Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 19, 1887, Image 2

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Jtoaps and .facts. * ? The Egyptian produce association's re- 5! port for September says that the cotton _ crop will probably equal that of last sea- <m son. The quality of the crop in upper (I Egypt has improved, but it is too early to judge of the crop in lower Egypt. The = weather was favorable to cotton. ? The colored people of Boston experience great difficulty in renting decent tenements in desirable localities. Some of the real estate owners and agents are Republicans and old Abolitionists, and say that they have no objection, "but the neighbors find a great deal of fault, and we respect what they like and dislike." It was a significant incident of the President's visit to Minneapolis, that among the committee that met him at the train, was Judge Rae, the recently elected Com- _ mundftr Tn t.h? r?hiof of tho Ornnti Armv of ~ the Republic. It would appear from this that the new commander is not of the Fairchlld-Foraker-Tuttle style. In fact he would seem to be a gentleman, as well as a soldier. , ? There was a grand reunion of the Blue and Gray on Kennesaw Mountain on October 11, 1887. Of the organizations rep- v. resented were a number on the Confeder- 1 ate and on the Federal side. Conciliatory ai and fraternal addresses were made. A Q] liberal barbecue met the wants of the in- ,. ner man. All went well. Kennesaw?his- 11 torio mountain?once lit up with the lurid ei flames of battle was made vocal with an- ni thems of peace and good will. Foes, now sc friends. Thus should it be! hi The question, "Is a preacher a labor- ai * er?" is to be judicially determined in New a] York, United District Attorney Walker having decided to bring suit against the r*] wardens of Holy Trinity Church for bring- b( ing the Rev. E. Warren to this country a! under contract for his services contrary to la the United States contract labor law. He 0j stated in a letter Friday that though sing- ti ing, lecturing and.acting were excepted . under the law, preaching was not so ex- 11 cepted. The United States will pay the r( ' expenses of the suit. ai ? The people of Luenburg and Nottaway counties, Va., are much excited over the explosion of a meteor, which occurred a night or two ago. The path of the meteor 0j was from east to west, and the noise made fc by the explosion was so great that houses Srere Bhaken, and many people were unerthe impression that an earthquake had 1S Occurred. The meteor was seen about 10 ts o'clock at night, while the sky was per- tc fectly clear. The colored people are much r( alarmed and predict that the day of judgment will come in December. They are holding religious services nightly, and C1 men and woman are preaching the Gospel, ii ? In General Beauregard's article, in the a! Nor.th American Review, on the military w operation of the Confederates, in May and es June, 18Q4, around Drury's Bluff and u Petersburg, he accords to Hagood's Bri- tj gade- the honor of saving Petersburg* against the attack of General Butler. In reference to the successful defense of the " Richmond railroad above Petersburg by n Hagood's Brigade, General Beauregard c says: "General Hagood and his command became the heroes of the day and were justly looked upon as the saviors of " Petersburg on that occasion." This is mgn praise. ? The news comes by way of Nogales, ^ Arizona, that one of the most disastrous storms ever known on the Southern Coast of Mexico occurred on the 7th and 8th. The City of Quelito, a town of more than p 8,000 people was totally destroyed and a many lives lost. Telegrams give accounts n of the most affecting scenes. Many wo- ? men, children and men were floundering ih the stormy current and crying for help, which was not at hand. Dispatches state C that the supposition is that there were a n number of wrecks in the Gulf, but the facts tl cannot be ascertained. Later dispatches fr to the Associated Press report that the entire coffee and orange crop in Cinalca " are destroyed. * - ^ ?It is said that the legal advisers of the ^ condemned Anarchists rely upon the 13th t( amendment to the Consiitution in appealing to the United States Supreme Court ft for a writ of error. This amendment pro- n vides that "no State shall deprive any person of life, liberty or property without p due process of law," and this "due process r of law" in the Anarchist case, it will be P( claimed, was not obtained, For example, a Illinois allows men who have read news- p; paper reports of a crime to sit as jurors, g Put this rule applies to all citizens as well as Anarchists. It is "due process of law" in Illinois. It is as legitimate a part of v the legal machinery of the State as any gi other. The question is wholly without it the jurisdiction of the United States Su- n, preme Court. The work of erecting the Sallows, in the Chicago jail, on which to ang the anarchists, is progressing. t * - - -_ ?: ?i\fAV;nA ? JUtlge lUUUUlUg, juiuiaiei HI iucAiw, a.) whose death has recently been announced, m was born in North Carolina about fifty- . .six years ago. While yet a young man he 11 removed to New Orleans, where ne began cs the practice of the law. His imposing ap- C( pearance and remarkable powers of orato- tl ry soon won for him a position on the bench. He rose to the dignity of Chief Justiceof the Supreme Court of Louisiana, '1 and was favorably spoken of as a candi- ui date for Judge of the United States Su- Si preme Court. He was appointed United si States minister to Mexico by President Cleveland, and was greatly respected by the citizen of that republic. During the trying times of the civil war he took sides ai with nis adopted State, and became an ui officer of a Louisiana regiment. ir ? Justice Miller, of the United States Su- ti preme Court, is a Republican in politics, pi At the Grand Army banquet in St. Louis tc he responded to the toast "to the Presi- fo dent of the UnitPd States." In doing so T he said he did not approve of^Mr. Cleve- 1 land's election and expected "to cast his a' next presidential vote for a Republican, but added: "I have the courage, and I say se it in the presence of this meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic, that Grover Cleveland is an honest man, a pure man, to " whose skirts no corruption belongs, and b! who intends to do right according to the ti best lights thatGod has given him." Jus- o) tice Miller closed by urging the Grand Army men to give "President Cleveland , credit for honesty of purpose and good intentions" in any position he might assume, and remember that "he occupies the place ic with honor which Washington held, ir V.nlrl TirV* ?nL nro nf" LQQ WUlCii llY7iXUXOUU UCJlVlf >T UAVsll V*A4tU V 4l(W held, which Lincoln has held." . ai ? Private Dalzell, the Ohio patriot, who al boasts that he is both "a Grand Array man t8 and a Republican," in a letter to the St. Louis Republican, writes: "The Grand Army of the Republic, disguise it who may, is essentially the Republican party. Take it out of the Republican party, and V,. the Republican party out of it, and the ? grand old party would not have left remaining the strength of the national pro- ^ hibition party. It is Republican, and Re- V. publican only. It is the grand feeder to ?J the Republican party, without which it f, could not live an nour or elect a man, and is the very life and soul of the Republican *; party. If not, why are our delegates near- ^ ly all politicians, Congressmen and Gov- j ernore standing high in the Republican j party? It voted as one man for Grant? was organized solely to do so. It voted as ? one man for Logan?fairly operated on his & behalf. What fools the politicians are, A therefore, to try to disguise a fact so patent R any longer." ? The total valuation of the fourteen j e Southern States in 1880 was $2,370,922,269. I rj Now it is clearly $3,500,000,000?a pretty \ ei good advance in seven years. During the first nine months of this year, $212,455,000 p was invested in new factories in the South; rr $83,834,200 during the same period last e< Jear. The new companies organized from C( anuary 1 to October 1, number 2594 against tl 1175 organized between the same dates ^ last year. According to trustworthy sta tislstic 15,000 new industries have sprung Id into life in the Southern States since 1879, ti 15,000 miles of railroad have been built, ti the production of iron has increased from ai 397,000 tons to 876,000 tons, and the coal k mined, from 6,000,000 tons to 14,000,000 C tons. But statistics alone give but a faint rr picture of the progress the South is mak- 3V ing. That this prosperity does not rest is ' upon an insecure basis is shown by the ol k. ict that the South is producing crops alued at $70,000,000 annually. Its cotton ield of this year, it is estimated, will jach 6,600,000 bales, and its com yield 15,000,000 bushels. ferMle YORKVILLE, S. . : WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19,1887. AN INSOLENT EU1TUK. On the occasion of the President's recent isit to Minneapolis, the editor of the Yibune made a brutal attack upon Mr. ad Mrs. Cleveland. The grossness of the [Fence consisted in unwarranted imputaons upon Mrs. Cleveland as being govrned in her marriage by vain and merceary motives, and as having sacrificed to >cial ambition the, highest qualities of er womanhood. The indecency of the :tack is admitted by men of all parties, ad the American people, quick in their ppreciation of woman's honor, will not b slow in rebuking this western editor's ttack on the representative woman of the ind/ Immediately after the appearance F the paper on the streets of Minneapolis, le indignant citizens burned the editor 1 effigy, and the city council adopted a jsolution denouncing the offensive article nd demanding its retraction. A VALUABLE BOOK. We acknowledge the receipt or a copy f Latham, Alexander & Co.'s Cotton Book >r this year, giving the cotton movelents and fluctuations for 1886-87. This i the fourteenth annual edition, and conlins, besides the facts and figures relative >the cotton crop, the firm's annual letter jviewing the business of the past year ad discussing the prospects of the next :op and the business outlook for the comlg year. It also contains two interesting rticles on cotton and cotton prospects, Titten by Thomas Ellison, of Liverpool, specially for this book, and has also the sually carefully prepared tables showing le fluctuations of cotton contracts and >tton in this country and Europe, and le receipts, exports and general movelent of cotton for several years past. The otton Book is filled with other valuable lforraation on cotton, and is probably the lost complete, concise and practical cotton jference book published, as it certainly is le neatest and most handsomely printed, 'he price of the book is $2 per copy. THE PRESIDENT'S TOUR. The President and Mrs. Cleveland and arty left Minneapolis last Wednesday nd turned southward. Short stops were lade at Sioux City, Omaha and St. Joseph, rhere splendid popuiar demonstrations rere tendered. They reached Kansas ity in the afternoon and were met by a lagnificent ovation. From Kansas City le party proceeded to Memphis and om that city to Nashville, Tenn., on Satrday, where Sunday was spent. In [emphis and Nashville the demonstraons in honor of the President were equal ) those of other cities visited. From Nashville they proceeded on londay to Chattanooga, where they retained a few hours, when the train pro ?eded to Atlanta, arriving there at 11.30 . M., an hour and a half later than exected, but despite the delay and the rain, large crowd had gathered to greet the arty, who were escorted to the Kimball fouse where supper was served, and they itired. On account of the President's isit, yesterday was expected to be the randest day of the Piedmont Exhibition, being estimated that the city contained ot less than a hundred thousand visitors. JUDGE BOND'S USURPATION. The "coupon crusher" law of Virginia is a act of the State Legislature making it legal to accept the Virginia debt coupons 1 payment of license taxes. In several ises brought before him by holders of >upons, Judge Bond temporarily enjoined le commonwealth's attorneys from putng the law into force and effect. On the h instant he made the injunction perpetal, declaring that the Legislature of the tate had acted in defiance of the United tates government. On the following day e fined Attorney-General Ayers and the >mmonwealth's attorneys of Fauquier id Loudon counties, for bringing suits nder the State law in disobedience of his ijunction order, and committed them un1 the fines should be paid. They went to rison, but subsequently made application t the Supreme Court of the United States >r writs of habeas corpus in their behalf, he tvrits were granted and made returnile last Monday. Before this tribunal, Col. Gordon, repremting the prisoners, said they were not len ready for a hearing of the case, and iked that the prisoners be admitted to ill and the case he set ior nearmg some me in January next. This motion was pposed by ex-Governor Chamberlain, forlerly of South Carolina, who argued at ngth in favor of an immediate hearing. After hearing argument, the chief juste announced that the prisoners would relain in the custody of the marshal, and it yesterday for determining as to bail id fixing a date for the hearing. Ex-Senx>r Conkling, of New York, has been reLined to appear with other counsel in the ise for the State of Virginia. The Gallows.?Charles Edwards, colred, was hanged at Clarksville, Ga., last riday, for the murder of a man named Ichols. He made a statement and adlitted his guilt. Before the execution he as taken from the jail to a pond, conructed near by for the purpose, and there nmersed after the profession of his faith, y Rev. Thomas Scott, colored, of Toccoa, ho was his spiritual adviser. It was, to ly the least, a nove' as well as a solemn rene. There, with a chain around his eck, and one end held by Sheriff Gastley, ith four men with double barrel shot uns, two upon either side of the pond uarding the candidate, he was baptized, he minister read a chapter from the Bile, gave out a hymn, which was sung by lose present, a feeling prayer was delivred, and then the ordinance administered. Idwards looked downcast during the vaous exercises, but displayed no signs of motion. Robert Giles, colored, was hanged at alias, Texas, Friday afternoon, for the lurder of Albert Williams. Giles declar3 that he prayed daily for the jury to mvict him. lie confessed his guilt on le scaffold. t- In the office of the Secretary of State, fst Thursday, a declaration for incorporaon was filed concerning ithe incorporang of Samuel E. White, B. 1). Springs tid John M. Spratt as corporators to be nown as the Fort Mill manufacturing ompany, its proposed business being the lanufacture of cotton and wool at Fort [ill, in York county. The capital stock I placed at $50,000, divided into 500 shares f the par value of $100 each. YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. Prospectus for 1888. EXTRAORDINARY OFFER TO CLUB-MAKERS. #150 IN PREMIUMS. IN announcing our prospectus for 1888 wo deem it only necessary to say that the general features of the Enquirer which have rendered it a favorite family paper in the past, will be retained, and besides the general make up of the Miscellaneous department, which has given the paper a distinctive character, we shall publish through the year SERIAL STORIES From the pens of the most popular writers of fiction in the world, and which department alone, on account of the character of the stories that we shall secure, will give it additional interest to all readers of light literature. In addition to the Story, Literary and Miscellaneous features of the paper, careful attention will be bestowed on the News department, which will embrace a record of the leading events at the State and National Capitals; Congressional and Legislative proceedings; "Scraps and Facts," being a hotch-potch of light current topics; a compend of the News Abroad and at Home; County and General Correspondence; Market Reports ; Local and State News; Editorial Articles upon appropriate subjects, intended to promote the welfare and prosperity nf nnr Sfnto nnrl which will. W6 trU8t. continue to render the Enquirer a welcome and entertaining Family Journal. TEEMS OF SUBSCRIPTION?FEEE OF P08TAGE, Single copy, one year, ?2.50 Two copies, one year, 4.00 One copy, two years, 4.00 PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS. To club-makers for the approaching volume, we offer THREE PREMIUMS for the three largest clubs, as follows : One BREWSTER SIDE BAR PIANO BOX BUGGY, worth ?60. One set handsome WALNUT BED-ROOM FURNITURE, worth ?00. One DOUBLE BARREL BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUN, worth ?3C. Description of our Premiums. THE BUGGY Is a first-class vehicle in every respect, made of the best materials, and is known as the piano box style, which has become the most popular buggy now in use. It is hung on the celebrated Brewster Side-bar Oil tempered springs, which are the most comfortable, and, therefore the most widely used side spring. It is full leather trimmed with "lazy back," Savern patent wheels, steel tire, best steel fantail, double collar axles. It is painted' a rich black. The buggy is a good one and will give satisfaction. It is worth ?60 and is furnished to us by Mr. M. C. Willis, manufacturer of and dealer in buggies, carriages &c., and may be seen by calling at his factory in this place. THE FURNITURE. The set of Furniture embraces.TEN pieces and is made of black walnut, handsomely finished. The following pieces comprise the set: One marble-top Dresser, with large Mirror; one marble-top Wash Stand, with Mirror ; one marble-top Table; one Bedstead; one TowelRack ana five Chairs, including a Rocker. This Furniture was procured from Mr. Geo. H. O'Learv, Yorkville's largest dealer in that lino and can he relied UDon as being of the latest style and superior quality. The Furniture can "be seen and examined'at any time by calling at Mr. O'Leary's show-room. THE SHOT GUN. The Shot Gun is known as the "New Baker," and will be made under the direct supervision of Mr. W. H. Baker, who has had much experience in the manufacture of shot guns. In shooting and wearing qualities he guarantees that it shall be equal to any gun made in this country or in Europe. The barrels will be of the best English stub-twist, the right modified choke and the left full choke, thus well adapting the gun for shooting birds on the wing, or squirrels. The barrels will be 30 inches in length, and the entire weight of the gun 7? pounds. It will have all the latest improvements, including extension rib, checkered pistol grip stock, rubber butt-plate, low circular hammers, solid strikers, rebounding locks, top snap-action and compensating fire end, which takes up all wear in the hinge-joint, preventing the gun from becoming loose and shaky. The manufacturers claim that the "New Baker" is the most symmetrical, the best balanced and neatest looking gun of its class ever before offered to the public at the price. CONDITIONS. The three Premiums mentioned above will be awarded on the following conditions: The person getting up the largest club of yearly subscribers to the Enquirer, at $2.00 per annum, for each subscriber, will be entitled to the first choice of one of the above Premiums; the person getting up the second largest club, at the same price, to the second choice; the person getting up the third largest club to the third choice. The time for completing the clubs under the above offer is limited to 1 o'clock P. M., on the SECOND MONDAY OF MARCH, 1888. Competitors may begin to secure SUBSCRIBERS AT ONCE?the time of subscription to commence whenever the name is banded in. The money for each subscriber is expected to be Eaid at the time the name is entered upon our noks, and no name will be counted in competition for a premium and no premium delivered until the subscription price has been paid. To persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, but who may fail to obtain one of the above premiums, we will send the Enquirer for one year free of charge, and to those who send a club of twenty or more names, but who may fail to get a premium, we will for waru ljit) uuc .ycui nco ui vucig,^, anil a copy, ono year, of any weekly newspaper or monthly'magazine published in the United States, the publication to be selected by the person entitled to receive it. Or, we will give a copy of the Enquirer for one year for a club of ten, and for all names over ten in such clubs, TWENTY CENTS for each name. It is not necessary that the names of a club should all be at the same post office. Names may be taken at any number of places. Ono name for two years will be equivalent to two names for one year each. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe trai "mission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter or money order drawn on the York ville post-office. In sending names, write plainly, giving postoffice, county and State. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. A separaie list will be kept for each clubmaker, who will be credited with every name sent, so that the number sent by any one person can be ascertained at a moment's notice. Persons who commence making clubs will not be permitted, after the names have been entered on our books, to transfer the names to another club-maker's list. The time in which additions may be made to clubs under this proposition, will expire on the SECOND MONDAY OF MARCH, 1888. Therefore, persons who desire the benefitofclub rates, must subscribe and pay for the paper before that date, as after the expiration of that time it will not be furnished for less than ?2.f>0 unless new clubs are formed. All letters should be addressed to L. M. GRIST. Yorkville, S. C. l'OKKR PLAYING IN WALTERB0R0. Reports gained circulation here yesterday from parties_who had just returned from Walterboro, Colleton county, to the effect that that town is intensely agitated over a recent series 01 cowniaiugs ana threatened duels, all growing out of the fascinating and popular game of poker. All the parties concerned belong to the first families of the place. It appears that the eldest son of Major Edwards, a well-known lawyer of the town, has been leading a fast life since ho married the beautiful daughter of the late Colonel James H. Rion. Young Edwards' frequent and protracted absences from home at night aroused his wife's ire, and last Saturday night, guided by a young lad named Izlar, she unceremoniously entered the room in which her husband and several of his male friends were engaged in a game of draw goker. Among those present was a Mr. iellinger, who bears the reputation of fceing "a bad man" in a fight. Mrs. Edwards seems to have thought him in some way responsible for her husband's habits, and drawing a cowhide from beneath her shawl, she set upon him and beat him unmercifully before she'could be secured. Her sex saved her from retaliation on the part of Bellinger, who, however, expressed his intention of holding her husband responsible, and forthwith drew a pistol to kill him. Then Mrs. Edward's nerve forsook her, and sinking on her knees before Bellinger, she begged lorgiveness for the cowhiding and entreated him to spare her husband's life. Bellinger then left the room, threatening to kill any one who would divulge the occurrence. Next day, when the story got out, Bellinger sought Edwards and wore out a cowhide upon his person. It is further stated that Bellinger compelled Edwards, atthepoint of a pistol, to go to the house of young Izlar to cowhide him for showing jVIrs. Edwards the poker room, but the appear ance of the boy's father prevented its being done. At last accounts many of the best citizens of Walterboro had taken opposite sides in the matter "and were going about armed to the teeth. A hostile meeting, more or less according to the code, is rumored as in prospect between Bellinger and Edwards.?Columbia Register, Thursday. For the Yorkvflle Enquirer. PROGRESS OP THE~RAILROAD WORK. Yorkville, October 15. Editor of the Enquirer: Knowing the interest you, as well as all the citizens of our town feel in the progress being made in the building of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad. I Duroose giving you some ideas of my own'gathered from a recent trip made over the line of road, by slow stages, from Black's to Camden and return. All the grading between Black's and Yorkville is progressing rapidly, and each and every contractor seems to vie with the other as to who will complete his work first. The trestle work between the abovenamed points, under contract to that veteran of trestle-builders, Capt. M. C. Lewis, is all well under way ana much of it entirely completed. The work from Yorkville to Lancaster is all well under way, except a small portion through Bock Hill. Some heavy work, as for instance the bridge over Catawba River, seems, to a novice, to look backward; yet to a practical man who knows the quantity of stone that has been quarried and cut, the quantity of lumber that has been and is being delivered and worked up, what has been accomplished in the way of pile-driving, &c., with Thomas Hardman as the contractor, no fear need be entertained that the work will not be well done and on time. With some exceptions, the work is well under way between Lancaster and Camden. Mr. Charles Streeter, contractor for the timber work between those two points, has all the trestles up and ready for the track. Much of the heavy grading is well under way and some entirely finished. Such is the case with the first ten miles out of Camden. That prince of good fellows, and a pushing contractor, Major Adams, accomplished this work three months before the expiration of his contract. At Camden I found Mr. Elmer, the junior member of the firm of Taylor & Elmer, track-layers, and the same firm who laid the first forty-five miles of track on this road, between Black's and Rutherfordton. and who laid it in such a manner as to win the commendation of some of the best engineers and contractors in the country. Mr. Elmer was in no good frame of mind, as he said they were all ready to lay track, with all the improved machinery and sixty men, but he said to me there was no use to commence on ten miles, as the work beyond a point ten miles from Camden, under contract to Ripley & Araory, will not be ready for three months to come. I had expected, on going down the line, to see all the improved machinery for moving earth, such as steam shovels, wheel scrapers, &c., being used, especially among the so-called Yankee contractors, and especially on the heavy work of Ripley & Amory, as the senior member of this firm is an old contractor and a brother of Mr. Ripley of the firm of Smith & Ripley, contractors for the whole line from Black's to Camden, but, to my surprise, nothing but the old, slow-coach plan of carts and wheelbarrows was in operation. Having business with Mr. Taylor, on inquiry I found that he had walked up the line to see for himself how the work was progressing. I found him at Mr. Young's, twelve miles out from Camden, and in no very good humor. He said: "Here is Col. Johnson, general manager of the road, pressing us every day to commence track laying, and I can't lay a foot beyond Adams' work. Now," said Mr. i Taylor, "if Col. Johnson was here, what j would he say, .to this kind of work, and at what time in the dim, distant future would he think we could get to Lancaster with the track?" Mr. Amorv claims that if he had been furnished the right of way through the Clyburn property in time, he would have had the heavy work on that property done. This is no excuse, as he has not finished the one-half of his first or upper five miles on which he is located. His force has at all times been light?never exceeding ninety men on the ten miles, and on September 24th was only working two small gangs on the 70,000 yards cut?twelve or fifteen men with carts on one end, and three men with wheelbarrows, presided over by a foreman, on the other end. At the rate this cut of 70,000 yards was being worked, it would certainly require a full year to complete their ten miles ready for the track. I understand that since the 1st instant Maj. Adams has put his whole force on this work, and with his usual energy he will soon finish it up. Observer. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, October 17.?Hon. G. J. Patterson claims that an injustice was done him in the declaration of grievances by the Farmers' Association of Chester county in laying on him the responsibility for "slaughtering" in the Senate, the bill to encourage the Agricultural Department. He states that he voted in favor of a continuance of the bill to the next session for the reason that he did not have time to give it sufficient consideration, and consequently was not prepared to vote upon it. He denies that a vote in favor of continuance implies opposition to the bill. When the bill comes before the Senate at the next session, he may, or may not, vote for its passage; he does not propose at present to commit himself to any positive action on the bill. While our honorable Senator does not object to criticism of his course in the Senate, he thinks he has the right to be placed correctly on the record. One of our merchants who buys some goods in Birmingham, complains of the discrimination in freight charges against Chester in favor of Columbia from that city. He states that rates of freight from Birmingham to Columbia are 39 cents on the 100 pounds by the car load; in lots less than by the car load the rates between the same cities are CO cents on 100 pounds. From Birmingham to Chester the freight rates are 71 cents on 100 pounds by the car load; the rates between the same places in lots less than by the car load are SI.05 on 100 pounds. My friend states that it is cheaper for him to have the goods bought in Birmingham, shipped to Columbia, and then reshipped from that point to Chester. These rates, in his opinion, benefit the Columbia merchants at his expense. He is unable to compete with ??-> lino nf ornnHtj thnf hfi uiciu x Li a lci laiu nuv v* buys at Birmingham. He hopes that the commissioners will take action in the matter if the rates above mentioned are a , violation of the law forbidding discrimination by railroad companies. A young man of our town, and a representative of one of our prominent firms, has recently traveled by private conveyance through the counties of Union, Newberry, Lexington, Edgefield, Aiken, Barnwell, Hampton, Colleton, Orangeburg, Richland and Fairfield. He gives a good report of trade in those counties. Mr. G. \V. Lackey, of this county, will leave in a short time for Decatur, Alabama, where he expects to reside in the j future. A public meeting was held at the Court House last Friday for the purpose of considering the financial condition of our town. The object of the meeting was to consider the advisability of increasing the town tax from 25 to40 cents on the hundred dollars. The matter was discussed at length and the following resolution was finally adopted: llc.iolvcd, That the license tax now imposed on the town of Chester be abolished, and that the charter of the town be amended by raising the adyalorem tax from 25 cents on the one hundred dollars to 40 cents on the one hundred dollars to bo of force ten years, and at the end of that time to be restored to 25 cents on the one hundred dollars. The Circuit Court convened here to-day, Judge Wallace presiding. The duelling case, in which J. Harvey Neely was the defendant, has been settled. m. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. A. Darwin?Pine Mules For Sale. Glenn & Darwin?A Change Anticipated. M. H.'Currence, Executor?Application for Discharge. M. Strauss?Who Can Beat This? T. M. Dobson & Co.?New York House. George T. Schorb?Your Attention,. Please. Lindsay & Moore?Where Are You Going With that Cotton ? H. F. Adickes?An Anti-Poverty Track. Parish A Kennedy?Our Motto?Quick Sales and Short Profits. Withers Adickes?We Are Busy Opening New Goods. Hunter A Oates?Cart Loads of Dry Goods. YORK BAPTIST S*. S. CONVENTION. The York Baptist Sunday-school Convention will be convened with Antioch Church on Friday before the fifth Sunday in this month, 28th instant, at 11 o'clock. V^SECOND GROWTH OF OATS. Wo have been shown a bunch of volunteer oats, grown since harvest and taken from the field of Mrs. Isabella Dunoveu, who lives near Howell's Ferry, on Broad River. The stalks are near three feet high, and with late frost, mis sscuuu crup wuuiu cumw uuar muuiniig. f* COTTON SHIPMENTS. The cotton shipments from the depot in York ville, from September 1st to yesterday evening, aggregate 2,172 bales. This, however, does not include the sales, as there is a considerable quantity in the hands of buyers. Saturday was a wild day among the local buyers, who paid from 37.50 to 40 more than any of the neighboring markets were paying on that day. ^^CHARLESTON'S GALA WEEK. Charleston is determined to be behind none of her sister cities in the effort to have a week of amusement for the entertainment and edification of her country cousins, to all of whom a cordial invitation is extended, with the promise that the trip to the old City by the Sea shall be an enjoyable one. The gala week commences on the 31st instant and ends on the 5th of November. Tickets will be sold, good to roturn until November 7th, from the points named as follows: Yorkville, ?4.30; Clover, ?4.50; Fort Mill, ?4.40; Rock Hill, ?4.30; Smith's, ?4.10; Chester, ?3.90 ; Blackstock's, ?3.70; Gastonia, N. C., ?4ysn. ^PERSONAL MENTION. Miss Jennie Neal, of Winnsboro, is in Yorkville, visiting Mrs. Nancy Smith. Mr. John T. Grist and family, of Lenoir, N. C., are in Yorkville, visiting relatives and friends. Rev. Monroe Oates, of Pope county, Arkan sas, is in Yorkville, visiting his nephew, Mr. John F. Oates. Mrs. Jane Elam, Mrs. Julia Elam and Mrs. Maggie Camp, of Mecklenburg county, Va., daughters of Mr. Joseph Herndon, of this place, are here on a visit to their father. Quite a number of citizens of the town and vicinity availed themselves of the opportunity last week to visit the Piedmont Exhibition at Atlanta, remaining, of course, to see the President, who, according to programme, coni tinued his stay there through yesterday. NEW SERIAL STORY. With the next week's issue we shall com-C , monce the publication of a new serial story of I unusual interest, entitled "The Nine of Hearts," by the popular story writer, B. L. ! Farjeon. It is the story of a man of honor, the victim of circumstantial evidence, who awaits conviction in an English court of a capital crime rather than involve in scandal the name of the woman he loves. He is saved by a friendly juror and a wealthy friend in America, who employs an able lawyer to defend the innocent. The story discloses the mysteries of a wonderful cipher and the unraveling of a mysterious plot vindicating the hero, when all i goes well. To secure the opening chapters of this absorbing story, subscribe now. Price of the Eoquirer from this date until the 1st of next January, 50 cents; or see a club-maker and seoGre the paper one year for ?2. >rSyURORS?SECOND WEEK. A- ' "x/Iam onwawtriaiAn nf fVifi T11 rtT vjh yesiwruay, unuci supm noiuu v#* ? *..j Commissioner, the following petit jurors were (drawn, to serve during the second week of the approaching term of the Circuit Court: Jason J. Jones, Bullock's CreeRT John Nance, colored, Bullock's CreekrJ. M. Allison, Cherokeer Ben. Galloway, colored, King's Mountain."1 [ Lawson Howell, King's Mountain^ J. T. Boyd CatawbarRufus M. Barnett, BethelrT. C. Thomasson, Fort Millr" W. H. Cowan, Catawba** David Gordon, Catawbwr* A. K. Sherer, Bullock's Creek*W. A. Jackins, Cherokeer J. L. Doggett, YorkrR. L. A. Smith, Broad Riven* R. N. Plexico, King's Mountain*-' Ella Good, colored, York^' W. J. Jones, Fort MilkJ. S. Chambers, EbenezeriE. G. Feemster, York."*1 R. W. Smith, King's Mountain*-11 B. M. Fewell Catawba*-' Samuel Lowry, Bethesda?-i J. B. Moore, Cherokee.? J. C.Sanders, Bethesda*W. T. Huoy, Bethesdar W. P. Darnell, Fort MilkW. C. Hutchison, Catawba*Georgo J. Steele, Bethesda*T. J. Crawford, King's Mountain#Beauregard Jones, BethehJosephM. Sims Bullock's Creek?D. J. Smith, Broad Riveiw W. J. Anderson, Bethel#D. F. Neely, Catawba/-1 J. Edgar Poag, Bethesdnrr Robert Conrad, Bethesdar"-y^RECENT FIRES. On Saturday night last, on the plantation of Mr. Curtis M. Parrott, six miles north of town, a kitchon in the yard of the residence of Mr. Frank Adams was destroyed by fire. Besides the house thero was also destroyed a number of cooking utensils and some kitchen furniture. The loss is about $100. The fire is supposed to have been accidental. About 4 o'clock last Sunday morning, Mr. J. Leander Parish, who lives two miles north of town, had the misfortune to lose his gin house by llro. There was also burned about twenty bales of cotton, nine of which were ginned and about eleven in the seed, the latter belonging to customers; 1000 bushels cotton seed, a buggy and wagon, the press, the gin, farming implements and some oilier articles. The engine was also slightly damaged. Loss estimated at $1,500. This fire is also supposed to have been accidental. Mr. Parish will put a new gin in operation as soon as possible. CHURCH NOTICES. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Friday evening at 7.30 o'clock ; Saturday morning at 11 and Saturday evening at 7.30. Sacramental service Sunday forenoon. Preaching Sunday evening at 7.30. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. W. G. Neville. Prayer-meeting at the usual hour to-morrow evening. Baptist?Rev. F. G. Hickson, Pastor. Services next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday-school at 9.45 A. M. Prayer-meoting this evening at 7.15. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniol, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. and 7.30 P.M. Sunday-school at 3.30. Prayermeeting this evening at 7.30. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Sundav-school at 3.30 P. M. Episcopal?Rev. Edmund N. Joyner, Rector. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson Pastor. Services at Philadelphia Church next Sunday, at 11 A. M. RAILROAD NOTES. Last Monday was pay-day on the contractors' estimates, tlio disbursements being made at Smith <fc Ripley's office in Charlotte. An old contractor remarked in our presence the other day that the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago payments on work are made more promptly and with less delay than on any new road with which he has been connected. Griffin A Gorton have commenced work in earnest on the deep cut in Latta's field, just south of town and near the intersection with the Chestor and Lenoir Railroad. They aro now moving tho dirt in cars mounted on an iron track, and making perceptible progress on the heaviest part of their contract. Capt. Ramsaur's engineering corps has been ordered to Rutherfordton, N. C., and ho is now perfecting tho location between that town and Marion, the contract for grading and trestling which has been taken by Col. P. P. Dickinson. The citizens of the town of Edgefield have subscribed twonty-fivo hundred dollars to augment the bond subscription voted for the Augusta division. A meeting of the shareholders was held in Charleston last Thursday, the object being the annual election of directors and president. Col. Frank Coxe, of Philadelphia, presided, and Col. R. A. Johnson, of Boston, general manager of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company, was requested to act as secretary in the abscence of Mr. H. K. Baker. The shares represented either in person or by proxy numbered 13,035, the number of shares of record being 21,414. The number of directors being fixed at thirteen for the ensuing year, an election was held and the following gentlemen were chosen: Frank Coxe, Phila delphia, Pa.; Richard Dozier, Georgetown, S. C.; M. C. Butler, Edgefield, S. C.; James D. Blanding, Sumter, S. C.; Henry K. Baker, Springfield Mass.; J. T. Wilder, Chattanooga, Tenn,; P. P. Dickinson, New York city; Peter J. Sinclair, Marion, N. C.; II. D. Lee, Shelby, N. C.; W. L. Roddey, Rock Hill, S. C.; Damon N. Coates, New York city; E. S. Brewster. Hartford, Conn.; Wm. F. Callender, Springfield, Mass. The foregoing directors are all re-elected officers. The directors subsequently met and elected Col. Frank Coke president for the next year. railroad" earnings. The State Board of Railroad Commissioners have issued their statement of the earnings of tho railroads of the State for the month of August last, as compared with the same month last year. From this report the following facts are given; Of twenty-one roads comprised in the tabular statement, sixteen show an increase of ?53,938.45; tho remaining five roads show a decrease of ?(3,752.88?making the net increase ?47,185.57, and the percentage 10.9263. The total passenger earnings for the month are: 1886, ?154,882.70; for 1887, ?164,427.72; increase ?9,554.96. The total freight earnings for the month are : 1886, ?230,848.50; for 1887, ?264,924.05; increase, ?34,075,49. Total average for tho month: 1886, 131,800; for 1887, 144,900, an increase of 13,103 tons. The earnings of the Atlanta and Charlotte Railroad were, for August, 1S8G, ?92,574.27; 1887, ?105,008.18, an increase of ?12,433.91, or 13.43 percent. The earnings of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad were, for August, 1880, ?40,099.58; 1887, ?48,550.30, an increase of ?8,456.78, or 21.69 per cent. The earnings of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad were for August, 1886, ?5,872.05; 1887, ?0,003.34, an increase of ?131.29, or 2.24 per cent. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. ^LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, October 17.?Our town was full of cotton last week. The combination was broken, if there teas one, and the price advanced. In fact, there was no market Erice. There was war around the cotton uyers. "N&iss Lotta Shaw, a daughter, of James Shdw, of Catawba township, died on Saturday last from the effect of a dose of "rough on rats," administered by her own hands. ^JVm. Crawford, a colored man from jBethesda township, lost on the streets of "Rock Hill last Thursday, a pocket book containing about $54. Jeff Massey, aged about 11 years, and John Neel, aged about 17 years, found the pocket book and made use of the greater part of the money. Crawford obtained a warrant from Trial Justice Whyte for the arrest of the boys and they were given a preliminary hearing on Saturday on the charge of larceny. Both were required to give bond for their appearance at the next term of York uourt. \Mr. Theo. Bratton, of Fairfield county, has been, recently ordained a deacon in the Episcopal church, preached at this place yesterday. The quarterly conference of the Bock Hill Circuit, M. E. Church, was held on Saturday last. Bev. 0. A. Darby was present and preached some most effective ssermons. ^rMr. S. M. Fewell exhibited a curiosity to-day in the growth of corn?the shuck containing four well developed ears. ' Hal. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. - ? A party of miners claim to have found "rich deposits of gold in Laurens county. : ? The residence of C. C. Whitesides, a -young farmer of Union, was accidentally destroyed by fire Saturday. r ? Col. J. S. B. Thomson, of Spartanburg, .says the Herald, who has been severely -HI, its able to drive out. -Judge Glenn, the negro who killed John F. Oxner, a white farmer of Newierry, on the 6th instant, has been captured and lodged in jail. Z=~ Samuel Boberts, of Lancaster county, 4vas lowering cotton from a gin house by A windlass, when the handles slipped from -his hand, striking him in the forehead and fracturing his skull. He may die. . ? The municipal campaign in Charles.ton promises to be warm. Major George JD. Bryan and Alderman E. F. Sweegan are the candidates announced for the Dem'ocratic nomination for Mayor. . ? "Cadet" Whittaker, of West Point .fame, who is now practicing law and teaching school at Sumter, was married last "week to a daughter of Moses Harrison, a j?spectable colored citizen of that town. ? On Friday, November 4th, during the fair at Marion, there will be a joint discussion on the Fair grounds between Capt. B. B. Tillman, of Edgefield, and Chancellor W. D. Johnson, of the State Board of Agriculture. ? Mr. J. DeWitt McCall, who has been appointed Superintendant of the Experi mental Station dv me jsouru 01 ture, has been in Darlington several days past making arrangements for the erection of the necessary buildings and the preparation of the grounds. ? Hon. Samuel J. Douthit, Judge of Probate and also Master in Equity in Greenville county, died suddenly last Saturday afternoon at his residence in Greenville. He has been Judge of Probate for the last twenty years and Master ever since the office was created in 1878. ? Mrs. Neill, a lady now living in Darlington county, is drawing a pension as a widow of a soldier who fought in the Revolutionary war. Investigation proves that Mrs. Neill was but twenty years of age when she was married to her husband, who, at that time, was fully eighty. ? A party of six Indians who have been camping on Seneca River for some time, amused a large crowd in Anderson the other day with a game of ball peculiar to themselves. They took up a very good collection before the commencement of the game. This party is composed of an old brave and five young warriors. ? D. R. Reed, colored, was convicted last week in the Court of General Sessions at Sumter, of aggravated assault upon his wife and was remanded to jail to await sentence. He stated that he would die before he would go to the penitentiary, and Wednesday morning his dead body was found hanging by his shirt to the window bars of his cell. ? A terrible accident occurred last week on Cummings' Railroad, in Hampton county. Mr. Mike Mitcham, who was riding on the train, tell on tne traca: ana two flat cars passed over him, breaking both arms and jaw bone and cutting off one ear. He received immediate attention, and it is likely he will recover. Mr. Mitchara was already a cripple, having to use crutches, but, strange to say, he was an expert axeman. ? Afire broke out at Lancaster about 1 o'clock last Saturday morning, which burned up the depot of the Cheraw and Chester Railroad Company and most of the contents of the same, and also about 100 bales of cotton, which had just been placed on the platform of the depot ready for shipment. There were also consumed two warehouses of Heath, Springs & Co., which stood adjacent to the depot, with a large amount of goods and merchandise. There was also a small tenant house stauding near burnt down. The fire originated in the cotton, which was standing on the platform ready for shipment, and when first seen was blazing from a bale. It is not known how the fire got there, but it is supposed to have been accidental. The wind was high, and the fire could not be controlled. Excitement in Virginia.?A dispatch of Sunday from Charleston, \V. Va., gives the particulars of the capture of a band of robbers in Roane county, who were charged with the murder on Thursday night last of Rev. Thomas P. Ryan. After the house was robbed, and the old man shot, the robbers, thirteen in number, compelled the family to send him up stairs and to prepare breakfast for them. On Friday night, officers and citizens ran into the robbers at George DuflPshouse, eight miles from Sissonville, and were warned to keep off by the robbers, who had taken refuge in the house, fitted port holes and made other arrangements for protection. The murderers were fired upon and George Duff, Jr., was killed. Jake Coon was captured and lynched. Five of the officers and citizens were wounded. There are about twenty robbers in tne gang who have been carrying on at a high rate. R. M. Duff, George Drake and Frank Shombling are prisoners and await disposal by the vigilance committee. Coon is the man who killed Rev. Thos P. Ryan and shot five of the vigilance committee. A dispatch of Monday says: There are over six hundred officers and citizens after the murderers of Mr. Ryan. On Friday, George Duff, jr., was killed by the vigilants. Jake Coon, who said he was from the far West, and formerly one of Jesse James' gang, together with Robert Duff, a brother of George Duff, jr., were caught. They were taken to the home of Ryan and identified by the family. Coon was lynched and Duff shot and his throat cut from ear to ear. William Drake, one of the robbers was caught, and confessed that Dan Cunningham, a member of the Eureka detectives, of Charleston, was the instigator of the affair and the balance of the gang carried out his schemes. There is great excitement over the affair. Over three thousand persons attended the funeral of Mr. Ryan on Sunday. mereSention. The trial of the case of youhg I. T. Green, of Sumter, S. C., charged with the burglary of W. J. Yates' residence in Charlotte, N. C., consumed la3t Friday and Saturday in the Criminal Court of that city. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Much public interest centered in tr?!nl Km oi?? m r?r?r?f fKn ofofiifaa mo mat) uuigiaijr uuuoa uuo uiu>bui>vw of North Carolina being a capital offence. After delivering an eloquent reception speech last Saturday at Memphis to President Clevland and his party, Judge Elliot expired suddenly on the speakers' platform. Many of the Louisiana and Mississippi colored people who live in Southern Kansas are cultivating cotton with considerable success. In Chicago, last Sunday, S. \V. Rawson, a wealthy banker, was shot as he emerged from the Third Presbyterian Church bv his stepson William Lee, aged 17. Rawson received five wounds which are regarded as mortal. Alleged abuse of Mrs. Rawson by the step-father is given by the young man as the cause of his act. The Texas cotton crop will be about 7i per cent, less than last year, notwithstanding the increased acreage. An attempt last Friday to rob the express car on the Southern Pacific Railroad, near El Paso, Texas, resulted in the shooting and killing of the two robbers by the express mesenger. The business failures occurring throughout the country in the last week number for the United States 182, Canada 20; total 202, against 212 last week. At last the exact official vote on the prohibition amendment in Tennessee is announced, and it gives 27,693 majority against it. The peanut harvest in Virginia is estimated at 1,000,000 bushels, and nine peanut factories clean and sort the nuts for market. The town elections held in Connecticut last week resulted in a net gain of six towns for the Democrats. The vote in most of the towns was light, but in towns having large centres of population the license question brought out a good vote. There will be a meeting of ex-Confederates and others in Raleigh, N. C., in a few days to consider the establishment, of a homo for North Carolina's disabled and infirm Confederate veterans. Jacksonville, Fla., has declared quarantine against Palatka, one death from yellow fever having occurred at the latter place Friday afternoon. Latham, Alexander & Co's. Cotton Book for the past year, which has just been published, estimates that the crop of the United States for 1887-88 will amount to 6,550,000 bales, as against 6,505,000 bales for 1886-87. Capt. V. Q. Johnson, form, erly of Lincolnton, N. C., but recently a prominent citizen of Charlotte, died at Lincolnton, while on a visit there, last Saturday. Hs funeral occurred at his old home on Sunday afternoon. The extension of the Charlotte and Statesyille Bailroad to Taylorsville, has been completed, and the first train arrived at Taylorsville lastSunday night. Theoldestman in the Piedmont section, perhaps, is Mr. John Fielden, who lives in Laurens county. He was 107 years old last May. A meeting of clergymen of different denominations, to the number of 100, was held on Monday afternoon, in the Calvary Baptist Church, New York, and adoptfed resolutions to urge citizens to defeat any political candidate who will not commit himself to legislation to prevent the sale of liquor on Sunday. D. A. Straker, a South Carolina colored lawyer, who moved to Michigan sometime ago, argued his first case before the Supreme Court of Michigan lsst Thursday. This was the first time that any colored lawyer ever appeared before the Supreme Court of that State. Correspondence of the Yorkyllle Enquirer. RAILROAD NEWS FROM CAMDEN. Camden, October 15.?Track-laying on the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, has been pushed as rapidly as possible during the week just closed, and up to this evening nearly eight miles of rail has been laid. Col. R. A. Johnson, general manager of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company, was here the first of the week in the interest of the work. The County Commissioners of Kershaw, with their attorney and Major Adams, made a tour of inspection of the road bed in this county last Wednesday, and were agreeably surprised to find, with the exception of three miles, the grading ready for the cross ties and rails. Mr. Moore, the patentee of the tracklaying machine, is expected here in a few days, when some improvements will be made and the machine again put to work. H. Park fUprls. yorkville, October 19.?Cotton, 8.65 to 81. ROCK HILL, October 19.?Cotton, 85. LIVERPOOL, October 17.?Cotton quiet and rather easier; uplands, 5id. CHARLESTON, October 17.?Cotton firm ; middling, 9. NEW YORK, October 17.?Cottonauiet and steady ; uplands 9i. Futures closed barely steady, with sales of 142,700 bales, as follows": October, 9.64 to 9.66; November, 9.47; December, 9.45 to 9.46; January, 9.49 to 9.50; February, 9.58; March, 9.65 to 9.66; April, 9.72 to to 9.75; May, 9.80 to 9.81 ; June, 9.87 to 9.88 ; July, 9.93 to 9.95. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, October 14.?The following is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending October 14,1887: 1887. 1886. Receipts at all ports for week...276,304 229,695 Total receipts to this date 1,181,068 781,745 Exports for the week 138,758 137,102 Total exports to date 561,743 362,667 Stock at all U. S. ports 517,884 443,533 stocK in interior towns y&.M'J 74,95o Stock at Liverpool 430,000 316,000 Stock afloat for Great Britain...209,000 180,000 ^YMENEAL. Married?Near Yorkville, on the 12th instant, bv Rev. J. C. Galloway, Mr. JOHN D. LINDSAY and Miss LIZZIE LAUGHRIDGE. All of York county. In Yorkyille, on the 13'?h instant, by Rev. F. C. Hickson, Mr. D. C. CLARK, of York township, and Miss MARY ELLEN, daughter of John G. and Rhoda L. Ferguson, of Yorkville. Y OBITUARY. -Died?At Bryan, Brazos county, Texas, September 13, 1887, of typhoid fever, Mr. WM. M. LINDSAY, formerly of York county, S. C.