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Jtojjjs and .facts. ?Governor Scales has commuted to imprisonment for life, the sentence of Monroe Chapman, convicted at the last term of the Cleveland, N. C., Superior Court of the arson of the house of Mrs. Olivine Lindsay and sentenced to be hanged on June 8. ? By traveling a distance by rail and riding forty-five miles on horseback, the counsel of Legett, a condemned murderer in Tatnall county, Ga., reached the scaffold with a reprieve on Friday just in time to stop the sneriff in the act of pulling the trigger.. t* a- ?li?+!,??? iQQa az. nnn *? -Lb 19 couuiabuu buav uunuc iuuuj wjvw tons of freight were received at El Paso, Texas, for shipment [to Mexico, and that of this amount nearly 40,000 tons came over the Texas Pacific, largely Texas cotton for Mexican mills. At Villa Lerdo, Mexico, $5,000,000 of cotton was bought by local merchants during 1886, all of which was for shipment to cotton mills in the more central part of that Republic. ? Since the war five women have been hanged legally in North Carolina, and two have been lynched. Recently the deathsentence ot a woman in Franklin county was commuted to life imprisonment. A good.dealof interest is manifested in the approaching execution of Mary Crosean, a white woman, who is to be hanged early next month for the murder of her child, unless there is a commutation. ? The report that a number of Mexican officers had been shot by order of the Mexican. government for invading American soil and forcibly detaining an American citizen, was premature. They were sentenced to death, but the United States government is interceding in their behalf. As the American government was the party injured there exists no doubt that its interposition for clemency will save the lives of the prisoners. -?Of the recent destructive forest fires in Michigan, dispatches from the upper Peninsula siav ? Rpnnrts from 28 different lo calities indicate that the fires which have been ravaging the country are dimishing partly from a lack of fuel. In some localities high winds prevail,and new fires have occurred. Detroit Journal specials summarize the situation by the statement that the Peninsula is three million dollars poorer on account of the winds of two weeks ago and these fires. ? An old cavalryman says that a horse will never step on a man intentionally. It is astanding order with cavalry that should a man become dismounted he must lie down and be perfectly still. If he does so the entire company will pass over him and he not be injured. A horse notices where he is going and is on the lookout for a firm foundation to put his foot on. It is an instinct with him, therefore, to step over a prostrate man. The injuries caused by a runaway horse are nearly always inflicted by the animal knocking people down and not by his stepping on them. ? Michael Hammond, a conductor on the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, was killed Saturday afternoon. As his train was moving out from the depot at Parsons, Pa., he noticed a woman ana a little boy on the track, directly in front of the engine, who had become bewildered. Hammond jumped from the car, ran along the track, and finally pushed them both down the embankment. In doing so he staggered back and fell under the cars and was in-i.?11.. tlin K/\r1w nroa KnrriHI \T blttUUV &J11CU. XX13 UUUJf niw iiuw.wv mangled. ? An Augusta, Ga., dispatch of Friday says: A man named Hoover, who has been going around the country, urging the negroes to band together to demand higher wages, and telling them to apply the torch if an increase of wages were refused, after a harangue at Warrent ,-n last night, was dangerously shot by a band, it is alleged, of armed men. It is believed that Hoover had been swindling the negroes and was the victim of their wrath. There is no clew to the perpetrators. Hoover may live, but it is doubtful. He claims to be a Knight of Labor. ? The exploring expedition sent to investigate the, late Mexican earthquakes confirms the accounts of their destructive effects, and though it has not yet penetrated the mountain region, revives the stories of volcanic disturbance by stating that smoke, which, from the nature of the country, can hardly be indicative of anyting else than volcanic eruption, continues to pour from several mountain peaks. If indeed, a range of active volcanoes has broken out in the Sierra Madre range, the event is of great scientific importance, and the further reports of the expedition will be looked for with increasing interest. ? Says the Philadelphia Telegram: There seems to be some need for the recognition of the rights of the colored brother and sister in Pennsylvania as well as in South Carolina. Yesterday certain colored citizens of both sexes, who went up to Bethlehem from Reading to attend a sociable, were refused quarters at the hotels. And 'n ? ftn/1 ^kw/Mi/vVi PonnKIL yct tins is a iuiuugu*aiiu"k>iiiuugu iwpuun can State, and its professional politicians have for a quarter of a century prospered and waxed fat by demanding that South Carolina shall treat the colored person as a man and a brother, and not as first cousin of the baboon. ?- Ev-Governor James M. Smith, who was recently appointed Judge of the Chattahoochee (Ga.) Court to fill a vacancy, signalized his elevation to the Bench by delivering a charge to the grand jury of Muscogee county, in which he was particularly emphatic in denouncing vagrancy. He said "vagrancy was the great evil of this country, and if half of the people who live upon others would go to work, there would be great prosperity. There are many people who lie down in green pastures and walk beside still waters who never strike a lick of work and have no visible means of support. Farmers cannot raise hogs because they will be stolen. Their chicken-houses and barns are invaded; their cornfields and cotton-houses are entered by that class of people who never work, but live upon the labor of others." ? The anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was celebrated at Charlotte, N. C., on May 20. President Cleveland was invited to be present at the celebration. He could not attend, but he sent the committee on invitations a letter, in which he said: "Among the many significant incidents which preceded the formation of the present Government, few were more important or conspicuous than the bold and resolute stand taken by the people of Mecklenburg coun ty. In" the "midst of uncertainties and wavering opinions their courage and convictions led them to take a step which attests their strqpgth of character and sincerity of purpose. The anniversary of this declaration of independence will, I trust, be always celebrated." ? "Oh, Lord, I've lost everything! I ain't got a dollar in the world!" Such was the wail on the street of Riedville, N.C., in the month of March from Edmond Hodnett, a colored man. The house he rented and used as a sto*e had been burned. A few days ago he was arrested for burning the store and a dray load of the goods were found in his dwelling house. On the following morning he turned State's evidence, and charged George Windsor, owner of the building, with planning and proposing the burning. They paid Bob Penn, a negro shoemaker, $25 each to do the work. Hodnett's goods were insured for $600, but he compromised with the company for one-fifth. Windsor received full insurance, $800, on the building. The three colored men are in the Ried?? i~ *l rfnnv/lnrl TTArlnnff Vine jail auu uuncij ^umucu. i and Windsor have stood well as leaders of their race. There was much excitement and some talk of lynching, as several attempts have recently been made to burn a neighboring block. A guard has been placed around the jail. ? The death of Ex-Governor William Smith, at his residence, in Warrenton, Va., on Thursday, at the age of 90, will be widely regretted. Born in 1797, he secured a good education and was admitted to the Bar in 1818. Soon afterward, his go-aheadati vness was illustrated in the establishment of a line of post-coaches through Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia, by which he made a fortune. From 1836 to 1842 he was a member of the State Legislature. In the latter year he entered Congress, and not k long afterwards was elected Governor of Virginia. In 1853 he was again sent to Congress where he remained till Virginia seceded from the Union. He served as brigadier general in the Confedrate army, and was wounded at Antietam. At the expiration of Governor Letcher's term, in 1864, Gen. Smith was elected to succeed him, and discharged the onerous duties of his position with success till the downfall of the Confederacy. He was a type of the enterprising Virginian of the early years of the present century, when the State was the dominating power in the Union. iht ?fltMfe YORKVILLE, S. . : WEDNESDAY, MAY 25,1887. WEEKLY CROP REPORT. Under date of last Sunday the Signal Office at Washington issued the following weather crop report for the week ending May 21st: During the week the weather has been warmer than usual in all the agricultural districts east of the Rocky Mountains, extent in uinrida and Texas, where the de ? : , flciency in temperature averages about 25 degrees, a daily average of about 3 degrees below the normal. From the Mississippi Valley eastward to the Atlantic coast the excess of temperature for the week was from 25 to 50 degrees, a daily average of about 5 degrees warmer than usual. The excess of temperature for the season previously reported in the East Gulf States, Tennessee, the central Mississippi and lower Missouri Valleys has been increased by the warm weather of the past v-eek, while the deficiency of temperature previously reported for tne season in the wheat and corn growing regions north of the Ohio river and upper lake region, Iowa and Minnesota has been reduced, thus leaving the thermal conditions in these sections at the close of the week near the normal. During the week there has been a deficient fall in all sections east of the Mississippi Valley, while slight excesses are reported in Texas, Northern Arkansas and Central Dakota. The deficiency in rainfall for the season is general, the only sections reporting excess being Northern New England, Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Northern Dakota, Oregon and Washington Territory. The large deficiency in rain-fall previously reported in the Southern States east of the Mississippi continues. In the cotton region east of the Mississippi more rain is needed, but recent showers and warm weather leave the crop in a favorable condition. In the West Gulf States the excellent weather of the past week has improved the crop conditions, except in northern Arkansas, where too much rain is reported. In the grain regions of the Ohio Valley and in Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, 4-U^ Kni. /Inrinrr l"ha wpplf hns been wio vrv? generally favorable for corn and wheat. In Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota and northern Illinois, the weather has been reported as favorable, but erops are likely to be injured owning to the absence of rain. Telegraphic reports received this morning, Sunday, May 22, show that local rains have fallen during the past eight hours in sections where they are most needed as follows: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Dakota and Kansas. t < CONSIDERING CONSOLIDATION. By arrangement, the Directors of the Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad, which was first chartered as the Augusta, Edgefield and Newberry, and representatives of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, was held in Columbia last Wednesday night, the object in view being the discussio. of the consolidation of the former with the latter road. The Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad was represented by Senator M. C. Butler, one of the directors, and Col. R. A. Johnson the General Manger of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company. The Georgia and Carolina Midland was represented by President R. M. Mitchell, of Augusta, R. L. McCaughrin and C. H. Suber, of Newberry, Senator Wm. Munro, of Union, Senator John G. Black, of York, ? nnmmiHoa r\f tKo Hiroptnrs. with Maior (V WVUtUllVVVV V* VIIV vvvv.w} ?. - --- ??v W. T. Gary, of Augusta, as counsel. The meeting continued until a little after 1 o'clock Thursday morning, when an adjournment was made until 10 o'clock. The representatives of the Charleston Cincinnati and Chicago presented to the committee of directors of the Midland their proposition for the consolidation and the effects thereof and the advantages claimed were fully set forth. Mr. J. C. Jeffries, of Gaffney City, appeared before the committee in behalf of his town, which asks to be taken into consideration as a proper place to be touched by the Georgia and Carolina Midland whether completed by its original projectors or by any company with which it cousolidates. No definite decision was reached on Wednesday night and the matter was further discussed and finally acted on at the meeting on Thursday morning, when the following arrangement was concluded: Resolved, That we the undersigned, a committee of Directors appointed at a meeting of the Directors of the Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad Company, held at Newberry on the 4th of May, 1887, i'or the purpose of conferring with the authorities of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company, in regard to a proposed consolidation of the said Georgia and Carolina Midland Company, hereby agree to recommend to the Board of the Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad Company at a meeting to be called for that purpose, that a consolidation be effected with the said Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company in the manner prescribed by the General 'Statutes of South Carolina, and with the following conditions to be set forth in the agreement for consolidation: 1. That the said Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company, within sixty days after the agreement of the consolidation is made, shall begin the construction of said road, and by continuous work, in good faith, and within three years shall complete the road, with track laid, equip and operate a railroad of standard gauge from Augusta, Ga., by way of Edgefield, Newberry and Union by the most practicable route, and to connect with the tracks of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company at some point. 2. After the ratification of these articles of agreement and before the articles of agreement Mm r>m,c win rvi firm ulmll li?VA pH'fipt. tllG Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company shall pavall the then existing legitimate debts of the Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad Company, the said indebtedness to be ascertained by an examination and inspection of the books and vouchers of said company to be approved by the Board of Directors of the Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad Company. 3. That the township bonds of Union county, voted in aid of the Union, Gatfnoy City and Rutherfordton Railroad Company and Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad Company, now belonging to the Georgia and Carolina Midland Company, and now in the hands of E. R. Wallace, Trustee, shall be delivered to the said Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company upon the presentation of a certificate of the Chief Engineer of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company, to be countersigned by one of the Board of County Commissioners "of the said County, that the terms and conditions of the subscription have been complied with by the said Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Rail road Company. 4. The shares of the capital stock of the Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad Company being each of the par value of ?25 and those of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad boing ?100 each, the same shall be consolidated upon that basis and in that proportion. Representatives of the two roads to be consolidated, soon after the conclusion of the conference, expressed themselves as j pleased andsatistied at the results attained, and to the effect that the agreement would at the proper time be ratified and carried out successfully. The Columbia Jisgister, from which we derive the above information, says in re: gard to the proposed consolidation : I The advantages assumed to be secured by the Georgia, and Carolina Midland through consolidation are its completion at once by the ample capital of the other road and the excellent facilities afforded by connection therewith for through business. The object of the C., C. and C., in moving for consolidation is said to be the securing of a connection by which an independent and short line outlet to Florida will be obtained. THE SOUTHERN' PRESBYTERIANS. The Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church met in St. Louis on Thursday morning last. Dr. Bryson of Huntsville, Ala., the retiring moderator, opened the session by a sermon. At the close of these exercises officers were elected for the ensuing year. Dr. Strickler, of Atlanta, was elected moderator. The session then adjourned until Friday morning to give the moderator time to make up his com IIlIlLCtO. The Assembly reconvened on Friday morning, and Dr. Strickler, moderator, announced his committees. Overtures were read, sent up by Presbyteries favoring and opposing organic union, or closer relationship with the Presbyterian Church of the United States, (the Northern Church.) Communications on that subject were also received from the Northern Church General Assembly, now in session at Omaha. Reports of executive committees were then received. The papers in the case of Robertson vs. the Synod of North Carolina, the evolution heresy matter, were given in charge of the judicial committee. The Second Church of Philadelphia invited the members of the Assembly to attend the celebration of the first Presbyterian centennial in Philadelphia. The moderator of the Northern Church General Assembly conveyed in a letter the fraternal greeting of that body in the plan for closer fellowship and desiring to co-operate with the Southern Church with regard to unity of work in missions, both foreign and home. The trustees of the Columbia Theological Seminary, in South Carolina, reported that, owing to the virulence of the evolution controversy, the Seminary had been closed for twelve months. The judicial committee recommended changes in the church law that would give I ruling elders the right to preside over meetings of presbyteries as moderators. The plan of unicn of the Presbyterian churches of the empire of Brazil prOpOS^^l +l.a+ + nhiirnhca frnm thp National I tu LIIUU IHV V44U&VMVW ...? Synod of Rio Janeiro, which shall have j power to divide Brazil, into three Presbyiteries. The committee on foreign missions in their report decided to extend the work in Chile and Japan instead of paying further attention to Brazil, because the bigotry of Brazil, rendered conversion almost impossible. The American Indians objected to the transfer of their work to the home missions committee, on the ground that this would be an entering wedge to splitting up their life as a nation and annexing tnem to the United States. There were a large number of communications from Presbyterians on the subject of organic union with the Northern Church. Missouri Synod believes that the church should .be non-political and advocated the union of the assemblies. Several communicatons were received opposing union on the ground that the difficulty would be with the colored element. They felt that it would be dangerous to mingle with the colored children in the schools and churches. On Saturday morning quite a flurry and considerable excitement occurred, when, on reading Friday's minutes, it was discovered that the resolution adopted the day before regarding organization was not re corded as it was printed. Dr. Earns, 01 St. Louis, permanent clerk, took exception to some remarks of Dr. Smooks as a personal reflection on him, and he got quite warm over it, but the correction was finally made and the matter dropped. Dr. Palmer, from the Standing Comrnitmittee on Foreign Missions, regarding the proffered resignations of Drs. LeFevre, Bullock and Flournoy and Elder Anderson as members of executive committee, recommended that the resignations be not accepted. A telegram was received from the General Assembly at Omaha, extending fraternal greetings and stating that they had unanimously approved the declaration of principles adopted by the Synod of Missouri in 1886. The action of the Missouri Synod favored the promotion of organized union between the two great bodies of the Presbyterian Church. A resolution advising against the raising of money for church purposes by concerts, suppers, etc., was presented and referred to the Committee on Systematic Conference. Dr. Palmer, in presenting the report of the committee above referred to, said the committee had carefully examined the matter, and had learned that there had been a serious difficulty between members, the Executive Committee, and that to promote harmony the gentlemen named had decided to retire. The nature of the quarrel Dr. Palmer did not state. The church, he said, had had enough public scandal, and hoped that he would not be answerable for any of the details, lie thought that the breach between the committeemen was not too serious to be healed. The committee, therefore, advised that the resignations be not accepted. The report was adopted. After the making of numerous assignments of ministers to preacli at the various churches in the city to-morrow and the transaction of some further routine business, the Asssembly adjourned until Monday. Ex-Congressman Smalls.?A Washington dispatch of Friday to the New York World says: Robert Smalls, the colored Ex-Congressman from South Carolina, is in Washington in connection with his contested election case in the Fiftieth Congress. Mr. Smalls said to-day that he had taken a mass of testimony showing that many of his votes were thrown out illegally without being counted; that the negro voters, besides being defrauded of their votes, were intimidated, and that 600 of the votes counted for Mr. Ellliott, his opponent, who was declared elected, were cast in another district and were therefore illegal. He says that i. - a., l? n nnn l Jit* Viiu prove iiiiti ne i,uuu icgm VUI.CO, while Elliottclaims only 6,000 and many of these were illegal. Mr. Smalls was accredited with about5,500 votes; so, even if he is not credited with those that were thrown out, he claims that enough of the 6,000 cast for Elliott were illegal and would insure Elliott's defeat. Speaking of politics generally, he said that he did not think it was possible for the Republicans to break the Solid South as long as the election laws remain as they are. "There may be some trouble for the Democrats in Virginia. I don't know but they have all theotherSouthern States in their control." Speaking of the colored people and the President, he said that the colored men in the South thought the Administration a fraud. He did not think the appointment of Mr. Matthews and Mr. Trotter would do the President any good among colored people North or South. Had some white man been removed from a high office and a negro appointed in his place, it would have had a great effect, as the negroes are complaining that the Republican party is not acting quite fairly with them, but the displacement of a colored Republican like Fred Douglass to put a Democratic negro in his place would make no capital for Mr. Cleveland. He said he hoped the Democrats would renominate Mr. Cleveland, as he would be easily defeated. His own candidate for President, Logan, he said, was now dead. He would be glad to see either Elaine or Sherman nominated and would support anybody the Republicans nominated; but he had no hope of their getting a sin gle electoral vote from the South. Farmers ExdorseProiiibition.?'The East Tennessee Farmers' Convention, in session at Knoxville on the 18th, over 300 i delegates being present, passed resolutions endorsing the prohibition amendment to the State Constitution, and pledged themselves to use their influence to secure its adoption by the people. * LOCAL AFFAIRS. 1 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Geo. W. S. Hart?Administrator's Notice. James B. Allison, Clerk?Bridge Contract. . M. Strauss?The Latest of the Season. W. S. Creighton A Co., Rock Hill, S. C.?Manufacturers of and. Dealers in Wagons, Ac. John C. Kuykendal?"A Chiel's Amang Ye Takin Notes." George T. Schorb?Farmers, Look Here. Kennedy Bros, A Barron?Fly Fans?Ladies' Shoes. M. C. Willis?Horse-Shoeing. Withers Adickes?Excelsior. Lindsay A Moore?We Are Going to Close? ^hat Will You Take?Coffins. W. C. Latimer?A Magnificent Stock of Dry Goods. W. N. Neil?Administrator's Notice. May & May?Drugs, Drugs, Drugs. H. F. Adickes?Grand Central Fancy and Dry Goods Establishment, Ac. UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1888. The Enquirer will be furnished from this date until January 1st, 1888, for $1.45. J/^IED OF HER INJURIES. Mary Beckham, the colored woman who was so badly burned by a kerosino accident on Monday night of last week, died from the injuries on Thursday morning. ICE CREAM FESTIVALS. The lady members of the Methodist congregation will serve ice cream on the Court House green one afternoon each week until further notice, the proceeds to be devoted to benevolent purposes. STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad will be held at Hickory, N. C., on Thursday, the 2nd of next month?orte week from tomorrow. X AGRICULTURAL DELEGATES. Governor Richardson has appointed delegates from each county of the State to represent South Carolina at the Inter-State Convention of farmers at Atlanta next August. The appointees from York are John S. Bratton and Robert E. Guthrie. ^ AN UGLY HURT. Yesterday afternoon, Dr. W. M. Walker, while in the blacksmith shop on his farm near town, met with an ugly accident. He was hammering a piece of iron, assisted by a striker with a sledge, when the sledge came off the handle and fell with force on his right foot, hurting it severely. BURGLARY AT BLACK'S. On Saturday night last the store of Lipscomb <fc Howe, at Black's, was burglariously entered,, and the safe robbed of ?258.85 belonging to the firm, ?177.92 belonging to A. H. Pollock and ?250 belonging taDr. John G. Black, which had been placed with Lipscomb & Howe for safe-keeping. The safe was of modern style with combination lock, and it was entered by unlocking it. When the robbery was discovered on Sunday morning it created great excitement in the town, though we have heard of no clew as to the perpetrator. THE WATER SUPPLY QUESTION. At the instance of some of the citizens of town, Mr. Dean, representing the establishment of G. R. Lombard ?fc Co., of Augusta, Ga., yisited Yorkville last Saturday for thepurpose of investigating the prospect of supplying the town with a system of water works to afford an ample supply for household uses, for protection against fire, and to furnish the locomotives of the railroads. Ho says the outlook is favorable and thinks the requisite supply of water can be obtained without great trouble or expense. He will furnish estimates at an early day of the cost, complete, of a system ample forall the needs of the town. HISTORY OP BETHEL CHURCH. We have received from the author, Rev. R. A. Webb, a copy of the History of the Presbyterian Church of Bethel. The sketch is embodied in a pamphlet of 56 pages and forms a readable and instructive history of the third oldest in chronological order of the Presbyterian churches organized within the bounds of Bethel Presbytery, its organization dating from 1764, and during which time it has been served by but fiye pastors, of whom Mr. Webb is the fifth, who hus been serving the church since April 14, 1882, when he was installed co-pastor with Rev. Samuel L. Watson, who had served uninterruptedly as pastor since the 25th of April, 1840. ^ The pamphlet is published under the auspices of the Ladies'' Aid Society of Bethel Church, and can Be had from the President, Miss Lizzie Quinn, Zeno, S. C., at 25 cents per copy. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. During a rain,hail and wind storm, on Thursday night last, between 11 and 12 o'clock, the building of the Cherokee Falls cotton mill, on i Broad River near Black's, was struck byligntning. The bolt entered a window of the spinning room, dc ing no other damage to the building than to shatter the glass of the window, though some waste cotton in the room was ignited by the lightning. The blaze was extinguished before any loss resulted. At the same time, the residence, near by, of R. P. Roberts, secretary of the company, was struck. Three indentations were made in the roof, a corner-post of the room occupied at the time by Mr. Roberts and his wife, was shattered, some of the weatherboarding splintered and a portion of the plastering of the room knocked off. At the same time a heavy rain fell at this place, and south-west of town the wind was heavy, though no serious damage is reported. CHURCH* NOTICES. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Rev. A. Coke Smith will preach at 10.30 A. M., and deliver an address to the Sunday-school at 4 P. M. No preaching at night. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8.30 o'clock. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor. Preaching at King's Mountain Chapel next Sunday at 11 A. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. No services at Tirzah next Sunday. Rev. R. M. Stevenson, of Clover, will preach in the church at this place next Sunday evening at 8.30 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. and 8.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 8.30 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. F. C. Hickson, Pastor. There will be no service at either Union or Yorkville next Sunday, as the pastor will be attending the meeting of the Sunday-school Convention. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8.30 o'clock. Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joy nor, Rector?There will be no serv-' js nor Sunday-school exercises on ouuuuy iiexi.. RAILROAD NOTES. Col. R. A. Johnson, the general manager of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company, arrived hero last Friday evening from Columbia, and at once entered upon the task of adopting a route through town and designating the site for the station and the depot. His decision was made on Saturday night. The route adopted is practically the second survey entering town on the south side. It grosses the Chester and Lenoir Railroad on the lands of J. W. P. Hope, near the Lowry burnthouse lot, a mile below the Court House, passing thence through the lands of John A. Latta, and running some distance parallel with and between the Chester and Lenoir Railroad and the public highway. Crossing the highway, the line boars east through lands of Mr. Latta, S. Rufus Moore, Rev. L. A. Johnson, and the dwelling house lot of J. S. Lewis, where it intersects Church street. From the intersection with this street the track will be laid in the centre of the street, which it follows to Liberty street, crossing at the "Meek house" corner, east of the M. E. Church, entering upon the vacant lot of John L. Watson, north of Liberty street; thonce through Green McAfee's lot, thence through the north-west corner of a vacant lot owned by W. C. Latimer, and thence through lot of Mrs. Mary A. Withers, connecting with the main line. It is understood that the passenger station will be on the Watson lot, and the freight depot some distance north of that, on the east side of Church street and opposite the cemetery. Capt. Kamsaur and corps camo up from their camp near Rock Hill on Monday afternoon and will enter Immediately upon makiftg a permanent survey from near the residence of the Misses Gilfillon, eight miles west of town, and resident engineers aro also here for the purpose of making the line ready for the contractors. When this is done and Mr. Griffin and Mr. Lathrop get to work on their contracts of five miles each, the entire line between Black's and Camden will be covered by practical and experienced railroad builders, and the completion of the road may be expected as soon as it is possible to do the work. Lumber is being delivered for the trestle at Fishing Creek, 2i miles east of town, and Capt. Lewis is making preparation to commence work upon it. Mr. Ross, who commenced grading at the creek, going east, informs us that he is progressing satisfactorily, and we have the same report from the contractors west of town. The Supreme Court of North Carolina has recently rendered a decision about the bonds of Cleveland county, in aid of the road, which decision is erroneously understood by some. The Greensboro North Stale gives a correct interpretation of the decision, which, that paper says, does not touch upon the validity of the bonds, nor does it touch the merits of the case, We quote from the North State: "A suit was brought to enjoin the issue of the bonds on the ground of alleged illegality in the election when the appropriation was voted. Judge Avery on a hearing, dissolved the temporary restraining order and refused to continue it to the final hearing. The Supreme Court say he was in error and ought to have continued the tempoporary injunction to the final hearing of the case. That was the only point decided, and il is plain that the question of the validity ol the bonds has not been touched. In the mean' time they have been regularly issued and disposed of." The Charleston News and Courier thus calls the attention of the wide-awake and energetic business men of that city to the importance ol this great north and south through line: "Senator Butler is persuaded that the construction of the Three C's Railroad will be ol the greatest commercial advantage to Charleston. There is no doubt that it will be built, But it should not be built without some aid from Charleston. If thoy cannot do any more, the capitalists of Charleston should at leasj hold a meeting and pass resolutions that thy> have heard with satisfaction that the roadris going to be built, and that they will welc/mc to Charleston any results of that new spi/t ol enterprise which they themselves do no/possess, but which they are pleased to recogmze ir others. The most of us are poor, butwefcan ai least pass resolutions." I Col. Matson, ctner engineer or tne c.,ij. <k u, Railroad, left hore yesterday for Augusta, Ga. for the purpose ol examining the surveys, <fec. of the Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroaci in connection with the proposed consolidatior of the two roads, the particulars of which ar< published in another column. ^PERSONAL MENTION. ^Mr. W. E. Ferguson, of Atlanta, is visiting relatives and friends in this place. Z-Miss Fannie Robertson left here on Mondaj to visit relatives at Staunton, Ya. Judge Witherspoon left on Saturday foi Chesterfield, where he opened Court on th< Third Circuit, last Monday. iJti*. George L.. Riddle, of Zeno, is at St. Louis attending the Southern Presbyterian Genera Assembly as lay delegate from Bethel Presby tery. ZfYd. Flemming Gardner, the well-knowr civil engineer, made a short visit to Yorkvilh last week, leaving here for Augusta, Ga., or Monday. He is now engaged in surveying i line for a railroad from Sumter, in this State to Augusta. Rev. J. C. Galloway, pastor of the A. R. P Church at this place, left on Monday forPhila delphia, as delegate from the A. R. P. Synod ol the South to the General Assembly of the Uni< ted Presbyterian Church in North America which meets in that city to-night. He will b( absent about two weeks. A party, consisting of Messrs. T. B. McClain Ernest E. Beard, J. Frank McEhvee, Ed. E Hope, Ed. It. McClain and J. T. Goodrum, lef on Monday to attend the national military re ?* i. "XT7 u: ^ View at >v uauiiigiuii. IMPORTS OF NECESSITIES. We published last week a statement of th< amount of com received at the depot here anc sold in the Yorkville market since the lsto: last December, showing a total of 34,200 bush els; and as the subject is one of interest to th< agricultural community, wg have concluded to follow it up, with a list of the necessaries 01 life received from abroad by the merchants ol Yorkville since the 1st *of September last Since that date, up to yesterday, there have been received here by railroadCorn, bushels, 35,867 Flour, pounds 975,411 Meal, bushels, 3,477 Oats, bushels 7,707 Bacon, pounds, 334,088 Lard, pounds 41,135 Bran, pounds, 79,369 Hay, 454 tons, or pounds, 90,898 As an offset to the above rather unfavorabh exhibit, and showing what our resources arj capable of without even a systematized effort Mr. S. A. McElwee informs us that as a drovei to the Charleston market for the past threi years, during one of which his present busines; was conducted by McElwee & Darwin, hii shipments of cattle, all purchased in Yorl county and shipped from Yorkville anc Smith's Turnout, averaged per year, 2,00< head, for which was paid about $33,000 per year or an average of about $16. per head. Foi freight on these cattle to Charleston he pavi the railroads about $2,750 per year. If, with this showing, where our people im port much of their grain, breadstuffs and hay and make no special effort at stock raising what could they not accomplish in this direc tion, with all their fine resources of soil anc climate, were they to produce their owi grains and grasses and give well-directed at teution to raising horses and cattle ? YORK COUNTY'S TAX STATEMENT. Treasurer II. A. D. Neely, of York county made liis settlement with the Comptroller-Gen eral last Friday, as follows: Total State Taj charged $29,654.40, commissions $480, abated b] Comptroller-General $90.42, nulla oona vzw.v-z paid State treasurer ?28,785.00. The following is an itemized statement of thi amount charged for each specific purpose anc the amount collected: Dr. State taxes and penalties for 1885, ?20,659 41 Cr. Collections, ?29,265 06 Deductions and abatements, 96 42 Nulla bona, 297 92-?29,659 4i Dr. for ordinary county purposes. Taxes and penalties ?14,223 3 Cr. Collections, ?13,590 90 Deductions and abatements, 490 75 Nulla bona, 141 88-?14,223 5! Dr. for chester and lenoir railroad ronds Taxes and penalties ? 9,039 0; Cr. Collections, ? 8,634 19 Deductions and abatements, 314 07 Nulla bona, 90 79-? 9,039 0; Dr. c., c. a c. railroad?cherokee t. s. Taxes and penalties, ? 590 61 Cr. Collections, ?500 83 Deductions and abatements,... 78 80 Nulla bona, 11 03-$ 590 6< Dr. school, includino local district no. 13. Taxes and penalties, ?11,066 4; Cr. Collections ?11,501 77 Deductions and abatements, 50 61 Nulla bona 114 07-?ll,666 4; Dr. Poll tax and penalties, ? 5,114 0( Cr. Collections, ?4,424 85 Abatements by Auditor, 105 55 Noil est ". 584 20-? 5,114 6< Another Railroad Robbery.?A dispatch of Thursday from Austin, Texas, says: Passenger train No. 502, on the International and Great Northern road, was stopped last night at McNeill siation, a few miles north of here, by 15 or 20 robbers, who robbed the express car. Some fiftv ?hnfs were fired, and one man was slightly wounded in the hand. Another report says two men were killed. Fifty nounted and armed men are leaving here for McNeill. It is said there were fifteen in the party. They first captured the operator before the arrival of the train, and as soon as the traiu drew in they boarded it, attacking the engineer and express messenger. The express was robbed, but the amount taken was not ascertained. The mails were not touched. Passengers were held up, and a considerable amount was taken from them, one man losing a gold watch and chain, and another a diamond pin. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, May 23.?Your regular correspondent is on a visit to his old home in Pittsboro, N. C., where he has been invited ! to deliver an address at a railroad cele- j bration that took place there on the 20th, i and if this letter is lacking in the vivacity of his style, the cause will be understood. I Our town is alive with the song of the j bricklayer, and is springing, Phoenix-like, j 1 from her ashes, to put on a new beauty. Work was commenced on the Iioddey building last week, and is going on very i rapidly. The contract is that it is to be i finished by September 1st. When finishi ed, it will be a magnificent building. The building will be 150 feet long, 95 feet wide, and three stories high, comprising bank, store and hotel. The traveling pub ? 'i* ? - t i 1 i^ii ? I lie Will nan Wltn ciengnt, unu especially the drummers when they come to visit , our town, to find that we have a first class , hotel. All this will be due to the ' energy and pluck of our townsman Capt. W. L. Roddey. The corner-stone of Messrs. Frew Bros'. [ store was laid on the vacant lot adjoining 1 the store room occupied by A. E. Smith & 1 Co. on last Wednesday, with due cere" monies. Copies of the Yorkville En' quirer, containing account of our late 5 fire; the News and Courier, with an acf count of the unveiling of the Calhoun monument; and the Rock Hill Herald, containing the latest news of our town and several other minor papers, also a 1 twenty-five cent silver piece that was < found in the debris of their former store, f with the date of the fire engraved on it, were placed upon the foundation stone. This store will be completed by August f 1st, and will be one of the best and pret tiest in the up country. It is to be three : stories high and on the most approved y&tyte of modern architecture. \J The wedding bells have sounded again r in our town. This time the contracting i parties are Dr. G. W. Dick, a rising young > dentist of Sumter, and Miss Carrie Hutch' ison, a very popular and accomplished ' young lady, the daughter of Capt. A. E. t Hutchison, of our town. The nuptials were celebrated at the Presbyterian church on/last Wednesday evening, Rev. W. B. | Jennings being the officiating clergyman. The church was beautifully decorated j with evergreens, Southern moss and floral t designs, and was brilliantly illuminated. , At 9 o'clock, little Cecil Reid, son of Mr. " T. Jj. Keid, perctied nimseir upon me pulpit above the chancel, dressed as a sylph with gauze-like wings. He personr ated little Cupid, who i3 said to play such sad havoc with hearts, and from a bow r which he carried, shot an arrow into the chancel. Just at this time the wedding . march commenced, Mrs. B. M. Fewell ' presiding at the organ, and the wedding party began to file into the church and take their places around the altar. : The brides-maids came in first in pairs, one up either aisle, with an appropriate " interval between each pair, and crossing in front of the chancel took their proper 1 places. The groomsmen followed in the 5 same manner, taking their places beside 1 their fair companions. Following came i the fair bride leaning on the arm of the , pastor, Rev. W. B. Jennings, and in the aisle opposite the bridegroom, on the . arm of Mr. John T. Roddey. The hap. py pair met in front of the altar and there f the officiating clergyman tied the Gordian . knot in a very impressive marriage ceremony. The party then filed out of the | church and repaired to the residence of Capt. A. E. Hutchison, where a reception was given, and the many friends of the ' happy couple showered upon them their [ congratulations. Thus ended one of the most brilliant events that our town has witnessed. The attendants were as follows : Master George White, of Rock Hill, and Miss Mary Caldwell, of Charlotte; Mr. 3 A. C. Gasque, of Marion, and Miss Hattie . Lou Smith, of Clover; Mr. James Iredell, P of Columbia, and Miss Hallie Caldwell, of Charlotte; Mr. A. T. White, of Sumter, and Miss Alice Moore, of Rock Hill; ' Mr. L. W. Dick, of Sumter, and Miss Am1 mie Pride, of Rock Hill; Mr. Clarence f Bratton, of Guthriesville, and Miss Emf ma Wood, of Columbia; Mr. W.J. Rod dey, of Rock Hill, and Miss Annie Shiver, ' of Columbia; Mr. J. T. Roddey, of Rock' Hill, and Miss Minnie Fewell, of Rock Hill. The ushers were: Mr. Hazel Dick, of Sumter, and Messrs. John S. Moore and J. H. Miller, of Rock Hill. Many costly and beautiful presents were received by the wedding pair. On Thursday they boarded the up train to visit Washington, New York and other North3 em cities. We extend to them our conon*! virieh fir\r tjiom a Inner Hfp 3 giabuiauuuo auu vriou mvu< .? IU..B .... ^ of happiness and usefulness. s r baseball club has been organized here 3 witn Mr. S. T. Frew, as Captain; so York3 ville may expect to cross bats with "Our 3 Boys" on the diamond field. Messrs. Charley Frew, Robert Frew, , John McElwee, R. A. Morrison and F. O. London have taken pdvantage of the cheap rates to visit Washington, and left ? on Sunday afternoon to join a party of r 25 from Charlotte. 3 A very few persons from here attended the Charlotte celebration on the 20th. Two horses, belonging to Captain A. E. Hutchison, ran away with & wagon on , last Tuesday and smashed it to pieces. A - negro was thrown out, but not hurt. 1 There was a grand display of electricity i and some heavy thunder here on last Fri day morning, but little rain. Rev. E. N. Joyner, stated and explained to his congregation on Sunday night the difficulties of the negro question which , was raised at the late Episcopal Conven tion, as looked at from the standpoint of c the Churches. r The citizens of our town held a meeting in Roddey's Hall on Saturday night and heard the report of the fire committee, a A resolution was unanimously adopted j that it was the sense of the meeting that the Town Council buy a steam fire engine on the hest terms they could. Mr. Bussie, r. from the Silsby Fire Engine Company, was present and stated the merits of his engine, and offered to sell it to the town on very fair terms, but the council will not a purchase just yet, as they wish to hear from other companies. The committee on the graded school j have reported, recommending that ?5,000 be appropriated for a school building and ?2,000 for a teacher's residence, and that the school building be erected on the lot at } the rear of C'apt. Ed. Mills' house. Capt. Allen Jones, who has been engaged to secure the right of way for the C. C. & j C. Railroad, is making satisfactory progress from this place to the river. Felix. i j Correspondence of the Yorkville Fnqnlrer. LETTER FROM FORT MILL. Fort Mill, May 23.?We are having * plenty of rain, which has fallen so nicely * -- -*-:?~ A as not to wasn lanu or injure erupa. ^ friend suggests that on the 18th of May of last year, the wet season set it. It began 5 to rain this year on the 19th and has continued. We hope the similitude will not continue to a harmful extent. ? Everything pertaining to the construction of the factory and tenements is progressing satisfactorily. There will be one hundred and four looms and a correspond' ing capacity of spindles in the building, which is to be 3-') feet long by 150 feet } . wide, according to our best information. Hon. W. H. Stewart has the contract for the brick work, and is now making a kiln. Messrs. Holler and Bradford have each a certain number of tenements to build. I see from the papers that the State . Press Association will meet in Charleston on the 2nd proximo, and that among s other things they will consider the moral , effect of sensational publications. Just , here permit the suggestion to another matter, and I hope you will urge it. It is ! the promiscuous and unsolicited public i mention of the movements of private in dividuals in their daily walk, and bring' ing forward the names of modest young i ladies when they may possibly wish rest i and retirement. In large cities, when a young lady visits a resident friend the i fact is often announced by request of that [ friend; because acquantances are so nu> merous and so scattered that they are more : easily notified in this way of willingness , to receive calls, and the giving of a public, t costly reception is avoided; but in a small ; country town or hamlet it is an easy mat. ter to give a small reception or extend invitations to call. The present practice I has become abominable. However much young ladies love to be courted and admired, and it is natural that they should, still their innate modesty revolts at a heraldic proclamation of their charms and movements. Besides, a city belle may seek solitude with a country friend; but the social ghoul of the press prevents. Another matter, that might well be considered, is the latent stab in the back inflicted or attempted by some would-be wits who have neither sense nor propriety nor abiliity of expression. They covertly attack by use of inuendoes and insinuations in a way to excite inquiry as to who and what are meant. Thus, without publishing a libel, they are in a self-placed situation to deal out scandal to inquiring mongers in that sweet morsel. A good harmless joke is healthful sometimes, and some spice is at all times appreciable; but these tools ought not to be wielded by ignorant hands. r\- i_ -i. mi 1 ? t- 4-U^ +V./V Ull 1U91 lliuiauii^v, ni< nic icaiucutc ul luc bride's father, near this place, ltev. J. H. Thornwell officiating, Mr. M. L. Mooney, of Cleveland Co., N. G'., and Miss Mattie, daughter of Mr. It. T. Bailey, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. The happy couple immediately departed on a tour embracing Washington, New York and intermediate cities. Anon. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, May 23.?Dr. J. S. Crosby was tried last Tuesday afternoon by the Town Council on the charge of issuing a medical prescription without being in regular attendance on the patient. The council preferred three charges against him, giving a prescription without being an authorized practicing physician of the county, filling a prescription without having received his license as a druggist from the Pharmaceutical Association, and filling a prescription without being in regular attendance on the patient. The first and second charges were withdrawn, and he was tried on the las\ one. The charge was conclusively proven. The proof was extremely clear on the point in question that the accused did give the prescription without having seen or attended the patient for whom the whisky was obtained, and that he filled or authorized the filling of the same prescription. His only defence was that he was a regular graduate of the Charleston Medical College. W. A. Sanders, Esq., in behalf of the Council managed the case efficiently and satisfactorily. The accused was found guilty and fined $20. Our new Council have tried some colored people for violation of town ordinances. If they keep this class of people from fussing and fighting and confine within legal limits the sale of intoxicating liquors they will have accomplished a great work. T?iey are winning the respect and admiration of the community by their rigorous enforcement of the town ordinances. Charles Whitus, who was recently tried and punished by a fine of $20 for selling whisky without license, has closed his so-called drug store, and announces the pleasing fact that he is forever done with whisky. The hope is fondly cherished that he will adhere unwaveringly to this good resolution. If he will only stick to his trade hereafter, he will make more money in the end, and win greater respect from his fellow-citizens. A petition, signed by a considerable number of the citizens of our town, was sent on last Tuesday to the Pharmaceutical Association asking the recall of the license granted by that Association to one of our druggists. The request was based on the ground that he was degrading his profession by his method of conducting business, or in other words by his alleged indiscriminate filling o# whisky prescriptions. In order to retain his license as a druggist, he was employed on Wednesday in getting Bigners to a counter petition. If the Association grants the petition of those who ask for a recall or the license in question, then Chester will lose one of her drug stores. The loss, however, will be complacently borne, as there will be plenty of establishments left to satisfy in the drug line all the needs of the place. The President and directors of the Chester Fair Association met on last Thursday. Their attention was confined to revising tne premium list ana raxing some action leading to a satisfactory arrangement of the debt of the Association. The Lee Light Infantry left on Saturday for Washington, under the command of the following officers: J. D. Heath, First Lieutenant, T. N. Berry and J. L. Glenn, Second Lieutenants. M. H. Berry, a member of the Governor's Guards, of Columbia, will be the Orderly Sergeant of the Company during its absence. UJohn Dickey, an aged citizen of this unty, died a few days ago. He was Probate Judge for several years during Republican rule. Gen. Hoke, President of the G. C. and N. Railroad, states that Chester must subscribe $25,000 to the enterprise, or probably, lose it. Our town must and will have the road. m. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Newberry farmers have the finest stand of cotton they have had for many years. ? Eleven white and three colored applicants were admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court at the recent examination. ? Anderson farmers are complaining about the worms killing their corn. It is almost impossible to get a stand; they kill it even after it gets up six or eight inches high. ? The little child of Section Master West has died. About four weeks ago the nurse, a colored girl about eleven years old, gave it concentrated lye which caused its death. The youthful murderess is in Barnwell jail awaiting trial. ? Sherman Ryan, a colored man of Barn well, suaaemy turned iuioi one nigni last week, and after bidding a colored family he was visiting good night, pulled his pistol, and, without warning, commenced firing on them through the door. Sherman was taken in charge. The last heard of him his people had him tied at home, and were wpiehing the signs in his eyes, i ?Pfobably the oldest person in Newber[rycounty is Lucinda Easter, a colored citizen of that town, who is now 109 years old. Her mother died at the advanced age of 119. Each of these old women had twenty-two children. Lucinda, who is now living in Newberry, lost her youngest child about two years ago, at the age of G7. ? The convicts employed in grading the Bl&ckville and Newberry railroad have reached Blackville. The grading is now completed to a point on the Edisto river, about seven miles from there, and the work of laying crossties will be begun immediately. The iron is now being negotiated for, and as soon as it arrives will be laid to Edisto and trains will be run between the two points. Sentenced to be Hanged.?An Oxford, N. ., letter of the 16th gives the following account of the result of a criminal trial which has attracted considerable public attention: The case of the negro Taborn for burglary and attempted assault on Mrs. Pat. Booth, has caused a good deal of excitement here. The Booths are of a high social position, and it is a great wonder that the negro was not lynched at once. The jury was chosen from a special venire of 200 men and was composed of ten negroes and two whites. The trial was a very fair one and the prisoner had the benefit of rt Kin AAIIMCJaI Tim Ctnf fthl tltiin auic v*vjuusci -L 11^ uiore 3 wnucsses gave very strong and direct evidence. The defendant introduced no evidence at all. Yesterday (Sunday) the jury returned a verdict of guilty, and this morning the Court sentenced Taborn to be hanged on the lSth of June. The negro still protests his innocence. Yesterday another negro was arrested, charged with burning Oxford on the loth of March. He is a brother to the negro sentenced to be hanged. There is strong evidence against him. It is alleged that the burning of the town was instigated by the brother in retaliation for the arrest of Taborn on the charge of burglary and criminal assault. Local Option Constitutional.? Judge Pardee, of the United States Circuit Court, in a suit tried at Atlanta, Ga., last Thursday, held the Georgia Local Option law to be constitutional. The case will be appealed to the United States Supreme Court.