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'w 'W ' Jw?irs and .facts. | ~ t ? Michigan's recently enacted local op- ( tion law provides that the question shall be voted on whenever one-fifth of the vo- r ters of a county petition the Supervisor, c and that the decision shall stand for three t years before the question can be again sub- c mitted. j ? Bancroft, the historian, is now busy at ! work on a history of the Polk Adminis- t tration, during which he was secretary of I the navy. He has not reached that point in his history of the United States, but for personal reasons, and particularly because he thinks Polk has not had justice done him by other historians, he will pay narticular attention to that era. C "pr-r? Business failures occurring throughout the country during last week number, for the United States, 193, Canada 20; a total of 213 against 173 last week, and 150 the week previous. The increase noticed this week arises, of course, mainly through the : wheat excitement in Chicago and the West. In other sections of the country business troubles appear to be lighter than usual. ? Banks Hill and D. C. Little, young men belonging to two of the best families in Macon, Ga., went outside the city limits to fight a duel the other afternoon. Little * knew that the pistols were not loaded with 1 bullets, but Hill took the matter seriously j and bravely went through. Two shots were { fired when Little fell and Hill wanted a . pistol to kill himself. He was then told ] of the joke. On their return to the city, 1 both men shook handsand are now friends. < ? The New Hampshire Legislature in joint session, last Wednesday, declared ] Hon. W. E. Chandler elected United States ( Senator vice Mr. Pike, deceased. This . nnmnletes the Senatorial list of the incom ing Congress. The new roll shows thirtyseven Democrats and thirty-nine Republicans. Three ex-Senators and three exCongressmen, members of the last House, appear among the elect. Florida, Indiana, New Jersey, Tennessee and West Virginia contribute new men?Democrats; and Minnesota, Michigan and Pennsylvania send new men?Republicans. ? Gen. Miles has gone to Tucson, Arizona, and assumed personal charge of the Indian campaign, as there is every appearance of a prolonged war. Suspicion has long pointed to the Indian settlers on San Pearo reservation as being abettors of the SanG&rlos renegades, and it seems now to be an established feet that they are so. They have kept the hostijes informed as to the movements of the troops, ( and have also furnished them with horses I to aid them in making their escape from j their pursuers. j ? Says the Augusta Chronicle: The bulls ( of the coffee market in New York and of the j wheat market in Chicago, have met with . just retribution. The country will rejoice 1 at the rapid'decline in the articles named. < It seems to us that there ought to be lews 1 enacted for the punishment of all men en- ( gaged in creating artificial prices for the j necessaries of life. If the States are not competent to deal with the growing evil ! from which the people suffer, then Congress 1 should pass a law to prevent gambling in 1 futures?at lehst in the necessaries of life, j There will be no tears shed in this section j at the downfall of the gamblers in coffee . and wheat. 1 ? On Monday pight^ of last, week, in Halifax county, JN. u., win. rseaseiey auu Barney Colton, young negro men, quar- < relied and fought, and Colton declared on j Tuesday that before the week ended he ( would kill Beaseley. The latter was in t the habit of walking along a certain road night and morning. Last Thursday night Colton secreted himself in a swamp be- 1 side this road. Just after darkness began i he heard a footstep and dimly saw the figure of a man within thirty yards. He ( ; took good aim, fired and killed the man in his tracks. To be sure of his victim, i Cblton walked up to the body, when he found that he had killed the wrong man. ? His victim was Alfred Arrington, a color- t ed preacher. Colton was arrested. I ? At Covington, Ga., last Wednesday t night, Giles S. Whitter committed suicide , by hanging. Mr. Whitter was 82 years of age, and the father of a large family. For 1 many years he had conducted a liquor t store. When prohibition began to close in t around the country in which he lived, he t became greatly excited, and vowed that j the country was ruined. Ever since he was compelled to close up his store his mind has been affected. Tuesday he took a notion that the Prohibitionists intended c to torture him, and Wednesday night he t got up and expressed his purpose of hiding i c from his enemies in the barn. Thursday | morning his body was found dangling from c a rope, which was attached to one of the 1 joists. ? Grand Forks, Dakota, was visited with ? a destructive tornado last Thursday evening. The storm came from the west and ? traveled due east. Twenty-five or more J buildings, including the Catholic Church and the University of North Dakota, were J blown to the ground, xne muoraiury mm museum of the University were almost to- , tally destroyed, besides hundreds of small- | er dwellings, storehouses and sheds. Four . persons were killed outright and several t seriouslyiDjured. Fourteen businessbuildings were destroyed, and the loss at Grand Forks is estimated at $100,000. A train from thenorth, aboutfour miles from town, was blown from the track and rolled over t twice. No one was killed, but many were seriously injured. The storm was quite , severe at other points in Dakota. ? The Springfield Republican, speaking of , the eras ?f prosperity and dullness since s the war, concludes thus: "Theyears of highest prosperity are generally characterized by large importations?partly raw { material to be consumed by active indus- j * tries, partly goods drawn here by advanc- ( ing prices and a lively market, and partly j ?, on account of the greater consuming ca- j ^ pacity of all classes in good times. As to ! . our exportables, we are in better shape than last year. We shall carry over no j surplus of cereals and shall probably get 1 higher prices for the next crop of wheat, i i whether Europe has a good harvest or not. J j Qn the whole the prospect for continued ; prosperity for a period of years, say from three to five, is good, barring extraordina- jJ ry crop disasters. A poor crop of corn is a t national disaster and extends over 20 or 25 ; j months in crippling the West. But the j i acreage is now so vast that a general fail- L ure of either wheat or corn is a risk to ; which the country is less exposed than '1 formerly. i1 ? On Tuesday morning, a remarkable I 1 sight was witnessed at the intersection of three of the principal streets of Atlanta. ; < Six wagon loads of gambling tools were j < burned to ashes. An immense crowd wit-1 j nessejl the burning. During the past j j eighteen months the police have raided <, many gambling establishments and cap- jf tured a large quantity of the paraphernalia 1 j usually found in gamDiing esiaoiisnmeuis. . j All these, making over six large wagon ( loads, were hauled to the most public cor- ' f ner in the city and dumped in two large > piles. The tables and fortune wheels and ( faro boards were broken and split into r small pieces. Some of the furniture was ( new and costly. The aggregate value of ( the two piles of fuel was not less than $10,- t 000. After pouring several gallons of ker-1 j osene oil upon the piles, Chief of Police ! j Connally applied a match, and in a few ^ minutes the flames were shooting upward. ( The mass of matter was rapidly consumed. Several old gamblers, whose property | some of the gaming outfits were, stood j and watched the destruction of the costly r and beautiful devices. ? The Rational Association of Wholesale ] Liquor Dealers hold an important meeting < in Chicago last Thursday night. AChica- ' go dispatch says: In addition to local j members present, the Texas delegation ] was in attendance. Whether they discuss- < ed local freight in Chicago, is not known, j The gentlemen say they did not; they say , they nad enough to do in preparing for the i prohibition fight in Texas. The prohibition amendment there will be voted upon < August 4, and the fight is red hot. One of < the wholesale men says that a one hun- j dred dollar assessment is for the houses in j Chicago to fight prohibition in Texas. Mr. j Atherton, the President, admits that it is a hard battle, but thinks the liquor men will win. Then prohibition in Tennessee ( comes to a vote September 9th, and it " must be met. That is not all. West Yir- i jinia, Oregon, Dakota, Wyoming Territory, to say nothing of Michigan and Misouri, are causing the liquor men much rouble. So the National Association lidn't come here to help the Chicago deal;rs, but rather to be helped. An assessnent of ten cents per barrel was made on >ld rye and bourbon, and requests for funds nade to wholesalers. Each distiller, he aid, does his level best, one in Cincinnati jiving $10,000. Ibe ?orbriUe grnquitrr. ^''YOBlS'ILLE, S. C. ! WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22,1887. THE CONSTITUTIONAL CENTENNIAL. Governor Richardson has written a letter iccepting the invitation of the Constitu:ional Centennial Commission to attend, as its guest, the celebration of the centennial inniversary of the framing and promulga;ion of the Constitution of the United States, which is to be held in Philadelphia )n the loth, 16th and 17th of September. The Governor is specially anxious to aave the State militia as largely represent-. jd as possible on this occasion, and would 3e gratified to receive information as to what commands, and with how many men, are intending to be present. One of She features of the occasion will be a parade of the military and naval forces of the United States and the military forces )f the several States and Territories. The jommitteeask for a report by July 1st, next, of the number of equipped troops who will come from each State. It seems desirable for South Carolina to be representjd on this national occasion, and it is hoped some of our best drilled companies can attend. THE^CAPTURED^LAGS INCIDENT. When President Cleveland approved the jrderof Adjutant-General Drum returning to the Southern States the flags in Washington captured by the Union soldiers in aattle, he evidently thought the war was jver, and that the act was eminently beitting and proper in this era of good feeling, when the soldiers of both sides, who :onfronted each other in the heat of dead y conflict, could now afford to meet on a ,'oramon ground of amity and fraternize in ;he celebration of achievements equally eflecting lustre on the arms of both. But t seems that the time has not yet arrived "or the fulfillment of the hope of a restored jeace and confidence between the sections, br no sooner was the President's order jromulgated than a howl of indignation vent up from certain sections of the North jrotesting against the President's action. 3ren. Tuttle, the Commander of the Grand irmy of the Republic of Iowa, asked the jovernor of his State to protest against he return of the flags. The Governor forvarded the protest and said he would, if jossible, take legal steps to prevent their eturn. Commander Fairchild, Commander-in^hiefof the Grand Army of the Republic, n a speech before Hamilton Post'in New ifork, waxed wroth and among other elegant things said: "May God palsy the hand hat wi;ote the order; may God palsy the >rain that conceived it, and may God palsy he tongue that directed it." He asked: 4How can the present loyal uovernors 01 he Southern States accept emblems of reason after their professions of loyalty o the Union ? Must they not return them o the Secretary of War and say that they lave nothing to do with the flags, as the ebel organizations are extinct?" Other army posts, and especially politicians of the bloody shirt school, also proested, and in the face of the opposition, >n Thursday, the President countermanded the order in the following letter to the secretary of War: 44I have to-day considered with more rare than when the subject was orally presented me, the action of the department lirecting letters to be addressed to the Governors of all States offering to return, f desired, to the loyal States, Union flags aptured during the war of the rebellion by he Confederate forces and afterward recovered by the government troops, and the Confederate States flags, captured by Jnion forces, all of which for many years lave been packed in boxes and stored in he cellar and attic of the War departnent. I am ofthe opinion thatthe return )f the flags in the manner thus contemplated, is not authorized by the existing laws, ior justified asan Executiveact. I request, herefore, that no further steps be taken n the matter except to examine arid inventory these flags, and adopt proper measures for their preservation. Any direction as to the final disposition of them should originate with Congress." Thus the trouble is ended, the cause of ill fears of the super-loyal is removed, md those who were alarmed for the cause )f the Union may breathe easy in the consciousness of their inner souls that by :heir grand efforts the country has again seen saved. It would have been better, we believe, lad the order not been issued ; but its promulgation has clearly demonstrated one act of which we have for?soine time been :onvinced, and that is that the Republican I ourlorc nrnniKP til triflkp the hlnndv Shil't I he issue of the next Presidential campaign. Will the rank and file of those vho fought in the Union army give the scheme their moral support at this remote lay, twenty-two years after Lee's men aid down their arms in favor of a restored Union? The Festive Hangman.?John W. smith, a white man and leader of a gang )f desperadc es, was hanged last Friday, in Heard county, Ga., for the murder of Bonner Barker, a former member of his fang. On the same day, Fred Morgan was tanged at Louisville, Ga., lor murdering lis mistress, Emma Lewis. Both were olored. He shot her first, and then disemboweled her. Albert Taborn, colored, was hanged at Jxford, X. C'., on Friday. Last March raborn forced an entrance into the house )f Or. Patrick Booth, of Granville county, luring the absence of the Doctor, and at;empted to outrage Mrs. Booth. His at;empt was not successful, but he was arrested and tried for burglary and sen:enced to be hanged on June 18. The execution was public. Threats had been made by the negroes r\ tho offo/^t that 'Pahorn should not be nanged, and some disturbance was feared, i The Granville Grays were ordered out by j the Governor to suppress any possible up- j rising among the negroes. The place of ixecution was two miles from the jail. | The Grays formed a hollow square around j the cart which carried the prisoner and , tlis coffin to the gallows. Over 0,000 people . were in the procession. Taborn protested i his innocence to the last. At three minates past twelve the trap was sprung and the criminal was dead in fifteen miuutes. \ Taborn's father was hanged on the same | spot several years ago, and the Granville arays were called out to prevent a disturbmce. A brother of Taborn is now in Ox- j ford jail charged with burning the town ast March. SSy-The ceremonies of celebrating the j completion of the fiftieth year of Queen Victoria's reign, were formally commenced n London last Monday. EXCITEMENT IX LAURENS. o Special dispatches from Laurens, in this tl State, to the daily press for the past few days, convey the intelligence that much p excitement exists in the Cedar Grove sec- t< tion of Laurens county, over an appre- ft hended conspiracy and probable uprising of the negroes of the county. A Laurens C dispatch of Friday to the Augusta Chron- ^ iele says: ' t{ Reliable information has just been received here from Col. Scaftin and from c letters of private citizens in the vicinity, p that the negroes near Cedar Grove, in Lau- tl rens county, have organized themselves jj nnfior thp o-iiisp of Knights of Labor. 9] It is said that a man by the name of ? Hover has been there and instigated sj them to this course, as he has done a c similar thing in Spartanburg county, near c Woodruff, on the Port Royal and Western a Carolina railroad. They hold two or three a meetings a week in churches with closed doors and armed door-keepers, and with threats of death to those who divulge the secrets. They have resolved to demand a dollar a day for their labor. They say the county belongs to them, and they will kill j? the old white men and women and make ri the young women their wives and enslave the white boys. ^ A cavalry company has been organized t at Cedar Grove among the white men, with ' Dr. John A. Westmoreland, Captain, and Abraham Cook, First Lieutenant; C. F* Henderson, Second Lieutenant and J. C'. a Cox, Third Lieutenant. These men are ^ very conservative aud have organized themselves for self protection in case there ' should be any outburst of violence from the negroes. The Columbia correspondent of the n Charleston Sunday News, under date of d Saturday says: t The whites in Laurens county are evidently alarmed about the possibility of an 1 insurrection among the negroes, and per- t haps their fears are well founded. Gover- P nor Richardson and the adjutant general " have been communicated with. While n Governor Richardson knows that the alarm a may possibly be a false one, he has taken ? immediate action, and if it should be as- * certained that there is really danger of an outbreak, the militia of the State will be c ordered to a short summer encampment at * Laurens. Governor Richardson has placed * himself in position to obtain reliable in- ^ formation from Laurens. F A dispatch of Saturday to the Sunday ? News says: c Hover, who recently caused so much r trouble in Georgia and made himself no- r torious throughout the country, is said to have visited Laurens county. Whether 3 it was Hover or some other like character, r the fact remains that Hover's influence pervades the colored population. Near j Cedar Grove, Young's township, the ne- i groes have organized themselves into se- a cret organizations known as Knights of u Labor. Each member is sworn to perpet- fc ual secrecy, and to mutually sustain and protect each other. The meetings are an i held with closed doors and armed door- a keepers and armed pickets. Notwith- s standing the very great precautions of se- ^ crecy, some of the purposes of the organization are known. The meetings are held t from two to three times each week. 0 Among other things that are known, are h that the negroes have been made to believe ? that this county belongs to them?at least, ? they say so?and that they will maintain u these extraordinary claims with their c lives. They think that they will obtain a their rights quickest by exterminating 0 the older whites and enslaving the young g men. The young women they will take for their wives. The whites in the neigh- n borhood are alarmed, but they are determined, as brave men, to defend their t hearthstones and the women with their t blood, if need be. b Col. J. H. Traynham, of the Governor's 0 staff, under instructions from Columbia, \ will proceed at once to the scene of action s to investigate and report such steps as may c be necessary to protect the country from violence and bloodshed. Capt. L. E. Jrby, \\ of the Laurens Guards, will accompany g Col. Traynham. b Hover, above referred to as a Knight of c Labor organizer, is a northern man who came south a few years ago and married in this State. Subsequently he settled in Hickory, N. C., which he claimed as his n home, and where he owns property. Af- 0 A L ' ~ ?A..<..n/vvnn?lnnno in fianrrrio U fp>W 1! lt;r IJ15 SCVClCCApcilUiitO 1U iv? 2J weeks ago, he returned to Hickory, where si he was immediately arrested for some vi- c olation of the law in that State. On re- t( turning to Hickory he intimated that he * was going to retire from the Knights of Labor, and we incline to the opinion that tl it is some other person operating upon the o credulity of the Laurens laborers. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. t] LETTER FROM CHESTER. n Chester, June 10.?A meeting of the ? Stonewall Fire Engine Company was held J on last Tuesday evening. The following * officers were elected for the ensuing year: ? David Hemphill, President; J. B. Mc- ^ Fadden, 1st Director; W. H. Hood, 2nd r Director; G. D. Heath, 3rd Director; S. ^ M. Jones, 4th Director; T. H. White, *. Secretary; A. G. Brice, Treasurer. B. j M. Spratt was the choice of the Stonewall P Company for Chief of the Fire Department. ^ The colored companies will doubtless rati- ^ fy this admirable selection. S. M. Jones, P J. It. Thomson and B. M. Spratt were ap- * pointed a committee to inquire into the ? feasibility of having an excursion and pic- ^ nic to raise funds for the benefit of the P Company. W. E. Moffatt, G. C. Setzel ^ and A. L. Sledge were appointed a com- " mittee to examine the steamer and report ^ the character of the repairs needed. J. B. McFadden, John Hood and S. M. Jones t, were appointed a committee to inform the colored companies of the selection of B. * M. Spratt as Chief, and ask their endorse- P ment of their selection. A meeting of the County Commissioners *; was held on last Tuesday to consider the * - i i? /-i j. r r K petitionsof the ireenoiuersoi uouroxiouse Township asking for an election to vote a , subscription of $25,000 to the capital stock of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern [] Railroad Company. Asacounter-petition ^ was submitted and questions were raised f, which the Commissioners were unable to ^ decide withoutfurthertime, definiteaction ^ was deferred until next Tuesday. Mr. T. E. McLure represented the petitioners in . favor of the subscription. He made the : point that as several names were on the * counter petitiou without authority, which * fact was established by affidavits, the com- [ missioners should rule out the entire pe- H tition. They decided to erase from the ^ counter petitiou such names as were there without authority. Among the questions f. raised before the Commissioners were those relating to the power and authority ** of executors, administrators and agents to * sign a petition for an election to vote a railroad subscription. If our county authorities deny them this power, their jj action may invalidate the result of the Si late election whereby Court House Town- u ship voted a subscription of $25,001) to the h capital stock of the Chester and Camden it Railroad Company. It is an undisputed ti fact that executors and administrators 0 signed the petition for that election and ti no question was raised as to their right to o do so. The same right was denied them d on last Tuesday, but the Commissioners w may reconsider their action at their next c< meeting. C1 The old dilapidated building, known for ti a long time as the "McAffee Hotel," caught fire on last Wednesday morning, ei but it was extinguished before any mate- p rial damage was done. tl Chinch bugs are injuring the corn crop tl in this county. Some farmers are using C; saltpetre with success, and others hot ti water. The bugs are shaken off the stalks o and then the hot water is poured on them. Ci The Stonewall Fire Engine Company t( are contemplating an excursion to Charlotte the early part of July. They are an- c< ticipating a glorious time, and hope to be n joined by a multitude of friends from w this and other places. fi Mrs. John W. Wilks, of Wilksburg, b died on last Friday afternoon after a few tl hours of intense suffering. Her unexpect- n ed death has filled with unutterable sorrow a household of which she was the light and joy. She leaves a husband and c< five small children to mourn the loss of tl ne whose life was so indispensable to leir welfare and happiness. Rev. Mr. Fulton is supplying Zion Presyterian Church in this county in place of Lev. Mr. McCormick, who was compelled ) resign the pastorate in consequence of liling health. Rev. Mr. Blackburn, pastor of the Mconnellsville Church, has received a call ) the second Presbyterian Church in olumbia. Probabilities favor his accepince of the call. Our people still hope to get the Three \s road. It is proposed to offer the Comany, as an inducement, the subscriptions Iready made to the Chester and Camden ne by our town, and the various townflips through which the proposed road ould run. As the main line would be hortened twenty miles by coming through hester, it is believed that it would pay the ompany to have this for their trunk line nd the line by Yorkville and Rock Hill s a feeder. m. - ^omsspondence 0f the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM FORT MILL. tt-I *r nn UA?.n JL'OliT IUIIjLi, JUIie zu.?mrujcis iicic enerally claim that crops have been, so ir, worked with less trouble and better esults than for years. Cotton has not rown much during the past-week, on acount of the cold spell of a week ago; but he heat of the last three days is fastbringng it out. The chinch bug has been troublesome in /heat fields, and his numerous hosts have ttacked the corn. It seems that no one mows how to annihilate the pest. Wheat 3 turning out very well where a stand was ecured, but a great deal of it was frozen ut during the cold winter. A very sad accident occurred, about twc oiles southeafetsQ^ort Mill, on.last Frilay morning. Mr. J. B. Erwin had gone o the field; his wife was in the yard atending to some domestic duty, and their ittle girl, five and a half years old, was in he house. The mother hearing an exlosion and the child's screams, ran in tc ind her daughter wrapped in flame. Immediately throwing her own clothes round the child, she succeeded in so far ubduing the flames as to tear off its dotting. By this time the father, having leard the distressful cries of wife and hild, arrived at the house; but relief was oo late. Notwithstanding skill and lovng care, the precious darling of the houselold only lived a few hours. It is sup?osed that the child tried to revive the mouldering fire on the hearth, by pour ng kerosene oil from the can on some oals, when the oil in the can became iglited and exploded. Mrs. Erwin was tainfully, but, it is hoped, not seriously, turned in the effort to save her child, tfany friends sympathize with the beeaved family. X A villainous kind of sore throat has made ts appearance among us. It is ulcerous n its character, and reduces one's corporeI substance by rendering deglution se incomfortable as to be almost impracticatie. Summer seems to have settled down te ts legitimate business, and palm-leaf fans re in requisition, hammocks are being wung, and numerous other devices foi :eeping cool are employed. Having been without rain for more thar wo weeks, the farmers now are desirous f a good season. Although the crops iave not yet suffered from drought, a ood rain would be very beneficial. The 'Squire says he wants it distinctly iqderstood that there is neither vest noi ollar in the case; and, if the boys wish ny "pulling down" or "straightening ut" done, they must name some othei arment. Work at the factory site is progressing uoderately well. Since our people have become convinced hat the cotton field is the proper place foi he factory, and since our historic Catawa abounds in water-power, our capitalists ughtto invest their hoards in develop g these fine mill-sites. Thus would be aved double freight on cotton; the pooi ould be profitably employed; and the ispersion of their wages be a general reief to the country. By all means, let the reat motive power, which God has given, e utilized for the benefit of all classes and onditions of our people. Anon. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM MICONNELLSVILLE. McCpnnellsville, June 20.?We have o boom in railroads or cotton factories 01 ther grand enterprise to chronicle in out ittle town, but still we are alive, and preume that an occasional word from this ommunity will not prove void of interest a the readers of your paper, which so truly epresents the varied interests of York ounty. Were any excuse needed for keeping he fact of our existence before the minds f your readers, an ample one would be aund in the oppressive heat of the last jw days. For with the thermometer in he nineties, letting off steam becomes a ecessity. In spite of the heat and want f rain, the crops look unusually promisag, and should not the drouth become ao protracted, the incoming crop will be ne of the finest and largest gathered for ears. Last week, the many friends of Dr. W. r. Campbell were glad to greet him on his 3turn to his old home. He has recently Bturned from Palatka, Florida, where he jcated last Spring for the purpose of pracmino his nrofession. and where he had ron, even in so short a time, many warm ersonal friends, and had attained a pracice so large as to justify the expectation f great usefulness and success. But the limate of Florida, in the summer season, roved so debilitating as to render necesv.y a return to his old home, where the rier and more bracing air, it is hoped, nil soon restore him to his wonted strength nd vigor. Mr. Mack, the son of Dr. J. B. Mack, oi 'ort Mill, who has recently returned from he theological seminary at Princeton, reached yesterday at Bethesda to the hildren. His discourse was very acceptble and gave evidence of an ability and onsecration to his high calling that insures 3 him a wide field of usefulness. On Friday night next will occur the losing exercises of the McConnellsville igh school. These exercises will be pubc, and a general invitation is extended, 'he character of these entertainments in he pastjustifies the expectation of a pleasnt evening in hearing selected recitations, musing dialogues and good music. On Tuesday, the28th, we expect a picnic i the neighboring grove. Tt will be on he anniversary of the seven days' fighting round Bichmond, and your eloquent nvnsman, Gen. E. M. Law, will address s, recalling to our minds those old war mes, so stirring, so full of hope, and, las! so full too of sorrow. Other speakrs are also expected to be present. We lerefore cordially invite the public to ttend, promising them a literary treat, hile the comforts of the inner man will ot be neglected. Lute. Warning the Incendiaries.-A meetlg, composed of from 75 to 100 of the most ibstautial citizens of the vicinity of Fishlg Creek Factory, was held at the factory ist Monday night to take action respectig the efforts of some persons in that seeon to cause trouble between the landwners and the colored laborers. Besoluons strongly denunciatory of the action f these agitators and warning them to esist from their incendiary teachings and 'ork, were unanimously adopted, and a :>mmittee of conservative but determined ~ ~ C *-v 4-z-v/l +a Mnfifir f Kn /I i u. itizeus was appuiubcu iu uumj v4*o irbers of the action of the meeting. The work of these good citizens will be tidorsed by all thoughtful, right minded eople. Any man or set of men who at lis juncture in the agricultural affairs of le county would foment strife between mployer and employeeshould beheld and eated as an enemy to the public welfare. >ur farmers see in thisthingastrikeat the rops upon which they depend for subsisjnce. This trouble is the outgrowth of the re3nt disturbances at FishingCreek Factory, lentioned in this paper, which, in turn, e learn from a reliable source, sprang om a visit to the factory some weeks ago y one Hover, a pestiferous disturber of le peace from Hickory, North Carolia.?Cheater Reporter. ? The chinch bug is spreading in the irn in Lancaster. Farmers are burning le woods to stop them. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Lindsay <fc Moore?Crimes arid Casualties?Coffins and Cases?One Day After Date. Withers Adickes?Once More. Parish & Kennedy?We Look and Write. II. P. Adickes?A Bid for Everybody's Money. UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1888. The Enquirer will be furnished from this date until January 1st, 1888, for $1.25. 7^ THE HEATED TERM. We are now in the midst of a heated term. Last Sunday was the hottest day, so far, of the season, the thermometer at tho signal office registering 103. A refreshing shower fell yesterdtty afternoon. COTTON BLOOMS. We received vesterdav from Mr. Henrv La tliam, of Blairsville, a cotton bloom plucked from the field last Sunday morning; and also from Mr. J. D. Burgess, of Blairsville, a bloom plucked from his field yesterday afternoon. BEAUTIFUL METEOR. i A beautiful and brilliant meteor was observi ed in the southwestern skies about 9 o'clock > last Saturday night. It appeared to be of oval ; shape and moved in an easterly direction, much nearer the earth than usual with these planeta; ry bodies. Its course was marked with a dull red light, and it disappeared in a shower of brilliant sparks. , AN INTERESTING ADDRESS, s We return thanks to C'apt. F. W. Dawson for ; a printed copy of his admirable address delivi ered on the 22nd of last February at Baltimore, i on the occasion of the reunion of the Maryland veterans. The subject is "Our Women in the War," and the ability with which it is treated i! marks the address as a deserved and glowing ' tribute to the noble women of the South in the dark days of the struggle. [ WILL TAKE*THE ROAD. . /Orr the 1st of next month Mr. S. L. Latimer i will take the road* as a traveling salesman for George H. Clark A Co., of New York, manu5 facttirers of hats, caps and furs. Mr. Latimer ' succeeds Mr. Tinsley, and is assigned to the territory of South Carolina. IIo has long been > connected with tho dry goods house of Mr. W. L C. Latimer, and has gained a reputation for * probity and business qualifications, and in his " new position we predict for him abundant success. j k/v BLACK'S STATION ITEMS. Maj. Jno. F. Jones, general superintendent > of tho Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Rail. road, has built a handsome residence at Black's } and moved his family into it. , Mrs. Blanton, proprietress of the Air-Line . Hotel at Black's, died on Saturday night last. Capt. W. T. R. Bell, of King's Mountain, has consented to remove his school to Black's, pro5 vided the citizens of that place will erect suit5 able buildings for the purpose at a cost of not ' less than ?o,000. 'Up to Saturday $3,000 of the ) required sum had been subscribed. -yL ABSTINENCE *FROM FOOD. ) Mr. Bailes. the mail carrier on the route from 5 this place to Bullock's Creek, informed usyesterday evening that Mrs. Good, an aged lady living in the Bullock's Creek neighborhood, was stricken with paralysis on the 30tli of last 1 month, since which time, a period of twenty' three days, including yesterday, she has eaten no food of any kind, and taken no nourishment 1 except an occasional sip of water or coffee. r Mrs. Good is the grand-mother of Johnnie Lee . Good, the little boy who was so ruthlessly ^ murdered last November. r, soldiers'" reunion. On Tuesday next the people of McConnellsville and that neighborhood, will celebrate the quarter centennial of the seven days' fighting , around Richmond,by a picnic and public speak. ing in the grove near town. Of the companies from York engaged in that fighting there was j one, the Jasper Light Infantry from Yorkville, in the Palmetto Sharpshooters; two companies , in the Fifth, and three in the Twelfth Regiment. ! All survivors of these commands, as well as > other soldiers and the public generally, are in. vited. Gen. E. M. Law will be the orator of } the day,- and besides the interesting address , that may be confidently expected from him, [ there will be other attractions to render the occasion pleasant. church" notices. Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector. Sert Vices at 10.30 A. M., and G P. M. Sundayschool at 5 P. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. ] C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at , Tirzah. Sunday-school iu the church at York; villeato P. M. r Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. ; No services in this church next Sunday morning. Preaching at 8.30 P. M? by Rev. F. C. Hickson, of the Baptist church. Prayer-meeti ing at 8.30 P. M. to-morrow. Sunday-school i at 4 P.M. ; Methodist Episcopal?Rev. \V. W. Daniel, l Pastor. No services in the forenoon. Preacht ing at 8.30 P. M., by Rev. L. A. Johnson. ' There will bo no prayer-meeting this evening. ' Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Baptist?Rev. F. C. Hickson, Pastor. Ser1 vices next Saturday at 4 o'clock, P. M. Preaching on Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 9.45. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8.30. ( ^ a clever theft. On Monday last, Mr. John Caldwell entered ! the posioflice for the purpose of purchasing some stamps. He took fifty cents from his ' pocket book, and as is supposed, laid his pocket-book upon the desk facing the east end of the general delivery boxes. In the office at " ' * ? ? A? / .rtl/vwn/1 wiun Y\7?? 1 fri* i tHG lime were iv?u cuiuicu wou?u?s> u>u vensoti anil Ailani Moore. Stevenson was ! having a letter registered, anil while Mr. Calili well was waiting for his stamps he stepped from the oflice for some matter in connection l with his letter, but soon returned and concluded his business, when he and the other ' negro went out about the same time. Soon after Mr. Caldwell left the ollice he missed his pocket-book, and on making inquiry about it, Stevenson said that after he and the other colored man left the office, the man exhibited to him a gold coin and said he had found some 1 money. Stevenson was arrested yesterday morning and discharged by Trial Justice Bell. 1 Moore has evaded arrest. The pocket-book 1 contained Slfior $18, includinga five-dollar gold coin. RAILROAD NOTES. We are informed that the estimates for the month euding on the 15th were promptly met, anil the men all along the line are happy. Messrs. Moore it Home, who took a contract , of three miles, beginning at the eastern terminus of Mr. Koss' contract and ending at Taylor's Store, have finished their work and moved their equipments and hands to a point two miles this side of Catawba River, where they commenced work, in the direction of the river, last Mondav. The road will cross the i river at C'ureton's Ferry. Mr. Ross is working at different points on his contract, one force on this side of Fishing Creek rapidly approaching town, where it will eonuect with Grifiin ifc Gorton, about a I half mile east of the depot site. >-? "-1 1,~ ia tl.n We met yesieruay, vui. nnu^, 10 principal contractor for the grading from Yorkvillo to Salem Church, in Lancaster county, a distance of 55 miles, and he reports satisfactory progress on all his work. Mr. W. E. Gorton, of the firm of Griffin it Gorton, who took a contract of four miles, beginning at Bullock's Creek trestle and going west, has sublet the same to Mr. W. A. Jackins, who also had previously taken a milo under Gaston <fc Dover. Mr. Jackins was in town yesterday, and he represents all the work west of Yorkville, on which the contractors are engaged, as progressing rapidly. In our immediate vicinity, Messrs. Griffin <Sc Gorton are moving 011 their work with skill and celerity. They now have as foremen Messrs. Coleman, Bigolow, Lewis and Beach, experienced men, each over an adequate force distributed over three miles of the line, and all under the skillful supervision of Mr. \V. G. Gibbons. Capt. Lewis commenced hoisting timbers of Fishing Creek trestle yesterday. It has been decided to erect stone piers for this trestle, which will probably cause some delay of the wood work. Mr. J. E. Mclntire, of the firm of Smith it Ripley, in the timber part of construction, and having full control of the bridge construction between Black's and Camden, passed through Yorkvillo last Monday on a tour of inspection, lie is an extensive bridge contractor, having contracts now in course of fulfillment on sever- I , \ y (il roads, among them the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. His principal office is in Buffalo, N. Y. ] For the right of way through the lands of ] Mr. J. W. P. Hope, the first ground entered west of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, ar- < rangements have been made mutually satisfac- i torv all parties without resort to arbitration. < Our record this week would hardly be complete were we to fail to mention that Mr. C. G. ] Parish is progressing rapidly with the work of < clearing the right of way which he contracted ] to do. He is now on Smith it Lathrop's fivemile section, and Mr. Lathrop is patiently 1 awaiting the arrival of his partner and outfit, j from the North Pacific Road in Nebraska, when 1 he will begin work on his contract, commencing five miles west of town. ] It is said that there are now about 0,000 men employed on the line, in the States of Kentucky, \ Tennessee, Virginia and South Carolina. ! Mr. I. W. Moore has been appointed supervisor of the roadway of the division between < Black's and Rutherfordton. One of the contractors near Camden having ! had much trouble with negro laborers, has sent < TfoTintiu fr* tnL-n thoir r?1nr?p? Tllft tPStimO- 1 ny of contractors between Black's anil Rock Hill?the majority of them Northern men and professional railroad builders?is to the effect that the negro is the best laborer they have ever employed. They say, "treat him kindly, pay him what is promised and he will do faithful work." ' i The Johnson City, Tenn., Comet of Thursday says: "Gen. J. T. Wilder returned from New York yesterday morning and went up to Roan Mountain in the afternoon. He has been attending a meeting of the directors of the C., C. & C. road and reports everything all right and progressing favorably for Johnson City. He says dirt will be brpken in Johnson City in 60 days.v Noting the progress of Engineer Whitner's silrvey of the line of the Georgia and Carolina Midland, the Newberry Observer says: Mr. Whitner has received instructions to proceed, when ho gets to Union, with the survey to Yorkvillc and on to Charlotte. PERSONAL MENTION. Mrs. Horace H. Beard, is visiting friends at Lincolnton, N. C. Misses Daisy and Mary Hart are visiting relatives at Gaffney City. Miss Hattie Yates, of Charleston, is in Yorkville, visiting Miss Sudie Melts. Miss Minette Hane, of Fort Motte, is in Yorkville, visiting Miss Minnie Wilson. Miss Jennie May Clawson, of this place, is visiting Miss Jennie Marshall, of Fort Mill. Miss Fannie Grist is attending the commencement exercises of Due West Female College. V \fioa Tlr.ua in f!iat. vptnrned home last Satur day from an extended visit to friends in Charleston. Mrs. Dr. E. P. Cliazal, and her mother, Mrs. Maxwell, of Columbia, are in Yorkville, the guests of Mrs. T. S. JefTerys. Mr. Willie I. Witherspoon, a student in the Maryland College of Pharmacy, returned home last Friday to spend vacation. X.Mrs. Ida Meek, nee Kennedy, who moved to Arkansas soon after her marriage a year and a half ago, is visiting her parents in this place. Judge Witherspoon returned home last Saturday, having completed the Courts of the Fourth Circuit with the term at Marion last week. Mr. T. M. Dobson, accompanied by his mother, left on Sunday for Elizabeth City, N. C., having been summoned to the bedside of his brother, Dr. J. Butler Dobson, who is dangerously sick. Mr. Joe W. Colcock, of Honey Grove, Texas, is on a visit to his old home, after an absence of nearly two years. Mr. Colcock is located within twenty miles of Paris and engaged in the cotton business. He represents the State of his adoption in a flourishing condition, and if we may judge by his own appearance, such is the fact. His many friends will be pleased to learn that he is well and prospex-iug. BAPTIST MINISTERS' CONFERENCE. A meeting of the "Chester Ministers' Conference" will be held in this place next week, commencing on Monday, 27th, at 1 o'clock, P. M. This conference embraces the preachers of the Baptist denomination on the C., C. & A. Railroad from Columbia to Charlotte, and on the Chester and Lenoir from Lancaster to Yorkville. The object of the conference is mostly of a social character, though the pastors give account of their work in their respective fields, and confer together as to their plans of work. An occasional sermon for criticism, an exegesis of a passage of scripture, or an essay on some subject of morals or religion are also contemplated in its constitution. These meetings of the conference proper are private, but the preacher who entertains it usually provides for some public services during the session. On this occasion the private programme will embrace a discussion of a plan for canvassing the churches of the territory included in the membership, with a view of giving missionary information by means of "missionary maps," public addresses, the distribution of tracts and possibly a sermon for criticism, and an exegesis. The first will be presented by Rev. MY. Fuller, of Lancaster; the second by Rev. Mr. Mahon, of the Fairfield Association; and tho third by Rev. J. A Brown, of Chester. The public programme will consist of a service in the Baptist church on Monday evening, in which each of the preachers will be asked to "tell his religious experience;" a sermon on Tuesday evening by Dr. T. C. Bailey, of Greenville, and possibly a sermon Wednesday evening, on Temperance, by Rev. R. W. Sanders, of Chester. The ministers will arrive on Monday and reremain until Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Charles Manly, President of Furman University, Greenville, is expected to attend the meeting, and Rev. G. M. Webb and J. A. White, of Black's, have been invited and are expected. _____________ ^Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. ' Rock Hill, June 20.?The annual meeting of the Rock Hill Fire Company was held on Friday night. Mr. J. H. Reid was elected president, and Mr. J. H. Mili-_ x 1 i.nnc-ii.Q. Ttuoluo nciv ler, secreiury i?m ticaoui&i. ~ names were added to the roll of membership. The appointing of the director, engineer and foreman was postponed. Since the steamer has been ordered, great interest is being taken in organizing a good fire department. The chinch bug is still doing considerable damage to the corn crop, especially in the blackjack section. I recently paid a visit to the Clay Hill section, and was pleased to see the crops in that part of the county looking so well. The wheat crop, which is now being harvested, is turning out much better than was expected. Judging from the acreage sown, it is very evident that the farmers of that section are determined not to buy i flour. I was agreeably surprised to know and see that much fine wheat is being raised in our county. The wheat and oat crop in the neighborhood of Rock Hill will turn out much better than was expected a few weeks ago. Dr. J. B. Patrick had on exhibition last week at the drug store of J. B. Johnson, a chicken with two well-developed heads. "Our Boys" base ball club will go to Winnsboro on Wednesday afternoon to cross bats with the club of that town, on the same afternoon. Mr. James L. Bigger, a highly respected citizen, died at his residence near Clay ] Hill on Saturday last, in the 52nd year of ( his age. His death was caused by dysen-. ( tery after an illness of a little over two weeks. His remains were interred on < Sunday afternoon at Allison Creek Church, ( lie v. lioger Martin ornciaung. iv utsiugu- i tion of seventeen members of Bock Jlill i Lodge Knights of Honor, of which Mr. Bigger was a member, attended the funer- < al. Mr. Bigger was one of the best farm- ' ers in our county, and was highly esteem- ! ed by all who knew him. A little son is ! now lying dangerously sick with the same I disease that caused his father's death. | Mr. M. W. ltussell has commenced 1 working on his new store house on Main i street, which is to be of brick, two stories, j 20 by 100 feet. 1 The building for the Savings Bank of i Bock Hill has also been commenced. It is adjoining Mr. Bussell's and will be of < brick, with tin roof, two stories, 22 by 00 i feet. "i At the present writing this section is < needing rain badly. Hal. i SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? It is reported that Gen. E. W. Moise las decided to leave Sumter and take up lis residence in California. ? Notwithstanding the election does not jccur until November, 1888, there are now jeven candidates for sheriff of Sumter county. ? Wm. F. Munzesmaier, a prosperous meat and sausage dealer of Charleston, committed suicide on Thursday, using a revolver. -Attorney-General Earle has made investments in real estate in Birmingham, ind is seriously thinking of removing there in the near future. ? The track on the Palmetto Railroad has been laid and is in good order from Hamlet, N. C., to the Pee-Dee river in South Carolina. The trestle on the east side of the Pee-Dee is finished, and on the west side the trestle is about four-fifths completed. ? It is reported in Abbeville that Prof. Miller has declined to accept the presidency of the Due West female college, and that at a meeting of the trustees at Due West, Mr. H. E. Bonner was elected to fill the nlfice so loner and acceptably filled by his hither. ? Columbia Register, Saturday: It will be of local interest as bearing on the matter of the successful navigation of the Congaree, to learn that two steamers,the Eutaw and Farmer, are now loading with staves from Peterkin's yard at a point just below the Congaree bridge. The staves are to be shipped to Charleston. ? A fire occurred in Aiken last Wednesday by which nine property owners suffered to the extent $10,950; insured for $4,650. The fire started in a livery stable, but its origin is unknown. Bats and matches are thought by many to have been the cause of it. There was great excitement for a time. ? In the Hampton Court of Sessions last week, Solomon Conyers,colored, was tried and found guilty of the murder of Jourdan Robinson, also colored, and sentenced to be hanged on the 12th of August. Richmond Austin, colored, tried for the murder of Charles Taylor, colored, was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years. ? The News and Courier of Saturday records the speed of the down train from Columbia to that city on the South Carolina Railway last Friday, which made the run, including all the regular stoppages, in three hours, and naively remarks that "Conductor Bradley came down on the train." Of course the conductor of a train is entitled to full meed of praise for his share in the responsibility of any unusual achievement, but when, as the case in this instance, all credit is due to the celerity of the man at the throttle of the engine, his name at least might bementioned. MERE-MEXTION. A Louisville, Ky., dispatch of Thursdav. savs that on Wednesday night ex sheriff Ramey, of Rowan county, and his son, were assassinated by unknown persons near Morehead, that county. The Craig-Tollivercrowdaresuspected. The State Democratic executive committee of Virginia have decided to call the State Convention on the 4th of August next at Roanoke. The Johnson City (Tenn.,) Comet says a large party of North Carolinians arrived there on Monday of last week, and left the next morning for Utah. Mr. Blaine arrived at Southampton last Thursday. At Laconia, N. H., the other day, Manuel Noel, a French Canadian, aged 50 years, ate more > yian a pound of raw beefsteak, and died within thirty minutes. Ben Hance, a negro, was lynched at Leonardtown, Md.f last Thursday, for attempted outrage on a young white girl. A number of the train men who were arrested for complied ty in the Pan Handle robberies have been taken back by the company. They have shown a disposition to do what is right, and the officials intend to give them a trial. Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds of Georgia wool were sold in Boston recently at 31 and 314 cents per pound. The first wheat of the crop of the present year was sold on 'Change at Baltimore at $1 per bushel. It was grown in Virginia, and was of poor quality and in bad condition. All Massachusetts is excited over a legislative "salary grab." The members of the General Assembly of that State are salaried, receiving $750 a ' year. By a majority of one, in a vote of two hundred, the House raised the salary, on the 14th instant, to $850. Several heayy failures occurred in Chicago last week among wheat speculators. The Union Labor Party of Kentucky, after much squabbling, has put a full State ticket in the field, headed by A. H. Cargin for Governor.-'' A shocking murder was committed five miles from Roanoke, Va., last Saturday morning. George Wimmer met Charles Shelley on the public road and shot him through the head without provocation. Both men are white. Virginia will have an exciting campaign this fall. A secretary of State, treasurer and auditor, and a legislature that is to choose Riddleberger's successor in the United States Senate, are to be elected. Maxwell, alias Brooks, the noted St. Louis murderer, who killed his traveling companion, Preller, in a hotel in that city, has been notinea tnat ne must nang, xne supreme Court having refused to reverse the decision of the Court below. RAILROAD MEETING IN CHARLOTTE. A meeting was held in the rooms of the Merchants' and Farmers' National Bank yesterday to confer with parties from South Carolina and Steel Creek township, in reference to the proposed railroad from Augusta. Ga., via Edgefield, Newberry, Union, Yorkville and Bethel, S. C.; Steel Creek and Charlotte, N. C. Gen. R. Barringer was made chairman and John Vanlandingham, secretary. The object of the meeting was explained by Mr. J. H. Weddington, of Charlotte, and Dr. T. W. Campbell, of York. After some discussion, which showed that the business men of Charlotte wanted more outlet, the following resolution was offered by Mr. J. H. Weddington and was unanimously adopted : Resolved, That we sympathize with the proposed road from Augusta to Newberry, Union, Yorkville and Bethel, South Carolina, and Steel Creek and Charlotte, North Carolina, and that a committee ofsix from Charlotte, two each from Steel Creek, Bethel, Bullock's Creek and Cross Keys, one each from Pinkneyand Mount Tabor, and four each from Union and Yorkville, be appointed to confer with the authorities of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, and ascertain what will be required of the people along the proposed line to make G'harlotto the terminus of said road, aud that the said committee be authorized to call a general meeting at Charlotte at as early a day as practicable. On motion of Dr. J. H. McAden, the following named persons were appointed to constitute the committee: Charlotte?J. H. Weddington, Samuel Wittkowsky, Robert M. Oates, Eli B. Springs, John Wilkes, D. A. Tompkins. w Steel Creek?Capt. A. G. Xeal, R. A. Grler. Bethel?George L. Riddle, I)r. T. W. Campbell. Yorkville?Jotfn J. Hunter, John A. Latta, Dr. J. R. Bratton, John R. Ashe. H11 Honk's Creek?Samuel M \tVVo?l Tnlm L. Rainey. Pinkney?J. C. Farrar. c. ' Mount Tabor?W. A. Moorehead. Union?Hon. Wm. Munro, A. H. Foster, H. a L. (Joss, F. M. Farr. Cross Keys?John R. Minter, W. P. Gregory. It is earnestly requested that each member of this committee, outside of Charlotte, communicate at once with Mr. J. H. Weddington at Charlotte, and signify their willingness to serve 011 the committee. Ihe date of the general meeting of this committee will be given later.?Charlotte Chronicle, 16(h instant. Another Train Kohekry.?'The most daring train robbery that ever occurred in Texas, was perpetrated at 1..do o'clock last Saturday morning, a short distance from Schulenburg, on the Southern Pacific Railway. As the train drew up at the station, ^ two men, with drawn revolvers, mounted the engine, covered the engineer with their weapons and compelled him to pull the train out to the open prairie, 400 yards to the east, where a fire was burning, around which stood eight or ten men armed with Winchester rifles. The two robbers on the engine stood guard over the man at the throttle, while the others went through the mail, express and passenger cars. Nearly all the passengers were asleep and did not know what was going on until %