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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.
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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,
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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.
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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
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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
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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? Shiloh's Vitalizer is aposiive
cure. Sold by May & May.
11. WHY WILL YOU cough when Shiloh's
lure will cive immediate relief. Price 10 ets..
0 cts., and ?1. Sold by May tfc May.
12. SllYlTOH'S CATARRH REMEDY?a
tositivecure for Catarrh, Diphtheria and Cankr-Mouth.
Sold by May & May.
13. "HACKMETACK," a lasting and fra;rant
perfume. Price 25 and 50 cents. Sold by
Jay & May.
14. SHILOH'S CURE will immediately reieve
Croup, Whooping Cough and Bronchitis.
Sold by May & May. )
15. FOR DYSPEPSIA and Liyer Complaint
rou have a printed guarantee on every Dottle
>f Shiloh's Vitalizer. It neyer fails to cure.
Jold by May & May.
1G. A NASAL INJECTOR free with each
>ottle of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. Price 50
:ents. Sold by May & May.
March 7 10 Cm