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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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. 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
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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
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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
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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