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Jwfljrsi and ^acts.
? Thurston Lee was hanged at Bakersville,
Cal., last Thursday, for the murder
of John Smith, in Jfareh. 1883. At Charles
City. Iowa, last Friday, Chester Bellows
was hanged for murder. He died protesting
his innocence,
? Hon. John G. Carlisle has named the
evening of January 24 as the occasion for
the adaress which he has been invited to
deliver in Macon, Ga. The address will
be on the tariff, and the distinguished
Kentuckian is promised "a genuine Georgia
Democratic welcome."
? The Senate committee on education and
labor has unanimously agreed to report,
wJt.h favorable recommendation. Mr.
Blair's education bill. The bill appropriates
upwards of $70,000,000 to be distributed
among the States and Territories, and
a portion to the per centage of illiteracy.
?New England is deeply interested in
the rumors about the solvency of some of
the Western farm mortgage companies.
The loan companies of Boston alone hold
81,000 Western farm mortgages on which
$76,000,000 is outstanding. And the insurance
companies of Hartford, hold mortgages
on Western farms to the amount of
$70,000,000.
? Aunt Hattie North, who recently died
in Troy, Kansas, was thought by those
who knew her best, to be fully 117 years
old. She was a colored woman, and remembered
living in St. Louis when the
city was a French trading post, with very
few houses. She often related incidents
that occurred a full century ago, and, as she
never knew how to read, it was thought
she spoke from actual experience.
?An Austin, Texas, dispatch says: Regardless
of the recent decision of the Federal
Court at Galveston, declaring the State
law taxing foreign drummers to be uncon
stitutional, the State Comptroller has issued
fresh instructions to county officials ordering
them enforce the law until it is repealed
by the Legislature or until Congress,
by express enactment, denies the right of
the State to impose such taxes.
? Mr. Keeley, the Philadelphia man,
who has been drawing money from confiding
stockholders for a number of years
to perfect his wonderful motor, has abanponed
his "etheric force" principle and
is now trying to work on the "vibratory
sympathy" principle. The old company
is getting somewhat tired of waiting on
the inventor, who is always just on the
eve of perfecting his motor. It is now
proposed to organize a new company on
the basis $15,000,000 capital stock.
? The great mass of the Pennsylvania
Democrats are delighted with the tone of
the President's message, and they demand
that Randall and his misguided followers
shall fall into line. Should the apostle of
protection prove ugly and obstinate, an organized
effort will be made to have him
defeated at the next election. Randall is
realizing his situation, and it is generally
thought that he will pull quietly in the
traces, knowing full well that any kicking
against the President's policy, means political
death for him.
? A consultation between a number of
Senators, of which Senator Beck is one of
the conspicuous figures in the movement,
has been held with the view, at an early
date, of the formulation of a bill which
will reduce the general postage of the
country. It is proposed to reduce letter
postage from two cents to one cent., providing
it will not too seriously destroy the
revenue accruing to the postoffice department,
It is estimated that it will perhaps
* lessen the earnings of the department
about $8,000,000 pqj- annum.
?The Republican school board of Xenia,
Ohio, does not propose to submit to the
law regarding the admission of colored
.U!1 wnKlin p/>Kr?r\la onrl will
UiliUltU 1U UJU f^UUllO ouiivvic) wmv% ???*?
take to the Circuit Court the case recently
decided by Judge Holmes in favor of a
colored girl pupil. Remarking on this,
the Cleveland Plain Dealer pertinently
observes: "This shows how much regard
for the colored people the professional
Republican shouters for the black man
have, when it comes right down tobusi-'
ness."
? In the convention of fourth-class postmasters
in session at Washington last
week, one delegate from each State represented
was appointed as a national committee.
A committee to draft and take
charge of a bill to be presented to Congress
was appointed as follows: Arthur D.
Markley, of Pennsylvania, chairman; M.
E. Sprague, of Vermont; George H.
Flagg, of West Virginia; E. J. Clark, of
New York; Frank E Fitzsimmons, of
Rhode Island. The convention adjourned
on Thursday subject to the call of the
national committee.
? A number of young women of Hammond,
Indiana, claim to have been slandered
by Editor Towle, of the Echo, of that
Rlace. The girls" replied in kind, publish3g
an article in another paper scoring the
editor. On Saturday seven girls met
Towle in the street, and, throwing red
pepper in his face, three attacked him
with cowhides. The editor begged for
mercy and then threatened to shoot, but
the girls only plied their whips the faster.
Towie finally escaped. His brother threatens
to prosecute the girls, the throwing of
fonn Kainor o
reu jjtrppci in men vitiiui o ia\.v utn.(, ?
serious offence under the Indiana statutes.
? The trial in Macon, Ga.? of Thomas
Woolfolk, for the murder of his father and
eight other members of his family, ended
last Thursday, the tenth day. The jurywere
out but fifteen minutes, when they
returned a verdict of guilty. The prisoner
was thereupon sentenced by Judge
Gustine to be hanged by the neck until
dead, on 10th of February, next; also
ordered the execution to be private.
Woolfolk received his sentence stoically,
and reasserted his innocence. He spoke
of witnesses having sworn falsely. A few
minutes later he kissed his sister good-bye
and was rapidly driven back to jail. He
was subsequently removed from Macon
to the jail in Atlanta, mob violence being
feared if he remained at Macon.
? Chinese papers received at San Francisco
last Friday give details of a disaster occasioned
by the Yellow river overflowing
its banks in the province of Honau, and
described it as one of the most appalling
occurrences in the loss of life and property
recorded in recent times. The river broke
its banks on the evening of September 28th,
southwest of the city of Chirgbhow, and
completely inundated that city and ten
other populous cities. The whole is now a
raging sea, ten to thirty feet deep, where
it was once a densely populated and rich
plain. The former bed of Yellow river is
now dry, and the present lake was the bed
of the river centuries ago The loss of life
is incalculable, and a statement is made
by the missionaries that millions of Chinese
are homeless and starving.
? Advices from Russellville, Alabama,
tell of a tragedy in Marion county in a section
of northwestern Alabama where moonshiners
are plentiful. About a month ago
two young farmers named Thos. J. Bannister
and Robert W. Terrell, guided revenue
officers to several stills, which were
broken up. On Friday night last they
started home from Russellville, riding
mules. Little Lear creek not being loraable,
they remained all night at Martin
Taylor's. Next morning they found their
mules stolen and started to walk home.
They had not gone far when five shots
were fired into them, killing Bannister
instantly and wounding Terrell so that he
cannot live. It is supposed that they were
shot by moonshiners in revenge.
? At the last session of the Georgia Legislature,
a bill was passed making provision
for the awarding of various sums to
wounded Confederate veterans. The list
of those applying for such assistance has
been surprisingly large, and on Wednesday
the Governor was in receipt of a letter
from the famous General James Longstreet,
now residing at Gainesville, who
wrote for the small amount allowed for
wounds in the arm. The noted commander
of the Confederate First Corps, while
leading his division at the second day's
battle in the Wilderness, was shot in the
right arm, in .the neighborhood of the
shoulder. The wound has prevented him
from engaging in any laborious pursuits
since the war. He is close on to seventy
years of age, wrecked physically, and in
comparatively poor circumstances. His
present appearances offers a sad contrast
to the dignified bearing that distinguished
him in and out of the saddle, and made
him the pride of his men and tho object of
commanding attention. The General's
connections are comparatively wealthy,
and would never permit him to become
dependent upon either county or State for
maintenanance; but he was determined
to secure, at this late day, some pecuniary
recognition of his valor. Under this law.
the General will receive $25 per annum.
? Rev. Dr. Basil Manly, professor in the
Baptist Theological Seminary, of Louisville,
Ky., and one of the most prominent
Baptist divines in the South, was assaulted
by two masked men in the suburbs at dusk
last Thursday, and seriously hurt. A dispatch
of Saturday to the Charleston Sunday
Neil's says: Dr. Manly was not hurt so
seriously as was at first thought. He was
attacked by two sandbaggers about one
hundred yards from his house at Crescent
Hill, and he received a very ugly cut just
over the left eye. Two suspicious characonon
lnrL-intr in thp IlPlfhhor
LC13 \Y CAC ottli ...? D
hood during the afternoon and were awaiting
the train on which Dr. Manly came.
For about fifteen minutes he was unconscious
and afterwards, gathering 3ome
Christmas bundles which* he was bringing
from town, he staggered home in a dazed
condition. He is now without fever and
easy, and his physician thinks that unless
some unexpected change for the worse
comes, he will be out in a few days. His
skull is not fractured, but the cut over the
eye is painful and deep. It is supposed
that the villains only desired to attack and
rob Mr. Walker, his companion, but Dr.
Manly, who was a little in advance, hearing
the scuffling, turned to aid Mr. Walker
and was felled to the ground. The rascals
are still at large. There is not much
danger of any brain trouble.
^mjuircr.
YORKVILLE, S. '
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21,1887.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
Kepresentative Dibble, of South Carolina,
who was chairman last session of
the committee on public Buildings and
Grounds, and who will be chairman of the
same committee this Congress if he desires
it, favors the erection of a new building
in the city of Washington for the city
postoffice and district government. This
measure was up last session, but there was
difficulty about a site.
Senator Butler, of South Carolina, has
introduced a bill in the Senate requiring
railroads engaged in lnter-state commerce
to employ conductors who must
be licensed after examination as to qualifications
and railroad experience and be
licensed for one year.
Mr. Dibble was interviewed in regard
to a measure to amend the United States
constitution by providing a second VicePresident.
He will introduce it and press
it upon Congress thissession. He has gathered
some curious figures in regard to this
matter. Out of eighteen Presidents, four
have died and their duties devolved on
Vice-Presidents. Of twenty-five men
elected Vice-President, five died in office,
one resigned and four became President.
Tn h hundred vears nearly of our'gov
eminent, we have been without a VicePresident
for over twenty-live years, or
one-fourth of the time. In the last forty
years, we have been without a Vice-President
for over eighteen years, or nearly
one-half of the time. Mr. Dibble thinks
that with such an experience, we need
another Vice-President to provide for contingencies,
especially as we have been several
times so near a chaos in the executive
department of the government.
There is no joint purpose on the part of
the Senators either to do or abstain from
doing any given thing during the present
week, unless indeed, a uniformity of opinion
in favor of beginning the holiday recess
to-morrow he accounted a purpose.
The Senate Calendar contains only three
bills which can be taken up for action, one
of which provides for the refunding to the
States of the direct tax of 18G1. A dozen
measures lie on the table, some of which
will doubtless be called up during the
week by their originators as texts for set
speeches, and will then be referred to the
proper committees.
The matters of the greatest general interest
before the Senate in executive session
are Cabinet nominations, and these
seem to be awaiting the motion of the judiciary
committee, to which the nominations
of Lamar and Vilas were sent. The
belief is general among the Senators that
no action will be taken upon these nominations
until after the holiday recess. The
total number of nominations before the
Senate is 429, not more than a dozen of
which have been reported back from the
committees.
The few days in which the House will be
in session during the week will, in all probability,
be devoted to the discussion of the
rules which are to govern the proceedings
of the House for the present Congress.
Thecommittee on rules, which it is learned
on authority will be theonly important
committee appointed before the recess,
will be announced and an early adjournment
will be had in order to enable that
committee to formally organize and proceed
to the consideration of the proposed
changes of rules. The House will adjourn
lU-UIUllUW 1U1 llic IIUinKlJ i LV.V.JO.
The Presbyterians.?The committees
appointed by the Northern and Southern
Ass^nbliesof the Presbyterian Church to
meet at Louisville and confer upon a proposal
to reunite the two branches of the
church, held meetings looking to that object
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
of last week. All the members of the
Southern committee were present. Of
the Northern committee all were present
except one. Meetings were held by the
committees in conference and also separately,
and the sessions were secret; but
it is understood, adjournment took place
without any definite action having been
agreed upon.
Rev. Dr. Jos. R. Wilson, of the Southern
church, who was made secretary of
the conference, stated that another joint
session of the committees would be held
before the general assemblies convened
next May.
The time and place, however, have not
yet been determined upon. The members
of the committees declined to state the
reasons for the adjournment without having
settled upon any recommendation to
the general assemblies, but the natural inference
is that they were unable to dispose
of some question at issue.
The Edgefield Murderer.-Concerni
ing Jones, the murderer of the Pressleys,
j the Edgefield Chronicle of last week says:
I "There is no truer man or more conscien!
tious official of the State than Solicitor
j Nelson. We know whereof we speak.
' And a fact which we ought to have men!
tioned last week, but inadvertently omitted,
is this. In a few days after Jones' liberation
and our urging his rearrest, we received
an intimation from Solicitor Nelson
that he intended to have Jones rearrested
at as early a day as possible, accompanied
by satisfactory reasons?not necessary or
wisp tn hp hprewit.h stated?whv it could
not be done before'. We hear that Jones
j is in Georgia. Not only time, place and
circumstance, but also quips and quibbles
of the law, may prevent the rearrest of
Jones. Should this be the case, it would
not be the fault of Solicitor Nelson."
? At the Baptist State convention, recently
held at Sumter, fifteen thousand dollars
was pledged to the endowment fund
of Furman university. Of this sum the
Edisto association of Aiken county pledged
$500. This numerous and influential
denomination has become thoroughly
! aroused to the importance of an educated
] pulpit, and Furman University is being
annually strengthened with a view to
that end.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM COLUMBIA.
Columbia, December 19.?As the ses!
sion of the Legislature draws near its end
; there seems to be a disposition to talk less
with the effect of getting more work done
The forfeited land bill passed the Senate,
; and the reapportionment bill, which pass|
ed the House, was defeated in the Senate
j by a vote of 19 to 15.
The bill to regulate the royalty on phos
phate rock has been rejected by botli
Houses.
Several stock law exemption bills foi
sections of the coast country are progressing
favorably through both Houses.
The bill to reorganize the South Carolina
University has passed both Houses. J
am a friend to education, but I feel sure
that this scheme, under the name and
guise of a grand university, is one in
name only, and that the benefits to resuli
therefrom will not be commensurate with
the increased cost. I think the old South
Carolina College, with its annual appro
priation of $17,o00, and the Charleston citadel
with its demand upon the taxpayers
for $20,000 more, wtls quite enough for the
cause of higher education, when our people?and
when I say our people, I mean
the boys at home on the farm?who are
notable to avail themselves of this higher
education, are denied any legislation
looking to an improvement of the fret
public school system, which is the onl.y
one that can bring about that universal
diffusion of knowledge which elevates, enlightens
and makes a people great and
good. This increased University appropriation,
and it will reach $f)0,000 this year,
was proposed by those who were opposed
to an agricultural college, under the pies
that agriculture and the mechanical arts
would be thoroughly taught in this University,
and the farmers in the Legislature
caught at the bait and it passed by a large
majority. I think I can see in it notning
that will ever teach anybody to be a better
farmer or how to raise a bushel more
of corn to the acre, or a pound of cotton ;
but I think I can see that before this
thing is done with, it will take a good
deal of corn and cotton to pay the taxes on
this machine. The bill will pass and you
may as well realize now, as you will have
to do, that after this machine is started, il
will take a good deal to feed it, and the
history of the State is that the cost of these
educational luxuries grows as their age
increases. I want to repeat it, as I dc
not wish to be understood that I do noi
want the people educated, but I want ii
where it is needed, and that is in every
neighborhood, in every log-school house
from the mountains to the seaboard
Whenever we are able to have an efficieni
free school system, so that every boy anc
girl can get an elementary education al
home, then I may vote to tax the people
to support a grand university here, to ed
ucate those who are in much better cir
cuinstances at least than the great majori
ty of those who are taxed for their bene
fit. The principle is wrong. Its practica
operation is unjust, and its benefits do no
reach the people who support it.
The bill to create a new county out o
portions of Williamsburg, Marion anc
Darlington, to be called Florence, passec
the House, but was rejected by the Senate
The bill to refund the $400,000 deficiency
bond debt in 44 per cent, bonds has passec
the House.
The bill to turn over the Columbia Cana
to the city of Columbia upon condition!
that the city would finish it, and furnisl
500 horse power of water power to th<
State for the use of the Penitentiary, ha;
passed the Senate.
The following Acts of local interest were
ratified Saturday night and,are now laws
Act to authorize and require the Towr
Council of Rock Hill to issue bonds foi
fire department. Joint resolution to authorize
the County tommiasioners of Yorh
county to borrow moneyI to defray the
current expenses, an\to my school teach'
ers' certificates, and to^pay past indebted
ness of the county; the rate of interest or
such sums borrowed not to exceed 8 pe]
cent. Act to regulate traffic in seed cottor
in York, Chester, Union and othercounties
An Act to provide for the establishmeni
of a special school district in Rock Hil
and to authorize the levy of a special taj
merein. ivn ACl lu auiuunie me iuwi
Council of Rock Hill to issue bonds for the
purchase of lands and buildings and othei
improvements for educational purposes
Act to renew thecharterof Wright's ferry
The bill to amend and renew the chartei
of the town of Fort Mill was ordered tc
a third reading to-day.
The bill togive a pension of $5 per month
to needy Confederate cripples has passec
both Houses. An appropriation of $50,00(
is made to pay these pensions.
The general appropriation bill has nol
yet reached the Senate, but is in the House
More of this hereafter.
The bill |osubmit the question of license
or no license to the counties of Greenville
and Aotjevllle has passed tothethird read
ing in tme feenate, having already passec:
the House) Oconee was in the bill, bu'
was stricken out in the Senate.
Col. A. P. Butler was re-elected Com
missioner of Agriculture. He receivec
98 votes to 08 for M. L. Donaldson, 0
Greenville.
Mr. A. A. Sarratt, of Union, and Mr
T. O. Sanders were elected directors of the
Penitentiary to succeed Scott and Allen.
J. G. Black.
Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer.
SETTER FROM ROCK HILL.,
Rocjthill, December 19.?After ser
vice m the First Presbyterian church, yes
+ /-.? .1 o IT mnrnirinr T?o\r TomooS! Wilitp in
I lUV/lilllJ^J J>VV f * 1/ K.'? ? T *! ?v ?*
formed the congregation that he could noi
accept their call to the pastorate of theii
church. The decision of Mr. White h
deeply regretted by the congregation, bui
he informed them that he is doing a gooc
work where he now is, and he feared his
physical condition would be impaired
while even now it is not such as to permil
him to take upon himself the work thai
would be required in so large a eongregation.
Rev. R. H. Jones, the minister assigned
to Rock Hill circuit, arrived here with
his family on Friday last, and preached
his first sermon in the Methodist church
yesterday morning. He was heard by a
large congregation. The members of the
church and those of our citizens who have
met Mr. Jones, are pleased to know thai
the Conference has sent to the church here
so a^le a pastor as he.
It has been rumored around town foi
several months that Capt. Allen Jones
would move to Columbia and make his
future home in that city. I regret to saj
that the rumor will prove true, as it is
now certainly known that it is his intention
to move with his family to Columbia
next month. Capt. Jones has long beer
one of Rock Hill's most progressive citizens,
having been identified with the business
interests of the town since 18G7, and
it is with regret that our people learn ol
his intended removal. While the social
and business interests will feel his loss,
our fire department and military organization
will especially lose a citizen whe
has contributed largely to maintain the
existence and success of both.
^/Mr. Sumter L. Bynum is not expected
do live many days, having a cancer in his
throat. Mr. Bynum has been connected
with the nrintiny office here almost con
! tinuously since the publication of the first
| number of the Lantern, which office he en;
terecl as an apprentice. J lis physicians
have no hopes of his recovery.
Mr. \V. H. Culp, who was recently a
salesman in the store of Mr. Ileury Massey
at Tirzah, is quite sick in this place with
pneumonia.
>^recl Pride Jones,colored, the old family
Servant of Col. Cad. Jones, and who accompanied
him and his sons through the
late war, died on Tuesday last. There
was not a colored man in this section more
respected than he. He was courteous and
respectful to all, persisted in remaining
with his old master until death, and voted
with the Democratic party.
\ Mr. James J. Pickard, who had charge
ofMr. V. B. McFadelen's beef market
met with a horrible death on yesterday
afternoon, by falling through a trap dooi
in Mr. McFadden's ice-house, which adjoins
the market.
Early this morning, a little son of Mr
Pickard made inquiry of several person;
if they had seen his father, saying thai
he was not at home last night and thai
his mother was uneasy about him. Mr
J John Rattarree, supposing he was in the
beef market, which was locked, sent for
, Mr. McFadden. When Mr. McFadden
came and opened the market it was found
, I that the door leading from it to the ice,
! house was open. Mr. Pickard's hat was
. on the floor and the trap-door of the ice,
house floor was raised, but all was dark.
Your correspondent secured a lantern and
; lowered it into the cellar, where was
found the lifeless body of Mr. Pickard,
surrounded by a pool of blood.
i Trial Justice Whyte wasatonce notified,
and he summoned a jury of inquest, con
sisting of Dr. James A. Glenn, foreman,
D. A. Button, Thos. Arledge, G. W. Rummage,
Foster T. Wood, J. M. Stricklin, S.
- W. Henry, W. G. Adams, S. B. Sandifer,
i R. A. Morrison, W. F. Downing and D.
i C. Williams.
1 The dead body was then taken up from
i the cellar and examined by Dr. Dubose,
t when the jury repaired to the office ol
i Trial Justice Whyte to hear the testimony
i of several witnesses who dao been sum
moned. The verdict of the jury was to the
effect that the deceased came to his death
i by accidentally falling into the ice-cellar
of Mr. V. B. McFadden.
It is the general opinion that late yes
i terday afternoon Mr. Pickard went into
; the ice-house room for some wood, and
the trap-door being: raised and the room
dark, lie fell into the cellar with the fatal
s result.
Mr. Pickard was a good citizen and rei
spected by all who knew him. He re
moved to this place from Chesterfield
1 county about four years ago. At one time
he was postmaster at Monroe, N. C. He
i leaves a wife and two children. IIal.
L Correspondence of.the Yorkville Enquirer.
i I J ' .
VNOTES FROM WESTERN YORK.
' Hoodtown, December 17.?The weath;
er is very changeable. On retiring at
[ night, the firmament seems to be all ablaze
, with stars, but before the dawn of day
; appears again, it is cloudy, and raining
5 too, very often.
! Bird hunting is the favorite diversion
i with quite a number of our young men
1 and older ones too, for that matter. It is
5 no uncommon thing to see half a dozen in
t the field in quest of the feathery tribe,
J with their fowling pieces at the position
^ of "present arms." I heard a good joke or
5 a young "Nimrod" the other day. He
> "flushed" a bird and fired but did not kill
t it; fired several times afterwards, each
t time saying: "I got him that time.'1
T After he had nearly exhausted himself as
} well as the bird, he gave chase, his dog
following, and finally succeeded in bagt
ging it.
'-^"Mr. S. S. Plexico, drives terror to the
^ hearts of the hawk tribe. Pie succeeded
in bringing another down from his lofty
eyrie, where he was soaring in supposed
sppnritv.
" X^Ir. W. PL Hood, his wife and one o;
their children, of Cartersville, Georgia
1 made a short visit to relatives and friends
t here, the first of the present month. Hf
said that many noticeable changes had
f taken place since he was here last, which
i was in 1880.
1 jAIessrs. J. H. & W. L. Hood came neai
losing their gin house by fire last week
7 It originated from a match in the cotton
I or a spark being carried to the gin on the
belt. They succeeded in getting the fire
1 under control before much damage was
3 done. Loss about 100 pounds lint cotton.
1 x'Anthony Pickenpack, colored, was ar
raigned before Trial Justice J. P. Blair
3 last Thursday, on a charge of malicious
trespass. The offence charged was allow)
.ing his cow to run at large upon the lands
: of W. T. M. Beard, the prosecutor. As
i the defendant did not produce satisfactory
r evidence to warrant his release, the jury
found a verdict for the plaintiff. Esquire
: Blair imposed a fine of five dollars and
i all costs, or 10 days imprisonment in the
county jail, in default of paying the fine
He took the latter alternative. It seems tc
i be a hard matter to get our people to unr
derstand the stock law.
i Rev. Mr. Harley, who will preach al
. the M. E. Church at this place next year,
t is expected to arrive this evening, and
I will preach his iniatory sermon at 11
o'clock to-morrow. Rambler.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM FORT MILL.
Fort Mill, December 19.?Since my
last letter, this neighborhood has beet
shnnU-prl hv thp rlpfith nf two of itsestima
t ble ladies in one day?both belonging tc
I the same family. Mrs. Margaret J. Spratt
) widow of the late Thos. D. Spratt, died o
pneumonia on Saturday morning last
I about G o'clock, aged about sixty-nine
years. About 11 o'clock of the same day
Mrs. Rosanna Spratt, (wife of Rev. J. \V
5 Spratt), while yet in the prime of years
; also departed across to the other shore
i Both were buried in our village cemeterj
[ on yesterday.
t A good deal of sickness has been among
us of late, though there was not mucl:
. fatality.
1 Mr. R. T. Bailey, on the plantation o:
f B. D. Springs, reports that from one acre
and a fifth he has gathered over nineteer
hundred pounds of cotton, and thinks ther(
i will be about two thousand pounds wher
all is picked. Mr. Springs thinks he wil
finish picking his own cotton, of which
you have been advised, to-day or to-mor
row, but is not prepared to report.
Gilsten's "pegs" have been heard from
He says that one weighed four hundred
and eighty, and the other five hundred
and thirty pounds, both together produc
ing twelve gallons of lard, equivalent t(
about ninety-six pounds. They were sev^
enteen months and two days old.
Coltharp has not yet reported; but it if
; hinted that he has a rooter of elephantine
proportions.
People are looking forward to a bettei
time coming, and set the date about five
days in the future,
t The machinery for the cotton factory if
. being placed. Anon.
[ tor me lorKviue inquirer.
| A PLEASANT SURPRISE,
i Clover, December 19.?To be rememi
bered by his congregation, is refreshing tc
> a pastor. More especially is it pleasani
j to be kindly remembered by the yoim<5
t people. The pastor of Clover church anil
5 his family, were delightfully surprised on
last Friday night as the bright faces ol
young Jadies and gentlemen appeared in
5 their homes; and not only bright facet
5 were there, but many bundles were de'
posited as tokens of their own kind
s thoughtfulness. Where is the congrega
tion that can excel this ? May the Lord
l reward these young friends is our prayer,
i M. It. Ivirkpatrick.
For the Yurkville Enquirer.
I
r SUNDAY-SCHOOL EXERCISES.
[ Etta Jane, S. C., December 19.?In be,
half of our Sunday-school, I am requested
to announce that appropriate Christmas
) services will be held at Salem Church on
! next Sunday, 25th instant. All Sundayschool
scholars, teachers, workers and
[ friends, the public generally and especiali
ly the ladies, are invited. Should the
I weather be favorable, suitable time will
. be taken for recreation and refreshment,
; and we hope the ladies, if convenient, will
. come prepared. Services will begin at
j 10.30 A. M. j. l. s.
l Attempted. Assassination of tiie
r Czar.?A Vienna dispatch of Monday
i says: A dispatch from St. Petersburg
says an attempt was made to-day to assas'
siuate the Czar. Beyond the fact that his
Imperial Majesty is wounded, nothing has
t j been learned. The news created the great:!
est excitement throughout the city and
! feeling on the bourse was extremely panI
icky. It is stated that Emperor Franz
; Josef has hastily summoned the Cabinet
[ for consultation. The dispatch, which is
in cipher, also states that a vigorous revoi
lutionary move has broken out in St. Pe,
tersburg and affairs are in a very critical
' condition. The military are being called
| out in several directions and the authori
ties are using every effort to crush the
movement before it spreads throughout
. the Empire. It is stated that many of the
3 j Itoyal regiments are honey-combed with
t revolutionary sentiments, and there is a
t likelihood that there will be bloodshed be.
fore matters are definitely settled.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J.inies B. Allison, Clerk?Notice to the Holders
of York County Bonds issued in aid
of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad.
S. W.Mitchell?Auction Saleof Personal Prop- j
erty near Howell's Ferry, on Broad Riv- i
er.*
C. E. Spencer, Executor of the Estate of B. T. j
i Wheeler, deceased?Vehicles and Stock at
Auction.
Withers Adickes?Cablegram from Old Santa. I
Lindsay A Moore?Positively the Last?Coflins '
1 and Caskets.
' W. B. Moore?188H. Notice. 1888.
, J. R. Lindsay?A Card.
T. M. Dobson A Co.?Dissolution of Copart- !
ncrship.
A. S. Morrison, Agent?New Hoods for Holi- I
day and Xmas Presents.
C. G. Parish?The Holiday Trade.
Georgo T. Schorb?Here's an Offer.
Hunter & Gates?New Goods, New Goods.
Riddle cfc Pegram?Dissolution of Copartnership.
J. Alf. Carroll?Candidate for ollice of Sheriff
of York County.
FINE PORKERS.
On last Monday, Mr. John L. Rainey, of
Blairsville, in this county, slaughtered three
hogs which weighed 090 pounds net. lie has
more of the same kind vet to kill.
*
HALF SHEET NEXT WEEK.
Ill accordance with the custom of the weekly
press, the Enquirer staff will take a few days
of recreation during the Christmas holidays,
hut wo will issue a half sheet at our regular
publication hour next Wednesday, a copy of
which will bo mailed to ovory subscriber. To
| the readers of the Enquirer wo extend the
compliments of the season, wishing each and
, every one of them a Merry Christmas.
TAX COLLECTIONS.
The total amount of taxes collected in York
county to the loth instant, the date on which
the books were closed, is$59,721.00, as follows :
' Total for Stato purposos, $22,449 94
> For county purposes, 13,205 85
p Chester and Lenoir Railroad, 8,45174
School purposes, 10,504 07
Cherokee township bonds, 1,020 80
Polls, 4,028 00
1 * Total, $59,721 00
> About ?1,500 yet remain on the books uncol5
lecteil.
THE KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
1 At the last regular meeting of Home Relief
' Lodge, Knights of Honor, the following ofliI
cers were elected for the ensuing year: Jno. F.
Oates, Dictator: Withers Adickes, Vice-Dictai
tor; John J. Hunter, Assistant Dictator; L.
j M. Grist, Treasurer ; John G. Ferguson, Fi,
nancial Reporter; A. W. Ingold, Reporter;
\ Thos. C. Dunlap, Guardian ; Charles H. Dixon,
Guide; A. Cody,Sentinel; J. B. Allison, Past
s Dictator ; Dr. J. F. Lindsay, Medical Examinl
er; Jos. Fi Wallace, C. E. Spencer and II. F.
r Adickes, Trustees. Representative to Grand
I Lodge?J. Robert Lindsay; alternate-Geo. W.
S. Hart.
THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
| Business opened on Monday with a brisk
, trade in holiday and general purchases, which,
| however, somewhat diminished yesterday on
t account of the rain and disagreeable weather.
But holiday goods the people will have. It is
v tho proper thing for the older persons to make
. suitable presents to the children, who at this
, festal season place their simple trust in Santa
J Claus, whom they are taught to revere as their
} patron saint; while at this season gifts and toi
kens of remembrance are always prized and appreciated
by those of older growth. The stores
" of Yorkvillo were never better supplied with
> goods adapted ,to the season than they now are.
' Attention is directed to our advertising col
umns where you will learn of what the goods
3 consist and who have them for sale.
5
' MARRIAGE BELLS.
r At 12 o'clock yesterday, C. E. Spencer, Esq.,
* and Miss Agues Currell Moore were married
I at the residence of tlie/^ride's father in this
! place, Mr. W. Adolpjfus Moorey Rev. T. R.
English performing tjreceremonvf Tho couple
) left on the 1 o'clock?uaip for a yfsit to Florida,
which may be extended^ to Neyf Orleans.
, Quite a number of our young people accom'
panied Mr. J. A. Darwin t<^31ack's yesterday
^ afternoon to witness the /uptials of himself
and Miss Edna Webb, to/be consummated in
the Baptist Churchiit Blyk's at 2 P. M., to-day.
Invitations are out lac the marriage of Mr.
W. E. Ferguson, lof Jftlanta, Ga., and Miss
Annie Elleanore Srait?, daughter of Mr. James
E. Smith, of this pm/e, to bo celebrated at the
r residence of the bride's parents at 3 P. M. next
! Wednesday.
CHURCH NOTICES.
* Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel,
, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and
f 7 P. M. The services will be appropriate to
? Christmas Day. Sunday-school at 3 P. M.
' Prayer-meeting this evenirfg at 7 o'clock.
i Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
' Services next Sunday at 11 A. Jr. and 7 P. M.
' Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting to'
morrow evening at 7 o'clock.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Rev. J.
r C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at
| Tirzah at 11.30 A. M.t and in Yorkville at 7 P.
M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M.
f Raptist?Rev. F. C. Hickson, Pastor. Ser>
vices next Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunday-school
i at 10 o'clock.
5 Episcopal?Rev. Edmund N. Joyner, Ree1
tor. Sunday-school at 3 P. M.
I t A ? ~ /-.x
, L
Col. A. Coward, Postoffice Inspector, having
a few days leave of absence, is spending them
,*^t his homo in Yorkville.
j ' ' Mr. J. Frank Hart, who for the past year has
| been secretary in the lighterage department of
. the "West Shore Railroad, New York city, has
> resigned and returned to Yorkville to accept
the position of secretary in the law office of
Hart & Hart. Ho is an accomplished plionog3
rapher and manipulates the typo-writer, which
5 instrument he will use in his new vocation.
Dr. W. E. Gorton will leave on the noon
train Friday for his homo in Corning, X. Y.,
5, whore ho will spend the Christmas holidays.
Miss Sallio Ingold will leave on the same
J train for Greensboro, on a visit to relatives in
North Carolina.
Mr. Wm. Moore and family, of Bullock's
Creek, have moved to this place, Mr. Moore
having been engaged as salesman by Messrs.
Hunter cfc Gates.
? THE CHURCHES.
' Rev. F. C. Hickson, pastoj: of the Baptist
' church, preached an able andformble sermon
^ last Sunday evening, founded on Acts 4 : 10, 20:
L "But Peter and John aprawered and said unto
1 them, whether it beArignt in the sight of God
| to hearken unto yo\y more than unto God,
judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things
which we have seen and heard," the theme being
"moral courage."
Rev. W. W. Daniel, pastor of the M. E.
Church at this place for next year, has returned,
and preached his first sermon here
since Conference, last Sunday evening. He
has acceptably served his congregation two
years, and on entering upon his third pastorate
year in Yorkville, his congregation felicitate
themselves upon his return to them ; while,
i as he expressed himself, at tho close of his
? sermon on Sunday evening, he is gratified at
being assigned to this station for another year.
Mr, Daniel is deservedly popular not only
with his own congregation, but with all our
people regardless of denomination.
RAILROAD NOTES.
On account of the bad weather and the near
approach of Christmas, work generally on tho
railroad will be suspended until after the holidays.
In a few days trains will bo running regular
Iv from Camden to Young's, ten miles above
Camden.
Taylor A Elinor, the track-layers who are
now engaged with two locomotives in remov'
ing the dirt from the deep cut at Grannis Quar1
ter Creek, have gotten the cut about half the
depth it will ho when completed. This will be
the deepest cut between Lancaster and Camden,
though there is some other heavy work
yet to be finished between Grannis Creek and
Lancaster.
Major Hart's return to Augusta last week,
was in reference to making tho final payments
to tho Georgia and Carolina Midland, tho money
for that purpose having been placed in tho
Augusta banks at an earlier day than was anticipated
when he left tho city. Tho payments
connected with tho transfer and consolidation
have been made, tho property delivered and
the consolidation of the Georgia and Carolina
, Midland, henceforth to bo known as the Augusta
Division of the Charleston, Cincinnati and
Chicago Kail road, is complete. Itoferringto
Major Hart's second visit to Augusta, the
Chronicle says :
"Everything in the way of the consolidation
of the Georgia and Carolina Midland, and the
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroads,
has now been removed, and the consolidation is I
as solid and compact as you please. Every ar- j
raugement is complete, and work on the Augusta
Division will be begun forthwith. The
route is to be surveyed again, newtrestling put
up, new ties put in, and everything pushed to
construct a first-class road with first-class material.
All seems clear sailing now, and the
great Three C's, of which we have heard so
much as a possibility and a probability, bids
fair very soon to bo a reality. The Chronicle
has already directed attention to the importance
of this road. Its speedy completion is
now wished."
There seems to be trouble in Camden on the
question of laborers' checks, as we infer from
the following Camden correspondence of the
Columbia Reyialcr under date of last Thursday :
"The caso of Ballard vs. Taylor & Elmer,
track-layers on the C. C. and C. Railroad, was
tried yesterday before Trial Justice Winkler
and a verdict for the plaintiff'was found by the
jury. Defendants' appealed, and the case will
be heard at the next term of court. Ballard
sued for the redemption of checks given him
for his work. The defendants contended that
the checks were payable in goods from the
commissary only, but the Trial .J ustice decided
to the contrary."
A NEW STORY.
The Exquirkr will begin tho new year with
a brilliant and fascinating story entitled "Roger
Laroque," by Jules Mary, our copy being a
special translation of this beautiful and touching
story, which is full of interest, strong in
plot and intensely dramatic situations. Jules
Mary is considered one of the best French novelists
of tho day, and his works are exceptionally
pure. Roger Laroque, tho hero of the story,
is the innocent victim of a revengeful woman
and a man named Luversan, who combine
to have him suspected and condemned for tho
crime Luversan himself commits. Julia fastens
tho crime upon Roger by giving him tho
money taken from the murdered man as repayment
of a loan, and, having once loved Julia,
Roger will not save himself at her expense.
Roger escapes to America, subsequently returns,
ragged and starving, and claims his little
girl, after which he returns to America, remaining
a number of years and making a large fortune
by his inventions. He subsequently returns
to bring tho guilty ones to justice, and,
after many thrilling situations, the right provails.
To be sure of securing tho opening chapters
of this beautiful story, give your name at once
to the nearest club-maker and let your subscription
begin with the first number of the
next volume.
THE DEATH OF BREITZ. .
Charles Breitz, whose tragic death occurred
here early last Wednesday morning, the result
of jumping or falling from a window in the
third story of the Owen House, was buried in
the cemetery at this place on Thursday, Rev.
J. C. Galloway, of tho Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Church, conducting the services.
In all the circumstances it was deemed proper
to hold an inquest, which was done under the
direction of Coroner Caldwell, and the verdict
arrived at was that the deceased came to his
death from internal hemorrhage, the result of a
fall from a window in the Owen House.
No blame can attach to any of Mr. Breitz'
associates or to the proprietor of the house in
which he boarded; and it is duo to say that
after the unfortunate occurrence he had all the
attention that could be given. Dr. Gorton, his
employer, was specially attentive to him, and
after death made all arrangements for a decent
burial, having been requested by the dead
man's relatives in Salem, X. C., to bury him
here.
Mr. Breitz was a skillful workman and a
specialist in his employment on the railroad
work, and as such was held in high esteem by
his employers, while he was a general favorite
of those who knew him.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The municipal election in Charleston,
on Tuesday of last week, passed off quietly.
The Independent vote was light and
the whole Democratic ticket was elected
by a heavy majority.
? An industrial school and home for
colored girls will soon be built in Camden
by the Women's Home Mission Society
of the North. The location is south of the
negro free school building.
? The Charleston Sun learns that Mr.
Josephus Woodruff proposes soon to return
to Charleston and become a permanent
citizen of that city. The Sun says he will
probably engage in the auction business.
? Mr. Hodge Burnett, a young farmer
in Edgefield county, was found in the
woods on Sunday of last week, a mile from
home, with his throat cut, but still living.
His wife died on Thursday morning. Mr.
Burnett left the house immediately after
her death, and was not found till Sunday.
It is hoped that he may recover. The
death of his wife caused him to attempt
his life.
? Caleb Sauls, an old and respected citizen
of Wajterboro, met with a sad death
on Monday of last week. While hammering
down in an old well, which he was repairing,
the earth caved in upon him,
burying him about ten feet and causing
instant death. Immediately as the alarm
was given, the work of digging him out
was commenced, but when the unfortunate
mnn wnq rpnehpd hfi had breathed his last.
? Speaking of the Cumberland Gap
railroad project, the Edgefield Chronicle
says: Capt. Kirk is surveying and relocating
the route from Aiken to a point
some ten miles this side. When we say
ten miles, we mean that some six or eight
miles of the present grading, bearing out
toward Shaw's creek, is to be abandoned
by the New York construction company.
This will shorten the distance between
Aiken and Edgefield, and save the company,
it is said, some $28,000. Capt. Kirk
is actually at this work.
? The Spartanburg correspondent of the
News and Courier writes under date of the
13th: About thirty-five persons left this
afternoon on the Air Line train for Texas.
Five families and several single young
men have gone. These are some of our
best and most industrious farmers. They
came to the conclusion that they could
provide better for their children in the
West than here. They will land in a
county where improved lands are selling
at $35 to $50 an acre. On the other hand, a
young man has recently returned to this
county, after trying Texas seven or eight
years, and he thinks this county will beat
Texas on an average. Thus it goes, and
thus it will go on till the end of time.
Men are not going to be satisfied with their
present place or Occupation. They are
subject to the great and inexorable law of
change as the ocean is.
? Fearlstine & Karesh, merchants of
Branchville, have assigned, with assets of
about $l,000or $1,500 and liabilitiesof about
$20,000. The correspondent of the Columbia
llegister say: "This is the most stupendous
failure our county has ever had, and
the creditors have had representatives
watching every movement. They are
making an attempt to set aside the assignment
for "crookedness." A day or two ago
one of the attorneys for the creditors observed
a negro coming out of Karesh's
dwelling house with a box of tobacco on
his shoulder marked "P. & K." Pursuit
was made and the tobacco captured, which
will be exhibited in court. It seems that
a large lot of tobacco was delivered to the
firm on the morning the assignment was
made." The majority of the firm's debts
were contracted since last October, when
their entire business was burned up, and
grave doubts are entertained about the
fairness of the failure.
"The Facts are Outrageous."?The
Orflfinin 1 lo finrrconnndonl r\f thf? Npl/'S find
Courier, says: "Porter Wimby, the negro
who was convicted at the last term of court
of complicity in the Air Line robberies,
was sentenced by Judge Aldrich to ten
years in the penitentiary. Caldwell, the
only white man convicted of connection
with the robberies, is now sentenced oy
Judge Pressley to two years' imprisonment.
The evidence in both cases was
substantially the same." Comment is unnecessary
; the facts are outrageous. Some
uniformity of sentence should be established,
even if the judges are compelled to
exchange views on the subject. Lawshould
be even-handed, and should not be dependent
on the whim, the prejudice or the
passion, of a single man, more than is inherently
necessary.?Spartanburg Herald.'
MERE-MENTION.
Governor Charles 11. Bodwell, of Maine,
died in the executive mansion at Augusta,
last Thursday morning. The President
has forwarded to the House a renewal
of his recommendation for the payment
by the Government of the suras
lost by depositors in the Freedmen's
Bank. At Parkersburg, \V. Va., on
last week, Miss Mullen shot and killed a
burglar who wascrawlingthrough her window.
The Supreme Court of North
Carolina, in a decision given last week,
holds that lager beer is "spirituous liquor"
and cannot be sold in "dry" counties.
North Dakota gave 10,000 majority
against a division of the Territory,
in the recent election, and South Dakota
13,038 majority for division. The
business failures occurring throughout the
country during the last week, number for
the United States 254, Canada 34, total 288,
against 254 the week previous. The City
Council of Atlanta has fixed 81,500 as the
cost of retail liquor license. The ordinance
restricts saloons to certain streets and
provides for strict regulations. The
Alabama State Prohibition Convention
was in session in Montgomery last week.
Delegates to the National Convention
were chosen, and resolutions adopted favoring
Clinton B. Fisk, of New Jersey, for
President, and J. T. Tanner, of Ala., for
Vice-President. Six women in North
Carolina draw pensions as widows of Revolutionary
soldiers. The Atlanta colored
Congregational church has formally
expelled three of its members who were
convicted of voting the "wet" ticket.
Samuel Dickie, Chairman of the
National Prohibition committee, has issued
a call for a national convention, to
be held at Indianapolis on Wednesday
the Gth of June next. Snow fell to
the depth of 18 inches at Reading, Pa.,
last Saturday. The storm was general
throughout the State. At Ballstone,
Pa., last Monday, S. S. Crandell, formerly
a lawyer of Troy, N. Y., shot his wife, his
mother-in-law, his step-daughter and himself,
and all are dead. The tragedy was
the result of a quarrel as to the control of
money belonging to Crandell's wife. By
the explosion of a boiler at Tilton, Ga.,
last Monday, five men were killed. The
Missouri Supreme Court has declared what
is known as the Wood local option law to
be constitutional. The effect of this will
be to give the temperance movement in
that State an additional impetus.
He Cut off His Ear.?The Laurens,
S. C., correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle
writes under date of last Monday: A
sensational case has just come to light at
this place, which involves a daring attempt
at robbery, and the free use of a
bowie knife on a brother-in-law. John
Dagnall, a farmer living in this county,
had $500 hidden in his house, and happened
to mention the fact to his brother-inlaw.
Dagnall left his home one day, expecting
to be absent over night, but for
some reason returned late the same afternoon.
During the nigh]; he awoke and
found three men in his room. He seized
a large bowie knife and cut off the ear of
one of the robbers and stabbed him in the
chest. The others escaped. The wounded
man proved to be Dagnall's brother-inlaw,
and he is now in the Laurens jail.
A "Gritty" Murderer.?Young Francis
Hawkins, who not long ago shot his
mother to death while riding .with her in
a buggy, near Riverhead, Long Island,
because she reflected upon the character
of the young girl to whom he was enMA*]
i A U n 1A rt r. L A/NM t -
gttgeu uu ue iintrnou, naa uccu iuuuu guilty
of murder in the first degree, and sentenced
to be hanged on the 27th of next
month. He was the most unconcerned
person in the court-room when the verdict
was rendered and the sentence of death
passed upon him. The jailer, who led him
away from the court-room, being affected
to tears, young Hawkins said to him:
"You have no grit; you ought to have
some of the grit I've got."
Why the South is Solid.?The Richmond
Dispatch wisely says: The South is
solid because her highest interests demand
that she shall stand by the party which respects
her rights and refuses to override
the guarantees of the Federal constitution.
It is more important to her that she shall
not be harassed by Federal officials than
that there shall be either a protective tariff
or a tariff for revenue. With the success
of the Republican party in the national
elections would come to her the apprehension
that her civilization was threatened
with destruction.
? The Columbia Register says that on
Monday the Governor refused to grant
pardon or commutation to John Strickland,
a white man, of Horry county, convicted
at the October term, 1887, of the
murder of hisstep-mother, AdalineStrickland,
and sentenced to be hanged on the
last Friday of this month.
Utarkf fwprts.
YORKVILLE, Dec. 21.?Cotton, 91 to 93.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 19.?Cotton steady ;
middling, 10.
NEW YORK, December 19.?Cotton quiet;
uplands, 10?. Futures closed easy, with sales
of 112,000 bales, as follows : December, 10.42
to 10.4:1; January 10.48 to 10.49 ; February, 10.58
to 10.59 ; March, 10.68 to 10.69; April, 10.77 to
10.78; May, 10.85 to 10.86; June," 10.98 to 10.94;
July, 10.98 to 10.99 August, 11.01 to 11.02; September,
10.53 to 10.55; October, 10.16 to 10.19.
Comparative Cotton Statement.
NEW YORK, December 16.?The following
is the comparative cotton statement for the
week ending Dec. 16,1887: 1887. 1886.
Receipts at all ports for week...213,525 255,503
Total receipts to this date 3,597,222 3,183,954
Exports for the week 157,743 194,505
Total exports to date 2,183,917 1,875,722
Stock at all U. S. ports 279,579 1,033,227
Stock in interior towns 279,154 220,577
Stock at Liverpool 570,000 572,000
Stock alloat for Great Britain...270,000 251,000
Spoal Hoiitts.
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