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Straps and <facts. ? Nineteen of the Southern and Southwestern railway companies have effected an organization somewhat similar to that of the trunk lines, through the efforts of representatives in New York. The pur. pose of the projectors is to do business on 'the trunk line basis, which means that the cutting of rates will be abandoned at least for a time. ? A brother of one of the lady teachers who perished during a blizzard in Dakota, recently visited that section for the purpose of removing the remains to the old home in the East. In settling up with the school directors where she had been teaching, they made him discount 22 per cent, the amount due her because she had UUb UU19UCU UI7 IC1 ill. ? Russia imports annually 360,000,000 pounds of cotton, chiefly from America and Egypt, but it is believed that recent acquisitions of the Czar in Central Asia are excellently adapted for cotton raising. Some has already been grown at Khiva and Bokhara, and an extensive system of irrigation is being created to develop other land for this crop. ? In his anxiety to make death doubly 9ure, to use a popular phrase, one Johnson, of Providence, last Friday, swallbwed sufficient strychnine to kill two hundred men, after which he informed his wife of his action. She hurriedly emptied the contents of a kerosene can down his throat and Uieii summoned a physician.' The latte^hijiks Johnson will recover. A ? A mob of fifty armed men visited the v jail at Carthage, Smith county, Tenn., late ia9t Thursday night, and taking W. H. Handley from his cell, hanged him to a tree. The sheriff" refused to surrender Handley, and about thirty shots were exchanged between the officers and the mob. Handly killed deputy sheriff Warman last September while trying to rescue a prisoner from the officers. ? Henry M. Vimont, of Millersburg, Ky., has been sent to the Lexington insane asylum. Those who were acquainted with his habits say that this loss of reason wa9 caused by his inveterate cigarette smoking, he having been known to smoke one hundred a day. At the time that his mind commenced to give way, he was holding a lucrative position in Leadville, SB Colorado, two years ago, and was a model young roan. ? On Thursday, at a voting precinct in Clairborne county, Tenn., Burnside Yoakum shot and killed James Smith, the Independent Republican candidate for county trustee. Smith and Yoakum's brother were engaged in a hot discussion over the election, when Yoakum walked up and shot Smith through the temple, killing him almost instantly. -Yoakum escaped. All parties to the dispute are Republicans. ? John Robinson, the veteran circus man, died at his home in Cincinnati last Saturdav morning. He had been for some , ??. ?! AT- "DoKir, v/CfcKS iu a uriucai uuuuiuuu. mi. ^uu.u son was more than 80 yeqrs of age, yet until within a very short time he maintained a remarkable degree of vigor. He has spent almost his whole life in the management of circuses, being succeeded by his sons within the past few years. He had amassed a large fortune. ? A joint resolution has been introduced in Congress and referred to an appropriate committee, calling upon the representatives of the government abroad to investigate the wholesale emigration to the United States. The resolution provides for the ascertainment of the fact how many good, honest people come, and how many criminal, fugitives, etc. There is good room for investigation, as most of our large cities contain among the lower classes as motley a crew of foreigners as could possibly be obtained. ? The Manufacturers' Record says every factory, foundry or furnace which is established in the South, proves a blessing to the farmers and helps to enhance their prosperity. When manufacturing enterprises dot the South as thickly as they do the Middle and the New England States, then will we see more prosperity among Southern farmers than they have ever before enjoyed, and the South will become rich beyond the wildest dreams of its most enthusiastic friends. ? Recent reports of trouble on the San Carlos Indian reservation show that the Indians have been stealing cattle and preparing a supply of dried meat, preparatory, it is assumed, to an outoreatt 01 nosuinies. When a party went to arrest the hosiiles they opened "fire and killed three Indian scouts. The posse returned the fire, wounding several of the band, who immediately left the reservation, followed afterwards by others, all going to the mountains. ? Japan papers received by steamer at San Francisco last Friday, say that last month the volcano of Mount Iwabassi suddenly burst into activity, and in a short time the houses in Iwasenura weie destroyed. A telegram received on the 16th ; says that the eruption still continues with great destruction and loss of life. About 400 persons and thirty houses in a village called Bira were buried under the saDd and ashes thrown out by the volcano. Among those buried were some fifteen visitors at the Hot Springs in the neighborhood. ? A Boston firm is at present engaged in the construction of a couple of coffins, which, when finished, are to cost $5,000 apiece. They are made of mahogany, seven inches thick, carved in bold relief with the most elaborate designs, all variously emblematic of death. On the top of each coffin is carved a coat of arrps, and every available inch of the interior is beautified by the cutting tools. Inside the caskets are swung two silken hammocks. A $125,000 mausoleum it a local cemetery will serve as a receptacle for the costly boxes. The persons for whom they are intended are not dead. ? It is said that some of the Pacific islanders will never eat hen's eggs, considering them unfit for food; but they sell them to sailors. The Esquimaux will not ! eat vegetables, considering it a perverted taste that will indulge in such stuff. The New Guinea natives refuse to eat bread j and biscuits, and abhor sugar. Ou the i contrary, such tribes enjoy auts, grasshop- i pers, monkeys and snakes. The Malay- j ans collect edible birds' nests, but can not I be induced to eat them. The African ! tribes that keep most cattle never taste milk. Salt is where all the world finds ' kinship, for there is no nation or tribe but : 1 A it. I craves it, turn ijccus it. ? The jute combine has been perfected. | Mills with an output of fifty million yards of bagging, enough to cover seven millions bales of this year's crop, have been penned j up in this mammoth conspiracy, and the price of bagging has been forced from sev-; en to eleven cents a square yard. There is no -scarcity of raw material to justify this increase of pfice; but the farmers of , the South are virtually at the mercy of the manufacturers of Massachusetts, lndi- ' ana, Missouri, Illinois and New York. ! Last year it seems there was an over-production of bagging, and prices were not remunerative to the makers. This year they have combined, and unless the law intervenes to protect the people or the I farmers find something to take the place { of bagging, there will be trouble in the country. ? A gentleman who has just arrived at1 Gainesville, Texas, from an extended tofcr through the Indian Territory, says that on the night the moon was last in eclipse, he was at Anardarko agency, where several thousand Indians had assembled to draw their government supplies. When the ? * ? ? ? ? - ?? ^ ?? r*r?l I MriA T M in Mn moon Degan to gu 1IJIU ciupac mc iiiumus became terribly alarmed at the phenomena and feared that some great evil was going to happen. In great haste all the -warriors were called out and ordered by the chiefs to turn loose their guns on the I dark object obscuring the moon to drive it away. In response to these orders they at oncf began to shoot at the moon, keeping it up till the moon was nearly out of eclipse, firing over f>,000 shots and exhausting all the ammunition. As the moon began to come out of eclipse, they began to shoot vigorously, believing it was due to their efforts, and when the eclipse was over they gave a loud yell of victory and went back in triumph to their wigwams. ? A Charlestown, W. Va., dispatch of last Saturday gives the following as the latest phase of the Hatfield-McCoy vendetta, which has recently disturbed the peace of two States: A gentleman arrived in this city from the scene of the disturbance in Logan and Pike counties, reports that Asa Hatfield, Captain Hatfield, Elias Hatfield and Tom Mitchell, who were quite prominent in the late troubles, and for whose arrest the State of Kentucky has offered increased rewards aggregating $5,000 or over, have left or are leaving the State to escape arrest, believing that it is not safe for them to remain in their present location. About thirty Kentuckians, members of the McCoy party, all of whom are under indictment, are banded together """* nf Potor'a Prpplf. armed I Licai 11IC UlWUbii v/* A v?v? w -W. J with rifles, and openly defy arrest. A number of families living: near the scene of the trouble have been compelled to move away on account of the suspicion that they were friendly to the officers of the State. Everybody in that section of the country is armed in anticipation of trouble from one party or the other. (Thr ilorhi'iUp ^nquitrr. YORKVILLE, 8. C. : WEDNESDAY, AUGUST S, 1888. THE "STATE CANVASS." The most remarkable State canvass ever known in the history of South Caroliua politics, closed at Blackville last Monday. As is known, the State executive committee made seven appointments?one for each Congressional district?hi which mi aspirants for places on the State ticket were expected to address their fellow citizens. Governor Richardson and LieutenantGovernor Mauldin were prompt in meeting the appointments of the committee, both of whom, on all occasions, delivered dignified speeches, the Governor generally confining his remarks to an account of his stewardship, and in defence of the State administration, which was attacked by Capt. Ben. R. Tillman, who attended the meetings for that purpose, avowing himself not a candidate for any office. The most notable meeting of the canyass was at Florence, on Thursday last. The Governor spoke for about an hour. From a report of his speech in the Columbia Register, we take the following extracts: Being the Governor of this State and being ordered here by the Democratic party, that glorious organization that has made us free and made us what we are, I wish to explain the operations of your government, which has been so severely assailed and charged with various faults. From Hampton down our public men have been as pure and tree from reproach as a virtuous woman, except during the Radical administration. Is it within the range of possibility that men who have been so brave and true in the time of war ? J L? LnoAma OAffll nf ^ 8DU ptUl'tj, llttvc uuw ucwiuv w?* * I think not. I think I can prove that it is not so. I think I can prove the government under which you now hive is as much in favor of reform as any you have ever had. The question is, how can the reforms be effected? If God so made the world that even the Church itself, which does His work, cannot be conducted without money, how can man's work and government be expected to be conducted withoutfunds? There is a golden mean, however. You may tax the people too heavily, or you may draw too little te-proteet property Hie and property. ? ? ?: Now about taxes. During Radical rule they took most years $2,000,000 for taxes ; the Democratic government takes notquite $700,000. Where they levied 12 mills we take but 5. I am not talking about county levies. As a State officer I have nothing to do with them. Your State officers have nothing to do with the taxes. > There are three departments?the executive, judicial and legislative. If there is a single solitary tax levied that you complain of, go to your members of the Legislature. It is your legislators who are responsible to you. I am not blaming the legislators. I do not believe these taxes unreasonable. I am a reformer. I am an economist. I believe in reforming and economizing, but not to diminish or impair the efficiency of the government. The Democratic party had taken the State staggerhig under illegitimate indebtedness, its bonds worth but ten cents on the dollar. Now its bonds were worth $1.10 on the dollar, and lately some had been funded at per cent. The former burdensome taxation brought no return. The Democratic party brought all out of chaos, restored credit, and with a State tax of five mills, all the interest is paid on public debt, public instruction conducted, and other things done. And now it is said that this lax is onerous and the exfjenditures have been increased enormousy, some $213,000 from 1878-70 to 1880-87. There were some appropriations in the former fiscal year not in the latter and some in the latter not in the former. As on the farm, some years there is an extraordinary expense for a new mule or a new gin, so the State has to spend more some years than others as a matter of business wisdom. The Governor then run over the items of difference, and said he did not believe there was any appropriation which could "have been dispensed with. The Governor was followed in a short speech by Lieutenant-Governor Mauldin, when Capt. Ben Tillman was introduced, lie said: Why am I here? I am not a candidate for Governor or Lieutenant-Governor, either open or secret. I am here at the behest of the Executive Committee of the Farmers' Association. This canvass is something new. Heretofore we have had little to do with the choice of candidates for Governor. Yet this State canvass is the veriest farce that ever was seen. But a mere modicum of the people of this rftate will be able to hear these addresses. One-third of the counties have already acted before a word had been heard on the question of the canvass. A snap judgment has been taken. It was unjust and unfair to the speakers on both sides to do thus. We should congratulate ourselves that we have been able to wring from our opponents even this little concession. You are the most ignorant people in the world about your government affairs. We have but one party, of white people at least, in this State, and for many years we can have but one. But we can watch our officers and point out their errors, and bring them to a consistent and right way of doing things. I have said before- and I say again, though called Democracy, South Carolina is governed bv aristocracy. There are grandfathers here who have never voted for Governordirectly in their lives. Aristocracy means the government of the best. If it was the best I would favor it, but I deny that it is. I am in favor of an aristocracy of brains, but God forbid 1 should ever bow the knee to the aristocracy of blood, r- the aristocracy of money. They call me a crank. I am proud of the title. If a man wants something better in the world than existing conditions, at first he is always termed a crank. When he succeeds?ah! all bow the knee. I have not succeeded but, I am going to succeed. Then,continuing, he said: "They have such a diversity of figures, all from the same sources, that it is hard to tell what are the true ones. Haskell denied ray statement C'at there was an increase of $240,000 in ISSGover that of 1878 ; Governor Richardson has said it was $334,000 ; Verner said it was $27,000 ; a young man in Camden sends me his figuring, which makes it $220,000, and a writer in the Columbia Register says it is $100,000. Without easting any imputations on the Comptroller-General, I say that if the accounts are in such confusion, isn't there need of a new way of keeping them, so there can be no dispute about tne true figures? I will give figures, and I defy any man to dispute their accuracy. The Captain then read a tabulated statement showing the expenditures of 1878-79 to have been $635,576, and of 1886-81 to have been $969,787. Continuing, he said : This, you see, is just as Governor Richardson said. In 18*79 there , was due but not paid $192,000 in interest. It was funded and the money remained in the treasury. Deduct that interest and it leaves an excess of $142,271. But that is not a fair and square test. There were extraordinary expenditures in 1879, that never can occuragain. Captain Tillman alluded to the good work done in 1876, and said the pendulum nf ovnanrlitiirpq ?U'lin?r hlick from eXtHlV aganee to economy. Now it was swinging back the other way. In reference to reforming this, he said : "Why don't we get this reform? The fault lies with you. We are the most ignorant party in th^ United States. We don't know how to get what we want, but we are learning. You have voted for officers from personal preference. We have got good men, able men, but we have not sought them out and sent them to the Legislature." At this point a slight controversy occurred between the speaker and Mr. N. G. Gonzales, the Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier. After quiet was restored, Mr. Bigham, a local politician, desired to be heard, he having a vast array of facts and figures, showing the corruption and extravagance of the State government, but the meeting had reached such a point of disorder that he was not heard. Of the concluding scenes of the meeting the correspondent of the Register says : The proceedings of this portion of the meeting were simply disgraceful, both on the part of the speaker and a large portion of his hearers. A general free fight between the Bighamites and anti-Bighamites, or more properly between the less and more respectable portion of the body, seemed imminent several times, but though the representative of the News and Courier expressed his readiness for a row with Mr. Bigham, he was not accommodated, and the meeting dragged to an end, the final scene being a few remarks from Mr. Singleterry, to the effect that Captain Tillman was a scoundrel, Bigham a liar, and other words to the same effect. MRRRAIRNTIOX. The business failures throughout the country during the week, ending last Friday, numbered for the United States 191, Canada 25; a total of 216 against 221 the previous week. The long drought in the Danville, Va., portion of the bright tobacco section was broken last Friday by a steady rain. Tobacco has suffered greatly but the rain will revive it, and, with a good season from this time, a large crop of fine bright tobacco may be looked for. The famous horse, "Bell Boy," was sold at Lexington, Ivy., the other day for $50,000, the highest price ever paid for a horse. The Egyptian cotton crop is represented to be growing vigorously. The heat has offset the injury done by worms. The cultured area has increased eighteen per cent, since 1887. There were 90,G21 paupers, besides lunatics and vagrants, in the 3,815,000 inhabitants of London in the first week of July. Dispatches from many points in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, report the heat of last Friday as having been intense. There were many prostrations and several deaths. Miles Borders, a colored man of Gaston county, N. C., committed suicide by cutting his throat. Gen. Phil Sheridan died at Nonquitt, Mass., last Sunday night, after a lingering illness of several weeks. Bread to Follow Bagging.?A St. Douis dispatch.of JastSaturday says: Cir^-etthtrs have been issued by Alexander H. Smith, secretary of the St. Louis millers' association, calling a meeting of the mi llers of Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Indiana, Tennessee and of all the winter wheat States, for the purpose of forming a flour trust. The meeting is to be held in St. Louis August 31st. An agreement has already been signed by all the prominent millers of St. Louis. The St. Louis association has a capacity of 17,000 barrels per day. The agreement is very rigid in its stipulations. It is proposed to call the trust the "Central Millers' Association," the object being to secure to the members a legitimate profit in products. In italics will be found the following stipulation in the agreement: "Absolute submission to the authority, of which the individual member is only an integral part. The power of the directors is made absolute. They are to lix the prices; may order a reduction in the output or the closing down of a mill; contract with brokers to act for the members of the association; credits are not to exceed thirty days; mills at points tributary to St. Louis. Detroit or Toledo shall not pay over current prices for same grades of wheat or flour in those markets, less two-thirds of the freight rate thereto. All sales less than car lots must be 10 cents higher than current minimum prices." The trust proposes to control absolutely, the output, price and sale of flour in the territory, it will govern. The circular has been kept a profound secret and the promoters of the project are very angry over its gaining publicity. Haskell and Tillman.?In an article in the Abbeville Medium about the increase of taxation charged by Capt. B. It. Tillman in the last State Convention, Col. John Haskell says: "I am not one of those who have attacked Mr. Tillman. I sincerely sympathize with the movement of the farmers to elevate and improve the farming interests of the country. I have been astonished at the ignorance which Mr. Tillman has displayed whenever he has been brought down to facts and figures, and when 1 see that 'instead of trying to come to the Legislature and going to work to mend matters,' ho carefully stands on the outside and abuses those who are working, I am forced to the conclusion that he is a humbug. I take it for granted that he can come to the Legislature. There is where everything is decided. Certainly, if he is fit to lead the farmers of the State, he is competent to be a leader in the Legislature, in which the farmers are in a large majority. I have urged Mr. Tillman, and I urge it now through your paper, that the agricultural college and other proposed enterprises be discussed before the people and let them say what they want. Year after year I have said that if the farmers in the Legislature will agree on any measure, of college or anything else, I will give it my hearty support; but year after year a large majority of the farmers sent to the Legislature by the farmers, have voted against the separate agricultural college. If they want it, let them say so, and they will ; certainly have it." About the Cotton" Chop.?From the I Financial Chronicle of the 4th, we learn that the total receipts of cotton for the week ending the 3rd instant, reached 0,383 bales against 8,033 hales the week before. The total receipts since September 1st, 18S7, have been 5,597,0% bales, against 5,206,178 bales for the same period of 18S0-7, showing an increase since September, 1887, of 201,418 bales. The latest news by telegraph goes to show that in general cotton is making rapid progress toward maturity. The outlook continues good, but in Texas rain would be beneficial, although, as yet, there has been nosulfering. Picking is becoming active in some portions of the southwest. ? Hon. Kvan Jones, nominee for Governor on the non-partisan independent ticket, which ticket was endorsed by the Union Labor party of Texas, declines to allow the use of his name as the candidate of the party for Governor of that State. Mr. Jones is president of the Farmers' Alliance in Texas, and refuses the nomination for Governor for fear he would drag the Alliance into politics. [ I*OCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ! Jos. F. Wallace, C. C.-Pls.?Clerk's Sale. 1 Prof. H. T. Cook, Urfeenville, S. C.?Furraan University. j Edward Croft, Deputy Collector?United States Internal Revenue. | J. S. Verner, Comptroller-General?Insurance License issued to Walter B. Moore, of Yorkville, S. C. James B. Allison, Clerk?Bridge Contract to Let at Armstrong's Ford, on Allison Creek. ' May it May, Wholesale A-gents for Botanic Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga.?Honest Opinions. See fourth page. C. A. Youngblood?Administratrix's Notice. James S. Lewis?Candidate for Coroner of York county. M. A If. C. Strauss?Facts Speak Louder than Words. Jno. C. Ivuykendal-House Painting. Geo. T. Schorb?SugarCane Boilers. 4/iuuaq a u/vuot *h*th inatunt.. YT 11UCI 3 i\UlUl\U3 n.ll^UOU Mii/u, * .. Lowry & Starr?Colgate's Toilet Soap. Walter B. Mooro & Co.?You Want to Save Money. A. Y. Cartwright it Co.?Stuff these Thoughts in your Corn Cob pipe and smoke 'ein. UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1889. The Enquirer will-be furnished from this date until January 1st, 18S9, for $1.00. V CONTRACTS TAKEN. Mr. C. G. Parish, of this place, has taken the contract for grading five miles of the Roanoke and Southern Railroad, in North Carolina, and will have his headquarters near Walnut Cove. He left here last week with an equipment of stock, tools, Ac. Messrs. Goforth & Ormand, of this place, have taken a contract on (he Carolina, Knoxvilloand Western Railroad, and are working seventeen miles above Greenville. CHuEfiFStolQES. Episcopal?Rev. Theo. D. Bratton, Rector. Sunday-school at 5.30 P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Sunday-school at5 P. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. Sunday-school at 5 P. M. Prayer-ineetiug this evening at 8.30 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 4.30 P. M. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 8.30 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. A'. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at Tirzah at 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 5.30 P. M. ILLICIT RETAILING. On Friday last, Elijah Sutton and Sarah Witherspoon, both colored, were tried before the Intendant on the charge of retailingintoxicating liquors without a license. They were both convicted and Sutton was lined 820 ot thirty days' imprisonment, and Sarah Witherspoon was fined 85 or fifteen day's imprisonment. They both appealed to the full council, and the board, after hearing the case, affirmed the sentence as to Sutton, who failing to pay the fine was committed to jail, but will be required to work on the streets each secular day of the term of his sentence. The Council increased the fine of Sarah Witherspoon to ?1( or twenty days in jail, and gave her until noon to-day in which to pay the fine. INTERESTING SERVICES. Rev. Dr. Grier, of Due West, preached a number of able and instructive sermons, in th( A. R. P. Church at this place, beginning lasl Friday evening, the occasion of his visit beinf in ncai?t the nastnr with sneramental services which were held on Sunduy. On Sunday af ternoon the children of the Sunday-school helc a missions meeting, to which the teachers ant children of the other Sunday-schools in towr were invited. The services were appropriat< to the occasion, and a short address was delivered by Dr. Grier, who founded his remarks or the first clause of the 9th verse of the 2Stl chapter of First Chronicles: "And thou Solo mon, my son, know thou the God of thy father.' Services were held at 11 A. M., Monday, anc on Monday evening thepulpit was occupied b} Rey. Mr. Matthews, ofthePresbyterinn church which service closed the series. SALES-DAY. On Monday last, siiles-day for August, th< clerk of court sold the following property At the suit of Emma J. White vs. J. Haryej White and other^, a tract of land situated on the west bank of Catawba river, and oil both sides of the Charlotte, Columbia kand Augusta Railroad, adjoining the lands of A. E Hutchison and others, containing 434 acres, Bought by L. 1). Childs, of Columbia, at $9 pei acre. By virtue of writs of fieri facias, the sherifl sold three tracts of land levied on as the property of C. M. Green at the suits of D. C. McKinney and others. Tract No. 1, containing f)G7 acres, on King's creek, was bought by N. W. Hardin at $25. Tract No. 2, containing 50 acres, on Jumping Branch, was bought by Col. W. H. McCorkle for one dollar; and tract No. 3, containing 51 acres, neai Black's, was bought by Col. McCorkle for one dollar. RAILROAD NOTES. The tracklayers will reach Rock Hill to-morrow, and after a detention there probably foi the remainder of this week, on account of laying side tracks, Ac., they will proceed in the direction of Yorkville. With no obstructions between Rock Hill and Yorkville, the rails will be placed at the speed of a mile and a half pej day. So about the 1st of September we ma? expect to hear the whistles of the Three C's locomotives. | For the depot lot at Lancaster, says the Ledger, the company has purchased five acrfes adjacent to the Burns lot, being all the lots between Market and Main streets and extending to the lot of Mr. W. B. Dunlap on tho soutli, Maj. Adams has the contract for grading the I trrounds and has becun work. As soon as the grading is finished, work on the depot^will be begun. Private firms will erect large warehouses and cotton platforms on the grounds, and the narrow gauge track will be extended across the street to the new depot and warehouses. Of the present prospects west of Kuthcrfordton, N. C., the Bakersville, (X. C.) Democrat says: "Gen. Wilder and party have returned from London, bringing three million dollars of railroad money. John S. Wilson, one of our merchants, interviewed the General the other day and General Wilder assured him that the road would be speedily built, and built within one mile of Bakersville, as per agreement." DEATH OF A RAILROAD CONTRACTOR. Mr. James X. Smith, the senior member of tho railroad contracting firm of Smith it ltipley, of Xew York, died at his country residence in Litchfield, Conn., on Tuesday of last week. Our people ajy faniiliar with some of the labors of this linn, they being tho principal contractors for tho construction of tho Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad from Camden to Black's. Mr. Smith made a trip over tho lino of the survey a few weeks before the work of grading was commenced, which was his only visit to the work, his son, Mr. J. X. Smith, Jr., a member also of the firm of Smith it Ripley, having made such visits as were necessary in tho prosecution of their contract, which, as tho public generally knows, was sub-let to various contractors. Of Mr. Smith, as a citizen, the Brooklyn Eagle says: "In the death of Col. James X. Smith, Brooklyn loses an upright, progressive and useful citizen. For many years Col. Smith was an honored resident of this community. He was essentially a man of action. His participating in large constructive enterprises gave him widspread celebrity not only at home, but throughout the country. Few men were more conspicuous or instrumental than he in developing the railway systems of tho I'nited States. Xone was more conscientious or efficient in the execution of tho extensive mechanical or financial undertakings committed to his hand. To his memory no more impressive monument could be erected than thegrrtit public and corporate works, in tho creation of which he expended his prodigious energy, his wonderful smu una his uncompromising"fidelity to his professionul obligations. In his personal relations ho will be remembered by thousands as a genial companion, a generous" friend and a manly adherent of the principles in which ho believed. Intelligence of his decease, in the prime of life, will be recceived with profound sorrow by the wide circle of those who loved and admired his many sterling qualities." JUDICIAL CONVENTION'. The Judicial Convention of the counties composing the Sixth Circuit, met in Chester last Monday afternoon, there being present a full delegation from each county. At 4.U0, tho Convention was called to order by G. VV. Gage, Esq., Chairman of the Judicial Committee. It. H. Glenn, of York, was nominated for temporary chairman, and James B. Bell, Esq., of York, for temporary secretary. Tho tempora J ry officers were afterwards elected permanent j ' officers of the Convention. | After the permanent organization, G. W. i Gage, Jisq., olfered a resolution that for mak ! ing nomination of Solicitor for the Sixth CirI cuit, the primary plan bo adopted. The resolution was unanimously adopted, and on motion, a committee consisting of two from each county, was appointed to draft rules for conducting tho primary election. The Couven! tionthen adjourned until half past 8 o'clock in f I order to give tho committee time to prepare they | rules and report. j] I At the hour to which it adjourned, the ConL vention promptly met. The committee af pointed to prepare rules for conducting tli a primary election reported. There was only on e point of difference in committee it* regard ta the rules, and that was on the majority or pit rality plan. Tho question was submitted tl> the convention, which adopted the pluralitt plan, and tho report in other respects was adopted. * The 21st of August, instant, was selected as the day for tho election, which shall be held in each county of the circuit on that day. The York delegation endeavored to [have the election appointed on the same clay as our county primary, but the other counties voted for the 21st. x personal mention. Mr. Ernest Beard is visiting friends in Charlotte. , JrMr. and M rs. IT. F. Adickes are visiting at Spartanburg. ^ Mrs. F. E. Smith returned homo yesterday from Lincolnton. ^Mrs. J. A. Devlin and daughter, of Duo West, are visiting Rev. J. C. Galloway. Mrs. Josephine Dennis, of Holly Hill, is in Yorkvillo, visiting relatives. * ^Mr. J. B. l'egram and family are visiting relatives and friends in the Steel Creek neighborhood, Mecklenburg, N. C. k^Mrs. R. G.Patrick left Yorkvillo last week or a three weeks' visit to relatives and friends in Greenville and Anderson. ^-"Mr. Robert Witherspoon and family, of Sumter, are in Yorkville, the guests of Mr. J. JBrnest Lowry. (Y Miss Annie Ferguson, Miss Baity Ferguson and Miss Kate Russell, are visiting friends in Spartanburg. ir Miss Jennie White, of Chester, is visiting ^Vlrs. J. A. Ratchford. Mr. John M. Garrison, for more than a year past book-keeper in the store of Hunter A Gates, has accepted a position in the house of S. M. Jones A Co., of Chester, and leaves Yorkville for his new location to-morrow. Mr. Garrison has been connected with business , houses here for the past tive years, first with II. F. Adickes and more recently with Hunter & Oates, proving himself an efficient and wor! thy young man, upon securing whose services ' Messrs. Jones A Co. may be congratulated. .^Correspondence of the Yorkville Enqnirer. /\LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, August 0.?Yesterday af ternoon a fearful wreck occurred on the nAl?**v?Vvi? rtnrl A nrvnofn v_,llituuLic, i^uiuuiuin. uuu nugujm . road, at a point four miles north of this > place. The train was running on time at i a speed of 35 miles an hour and was due here at 2 P. M. The accident was caused by some malicious person placing an obstruction, consisting of a piece of railroad iron, across the track. News of the acci3 dent was brought to this place by special t messenger, and immediately a relief train ; was sent to the scene of the wreck. On $ this train were Drs. T. L. Cornwell, J. W. . Fewell and W. J. White, and a number of I citizens, your correspondent among the l number. On reaching the scene, we found t the tender of the engine some ten or ? fifteen feet in front of the locomotive; the [ engine lying on its side; the cab com" pletely demolished ; the front end of the mail and express car shattered ; the second 1 class coach directly across the track, while | the other coaches were derailed. Conductor Sprinkle was in charge of the train and 1 he remarked, "I have been a conductor r for thirty years, but have never before ? seen such a complete wreck at this." The accident occurred at a curve approaching a cut about five feet deep. It is wonderful that no one was killed outright. The ; engineer, Mr. James Alexander, of Colum'' bia, was seriously injured. The fireman, i John Park, of Columbia, had both legs, 1 broaen, one of which will have to be am1 putated. John Ross, colored trainman, 1 was badly scalded. The mail agent re ceived some bruises and had his face bad. ly cut. Mr. Thomas Cobb, the baggage master, received painful wounds. The chair that Mr. Sligh, the express messenf ger, was sitting on a few moments before . the wreck, was broken to pieces. Had he . remained on it he would certainly have . been killed. He was thrown from one - end of the car to the other, receiving . bruises. None of the passengers received injuries of any consequence. The desks and benches for the graded ! school have been received and placed in , the building. Mr. John H. Overcarsh, who has been a citizen of our town ten years, and has been a salesman in the store of A. Friedheim & . Bro., has accepted a similar position with . H. Baruch, of Charlotte, to which place he . and his family will soon remove. We all , wish "uasn" raucn success. ( / About a month ago a man claiming to i / be a horse drover, and who gave his name I as Iiy. It. Adams, visited this place with some horses. He sold one to Mr. E. E. Poag, book-keeper for W. L. Iloddey & ' Co., and another to Itev. W. M. Anderson, pastor of the Presbyterian church\ for 1 which they paid good prices. On Thurs1 day last Sheriff Glenn seized the horses, they having been mortgaged to H. J. ; Gregory & Co., of Sumter. I learn that the members of Mr. Anderson's church i have raised sufficient funds to' purchase \ him another horse. t i A wind storm visited this section on Thursday evening, accompanied by slight rain. On Friday afternoon, Jas. Hall, acolored farmer living two miles west of this place, had the misfortune to lose his barn by fire, with all of his provender and harness. Fortunately, he saved his mules and vehicles. The fire was caused by lightning. A large number of Cleveland and Thurman badges are worn by the colored men of this place. A large crowd is expected to be present at the opening of the primary campaign at this place on Thursday. The Gold Hill brass band has been engaged. The ladies of the Episcopal church will furnish refreshments. All should come and see the ball opened. A colored man was assaulted and killed at the house of his brother-in-law, Sam Agurs, on the plantation of W.P. Draltin, on Saturday afternoon, by some young white men. Yesterday a jury of inquest, consisting of Jno. L>. Cornwell, foreman, Jas. McC'authran, C. L. Williams, W. P. Draffin, It. A. Workman, T. J. Williford, J. J. Williams, J. M. Ferguson, J. J. Ferguson, J. A. Williford, Jesse Boyd, Joe Iloddey and Lee Iloddey, the three last named colored, was impaneled by Trial Justice Whyte, acting Coroner. After hearing the evidence, the jury returned a yerdict that "The deceased came to his death by the hands of Ed. Glasscock, Ellis Glasscock, Will Smith and Joe Smith, the two last named being accessories." It is a most deplorable affair, as the young I men are of good families. A telegram was received at this place on Thursday last announcing the sudden death of Dr. Win. M. ltawlinson, the second son of the late Col. Joel W. llawlinson, which occurred at his home in Homer, 111. Dr. ltawlinson was well known in this county. He removed from this county to Homer, 111., in 1874, to practice his profession, dentistry. He was in his 38th year, and graduated from the Haitimore Dental College in 1871. He leaves a wife and two children. The news of his death was a great shock to his relatives at this place, especially to his good mother, who has so recently been bereft of her be- : loved husband. Our section is needing rain badly. I The children of Mt. Holly M. E. Sunday-school, gave a picnic at the church on i Thursday last. Invitations were extended to all the Sunday-schools in the liock Plill circuit. Addresses weie made by < Itev. 11. H. Jones, pastor of the circuit, i and llev. L. A. Johnson. The Sunday- ' school of St. John's church, at this place, i was represented by 05 sweet little Sunday- < school children, which was not half of the ] Sunday-school. All had a pleasant day. Mr. J. J. Hull, editor of the Herald, is ] confined to his house on account of sick- i ness. IIal. Correspondence of the Yorkviile Enqnirer. MATTERS JN BULLOCK'S CREEK. Bullock's Creek, August 6.?Since my last, this section has been blessed with fine rains, though rather plentiful for crops on the low lands. Com on flat bottoms is beginning to scald considerably. We are glad to see rain when we are need- ; ing it; so if more comes than we think is ifeedful, we should not murmur. ' On Tuesday night of last week, a party, i mounted on horseback, visited the house , of Butler Sanders, colored, who is employ- 1 ed by Dr. W. II. Smith, and administered , to him a whip pi Dg. The reason assigned for the act is that Butler has been very abusive to the Doctor and his family, ; and the Doctor, having but one leg, is j unable to protect himself in case of a 1 uuuiuul wiiii u luuuoi muu. rgya were entertained that trouble woulugrow out of the affair, as threats have been made by , some negroes, but present indications are .that the excitement has quieted down. ltev. J. L. Harley has begun his week's meeting at Shady Grove (Methodist) church, above here. He preached a very earnest sermon to a large congregation on yesterday, and also held an interesting service last night. He will continue services throughout the week, and will be assisted by Revs. Elkine and Tray wick. Several of our citizens attended the picnic at McConnellsville on Saturday last. They report a large attendance and a pleasant time. Ward. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. BLAIRSVILLE NOTES. Blairsville, August 6.?The second session of the Blairsville school opened on the 30th ultimo. # The picnic at W. Y. White's, on the 31st ultimo, was a success. All was harmony. There was a large assemblage of both setfes present. The social intercourse was very pleasant. Every one seemed to be in pleasant humor with himself and the surroundings generally. There were many candidates present, each appearing to be busy in impressing all that he was the one they were looking for to fill the offices. Several of them made stirring speeches, which had the true ring and greatly edified the attentive crowd. The occasion was enlivened with sweet strains of music by the Blairsville cornet band. All seemed to vie with each other in making every body feel at home and render this meeting memorable as the best of all for Bullock's Creek township. Such days and occasions leave green spots in human life and cause deeper wellings of the human heart to rise to the surface. We have had several fine rains recently in this section, which have revived the crops very much and render the probabilities for future supplies more satisfactory to the farmers. The people of Blairsville have met and organized a Farmers' Alliance. This Kmh rt/iU rv r f U a am Uaai! An iff? f U uiaui'ii ui tiic J Usui LU tiuLi ucgma wnu twenty members and promises a large increase of membership. Rev. R. P. Smith will begin a protracted meeting at Bullock's Creek church on the 11th instant. He will be assisted by Rev. Palmer Reid, of Bethesda. Croaker. Correspondence of the Yorkville Euquirer. NOTES FROM UNION COUNTY. Etta Jane, August G.?Last Friday evening, quite a storm of wind and rain passed over this neighborhood, and did considerable damage by b'owingdown and entangling the large jorn. In many places it will be impossible to give it the work it should have vet. We acknowledge -he receipt of- "A' Friend's" invitation to be present at the picnic at Hickory Grove, m the 21st inst. When the people of that section (and especially the ladies) conclude to give a public entertainment, there is nt such thing as fail. I would suggest, howe yer, that the committee of arrangements invite Hon. John J. Hemphill, one of the State's brightest luminaries, to be present and address the people of Western York on that occasion. Mr. Henry E. Wilkinson, whose affliction has been repeatedly noticed in this correspondence, died yesterday- morning, and will be buried at Salem to-day. Rev. Mr. Harley preached the funeral sermon. His text was "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." Phillipians 1 : 21. The communion meeting will begin at Salem next Friday, 10th instant. Revs. A. A. James, of the Presbyterian, and A. A. Gilbert, of the M. E. Church, will be there on Friday and Saturday, and perhaps Rev. B. G. Clifford will be there during the meeting. The meeting of Abington Creek Baptist Church still continues, and a number have joined the church. Though this is usually the season for revivals and religious excitement, yet it does appear that the churches are doing more genuine work now than formerly. The better element of society seems to be aroused. Recent rains have caused vegetation to put on a better hue. Hot days and warm nights are doing good work for the growing crops. We regret to state that Mr. William Strain, who is in his 82d year, is suffering with a carbuncle on his back. The malady, coupled with his age, will in all probability end his days. Sigma. ('orresnondenee of the Yorkville Enauirer. NOTES FROM LANCASTER COUNTY. Craigsville, August 0.?Our people have about quit work. I asked an old darkey the other day if he was through laying by. He answered that lie had about quit. This demonstrates the situation with a good many of them; but most of the farmers have laid by their crops in tolerably good condition, under all the circumstances. It has been usual for our people to go fishing at Landsford as soon as they finish work, but this year not many have done so. Indeed, it is said that there are not so many fishes as usual in the river. Some attribute this to the continuous work on the two railroad bridges, while others (old seiners) say that the boys do not understand the art of catching the wild cattish. However this may be, we know that the soup, etc., are woefully lacking. Crops need rain. Cotton is doing its level best to make up for lost time; but, unless rain comes very soon, serious dam- : age will be sustained. We can not make , a full crop, though a few persons will perhaps make more than they did last year. Corn is doing moderately well. A smaller ( area than intended was planted on account , of wet weather, and it has not been as well worked as it should have been, for the same reason. Our county has fallen into line and gets up her quota of summer diversions. Every two or three days the pistol bullet or knife-blade gets in its deadly work. Per- J haps cool weather will put an end to this. ' It is very warm now, and has been fof ' some days. Politics are waxing warm. Candidates ( areridingalongthe highways and byways, j Conventions have been held; and old J Lancaster is about ready to enter upon a series ol primary acrobatics unsurpassed by her previous record. All the big and little offices have to be filled, and each J has its seekers after honors as primary acrobats. But we are not the only people ' so ambitious. Ben Tillman is even wil- 1 ling to enter the ring as an acrobat of the ( first water. Waxhaw. J - : ^ rn ,ir? - ? ? ? ' r*nrvtJJ TBQ 1 "1'IlJfi >V t,li A Si V XUTi \I1W* n,~ - M nv South Carolina weather service furnishes t the following concerning the effect of the ( weather on the various crops in the State during the week ending lasfcSaturday : c The rainfall for the past week has been ? about the average. The temperature for c the same period was about the average, i Sunshine an average amount. The rain- i fall for the week ha3 been more evenly distributed than for previous weeks. In 8 the northern counties crops are showing a 8 more decide improvement. In the mid- f die counties the crop conditions show an * improvement. In the southern counties, t with the rainfall during the week, early :rops are below the average ; later crops i developing finely, with favorable pros- c pects. t The weather and crop bulletin, issued > last Sunday by the signal office at Wash- c ington, says: r "The weather during the past week was c generally favorable for growing crops in the Middle and South Atlantic States, Central Tennessee and Eastern Kansas. Reports from Minnesota, Western Kansas, the grain region of the central valleys and New England, indicate that the weather has been unfavorable for most crops, more rain being needed. While occasional showers occurred in some of these sections, they were well distributed. In the tobacco region of Kentucky and Eastern Tennessee, drought is threatened. Favorable weather for harvesting prevailed in the Middle Atlantic States, Ohio Valley and Michigan." Farmers' Eecampment.?The second RDnual encampment of the farmers of the State opened in Spartanburg last Monday. The day was devoted to moving in, arranging exhibits, placing machinery, etc. On Tuesday the meeting was formally AMMM A/1 A/1/^nnnnnn /-? C .< a! rt/v rv\ /\ K?* ufcTOUCu YYicii nuuiuaaea ui WCICUIIJO uy President McCravy and Alderman Burnett, and responses by the Master of the State Grange, Hon. W. K. Thompson, the President of the Farmers' Institute, Governor Hagood, and the President of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society, Col. J. B. Humbert. Addresses were delivered by other distinguished speakers. The programme for every day of the week promises an occasion of unusual interest. GENERAL P0UT1CAL NOTES. ? Mr. Blaine is on the return voyage home, and expects to make a political speech in Portland on the loth instant. ? The West Virginia Prohibitionists met in convention last week and nominated a State and electoral ticket. ? The National Democratic Committee has adopted as the campaign banner the "Hag bandana," with a large star in the center and one smaller on each corner. The design is by Capt. Joseph M. Jones, of Paris, Kentucky. ? It is stated that Mr. Brice, of the National Democratic Committee, had a long and interesting interview with President Norvin Green, of the Western Union Company, on Monday, and as a result, Mr. Green, it is said, will support the Democratic nominees. This, if true, means that Jay Gould wants to be on the winning side, and those in a position to know say he will present his check for a handsome sum to be used in the present political contest. ? The Democracy of Terre Haute, Ind., and vicinity, held a mass meeting last Saturday night, sod Senator Voorhees made the opening speech of the Democratic campaign in Indiana, this being the Senator's home. The street procession was a large and creditable display, and the wigwam, where the meeting was held, was crowded. Senator Voorhees was tendered an ovation on his appearance, the audience rising and cheering several minutes. On the platform were many Democrats of State and local prominence. Senator Voorhees's address was listened to with marked attention, and he was frequently interrupted by rounds of applause. The most noticeable feature of the Senator's speech was his revival of the Greenback issue. He spoke in advocacy of the greenback as a circulating medium. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? By request of the Sheriff of Union county, the Governor has ordered Captain Culp, of the Johnston Rifles, to protect a negro prisoner in Union jail. ? In a difficulty, last week, in the southwestern section of Lancaster county, between Butler Jones and Andy Johnson, both colored, the former was killed. Johnson fled and has not been arrested. ? Last Friday afternoon, in Anderson county, Mr. Fred. Sadler was shot and killed by his cousin, Mr. Will Hodges. I The young men were engaged in a friend- " ly scuffle, when a pistol in the hands of Mr. Hodges was accidentally discharged. ? Robert Linder and his wife were killed near Clifton, Spartanburg county, on Friday afternoon, by lightning. The house burned down during a heavy rain and wind. Mr. Linder was an estimable citizen, and Mrs. Linder was a daughter of James Holt. Judge" strinmtxm ivouTa not convene the U. S. District Court at Greenville last Monday because there is no money with which to pay witnesses and jurors. The court will convene next Monday, by which time it is thought Congress will have passed an appropriation bill providing for the expenses of Federal Courts. ?Dr. Frank A. Tompkins, formerly of Edgefield, was shot and killed near Houston, Texas, July 22nd, by a man of disreputable character whose settlement in the neighborhood he had opposed. Major S. S. Tompkins, of Edgefield, is now the only survivor of eight brothers. ? At the annual reunion of the Sixth Regiment Association in Chester, last Thursday, the meeting was called to order by Gen. John Bratton, the president. The annual address was delivered by H. A. Gaillard, his subject being, "The Sixth Regiment in the seven days' battle around Richmond." By resolution, a committee was appointed to solicit funds to assist in the erection of a monument to the memory of Gen. R. H. Anderson. The next annual reunion will be held at Winnsboro. ? An Orangeburg dispatch of last Saturday to the Charleston World says: It was quite a matter of surprise when it was known that Addison Jeffcoat was lodged in jail last night, to await a preliminary examination before Justice DeTreville, on the charge of shooting into a party of sev??.11 n aaI mon urn u til <11 (It >v null c\ luiuicu uiau ? u,o killed and Lee Jeffcoatand others wounded. The ambush occurred last April. There had been bad blood among the parties for some time, and various hard suspicions indulged in, but no positive proofs were brought out to convict. Lee Jeffcoat met several negroes, with whom he had some business, at a night hour. Drinking was going on, when a volley fell among them with fatal effect, killing Wyatt Parker. This occurred in the woods, near the Sistrunk place. F.ecently it was rumored that detectives were working up the case. The result is the arrest of Addison Jeffcoat. He is a very thrifty and well-to-do farmer, has just finished a neat dwelling, and is getting along well in the world. The matter will be thoroughly sifted. STATE POLITICAL ITEMS. ? Ex-Governor Sheppard authorizes the statement that it is not his intention to be a candidate for the Governorship this year. ? The Congressional convention of the Fourth district decided to nominate a candidate for Congress by the primary plan, and appointed September 11 as the day for holding the election. Gen. Bratton, of Fairfield, Mr. Duncan, of Spartanburg, and Congressman Perry, of Greenville, are the candidates. ? The campaign for solicitor of the 7th circuit is now fairly open and before the people, with five candidates from the four counties. II. L. Farley and Stanyarne Wilson. Spartanburg; David Johnson, Union; 11. C. Watts, Laurens, and 0. L. Schumpert, Newberry. The primary malority plan has been adopted, and September 11 fixed as the time for the first jlection. ? The Kershaw Democratic convention, ' leld at Camden last Friday, resolved that 'the delegates to the Congressional contention be instructed to vote for making he nomination by convention if there be >nly one candidate; but if there be more I.111V Ann nnnrlirlnfa tKnf thn.r lfrtfrt iirtu cauuivituc, uiai tucj vuiC iu UJa&C he nomination by primary election." \nd2nd: "That this convention endorse he Hon. J. J. Hemphill for re-election to Jongress from the Fifth district." ? The Lancaster county convention met in the :30th ultimo. The delegates to the Jtate convention go uninstructed. The lelegates to the judicial convention are it. E. Allison, E. J. Denton, C. F. Connors, v. F. McDow, W. D. Caskey and E. D. fillman. They are for Ira 13. Jones for olicitor. The delegates to the Congresional convention were instructed to vote or Hon. J.' J. Hemphill. A resolution vas also unanimously adopted endorsing < he course of Congressman Hemphill. ? Says the Winnsboro News: It is amusng to see how some papers blow hot and old as it may suit them. In one breath hey justify the Legislature in giving the Vinthrop Training School five' thousand lollars of the people's money, but in the lext they shriek out against the State acepting the Clemson bequest, because, for