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Straps and darts. 1
? The question of woman suffrage in ]
Washington Territory came up recently j
before Judge Nash at Spokane Falls on a ;
test case. The Judge delivered a lengthy ]
opinion last Friday in which he decided
the act of the Legislature extending fran- ,
chise to women unconstitutional.
? Joe Bateright, a negro aged 22 years, i
was sold under hammer at Marshall, Mo.,
last Friday afternoon at the courthouse
steps for vagrancy, the purchaser taking
possession of him for six months. The
Highest price bid was $6.50. There were
several other small bids. A large crowd
witnessed the sale.
?The residence of Kev. Wm. Mackay,
Waldron, Ark., was destroyed by fire on
Tuesday of last week. His brother-in-law,
John Smith, was arrested on the charge of
arson and placed in jail. Public sentiment
ran high against him as he was taken from
the jail and twice strung up, but taken
? ? ?i ?__i? :i^/i
ciown again wnen cooier cuuuaci ^cv?iau
and taken back to jail.
? The House committee on elections has
heard all the arguments in the SmallsElliott
contested election case from the
Seventh South Carolina district, but will
not attempt to dispose of it until the Sullivan-Felton
contest from California is
disposed of, and which is set for a hearing 1
to-morrow.
? Professor Chambers, of North Carolina, 1
addressed the House committee on education
last Friday in favor of a bill creating
a commission to inquire into, and report
upon the material and mental progress
of the colored race since 1865. The committee
took up the consideration of the
Blair educational bill, but only succeeded
in making a few changes in phraseology,
the point of action not being reached.
? In respect of patronage the position of
postmaster general is now the most important
in the Cabinet. The 50,000 postmasters
who are responsible for their appointment
to the chief of the department,
are supplemented by an immense number
of clerks who serve at Washington, on the
railroads and as examiners and inspectors
all over the country, and the postmaster
general is to the people at large almost as
influential a man as the President himself.
? In 1890 will end the term of 100 years
during which the cities of Boston and
Philadelphia have each enjoyed the revenue
from a bequest of $5,000 made by
Benjamin Franklin. The money was to
be loaned out to youDg married artificers,
and the trust has been executed, although
the lapse of a century requires a new disposition
of the funds. It is significant
that while in Boston the $5,000 has grown
to nearly $328,000, in Philadelphia the $5,000
has become only $70,000.
? Mr. Jefferson Davis is not often epigrammatic,
but in his letter to the ladies
of thp Monumental Association of Mississippi,
there is a phrase that is sure to live.
Speaking of the fact that the monument
which was begun at Jackson on Friday is
the first to be raised by Mississippi to her
sons, Mr. Davis says that the omission
cannot be ascribed to the absence of meritorious
claims to such consideration, for (
"Mississippians have neither been of the
war party in peace, nor of the peace party
in war." This is better than "invincible ,
in peace, invisible in war" with which the (
public has become familiar.
? A destructive cyclone swept over
Brownton, Texas, 25 miles east of Bonham,
last Thursday evening, destroying
the Methodist, Baptist and Congregational *
churches and eight dwellings. One build- <
ing was carried across a railroad track and
crushed. Amanda Willis (colored), who
had taken refuge inside, was instantly j
killed. Eight persons, including the sher- >
iff and county recorder, were fatally in- i
. jured. The damage will exceeded $12,000.
The path of the storm was three hundred
yards wide and everything within those
limits, crops, fences, barns, outhouses and (
trees, was swept away. A terrible rain, i
hail and lightning storm followed. i
? On Wednesday last, the supreme court |
of Missouri received the mandate of the ,
United States supreme court in the case of t
Hugh Brooks, alias Maxwell, the English- <
man convicted of the sensational Southern j
hotel murder. Court adjourned without 1
fixing the date for the execution. It {
will not convene again until June 4, when ,
the date for the execution will be named, t
and the mandate forwarded to the sheriff 1
of the county. Maxwell was not much
affected when he was informed that the (
State court would in a few days dispose cf <
his case forever. His trans-Atlantic friends ^
are working hard ou Secretary Bayard, ?
Minister Phelps, Minister West and Gov- t
ernorMoorehouse. A half dozen different i
petitions are in circulation, but the sig- l
natures are few. t
? Of all the incidents connected with the
recent floods out West, perhaps none was ?
more thrilling than that related of the
father who "was on the levee working
with other farmers when the embankment c
gave way. Mounting his horse he had a 1
mad race with the advancing waters for .
his home, where his three little children ?
were sleeping! Reaching there just as e
the water struck the house, he placed thtf ?
children in a wagon and started for the I
bluffs. The rapidly advancing flood float- I
ed the wagon box from the wheels and *
two of the children were drowned, John- j
son saying himself and his little daughter. r
The child is all he has left of a happy i
home and a farm af 200 acres." This pa- i
thetic story from real life might furnish f
the theme for a companion poem to Miss 1
Ingelow's well known "High-tide on the f
coast of Lincolnshire." 1
? Judge Speer, of the United States dis- J
trict court, in a case heard before him at
Macon, Ga., last week, holds that decoy
letters sent out to catch postal officials are
not such letters as the law contemplates J
when if nnniahes those who tamDer with \
them. T*he case arose out of the trial of 1
Rudolph Dennicke, a route agent on the
Central Railroad between Macon and At- 1
lanta. The number of letters tampered
with on that run was so large that a strict
watch was instituted. A decoy letter addressed
to an imaginary person in Atlanta
was mailed in Macon. AtBarnesville, half
way along the route, a postoffice inspector
entered the car, arrested Dennicke, and
found the letter, with the seal broken,
upon his person. The trial of the case has
excited much interest. When the evidence
was all in, Judge Speer ordered the
jury to bring in a verdict of not guiity, as
the bogus character of the letter affected
the entire proceeding. This will break up
a very common practice among the postoffice
detectives.
? A few years ago leprosy was considered
one of the impossible diseases in this
land. It was held to be a peculiar develraent
of unsanitary conditions incident
to long past ages. It was, to be sure,
known that in Africa, and possibly among
the Chinese, leprosy still lingered. But
now it has fairly located itself in America,
and is one more evil that may reach enormous
proportions. Dr. Allen, in the New
York Medical Journal, concludes: "(1)
Leprosy has existed in this country to
some extent for twenty years; (2) the tendency
is for the disease to increase, not
only from immigration, but from sporadic
cases; (3) it is a contagious disease, and may
also be transmitted from parent to offspring;
(4) transmission takes place in
some case by inoculation ; (5) segregation
has been proved to be the only sure means
of freeing a country from its ravages; (6)
it is the duty of the Government to establish
leprosy hospitals or isolated settle4
* ' A i. -r n
merits lor tne ireaimem. in me umiuicu. j
? At Helena, Ark., there is a wonder- ]
ful colored man named Mack Hamilton,
who has been making a show of himself 1
on the streets of that town. Some of his !
feats consist of eating large quantities of )
porcelain and glass without any deieteri- \
ous effects. His appetite is always in
good order, and for a dime he will eat; t
enough to convince the most skeptical s
that there is no trick about it. He also ]
drinks as much as a gallon of water at a 8
. time, and then with a motion of his right;?
arm?such a motion as is given to the i ?
handle of a pump when pumping?the 1 e
water comes out of his mouth in a stream f
a3 clear as when first swallowed. He also c
is able to drink boiling water and eject it
by means of this pump-like process, and
when it is emitted it is hot enough to '
scald. He swallows live frogs and small I
snakes, and by a simple motion of his arm c
they are forced out of his mouth. He
has drank a half gallon of whisky with- !
Dut feeling the. slighest inconvenience.
He has had some splendid offers from dif- 1
ferent people to go into a show, but he J
prefers to be his own master. He has a ,
dread that some doctor will kill him for
the purpose of making an examination of i
him.
Uarkville (inquirer.
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YORKVILLE, S. . :
WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1888.
THE TEMPERANCE ALLIANCE.
A convention of prohibitionists of South
Carolina was held in Columbia on Tuesday
and Wednesday of last week. Twelve
counties were represented by forty-one 1
members. Of these sixteen were ministers,
but they made the statement that
they attended as citizens and not as ministers.
The recommendations adopted by the
Columbia prohibitionists on the 7th inst.
as matter for the consideration of the mass
convention, were accepted by the conference
as a basis for action in the convention.
The suggestions are as follows:
1st. The organization of a State Temperance
Alliance.
2d. The introduction by law into public
schools of the study of the effects of alcohol on
the human system.
3d. The more thorough and systematic circulation
of temperance literature throughout
the State.
4th. The proper methods of enforcing existing
license and prohibitory laws.
5th. The importance of working within the
Democratic party to secure the election of candidates
representing the principles of temperance
and prohibition.
A committee of five, with the Rev. H.
Bascom Browne, of Charleston, as chairman,
was appointed to nominate officers
for the temporary organization of the convention.
They agreed upon the Rev. John
G. Williams, of Allendale, as temporary
chairman, and the Rev. H. F. Chreitzberg,
of Chester, and Mr. James T. Prince, of
Columbia, as temporary secretaries.
The temporary officers were elected, and
the Rev. R. C. Oliver opened the proceedings
with prayer. The Rev. W. R. Richardson,
of Columbia, offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That no person be allowed to vote
or to participate in the discussions of this convention
who is not a recognized Democratic
voter of this State.
Mrs. S. F. Chapin was in the hall, so
wasMr. E. M. Brayton, Republican State
chairman, and Mr. Simeon Corley, of Lexington,
formerly noted as a Republican.
The resolution was understood to be a
service notice that neither woman's rights
or any Anti-Democratic policy was to be
recognized.
There was a warm fight over the resolution,
but at last it prevailed by a bare majority?21
to 20. None but Democratic
voters, therefore, were eligible. As such,
those present enrolled their names, constituting
the convention.
The members being enrolled, the temporary
organization was made permanent. !
The following resolutions were offered and
referred by T. J. Lamotte for L. B.
Haynes, a leader in the movement, but
who was absent on account of illness:
Resolved, It is the sense of this convention
that the instruction of children in the effects of 1
ilcohol and narcotics on the human system is ;
?n imperative duty on all those charged with i
their education, and that this body will urge (
>n the Legislature of this State the passage of
i law requiring the use in all public schools
md colleges of a system of text books on this
jubject suitable for the instruction of pupils '
>f all grades in such public schools and colleges.
Resolved, That it shall be made the duty of
ihe executive committee of any permanent organization
effected by this convention, to use
ill suitable moans to secure the necessary legis t
ation for this purpose.
There was quite a fight against this resfiution,
led by Mr. T. S. Moorman, who :
leclared that the one issue before the con- 1
/ention was to make prohibition prohibit, 1
ind that the Prohibitionists should attack '
he fort in front and not skirmish on the
vings of the enemy's forces. Whenabso- ,
ute prohibition was secured it would be '
ime for these side issues.
He was opposed by several delegates, <
ind failed to defeat the resolutions. 1
By T. J. Lamotte:
Whereas, the open and persistent violations '
>f the provisions of the statutes of this State
egulating the sale of intoxicating liquors by
ipothecaries, druggists and others in tne incor- 1
>orated towns and villages where such sales ]
ire licensed, and of the statutes which prohibit <
laid sales outside of such incorporated towns ,
ind villages is one of the chief obstacles to the
jromotion of temperance and morality, and a '
jatent agency in maintaining the liquor traffic <
md the evils" which attend it, 1
Resolved, That this convention will include
n any system which it may devise for the ulti- j
nate prohibition of the manufacture, sale and
lse of intoxicants as a beverage, sucn pians as
xiost effectually lead to the detection and prosjcution,
to conviction, of all violators of the
icense and prohibitory laws of the State.
Resolved, That the active and earnest co-op;ration
of every loyal citizen is desired and soicited
in these efforts, especially such as look
;o the enforcetneut of the statutes which for3id
the sale of liquors on the Sabbath, and to
ninors and those habitually intemperate.
Before the adjournment of Tuesday's
session, several resolutions were offered
tnd referred to the appropriate commit;ees.
At the session on Wednesday, the resorts
of the several committees, appointed
)n the previous day, to consider various
livisionsof prohibition work, were made
ind acted upon. The committee on the
)rganization of a State Temperance Allimce
reported the following paper :
We, the Democratic Prohibitionists of South
Carolina, in convention assembled, realize the
lecessity for immediate action, therefore rejommend
that we proceed at once to the organization
of a State Alliance, to be known as
he South Carolina Democratic Prohibition
Alliance.
The object shall be the legal prohibition of
;he manufacture and traffic in alcoholic beveriges
within tbis State, aud to discountenance
3V all proper methods the use of the same.
"The membership shall be composed of all
egal Democratic voters enrolling their names,
who are in full sympathy with this declared
purpose.
County Alliances shall be organized at each
county seat, and subordinate Alliances shall be
)rganized at all precincts in each county where
practicable.
The officers of the State Alliance shall be a
president, a vice-president from oacn county
i>rganized, (who shall be chairman of his county
Alliance,) and a secretary and treasurer, 5
who shall compose the State executive committee,
of whom seven shall constitute a
juorum.
The annual convention shall be held at such
;ime and place as the executive committee
?hall designate.
This constitution may be altered or amended
it any annual meeting by a majority vote of
he members present.
This constitution was considered by secdons
and as a whole, and was adopted
with one amendment, requiring a two;bird
instead of a majority vote to amend
ts provisions.
The committee?Thomas S. Moorman,
chairman?to whom was referred the resoutions
in regard to the laws on license and
prohibition, reported as follows:
1. That your committee is deeply impressed
with the fact that the said laws are violated In
many essential particulars, and with the vast '
mportance of having such laws fully enforced,
inu, to this end, of using all possible co-operaion
in enforcing the same.
2. That your committee feel assured that
here are defects in said laws and that the same
ihould be amended, and to this end that the
Legislature should be influenced by elections
md memorials, or otherwise, to make such
imendments.
3. That inasmuch as these matters must re:eive
the special attention and action of the
ixecutive committee of this body, they be reerred,
together with these resolutions, to said
ommittee.
The report was adopted.
The committee to whom was referred
'the importance of working within the
Democratic party to secure I he election of c
andidates representing the principles of t
temperance and prohibition," reported by
Mr. B. M. Anderson:
That they fully recognize the importance of
the adoption of the resolution, and in order to C
enforce the same, earnestly urge the necessity
of the adoption of the primary system for the "V
nomination of both State and county officers,
requiring a majority of all the votes cast to y
nominate; and they further urge the friends of
prohibition to nominate only such persons as V
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bition cause.
After a lively debate, involving the
points of "primary" and "convention," M
the report was withdrawn. ?
County vice-presidents?one for each T
county in the State?were elected. Frank
A. Gilbert of Yorkville, was elected for
York county. Mr. F. H. Hiatt, of Colum- v
bia, was elected secretary and treasurer.
There was a lengthy discussion on the Y
question of establishing a temperance organ
for the State, but the subject went
over until the next annual meeting. s
At 1 o'clock P. M., the convention ad- j
journed, President Williams delivering R:
the following farewell talk:
He said that some good resolutions had been
passed, but the thing was to carry them out.
The Prohibitionists wanted resolution more
than resolutions. Prohibitionists should keep
cool and be wise. Mad men could not light.
Prayer and fasting as well as work were necessary
to exorcise the whisky demon.
The old Democratic party is a great thing, he n
said. It is a little wrong sometimes, but we u
are going to make it right. When we do, the p
party will thank God for the result. There is,
I tell you, my brothers, a powerful prohibition
sentiment in this State. Lots or men and
women are praying for us to-day. This is the -p
winter time of prohibition. The tree has lost *
its leaves, but it isn't dead. There is strong
life in the roots, which will spring forth in o
vigorous growth. Let us look to God for help. a
> ? n
The Postal Officials and Congress.?In
the House of Representatives,
last Thursday, while discussing in committee
of the whole the post office appro- tl
priation bill, Mr. Blount, of the postal v
committee having the floor, in reply to a f>
question from Lanham, of Texas, he stated c
that while the committee on post offices d
and post roads was in favor of increasing b
the compensation of fourth class post- ij
masters, it was estopped by the rules of b
the House from incorporating a provision
to that effect in an appropriation bill, but
he thought that the committee would
bring in before long a measure to increase >
the compensation of postmasters of that v
class. The increase of $777,500 in the ap- a
propriations for the free delivery service, c
Blount explained to be due not so much to p
the proposed increase of the service as to ?
the provisions of the act of January 3d,
1887, providing for classification, promo- .
tion and salaries of letter carriers. !:
Cox, of New York, enquired whether
there was any prospect of the committee
on post offices and post roads reporting a 1
" '* J ! I n
measure to ciassny ranroau man ciema and
postal clerks so as to give them proper
compensation.
Blount replied that that matter was being
considered by a sub-committee and he
did not feel authorized to make any statement
as to the prospects of its being acted e
upon. There were organizations among
postal clerks, among post office clerks and C
among railroad clerks for the purpose of I
securing increase of salary. They had not
come before the committee, but were in s
the hands of a prominent member and in a
this way they expected to drive Congress i
to conclusions contrary to proper methods
of legislation. So far as he was concerned r
he represented not the office holders alone, a
but the great mass of the people who paid
the taxes, and he would withstand any unreasonable
increase of salaries. s
General debate upon the bill followed, p
participated in by a dozen members, but
it possessed slight interest beyond the fact n
that there was a general expression that
some additional compensation ought to be
provided for fourth class postmasters. The .
bill was then read by sections for amend- ,
ment. "
McRae, of Arkansas, offered an amend- E
ment providing that fourth class postmast- E
ers shall receive compensation of $20 a ri
year in addition to the compensation &
allowed under the existing law. Ruled ?
mit on a point of order. ai
Several other amendments were offered ti
and all were rejected. Without disposing l,
3f the bill the committee rose and the si
House adjourned. si
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MERE-MENTION. ci
A hotel at Broken Bow, Nebraska, was a
3truck by lightning, and one of the guests sl
killed. At Salt Lake City, Mrs. E.
Davis learned Wednesday that her husaand,
to whom she had been married n
twenty years, had married a second wife, ai
The shock unbalanced her mind, and
Thursday she cut her throat with a ra- d
sor. The town of Argonia, Kansas, 0
- ? ? -i itr. j 0!
was destroyed Dy a cycione mst weuuesJay.
A California judge has sentenced t,
Simon Hamburg to fifty-three years' imprisonment
or a fine of $19,000 for swindling
an Oregon farmer by selling him .
property, the titles of which Hamburg 11
knew to be defective. The North Caro- ?
lina Republican.Convention, in session at 11
Raleigh last Thursday, nominated a full AV
State ticket, headed by Oliver H. Dockery 11
For Governor. At the conclusion of sl
the ceremonies attending the laying of the
cornerstone of the Confederate monument
it Jackson last Thursday, Miss Winnie
Davis was handed a Masonic silver crown ?
to be presented to her father, Jefferson 0
Davis, on his 80th birthday, which will P
Dccur on Sunday next. Mr. Davis was too 0
peeble to attend the ceremonies. Col. n
John A. Fagg, one of the last surviving C
officers of the Mexican war from North b
Carolina, died at Asheville last Thursday, ir
iged 81 years. The Anniston and At- ir
lantic railroad is the only road in America n
aaliasted with iron ore. It is sixty miles in ^
length. There was a heavy snow storm w
in Dakota on the 20th instant. The ^
State Democratic Convention of North tl
Carolina meets in Raleigh to-day. The e(
Greneral Assembly of the Northern Pres- ^
Dyterians, in session at Philadelphia,
idopted on Saturday a report declaring '
;hat the assembly is ready and willing for v
i union with the Southern church as *1<
soon as the Southern church is ready for G
t. The business failures throughout 01
;he United States during the week ending c<
ast Friday, number 213, and for the Dominion
of'Canada 12, making a total of 225
igainst IS!) the previous week. Staun:on,
Va., has elected a mayor who is a ri
jrohibitionist. r(
tl
Woodrow'.s Evolution Theory.? "
Prof. Woodrow having appealed to the 'J
Southern Presbyterian General Assembly ^
Tom the decision of the Synod of Georgia,
n reference to his evolution doctrine, the n
;onsideration of his complaint occupied
much of the time of the assembly, last li
tveek, in session at Baltimore. Several a(
addresses were delivered and arguments vmade
pro and con, before a vote was reach- rs
id 011 Saturday. When the assembly con- w
yened on that morning, the case was re- w
sumed, and the call continued for an expression
of views from the members on fi
evolution. Most of them who gave ex- w
pression to these views announced their cc
relief in the sincerity of Dr. Woodrow, hi
aut could not sustain his complaint. Oth- ra
3rs declared that the question was beyond fl
die jurisdiction of the assembly, and
should be dismissed without consideration.
others again denounced the theory of evo- >T
ution as opposed to the Scriptures, and
subversive to the interests of Christianity, p
md of the church. Still others insisted | 0
hat Dr. Woodrow, in his teachings, did | A
iot violate any law of God or of the church, j
ind his complaint against the Synod ol
Georgia should be sustained. The dele- efi
fates from the South Carolina Synod, with cl
hree exceptions, voted intavor of sustain- .
ng the complaint of Dr. Woodrow, and
Rev. Dr. J. 0. Lindsay declared his entire
lelief in evolution, not only in the crea- j ?e
;ion of the body of Adam, but in the crea- J
ion of all things. His remarks were re
jreeted with applause, which was prompt- 11C
y checked by the moderator, who told the H
issembly that they were in the court of w
lesus Christ, and lie hoped that there jia
would not be a repe:ition of such approval j th
>r disapproval, A vote was reached about j fri
. o'clock, when 34 votes were cast to sus- j w:
ain the complaint, 109 against sustaining
he complaint, and two votes for sustain- of
ng it in part. ! de
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? Ex-Judge Cooke declines to become a j T1
andidate for the Greenville Senatorship, as
>ut would like to go to the House. <
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
olumbus Buggy Co., Columbus, Ohio?Columbus
Buggies.
William B. McCaw?Candidate for the House
of Representatives from York county. i
William Ross?Candidate for County Commissioner
of York county.
7. B. Williams, Auditor, York County?Will
be at Black's on the 1st of June, 1888, for
the purpose of receiying the amended returns
of Cherokee township.
[. Strauss?Our Customers will not be Disap
funter <fe Oates?See Oar Bargain Counter.
. E. Jefferys, Administrator of the estate of
Jesse A. Hogue, deceased?Notice to the
Debtors and Creditors.
Withers Adickes?Cash Buyers must Remember
our Beautiful $25.00 Set of Dishes,
/alter B. Moore & Co.?Hardware.
. W. Dobson?Agent for the Chattanooga Patent
Improved Three Roller Cane Mills,
Evaporators and Furnaces,
peck <fc Cartwright?Listen to the Racket.
. J. Waters?Candidate for Judge of Probate.
[. C. Willis?Why not buy my Buggies ?
UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1889.
The Enquirer will be furnished from this
ate until January 1st, 1889, for $1.45.
MAP OF THE STATE.
We acknowledge the receipt of a copy of the
ew map of South Carolina, recently prepared
nder direction of the State Agricultural deartmeut.
THE ADDRESS TO-NIGH^T
Hon. J. II. Rico, State Superintendent of
'ublic Education, will deliver an address in ,
he Court House to-night, as has been previ-y
usly announced. He hopes to meet a large
udieuce of citizens, including the ladies, who
lay be interested in the subject Qf his address.
TV*
BURGLARY AND LARCENY.
On the night of the 21st instant, the dopot of
ae Chester and Lenoir Railroad at this place
as burglariously entered, and there was stolen
rom the warehouse 1 keg of whisky, 1 keg of ider,
a side of bacon and 2 bags of flour. The *
oor was entered by boring with an auger, the(,
urglar having evidently laid his plans by dayght,
by marking the location of the lock and
ar, with which the door was secured.
RAILROAD SUBSCRIPTIONS.
The suit of T. B. Whitesides vs. II. A. D.
leely, County Treasurer of York, to test the
alidity of the subscription by Cherokee townhip
in aid of the Charleston, Cincinnati and
'hicago Railroad, was argued in the State Sureme
Court last Monday, it having gone beire
that forum on original jurisdiction. The
ase was argued by Messrs. "Hardin and Simins
for the plaintiff, and Maj. Jas. F. Hart and
). S. Henderson for the defendant.
The final election in Pinckney township,
'nion county, for a subscription of $3,500 in
id of the Augusta Division, was held on Satrday
of last week, and resulted as follows :
no Ay. SnWrintinn." 132.
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CHURCH NOTICES.
Baptist?Sunday-school at 4.30 P. M. Prayr-meeting
this evening at 8.30 o'clock.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J.
!. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at
0.30 A. M. Sunday-school at 4.30 P. M.
Episcopal?Rev. 'Theo. D. Bratton, Minister,
ervices Friday afternoon at 6 o'clock ; Sunday
110.30 A. M. and 6 P. M. Sunday-school at 5
\ M.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel,
'astor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M.
nd 8.30 P. M. Communion after morning
ervice. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor,
ervices next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. and 8.30
'. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Prayerleeting
to-morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock.
9
REVENUE SEIZURE.
On Thursday last, J. W. Bronson, of Spartanurg,
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector for
restate at large, accompanied by W. J. Neely,
eputy U. S. Marshal, Jack Foster, William
>urham, W. J. Roach, and Robert Scruggs,
iided a distillery on the premises of William
lartin, in Cherokee township, about four
nles north-east of John McGill's store, known
9 Clark's. Fork post office. The officers caprred
the worm of a still, a still cap, and about
,000 gallons of beer ready for distilling. Simpan
George was the only person near the moonbine
dispensatory, and the officers gave him a
vely footrace, but he outstripped them and esiped.
The apparatus was set up on the side of
branch, in the free, open air, unprotected by
belter.
NEW RESIDENCES.
Mr. Sam'l L. Miller has just completed a
ew two-story residence on East Liberty street
nd will move into it next week.
Rev. L. A. Johnson is building a new resience
near the house ho occupies, on the lino
f tho Three C's Railroad, in the southern part
f town.
Mr. Walter B. Mooro has given out the conact
for a fine residence on the northern sido
f town, near the residence of Col. Wilson.
Mr. G. L. McNeel informs us that he is maklg
preparations to build a handsome residence
n his lot near the depot, adjoining Major
[art's property. This house, when finished,
ill be occupied by a gentleman who will
lake an important acquisition to the citizenbip
of the town.
SENT TO THE PENITENTIARY.
The Governor has commuted to life imprisnment
the death sentence of James Stowe, colred,
who was sentenced to bo hanged at this
lace last Friday, ror tue mcenuiary umuiu^
f the store-house of Zimri Carroll and the
ledical office of Drs. Campbell <fc Pressley, at
lover, on the night of the 29th of last Novemer.
In the trial the conviction was secured
lainly by Stowe's own confession, previously
lade, and strong circumstantial evidence conecting
him with the crime, to which, however,
e claimed to be only an accessory, standing on
atch while others plundered the house, though
0 failed to identify any of his accomplices, and
ioso whom he charged with the robbery prov1
their innocence on a preliminary hearing,
nderthe circumstances tho presiding Judge
id the Solicitor recommended the exercise of
xecutive clemency. The sheriff received of- ;
cial notification on Wednesday evening of the
overnor's action, and on Thursday, in charge
f Deputy James F. Glenn, the prisoner was i
mveved to the penitentiary. (
RAILROAD NOTES.
Track laying has been completed to Catawba
ver, and timber for tho bridge, which has al- i
sady been framed, is now being delivered by l
le construction trains and will be placed in potion
as rapidly as possible. It will be, howler,
from four to six weeks before the bridge
in be in a condition for trains to pass over it.
he point at which the bridge crosses Catawba
ver is 13 miles, this side of Lancaster and 12
liles beyond Rock Hill. After the coraple- (
on of the bridge, there will be no delay on
. count of the road bed from the river to Yorkillo,
and it can be safely said that before the j
lilscan be placed to Yorkville, tho grading J
ill be completed beyond Hickory Grove, or |
ithin a few miles of Black's.
Before completing his contract of the first
ve miles east of Yorkville, Mr. Jacob B. Ross ]
as moved to a piece of work in Lancaster i
>unty. Having completed that he has moved i
is force back here, and on last Monday comlenced
work near town. He thinks he can 1
nish it up in four or five weeks. 1
From present indications, trains will be run- <
ing through from Camden to Rutherfordton, 1
. C., by early fall, which will mark the com- <
letion of an important link in the grand sysm
connecting tho Ohio river with the South
tlantic.
COMMITMENTS TO JAIL.
On Thursday Amos Hainey, alias Gill, color- i
I. was committed to jail b}' Trial Justice Bell, 1
larged with grand larceny, the offenco con- ?
sting of stealing about ?30 in cash from the ?
sidence of W. Jasper Thomasson on the pre- {
ding day. Ho wont to Mr. Thomasson's *
uise on the morning of Wednesday and
mained until about 3 o'clock in the after- j
>011. After he left tho money was missed. ,
is arrest followed, on the supposition that ho
as the thief. He confessed his guilt after be- t
g brought to town, admitting that he took
e money during Mr. Thomassan's absence ?
oin tho house. About ?4 of the stolen money (
as recovered on Friday.
On Friday, Annabel Jones, colored, accused j
administering the poison which came near [
istroying an entire family, was given a pre- j
niuary hearing before Trial Justice Bell, j
ae evidence against the accused was such s
to induce tho Justice to commit her to jail, c
On Monday, on the complaint of Mr. W. O. (
Guy, a white man named J. M. Baumgardner
was committed to jail on the charge of breach of
trust, the amount involved being330, which Mr.
Guy entrusted to Baumgardner with which to i
buy cattle, and which it is alleged, Baumgardner
misappropriated.
PERSONAL MENTION.
M. Strauss has gone to Charleston on
business.
Miss Trannie Black, of Spartanburg, is in
Yorkville, visiting Mrs. H. W. Smith.
Mr. M. C. Willis returned home last Saturday
from Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio,
were he had been for ten days on business.
Miss Maggie Mooro returned home last Wednesday
from Davidson College, N. C., where
she been making a short visit to relatives.
Mrs. S. W. Mitchell and children are visiting
relatives in Bullock's Creek township.
Miss Bessie Gist has returned home from
Charlotte, where she has been for some time
visiting friends.
Miss Gracie McElwee returned Monday
ovAninir from tin extended visit to her rela
tives in Charlotte.
Hon. Giles J. Patterson and Maj. S. P. Hamilton,
of the Chester bar, were here yesterday
on professional business.
Mr. E. F. Lathrop and Dr. W. E. Gortbn,
popular railroad contractors here, returned
yesterday evening from a visit to their homes.
Mr. W. I. Witherspoon, of this place, a recent
graduate of pharmacy from the Maryland
University, has accepted a position in the drug
store of R. H. Jordan A Co., of Charlotte.
^Mr. C. A. Sanderson, of Whately Glen, Mass.,
wfio has spent several months in South Carolina,
the most of the time in Yorkville, leaves
to-day for his New England home. Mr. Sanderson
has mingled much with our people
during his recent and a former visit to Yorkville,
and while he speaks well of the hospitality
of our people, he is also charmed with
the climate and superior natural resources of
this section.
^fjapt. M. C. Lewis, who had the important
contract for all the bridge and trestle building
for the Three C's Railroad between Rock Hill
and Black's, having finished his work, left on
Thursday last for his home in Delhi, N. Y.
Of his work we have heretofore had occasion
to speak. Experts say there are no better
wooden structures on any railroad in the
Union than those built by him. Capt. Lewis
was accompanied by Mrs. Lewis, and during
their stay in this place and vicinity for the
past year, they won the good esteem of the
people and formed many lasting friendships.
/^YORK'S STONE AND MINERALS.
Arrangements are being made for working
Mr. Frank Happerfield's quarry, near this
place. The stone taken from this quarry, which
more approaches marble than granite, and
which has heretofore been fully described in
these columns, is of a dark gray color, and
being susceptible of a high polish, has been satisfactorily
used for ornamentation purposes in
building. Mr. John R. Ashe, who is associated
with Mr. Happerfield in developing this property,
was in Charleston last week for the purpose
of exhibiting specimens of the marble
and introducing it in that city. Of it the JYetes
and Courier says:
The stone in question is forty pounds heavier
to the cubic foot than granite. It is of a fine
gray color, takes a high polish, resists acid, and
is eminently durable. Some pieces of this*
stone or marblr wnicn nave Deen expuseu iu
the weather for over twenty years are entirely
uninjured by time. The claim is that the new
stone combines the rich color of granite with
the fine texture of marble. A block which was
exhibited yesterday has edges almost sharp
enough to cut with, yet had only been dressed
in the ordinary way.
The quarry in question belongs to Mr. Happerfield
and Mr. John R. Ashe. The gentleman
last named was in Charleston yesterday
with specimens of the Yorkville marble, as it
may be called. It is intended to develop the
quarry as rapidly as possible and the owners
will soon be prepared to show the exact strength
of the marble and its value for building purposes.
It is mentioned, by the way, that a
pound of dynamite placed in a hole which had
been drilled to a considerable depth, produced
no effect upon the marble, when exploded, nor
did a second charge with a like quantity. The
third charge, however, split the boulder open.
Besides this quarry, Messrs. Griffin & Gorton
have opened a quarry of fine granite on
the lands of Mr. W. A. Moore, near town, from
which vast quantities may be taken; and the
quarry of Maj. T. P. Whitesides, six miles
from town, which for years has furnished materials
for pavements and buildings in Yorkville,
is too well known to require notice. We
hope the opening of increased facilities for
shipping, by the completion of the Three C's
Railroad, will create a demand for the products
of all those quarries.
On Monday last work was commenced by
placer mining for gold on the Beattie lands,
near Clark's Fork creek, the. mining property
adjoining the lands of Mr. R. T. Castles. The
company engaging in this work is composed of
Dr. J. W. Huckabee, Mr. John Knox and Mr.
Charles L. Berge. The two first-named gentlemen
are well-known by many of our citizens.
Mr. Berge is a young gentleman from
New York, who has spent several months in
the county, prospecting, and has been in Yorkville
for several weeks past. He has had sqme
experience in mining, and thinks the precious
metal can be found in paying quantities on iiio
lands his company has selected.
There are other and more extensive mining
enterprises contemplated in the county, but of
which wo are not yet at liberty to speak.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM ROCK HILL.
Hock Hill, May 28.?"Children's day"
was celebrated yesterday by the Sundayschool
of the M. E. Church at this place.
Invitations had been extended to all the
other Sunday-schools in town. The services
were conducted in the church building,
which was literally packed with both
old and young, many having to stand in
the aisles. The programme, which was
most admirably arranged, was beautifully
carried out. It consisted of singing, responsive
reading and recitations. The
church was tastefully decorated with evergreens
and choice flowers. The pastor of
the church, Rev. R. H. Jones, made an
address to the children, which was replete
with wise counsel and good advice, both
for the children and the older persons present.
Just before the exercises closed, a
collection was taken up by four beautiful
little Misses, each tastefully attired in
white. Thei? winsome manners no doubt
induced many hands to go to the pocket,
and the result was very satisfactory. The
services were conducted by the superintendent,
Mr. John G. Anderson.
Saturday was a quiet day in our town.
The farmers, who have been hindered
with their farming operations by the late
rains, took advantage of the fair' weather
and remained at home.
Adjutant-General Bonham inspected the
Catawba Rifles on Wednesday last. The
company passed a creditable inspection.
After the inspection, the company, with
3ome invited guests, repaired to the armory,
where refreshments were served, and
an address was delivered by Gen. Bonham.
A pleasing incident of the occasion
was the presentation of a handsome chair
by the company to their late commanding
officer, Capt. Allen Jones. The presentation
address was made by Lieut. J. F.
Reid. Mr. A. E. Smith was elected captain
of the company, and on being notified
immediately of the fact, promptly
came forward, and in very appropriate remarks
accepted the office. The company
certainly made a good selection. IIal.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
NOTES FROM WESTERN YORK.
Hickory Grove, May 28.?While we
icknowledge that you have a regular correspondent
in Western York, in the per"
' ' 1 11 ? ? - " conn '
)0n or "itaraDier, we us^bi uavo uuvgw^ ,
inything directly from Hickory Grove,
ind therefore we should like to give you a i
ew items in a general way.
The sound of the saw and hammer has :
aot b.^oc 1 in our town yet, although i
;he work or getting lumber for several
luildings has commenced, and we can ;
row imagine the weeds and grass wilting i
inder the feet of the builders. i
Owing to the wet weather our farmers '
ire behind with their work. The wheat
:rop promises less than half a yield, main- '
y owing to rust. The oat crop, both fall <
md spring sowing, promises a fair yield. '
The last two days of warm sunshine '
greatly improved the cotton plant and '
iut an end to its dying on gray and sandy 1
toil, which was complained of. The corn 1
:rop is looking well on the high lands.
)ur neighboring farmers on Broad river j
and Bullock's creek have been greatly ! in
damaged by the recent overflow of the to
low lands; but the occurrence has become ; th
so common they have ceased to grumble, pi
but go to work and plant over again.
During the wet weather the farmers . th
took occasion to visit our town to buy :
goods and talk of buying lots; but the al
most important business transacted was to le
discuss politics. It was not uncommon to of
see them grouped about, each man con- : cs
tending for his own particular candidate, ; L
and we must say that we fully concur with pi
your correspondents from other points in ! ci
regard to Hon. Jno. G. Black, and hope as
he may yet reconsider and announce him- th
self as a candidate for the Senate, h. g. th
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ti
NOTES FROM OROVER. b<
G rover, May 28.?This is the second
summer-like day we have had in this
month. After a succession of cold rains,
wind, mud and slush, the discouraged farmers
seem more cheerful. At this date of ui
last year the farmers were two weeks in c
advance with their work. A great deal of E
the low bottom land will be to replant, C
there being so much water standing on p
them that it has either drowned the corn
or washed it out. Cotton on the sandy k
land has died out until there will be but ui
a poor stand. The flattering prospects for
a fine wheat crop that were reported from p(
x l_ -J-'i? 4.1 U i-U ~ mTT-n
inis viciimy uiruugu uie uuiumua ui inr. o.
Enquirer will fall short of the expecta- ?
tions of the farmers. Some wheat will
not be of sufficient height to gather, and a
number of acres looks like it was dying, p
without forming any kernel, while there aj
will be patches in which the grain has
developed. Wheat that was sown with di
the drill, and on which guano was used, ?
will hardly pay expenses.' Occasionally "
there is a fine looking piece of wheat that c,
was sown in new ground oron bottom land, tl
The oat crop sown last fall looks fine and
the acreage is greater than last year's crop, fc
Spring oats are looking well, but it is too h
early to make any calculations as to the ?
yield. Corn is looking well on upland and j?
high bottom lands. We will have a fair 0
crop of peaches and apples if nothing fur- rj
ther destroys it. The brier promises a
large yield of berries this season. "
Mr. F. H. Dover, of the firm of Gaston 11
& Dover, contractors on the A. & K.
Railroad above Greenville, spent a few ?
days at home with his family during the
wet weather of last week.
The Farmers' Club met at Holly Grove F1
last Saturday and was well attended, hav- ?
ing the addition of several new members, '
making the enrollment about seventy.
The club seems to be very enthusiastic t
over the prospects of reduction in mer- ?
chandise generally. Index. |
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Mrs. M. E. Keys, proprietress of the
Keys Hotel, Anderson, S. C., has been accused
of being an accomplice to the ?
numerous fires that have occurred there, ?
but has been declared innocent by a commi
ttee of inquiry. Mrs. Keys is a daughter ?
of Mrs. Cochran, formerly a popular hotel ?
proprietress in Anderson. j
? In the United States Court at Charleston,
last Thursday, judgment for $10,000 C(
was given by a jury against the bondsmen v
of Chas. E. Bartlett, cashier of the Sumter p
national bank, who absconded after steal- Cl
ing the entire capital of the bank. There
is no knowledge of Bartlett's whereabouts. s1
He has not been heard from since his de- ^
parture. The bondsmen will accept the 5
judgment without appeal. 0
? On Tuesday of last week, whileTheron ti
Earle, son of the Rev. T. J. Earle, of n
Gowensville, in Spartanburg county, and e
L!? "VT2?? Ti?1 "CowIa ttrni?n of_ _
Illb bISlt;r, iUl&s UUiict uaiiO) vrgxu ?i- ^
tempting to cross North Tyger river at tj
Turner's mills, the buggy and occupants c,
were swept down the stream by the flood tl
and drifted over the mill dam. Miss Earle 8i
fell on the rocks, and her skull being frac- b
tured, she sank and never reappeared un- t<
til her dead body was found the next a
morning. Young Mr. Earle was separated p
from his sister and was saved in a half o
drowned condition by the miller, who had js
seen the accident and had gone to the tl
rescue. t<
? Calvin Williams and Allen Smith, both t)
white farmers living near Greenville, were
drowned last Saturday in Reedy river at d
Fork Shoals mill. A large fishing party g
had collected there, ana Williams and b
Smith were drawing the seine. Williams s<
was taken with cramps, when Smith tried p
to save him, and both were drowned, ci
Among the fishing party were Mayor I
Townes and several lawyers from Green- ii
ville. Mr. J. A Mooney, a young lawyer, a
plunged into the river and tried to save o
the drowning men, but failed. Each of g
the drowned men leaves a family. tl
? About 11 o'clock on Monday morning t<
of last week, says the Greenville News, a tl
little eight-year-old son of Samuel Brown, a
the miller at Richardson's mills, two Si
miles from Piedmont, was fishing in the t<
stream near by the water wheel of the v
mill. There was an upright shaft near o
which was revolving rapidly. The little h
fellow jerked his fishing rod for a bite, ai
when the line was caught around the re- it
volving shaft and was twisted around the tl
shaft and around the boy's arm at the
same time. The tough cord refused to 1*
break, and the terrible result was the a
cutting off of the unfortunate little fellow's b
arm about three inches from the shoulder. C
The limb was cut off as smoothly and as J
sharply as if by a knife, and almost before ft
the victim could realize his position. C
? A few weeks ago, Joe James, a citizen P
of Darlington county, was assassinated and j(.
killed by being shot under circumstances 11
of atrocity that startled the people in that w
community. Investigation leads to the P'
belief that his son, Joe James, Jr., procured
two negroes to commit the deed, agreeing
to pay them $500 each to murder his r(
father. He and two negro men are in r(
jail charged with the crime, or being ac- u
cessory thereto, but Bob Arthur, colored, S
who is thought to be the one who fired
the shot, has evaded arrest up to the present fr
time. Young James is chained down in p
the dungeon, and the trial justice who ti
committed him refuses him a preliminary tl
hearing, although his counsel has repeatedly
demanded it. It is possible and in- qi
deed probable, that the sheriff is in posses- w
sion of some very strong evidence which s\
he does not care to have made public be- T
fore the case goes to trial. s\
? A terrible tragedy occurred near Wilkinsville,
in Union county, last Thursday 01
evening. It appears that Mr. William w
Byers, one-of<he largest planters in that ai
part of the county, had a difficulty a few PJ
days ago with one of his tenants, a negro
man named Ben Cunningham, which so
enraged the negro that he swore vengeance ?
against the whole Byers family; and on tc
Friday, meeting young Gunning Byers, ai
son Of i\lr. William layers, ageu auuui 1U years,
attacked him with an axe, striking "
him in the head, inflicting a wound which al
will prove fatal. The negro made his 0<
escape and had not been captured at last
accounts. The foregoing is from the Greenville
News of Sunday. The News and Con- v
rier of Monday has a dispatch from Spar- of
tanburg dated Sunday, which says: "Yes- K
terday Mr. Byers was resting quietly and
was rational. The negro was arrested at cr
noon yesterday. He was hiding out sev- 111
eral miles from home. The officers have e:
started towards the Court House with "
him." y<
? ? fo
The Crops of the Country.?The ac
South Carolina weather service furnishes
the following concerning the effect of the ?*
weather on the various crops in the State re
for^the week ending last Saturday: I ?r
The rainiau lor tne past wee* una uccu i ?
above the average, and for the same period of
the temperature has been below the aver
age, with but little sunshine.
In the northern counties, the weather *h
for the last seven days has been injurious |1(
to crops. Heavy rains have fallen, Spar- Sc
tanburg reporting over four and a naif m
inches in two and a half days; also that ?
cotton had been washed out and that farmers
will have to replant. Others report
wheat blown down, or land too wet to
work. In the middle counties the cool! ?
wet weather has been unfavorable for!
cotton and corn; other crops are doing
well. Bottom land inundated, but no Mwashing
or pounding has been reported. 00
Three days of farm work has been lost rH
by rain. Fairfield, Kershaw and Barling- T1
ton report over two inches of rainfall, m;
Newberry and Sumter over three inches, be
xnd Orangeburg and Barnwell over four
iches. The southern counties have had
0 much rain for cotton and corn. During
te week three days have been too wet to
ough.
The National weather crop bulletin for
le week ending Saturday say i:
"The weather has been generally favor)le
in the States of the Mississippi Valy,
resulting in the general improvement
' the crop conditions. Local storms have
msed some damage in Arkansas and in
ouisiana, rendering it necessary to re!ant
cotton in some sections. The defiency
of rainfall in Mississippi is reported
1 having unfavorably affected crops in
tat section. The continued rains during
le past week have retarded farm work in
le Middle Atlantic States, but the condion
of wheat, rye, oats and grass have
jen improved.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
V BETHESDA FARMERS' CLUB.
fiWnDrravTT r.r "Vfaxr On IfleF Snt
rday afternoon, the Bethesda Farmers'
Iub met and reorganized, electing W. N.
lder, President; Capt. E. A. Crawford,
. L. Percival and J. R. Logan, Viceresidents
; and Alfred Moore, Secretary.
J. F. Hinson offered the following resoitions,
which, after some discussion, were
nanimously adopted:
1st. Resolved, That this club approves the
3licy contained in the address issued by the
cecutivo committee of the Farmers' State Asiciation.
2nd. That the farmers of this club demand
le acceptance of the Clemson bequest by the
bate, and that the Legislature make the appronation
necessary for the establishment of an
;ricultural college.
3rd. This club respectfully requosts all canidates
for nomination to either branch of the
eneral Assembly, to express their views
trough the county papers and in the canvass,
pon the establishment of a separate agrialtural
collego and the reduction of salaries in
le executive and judiciary departments.
4th. That farmers should vote in the primary
>r no candidate who will not fully pledge
imself to vote and work for the establishment
f a separate agricultural college and the aplication
of the land script fund, the Hatch
ind and the privilege tax for the maintenance
f said institution, and for a reduction of salaies
in the executive and judiary departments.
5th. We deprecate any party division, recogizing
the fact that the Democratic party of
le State is the resultant of the mutual concesion
among men of different sentiments, and
lat upon unity depends the perpetuation of
ood government.
J. C. Wilburn, Esq., being present, was
equested to address the club. He enternined
us for? a short time on general topis,
deeming it unwise to give an expresion
of opinion so early in the campaign.
rne uiuo aajournea to meet again on
he fourth Saturday of June, and the secetary
was requested to try and secure
jrae speakers for the occasion. ***
SUMTER AND THE THREE C S.
Sumter, May 25.?The following repesentatives
of the Charleston, Cincinnati
nd Chicago railroad spent to-day here:
leneral Manager It. A. Johnson : his priate
secretary, Mr. George A. Frick, of
helby, N. C.; Corporation Counsel, James
\ Hart of Yorkville, S. C., and Director
. G. Black, of Black's, S. C.
These gentlemen this afternoon held a
onference in the City Council chamber
dth the most prominent citizens of this
lace, and the plans, inducements, chanes,
etc., of the road coming here were
iscussed at length. Colonel Johnson
tated emphatically that if Sumter county
id not raise $160,000 the road would not
e built through this city. The opinions
f those present regarding the contribuions
to the road were many and varied,
otwithstanding that the gentlemen presnt
from other places were unanimous in
xpressions of the incalculable advances
which their communities had reeived
from it. Unless a large portion of
be required amount is raised by a county
ubscription vote, which is very improbale,
the $160,000 must be raised by four
awnships, which is a legal impossibility,
s such an amount would be over the 8
er cent. law. Even those most in favor
f the road think that too large an amount
i required, and there are many who
bink that Sumter has so many advantages
a offer a railroad that it is impossible that
ae Three C's should give us the "go by."
Under all this dissension there is a great
eal of the creed, "Ask, and it shall be
iven unto you.'.' Everybody wants it,
ut few are willing to inconvenience themalves
to pay for it. Two months ago a
rominent Three C's official informed your
orrespondent that the South Carolina
lailroad had offered his company great
iducements, and that it was very improbKIa
ViJa vaorl \imnM rnn Ktr ftio nifv
U1C biltl U UIO luau TTVU1U IUU K*J www v*v^
f Sumter. Now a last chance has been
iven our citizens to bid for it. It seems
aat there are many who will not awaken
) the great importance of our securing
le road until it is too late. They see only
small part of the advantage. The thoumds
of dollars saved in freight, the faciries
which will be built, the increased
alue of property, all appear to some of
ur citizens to be chimeras. It is to be
oped that this question will be thoroughly
gitated, and decisive steps taken before
; is too late. With the immense stores of
le West passing us twelve miles to the
^est, and the Bishopville road taking a
irge part of the produce of our county
way from us on the east, Sumter will
e in a condition infinitely worse than
harleston with its paralyzing Ashley
unction. From Shelby, from Black's,
om Vorkville, from Lancaste- and from
amden, come tidings of increased proserity,
and it will an be irremediable rais>rtune
should our city belie its reputaon
for progressive ideas by a "penny
rise and pound foolish" policy.?Corresondence
Columbia Register.
Pension Frauds.?The case of fraud
jferred to in the following Columbia corjspondence
of the News and Courier, is
nderstood to have been perpetrated in
partanburg county:
The pension board has discovered a
aud which will probably cause the iralicated
parties some trouble. For the *
me being the name of the persons and
le county will be kept secret. .
The form of the pension application reuires
the applicant, if a widow, to swear
hen and how her husband died, and to
vear that she has not married again,
he verity of this statement has to be
vorn to by two witnesses.
It has been discovered by the board that
le of the many applications from widows
hich were received properly made out
id approved is fraudulent, as the supised
widow has married a second time,
though she signed her name as the wid5v
of her soldier husband. This places
le "widow" and tne uvo men wno swore
) the correctness of her statement in an
vkward position: particularly so, as the
oard proposes to make an example of
iem and prosecute the case. It will proboly
be discovered that there are numbers
' such cases.
The Hot Springs Immigration Conention.?The
Columbia correspondent
: the Greenville News writes: Jlr. L. A.
ansom, who was secretary of the Hot
orings Immigration Association, says
iticisms of the proposed Southern Imligration
Society, and the work it is
spected to accomplish, are premature,
ora the fact that the association is not
>t organized, and, of course, no scheme
r the conduct of the work has been
lopted. So far nothing has been done
ccept that the convention, composed
' delegates from eleven Southern States
(presenting every shade of opinion, recnmended
that the people in those States
rm a joint organization for the purpose
inducing the investment of capital and
ie promotion of immigration to this seeon.
Adverse criticism at this time is
lerefore simply opposition to the proposir\r\
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nithern .States in an important moveent
for their industrial development.
%ttial ftofittt.
Stfmctliine New.
We call your attention to the fact that Chipvn's
Liver Pii>ls have been elegantly sugarated,
and put up in nickle screw-top bottles.
ioso who wish them plain can buy them so.
lose who use these pills for sick-headache,
alaria, dyspepsia, etc., declaro them to be the
st. Sold by/Low ky it St a n it.
March 28 ^ 13 ly