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Scraps anil ? At a recent lawsuit in Texas thirteen expert cattie branders swore that when cattle were branded in "the dark of the moon," the brand will never get larger than the first impression, no matter how much the animal may grow. But if the branding iron is applied in the "light of the moon" the scar will spread, and the lighter the moon the larger will be the spread. ? An organization of men of both parties has been formed at Little Falls, N. Y., for the purpose of securing the purity of elections. The members are sworn to do ail in their power to promote that end, and large rewards for the detection of bribery are offered from the society's funds. It is called the Independent Order of American Patriots, and its promoters expect It to spread widely. ? Experience has proved the theory of a treeless waste and a rainless area to be all a mistake. There is a melancholy want of trees on the Western plains, but their absence does not entail a perpetual drouth anywhere. And small though the annual precipitation of rain may be in some plates, the pioneer has yet to find the spot (extptfng alkali lands and pure sand patch) where the heavens deny water for the ising of grain and vegetables. ? Texas is a great State to write about and read about as well as to be in. Its new capitol, which rises four feet above the capitol in Washington, will be completed in May, and did not cost the State a cent. That is, a syndicate built it for 3,000,000 acres of land. This small tract was not missed, we judge, because the State has 170.000,000 of acres left. The State has a cash balance in its treasury of $9,000,000 in cash and securities. ?Much interest is felt throughout the country relative to the Rhode Island election, which occurs on April 4 next. The fact that the Democrats elected their Governor last year by a plurality of nearly 3,000 votes makes the Democracy hopeful, though Blaine carried the State by over 6,000 plurality. At all events, this, the the first election of the presidental year, will -be looked on as a big "straw" by all the politicians. ? Thirty-six of the State judges of Iowa have replied to a circular which Governor Lara bee sent out last summer asking about the workings of the prohibitory law. uniy four oppose the law, and two of these advocate high license. Many of the judges would like to have the present law amended so as to reach the case of illegal sales by pharmacists. The testimony is quite general that the law has lessened crime and consequently the work of the courts. ? What looked like'the largest, straightest, soundest, and longest walnut log ever floated down the Cumberland, reached Nashville the other day. It belonged to a green-looking countryman who gave good reasons why he must sell it immediately. It was such a fine log that despite the owner's anxiety to sell, it fetched almost its apparent value. In due course of time it was taken out of the water, and proved to be a sycamore log with walnut bark tacked all over it in the most artistic manner. The green countryman has not been seen since. ? The Boston Bulletin announces the formation of a stock company in that city, which expects to control the entire sorghum crop of the country through the use of a new patent process. The company claims to be able to produce sugar from sorghnm cheaper that cane sugars, even if the latter should be admitted free of duty. In addition to the sugar works now at Fort Scott, Kansas, the company, during the coming summer, will erect three new factories, one of them at Topeka. The location of the other two has not yet been selected. ? The Georgia railroad commission has reduced local first-class fares of the railroads of that State from three to two and a half cents per mile. The railroads accept the reduction without dispute, in the expectation that the loss by reduction will be more than made up by increased travel. But a few years ago local fares in Georgia were from five to seven cents a mile, and but few people traveled for Jfleasure. Now, under the influence of ow rates, the towns and cities are frequently visited by the country people on business and pleasure bent. ? Gen. Neal Dow, of Maine, says that his recent defeat as a candidate for mayor of Portland is no sign of the strength of the prohibition sentiment in that city. The majority against him was a surprise to him, as he said that he expected only a small majority for the regular Republican ticket. In an interview the day after the election Gen. Dow said: "The Republican party is losing ground in the State and the nation vrhilo +h<? Prnhihitinn nnrtv is growing and will triumph in the end. The State of Maine will stand by prohibi. ? tion and will never accept license." .V?A company of capitalists is being formed to drain Okeechobee, the great Florida peninsula lake. The plan is to run three canals, one on the west and two on the north of the lake, which will probably carry off three-fourths of the water now spread over the face of the country, and render available at least 200,000 acres of land now utterly worthless. The canals will drain into the lake instead of into the sea, and if the experiment proves a success the whole face of the country will be altered, and the reed and mangrove swamps replaced by the finest rice fields in the world. ? There has been a good deal of speculation as to the amount of wealth Samuel J. Tilden left behind him, and the figures have been placed all the way from $4,000,000 to $10,000,000. Mr. Tilden never spoke of his wealth while alive. The executors, on Tuesday, stated in court that his assets footed up $5,225,000 in real and personal property. It was also admitted that after the legacies provided for in the will are paid, over four millions will remain for the erection of three public libraries contemplated by Mr. Tilden in New York city, Yonkers, And New Lebanon, where he was born. ? In Union county, Indiana, Washington Hannah, a wealthy farmer, buried his daughter a few months ago, and placed in her coffin her gold watch and chain and other valuables prized by her. Above the raetaiic casket in tnc grave ne piaceu two pounds of dynamite as a guard against possible grave robbers. Last week his wife died and great difficulty was experienced in employing men to dig the new grave beside that of the daughter for fear of an acccidental explosion, and many people refrained from attending the services in the church-yard for the same reason. The matter has attracted much attention, and the effectiveness of the protection against ordinary robbers is conceded. ? Dr. William A. Hammond read a paper before the Society of Medical Jurisprudence and State Medicines in New York on Thursday evening on the "The superiority of Hanging as a Method of Execution." Mr. Hammond believes that hanging is the best method of execution. He said: "There is a good deal of popular deception on the subject of death by strangulation. It is no more painful than in cases when the neck is broken. In fact, men who have gone through the experience, and have been revived at the last moment, described the first sensation as rather pleasing. My son has experimented with himself on this subject, and corroborates this assertion. ? Most of the Republican members opposed the resolution adopted by the Virginia legislature in its closing hours on Tuesday night providing for the appointment of a committee todraft a memorial to Congress setting forth the reason why the General Government should assume the debt of that State. This scheme is the one which the Hon. James G. Blaine advocated so strongly a few years ago. It was the fear of the connection of Mr. Blaine's name, even indirectly, with this proposition that caused, it is said, the Manone Republicans in the legislature to oppose the resolution. Mahone and those voting with him are so bound up in Sherman they do not propose to do anything \ which promises even in the most remote way to boom Mr. Blaine in Virginia. ? Speaking of the Blair educational bill, a dispatch of Friday to the JVeicx and Coitu ^ rier says: The friends of the Blair bill are not encouraged by the dilatory methods employed by the House education committee, to whom that bill was referred immediately after its passage by the Senate. The Senate bill has not yet been referred to a sub-committee, and the chairman of the committee, Mr. Candler, of Georgia, is said to have made the statement openly that he is opposed to the bill in its present shape, but he does not intimate that he is willing to report it to the House with such amendments as he might suggest. He knows full well that a majority of the. House would take the bill and pass it should he call it up for consideration. It is understood that he will probably select a sub-committee next week, with Mr. urain, 01 rexas, a pruuuunueu u|>puiicui> of the measure, as chairmaD, to consider the bill before reporting it to the full committee. Under such circumstances, it is doubtful whether the measure will have a hearing in the House this session. forfeviUc tfspim. ' YOttKVILLG, V. : WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1888. THE STATE CONVENTION. The question of having one or two State Conventions this year is now a subject of discussion by the press of the State. Owing to the early date of the National Democratic Convention, which will meet on the 5th of June, it will be.necessary to select delegates to it in the month of May; but it is held, and we think correctly, that May would be too early to make nominations for State officers. There are many reasons why the State nominating con vention should be held at a later date. The people have not given the subject thought, aud are not in condition to instruct their delegates at so early a date, while they are not in a mood to have the I State canvass precipitated upon them, to the detriment of every pursuit, except office-seeking, nearly six months in advance of the election. It is necessary to select delegates to the National Convention, for which purpose we favor the holding of a State convention at Columbia in May, the delegates then chosen to be instructed to cast their ballots for the renomination of Cleveland. After that is done there will be ample time to cast about for nominations for State officers, and the people may have something to say as to how these nominations shall be made, whether by convention or by the Democratic plan of a primary election. We favor the plan of a primary election from the office of Governor down to the least important county office, and agree with the suggestion of the Abbeville Press and Banner that a plan should be formulated by which the whole people may have a voice in the nomination of their public officers. Governor Hill Will ' Wait.?An Albany dispatch of Saturday says: Followers of Gov. Hill say he will go to the National Democratic Convention !n St. Louis, June o, and will lead the New York delegation there in the interest of Grover Cleveland, and that he will also mak$ the nominating speech, after which Mr. Cleveland is expected to be renominated unanimously. Futhermore, the gossip goes that at the State Convention for the selection of National delegates, which will probably be held in Saratoga about the middle of May, the following will be chosen as the four delegates at large: David B. Hill, Edward Murphy, Jr., of Troy, Richard Crocker of this city, and Assemblyman William F. Sheehan of Buf laio. Also tnai unaer no ci re ums unices will Dayid B. Hill accept a renomination for Governor, but when his term expires, December 31 next, he will retire to Elmira, where he will resume the practice of law. During the next four years he will quietly "lay pipes" and carefully groom nimself'fora Presidential nomination in 1892. But friends of President Cleveland and hisadministration thinkand talk differently. They concede that Hill will go to the national convention as a delegate at large, and that he may make the nominating speech in Cleveland's behalf. They also admit that Edward Murphy Jr., of Troy, the Chairman of the State Committee, may also be selected as a delegate at large in consideration of his position. But Cleveland's friends in the County Democracy smile derisively when the name of Crocker and Sheehan are mentioned, and stoutly assert Daniel Lockwood of Erie and ex-Mayor Edward Cooper of this city, will makeup the complement of delegates at large. Death of Col. Cash.?Col. E. B. C. Cash died at his home in Chesterfield county, last Saturday morning. The disease that terminated his life was apoplexy. Col. Cash was a prominent planter and once a politician in his native county of Chesterfield. He once owned a very large estate, ranging ten miles along the Pee Dee river. He owned GOO slaves before the war. He led in the war a regiment of 1,000 st-ong, one of the largest regiments from the State. After the war he continued to plant, though not as successfully as before. In 1880 Col. Cash was challenged by Col. \Vm. Shannon, of Camden, whom he met on the "field of honor." Shannon was killed. The duel became famous and from it sprang the agitation, resulting in the passage of the anti-dueling law in this State. In 1882 Col. Cash was a candidate for Congress in the Fifth Congressional district in opposition to J. J. Hemphill, of Chester, who was elected. It will be remembered that Cash's son, Bogan, was killed by a sheriff's posse two years ago, while resisting arrest on the charge of the murder of the town marshal of Cheraw. Col. Cash was buried on Sunday evening in a plat of ground near his late residence, where his wife and son, Bogan, lie at rest. The only ceremony at the grave was the reading of Pope's "Universal Prayer," by Gen. W. L. T. Prince, which was in accordance with Col. Cash's request. China's Disasters.?The Hong Kong Mail, copies of which were received at San Francisco by last Friday night's China steamer, gives a description of the earthquake in the province of Yunnan, December 15, and is indicative of frightful mortality. The Mail says: In the interior department of ChingChauthe disturbances were extremely?violent, being continued at irregular intervals for four days, when they ceased entirely. The departmental city is said to have been reduced to a mass of ruins, scarcely a house escaping damage, and over five thousand persons are reported to have been killed by falling buildings. Many of them were buried under the ruins, while the number of injured is too large for computation. At Lo Chan, -? Unn K/von / <-* lion/1 J U l/IIUeil, it MI Uimi^c linn uucu uiuo^u in the country, large tracts of hind being swallowed up and the surface changed into a lake. At Lo Chan more than ten thousand persons are said to have perished. The same vessel brings advice that the imperial commander who was appointed to investigate the loss of life in the Yellow river inundations, sends an official report to the emperor of China that the total number of persons drowned is over one hundred thousand, and the number of destitute is one million eight hundred thousand, apart from those who have been driven into other districts. ? The pension board in Columbia have received up to this time 544 applications, which will consume $32,640 of the $50,000 granted by the Legislature. PRIMARY ELECTION OF STATE OFFICERS. 1 [Abbeville Press and Banner.] Let the State Executive Committee and the State Convention of representatives of the Democratic party in this State formulate and submit to the people a plan for j electing all State officers by the primary ; plan. The people of this State are fully ! competent to elect their own officers, and we do not understand why the convention should insist on relegating the people to the rear. Let every candidate have a fair showing and let every voter vote for the man of his choice. This is the only fair way to do. [Camden Journal.] For some time past the question has been discussed throughout our State as to whether or not our Democratic State ticket should be nominated this year by the primary election plan or by the old convention plan, which nearly always results in the politicians and "ring" men capturing the convention and putting their ticket in the field. The primary election plan for nominating State officers, county officials and congressmen, has been practiced for a long time in our sister States of North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and others, and it works so well that the whole people are pleased with it. This being the case, why cannot South Carolina adopt the same plan? It is true that the politicians and "ring" will object to it, because they will not have the same opportunity to carry out their schemes. They cannot handle the whole people like they would a few delegates. Each voter then has the chance of ^ free man?to speak for himself, and not have to delegate that power to some other man who may do directly opposite to what his constituents intended and instructed him to. do. We know that this has been done. Again, May is too early for the State ticket to be nominated. The people want a little more time to think over the names that may be placed before them; and there are many other matters of great importance that should be weighed and considered well before action is taken upon them. For our part, we are out and out opposed to nominating the State ticket in May, and we are also out and out opposed to the ticket being nominated by the old convention plan. Every Democrat should have the opportunity to express his choice by his. individual vote, and then he is w'lling that the man who receives the greatest number of the votes polled for the office he is seeking should be the nominee of the Democratic party for that office, and all good Democrats will unite in supporting that man in the general election. We trust that the men of Kershaw will give this matter due consideration, and when they elect delegates to the State Convention let them send men who will advocate and vote for the primary election plan of nominating a State ticket. # ? ? I For the Yorkville Enquirer. THE BIBLE CAUSE. Editor of-the Enquirer: Permit me, through your columns, to call attention to a matter which ought to be one of deep interest to every Christian, and indeed, to every friend of a Christian civilization. As most of your readers are aware, there has been in existence since 181G, a society known as the "American Bible Society," whose aim it is "to secure the widest possible circulation of the Holy Scriptures in this and other lands;" and in furtherance of thisaim, it has sent forth upwards of forty-six millions of Bibles and parts thereof. Some years ago there was in this county a society known as "The York County Bible Society," but for some reason it became disorganized. Incredible as it may seem to most of your readers, there are quite a number of families in our county without a copy of the Scriptures. During the past week application has been made to the writer in behalf of three families of whites, in this county, that were destitute of the word of God, and many similar instances might be mentioned. At the suggestion of Rev. T. H. Law, the efficient district superintendent of the American Bible Society for North Carolina and South Carolina, a meeting will be held in the-Presbyterian church in this place, on Saturday next, at 3 P. M., for the purpose of reorganizing "the York County Bible Society." The object of this society will be, in brief, to supply the destitute in our own county, to establish one or more depositaries, where Bibles can be bought at the very lowest prices, and to aid the American Bible Society in the work of supplying the less favored portions of the land. The friends of the Bible cause throughout the county, of every denomination, are most cordially invited to be present and take part in this meeting. In'the interest of this cause, there will also be held a mass-meeting of the congregations of the town in the Presbyterian church, on Sabbath next, at 7.30 P. M. This meeting will be addressed by Rev. T. H. Law, and judging from the accounts of meetings held by him in other places, it will be an occasion of much interest. Let the Christians of York county show by their works their estimate of the value of the Word of God. T. R. English. Correspondence of the forkvllle Enquirer. NOTES FROM LANCASTER COUNTY. Craigsvjlle, March 10.?News is as scarce here asgreen leaves in winter. The weather has been so bad that people have not been able to visit and gossip. Scarcely any work has been done on the farms. Everybody one meets talks as if there were half a dozen frogs in his throat, and declares that he has the worst cold of his life?in this matter the last is always the worst. This section of country is mainly inhabited by mules and freedinen ;and the combination is all that could be expected in its grand results. Whether they will organize a "trust," in spite of Congressional frowns, is somewhat doubtful; each is too set in his way to form an alliance, though they get along well together when each has the privilege of asserting his own peculiar rights. The papers say that Congress (the House) will not pass the Blair bill, which is a peculiar kind of "trust." This step toward centralization and unsurpation certainly deserves to be nipped in the bud. It is dangerous to our form of government, and is an indirect method of keeping up the tariff. If Uncle Sam has more money than he needs for expenses, let him pay some of his'debts or remit taxes that are felt equally by all the people. If friends of the Blair bill and other measures of like import desire to change our form of government, let them boldly assert the fact and inaugurate measures to that end ; but they are not boldly honest enough to advocate such; even Alexander Hamilton, that uncompromising federalist and aristocrat, did not dare to advocate his private desires and opinions before the masses, nor has any of his disciples. While we have a written rule of government in our Constitution, let us live by it; when we wish to do otherwise, let us use proper endeavor to change that written rule?not to break it. But may the time be far distant when such a change shall come! I saw a gay combination the other day. A deaf and dumb negro was plowing a blind mule. They got along very well because the negro was unable to waste his time in conversation, and the mule's attention was confined to his business. The occasion would have been appreciated by a moralist or a philosopher. Waxiiaw. More of the Mintz Marriage.?The Chester correspondent of the Columbia Register, under date ot last Friday, gives the following statement made to him by I)r. Atkinson, who married Miss Little a few days subsequent to her alleged marriage to Mr. Mintz: "Meeting on yesterday Dr. D. C. Atkinson, of this place, whose marriage with Miss Little, of Gaffney City, has occasioned so much comment in the newspapers, I asked him some questions concerning the reports in circulation. He informed me that he has sufficient evidence to satisfy him that the report of the previous marriage of his wife with Mintz is en- : tirely false. He stated that he had come to this conclusion after making an earnest effort to find out the truth of this report. He has affidavits, he further states, tha will prove that his wife was at her sister' house at the time she is reported to hav married Mintz. The statement is true he said, that his wife took a ride witl Mintz the same day she is reported to hav married him, but the statement is als< true, and can be substantiated beyond i question, that his wife left Mintz whei the buggy passed her sister's house, am spent the night there. Dr. Atkinson als< stated that the preacher who has announc ed that he performed the marriage cere mony has made several contradictory state ments in egard to the marriage, and i consequently unworthy of belief. In hi opinion the preacher could not declar with any positiveness as to the persons h married, as it is admitted the ceremon; was performed in the dark in the publi road and while the parties were in : buggy." SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. T? Over fifty applications have been mad for pensions in Fairfield county. ? The Baptists of Anderson have decidei to raise $6,000 for their new church build ing, payable in installments by the 1st o May, 1889. A 4- IKfl aP ronnnf form r XXV liic upciliu^ U1 UIC A v Witu XJ Edgefield court, Judge Itershaw denounc ed in severe terms the carrying of con cealed weapons and the selling of unli censed whisky. ? The annual meeting of the South Care lina Sunday-school Convention, of whicl Rev. R. S. Morgan, of Greenville, is pres ident, will be held in Spartanburg on th 27th instafff^njd continue to the 30th, in elusive. * * ? Abraham Stanley, a white mau livinj in Barnwell county, was found dead ii his house last week with a bullet hoi through his head. The verdict of th coroner's, jury was that he died by hi own act. ? A verdict of not guilty was rendered Thursday, at Varnville, Hampton county in the case of the State against W. J Williams, for the murder of George Ihle; in November last. The case has excitei the greatest interest in that section. ? Hon. C. G. Memminger, the first Sec retary of the Treasury under the Confed erate Provisional Government, died ii Charleston last Wednesday night, aged 8 years. His remains were taken to Fla Rock, N. C., the location of his sumrae home, for burial. ? Mr. James Snipes, of Laucaster, ha been suffering for some time with a sarco ma on his leg. It grew to the size of : man's head and destroyed all the muscle of the lprr. As a final resort to save hi life, his leg has been amputated. H stood the operation well and is improvinj every day. ? Says the Winnsboro News: The Na tional Convention meets on June 5, whicl will necessitate the holding of the Stab Convention some time in May to elec delegates. This time would be rathe early to nominate State officers, so it i probable that two conventions will haw to be held. ? The grand jury of Charleston recom mends the establishment of a chain gani to work on the county roads, the establish ment of a whipping post for the punish mentof vagrants, wife beaters and othe petty offenders, and the establishment of i county criminal court for the trial of pett; offenders. ? The Republican Executive Committer met in Columbia on Tuesday last week ti map out a plan for the forthcoming elec tion. They decided to hold a conventioi in Columbia on May 1. They say they di not intend to make a contest for State offi ces, but will direct all their efforts to thi Presidential and Congressional contests. ? Winnsboro Nexcs: It has been suggest ed by an exchange that the convicts in th< penitentiary be employed to work thi roads in the State. The suggestion seem L ? fPV* a nwAoonf nlo n A iu uu h guuu uljci jl iic picauuu piuu u calling out the people to work the roads i very unsatisfactory if one may judge the concfitiort-'of the roads in the State, am if any feasible plan of improving them bj convict labor isdevised, we think it shoulc be adopted. ? Isaac Salmond, a colored boy, was re cently arrrested near Camden for attempt ing to steal some money from a whit< lady. When he was about to be taken t< jail he proposed that his captors whij him and let him go. His proposition wa: accepted, and one hundred and one lashei were laid on his back in good style. Whet the whipping was finished he touched hi: hat to his captors and left for parts un known. ? Winnsboro was visited by another de structive fire Thursday night in the de sfruction of the handsome residence of W H. Flenniken,onthe outskirtsof the town The fire originated in the kitchen, whicl adjoined the dwelling, and had made sue! headway before being discovered that i was impossible to save the dwelling. Tht firemen worked bravely and succeeded it saving most of the furniture, butin a mor< or less damaged condition. The dwelling was insured for $2,000, and the furnitun for $800. The loss will be about $1,00( more than the total insurance. ? Says the Columbia correspondent of th( Neivs and Courier: Sheriff Drafts, of Lexington county, has received a dispatch from Phil Sheridan, city marshal of Sar Antonio, Texas, notifying him that he ha: arrested Cap Williams and asking that h( be sent for. Williams is the young whit< man who, on last Christmas day, rode U[ to a store in New Brooklyn, Lexingtor county, just over the Congaree bridge, anc' shot and killed a young colored man Governor Bichardson will send a requisi sition for him to the Governor of Texas ? The Rev. Solomon Porter Hood, col ored, from Pennsylvania, principal of th( Beaufort Normal and Industrial Academy was tried and convicted by the Presbyterj of the Atlantic of adultery and carrying on immoral correspondence with the sisters of his church. He has been suspend ed from the ministry for one year. H< has been the almoner of large sums ol money collected North for the benefit o the freedmen, and has had the handling o the donations from the Slater fund. He leaves for more congenial climes in a few days, leaving a number of sad creditor! behind him. ? A Beaufort dispatch to the Charlestor World says : Kobert Gadsden, who is represented as1 a-desperate character, was accidentally shot on Sunday morning between Beaufort and Port lioyal, by Constable L. D. Bryant, while resisting the constable who was bringing him to jail, Bryant came here and delivered himsell up to the sheriff, and is now in jail. Gads den died an hour after being shot. Gadsden violently assaulted and beat the constable* over the head with a piece ol iron in a fearful manner, and during the scuffle the pistol was exploded. Both the parties are colored. ? An incident which occurred in the Edgefield sessions court last week, during the progress of a murder trial, occasioned some amusement at the time. A juroi who was called and presented to the prisoners, when asked if he had any prejudice against them, replied "No," and in answer to the question as to whether he had expressed an opinion which would disqualify him from sitting on the case, again replied "No," that he had only made a little remark. He was asked what the remark was, and stated that he had only said that "'Unln sl.imvi nrniiTrl onnrht to hp IIIC VV1IUIC UaUJU K.A.VfVVVA UU^liv ex/ vv hung." It is unnecessary to say that he was excused from serving on the case. ? The case of the city council of Anderson vs. John O'Donnell, for selling whisky without license, came up during the term of court which closed at Anderson last week. O'Donnell had been convicted before the mayor and fined, and afterwards appealed to the whole council, who supported the decision. O'Donnell then appealed to the circuit court, one ground ol appeal being that the trial before the mayor and the subsequent hearing before the whole council were illegal, the statute under which they were had being unconstitutional. O'Donnell was represented by Major E. 13. Murray, who introduced the amendment to the Anderson city charter giving the city council the right to try and pass upon these case3, and who now argued that the amendment was unconstitutional. The circuit court decided in favor of the city council, sustaining the legality of the original trial. 11 LOCAL AFFAIRS. s . 1 e , NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. L. A. Johnson, School Commissioner?Examih nation of Teachers, e J. F. Ashe, Administrator of the estate of Dr. 0 W. G. Campbell, deceased?Notice to ? debtors and creditors. R. D. McKnight, Administrator of the estate of J. J. Kirkpatrick, deceased?Notice to ! 3 debtors and creditors, o W. Brown Wylie?Candidate for the office of Clerk of the Court of York county, i- M. Strauss?New Goods! New Goods! I Geo. T. Schorb?On Exhibition. Lowry <fc Starr?F. W. Devoetfc Co.'s Paints. H. F. Adickes?See Hero, Mr. Buyer. 3 T. M. Dobson <fc Son?New Clothing! New 6 Clothing. e Withers Adickes?Some Seasonable Goods, p John C. Kuykendal?Sounds fiom the Mortar. c C. G. Parish & Co?A New Firm. ? Jos. F.Wallace, Clerk?Reference in conection with the estate of Capt. Miles Wallace, deceased. J. W. Dobson?Sole, Upper and Harness Leather?Log and Fifth Chains, A*o. e NEW FIRM. ^ By announcement of Mr. C. G. Parish, it will _ be seen tbat be bas taKen Air. u. u. jvicneei as ^ a partner in his mercantile business. Mr. McNeel was for many years a successful merchant at Bullock's ('reek, in this county, anil we are pleased to record the fact that ho has identified himself with the business interests of York_ ville. FORT MILL'S SECOND FACTORY. '* The second cotton factory to be built at Fort h Mill will be known as the "Catawba Cotton Factory." A sufficient amount of stock have ing been subscribed, the stock holders organized last Thursday by the election of the following officers : Directors: A. R. Banks, Dr. J. ? E. Massey, J. C. Jones, W. II. Stewart, B. D. 3 Springs, R. A. Fulp, Capt. S. E. White, J. W. e Ardrey, J. M. Spratt. Capt. S. E. White was e elected president, J. W. Ardrey vice-presidentj s and J. M. Spratt socretary and treasurer. |, PERSONAL MENTION. r, Mr. W. I. Witherspoon has returned hom< . from Baltimore, having just graduated froir y the Maryland College of Pharmacy in that city. 3 Mr. \V. C. Latimer left for the northern mar-, kets last Monday, to make his spring pur-.l chases. His mantua maker, Miss Kate Rus-j - sell, is also visiting the northern cities for thoj n niirnr.oo of nomiitintmcr herself with the new] -- , - r, 0 styles. J t Mr. John A. Xeely, son of Treasurer Neoj r ly, left here last Monday for Altanta, where hj expects to become a pupil in Moore's bus?S ness eollcgo. a OUR PREMIUM OFFERS. S Monday last was the day appointed for cl&S sing the competition for the premiums offered e by us for the largest clubs. The three largest a club-makers wero Mrs. Walter II. Moore, who obtained 130 names; Mr. W. 0. Glover, 111; - Mr. J. X. Roberts, 108. In addition to ttye 1 above there were twenty-four other clubs range ing in numbers from five to thirty-five namei ^ though it is due to several of these club-makers * r to say that they were not in competition for the s principal premiums. These premiums will be e deliveredas follows: Set of furniture to Mrs. W. H. Moore; buggy to Mr. W. O. Glover; - breech-loading shot gun to Mr. J. X. Roberts. ! CHURCH CENTENNIAL. The Fort Mill Presbyterian church will celer brate its centennial, with appropriate services, a on Sunday next, the 18th instant. Preaching / will commeace on Friday night, by Rev. B. P. Ffeid, of Bethesda. There will also be preache ing on Saturday morning and Saturday night. 3 The centennial sermon, giving a history of - Old Unity (now Fort Mill church) will be 3 preached by Rev. Jas. H. Thornwell, the pas0 tor, at 11 A. M. on Sunday, followed by a sketch - of each of the preceding pastors and the early 3 officers. The afternoon services will consist of a history of the Sunda^ school and addresses - appropriate to the occasion. There will also be 3 preaching on Sunday night. 1 THE SUMMER ENCAMPMENT. f Adjutant and Inspector General Bonham has g issued a general order to all the military comj panies in the State, requiring those that intend J to go into camp this summer 10 notify his de7 partment immediately, giving the estimated 1 number of men likely to attend. It is proba- , ble that an officer of the regular army will be - in camp, in which case all commands will have - an excellent opportunity of gaining a knowl 3 edge of skirmish drill, battalion movements, ) guard mounting and camp life generally, and ) as the time will be short, most of it will be de- , 3 voted to those duties. He, therefore, urges the 3 various commands to commence and carry on 1 skirmish drill at all times practicable, for which , 3 purpose a limited supply of blank cartridges " will be supplied on application. church" notices. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and | 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. j Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor, i Services next Sunday atll A. M. and7.30 P. M. t Rev. T. H. Law will conduct the morning serj vice. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer-meet- , l ing to-morrow eyening at 4 o'clock. 3 Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. : f C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 3 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. ) Baptist?Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer- , meeting this evening at 7.30. 3 Episcopal?Rev. Edmund N. Joyner, Rec- * tor. Morning service, with the holy aommui nion, at 11 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. 1 M. Evening service at 4.30 o'clock. 3 . 3 PRISONERS IN JAIL. ( 3 There are now in the jail at this place twentr ' ) prisoners awaiting trial at the approaching 1 term of the sessions court. ' All are colored, ' and their names and the offenses with which J they are charged are as follows: Rufus Hope, Duff Cooper, Isaac Stowe, An- ] drew Mcllwaine, John Byers, James Miller, . " Stephen Kennion, "Win. Haney, burglary; Giles Jeffreys, stealing cotton from field ; J ? James Jackson, James Hix, assault and battery j 7 with intent to kill; Daniel White, larceny; ] > Win. Jackson, Charles Wright, larceny of live . stock; James Stowe, burglary and arson ; Tom k Patrick, house-breaking ; Jack Stewart, carry- | f ing concealed pistol; George Henry Lowry, * f (trial continued from last term) arson ; George ] j- Guntharp and John Phillips, murder. These } ? two are charged with the murder of Jim Beam, * r colored, on the premises of L, B. Sherer, last r j November, and as State's witnesses in the case, j John Kilgo, Henry Green, Ed. Alexanderand 1 x Anna Ricket are held in jail for their appear- } ance at the trial. ^ THE BIBLE CAUSE. i Attention is directed to the communication J , of Rev. T. R. Kng'!sh, in another column, on the subject of reorganizing the York County f Bible Society. Previous to the war tho York County Bible Society was one of the most efll. cient auxiliaries in our midst for spreading the i word of Cod, and we can see no reason why S f it should not be reorganized and again be made s ! an instrument of usefulness. As will be seen, g ! it is proposed to hold a meeting for this pur- g pose in tho Presbyterian church on Saturday ! next at 3 P. M., and at 7.30 P. M. on Sunday, a f mass-meeting of the congregations of the town 1 will be held in the Presbyterian church, on a ' which occasion Rev. T. II. Law, superintendent V of the American Bible Society for North c ! and South Carolina, will deliver an address. A full attendance of communicants of all de- S ' nominations, and all others interested in the 0 I work of disseminating tho Bible, is requested, t RAILROAD EARNINGS FOR JANUARY, t The Railroad Commissioners have issued j '< their tabulated statement of tho earnings of the railroads of the Stato for tho month of Janu- t ! ary of the present year, as compared with the ( I earnings for the same month last year. a For the first time in six years, tho statement C shows an increase for every road included. C Tho gross increase of twenty-two old roads and ^ one new one included in the statement, amounts a ' to ?112,383,08, which is the net increase as well, a 1 there being no entry in the column devoted to "decrease." 9 The South Carolina Railway heads the list ^ with the largest increase, ?29,444.80, 80 per | ~ cent. The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta ! comes next with 812,904.80, while the Colum- ^ bia and (treonville* has ?10,042.05, and the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Lino has to its credit ^ an increase of 89,015.57, the Ashevilleand Spartanburg?5,184.20. The Chester and Lenoir reports ?8,107.51 against ?5,872.56, January, 1887. ^ The per cent, of increase of the roads of the j Richmond and Danyille system is ?19.49 for ( the month. The Wilmington, Columbia and r i Augusta shows an increase of ?5,402.40, nearly s 8 per cent. Tho Spartanburg, Union and Co Lumbia, though its increase is but 82,990.81, this shows 51.03 per cent. The Port Royal and l Western Carolina shows ?5,058.60, the Port Royal and Augusta $8,920.59, and the Laurens Railroad $447.48 which was 25.34. 1 The total passenger earnings for the month, , j as compared with January last year, were: ' 1887, $177,174.44 ; 18SS% $191,303.65 ; increase , 1 ?13,214.42. ; The total freight earnings compared for same ; periods were: January, 1887, $350,350.06; 18S8, I $448,480.03; increase, ?91,032.57. j , RAILROAD NOTES. j I Col. Matson, chief engineer, Mr. J. D. Rip- j : ley and Mr. James Smith, of the firm of Smith, i Ripley <fc Co., the principal contractors for the j construction of the work between Camden and . Black's, were in town yesterday. Messrs. Ripley <fc Smith are on a tour of inspection of the work. Several new coaches and cars have recently been added to the rolling stock of the road. The coaches are said to be the finest on any southern road. Although the trestles built bv Cant. Lewis, who has the contract for that work between Rock Hill and Black's, wore built according to the engineer's specifications, it is now found that the "guard-rails" are not sufficiently wide apart to admit the passage of the heavy locomotives to be used on the road, and ho has been instructed to take them up and replace them the required distance apart. The Johnson City, Tenn., Comet makes satisfactory report of the progress of the various engineering corps operating in Kentucky and Tennessee. It is contemplated to locate the entire line by the 1st of June. THE TOWN ELECTION. The municipal election for the town of Yorkville took place last Thursday. There were two tickets in nomination, though the contest created no excitement, and the day passed off quietly. The respective tickets were as follows : For Intendant?A. Y. Cartwright; for Wardens?John J. Hunter, W. M. Kennedy, Withers Adickes, J. B. Pegram. For Intendant?G. W. S. Hart; for Wardens?John J. Hunter, J. Ed. Jefferys, Samuel L. Miller, Walter B. Moore. The total vote cast was 193, with the following resuit : G. W. S. Hart, 121 ' John J. Hunter, 193 ' J. Ed. Jefferys, 142 Walter B. Moore 122 S. L. Miller, 112 A. Y. Cartwright, 72 W. M. Kennedy, 71) Withers Adickes, 59 J. B. Pegrajn, 57 J. F. Hyndman, 4 The majority was in favor of the ticket headed by Mr. Hart. On Friday the old officers retired, and the new council was organized. "vtt- t TVi inrt'opvo u-a? socretnrv and treasurer; and by vote of the council Mr. R. E. O'Farrell was continued as town marshal for one month from the 9th instant. V STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. A circular from H. K. Baker, secretary, gives notice that a special meeting of the stockholders of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad will be held at the Grand Central Hotel, Columbia, on Tuesday the 20th instant, at 10 o'clock A. M., to transact the following business: 1. To consider the subject of merging the Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia Railway Company into the Charleston, Cincinnati ana Chicago Railroad Company, by a consolidation with the said company, or by a purchase of the stock and bonds of said company. 2. To consider and act upon certain modifications of the mortgage of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company. 3. To take action upon the acceptance of the Acts passed at the last session of the Legislatures of South Carolina. Virginia and Kentucky in the interest of the construction of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad in and through said States. 4. To ratify and confirm the action of the directors in authorizing public issues of the bonds of this company, and the receipt of subscriptions therefor. 5. To ratify and confirm any action heretofore taken or which may hereafter be taken by the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company, in connection with a sale of the first mortgage bonds of this railroad company. (i. To fill any vacancies which may exist in the board of directors. THE CIRCUIT COURT. The Spring term of the circuit court for York county, his Honor Judge Witherspoon to preside, will convene on Monday, the 2nd day of next month. On yesterday the follow ^~ iiiKAKa wnva ^Mivn in nnn iil& ^lUUU iXLlU. JJCUIU JUIUiO 1IV1V ... v w mm formity to the statute. The grand jurors will 3erve for the year 1888, and the petit jurors for the first week of the term : GRAND JURORS. Lewis Bolin, Jr., Broad Riven-J. A. Withers, Fort Mill." M. A.Hoke, Fort Mill.J. T.Summerford, Broad River*-J. Palmer Moore, Bethesda*-R. J. Hagins, Catawba. J. A. Patrick, Bullock's Creek.L. L. Smith, .- Broad River,-Kirk Shannon, Fort Mill.-. J. Wilson Marshall, Fort Mill.. . John L. Martin Broad River.-S. M. Fewell, Ebenezer-,. W. P. Crook, Catawba... L. J. Massey, Fort Mill.-. John Funk, Catawba*-J. M. Seagle, Ebenezer*., J. W. Betts Catawba.- J. K. C'arothers, Fort Mill. - PETIT JURORS. B. Currence, Bethel. H. J. Shorer, Bullock's Creek. A.. W. Osborne, Bullock's Creek. W. T. Alderson, Fort Mill. 0. L. Sanders, Bethesda. W.J.Stewart,... Fort Mill. R. W. Hamilton Bullock's Creek. ( J. Edgar Poag, Catawba. J. W. Westbrooks, Catawba. 0. S. Romedy, Catawba. 1 Wm. M. Gold, Cherokee. M. V. Darwin, Broad River. J. A. Kidd, Bethesda. | Thomas G. Mickle, Bullock's Creek. Bowman Merritt, Fort Mill. . J. G. Sadler, Catawba. . R.C.Moore, Bethesda. I Edward Owen, Broad River. A. W. Hicklin, Catawba. Sampson Garrett, colored, Cherokee, i L W. Quinn, Broad River. 1 F. D. Clark York. r. T. Latham, Bullock's Creek. ( EI. W. Hope, York. P. R. Currence, Bethel. 1 Tohn G. Steele, Catawba, s T. W. Barnett, Betbel. T. J. Seward, Catawba. < ft. H. Mitchell Cherokee, j Y. R. Davies, Cherokee. Slijah Nix, Bullock's Creek. T. N. Sturgis Catawba. Yilliam Borders, Cherokee. J Y. A.Latham, Bullock's Creek. ' Y. J. Stephenson, York. ( j. C. Neel King's Mountain, j Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enqnlrer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. \ Rock Hill, March 12.?The first in- 1 tallment on the capital stock of the Stand- ] ird cotton factory was called for to-day, ( md the subscribers are coming forward ind paying up. A committee has been i ippointed to select a site for the building, t Several candidates who are announced, | ind others who will be, for county offices, * vere in town last week shaking the hands r if the voters. 1 Mr. J. M. Williford presented me with . ome Irish potatoes grown this year. He .lso brought a plant along to show that he tubers were of this year's growth. _ Fhey were grown in his cellar, and he " hinks of converting it into a potato >atch. Miss Emma lloach, who has charge of he primary school at this place, visited 1 Columbia last week for the purpose of ex- ? mining the graded school system in that ity. She will no doubt be selected as one j. if the teachers in the new graded school i lere. She takes considerable interest in S 11 matters of education, and certainly has S , decided talent for teaching. A number of ladies and gentlemen of ur place enjoyed a most delightful even- ~ ng at the Carolina Hotel, Friday. The ill of fare for the supper served on the . ccasiou contained all that one could wish. Our citizens are now enjoying fiue shad, irought on by express from Savannah. Mr. J. B. Heath, owner of a livery sta- 1 ile at this place, had a valuable horse to f lie last week. 1 A large number of our citizens daily s 'isit the scene of the work that is now be- ^ ng done in this place on the line of the J Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Kail- i oad, and all are convinced that we will oon have the new railroad in Rock Hill. Hal. i The Cotton Crop.?The monthly summary of the agricultural bureau, issued at Washington last Saturday, says: The report of the cotton marketed was completed for eight States a month ago, but deferred for the returns from- the Carolinas and Texas. The apparent proportions forwarded from plantations on the 1st of February were as follows: Virginia, 90 per cent.; North Carolina, 94; South Carolina, 93; Georgia, 94; Florida, 87; Alabama, 92; Mississippi, 90; Louisiana, 39; Texas, 94; Arkansas, 90; Tennessee, 39; Missouri and Indian Territory, 92. The general average is 92 per cent. This indicates an increase of 3 or 4 per cent, on the aggregate of county estimates of the 1st of October, although the February returns of the estimated product compared with that of 188G were nearly identical with the November returns. This furnishes a further illustration of the local tendency to under estimate production. It was suggested in the November report that it might be assumed that deeprooted and earlv and well developed plants would produce better than six'per cent, in their apparent loss of condition, and that if the outcome should surpass this first estimate the excess might be due to this cause. This view was correct. An allowance for the depressing of this in local returns, so stoutly opposed by speculators, is again proved to be necessary. The quality of the fibre is superior, the condition clean and the yield of lint a little above 32 per cent. The value of the seed averages 16 cents per pushel on the Atlantic coast, 15 cents in Mississippi, 14 cents in Tennessee, 13 cents in Louisiana and 14 cents in Texas. The average close of picking is as follows: North Carolina, December 10; South Carolina, December 8; Georgia, November 29; Florida, December 4; Alabama, November 24; Mississippi, December 2; Louisiana, December 13; Texas, November 30 ; Arkansas, November 26; Tennessee, November 27. The date was later than last year on the Atlantic coast, Georgia excepted, and earlier in the more Western States. MEKE-M*ENTI0X] A petition containing 102,000 signatures was presented last week to the United ouiura ocuttic ngaiusi inc auujisaimi ui Utah as a State. Business failures occurring throughout the country during last week number for the United States 195; Canada 58, making a total of 253 against 244 the preceding week. Macey Warner was hanged at Jefferson ville, Ky., last Friday, for the murder of Frank Harris, a fellow convict in the Jeffersonville prison. A check for $7,500 from the government at Washington has been sent for the support of the agricultural experiment stations in South Carolina. A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Pasadena, California, last Thursday morning. Brick buildings were shaken, but no damage was done. The House of Representatives has agreed to a resolution appropriating $10,000 for the purpose of purchasing the swords presented to General Shields by the States of South Carolina and Illinois. A man named Kimball shot the cashier of the National Bank at Bradford, Pa., escaped with some money he grabbed, shot one of his pursuers and finally shot himself dead when pressed * too closely. Last Thursday afternoon at Tunnell Hill, Qa., Mrs. Eliza Anderson, a widow, was" assaulted by a negro named William Thomas, who tied to the woods. A company of regulators pursued and captured him. He was identified by Mrs. Anderson and then hanged to the nearest tree. The Virginia Democratic State committee has fixed upon Norfolk as the place, and May 16th as the day for holding the State convention to select delegates to the National Democratic Convention. Last year $635,000 were spent for public instruction in North Carolina. The report of the superintendent of education shows that thirty-six per cent, of this amount went to colored schools. Serious Railroad Accident.?Early Monday morning, the first of the construc:~ \\T r? I uuu UU1U3, iu uuaigo ui yy xj% jj%*aa} cu- , gineer, on the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, going up to the work from Camden, ran into two empty flat cars standing on the main line about seven miles from Camden. Some of the cars were badly broken up. The engine was overturned down a fifteen-foot embankment. Engineer Fell was taken out of the cab badly scalded soon after the accident. The fireman, Dave Duncan, jumped and was not scalded, but received several wounds on the head. The chances are against his recovery. Jerry Crosby was extricated from the engine badly scalded. He is alive, but will hardly live long. The only other man on the train, Bob Doby, jumped and was not hurt. The wounded men were taken immediately to Camden for treatment. Engineer Fell died at 12.30. His home was in Columbia, where his body was taken for burial. He Teaves a wife and little son, who were with him when he died. It seems that on Saturday night Mr. ? Fell, returning to Camden, lost two cars, which became detached from his train, and which fact he did not discover. Returning early Monday morning, still unaware that two cars were on the track in front of him, he rushed on them with the disastrous and unfortunate results above stated. Mr. Fell was in the employment of Taylor & Elmer, the track-layers. Who Are Entitled to Pensions.? In reply to the subjoined questions the Comptroller-General answers as follows in response to the inquiry made by the clerk of Charleston county. The information will be of interest generally: 1st. Are only wounded soldiers allowed pensions? Yes. 2d. Are the widows of men who died after the war from exposure and disease incurred in the war entitled to a pension No. 3rd. Are old and enfeebled men who served in tne war, ana are now unaDie to work, entitled to pensions? No. 4th. Are soldiers who have moved from ihis State, yet served in South Carolina regiments in the war, entitled to a pension? No. 5th. Shall I go on issuing pensions on pld blanks according to last instructions issued me as per circular 14th inst. ? Yes. Severe Snow Storm.?The severest snow storm known for years prevailed in :he Northern States last Suuday and Monlay. The State of New York is completely snowed under, and the oldest persons say they never saw its equal. There was a heavy gale in New York city, and severe casualties are reported. A woman was frozen to death on Sunday night, at she corner of Broadway and Fulton streets, popularly supposed to be the busiest four :orners on the earth. ? At the Broad river bridge, about two niles from Columbia, last Sunday night, he colored watchman at the bridge was prutally murdered, and Mr. Butf, the teeper of the bridge, was murderously assaulted by a band, supposed to be bent on obbery. There is yet no clue to the vilains. 'litarlid iTujiorts. YORKVILLE, March 14.?Cotton, 9 to 91. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, March 9.?The following is he comparative c'ottonstatement for the week nding March 9, 1888: 1888. 1887. teceipts at all ports for week... 73,459 72,771 ?otal x-eceipts to this date 4,977,449 4,893,522 Exports for the week 88,656 84,899 "otal exports to date 3,579,762 3,620,386. itock at all U. S. port3 780,010 732,196 itock in interior towns 159,889 105,036 itock at Liverpool 88,300 947,000 itock afloat for Great Britain...138,000 213,000 Special Hofoes. A Card of Thanks. The officers and pastor of Bethlehem Presbyfti'inn Church, desire to return thanks to the riends who have so generously aided them in he building of a parsonage. They feel under pecial obligation to Messrs. F. P. Love, W. E. IcKnight, Walker Burris, James Lindsay and oseph Moore & Son, for their important help, n lumber nails and money. Very Respectfully, Allen A. Jones, Pastor. McConnellsvillo, March 14,1888. 11 It