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^ * ? Advocates of prohibition say that it
certainly does diminish crime, and point
with exultation to the fact that for the
first time in the history of Iowa, the penitentiary
at Fort Madison, is without a
sufficient number of convicts to enable the
authorities to fill contracts made upon the
basis of the usual supply.
? The new capitol of Texas is to be in the
shape of a Greek cross, with rotunda and
tall dome at the intersection of the main
corridors. It is 562 feet long and 288 feet
in greatest width, classical in style, and
approximating to the National capitol at
Washington. It will be the largest State
capitol in the Union.
? The State Supreme Court of Missouri,
in the case of Brooks alias Maxwell, condemned
for the murder of C. Arthur Preller,
and sentenced to be hanged August 12,
has overruled the motion for a rehearing.
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til August 26th. The defense will take an
appeal to the United States Supreme
Court.
? The Forty-Sixth Ohio Regiment, without
the fear of Governor Foraker before
their eyes, propose to return to the Thirtieth
Louisiana, the battle flag which they
captured from that regiment in July, 1864.
The two regiments will hold a reunion
sometime in August, and the Governor
will probably not undertake to interfere
with the festivities.
? Half of the new quays at Zug, a Swiss
watering plape, fell into the lake last
Tuesday night. Forty houses, a crowded
inn ana the Hotel Zurich, a four-story
structure, full of visitors, vanished entirely.
The occupants of the building were
engulfed yhile they slept, and at least 100
perished/ The scene or the catastrophe is
the capital of the canton of Zug, situated
on the east shore of the lake of that name,
and 52 miles north-east of Berne.
? Governor Gordon, of Georgia, was hung
in effigy last Friday at Dalton, from the
gallows erected to hang Holman who was
sentenced to death for murdering'a young
woman in Whitfield county last year, because
he commuted the sentence to imprisonment
for life. Four thousand people,
who had flocked to Dalton to witness
the hangingof Holman, became so indignant
at Governor Gordon's action, that
they heaped upon his effigy every indignity.
? If the concentric rings in trees are a
correct index of their age, that mysterious
structure near Manchester, Coffee county,
Tenn., called the Old Stone Fort, is of a
very ancient origin. The trees growing
on the rude stone walls that surround the
old structure show, by their rings, fully
five hundred years growth. These trees,
now being cut away, are the only witnesses
to the age of the stone work. Will their
testimony be accepted by historians?
Will the antiquarians ever find out who
.built that old stone fort, and for what purpose?
? The Evangelist Sam Jones was all the
r^ge in Baltimore last winter. Thousands
were turned away every night because
they could not secure seats in the hall
where his services were held. On Saturday
night the revivalist delivered a lecture
to which an admission fee of fifty cents
was charged. Instead of the thousands he
was accustomed to speak to in Baltimore,
there were not a hundred people in the
hall. But Jones struggled on with his
Georgia philosophy for an hour, and then,
alluding to certain contrasts, exclaimed:
"Good Lord, how a fifty-cent admission
thins them out!"
? The Commissioner of Agriculture has
given formal notice to its owners of the
abandonment by the government of the
land at Summerville, S. C., recently occupied
as an experimental farm. The permanent
improvements made by the government
revert to the owners of the prop?1?
T? nnfina fho Hnrnmis.
tjriy J.LI giviug lino uvuvv VMV
sioaer writes: "On behalf of the government
I desire to express its appreciation of
the public spirit of the late Mr. Middleton
in so generously co-operating in the important
experiments which have been made
at Summerville?experiments which have
been none the less valuable because they
proved futile."
? The most exciting and extraordinary
election ever held in Floyd county, Ga.,
occured last Saturday, in which Prohibition
won by a five hundred majority out of
a registered vote of 2,907. Three out of
eleven county precincts gave majorities
against prohibition. There were many
ladies, girls and children present all day.
The voting was done at the court house.
Ladies furnished free dinners to negroes
voting Prohibition, and such white men
as desired were also bountifully fed with a
Prohibition meal. Prohibition banners
and transparencies adorned the grounds,
whilst a negro brass band attachment from
Atlanta regaled the locality with music.
? Delia Heinby, son of the old head
chief of the Cherokee nation, was put upon
trial in Arkansas charged with the murder
of his sweetheart. He pleaded not guilty,
and then began to sing the wild death song
of his tribe, and continued till taken out of
court. The murder of the fine Indian girl
has resulted in the death of about 100 warriors
of the Choctaw tribe (to which the
girl belonged) and adjoining tribes who
took a hand in the family tight. Young
Heinby, while pleading not guilty, deemed
it best, in view of the situation, to attune
his voice to the "death song."
? A negro named George Griffith was
lynched at Lexington, Ga., at about 1
o'clock last Sunday morning. On Friday
night he entered the room of Miss Sallie
Schakelford, a highly respected young
lady, and attempted to outrage her. He
concealed himself in the house until she
retired, when he entered her room. When
Miss Schakelford discovered his preseuce
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lady fought desperately and tore his face
badlv with her nails. A child's scream in
another room frightened him and he escaped.
A dog tracked him and he was
captured. He was given a terrible beating.
The crowd had a rope around his
neck early in the evening, but were dissuaded
from carrying out their intention
by other parties. At 1 o'clock Sunday
morning, however, he was taken from the
jail and hanged.
? W. H. Heard, a colored man of Charleston,
S. C., who complained to the Interstate
Commerce Commission of discrimination
against him on account of color by
the Georgia Railroad, has reduced his complaint
to the form of an affidavit, which document
has been received by the commission.
It sets forth that complainant having
purchased a first class ticket from Cincinnati
to Charleston, was, when in company
with Dr. Wesley J. Gaines and Mrs. Jennie
Gunsagger, compelled by the employes of
the Georgia Railroad at Atlanta to enter
what is known on said Georgia Railroad
as the44 Jim Crow car." This car, he avers,
was inferior to the first class cars, was dirty,
and one-half of it was a smoking car.
He asks that said Georgia Railroad be
compelled to furnish equal accomodations
to persons holding first class tickets "irrespective
of race or color, according to the
act of Congress in such cases made and provided."
? Perry county, Ind., is wildly excited
over the defalcation and flight of Hinton
Miller, the county treasurer. He owes the
county $40,000 and private parties $10,000
more. The county safe, when opened, contained
nothing of value. Following on
Treasurer Combs'defalcation and imprisonment
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treasurer, as bondsmen cannot be obtained.
Miller's bondsmen are trying to avoid the
liability. Floy Mason, a wealthy citizen,
will probably be induced to serve. To
make the matter more desperate, Prosecuting
Attorney Vance has absconded,
having been detected in bribing jurors.
Some of the latter will probably follow
suit. Vance was highly respected. He
leaves a small family and Miller a large
one.
? Falling back from the battle-flag incident,
the New York Tribune, has found
a new issue in Grover Cleveland's army
substitute. A man named Brinski has
been turned up who says that he represented
Mr. Cleveland in the army for the sum
of $150. He is now in bad health. He
thinks he ought to have had $300 for the
services he rendered, and an effort is made
to create the impression that the President
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ought to take care of his destitute ex-substitute.
This is a powerful issue to raise on
the verge of the Presidential campaign.
It may revive an interest in the man who
represented Mr. Blaine on the array rolls.
It is claimed that this man served most of
his time in jail in Maine, while Mr. Cleveland's
man, according to his own statement,
spent his time nursing the wounded
in hospitals. According to this standard
the country owes Mr. Cleveland a larger
debt of gratitude than it owes Mr. Blaine.
forkvHIe tihtynim.
YORKVILLE, S. C. :
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THE MORMON CONVENTION.
The Constitution of the proposed Staie
of Utah was completed and adopted last
Friday by the Mormon Convention in session
at Salt Lake City. The provisions
for the entire separation of Church and
State, for non-sectarian education, for- |
bidding the employment or rejection of
school teachers on account of their faith or.
non-belief in any doctrine or sect, forbidding
bigamy and polygamy and providing
penalties therefor, not to be changed or
amended without the consent of Congress
and the President, and apportioning representation,
as recently provided for the
Territory, so as to favor the minority, and
other important sections, were all adopted
in their entirety. The Utah commission
will permit votes for ratification or rejection
of the constitution to be counted
by the election judges, the vote to be
taken at the general election on August 1.
The convention adjourned, subject to
the call of the president.
There is much discussion on the polygamy
provisions. The members of the convention
express their sincere desire to
settle the question, but it is understood
that the prohibitory law will be enforced
bona fide by the State if admitted to the
Union. Everything was fully debated by
the convention. Only registered voters
who have taken the test oath will be al
lowed to vote on the question. The matter
excites intense interest.
Reviewing the action of the Convention,
the Salt Lake City Tribune pronounces
the section of the proposed Constitution
abolishing polygamy a fraud. The section,
it says, fails to condemn unlawful
cohabitation, and adds:
"All that a Mormon would need to do
in order to live up to his religion, would be
to quietly marry polygamously and keep
the knowledge of the fact from obstrusively
offending the Mormon prosecuting
attorney for three years, and thereafter
he could live in most shameless and indecent
polygamy, with neither law nor constitution
to say hi in nay. He would also
be backed by the church and dominant
sentiment, and the constitution would be
laughed to scorn, as the church programme
contemplates."
The Tribune contrasts this move with
the declaration of grievances and protests
made by Mormons two years ago, in upholding
polygamy in the true church doctrine
and complaining of legislation
against it as infringing on the rights of
conscience. Delegate Cain presided at the
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meeting at wmcn mis was nuupicu, ?uu
signed it as chairman. He also presided
over the constitutional convention. The
same persons and the same powers ordain
both, then and now?then in earnest, now
parading for effect and with an attempt to
deceive the public. If admitted as a State
the priesthood will have it all their own
way.
A MANLY LETTER.
The acceptance by President Cleveland
of an invitation to attend the annual encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic
at St. Louis, next month, having
created dissatisfaction and much adverse
comment in the ranks of that organization,
he has written a manly and dignified
letter giving sufficient reasons for declining
the invitation that he had accepted
before the affront was put upon him and
his high office?an indignity which seems
to be a part of the tactics of the opposition
party to create political capital and place
the President before the people of the country
as a "rebel sympathiser," a synonym
which has been obsolete for many years,
and which can never again be revived.
Butthreatsand insults were leveled against
him by the corporal's squad in the G.
A. R. who compose the color guard for
specially flaunting the bloody shirt, and
while they frantically wave their ensanguined
but time-worn and tattered emblem,
he quietly steals a march on them by
declining to give those heroes an opportunity
for further display of their bombastic
efforts to save a Union which has already
proved indestructible. The President's
course is generally commended. Discussing
the question in Washington, his friends
say he pursued the proper course, in view
of all the abuse that has been heaped upon
him by prominent Grand Army men. No
gentleman would force himself upon a
community when he was not wanted, and
under the circumstances they think that
the President's action will be approved by
all reasonable men. At the White House,
it is said, the St. Louis affair may not intorforo
with the President's contemplated
Western trip, as other Western cities seem
to be anxious to have him visit them. A
member of the Cabinet, speaking of the
subject said it was unfortunate that a few
men were allowed to spoil the pleasure of
many. The business men of St. Louis,
and those who were anxious to welcome
Mr. Cleveland to that city, not as a Democrat,
but as the President of the United
States, must, he added, feel provoked at
the course pursued by the Grand Army
people. The President's visit to St. Louis
would have benefitted that city upwards
of one million dollars, and those persons
who had begun to prepare for his reception
will probably condemn the interference
by outsiders in unmistakable terms.
In St. Louis the opinion is freely expressed
that the Grand Army will be the
chief sufferer by the President's refusal to
visit that city. Already several business
houses have declined to pay the subscriptions
they made to the Grand Army fund.
! One subscriber said : "I think the Grand
j Army fund will be reduced to $25,000 by
! the President's letter and his refusal to
{ come to the city. The finance committee
! has collected more than half the amount
j subscribed, but there still remains over.
| $40,000 to be collected. It is probable that
| many of the subscriptions will be scratched
i off in view of the President's action."
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The First Bale.?The first bale of
Georgia new crop cotton, weighing 433
! pounds, was sold at auctioif on the floor of
the New York Cotton Exchange, last Friday.
After spirited bidding by members
of the Exchange, it was knocked down
at 20 cents per pound. The grade was
considered green and its market value between
9 and 10 cents.
THE PETITION' WITHDRAWN. J
The petition that was in circulation, to j
be signed by such freeholders of York
county us might desire to do so, requesting i
the County Commissioners to order an 1
election to be held at which a vote would i
be taken on the proposition to substitute a 1
county subscription of $300,000 for the \
townshipsubscriptionsnow made,amount- <
ing to $217,000, the $83,000 in excess of the
original township subscriptions to be applied
to the Augusta and Charlotte division
of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
Railroad, has been withdrt wn. The
letter of Col. R. A. Johnson, General Manager
of the Massachusetts and Southern
Construction Company, to Maj. Jas. F. j
Hart, counsel for the company, making *
known the fact, is as follows: ,
Charlotte, N. C., July 7th, 1887.
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My DearSir: Sometime since, when our i
railroad company contemplated the merg- i
ing of the Georgia and Carolina Midland (
Railroad,underconstruction from Augusta, *
Ga., to Union, S. CM into the Charleston, (
Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Compa- (
ny, no definite plan of connection east of c
Union had been decided upon. s
The original plan of the Georgia and {
Carolina Midland Railroad Company was i
to run from Union to Gaffney City, thence
to intersect our railroad at some point in g
the vicinity of Forest City, in Rutherford c
county, N. C. The towns and townships i
between Union and Gaffney City have ^
voted a subscription of about $120,000, and t
these subscriptions are recorded and valid t
beyond question. During the considera- c
jjtion of the question of merging the Georgia
and Carolina Midland Railroad into 4
the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago i
Railroad Company, I had frequently been t
asked and urged to bring the railroad from i
Union into York county, through Bullock's
Creek township. f
My reply to these suggestions has been i
that our Company would certainly not (
abandon the subscription, amounting to t
over $100,000, upon the line between Union 1
and Gaffney City, when, at the same time, j
a connection by the way of Gaffney City is i
in some respects more desirable to us, by i
reason of the fact that we would thus (
obtain a beavy iocai tramc, wnicn we f
could not hope to secure by any connection
or route in York county.
I conferred fully with several intelligent
citizens of York county, and the belief
was freely expressed that the county ought
and would act liberally to secure a railroad
connection so advantageous and from
a direction so desirable to the county.
I had always felt that I should be greatly
pleased to have an opportunity to give
Bullock's Creek township such railroad
facilities as it desires, especially as its
people had so generously voted to our
company a subscription equal to the limit
allowed by the Constitution.
This desire, coupled with the belief that t
the Augusta division, running through
York county and giving to us and the
people along the line a Charlotte connection,
which would so clearly make the
whole enterprise a county matter, induced
me to put in circulation the petitions
which have recently been offered to the
freehold voters of York county for their
signatures ; and here I may add, in reply
to certain accusations which I learn have
been made against certain individuals and
sections, that the proposition to submit
the question of a county subscription, as
well as the terms and conditions of the
petitions, originated solely and entirely
with our company.
If the petitions had been promptly signed
and adopted, a loss of $40,000 in subscriptions
to the company would have
been caused by relinquishing the Gaffney r
route for that through York county.
T nnnlH see no wronc in the DrODOSition
to exchange the township for a county c
subscription, especially as the Augusta ?
section would aad largely to the taxable j
property of the county, over and above i
that which will be added by the construe- ?
tion -f the main line of our road. And I g
conf .ss myself simple enough to have in- ]
dulged in the belief that the people would 1
promptly have seized the opportunity to \
secure the great benefits which would }
have accrued therefrom. t
The petitions were placed in the hands ?
of canvassers on Thursday, the 30th of {]
June, and on Monday, the 4th of July, a <3
meeting was held by the people of York- ?
ville, the object of which was to prevent rj
the signing of the petitions by the people t
of the county, upon the avowed grounds: f
1st. That it did not originate with the (
Yorkville people. 1
2nd. That they had not been consulted
in regard to its terms; and ,
3rd. The location was not sufficiently
definite to suit the people of Yorkville. c
The legitimate inference from the resolutions
of the Yorkville meeting is this?
that the petitions did not definitely fix the t
line of the Augusta division through the c
town of Yorkville. But no objection was ?
raised at that meeting to the general prin- t
ciple involved in the proposition for a s
county vote, nor upon the ground that in- c
justice might be done to any other part of ?
the county. ?
Of course, I could not discriminate in t
favor of the people of Yorkville by giving <
them such guarantee as they requested, t
for the following reasons: ?
1st. The location of the Georgia and Gar- 1
olina Midland Railroad, a line which will t
be of so much importance to our system, 1
will require the most careful and mature ?
consideration, and is to be determined by c
accurate and painstaking surveys by our 1
engineers as to cost of construction, and
also by the Company, with a view to traffic 1
adyantages. s
2nd. It seemed to me that so far as the 1
general interests of the county are con- ]
cerned, the adoption of any one of the ?
routes through York county, as indicated 1
in the petitions, would secure to the whole I
county, by means of the connection with 2
the main line, direct communication with ?
the south-west. fi
3rd. The Charleston, Cincinnati and s
Chicago Railroad Company has already c
had one unpleasant and bitter election ex- ?
perience with the people of Yorkville, 1
which grew out of an assured fixed line \
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irom isiacK's 10 lorKvuie, ?uu naviu^ j
a vivid recollection of the labor, inconve- i
nience and expense of inducing the people (
of Yorkville to modify the terms and conditions
of theirsubscription so asto permit ^
us to build by the way of Hickory Grove, c
and thus to secure a practicable route, and >
at the same time enable us to give to the r
people of Western York the railroad facil- 1
ities they so much needed and desired, we >
have no desire to repeat the experience.
In view of all these considerations, you
will please, as our attorney, at once, have
withdrawn from circulation the petitions (
asking for a county vote. *
In closing this letter, I am prompted to s
add that I have no greater regret in taking 1
this step than that caused by the remem- t
brance of the position in which it leaves t
the people of Bullock's Creek, and, while ?
I am sorry that I cannot do more to secure (
the road for this township, it can hardly
be expected of me to do any more than I j
have done, while other sections of the {
county obstruct ray efforts to accomplish ,
that which, in some measure, they had a .
right to expect in return for their prompt j
support of our enterprise in the past, and
which circumstances at that time pre- ^
vented us from accepting. I am with
great respect, truly yours, \
R. A. JOHNSON, Gen'l Manager.
For tbe Yorkville Enquirer.
SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONVENTION. 1
The annual Sunday-school Convention, 1
held by order of Bethel Presbytery, will j
meet at Blackstocks, S. C., July 27th?29th. ,
Each school and each church where there i
is no school is requested to send one dele- 1
gate. Pastors and superintendents are 1
ex officio members of the convention. The 1
following programme has been arranged: ,
J u ?/? U Vf An.nim.on..
>V UUIIU?UHV , .1 Uljr -l , o.uw x . .i?* . v/^uuiu^ovi- I
moil, Rev. J. Y. Fair, Charlotte, N. C.; alter- ^
nate, Rev. M. R. Kirkpatrick. Organization. ,
Thursday,28th,8.30 A. M., 12.30P. M.?1. The .
relation of the pastor and session to the Sunday- '
scliool; Rev. T. P. Burgess, Rev. J. S. White. <
:2,. The opening and closing exercises of the (
Sunday-school; Rev. W. B. Jennings, Rev. (
J. R. "McAlpine. 3. Sunday-school records; s
Col. A. R. Banks, Rev. J. A. Wilson. 4. j
Query box.
2 to" 5 1\ M.?1. Doctrinal instruction in the
Sunday-schools Rev. C. R. Birnbach, Rev. H. *
B. Garriss. 2. Qualifications of a successful <
?
eacher; Rev. W. G. Nville, Mr. J. H. Wilson ;
{. Giving in the Sunay-school; Rev. B. P.
Reid, Rev. D. E. Jordn, D. D. 4. Query box.
8.15 P. M.?1. Sunda-school music; Superntendent
J. W. Wallue, of Augusta, Ga. 2.
Yddress ; Rev. J. H. Tormvell.
Friday, 8.30 A. M., 12.30 P. M.?1. Verbal
eports from the Sundoschools. 2. Duties of
he superintendent; Sot. J. W. Wallace, Aurusta,
Ga. 3. The Sunay-school library; W.
B. Thompson, Esc[., lev. S. P. Fulton. 4.
iuery box. 5. Adjournment.
Rev W. G. Nevillk,
RevW. B. Jennings,
Rev G. A. Blackburn,
A. E White,
R. Sdler,
Cmmitt.ee of Presbytery.
coxdition'oIthe crops.
A. P. Butler, direcur of the South Carilina
weather servie, furnishes the folowing
data concernhg the effect of the
-veather on the varias crops during the
,veek ending July 9tlj:
The rainfall for tto present week has
leen slightly above the average in the
State, although in sone of the upper and
niddle counties it bs been rather un
ivenly distributed, its effect on the crops,
specially corn, has ?een very favorable.
Copious showers ha? occurred in many
:ounties on five daysDf the week, the rain;
>f the Gth in Fairfleh having caused small
streams to overflowithereby doing slight
lamage to corn, but wis was offset by the
jenefit derived fromj;he rain.
The temperature {: the week has been
generally about the^verage, two or three
:ounties in the uppeuind middle divisions,
eporting slightly beow the average. Its
general effect on the crops, especially cot;on,
has been fa viable. In counties
,vhere it was reports below the average,
:otton has not suffe-ed.
Sunshine has been somewhat less than
jyerage; corn has. j^n benefitted thereby,
fnd cotton, wJffUiic^benefitted, has susained
no injury3e evenings and nights
)eingwarm. '
Corn has been veil cultivated and is iff
ine condition, tlnugh needing more rain
n some sections notably in Marlboro,
Dhestefield and lampton counties. Coton
has probably received sufficient rain,
>ut no injury is reported and the prospect
s good. Chinch bigs are reported as dongsome
damage tc corn in Chesterfield,
)ut with recent rains it is thought the
lamage will not prcve serious. They are
ilso reported in Barnwell.
The statistician, cf the Department of
Agriculture at Washington reports, under
late of July 9th, a further extension of the
:oru area ot about ?ne ana a nan minion
teres, an increase ot 2 per cent, over the
tcreage of 1886. In ;he States of declining
vheat culture, maize has advanced its area
argely, notably in Kansas. A marked
id vance is noted tie the district between
he Mississippi and the Reeky Mountains,
tnd considerable increase is reported in
he cotton States; The season has been
airly favorable, both for planting and
growth, and the condition is high, avertging
9.47, which differs a little from the
fuly condition of the past three years, and
s materially higher than for the three
rears preceding ,1884. The great corn
growing States which furnish the surplus,
tverage nearly 99in condition.
The condition of Winter wheat on the
irst of July, or at the time of harvest for
he more Southern States, is 8.35, a reducion
since the June report of 14. There
las been a heavy decline in Kansas, a
naterial reduction in California, with
ome loss in several Southern States.
Some of the remainder have gained a
>oint or two others haye lost. The chinch
>ug has wrought some damage in the
nost Western States and in Maryland and
Virginia. Where harvested grain has
>een threshed, the results are variable,
vith plump sound grain in some localities
tnd a shrunken berry indicated in others,
["he general average is 7.93 against 8.33
ast year.
The status of the cotton crop has not
leclined since the last report. In the
southeast there is a slight reduction, com>ensated
by a small advance in the States
West of the Mississippi. The average is
17, which is four points higher than the
tverage for July in the previous ten years,
t was exceeded in 1878 and 1880 and near
y equalled in July 188J and 1884, which
vere years of small production. There
lave been but tvo July records below
linety since 1873. The State averages are
is follows: Virginia 98, North Carolina?*
19, South Carolina 57, Georgia 96, Florida
?8, Alabama 9S, Mississippi 99, Louisiana,
?8, Texas 93, Arkansas 99, Tennessee 98.
The crop is under unusually clean cultivaion,
there being few reports of injury
rom excessive moistureana few of drought.
Cotton worms are indicated in very few
ocalities.
The following is the weather and crop
mlletin of the Washington signal service
>ffice for the week ending July 9th:
During the week the weather has been
varmer than usual generally throughout
he Northern States and on the Pacific
:oast, the average daily excess being about
i degree from New England westward to
he upper Mississippi Valley, and about
.even degrees on the Pacific coast. It was
:ooler than usual throughout the Southern
states, and in the cotton region the daily
iverage was about three degrees below
he normal excess of temperature through)ut
the Northern States during the past
wo weeks. The cool weather in the
southern States during the same period
eaves the average daily temperature for
;he season from January 1 to July 9 about
lormal, the difference of the daily averige
from normal being generally le9S than
me degree throughout the agricultural
egions.
The rainfalls have been in excess of the
lsual rainfalls in the Southern States. The
iame is also true northward to the Lake
egions including the southern portions of
!4ew England and the Middle Atlantic
states. There has been less than the
isual amount of rainfall in theStates of the
Missouri Valley. Numerous and abund
int rains nave occurrea in tne cutum regions
and in that portion of the corn rerion
east of the Mississippi. For the seaon
from January 1 to July 9 the deficien:y
of rainfall continues throughout the
southern States and the Mississippi Valey,
but the rainfall during the past two
veeks has greatly reduced the deficiency
or the season, and occurring at critical periods
has probably affected most benefilially
corn and cotton.
The weather generally during the past
veek has greatly improved the condition
if the growing crops. Both grain and liarzesting
are well advanced in the extreme
lorthern portions of the country, though it
las been retardediti some sections by severe
local storms.
MERE-MENTION.
The Georgia Legislature met on Monlay
of last week. The session is expected
o last three months. The sale of the
state road, the convict lease system and
-he local option bills will occupy the atention
of the body. Three hundred
tnd fifty-five new money order offices and
me hundred and ninety additional postal
lote offices were established last week by
he Postmaster General. rne uettysburg
reunion," says the New York World,
'kills forever the hope of the politician
hat there is yet one more President in the
bloody shirt." A committee is being
>rganized in Genoa to arrange for a celebration
of the 400th anniversary of the
iiscoyery of America by Columbus. All
:he States of America will be invited
o send representatives to the celebraion.
James Christianson, who killid
Dr. E. N. North, in Indianapolis, Ind.,
,vas taken from the jail last Friday by a
nob and hanged. A rector in Shropihire
has recently made himself prominent
by celebrating a communion service
.vith water instead of wine. The Piite
Indians of Nevada do not fade away
before the pale faces. On the contrary,
;hey have increased nearly 2,000 in number
since 1880. In the last six months
5,744 miles of railway have been completed
in the United States, and the Railoay
Age thinks the record for the year
.vill exceed 10,000 miles. This year's
California wine crop is estimated at 22,100,000
gallons, the largest in the history
bf the State. By the burning of a variity
hall in Hurley, Wisconsin, on Friday,
seventeen actors lost their lives. The
irst bale of the new crop of Texas cotton
vas sold at auction in New York on Monlay.
It classed middling, and brought 23
?ents per pound.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
G. H. O'Leary, Intondant?The Official Monthly
Report.
Mrs. L. M. Bonner and H. E. Bonner?Due
West Female College.
Terrell E. Simmons, President, Norcross, Ga.?
The Georgia School of Language, Science
and Art.
Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis.?To the Creditors of
Joseph Rose, deceased.
J. H. Coltharp?Executor's Notice.
McEhvee & Moore?Reduction in Roast.
Withers Adickes?We Still Claim to Protect.
i Jno. C.Kuykendal?Another Invoice of Zineman's
Diamanta Spectacles.
H. F. Adickes?Just Opened This Week.
M. W. White, D. D. S.?Notice.
Parish & Kennedy?Cash is the Closest and
should be the Wisest Buyer on Earth.
UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1888.
The Enquirer will bo furnished from this
date until January 1st, 1888, for $1.15.
?MILITARY INSPECTION. .
The Jenkins Rilles, Capt. Withers AdickeV
?.jii L/v Kir A rlinfunf flonovnl "Rnnlirtm
Will UU VJJ ivu;ui,uuv ^uuvn**
next Friday afternoon.
LITERARY ENTERTAINMENT.
^/The next reading, recitation and musical entertainment
under the auspices of the lady i
members of the Presbyterian church, will be
held at the residence of Maj. Jas. F. Hart, on '
Cleveland street, on Friday evening next, beginning
at 8.30 o'clock. A general invitation is '
extended.
ADMITTED TO THE BAR.
Cm Thursday last,in the Circuit Court at YorkVille,
Mr. X. W. Hardin, a member of the Georgia
bar, was admitted to practice as an attorney '
in the South Carolina Courts. Mr. Hardin has
located al Black's, his old home, where he will
practice as a partner of C. E. Spencer, Esq.,
under the Arm name of Spencer & Hardin.
S CaPr- TILLMAN AT TIRZAH.
*\Ve have been requested to announce that
Capt. B. It. Tillman has accepted an invitation
from the Tirzah Farmers' Club, to address the
people of the county atMassey's Store on Wednesday,
the 27th instant. There will also be a
basket picnic and addresses by other speakers.
A general invitation is extended to all to contribute
to make the occasion a success.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
On Tuesday morning Henry Wilson, colored,
employed on Mr. Ross' railroad work, 3 miles
east of town, was accidentally shot with asmall
pistol in the hands of Joe Rankin, another
railroad hand. The ball entered the face on
the right side of the nose and lodged in the
back portion of the brain. Dr. W. G. White
was summoned to attend the wounded man,
and from the nature of the wound he thinks it
may prove fatal.
SALES-DAY.
?-i-" -1~. rpllnci,iQ?
OcUUS-Ufct^ , tins iiiuiiiU) uv;gungu vu i wwowuj ,
Monday, the 4th, being a legal holiday.
By virtue of executions the Sheriff sold the
following land levied on as the property of
Thomas M. Whitesides, deceased, at the suit of
A. S. Wallace and others: Tract No The
Martin tract, containing 210 acres ; bought by
C. E. Spencer, attorney for the heirs, for $210.
Tract No. 2?The Home place, containing 572
acres ; bought by C. E. Spencer, attorney for
the heirs, for $1,300. Tract No. 3?100 acres,
part of the Home tract, bought by C. E. Spencer,
attorney for the heirs, for $100.
Xy/jfORK FARMERS' ASSOCIATION.
Uapt. Iredell Jones, President of the Farmers'
Association of York county, has issued a
circular notifying members of the executive
committee that a meeting will be held at Yorkville
on Monday next, the 18th instant, at 11 A.
M., the object being to arrange for a reunion of
the farmers dilring the summer, and to provide
for their entertainment by inyiting distinguished
gentlemen to deliver addresses. A full attendance
of the committee is desired. The executive
committee is composed as follows:
Antioch, R. D. Sealy; Black's, M. M. Tate;
Blairsville, J. C. Blair; Bethel, D. G. Stanton ;
Beth-Shiloh, L. R. Williams ; Bethesda, W. S.
Adams; Bullock's Creek, Elias Inman; Clay
Hill, R. G. McCaw ; Clover, L. K. Armstrong;
Hickory Grove, R. G. Whitesides ; Rock Hill,
A. H. White ; Shiloh, W. J. Waters ; Tirzah,
A. M. Black; Yorkville, Ervin Gordon ; Bethany,
J. B. Whitesides; Coates' Tavcru, J. Wylie
Roddey; Fort Mill, T. G. Culp; Clark's
Fork, R. J. Love; Buffalo, W. D. Camp.
\A AUTHENTIC SNAKE STORIES.
/>ln Wednesday afternoon George Brown, a
colored man who lives near King's Mountain
Chapel, exhibited in town a dead "coach whip"
snake, 4 feet in length, which he says attacked
him on the morning of that day. The alleged
offensive characteristic of this snake may be
apocryphal or not, but if its traditional reputaI
firm is rorrnnt it would seem to be of the con
strictor genus. George says the snake coiled
around bis body and gave hiin several lashings
with its tail before he succeeded in choking it.
It is an authenticated fact that last spring, in
this same neighborhood, a snake of this same
species attacked a mule, belonging to Milton
Jackson, colored, and lashed it to death with
its tail. While on snake stories wo copy the
following from the Greensboro (N. C.) North
State of last week :
There was an interesting sight on the sidewalk
in front of the North State office yesterday
morning. Abo Gorrell produced a king
snake which had entwined itself with a moccasin,
and killed it. When laid on the ground
the king snake carefully examined to see if the
moccasin was dead, and then unraveled himself,
holding th" head of the moccasin fast in
his mouth. He then proceeded to swallow
him. This feat was performed in twenty minutes.
The moccasin was four times as thick as
the king snake. The latter was thirty-eight
inches long, and the former about thirty-four.
A large crowd witnessed this performance.
THE MAGNETIC LiT E.
Of the inception and growth of this enterprise
the Georgetown Enquirer says:
"We claim the honor, in Georgetown, of beingthe
projectors ofthisgrand system, known,
at first, as the Georgetown and N. C. Narrow
Gauge Railroad. Syndicate after syndicate was
organized and failed. Finally one syndicate
was formed with sufficient financial strength
to take hold and give vitality to the enterprise.
No man connected with the road labored more
assiduously to bring together means and conditions,
than our fellow citizen David Risley,
Esq., and it is largely due to his indomitable
will that the weakling enterprise has grown to
be a mammoth concern. Rut one sows and an-'
other reaps."
The first accident 011 the work in this vicinity
occurred last Friday afternoon by the caving
of a bank of earth in the cut in Hope's field,
on Miles Hunter, a colo'red laborer from Pineyille,
N. C. The falling mass struck him on
the shoulder, dislocating it and fracturing the
collar bone. Mr. Gorton, on whose work the
accident occurred, immediately ordered necessary
surgical attendance, and supplied him
with other needs. On Monday the wounded |
man left for his home until ho recovers. He
struck the first blow on Griffin <fc Gorton's contract,
and says he will be with them again as
soon as he gets able to work.
Messrs. Smith it Lathrop commenced work
last Monday on their contract of six miles,
which begins five miles west of town and includes
a good deal of heavy work. They commenced
with a full force of laborers and teams
on the west side of Bullock's creek, and though
they have been late in getting started, Mr.
Lathrop, who has immediate supervision of the
work, is confident of being able to accomplish
his undertaking in due time, llis general superintendent
is Mr. Sam. J. Ilichins, who arrived
on Friday from work the firm of Smith
& Lathrop is prosecuting on the North Pacific
Railroad. Having taken a now contract on that
road, Mr. Smith will remain there with their
stock and equipment, which at one time they
contemplated transferring to their work on the
Magnetic Line. Mr. Lathrop's headquarters
will be at the residence of Mr. John A. Byers.
Mr. A. F. McConnell goes as his book-keeper.
Among his foremen are Mr. John B. Ross and
Mr (innvpn fiillilan. Mr. C. G. Parish has
fitted up a commissary establishment to supply
Smith it Lathrop's force, which will be under
tho management of James Ross and John McNeel.
The engineering corps of the Georgia and
Carolina Midland survey, Capt. W. C. Whitner,\
Chief Engineer, arrived here yesterday, haying
completed a preliminary suryey from Newberry
to Smyrna Church, where, on the lands of
Mr. John L. Raine}', that lino connects with
the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago. Capt.
Whitnor and his corps will remain here for a
few days for the purpose of working up their
notes.
Tho Lancaster Review of last week says :
Col. Johnson paid Mr. "\V. H. Burns, last
1 week, 81,500, for his house and lot, the amount
awarded him by arbitrators solected to lix its
value. It is thought by many that the depot ;
will be located on the Burns lot, but the railroad
authorities are silent on the subject.
Messrs. Hallyburten <fe Burgin, having about;'
finished their work in the Salem neighborhood,"
are concentrating their forces iu the direction
of Lancaster.
The Johnson City, Tenn., Comcl of last Thurs- j
day says:
Col. T. E. Matson returned yesterday morn- j
ing from South Carolina. He reports every
thing favorable for Johnson City and says there ,
is nothing to fear any longer. He can't tgH j
exactly how soon, but thinks work will h<S
commenced here in less than 60 days. * <
The county commissioners of Kershaw have
firmly taken the position that they will not
sign the bonds in aid of the railroad until it is
completed to Sumter, and the shops located at
Camden?conditions upon which the county
subscription of Kershaw and the township
subscription of Camden, aggregating 8140,000,
were made.
PERSONAL MENTION.
' 'Mrs. W. B. Moore, of this place, is at Glenn
Springs.
Miss Annie G'orkill, of Chester, is visiting
relatives in this place.
j Miss Emma Itoach, of Rock Hill, is in Yorkville,
visiting the Misses Gist.
Miss Jennie H. Miller, of Charlotte, N. C., is
visiting Mrs. it. N. Moore of this place.
'"Mr. Robert J. Latta, resident engineer on
the Florence Railroad, is at home on a visit.
.?Mrs. Mary Webster, of Cowpens, Spartanburg
county, is visiting her parents in this
place.
-''Miss Mary Fraser, daughter of Judge Fraser,
of Sumtor, is in Yorkville, visiting Miss Leslie
Witherspoon.
-^Mr. Robert T. Allison, a postal clerk on the
Charlotte and Atlanta Air-Line Railroad, is in
Yorkville visiting his parents.
Mrs. A. M. Weathersbey, and three children,
and Miss Sallie Parker, of Williston, S. C., are
in Yorkville visiting the family of Rev. F. C.
Hickson.
SCHOOL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Attention is directed to the advertisement of
Due West Female College, now in its twentyseventh
year, the next session of which will begin
on the lirst Monday of October next. As
a non-sectarian female institution of learning,
it may be truthfully said that Due West College
is unexcelled by any similar seminary in the
South, it being provided with a full and competent
corps of teachers, and a complete equipment
in the art and music departments, all
under direction oi Mrs. L. M. Bonner, Principal,
a lady of fine ability and extended experience,
assisted by her son, Mr. H. E. Bonner,
a gentleman favorably known and recognized
as eminently qualified for the position of vicePrincipal.
The Georgia School of Language, Science
and Art, located at Xorcross, Ga., also presents
its claims through our columns. This school
was chartered in 1872, since which date it has
been in successful operation, having accommodated
over 200 students the past year. The
course is full and thorough for both sexes, and
as will be seen by reference to the advertisement,
the rates are very low.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector. Morning
service, with the holy communion, at 10.30
o'clock. Sunday-school at 5 P. M. Evening
service at 6 o'clock.
King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson,
Pastor. Rev. S. Leard will preach at
Philadelphia next Sunday at 11 o'clock A. M.
The pastor will be absent.
Baptist?Rev. F. C. Hickson, Pastor. Services
at Union next Sunday at 11 A. M., and at
Yorkville at 5 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.46.
Prayer-meeting this evening at 8.30.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. and 8.30
P. M. Sunday-school at 5.30 P. M. Prayermeeting
at 8.30 P. M. to-morrow.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel,
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.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J.
C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at
10.30 o'clock, A. M., and 8.30 P. M. Sundayschool
at 5 P. M.
Correspondence of the Yorkrllle Enquirer.
LETTER PROM PORT MILL.
Fort Mill, July 11.?Nothing of great
interest has transpired in the "cut off'
lately. Every person seems to be satisfied
with the crops. Even those who generally
are inclined to croak and grumble, now
wear pleasant, hopeful countenances and
speak cheerily of the prospects.
There was a disastrous explosion on the
Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad
on last Friday. While a number of hands
were employed in a cut, about two miles
east of Catawba river, a blast was being
arranged. The shaft sunk to receive the
powder was very deep; and, the powder
clogging in the shaft, a steel drill was
used to unchoke the channel. It is sup"
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posed tne arm must nave -sirucK. me
against a gravel and ignited the powder.
The explosion was terrible in its results.
Eight negroes and two mules were killed
outright and one white man, the foreman,
Mr. Lee Agee, was so severely wounded
that he died on Sunday morning. Two
mules were badly hurt, and several carts
blown to pieces. It was thought that a
ninth negro was killed ; but on Saturday
he made his appearance in camp much to
the surprise of his associates. He could,
however, give no straight account of himself,
and seemed to be still very much
frightened; I learn that several kegs of
powder were already in the blast, and it
is generally considered that the use of a
steel drill under the circumstances was
very culpable.
Work at the factory grounds continues
to progress. Another kiln of bricks has
just been burned and the tenements are
being erected wit a reasonable speed.
There is a queer dog, of the setter species,
in this community. When he sees his
mistress or the cook going to gather Irish
potatoes for dinner, he goes along and
digs them, always choosing the best hills.
Fact! Anon.
y Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Q LETTER FROM ROCK HILL.
Rock Hill, July 12.?A meeting of the
Rock Hill Hook and Ladder Company
was held on Wednesday night. It was
decided to reorganize the company and
change its name to the Rock Hill Steam
Fire Company. Mr. A. IT. White was
elected president, and Mr. J. F. Reid
foreman. Mr. J. H. Miller, the former secretary,
was retained. The remaining officers
will be appointed at a subsequent
meeting. The company decided to name
the new steamer "Marion Jones," in honor
of the sweet little daughter of Capt.
Allen Jones, whose recent death has been
announced in your columns.
I am pleased to learn that the farmers
of York are again beginning 10 move.
Iredell Jones, President of the York Counts
Varmers' Association, has called a meet
ing of the executive committee to assemble
in Yorkville on the 18th instant, to
make arrangements for holding meetings
in different parts of the county in the interest
of agriculture. I have always advocated
the propriety of the farmers forming
an organization, and have always
maintained that it was not the intention
of the members of the association to make
it a political organization, but that its
object is to advance the agricultural interests
of the county. I think it is clearly
shown that my views were correct, as
this movement will be made during a
y*>ar when there will be no elections held.
I am more than pleased to see that it is
their intention to make it a permanent
organization.
June Massey, the colored man who was
convicted at the last term of the Sessions
Court and sentenced to live years in the
penitentiary, leaves in Rock Hill five
children, the oldest ten years of age. His
wife died about six months ago. The
children have been taken in charge by
friends.
The Rock Hill Cotton Factory Company
'hasjust purchased two new steel boilers
for use in the factory building. These
boilers are of greater capacity than those
which they replace.
On last Thursday morning, Mr. Thomas
0. Flowers, a salesman for Messrs. Friedheim
<fc Brother, while in Mr. Friedheim's
yard, was severely bitten by the
dog. On that afternoon Mr. Flowers
purchased a piece of beef, and after charging
it with poison, engaged a colored
man to go to Mr. Friedheim's yard and
feed it to the dog. On Friday morning
the dog was found dead in the yard.
Mr. John T. Roddey, our champion
baseballist, has abandoned the game and
is now at White Sulphur Springs, Va.,
trying to catch not a ball, but a wife. I
will say to Happy Cal Parish that if he
can get up a base ball team, now is the
time to play our boys.
Rock Hill now has a large number of
young lady visitors.
I saw in Mr. Miles Johnson's shop last
' tfeek a set of harness belonging to Mr. B.
F. Rawlinson, that was made by Mr.
Johnson when he was employed by B. T.
Wheeler, in Yorkville, in 1848.
Adjutant General Bonham will inspect
the Catawba Rifles on the evening of July
14th. If the company does not pass a
favorable inspection, it will be no fault of
the members, as most of their uniforms
and guns were destroyed by the recent
fire.
James W. White, of Graham, N. C., for-/
TITMI ?4.
merly a citizen 01 run mm, unm ?t *un
Mill at 7 o'clock this morning of apoplexy.
He visited his plantation on this side of
Catawba river yesterday to superintend
the thrashing of his grain crop. In the
afternoon, while sitting under the shade
of a tree, smoking his pipe, he was stricken
with apoplexy and lingered until this
morning, when he died. He was a brother
of Capt. S. E. White, of Fort Mill,
i Hannah Faris, an old colored woman
who lived on Capt. W. J. Barry's plantation,
six miles from this place, was found
dead in her bed this morning. She was
perhaps the largest woman in the county,
weighing 287 pounds. Trial Justice Wilborn
is now holding an inquest. Hal.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER PROM CHESTER.
Chester, July 11.?The following is an
abstract of personal property in this county,
as returned by the County Auditor and
equalized by the County Board, for the
year commencing November, 1,1886:
Number of horses?1,255; value, $70,280.
Cattle?3,134; value, $40,745. Mules?2,281;
value, $125,345. Sheep and goats?
1,489; value, $1,585. Hogs?2,127; value,
$4,650. Gold and silver watchesand plate?
499; value, $14,310. Pianos, melodeons
and organs?151; value, $11,120. Wagons,
buggies and carriages?1,840; value $47,875.
Dogs?1,351; value, $6,755. Average
value of property appertaining to merchandise,
$175,475. Average value of property
appertaining to manufacturers, $7,- ?
585. Value of machinery, engines, tools
&c., $85,545. Value of moneys, including
bank bills and circulating notes, $16,590.
Value of all credits, $217,100. Value of
stocks of any company or corporation in
this State, except National Banks, $24,430.
Bonds not exempt from taxation $42,195.
Value of other property, including household
furniture and crops, $230,800. Total
value of all taxable personal property in
Chester county, $1,079,030.
Mr. Joseph Lindsay of our town, and
Miss Bessie Duffie, of Columbia, were married
on last Tuesday at the residence of
the bride's father by the Rev. Mr. Wood.
The attendants were: Mr. John White
and Miss Annie Duffie, Mr. John Duffle
and Miss Mamie Lindsay. Congratulations
and refreshments followed the marriage
service. The happy couple arrived
here on the afternoon train. May their
happiness be endless and boundless.
A lodge of Knights of Honor has recently
been organized at Blackstocks: The following
are the officers: Dr. W. C. Cornwell,
Dictator; J. R. Craig, Vice Dictator;
R. J. Mackorel, Assistant Dictator; G. L.
Kennedy, Reporter; D. H. Stevenson,
Financial Reporter; Alex. McDonald,
Treasurer; Rev. J. L. McClain, Chaplain;
R. B. Mills, Guide; J. E. Douglas, Guardian.
Dr. L. S. Douglas, T. W. Brice and
J. E. Craig, Trustees. The lodge begins
with twenty members.
Mr. Tilman Dixon, while seining in
Catawba river last Monday with a party
of friends, was drowned. He was attacked
with cramp, and being some distance from
his friends met an untimely death! A
wife and many children lament their bitter
affliction.
Through the instrumentality of Rev. Mr.
Chreitzburg, a Lodge of Good Templars
was organized at this place a few months
ago. It is in a very prosperous condition,
and gives promise of accomplishing much
good. The membership has increased from
14 to 68. A number of qur young men
who were inclined to indulge their taste
fr>r nrrlpnfc snirits. havfi ioined the Lodere.
May they be true to their pledge eveifto
the end of life.
A considerable number of Grangers of
this county contemplate attendance of the
inter-State Grange encampment at Spartanburg
in August. They expect to go in
wagons and live in tents during their absence.
It is to be hoped they will not only
carry out their present plans, but will in
addition take along some of the products
of Chester county to be exhibited at the
encampment. The resources and products
of our county are entitled to a place in the
Spartanburg picture.
The National Bank of Chester has declared
a semi-annual dividend of four per
cent.
The Chester survivors of the 6th Regiment
decided at a late meeting to abandon
their proposed trip to Petersburg. They
will hold the annual reunion with the
Fairfield veterans of the same Regiment,
in Winnsboro, next month. Hon. H. A.
Gaillard will be the orator of the occasion.
Heavy rains last week did some damage
in the county. m.
Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
NOTES FROM FODDER.
Fodder, July 11.?Thinking that perhaps
some items from our quiet section of
York county might prove of interest to
some of the readers of the Enquirer, I
venture to write a few lines. The agricultural
outlook is most encouraging. As a
rule, both corn and cotton have been well
cultivated; the seasons have been propitious,
and, as a consequence, the crops at
present are very promising. We earnestly
hope that our most sanguine expectations
may be fully realized; that we, not only
the people of our section, but all throughout
the length and breadth of our country,
may be blessed with abundant crops in
order that we may be relieved of the
financial pressure which has so long oppressed
us; that we may be enabled to
meet our obligations fully; that we may
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raise our UWU supplies till iiuine, auu ue uic
independent, prosperous, and happy people
which, I believe, we are destined to
become. The grain crops have been harvested
and the hum of the threshing machine
can already be heard in every direction.
I am told the wheat crop is turning
out well. Dude.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Mr. Lawrence Johnston, of Edgefield,
has corn which will make 150 bushels to
the acre.
? Slight earthquake tremors were felt at
different points in the lower part of the
State last Sunday afternoon.
? The Craig Kaolin Company of Aiken
started to work last week, employing a
number of hands. They have been shipping
samples and have received some very
favorable acknowledgements from dealers
who use it in the adulteration of food and
other articles of daily consumption, returning
it to South Carolina at 100 per
cent, profit.
? Rev. J. C. Chalmers, a minister of the
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church,
died at Winnsboro on Thursday morning.
The deceased had reached the advanced
age of 70, and had been in feeble health
for more than a year. Owing to infirmi
lies 01 age ne nas not Deen actively engaged
in the ministry for several years,
but had been living quietly with his son,
the llev. John T. Chalmers. His funeral
was held on Friday.
? Congressman Tillman is spending his
vacation experimenting with grasses. The
Edgefield correspondent of the News and
Courier writes: Upon a visit to Clark's
Hill, the home of the Congressman, a few
days since, I discovered a small field
wherein numerous grasses were growing.
This I found to be his experimental farm.
Among the grasses were the "raelelatus"
and "lupin" species, unknown to this
country, and for which great merit is
claimed by their introducer. This field
contained various other plants of foreign
growth. The introduction of new grasses
and a protective tariff are the two things