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Jwaps and Jacts.
? The State Democratic Executive Committee
of North Carolina, in session at
Raleigh last Thursday, selected Raleigh as
the place for holding the next State Democratic
Convention. Resolutions reiterating
demands for a repeal of the internal
revenue laws were adopted.
? The Macon Telegram says: Customs
differ in different sections. Out west a
hunted criminal is lynched ; in Connecticut
he commits "suicide"; in the South
he "escapes." But, while the customs |
vary, as a general thing the result in such
cases is about the same.
? H. M. Brooks, alias Maxwell, the St.
Louis trunk murderer, published on Saturday
a seven column petition to the public
for mercy. This publication purports
to contain a history of his crime. He reiterates
the statement that the death of
Preller was caused by an overdose of
chloroform.
? While playing ball on the grounds of
the Chattanooga University on Wednesday,
two students named James C. Johnson
and Ben Magill got into a difficulty,
when the latter struck the former on the
head with a base ball bat crushing in his
skull. Johnson died and Magill made his
escape.
?Rev. J. C. Price, colored, president of
Livingstone College, Salisbury, N. C.,
has received a letter from Secretary Bayard
informing him that the President has
appointed him minister resident and consul
general of the United States in Liberia.
Price has not yet decided whether he will
accept the office or not.
?Although the United States standing
army is comparatively insignificant from
the point of view of numbers, we are not
in a defenceless position. The States have
94,786 trained and well drilled men in
their military organizations, and careful
estimates put the number of men in this
country as available for military seryice
at 8,021,605.
?A New York dispatch of Sunday says:
The executive committee of the Republican
league of the United States has appointed
a committee on the organization
of Republican clubsin theSoutbern States.
The newly appointed committee will at
once begin work, with a view to completing
the organization of the Republicans
of the South before the Presidential cam?oi?n
Knrri no
? N. B. Lester, who shot and killed J. S.
Lane, in Lebanon, Tenn., on the 26th of
last July, was sentenced last Saturday by
the Supreme Court at Nashville to be
hanged on the 20th of April. Lester killed
Lane because the latter, as attorney for
Mrs. Lester, who was seeking a divorce,
prevented Lester from obtaining money
secured to Mrs. Lester by the death of
her first husband, who was a member of
the Knights of Pythias.
? The unveiling of the Jasper monument
last Wednesday at Savannah, Ga., was a
great success. Over 20,000 visitors were
in the city. Speaking of Jasper, the Shelby
Aurora says: There is a current tradition
that Sergeant Jasper, one of the
bravest heroes of the American Revolution,
was born two miles from King's
Mountain on King's Creek, in Cleveland
county, N. C. Many of the oldest inhabitants
cling to this tradition and now point
to the remains of the house in which the
heroic Jasper is said to have lived.
?George H. Corliss, the engine builder,
died on Tuesday at Providence, R. I., of
paralysis of the heart. Mr. Corliss was
born in Easton, N. Y. He never saw inside
of a machine shop until he was 25
years old. He went to Providence in 1844,
and in 1846 began the development of his
steam engine improvements, and in 1848
completed an engine which embodied the
essential features of the present Corliss engine.
Mr. Corliss was a commissioner at
the Centennial Exhibition, and his engine
for transmitting the power all over Machinery
Hall added to his fame. The undertaking
cost him $100,000.
? The Tennessee State Prohibition Convention,
held in Nashville last week, was
attended by eighty delegates. Twentyfour
delegates were appointed to the National
Prohibition Convention to meet at
Indianapolis and instructed to vote for
General Clinton B. Fisk as nominee for
President. A convention was also called
for May 16th, the same day the Republican
Gubernatorial Convention meets, to
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nominate a candidate ior governor, i ne
nomination of full county, legislative and
Congressional tickets was urged. The
platform affirms allegiance to the national
prohibition party, demands a free ballot,
the restriction of emigration and liberal
appropriations for education.
? The community of Monmouth, 111.,
was startled by a terrific roar or explosion
on the night of the 22nd instant, which
was perceptibly felt to jar the walls and
windows of many buildings in the city.
The sky was lit up with what appeared to
have been a monster meteor on a tramp.
Its direction was from southeast to northwest.
The meteor passed Monmouth with
lightning rapidity and the explosion took
place shortly after. Reports from neighboring
towns show that they all experienced
the same sensations as to the shock
and the flight of the visitor, but whither
it went is not yet known.
? They tell down East of a poor fellow
who owned a remarkably fat hog, and
who also owed a rich man. The hog was
about all the property he had worth levying
on, and the law exempted a man's
only pig. One day the creditor meeting
the debtor said : "You need another pig ;
let me send you a nice little one." The
poor man was astonished. "Why, I owe
for the hog that I've got now," he stammered.
"Never mind ; you need another
one and I'll send it," and he did, and the
little pig was put in the pen by the side of
the fat one. In less than an hour the constable
came and attached the fat hog and
took it away, and thus the law and the
rich man were satisfied.
?At Bangor, Maine, last Friday, when
Clarence Whitney and James Foster were
brought in court to plead to the charge of
having committed the famous robbery
and attempt to murder old Peter Bennett,
the miser, at East Newport last December,
Foster caused a sensation by pleading
guilty. Whitney nearly fainted when he
heard his companion's pien, nut ne nimself
pleaded not guilty. Foster said he
will tell the whole story, implicating himself
and Whitney. He takes this course
in order to avoid a trial in which his history
would be brought out. Foster is not
his real name, and he does not want to
disgrace his family who are said to be
prominent in New York State.
? New York politicians are circulating
the report that Governor Hill will try to
head tne delegation to the St. Louis Convention
from that State, and that he will
make the speech nominating President
Cleveland for the second term. Governor
Hill will have nothing to say on the subject,
and there is a great difference of opinion
among the knowing ones. Hill's most
intimate friends say that he will keep
himself in readiness for 1892, and that he
will not seek re-election as Governor. The
air is full of all kinds of rumors, but all
agree that the alleged Hill boom is dead,
past all hope of resurrection, and that
New York will send a delegation to St.
Louis solid for the nomination of Cleveland.
? The Chinese minister was asked the j
other day if his country had any ill-feeling !
towards the United States for its effort to
check Chinese immigration. He said:
"None at all. We are trying to restrict its
ourselves. Those who come here from j
China1>elong to the working class. We
are ranch more concerned with the protection
of our commercial relations with the
United States and our merchants doing !
business in America, 'mat is unina's
chief concern. We wish to extend our
commercial relations with this country as
much as possible, and to do so our merchants
in ^America must be protected.
Concerning^ this, however, we have no
fear, as we rely upon the fairness and justice
of the American Government."
? An Edmonton correspondent of the
St. Paul Pioneer Press gives the facts in
regard to the reports of the starving condition
of the Indians of the Northwest.
He says that the failure of crops and the
scarcity of game left the Indians solely
dependent on the Indian bureau for food.
Government supplies have failed to come,
and the consequence is most deplorabh
All the stock of fish they had frozen in th
early part of winter was spoiled by mil
weather in January. The chiefs of th
White Fish Lake and other tribes becam
demonstrative and threatened the Goverr
ment officials with retaliation unless foo
was given them. The agent of Saddl
Lake came down to Edmonton and refuse
to return without food, being afraid fc
his life. The correspondent accuses th
Indian department of criminal negligent
and says if the Indians are not looke
after the consequences may be disastroui
UorfeviUc inquirer
YORKVILLE, S. '
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29,1888
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.
The National Democratic committe
which met in Washington last week, s<
lected St. Louis as the place, and appoin
ed June 5th as the time for holding th
Democratic National Convention. Th:
anticipates the Republican National Cor
vention, which will meet in Chicago o
the 19th of June. The official call for th
Democratic Convention has been mad
by Wm. H. Barnum, Chairman of th
committee.
The action of the Democratic commi
tee is said to mean that the policy of th
party in the coming campaign will be af
gressive rather than defensive. On th;
point the Washington correspondent (
the New York Times, writing last Friday
says:
The determination of the National Den
ocratic committee to hold the Democrati
Convention earlier than that of the R<
publican party, strange to observe, do<
not provoke that shout of exultant deligl
that ought to have been expected from
party that has recently declared its firi
intention to win with or without Jam*
G. Blaine. The Republican members <
the ways and means committee of th
House, those unemployed gentlemen wh
are really responsible for the side-splittin
sarcasms about "dark lantern" sessions t
extirpate American industries, fail 1
raise their voices anew with predictions <
victory* The fact is that they do not rea
ize that the Democratic party would dai
to lead off, and they were hopeful th*
they would wait in order that there coul
be no tariff bill before the people to dii
cuss at convention time. At last some <
the Democrats realize that that they wi
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by hesitation. Republicans can be foun
in Congress who, if they would permi
their opinions to be printed, would b
discovered as believers in tariff reductio
and as doubtful of the success of the part
that fights for indiscriminate and unmii
igated protection. One of these Republ;
cans directed attention this afternoon t
an editorial in a New York paper, su{
posed to be Democractic in politics, whic
intimated broadly enough that no cand:
date for President could carry New Yor
on a low tariff platform. "Now that
I absurd on the face of it," was the con:
raent. "You had a campaign in you
State only three months ago. The Reput
licans had a strong protective platforir
The Democrats had a low tariff platforir
The vote was large, and the Democrat
won. Is there likely to be less interest ii
the State in November next or less tari
reform sentiment than there was in Nc
vember last? We Republicans cannc
safely base our hopes of getting the elec
tors of New York on any such assume
tion."
The ways and means committee Dem
ocrats are greatly pleased with the selec
tion of an early day for the convention
It may furnish infirm Congressmen wit!
nerve and decision to have a national ex
pression on the tariff question in June
They expect to bring their bill before th
full committee next Tuesday. If not pos
sible to produce it then, it will come alonj
on Friday of next week. It will not b
brought in because the Republicans wan
to see it, but because its constructors hav
made it so conservative and acceptabl
that Mr. Randall even will not have grea
reason to condemn it. Mr. Randall, by th
way, is quoted as regarding the selectioi
of an early day for the convention as ver;
bad politics. He goes further than hi
friends, the Republicans, for they are gen
erally silent.
THE PRESIDENT'S* SOUTHERN TOUR.
A week ago to-day the President, accom
panied by Mrs. Cleveland and a fev
friends, left Washington for a hurried vis
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sonville, Florida, stopping on the way ou
only at Savannah, Ga., to participate ii
the ceremonies of unveiling the Jaspe
monument. The President was receive*
with marked demonstrations at ever
point on the route, and at Jacksonville
the reception was a grand ovation.
Returning to Washington, the party ar
rived in Charleston at 9 o'clock last Satur
day morning, the President having ac
cepted an invitation to enjoy for a shor
while the hospitalities of that city. The
Presidential train was received with i
salute by the artillery and the militar;
was drawn up in line. Immediately afte
reaching the depot the President an*
Mrs. Cleveland entered a carriage whicl
was in front of the main entrance. Th*
vehicle was drawn by four of the fines
bay horses in Charleston. In the carriagi
were also Mayor Bryan and Judge Simon
ton. The Presidential carriage was pre
ceded and followed by a detachment o
cavalry. On the procession being com
pleted with the other members of tin
party, the city council, committee of re
ception and others, all of whom were als*
in carriages, from the depot the processioi
passed down King Street to Broad, alonj
Broad to the postoffice, thence to the cus
torn house and along East Bay to th<
Battery, where a halt was made for thi
purpose of viewing Forts Sumter, Moul
trie and other historical points of interes
which were spread out before them like i
beautiful picture in the summer-like sun
light. From this point they drove uj
town again past St. Michael's church
Here the chimes rang out a welcome b
the Chief Magistrate of the nation. Afte
this a second halt was made at the Citade
Green, where the President reviewed th
cadets and other military and civic organ
izations which were drawn up in line t
receive him. The Orphans' Home wa
next visited for a few minutes. The part;
then returned to the train and at 11.30 lei
Charleston for the North. The decoration
along the line of march were very beauti
ful, flowers, palmetto leaves, flags an<
banners being used in abundance.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland look
ed well, showing no signs of fatigue afte
their almost constant traveling. They ap
peared to be much pleased with the heai
tiness and cordiality of their most enthu
siastic receivers.
The return to Washington was mad
over the same route by which the part;
traveled south?via Wilmington, Goldj
boro and Weldon, the train reachin
Washington at 3 o'clock Sunday morning
They arrived well and in good spirits, bu
fatigued from their journey. They sa
they had a good time and expresse
themselves as delighted with their trip
Tillman's Report.?Representativ
Tillman and the members of the specis
committee appointed by the House to in
vestigate the cause of the recent strike c
the employees of the Reading Railroa
and Coal Company, have returned to Wash
ington. Mr. Tillman states that the com
mittee will be ready to submit its repoi
to the House in about six weeks, as it wil
take that timefor the stenographer to writ
out his notes. Mr. Tillman proposes t
make a big speech on the subject of th
investigation. In conducting it he used
probe instead of a white-washing brush
a. For the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
'? ABOUT EPIDEMICS.
e Clover, February 27.?Epidemics are
e bad things. That is, some of them are.
. But there are some epidemics that are good
(j things. There is an epidemic that has
[e been raging all over our country for years
(j that is called the railroad epidemic, and
)r that is a good thing. It is surprising the
e amount and extent of railroads that have
j been built over our Southern country,
^ and still the work goes on.
g Then there is another epidemic that
^ seems to be spreading rapidly, and it is
" called the factory epidemic. That is a good
thine. Tn funt. it is one of the best things
going. In nearly every paper I pick up
these days I find something about factories.
All the large towns and cities have
factories of some kind. Even the smaller
towns have been struck with this epidemic.
Compapies are forming and subscriptions
are being raised to build factories. York
county is almost on a boom about factories.
Clover has caught it. The first step has
been taken?that is, the talk. That is the
' first step in all great enterprises. Wheth_
er the next will be taken or not I do not
- know. One thing I do know, and that
is that Clover and vicinity has got men
who have got the vim to push whatever
they undertake. It is true that "vim"
won't build factories, but it is a very
- important factor in the matter. If our
friends hear nothing more of this epidemic
e here they may conclude that another im3.
portant factor was lacking. I earnestly
t. nope that I will be able soon to have
something more to say about the factory.
, I will not attempt to say anything about
18 the benefit that would accrue to this entire
1- section of our county. I saw a large cirn
cular price list the other day that had
e been sent out by an extensive hat factory
, in a Northern city. On the circular was
pictured a large mill, and near by some
e boys driving sheep into the hopper, and
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t- out. Now that is the kind of factories
e we need; factories in which when you
r_ throw a bale of cotton it will come out
f" cloth, shirting, checks, cottonades, prints,
13 &c., ready for use.
The last time I was in Yorkville I was
f, asked the question, "Has Clover got the
epidemic yet?" On asking what epidemj.
ic was meant, the answer was, "Why the
jC epidemicthatproducescandidates." Well,
a. that is a new kind of epidemic, but I reckl3
on the name is correct. I don't think
^ Clover has it yet. At least if it has, it has
a not broken out nor made its appearance.
n It may be in the system, under the skin,
>s as it were, and may show itself later. It
is only February and we have nearly a
ie dozen out in the county, and only three
[0 or four precincts heard from, and not a
? full report from them either. That is all
o right. They are good men. It is a rule
0 and I always set it down as sure, when I
5f see a man's name in the paper as acandi1_
date that he is all right. York never fails
e on that point. That is one of the first
things I look for when I receive the End
quirer. I am expecting more, and I
5_ want to know who they are. In fact, I
would like to have an office myself. I
11 mean a big office with a big salary. One
n that would enable me to live without
(j work and worry. One that would enable
U me to take my family and go to the moune
tains in summer ana to Florida or some
n other warm place in winter. But I will
y not come out yet. I am afraid the "run"
j?. would be too long. Being a little lame I
1_ might "/at7" before I get there. j. d. g.
O Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
h LETTER FROM BLACK'S,
j* Black's, S. C., February 27.?Solomon's
* Ass has given "One of Them" such a heavy
8 kick that he brays "One of the People
stigmatizes the lawyer for handling "ugly
ir facts," then wants the lawyer to give a
)_ "little more light on the subject," con'
summates his elaborate work "on financ'
es" in Chapter No. 2, and finds it "an irk:s
some task." The whole system of our
n finances is discussed in detail and minff
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u uteiy in just iwo cnapiers: xih.: inreau
)_ off your spool already ? When the star of
Bethlehem disappeared from the skies,
"One of Them," the wise man, was left in
>" utter darkness, his book on "Finances,"
closed with Chapter 2, and he never reached
the manger. Where has he gone?
Allied himself with the people and will.
' yet be transformed?"a truce to all that"?
h into a political aspirant. Watch him!
Capitalists from Birmingham have been
!* amongst us recently prospecting our iron
e ores. We have the finest magnetic ores
i_ in inexhaustible quantities, and their early
? development is looked for by our people
e with great anxiety,
t Brown Bros., of Cowpens, have bought
e D. D. Gaston's brick store room, and will
e occupy it the first of next month as mert
chants, with a full stock of goods. Mr. Gase
ton is having dirt moved, preparatory to
3 the erection of a large brick store room,
Y which he will occupy when completed.
s We had heavy and constant rain for two
* days last week, and it is strange to say
that there was no accident or delay to
trains on the railroads.
The people of our town have been at a
" high degree of excitement for a week on
v account of the double marriage of Miss
Florence Little. Frst to Mr. Augustus
Mintz, of Black's; then to Dr. Atkinson,
t of Chester. She was married to them
Q both within the same week. The quesr
tion now under discussion is: Whose wife
> is she, and what is their remedy for relief?
Y When she married Mintz all parties were
e competenttoenterintoamarriagecontract,
gave their consent, and did undertake the
" contract by the performance of the mar"
riage ceremony by a competent officer;
* but this lacks one element in consummaf
i! L 1.* f 1. UmL ~ i. ^l_ ? i. l_ ~ ?
" nun?puuucny. inaisuun cuuiraia ims
9 not been consummated by the cohabita1
tion of the parties thereto."?Rev. Stat.
y 2028.
r When she married Atkinson, all parties
' were competent to enter into a marriage
1 contract, (if Miss Little had not made a
9 legal marriage contract with Mintz), gave
t their consent and the contract was entered
e into by the performance of the marriage
" ceremony, performed by a competent offi"
cer and'they lived together as man and
* wife for a week, hence the necessary ele"
ment to consummate this contract is not
9 wanting. "That such contract has not
* been consummated by the cohabitation of
0 the parties thereto."
1 As all divorce laws in this State were
? repealed in 1878, the parties will either
* have to apply tothe courts to interpret the
e contract, or ask the Legislature to grant
9 them a divorce. w.
> Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
NOTES FROM WESTERN YORK.
? IIoodtown, February 25.?There has
. been but little farm work done the pres0
ent week, as it has rained every day.
r The prospect for a crop of wheat is pretty
1 gloomy. Farmers who sowed oats in the
e fall were fortunate as they are looking
- quite promising. Those who sowed since
o Christmas are doubtful about them as they
s are ^iot doing any good toward growing.
y From what I can learn some of our
t farmers are going to improve their lands,
s and, that too, without the use of commer
cial fertilizers. Mr. John J. Wallace is
3 on the aggressive. He informs me that he
will use this year, on a three horse farm,
" irom ou 10 mu ions 01 compost, it is to ue
r hoped that others will follow his example,
and instead of wasting time and money
gettiug guano, spend the same amount of
- time and money in making home fertilizers,
which will be of more permanent
e value, both to the growing crops and the
y future improvement of their lands. So
? long as we (the farmers) continue to buy
? and use manipulated guanos to the detri?
ment of home fertilizers, just so long will
it we remain poor.
y Mr. J. E. Good, of Cedartown, Ga., visd
ited his mother, Mrs. M. A. Good, last
> week. She has had a severe attack of
pneumonia, but we are glad to note that
e j she is now convalescent,
d Mr. Benjamin Childers, who lived on
i- the Whitesides place, died Tuesday night,
>f after a few days' illness. The cause of his
d death was pneumonia. The funeral seri
vices were conducted by ltev. Mr. ITarley
i- on Thursday.
t Mrs. John R. Edwards came near being
II seriously burned one day this week. Her
e clothing caught fire, and was being rapido
ly consumed by the flames, when fortue
nately Messrs. Edwards and Mickle came
a upon the scene. They quickly extinguisht.
ed the flames before any harm was done
j except the burning of Mrs. Edwards'
clothing. The hands of both the gentle!
men were pretty badly burned.
A young negro who represented himself
as being a physician has been imposing
upon the credulity of some of his own color
in our community. A few days ago he
, told a negro girl that she was poisoned,
and proceeded to use the knife freely,
splitting her arm from the shoulder to the
elbow, when forbearance ceased to be a
virtue. Some of the more intelligent took
him, and after carrying him some distance
into the woods, proceeded to administer
a sound thrashing, giving him, I
have been told, 300 lashes; to which I add,
"well done." The above occurred near
Mr. J. Ed. Leech's place.
What has become of our county commissioners?
It has been several months
since they promised to have the road adjacent
to Bullock's Creek bridge, near this
place, repaired, but so far have taken no
steps in that direction. I hear some complaints
among the people of the communi
ty aoout uie mauer. uur ruaus iu iwauy
places are almost impassible. We hope
they will give our section some attention
at an early day. Rambler.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
?UJTTER FROM ROCK HILL.
Rock/Sill, February 28.?Last week
was a wet week for a dry town. It rained
from Monday morning until Friday, and
yesterday morning we had a slight fall of
snow.
yfon Saturday a notice was posted on the
^jostoffice here that the President would
Sass through Rock Hill at 5.12 P. M. on
is return from Florida. As the regular
train on the G., C.?& A. Railroad passes
this place at that hour, a large majority of
our citizens, including women and children,
were at the depot to get a glimpse of
the President and his wife. But all were
doomed to disappointment. It would not
have been well for the person who posted
the notice had his name been ascertained.
Sam Hart, a colored man, was adjudged
a lunatic before Trial Justice Whyte on
Thursday last, the examining physicians
being Drs. Fewell and Crawford. He was
committed to the Asylum.
On last Wednesday evening, Pinky Edwards
aud Virgy Scott, colored women,
had a fisticuff on Railroad street. The
former received a severe wound in her
head by a rock in the hands of the latter.
There was a man in the case this time, instead
of a woman.
y^Two hundred and sixteen wheelbarrows
/were received here last Saturday to be
used by contractors in this vicinity in the
grading of the Charleston, Cincinnati and
hicago Railroad.
The farmers who have been in town during
the past week report the roads to be in
a dreadful condition. In some places they
are almost impassable. We are soon to
have a new grapd jury, and it might be
well for the supervisors and overseers, to
lookout! . 5
meeting ofythe incorporators of the
/proposed new c<jtton factory at this place
was held last night. Of $86,000 subscribed
to the capital sto^k of the company, $56,000
was represented. The following gentlemen
were elected as board of directors:
W. M. Frew, W, L. Roddey, A. E. Smith,
A. Friedheim, R. T. Fewell, Jno. R. London,
W. J. Roddey, W. J. Rawlinson,
Dr. T. A. Crawford. The directors will,
at a future date, elect a president and
other officers. The sentiment of the meeting
was that the mill shall be built at
once, and the directors were requested to
proceed immediately with the construction
of the building. Work on it will be
begun within the next thirty days. It is
contemplated to have the machinery in
operation in time to work up cotton of the
crop to be growh this year.
The efforts to settle for the right of way
of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
Railroad over the lands of Mrs. Eliza
Steele, J. C. B; Smith and Mrs. W. J.
Kimball, for which purpose Major Hart,
attorney of the Construction Company, was
here last Tuesday, proved abortive.
Hal.
THE SENSATIONAL MARRIAGE.
The Shelby Aurora of last week contains
the following additional statements concerning
the recent marriage of Dr. Atkinson
and Miss Little, which gives promise
of becoming a sensational affair, unless the
alleged bride of two husbands can make a
satisfactory explanation of the awkward
position in which she seems to be placed:
The Aurora last week published the sensational
marriage of Dr. Atkinson, a druggist
of Chester, S. C., to Miss Florence Lit- j
tie, a charming young lady of Gaffney's,
S. C. At midnight at Black's S. C., on
Sunday night, Feb. 12, 1888, Rev. G. M.
Wehh nerfnrmed the ceremonv at Crosbv's
Hotel. We stated that a previous day for
the nuptials had been appointed, that Dr.
Atkinson arrived at Gaffney's on Wednesday
train, 2 o'clock, according to appointment,
but on his arrival at the affianced's
home, the lover found that the object of
his adoration was smiling upon another
lover, Mr. Augustus Mintz, son of John
Mintz, of Black's, and that she was enjoying
a protracted buggy ride with Mr.
Mintz in the country. The groom waited
for his affianced to return that night and
shed joy upon his soul, but she came not
until Thursday morning, 9 o'clock.
As she leaped into the buggy she said
to her ardent admirer: "This is your day,
Mr. Mintz; to-morrow will be Dr. Atkinson's
day."
Mr. Mintz whispered to a friend that he
expected to return a married man, before
Wednesday afternoon's ride. He returned
alone after midnight to the hotel at Gaffney's.
She returned alone on Thursday
morning, the day for her appointed marriage
to Dr. Atkinson, of Chester, who was
impatiently awaiting her return to Gaffney's.
Now for the secret divulged this week,
a secret that causes a sensation, a scandal
and soon an appeal to the courts, in which
the fair and attractive Miss Little, the
belle of Gaffney's, S. C., occupies an embarrassing
position. On that memorable
Wednesday's buggy ride, Mr. Augustus
Mintz and'Miss Florence Little halted at
the residence of Rev. J. G. Carter, below
Gaffney's a few miles, and were secretly
married and invoked the minister's silence.
They were to keep the marriage a
secret for two years and then divulge it to
the world. Each were to live as formerly
and tell no one until the expiration of two
years. A rash, silly promise, which leads
to a sad denouement! All this time Dr.
Atkinson, a stranger, was ignorant of the
plot and blind to the situation, for he
"loved not wisely, but too well." No one
at Gaffney's except the contracting parties
and Mr. Black knew of her secret marriage
until recently. Now for Miss Little's marriage
eleven days afterwards to Dr. Atkinson.
Her prolonged and strange absence and
apparent indifference provoked her betrothed's
jealousy and anger, which culminated
in his hasty departure home.
Soon mutual explanations were made.
She said she was ready and true to her
promise on that Thursday, but he left in
anger. Love, which laughs at lock;
smiths and overleaps all obstacles, culminated
in a correspondence and an interview
at Black's, where she met, by appointment,
her Chester lover. The interview
was protracted into a wedding ceremony
which blended together the lives
and bliss of Dr. Atkinson and Miss Florence
Little on Sunday at midnight, February
12, 1888.
Trials of a Trial Justice.?Our
readers will remember that some months j
ago considerable dissatisfaction was crea-1
ted in the Feasteryille neighborhood at J
the action of trial justice Shields Gladney I
a. I J.. ?< ? /rnllA 1
; in disinterring me uuu,y ui ? ucgm ^ynu i
[ had been dead over a month) and holding j
I an inquest. The county commissioners
! went before trial justice Cathcart on Sat- j
I urday, the 18th, and indicted him for offi-!
I cial misconduct. The grand jury also j
| looked into the matter and found a true [
| bill against Mr. Gladney. He, however,!
| did not appear for trial when his case was j
i called, so the sheriff went and brought!
j him before the court. In the meantime j
the court of sessions had adjourned. The ;
judge, however, bound him over to appear
at the next term of court in the sum
i of $500. Mr. Gladney went home ostensibly
to secure bondsmen, but not returning,
the sheriff again went for him and lodged
him in jail on Thursday night. On Friday |
Mr. Gladney gave the required bond and I
was released.? Winnsboro News, Saturday.1
[ LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
F. A. Gilbert, Town Treasurer?Treasurer's
I Report of the Town Council of Yorkvilfe,
S. C.
Prof. William Baker, Charlotte, N. C.?Piano
Tuning.
John C. Kuykendal?Pointed Paragraphs.
Withers Ad'ickes?It Will Pav You.
J. N. Roberts?Pay Up at Once for the Enquirer.
Lowry <fc .Starr?Important, Paints, Paints.
Parish & Kennedy?Pickled Pigs Feet and Sour
Crout.
T. M. Dobson <fc Son?New Goods.
H. F. Adickes?Just Received.
W. C. Latimer?Sewing Machines, Curtain
Goods, <fec.
J. W. Dobson?Liyery and Feed Stables.
xvi. sirauss?neaa aim rvencia.
Hunter & Oates?B Quick, 0 Sharp and don't
B Left.
Will II. Speck, Jeweler?Fine Watch Movements.
[4th page.]
James M. McDowell?Candidate for County
Commissioner of York county.
W. H. Moore?Pay Up at Once for the Enquirer.
THE TOWN ELECTION.
Although the time for the annual municipal
election for the town of Yorkville is near at
hand, the date being only a week from to-morrow,
there is so little interest, apparently, felt
upon the subject that not oven a ticket has yet
been publicly announced.
THE "WEATHER.
If it be true that he laughs best who laughs
last, the cold weather joke may yet be on the
sunny South. Monday last was the first really
cold day we have had since the winter set in,
the thermometer on Monday night registering
11 degrees above zero.
V7 UNITED STATES PRISONERS.
/The recent term of the U. S. District Court
at Greenville contributed three prisoners to the
York county jail, viz.: Eli White alias Alexander,
for resisting an officer; and Nathan
Crosby and Wm. Farrow for retailing liquor
without a United States license. All are colored.
FOR STEALING A COW.
Daniel White, a young colored man, was
committed to jail yesterday to await his trial
in the Sessions Court, on the charge of stealing
a cow from Mr. Richard Ashe. He drove the
animal to Yorkville and sold it to Mr. Alonzo
Rose for beef, and on being charged with the
crime he confessed his guilt.
S^COL. MATSONFOR MAYOR.
Tue Johnson City, Tenn., Comci nominates
Col. T. E. Matson, Chief Engineer of the
Charleston. Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad,
as a candidate for Mayor of that? city. Could
the people along the line of the road have a
voice in the matter his election would be assured
by a handsome majority.
V" DEATH OF S. L. ADAMS.
We regret to record the death of Mr. S. Leroy
Adams, which occurred at his home near
Bethel Church in this county, on Tuesday
morning of last week. Mr. Adams was the
youngest son of Rev. James S. Adams, long a
pastor of Bethel congregation, and was one of
the best citizens in his community. He died
of dropsy of the chest and was seventy years
old on the 5th instant.
YORK HORSE ASTRAY.
Taie Shelby New Era of last week says that a
horse belonging to Mr. T. F. Jackson, of York
county, S. C., broke out of the stable at Mr. J.
H. Elliott's house, on Monday night, and wandered
on the track of the C., C. and C. R. R.
The horse walked along the track until he
reached the bridge over First Broad River,
when he fell between the sleepers and was badly
injured. He was rescued the next morning
by the section hands.
FIVE PAPERS THIS MONTH.
According to the witlings, the women talk
less in February than any other month of the
year, it being the shortest. An unusual occurrence
is the fact that we print five issues this
month, short as it is. We trust the Enquirer
has contained enough good things to supply
the deficiency caused by the deprivation of the
fair sex to indulge full thirty days in their
traditional characteristic.
PARDONED.
Governor Richardson has pardoned George
Beckham, colored, of Yorkville, who was convicted
before Judge Witherspoon at March
term, 188G, and sentenced to the penitentiary
for ten years for manslaughter, the charge
against him being the murder of a colored
man named Crawford, in a riot at a colored
religious meeting at Mt. Zion in this county.
George returned home last Friday evening.
The pardon was recommended by a large number
of citizens and had the endorsement of
Judge Witherspoon and Solicitor McDonald.
TRAIN WRECKED.
On /Saturday afternoon last the south-bound
freight train of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad
met with a serious accident about a mile
north of town. The cars were laden with shin
gles and fertilizers, and tne train was running
at a moderate rate of speed, when the truck of
one of the cars broke, causing a derailment
and smash up of several cars. The engine remained
on the track and none of the train men
were injured. The north-bound passenger
train remained here from 6 P. M., until 9, by
which time the track was cleared.
WILL SECURE A PENSION.
By a note received at this office, we are pleased
to announce what her many friends here
will also gladly learn, that Mrs. Jane Kerr, of
Spartanburg, is hopeful of securing at an early
day a pension for the services of her husband,
Jerome B. Kerr, as a soldier in the Mexican
war. Mr. Kerr lived in Yorkville, for many
years after the close of the Mexican war, and
as will be remembered, Mrs. Kerr was here
a few week ago for the purpose of securihg
testimony to enable her to secure the pension
to which she is justly entitled.
| X PERSONAL MENTION.
Wo learn that Mr. John B. Pankcy, who
[ will be remembered by many of our older citizens
as a teacher in this county, but who has
been teaching in Texas and Mississippi since
the war, has returned to this State, and will
resume his profession of teaching in the western
part of Chester county.
Mr. M. G. Johnson, a son of Samuel Johnson,
who moved from York to Meridian, Miss.,
about twenty years ago, is visiting his uncle,
Mr. John L. Starr, and other relatives in this
county.
Miss Iva Curtis, of Chester, is visiting Mrs.
Isabella Steele.
Mrs. John A. Darwin is visiting her parents
at Black's.
Senator Black was in town last Monday.
CHURCH*NOTICES.
Baptist?Rev. J. K. Fant, Pastor of Flint
Hill Church, will preach at Union at 11 A. M.
next Sunday, and in Yorkville at 7.30 P. M.
Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting this
evening at 7.30.
a oonninfn "Rflfnrmftd Presbvterian?Rev. J.
C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at
11 A. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M.
Presbyterian?Rev. 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 4 o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel,
Pastor. No service next Sunday morning.
Servico at 7.15 P. M., by Rev. J. L. Harley.
Sunday-school at 3 P. M. No prayer-meeting
this evening.
Episcopal?Rev. Edmund N. Joynor, Rector.
Sunday-school at 3 P. M.
PROGRESS OP THE RAILROAD.
The Johnson City, Tenn., Comet of last
Thursday has the following concerning the
progress of the Charleston, Cincinnati and
Chicago Railroad north of Rutherfordton,
North Carolina.
At a meeting of the oflicials of the Charleston,
Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company
in New York, on the 15th inst., Col. T.
E. Matson was re-elected Chief Engineer and
Gen. Itosser was appointed Consulting Engineer,
to have charge of location north of Marion,
N. C., until the grading is completed on the
southern division. Col. T. E. Matson returned
Monday via South Carolina and was seen
by a Comet representative and found to be
full of important information that will bo j
read with pleasure by our citizens and those |
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lnieresLuu 111 mo iuuuo 01 uuuuuwu
says it is the intention of the company to complete
the location of the entire line during the
coining summer, and to do this four additional
engineer corps will be put in the field at
once. Two of the corps will be put to work
between Marion, N. C. and the Tennessee line
and tho Breaks at the Kentucky line. Reports
&c., as heretofore, to bo given to the Chief
Engineer. The instruments, tents, cots, Ac.,
have been ordered, and the outfit for two corps
are expected to arrive in Johnson City within
a week. The other two outfits will go to Marion,
N. C. As has been said, the work of location
will begin at once, but lust where the
corps will commence has not been definitely
settled, but it is thought that the line will be
located each way from this place. As to when
grading will begin no time has been fixed, but
a large Western Construction Company is negotiating
with them for the contract for grading
the uncompleted portion of the road and
propose to build the entire line within twelve
months. Whether the contract is awarded
this company or not, it is certain that dirt will
be broken at different points along the line during
the coming spring and will be pushed
right along as rapidly as possible.
In regard to the progress along the line, Col.
Matson has completed the location through the
Breaks and is now with his corps on the Big
Sandy near Pikeville, Ky. Capt. II. W. Lumsden
is progressing as rapidly with his work of
grading as the stato of the work in the Breaks
will allow.
Capt. Ramsaur has completed the location
? xr a if?i? xr
uctwccu x\uLucrjuruiun, r*. anu ivianuii, iy.
C., and the contract for grading has been
awarded and work will be commenced in a
few weeks.
It is contemplated to transfer at an early day
the office of chief engineer from Rock Rill to
thi^city.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? It is reported in Columbia that Col. E.
B. C. Cash is dead.
? W. G. Parish, a Mexican war veteran,
died at his home in Rossville township,
Chester county, last week.
? Mr. 0. L. Schumpert is spoken of as a
candidate for Solicitor of the Seventh Circuit,
which now makes five in the field.
? There are thus far twelve applications
from Chester county for State pensionssix
from soldiers and six from widows of
soldiers.
? Mr. W. H. Hinnant, the contractor for
carrying the mail between Winnsboro and
Long Run, died suddenly in Winnsboro,
last Monday, of hemorrhage of the lungs.
? The name of the postofflce on the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad
in Chester county, heretofore known as
Chestnut Grove, has been changed to Lewis'
Turnout.
? Rev. T. M. Bailey, D. D., the popular
and efficient Corresponding Secretary of
the Baptist State Mission Board, and Miss
Sue H. McMillan, of Barnwell county,
were married on the 15th instant.
? Spartanburg Spartan: According to
the Dutch sign this will be a good wheat
year. Last Wednesday was Ash Wednesday
and it was a fair day, which indicates
that wheat heads will be well filled.
Watch and see if there is anything in the
sign.
? Blythewood, in Fairfleld county, a station
on the C., C. & A. Railroad, is stirred
up over a war between the families of
Hogan and Hoffman, the most prominent
people in town. The origin of the trouble
was the betrayal of Miss Hattie Hogan, an
18-year-old girl, by Thomas Hoffman.
? The Columbia correspondent of the
News, and Courier advises all those who
propose to apply for State pensions to do
so at once. The pension board will meet
to consider the applications about the latter
part of March, and the board would
like to have all the applications considered
together.
?In the sessions court of Sumter, last
Monday, all the cases growing out of the
Bowman-Keels affair, in which trial justice
Haynsworth was killed, were continued.
John R. Keels, Kincheon Pennington,
Peyton G. Bowman and Walter I.
Harby, all charged with murder, are on
bail until the next term of Court.
? Winnsboro News: Two peddlers whc
have been around selling jewelry and
other trinkets, were attacked at the upper
part of town by two negroes who knocked
them senseless with large sticks. The
negroes then robbed them of the money
which they had and some of their goods,
They claim to have had twenty dollars in
cash.
? The fish warden at Georgetown reports
that the run of shad so far this year has
been greater than for any season in the
East twenty years. Already 33,000 shad
ave been shipped from Georgetown,
This increase is attributed to the large
plants of young shad made by the department
in the rivers of the State during the
past few years, and in part to the enforcement
of the fish laws.
? Fifteen families of negroes left Newberry
last Thursday for Little Rock, Ark,
There is great indignation in that county
against emigrant and railroad agents, and
two?one a colored emigrant agent and the
other a representative of the Memphis and
Little Rock Railroad?have been threatened
with violence. The negro took to the
woods and the railroad agent left on the
first train.
? The United States District Court, in
session at Greenville, adjourned last Thursday
to the August term. The News says:
me uourc ac its present term nas uispuseu
of sixty-six cases. Thirty-four of the accused
in these cases have been found guilty
and twenty-seven have been acquitted,
One prisoner pleaded guilty, and in foui
cases mistrials were ordered. This is the
record so far as it could be made up from
the journal of the Court.
?Charles Veal, a mulatto, charged with
assault with intent to rape a little 13-yearold
white girl, Fannie Joyner, at Winnsboro,
last fall, was tried on Tuesday of last
week before Judge Witherspoon at Winnsboro,
found guilty and sentenced to ten
years in the penitentiary. The convicted
mulatto was placed in Winnsboro jail, but
danger of lynching being apprehended, on
that evening the sheriff caused him to be
secretly conveyed to Chester and next day
he was taken to the penitentiary.
? A Columbia dispatch of Thursday says:
An attempt was made in this county Wednesday
night by a gang of unknown men
to cremate a family alive. A white man,
William Myers, had been living with a
colored woman and had several children.
A party, to punish this conduct, surrounded
the house, barred up all doors and windows
on the outside and set the building
on tire in several places. An axe was in
the house, and with this Myers cut a hole
in the door in time to save himself and the
other inmates from a terrible death, but
they were severely burned.
? B. F. Welsh, of Lancaster, has committed
such brutal treatment upon his
wife that he was arrested and tried on
Tuesday of last week before Trial Justice
Witherspoon. Welsh's wife's father and
mother came into court, begged for protection
and testified to the mo3t horrible and
I brutal treatment. All three have suffered
at his hands. The court was crowded and
was overrun by the best citizens who
I were wild with excitement, and demanded
the maximum bond on his life. The
court made the bond five thousand dollars.
He was committed to jail.
?JSays the Newberry Observer: Twelve
miles from Newberry, just this side of
Heller's Creek, is a high round top hill.
l- -11 I:
UD mis Illll lives luia. oniau jucaui, iyiiuio
just now very much alarmed. About a
month ago a portion of this, about eight
inches in diameter, caved in, leaving a
hole in the ground, nobody knows how
deep. About a week after another spot,
about four inches in diameter, near by,
caved in, leaving another apparently bottomless
hole. Mrs. Beam insists that she
has seen blue smoke issuing from these
holes, and that she is constantly feeling
shocks. Our informant visited the dread
spot recently. He says he did not see any
smoke or feel any shocks, but that he felt
electric influences very sensibly while on
the hill.
Cleveland's Wisdom.?Mr. Cleveland's
proverbial good luck sticks to him.
He went away from Washington when the
Democratic committee was to meet, and
was berated for it. The committee has
met and every one of its actions have been
for the advancement of the administration's
cause. It is now seen that it was a
wise thing in Mr. Cleveland to go away
from Washington when he did.
The committee meeting was looked on
to make new developments in the Presidential
contest. It was a congress of party
leaders from every State and Territory
and might have been trusted to develop
any Presidential booms lying around loose.
But the adjournment has left the ranks of
the party closed full up, and Cleveland
more than ever preeminently the only
candidate the party needs.?Greenville
Neics.
MERE-MENTION.
Mrs. Mary Harrod, aged 47, committed
suicide in the jail at Washington, Ind.,
last Saturday morning by hanging. She
was a stranger and was arrested a few days
ago for stealing. She was a daughter of
Judge John P. Norris, of Columbus, Ohio,
and a sister of Col. John Norris, of Washington,
D. C. Jacob Helbert was killed
and W. H. Kelly fatally wounded last Saturday,
while attempting to serve a writ of
habeas corpus at Mechanicsville, O. An
old man named Lewis Crescrown and one
of his sons are supposed to have done the
shooting. Advices received from Havana
are to the effect that small pox is raging
in Cuba. Between May of last year
and January, 1888, two thousand persons
died of the disease, and four thousand
were stricken with it throughout the islnnrl
rlnrincr fhpsnmp r>prir>H Thp snip
of the famous Libby prison, at Richmond,
to a Chicago company, has been confirmed.
The building will be removed to Chicago.
It is asserted, by those who profess
to know, that the entire surface of
Raleigh county, West Va., is underlaid
with coal from four to twelve feet in thickness.
Business failures during the last
seven days number for the United States
237, Canada 33; total 270, compared with
209 for the corresponding week of last
year. Mrs. Josephine M. Ammons, a
wealthy lady of Cleveland, Ohio, who was
committed to jail six weeks ago for contempt
of Court, in refusing to disclose the
whereabouts of Josephine Blann, the missing
heiress, has been released on bail of
$1,000. W. W. Corcoran, the millionaire
philanthropist, died at his home in
. Washington, Saturday morning. Bethune
Jones, a student in a college at Milledgeville,
Ga., died last Friday night of
hydrophobia, the result of a bite by a rabid
dog last October. In an interview with
the European correspondent of the New
York World, Mr. Blaine reiterates his determination
not to enter the Presidential
contest. He says he has retired from politics
and considers that the Presidential
game is not worth the candle. On
Monday the engineers and trainmen on
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
went on a strike. Over six thousand
miles of railroad is affected, and probably
fourteen thousand employees will be
thrown out of work. George H. Clark
<fc Co., hat jobbers, the oldest and until recently
the largest in the business in New
York city, suspended last Monday. A
regular blizzard struck Columbus, Miss.,
last Sunday night, and Monday morning
the ground was covered with snow.
British Gold Unearthed.?Several
years ago a party of persons came to Pun.
goteagu, Accomac county, Va., from England,
and spent a Jarge amount of money
| in excavating on a farm. To all inquiries
they answered that they were looking for
treasure buried there by a wealthy English
resident of Accomac county during
1 the Revolutionary war, who went to Eng1
land during the struggle and never returned.
No attention was paid to them and
their search proved futile.,
A few days ago a tenant on the same
farm named Alonzo Mears, while digging
' a post hole, unearthed an iron pot filled
with gold and silver coin, some of which
: bear the image of Charles II and others of
' George III. Mr. Mears is very reticent
about the matter, and refused to divulge
the amount; but it is certainly very large,
as it took two men beside himself to carry
the pot to the house. The rest of the
farm is being dug over very rapidly by
anxious treasure seekers, but without
i avail as yet.
Fighting Prohibition in Iowa.?A
Dubuque dispatch says: The articles of in1
corporation of the Dubuque Personal Lib'
erty League have been filed with the Sec
retary of State. The objects of the associ1
ation are to secure information regarding
the operation of prohibitory laws in other
3 States, to apply for and obtain by any and
3 all legislation the repeal or modification of
j the prohibitory laws in Iowa, and to secure
[ compensation for losses sustained by rea,
son of the existence and enforcement of
) such laws in Iowa, to render to all mem.
bers of the association who may require the
> same aid in defending their rights of per.
son and property, and to obtain by legislation
the enactment of a license law in
. the State. This means that a united and
vigorous effort is to be made to nullify the
r prohibitory law in Iowa. The headquarI
ters of the league will be in Dubuque and
} branch organizations will be formed all
[ over Iowa.
5 The Blair Bill.?A Washington dis1
patch to the News and Courier gives the
following in reference to the Blair educational
bill: The House committee on edu1
cation does not appear inclined to act
" promptly on the Blair educational bill,
j which was referred to it over two weeks
1 ago. Among some of the members of the
' House the opinion prevails that the Simmons'
bill, to loan the States $05,000,000
; for educational purposes, will be substituted
by the committee for the Blair bill.
* Such a proposition is hardly acceptable to
1 the real friends of the original bill, and
they realize that such a movement would
' ultimately defeat the measure. On the
other hand, it is alleged that a majority of
the educational committee, as well as
: Speaker Carlisle, are opposed to the Blair
bill, apd it stands but a poor chance of rei
ceiving consideration by the House, unless
L its friends resort to strategy.
To Honor the Brave.?The surviv[
ing members of the Philadelphia brigade,
of Cowan's First New York battery and of
Pickett's Confederate division, all of
whom participated in the battle of Gettysburg,
have decided to build a monument
near the "bloody angle" on that
historic field, where Pickett's immortal
charge was repelled after a loss of 3,300
killed and missing out of 4,700 men. The
survivors have selected as an inscription
the following words uttered by Senator
Sherman in his speech at Nashville last
March: "The war is over, thank God;
but the courage, devotion, and fortitude of
both sides remain the common pride and
heritage of us all."
The Rutherford Railroad Subscription.?The
Commissioners of Rutherford
county, N. C., have been summoned
to appear before Judges Bond and Dick, of
the Federal Court, in Greensboro, April
9th, to show cause why a peremptory
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iiiauuaiuuo ouuuiu uuw ww ijouvu kv wm
pel them to levy a tax to pay interest on
bonds subscribed to the Charleston, Cincinnati
and Chicago Itailroad.?Greensboro
Patriot.
The New York Democracy.?Sterling
Democrats in Albany and New York
city are delighted at the national committee's
selection of the time and place for
holding the coming Convention. They
consider it a victory for President Cleveland,
and say that nothing can now preyent
his unanimous nomination.
? At the office of the Secretary of State,
last Thursday, a declaration was received
and a commission issued for the incorporation
of the Catawba Cotton Mills, of Fort
Mill. The capital stock is placed at $40,000
divided into 400 shares.
3$tarM $ttports.
YORKVILLE, Feb. 29.?Cotton, 9J to 93.
LIVERPOOL, February 27.?Cotton, steady
with fair demand ; uplands, 5 9-lGd.
CHARLESTON, February 27.?Cotton nominal
; middling, 10J.
NEW YORK, February 27.?Cotton quiet;
uplands, 10 9-10. Futures closed barely steady,
with sales of86,000 bales, as follows: February,
10.45 to 10.47; March, 10.52; April, 10.58 to 10.59 ;
May, 10.00; June, 10.73 to 10.74; July, 10.75 to
10.76; August, 10.77 to 10.78; September, 10.25
to 10.26; October, 9.93 to 9.94 ; November, 9.82
to 9.83; December 9.811 to 9.84; January, 9.89
to 9.90.
Comparative Cotton Statement.
NEW YORK, February 24.?The following
is the comparative cotton statement for the
week ending Feb. 24,1888: 1888. 1887.
Receipts at all ports for week... 68,823 95,286
Total receipts to this date 4,849,901 4,750,447
Exports for the week 973,3(53 82,716
Total exports to date 3,395,708 3,400,692
Stock at all U. S. ports 850,572 852,831
Stock in interior towns 187,426 138,652
Stock at Liverpool . 84.7000 960,000
Stock afloat for Great Britain...160,000 180,000
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