Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 08, 1887, Image 2
Straps audi Jfattis.
? There have been thirteen yellow fever
cases at Key West, Florida, of which four
have resulted fatally. The government
has furnished bedding, etc., and is ready
to held in the suppression of the disease if
called on by the State authorities.
? Senator Ingalls, Eepublican, of Kansas,
is dissatisfied at the breach made in
the color line in some of the States of the
South. He is quoted in the Boston Herald
9 J . UT La..A
as naviug re mans.eu reccuu^ ; x nave uu
hesitation in saying that granting the right
of suffrage to the colored people has proven
an absolute and unqualified failure."
Grant Brest, the colored youth who
killed three of his companions and wounded
two more at one shot, near Wilmington,
N. C., a few weeks ago, has been tried in
the Superior Court of New Hanover coulty
for murder and found guilty. At the
time of the shooting there was a general
impression that it was the result of carelessness.
Best is 17 years old.
? The Sacramento Record- Union reports
that C. H. Orr, a prominent young lawyer
of South Carolfha, is in Marysville, Cal.,
as a representative of a colony of South
Carolina people, having from $500 to $10,000
each, and comprising many families,
who have resolved to remove to California,
v and have commissioned Mr. Orr to locate
_^them.
r ? The late Texas drought is said to have
disposed of the last few surviving buffaloes
in that State. In the wilds of Crockett
county a miserable remnant of the once
countless herds had been allowed to eke
out an existence without molestation from
the cowboys or the settlers. But when the
drought had destroyed crops and stock,
necessity drove the people to slaughter the
buffaloes, and they are now no more,
u?-It is now estimated at the pension
office that the number of Mexican pension
claims will not exceed 30,000. Eighteen
thousand, of which number three
thousand are widows' claims, have already
been received, and two thousand two hundred
certificates have been issued. It has
been determined to increase the force of
the division having these cases in charge,
an that thovmav be turned out at the rate
of two hundred per diem.
(_jpJMayor Cooper, of Atlanta, asserts that
after considering the matter in all its
phases, he is satisfied that prohibition in
Atlanta has proved a success. He believes
that the experiment has demonstrated the
fact that prohibition laws can be enforced
withoat detriment to the business interests
of the city. The declaration is regarded
as significant, coming from a man who has
been a consistent and pronounced AntiProhibitionist,
and it has occasioned much
talk.
I?Jt-will not be long before preparations
roFtaking the eleventh census will be
in order, and yet there are four volumes of
the tenth census that have not been published
yet. This is due in part to the failure
of Congress to make the necessary appropriation,
but the reason why Congress
has refused to do this is because of the
great delay of the statisticians in preparing
the volumes for the press, which, it is
held, has destroyed their usefulness and
Nmade it not worth while to publish them.
^-Notwithstanding. the murder of two
Mormon elders in Lewis county, Tennessee.
two years ago by enraged citizens,
and the passage of a law by the legislature
making it a felony for any one to preach
the doctrine of polygamy in that State,
Mormon elders are again at work. Several
have made their appearance in Lincoln
and adjacent counties, and are quietly expounding
the faith to the more ignorant
classes. In some neighborhoods they have
met with a cold reception and been warned
to leave. None have been seen in
Lewis county since the massacre, but a few,
have made a tour of counties in the middle
and eastern section.
Franklin J. Moses, who, as Governor
'of South Carolina, at one time occupied a
large share of public attention, but who is
now an occupant of the Massachusetts
State Prison, nas been pardoned by Gov
f ernor Ames, and will" be released from
confinement as soon as the customary formalities
can be complied with. The
strange career of Moses finally culminated
in the forgery of the name of Thomas
Wentworth Higginson, the author, early
in the year 1885. In October of that year
he was sentenced to three years in the
State prison. It has been represented
that Moses was in poor health and could
not live long.
? The national convention of colored
men appointed to meet in Indianapolis,
Ind., last Wednesday for the purpose of
considering the political bondage in which
the race has been held since the war, was
but 8liraly attended, and adjourned without
transacting any business of i m portance.
For several weeks prominent Republicans
there have been writing to colored men of
influence in cities denouncing the proposed
meeting and claiming that it owed its
inception to Democratic influence, and
that the colored men who would take part
L in it were under Democratic influence.
% Mopely, who had charge of the local part
Of the programme, denounced these statements
ana declared that the Republicans
were opposed to any meeting of the colored
men which would tend to awaken a spirit
of independence amoDg them. A resolution
was adopted calling for a national convention
next June.
? The question of instrumental music in
churches will not stay settled in the General
Assembly of the United Presbyterian
Church. It came up in the General Assembly
at Philadelphia last week, in the
" '? * ~r il.
discussion 01 me report ui me vjeucitti
Committee on Home Missions. To bring
. the point formally before the Assembly,
the Rev. A. G. Carson, seconded by the
Rev. George C. Vincent, presented this
proposition: "Resolved, That no part of
the money appropriated in this report
shall be expended in any congregation
which is known to use instrumental music
in connection with the worship of God."
The yeas and nays were called for on this
resolution, the result being a decisive victory
for the advocates of instrumental
music. The resolution was overwhelmingly
defeated. The vote was: For instrumental
music, 122, against 58.
? R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade for the last week gives an encouraging
view of the situation. Reports are
cheering as to the crops and generally fayorable
as to the state of business, collections
and supply of money. Copious rains
dispel the agricultural gloom in Wisconsin,
rigt. crop prospects are brightened by rain in
P Texas, and rains give encouragement in
Alabama. In Alabama the most striking
feature is that 2,000 stores and dwellings
are being erected at Birmingham alone,
an operation that turns some available
into fixed capital. The business failures
occurring throughout the country during
the week number for the United States
125, Canada 25, total 150 failures, against
175 last week, and 180 the week previous
and 187 for the corresponding week of
last year. Failures are steadily diminishing
in all sections of the country, especially
in the Western States, where the nuinl>er
for this week is the smallest recorded
for years, the failures for the Western and
Pacific States being fifty-two all told.
? The Washington correspondent of the
New York Times says: "The closing day's
Droceedings of the National Drill were
crowned by every advantage of gorgeous
weather and large and distinguished attendance.
It seemed as if every prominent
citizen in Washington, from the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States downward, had made a point
of being present at the closing ceremonies.
But there is an unmistakable feeling of
disappointment as to the general result of
the drill. The awards, though no one questions
the integrity aud competency of the
judges, do not accord with popular sentiment.
Miserable jealousies and bickerings
and ante-bellum prejudices outcropping
from day to day took the edge off of much
of the popular appreciation of the exhibition.
The influx of strangers was not anything
like what was expected. The drawv
ingof the color line in the early days of
the drill entirely shut off any participation
from the "Bourbons of Maryland. Consequently,
all assertions of the local press to
tne contrary, the drill has proved financially
ufisuccessful, and those who signed
the guarantee fund will be called upon to
make good a deficiency, the amount of j
which is placed at $5,(MX) by the lowest esti A
mate, and $25,000 by the highest. It may
i be safely predicted that a national reservation
in Washington will not soon be set
j apart again for any similar purpose, in the
face of the provisions of Section 1,818, Revised
Statutes, which require the secretary
of the interior to prevent the occupation
or inclosune of any public reservation, except
temporarily for the use of the United
States."
<Tltc ^othrtUe (jfotijahw.
iffi ? r u r .
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8,1887.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE.
While several names have been mentioned
as successor of Mr. McBryde as President
of the South Carolina College, with due
regard for the gentlemen named, we
suggest as a competent gentleman for the
position, Col. Asbury Coward, long known
as the successful principal of King's Mountain
Military School at this place, and for
four years the acceptable State Superintendent
of Education. Col. Coward's mental
endowments and life training fit him
specially for the position; and while it
would be foreign and repugnant to his taste
to enter into an unseemly contest for the
presidency, yet we believe, should the
trustees of the institution favorably consider
his name, he would accept the position,
and by wise and judicious administration
place the College in the front rank
of the leading institutions of learning in
the land.
CONSOLIDATION EFFECTED.
The meeting in Columbia last week of
representatives of the Georgia and Carolina
Midland and the Charleston, Cincinnati
and Chicago Railroad resulted in a consolidation
of the former with the latter,
and it now passes into the control of the
Massachusetts and Southern Construction
Company.
The News and Courier publishes the following
as the terms of the consolidation :
First. The mode of carrying this consolidation
into effect shall be that described by the
law of South Carolina as found in the General
Statutes of South Carolina, 1882, Part 1, Title 12,
Chapter 40, Sections 1,425,1,426,1,427.
Second. The name of this corporation formed
under this agreement of consolidation shall remain
and continue to be the :'Charleston, Cincinnati
and Chicago Railroad Company."
Third. The present directors for the current
year of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
Railroad Company, shall continue to be the
directors of this Company until others are
duly elected and qualified in their stead.
Fourth. The number of shares in the capital
stock of this corporation shall be 150,000.
Fifth. The par value of each share of stock in
this company shall be $150.
Sixth. The manner of converting the capital
stock of the said "Georgia and Carolina Midland
Railroad Company" into that of the
"Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
Company," shall be as follows : Every owner
of shares of the capital stock of the Georgia and
Carolina Midland Railroad Company shall be
entitled to one share of the capital* stock of
the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
Company of the par vulue of ?150 each for
each four shares held by him, and for any
number of shares less than four, scrip of the
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
Cnmnanvtn renresflnt such fraction of shares.
Seventh. The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the company shall be held on the
second Tuesday in October, 1887, at 12 o'clock,
noon, at the Charleston Hotel, in the city of
Charleston, S. C., at which meeting it will be
in order to transact any business within the
power of the corporation.
Eighth. The stockholders in general meeting
may adopt by-laws providing for the election
of such other officers and agents as the interests
of the company may require and for the
removal of any of its officers already elected, or
for such other purposes as they may see fit, and
the present by-laws of the "Charleston, Cincinnati
and Chicago Railroad Company" shall
govern until others are adopted.
Ninth. The seal of the company shall consist
of the words "Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
Railroad Company" in a circle, and "organized
September, 1886," in the centre.
This was signed by all the directors,
with the exception of W. T. Gary.
Resolved, That said agreement is hereby
adopted as the act of the stockholders of this
company, and that the directors are hereby authorized"
and empowered forthwith and as" rapidly
a posssible, to carry out the details of the
provisions of that contract, and to do anything
which may be required to be done to complete
said consolidation which this body as stockholders
can legally do.
The next resolution passed required that
bqfore this consolidation should take effect,
the Three C's should pay off all the floating
indebtedness of the Georgia and Carolina
Midland.
The secretary of the meeting was requested
to file the articles of corporation in
the office of the Secretary of State.
The auditing committee of the road,
Messrs. A. J. Morris, J. H. Day and E. It.
Snvrier. were continued as the auditing
committee until the accounts can be
straightened and settled. All the offices
ofthis road .will be vacated and the directors
are no more. The great Three C's has
taken ineverythingand will have the sole
management and direction.
Of the effect of the consolidation in
Edgefield, the home of President Mitchell,
the Edgefield correspondent of the
News and Conrier writes:
Some of our people express themselves
as being entirely satisfied with the results
and the terms upon which the consolidation
is based, which is generally understood
to be that the entire road-bed
and the future management of the Carolina
Midland is to be turned over to the
Three C's company, which assumes the
liability of the road and its future and
final building, without, however, any
definite stipulation as to the time work
is to commence or end.
This last feature of the terms of consolidation
is thought by some to be a liberality
too general and indefinite on the part of
the merging company, and is thought to
be the deathblow, while others, who have
unbounded confidence in the good faith
and financial ability of the Charleston,
Cincinnati and Chicago corporation, feel
assured that this mammoth enterprise
will, without any delay, extend its gigantic
hand and soon fashion our long expected
and delayed road into ruuning
shape. We have good reasons from past
experience to approach railroad consolidations
with temerity and misgivings, but
the sequel to this one it is expected and
confidently honed will prove that it is a
good thing. There is every reason why
the controlling company should build this
road, and that speedily. It will, among
: other things, be a good feeder for the
| main trunk, and we believe the Carolina
! directors will not allow the confidence
i placed in them by the consolidators and
+ infn.niKt nf I lin tiAnnlo a I An f. tKa rn ntn
I lliC 1U yjl tiic jiuuj/iv uiv/ug titv iv/Mbg
to suffer by not having the road built.
The Rise in Coffee.?The increase in
the price of coffee is becominga serious matter.
It is double to-day what it was a year
ago; and as we are the largest coffee consuming
nation in the world, this means
, that what we paid $40,WOO,OIK) for last year
| will cost us $80,000,000 this year. Last year
we consumed 537,211,000 pounds of coffee;
if we consume an equal quantity this year
i it will, at present prices, cost consumers
$154,000,000. The increase of the per cap|
ita consumption from 2.43 pounds in 18G5
j to 9.20 pounds in 188(5, shows liovv largely
' the article is used by all classes of the peoi
pie as a stimulant beverage and how imj
uortant it is that the price should be low.
I The doubling of price in the last eight
; months is ascribed partly to a disease that
has attacked the leaves of the coffee tree in
Asiatic and East Indian coffee districts, a
reported short crop in Brazil and speculative
schemes in New York to take advantage
of these facts. It is probable that
high prices will have the effect of reducing
the quantity consumed one-third and forcing
excessive adulteration of the other
two-thirds.
THE CONDITION OF THE CROPS. i
Under date of last Sunday the following s
crop bulletin was issued by the chief signal
officer at Washington :
During the week ending June 4, the
weather has been cooler than the av- 1'
erage for the week in all agricultural dis- j (
tricts e^t of the Rocky Mountains. In
the Ohio and lower Missouri Valley, Ten- ,
nessee, Kentucky, Virginia and North
Carolina and the Eastern portion of New :
England, the deficiency of temperature for J
the week ranged from 25 to 50 degrees, or
a daily average of about 5 degrees cooler
than usual. The temperature was slight- j
ly in excess of normal in Oregon and <
Northern California, while in central and ,
Southern California it was about the j
average. i
The temperature for the season from ,
January 1 to June 4, 1887, differs but j
slightly from the normal temperature in
the Northern States and in the Southern (
wrtn tVio At.lnnf.ir? coast.
Dimes uuiucimg UII v..v/ ... ,
while the average daily excess in the cotton
States ranges from 1? to 2?. ,
During the week the rainfall has been j
generally in excess in States east of (
the Mississippi River, and in Louisiana,
eastern Texas, southern Missouri and
eastern Kansas. Slight deficiencies of
rainfall for the week are reported in upEer
Mississippi Valley, Minnesota, Ohio,
>akota and Nebraska. But numerous i
| and well distributed showers occurred ?
throughout the grain regions of the North- (
west, which appear to have affected the (
crop in those sections favorably.
The cotton region has been favored
during the week by an excess of rainfall
ranging from one to two inches in North- I
em Louisiana, Mississippi, northern Ala- i
bama, North and South Carolina and :
Georgia. Although there is a large seasonable
deficiency of precipitation in these i
States, the recent rains appear to have 1
been very beneficial to the growing crops, i
owing to their timely occurrence and favorable
distribution.
The weather during the week apparent- i
ly proved favorable for growing crops.
Needed rains have occurred throughout
the wheat and corn region, excepting in <
portions of Illinois, Missouri and Iowa, j
where light showers occurred, and tele- J
graphic reports received thismorning(Sun- 1
day) show that showers have occurred in
the past eight hours and are likely to i
continue for the next forty-eight hours in :
the States above named. i
Correspondence or iae loi'tmue iipim-.
NOTES OP TRAVEL.
New York, June 1.?After some days ,
of thorough enjoyment in Washington, I
concluded to run up and see how they
did things in Philadelphia?"the city of :
brotherly love"?the Quaker city. The ,
run from Washington to Baltimore was
made without a stop. I had nothing else j
to do, and was curious to know how fast
we were running, so I timed it from one
mile post to another and found that we
were making a mile a minute most of ,
the way, and some of the miles were made
in 58 seconds, and they did not seem to be
hurrying themselves much either. 1
The country on either side of the road
between Washington and Baltimore is
level and pleasant looking, and chiefly
given up to truck-farming?that is, the
raising of vegetables for the cities. For
example, it was not uncommon to see a
field of twenty or thirty acres sown entirely
with English-peas, and so throughout ;
the entire list of vegetables. It was a relief
to get into a country where no cottonstalks
could be seen.
Soon we began to draw near to Balti
more; and there Deiore us ior miies mm
miles, stretched away In the distance houses
and chimneys, spires, streets, men,
horses and every vehicle that runs on
wheels, and every sound that comes up
from a great city. But the stop is only f<jr
a moment and then we rush away across th'e
fields and through the towns to Philadelphia.
I think there was scarcely a vacant
lot in the limits of either Baltimore or
Philadelphia, in sight of our train, in
which there were not persons engaged in
baseball. Verily it is a national craze.
My visit to Philadelphia was in connection
with the meeting of the General Assembly
of the United Presbyterian Church.
But as this is not a matter of any interest
to your readers, I will not speak of it, only' *
I might say that I was treated like a
prince, and that much interest and curiosity
was shown because I was "from the
South," and that I was accorded a most
courteous hearing by the Assembly.
I found people everywhere full of interest
about the South and anxious to know
how we are progressing. But, by-the-way,
such occurrences as the refusal of the two
military companies from Mississippi to
march in the same procession with the
colored companies in the military review
in Washington last week, has created a
most unfavorable feeling here. The uni- ;
versal sentiment here condemns it. The
people in the North do not understand the
real state of things in the South any more
than the people of the South understand
the real state of matters in the North. If
thpsp pnmnnnies had not made up their
minds to compete with tny and everybody
that might come, they ought to have staid
at home. Sentiments of that kind will
not be tolerated here for a moment. It is ,
as well for us to understand these things ,
now; whether we like them or not. They J
are facts and I give them without comment.
By-the-way, my host in this city (Philadelphia)
related to me the followiug story:
During the war a lieutenant in the Fed- (
eral army was scouting through the country
in Virginia, and came to a farm house. (
As he went up the steps an old colored
raauma came out and said, "you had better (
leave here quick?you had better leave (
here quick." As he reached the door a (
young lady opened it and thrusta revolver
in his face, but it snapped. He wrested
it out of her hands. Then she reached
around and seized the slop bucket, sitting (
by, and emptied its contents over him.
Said he "I don't want any more of this
foolishness," and placed her under guard.
After the war he returned to Philadelphia
and went into the real estate business.
Bye and bye a party up north applied to
him to purchase a Virginia farm. Here- :
membered that the farm on which he ,
had the encounter with the young lady 1
was a good one, and he went down there
to see if he could buy it. Yes, the owner
wanted to sell. During the negotiations (
he frequently met the young lady who
had given him such a rough reception ,
years before; and he liked her?in fact the
liking was mutual. Well, to cut a long
story short, it was the old story?"they (
fell in love, were married, and are now
living happily in this city." j. e. g.
Correspondence ol' tbe Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
The greatly needed rain came lastTues- j
day afternoon and night, reviving, as it >
fell, the thirsty crops. It was general, ex- 1
tending throughout the county. Its delay
in coming has been attended with some
injury to the wheat and oats crops. The .
yield of these crops will not meet expec- i
tations in consequence of the dry weath- i
er. Yet some farmers who have had more <
!- .1 : I K/.nof!,, ?f ,
lillll liutu lUtJir UClgllUUia, uuaomif; ui
their fine wheat and oats. They are now
engaged in harvesting. The late rain has
been of immense benefit to cotton and
corn. The condition of these crops was
never better at this time, and if the seasons
continue favorable, Chester county
will make plenty of corn and plenty
of cotton. The outlook wreaths in smiles
the faces of our fanners. They have had
several years of scarcity; they believe
this is to be the year of plenty.
Some trouble has arisen between our
railroad agent and the railroad company
in tconsequence of alleged discrimination
in freights. He is charged with making a
difference between our brokers in the rates
on merchandise between this point and
Kichburg. The company claims that he
required one broker to pay only through
rates, while local rates were collected of
other brokers.
It was brought to light by one of the
brokers affected thereby reporting the
matter to the authorities in Columbia
and demanding that the same rates be
given him as to his competitor. He also
declared his intention of appealing to the
ltailroad Commission if the demand was
refused. The railroad authorities, after investigation,
found the discrimination to be
as represented. Mr. Lumpkin has made
many friends here by his accommodating:
3pirit, and his retention by the company
would be acceptable to our people. Some
parties here have written to Mr. Cardwell
isking his retention, but he replied by
saying that the settlement of the matter
was not in his hands, but those of higher
Dfficials.
The following persons of Rossville township
died recently: Mrs. Frank Gladden,
Mr. Turner McCullough, and a child of
Mr. G. G. Jackson. They were victims
3f dysentery.
A majority of the freeholders of Court
House township have signed a petition
for an election to vote a subscription of
E?0~ AAA f/\ thn C.1 A .P. "NT Pollrnorl flnm
P IU U1C u* \Jm %Ju i.1* muilivuu
pany. The County Commissioners will
doubtless consider the petition to-day and
appoint a day for the election. There is
some opposition to the subscription, but
it don't amount to much.
Mrs. Marshall, an old lady of our town,
[lied on yesterday.
There were no official sales here to-day.
Our town and county were blessed with
splendid rains last week, and farmers are
exuberently happy over the outlook.
Crops are fine. m.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
NOTES PROM WESTERN YORK.
Hopewell, June4.?Since my lastcommunication,
our section was visited by a
severe rain and hail storm, the latter doing
considerable damage to cotton and wheat
on the plantations of Messrs. Edward
Leech, John W. Whitesides and John
Smith. The latter mentioned had about
fifty acres of cotton that was badly cut
and torn. Gardens also suffered. Bean
3talks were left standing leafless. I
Corn and cottdn aw looking well. Seasons
are splendid, or have been until this
time, but now the rain3 are becoming too
frequent.
The bud worm has made its appearance
in some places, much to the annoyance
of the husbandman.
The many friends of Mr. J. D. Smarr,
who has been confined to his bed for several
weeks at Mrs. M. E. Smarr's, will be
fiflofl in hoor nf hio nnnuolooponnp ft. is
E^AIVVA VV 1IVU1 VTA 4*<0 WU * MAVUVVUVV? AV >>'
hoped that he will soon be able to return
to his family.
The second quarterly conference for this
circuit, was held at Mt. Vernon on the
21st and 22d ultimo. A large congregation
was present on Sunday. The morniug
services were conducted by Rev. Mr.
Cauthen, P. E.; the afternoon by Rev. Mr.
Ariel.
Time for vacation is approaching, ai> p
daily the school boy can be heard counting
the days that he will have to pore over
his books before he will again be free for
a few weeks, to enjoy pure atmosphere
and summer sports.
The school near Mr. William Wilkinson's,
taught by Miss Agnes Wylie, closed
last week.
According to promise, Rev. Mr. Ariel
preached in Spartanburg on Sunday last
at one of the churches that was in his last
year's charge.
Our mail facilities are becoming greater.
The route heretofore terminating at this
place has been extended to Etta Jane.
Wheat fields are beginning to have a
golden appearance and will be ready for
the harvesters in a few days.
On Wednesday last, Mr. John Dowdle
sustained a very painful but not a serious
wound in the hand, necessitating a surgical
operation. While uncapping an empty
shell, the cap exploded ana lodged in his
hand. Novice.
For the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
GASTONIA HIGH SCHOOL.
The commencement exercises of "Gastonia
High School," which took place on
the 27th ultimo, maybe of interest to your
readers, as this institution has a patronage
from South Carolina (principally from
York county) as well as from a large section
of North Carolina.
The school is fully up, in the line of
progress, with the flourishing town in
which it is located. The faculty is thoroughly
imbued with the ideas and principles
of modern progress in teaching, and
the recitations and declamation of the
pupils showed a correctness of method and
an appreciation of their subject matter,
seldom seen in similar exhibitions.
At the close of the morning exercises,
Gen'l E. M. Law, of Yorkville, delivered
the anniversary address, which was listened
to with marked attention and elicited
frequent and hearty applause. We would
be pleased to give an outline of the address,
as well as a more detailed account
of the exercises of the morning, and of
the admirable concert at night; but space
forbids. We never saw a more attentive
and interested audience, or a more thoroughly
disciplined corps of students on
any similar occasion. The principals,
Messrs. Reid & Bigham, have great reason
to congratulate themselves on their success
thus far, and to look forward with confidence
to the future of the excellent institution
under their charge.
South Carolina.
The Death of Ex-Vice-President
Wheeler.?The Hon. Wm. H. Wheeler
died at his home in Malone, N. Y., last
Saturday morning. He remained in a
comatose condition during the night and
passed peacefully away without a sign of
recognition to those about him.
Wm. A. Wheeler was born June 30,1819,
in Malone, Franklin county, N. Y.; entered
the University of Vermont in the class
which graduated in 1842, but the sudden
rloofh nf Lie fathpf romnelled him to leave
his collegiate course uncompleted. He
commenced the study of law and was at
different times.employed as a school teacher.
Soon after his admission to the Bar he
rose rapidly in the legal profession and
was made district attorney for Franklin
county, holding the position until he declined
to retain it longer. For several
years he was superintendent of schools for
Frauklin county. In 1850 and 1851 Mr.
Wheeler represented Franklin county, in
the New York House of Assembly ; was a
member of the Senateof New York in 1858
and 1859, and president pro tern, of that
body. For several years he was much engaged
in banking and railroad affairs. He
was a member and the president of the
New York Constitutional Convention in
1867-68; was elected a Representative in
Congress to the 37th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd and
44th Congresses, and in June, 1876, was
unanimously ..nominated for the VicePresidency
of the United States by the
Republican National Convention at Cincinnati.
In the political complications
which arose in Louisiana during the session
of the 43rd Congress, Mr. Wheeler
was conspicuous, he having been chairman
of the special committee of the House of
Representatives that visited Louisiana,
and finally adjusted the difficulties existing
there, on the basis of what is known
as the Wheeler compromise.
Ax Extra Session almost Certain.
A Washington letter says: An extra session
of Congress in the fall is regarded as
almost a certainty now, and leading Democrats
are discussing the prospect for the
passage of a tarifr reform measure this
winter. They feel if something is not done
this winter they will not only lose the
Presidency, but control of the House as
well. The Democrats had a minority of
over seventy in the lower House of the
18th Congress. This was reduced to about
forty in the succeeding Congress, and now
they have less tnan twenty inujurity.
?ome of the Democrats think that if they
could not pass a tariff bill while- they had
such large majorities if will be extremely
iiflicult to do anything with the largely
reduced majority.
There is a disposition among the extremists
in both factions to come together
jn a common ground. The necessity to
Jo something to reduce the rapidly increasing
surplus is apparent to all, and if
Congress is convened in October it is believed
that some kind of a tariff measure
will be passed. Friends of Mr. Randall
say they will join with friends of Mr. Carisle
in passing a moderate measure. Congressman
McAdoo, of New Jersey, said recently
that Mr. Morrison could have passed
a tariff bill last winter, or the winter
Defore, if he had evinced a disposition to
lefer a little to the wishes of Mr. Randall
ind his friends. Next winter Mr. McAdoo
:hought both factions would be in a mood
:o harmonize and concentrate their forces.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
B. H. Massey?Administrator's Notice.
George H. O'Leary, Intendant?The Ollicial
Monthly Report.
R. T. Fewell <fe Co., Rock Hill, S. C.?Wool '
Wanted.
J. R. Schorb?Photograph Gallery.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriffs Sales.
McElwee & Moore?Fresh Beef and Mutton.
George T. Schorb?Farmers, Stop.
Kennedy Bros. & Barron?The 14 Fingered
Grain Cradle?Lawns?India Linen?Tobacco?Muslins?Sewing
Machines?Cassimeres.
H. F. Adickes?A Bid for Everybody's Money.
Lindsay <fc Moore?Undertakers.
May <fc May?Are Still to be Found.
Withers A(lickes?An Old Story.
Parish & Kennedy?Everything to Eat.
UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1888.
The Enquirer will be furnished from this
date until January 1st, 1888, for $1.30.
SALES-DAY.
Last Monday was sales-day for June, but
the attendance of people in town was quite
small. There were no official sales. The only
one advertised was continued until sales-day
in July, which this year, will occur on Tuesday
the 5th, the first Monday, the Fourth, being
a legal holiday.
war literature.
The leading paper on the war, from a Confederate
standpoint, in the June Century, is
from the pen of Gen. E. M. Law, of this place.
It is entitled, "From the Wilderness to Cold
Harbor," and besides being profusely illustrated,
is a graphic and well-written sketch of
the campaign under review.
) gray eagle killed.
Thursday morning last, William Turner
shot and killed a gray eagle near his house, 1}
mile from town, on the Gabbie's ford road.
The bird measured 0 feet 8 inches from tip to
tip. Mr. Turner brought it to town and it was
purchased from him by Withers Adickes,
who has had it stuffed and mounted as a York
county specimen of the bird of freedom.
j!^>uth carolina cadets.
Reports from West Point show that Cadet
T. Q. Donaldson, Jr., of Greenville, stands
thirty-eighth in the graduating class of sixtyfour
members. John M. Jenkins, of Yorkville,
is eleventh. Cadet Donaldson is in the
third section in engineering, in the fifth in
ordnance and gunnery, in the third in modern
languages, and in the sixth in law, there
being eight sections in each department.
Personal" mention.
Rov J n Giillewav. nastor of the A. R. P.
Church at this place, and who was fraternal
messenger of the A. R. Synod of the South to
the General Assembly of the U. P. Church recently
in session in Philadelphia, returned
homo last Saturday, having extended his trip
to^ewYork after the adjournment of the Assembly.
Mr. G. L. Riddle, ofthis county, who attended
the Southern Presbyterian Convention at
St. Louis, as a lay delegate from Rethel Presbytery,
returned home last Sunday.
RAILROAD EARNINGS FOR APRIL.
The Railroad Commissioners have issued in
tabular form the report of the earnings of the
railroads in the State for the month of April,
comparing the same with April, 1886. From
it the following facts and figures are gathered:
Ot the twenty-one roads from which reports
were received, twelve show an increase of
822,970.08, the remaining nine a decrease of 813455.10,
a net increase of 89,514.98, or 2.1444 per
cent. The total passenger earnings for April,
1886, were 8140,892.62, and for April 1887, 8155,927.40,
an increase of 812,034.81 or 8.3632 per
cent. The total freight and passenger earnings
for the same months were: April, 1886,
8443,713.33; April, 1887, 8453,228.31, an increase
of 89,514.98. The earnings of the Chester and
Lenoir were 85,040.58, as against 85,134.10 in
April, 1886, showing a decrease of 893.52, or
1.82 per cent.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Ran lot,
Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M.
and 8.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 4 P. M.
Prayer-meeting this evening at 8.30 o'clock.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J.
C. Galloway, Pastor. Services at Tirzah next
Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 4 P. M.
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. Services
next Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunday-school
at 9.45 A. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at
8.30 o'clock.
Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector. Sunday-school
at 4.30 P. M.
King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson,
Pastor. Services at King's Mountain
Chapel next Saturday and Sunday, at 11 A.
M. each day, the occasion being quarterly
meeting, at which Rev. A. J. C'authen, P. E.,
will be present.
STOCKHOLDERS' CONVENTION.
The annual convention of the stockholders
of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad
Company was held at Hickory, Catawba
county, N. C., on Thursday last, 2nd instant.
H. C. Hamilton, of Catawba county, N. C.,
was called to the chair, and L. M. Grist, of
Yorkville, S. C., elected secretary. The committee
on proxies reported the entire capital
stock of the company as being represented by
3,475 share's, of which 410 were represented in
person and 2,450 by proxy. ,
W. Holmes Hardin, President, and John J.
McLure, Secretary and Treasurer, submitted
reports.
president's report.
To the Stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir
Narrow Gauge Railroad Co.: Gentlemen: I
am much pleased to meet you again in annual
convention, and am gratified to report that the
present holders of the lease of your road have
promptly met and performed tfieir obligations
under the lease. The road and equipments
have been kept in good operatiug condition, so
far as I have oeen able to observe. The rental
has been promptly paid to the treasurer as it
matured.
Since your last meeting, the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad Company?the
1 i ?Iioa itanlf honn
original leaseo ui jum ?u
leased, with all its leased lines, by the ichmond
and Danville Railroad Company, ..nd it
is by this latter company that your road is
now operated in conneetion with the remainder
of its system.
I have no special measure to suggest. Respectfully
submitted.
W. Holmes Hardin, President.
secretary ani) treasurer's report.
To the Shareholders of the Chester and Lenoir
Narrow Gauge Railroad CompanyAs Secretary
and Treasurer, I beg leaye to Toport that
the rental of the road has been promptly paid
by the lessees, as it matured, by the terms of
the lease. The capital stock of the company
is now represented by 3,475 shares, on which
the rental dividend of ?1.50 per share is paid,
semi-annually, by the Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company, the present holders of the
lease. The dividends have been paid to the
shareholders when called for, or remitted to
them by check. Such dividends as are unpaid,
are deposited in the National Bank of Chester
to the credit of the Company, awaiting the call
of the stockholders. Respectfully submitted.
J. J. McDure, Sec'y Treas'r.
The following persons were elected oilicers
for the ensuing year :
President?W. Holmes Hardin, of Chester,
S. C.
Directors?J. L. Agurs and J. II. Smith, of
Chester, S. L. M. Crist and Joseph F. Wallace,
of York, S. L. A. Mason, of Gaston,
N. C.; V. A. Mcllee, of Lincoln, N. C.; W. H.
Williams, of Catawba, N. C.; G. W. F. Harper,
of Caldwell, N. C.
Secretary and Treasurer?J. J. McLure, of
Chester, S. C.
The next annual convention will bo held at
Lincolnton, N. C., on the first Thursday of
T 1 UUl>
.JUIIU, inoo.
^SUDDEN DEATHS.
On FridarNxfternoon last, the sudden death
of a brother and sister occurred under peculiar
and distressing circumstances, the victims being
Mr. Edward A. Black and his sister, Mrs.
Margaret Dickson, wife of Mr. J. \V. Y. Dickson,
both living in tho same neighborhood,
about threo miles west of town. Mr. Black
was a member of Company A, Twelfth Regiment
S. C. V., and in the battle of Spottsylvania,
C. H., Va., on tho lUth of May ISiW,
he received a severe wound in the head, carrying
the ball in the wound for several years after.
From the effects of the wound lie was subject
to catalepsy, though ordinarily ho was not
incapacitated from his regular duties, nor
was his mind impaired. lie was liable, however,
to catalepsy at almost anytime, of which
there was no premonition. Since the war he
has made his home with his brother, Mr.
Robert Black. On last Friday, about 4 P. M.,
he left the house for the purpose of taking a
bath in a stream only a short distance away.
He told a member of the family where he was
going and said he would soon return. In the
meantime a rain came up, and as he had failed
to return to the house, his brother started to
look for him, and found him lying with his
face in the branch, dead. It is supposed that
he was seized with a spasm and falling, face
downward, in the branch, in his helpless condition
-he was drowned. Mr. Black was in the
47th year of his age and was a good citizen,
commanding the respect and esteem of all who
knew him.
On the morning of tho same day, his sister,
Mrs. Margaret Dickson, in company with Mrs.
Black, left her house in a buggy to visit her uncle,
Mr. Samuel Black, who lives near Sharon
Church. .She was perfectly well when she left
her home and complained none while at her
uncle's. Soon after leaving his house in the
afternoon, on her return home, she complained
of a severe pain in the head, and on reaching
Mr. W. P. Wylie's house, only a short
distance from her uncle's, her companion suggested
that they stop there until she should
feel better. Mr. Wylie came out to assist her
to the house, but before reaching the door with
her she was dead. The fatal disease was paralysis
of the brain. Mrs. Dickson was in her
45th year and leaves a husband and four children.
RAILROAD NOTES.
On Monday morning last, Messrs. Griffin A
Gorton commenced work, opposite the cemetery,
on their contract, which is for five miles
west of town. The contractors intersecting
them, west, are Messrs. Smith ?fc Lathrop, and
as their part of the line is now permanently
located, they will soon be enabled to commence
work, when the entire lino from Camden to
Black's will bo covered by contractors.
The permanent location from the Misses
Gilfillens', to Yorkville, is known as the second
survey, entering town on the south side, and
is practically the same as heretofore published.
The most important change in the preliminary
survey is on the land of Rev. L. A. Johnson,
in town. Instead of running diagonally
through his lot, as first surveyed, the line
bears around it, missing entirely Mr. Lewis'
lot, and intersecting Church street near the
residence of Mrs. McPheters.
The damage to Mr. Johnson was assessed by
arbitration, the railroad representatives selecting
Capt. J. Robert Lindsay and S. Anderson
McElwee, and Mr. Johnson selecting Sherifl
R. H. Glenn and Frank E. Smith as arbitrators,
They assessed the amount of Mr. Johnson's
damages at 3502.50, which conclusion is satisfactory
to both parties.
Mr. C. R. Kinsley, who has the contract for
grading the first eight miles this side of Black's,
was in town yesterday for the purpose of purchasing
carts at Mr. Willis' shop. He reports
satisfactory progress with his work, and represents
Black's to be on a boom of expectancy ir
anticipation of the early extension to that town
of the Georgiaand Carolina Midland.
Capt. Lewis will put a force of men to work
to-day on the trestle over Fishing Creek, near
Gabbie's Ford.
Mr. R. Haskell Dobson has been engaged
as book-keeper for Griffin A Gorton. They
have also employed, as one of their foremen,
Mr. George W. Beach, of Columbia.
The Lancaster Review says that Albert Randall,
colored, has taken a contract to grade twe
miles of the road, commencing near Cane
Creek, in Lancaster county, and going in th(
direction of Catawba River.
We print in another column the salient points
of the terms of the agreement entered into between
the Georgia and Carolina Midland and
the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago, by
which the former is consolidated with the latter
road. Col. Matson, chief engineer, has ful
confidence in the successful completion of this
enterprise. He has selected Mr. W. C. Whitner,
who graduated from the South Carolim
College last summer, and who has been for ter
months resident engineer on the Augusta
Edgefield and Newberry Railroad, to survey
and locate the line of road from dewberry to th<
point where it will connect with the Charleston
Cincinnati and Chicago. The first survey will
begin this week. It will run from Newber
ry io union, tueucu rmvnuoji i-onj, w
Broad River, and thence to some point intersecting
the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
west of Yorkvillo ; thence to Yorkville,
and thence through Bethel township, and thenc(
to Charlotte. Other lines will be surveyed
however, the adoption of either to be' determined
hereafter.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER PROM ROCK HILL.
Rock Hill, June 6.?The annual meeting
of the stockholders of the Rock Hill
Cotton Factory Company was held in Rod
dey's Hall on last Tuesday evening. Rev,
J. S. White was elected chairman." A
large majority of the stock was represent
ed. The annual report of the President
showed that the mill had done a prosperous
business during the past twelve
months. A semi-annual dividend of 3}
5er cent, will be paid to the stockholders,
uly 1st. The stock of the company is
held firm, and none is offering. From the
President's report, the intrinsic value is
probably $130 per share. The yarns manufactured
have a high reputation in the
market, and command the highest market
prices.
At the recent meeting, the following
gentlemen were elected directors for the
ensuing year: A. E. Hutchison, John R.
London, W. L. Roddey, James S. White,
A. H. White, Rock Hill; C'. A. Chisolm,
Charleston; W. G. Atkinson, Baltimore.
After the adjournment of the stockholders'
meeting, the directors held a meeting
and elected Capt. A. E. Hutchison, President;
J. R. Neisler, Superintendent; and
D. Hutchison, Secretary and Treasurer.
~ - - ? i --LJI. iL. c i 4
On .Last Tuesday nignt, wnne me ireigm
train was standing at the depot in this
place, a keg of whisky was stolen from one
of thecgrs. JuneMassey, colored, who has
been the depot hand here, was suspected.
On Thursday he was arrested, and on Friday
given a preliminary hearing before
Trial Justice Win. Whyte, who, considered
the evidence sufficient to require him to
send the case to the Circuit Court. The defendant
gave bond in the sum of ?600 for
appearance.
The ladies of the Presbyterian congregation
gave an ice-cream supper in Dr. Fewell's
new drug store on Main street, last
Friday evening, the proceeds of which
will be donated to the fund for building a
parsonage.
At an early hour on Sunday morning,
the stable of Jack Knox, colored, was discovered
to be on fire, and in a few minutes
the building was in flames. It was a small
structure, and the loss is fully covered by
insurance. It is not known how the fire
originated.
Those of your readers who have wool
for sale will find an advertisement in your
columns which may beof benefit to them.
Large quantities of peaches pass through
this place daily, by express, from below
Columbia, for the northern markets.
Dysentery and diarrhoea are prevailing
to a considerable extent in this section,
and the doctors are kept busy.
.On last Thursday morning the citizens
of our town were called upon to perform a
painful duty?to lay at rest in Elmwood
Cemetery all that was mortal of Marion
Porcher Jones, eldest daughter of Capt.
and Mrs. Allen Jones. This sweet little
girl was taken sick on Saturday and died
on Wednesday at 10 o'clock, A. M. Her
disease was peritonitis. Her death was a
nkA,>'' "AiHrniinifv Thmio-h VOlltl?
oilUtrv lu uui vvuituuutvj a?.w?.q.. ^ n
in years, being only eleven years of age,
her patient, tender and womanly character
won for her the respect and love of all who
knew her. She was the favorite of her
schoolmates, as was demonstrated by their
grief as they marched in line, following
the casket to the cemetery, and at the
grave. In the death of this sweet little
girl our town has been bereft of one of its
loveliest daughters, and loving parents of
a child of which they had cause to be
proud, No words that I can add could
mitigate their distress. The funeral services
were held at the Episcopal church,
Rev. E. N. Joyner officiating.
Rev. James S. White chairman of the
board of trustees of the Rock Hill Graded
School, has received several applications
for the position of superintendent of the
school. Some of the applications are from
persons residing in the State, and others
from persons outside of the State. Hal.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Blackwood, over whom Georgia and
South Carolina have been having so much
legai learning displayed, and about whom
there has been so much newspaper talk,
has been returned to Georgia to be tried
for forgery.
? Hewlett Sullivan, said to be the third
richest man in Greenville county, and who
was one of the most widely known and
marked men in that part of the State, died
on Monday of last week, at the residence
of Dr. J. P. Latimer, in Greenville.
? The State Supreme Court has adjourned
until Monday, the 21st of next November.
The Sixth Circuit will be called on the
22nd, and will be given four days. Applications
for admission to practice must be
filed on or before November 29th.
? Col. John W. R. Pope, who has for
years euneu mc wiummo ,
resigned from the editorial staff of that
paper. He will be succeeded by Col. John
P. Thomas, a gentleman well known for
his journalistic experience, and as a ripe
scholar and polished writer.
' ? Rebecca Lewis, a crazy woman, was
committed to jail at Pickens, last week,
for killing her own child. She acknowledges
killing the child, but says if she had
not done so she and the child both would
have been destroyed by a great noise she
heard coming, and to save herself she
killed her infant child.
? Prof. J. P. Kennedy has resigned the
presidency of Due West Female College,
at Due West, on account of ill health.
Prof. J. H. Miller, who has filled the chair
of mathematics in Erskine College, at the
same place, has been elected his successor.
Mr. Miller is quite a young man, having
graduated from Erskine College only a few
years ago.
?i At Greenwood, in Abbeville county, ?
on Saturday last, while the two sons of
Mr. It. W. Major, Robert and George,
aged respectively fourteen and twelve,
were playing with their father's pistol,
long unused and supposed to be unloaded,
the pistol was accidentally discharged,
the ball 'striking George in the
upper end of the heart and killing him instantly.
i * * *
.MEKK-JUSMTIU.-N.
> Sentence of death has been imposed on
Mrs. Chiari Cignarele, of New York, who
was convicted of murder in the first de.
gree for shooting her husband. She was
condemned to be hanged in the Toombs
> prison yard, Friday July 22. In Elberton
county, Mo., on Thursday, a farra|
er named Davidson shot and killed a lawyer
named Van Eaton who had called on
him to demand redress for damages done
his stock by Davidson's dogs. A brilliant
meteoric stone descended near Lown1
anville, N. Y., on Saturday, making a hole '
in the ground twenty feet deep by forty
1 wide. It will be dug out. On Wed
nesday last, Wm. Steele was hanged at
1 Jackson, Miss., for the murder of Nel?
son Potter. He protested his innocence
to the last. On the same day George H.
: Disque was hanged in Hudson county jail,
Jersey City, for the crime of wife murder.
Gen. D. H.Hill delivered an adl
dress before the Confederate Memorial
Association of Baltimore last Monday
, night. S. B. McElreth, the comedian,
will make his home this summer at
. Johnson City, Tenn. News has been
, received at Mansion, Calhoun county,
Iowa, that the Rev. Dr. Reid, who left
j that place last winter to become a missionary
in Central Africa, has been killed
and eaten by cannibals. In Perry
county, Indiana, last week, two brothers
' named Davis, criminally assaulted ayoung
girl aged fourteen, and the story goes that
subsequently they and Wm. Kellam,
' father-in-law of one of the brothers, were
1 lynched for the offense. Maj. Peter
1 M. Hale, a veteran newspaper man of
North Carolina, died at Fayetteville last
i Friday. The Texas and Pacific Kaili
road express train was robbed by four
, masked men eight miles west*of Fort
r Worth, Texas, last Sunday night. The
3 sum of $1,360 was taken frOm the express
, car and three registered letters from the
L mail car. The passengers were not mo.
lested. In the election at Charlotte,
l N. C., last Monday, on the question of
. prohibition, the license party v/as success.
ful by a majority of 40 in a vote of 1,532.
Last year the anti-prohibition majority
! was 429 in a vote of of 1,607. Raleigh
gave a majority of 31 for license in a
[ total vote of 2,615.
The Mormons and Suffrage.?The
registration officers in Utah have completed
their work, and the Mormon authorities
do not appear to be satisfied with
the result. It has been announced that
I Mormons generally would take the new
oath. But ten days ago there were indi"
cations that many of them would not take
. to it. Two-fifths of the voting population
. had been disfranchised, and it was report.
ed that thirty per cent, of the remainder
- were unwilling to register. '.'All should
! understand," urged the Mormon organ,
, "that the swallowing of the oath is ab'
solutely essential t* the exercise of the
franchise. All should know that a'yote
! will have greater value in Utah next Au
, gust than ever before in this Territory."
j The lists now show in many districts a
. total registration that falls below the vote
, cast at the last election, when not more
; than one-third of the registered voters
cast their ballots. Part of this decrease is
, accounted for by the disfranchisement of
1 the women in the Territory, who constitute
two-fifths of the voting population.
At the next election the ratio of registered
voters to the entire population in Salt
Lake City will not exceed one to fifteen,
, as the lists now stand. But it does not
seem probable that, even under these conditions,
the Gentiles will outnumber the
Mormons at the polls.
Prohibition in New York.?The
i Prohibitionists of New York have rei
solved to enter the lists early and earnesti
ly this year. They propose to contest every
inch of ground in the State, and, to
that end a full State ticket \Vill be nomii
nated and a candidate for Senator and Assemblymen
will be put in the field in
every district. The Prohibitionists reckon
upon a vote Of 50,000 to 75,000. They
do not propose to form an alliance with
either the Democratic, Republican or AntiPoverty
party. They approve Gov. Hill's
veto of the Vedder Whisky Tax bill.
, They are not in sympathy with the
anti-saloon movement. They are oppos,
ed to the latter because they believe that
it will fall far short of results possible to
a straightout prohibition policy. Heretofore
the Prohibitionists North have looked
to the Republican party for recruits;
now they say that helpers are coming to
them from Democratic ranks. They have
been looking over the results of past elections,
and their hopes for the future are
based on the fact that last year the vote
for William J. Groo, the Prohibition candidate
forjudge of the Court of Appeals,
was .36,414, a gain of 6,000 over Bascom
for Governor in 1885, and again of 11,000
nvpr St., .Tnhn for Prfisiflont in 1RR4?,Ui.
gust a Chronicle. *
The Color Question in Alabama.?
A Huntsville, Ala., dispatch reports a sensation
there in which W. H. Councill,
colored, principal of the State Normal Institute
at that place, was chief actor..
Councill is the man who was ejected from
the white car on the Western and Atlantic
railroad and applied to the Inter-State
commission for redress. Last Saturday at
Huntsville he took some fifteen of his pupils
into the car of the whites on the Memphis
and Charleston road. One white man
and twelye white ladies were in the car.
The colored car was entirely empty, and
all the whites went into that, leaving the .
negroes in complete possession of the
white car. The railroad officials did not
interfere.
Iron Ore.?The King's Mountain correspondent
of the Shelby New Era says:
Garrett Brothers own between seven and
ten thousand acres of land near here and
have turned it over to prospectors from
ri.hatfanrvnnrrj unrl A flonfo fni* inonAAfJ/\r?
viiwivuuvugu iiuvi JUl lllO^/CVblUllt
They have found a very satisfactory quality
of ore and if the quantity can be ob'
tained, of which they feel confident, they
will go into business on a large scale at
once. Major Anderson, who tunneled the
Blue Ridge for the Western North Carolina
Railroad, is sinking shafts, etc., and
will make a thorough investigation.