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ft.*, Scraps and Jacts. ? In the case of Maxwell, who murdered the English traveler, Preller, in a hotel in St. Louis, two years ago, and who was sentenced to be hanged on the first of next January, a stay of execution has been granted until February 1st, that a transcript of the case may be finished before an ap| peal is taken. ? "Bob" Taylor, who recently defeated his brother "Alf" in the election for Govp ernor of Tennessee, has been in Washington, and the accounts he gives of the politics-and trade of Tennessee are most encouraging. He says that his State is solidly Democratic, and that her prospects for K business are grand and improving every day, ? Mr. Arthur's last words, spoken in scarcely audible tones and addressed to no one in particular, were uttered while the " dying man's eyes were closed and while he still suffered severe physical pain. "Good night," he said, ana was quiet for a moment, and then, "good night" in still lower tones. When the watchers looked again he had fallen asleep. ? A case has just been filed in the Supreme Conrt at Columbus, Ohio, to test the odnstitutionalitv of the law making a third term in tne Penitentiary a life sentence. It seems to be a question whether depriving a man of a fourth, fifth, or sixth fe term in the State prison is not an unwarranted restriction of the rights and liberties which every free borp Ohio citizen is supposed to inherit. ? Mr. Hugh T. Inraan, of Atlanta, has a suit ot clothes that cost him $16,000. It is a suit that could be bought in any clothing store for $90 or $40. Mr. Inman invested $2,500 in the Sheffield, Ala., Improvement Company, and when the stock sank to a very low figure, in disgust he gave his stock to a friend for a suit of clothes. Now ? the stock has risen, and can be sold at $16,000.. ? The national drill, wfiich it is proposed to be held in Washington next May, promises to be the grandest military display ever witnessed in our country. Already one hundred and nine organizations, including two from^South Carolina, and representing > twenty-seven States, have made known their intention of taking part in the drill. Fifty thousand dollars, to be expended in v prizes, has already been subscribed by citizens of Washington. ? A bill has been introduced into the Alabama Legislature to remove the legal disabilities of women, and it will probably be passed at the present session. It puts a married woman on precisely the same footing with a man as to her property rights. Another bill has for its object the Erotection of the wives, and children of ard-labor convicts. It gives half the price of the hire received by the county to the vife and children. ? A convict's mail is declared, in an opinion said to have been given by Assistant United States Attorney S. D. Dodge, to be as sacred as that of other people. The opinion grows out of the action of prison authorities in Cleveland, who opened a let ter addressed to a convict and' laid away money it contained until the expiration of his term, when, through some cause, it was still withheld until the matter was traced by the postal authorities. The opinion of Attorney Dodge is that no prison official has the right to open a prisoner's letter. ? Glen. T. M. Logan, of Richmond, Va., - who has made a hit in the financial world by the recent deal in "Terminal" stock, which was carried up from 28 to 77 on the stock market, is a slender man of small stature, with a small head, large forehead and squarecut brown whiskers. He lives with his family at the Fifth Ayenue Hotel, New York. His profits in the Terminal deal are said to have been three-quarters of a million. Gen. Logan is a native of South Carolina, and was the youngest Brigadier in the Confederate Army, having been commissioned before he was 21 years of age. ?The fate of the Indians captured in the Miles campaign is practically settled. It was not decided when they were first sent East whether any of them would be tried for their crimes or not. The President has examined the case very carefully and has couie to the conclusion that life confinement for all of these Indians in Florida, where they can do no harm, will be the most thorough punisment which can be visited on them. It is the only practical way by which they can be punished. If the criminals among them were to be singled out no military commission would have any authority to try them. They would have to be turned over to the civil authorities in the place where the crimes were committed. ? "I am frequently called on by young men," said Mr. Stanly, "to advise them concerning missionary journeys into Africa. I alwavs Daint Africa on 3uch occasions in the blackest colors, that they may know the worst. They have no idea of the cost of travel in Africa. Here, I understand, the elevated roads take passengers dozens of miles for five cents. But in Africa a stranger could not travel for less than $20 a mile. I spent over a million pounds sterling in my several trips to Africa. My first trip after Livington cost me, after I was ready to start, $12 or $15 a mile for three thousand miles. One cannot travel in Africa without carryiug with him his own police force, lawyers, soldiers and means ~ of furnishing supplies of all kinds. I tell all this to the missionaries, but many of them forget about it until they find themselves in the continent and then they remember my words." ? The growth of the Baptist Church in North Carolina is thus recorded: In 1784 there were 42 churches, 47 ministers and 3.776 members. In 1812 there were 204 churches, 117 ministers and 12,567 members. In 1832 there were 332 churches, 211 ministers and 41,674 members. In 1851 there were 599 churches, 347 ministers and 42,674 members. In 1860 there were 692 churches, 374 ministers and 59,778 members. In 1876 there were 1,442 churches, 793 ministers and 137,000 members. In 1880 there were 77 associations, 1,905 churches, and 171,951 members. In 1883 they numbered 206,691 members. Th^ Baptist Almanac gives these statistics for 1883: 89 associations, 2,305 churches and 225,322 members. This estimate includes only Missionary Baptists, but does not embrace the colJ -i 1 ?U;.L I r orea cnurcnes, wmcu uuuiuer a icw luuic members than the whites?the exact figures being: Total colored members, 112,840; total white, 112,476. The denomination has nearly doubled in numbers about every twenty years. ? The horrible death of Joseph C. Lynah, formerly a citizen of Charleston, is thus reported as occurring on Sunday of last week, at Galveston, Texas: Mr. Lynah went to Galveston to negotiate the sale of a large quantity of powder which had been stored tor several months in a magazine belonging to the Brown Hardware Company. Failing to negotiate the sale of the hundred or more kegs to the Brown Company, Mr. Lynah called upon Mr. C. S. Wood & Sons, and transferred the powder to them. The Brown and the Wood magazines are both located three miles down the island beyond the city limits, but about a mile apart. Mr. Lynah personally superintended the transfer of the powder. The employees of both firms remarked how exceedingly careless he was in throwing kegs around the magazine and letting them fall violently from the wagon while making the transfer. Lynah discovered nineteen damaged kegs, the contents of which had become lumpy on account of moisture. He left the damaged powder in Brown's magazine, when he visited the magazine in company with Thos. A. Brew, an employee of Brown, for the purpose of destroying the damaged powder. They carried the nineteen kegs about fifty yards from the magazine to the bank of the bayou. Lynah kicked in the heads of three or four kegs, examined the contents and piled the powder on top of the unopened kegs. As ne took a match from his pocket Brew protested against his lighting 500 pounds of powder without making a train or lighting a slow fuse. Lynah replied that he would touch it off, whereupon Brew became alarmed and ran at the top of his speed. He had scarcely proceeded 500 feet when he heard a terrific explosion, and at the same instant was thrown violently on his face. Turning over quickly. Drew looked toward the spot where he had leftLynah,and saw him spinning around like a top, about thirty feet in the air, his clothes and hair all ablaze. Lynah fell nearly a hundred feet from where he went up. When Drew reached him life was extinct, and every particle of clothing and hair had been burned from the unfortunate man's body. ?he jorfeviHc (frnqutm. YORKVILLE. S. t . : WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1886. THE LEGISLATURE. The proceedings of the Legislature have up to this date been devoid of public interest, no measures of importance having been passed in either house. Both houses are industriously working, however, and before the 15th of the month it is fair to presume that not less than four hundred bills will have been introduced. The measures which seem to be most prominent are those of retrenchment, bills having been introduced for the reduction of salaries, including the salaries of State and judicial officers. A bill for calling a State Constitutional con[ vention has been reported unfavorably. With the legislation affecting York our readers are already familiar. In the House on Saturday the following was introduced by Mr. Stewart: Bill to authorize the County Commissioners of York to pay certain claims out of the common fund; also, bill to abolish the sale of spirituous and malt liquors within the town of Black's. In the Senate, a bill has been introduced by Mr. Black, requiring a special election in Broad River and Bullock's Creek townships, York county, on the question of transferring the subscription voted the Georgetown and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad Company to any other company, after a limited period. CONGRESS. Congress met on Monday last. Inasmuch as it expires on the 4th of March, by limitation, the session will necessarily be short. The President's messsge, a lengthy papgr, reviewing the political and industrial affairs of the Nation, was read on Monday. The legislative business began on yesterday. The unfinished business of the Senate is the vetoed private pension bill, reported from the committee on pensions with a recommendation that it be passed over the I veto. The first of the special orders is the Pacific Railroad funding bill, which has ' been at the Jwad of the Calendar since last May. Senator Piatt's resolution for the consideration of executive nominations in open session is the special order for the first day, and its consideration will be urged. With these three exceptions no measures are in position to command the attention of the Senate during this week. The Calendar contains two hundred and sixty bills and 1 resolutions, from which number the Senate will make its selection for consideration. There is a prospect of early agreement by the conferees upon the Inter-State bill. Should this take place immediately that measure, with the conference report, might at the option of the conferees displace all other business. It is not likely, however, that its consideration will be pressed before next week. It is hardly probable that any business,' of consequence will be transacted In the House this week. Opportunity may, how ever, be offered Representatives to introduce bills and resolutions which have accumulated in their hands during the recess. A privileged report may also be presented to the House by the conferees on the fortification appropriation bill, which failed of enactment last session by reason of the total disagreement of the conferees, iu which event a new conference will be ordered. Should the conferees on the Inter-State commerce bill reach an agreement and so report to the House, action will be prolonged by debate. The appropriations committee has made such progress in the preparation of the sundry civil bill that it can probably be reported to the House early in the session. Several measures of interest were made continuing special orders at the last session and may be called up at any time if the House is so disposed. They are the free ship bill, the electoral count bill, the Pacific Railroad i funding bill, the Washington, Dakota and Oklahoma Territorial admission bills, the army reorganization bill, and sundry bills of minor importance reported from committees on labor, ways and means, banking and currency, agriculture and Indian affairs. < Death of Ex-Governor Perky.?Hon. B.F.Perry, ex-Governor of South G'aroli- ! n?, died at his residence near Greenville, on Friday morning last. Death was produced by valvular disease of the heart, and was sudden and, at the moment, unexpected, although the family had been warned by the Governor's physician that the dread stroke might come at any moment. A month ago he had an attack similar to the , one which caused his death, and three weeks after the attack was repeated in a more violent form, but for the past few days j his condition has been regarded as more | favorable. Friday night, however, his con- , anion was mannesuy worse, auu nis iaiiiny ( were with him until a late hour, although , no physician was summoned. He seemed j to improve, and the members of the family ] retired. A little after 1 o'clock a servant, , who was in the room, noticed a difficulty 1 in the Governor's breathing, and to relieve . it he assisted him in turning over. In a ' few moments, and before his children could ( reach his bedside, the venerable Governor j had breathed his last, peacefully and seem- , Ingly without pain. , The funeral services were performed in Christ (Episcopal) Church on Sunday morn- j ing. Since his retirement from active po- < litical life Governor Perry has lived quietly j at his elegant country home near Green- ( ville, where he has been surrounded by his ] family and a people who have always lav- < ished upon him the highest regard and veneration, amounting to reverence. He has , nominally remained a member of the law < firm of Perry, Perry & Hey ward, and it has < been his custom for many years to spend < fart of every day in the office of the firm, le continued to do so until his first attack ; a month ago, but since then he has been ; confined to his house. Aside from this daily j visit to the law office he has mingled little in the active affairs of life, though he was | from force of nature a close student of cur- i rent events and political phenomena. The ] public have caught glimpses of him only through occasional newspaper sketches .and ] the publication of his book, "Reminiscences 1 nf nnhlip mpn." T-Tis plnsino- rlnvs fnrmpH , a fitting finale to a life of burning and rest less activity. At the ripe age of 81, sur rounded by a devoted and affectionate family, he has performed peacefully the last act in the drama of life, which he had act- ; ed so well. < The Widow of an Ex-Confederate.? i The Kentucky Democrats are making an < effort to prevent the reappointment of Mrs. i Helm, postmistress at Elizabethton. She i is a sister of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln and was appointed by President Arthur. Her husband was the Confederate General Ben Hardin Helm, who was killed at Shiloh. Her term of office expires in January next. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. a foulIiurder. Bullock's Creek, York Co., S. C., December 6.?On Tuesday last one of the blackest and foulest murders known in the crim-1 inal calendar, was committed on the plantation of Mr. Wm. E. Good, who lives between Bullock's Creek and Broad River, on the road leading from Sarratt's Mill to Howell's Ferry. John Lee Good, a son of Wm. E. Good, was brutally murdered on that evening between sundown and dark. The facts, as i am enabled to gather them, are as follows: There were three of Mr. Good's children picking cotton about one hundred and fifty yards from the house. Two of the children went to the house before sundown. Lee, the murdered boy, had stopped at a hickory tree and was throwing up to secure some nuts. Three baskets of cotton had been loft in fhp fiolrl at. tliffprpnf, nlaces. fiftv or seventy-five yards apart, ivfr. W. E. Good had .been plowing in wheat just above where the children were picking cotton, but went to the mill a while before sundown, leaving Eli Roberts, colored, plowing. Eli, however, went to the house before sunset and was around about the house for a short while. He then started to the lot to feed some of the stock, when some of the family heard cries iu the direction of where the cotton-pickers had been working. Eli ran in that direction, and when he had gained the top of a hill he stopped to listen and heard groans of some one in distress2 and going further he found the boy lying in a water-furrow of a stubble field with his head, mouth and face mashed and cut in a horrible manner. Eli was the first person tc reach the wounded boy. The mother and sister of the unfortunate lad came up soon after, and they assisted in lifting him outof the trench. The body was found about two hundred and fifty yards from where he was seen in the evening at the hickory tree. It seems that the perpetrators of the deed intended to carry the body to the river, but from some cause were thwarted in their design. The boy was taken to the house and Dr. J. B. Good summoned, who came at once, but he was powerless to administer relief, and the wounded lad lingered until 9 o'clock, when death ended his suffering. Besides the above-described wounds, there were other marks of violence on the body, discovered after death. Two stones, weighing each six or eight pounds, were found at the place where the boy was murdered. These stones were covered with blood, showing that they had been used in the perpetration of the deed. The murdered boy was a promising youth, twelve years oia, ana nis piety was remarkable in on^ so young. He had connected himself with the church at Bullock's Creek in September last, and was loved by all who knew him. Early Wednesday morning Trial Justice J. P. Blair was notified of the occurrence, and acting as Coroner, he proceeded to hold an inquest by summoning the following jurors: D. W. Fowler, foreman ; A. W. Osborn, James C. Ashe, James E. Bankhead, J. M. McCullough, S. B. Dowdle, S. M. Feemster, R. F. Smith, W. McCaw Dowdle, Wm. N. Nelson, R. W. Hamilton and R. L. Sherer. Several witnesses were examined, but the jury failing to agree upon a verdict, the inquest was adjourned to another day ; but in the meantime, on suspicion and the oath of W. E. Good, a warrant was issued for Mose Lipscomb, Bailey Dowdle and Dan Roberts, colored, who were committed to jail on Wednesday night. The jury of inquest were called together again on Friday, and on that day about twenty witnesses were examined, resulting with but little more development than the jury began with in the morning. The jury failing to agree upon a verdict, another adjournment was made, after advising that the acting coroner issue a warrant for the commitment of Print Thompson, colored, against whom suspicion points as one of the guilty parties. The jury will meet again on the 10th. r. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. x LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. JtocK Hill, December G.?The First National Bank of Rock Hill was organized at this place on Monday, the 27th ultimo. The capital stock will be$o0,000, which has already been subscribed. The following gentlemen were elected Directors: W. L. Roddey, A. H. White, D. Hutchison and J. II. Miller. At a meeting of the Directors, the following officers were elected: W. L. Roddey, President; John R.London, Vice-President; W. J. Roddey, Cashier; J. H. Miller, Teller; J. M. Cherry, Rnok-lteener. The Bank will commence business on Janury 1st, in the building now occupied by W. L. Roddey & Son. The Savings Bank of Rock Hill will have its office in the same building, but its business will be confined to loaning money and receiving deposits. Mr. Seanorn, of Tennessee, who has a drove of hogs at the stable lot of Mr. James Heath, in this place, on Saturday morning found half of one of his hogs in the lot. Some scoundrel had killed the hog in the night, cutting him in two and leaving the head and shoulders. The thief must certainly have been a Democrat, as a Republican would have taken the "whole hog or none." Mr. Samuel N. Fewell, of Ebenezer, killed four wild turkeys near his place on Saturday. Large numbers of partridges are daily being offered for sale on our market. They sell at from 5 to 8 cents each. I learn that the present Legislature will be petitioned by a number of citizens of Ebenezer township to establish a voting precinct near the store of Mr. W. H. Taylor. Cotton comes in slowly, and it begins to look like very little was made in this section. At the last session of the Legislature the charter of the town of Rock Hill was renewed and amended. One of the amendments requires that each elector shall register his name in a book, kept lor that purpose, during the month of December. Mr. W. S. May has been appointed registrar. His books are now open and those wishing to vote should register. On last Monday evening Mr. Marshall Rattarree was thrown from his buggy and had the third finger of one of his haflas. broken. He was driving up Hampton street, when a dog frightened his horses, causing them to run against a post on the street, throwing him from his buggy. His linger was set by Dr. Fewell, and Marshall hopes soon to give his hand to some sweet young lady. The citizens of our town are soon to be ?iven an entertainment by the "Rock Hill Variety Company" an association recently organized in our town. The young gentlemen who compose the company are certainly capable of giving a good entertainment. Should the DemocraticExecutive Committee adoDt the suggestion of the York county delegation and order a primary election for trial justices, there will be a number of candidates in this district, if all whose names are mentioned present themselves. The names i have heard so far are S. M. Fewell, the present incumbent; Allen Jones, W. S. May, and T. C. Beckham. Should they all run, we will have a lively election, as each gentleman has a number Df warm friends. The many friends in this section of Mr. J. B. Williams regretted to hear of his death. In his demise our county has lost not only I i good citizen, but a most capable officer. \ Dr. W. B. Fewell, of Ebenezer, who has ; been confined to his bed with sickness for the past three weeks, is very much im- ; proved, and hopes to be out in a few days, i The snow has been enjoyed by the young ! folks of our town in sleighing and snow- j balling; but while it gives them pleasure, | i large number of persons were caught! without fuel, and I have no doubt but many were caught without necessary clothing. The roofs of a number of business houses were found to be leaking badly, this morning, and hands are engaged clearing the | snow from the roofs. The stores of Messrs. I R. T. Fewell & Co., B. N. Craig, J. B. John- j son, and the office of the Southern Express Company, seemed to fare worst. It is feared that when the snow begins to melt, the damage will be greater. Hal. i Railroad PROGREss.-The Carolina Cen-! tral has crossed Broad River iron bridge and began again moving dirt in its onward march to Rutherfordton. The Massachusetts and Southern Construe tion Company are now erecting a cotton 11 platform at their Shelby depot and are at | ' the river track laying. 'No depots have yet been built. Little cotton or freight of any [ kind has yet been shipped over the new j' route. No work has yet been done below |' Black's, S. C., or beyond Rutherfordton. . The entire work from Black's, S. C., to j Rutherfordton, has been completed, except tracklaying and depots. The road will be !. running to Rutherfordton about the middle of January, if there is no delay in the arrival of iron.?Shelby Aurora, Dec. 2. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enqnirer. LETTER FROM FORT MILL. Fokt Mill, December 0.?Work still progresses on the railroad bridge. Some of the hands declined to risk slipping on tne i bridge, and are out of a job. The river was on a swell recently, heavier ( rains having fallen up the country than here ; the rise is variously reported at from six to eight feet. , Mr. J. R. Harris, about a week ago,killed a wild turkey inside the corporate limits of : Fort Mill. He says it was a wild one, and nobody else has set up a claim to it. This is a supplement to the fact that a covey of 1 quails was hatched and half reared in town, ' and walked the streets, without any one to molest or make them afraid, until the gunning season opened. Then they took wings and flew away. Cotton still continues to come in occasionally; but the amount grows smaller by de- . grees, though not beautifully less. How- : er, the price is as good here as anywhere else in the country. . In spite of the hard times the village con- ' tinues to spread. One.or two cabins are in course of erectiou, &ptl:.the town council have ordered a new bridge to be built across a water-way on Main street where one is about broken down. -This is not all* Our J sister city, Rock Hill, is putting on airs and starting a national bank; but Fort Mill is ; starting a tobacco factory. Which is the bet- ; teroftnetwo? Now is the time for men of 1 enterprise and capital to come to the front 1 and show their grit. So we ought to expect 1 great developments in the next year or two. Meantime farmers, most of whom have only enterprise without the capital, should not allow themselves to be left behind. : They should meet and devi9e means wnere- : by their deplorable condition may be bet- ! tered ; decide on a better system of farming to be pursued, and determine to raise their ' own hog and hominy. By-the-way it is not 1 positively known what has become of the 1 farmers' club that was inaugurated in the J "Cut off" lastsummer. It may be that their < interest in the common welfare is like the < religion of part of our population?a hot weather plant, unfit to withstand frosty weather. Perhaps they do not wish to be inveigled into any compact as to the curtailment of cotton planting and extension of grain culture, nor as to the regulation of 1 the rates of rent for land. However this 1 may be, they have ceased to meet, and the club is a recollection of the past. 'Tis a < pity, but 'tis true. Anon. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, December G.?The cotton crop of this year does not compare favorably with that of last year. I have cousulted a number of our farmers upon this subject i with the following result: one made 65 bales last year, and 42this year: another made 32 bales last year, and 1G this year; another made 24 bales last year and 9 this year; another made 12 bales last year and 7 this year. One of our best and largest farmers in the Lowrysville neighborhood made last year 80" bales of cotton, and 23 bales this year. He cultivated sandy land which did not suit the wet weather of the spring. Another farmer in the same vicinity made 90 bales last year and 50 this year. One of our largest farmers on the western side made 156 bales last year and 90 bales this year. Another farmer made 27 bales last year, and 7 bales this year. If ' necessary additional figures could be given showing the small crop of cotton made in j thi9 county this year. ;,The yield of sandy 1 land is estimated to be from one-third to 1 three-eighths of an fkverbge crop. The 1 scarcity of money is not surprising con sidering the short crop, ana me lnaDimy 01 the merchants to make collections is also ? not surprising. Moreover, the corn crop in 3 the county fs very poor. The majority of 3 farmers will not make enough to answer their purposes for more than three or four months. One man who has been farming forty years told me that he has always 1 made enough corn to do him until this ' year, and that next year he will be com- 1 pelled to take advantage of the lien law to * secure his supplies. There are places in s this county where actual want is staring \ the people in their faces. How many of ' them are to get through the winter an > over-ruling Providence only knows. [ Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Morgan, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hemphill returned from their t bridal trips last week. Of course they had j a splendid time. If a man is not happy t during the honeymoon, and especially if he is traveling with his loved one and seeing beautiful sights, he need not expect any happiness in this world. M. t ( Correspondence of the Yorkvilie Enquirer. MISHAP AT McCONXELLSVlLLE. \ McCoxnellsville, S. C. December G.? t The snow that has been falling since Friday ( night was the immediate cause of a serious 8 calamity to our community. At 12 o'clock " last night the store house of Williams & Moore came down a complete wreck, damaging and destroying their fine stock of groceries and general merchandise. The c building is a total wreck, being splintered y almost into kindling-wood. They have this 1 morning saved what was not entirely de- f strayed and stored it away in a more or less 8 damaged condition in the store rooms and c neighboring houses. The loss as now esti- 1 mated to Williams & Moore will not be less * than $1,000, and on Mr. J. P. Moore, who t owned the building, the loss will not be ^ less than $1,000, the building having cost not less to erect when times were much easier. The whole community is sharer in this loss, since this was the principal busi- 1 ness {house of the place, and their many friends sympathize with them in their trouble. <3 We were all startled last night at a flash of lightning and peal of thunder, the first I known instance among this people of thun- s der and lightning in a snow storm. j J. ii. w. c The Constitution's Anniversary.? d The delegates sent by States and Territories to devise plans for an appropriate cele- c bration of the Centennial Anniversary of v the Promulgation of the Federal Constitu- a tion, which will occur in September next. ? --a. m ..J,... CI 8 met in .rniiaueipnia last iuwuu>. ouum Carolina's Governor was represented by Col. r James A. Hoyt, of Greenville. Georgia was t the only one of the original States not rep- n resented. The delegates were welcomed in t an address by Mr. Cochran, of the Local d Committee, having in charge the entertainment of the visitors. The Representatives then organized with Hon. John A. Casson as Chairman. Mr. Henry, of Virginia, in- 1 formed the meeting that Governor Lee had ^ communicated with the President in refer- n ence to the proposed celebration, and the a President would incorporate a suggestion c to Congress in his annual message in rela- v tion to the matter. c A committee of seven, with Henry Cabot p Lodge, of Massachusetts, as chairman was t appointed by the chair to confer with a sim- t ilar number of the Citizens' Committee du- i ring the recess and adopt a plan of ceremo- ti nies. The convention then adjourned for two d hours and upon reassembling Mr. Lodge, 0 Chairman of the Conference Committee, t! reported that the following programme of v celebration had been agreed upon: r An oration and poem, commemorative of the signing of the Constitution; a military L display, in which all branches of the United t: States service will be represented; an in- u dustrial procession display; creation of a 1 perpetual memorial commemorative of the f. Constitution. [ Invitations to take part will be sent to ? the President and Cabinet, Congress, the t< officials of the Government, the foreign v representatives, the officials of States, civic u and other organizations of labor. a ? ? -V ? Extensive forestfires prevailed last week i] in the lower part of the State, inflicting g heavy destruction to turpentine orchards, n fences, &c. A number of dwelling houses i, were also burned. o I LOCAL AFFAIRS ! NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. C. Pis.?Clerk's Sales. James R. Kennedy?Candidate for Judge of Pro- , bate. Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis., and Judge of Probate I ad interim, York county?Citation?Dr. 1 John P. Hambright, Applicant?Evans ; Murphy, deceased. Walter II. Moore?Rock Hill and Clark's Fork. ! Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis. and ex officio Probate ! Springs Withers?Candidate for Judgo of Probate. Judge?Citation?James F. M. Alexander, 1 Applicant?Samuel Howell, deceased. 3. A. McElwee?Wanted. H. F. Adickes?Grand Christmas Opening. Lowry & Starr?For Sale. John C. Kuykendal?"Razors in the Air." UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1887. The Enquirer will be furnished from this late until January 1,1887, for 15 cents. APPOINTED POSTAL CLERK. Mr. R. T. Allison, of this place, has received ihe appointment of postal clerk, class 1, on the \ir-Line Railroad between Charlotte and At [anta, "for a probationary term of six months," which is the civil service feature of that class of ippointees. He has entered upon the discharge jf his duties. PERSONAL MENTION. Judge Witherspoon returned home on Friday svening, having concluded the work of the cirjuit on which he last presided. We enjoyed a very pleasant visit frofn Senator Ulack yesterday morning. He obtained a short leave of absence from the Senate, to visit his home, and passed through Yorkville yesterday Dn his return to Columbia. THE CHURCH IN THE HOUSE. A member of the Legislature from this county furnishes us with the following church classification of the members of the House of Representatives: Baptist, 27; Methodist, 25; Episcopal, 15; Presbyterian, 15; A. R. Presbyterian, 6; Lutheran, 0; Catholic, 3; Adventist, 1; Hebrew, I?of whom 4 are ministers: 2 Methodist, 1 Presbyterian, 1 Lutheran. There are 20 members who are not connected with any church. FINE HOGS. A friend at Fort Mill informs us that Mr. Hugh Gilson, living on Sugar Creek, in Fort Mill township, recently slaughtered six hogs of bis own raising, that aggregated 1,010 pounds. Four of them were pigs, six months and a half Did, and they aggregated 754 pounds, one of them weighing 200. If all the farmers of York would follow the example of Mr. Gilson, our smokebouses would be speedily transferred from Chicago, and the general prosperity would be increased to that extent. NCdeath of a colored man. Aaron Moore, a well known colored man, living in the south-west part of town, died on Saturday night last, the immediate cause of his death being an affection of the throat causing suffocation. Aaron was formerly the slave of the late John S. Moore, of this place, and since emancipation he has lived on land belonging to Mr. W. A. Moore, cultiyating fruit and vegetables, in which he was quite successful. He was about 70 years old, and his industrious habits won for him the respect of all who knew him. democratic executive committee. Owing to the almost impassable condition of the roads last Monday, there was not a quorum of the Democratic Executive Committee in attendance upon the call of.R. H. Glenn, Chairman, for the purposeof discussingthe advisabiL ity of ordering a primary election to fill the vacancy in the office of Judge of Probate, and to recommend for appointment trial justices for York county under the bill now pending in the Legislature. In consequence of the failure to hold a meeting of the Committee on Monday, the Chairman has appointed to-morrow at 12 M. for the meeting. x^yorkville dramatic club. .The entertainment given by the Yorkville Dramatic Club on Wednesday night last, was enjoyed by the audience. The play selected for the occasion, "Down by the Sea," though not intricate, has a well sustained plot, abounding in iove, sentiment and hu mor. The characters were well presented by the following ladies and gentlemen : Abner Raymond, C. M. Kuykendal; John Gale, W. B. Moore; September Gale, E. Mclver Law; March Gale, W. F. Robertson; Jean Grapeau, Wm. L. Law; Kate Raymond, Mrs. Paul Bratton ; Mrs. Gale, Miss Zoraida rngold; Kitty Gale, Miss Daisy Gist. early snow. On Friday night last, snow commenced falling ijere, which continued through the day on Satur:lay, accompanied with sleet. Sleet also fell on Sunday and Sunday night, which was followed it intervals on Monday by more snow. The mow attained a depth of eight inches, which is anusual in this latitude so early in the season. The clouds cleared away on Monday night, and yesterday was bright and beautiful with moderiting temperature. The snow storm has prevailed over a large por? don of the country, extending as far south as Mobile. There was also a slight fall in Charleson. shooting scrape. About9 or 10 o'clock last Wednesday morning, it a house in the northern part of town, a diffi:ulty occurred between John W. Doster and Yndy Yarber, two young white men, in which Dostei received a pistol shot wound in the left high at the hands of Yarber. Yarber then atempted to escape, but was overtaken near the lepot by Policeman O'Farrell and the Sheriff md a posse. On being caught he offered a stout esistance before yielding to the blandishments >f the officers of the law. The remote cause of he difficulty was corn whisky, and the immediite cause, according to theaverment of Yarber, vas that being in an imaginative state of mind, ie thought his partner was endeavoring to steal rom him and appropriate to his own use the few icintillations of starlight remaining in the bottle >f which he claimed to be the lawful possessor. Doster was attended by Dr. White, and though his vound is serious?it being inadvisable to extract he ball?it is not considered dangerous. Yarber vas committed to jail. church" notices. Episcopal?Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M., the >ell ringing at 3 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. There will be no services next Sunday. Sunlay-school at 3 P. M. Methodist Episcopal.?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Jastor. No services next Sunday. Sundavchool at 3 o'clock P. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. j. C. Jalloway, Pastor. Services at Tirzah next Sunlay at 11 o'clock. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Baptist.?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. In onsequcnce of the absence of the Pastor there vill be no services next Sunday. Sunday-school 13 P. M. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnon, Pastor. Services at Philadelphia Church lext Sunday at 10.30 A. M., and at King's Mounain Chapel at 2 P. M. The stewards of Canaan nd Zion churches are requested to meet with he stewards of King's Mountain Chapel imme- < liatelv after the Sunday afternoon service. the mormons' version. The Dcscret News, published at Salt Lake City, Jtah, contains the following letter written by Vm. H. Gardner, who gives his version of the aiiiwiori in in tbfiso columns some time aco s having occurred in the western part of this . ounty. The Deseret News containing the letter fas sent to the Shelby Aurora by a Protestant ] lergyman of Salt Lake. We print the letter as | iossessing some local interest, and commend i he Mormon missionary for his happy construe- i ion of Matthew 10: 23, which, reduced to plain Inglish, would seem to be that "prudence is the 1 letter part of valor;" and having "shook the 1 ust from his feet for a testimony against forty- ' ne of the prominent men of York county," in \ he interest of peace and morality, we hope he .'ill continue on his way rejoicing and never \ eturn: { Grover, Cleveland County, N. C., October st, 1886.?Editor Deseret Neivs: I have been 1 raveling as a missionary for the last thirteen 1 fionths, having left my home September 11th, 1 885. I took my journey as the Savioursent His < ipostles, as a sheep in the midst of wolves. Matthew 10,10.) In the short time I have been . raveling in South Carolina I have met with . ome few scenes that caused mo to reflect back a the days of Jesus and His Apostles, one of < fliich I will now relate. Myself and compan- l an, Elder Parley P. Bingham, had a meeting ] ppointed for Sunday, September 26th, 1886, at ] fhat is called the White Nation, and accord- , ugly we went and filled the appointment, rriving at the appointed place on Saturday, ieptember 25. We stayed all night with Mr. Laier; after getting our breakfast Sunday mornug we went to one Sister Bowlan's to change 1 ur clothing, a distance of about three-quarters i J ' / . of a inile, and on onr way back was met by a | friend, Mr. Win. Bowlan, who seemed very ! much excited. He informed us that there was a | mob of twenty-five or thirty men coming after ; us, and we then followed him through the : wood's a distance of two or three hundred yards; ! we then halted him, determined to find out if < possible what their intentions were if they got i hold of us; while we were thus engaged they ! came onto us, whooping and yelling like mad- 1 men, and inside of fifteen minutes we were surrounded by forty-one of the prominent men of York county. The mob was composed of professed Christians, such as Baptists and Methodists, old and young. They then, through their spokesman, Kdward Leech, informed us that they would not allow us to preach our obnoxious doctrine in that vicinity and they also informed us that wo must be out of that locality by the coming Sunday at sunrise. We asked them if we had broken any law and told them if we had we were willing to go before their magistrates and pay the penalty, but nothing seemed to satisfy them, but for us to leave the country. We then told them that if that was their determination we were willing to heed the injunction of Jesus in Matt. 10:23, where. He says: "If they persecute vou in one city, flee ye into another," and accordingly we did so, and shook the dust from our feet for a testimony against thein, and want on our way rejoicing to think that we wore worthy of being persecuted lor so great a cause. Yours respectiuny, Wm. H. Gardner. RESIGNATION OF A PASTOR. Rev. J. 15. Covington, pastor of the Baptist Church in this place, and of Union Baptist Church, three miles north of town, lias tendered his resignation, to take effect on the 1st of next month. Mr. Covington assumed the pastorate of Yorkville and Union Baptist congregations in May, 1883, and preached his first sermon at Union on the third Sunday of that month. Both churches have prospered greatly under his ministry, and while to these congregations his resignation is a source of regret, the community?including all denominations, who have witnessed the -growth of the churches under his charge?will join in the regret that he has decided to abandon the field in which he has been so faithful and zealous a worker for the Master. Mr. Covington will leave Yorkville about the first of January; and though he has received calls from several churches, he has not yet decided upon the acceptance of any. SALES LAST MONDAY. Owing to the depth of snow and the unusal inclemency of the day, there was but a small attendance of people in town last Monday, salesday for December. The Clerk of the Court sold the following property : At the suit of J. Ran. Wallace vs. Robert L. Pursely and others, to foreclose mortgage, tract of 73 acres of land on Clark's Fork. Bought by J. Ran Wallace for $300. At the suit of John G. Anderson and others vs. W. R. Horton and others, tract of 57 acres. Bought by John G. Anderson and Iredell Jones at $5 per acre. At the suit of W. S. Garrison and others vs. Hariet L. Turner and others, tract of 113 acres on Catawba River. Bought by W. J. Garrison at $10 per acre. At the suit of J. N. McDill, executor, vs. Sarah E. Robinson and others, 30 acres of tract known as the Atkinson tract, in Broad River A -t-t? T> -_1_ L I r\ 1A Q 1 /Vv luwiisuip. Duugiib uy L. rj. opcucui iui 91 w. By virtue of Power of Attorney executed to G. W. S. Hart by James J. White, mortgagor, and in order to foreclose a mortgage executed to J. R. Barron and J. B. Jackson, Mr. Hart sold a tract of 137 acres on Bullock's Creek. Bought by J. R. Barron & Co. for ?1,037.11. Mr. Hart also sold, under power conferred on him by Lewis Alexander, and to foreclose a mortgage given to W. G. Durant, deceased, of whose estate Mr. Hart is administrator, a tract of 24 acres in Fort Mill township, whereon Lewis Alexander now resides. Bought by B. D. Springs for ?00. A REVOLTING MURDER. About sundown, on Tuesday of last week, on the plantation of Sir. Win. E. Good, who lives within a fourth a mile of Broad River, in the western part of this county, was committed one of the most brutal murders, and for the least apparent cause that has ever been our lot to record. Almost in broad day light and not more than two hundred and fifty yards from his parents' house, little John Lee Good, a lad of only about twelve years of age, was cruelly murdered. His father was absent from home at the time of the occurrence, having gone to the mill, but his cry for help was heard at the house, and immediately his mother and a little negro boy hastentened to the scene, in an open field, where a shocking sight was presented. In a narrow ditch or gully, lay the mangled body of the poor wounded boy. , His skull had been crushed, his mouth was mashed in, and every evidence showed that he had been most cruelly beaten. The ground was trampled, well defined tracks were noted, and lying around were stones smeared and spattered with blood. | The dreadful news spread rapidly through the neighborhood and an investigation was begun almost immediately by Trial Justice J. P. Blair, acting as coroner. The theory upon which the investigation is being conducted, a plausible clue having been obtained, is that some of the negroes working for Mr. Good, or other negroes in the neighborhood, having plotted to steal some baskets of cotton to be purposely left in the held, approached for the purpose of taking the cotton, when unexpectedly they met the little boy and as a means of preventing exposure killed him, probably intending to conceal the body by throwing it into the river, only two hundred yards distant; but from some cause were prevented from thus completing their bloody work. Evidence as to the motive seems to be satisfactory to all, though there are other theories advanced, criminating only the suspected persons, which in the present light of the investigation, we do not deem it advisable now to print. On Wednesday, Trial Justice Blair committed to jail Mose Lipscomb, Dan Roberts and Bailey Dowdle, all colored, charged "with the murder of John L. Good or being accessory thoreto," and they were received by the Sheriff and locked up on Wednesday night; and on Saturday, another negro, named President-ofthe-United-States Scott Thompson, alias Print Thompson, was committed by Trial Justice Blair on the same charge. Up to Friday night, the Trial Justice, in conducting the inquest, had examined about twenty witnesses, when he adjourned the investigation until next Friday. Since the above was written and put in type we have received a letter, from Bullock's Creek, giving some additional particulars of the atrocity, which we print in another column. The Case of Cluverius.?Next Friday is the day appointed for the execution of the death sentence on Cluverius, convicted in the Hustings Court of Richmond, of the murder of his cousin, Fannie Lillian Madison. A strong effort has been made to secure executive clemency either by pardon or commutation of sentence to imprisonment; while on the other hand the petitions for clemency have been met by others praying the Governor to permit the law to take its course. On Monday last T iko governor received t* icuci i&wm m*? mother of the murdered girl, in which she begs him to "let the law take its course with that wretch who has caused the father, mother and eight brothers and sisters to see so much trouble. Only hasten as quick as possible for the sake of other poor mothers and innocent females. Please, for the sake of the mother whose heart and mind have been nearly crazed with grief and distress, let it (meaning the Judgment Df the Court) stay as it is." The Governor has not yet made known his intentions in the case. If he refuses to interfere so far as pardon or commutation is concerned, he will doubtless respite the prisoner so as to give him time, after the last hope of clemency has gone, to prepare himself for death. The city sergeant, who has charge of the jail where Cluverius is confined, called upon the Governor on Monday to know if he should stay his preparations for the execution, but the Governor gave him no intimation that he would exercise ?lemency in any way. If he does not Cluverius will be hanged next Friday. An effort was made also on Monday, to show the Glovernor that Cluverius was at Mozart Hall an the night of Lillian's death, but the witaess when asked if he would solemnly swear he saw the prisoner at that place.it the time aamed, replied that he had a "vague impression of having seen him there, but could aot swear-to it." ? The prohibition election in Anderson esulted as follows: Total vote cast, 96?28 for license and 08 for no license. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The health of Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken is reported to be better than for some time past. ? There was a serious fire at Aiken on Tuesday morning of last week, destroying property to the value of $24,000. ? The Charleston Nexcs and Courier makes the following statement: On October 31, 1880, the land in South Carolina forfeited to the State for taxes and remaining unredeemed amounted to 954,237 acres, or 1,481 square miles, or nearly a twentieth part of the whole area of the State. The amount of taxes due on the forfeited lands is $384,050. The value of the lands is$2,809,188. ? The stockholders of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta and the Greenville and Columbia Railroads held their annual meetings last Wednesday and Thursday respectively in Columbia. The leases made* by the Boards of Directors of each road to the Richmond and Danville Road were ratified, and the old officers and directors of each company were re-elected. ? The Columbia Jieaister learns that the negroes of Union county are pulling up stakes by the hundreds and are emigrating to Arkansas, causing the supply of farm labor to become quite limited. One extensive planter states that, although offered an increase of wages, half the hands on his place persist in going to the West to cast their fortunes. Several hundred have already left the county. The cause assigned for the exodus is said to be hard times and short crops. ? The town council of Spartanburg has decided to grant licenses to sell liquors only to bonded bar keepers at $1,000 each, no sales to be made to minors, drunkards, persons already intoxicated or to any persons on Sundays under forfeiture of their license. If these laws are strictly enforced and the police and council do their duty, in arresting and punishing every violator of the law, it is to be hoped that some of the evils ordinarily complained of, will at least be decreased. ?A colored man named Robinson attempted a felonious assault on a Miss Bowie, the daughter of a respectable English immigrant, near Florence, on Monday of last week. She resisted him successfully and he was afterward captured and locked in the Florence calaboose. There was some movement by negroes to rescue Robinson, but they were beaten off by white citizens and on Tuesday night a force of masked men overpowered the town marshal, broke in the door of the calaboose and hanged the prisoner on a tree. ? On the memorable night of the 31st of August, the Langley dam, in Aiken county, was shaken to pieces and turned loose the deluge of water contained in the mill pond, resulting in the ruin of considerable property and the wrecking of a railroad train. Thursday with the exception of the dire destruction of cars and crops, this same scene was enacted. During the afternoon the dam that was being constructed by Contractor Twiggs was burst asunder by the waters of Langley pond, and in a few moments the work of two months was swept away. The work of rebuilding the dam has been commenced. ? A dreadful accident occurred at Thickety trestle, on the Air-Line Railroad, last Friday night, resulting with death to Mr. Farman, a citizen of Rockingham, Richmond ' county, N. C. He boarded the train at Gaffney, for Thickety Station, and when the train slacked up to cross the trestle, he supnosed it was stoDDincr at the station, and being inebriated, he walked out of the ear and stepped from the platform just as the train was crossing the trestle. The unfortunate man received a fearful fall, and must have been killed instantly. The distance from the top of the trestle to the ground is..,., about 60 feet. MERE-MENTION. The Secretary of War has approved the request made by the chief signal officer, that Lieut. Greely, the Arctic explorer, be retained on duty in the signal office as assistant to General Hazen, who is in ill health. It is estimated that the revenue from the tax on oleomargarine which went into effect on the 1st instant, will amount to about $400,000 for the present month. An accidental fire in Raleigh. N. C., last week destroyed one thousand bales of cotton. In an affray in Pitt county, N. C., last week, between Thomas Smith and John Dennis, the latter shot and killed the former. The friends of Smith assaulted Dennis and cut him nearly to death with a largo knife. It is not thought that Dennis can recover. The Atlanta city election took place on the 1st instant: John Tyler Cooper, the fusion candidate for Mayor was elected, as were all the fusion Councilmen. The fusion ticket was the result of a compromise between the Prohibitionists and the anti-Prohibitionists. At Portland, Maine, on Tuesday night of last week, Mrs. Susan Willard, a middle aged lady, was struck by lightning and killed in her bed during a thunder storm. Notice has been served on Mr. Carlisle that his seat in the next Congress will be contested. Bill Nye, the popular humor-ous writer, is spending the winter at Asheville, N. C. Deceiving the Negroes.?The Barnwell correspondent of the News and Courier writes: "Ilearn from a trustworthy source that an emigration agent is busy among the colored people, trying to work up an exodus . to Arkansas from the neighborhood of Barnwell and Blackville. He certainly under- ' stands the credulouscharacter of 'the broth er in black,' for he promises $20 a month to able-bodied hands. As an additional inducement or incentive he prophesies that there will be a war of races here within eighteen months. He promises to have five engines and thirty passenger coaches at Blackville about the middle of January. I have been unable to see the emissary or learn his name. He is said to be young, smooth shaven and to have admitted that he had been here a year ago. He tells them that Arkansas is a Republican State and that all men are free and equal there." Utarfel Reports. YORKVILLE, Decembers.?Cotton, 8 to8.65. LIVERPOOL, December 6.?Cotton firm ; uplands, 5&d. CHARLESTON, December 6.?Cotton firm ; good middling 9L NEW YORK, December 6.?Cotton firm ; upuplands, 95-16. Futures closed strong with sales of92,500 bales as follows: December. 9.38 to 9.39; January, 9.44 to 9.45; February, 9.54 to 9.55; March, 9.64; April, 9.64; May, 9.74; June, 9.94 July 10.01; August 10.08 to 10.09. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, December3.?The following is the comparative cotton statement for 'the week ending December 3, 1886 : 1886. 1885. Receipts atall ports for the week.274,800 242,151 Total receipts to this date 2,704,844 2,615,811 Exports for the week 173,248 151,620 Total exports to date 1,483,577 1,444,229 Stock at all United States ports. 980,169 910,031 ' Stock in interior towns 220,015 184,113 Stock at Liverpool 508,000 433,000 Stock afloat for Great Britain... 239,000 203,000 jSjttial Bote- ;; A Captain's Fortunate Discovery. Capt. Coleman, schr. Weymouth, plying between Atlantic City and N. Y., had been troubled with a cough so "that he was unable sleep, and was induced to try Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. It not only gave him instant relief, but allayed the extreme soreness in his breast. His children were similarly affected and a single dose had the same happy effeot. Dr. King's New Discovery is now the standard remedy in the Coleman household and on board the schooner. Free Trial Bottles of this Standard Remedy at Dowry & Starr's Drugstore. Renew* Her Youth. 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