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,f traps and Jatts. ? Chas. A. Pitcher, the defaulting cashier of tho Providence Bank, has made a confession detailing the circumstances of his theft, stating among other things that he had carried off fully $700,000 in gold, silver, notes, bills, &c., and that the stolen property was carried off in a market basket so as to allay suspicion. -?The insane asylum for negroes at Goldsboro, N. C., has j ust been enlarged on . account of the rapid increase of insanity among the colored people. Thirty years ago madness was almost unknown among the Southern negroes, but now the number of those aflfectea in North Carolina alone is estimated at 1,000. ? It took twenty-three years to get rid of the surplus powder left over from the war. It was consumed in firing salutes to the flag, and the last barrel was used up last spring. No salutes have been fired since then, except at West Point, Fortress Monroe and Fort Biley. Congress voted $30,onn tho other dav for mominer and even ing salutes. ?It is said that Washington's only joke was during a debate in the Continental Congress on the establishment of a standing army. It was proposed that it should never exceed three thousand men, whereupon Washington moved an amendment that no enemy should invade the country with a force exceeding two thousand men. ? The Chowan and Southern Railroad has passed into the possession of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, and is to be completed within ten months. This is the road which is to give the Richmond ana Danville and Coast Line system eptrapce into Norfolk, Va., where$100,000 has been invested in the last three weeks in the purchase of deep-water fronts for terminal facilities. ? It appears that negroes have been among the principal slave owners of Brazil. One class of the negroes came from a locality in the Gulf of Benin, and are much superior to the debased tribes of the Congo. These people were first brought over as slaves, but .they soon came to be slave owners. They also became ship owners and merchants, and drove a lucrative trade with Africa in negroes and merchandise. ? Of six hundred tornadoes of which record has been made in the United States, not more than seventy-five were east of the Alleghany mountains. The warm air tempestuously driven from the Gulf of . Mexico up the Mississippi Valley, is caught up by the polar wind and driven in gyratory tornadoes across the prairies. The Appalachian range serves on the At1 amirief storms nf ittuuc tuupo as a uaiiivi a6?<uu>. ? that sort. ? Robert William Flack, boat builder of Syracuse, New York, formerly of England, undertook to navigate the rapids at Niagara Falls, last Wednesday afternoon, in an open boat made especially for the purpose. He was killed by the waves or was drowned. The boat was capsized in the rapids and quickly hurled into the whirlpool. The body of Flack being strapped to the seat, prevented the boat from righting. ? August will be farmers' month in Baleigh, N. C. The first annual meeting of the State Farmers' Alliance will be held there on August 14. One thousand sub-alliances will be represented* Important questions and issues will be discussed by prominent farmers from oti.er States. On the 15th and 16th the annual fair of the State Horticultural Society will be held at Metropolitan Hall. Large premiums are offered and will be paid cash down. x ?A battle axe of great size, that was once nmnnrtv of some Drehistoric chieftain, was recently dug up near Bradford, Ohio, in a neighborhood that is rich in Indian relics. The axe is made of a gigantic elk's horn, and, singularly enough, there is en- , graved upon it the date 1402, ninety years before the discovery of America by Columbus. The axe is elaborately and beautifully carved, and furnishes an interesting puzzle to the local antiquaries. ? It is said that the oldest man living anywhere is James James, a negro of Santa Bosa, Mexico, who was born near Dorchester, S. C., in 1752. He was with his master in the Revolutionary war, was 40 years old when Washington was elected , President, went to Texas when 101 years ' old, moved into Mexico five years later, and now, at the ripe age of 136, lives in a little hut, to which he is confined by rheumatism, and is supported by contributions < from the citizens of Santa Rosa. ] ? A writer in Chambers' Journal figures out from official data that the number of ' Smiths in England and Wales is 355,814, i and that there are more Smiths in England and Wales than there are people in Dublin?indeed excluding London, there are i only four towns in the United Kingdom, namely: Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester?containing more : people than there are Smiths, while twen- < ty-six out of the fifty two counties of Eng- : land and Wales, or one-half, have fewer < people than, the immortal house of Smith has representatives." ? The immigration into the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, exceeded that of the previous year by 60,000 persons. More than 550,000 people were received from foreign lands and giv- 1 en homes and employment, mostly in the thinly settled sections of the West and Northwest. This number has never been exceeded save in the years 1881,1882 and 1 1883, and the indications are mac me raie . of increase will be continued throughout 1 the coming year. There is no sign of diminution in the flow. ? Atlanta, Georgia, has an ordinance ; which imposes imprisonment as the penalty for the third offense of drunkenness within twelve months. A man recently senteuced under the ordinance was required by the chief of police to work on the public works of the city. Against this the prisoner rebelled, and gained his case before a higher court, Judge Calhoun deciding that there was a legal difference in imprisonment and working in the public works, and that the prisoner could not be made to work. ? A dispatch from Marlboro, Mass., on July 2 says: "There was snowballing on the main street in this town this forenoon. This is one of the results of the hail storm of Saturday night. The hail fell like leaden balls, and most of the hailstones were as large a9 walnuts. In ten minutes the ground was covered to a depth of two inches. The hail froze when it fell, and the streets were in a glare of ice, which had to be shoveled from the sidewalks. During the storm neither man nor beast could remain out of doors without intense suffering." ? Governor Oglesby, of Illinois, hasjust appointed two accomplished and intelligent women as members of the State board of education. The Chicago News, in commending the Governor's action, says: "It is to bo noted that the service of women in administrative positions on school boards and as county superintendents of schools is a demonstrated success in Illinois. Some of the best-conducted counties in the State as to school matters have long been in the hands of women, repeatedly elected to the office of county superintendent of schools." ? A destructive wind storm struck the town of Edwardsburg, Indiana, about 11 o'clock last Saturday night, creating sad havoc throughout the village. The town consists of about 700 inhabitants and contains between 2o0 and 300 buildings. It is located on the Grand Trunk railway, 113 11 Ko oKnroo nf Tlio_ UI11CS) ilUUi vmuagu uu inv ouvivo \ja a/im- i mond Lake. The wind struck the village j with terrific force, overturning and carrying away many of the houses. There is not a business house in the place but that is damaged to a more or less extent, and the town is almost a complete wreck. ? The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says: "The hardest man in beating up the doctrine of evolution is Rev. Dr. Adams. He protests totally against the first Adam being a monkey. This leads a Boston paper to say that the Adamses have always been sensitive on that point, and a touchy set i anyway. It is a matter of pride with ! I them, while with the rest of us it doesn't 11 matter so much whether we came from 1 Adam or a monkey, so long as we are far j < enough off from the starting point. It ! puzzles a plain man to know how opinion or prejudice is going to affect this question. ] We shall have to accept the ancestry that investigation offers us, whether such as we should select or not." ? The Springfield Republican, says: "The Kansas law in relation to capital punishment is a most peculiar and dangerous enactment, and should not be allowed in its present state to remain on the statute book. A person convicted of murder in the first degree is now sent to the penitentiary for a year, and may afterward be hanged at any time vnen the Governor signs the death warrant. Theoretically, this might be well enough, but in reality the state of affairs is a direct encouragement to lynching; for the Governor never signs the warrant. There are now fifty-four murderers under sentence of death in the State prison, and not only is crime increasing in the State, but lynching parties are getting alarmingly frequent. No less than four murderers were lynched last week in the State." Ibr ?orfevjjfo! tfnqtiim. ? * ' . I ?TT"y YORKVIIiLE, 8. C. : WEDNESDAY, JULY 11,1888. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. The South Carolina weather service furnishes the following concerning the effect of the weather on the various crops throughout the State for the week ending last Saturday: For the past seven days the rainfall has been below the average, and the temperature about the average, while the sunshine was a little above the average. In the northern counties rain is needed ; crops are looking well, considering that during the past week but little rain has fallen and the winds have been dry. In the middle counties cotton prospects have improved ; corn healthy; March planting only fair; lowlands promise weil;. rice crop fine; crops need rain. In the southern counties conditio; s have been favorable for the rice crop; other crops need rain, although in some sections (of a limited area) too much has fallen. The weather crop bulletin issued by the signal office at Washington last Sunday savs: "For the week ended July 7, the weather conditions were generally favorable for all growing crops throughout all agricultural regions east of the Rocky Mountains. A decided improvement is reported in the wheat, com and cotton region in central valleys. The weather has been especially favorable to cotton in North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama, although more rain is needed in South Carolina. "The high temperature during the past week in the corn region has greatly improved the condition of that crop. Improvements are reported in the conditions for the tobacco culture of Kentucky, due to the favorable weather of the past ten days. "Reports from Minnesota and Dakota state that the weather conditions have been very favorable, all crops growing finely and promise an abundant harvest. Local storms caused some damage to wheat and interrupted harvesting in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. Harvesting of wheat is now in progress as far north as New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the northern portions of Ohio and Indiana, and a good yield is reported in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Reports from Michigan show that the weather has been favorable for all crops, and the wheat harvest will commence next week." MERE-MENTION". The members of Congress are beginning to discuss the probabilities of an adjournment about the first of August.*" Morton is older than Harrison by nine years; and Thurman is twenty-three years older than Cleveland, The sixtieth execution that has taken place on the gallows at Fort Smith, Ark., was witnessed there last Friday by about one hundred persons. The culprit in this case was Gus Boyles, a bootblack of Dennison, Texas, 19 years old, who murdered Wm. Morgan, at Blue Tank, in the Creek Nation, a year ago. John Wannamaker, of Philadelphia, is the first citizen of this country who has rounded out a foil million dollars of insurance on his life. The latest and most reliable accounts place the number of persons drowned in the recent Mexican floods at 700. The lowest bid for the construction of Augusta's new government building is $91,000, from a Chicago dahaawm A Winn ?r?rl K?j uTtfo tiraro CULUJCI U. a uiau auu 1110 n no mvav killed Friday at Rome, Ga., by a stroke of lightning. William Landreth was hanged last Friday at Dallas, Oregon, for the murder of his step-daughter, Simmie Ellis Antle. The murder was committed last January under circumstances of peculiar atrocity. It is estimated that the railroad mileage in Mexico owned by Americans is nearly 3,000 miles, and that the capital thus invested is upward of $80,000,000. The amount of American capital invested in mines is thought to be Dearly 520,000,000. At Harainsville, Kentucky, last Friday morning, county judge A. M. Pullman shot and killed James Miller. Miller's brother is county clerk. The affair is enveloped in mystery. An enterprising physician in Australia advertises, "I will pay half the funeral expenses in cases where I am not successful." During a rain storm last week the streets of New Orleans were under water for two hours from the heavy fall. David Ashley, of Plattville, Nebraska, has just died of hydrophobia from the bite of a rabid dog received twelve years ago. The town of Liberty, Texas, proudly claims that sixteen inches of rain fell there lately in the course of thirty-six hours. At Berwyn, Pennsylvania, lightning lifted John Higgins and the lawn mower he was using two feet in the air, and then dropped them without injury to either. The money spent for drinks in an American city of 200,000 inhabitants is put down at $25,000 per week the year round. That is $1,300,000 thrown away, and seven-tenths of it comes from the day laborers. The failures occurring throughout the country during the week ending last Friday, number for the United States 192; Canada, 22?a total of 214 against 201 the previous week. THE SUMMER MEETING. On the occasion of the meeting of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina during the Grange en campment at SpartanDurg, August utn to 11th, the 8th of August has been assigned the Society on which day to hold its annual summer meeting. The meeting will convene at 11 o'clock A. M., when the following order of business will be observed at the morning session and the following essays read: Test of the purity and vitality of seeds, by Prof. R. H. Lough ridge. Diversified industries as promotive of agricultural prosperity, by lion. Samuel Dibble. The nature &nd treatment of contagious diseases of stock, by Dr. B. Mclnnes, v.s. r.3 The ideal farm, by Hon. John S. Verner. Viticulture, to be assigned. The Southern dairy, to be assigned. This annual gathering of our people from all sections of the State at the close of the cultivation of the crops, to compare notes as to the best modes in the preparation of the soil for seeding, the kind of manure, how much used and the cultivation of the various crops, and the results obtained, is a pleasing and profitable occasion for the meeting of the farmers of the State. Besides the pleasing intercourse of our people, the subjects for essays are practical, and the essayists are gentlemen peculiarly fitted to treat the subjects assigned. The discussion on each essay is another pleasing feature of the occasion, furnishing much useful information to those whom it is intended to benefit. All things considered, it would seem of the greatest importance that there should be a full turn out of our people at Spartanburg during the second meeting of the Inter-State Farmers' Summer Encampment. Correspondence of the YorkTille Enquirer. NOTES FROM BULLOCK'S CREEK. Bullock's Creek, July 0.?Rev. R. P. Smith has taken charge of the Bullock's Creek Presbyterian congregation, as pastor. On yesterday he preached two sermons, both of which were able and impressively delivered. He proposes to preach a series of sermons especially to the chil dren, and to devote the afternoon seryices to the purpose. The congregation appears to be greatly pleased with the new pastor. The wheat crop in this section has been threshed, and the result is a very light yield. The cotton crop has been very well worked, and is generally in a good growing condition. The corn crop is backward, the most it having been planted on low lands and late in the season, though the appearance for a good crop is promising. Our people have commenced talking Eolitics pretty strong. Nearly every man as his iavorite candidates picked out,and is electioneering for them with a will. The candidates are coming among u? quite frequently now, and it is not unusual to see strange faces in every little gathering; but let them come, for we wish to see them. In a short time it is the purpose to have a picnic in this neighborhood, when the opportunity will be furnished for all the candidates to be with us at the same time. When the proposed picnic comes off, itisthe intention to have the Blairsville band present. This band has recently been equipped with a set of a new instruments ana has secured a fine selection of new music. Ward. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. LETTER PROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, July 9.?Had it not been for the picnics last week, our people would nnt hauo hnH mimh tn talk about. Very few country people were in town. Those who attended the picnics at Ebenezer on the Fourth had a most enjoyable day. Mr. W. J. Cherry, the orator of the occasion, was introduced by Capt. Iredell Jones, and delivered an address appropriate to the day, which was greatly enjoyed by the large audience. Capt. J. D. Smith,. organizer of the Farmers' Alliance for this Congressional district, was present and addressed the people. The music, furnished by the Gold Hill band, was greatly enjoyed. On Friday, Dr. W. J. White received a telegram from Wildwood, Florida, stating that his brother-in-law, Mr. W. J. Cureton, who recently removed from this county, had been shot twice by a negro. On Sunday a telegram announced his death. Mr. Cure ton was only 27 years old, and was held in high esteem by all who knew him. Rev. Theo. Bratton, of Yorkville, officiated in the Episcopal church in this place on Sunday. The board of trustees of the graded school have elected Mrs. L. A. Barron and Miss Emma J. Roach as assistant teachers. Prof. A. R. Banks, the Principal, expects to remove to this place during the present month. Mr. W. N. Hardin, the pleasant correspondent of The Enquirer at Black's, - " " ' i mi 5 {>aid our town a nying visic on inursuay ast. Our town is getting to be quite a summer resort. There are a large number of visitors here this season. Hal. ^ Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. NOTES FROM UNION COUNTY. Etta Jane, July 9.?The weather for the past week has been unusually warm and dry. Yesterday, at 4 P. M., the thermometer stood 103 in the shade. Many of our farmers have about suspended farm operations and are waiting for rain. The corn, even on low bottom lands, "twists up" during the day, and cotton looks sickly, too. Some have a little grass yet, but now is the time to get rid of it. The order for the bridge election in this township, mentioned in my last, has been rescinded and the county commissioners have properly concluded to build it across Pacolet at Skull Shoals, where it ought to be. So the matter has been settled. Another railroad bo?m has been inaugurated, and our people are hopeful that ere long the snorting of the iron norse will be heard as he bounds over our beautiful country. With the season the political issues begin to warm up. The candidates are making things lively among themselves. No very great questions have as yet been raised; but beyond a doubt, before the November election has been declared an amount of "mud slinging" will have been done. Some of those "pet" institutions fostered by the State, at the public expense, may look out?the yeomanry are going for them. Rev. Mr. Harley of the M. E. church, will preach at Mr. Henry Wilkinson's, near Hopewell, on next Saturday 14th, at 4 o'clock P. M. Rev. J. W. Query preached at Salem last Sabbath. His text in the forenoon was Gen., 5th chapter, 24th verse, and in the afternoon Matt., 27th chapter, 42nd verse. Both sermons were full of profound theological research. The many friends of Dr. Mason W. Smith, in Western York, will be pleased to learn that he has located at Gaffney City and is successfully practicing his profession among those people of that section. Sigma. Correspondence of the Yorkville Euquirer. BLAIRSVILLE NOTES. Blairsville, July 9.?The weather, since my last communication, has been quite dry, and our fanners are beginning to wear long faces, as all crops are now suffering for the want of rain. The fruit crop is fairly abundant, but the quality of the fruit is not equal to what it has been in some previous years. Nevertheless, prudent housewives are making inquiries for fruit jars and cans, with the view of putting up for future use a supply of the various fruits now in season. The melon crop is backward, and in consequence of the excessive rains in the spring, the melons will generally be of indifferent quality. The yield of oats has been quite satisfactory, and some unusually good crops are reported. Mr. Samuel Blair, of this neighborhood, has threshed 04', bushels of oats from less than one acre of ground. From 170 dozen of sheaves he obtained 200 bushels of oats. The Blairsville cornet band is now meeting once each week for practice. It is rapidly improving in the quality of the music rendered, and if it continues to improve in the future as it has in the past, it will equal the best amateur bands in the country. On Saturday next, 14th instant, at 10 o'clock A. M., there will be a meeting of the Harmony congregation at the Russell Hope school house, for the purpose of selecting a site for the erection of a new church. On the 2uth ultimo, Mr. Oscar W. Sadler and family suffered a sad bereavement in the death of his twelve years old daughter, after an illness of about two months. Our Nimrod,Mr. John C. Blair, has shot ??/-! hnrr 9STi cnnirrpis sinpp Inst, Iauu uiuugnu w -mwv ~ - December, and in addition to this, his i cotton, corn and other crops, are the equal of any of his neighbors. So far as his meli on crop is concerned, it is rather better than | the average. | Mrs. Mattie Castles, of Walhalla, is now i on a visit to her kindred in this neighborI hood. The health of our section is quite good. Dr. Saye, our efficient and popular physician, reports that there are no dangerous ! cases of illness under his charge at present. The Young Men's Missionary Society ot | Sharon A. It. Church,completed its organI ization on Saturday last, 7th instant. By ; invitation, Mr. J. Steele Brice, of Yorkj ville, addressed the society. He deliverI ed a very interesting and instructive adi dress. Reuben Jeffries, colored, who was shot | from ambush, as he alleges by another | colored man, on the 23rd ultimo, has so far recovered as to be able to walk about. 1 Croaker. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Geo. W. S. Hart, Intendant?An Ordinance relating to the Sale of Beef, Ac. Mrs. L. M. Bonner, Principal, Due West, S. C. Due West Female College. D. E. Finley, Secretary?Executive Committee Meeting on the 17th instant. Lowry A Starr?Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Ac. Kennedy Brothers A Barron?Save the GrassFly Fans and Traps?Straw Hats for Hot Weather?Shoes, Shoes, Shoes?Bargain Counter?Sundries. Withers Adickes?For Cash. J. W. Dobson?That Cane Mill of Ours. W. E. Adams, Administrator of estate of R. E. Adams, deceased?Lost Certificate. Edw. Croft, Deputy Collector, 5th Division, District of South Carolina?United States Internal Revenue. G. R. Talcott, Superintendent C. and L. Narrow Gauge Railroad?Change ofSchedule. Joseph F. Wallace, C. C. Pis.?Clerk's Sale. A. V. Cartwright A Co.?Listen not to Idle Talk. Jno. C. Kuykendal?Strong Testimonials. May A Ma}r, Wholesale Agents for Botanic Aflanta Cln Tru ua?uu uttiiu v>umpttuj, it Once. See fourth page. until january 1st, 1889. The Enquirer will be furnished from this date until January 1st, 1889, for $1.15. withdrawn. I)r. W. M. Walker, who has announced himself a candidate for re-election to the House of Representatives, withdraws his name and authorizes the statement that he is no longer a candidate. executive committee. Bv notice of D. E. Finloy, Secretary, it will be seen that an important meeting of the Executive Committee of the Democratic party of York county, will be held in the court house oh Tuesday, the Ryi^nstant, at 11 A. M. y death Of mrs. spann. Intelligence has been received here of the death, at her home in Sumter, of Mrs. Fannie Spann, wife of Mr. J. M. Spann. Mrs. Spann was the daughter of Mr. Wm. B. Steele, of this place, and married Mr. Spann about five years ago. n/ commenced" to repair. Mr. A. Frank Woods, who has the contract for repairing the brick building of Capt. J. Robert Lindsay, injured by the fire on the 17th ultimo, has commenced the work. Nearly all the wood was burned away frcm the brick walls and it and the iron roof will bo replaced^,* v/ THE TELEPHONE. MessrOw. J. Roddey and Ed. Poag have become owners of tho telephone line connecting Yorkville and llock Hill. They propose, at an early dajr, to substitute for tho phones formerly in use, the Bell instrument, and will"" put their line in good working -order. The office in Yorkville will remain in charge of Dr. Jno. C. Kuykendal. the jenkins rifles. A meeting of the Jenkins Rifles was held in their armorv last nieht. one item of business considered being final action on the question of the company going to Greenville to join in the State encampment, which meets on the 23rd instant. After finally canvassing the question the company decided not to go. DUE WEST FEMALE COLLEGE. Attention is directed to the advertisement, in another column, of this deservedly popular institution. The catalogue for the past scholastic year shows the college to be in a prosperous condition, and the prospects for the approaching session, which begins on the first of October, ard encouraging. THE HEATED TERM. Last Saturday, Sunday and Monday are recorded as the warmest days throughout the country of the present summer. The record was fully sustained at this point. A slight shower fell here yesterday afternoon which served to cool the heated atmosphere and revive drooping vegetation. TAX ASSESSMENTS. Auditor Williams has completed his abstracts of the assessments of the real and personal property in York county liable to taxation the current fiscal year,, The assessment of personal property amounts to Si,693,276, against 81,613,145 last year; leal estate, 83,287,555 against 83,240,040 lasfyear-^milroads, 8439,047 against 8455,595 last year. FOR THE PENITENTIARY. J. P. Cannon, of the penitentiary guards, arrived here Monday afternoon and left yesterday with the following prisoners, York's contingent by the midsummer term, for the penitentiary: Walter Hart, colored, burglary and larceny, 3 years; Bob Bratton, colored, larceny of live stock, 1 year; Amos Hanev, colored, grand larceny, 1 year. CHANGE OF*SCHEDULES. A change of schedules on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad went into effect last Monday. By the nresent time table the passenger train going sfith arrives at Yorkville at 1.00 P. M.; going north, at 4.48 P. M. The freight trains will arrive at Yorkville, as follows: Northbound, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, arrive at 6.25 A. M. South-bound, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, arrive at 11.56 P. M. THE WINTHROP SCHOLARSHIP. The examination in this county for beneficiary scholarship to the Winthrop training school was held in Yorkville on the 3d instant. The board of examiners was composed of Rev. J. C. Galloway, of Yorkville, Rev. J. A. White, of Black's, and Prof. A. R. Banks, of Fort Mill. There was but one applicant for the appointment, Miss Mary W. Brown, of Zeno, who stood the ordeal of a strict examination, on the result of which the board recommended her for the appointment. rC FINE PEACHES. Mr. W. L. Plexico, of Bullock's Creek, has sent us some fine peaches, taken from his orchard, which he denominates "June peaches," they ripening in that month, and the crop of that variety being now about exhausted. The peculiarity of the fruit is that it is borne on trees which grew from the seeds of nursery peaches, which were planted as an experiment. The seed of a nursery peach is not supposed to contain much vitality, but those planted have produced trees which yield a fruit superior to that of tho original, though it ripens two weeks later. HAPPERFIELD'S QUARRIES. Mr. Frank Happerfield lei t yesterday for Washington with specimens of the stone taken from his quarries near town. Of this remarkable material, which we believe has never been specifically classified by geologists who have examined it, we have had occasion to speak only recently. Mr. Ilapperlield goes to Washington by invitation of tho government architect, and will bo able to exhibit the granite, if such it may be termed, in different stages from the rough stone as taken from the quarry to the hichlv nolished cube. The government archi tect desires to test its textile strength with the view of employing it in the construction of buildings. We are glad the stone is attracting the attention which wo believe its qualities merit. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. Theo. ]). Bratton, Rector. Sunday-school at 5.30 P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. Union services at 8.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 5 P. M. Prayer-meeting to-morrow afternoon at (J o'clock. Methodist Episcopal?Rov. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. Sunday-school at 5 P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8.30 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 1 10.30 A.M. Sunday-school at 5.30 P. M. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, Pastor. Services next Sunday at Union at 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 5 P. M. THE CIRCUIT COURT. i The court of sessions, last week, was adjourn- < ed on Tuesday evening until Thursday morn- 1 ing. On convening, Thursday morning, Amos ] Haney, colored, pleaded guilty of grand larce- i nv, the charge against him being the larceny . of thirty dollars in money from Jasper Thorn- i asson. The Judgo sentenced him to the peni- i tentiary for ono year. < The case of Vina Miller, colored, charged 1 with infanticide, was continued on motion 1 of her own counsel; and the case of Anabel t Jones, colored, charged with feloniously administering poison, was continued by the i State. This ended the docket and the jurors l were discharged and the court of sessions was ' adjourned sine die. The court of common pleas was then opened and was in session until Friday afternoon, when it was also adjourned. RAILROAD NOTES. Our information from the bridge at Catawba is to the effect that on Monday the structure was completed and ready for the orossties. It is reasonable to conclude that they have been placed by this time and the iron rails strung upon them. Trestle Thirteen, near the river, is the only obstacle now on this side of the river to uninterrupted track-laying, and as the timbers are all ready, it will probably be finished this week. Major Hart, counsel for the road, has positive information that all arrangements have been made to put on a Sunday train as soon as the road reaches Rock Hill. This will give Yorkville seven mails a week by the new road. , In reference to th 3 nrocress of the work in Tennessee, the Johnson City Comet of last week says: "Col. T. E. Matson, chief engineer of the Three C's Railroad, arrived in the city Sunday night. The work of Atting up the rooms that had been rented for the offices here was completed last week, and since Monday men have been at work moving office furniture, Ac., that had been shipped from Rock Hill, S. C., into tho now offices. Tho office of the chief engineer will remain here until the lino is built to the Ohio river. The office of tho vice-president, Gen. Wilder, is also here. Gen. Wilder will return from New York on Saturday and just as soon as some preliminary matters can be arranged, contracts for grading will be awarded and work will begin in earnest." w PERSONAL MENTION. Col. F. Gardner is in Yorkville. yr. K. Alston, Esq., of Columbia is in town. Mrs. Agnes Harris, of Columbia, is visiting relatives in Yorkville. % Mrs. Micah Jenkins is in Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. C. E. Spencer. Mr. Willie Gist has accepted a position as clerk in Lowry A Starr's Drug Store. Mrs. Mary Milligan and children, of Charleston are in Yorkville, visiting relatives. Mrs. J. W. White and children, of Louisville, Ga., are visiting Mrs. J. A. Ratchford. ^Mr. James Bowen, of Charlotte, is in Yorkville, having been called here by the illness of his wife. "jfMr. I. D. Witherspoon, Jr., has accepted a position as clerk in Messrs. Walter B. Moore A Co.'s Grocery and Crockery store. *~Mr. Charlie Simmons has accepted a similar position in the Dry Uooiis store or .Messrs. m. & Henry C. Strauss. t^2lr. George T. Schorb and family will leave here to-morrow on a three week's visit to Col. Wm. Cherry, near Landsford in Chester county. Piaxco, wife of Rev. W. A. M. Plaxco, of Lancaster county, is visiting her father, Mr. T. B. Whitesides, of this county. Mr. Jas. P. Culp, formerly with Messrs. W. G. Reid it Co., and Messrs. W. S. Creighton & Co., of Rock Hill, has accepted the position of salesman in Mr. M. C. Willis's carriage factotory. Capt. and Mrs. L. M. Grist left this morning via Atlanta for an extended visit to Illinois and other north-western States, where they have relatives who moved from South Carolina more than fifty years ago. Rev. R. G. Patrick left here on yesterday afternoon for Cheraw, having received a telegram summoning him to that town to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law, which will take place to-morrow. Mr. Patrick expects to return to Yorkville on Friday. Mr. W. C. Jones, of Augusta, Ga., for some time past an assistant of Mr. Power, resident engineer at this place on the Three C's Railroad, left on Monday last to accept a position in the engineering corps of the South-bound Railroad, for which two routes will be surveyed from Savannah, Ga. One will be to Columbia via Allendale, Barnwell and Blackville, and the other will be from Savannah to Springfield, Ga., Hampton and Bamberg to Columbia. FARMERS'" ALLIANCE. For the purpose of establishing a County Alliance, delegates from sub-Alliances in York county met in Hunter <fc Gates' opera house at 12 M. on Friday last. The meeting was called to order by J. D. Smith, Organizer for the Fifth Congressional district of South Carolina. A committee on credentials, consisting of W. N. Elder, \V. J. \liller'and W. Y. White, was appointed, who reported the following delegates representing the various sub-Alliances : Hoodtown?J. M. Sims, J. P. Blair, J. D. Hamilton, W. Y. White. Bethesda?W. N. Elder, It. E.Guihrie, Alfred Moore, J. F. Hinson. Tirzah-Dr. W. D. Hope, W. J. Miller, Dr. R. T. M. Hall. McConuellsville?J. F. Ashe, P. M. Burris, A. M. Gladden, J. T. Crawford. Cherokee, No. 1?M. M. Tate, Frank Johnson, E. Hardin, Robert Parker, Allen Bettis, E. Downey. Cedar Grove?John F. Kirkpatrick, Fitz Hardin. The election of officers to take charge of and govern the County Alliance was next entered into, resulting as follows: W.Norman Elder, President; James P. Blair, Vice-President; J. F. Ashe, Secretary; R. E. Guthrie, Treasurer; Rev. J. L. Harley,Chaplain: J. D. Hamilton, Lecturer; W. Y. White, Assistant Lecturer ; P. Moore Burris, Door-K^per, who were duly installed in the respective offices. The following committees were appointed : On Trade?W. N. Ashe, Jr., J. F. Kirkpatrick, M. M. Tate, R. E. Guthrie, J. M. Sims, W. J. Miller. On Finance?Alfred Moore, J. R. Chambers, Frank Johnson. The following members were selected to represent York County Alliance in the Convention of the State Alliance: Capt. Alfred Moore, J. I). Hamilton, J. M. Sims, with R. E. Guthrie, J. F. Ashe and J. F. KirkpatricK alternates. A resolution was adopted returning the thanks of the Alliance to Hunter & Oates for the use of their hall; also to H. W. Smith for the tender of a room and other kindnesses extended. The Alliance then adjourned, to meet next at McConnellsvilleon the first Saturday in August at 10 o'clock A. M. The Farmers' Alliance is a secret co-operative organization, modeled after the Grange, but doubtless with some of the defects of that order corrected. Its objects are clearly set forth in the following "Declaration of Purposes" prefacing the constitution: 1. To labor for the education of the agricultural classes, in the science of economical government in a strictly non-partisan spirit. 2. To endorse the motto, "In tilings essential unity; and in all things charity." 3. To develop a better state, mentally, morally, socially and financially. 4. To create a better understanding for sustaining civil officers in maintaining law and order. 5. To constantly strive to secure entire harmony and good will among all mankind, and brotherly love among ourselves. li. To suppress personal, local, sectional .and national prejudices; all unhealthfulrivalry and selfish ambition. 7. The brightest jewels which it garners are the tears of widows and orphans, and its imperative commands are to visit the homes where lacerated hearts are bleeding; to assuage the sufferings of a brother or sister; bury the dead; care for the widows and educate the orphans ; to exercise charity towards offenders ; to construe words and cleeds in their most favorable light, granting honesty of purposeand good intentions to others; anci to protect the principles of the Alliance unto death. Its laws arc reason and equity; its cardinal doctrines inspire purity of thought and life; its intention is "peaceon earth and goodwill toward men." While the order has a strong membership in North Carolina, Georgia, Texas and other southern States, it is also making considerable headway in this State. A convention of the Georgia Farmers' Alliance was held in Atlanta last week. Ninetyl i -1 1? ?vonroanntinfT fi ft V two UCIUqHIUS WWW jncacuv, two counties. A scheme of the Georgia Alliance is to establish a state central exchange similar to that now in operation in the State of Texas. Texts has a membership of 250,000. They have 2stablished a state exchange with money raised by assessing every member a small sum. They propose to raise 91,000,000 in four years by collecting one dollar from every momber of tho Alliance each year. The scheme in Georgia is lo raise 91,000,000, but as the membership is smaller than in Texas, the assessment will necsssarilybe larger; perhaps ?2.50, as it isconIdently believed the membership in that State will roach 100,000 by the time tho next conveniou assombles in August. In tho Georgia convention, the workings of i county Alliance were thus explained by a nomber: "Tho farmers of his county bought a thous and tons of fertilizer under the auspices of the Alliance this year, and saved just S8 on each ton, or ?6,000 on the whole. That is quite encouraging to men who have been paying for what they have been buying from the merchants at the rate of 62i per cent, advance. The Farmers' Alliance is going to revolutionize the business methods of Georgia. The producers are tired of raising cotton for the privilege of mortgaging all they own to the merchants for the further pleasure of paying double prices for everything they buy during the year?even school books for their children. The" Farmers' Alliance is going to injure the business of middle men and make the money lenders put their cash in the manufactories in the South, where it ought to be. But it will do something better; it will pull the farmers out of debt and give them time and means to educate their children." This explains to some extent the co-operative feature of the alliance; though as we understand it, the co-operative idea contemplates the buying of all supplies and goods required by the farmer. Any section or neighborhood in this county, wishing to form an Alliance and aid in carrying out its aims and purposes, can do so by ...uu ait tt?i,1?- n uoiiiurj mg wim tr . u Liu a li i^iuur, vrubuncoville, President of the County Alliance, or Capt. J. D. Smith, Organizer for the Fifth Congressional district. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. NOTES FROM WESTERN YORK. Hoodtown, July 9.?The weather has been quite favorable to growing crops for some time past. It has also been fine for getting the crops worked. I think most of the farm work has been done, and now we are needing rain, notwithstanding we had so much wet weather in the spring. The extreme heat, accompanied by drying wind, is telling fast on vegetation. Cotton, though small, is in a growing condition. Upland corn is looking pretty well, but there is little planted. On bottom land it is looking exceedingly well, considering it was planted so late. There has been a good deal of corn planted on stubble land siuce wheat and oats were harvested. The wheat crop was very light, not averaging more than four bushels to one sowed. Oats were about an average crop. Mr. J. J. Wallace has been exhibiting a bunch of oats, containing 117 stalks, all of which came from one grain, and each stalk was well developed. Gardens are pretty well dried up, and consequently vegetables are scarce. I believe the most plentiful thing at this season is blackberries and candidates. It is no uncommon thing to see a candidate sitting on the fence, (if there is a farmer at work in the field,) waiting for the farmer to drive out to the end of his row so that he can shake hands with him, and no matter how hot the sun is shining, he will hold his position. But, we like to see them. They are such a pleasant, polite of of folloma Wo hona thow will hftVA fl. OV> V Ui IWIiV It Ol II V 1IVJ/V VilV J II m a ft v w m good time, and wish they could all be elected, but who will be successful, time will have to decide. Our farmers seem to take to the Farmers' Alliance, and they are awaking to the fact that they must do something to Erotect themselves. Before another year as rolled around, I believe nearly every farmer will have fallen into ranks to help in this great work, which will prove of so great interest to the farmer. Why not the farmers organize for protection as well as manufacturers, lawyers, physicians, merchants or any other class? The farmer has always been standing out singlehanded, a target for all the world to hurl their deadly missiles at, and they have borne it until "forbearance has ceased to be a virtue." They have now determined to unite in a mighty effort to throw off the thraldom which has been such a bane to them, and like free men, as they should be, contend for their rights and interests. We bid them God-speed and hope they will be successful. Rambler. For the Yorkville Enquirer, SABBATH SCHOOL CONVENTION. To the Ministers and Sessions of Bethel Presbytery: Dear Brethren: Bethel Presbytery, through its committee, has arranged for a Sabbath-school Convention at Clover, July 25-27. Each minister and superintendent of a Sunday-school within the bounds of the Presbytery, is ex officio a member of the Convention. These, with an additional delegate frpm each school, or church without a school, are earnestly urged to be present and take part in the following exercises: Opening exercises. Sermon by Rev. B. P. Reid, Wednesday, July 25, 8 o'clock P. M. After sermon? 1. Enrollment of Delegates. 2. Election of Moderator and Clerk. Thursday, 9 A. M.: 1. Devotional exercises for 15 minutes. 2. "Design of Sunday-school and its place in the Church." Opening addresses by Revs. W. G. Neville and R. Martin. 3. "What ought to be taught in the Sundayschool." Revs. D. E. Jordan and T. R. English. 4. "The successful teacher." Rev. George Summey. 5. "The successful scholar." Rev. J. A. Wilson and Mr. W. B. White. Thursday, 2.30 P. M.: 1. "Ought the pastor to preach statedly to the children of the school?" Revs. B. P. Reid and J. P. Marion. 2. "Teachers' meetings?importance of and and how to conduct successfully." Revs. Messrs. S. P. Fulton and R. P. Smith. 3. "Giving in school?objects and method." Revs. J. S. White and G. S. Robinson. 4. Opening the query box. Thursday, 8 P. M.: "The successful school. In what success consists. Its intluence on Church and world." Revs. J. H. Thornwell, II. B. Garriss, and Anderson. Friday, 9 to 11 A. M.: 1. Devct mal exercises 15 minutes. 2. "Mission schools organized and conducted by Session and members." Revs. C. W. Humphries and J. L. McLin. 3. "Relation of parents to the school." Messrs. W. W. Brice and W. H. Witherow. Opening addresses limited to 15 minute^ each?others to 10 minutes each. Let each minister and session feel that the welfare of Zion is at stake, and try and make this Convention a success. M. R. IvIRPATRICK, ) T. R. English, - Committee. J. A. "Watson. j For tbe Yorkville Enquirer. YORK BAPTIST SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONVENTION. The next meeting of the York Baptist Sunday School Convention will be held with the Yorkville Church, commencing on Friday, July 27th, 1888, and continuing until Sunday afternoon. The introductory sermon will be preached by Rev. J. A. White ; missionary sermon by Rev. C. T. Scaife, Rev. R. G. Patrick, alternate. subjects for discussion. 1. Tlio Sunday School and Missiona. Rov. G. M. Webb. 2. Mormonism, Romanism, Alcoholism, their attitude towards the Christian religion. Rev. J. A. Hill, Rev. J. A. White, Rev. F. C. Hiekson. 3. Is Furman University an aid to every Baptist Church in South Carolina? If so, how"? Rev. C. T. Scaife, E. B. McSwain. 4. Bringing the children to Christ and training them for Christ the supreme work of the Sunday-school. Jas. M. Cobb, Preston Green. 5. The prime object of church organizations. Is it one or many? Rev. R. G. Patrick, J. L. Hoffman. It is earnestly desired that the Sundayschools comprising this body will send a full delegation. Brethren, make this the best meeting since the organization of the Convention. You can do it. Will you do it ? H. E. JOHNSON, President. F. H. Dover, Clerk. For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. EBENEZElfs"CENTENNIAL. The following is the programme of the centennial exercises at Ebenezer Church, on Saturday and Sunday, July 28, 29: Saturday, 11 A. M.?Address of Welcome, by Rev. Roger Martin. Response by Rev. B. P. \ Reid, Hon. I. N. Withers. Sermon on Nature i of Church, by Rev. J. S. White. p Afternoon?History of Ebenezer and Education by J. H. Wilson. Address on Presbyteri- i anism by Rev. D. E. Jordan, D. 1). Sketch of | Elders and Deacons of Ebenezer Church by P. j Garrison, T. S. Neely, T. M. Carothers. Sunday, 11 A. M.?Sermon by Rev. J. S. I Richards. Sketch of Ebenezer Church by Rev. | J. H. Thornwell. Afternoon?Sunday-school addresses by Rev. Roger Martin, Rev. D. E. Jordon, 1). D., Rev. ; W. M. Anderson, Hon. I. N. Withers. All who desire are cordially invited to j be present. Special invitations have been : issued to Bock Hill, Allison Creek, Bethesda and Fort Mill to send delegates. These churches are or have been connected with Ebenezer in the past. J. II. Thornwell. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Major B. H. Rice, a prominent citizen of Union, died at his home on Sunday morning last aged 79 years. ? The total assessable property in Chester county for the year 1888 is $3,660,805, or a gain of $45,69o over last year. ? Mr. Andrew Beardin, of Oakway, Oconee county, this year made seventyfive bushels of wheat from five bushels sown. ? Mr. 0. W. Buchanan, of the Winnsboro Bar, has just completed an annotated Code of the State. It is the result of five years of hard work. ? Arrangements for a grand reunion of Confederate veterans during the coming gala week and State encampment have been made at Greenville. ? The North-Western Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Mapleton, Dakota, having failed, the said company has been stnnnpd hv thfi romnt.rnllpr-p'pnprnl from doing business in South Carolina. ? Mary Conyers and B. L. Gowdy, of Bethlehem, Clarendon county, who were arrested in June for violation of the pension laws in connection with her claim for pension, as the widow of Stran Conyers, (war of 1812) have been indicted by the grand jury for the United States court at Charleston. ) ? The investigation of the charges / against Mrs. Mattie E. Keese, of Anderson, charged with arson and forgery, have resulted in her being bound over for trial in the sessions court on two cases of arson and one of forgery. She will make application for bail, pending which, by consent of counsel on both sides, she will be allowed her liberty.. ? Says the Chester Reporter: While Jimmie Barber, son of Mr. J. G. Barber, of the Rossville neighborhood, was riding rapidly near his father's house Monday afternoon of last week, the horse bolted suddenly and ran over his sister Nannie, twelve years old, standing near the road side, inflicting such injuries as caused her death in less than an hour. ? In the Pickens court of sessions, last Monday, the grand jury, after the examination of fourteen witnesses, returned "no bills" against D. E. Garvin, T. W. Folger Alex. Anderson, Richard McCord and Green Roberts, all white men, charged with having instigated the lynching of Manse Waldrop by' negroes near Central, last fall. The trial of the five negroes in jail for the lynching will be taken up early in the term. ? A declaration has heen filed in the office or the secretary 01 State for the incorporation of the Chester Manufacturing Company. A commission has been issued. The proposed company is to carry on the manufacture of cotton cloth etc., the capital stock being $100,000, divided into 1,000 shares of the par value of 8100 each. The corporators are Messrs. J. L. Agurs, J; H. Smith, Joseph Wylie, S. M. Jones, G. D. Heath, John J. Hemphill, J. J. McLure, George W. Gage and W. H. Hardin. ? At the recent examinations in June at West Point the following new cadets from South Carolina passed and entered the Academy: G. W. Kirkpatrick, Charleston ; Marcus B. Stokes, Hampton ; B. N. n Earle, Sumter; G. H. McMaster, Columbia; J. S. Harden, Chester; C. D. Miller, Florence. All these young men, it is said, obtained their appointments at competitive examinations. The whole number of appointments in June was 163, of whom 87 were admitted. POLITICAL ITEMS. ? Harrison and Morton have been notified by committees of their nominations and both accepted, each promising a formal letter of acceptance. ? Michigan, which has been a close and doubtful State in Presidential elections, is counted on confidently for Cleveland in the coming election, Harrison being antagonised by the labor vote. Blaine's majority in Michigan in 1884 was about 3,000. ? Mr. William Youngblood, the Alabama Republican boss, declares that the fifty Southern votes taken from Sherman I by Alger cost exactly $75 apiece in cash and all the hotel and railway expenses of the delegates. South Carolina had some Alger votes, and those who cast them have now an opportunity for a specific denial. ? Levi P. Morton, the Republican nominee.for Vice President, is the head of the well known banking concern of Morton, Bliss & Co., of New York. During carpetbag and scalawag days in the South the concern bought up the bogus bonds issued by the carpetbag government of North Carolina, which the people of that State afterwards repudiated. The firm brought ! nnif no?rt Innf thn Clfnfn frtH rtf | oun a^aiuoi tnu utaiu iui igwveij v/i $9,000,000, and the case is pending in the United States supreme court. That court long ago decided a similar case against Virginia adversely to the claimants. North Carolina is solid against Morton on more than one score. ? The State of New York has gone Democratic fifteen times out of the last twentyone elections. The exceptions were in 1871,1872,1878, 1879, 1880 and 1881. The victory in 1878 was caused by the split between Tammany and the party when John Kelly received about 100,000 votes for Governor. Since 1881 the tide has set steadily in the same direction?Cleveland carried the State by 1,047 plurality, and during the past three years the Democrats have won by 11,000 votes in 1885, 8,000 in 1886, and 17,000 in 1887. The New York Sun shows that through the growth of cities and of the "Prohibition party, the State is becoming more Democratic every day. The fight will be in Indiana, New Jersey and Connecticut. -^Horrible Case of Hydrophobia.? J. R. Balch, a young white man 22 years of age, died last Friday at Ridgeway, Fairfield county, of hydrophobia, resulting from the bite of a cat. Balch was born and raised in York county, near Rock Hill, and for some time past has been in charge of R. H. Corn well's plantation, fifteen miles northeast of Ridgeway, on the Wateree River, in Fairfield county. One day last fall, while on a visit to his home in York county, he espied a handsome cat on the side of a road along which he was walking, which he thought would make an acceptable present for his sister. He approached the cat, which seemed perfectly docile and permitted him to take it in his hands without offering resistance; but as soon as it was lifted from the ground it became furious and bit Balch through the hand. Balch killed the cat and went on his way, thinking no more of the matter. With the exception of a sore hand for a few days he experienced no ill effects from the bite, and had dismissed the matter from his mind. On Thursday morning of last week Balch was taken suddenly ill, experi. encing great difficulty in. breathing. DrLinder was summoned,, but by the time ' he arrived the young man was unable to swallow anything, and soon went into violent convulsions, exhibiting all the airmntnm<i r>f hvHrnnhnhin <*Y?n\Milair?n followed convulsion, and the physician's skill was powerless to relieve his sufferings. When not in a convulsion he was perfectly rational, and piteously begged his friends and attendants to kill him and put au end to his sufferings. His paroxysms were so violent that he had to be kept tied hand and foot all the time. He lingered in intense agony a week, until Friday evening, when death came to his relief. Mr. Baich was a highly esteemed and an exemplary young man.?[Columbia Register. ^HYMENEAL. Markikd?AtMildeno, Halifax county, Va., June 28, 1888, by Rev. Richard Mcllwaine, Prof. W. S. CURRELL, of Davidson College, N. C., and Miss SARA SCOTT CARRINGTOX, daughter of Chas. S. Carrington, Esq., of Halifax county. X OBITUARY. /\ , Dik\>?At Bowling Green, York county, S. C., July 3, 1888, JOHN CEINTOX PATRICK, infant son of T. J. and F. E. Patrick, aged 9 months and 13 days. Near Blairsville, York county, June 25, 18SS, of inflammatory rheumatism, Miss MITTIE EARLE SADLER, only daughter of O. W. and Mary Ii. Sadler, aged 12 years 2 months and 14 days.