the charges contained in each having been explained
by his Honor, the grand jury retired to
their room.
The Clerk then proceeded to call the roll of
petit jurors drawn for the present term, and the
following answered to their names: G. L. McI
Vfiel. ,T. W. Black. F. M. Walker, J. J. Roach,
W. J. Love, John Shillinglaw, R. J. Davis, W.
I G. Palmer, II. E. Wilkerson, A. E. Smith, J. L.
Kimbrell, W. J. Paries, E. A. Crawford, L. M.
Hardin, J. L. Starr, W. W. Jenkins, W. E. Patrick,
R. T. Castles, M. Whit, J. Franklin Moore,
R. H. Corn well, J. R. Long, G. W. Foster, J. H.
Steele, W. F. Smith, C. C. Webber, F. P. Giles,
J. R. Ilealand, W. L. Goforth, J. F. Isom, M.
R. Kee, John C. Jackson, J. L. Rainey, James
Huey?34.
Of the names composing the panel as drawn,
J. F. Williams and A. E. Carroll could not be
found by the Sheriff. Of those present, R. J.
Davis, W. G. Palmer, J. II. Steele, J. R. Ilealand,
M. R. Kee and James Huey, on their own
petitions, for various causes, were excused by
Court from serving; and to complete the panel,
on motion of the Solicitor, the Judge ordered
that seven additional names be drawn from the
three-mile box, and the following names were
drawn: John J. Hunter, John R. Schorb, William
Gist, colored, Daniel Lowrv, J. E. Gettys,
R. M. Steel, G. W. .Foster. The name of Mr.
Foster proved to have been in the three-mile
box by error, it having been drawn under the
original venire; but his Honor ruled that another
name could not be drawn, and thus the
panel was completed.
The following cases, continued from last term,
were called :
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liquor without license. Transferred to Contingent
docket.
State vs. I)r. John (i. Black; improperly giving
prescriptions for intoxicating liquor. Transferred
to Contingent docket.
State vs. Mack Parker, colored ; burglary and
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larceny. A nolle prosequi was entered by the
Solicitor as to the charge of burglary, and the
defendant pleaded guilty as to the second count.
Remanded for sentence.
State vs. Wesley Smith ; selling property under
lien. Continued. " *
The following case, sent up by Trial Justice
Fewell, of Rock Hill, was next heard: State
vs. Frederick baton, colored ; carrying concealed
weapon. Hart A Hart appeared for defence.
Verdict, not guilty.
The grand jury having returned a number of
true bills, the following were heard on Monday :
State vs. Simon Fewell and John Fewell, colored
; assault and battery with intent to kill.
Prosecutor, Mr. Joseph Railes. Simon Fewell
pleaded guilty. John, his, son, a boy twelve or
fourteen years old, went to trial. Mr. J. B.
Hell for the defence. Verdict, guilty. Remanded
for sentence.
State vs. Wm. O'Leary, colored; assault and
battery with intent to kill. Prosecutor, Nelson
Withers, colored. Mr. Bell for defence. Verdict,
guilty. Remanded for sentence.
State vs. Daniel Chambers; carrying concealed
weanon. Continued.
The following cases were disposed of yesterday
:
State vs. Isaac Ingram, colored ; assault and
battery with intent to kill. Prosecutor, Dick
Workman, colored. Wilson & Wilson for defence.
Verdict, guilty of an assault of aggravated
nature.
State vs. Thomas II. Allen; assault and battery
with intent to kill, two cases tried together.
Prosecutor, E. L. Bolin. J. F. Hart, associated
with Solicitor, for tho State. Wilson ?fc Wilson
for defence. The jury took the case late yesterday
evening, but at the time we go to press
have not returned a verdict.
THE TOWNSHIP BONDS.
At the regular meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners, held on Monday last, the following
letter from Col. R. A. Johnson, the General
Manager of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction
Company, in reference to the township
subscriptions in aid of the road, and the
locating of the main line thereof, was submitted
to the Board:
Office of the Massachusetts and Southern
Construction Company, Boston, July 1st,
1886.?To (he Honorable Board of County Commissioners,
Yorkville, S. C. Gentlemen: Your
delay in the delivery of the township bonds to
the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company, in
accordance with the subscription which you
have made, and the trust indenture which you
have entered into on behalf of several townships,
is regretted by this Company. Any good reason
on your part for not executing the contract as entered
into, we cannot comprehend. This Company
desired to keep its contract with the peo
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letter. We have definitely located the line from
Rock Hill to Yorkville, and our corps is now
locating the lino between Yorkville and Black's.
We were ready on the loth of June to begin the
constructionof the road between Rock Hill
and Yorkville, and should have done so, but
for the course taken by your body in refusing
to comply with the executed agreement made
and existing between us.
In the agreement between the township of
York and the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust
Company, it is distinctly stated that the bonds
are to be paid according to the terms therein
made, that is to say: Upon the presentation of
a certificate of the Engineer, endorsed by the
Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners
and countersigned by the Clerk of said
Board, that the road is completed with track
laid in accordance with the terms set forth in
the call for the election held on the 13th day of
March, 1S80. Thus there can be no possible misunderstanding
in regard to the terms upon
which the subscription was voted, or the terms
upon which the bonds should be paid out. The
terms of the subscription for the township of'
York was clearly set forth in the election notice,
and tho Massachusetts and Southern Construction
Company will keep good faith with the
people of York township; and in behalf of and
for that Company, I now ask that the bonds of
Catawba, Ebenezer, York and Cherokee townships,
lying upon the direct line of the railroad,
be delivered at once to the Boston Safe Deposit
and Trust Company.
i iiiiyu lievor unuuraiuuu utni it ia iuu jjuaj/wo*}
of the committee of the citizens of York township,
or of the people thereof, to kill off and
utterly destroy the chances of Broad River and
Bullock's Creek from all railroad facilities ; and
while we are perfectly willing to let the bonds of
these two townships remain in the hands of the
Board of County Commissioners, we do not
waive our right to them, to be used for the purpose
of giving the said township railroad facilities
at a future day, upon a basis that may be
agreed upon between the said two townships and
the Massachusetts and Southern Construction
Company.
As previously stated, this Company are desirous
to commence the construction of the road
at once, and to push it as rapidlv as can be done
with judgment and safety, but they can do nothing
under the present "status of'matters. We
regret that the Board should take a course resulting
in the obstruction of this great public
necessitv. We had expected to be able to open
our road with Charleston within one year from
July 1st, 1SS0, but nearly a month has been lost
upon a mere technicality since the bonds were
furnished by this Company and executed by
your Board." ? "
This Company are endeavoring to carry out the
wishes of the people, and I trust that 110 personal
considerations, private or political, will be allowed
to prevent you from honorably keeping
faith with those with whom you have contracted.
I have the honor to be, Respectfully,
R. A. Johnson, Gen'l Manager.
To the above letter, the County Commissioners
made the following reply:
Office of County Commissioners, York
County, Yorkville, S. C., July 5, 1836. Col. R.
A. Johnson, General Manager of the Massachusetts
and Southern Construction Company, Boston,
Mass. Dear Sir: Your letter of "the 1st
instant has been received, and the same was
laid before the Board at its regular meeting this
morning.
You must be aware of the fact that the following
resolution was adopted on the 4th of June,
1886, as it was done in the presence of Mr. Kart
and Mr. Urquhart:
"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 v
Catawba respectively, the Board hereby declares
itself ready to deliver to said Trust Company,
the bonds of said townships, under the terms of
saiu agreement.
"2. Resolved, That the route through Broad
River and Bullock's Creek townships on the
one hand, and that through York and Ebenezer
townships on the other, being inconsistent, the i
Board declines to deliver the bonds either of
Broad River and Bullock's Creek, or of York
and Ebenezer, until the C., C. and C. Railroad
indicate which routo it proposes to build, when,
after the execution of the indenture agreement
aforesaid, the Board hereby declares itself ready <to
deliver to said Trust Company, the two sets of
bonds along the route so indicated, and only
these."
It is perfectly clear, therefore, that if there has
been any delay, it is because of the failure of
your Company to do, before the 1st of July,
what, you, on'that day, did by your letter, to
wit, to choose between the two inconsistent routes
referred to in our resolution, your language
being:
"Wo have definitely located the line from
Rock Hill to Yorkville, and our corps is now
locating the line between Yorkville and Black's.
* * * The terms of the subscription for the
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notice, and the Massachusetts and Southern
Construction Company will keep good faith
with the people of York township; and in behalf
of and for that Company, I now ask that the bonds
at Catawba, Ebenezer.'York and Cherokee townships,
lying upon the direct line of the railroad, be
delivered at once to the Boston Safe Deposit and
Trust Company."
And now, in view ot the selection you have
made (whilst you say you do not waive any
right you may have to the bonds of the other
two townships, to be used upon a basis that
may hereafter bo agreed upon between said *
townships and the Massachusetts and Southern
Construction Company) we, as the agents of
said townships, deny any right in your Com- '
panv to the bonds of Broad River ami Bullock's
Creek.
In conclusion, the Board say that it is ready to
dolivor to the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust
Company, the bonds of Catawba, Ebenezer,
York and Cherokee, upon the execution and
delivery by said Company, of the indenture
agreement touching said bonds already signed
by the Board, and now in the hands of said
Company.
For the purpose of making the exchange of
papers, tho Board nominates the Southern Express
Company as the medium of exchange.
Just let the Company send us certified copies of
each of the four agreements, with an endorsement
on each that the originals will be delivered
to the Southern Express Company, upon the delivery
by said Express Company, to the Boston
Safe Deposit and Trust Company, of the bonds **
referred to in the agreements, but without ex
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on forthwith as suggested. Or if the Boston '
Safe Deposit and Trust Company prefers, let it
send the said agreements to the Board by express,
with leave to the Board to inspect them in
tho presence of the Southern Express Company's
agent here; but to (be delivered to tho
Board only upon the delivery by the Board to
the said Express Company for the Boston Safe
Deposit and Trust Company of the bonds therein
referred to, to be transmitted without expense
to this Board. Of course, if your Company
is willing to pay the expenses of a member of
the Board to Boston, the exchange of papers
can be made in that way.
A copy of this letter is this day mailed to the **
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company.
By order of tho Board.
Jamks B. Allison, Clerk.