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Scraps and darts. ?A special guard has been stationed at the United States consulate in Milan, Italy, owing to the threats made by the anarchists, who have posted placards and distributed hand bills vowing vengeance if the death sentence of the Chicago anarchists was carried out. ? The Charlestown, West Virginia, Daily Star publishes the following: "It is reported in Boone county that the forest fires have caused such unnatural heat in the atmosphere that the trees are budding and putting out new leaves and blossoms. In places where the fires have been raging the thermometer has marked Po degrees." ? A law just enacted in New York provides that from November 1, 1887, floor systems shall be maintained on all bridges, so constructed as to support a derailed locomotive or cars, with guard rails or timbers so constructed as to guide the wheels in case of derailment. Guard rails shall be maintained upon the approaches to all bridges. ? A report has been received in Washington that Professor Cushman, who has had charge of a government exploring ex * * 1 * r*' xl- ? A V?no nr?QQrfVi_ pGQlUOn 1U DUUbIluril^iri<fi>uu{ii) iioo uuvm vaed the ruins of a whole city there and exhumed 2,000 skeletons. The location is about eighty miles northwest of Tucson, near the junction of Salt River with the Gila. ? On April 30, 1789, the wheels of government under the new constitution were first set in motion. The first congress had assembled in New York, and on that day Gen. Washington, the first president, took the oath of office. It has been proposed by the New Yorkers to appropriately celebrate that event on April 30, 1889, and a meeting has been held in New York city to take preliminary action. ? Every man must stand on his own merit in this country. This fact was pretty plainly indicated in the case of Fred. Grant, in New York. Gen. Grant is a popular man at the North, and it was thought that his name and relationship to the candidate for Secretary of State, would secure the latter's election, but the scheme failed. Good-bye to the ticket of Lincoln -?1 ?4. V.OO Hoon nrondrpfl as ttliu VXlttUt, nuiku 11(U uvvu r.vr..._ one likely to create great enthusiasm. ? In 1807 a stalwart young chief of the Askari tribe was captured in Africa and sold as a slave in Virginia. He was named Edmond Montgomery, and was a-valuable man. The other day he died in Schley county, Georgia, aged at least 102 years. He left a third wife and twentyfive children in Georgia, and had two Virginia wives and large families by them. His sight had never failed, and when he died he had never lost a single one of his ivory-like teeth. ? For years Indian arrowheads have been found in such numbers on the shores of Bantam Lake, in Connecticut, that antiquarians thought that a battle must have been fought there once. Recently workers digging there found corroboration of the battle theory in the form of bones of men mingled with rare Indian weapons. Apparently the men had been buried in a sitting posture, and one grave, by its unusually large collection of weapons, indicated that its occupant had been a chief or mighty warrior. ? Intense excitement has prevailed in the coal mines at Pocahontas, Va., for a week, between the colored and Hungarian miners, which, on Friday culminated in a riot. The negroes drove the Hungarians out of the mines and took possession. There were some forty or fifty shots fired during the fight but no lives were lost. Governor Lee ordered three companies of military from Lynchburg to be sent here. They arrived Friday night and now hold possession of the town.* Nine of the ringleaders, five colored and four whites, have been placed in jail. ?| The proposed colonization of all the | Dunkards of the United States in the "Panhandle" section of Texas, is a very large undertaking. The dunkards are a peculiar religious sect, whose chief tenets are a literal belief in the teachings of the Gospel, and an abhorrence of war. During the civil war both sides respected their scruples against fighting, and exempted them from service in the army. A misprint in the Confederate statute on the onWoot mudo ??; nnnwir that "drunkards" wmwjwv ? ~~rr were exempted. This was good news to red-nose men of the South, but their satisfaction was short-lived, as the mistake was soon corrected. Texas is to be congratulated upon securing these honest inf dustrious people. ? A band of over four hundred and fifty / negroes attacked an immigrant family camping out in the count# near Jacksonville, Fla., last Thursday. They shot the father dead and took to the woods with the ?irl8. A rescuing party was at once organized and sent out and the girls recovered before they had been maltreated. The excitement at the outbreak is intense, and the fiendish cruelty of the negroes has had the effect of raising the whites up in arms. The rescuing party, at last advices, were still hunting for the miscreants, and it is probable there will be a wholesale lynching of the offenders if they are caught. The girls are not seriously hurt and are recovering from their fright. ? Ex-State Treasurer Vincent, of Alabama, defaulted and fled the State in January, 1883. He was captured in March of this year, and was tried and convicted on , two indictments for embezzlement in July. He was arraigned last Saturday morning on a third indictment. He made no defence and the jury was instructed if they believed the evidence to bring in a verdict of guilty, which they did and the judge sentenced him to five years in the penitentiary. The State attorney announced that this made an aggregate of 15 years, which they deemed sufficient punishment, in which the government concurred, and they dismissed the remaining thirty-six cases. This ends the matter, as the appeals from the former conItintinnc ha Hicmiwprl. V1VV1VUO to AAA w V??wtu.wv?. ? The following, from the source it comes?the Boston Ilom".-Journal?will be read with interest: "Because the exConfederates are enthusiastic at their reunions is no proof that they are disloyal to the re-united country. Why should not men who fought shoulder to shoulder, and women who lost fathers, husbands, sons, brothers and sweethearts, cheer and honor the tattered ensigns and the old leaders who represent all that was once dear to them in a time of agonizing struggle ? The very fact of their demonstrations prove them to be men and women with nearts and souls as God made them, and not graceless automata that cannot reverence the dead, or hold as sacred the sacrifices of that cruelly misguided time." ?The November report of the Department of Agriculture, published at Washington last Thursday, shows that the picking of cotton has progressed rapidly and the harvest is already closed, except in soils which have resisted the adverse influences of the season. The October condition indicated a yield per acre three or four percent, less than last year, with nearly one per cent, increase of area, lteturns of yield in fractions of a bale are less than last year, in about the same ratio, while the original returns of yield per acre in pounds are nearly the same as those of last November. The result in fractions of a halo indicate a croo 6,300,000 bales on an acreage of about 18,640,000, or 33-100 of a bale per acre. The rate by States is as follows: Virginia 32-100; South Carolina, 36-100; Florida,26-100; Mississippi, 38-100; Texas, 33-100; Tennessee, 31-100; North i Carolina, 37-100; Georgia, 29-100; Ala- j bama, 28-100; Louisiana, 43-100; Arkansas, 38-100. ? The Farmers' Congress, after three days' session at Chicago, adjourned last Saturday afternoon to meet in Topeka, Kansas, on the second Wednesday in November, 1888. Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio, chairman of the committee on resolutions, presented a majority report in favor of increasing the tariff on wool, and Mr. Kalb, of Alabama, presented a minority report protesting against the introduction of politics into the congress. After a long discussion on the tariff question, a motion of Mr. Burns, of Alabama, to recommit was lost and the minority report rejected. The majority report, putting the congress on record as favoring a high tariff, was then adopted by a vote of 180 to 1">0. Colonel Kalb, of Alabama, was elected President for the next two years and Hugh McElderry, of Alabama, was elected Assistant Secretary. A vote of thanks was tendered Dr. Lupton, of Alabama, tor his admirable address on the "Science of Agriculture." Among the other proceedings was a vote of thanks to Colonel Beverly, of Virginia, and his election as the only honorary member for life. The utmost good feeling prevailed, and although Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio, predicted the election of Sherman, the cheers of applause that followed Burns, of Alabama, as he pictured the reinauguration of Cleveland, showed that the political opinions of the members were pretty well divided. Ihr f orferillc (frnquim'. YORKVILLE, S. C. : WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16,1887. THE PATE OP THE ANARCHISTS. On Friday last occurred at Chicago one of the inost notable legal executions known in the criminal annals of the United States, it being the execution of the death sentence on four of the condemned Anarchists, A. G. Parsons, August Spies, Adolph Fischer and George Engel. Of the remaining three of the seven condemned men, the sentences of Schwab and Fielden were commuted to life imprisonment, and on Thursday morning Louis Lingg, the most desperate man of the seven, and the manufacturer of the bombs that were used at the Haymarket riot, committed suicide by means of a fulminating case which he exploded in his mouth. He exploded the case at 9 o'clock in the morning and died at 2.50 P. M., from a shocking wound, half his head being torn away by the explosion. He had the case in his mouth and lit it with a candle which was burning in his cell. The explosion was the fiist warning that the jail people had?the guard seeing him with a candle in his hand supposing that he was lighting a cigar. Immediately after the explosion, a deputy J 5 ? * ? T ! ??moo nnm _ rusneu juio 3 ucn, nuun n?g w< pletely enveloped in smoke. There he round the young Anarchist lying on his back, with great holes in his head, from which blood was rushing in torrents. He was at once carried into the jail office and placed on a table. He was still breathing faintly, and while Dr. Gray was examining him he coughed slightly and blood flowed forth again from his terrible wounds and from his mouth and nose. An examination of his cell revealed the shell of a fulminating case. The Sheriff said there had undoubtedly been dynamite in it. The supposition that the man put the shell in his mouth and deliberately applied the candle flame is undoubtedly correct. The explosion was terrific. It startled the officials, who thought it was a bomb, the noise was so great. The shell was so small as to have allowed the smuggling of it in the jail without trouble. The little agent which had served Linggto accomplish his terrible work was a small fulminating cap, a little over an inch long. It had been filled with fulminate of mercury, and the small fuse which is usually attached to these instruments of death had been touched off by Lingg at the time the guard thought he was lighting a cigar. When Lingg committed the deed he was lying on his cot. After the affair, when his cell was searched, another candle was found. At the top of it, barely concealed by the ends of the wick, a second fulminating cap was found; so it is supposed that Lingg's suicide was committed with one similarly hidden. The candles were furnished by the jail, so that the caps must have been put in by Lingg himself. Immediately on receiving official notice from the Governor of the commutation of the sentences of Schwab and Fielden, Sheriff Matson forwarded them to the pen-1 itentiary at Joliet, preferring to rid the , jail of their presence before the execution. , THE EXECUTION. Thursday night was passed quietly by the four doomed men, all of whom are reported to have slept soundly until 7 in the morning, when Engel awoke, and within the next ten minutes his three companions opened their eyes. They all refused the offer of spiritual consolation, and spent the morning either in conversation or writing letters to relatives, which were placed in tne care 01 me janur. At just 11.53 A. M., a single white shrouded figure, above which was a face of yellowish pallor?the face of August Spies ?passed the first post of the gallows. The gaping crowd ten feet below half rose involuntarily from their chairs at the first glimpse of the apparition advancing across the scaffold. Spies looked calm and glanced at the reporters with a trace of his oldtime cynical smile. He walked firmly over the drop, guided by the grasp of a deputy, to the furthest edge of the gallows. Following close came Fischer, close enough to touch Spies' shroud, .had his hand not been pinioned under the white muslin. Fischer's countenance had a peculiar glisten, totally unlike the ashiness of Engel's heavy features, and in strange contrast with the d^nd lack of color in the pinched lineaments of Parsons. The once jaunty, valorous Texan came last, a withered old man. He had aged twenty years since the day, scarce twelve months before, when he tripped lightly into the court before Judge Gary and flippantly declared that he was ready to be tried at once for his life. The moment his feet touched the scaffold, Parsons seemed to completely lose his identity and to feel that his spirit was no longer part of his body. lie had wrought himself up to an ecstacy of calm self glorification. Only he, the one American, seemed to realize fully that he must die in a manner to impress, if possible, on all future generations the thought that he was a mur Vn trof,Qflion fhof hna nnr'pd the IJi. ViU^VUlUU Vl?t*w J/"VVV. ?..? stage in America ever made a more marvelous presentation of a self-chosen part, perfect in every detail. The upward turn of his eyes, his distant, far-away look, and above all an attitude of apparent complete resignation that every fold of the awkward shroud only served to make more distinct, was by far the most striking feature of the entire gallows picture. The squat form of Engel alongside, with his stupid, widejawed face, made a hideous contrast to Parsons' assumption of the halo of a martyr. Fischer was a head and shoulders taller than the other three, making his occasional looks of too evident bravado more noticeable than they might otherwise be, and at a sorry disadvantage compared with the coolness of Spies. The latter's exhibition of quiet, thorough nerve, far surpassed, as a wonder, the demeanor of any of his comrades. THE FINAL PREPARATIONS. The four deputies standing to the rear of the condemned men began without delay to adjust the ropes, Spies' noose being the one first placed. lie did not appear to regard it of any more consequence than a new linen collar. The knot was slipped down the cord close against his neck. Spies did not show a tremor, but when the same process was being carried out with Fischer, he turned and quietly whispered to the bailiff some suggestions concerning the rope. Fischer's occasional ardor was quite noticeably less when he felt the hempen i cfrnnrl nnrl T<"!ntrpl hit, liis under lin hard when hi9 turn came. Just then Dr. Murphy, a young physician, whispered a joke at Engei'sear. Incredible as it may seem, the low-browed Anarchist laughed outright, with the rope around his neck and while another was being fastened on Parsons by his side. But the grotesque laugh stopped in a single instant, and Parsons, meekly as a saint, turned his eyes upward at the dangling line above him. Before the four Anarchists had an inkling of what was to be done, the white caps were deftly slipped upon their heads and drawn quickly down to their necks, shutting off the view of each as complete ly and with less warning than does the camera cloth of the photographer. LAST WORDS OF THE CONDEMNED MEN. August Spies was the first of the four doomed men to make use of his wits while he could. In a tone of intense bitterness of spirit, he, the man who wrote the infamous revenge circular, hissed out between his tightly clenched teeth, "There will come a time when our silence will be more powerful than the voices they are strangling to death." The last syllable of Spies' concluding words, hoarse with suppressed passion, had not reached the end when Engel, raisincr hia vnipp wiidlv rried. "Hurrah for ...fe ..... .,..vv J , Anarchy!" Fischer caught the fire of utterance, and still more loudly.exclaimed, "Hurrah for Anarchy!" adding, "This is the happiest moment of my life." There was a silence like the grave, broken abruptly by the slow, measured intonation of "Parsons, like a white robed priest before the altar of sacrifice. Not as a dying request, but rather like a command or a warning, he sounded forth, "May I be allowed to speak?" Then, with slow entreaty, came, "Will you let me speak, Sheriff Matson ?" There was another agonizing pause. Muffled through the shroud, broke in unnatural hollow accents: "Let the voice of the people be heard!" THE LAST ACT. A crash as of a falling house thundered through the corridors ; the slender ropes were taut. In full view of 200 men in front were four writhing shrouds. The ropes could be seen slowly tightening about the necks that, between the cap and the shroud, could be noticed blackening and purpling. Nineminutespassed. Then it was known to a certainty that not a neck had been broken. The four Haymarket murderers had been literally throttled and strangled by the law which they had defied. Fischer died very hard, as did also Spies. Parsons also struggled and kicked fearful ly. The pulses of all four stopped beating in 13* minutes. AFTER THE EXECUTION. The funeral procession of the Anarchists hanged on Friday, began to move from the undertaker's between 1 and 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. It was headed by Chief Marshall Hopp, with two aides and a band of musicians in the uniform of the German array. Im mediately afterwards came members of the defence committee, headed by George A. Schilling, who carried in his hands a floral tribute. Following them marched, eight abreast, nearly two hundred members of the Aurora Turnverein, of which August Spies was a member. The whole society was not out, as many members are not in sympathy with Anarchy. Four hundred of the Vorwartz Turner Society came next, wearing red badges on the left breast. This branch of turners is more strongly tinctured with Socialism than any in the city. One hundred of the Fortschritt branch came next, and then followed a hearse bearing the body of August Spies. The top of the hearse was so covered with floral tributes that nothing else cbuld be seen. Inside was a richly covered Casket, over the black broadcloth of which was thrown a sash of red silk. Then another band wheeled into Lake street playing a dirge, followed by many hundred members of the Central Labor Union, which comprises some ot the most extreme Socialists in the city ; next came a hearse in which lay the coffin of Adolph Fischer. It also was decorated with flowers, but not so Drofusely as that of Spies. Next came a "hearse "containing the remains of Parsons. On the box by the driver sat a man holding in his hands a floral emblem of such immense size that the inscription of flowers, "From K. of L., Assembly No. 1,307," could be seen a hundred feet away. This is the Assembly to which Parsons belonged until it was expelled from the Order on account of its adherence to the cause of Anarchy. Across Parson's coffin was thrown a simple strip of red silk ribbon. Then came another cohort of the Central Labor Union, composed of representatives of all sorts of trades. Behind these were the hearses of Engle and Lingg, over whose black coffins were the red banners under which the men had fought. Several floral pieces were carried behind. The hearses were followed by carriages containing relatives of the dead men and by various labor organizations and great numbers of men women and children on foot. A funeral oration, laudatory of the men and the cause in which they gave up their lives, was delivered by Capt. Black, and after other short speeches, the coffins of the five anarchists were deposited in the vault. lingg's bombs. On Saturday Schwab was visited in the Joliet penitentiary by an acquaintance. In the conversation that ensued, Schwab said to the acquaintance: "Lingg was the | scalawag who did it all. Spies would not J have been executed if the bombs had not I been found in Lingg's cell. Why that miserable rat asked for pencil and paper to write some deviltry on only five min1 utes before he died. It's a mystery to me how he managed to conceal that fulminating cap about him with which he t took his life." Being asked in German what he thought Lingg intended to do i ? .xl xl - , l... o-l k ??T tl, Jnlr I Willi MltJ UULIJ US, OVI1 W?U 1CJJ11CU JL uuun he was going to explode them among the jail officials and others who should be | present at the execution, and murder as ! many as he could, regardless of the con; sequences to himself. The actions of this wretch were what prevented the commu| tation of the sentence of poor Spies. I don't think the police or jail officials had anything to do with the bombs found in J Lingg's cell, and don't know how he obtained possession of them." And thus ended the lives of four men, a full history of whose crimes we print on the first page of this paper. Cleveland and the Tariff.?A [ Washington letter of Saturday says : The President, in his forthcoming message to Congress, will dwell with considerable emphasis upon a proposition to reduce the tariff upon a practical basis. He will urge upon Congress the necessity of lightening the burdens now imposed upon the people by the high rate of taxation, and reducing the accumulations of gold and silver in the treasury. To accomplish this end it will be necessary for the majority in the House to come to an amicable understanding upon this great question, and such an understanding can only be reached by mutual concessions from those who entertain opposite views on the subject of tariff reform. It will not be necessary to go into a wholesale reduction on every article known to trade, but by beginning on the necessaries of life and inaugurating a conservative system for lowering the duties thereon, the people, without regard to party, will recognize the efforts as being made in good faith and for the general welfare of all concerned. Certain interests may, in a measure, be effected by the proposed reduction, but nothing in this direction can be accomplished unless both sides are prepared to yield one way or the other. It is fair to presume that the Republicans in Congress will vote as they did last winter, when an effort was made to take up the Morrison tariff bill. Their leaders are shrewd enough to observe and admit quietly that the time is at hand for a modification of the tariff laws. The Democratic party in the House have the opportunity to place their political opponents on the defensive by forcing a moderate and conservative tariff bill upon the Republican Senate. Should the latter take it up and pass it, the Democrats would get the credit for having originated the measure, and on the other hand, should the Senate reject it, what a grand battle cry the Democratic party would have in the next national contest. Condition of tiie Army.?1The annual report of Inspector-General Baird of the ! army, states that the army is in excellent condition. The conduct of officers and men is commended. The clothing and supplies of the past year have been up to a high standard. The work of the inspection corps requires that the number of officers be increased. The army post schools are said to have proved of little good, and the practice of detailing army officers to duty as instructors at schools is deemed inadvisable. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Thurber, Whyland <fc Co., New York-A Card. R. E. Gulhrie?Executor's Sale. , Withers Adickos?Wbat Keeps Us Poor? Jno. C. Ivuykendal?Ready with More Reasons. Lowry -* Sta r?A First-Class Family Drug Store. May & May, Druggists?Hard Rubber Goods, i T. M. Dobson <fc Co.?Just Risk One Eye on This Hero Thing. Lindsay & Moore?This is a Weighty Matter. S. A. McElwee?Poultry Wanted. Rose <fc Sherrar?Dissolution. M. C. Willis?Gentlemen. Dog Lost by Jno. F. Jones, of Black's, who . will pay a liberal reward for same. W. E. Rose?For Rent or Sale. UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1888. The Enquirer will be furnished from this date until January 1st, 1888, for 35 cents. T^auge hawks. " ? t t> I ? r .... l.of hn hna va_ .tur. i\. <i. Dairy uuuruia uo tnut centlj' killed two large bawks, one measuring 4 feet and theother*4 feet and 3 inehes from tip to tip. --^EATH OP*A CHILD. On Thursday night the infant child of Green II. Sarratt died at the Owen House, where Mrs. Sarratt had been boarding for several days preceding and during the recent trial of her husband. THE COTTON MARKET. There was quite an excitement in the cotton market last Friday, and at Yorkville several bales changed hands at 10 cents. The price here now is above the quotations of any of the neighboring markets. THE TELEGRAPH. Mr. H. H. Bqtpd; telegraph manager 'and agent of the tlfiwer iJftd Lenoir Railroad here, has extended the telegraph wire from the depot to his room in the hotel, where he will receive dispatchos after night. DIED AMONG STRANGERS. MtTj. D. Matbeson, of London, Ontario, died at the boarding house of Mrs. Charlotte J. Robertson, in this place, on Friday morning last. He came here several months ago, an invalid, hoping to benefit his failing health by a residence in our genial southern clime; but his health was too far gone. He had the benefit of skillful physicians and attontive nurses, and though among strangers his dying pillow was smoothed by sympathising hands. His body was shipped to his relatives by express on Friday evening. RAILROAD NOTES. Our information as to the contractor forbuilding the bridge across Catawba River, published two or three weeks ago, was incorrect. The contract was awarded to Mr. Thomas Hardiman, favorably known as a bridge contractor on the work between Black's and Rutherford ton. Messrs. Smith <fc Lathrop haye moved from Mr. John A. Byers', where they have been boarding since they commenced work, and gone in camp three miles tins side of Mr. Byers' residence. This would indicate that they are moving on Yorkville, and we learn they have a heavy force. Our Camden correspondent writes under date of Monday: "The track force now have the first ten miles nearly all surfaced, and expect to commence laying iron again in a few days, as Maj. Adams has another mile ready for the rails, and has also a large force on tho heavy work at Granuiss Quarter Creek." Mr. W. A. Jackins, sub-contractor for Mr. W. E. Gorton, has completed his contract of two miles, the eastern end of which intersects Smith & Lathrop's work. Mr. Jackins has completed his work in a satisfactory manner, as we are informed, and has now undertaken three miles under Mr. C. R. Kinsley, who has the first eight miles out from Black's. CHTJRCH" NOTICES. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services conducted next Sunday by Rev. R. A. Ross, D. D., at 10.30 A. M., and 7 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Baptist?Rev. F. C. Hickson, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M., atUnion, and at 7 P. M., inYorkville. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rtffr. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniol, Pastor. Rev. A. J. Cauthen, P. E., will preach next Sunday at 11 o'clock A. M. and at 7 P. M. Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered during morning services. Sundayschool at 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7 o'clock. Aing's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor. Services at King's Mountain Chapel next Saturday and Sunday. During this meeting the fourth quarterly conference will be held, at which Rev. A. J. Cauthen, Presiding Elder, will be present. Episcopal?Rev. Edmund N. Joyner, Rector. Services at 11 A. M. and 4.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. VTHE STATE FAIR. The State Fair, hold in Columbia last week, was the most successful of any held for years. The attendance from all sections of the State 1??? ?l? i r\ f Vin 1 \ Knrol 5f.v WlUj mrgur, W1J1CI1 is* aunwutou lu vuv nwuiuwyJ oftho railroads rather than to any management to that end by the officers of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society. Col. James B. Humbert, of Laurens, was elected President for the ensuing year, and of the Vice-Presidents lion. B. II. Massey, of York, was elected from the Fifth Congressional district. Among the successful exhibitors of stock was Mr. T. M. Whitaker, of Yorkville, who received first premium on his three-years old stallion Congaree, and a two-years old filly. Mr. Wliitaker's horses also won several races. The Old Farmer-Settlers' Convention was one of the interesting features of the fair. York was represented in this meeting by Col. Joel W. Kawlinsou, of Rock Hill. Chancellor Johnson, of Marion, was called to the chair, and J. W. Henry was made Secretary of the meeting. Col. J. P. Thomas was called upon to address the Association. His address was confined to the history of agricultural societies in South Carolina from 1785 to the present time. After his address, reports as to the status of agriculture in the various counties were made. No permanent organization of the Association was formed, the proposition being maintained that the meeting of those present was called only by invitation. COURT PROCEEDINGS. The trial of Green B. Sarratt and Logan Gibson, who on Thursday, the 3rd, were arraigned on six indictments charging thom with arson, one charging 1 hem with grand larceny and one charging them with conspiracy, was not concluded until the following Thursday, on which day, at 4 P. M. the jury retired, returning to the court-room thirteen minutes later with a verdict of not guilty as to either indictment. This ....... *l,/? t,.!ol L-rnwn in t.hfi annals of ? bUU lUII^QOU bllUi .. .. __ York county criminal proceedings. Over one hundred witnesses testified, and the testimony, if written out for publication, would make at least sixty columns of tho Enquirer in the smallest size type we use. A condensation of it even would bo impracticable. The indictments were based upon statements of W. J. Carpenter, alleging confessions by tho defendants to him in addition to facts which he claimed to know of his own knowledge. Tho efforts of tho defence were directed mainly to contradicting and discrediting Carpenter's statements. The defence was ably conducted by Maj. J. F. Hart, Wilson & Wilson and J. C. Jeffries, and Solicitor McDonald, in conducting tho prosecution, had no less able assistance in Judge Melton and X. W. Hardin. After the rendering of the verdict, John Sarratt, a brothof Green, swore out a warrant charging W. J. Carpenter, the principal witness for tho prosecution, with perjury. Carpenter waived a preliminary examination and gave bond for : his appearance at tho next term of Court. Friday and part of Saturday were occupied in the trial of William Lowry, Bony Lowry, George Henry Lowry and Violet Bratton, all colored, charged with arson, in the burning of a tenement house on the promises of Mrs. Kate Williamson in tho southern part of this county, on the night of tho 14tli of August last. Solicitor McDonald was assisted in tho prosecution by Messrs. D. E. Finley and James B. Bell. The prisoners were defended by Messrs. Wilson A Wilson. Tho verdict of the jury was William Lowry and Bony Lowry not guilty. . George Henry Lowry and Violet Bratton j guilty, with recommendation for mercy. Col.-J Wilson gave notice of motion for a now trial, which motion was argued Monday. The ino\ tion was granted as to George Henry Lowry, ' ] but refused as to Violet Bratton, who was sen- i tenced to the penitentiary for ten years. Yes- ( terday morning Violet made a sworn coufes- ( sion, implicating herself and Anderson Byers f and Joshua Hill, colored, as the guilty parties. 5 t A warrant was immediately issued for their ! j arrest, and yesterday they were lodged in jail \ 1 to await a preliminary examination. 1 John Hart, colored, who pleadjd guilty of 'c< assault and battery with intent to kill, was j sentenced to the penitentiary for eighteen . months. Thus ended the Sessions business. ^ In the Court of Common Pleas ono jury caso was heard Saturday afternoon and the ] jurors for tbe second week of the term were ] discharged. , The preseut week has been devoted to the ] hearing of causes not requiring the interven- f tion of a jury. , In the case of Fayssoux vs. Gaston ct Dover, ] brought to recover on "memorandum tickets" t isued by the defendants to their employes on railroad work, the Court reversed the judg- ( uient of the Trial Justice, deciding in favor of 1 the defendants. < In the injunction proceedings against the ^ Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company, involving the right of way through 1 the lands of tho White estate at Rock Hill, the ^ Judge rendered no decision on tho motion, ' but on tho merits of the proceedings ho decid- ( ed that the notice given by the Railroad Company was not sufficient and that the petition should have been against the White heirs separately. The Court will probably adjourn to day. ] Correspondence of the YorkvIIle Enquirer. LETTER FORM ATLANTA. \ Atlanta, Ga., November 14.?In this city the prohibition campaign is tho all-absorbing , topic of the hour. In the churches, in the count- i ing rooms, in the hotels, in the work shops, , on tho street corners, and in short, "wherever two or three are gathered together," it is tho ! nnhiftct of the most earnest and animated dis- I mission. Staunch business men, who havo ; never before been known to take part in "political" movements, have left their places of j business in charge of clerks and gone to work with the determination of burying the liquor question so deep that it can never again j be resurrected. At a recent meeting of a pro- J hibition club, one of tho wealthiest men in 1 Georgia, statedjthat two years ago he voted i for prohibition simply because his conscience ( would not allow him to vote against it. Ilethen considered the moral benefits it was likely to . confer as of more importance than business* in- J terests ; but now, while he has not been disap- ' Eointed in the moral improvement of the city, ] e was giving his time and money to the work because he did not know of another in- < vestment likely to secure a surer return. This ( man probably owns more tenement houses and more stocks in all kinds of manufacturing enterprises, than any other person in Georgia. As stated above, the whole population is aroused. Each individual wears a badge indi- < eating his or her standing on tho question. 1 Eveu to the casual observer, this mark, how- j ever, is superficial, for while a blue badge is 1 not necessarily a sign of respectabilty, respecta- ( bility is necessarily marked with a blue badge. ' Nine out of ten of all the ladies one meets on the streets are wearing the blue ribbon with ( tho words "For Prohibition" printed thereon. 1 The Antis have a badge also. It is a broad \ red ribbon. On some of them tho word "Liberty" is printed, and on others the word "Whisky" is emblazoned in letters of gold. These two words, which they conceive to be 1 synonymous, have been the watchwords of tho ' party 'during the campaign. These badges are worn almost exclusively by the lower class ; of negroes. As many as lifty white people have not yet manifested (moral?) courage enough to wear them. The white leaders themselves won't do it! Tho better and more iniiuential class of the colored peoplo (nearly half of the entire portion of that population) are wearing the blue ribbon. The wonderful oratory, the beautiful ( rhetoric and the faultless logic of a number of , colored speakers who havo championed the cause of prohibition, is simply amazing. There ; is no question of the fact that they have deduced as convincing and unanswerable arguments, * and originated and uttered as loftv sentiments, as have been expressed during the campaign. To make a long story short, Judge Hillyer, the general chairman of the prohibition move- : ment, and who is known and feared by even the Antis themselves as ono of the most cautious and prudent canvassers in the State of Georgia, recently stated to the executive committee of the Young Men's Prohibition Club: "If you will continue to do your duty as thoroughly up to the 2Gth of November,as 3*ou have done heretofore, and I know you will, we will carry this election by a minimum of S00 or a maximum of 1,500 majority." Dr. Hawthorne, who has just finished stump- ! ing the county for prohibition, said in refer- l ence to an adverse report circulated by the < Antis: "Unless I am the biggest fool in the world, or the people of Fulton county are the ( biggest liars in the world, they will give us a much larger majority this time than they did before." Mr. Grady is to make another speech on the subject before the campaign closes. His last i speech had a more decided effect upon the , campaign than any other inlluenco which has , yet been brought to bear. It strengthened and enthused the "Prohis" beyond calculation, while it threw a damper on the "Antis" from ! which it is impossible for them to recover. With reference to Mr. Grady and his connection with a campaign in this State, it can well be said that, "Where Grady is, there is success also." The "Antis" are receiving large amounts of , money from the whisky interests all over the country, and while the people of Atlanta fully 1 realize the fact that they are fighting the combined whisky influence of the whole United j States, they aro fully determined, and confi- < dently expect to "get there." w. n. o. I Correspondence of tbe Yorkville Enquirer. j LETTER .PROM PORT MILL. Fokt Mill, November 14.?The State Fair has ended, the visitors have left our , beautiful capital, and premiums have been awarded. 01 the last Mr. B. D. Springs, < of this place, realized his expectations as to three sheep and a cow. His fowls did , not command premiums. Ye scribe has ' not been informed as to the other premi- ( urns. Much complaint has been made here against the railroad. The excursion train only ran from? Itock Hill, whereby our , people were deprived of going and returning the same day. , The authorities would not even allow , the excursion train to halt at Rock Hill , until Dassengers could get off the freight train from this place and get on the excur- : sion train; but compelled the excursion ' train to pull out from Rock Hill as the j freight pulled in. Thus many of our citi- , zens were deprived of anticipated pleasure. ( Only a few minutes more would have } been required to run the excursion from ( this place, or to receive passengers from the freight train at Rock Hill. Such is the state of things as represented to your ( correspondent. ( A view of the factory shows that the j boiler has been incased, and a bed is built ( to receive the engine. The former is a ? sectional boiler?such as is seldom seen in j this country?of seventy-five horse power. The engine is of the Corlis make and of fifty two horse power. The roofs are ( about ready to receive the tin, and work j seems to progress satisfactorily to the company. Last week Mr. Samuel Robinson brought j in a sweet potato weighing full four and , a half pounds, measuring twenty-one ? inches around lengthwise, and seventeen < the other way, and as smooth as a melon. It is a beauty and was raised near Six- f Mile Creek in Lancaster county. I have ) seen a few larger potatoes, but not so j smooth and fair; though a dozen potatoes ] to a bushel are not often counted. The weather is again threatening. j Axox. ( Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. y LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. c Rock ITill, November 15.?The whis- ? ky question is still talked of in our town, c A petition in the following words has been r oorripri arnunO t.hp town for signatures: r "We the undersigned respectfully peti- 1 tion the Legislature of South Carolina to 2 abolish the sale of liquors in the drug stores t of Rock Hil, to take effect January 15, 1888." The petition has been signed by two c druggists and two physicians. I learn 1 that the petition was gotten up at the re- t quest of the lodge of Good Templarfe at this I place. It is likely that a counter petition i will be circulated. t A large number of our citizens attended s the State Fair held in Columbia last week, c and all report that it was the largest gath- e ering they had seen and a better display ( than at any previous fair. fc -/-Messrs. Kimbrell & Heath, of our town, j sold to the Columbia fire department their 1 handsome pair of iron grey horses for $525. 1 Mr. JamesM. Williford, of Santuc, while 1 in the store of W. L. Roddey & Co., on last 1 Friday, discovered a little negro boy s'tealng shot from the firm's shot box, and at >nce arrested him and turned him over to >ne of the members of the firm, who sent 'or the boy's father, who agreed that if he boy was not prosecuted he would take lim into the cellar of Capt. Roddey's store, n the presence of Capt. Roddey, and adninister thirty-nine lashes, which was igreed to. Capt. Roddey informs me that ifter he had received thirty-seven lashes j le was satisfied, and asked that the boy ! >e released. The old law was forty lashes ! lave one; but Capt. Roddey's code would j leem to justify the saving of two. On yesterday morning, the brick ware- j louse of R. T. Fewell & Co. was entered ! )y burglars by taking out brick from the vail of the building. As soon as the burgary was discovered, a nartv set out to try ;o discover the perpetrators. Ike Stowe, lim Miller, Amos Mcllwaine and John Byers, all colored, were arrested and after i preliminary examination to-day before rrial Justice Whyte, they were bound )ver in a bond of $600 each for their apaearance at the next term of the Sessions Jourt. The value of the articles taken rrom the store will probably reach $150. An order for $150, drawn on the town ;reasurer by Intendant Hutchison, to pay ;he detective recently employed to work jp the whisky cases, by order of thecounlil was not honored. Hal. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, November 14.?A large number of persons from our town and county visited the State Fair at Columbia last week. Chester was also well represented it the State Fair in the number and charicter of its exhibits. Intelligence was received here Wedneslay that Mr. S. M. Jones' magnificent tiorse, and Mr. R. E. Ellison's fine horse, while being driven by Mr. Ellison, ran iway with the buggy and injured themselves so seriously that it would be necessary to kill them. Last Wednesday was a lively day in business circles. The unexpected rise in cotton led to the sale of a considerable quantity of the staple. Farmers were delighted at getting 0.25. It enabled them to increse considerably the number of their purchases. It is estimated that about one-third of the cofton crop of this county is still unsold. There are some farmers in our county who have not yet 3old a bale; they are waiting for higher prices. A prominent merchant informs me that collections were never better. As a result .,1 U ? Anl.. +V./-1 JI j^uuu urups mrujeis 1 lave nut UUIJ mo ability, but the inclination to pay their bills. A meeting of the Farmers' Association of Chester County was held on sales-day, with Jesse H. Hardin in the chair. At the close of the reading of the minutes of the last meeting, the committee on the constitution and by-laws made their report,which was adopted. Some opposition was expressed to that section of the constitution providing for a monthly meeting of the association, but it was adopted after thorough discussion. Some discussion arose upon the by-law providing for the raising of funds by voluntary contributions. There were those who objected to this plan on the ground of its uncertainty. They favored an admittance fee and an annual fee in order to raise the money required to meet the requirements of the association. The majority, however, supported the by-law as reported by the committee. The association then proceeded to the election of delegates to the State Farmers' Convention. On motion of Col. \V. R. Davie, each member was allowed the privilege of writing his ballot for any five delegates he chose to select. The following were elected in the order named: C. W. McFadden, Jesse H. Hardin, R. T. Mock bee, E. P. Moore and Alexander Wise. As some of these gentlemen announced their inability to attend the Convention, on motion of Dr. J. M. McCollum, the next five who received the highest number of votes were declared alternates. They were: Grandison Williams, J. II. Smith, W. G. Austin, W. B. Robinson and Dr. J. M. McCollum. There was but little property sold on 3ales-day. The Clerk of the Court sold some land which was bid off by an interested party at a low figure. A lot at Blackstock's occasioned some spirited bidding, bringing more than its real value. Our town will observe as arbor day the third Friday of this month. Prof. Green, who takes great interest in the matter, states that he will set out a large number i)i pecan irees. xie naa uu uuuui tu men growing and flourishing in our soil. He hopes that the entire State will soon observe a day as arbor day. M. Correspondence of the Yorkvlllc Enquirer. NOTES FROM WESTERN YORK. Hoodtown, November 14.?A great many farmers still have doubts as to whether or not the remainder of the cotton crop will open. If it don't open there will be i large number of long-faced merchants, as well as farmers. The sudden and unexpected adyance in the price of the "fleecy staple", caused a general rush to market, as it was thought the rise would be short lived. The advance came too late for the majority of our farmers, as they had already disposed of the bulk of their crops; but for the few who were not forced to sell, ft will be a "bonanza." But little wheat has been sown as yet, and it will be some time before the crop is sown, owing to the backwardness of cotton in opening. Wild ducks seem to be plentiful on Bullock's Creek. Mr. J. S. Hood killed three last week and several others in quest of sjame were equally successful. Messrs. Good & Plexico, while moving their saw mill one day recently, met with an accident by which a mule belonging to Mr. W. L. Plexico came near being killed. While crossing the bridge over Bullock's Creek, near this place, a plank ?ave way letting the mule's legs through the floor. The Commissioners should see to it that the bridge is repaired at an aarly day. They should also have the road near the bridge macadamized or otherwise repaired, as it is almost impassable. Bev. G. M. Webb preached at Shiloh Baptish Church last Sunday. He tendered his resignation as pastor of the church md it was accepted. He earnestly urged the members to continue their efforts to complete their new church building, assuring them that they would get aid from sister churches within the bounds of the Association. I have been informed that the members )f Shiloh will call Rev. J. B. Covington oni. thnm novt vpur "R A MUT/EK. LU \ \J luuiu *_? v-k. w j v??. ..... ... Ex-Confederate Surgeons.?In Coumbia, on Thursday last, an association vas formed of the surviving ex-Confederite surgeons of South Carolina. Thirty iurgeons enrolled their names as members. The following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: President, A. ST. Talley; Vice-Presidents, S. Pope, M. Michel and Walter Hill; Secretary, J. II. liratton. The name adopted for the organization s the South Carolina Association of Medi:al Survivors of the Army and Navy of :he Confederate States. The annual meetng will be held in Columbia on the Thurslay of Fair week. The objects of the Association are to bring the members into :loser and more enduring relations, and to ifford aid and comfort to such as need it. Che descendants of the present members vill have the right to join the organization, which will resemble the Society of ho nninnafi The Wallace House.?Owing to the letention of Judge Wallace at York Court, le could not attend the annual reunion of he Wallace Plouse Association in Colum)ia last Wednesday night. At this meetng Judge Wallace was to have read a hisory of the Wallace House, including the itirring scenes that brought it into exist;nce. The only regularly appointed speakir present was Mr. John S. Verner, of Oconee. His subject was the progress of south Carolina since the dark days of 1S7G. ifter Mr. Verner's address calls were pade for Senator Butler, who, on short lotice and with very little time for prepa ation, delivered an ablo and interesting iddress on State and national topics. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Judge Pressly is much improved in health and is presiding this week at Greenville. ? Governor Richardson has issued a proclamation appointing Thursday, 24th instant, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. ? Rev. W. M. Grier, D. D., has been chosen by the synod of the A. R. P. church, as a delegate to the Pan Presbyterian council which meets in London next June. ? The next meeting of the State convention of Baptists in South Carolina will be held in Sumter on Thursday the 1st of December next, beginning at 10 A. M. ?Capt. G. D. Bryan is the Democratic nominee for Mayor of Charleston. The question of the license tax is the issue. Capt. Bryan favors the tax. ? The Comptroller of the Currency has authorized Simond's national bank of Sumter, to begin business with a capital of ?50,000. Mr. Siraond is President, and Col. 11. M. Wallace Vice-President of the new banking institution. ? Abbeville Medium: Alonzo Bowman, near Lowdesville, is a great fox hunter. He has a pet sheep that stays with his hounds. The other day the sheep ran through a race with the dogs. When the fox was caught the sheep stepped up, smelled the fox and butted it. The sheep beats the hounds. ? Spartanburg Herald: Judge Norton caused a ripple of surprise among the lawyers this week by telling one of them in open court, and sending word to others, that they must not again appear at the bar unless dressed in black coats. There is a rule of court to this effect; but it has not for a long, long time been enforced. Hereafter, business suits must be left behind in the presence of the reyerend court. ? James L. Killian, of Greenville, who was injured in the recent collision on the Air Line, near Greer's, has filed suit in Atlanta against the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company, for ?25,000 damages for injuries received in the accident. Mr. Killian is a route agent between Atlanta and Charlotte, and was in the postal car of the wrecked passenger train. He received several scratches bruises and severe injuries in the spine. ? George Addison attempted to commit suicide last Tuesday night in Greenville by swallowing half an ounce of carbolic acid. Two physicians were called in, and by administering antidotes succeeded in counteracting the immediate effects of the deadly poison,.and it is thought that he will recover, although he - is not yet out of danger. Addison is from Edgefield county, and was widely known by reason of his marriage several years ago with a daughter of Hon. Preston Brooks. He had been drinking, and was temporarily insane at the time he drank the poison. He is at his mother's residence in Greenville. ? Robert Elerbe, who lives in Sumter county, near the Kershaw line, shot a negro named Carter Allen last Thursday, as he alleges, in self defense. The homicide occurred on the steps of Elerbe's residence and he claims that he committed it in self defence. On Saturday he appeared before Judge Witherspoon at Columbia on application for bail. After hearing the evidence given at the coroner's inquest, at which only one witness had been examined who had seen the killing, the cook in the yard, Judge Witherspoon stated that he did not deem the evidence suIk mitted sufficient to allow the granting of bail. At the suggestion of counsel, time was given until yesterday to prepare further evidence and submit the same at Edgefield. MERE-MENTION. A heavy frost occurred in various parts of Texas last Thursday night, doing injury to the top crop of cotton. A dynamite cartridge was exploded in a gutter alongside the residence of Jacob Wise, a retired capitalist of Wheeling W. Va., last Saturday night. The force of the explosion tore,out the paving stones of the gutter. ~TThe scarcity of water in western Ohio and eastern Indiana is becoming a serious matter. Very mafay mills have had to stop, cattle are suffering for drink, village wells are dry, and typhoid and other fevers are appearing."-,,X"Over $1, 000,000are invested in the tools for manufacturing type writers. It is estimated that between 60,000 and 70,000 of the machines are in use. Congressman Bynura, of Indiana, says that the ticket to sweep the West for the Democracy in 1888 is Grover Cleveland, of New York, and Governor Gray, of Indiana. There has been great consternation in the office of Ziori's Herald. The writer of an obituary article upon a mother in Israel having said in a pious phrase, that she died and "claimed the promises," the paper was made to aver that she had died and "cleared the premises." Ground has been broken on the Knoxville and Southern Railroad, which is to connect Knoxville and Atlanta. The English Woman's Suffrage Association has resolved to reintroduce the woman's franchise bill at the coming session of Parliament. The Swannanoa tunnel, on the Western N. C. Railroad, the longest on the road, has caved in, blocking travel. The Florida crop of oranges this year is estimated at 1,000,000 boxes, or 200,000 less than last year; but a large proportion will be of excellent quality. The dome of the new Texas Capitol is thought to be unsafe, a crack having appeared in it. The structure towers 300 leet above the ground. A New York architect has been sent for to examine the dome and ,see if it does not require reconstruction. vvAt South Bend, Indiana, lures a man 'who in his youth was a surgeon in the French army, and who entered Moscow with Napoleon. His eye is still bright, and his memory un Viorhfoon unnnor "Russian ?r ray officers have been sentenced to various terms of exile in Siberia, on charges of connection with a revolutionary plot against the government. "rEx-Senator John J. Patterson, of South Carolina, now a resid^it of Bloomfield, Illinois, was married to?j(, Wisconsin lady on the 3rd instant.*~"^-Two convict leasing companies in Georgia have been fined $2,500 each for cruelty to convicts. At the election in Oswego, N. Y., Tuesday, Ida M. Griffin was elected School Commissioner in the Third District, carrying every town in a striqtly Republican district. She is a Democrat, but handsomer than her Republican competitor, who isalso a lady. At Marshall, Texas, on Tuesday, the Texas and Pacific Railroad was sold to Gen. J. J. Wistar, who represents the purchasing committee, at $6,00,000 for the Eastern division, and $4,000 for the Rio Grande division. In the elections last week, New York, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Mississippi went Democratic. Foraker, Republican, carried Ohio by 30,000 plurality. Oregon defeated the proposed prohibition amendment to the Constitution by 8,000 majority. In the United States Supreme Court last Monday, argument was heard on the application for the discharge of the three State officials of Virginia imprisoned by Judge Bond for contempt. The decision of the Court was reserved.-" A number of women who persisted in their right to vote, and who deposited their ballots at precincts in the State of New York, on Tuesdav of last week, will be indicted for violation of the election law. Whisky Manufacture.?The report of the Commissioner of Internal Itevenue for this year contains a list of all the whisky distilleries in operation in the United States. South Carolina and Kentucky head the list, with several hundred each. In these two States, in the mountainous districts, there have always been many illicit stills, but the number of these is said to have decreased of late in consequence of the vigorous measures taken to suppress them. In several of the States there is only one distillery, and New York only has two. Maryland and Pennsylvania take the lead in the manufacture of rye whisky, while Kentucky, of course, is far above all others in the production of Bourbon. Of the 40,801,717 gallons of Bourbon remaining in warehouses at the close of the last fiscal year on June 30, last, more than onehalf was in Kentucky. Of the 17,498,092 gallons of rye whisky remaining in warehouses at the same period, 4,218,808 gallons were in Maryland, and 7,510,469 were in Pennsylvania. Maryland does not run