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Jwajrs anil Jacts. ? Cadet Henry Jervey, nephew of Mr. E. P. Jervey, of Charleston, will graduate at the head of his class in West Point this year. He stands first in every study but one. This is a remarkable record. South Carolina has taken a fine stand at the United States Military Academy. In the past five yeais she has had three star cadets, and one who stood sixth in his class. ? A chureh in New York city employed a minister in England at a fixed salary to come over and become its pastor. Under the United States law forbidding the "im portation of contract labor'7, suit was brought in the United States court to recover the penalty?$1,000?for violating this law, and the court has decided that the church must pay it. ? The controversy in the Northern Methodist Church over the question of female representation in its councils, has led to the ordering of an election in all the churches, in 1890, on the question of admitting women as delegates to the General Conference. The same question will be submitted to the annual conferences in 1891. The probabilities are that the women will gain their point. ?According to Prof. Sargeant, the strongest wood in the United States is that of the nutmeg hickory of the Arkansas region, and the weakest the West Indian birch. The most elastic is the tamarack, the white or the shellbark hickory standing far below it. The least elastic, and the lowest ^ in specific gravity, is the wood of the ficus aurea. Toe higpest specific gravity, upon wbich$fageneral depends the value as fneljlls attained by the bluewood of Texas. ? Hon. Wm. R. Morrison,* of Illinois; has recone'dered his decision to run for Cbngress. The President gave him to understand that he could not be a candidate for Congress and keep his place on the Inter-State Commerce Commission at the same time. As his present position pays him $7,500, and the salary of a Congressman is only $5,000; and as there was a strong likelihood of losing both if he ran for Congress, he decided to let well enough alohu. ? Among the passengers who arrived by vessel in New York last Sunday, were Mr. Lawton, United States minister to Austria, and wife. Mr. Lawton said that one month since he dined with Mr. Blaine in Roma He thought from Mr. Blaine's remarkafat that time that he would accept the nomination for President if selected by the Convention. He B&id that the Maine statesman was rapidly growing old, ^ all reports to the contrary notwithstanding. ? Mexico continues to attract American capital in a way to indicate that previous ventures of the kind have not been misplaced. Senator Hearst, of Cali tornia, has just been down there making some extensive investments, including the purchase of $2,000,000 acres of land in the State of Vera Cruz, to lie devoted to the raising of coffee, sugar and tobacco. Along with other California capitalists he has also obtained concessions for building a railroad from the City of Mexico to some point on the Pacific coast. --James Caldwell, a well known citizen of Montgomery, Ala., coughed up a pin last Friday from his right lung. He has suffered about twenty years, and has been treated for lung trouble. He has now a distinct recollection of swallowing the pin forty-seven years ago in Glasgow, Scotland, when seven years of age. He remembers the anxiety of his father at the time and that his sister was dressing in front of the mirror. The pin is an inch long, bright, of old style, and different metal from the kind now in use. He is oveijoyed at the strange discovery and relief. ? The war and navy departments, pursuant to a resolution passed by the United States Senate, have been making estimates regarding the cost of the retired lists. The highestamount which has been paid to any retired officer now living is $104,000, received by Gen. J. C. Robinson since he left the army. Gen. Sherman, who was , retired four years ago, haa received since then nearly $60,000 in pay and allowances. Rear Admiral Selfridge has received more retired pay than any other naval officer. Since his retirement, in 1866, he has received from the Government about $100,000. ? It has often oeen saia tnai ngurea wju not lie, and the test given below may perhaps be accepted as an illustration of that adage: Put down in figures the year in which you were born; to this add 4; then add your age at your next birthday, provided it comes before January 1, otherwise your age at last birthday; multiply the result by 1,000; from this deduct 677,423; substitute for the figures corresponding letters of the alphabet, as A for 1, B for 2, C for 3, D for 4, etc. The result will give the name by which you are popularly known. Try it, and you will be surprised. ? Women lawyers are becoming a power in the land. Michigan University has already sent out twenty-four young women holding the degree of LL. D. This year a young woman from the Sandwich Islands, Miss Alma Hitchcock, will make the twenty-fifth. In England there is a club of woman lawyers. It is mainly a correspondence club, yearly letters from the members being printed and circulated. Mrs. Belva Lockwood, and Miss Waugh, from the Law School in Chicago, are among its members. The motto of the club is: "All the allies of each." ? Mrs. Maria E. Beasley, of Philadelphia, has made a fortune from the most remarkable invention which the mind of a woman ever conceived. In 1884 Mrs. Beasley took out a patent for a machine for the construction of barrels. Up to that time barrels had been made almost altogether by hand. The machine is worked by three men and turns out more than 600 completed barrels a day. Mrs. . 1 ._ v?4.L .oeasiey was uuru in xxuim wunua, ui wealthy parents. She possesses wonderful mechanical genius. Her first invention was a machine for hooping barrels. II will hoop 1,700 barrels a day, and is used by the Standard Oil Company. ? Another illustration of the great development in progress in the South is contained In the announcement from New York that the contract for the construction of the Tennessee and Coosa Railroad has been awarded to a Birmingham, Ala., firm. The contract will involve $1,000,000. Work will commence this week, and inside of thirty days over a thousand men will be at work on the line. The road commences at Gadsden and runs from there to Huntsville, a distance of eighty or eighty-five miles, crossing the Tennessee River at Guntersville. It is through a rough and mountainous country, and work will be very heavy. The work will be completed by the last day of the year. Inside of ninety days ten miles are expected to be completed. ? An interesting figure in the Methodist Conference, recently in session in New York, was Col. John W. Ray, of Indianapolis, who succeeded to the seat of ExLieutenant Governor Cumback. He has a shrill, penetrating voice, ana, use tne omer lawyers in the Conference, talks on about every subject that comes up. Some of his fellow delegates tell a good story about an experience he had at Atlanta a few years ago. He and a party of friends had gone down to attend an international Sunday-school convention. One evening they were all invited to address a colored congregation in one of the large churches of the city. To Col. Ray was assigned the duty of offering the closing prayer. It was his purpose to conclude the invocation in this fashion: "Bring us all at last, white and black, no wanderer lost, into the blood-washed throng," but an unfortunate slip of the tongue converted the final words into "the whitewashed throng." The colored brethren stared in wonder and the prayer came to a sudden end. ? The body of Allen Sturgis was found hanging from a limb in Thomson, Ga., last Sunday morning, and nobody knew who tied the rope around his neck. Sturgis is a negro fiend who was discovered on Tuesday night of last week, hiding under the bed in the room of Mrs. Burnside, an Augusta lady, who was visiting her mother, at Thomson, about forty miles from Augusta. Sturgis' capture was thrilling in itself. Mrs. Burnside saw him under the bed and, although frightened, she quietly awoke her young sister, whispered instructions "about calling the neighbors, and then after a few indifferent turns about the room told her sister aloud to go out and bring her some water. The negro did not suspect the ruse, and when help arrived he was pulled out from under the bed at the point of the pistol. Saturday night's tragedy and Sunday morning's discovery make the sequel to the story. Sturgis is an Augusta negro, and his body reached his Augusta friends Sunday night. farfeviUe <?nquim. ====3!PL YORKVILLE, S. C. : WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1888. THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. As will be learned from the letter of "J. F. H.," published in another column, South Carolina is represented in the Democratic National Convention by a full delegation, all of whom were en route when the letter was penned. We suppose to-day the Convention is under full organ*ization, and probably ere these lines are printed, the work of ratifying the nomination >f Grover Cleveland, "already made by the people," will have been done. There is some speculation as to the nominee for the second place on the ticket, and while the names of several distinguished citizens have been mentioned, all indications now point to Thurman of Ohio, as the man. The South Carolina delegation arrived at St. Louis on Monday morning. Soon after arriving the delegation met and elected Mr. Graham secretary ; Dr. Doyle r\f immmiffoortn nrtrflni'/atInn ' 1U1 UiCUJugi l/i wuiUJtvivvvii J Mr. Woods for committee on credentials; John T. Sloan for committee on resolutions ; Major Hart for vice president of the convention; and Mr. Goggans for assistant secretary of the convention. Capt. Dawson was unanimously re-elected member of the national Democratic committee from South Carolina. THE NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRACY. The North Carolina Democratic Convention, in session at Raleigh, last week, nominated a State ticket, including Associate Judges of the supreme court. The ticket is headed by Hon. Daniel G. Fowle, of Raleigh, for Governor. He will be remembered by many of our readers as the representative of North Carolina in the second day's proceedings of the centennial celebration at King's Mountain. Judge Fowle is a man of ripe political experience, a fluent speaker, and enjoying the confidence of his party, will carry the Democracy from the mountains to the seaboard. Col. Thomas M. Holt, of Alamance county, is the nominee for Lieutenant-Governor. He is a farmer, a practical and successful business man, and a manufacturer, he being the pioneer manufacturer, in the South?before the war? of plaid goods, known throughout the country as "Alamance." He is also a fine speaker, and will give strength to the ticket. The nominations which make up the entire ticket give satisfaction to the party. . The platform cordially endorsed Presit dent Cleveland and the tariff tax reduction, and calls for the abolition of the internal revenue, root and branch. On the subject of the Blair educational bill, the following resolution was adopted: That to meet an existing evil we will acI /innf fnii oHnnaHnnal nnrnnsp<5 from fchfi \.(,-pv 1UI vuui.i?uvu?. r~~rv~? :? Federal goverment our pro rata share of the surplus in the Treasury, provided that it be disbursed through State agents, and the bill for the distribution be free from objectionable features. NATIONAL PROHIBITION CONVENTION. The National Convention of the Prohibition party met in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Wednesday last. Chairman Dickie, of the national committee, called the convention to order. After prayer by Sam Small, of Georgia, Rev. H. C. Delano, of Connecticut, was made temporary chairman, and J. B. Cranfield, of Texas, temporary secretary. At the afternoon session the committee on credentials reported. The report showed delegates to have been selected by every State except Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina. The Territories all chose representatives except Wyoming. The committee then stated that it had decided to permit delegations present to cast the full vote of their State ; also that provisional delegates be given full power to vote in the convention. This gave a total vote of 1,030, although the actual number of delegates present was tonsiderably short of that number. Immediately following the credentials' report, came that of the committee on permanent organization. Its recommendations were: For permanent chairman, John P. St. John, of Kansas; for secretary, Rev. Sam Small, of Georgia; first assistant secretary, J. B. Cranfield, of Texas ; second assistant secretary, Mrs. M. M. Brown, of Cincinnati. The action of the committee was unanimously concurred in, and after a speech from Mr. St. John and prayer by Bishop Turner, the convention adiourned until Thursday. At the morning session on Thursday, the committee on rules reported. After some discussion over" ""the rule limiting debate on the suffrage question, the report was adopted without change. A collection of voluntary contributions was next in order, and $25,000 was subscribed in a few minutes in sums of $1,000 and $500. This total was considerably augmented later in the session. The platform demands the most rigid legislation for the suppression of the liquor traffic; demands the immediate abolition of the internal revenue system, "whereby our National Government is deriving support from our greatest national vicedeclares for revenue by tariff and tariff for revenue only; that the right of suffrage rests on mere circumstance of race, color, sex or nationality, and that where, from any cause, it has been withheld from citizens who are of suitable age, and mentally and morally qualified for the exercise of an intelligent ballot, it should be restored by the people through the Legislatures of the several States on such educational basis as : they may deem wise, j The other resolutions relate to social and ; moral questions. A colored delegate from JNortn uaronoa I then offered the following, which was seci onded by Sam Small and immediately : adopted: Resolved, That we hold that all men are born free and equal and should be secured in their ' rights. i The national committee was announced. The South Carolina member is James A. Tate. Clinton B.Fisk, of New Jersey, was nominated for President by acclamation, and John A. Brooks, of Kansas, was nominated for Vice-President. Correspondence of tbe Yorkrillc Enquirer. .. ON THE WAY~TO ST. LOUIS. En Route, May 3.?Your correspondent left Yorkville on the 1.17 P. M. train on the 2nd, for Augusta, Ga., where the South Carolina delegation to the St. Louis convention were to assemble. At Columbia, Leroy Springs, of Lancaster, boarded the C., C. & A. train, while Messrs. Wilie Jones and John T. Sloan went by way of Branchville. At Augusta several delegates had already assembled, and at 11.40 P. M. the Charleston train came in with the drawing room Pullman "Siam," attached, handI onmoiu honnratph with d&lmetto branches and bunting, and containing a large contingent of the South Carolina delegation. After introductions and handshakings were over, F. AV. Dawson, chairman of the delegation, and acting Pullman car conductor (which service he performed admirably by-the-by) assigned us to our sleeping apartments, and at 12 M. we moved out of the union depot swung to a lengthy trafn for Atlanta. Pat Walsh, of the Augusta Chronicle, and member ot the National Democratic Committee from Georgia, Judge H. D. Twiggs, and a number of prominent Georgians, jpined us. At 6.30 this morning the porter waked us with the news that we were nearing Atlanta, and a general scramble for odd parts of wearing apparel and for soap, water and towels followed. By the time our long train rolled into the depot at Atlanta, each of the delegates had shaped himself up in readiness for breakfast at the Kimball, except our worthy friend General Prince, of whom it was given out that it was not his habit to be up on Sunday mornings before eleven o'clock. Even the General had to abandon his resolve, and join the breakfast party before the plates were emptied. More Pullman coaches, more Georgians, and the last of the South Carolina delegation here joined us, and at 7.50 A. M. our lengthened train pulled out of the depot, along the miles of streetway and roadway westward, and was soon speeding over the v:il? ^aIao lYiAiinfoitiQ onri piCtUr^CKJUQ um^Of auu luvuuvmiku WMM valleys of North Georgia. For several miles out of Atlanta, Gen. Joe Johnston's earthworks at the north face of every prominent hill, are still visible. These were erected during his famous retreat from Dalton to Atlanta, before Sherman's advance in 1864. How vividly they recall the scenes of toil, dan-1 ger and suffering of those memorable' years! Now these formidable trenches and embankments lie surrounded by smiling landscapes and pretty villages, and fields of grain, and lowing cattle, and all is peace and plenty where twenty-four years ago war and rapine swept these pretty landscapes like volcanic fires. Georgia presents along the line of railway from Augusta to fifty miles northwest of Atlanta, the picture bf a sterile soil, improved by thrift and good husbandry. The farms are generally well tilled? country houses neat and plain, and many of those in the villages handsome. Marietta, the mountain suburb of Atlanta, some twenty-five miles north, presents a charming panorama of elegantly adorned homes. The quiet of the Sabbath is upon our company as well as the country we traverse. Some are reading, others conversing in groups, and some, like myself, trying to write messages, back home, in a coach speeding along at the rate of thirty miles an hour. I append a complete list of the delegates and alternates on board our train: At Large?F. W. Dawson, Charleston ; James F. Hart, Yorkville; Wilie Jones, Columbia; C. A. Woods, Marion. First District?F. W. Wagener, Charleston ; G. T. Graham, Lexington; L. Arthur O'Neill, Charleston. (The latter an alternate.) Second District?M. B. McSweeney, Hampton ; A. S. Seigler, Aiken. Third District?J. K. P. Goggans, Newberry ; O. M. Doyle, Seneca. Fourth District?N. B. Dial, Laurens ; John T. Sloan, Columbia. Fifth District?W. L. T. Prince, Cheraw ; Leroy Springs, Lancaster. Sixth District?B. W. Edwards, Darlington ; H. L. Buck, Bucksville; A. E. Bristow, Marl boro. (Tbe latter an aaeruuiu.) Seventh District?Wm. Elliott, Beaufort; Altainont . Moses, Sumter; Josiah Doar. Georgetown. (The latter an alternate.) The general favorite for Vice-President, seems to be, with Georgians and Carolinians alike, Judge Thurman, of Ohio. If he can best aid to elect our ticket, he will likely receive the nomination. We can see better when we get upon the ground. As to the Presidency I think each delegate regards himself as only an agent to ratify in due form a nomination already made by the people. j. p. h. Correspondence of tbe Yorkvitle Enquirer. NOTES FROM WESTERN YORK. Hoodtown, June 2.?We have had nearly a month of rainy weather, and it still continues. Farming seems to be an uphill business, or at least it is, so far as the planting of corn on lowland is concerned. Several of our neighbors have already Elanted their corn crops twice, and now ave to do the same thing over as soon as the land is dry enough to be plowed. We hear many complaints about cotton dying, especially on sandy land. General Green has invaded the country at large with a full force, with all the munitions of war, and will give us a hard fight before he will surrender. Wheat is badly damaged by rust, but should the weather be dry for ten days, there would be a pretty fair crop. I have not heard of any rust on oats yet, and if no disaster comes on them they will be very fine. Mr. James G. Plexico died on the morning of the 30th ultimo, at the ripe old age of 71. "Uncle Jimraie," as he was familiarly called by all his acquaintances, was loved and respected by all who knew him. In hisdeath our community sustainsagreat loss. He connected himself with the Presbyterian church at Bullock's Creek early in life, and has lived a consistent Christian life. He was always at his place in church, and for a number of years preceding his death, he was an elder at Bullock's Creek. He leaves a large circle of kindred and ~ * 1 L^^PunQvol cor_ lrienas 10 mourn insurant, ruuvim vices were conducted by Rev. J. L. Harley, who preached an impressive and instructive sermon. He spoke at great length of "Uncle Jimmie's" musical talent; (he was a great lover of music), and depicted very clearly the analogy of his life to that of the sweet singer David. Murapsare still going the rounds. Your correspondent had them last week. There have been several new cases lately. Rambler, j Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. NOTES PROM UNION COUNTY. Etta Jane, June 4.?The abundant i rain-fall of last week did great damage to i the farming lands. Tuesday's rains washed the land more than any rain that has fallen this year in this section. On Capt. S. S. Walker's plantation, below the mouth of Thickety creek, the hail was heavy. It riddled the corn blades and beat down and otherwise injured his oats. There was but little wind during the storm. Farmers are more or less disheartened about their wheat crops. The "scab" has 1 made its appearance, which, with rust in ! some places, makes it entirely worthless. | Oats are not so good as might be expected ; ' fnn much rain for them. An account of the wounding of Gunning Byers, by Jerry Cunningham, .colored, has 1 already reached your readers. Some of the published statements are quite erro- i neous?particularly that of the Atlanta 1 Constitution. It is a lamentable fact that i i many newspaper reporters look upon the I history of Ananias and Sapphira as a mere j myth. | Of the difficulty that led to the wound- j ; ing of young Byers, it is not our purpose to speak. The stone shown us as the one 1 ' the negro threw and struck him with, ! I will, we think, weigh about four pounds, i The distance he threw it is claimed to be twenty-eight yards. The stone struck him above the left eye near the edge of the j hair. After he was wounded the young | man walked several hundred yards to his j home, going a zig-zag course, unable to j follow the path. Dr. M. J. Walker, who lives within a few hundred yards of Mr. j Byers, was called immediately. Fortu-} nately the messenger met the Doctor near j the edge of Mr. Byers' yard, on his way j j to see another patient. In a few minutes I j he had examined the wound and removed j twenty-four pieces of the fractured skull,1 which were more or less imbedded in the brain. A considerable portion of the brain substance oozed out. One spicula of bone, much deeper than the others, pressed on Rthe optic nerve. After its removal the w patient regained consciousness, and has g remained so ever since. The wound is suppurating freely, and at each dressing ca particles of injured brain are being removed. At last accounts the patient was J. doing well. We have studiously avoided giving the details, as the matter will undergo a legal investigation. The difficulty K( took place on Mr. Byers' plantation. T. We regret to say that Mr. Henry Wil- pi kinson, of Hopewell, is lying quite sick. H He has been suffering for a long time L< with consumption. His children are most ly girls. We hope his kind neighbors will assist his wife and children in working w their crop. Miss Rebecca Davidson, whose affliction Jr we reported some fime ago, has recovered the use of her limbs. Her mind is still nftich impaired.; ^ Rev. J. W. Query will preach at Salem {la next Sunday, loth instant. Sigma. Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enquirer. LETTER FROM LANCASTER COUNTY. ea Craigsville, June 2.?The same cry- ed ing complaint of wet weather is heard on an every hand. On last Monday a severe storm of rain, hail and wind passed over this neighbor- fr< hood. Considerable damage to the grow- da ing crops was done by the hail and wind, fo and the rain made the ground too wet to ox Slow. Indeed, almost no work at all has or een done during this week. of A few peaches remain on the trees, and $21 perhaps will be^of good quality. Plums will be scarce: , Bfcfcckberries promise good picking; and we have enjoyed a few green apple pies.' But the apples in this pe section are not generally allowed to get in ripe, as the blackbirds without wings dep- lai redate upon the orchards from the time of the blooms are shed. . W On last Sunday Dr. J. L. Girardeau as- it: sisted Mr. White in holding communion services at Tirzah. A large congregation was in attendance, and the people were very greatly pleased with Dr. Girardeau's sermon. His text was announced from 1 of Tim., 1: 15. The simple story of the Li Cross was told in a, very plain but impres- jn sive manner. The truth of that story was proved beyond possibility of successful Vi contradiction; and .the earnest speaker Y magnified the Redeemer's name in such c, glowing eloquence as is seldom heard, ,e save from those whose hearts feel what * r they speak. Only one sermon was preach- CI ed on that occasion, but it lasted over an hour and a half; and everybody present 1 was content to take that one home for meditation, though no one would have thojught of weariness, had the learned doc- at tor prolonged his great effort. in Waxhaw has made arrangements to secure one fourth of Mr. White's time as its . pa3tor. It is a great pity that this old ' mother of churches is now so feeble! As d persons grow old they are expected to be dI enfeebled by age; but a religious organi- w zation should gather strength as it grows co older. The circumstances of this church T' n?n ""ooll'i nlionrro/l Tr? the hocrinninff of <?X ate gicaujr vuaug^u. JLU v.iv ?? n ~_ _ this century white people were thickly ry settled here. Gradually large plantations, hi peopled by slaves, became the system; w then the church by degrees weakened until it has scarcely been able to secure onefourth of a preacher's time. The health of this county is tolerably er good, with the exception of some sickness usual to the season. Si We have learned that the "glutton" which ravaged the eastern shores of your c. county, turned out be a dog. What a dis- Ti appointment to the student of natural p, history who investigated his pedigree! So mote it be! Waxiiaw. p, ? ar Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enquirer. p; LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, June 4.?The bluest set of Se men I have seen in a long time are the pfarmers, and from the different reports m they certainly have cause to be blue. Their crops, or most of them, are literally taken with gpat^ The late rains have i preve^ed them from doing the necessary in work ;. * the proper time, and there is a scarcity of labor. The crops on the black- of jack lands seem to be in worse condition ni than those on red aud sandy land. Most ar of the farmers are busy cutting their grain. 1 V^Gur town is soon to have a spoke and w< handle factory. The company is now being organized, and the projectors are meeting with much encouragement. ca There was a considerable number of 8C bales of cotton brought to town on wagons gu last Saturday. Prices averaged 9 cents. A large part of the cotton came from Si Chester county. tic Rev. J. W. McLure and family, who re- c. moved from this place to Texas, are visit- 0f ing friends and relatives here. Rev. Mr. M McLure has recently accepted a call to the Presbyterian Church at Newberry in this State. ~xOur young people gave a pleasant ger- wi wan in Roddey's Hall Thursday night. wj A number of young ladies and gentlemen to from Lancaster and Chester attended. ru Q Mr. V. B. McFadden recently purchased sa the frame house on Main street, known m as the Von Wittke house, and has remov- w] ed it and is replacing it with a brick one. . v The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Rock Hill Cotton Factory Company was held in this place on Thursday last. e The old officers were re-elected with the W1 exception of Messrs. C. A. Chisolm, of m Charleston, and John I. Middleton, of th Baltimore, whose places were filled oy the election of F. J. Pelzer, of Charleston, th The president's report showed the company to be in an excellent condition. th There is a great demand for dwelling eu houses in ourtowm Several families would ca like to move here if they could secure dwellings. v ^Hon. W. B. Wilson, Jr., returned last ; night from Florida, where he had been fri on professional business, interspersed with ft. pleasure. an yMr. James F. Beid accidentally had his fn left fore finger cut off to-day while hand- > ling an axe. Hal. "hC Correspondence ?f tbe Yorkvllle Enquirer. ft NOTES FROM GROVER. ^ Gkover, N. C., June 3.?This morning . dawned with a clear blue sky and a good j omen for fair weather, which is cheering ls to our discouraged farmers who have been ^ afflicted with the blues for some time, on j account of the continued rains and gloomy da prospects of a cona- otid cotton crop. Cotton on the red land looks well, considering in the amount of wet weather;-and there is but very little cotton that has not been fn j worked over once between showers. Cotton on the gray or sandy land has died out so that there will be but a half stand, and what there is looks very poor. Corn on wi | upland and high bottoms is looking nice c0 J for the attention it has received. The fir greater part of the low bottom lands will tic be to replant, and the farmers are deter- na mined on planting until the last of June, ne Wheat will be but a half crop. The oat th crop will be fine, especially the spring wl crop. The conclusion among the farmers sb is that if the weather remains fair for a th few weeks there will be an average crop of ha corn and cotton raised ; but if the weather an continues for two weeks as it has been for m the last two, their hopes for a crop will be he blasted. re Saturday and Sunday last being Rev. J. m A. White's regular time at Antioch, he an preached to a large concourse of people on Sunday morning. Index. ?e ? A minister of Marion reports a sad nc __ . _ as case. Jtie says tnat on xnursaay no returned from the funeral of three sisters, re daughters of Mr. H. W. Brown, of the Pr Gapway neighborhood. Mr. Brown had only six children?three girls and three , boys. The death of the girls occurring at A] the same time, the three were buried in , the same grave. At the house one of the little boys was dying as the funeral procession of his sisters moved off, and the two *e remaining boys had only a possibility of a recovery. Death of Dr. R. H. Adams.?Dr. R. he H. Adams, a prominent physician of Gas- ^ tonia, died at his home in that place, early av yesterday morning, from an attack of ty- th phoid fever. Dr. Adams was 33 years old, se: and leaves a wife and three children.? thi Charlotte Chronicle, June 3. sh LOCAL AFFAIRS. * NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ] H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sale. j . H. Carroll?Candidate for Connty Commis- , sioner of Yor*: county. C. Sturgis?Candidate for School Commis- < sioner of York county. a ipt. E. R. Mills?Candidate for re-election as t County Commissioner of York county, j G. Black?Candidate for re-election as Senator of York county. f ieck A Cartwright?New York "Racket > Store." f snned.y Bros, it Barron?Grain Cradles. s M. Dobson A Son?Still in the Ring. i irish <t Kennedy?The Gate is Open. i unter A Oates?On the War Path. f wry <fc Starr?Lime-Ade, Milk Shakes, Ac. . Strauss?The Penitent. ithers Adickes?If you want to Buy Any- 1 thing. alte? B. Moore A Co.?Ladies, Do not Read j this. i 10. C. Kuykendal?Prohibited by Law. ^ until january 1st, 1889. The Enquibi e will be furnished from this 1 te until January 1st, 1889, for $1.40. ] colored'baptists. L)n the 27th ultimo a congregation of colored jptists dedicated their netf church, 2i miles j st of Yorkville. The services were conduct- i by Rev. D. W. Montgomery, of Dallas, N. C., 1 id S. W. Jenkins, of Yorkville. ' , i sales-day. f Thero was but a small attendance of persons ( sm the country in town last Monday, sales- ] y for June, and the only official sale was the llowing by the clerk of the court: At the suit < J. B. Johnson vs. June Massey, one lot of ( le-fourth of an an acre, situated in the town ( Rock Hill. Bought by J. B. Johnson for , DO. * ] >/, pension warrants. . Vallace, clerk of the court, has received insion warrants for the month of Juno 1 favor of those who received warrants for ' 3t month, except those living in the vicinity Rock Hill, which are in the hands of W. B. 1 ilson, Jr., Esq., and those living in the vicinj of Fort Mill, which are in the hands of Mr. 1 H. Stewart. J stockholders' meeting. Tho train for the meeting of the stockholders the Chester and Lenoir Railroad to be held in incolnton to-morrow, will run on the follow- , g schedule: T /i U4 ? ~ .?* fl ?1A A ~\T Inavn T ntUPUfl iJCAVC VUCOIC1 at u.uv ?V| iu( , ?vui V MV (. J M lie at 7.02; leave Guthriesville at 7.34; leave orkville at 8.02; leave Clover at 8.42; leave ' owder's Creek at 9.00; leave Gastonia at 9.36; ave Dallas at 10.1; leave Hardin's at 10.29; , rive at Lincolnton at 10.58. Returning to jester the train will leave Lincolnton at 2.50 , M. CHILDREN'S DAY. < Sunday last was "Children's Day" with the ( tendants of the Presbyterian Sunday-school : this place. Besides the usual exercises and rvices on such occasions, a missionary ad- ' ess was delivered by Rev. Mr. Fulton, pastor ' Lowrysville Presbyterian church. Thechil- i en of the other Sunday-schools in town ( ere invited. At the close of the exercises a llection was taken for missionary purposes, i ae lecturer, Rev. Mr. Fulton, who is a recont < aduate of the Columbia Theological Semina- i r, will sail for Japan in the autumn, it being i s purpose to devote his life to missionary < ork. i \ CHURCH NOTICES. Baptist?Sunday-school at 4.30 P. M. Pray-meeting to-morrow evening at 8.30 o'clock. 1 Episcopal?Rev. Theo. D. Bratton, Minister. 3 mday-school at 5 P. M. -J Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 1 rzah at 11 A. M. and in Yorkville at 8.30 ' M. Sunday-school at 4.30 P. M. 1 Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, 1 istor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. 1 id 8.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. ' rayer-meeting this evening at 8.30 o'clock. ] Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. irvices next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. and 8.15 ' M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Prayer- 1 eeting to-morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock. WINTHROP TRAINING SCHOOL. : We again call the attention of young women ' York county engaged in the occupation of ! aching, and who wish to enlarge the sphere i their usefulness, to the following opportu- < ty of securing training in a most honorable ] id useful vocation: i There will be a competitive examination for 1 omen July 3d at each County Court House the State for scholarships in the Winthrop aining School for Teachers, under the prosions of Act No. 405, 1887. The successful ndidate will be entitled to a beneficiary holarship for nine months, and the State larantees $150 for school expenses. By appointment of James H. Rice, State iperintendent or J?;aucauon, me K.vmujua>n at Yorkville will be conducted by Rev. J. Galloway, of Yorkville; Rev. J. A. White, Black's, and Prof. A. R. Banks ; of Port ill. RAILROAD NOTES. , With the clearing up of the weather, work is resumed all along the line last Monday ith renewed vigor. Mr. Ross, to the east of wn, and Griffin & Gorton to the west, are i shing their work for all it is worth, and the me report comes from other contractors i ore remote from town. Mr. C. R. Kinsley, lio has the original contract under Smith Ripley for eight miles from Black's in this rection, was in town yesterday. He informus that on Monday he entered into a contract ith Jackins & Co., sub-letting to them three iles of his work. He thinks he will have e five miles remaining on his hands finished r the 1st of August. It is not improbable at the entire grading from Yorkville to , ack's will be finished at that date, and at i e same time the track-layers will have reach- 1 Yorkville. A through mail service to Lan- ; ster commenced on the road last Monday. ( ?E RSONAL MENTION. Mrs. Esther Smith is visting relatives and lends in Bullock's Creek township. Miss Annie Wallace, Miss Agnes Bludworth id Miss Maud Metts returned home last week Dm school. Miss Belle McCaw and her mother returned i ime last Friday from an extended visit to lends and relatives in Abbeville. Mrs. John A. Darwin returned home a few : ys ago from a short visit to her parents at j lack's. 1 Mr. Julius May, of Williamsburg county, ' in Yorkville visiting his father, Dr. John j ay. ? Mr. Frank A. Gilbert and family leave to- < y for a visit to GafTney City and Spartanburg, i Mrs. W. W. Daninl is visiting her relatives < Edgefield. ' Engineer Power returned Saturday evening )m a visit to Washington. ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS. j A rule among publishers, dating back almost 1 ,th the invention of the art of printing-and { rtainly operative with the appearance of the st newspaper?is to publish no communica>n unless the same is accompanied with the , me of the writer. The writer's name is not ( cessarily required for publication, but it is \ e editor's or publisher's right to know on , aom to fix the responsibility of the authorip of any article he may publish. Despite ] e antiquity of this rule, which has been nded down from generation to generation, J d published and republished time out of ind, there are persons who either have never l ard of it, or wilfully disregard it. We have , r>eived within the last few days two com- 5 anications of this class, both requesting the ' nouncement of names for public office. This ragraph is written to explain their non-ap- , arance. Besides the impropriety of anmncing a man as a candidate, with no name guarantee of good faith accompanying the quest, there is also a business transaction ecedont and indispensable to the publication. , SUDDEN* DEATH. J On Wednesday morning last, Mrs. Margaret ! an Davinney, wife of Mr. John M. Davinney, bo lives two miles east of town, died very ' ddonly and under peculiar circumstances, , ndering the event worthy of remark. Be- ^ een the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock on the ornin'g named, a violent thunder storm raged, j jrsons in Yorkville say they never before j ard such loud and terrific peals of thunder < on that morning. One of these reports ] rakened Mrs. Davinney, who was asleep in < e same bed with her husband. Rousing her- ] If, she called him and asked, "Did you hear I 1 at loud thunder?" On replying that he did, I < o exclaimed, "It scared me!" Mr. Davin- ' < ley spoke to her in an assuring manner, and v lerceiving that she was in an unconscious con- v lition he called his son and they raised her up tl n bed, but five minutes later she was dead. tier death was evidently caused by fright and b sxcitement, as she was in good health the pre- j ? nous day. She was aged about 27 years pnd & he mother of two children by a former bus- J* land and two by Mr. Davinney?the youngest " ibout three months old. THE MILITARY ENCAMPMENT. ^JThe military of Yorkville will be interested e n learning that the citizens of Greenville are P naking extensive efforts to ensure the com- ~ 'ort and pleasure of the soldiery during the 9 ,veek of their encampment in the suburbs of he city. Gen. Bonham has issued General Orders No. e !, relating to the government and regulation of j he encampment. The troops who participate g vill assemble at Greenville on the 23rd of July. q rho onnomnmonf. will nnrl An t.ho Illaf. r>f .Tnlv ? Brigadier-General T. A. Huguenin, of the j| Fourth Brigade, is assigned to the command h >f the encampment. The third and fourth t paragraphs of the orders read as follows: d This department will furnish tents and cook- fi ng utensils. Each soldier will provide him- a self with plate, cup and blanket. All the troops a will be required to subsist themselves while ? n camp. Arrangements have been made f with the merchants of Greenville to furnish L supplies to the troops at a very low rate, and 8 jommissary wagons will be at the camp ground r prepared to furnish needed supplies upon the t arrival of the various commands. C The various commands intending to join the c mcampment will notify these headquarters at n once, giving probable number of men who will attend, and the respective routes and time ? of arrival. Brigade, held and staff officers -I who propose attending are also required to t notify this office at as early a day as possible. ] The Ate for militia in bodies of not lcs^han p Uv^nty-hve, on solid tickets* is two*c'ems nr ? mile for the round trip, being one cent per i mile traveled. For civilian individuals the rate 8 will be four cents a mile for round trip, being 1 two cents per mile traveled. 1 Governor Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia, has ac- i cepted the invitation to make an address before J the Confederate Survivors' re-union in Green- k trill during the encampment. EDUCATIONAL ADDRESS. ] On Wednesday night last a very respectable C audience greeted Col. James H. Rice, State 8 Superintendent of education, who had given !j notice that he would address the citizens of j Yorkyille, in the Court House, on the subject J of education. * The meeting was called to order by Intendant Hart, and after prayer by Rev. T. R. English, in a few remarks on the importance of the g subject of the proposed address, Intendant g Hart introduced the speaker. He spoke for an ( hour and a half, making an exhaustive review , of the educational facilities of the State in gen- j oral, but more particularly of the beneficent results of the free publie school system. He regarded the office of county school commissioner as the most important office in the county, and defined his duties. He was pleased to 3ay that favorable and gratifying reports reached his office of the condition of the schools in 1 York county. His address, which was in- 1 structive and entertaiinng from the first to last, 1 closed with a strong argument in favor of the | graded schools, which he contended is the only ' system, at the present time and under present ( conditions, that can be successfully employed in the towns and cities of the State. Reported railroad collapse, i For several days past rumor has been rife ' that the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Rail- 1 road, projected from Monroe, N. C., to Atlanta, Ga., has collapsed. One rumor has it that the 1 London bankers who have been furnishing the 1 money with which to prosecute the work, have 1 ieclined to provide further financial aid, thus ' it least temporarily necessitating a suspension of operations; and another is to the effect that < the road has been sold out to the Richmond l andDanville syndicate. There is no doubting 1 the statement that contractors and engineers 1 have been ordered to stop work. Yet despite these unpleasant rumors, the Charlotte Chroni- 1 de of Sunday contains the positive statement > from Col. L. C. Jones, Superintendent, and 1 Gen. R. F. Hoke, who is prominently con- j nected with the building of the road, that there "is not one word of truth in the rumor." Gen. ] Hoke also said that only on Friday he located the depot in Chester, and he promises to haul 1 Chester's cotton next fall. He says, too, that his company has all the money it wants and I does not intend to stop short of Atlanta. These positive statements would seem to be assuring of the success of the enterprise. The track has been laid from Monroe to Catawba river?a distance of 22J miles?a fine bridge is in process of construction over the river, and much of the grading has been completed from that point to Chester. the new baptist pastor. ; Rev. R. G. Patrick, who will assume the pastorate of the Baptist Church in this place, and Union Baptist Church four miles north of town, is expected to arrive here on the noon train to-morrow. Mr. Patrick is a young man nffino attainments and orives abundant prom- i ise of becoming a useful minister. With a ( thorough preparation for the important work, he has attended a full course in the Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Ky., from which institution he graduated last week. The theme of his graduating essay was "The ( Preacher that is wanted vs. the Preacher that is , needed." From the report of his essay as pub- < lished in the Louisville Courier-Journal of last ; Friday, we quote: | "Real men are much in demand. This is i especially true of the Christian ministry. We < need more men and better men. Yet, theory i goes up from the churches, 'Let us haye a pleasant pastor.' There is danger of carrying this to an extreme. Men go to the house of God expecting to be entertained. People go to church to see how the preacher does it. They criticise the sermon as they do the drama, yet j not so enthusiastically. I used to know a man who had convictions and the courage to express them. The people were always in dread lest ? he offended someproniinent man who attended ' that church. They wanted to heai only the 1 brotherhood of man. People want a genial i man with rhetoric in his prayer and only a > flavor of religion in his sermon, and if the ^ flavor is left out they won't complain. . "Place against such a preacher the preacher J who is needed. He will desire to please only that he may press into their hearts the truth. . He will be a man hungry for souls. He will 1 fathfully warn and rebuke. The preacher the J people need is the opposite of the preacher the 1 people want. He will not administer opiates ] for the conscience. The trouble is the people ( want the preacher to be more loving than the . Saviour. The Saviour loved evil doers too j much to have them fail to see that they wore j not good. 'Woe unto you Scribes and Phari- ' iees, hypocrites,'said He. Let the people look J )n the preacher as the mouth-piece of God, and j not a dainty actor. Look on this picture then >j >n that. Let us have tho one most like the Saviour of men." 8 Mr. Patrick will enter upon his duties at i mce, conducting prayer-meeting services in c ;he church at this place at 8.30 to-morrow even- t ng; the regular service at Union at 11 A. M. 2 next Sunday; and in Yorkville at 8.30 next Sunday evening. Crop Reports.?The South Carolina i weather service furnishes the following ? concerning the effect of the weather on i the various crops during the week ending $ fune 2,1888: Rainfall?The rainfall for the past week iaa been above the average. ( Temperature?The temperature has been ? ibout the average. ; Sunshine?The amount of sunshine durng the week has been but little. The weather for the past week has been injurious to the growing crops. Heavy rains have fallen. This has also interfered t with the harvesting of small grain. c In the northern counties corn and vege- c tables are doing well, but cotton is in bad jondition owing to heavy rains. 8 In the middle counties the rains have t ielayed the harvesting of oats and wheat, Dtherwise the situation is better than last week, but the crops are grassy. What is C now required, is less rain and more sun- ? ihine. One southern county reports a tieavy hail and wind storm in which con- F jiderable damage was done. t The weather crop bulletin, issued last Saturday by the signal office at Washing- ^ ton, says: The weather during the week has been generally favorable for all crops in the { States of the Mississippi, Ohio and Mis- souri valleys, where the crop conditions tiave doubtless improved, although in the I extreme Northern States the temperature ^ has been too low for rapid growth. Por- iions of Michigan report too much rain f<?r jorn, and some damage from hail is report- c 2d from Kansas. The season is well ad anced in Tennessee and South Carolina, rhere harvesting should be in progress, tie weather conditions having particularf favored the crops in the former State, ut not so much in the latter. In the tates on the Atlantic coast excessive rains nd almost total cloudiness have not been ivorable for rapid growth and have deiyed planting in some localities. MERE-MENTION. The question of union with the Northrn Presbyterian church was indefinitely ostponed by the Presbyterian Southern teneral Assembly in Baltimore the other ay. Contrary to the general showing uring Presidential years, immigration hows an increase over 1887, the comparaive figures being for the ten months endd May 1, last year and this year, 334,068 in 887, and 372,900 in 1888. During a ame of base ball at Salem, Mass., last 1hnrsdav_ a hat, slinnari from t.ho hands of , player, and striking a fellow player, inured him so that he died within an tour. Business failures throughout he country for the week ending last Frilay number for the United States 186 and or Canada 19, making a total of 205 gainst 225 the preceding week. There is , notable increse in failures on the Pacific oast, the number there being 43, which is ar above the average. Failures in other ections of the country are light, and as a ule unimportant. Last Saturday closed he first week's operations in a silk factory >pened at Wadesboro, N. C. This is the ?nly enterprise of the kind in the State. Dhe superintendent reports favorable reults. The barque Monrovia sailed from \Tew York last Saturday, carrying thireen families of colored people bound for liiberia. The New York Herald sent i circular,to the Governors of thirty-eight States, aiding, "Wildwill bh' tfflb Democrat- f ' c candidate for President?" and all anwered, Grover Cleveland. The bill naking Phil Sheridan General of the Yrmy has passed both branches of Congress and has been signed by the Presilent. The commission has been issued. Sheridan's condition is unchanged. A evere cyclone and water spout visited VIorehead City, North Carolina, on last Friday. There are six colored caniidates in the field for the office of iheriff of Volusta county, Florida. An Irew GrandstafF, who murdered Reuben Drake, his wife and two children, was aken from jail at Viroqua, Wisconsin, and / langed on Friday night by a mob of about ,000 men. George Gabriel, who spent nost of his time mending umbrellas, died it New Haven, Conn., the other day aged 50 years. He left a fortune of thirty thouland dollars. The house in which Gen. 5rant was born has been floated down the iver from its original position on the rnnks of the Ohio on a raft, and last Satlrday was hauled up to Race and Canal streets, Cincinnati, where it is to be placid on exhibition under canvas. The supreme court of Missouri has taken final iction in the case of Maxwell, the murderir of Arthur Preller, and sentenced him :o be hanged on the 13th of July. A serrific cyclone and hailstorm passed :hrough Person and Caswell counties, N. J., last Saturday. Its track was 25 miles long and 500 yards wide. All crops in its lourse were totally destroyed. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Edward DuBose, a colored laborer was struck by lightning on Thursday while working in a field in Kershaw county and tilled. ? Mr. W. L. McFail, the owner of the famous trotter Bogahn, had the misfortune the other day to have him killed by a train near Midway. The horse was valued at $1,000. ? Mr. Matthew Mangum and his little laughter, of Chesterfield, were bitten by a mad dog the other day. Mr. Mangum procured a mad stone and it adhered to the wound five times. ? The Rev. J. W. Wolling, formerly of the South Carolina Conference of the Southern Methodist Church, who has been spending the past several years in Brazil as a missionary, has been forced to resign his position on account of bad health and [s now en route home. ? A son of Mr. R. G. ?>ims, of Lancaster county, was recently walking through his* father's fields, and while not looking, he 9tepped on a snake. He was bitten twice before he could jump out of the way, but fortunately nothing more serious than swelling resulted. ? Mrs. Lewis Wingo, who lived near Wellford, Spartanburg county, was killed by lightning on Tuesday of last week. She was sitting by the fire place when the otrnL-n na mo The wont Hrvwn tho JU1 UikU VUUIVt XilV/ UU1U IT V/UV UVTTU ViiV chimney and crossed the room to a window, where it tore up the window facings. Two children in the same room were unhurt. ? The following are the nineteen varieties of cotton with which experiments are being made at the Darlington Station: Williamson, Mclver, Peterkin, Allen Long X Staple, Truitt, Chambers, Rogers, Southern Hope, Crawford, Miles, McCall, Dearing, Jeff Welburn, Excelsior, Crossland, Winters, Herlong, Eureka and Black Prolific. ? Charleston is now making strenuous efforts to build a magnificent hotel to cost el million dollars, and a little over $122,000 of the required sum has been subscribed for that purpose. The new caravansary is to be known as the Hotel Eden, which the Charleston Sun correctly remarks "smacks of a double profanity?the profanation of i religious tradition, and the profanation of good sense." ? The trial of P. G. Bowman and Walter [. Harby, for the murder of Trial Justice Haynesworth, in Sumter, on the 30th of last December, was commenced in the sessions court of Sumter last Thursday, Judge Aldrich presiding, and at 10 minutes ? 4 o'clock last Sunday morning the case cvas given to the jury. At 15 minutes past 5 they returned a verdict of not guilty, rhis was the celebrated case in which the ;rial justice was shot during a row between itigants before his court. A Sad Suicide.?The jailor of Lancas;er county, Mr. J. R. Hunter, committed iuicide last Monday morning by shooting himself through the head with a pistol. Mr. Hunter, for a long time, was sheriff )f the county, and is the father of the oresent sheriff. He has been almost an nvalid for the past two years, and it is ;hought that he took his life for the purpose of ending his sufferings.?Columbia Register. iST" Jefferson Davis celebrated the 80th inniversary of his birth last Monday. He pppivpd manv nailers and a lar^e number >f letters of con gratulatiom He is in beter health than he has been for some time, ind takes an active interest incurrent polJical events. ^ ^ jgT The amount assessed for the expenses >f the Presbyterian Assembly which met n Philadelphia 100 yearsago was les3 than >10. The expenses of the recent centenlial Assembly was between ?80,000 and 540,000. S&- On Monday last the cities of llaleigh, Charlotte and Asheville, N. C., voted igainst prohibition. fUtias. 9. THE REV. GEO. H. THAYER, of Bour)on, Ind., says: "Both myself and wife owe mr lives to SHILOH'S CONSUMPTION 1URE." Sold by May & May. 10. ARE YOU MADE miserable by Indi;estion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of Appeite, Yellow Skin? 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