Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 25, 1888, Image 2

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jFctaps and dads. | -Ex-Senator Roscoe Ccnkling died in ! New York on Wednesday from an abscess which had formed in his ear. He was by ; all odds the smartest and purest of the I Republican party. General expressions of regret from Democrats and Republicans alike have been made throughout the conniry. Elections were held in many Illinois cities last Wednesday, the principal featnrebeing a straggle between the temperance ana saloon elements. In a large number of places the anti-license ticket was successful, and in several others high license candidates were successful, y*? John Jameson, the oldest Free Mason Ya the United States and last survivor of tn^ 16th Kentucky Volunteers in the War of 1812, died at Batavia, Ohio, on Friday. He was born October 25, 1793, in xectocKy. Mr. Jameson was a suiiui im i theband of Miss Hannah Simpson, who married (Jen. Grant's father. ? A new postmaster was appointed for a country postofflce in Texas, and for several days afterward the mail agent received no mail from the station and reported the matter to the superintendent of the railway mail service. The latter wrote the postmaster, who replied that he was waiting for the mail sack to get fnll before sending it to the train. ? Cross and White, the defaulting president and cashier of the State National Bank of Raleigh, N. C., confined in jail in that city two weeks to await trial, gave bond and were released from jail last Saturday night at midnight. The bond was $15,000 each. One of White's bondsmen is D. H. Graves, In whose name one of the forgeries, for which Cross and White are to he tried, was committed. ? Last Friday was the one hundredth day of the present session of Congress. The total number of bills and resolutions introduced in the Senate and House up to this date is 12,568, exceeding by more than 2,000 the number presented in the first one hundred days of the last Congress. So far the House has passed 425 and the Senate 831 bills, and 185 House bills and 24 Senate bills have been sent to the President tor approval. ? Major Erastus W. Everson, who lived at Plymouth, Mass., the past winter, has mysteriously disappeared. He was last ? * ? ? ?- * 1 Cm.. seen )n jooscon on marvu n i auu in 10 icai" | od tbat he was lost in the great storm of MarchJ2. He served with distinction in the army and at one time was State librarian of South Carolina. Going North he entered the service of the New York Times and later was identified with other newspapers. ? The Jews of New York city, who are rapidly increasing in number, are looking for an annsnally large immigration this vear from Russia. The Czar's Government is very severe upon his Jewish subjects, who ean reside only in certain localities and are kept under many disabilities; and, since many of them have found homes in this country, thousands of others are desirous of joining them. A dispatch of the 8th of April,? from Odessa, contained an official announcement that 10,000 Jewish families were to be expelled from that city, and many of those who can procure the necessary means are expected to take passage for New York. ? Georgia's colored people are making a good record for thrift and industry. In 1879 their property was valued at $5,182,898; but last year the valuation was $8,989,479, showing a gain of 72$ per cent during the nine years. In the same Qme the valuation of white men's property has risen from $229,777,150 to $332,565,442, a gain of only 44 3-5 per cent, approximately. These figures simply prove what the intelligent representatives of the negro race have said about the progress made, and go to illustrate anew that the negroes are working out their own future. The richest colored woman in the South, Mrs. Amaoda Ewas, who has a snug fortune of $400(000, lives in Atlanta. ? A Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch of Saturday says: Hancock county is at present enjoying a war of extermination between thA .innea And Green families. About two months ago William Jones was killed by Dick Green, while both were on their way to church. Green was arrested, but released on bail. Last Sunday morning, while Green was in a field, he was attacked by the father and two brothers of the deceased. Tom Green was badly bounded. The war was renewed Friday, and it is reported that one of the Greens and one of the Jones were shot. Arrests cannot be made, as both sides are heavily armed. ? Referring to Senator Hampton's condition since his recent accident, a Washington dispatch of Saturday says: Senator Wade Hampton of South Carolina, wearing a bandage about his 1 Aft wrist, made his appearance in the Senate to-day for the first time since his accident last week. On that occasion a horse the Senator was riding fell, carrying the Senator with him. The consequence of the fall was a sprained wrist, which., while not Kainful, justified his remaining in the ouseas a precautionary measure until today. Senator Hampton celebrated his seventieth birthday on the 28th of last month. He bears hi? age remarkably well and looks at least ten years younger than he is. ? Marcus A. Root, the first American daguerreotyper, died in Philadelphia last Thursday at the age of 80. He #was born in Granville. Ohio, and moved to the Quaker City in 1835. In 1843 his attention was called to the daguerreotype. He at once gave up all other enterprises and was soon established as the leading daguerreofi.rvAi. in fMo nnnntnr TTo hart nrdprs from yreuu UIjOV?V.U.v. ? all over the world, and founded establishments in New York, Boston, St. Louis and Washington. The first daguerreotype he ever took was taken on solid silver, and was a view from one of the windows of of the Philadelphia mint. It was on exhibition at the Centennial, and is now in possession of the Philadelphia Pra?. The portraits of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, on the United States currency, were taken from daguerreotypes made by Mr. Root. ? A Salt Lake City dispatch of Thursday says: The United States Marshal, as receiver in the Government suits to confiscate the property of the Mormon Church, continues to search for and claim property which it is alleged the church has held and disposed of to individuals. While testifying before the examiner in these suits, Angus M. Cannon, President of the Salt Lake State of Zion, answered that he did not now sign any recommendations to the Temple for plural rvrriages, and that over a year ago the President of the church notified him he would not countersign any more such recommendations; therefore, such marriages had been discontinued. The new city council contains four prominent gentiles among its members. -Ex-President Andrew D. White, of Cornell University, has just returned to his home in Ithaca, N. Y., from a tour through the South. He says: "I like the character of the people I have met. A good feeling everywhere prevailed toward the Union. The South is heartily and thoroughly reconstructed. A great awakening in business is evidenced. Though j many cities have been stranded, like Mo- j Kilo a lriavtr milrnaH fivstpm Vpt. thprP VlaV) l/J W MVff urj vwv... , ^ ~ - ?Mw.w | is an immense development at the railroad centres. Emigration is coming, chiefly I from the North-west. Thousands of would-be settlers are in the South looking for suitable places to locate. There is a rapid advancement in the educational in- i terests of the South, although there is, as 1 yet, no approximation to co-education of races. The whites are opposed to it, and ; the blacks do not wish it. The question between mixed and separate schools will settle itself satisfactorily if bad blood is not aroused." ? The colored Bishop Hood, in explain-! ing his advocacy of the payment to South-1 ern planters of some indemnity for the loss of their slaves says: "The idea came to me last winter, and was first made public in an address which I delivered at the Central North Carolina Conference last November. It met with no marked opposition there, and since then I have not discussed or mentioned the subject until ray address of yesterday. I believe that such & step would benefit my race, and it is as a benefit to them that I advocate it. The feeling on the part of the slave-owners is that emancipation was a theft, and if they were paid for what they consider was stolen from them, they could not but have a better feeling towards the negro. All the institutions of this country favored and fostered slavery, and it seems to me only an act of justice that the slave-owners should be reimbursed for what a changed condition of things took from them. Finally, the negro would be benefitted by the distribution of the money. The whites are actually too poor to employ labor at fair wages, or to provide for the proper education of the negro. There were, I believe, about four million slaves at the close of the war, and a fair average valuation would be about $100 per slave. It is not true that the negroes it. North Carolina object to working on the plantations. In many cases they own land themselves." Iftr fJwlmUe $iuptim. Y^RKVILLE, S. C. : ^ ' WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1888. MR. CLEMSON'S BEQUEST. On the fourth page of this issue will be found interesting particulars of the munificent bequest made to the State by the late Mr. Clemson, of Oconee county. The article referred to is the result of an interview of a reporter for the Greenville News with a member of Mr. Clemson's family, and is in the main correct. Since it was printed, Mr. Clemson's will has been proved before Probate Judge Lewis of Oconee county. Mr. Clemson leaves to the State of South Carolina, Fort Hill house and plantation for the establishment of an agricultural college, with a large endowment fund. The securities at their par value amount to $80,000, to be devoted to the establisment of a scientific school of i?-ii?? ~.?nKoni/?o ond arts nra hip"h agricuuuie, luc^iiaiiiw nuv> - n seminary of learning. The State has three years to accept or reject the legacy, and it is left with the Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court to say whether she does not accept the legacy and trust. In case the Chief Justice fails to act, R. W. Simpson, the executor, is to say so, and his action ia to be final. If the State accepts and supplements the endowment fund, R. W. Simpson, the executor, is to make a deed to the State, and turn over the money and securities of the endowment fund to the State. He appointed seven trustees of the fund, and the State is to elect six trustees ; but if the State does not accept, the executor is to deed Fort Hill to the seven trustees and turn over the endowment fund to them to still establish an agricultural college. The executor is allowed to ex-, pend $5,000 for the erection of suitable buildings, and the income of the farm anth interest on the money to goto freetuition.y THE T1LLMAXITES IN COUNCIL. The executive committee of the Farmers' Association of South Carolina, met in Columbia last Friday night, remaining in sesshn until an early hour Saturday morning. Seven of the nine members of the committee were present, including D.^ K. Norris, of Anderson, president, and Capt. B. R. Tillman, of Edgefield. To the Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier, Col. Norris said that the meeting had been called to formulate a policy to govern the Association in the future. The committee decided to issue an auuress 10 the people of the State which is in course., of preparation, and will be given to thev press in a few days. The principal points of the address, it is understood, will be as follows: The farmers are urged to organize in their interest and demand the Agricultural College provided for by Mr. Clemson's Fort Hill bequest. The organizations in each of the counties are recommended to require pledges from all candidates to support retrenchment and reform and the Agricultural College according to the plans of the advanced Tillmanites. Nothing is said as to State officers, but the people are urged to elect only such delegates to the State convention in May as will be in favor of postponing the nomination of State officers until a later period. This advocacy of another and a later convention is manifestly caused by a hope that later in the year candidates will be developed more in accord with the movement than the present State officers. The issue of retrenchment and reform is to be made prominent, and in the address "thedeadly parallel" is to be drawn in regard to the salaries of the State officers in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. This position is taken, so the explanation goes, not only because it is believed to be a popular one, but because a great point was made against the separate college scheme in the last Legislature by the argument that it meant additional taxation. The object of the movement is to effect retrenchment and reform in order to provide support for the Agricultural College. Nothing is said in the address about the Citadel, proving that the ad vice of a member against antagonizing that institution until the Farmers'College should be firmly established, was taken. As to the university, the address will declare that it is the desire of the farmers' movement to maintain it on its present I liberal appropriations, and to make it a ! high institution after cutting off the agricultural college feature. There will be no demand for the abolitinn rtf tho ovnerimpnt stations at finartan burg and Darlington, the fear of opposition in these counties evidently deterring the committee from attacking these establishments, but the Columbia station is expected to go with the agricultural college branch of the university. The address will demand the endowment of the Agricultural College at Fort Hill by the devotion to its support of the Hatch fund of $15,000, one-half of the interest on the Agricultural College scrip, and the whole of the privilege tax on fertilizers now used for the support of the agricultural department, with its departments of fish culture, weather service, veterinary surgery, &c. These three funds will provide, it is estimated, fifty thousand dollars a year for ! the support of the Fort Hill College. The j Clemson bequest, amounting to about a hundred thousand dollars, is considered ; sufficient for the equipment of the college without State aid. Another Terrible Earthquake in China.?The details of another terrible i earthquake in Yunnan were received at | uVnn/ii'o/in nn Ciin/lor nicrht hvr afppmPT oaii r tauujow uu uuuuuj ?- ?,? v. , from China. The report says: "From the second day of the twelfth month of last year until the third day of this year, there were over ten shocks of earthquake. In Ship Ping nine-tenths of the houses in the South are falling down, in the Northwest a thousand being cracked orbentoutof per-1 pendicular; 200 people, men and women, j old and young, being crushed to death; ! wounded and injured over 300. At Fung Heang over 800 men were crushed to death, | and about 700 or 800 wounded. At Nan Hiang there are over 200 dead and 500 injured. About 100 were killed and the same numberinjured at Peh Hiang. (The four places last named are suburbs.) In the town and suburbs over -*00 people are either killed or wounded, eight or ninetenths of the houses have fallen down and the rest cracked and leaning over. In other localities 300 or 400 houses were overturned and 350 persons killed and 160 wounded. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. NOTES FROM LANCASTER COUNTY. Craigsville, April 21.?Stern winter seems to have halted on. his departing route and taken a notion to return. There must have been hail with the rain that fell on Thursday, the air is so chilly. Notwithstanding two weeks of fair weather, the farmers are greatly behind, because so much previous rain had prevented operations. Some cotton is planted and coming up, while the ground in other places has not been broken; but our people keep driving ahead and hope for a better day coming. Candidates are beginning to loom up and shake hands. About next June court the woods will be full of them, and peaceably inclined folks will have to carry a shotgun and keep a pack of dogs to chase them off. The pension board seems to be in trouble again. Like the schoolboy who did his siiimfl wmnc. thev have had to SDit on the I slate, rub out their work and start anew. I It is strange that they cannot ascertain the number of pensioners described in the law, report the same to the legislature, and leave that body to look out for suitable Appropriations. Under the present mode of proceeding there will likely be another board to do this work, thus making more expense for the State and more delay for the pensioners. But delays may be sweet to some folks, under certain circumstances, instead of dangerous; for instance to office-holders who wish to postpone the day of their exit. Congress has plastered itself all over with bills. Upwards of nine thousand bills have been introduced, and only a small percentage acted on. It is evident that this noble body have tried to make too big a show of patriotic concern for their country and constituents. They have invaded the rights of States to such an extent that they cannot attend to the accumulation of business. Their situation reminds one of a conversation between Generals Forest and Buford. The former, in a battle, asked: "General Buford, where are you going?" The latter answered that he saw a body of the enemy that he wished to cut off and capture. "Yes! and you'll cutoff a great deal more than you can chaw," was the reply. This cutting too big a slice seems to be troubling our conscript fathers much. If they would leave the States to attend to their own business, confine themselves to Federal business and restrain a sad propensity to talk, they might be able in proper time to get through work and adjourn before the next session should push them off their aoata Ponnlo ehnnlH nnt i'Ilt. nff more than they can masticate. Rev. Mr. Plaxicois now holding a three days' meeting at Shiloh A. R. P. Church. He will preach to-morrow week for the Presbyterians at Beulah, the Shiloh session having kindly consented to spare him for that occasion. The new railroads through this county are progressing moderately well. The tracks on both roads will be soon laid to the river, after which the bridges will probably be built faster. Lancaster has already enjoyed an excursion to Charleston on the Three C's.and everybody hopes for a better cotton market among us for the next crop. Waxhaw. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. * LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, April 23.?Our town was visited by a heavy rain and hail storm on Thursday evening last, which did some damage to the growing crops. / The merchants of our town have decided re close their places of business at 6.30 P. M. after May 1st. This is certainly commendable. The clerks go to work at G in the morning and it is nothing but just that they be relieved after 6.30 in the evening. It is with regret that I have to report the condition of Col. J. W. Rawlinson as unimproved, and the announcement of his death may be expected at any hour. ><The trustees of the graded school at this place have secured the services of Prof. A. R. Banks, of Fort Mill, as superintendent. The building of the residence for the superintendent has been commenced and will soon be completed. I am glad to say that the w heat and oat crops are looking well; in lact, netter man for several years. The only regret is that our farmers had not planted more. ,,/Your correspondent had the pleasure, in company with Mr. S. L. Reid, to visit the city of Beaufort, last week, in attendance upon the Grand Lodge Knights of Honor. We certainly had an enjoyable time, and the hospitality of the people of the beautiful city could not have been surpassed. We up-country folks certainly enjoyed the fish and oysters. Think about it! Drum fish weighing from 20 to 25 pounds sold for 40 to 50 cents! It has been suggested that the children of the Sunday-schools in this place have a union picnic on May 1st. It has been a long time since the young people have enjoyed a picnic and I hope that the idea will be adopted. Hal. Correspondence of tbe Yorkville Enquirer. NOTES FROM BETHEL. Bethel, April 23.?Since my last letter, "Aunt" Jane McGill has passed away, aged 08 years. She was an excellent Christian woman, loved and respected by all who knew her. Especially did she endear herself to the poor and unfortunate in her vicinity, and was always ready with an encouraging word or more material help, just as the case called for. She will be generally missed where she has been known so long. Within a week there have been three interments in Bethel grave yard: Mr. W. E. Campbell, Mrs. Parmelee Mason, widow of the late Richard Mason and grandmother of Mrs. John M. Hope of your town, and "Aunt" Jane McGill. Cold weather hasn't left us yet, there being considerable frost on Saturday morning. We'll not be surprised if the farmers have a spell of mourning over "sick cotton" in the next week or two. We had quite an excitement over a genuine mad-dog on last Monday morning. It came to our house and attacked a negro man on the place. When he found it was mad he began throwing rocks at it, and while one of us got the gun, the others "hollered" and screamed enough to madden it if it hadn't already been so. After pursuing it about a mile and firiug three times, it was killed. We have heretofore been rather skepticalon the mad-dog subject, butthisone was certainly mad ; its eyes having the green color, and its tongue hanging out of its mouth according to the general description of animals afflicted with rabies. John Henry Jack. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. NOTES FROM OROVER. Grover, N. C., April 23.?This morning dawned upon us with a balmy breeze from the east, and the echoes of the tillers of the soil can be heard from hill to dale. The heavy rains of last week impeded the progress of the farmers for a few days in planting. There was a heavy frost Saturday morning in places, which injured the wheat and oat crops to some extent, but the fruit crop is safe if nothing further happens to it. Health is good, considering the sudden cold snap we had for a few days. Mr. F. H. Dover, our enterprising railroad contractor, is at home on a flying visit to attend to some important business. He reports that the work of his firm on the Augusta and Knoxville line is progressing nicely. The political pot is now beginning to simmer in our vicinity. The citizens are locating; their favorite candidates without any political strife or animosity towards any. The Farmers' Alliance will meet at Antioch Saturday the 19th of May, instead of April 28th, as was reported to The Enquirer last week. Antioch, with its branch Sunday-school at Pine Grove, will send as delegates to the convention this week, Messrs. B. J. Gold ,E. B. McSwain, Preston Green, and Frank Johnson. Index. McCrady vs. Rorertson.?The trial of this already celebrated case was begun in Columbia on Monday of last week before Judge Kershaw. It will be remembered, Col. McCrady sues Dr. Robertson for 810,000 for libel, the alleged libel being an abusive letter written by Dr. Robertson to Col. McCrady regarding a suit in which they were involved on opposing sides, i The counsel are H. A. M. Smith, of Charleston, LeRoy F. Youmans and Col. : C. R. Miles, for the plaintiff, and John T. Sloan, Jr., and Lyles & Haynesworth, for the defendant. Col. Miles opened the case for the plaintiff. He said the suit was the only recourse Col. McCrady had, as he was a consistent opponent to duelling and violence, and a professing Christian. The statement that Col. McCrady will regard any amount of damages he may recover as a fine and deposit it In the State treasury, was objected to as likely to influence the jury, but allowed. The testimony, including written documents, introduced in the case, is quite voluminous, though it was expected the ex animation ot witnesses wouiu uecuiiuuued yesterday. The Result of Flirting.?The sensation caused by the marriage of Miss Florence Little, the belle of Gaffney, to two different men, in February, is slow to subside. A Gaffney correspondent of theNew York Timessays:."Thistown and the surrounding country have been greatly excited ever since the middle of February last over the marriage of Miss Florence Little, who was the belle of all the young ladies and was withouta rival in the beauty of her features and the splendor of her magnificent form, which is fit for an artist's model." The writer then refers at length to Dr. D. C. Atkinson's statement published a few weeks ago, and adds: "Mrs. Mintz, as she must now be known, has been guilty of bigamy, and it is not known whether she will be prosecuted or not. Why she married Atkinson is not explained. In^ffouth Carolina no license is required, and it may be she thought Mintz and Carter would keep silent and the former marriage would never be known. Mintz has brought suit to have the marriage annulled a9 to himself, and will put Atkinson on the stand to prove his case. So it appears that the double marriage, instead of providing one woman with two husbands, has probably deprived Miss Florence Little of a husband and may subject her to a criminal prosecution. "There has been no event in the history of this thriving town that has so excited all our people. Miss Little, or Mrs. Mintz, is now at her home and sees no one but the family. "Miss Florence was a great liirt, and could not resist a little pastime in this way with any fit specimen of the sterner sex. Mr. Augustus Mintz was herdevoted I slave. The course of true love wassmooth until Dr. D. C. Atkinson, of Chester, S. C., came upon the scene and took in the regular features and the Juno like form of the unrivalled belle of Gaffney City. At once he laid his heart and hand and the resultant fees of Esculapius at her feet, and forthwith they became engaged." Union County's Woman Candidate. The Union correspondent of the Neios and Courier says: The announcement of Miss Eliza Garner, of the justly celebrated Pea Ridge neighborhood, as a candidate for the office of school commissioner of Union county, has created a ripple of excitement in political circles here. There is a great disposition among some of the local politicians to dampen the hopes of this female aspirant and to weaken her position by raising the question whether a woman can, by law, hold a public office in South Carolina? So far as we have learned, she is fully competent in ability, her energy cannot be denied, and there is no doubt that all the zeal and all her time would be devoted to the high duties devolving upon such an office. She has entered the campaign with a vim, and is daily electioneering in the county. From last reports she was in Cross Keys township, where, it is said, she has gained the support of some of the most influential citizens. She bears a good reputation, is well educated, has taught school for ten years, and believes herself peculiarly fitted for the office for * i. ^ *11 - wmcn sne is running, one wm imw ? hard fight. The present incumbent, the Itev. W. M. Foster, is a candidate again. He is known Jtofcg one of the finest stump speakers in the State. He has hejd the present office for two terms, and before the war represented Spartanburg county in the House of Representatives. He is considered a hard man to turn down, for, besides the quick, sparkling stump oratory which he possesses, he was made a cripple for life by a bullet through his leg while gallantly leading his battalion to the charge. Mr. Wm. A. McGown, also of Pea Ridge, a young man of fine abilities, a recent graduate of the South Carolina College, a fluent, witty stump speaker, and, withal, a capital young fellow, and a lawyer, is whetting his political blade for the office above named. The race between these candidates will be the interesting one of the county, and, no doubt, will attract the attention of the outside world. The Prohibition Party in South Carolina.?A Columbia dispatch says: Leading Prohibitionists in this State are preparing to take steps for effecting an organisation in line with the National Prohibition party. The movement is the outgrowth of the correspondence recently conducted by John Lloyd Thomas, secretary of the National Prohibition bureau. Hundreds of earnest temperance people in South Carolina have read the letters as printed in the Voice, and the matter has been the subject of more thought than has ever before been given it in this State. Although no call for a convention has been issued yet, it is believed the sentiment exists for the creation of the organization wanted. Among those prominently interested are* L. B. Haynes, of this city, H. F. Chreitzburg, head of the Grand Lodge of Good Templars, and J. O. A. Moore, and J). F. Witherspoon, of Charleston. General Crop Report.?Washing ington crop report of last Saturday says: Reports from the Northern States indicate that the week has been unusually cold and that the farm work has been greatly retarded. Reports from the Southern States show that weather during the week has affected all crops favorably. Cotton planting is prv. .ressing rapidly, and generally through ut the cotton States the week is reported as the most favorable of the season. Light frosts occurred in North Carolina on the'20th, which may prove injurious to fruit and crops on low grounds. From the States south of the Missouri river, including Kansas, Nebraska and southern Missouri1, the weather has been generally favorable and the crops are well advanced. Prescribing Without a License.? Dr. J. R. Robbs, a druggist of our town, was arrested and tried before the town council last Friday on the charge of issuing prescriptions for spirituous liquors without having a license from the mediical state board of examiners to practice in this State. Dr. Robbs went before the board of examiners recently, but failed to get his license, and Major Hamilton made application to the supreme court for a writ of mandamus compelling the board to issue the license because Dr. Robbs had his diploma from the Medical College of Louisville, Ky., but the board refused to grant the license. Dr. Robbs was fined $20. An appeal has been taken from the decision of the town council.?Chester Bulletin, 20/A. Fire At Union.?By fire at Union C. II., last Sunday morning, eight buildings were burned destroying more than $20,000 worm 01 property, as joiiows: r.. r. Brings, store house, ?2,900; R. T. McGee, stock of goods, ?9,500; John Rogers, store, ?2,000; James II. Rogers, stock, ?3,500; the Harlan building, ?750; H. M. Grim-V ball, two store houses, ?2,500; other smaller houses on which the loss is about ?900./ The insurance on the property destroyed, aggregates, as far as known, ?10,950. The fire originated in a wooden building on Main street, known as the Harlan House, but the cause is unknown. Primary or Convention.?From the expression of most of the newspapers of the State, the people desire a primary election for State officers. The State convention, when it assembles in May, should take suitable action providing for such a mode of selecting our chief officers. No evil or injustice can result therefrom, and the people should rule.?Greenville Mountaineer. 1 LOCAL AFFAIRS, i I . I NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Geo.W. S.Hart, Intendant? An Ordinance fixing the commutation street and road tax for the current year. Withers Adickes?Look Here ! Look Here !! T.M. Dohson it Son?Millinery, Dress-Making. H. F. Adickes?Exceptional Lines and Prices. .Tames R. Kennedy, Probate Judge?Citation? Dr. A. P. Campbell, Applicant?William E. Campbell, deceased. John C. Kuykendal?If not, Why Not ? W. C. Latimer? Big Sales of Dry Goods and Millinery. Geo. W. S. Hart, Iutendant?An Ordinance to prevent the stopping of wagons on the streets for the purpose of retailing certain articles therefrom. Walter B. Moore it Co.?Suppose we start Off. May <t May, Druggists?An ounce of (Told. Lowry it Starr?Milk Shakes and Soda Water. M. Strauss?See. Hear and Learn. C. E. Spencer, Executor estate of B. T. Wheeler, deceased?Buggies, Wagons and Stock for Sale. James R. Kennedy, Probate Judge?Citation? S. W. Burns, Applicant?Mrs. Jane E. Burns, deceased. Geo. W. S. Hart, Intendant?Notice to the citizens in regard to placing boxes, barrels, Ac., on the streets. UNTIL, JANUARY 1st, 188?. The Enquirer will be furnished from this date until January 1st, 188!), for $1.70. V/ EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS. /The Governor has appointed H. W. Hope and Richard J. Withers, of Yorkville, assistant supervisors of registration for York county. S< CANDIDATES WITHDRAWN. By their cards, printed elsewhere in this paper, it will be seen that Senator Black withdraws his name as a candidate for re-election, and Mr. A. B. Crosby withdraws his name as a candidate for sheriff. RAILROAD NOTES. Trains between Lancaster and Camden commenced running on regular schedule time on the lGth instant. Griffin A Gorton are making satisfactory progress with their work on the Latta cut. They have successfully passed under the track of the Chester and Lenoir road, which is now supported by timbers placed temporarily, preparatory to the stone structure, the material fc which is being placed on the ground. Mr. Lathrop was in town Saturday and reports satisfactory progress on his work. LIENS AND MORTGAGES. Up to yesterday, 24th instant, there have been recorded in the clerk's office, since the 1st of January, 1,270 liens for supplies, 488 mortgages of personal prdtoerty upder ?100, and 128 mortgages of persoimil property over 3100. There have also been itccuraed within the time named 181 mortgages oA^al estate. Up to the 26th of April, 1886, there were recorded 1,463 liens, and for the samo period in 1887, 1,307 liens. The average amount of the liens for 1886-87 was 390, and for the present year about the same amount, as nearly ns can be estimated. V PER SOXAL MENTION". Mr. James Devine and daughter, of Boston, Mass., are registered at the Parish Hotel, where they will remain a week or longer. They are traveling in the South for health and recreation. Mr. Devine is well pleased with Yorkville, which he pronounces the nicest town he has seen in the South. Mr. Joseph W. Colcock, of Texas, arrived here yesterday, and purposes spending the summer at his old home. Wo received a pleasant visit on yesterday from Mr. J. E. Good, a former citizen of the Bullock's Creek neighborhood of this county, but who removed to Cedartown, Ga., seventeen years ago. He is on a visit to kindred and friends in this county. CHURCH NOTICES. Baptist?Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector. Services next Sunday by Rev. Theo. D. Bratton at 11 A. M. and 5 P. M. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 a. ai. anu 8 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Prayer-meeting to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at Tirzah at 11 A. M. and at Yorkville, at 8 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. ^ RAIN STORM. On Thursday night last, this section was visited by a heavy rain, accompanied with high wind and lightning. There were two strokes of lightning, one on Mr. S. Anderson McElwee's lot, in the northern pan of fown, killing two of his cows, and the other on the lot of J. Hannibal Beatty, near the A. R. P. Church, rending a tree. South of town the storm Avas more severe. In the neighborhood of Brattonsville the wind was strong, breaking down a great deal of timber. The storm extended to Guthriesvillo and McConnellsville, and the Presbyterian church at the latter place was struck by lightning, which tore off a portion of the roof and otherwise slightly injured the house. Since Thursday night the temperature has been unusually cool for this section with slight frost. THE CLEVELAND BONDS. The Shelby Aurora says that on the 14th instant Judge-Bond decided lhat the coupons for one year's interest ou the bonds of Cleveland and Rutherford counties, N. C., in aid of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, shall be paid. Ho further ordered that the commissioners of those counties proceed to collect the tax for this purpose, amounting to , $4,500, within sixty .days, but subsequently modified the order by extending the time for collection until autumn. The Aurora says: "The Massachusetts and Southern Construction Co., and the bondholder, Marston, of Philadelphia, have scored another victory. Judge Bond has decided that the coupons, which are negotiable paper in the hands of innocent parties, must be paid and our county attorney, J. L. Webb, representing Gidney & Webb, admitted the bona Jides of the transac tion, that the bonds wore legally voted and issued by the commissioners." A JOURNALISTIC VISITOR. Mr. W. H. Herrington, the Southern correspondent of the Detroit Free Press, arrived here last Friday and remained over until Monday, when he took the afternoon train for Columbia. Mr. Herrington is traveling through the South for the purpose of writing up the progress, development and natural resources of thccountry, and in this work is accomplishing a great deal of good by placing beforo the readers of the Free Press the facts as they relate to the South, politically, socially and financially. Mr. Herrington has written a letter to his paper from Yorkville, giving his impressions of this immediate section of the State, and we doubt not it will have a good effect in the North-west, where so many now are contemplating removal to the more congenial Southern clime. Of the fair-minded papers of the North and Northwest, the Free Press has ever been foremost in giving truthful articles on the South and her institutions, aud ex-Governor Watts, of Alabama, says that paper "has done more than any other publication in this country to set the South right before the world." The "Weekly i Free Press, which is a distinctive publication ( from the daily, has a wide circulation in the ( United States and Canada, and tho paper is also reprinted in England, where the circulation is large. The articles cf Mr. Herrington < on the South appear in the English edition. ] While here. Mr. Herrinerton favorably im- I pressed himself upon our people as an intel- [ i ligent, liberal-minded gentleman. It is but 11 due to say that his visit to Yorkvillo was j secured through the exertions of Mr. Sam M. . Grist. ! : / ^COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The executive committee of the Democratic ! ]>arty of York county mot in the sheriff's office iu the Court House, yesterday, pursuant to a : call made by K. II. Glenn, county chairman, the object being to take steps for calling a t county convention to elect delegates to the State convention, to bo held in Colnmbia on i the 17th of May for tho purpose of electing del- . egates to the Democratic National Convention, { which will meet in St.,Louison tho 5th of Juno ( next. | ] The meeting was called to order by County ( Chairman Glenn, and John A. Latta, secretary, j culled the roll of members. A quorum an- 1 swered to the roll call as follows: Bethel, D. i M. Wallace; Bullock's Creek, J. M. Sims; I Hickory Grove, J. C. Chambers; Clover, D. J. | Jackson; Fort Mill, T. G. Gulp; Blairsville, I J. P. Blair; Clark's Fork, R. J. Love; McCon- j nellsvillo, F. D. Williams; Clay Hill, D. A. A. J Watson; Rock Hill, Iredell Jones ; Yorkville, John A. Latta. The chairman explained the object of the meeting, when Iredell Jones moved that the county convention, for the purpose set forth by the chairman, ! meet in the Court House at Yorkville, at 11 ! o'clock A. M., on Saturday, the 12th of May ; next. . The motion was unanimously carried. Mr. Jones then moved that elections be held in the various precincts on Saturday, May 5th, between the hours of 2 and 5 P. M., for the purpose of electing delegates to the county convention, and that the precinct chairmen appoint the managers of the precinct elections. This motion was also carried. It was also moved and carried that the county chairman publish au official notice in the newspapers of the county, giving the action of the meeting, and appending thereto a statement showing the number of delegates to which each precinct is entitled in the county convention. The meeting then adjourned. REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS. Although conventions of the Republican party have been held in various counties of the State, none has yet been held in York, nor is it probable any will be held in this county. Those that have been held were in reference to the Presidential campaign. As to the Republican prospects in the State the Columbia correspondent of the News aud Courier says under date of last Monday : The reports from various counties in which conventions have been held for the election of delegates to the Republican State convention indicate that the programme of the leaders, to have the delegation to the national convention uncommitted to any candidate for the Presidency, is likely to be disturbed by the work of the Sherman enthusiasts, who have been laboring very hard and have secured the election of many delegates committed to that bloody shirt waver. State Chairman Brayton does not concede that Sherman will capture the convention, but expects there will be quite a contest on the subject If the leaders can secure an unpledged delegation they will be in a position to make deals advantageous to themselves. The convention will meet in the hall of representatives at noon on the 1st of ATM.IAJ SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Mr. Stanyarne Wilson, of Spartanburg, is a candidate for solicitor in the Seventh circuit. ? A lodge of the Knights of Honor was organized at Clifton, Spartanburg county, last week. ? Governor Kicbardson has appointed Col. J. Q. Marshall, of Columbia, to the office of secretary of state, made vacant by the death of W. Z. Leitner. ? It has been decided to build a parsonage for the presiding elder of the Chester District of the South Carolina Conference of the Southern Methodist Church. ? The Governor has refused to interfere in the sentences of Japp Davis, who is to be hanged in Anderson on next Friday, and Jack Prater, who is to be hanged at Orangeburg on the same day. ? The woods of Marion county are full of caterpillars, which are clearing the trees of leaves and buds. The pests have also appeared in Florence, where they are destroying the shade trees. ? Mr. W. W. Hodge, of Manning, was killed last Thursday in attempting to cross the railroad track near that place in a am/vm Hlnt/v 5 ? * f a t?AV*4nlr\ VinrI VVUgULI. 1 WU UU1U1CU 111 tllC vuhiliu iiau a narrow escape. S^Master Al. Culp, son, of Mr. T. G. Culp, of Fort Mill, accidentally shot himself Monday morning of last week while handling a 22-calibre pistol. The ball passed through the palm of his hand, making a very painful flesh wound. ? Fire at Bamberg, Tuesday morning of last week, destroyed all the wooden part of the main street. Loss on buildings, $11,450; insurance $4,400. Loss on stock and other personal property,$19,150; insurance, $8,450. ? At the annual reunion of the survivors of the Sixth Regiment, to be held at Chester on the first Thursday in August, Captain H. A. Gaillard will deliver an historical address on the part borne by that regiment in the seven days fighting around Richmond. ? An incendiary fire at Branchville early Wednesday morning destroyed the store and residence of Mrs. R. Pearlstine, loss $7,000, insurance$2,000; Joe Heaton's store, loss $1,000, insurance$500; H. Riley's store and dwelling, loss $1,000; F. W. Fairey's store and tenement, loss $500; George Metts, shanty, loss $200. ? The State pension board met last Thursday for the first time since the death of Secretary Leitner, and was reorganized. Col. J. Q. Marshall, secretary of state, was elected chairman. No action was taken upon the pension applications, the board adjourning to enable its secretary to complete the listing of the claims approved and rejected. The list will be again revised before any publication of names will be permitted. ? The Fort Mill correspondent of the Charlotte Chronicle says: Fort Mill Manufacturing Company now have between one and two hundred looms running, and are turning out large quantities of plaids every day. I understand that they have made several large sales of their goods in the past few days. This company has increased its capital stock to ?100,000 since its absorption of the Catawba Cotton Mill. No stock sold since February 1st has , brought less than ?103 per share. ? The celebration of the sesqui-centennial of the Welsh Neck Baptist Church, at Society Iiill, Darlington county, was begun on Thursday last and closed on Sunday, with appropriate religious services j each day. Itev. (J. B. Moore, of the Darlington Baptist Church, delivered an able address on "The Baptists and the People," and the liev. John Stout read a very interesting history of the Welsh Neck < Church, embracing 150 years of its exis- ] tence. Among the distinguished visitors j was the Itev. J. C. Furman, D. D., who was pastor of the church fifty years ago. ? Richland courthouse was filled to overflowing last Wednesday night, the occa- : sion being the presentation of a life size oil portrait of himself to Judge J. B. Kershaw by surviving members of his brigade. 1 It was a distinguished assembly of representative citizens of the State, among 1 whom were many ladies. The portrait c was presented by his brigade through.Col. s William H. Wallace, who spoke feelingly i and eloquently and alluded to it as "the . counterfeit presentment of one who is the t embodiment of every generous and manly 11 virtue." Judge Kershaw was thorough- 1 ly overcome and was greeted with deafening cheers. His reply was appropriate. ? Sergt. W. W. Adams, of the Peniten- t tiary guaru, returned from Chattanooga, l Tennessee, a few days ago, with E. C. Den- ,J ton, white, an escaped convict from the }, penitentiary. Denton was convicted of I mule stealing in Pickens county in March <; 1879, and sentenced to the penitentiary for ? two years. While at work on detail in s Spartanburg county, he escaped on the 14th of November, 1879, and now, after about -:_Lt ?,i .. i.?k ?c j I eigut ttuu u nan years <ji ireeuuiu, is icturned to serve the remainder of his term. . Denton says that he was allowed a great deal of liberty by the contractors and had no trouble in getting away when he got ready to go. He had married and settled ( in Chattanooga, and says that after so long a i time he felt secure. The South the Successor of New t England.?In his recent speech in New York, James Itussell Lowell said: J] "I confess I cannot take a cheerful view ; J 3f that New England I love so well when : r her leading industries shall be gradually j drawn to the South, as they irnallibly will i ae, by the cheapness of labor there." Undoubtedly the South is destined to j * succeed New England in manufacturing i interests. But cheapness of labor will not, do the.sole, and not even the principal, j 'ause of this succession. It will be brought r ibout, or come about, by reason of the in- 0 comparably superior advantages the South 8 ias in situation, in nearness to the fields of t: cotton and the beds of ore, and in the per- a oction of our climate. Whatever may 1 sring it to pass, it will surely be, and the f< lear future will see its fulfllraent.-Cftwfevf- n 'on Sun. 1 MERE-MENTION. The bill admitting South Dakota as a State has passed the United States Senate by a strict party vote. The Georgia Republican State Convention will send a Sherman delegation to Chicago. A test case under the new Michigan law, making liquor sellers liable for damages for selling liquor to minors, resulted at Detroit in the jury awarding $100 to a complaining mother. The Georgia Republican State Convention will send a Sherman delegation to Chicago. A. S. Abell, founder and proprietor of the Baltimore Sun, died last Thursday. The Senate committee on military affairs has reported favorably the bill to appoint and retire John C. Fremont with the rank of MajorGeneral. The New Orleans Picayune says: "An ideal ticket is one that one man makes for all men to vote. It is 11 rpu~ ijcvei cicuicu* A lie uuc^Luia u? Liie Richmond Terminal Road have unanimously elected John H. Inman president. A. H. Adams, probate judge, and Robert T. McCulloch, county judge, both of Harper county, Kansas, haye been found guilty, after four days' trial, of malfeasance in office and sent to jail. On Friday the Mississippi river was within a few inches of the high water mark of 1880. A bill to legalize marriage with a deceased wife's sister ha3 passed the English House of Commons by a vote of 239 to 182. At Brandon, Miss., last Thursday, after a trial lasting several weeks, Hamilton was acquitted of the murder of Gambrell, the young Prohibitidn ediitor. Edward Cassar, a colored man of considerable wealth, returned to his home at Sardis, Miss., last Thursday night, and found the Rev. Sidney Hibbier, pastor of the Methodist Church and principal of the school, at his home. Not being satisfied with the minister's explanation, he shot him in the head, killing him instantly. The Ohio Republican State Convention, in session at Dayton, adjourned last Thursday, after nominating a State ticket, and declaring its preference for John Sherman for President. The Egyptian cotton plants are in a very advanced and healthy condition, owing to an unusually hot March. In lower Egypt 15percent.?and in upper Egypt GO percent, more land is under cotton cultivation than in 1887. The New York Assembly has naccorl hv a lrnfa nf G7 fn Q Kill cuKati. rii,nv'u "j " 'uv= omucv. tuting electricity for hanging., J. N. Alston, in jail at Weatherford, Texas, for the murder of his daughter, committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell. Of the sixty-six savings banks in New Hampshire, it is reported that twenty-two of them paid last year 5 per cent., the highest ordinary dividend allowed by law; six paid 44, thirty-five paid 4, one paid 3$, one paid 31, one paid 3, and one paid 2. Notwithstanding a pretty bad split in the Democratic party of Louisiana, the whole regular Democratic ticket has been elected by a majority of 65,000 votes. There was a heavy frost at Danville, Virginia, last Saturday night, and the ground was frozen. Fruit and early vegetables suffered considerable damage. The discovery is made by a St. Louis hotel clerk that tall men sleep later in the morning than short ones, and that persons of a dark complexion require more sleep than blondes. At Springfield, Ohio, last Saturday, two prominent hotel proprietors were fined $50 each and sentenced to ten days in jail, for using oleomargarine on their tables without posting a notice in the dining room. N. B. Lester was hanged at Lebanon, Tennessee, last Friday for the murder of Lieutenant J1. C. Lane. Business failures occurring throughout the country during the last week number for the United States 177, Canada 18. Total 195, against 222 the preceding week. It is now ascertained that the peculations of ex-Treasurer Tate, Kentucky's defaulting financial officer, date back to 1869. The total amount of his stealings is $150,000. Dexter, Robert Bonner's famous old trotter, died in New York last Saturday, aged 30 years. He died of old age and exhaustion. Spring in New England.?The Hartford fishermen who have made it a point to get away to the Rangeley Lakes lor big trout by May 1 need not hurry this rru? ^ ai_ i_ i a year. j.no n;e is very muck, ana is not expected to move out of the lakes until after May 10.' There was horse racing last week on Haley Pond, near Rangeley village. Last Saturday the road leading over the hill opposite Hudson Grisworld'sresidence in Windsor was broken out. It was the first opening of that road since the blizzard. This was on 12th and 13th of March. It was necessary to shovel through six and eight feet of snow. This is a remarkable coincidence to occur the 14th of April, and should be posted in our diaries for future reference. In connection with the article on snow drifts in Litchfield county, which appeared in Friday evening's Times, it raay^not be amiss to state that there is now on the "north road" to Bristol, and only a mile from Terryvilie, a mass of snow from eight to ten feet in depth. For several months no track has been broken through this, the old stage route to Hartford. Only a few feet from this spot, between the Bristol reservoir and the village, stands an old, brown stone, markingthedividing line between Hartford and Litchfield counties, and bearing the inscription, "18 miles to Hartford."?Hartford Times. State Weather Crop Bulletin.? The South Carolina Weather Service furnishes the following concerning the weather during the week ending last Saturday: The rainfall for the past week has been below the average. The temperature was above the.average, with a great amount of sunshine. The small grain is in good condition. A good stand of corn and cotton is reported. The entire week has been favorable for the growing crop; also for farm work. ? Farmers in many parts of the State report that there will be a fair crop of peaches and that apples generally will be plentiful. Iftariitt $Uprfs. YORKVILLE, April 25.?Cotton, 9 to 91. LIVERPOOL, Aprit 23.?Cotton firm ; up amis, 5 5-lfid. CHARLESTON, April 23.-Cotton steady ; niddling, OA. NEW YORK, April 23.-Cotton steady and juiet; uplands, 9J. Futures closed quiet, with sales of 43,900 bales, as follows: April, 9.66 to 0.68 5 May, 9.08 to 9.09; -June, 9.78 to 9.79; ruly,9.80 to 9.88; August, 9.93 to 9.94; Sfep;ember, 9.09 to 9.70; October, 9.44 to 9.45; November, 9.35 to 9.36; December, 9.36 to 9.37; January, 9.43 to 9.45. Comparative Cottou Statement. NEW YORK, April 20.?The following is he comparative cotton statement for the week snding April 20, 1S88: 1888. 1887. Receipts at all portsfor week... 27,916 14,220 ? Total receipts to this date 5,195,712 5,126,285 Exports for the week 34,685 43,274 Total exports to date 3,937,062 4,069,750 stock at all U. S. ports 586,8(57 449,435 5tock in interior towns 113,325 46,688 Stock at Liverpool 873,000 908,000 Jtock afloat for Great Britain... 53,000 84,000 . Special itolitts. Preaching; at Bullock's Creek. Rev. R. P. Smith will preach at Bullock's Ireek Church, on next Sabbath, 29th instant, t the usual hour. April 25 17 It The New Bibles lave been received at the Depository, and are iow on sale at Messrs. Hunter it Oates'. 'he public are invited to inspect them. The iricesand the quality wi'l surprise you. J C. Galloway, President York County Bible Society. April 25 17 It A Card from Mr. Crosby. Black's S. C., April 23, 1888. To My Friends in York County: When my 1.11110 was announced as a candidate for Sheriff f York county, I felt satisfied th.t I could erve the people if elected ; but s.nce that Line mv business has assumed such a shape sto demand my whole time and at ention. 'hanking my friends for the interes manijsted in my success, I now withdraw my ameasa candidate. * A. B. CitOSBY. April 2f> 17 It