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Scraps and Jfacts. ? Within the past month nearly 4,000 persons of foreign birth have been naturalized at St. Louis, and the showing exceeds anything on record. It is believed that gigantic election frauds are contemplated, and some startling developments are anticipated. ? The longest through car service on any railroad line in the world is said to be oil the Southern Pacific road between New Orleans and San Francisco, 2,495 miles. The fastest through train on this road is timed at 113 hours and twenty-five minutes, or at the rate of twenty-two miles per hour. ? The Connecticut State prison at Weathersfield contains two wife murderers. One of them, Jake Brown, who has been in the prison only a year, has gone crazy brooding over the crime. The other, thirty-two years ago held his wife under water until she died. He seems to enjoy the life that he has been leading for over thirty years, " ' " ie o t'iirnrniia grows iai on prison ?uc, auv* ? ? . man of 60 years. ? Three months ago M. H. Wilson, of Marquette, Mich., was shot, the ball passing clear through his neck, tearing out a portion of the vertebra and causing complete paralysis of the body below the neck. The doctors don't know what to make of it. He can't feel pins stuck anywhere in his body, but retains his flesh and his appetite, and can talk and read. His flesh oelow the neck is described as "white as alabaster and nerveless as a sponge.'' ? The coldest day will fall between January 20 and 30, according to Gen. Greely's Sediction. Aocording to his explanation e coldest day does not occur at the winter solstice, but somewhat later, since the greatest cold must be experienced at that time of the year when the amount of heat received from the sun becomes equal to that lost by nocturnal radiation. As might be expected the coldest day falls earlier in the southern part of the country than in the northern. ? A citizen of Eaton ton, Ga., smokes about twelve pounds of tobacco yearly in a pipe that he declares is over two hundred years old. This leads a mathematical person to calculate that if that were the average amount used in the pipe since its first day, 2,400 pounds of the weed have been burned in its bowl; and if the first $12 had been put out at compound interest at the rate of 10 per cent, it would now have grown to the sum of $1,755,443,200. Just how this would have benefitted the first owner of the pipe does not appear. ? In the two hospitals at Duluth, Minn., there are now over eighty cases of typhoid fever, and in all it is estimated that there are about 300 cases in the city.. Two prominent physicians, the health officer, and many prominent merchants are ill, and some of the best known men in the town have died of the fever. There is apparently no way to cheek the ravages of the disease, and new cases develop every day. The cause is thought to be the tearing up of the street paving and the existence of numerous swampy spots along the railroad UWKB. ? Settled after litigation of two centuries and a half! The case of the town of Middleburg (R. I.) vs. the Newport Hospital, involving the right to take sand and gravel from Sacnusett Beach, and which has been Smding 250 years, has been decided in the hode Island Supreme Court, where Chief Justice Durfee read an opinion sustaining the rights of the inhabitants of Newport in the valuable product of the beach. The beach is in Newport, but its owner disposed of its product in such a way that the Newport Hospital and Newport inhabitants were debarred from using it. ? Francis W. Williams, senior member of the well-known banking house of Williams, Black & Co., of New York, committed suicide at the Grand Union Hotel on the 8th instant. The firm was squeezed in the recent wheat corner and suspended on the 29th of September, but rallied and opened for business on the 1st. The firm is said to have lost heavily, although still solvent. Williams has been acting styangely since that crisis. He was 61 y^ars old and leaves two sons and a wife. He shot himself with a pistol and left a note addressed to his wife in which he said that business troubles had rendered life a burden to him. ? More than half of the liquor saloons in New York city are not paying expenses, and many of their keepers are constantly going out of the business. These facts were vouched for by Commissioner Stern at a recent meeting of the commission for the revision of the excise law. The records of bankruptcy, the records of the board of excise, and the reports of the police confirm their truth. The losses of the saloon keepers from poor pay and otherwise are heavier than those in' any other line of business. Almost any one of them stands ready to tell how many customers seek to postpone payment, and how many friends try to get a friendly drink, and how many beats turn up at the bar, and how much blackmail is levied under various pretexts, and how often it is necessary to take means of avoiding arrests and raids. ? During the eight months ending with August there came to the United States nearly 400,000 immigrants, (392,937,) or about 30,000 more than in the first eight months of last year. It is worth noting that while England and Wales sent us 2,000 less than last year and Ireland only 700 more, Scotland sent 2,100 more. The Germans were slightly less, but in all other nationalties there was an increase. Of the total immigration for the eight months every 100 was made up suDstanuany as follows: British, 31; German, 19; Bohemian, Austrian, Hungarian, Polish and Russian, 18; Scandinavian, 15; Italian, 10, and other countries, 7. Of the British immigrants 43 per cent, were Irish, 42 per cent English and Welsh, and 15 per cent Scotch. During the eight months the most remarkable increase was in the Russian, Hungarian and Polish, which reached 75,000, an advance of 17,500 over last year. ? Of the gambling in wheat and the grain speculations of two weeks ago and their probable depressing effect upon legitimate j business, Dun's review says: The great wheat speculation has been the absorbing t feature this week, for, though the September corner came to an end with heavy j losses for sellers, it left the market in sucn ! a state that much higher prices for other options were easily obtained. With December wheat at $1.18 at Chicago, there . came heavy selling and a sharp re-action, j But the state of the market is still against all reason. Cash wheat sells for more at Chicago than at Liverpool, and at one time it would have paid to ship wheat back from Antwerp to New York. The effects of this wild speculation will be injurious to legitimate trade, both foreign and domestic, and to consumers in this country it has already brought dearer flour and an advance in*the price of bread, i At New York sales of wheat amounted to 108,463,000, bushels, more than three times j the entire visible supply, and prices closed j 8f cents higher than a week ago. Corn 1 advanced 2 cents with sales of 13,000,000 j bushels, and oats a fraction. ? The clerk of the House of Represcnta- j fives figures out a Democratic majority in J the next House of from 20 to 30. This, he thinks, is a low estimate. There was great apathy throughout the country among Democrats in 1886, with the result that the , Democratic majority in the 50th Congress i was reduced to narrow proportions. With : the increased interest of a Presidential j year it is reasonable to expect a fuller poll-j ing of the Democratic vote and a larger ! representation in the 51st Congress. There are reasons for expecting gains this year in ; a number of States. In Virginia the Dem-, svnm+u ximII norfair?]v erain lflrtrplv. Ttl llldl Wl WIO ft 111 VVl ^ . ana they expect to gain two and perhaps three members. In Illinois they have ! good reason to expect a gain of two! members. In the Middle and North-! western States they anticipate gains and losses, the gains predominating. The Republican calculation works out somewhat aifferent results. From West Virginia, for example, they expect to elect three Republican Representatives. That State has been often before counted upon for such gains, but they have not materialized. Making like liberal calculations for other States, a Republican majority in the House has been constructed. No doubt there is hard work in progress at this moment inthe rm close districts. This is shown by the number of members of the present Congress that find it necessarv to beat home to look after "important business." Their important business is their "fences," which competitors are trying to impair. The nature of the general result is to some extent indicated, perhaps, by the fact that since 1874 the House has, with the exception of one Congress, been Democratic, showing that the country is Democratic on a popular vote. 5Thc ^arkrille inquirer. YORKVIJLLE, S. C. s ^ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17,1888. THE ENQUIRER TO BE ENLARGED, Commencing with the first issue of The Enquire!* next year, we intend to enlarge the paper with an additional amount of matter the equivalent of six columns in its present form. With a new, fast press of superior construction and other facilities at our command, we will be enabled not only to enlarge the paper, but also to add several other Improvements and attractions hitherto unattainable. The Enquirer is growing in age, but It proposes to move along with the advancement of the times, augmenting the vivacity of youthfulness and the spirit of progressivenegs with experience and the maturity of years. While the general features of the paper will not be changed, vve design to increase the sphere of its usefulness, devoting our energies to the advancement of all that may pertain to the welfare of South Carolina, and especially of York county. With the increase of size there will be a reduction in price to clubs as set forth in the prospectus for 1889, published, in another column. A HANDSoSfANNTJAL. We are indebted to Latham, Alexander Jt. rv. nf Woui W>rlr fnr n pnnv of "Cotton : U/ V\/| f V* 4.1 V rt + v? ? I ?? ? ? rt, -? , Movement and Fluctuation," for 1888, the handsome annual issued by this firm, and which is regarded as the highest authority on everything pertaining to the statistics of the staple. From the volume before us we learn that the last crop, showing the productive power of the South, was 7,046,833 bales, and that at least 7,000,000 is now absolutely necessary to meet the yearly demands of the world. The supply on hand at the end of the past season is the smallest for several years. The crop was made at a smaller cost tfiao usual and sold generally for good prices, which were set early in the season, and the publishers express the opinion that the planters have every reasou to be satisfied with the result. Of the crop, American spinners took 2,315,099 bales, of which Southern mills consumed 456,099 bales. The publishers conclude their review as follows: "This year the position of cotton is much stronger than it was when our last annual was written. We feel confident that this will be a prosperous year for merchants, manufacturers and planters. The crop is yearly being made with fewer advances from merchants, and the new crop is no exception in that respect. It has in general, been economically raised." THURMAN'S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE. The following is Judge Thurman's letter accepting the nomination for VicePresident on the Democratic ticket : Columbus, Ohio, October 12,1888. Hon. Patrick A. Collinsand others, committee?Gentlemen : In obedience to custom, I send you this formal acceptance of my nomination of the office of Vice-President of the United States, made by the National Convention of the Democratic party at St. Louis. When you did me the honor to call upon me at Columbus and officially notify me of my nomination, I expressed to you my sense of obligation to the convention, and stated that although I had not sought the nomination, I did not feel at liberty, under the circumstances, to decline it.- I thought then, as I still think, that whatever I could properly do to promote the reelection of President Cleveland, I ought to do. His administration has been marked by such integrity, good sense, manly courage and exalted, patriotism that a just appreciation of these high qualities seems to call for his re-election. Iam also strongly impressed with the belief that his re-election would powerfully onfi ctroncrthpn that, fpplinp1 of fniterni ty among the American people that is so essential to their welfare, peace and happiness, and to the perpetuity of the Union and Its institutions. I approve the platform of the St. Louis Convention, and I cannot too strongly express my dissent from the heretical teachings of monopolists, that the welfare of the people can be promoted by a system of exorbitant taxation far in excess of the wants of the Government. The idea that the people can be enriched by heavy and unnecessary taxation, that a man's condition can be improved by taxing him on all that he wears, on all that his wife and children wear, on all his tools and implements of industry, is an obvious absurdity. To fill the vaults of the treasury with an idle surplus, for which theGovernment has 110 legitimate use, and to thereby deprive the people of our currency needed for their business and daily wants, and to create a powerful and dangerous stimulus to extravagance and corruption in the expenditures of theGovernment, seems to me to be a policy at variance with every sound principle of Government and political economy. The necessity of reducing taxation to prevent such accumulation of surplus revenue and consequent depletion of the circulating medium, is so apparent that no party dares to deny it; but when we come to consider the modes by which a reduction may be made, we find a wide antagonism between our party and the monopolistic leader of our political opponents. We seek to reduce taxes upon the necessaries of life our oppouents seek to increase them. We say give to the masses of the people cheap and good clothing, cheap blankets, cheap tools and cheap lumber. The Republicans, by their platform and their leaders in the Senate, by their proposed bill, say increase taxes on clothing and blankets and thereby increase their cost, maintain high duties on the tools of the farmer and mechanic, and on the lumber which they need for the construction of their modest dwellings, shops and barns, and thereby prevent their obtaining these necessaries at reasonable prices. Can anv sensible man doubt as to where - * he should stand in this controversy tan any well informed man be deceived by the false pretense that a system so unreasonable and unjust is for the benefit of the laboring- men? Much is said about comparison of American laborers with the pauper labor of Europe, but does not every man who looks around him see and know that the immense majority of laborers in America are not engaged in what are called protected industries? And as to those who are employed in such industries is it not undeniable that the duties proposed by the Democratic measure called the Mills bill far exceed the difference between American and European wages, and that therefore if it were admitted that our workingmen can be protected by tariffs against cheaper labor, they would be fully protected and more than protected by that bill? Does not every well informed man know that the increase in price of home manufactures, produced by high tariff, does not go into the pockets of the labor # I ingmen, but only tends to swell the profits , of others. j It seems to me that, if the policy of the ; Democratic party is plainly presented, all i must understand that we seek to make 1 the cost of living less, and at the same time increase*the share of the laboring man in the benefits of National prosperity and growth. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Allen (J. Thurman. CR0P*REP0RTS. From the report of the State department of agriculture of the condition of the crops on the 1st instant, we take the following: The sunshine for the month of September was considerably below the average; the rainfall was excessive. Reports of observers to the State weather service show that the rainfall for September, 1888, was 9.8 inches, while for the same month in 1887, the rainfall was only 5.7 inches. Frost was general in all the middle and upper counties on the 30th of the month. The continuous rains in the latter part of August, extending to the middle of September, did great damage to the cotton crop. The full loss cannot be accurately estimated at this date, but in some sections it is stated at 25 per cent. The average decline in condition, as estimated from reports of correspondents since the 1st of September, is 10 per cent. The greater part of the crop on bottom lands was destroyed by floods. A large part of the corn crop on bottom lands was totally destroyed by floods and on uplands was damaged by the excessive rainfall. In some sections the grain sprouted in the shuck. In parts of the mountain counties the fodder was seriously injured by the frost on the 30th of September. The condition for the State is reported at 7G; indicated yield, nine bushels per acre, October returns of the department of agriculture at Washington make a decline in the condition of cotton. The heavy rains of the latter part of August have been continued during the larger part of last month, causing the sprouting of seed in the bolls, the rotting of the lower and the shedding of the top bolls and foliage. Rains and winds have interfered with picking, and discoloring the tlrbre and recjuped the grade. Recently the weather has been more favorable and the quality has somewhat improved. Some correspondents report short staple. The crop is everywhere late, and slight frosts threaten the early destruction of plants, yet killing frosts are still in the future, and the length 01 trie season is, mereiore, uncertain. The average of the reported condition is 78.9, a decline from 88.8 in September. Louisiana and South Carolina show the greatest reduction, flpd Texas, Florida and North Carolina the least. The October crop returns, as reported by the statistician of the department of agriculture, shew that the condition of the present corn crop has been equaled only three times in ten years, and is exceeded materially only by that of 1879, when the condition was 98, and the subsequent ascertained yield twenty-eight bushels per acre, by the census of 1880. Bad weather in the South has had a slight effect in reducing the condition. Indications favor a result ranging little from twenty-six bushels per acre, making a full average. (Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY. Etta Jane, October 18,?The present cool weather is certainly favorable to the fanners who have gathered their drowned corn; and that in the field it issifpposed will be benefitted by it. For the past several years we have heard it said that the seasons, spring and fall, especially, are later by a month than they were many years ago. While we admit that this is so, according to our recollection, yet, we admit that 1888 has run the calendar up so as to set things even in this respect. Mr. Jack Turner, a brother of Mrs. Thomson, and Thomas L. Robbs, of this neighborhood, died at 10 A. M. to-day. Last April two years ago, he was stabbed by Jim Hammett at Cowpens (under accidental circumstances it is claimed), the wound has been very stubborn in healing, and no doubt the knife's point reached the respiratory organs and an abscess or some chronic trouble eusued which was the immediate cause of his death. Mrs. Rachel Carothers, of Sunnyside, in this county, who was born and raised in the Olivet neighborhood, in York, has been confined to her room since last June three years ago in consequence of a fall that crippled her. She is 83 years of age, and bears her lot with Christian hope, fortitude and resignation. She was a Miss Burris, and married Mr. John Carothers, father of Rev. W. W. Carothers, late of York county. The court at Union, will, to-day, close a session of two weeks. Several important cases were tried. The case of Jerry Cunningham, colored, for striking Gunning Byers with a rock, last summer, of which we spoke in these columns, was tried, convicted and sent to the penitentiary for twelve months. Sigma. Correspondence of tlie Ynrkvillo Enquirer. NOTES FROM WESTERN YORK. Hooptown, October lf>.?We haye had some real cool weather for this season; also some rain. Cotton is being picked about as fast as it opens, but there remains a great deal to open should the weather continue favorable. The fourth quarterly meeting of the King's Mountain circuit was held atShady Grove, embracing last Saturday and Sunday. Presiding Elder, Ilev. A. M. Chreitzberg, delivered several interesting and instructive sermons. There was a large number in attendance from other churches, who were amply rewarded for coming. Rev. Mr. Harley preached Sunday night. Mrs. Nancy R. Hood died last night about 12 o'clock. She had been confined to her bed since the 2(5th of July. She was in the G7th year of her age. Funeral services will be held at Shady Grove church at 8 o'clock to-morrow morning, after which her remains will be taken to the cemetery at Bullock'sCreek, for interment. Mrs. Hood was a sister of Dr. B. E. Feemster, and is the third one of his sisters that has died within the past eighteen months. Squire Thompson, his brother, and Jason Wilks, all colored, became involved in a quarrel, last Saturday afternoon at Mr. Yv. L. Plexico's. Jason Wilks procured a pistol and started home, when the others followed, throwing rocks and making threats that they would kill him before the next mornfng. He (Wilks) or dered them to halt or he would shoot, which ordertheydid not heed, whereupon he tired two shots, but fortunately, or mayhap, unfortunately, neither of the shots took effect. Mr. W. B. Good, of Hopewell, has bought the plantation of Mr. G. L. McNeel, at Bullock's Creek, and I am informed will move there at an early day. He has sold his farm at Hopewell, to Mr. E. J. Wylie, who will reside there next year. Kamrler. More of the Evolution Controversy.?The Presbyterians have not yet settled the evolution controversy, and it will come up iu a new shape before the South I Carolina Synod which meetsat Greenwood ! this week. At the recent meeting of the Charleston Presbytery at Aiken, the committee on minutes of the General Assembly recommended the adoption of the folj lowing resolution: Presbytery hereby informs its ministers, ; ruling elders and deacons, that the General | Asssembly has judicially affirmed the de cisions of the Synod of Georgia declaring I that the belief of * * * James Wood1 row, D. 1)., as to the origin of the body of j Adam was contrary to the word of God as ; interpreted in the Standards of the i Church and, therefore, that this Presbyj tery regards the holding of said form of j evolution as "contrary to the word of God : as interpreted in the Standards of the i Church," and forbids the public contending i against the decision of the Assembly. This resolution is objected to by a good : many Presbyterians, who construe it as a blow at the' liberty of speech, i The Synod, in session at Greenwood, ! adopted a resolution, by a vote of !)(5 to o-'l, j disapproving the action of Charleston j Presbytery. ? Mr. Sam. B. Latham recently of Washington, has opened a law office at Prosperity, Newberry county. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ! Mrs. J. D. Rainey, Lowrysville, Chester county, S. C.?Plantation at Private Sale. | James R. Kennedy, Probate Judge?CitationJohn A. Byers, Applicant?E. G. Byers, deceased. R. A. Parish?Will Continue the Business. Geo. T. Schorb?Got There, All the Same. J. W. Dobson?Notice to Those Indebted. M.<fe H. C. Strauss?New Goods Daily. H. F. Adickes's Grand Central Fancy and Dry Goods Estnblishmentand Depot for Boots and Shoes. Withers Adickes? It Is Easy to Make Assertions. Hunter <fe Oates?Notes and Accounts. James B. Allison, Clerk of Board?Annual Meeting of the County Commissioners. W. C. Latimer?Dress Goods. A. Y. Cartwright tfe Co.?Listen to The Racket. N. W. Hardin, Black's, S. C.?Notice of Commission Appointed. Kennedy Bros. & Barron?Clothing?Dress Goods? Electric Circulars?HardwareFine Tobacco and Cigars. H. K. Roberts?Independent Candidate for County Commissioner. UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1889. The Enquirer will be furnished from this date until January 1st, 1889, for 50 Cents. TWIN CALVES. ^ Mr. R. M. Steele, of this place, owns a cow which gave birth the other day to twin calves, both heifers, and bidding fair to become fine specimens of the bovine species. v. DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN NEGRO; " James Beatty, a well known colored shoe maker, died in this town on the 13th instant. He was formerly a slave of the late Col. W. C. Beatty, and was aged 55 years. THE SORGHUM YIELD. There is much complaint made by those engaged in evaporizing sorghum syrup, of the small yield as compared with last year. The reason assigned for this falling off is the abundant rain in September, from which the cane absorbed an unusual amount of water, which, in the process of boiling, goes off in vapor, . COTTON MILLVOR BLACK'SNC. A commission has been issued by the Secretary of State to the Broad River Cotton Mills, to be situated at Black's, in this county. The capital stock is to be $50,000. The incorporators are D. D. Gaston, J. G. Black, F. M. Hardin, A. B. Crosby, Win. Anderson, W. It. Reese, J. F. Jones and N. W. Hardin, 9UPERVI80RS*0F ELECTION^/ In the United States circuit courKat Charleston, last Saturday, upon the recommendation of Samuel T. Poinier, chief supervisor of election, the following Democratic supervisors of election were appointed for York county: J. F. IV cGill, R. B. Riddle, J. C. Blair, D. D. Gaston, W. D. Camp, W. T. Plexico, W. M. Faulkner, E. F. Bell, W. J. Boyd, J. W. Ardrey, J. N. McDill, N. B. Bratton, A. J. Hoffman, Wm. Steele, R. A. Parish, Davidson Simril, E. D. Thompson, J. M. Mcllwain. y. NEW POST OFFICES. The post office department has ordered the establishing of two new post offices in this county on the route from Yorkville to Clark's Fork?one at McGill & McGill's store, to be known as "Hero," and the other at Stroup's store, to be known as "Stroup's." Service will begin at these offices to-morrow. The post master appointed at Stroup's has already tendered his lesignation, though in order to secure the conveniences of mail facilities at or near that place, steps are being taken for the appointment of a successor. GIN HOUSE BURNED. About 9 o'clock last Monday night the gin house of Mr. Phillip W. Lindsay, who lives 6$ miles from town, on the Chester road, was discovered on fire. The house contained four bales of cott n in the seed, which, with the building, a substantial two-story structure, was destroyed. The ~ ?"? " ^ 5a a/\tvi Anrkrt f r> no trof nriT unglll Ul 111C U1C 10 OUUJC tYlian a uijaicij ^ as the gin, to which steam power is applied, had not been run since Saturday evening. In the yard were fifteen bales of cotton, which, fortunately, was saved. MARRIAGE BELLS. Mr. Eugene Lowry, of this place, was married in Washington, D. C., on Saturday last, to Miss Nellie De Cormas. From Washington he goes to Cleveland, Ohio, to take a position on the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad. It is whispered that to-day one of Yorkville's fairest, most accomplished and most popular daughters will be led to the hymenial altar by a Columbia gentleman, both of whom will have the congratulations of a host of friends. YORK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. York Baptist Association will meet with Union Church, four miles north of Yorkville, to-morrow. Commencing to-night, there will be services in the church at Yorkville each night, except Saturday, during the session of the A&sociation. Rev. Paul V. Bomar, of Camden, will preach to-night; Rev.T. M. Bailey, I). D., corresponding secretary and treasurer of the State mission board, to-morrow night; Rev. I. W. Wingo, of Gaffney City, Friday night; and Rev. C. T. Scaife, of Pineville, N. C., on Sunday night. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, Pastor. Services this evening, to-morrow evening, Friday evening and Sunday evening at 7.30 o'clock by visiting ministers. Sundayschool at 4 P. M. PENSION WARRANTS. The following named persons, to whom nensinns have heen ^ranted bv the pen sion board, have not called upon the clerk of the court for their warrants for the months named: O. 2sT. McCarter, Bethany?Warrants for April, May, June, July, August and September. E. L. Bolin, Bethany?Warrants for June, July, August and September. L. J. Wilson, Grover?Warrants for July, August and September. The warrants for September are for only $3 each ; and no more can be issued until provision is made therefor by the Legislature, the appropriation for pensions now being exhausted. RAILROAD EARNINGS. The report of the ltailroad Commission for August show3 that of the twenty-seven railroads in this State only four show a | decrease of earnings compared with the I business of August last year. Among the I largest increase in freight earnings were | the Asheville and Spartanburg, and the j Spartanburg Union and Columbia, of the | | Iiiehmond and Danville system. The i | former shows an increase of 232 per cent., j j and the latter of 139 per cent. The Char- j j lotte, Columbia and Augusta shows total: j earnings of 22.07 percent., of which 21.83 j j is credited to freight earnings ; the Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line shows a decrease of 1.03 per cent.; and the Chester and Le-1 noir an increase of 11.65. The passenger j earnings of all the roads were $187,172, an increase of $21,000; the freight earnings were $205,000, an increase of $86,000. RAILROAD XOTES. It is thought the remainder of the present week will be required for surfacing and dressing up the track between Yorkville and Hickory Grove, and track-laying will not'be resumed until that is done. Our informant was mistaken as to the name of one of the new locomotives, which he thought bears the name, "Yorkville." It is the "York," which, of course, all recognize as the more appropriate. A recent meeting in Columbia of a number of the officials of the road gave rise to some exciting rumors to the enect that the Three C's was about to be absorbed by other lines, and was making a combination with the Seaboard System. The truth is, according to our information, the meeting in Columbia was for an entirely different purpose. Arrangements, however, have been made with the Seaboard system by which freights for other ports than Charleston will be taken from the Three C's at Catawba Junction and forwarded on the Seaboard line. The arrangement is not an indication of weakness of the Three C's line, or the South Carolina Railroad, but a simply an agreement to give additional business to the roads entering into it. / PETIT JURORS?SECOND WEEK. On yesterday the following names were drawn to serve as petit jurors during the second week of the approaching term of the Circuit Court for York county: W. R. Hays, Bullock's Creek.Joiin B. Bratton, Bethesda? J. II. Riddle, YorkM. R. Reese Cherokee? F. P. Blankenship, Fort MillrW. B. Allison, Jr., York.James A. Erwin, BethesdarJohn L. Starr, Bethesda. R. B. Youngblood, King's Mountain.8. I,. Reid, Catawba? P. W. Lindsay, Jr., Bethesda.I). J. Forbes,.*. King,s Mountain*. J. Ed. Jett'erys, Yorkr1 L. H. Bye EbenezerrHandy White, p. c Fort Mill? R. E. .Sadler, Bethesda? J. Newton Quinn Broad River.J. T. Whitesides, Bullock's Creek? B. F. Scoggins, Broad River.? James R. Harper, BethekA. A. Barron BethehWithers Adiokes, York.Robert Hays, Bullock's Creek.? \V. J. Corn well, Catawba.W. Meek McGill, Broad River.J. Meek Whitesides, Broad Itivem 8. L. Purseley, King's Mountain.* J. C. Green, CherokeeJoseph E. Feemster, Bullock's Creek ? F. Happerfield, Sr., York.J. M. Tetnpleton YorkB. R. T. Bowen York.W. H. Hawkins Bethel., J. H. Kidd, Jr Bethesdg^ T. A. Gwin, Bullock's Creek? T. W. Moore Bethesda^ TRANSCENDING THEIR RIGHTS. Early last Monday morning a gang of railroad laborers were seen laying a side track on Church street, from near the residence of Mrs. McPheeters, to the in terseotion or mat street wnn juioerty street, near the depot of the Three C's Railroad. As this was clearly in violation of the agreement signed by the property holders on that street when they consented to the track being placed in the centre, the railroad asking only for "six feet on each side from the centre of the track," the Intendant and members of the Council were notified of the proceedings. Mr. John J. Hunter, of the Council, at the request or Intendant Hart, went to the scene of operations and notified the foreman in charge of the work to desist. He did not immediately stop the work, but dispatched a messenger to Captain Taylor, the contractor, who was sick in camp, apprising him of the notice he had received. The work still progressing, however, pending the return of the messenger to Capt. Taylor, Mr. Hunter returned to Intendant Hart's office and informing him of the situation, both returned to theground, and Intendant Hart explained to the foreman the terms upon which the right of way through the street had been granted, and warned him to stop the work, which he then did. Later in the' day, however, two laborers were seen by' a policeman in the act of driving spikes on the work, but perceiving: the policeman they ran. Of course it is understood that Capt. Taylor had orders from somebody to do this work, and as the contractor he is not so censurable, it not being his prerogative to question the authority of those directing the work; but as we are informed, engineers or others here having authority to give such orders, disclaim having had any connection with it, the niioctinn iu nrp?pntpd wlin did flSSlime such high-handed authority ? We suppose no town on the line of the road has met the construction company in a more liberal spirit than Yorkvilie. The road passes nearly two miles through the corporate limits of the town, at a cost to the company of not exceeding SI,51)0 for right of way through valuable property and title to depot grounds. In the face of this action on the part of our citizeus, to attempt by stealth to acquire possession of the entire width of a street, is poor recognition of the liberal disposition ok. our people, to say the least. ANOTHER MURDER. About noon on Sunday last, an altercation occurred among some of the colored laborers engaged in laying the track of the railroad. Their camp is about two miles west of town, on both sides of the railroad, and it was at the camp the difficulty occurred, a death resulting over a game of "ehuck-a-luck," and the amount involved said to be only ten cents. The victim was named John Gregory, and the man who fired the fatal shot is named Alex. Berry. The wounded man had the set'VfcwufT)i\ John F. Lindsay, who being not far from\ the camp that afternoon, was notified of the occurrence and went to the wounded man's assistance. But on arriving, he soon perceived that the wound would prove fatal in a short while, which it did, death resulting at about G o'clock. On Monday, Coroner Caldwell, who had been notified, impaneled the following jury of inquest: John It. Ashe, foreman ; A Itice, colored, A. Johnson, colored, W. K. Kennedy, G. A. Wilkerson, Charles Miller, colored, Ingraham Wilson, Jim Bell, colored, Dave Flow, colored, W. F. Armstrong, L. Gaines Grist, E. L. Owen, D. L. AVitherspoon, coioreu. Dr. J. II. Bratton, summoued as a medical expert, certified: "I have this day examined the dead body of the negro man, John Gregory, and find a pistol shot wound of the left laternal region, entering the cavity of the abdomen just below the diaphragm, piercing the left lateral portion of the liver and lacerating thestomach, thereby producinatatfernal hemorrhage, which caused his de^m." Only two witnesses were examined? Mason Cary and Julia Lockhart. The former testified to the following facts: On October 14th, at half past 12 o'clock, I was present and heard Alex. Berry and John Gregory quarreling. There were four persons playing chuck-a-luck?John Gregory, Alex. Berry, Chess Gist and John Hall. They fell out over the game, the fuss being between Alex. Berry and John Hall. Hall and Gregory were partners in the game, and John Gregory spoke of his rights, when Berry Got mad at him and drew his pistol and shot John Gregory. After the shooting, Berry followed Gregory, saying, "I told you I would kill you." I ran up behind Alec and begged him not to shoot John any more. Alec told me not to come up to him, as he would shoot any man who laid his hands on him. He came to me afterwards and asked if John was dead. He then got his hat and left. Julia Lockhart testified to seeing a pistol in Alec's hand, and soon after hearing the report; also, to Alec's threatening demeanor before and after the shooting. The jury rendered a verdict that "John Gregory came to his death from the effect of a gun shot wound by the hands of Alec Berry." The murderer made his escape, and up to this time has not been arrested. The slain negro was buried yesterday at the county's expense. He is from Newberry county, and the murderer, who is still at large, is a York negro and an old offender, having served a term in the penitentiary from this county forcow stealing. V PERSONAL MENTION. Rev. J. C. Galloway is visiting at Spotts wood, Va. Miss Carrie Erwin, of Guthriesville, is visiting friends in Louisville, Ky. We had a pleasant visit yesterday afternoon from "Hal," our genial Rock Hill correspondent. ?Mr. John May, Jr., who has been quite ill for the past fortnight was out riding yerterday afternoon. Rev. G. A. Ottman, formerly rector of the Episcopal church at this place, but recently rector of the parish of Fayetteville, N. Y., has accepted a call extended to him * by All Saints Church, of Pasadena, California. The many friends here of Dr. W. E. .Gorton were pleased to greet his genial -face yesterday, he having made a flying Xisit from Salem, N. C., where, with his .family, he is now located while completing his contract on the Roanoke and Southern Railroad. We received a pleasant call on Wednesday last from Messrs. C.' W. Birchmore land J. W. Gardner, of Camden, both of -whom are county commissioners of Ker"shaw county. Mr. Birchmore is also editor of the Wateree Messenger, published at Camden. They visited Yorkville to see jVlajor Hart, the attorney at this place of the -Massachusetts and Southern Construction Xompany, in connection with the bonds "of Kershaw county, issued in aid of the iThree C's Railroad. I'nrrrsnomlrnee of the Yorkville Enanlrer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. . IIock Hill, October 15.?Our town has _been bare of news during the past week. Considerable cotton is being marketed and the merchants have been doing a good business. Most of the cotton brought to this place is covered with second hand bagging, which answers the purpose and looks equally as well as the new. On Thursday night next a brilliant marriage is appointed at the Episcopal church, the contracting parties being one of Rock Hill's fair daughters and a noble son of Union, S. C. The Knights of Honor of this place, after their regular meeting on Thursday night last, partook of an oyster supper. The order here is in a flourishing condition and its membership is increasing daily. p<Our town is still being built up. Mr. J. B. Johnson will soon commence work on three cottages on Elm street. The Three C's Railroad is erecting a large cotton platform near R. T. Fewell & Co's brick warehouse. The residence and lot of Mrs. W. L. Roach, corner of White and Railroad streets, have been purchased by the company and the depot will be located at that place. This situation is altogether acceptable. The Union meetings to be held by the Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist congregations of this place, began on Wednesday night last. The first service was held in the Baptist Church, and they have been continued successively in the churches above name since. It was expected that the Rev. T. W. Derieux would be present, but on account of sickness he was detained, though he will reach here the first of this week. >j Mr. E. B. Johnson, of West Point, Va., Tias accepted the position of assistant agent of the Three C's Railroad at this place, vice Mr. J. S. Lindsay, who has been transferred to Catawba Junction, the Three C's and the Seaboard Air-Line having made traffic arrangements. Hal. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Rev. P. B. Jackson, the pastor of the Methodist .church at Abbeville, has accepted an appointment to a church in California. ? The Cumberland Gap Railroad from Aiken to Edgefield, is completed to Edgefield, and trains are now running between the two towns. ? A grand ma&s meeting of the Democracy was held in Columbia last Friday. Stirring speeches were made by Congressman C. H. Mansur, of Missouri, Senator Butler and others on the political issues of the day. ? In the Berkely court of sessions last Saturday, Anna Eraser, colored, was sentenced to be hanged November 30, lor the murder of Annie Lemons. The criminal is only fourteen years of age, and her victim was fifteen. She stabbed her to the heart with a knife while engaged in a quarrel. Both were working in the field. C^-^The name of Verina M. Harris is registered in the physicians' book in the office of the clerk of Richland. She is described as "a fine looking, intelligent mulatto, and is a graduate of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania." She is licensed to practice medicine in Richland county. ?'Of Judge Witherspoon, who is presiding over the present term of the Abbeville circuit court, the Medium says: It is a pleasure to everyone to have such an excellent man as Judge Witherspoon in our town. Pie is a gentleman of the highest mind, rarest qualities, and is one of the finest judges in the State, respected and juimired by everyone. J?S. W. McKinlay, the colored Republican candidate for Congress in the Charleston district of this State, is the representative of a family of colored people who have never been slaves and who, before the war, owned a number of slaves themselves. He has begun his canvass in earnest and will continue it until the election. ? Congressman Hemphill was in Chester last week attending the fair. Pie has reppntlv delivered a series of camoaien speeches in New York State, where, he says, he met with great encouragement. He thinks complications in the city of New York will notseriously impair Cleveland's chances; that though it will require a hard fight, New York will be found in the Democratic column on the 6th of November. ? A gentleman who has been watching the nominations of legislators very carefully, and has a very wide acquaintance in the State, informs the Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier that of the 124 members of the House, there will be fifty-four members who served last year, sixteen who have served in the Legislature previously, and fifty-four new members. The proportion of new members, he says, is less than usual. ? The Georgia Construction Company, which took the contract for building the Carolina, Knoxville and Western Railroad, from Greenville to Knoxville, Tenn., seems to be in an embarrassed condition, attachments having been served upon the property of the company for sums aggregating nearly ?20,000. One attachment is for a claim of ?16,682.87, and is brought by J. W. Fletcher, trustee, under the assignment of Brown & Fortune for the benefit of creditors. These parties were contractors engaged in grading the road at the Knoxville end. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. The Size of the Paper to he Enlarged. OTHER IMPROVEMENTS CONTEMPLATED. Reduction in Price to Clubs. $100.00 IN PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS. Prospectus for 1889. WITH the opening of the new year, THE ? ENQUIRER will bo increased in size, the enlargement of the sheet on which it will be printed admitting of an additional amount of matter equivalent to SIX COLUMNS MORE than is furnished in its present form. With better facilities than we have ever before possessed, and desiring to largely increase the circu- , lation nf the miner, we have decided to RE DUCK THE PRICE to yearly SUBSCRIBERS IN CLUBS, and also of subscriptions for shorter periods. The features of THE ENQUIRER, which have been distinctive for nearly thirty-five f years, will bo continued in the future, while new attractions will bo added, it being our determination to increase and maintain the popularity of the paper with tho masses of the people, and especially those of York county. With this idea in view, we shall devote especial attention to the BUSINESS ADVANTAGES t and NATURAL RESOURCES possessed by York county?agricultural, mineral and climatic?and in employing our columns in the development of these. The completion of an important line of railroad, traversing the entire length from east to west of the county, will f1 add new life and animation all along the line of its route, while its beneficial etl'eets will be perceptible throughout tho county. It renders possible the inauguration of new enterprises and the better development of tho hidden wealth of our countv, in the accomplishing of which THE ENQUIRER, as in the past, will ever be a ready and cheerful instrument. OUR PREMIUM PLAN. Recognizing the fact that it is frequently tho case that the premiums we have heretofore offered for the largest clubs are not suited to the wants of those to whom they are awarded, we have decided to offer only CASH PREMIUMS for the five largest clubs as follows: For the largest club for one year, $35; for the second largest clubs, $25 ; for tho third largest club, $15; for the fourth largest club, ?10; and for tlie fifth largest club, $5. CONDITIONS. These cash premiums will be awarded on t the following conditions: To the persons getting up clubs of subscribers to the ENQUIRER, at $1.75 per annum for ' each subscriber, will bo awarded the premiums as stated above. The time for completing the clubs under the above offer is limited to 1 o'clock P. M., on tho * SECOND MONDAY OF MARCH, 1889. Competitors may begin to secure SUBSCRIBERS; AT ONCE?the time of subscription to commence whenever the name is handed in. The money for each subscriber is expected to be paid at the time the name is entered upon our books, and no name will be counted in competition for a nremium and no nrumium deliver ed until the subscription price bus been paid. To persons who make up clubs of ten or , more names, but who may tail to obtain one of the above premiums, wo will send the ENQUIRE It for one year free of charge, and to those who send a club of twenty or more names, but who may fail to get a premium, we will forward the ENQUIRER one year free of charge, and a copy, one year, of any weekly newspaEer or monthly magazine published in the ni'ed States, the publication to be selected by the person entitled to receive it. Or, we will give a copy of the ENQUIRER for one year for a club of ten, and for all names over ten in ? such clubs, TWENTY CENTS for each name. It is not necessary that the names of a club t should all be at the same post office. Names may be taken at any number of places. One name for two years will be equivalent to vwo names for one year each. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmis>sion of money only when sent by draft, registered letter or money order drawn on the Yorkville post office. In sending names, write plainly, giving , postoffice, county and State. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. A separate list will be kept for each clubmaker, who will be credited with every name sent, so that tho number sent by any one person can be ascertained at a moment's notice. Persons who commence making clubs will not be permitted, after the names have been entered on our books, to transfer the names to another club-maker's list. The time in which additions may be made to clubs under this proposition, will expire on the SECOND MONDAY OF MARCH, 1889- Therefore, persons who desire the benefit of club rates, mustsubscribeand pay for the paper before that date, as after the expiration of that time it will not be furnished for less than $2.00 unless new clubs are formed. All letters should be addressed to L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. MERE-MENTION. The Supreme Court of Utah, on Friday, entered a decree confiscating the property of the Mormon church to the United States government. The recuperation of Augusta, Ga., since the flood of last month, is now about complete. Thomas Wardell, a wealthy coal mine operator, was killed at Sevier, Mo., last Friday by striking miners during a riot. There are ^ five candidates for Mayor of Atlanta, m Ga. The business failures occurring 1 Uirnnorknni fho pfinntrv Hiirinc* thp nnst week number for the United States 193,. Canada 34; total, 227 against 211 the week previous An appalling accident oc- 4 cured on the Lehigh Valley (Pa.) Railroad - > last Wednesday night, by a collision of two sections of an excursion train near Mud Run. Sixty-three persons were killed and a large number wounded. At a hotel in Johnson City, Tenn., on Saturday, fourteen guests of a hotel were poisoned by something eaten at supper. Three havedied,and several others, it is thought, cannot recover. It is computed that this year's corn crop, if loaded for railroad shipment, would till 2,878,571, cars and make a train that would reach 16,449 miles, or two thirds of the way around the world. The official bulletin of the yellow fever in Jacksonville reports 20 new cases on Monday and 3 deaths. Total cases to date, 3,569; total deaths, 316. It seems to be now well understood that an adjournment of Congress will be had in a few days, probably before the close of the present week. The Gallows.?Pauline McCoy, a negro girl aged 19, was hanged at Union Springs, Alabama, last Friday for the murder of Annie Jordan, a fourteen-yearold white child, last February. The execution was private, only a few persons being admitted. The crime for which the woman was hanged was a peculiar one. The victim, Annie Jordan, strayed away from her home in Montgomery, and nothing was heard of her until her dead body was discovered in a plum thicket. Circumstances pointed to Pauline, and she was arrested with the dead girls clothing on her. She was found guilty last spring and sentenced to death. Efforts were made to get the Governor to interfere, but to no avail. No demonstration of any kind was made. ? The tenth annual fair of the Agricultural, Horticultural and Mechanical Association of York, Fairfield, Lancaster and Chester counties, opened on Tuesday, October 9, and closed last Saturday. There were very fine exhibits in all the departments, and the attendance of people very good. An address on agricultural topics was delivered by Col. Duncan, of Union countv. ? Near Bishopville, Sumter county, last Sunday, Cora and Eva, the little daughters of Mr. David E. Durant, were playing in a room, and Cora fell, striking her chin against the side of the bed, which dislocated her neck and caused immediate death. On Monday Eva died from the shock caused by the aeath of her sister. They were aged respectively seven and thirteen years. ? The judicial convention for the Third < circuit ended at Sumter last Saturday by the nomination of John S. Wilson for solicitor. The convention was in session first and last about three weeks, adjourning from place to place, 535 ballots having been taken before the last adjournment to Sumter, where a decision was finally made on Saturday. ? Charles Jenkins, of Greenville, a flagman of a freight train on the Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad, was killed by a horrible accident last Monday. While walking on top of the train he stepped between the cars, and falling under the wheels, was crushed to death. ? The Republicans of the Second congressional district of this State, now represented by Hon. George D. Tillman, have nominated S. C. Smith, of Aiken, and will make a hard light for his election. (