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Jtoajjs and Jacts. The New York Herald is pushing its y ^agitation for the proposed extension of the Presidential term. The business men of Nfw Yqrk,s?em to be very much in favor of-extertdhjg the term, and the majority consider six years as about the right length. Many favor eightyears, and some few see fio reason for a change. ? Tfie wife of the Rev. Dr. B. M. Palmer, of New Orleans, died on Wednesday. She was born in South Carolina, in 1822, and was the daughter of a Presbyterian clergyman. At 19 years of age, she marriecftheRev. Dr. B. M. Palmer, whose first pastorate was in Columbia, S. C., whom thou anont. tho onrlv nnrtion of tvmw.w % ? -J. r their married life, and where their five children were born. ? A curious paper is circulating at Birmingham, Alabama. It is addressed to Mr. Harrison, reciting that he now has an opportunity of making a national administration that will break all sectional liDesand result in a united country. He is urged to appoint good officials in the South and to give the South liberal and enlightened treatment It is signed by prominent business men, irrespective of party. ? Representative Perry Belmont, of the 1st New York district, has been tendered and has accepted an appointment as United State minister to Spain to succeed Dr. J. L. M. Curry, resigned. Mr. Belmont will at once transmit to the Governor of New York his resignation as Representative, in order that his place may be filled by special election. His resignation as a member of the House will cause a vacancy in the committee on foreign affairs, of which he is the chairman. ? The trial of the members of the "White Caps" secret organization ended at Little Rock, Ark., last Thursday. Frank Davis and Jack Mel linger were sentenced to five years'imprisonment at hard labor and a fine of $500 each. Dr. H. C. Hite, Caleb Glascoe and Colonel Beckham were sentenced to six years and three months imprisonment and fined $500 and $100 respectively. The men, who lived in Randolph county, had terrorized a large section of the country, driving away people who had incurred their hostility. -V- In Philadelphia, last Saturday, Keely, of Keely motor fame, was sent to prison forcontempt of Court in failing to carry out the orders to maae a proper aescrifrtion of his machine for use in the suits pending against him. He claimed that the description prepared by him was the best he could do. The only course thait Keely's counsel can pursue is to carry the case to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and ask for ail entire review of the proceedings and a reversal of the decision of the lower Court. He will be kept in confinement until he shall purge himself of this charge of contempt or shall be released on a writ of habeas corpus. ?1Assistant Postmaster-General Stevenson's annual report shows that 12,288 postmasters were appointed during thjrpast fiscal year, one-half on account of resignation or commissions expiring; only /1,244 were removed. Two-thirds of the f offices established were in the Southern States and Indian Territory. A list has j been prepared at the post office department showing that between December 1st and the end Cleveland's term, eighty commissions of postmasters appointed by I President Arthur will expire. The list includes every State, New York of course leading. The salaries of these offices range from $1,500 to $3,400 a year. ? A Vicksburg dispatch says that Congressman Chalmers, of Mississippi, will introduce a bill in the next Congress to regulate elections in the South. The bill will provide that on the request of one hundred citizens in any district who believe a fair election cannot be held, the clerk of the House shall provide supervisors lor each district. They shall select a voting place and conduct the election. Inspectors for each voting place shall be appointed. There shall be no ballot boxes, but a list of voters and candidates shall be kept by a clerk, and each voter registered as he votes. The commissioners shall count the votes and declare the result. ? A curious interest attaches to the Prohibition vote thrown in California last week. According to the returns from the different sections of the State, the bulk of the teetotal vote there came from the Southern counties, which constitute the freat wine-growing region of California, n Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Santa Clara, which are all dotted with vineyards and yield thousands of tons of grapes, the Prohibitionists came out in force. Inmost of the towns in this beautiful region such a thing as a liquor saloon is not tolerated, and wine drinking is proclaimed a vice to be shunned. Nevertheless, these good people continue to plant vineyards, and it is said that 100,000 acres will be devoted to grape culture in that State this winter. ? The twenty-second annual convention of the National Grange of Patrons of Husbandry, commenced in Topeka, Kansas, last Thursday. Delegates were present from every State in the Union. Acting Worthy Master James D. Roper, of Massachusetts, presided. Memorial cervices were held in honor of the deceased Worthy Master P. D. Dorden, of Mississippi, who died in July last. The standing committees were then announced. The eighth annual conventidn of the Farmers' Congress of the United States also met in that city. R. F. Keolb, of Alabama, presided. The roll showed thirty States represented. ? The New York Herald's Washington correspondent telegraphs as follows under date of Friday: "A distinguished Democratic leader, who recently talked with the President regarding the election, quotes Mr. Cleveland as saying: lI am told that without the tariff issue in the last campaign, we should have carried the country. That may be true, but the time had come when the issue between the two parties had to be made and the Democrats made it. It is better to be defeated battling for an honest principle than to win by a cowardly subterfuge. Some of my friends say we ought to'have gone before the country on the clean administration we have given the people. I differ from them. We needed a clean cut, well-defined issue. We were defeated, it is true, but the principles of tariff reform will surely win in the end.' The President is also quoted as saying that he was well pleased with the vote of New York city, but was much disappointed with the result in Kings County." ? The annual report of Third Assistant Postmaster General Harris, which has been submitted to the Postmaster General, states that the total cost of the Postal Service for the last fiscal year, (inclusive of amount earned by the Subsidized Pacific Railroad companies for mail transporta- , ...?o (t.-.o 1Of! flilA 1 f:7 'Pl.t. Kuilul aiwl I l/lI/Li J wao ^U^MUfUVU-ZiVl & <IV j-?? ?.-? I. ....x, , money order receipts amounts to$62,695,176.79; leaving a deficiency of $5,430,227.88. This deficiency is owing mainly, the report asserts, to the great extension of the free delivery service under a modification of the old law, and the increase of railway mail transportation. Among other recommendations the following is made: That as a substitute for the franking privilege, members of Congress have an annual allowance in money for the purchase of postage stamps, with which to pay postage on speeches and official matter sent in the mails; and that, if the rate of postage on letters be reduced to one cent, as has already been proposed in Congress, there be onl^two classes of mail matter recognized, namely, letters and all other matter now comprehended in the third and fourth classes, postage on which shall be uniform at one cent for every two ounces; and newspapers and periodicals, at the rate now fixed?one cent a pound. ? William Showers was hanged at Lebanon, Pa., last Wednesday. The crime for which he paid the penalty with his life was the murder of his two grand-children, Samuel Speraw and Willie Kohler, on the 17th of May, 1887. He was arrested at his home near Annville on Monday, May 39. The crime was the most revolting and ! heartless one in the history of the State. The children were aged four and six years. The murderer was sixty years of age. Charles Johnson was hanged at Waterloo, N. Y., last Thursday for the murder of a jail guard whom Johnson killed. Two men, Johnson and Caldwell,' were confined in Waterloo jail awaiting trial on the charge of horse stealing on the day of the crime, January 10th, 1887. When on the morning of that day a guard, John Walters, went to the cell where the two men were and unlocked the door,Johnson hit him a terrible blow on the head with a stove shaker and fractured his skull. They then made a dash for liberty, but the sheriff, fully armed, blocked the way, and they were driven back to their celi. Walters lingered some daysand then died. Caldwell was tried and sentenced to Auburn for life. The trial of Johnson resulted in his execution. Fritz Ansleg, under sentence of death at Los Angeles, California, for the murder of an old man and his wife, escaped the gallows last Friday, by taking strychnine Wednesday night. farlmllc t&nquim. YORKVILLE, S. ^ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1888. MR. HARRISON NONCOMMITAL. To insure some expression from the President-elect on the subjects which are now nearest the Southern people, the Augusta, Ga., Chronicle addressed a communication to Indianapolis last week, to which the following reply has been received, and is published in the Chronicle of Sunday: Editors Augusta Chronicle: Your letter of November 10 has been received. I do not feel that I can comply with your invitation to write something upon what is commonly called "the Southern question," for publication in your paper. I have declined all overtures of the correspondents here to submit to any interviews or to outline any policies. What I have said during the campaign is accessible to you. When an appropriate time comes I shall not hesitate to express such views as I hold, and shall hold all my views subject to modification upon further consideration. Very truly yours, Benjamin Harrison. THE AUGUSTA*"EXHIBITION. Such has been the crowded condition of our columns that we have been compelled to omit notices heretofore prepared of the magnificent industrial exhibition which opened in Augusta, Ga., on the 8th iustant. The address on the auspicious occasion was delivered by Hon. J. S. Cothran, of this State, and the unanimous verdict of the people is that it was a noble, patriotic effort. The mechanical exhibits are said to be very superior and of every possible kind for the utilization of every product. The display of textile machinery is also the finest ever made in the United States. Of southern woods 350 specimens are exhibited. There are also some five hundred manufactories exhibiting in the main building, and prominent among them as a source of iuterest to visitors just now, in view of the agitation of the jute question, is that of the Acme Manufacturing Company, of Wilmington, N. C. They ?<p!n the ordinary pine straw of the pine forests into a yarn, and then weave the pine straw bagging, which is destined to revolutionize the style of bagging in use. Another object of interest is the largest locomotive used on any railroad in the United States. The exhibition will not close until the loth of December. STATE FARMERS' CONVENTION, The annual convention of the State Farmers' Association was held in Columbia last Wednesday night. There were sixty-nine members present, representing twenty counties. Owing to the failure of York to hold a county convention, this county was not represented. G. W. Shell, of Laurens, was elected president. T. P. King, M. L. Donaldson and G. Leap hart were elected vice-presiuenis, auu John P. Duncan secretary and treasurer. The following resolution, offered by J. C. Stribling, of Oconee, was adopted : "Whereas the Hon. Thomas G. Clemson, deceased, did by his last will and testament donate the State of South Carolina a large property for the purpose of establishing an Agricultural College on Fort Hill, in said State, and, whereas, we the farmers of South Carolina, feel the need of agricultural education and very much desire the said college to be established ; be it, therefore "Resolved, That the Legislature be urgently requested to pass a joint resolution at its ensuing session to the effect that the State will accept the Clemson bequest whenever the will shall have been established." H. B. Buist offered the following resolution which was adopted: "This convention recommends to the Legislature that will soon meet, the names of five gentlemen to fill the vacancies on the Board of Agriculture that will soon occur by the expiration of their terms of office." Dr. J. 0. Byrd, of Darlington, offered a resolution recommending the calling of a constitutional convention, which was unfavorably reported by the committee and the report sustained. A resolution urging and requesting the State Legislature to in some way secure a reduction .of the expenses of the State government, was defeated in committee. Resolutions were adopted to appoint a committee of two members of the convention to visit the Mississippi Agricultural College, the two members of the State Board of Agriculture at Large to be invited to accompany them, their report on the institution and its work to be printed in one paper in each of the cities of Charleston, Columbia and Greenville. J. E. Tindal and D. K. Norris were appointed. No member of the State executive committee was appointed from York. MCUOWANTBHKJADE. Twelve survivors of McGowan's Sharp shooters met in Columbia last Thursday, and organized an association with Major \V. S. Dunlop president, N. Ingram Hazel vice-president, John C. Squier secretary, arid David Moore treasurer. [ Major Dunlop, who is now State auditor of Arkansas, is a native of York county and entered the Confederate service in this county, as a member of Co. B. 12th Kegiment, S. C. V. He is well and kindly remembered by a large number of his old army comrades. The following are extracts from his speech before the associaation after its organization: After a period of inactive service with the line of the brigade, the battalion found itself, in the summer of 1864, defending the Confederate capital and Petersburg. AtChapiu's farm, three of its men, with rifles, engaged a battery of Federal artillery and made it so hot for them that they stampeded it. The demoralization extending to the whole Federal line, it took panic and left the field. The three sharpshooters returned with more than three prisoners and quantities of captured arms and munitions. At P*eams's Station the sharpshooters drove in the Federal sharpshooters and engaged the enemy's line of battle at four hundred yards, silencing the fire of a ninegun battery in their front. They fired each one hundred and sixty rounds in this five hours' fight. When the line of battle was advanced the battalion of one hundred men, supported by the line, captured two thousand prisoners and the nine pieces of artillery previously engaged. At Jones's farm, on the first day's fight, the sharpshooters charged and routed the Federals sharpshooters and captured thirty or forty. The next morning they charged the line of battle and captured about two hundred and forty prisoners. The next famous incident of the battalion's fighting was when it was ordered to take Mcllwuine's hill from the Federals, after its unsuccessful assault by the whole Confederate line. The survivors were promised as a reward thirty days' furlough to visit their families. By dawn they had swept the hill, but were not re Iievea uy me line, aim nem me piMiuuii till 9 o'clock at night, when they were relieved hy the regular line. At Hatcher's Run, the last position held by the line before the withdrawal to Appomattox, the sharpshooters occupied the front and daunted two solid lines of battle of the enemy. They held their ground until the last of the Confederate right on that line had withdrawn. At Sutherland's station the sharpshooters, with the line of battle drawn, repulsed three separate and direct attacks from as many heavy columns of the enemy, and only yielded the field when the Confederate flanks were turned. The following is the membership of the Association: Major W. S. Dufilop, Arkansas, Commanding Battalion; Lieutenant N. I. Hasel, Charleston; Sergeant David Moore, Columbia; S. W. Ruff, Fairfield; Rufus Harling, Edgefield; I. Dicks, Barnwell; Henry Bundrick, Fairfield; John E. Squier, Columbia; S. Thomas, Richland ; Colonel A. C. Haskell of Columbia, O. F. Chappell of Bookman's, W. H. Brunson, of Edgefield. ECHOES OF THE ELECTION. Connecticut went for Cleveland by only 385 plurality. Returns from all but three small counties in Kentucky give Cleveland 181,384, Harrison 153,732; Cleveland's plurality, 27,662. The remaining counties will make the Democratic plurality about 28,000. The total vote is the largest ever cast in Kentucky. Official returns from Virginia, with the exception of four counties, which will not affect the result, give Cleveland a majority of only 1,586. The official returns of Iowa settle the closest election contest in the history of that State. Out of a total vote of 400,000, Peter A. Day, Democrat, has about 500 majority over John Mahin, Republican, candidates for railroad commissioner. The other Republican candidates, Smith and Campbell, have large majorities. It is thirty-one years since a Democrat has been elected to any State office in Iowa. Complete official returns of Arkansas give Cleveland 85,902, Harrison 58,702, Streeter 10,613, Fisk 614. Of the five Congressmen elected one is a Republican. The Congressional vote of Indiana is 555,777, divided as follows: Republican 264,556, Democrat 259,965, Prohibition 9,252, Labor 2,004: Republican plurality 4,571. The Prohibition vote of Indiana in 1884 was 3,025, and in 1886 it was 4,646. The large Prohibition vote in the late election is a matter of surprise to many of the best posted politicians of both parties. The Indiana Congressional delegations stands ten Democrats and three Republicans, a Democratic gain of four. Returns from all the counties in Tennessee show these figures: Cleveland, 159,079; Harrison, 139,815; Fisk, 5,699; Streeter, 48. For Governor: Taylor, Democrat, 156,836; Hawkins, Republican. 139,034; Johnston, Prohibitionist, 6,843. The official returns of the Presidential election in Maryland gives these totals: For Cleveland, 261,957; Harrison, 236,325; Fisk 4,954; Streeter 15,853; total vote 519,089. Cleveland's plurality 25,632; majority 4,825. T. S. Riley, chairmen of the Democratic State committee of West Virginia, makes the following statement under date of last Sunday: Official returns from this State are sufficiently ascertained to warrant the announcement of the election of Judge A. B. Fleming, the Democratic candidate for Governor, by a small but sure majority. The rest of the State officers are elected by large majorities. The Legislature will stand on joint ballot, 46 Democrats, 44 Republicans, and one Labor-Union Independent. At Republican headquarters in Washington, it is now claimed that the next House will consist of 165 Republicans and 158 Democrats, and two doubtful districts yet to be heard from, one in West Virginia and the Phelps-Blunie district in California, which, it is claimed, will send Republicans. At the lowest estimate the Republican majority in the House will be five, and may be seven or nine, according to the way in which these doubtful districts go. MERE-MENTION. The worst storm of the season prevailed at Muskegon, Michigan, last Saturday night, and there was three inches of snow in the western part of Pennsylvania. It is estimated that the sum of to nnn nnn ?.?o? lnr*lrprl nn hv plpntinn bets in New York City alone. Ten or fifteen convicts were foiled in their attempt to escape from the Tennessee penitentiary at Nashville last Saturday night. For the information of those who are curious on the point, it may be stated that the full name of the next mistress of the White House, asshe signs it, is Jane Scott Harrison. Among those who called upon President-elect Harrison last Thursday was General Reuben Davis, of Aberdeen, Miss., who is a cousin of Jefferson Davis. Gen. Davis, was formerly a brigadier in the Confederate army. A boy named Will Spinks struck and killed with a fence paling an Italian fruit vendor named Christophine in Atlanta Thursday night. Spinks escaped. Three Mormon elders who had been id Madison county in the Western part of Alabama, about ten days, were tarred and feathered last Thursday, and warned to leave within twenty-four hours. Hubbard, Price & Co., of New York, report that investigation entirely contradicts the theory that the Farmers' Alliance has anything to do with the backwardness of the cotton movement. Five men convicted of illegal voting got long sentences in New York last Friday. H. S. Moore, railway mail clerk, became angered during a playful scuttle Thursday night and stabbed and killed James Hunt, member of the Georgia Legislature from Catoosa, in the room they shared in a boarding house at Atlanta. In the Vermont House of Representatives last Friday, the bill granting to women the right of suffrage was defeated by a vote of 192 to 37. Business fail........ 11,ri\11 <r111>iif- Hip pmintrv Ill ,%TS9 WLVUillllft u..wHbMVMv V..W ^ during the last week number for the United States 20"), Canada 32; total 237, against 220 the previous week. From New York to Kansas City for ninety cents is certainly very cheap traveling, but that is what the warring trunk lines are now carrying immigrants for. The general missionary contribution of the Methodist church, at a meeting in New York last Saturday afternoon,appropriated the following amounts to misssionary work: Italy, ?47,000 ; Mexico, $52,000; C'orea, $16,104. Shocks of earthquake were felt in Massachusetts last Saturday, and at San Francisco on Sunday afternoon. Hughes county, Dakota, has a genuine case of leprosy. The subject is a childof Mrs. Bansum, born whileshe wasa missionary in China. The neighbors refuse to have communication with members of the afflicted family. Judge Thurman celebrated the 75th anniversary of his birth on the 13th instant, and was congratulated by many friends who called upon him. The Yellow Fever.?The situation at Jacksonville is improving, though new cases of yellow fever are of daily occurence. There were eight new case3 on Monday and four deaths. Total cases to date, 4,621: total deaths, 406. ? The prisoners confined in the Camden jail made their escape on the 14th instant. On Friday, two of them, Edward Bush and Henry Gaither, both colored, were recaptured. LOCAL AFFAIRS. ' NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Mrs. Dora P. Smith?A Fine Farm for Sale. Lowry A Starr?Tobacco. Mrs. MollieE. Dobson?Temple of Fashion. Withers Adickes?There is a Time to Sow and a Time to Reap. Walter B. Moore A Co.?Coffins and CasketsGrocer i es ? C rockery ? H a rd wa re. Hunter A Oates?The Mammoth Stirring up Trade with the best Goods at tho lowest Prices. M. C. Willis?What tho Yorkville Enquirer says. Kennedy Bros A Barron?Clothing?School Books?Flannels?Ladies' Vests?Fine Tobacco and Cigars?Cartridges. M. A H. C. Strauss?The Great Rush. Jno. C. Kuykendal?Notes, Sharps and Flats. UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1880. Tiik Enquirer will he furnished from this date until January 1st, 1NK0, for 25 Cents. TO PRINTERS. We offer for sale about 350 pounds of bourgeois body type and the same quantity of minion, both of which are in use in printing this paper. Price for the minion 30 cents per pound, for the bourgeois 25 I cents ner nnnnd. Anv nartv desirine both fonts can purchase them at 25 cents per pound. Terras cash. THE DENNING CASE. In our notice of the suit of George A. Denning vs. the Carolina, Georgia and Northern Railroad Co., we erroneously stated that a new trial was granted. The motion for a new trial was argued by MessrS. Spencer an<J"Glenn, of counsel for defendant, and per contra by W. B. Wilson and W. B. Wilson, Jr., counsel for plaintiff; but the motion for new trial was denied by the Court. PARDONED. Governor Richardson Raspardoned Marcellus Moss, of Cherokee township, who was convicted at the summer term of Court, 1888, of breach of trust with fraudulent intent and sentenced by Judge Kershaw to imprisonment in thecountyjail for five months. Moss is sixty years old and is in ill health. His pardon was recommended by the presiding judge and the solicitor. YORK'S CONDEMNED MURDERERS. Unless thWe should be executive interference in thVway of/ a respite, there will be at least tvwKexefDtions of the death sentence in the YhrltvilleJail on Friday, the 7th of next monlh. Dolph Wheeler, Samuel Phifer andjvhvt Rise, all colored, are the culprits. Tme particulars of their trials are fresh in tl/e minqe of our readers. A petition is in cilculationsmraying commutation of Mat/Rose's sei^ence to life imprisonment,,bdf we learn that no effort is makiner. or likfcly to be made, for exec utive clemency fn behalf of Phifer and Wh^elenf ^ THE STATE PAIR. . The twentieth annual fair of the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Society closed in Columbia on Friday last. It is pronounced a success, and visitors are said to have enjoyed themselves better than ever before. Yorkville was represented in the live stock department by Mr. T. M. Whitaker, who took first prize for his thoroughbred horse Thomas Morrison, two years old ; first prize on thoroughbred filly Drift, three years old ; and second prize for thoroughbred filly Mollie K., two years old. Capt. J. C. Wither* spoon, of Rock Hill, also took a premium on the best South Carolina raised filly two years old. "A PICTURE OFCHARLESTON." ' With last Monday's issue of the News and Courier, its subscribers here received a mammoth supplement, it being the News and Courier's industrial issue for 1888. The issue contains 48 pages of the same size as the News and Courier, securely stitched and covered with fancy paper, on which the title is neatly printed in black and geranium lake. But while it is a fine specimen of the typographic art, it is no less valuable, as setting forth with maps, illustrations, descriptive articles and business announcements, the advantages of the city in the interest of which it is printed. EVANGELIST LEITCH. Although last Sunday was the third since the Rev. Mr. Leitch commenced his series of meetings at this place, conducting two services every day, the deep interest he has awaked in the cause of religion. so far from ebbing, has increased with every service. His labors here have been crowned with success, several accessions to the different churches in town being due to his work. That he is accomplishing great good cannot be denied, and in his labors he should have the united prayers and sympathy of all Christian men and women. His series of meetings here will close with the service on Sunday night next, and during the remainder of his stay day service, beginning at 11 A. M., will be conducted in the Methodist church, and for the better accommodation of his large congregations, night services will be held in the Presbyterian church, beginning at 7.30. RAILROAD NOTES. Capt. Taylor, the tracklayer, has moved his camp, which for several weeks has been located near Yorkville, to a point ashort distance beyond Hickory Grove. The steel rails for the remaining gap of twelve miles between Hickory Grove and Black's, are being delivered from Charleston, and if the weather permits the work of tracklaying will be resumed to-day, and proceed without interruption until the work is completed to Black's, which can be accomplished in ten or twelve working days. There is talk of running the south-bound morning train through to Augusta. The telegraph being erected by the Western Union, along the line of the road, is progressing in about the same ratio that messages are sent and delivered. After about three months it has been completed from Camden to Oakhurst, the first station this side of Kershaw, a distance of thirtythree miles. _ THE AIR-LINE WRECK. The terrible accident on the Air-Line I Railroad on the 12th instant was invested | with a sensation of peculiar and painful interest to the people of Yorkvilie from the fact that our young townsman, Postal Clerk R. T. Allison, was among the injured, and the first reports representing him as fatally hurt. Dispatches of a more assuring character were received, later, however, and the latest intelligence of his condition was received here yesterday by his brother from Postal Clerk J. C. Davenport. The purport of this letter is that Mr. Allison is resting well, and from present indications is thought to be out of danger, but as his wounds are in-c ternal, the physicians say a few more days will be necessary to develop their full extent. Mr. Allison's mother went immediately to Atlanta, where he was taken from the scene of the wreck, and she is yet with him. The Atlanta Evening Jourpal of Tuesday of last week has the following paragraphs in reference to the accident, which will be read with interest: "The injured are all doing as well as could be expected. The loss to the road will be not less than $60,000. "At 11 o'clock the two mail clerks, Shumate and Allison, arrived on the Air-Line I train. Mr. Shumate was resting easy, except when he was moved, and then he complained of great pain in his left shoulder and thigh. He also had a severe bruise on his chin. He was removed to his father's home, the old Castleberry place, on Peters street. ' "Mr. Allison is a much younger man, and in fact he,is a mere boy, but he acted with a great deal of heroism throughout I this whole affair. When he saw that the train was off the track he jumped from the ; rapidly moving car. ' "After the cars caught fire he assisted in removing Mr. Shumate, and then, true to ; duty, he repaired at once to the telegraph office and sent a dispatch Jo Superintendent Turner, telling him of Shumate's in- 1 juries. In the telegram he said not a word about himself. After the excite- ' merit had subsided. Allison found that he had been hurt more seriously than he had thought. "He was forced to take to his bed, and came down on the train this morning lying on a mattress spread out in the mail car. He was suffering intensely with pains in his chest and stomach, and his eyes were filled with tears as he lay for sometime on his mattress spread out on a pair of baggage trucks in the depot. "A delegation of mail clerks met the train and lent their assistance in removing the wounded men. "Allison's home is in Yorkville, S. C., and he had made up his mind to leave the 1 mail service on the first of January." CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. U. Galloway, Pastor. Services at Tirzah next Sunday at 11.30 A. M. by Rev. L. A. Johnson. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Services every day during this week, and on Sunday, at 11 A. M. by Rev. Thomas Leiteh. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services every evening during this week at 7.30 o'clock, and on Sunday evening at 7 o'clock, by Rev. Thomas Leitch. Sunday-shool at 3.30 P. M. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, Pastor. Thanksgiving services next Sunday at 11 A \f UimrlutT.cnhnnl at 10 A PrPV er-meeting to-morrow eveningat 7 o'clock. The pastor will deliver a sermon to children, at Union, on Sunday at 3 P. M. RAILROAD EARNINGS. The Railroad Commissioners have issued their tabulated statement of the earnings of the railroads in the State for the month of September last, as compared with the same month last year. The report, in contrast with all that have preceded it for several months past, shows a large net decrease. Of the twenty-seven roads included in the statement, only six show an increase, and two of these show an increase because they were not in operation in September last year. The gross earnings in September 1887, were $700,284.56; this year $547,832.34. The net decrease is $158,090.45, or 22.575 per cent. The per cent, of decrease on the roads controlled by the Richmond and Danville is 15.07 per cent. The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta shows the greatest falling off of the Richmond and Danville roads, $22,402.20; the Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line,.$9,385.05; and the Chester and Lenoir, $474.76. The total passenger earnings for September, 1887, were $157,481; September, 1888, $152,803.59 ; decrease, $6,001.94. The total freight earnings for the month in 1887 were $493,736.71; same month this year $336,092.44 ; decrease $161,747.57. ^PERSONAL MENTION. Miss Norma Strauss and Miss Mary Johnson left here yesterday to spend Gala Week in Charleston. ^ Mr. James Jones has accepted a position as clerk in Mr. R. A. Parish's grocery store. "tfMr. F. H. Reid, of Charlotte, N. C., is in Yorkville visiting friends.' v>Mr. Isaac McFadden, of Smith's Turnotit, formerly with Messrs. \V. L. Roddey & Co., of Rock Hill, has accepted the position of salesman at Willis's Carriage Factory. Capt. J. T. Koennecke and family, of Charleston, are at the Yorkville Hotel. .VMrs. A. Springs Withers and children are visiting friends and relatives in Charleston. Mr. James P. Culp, connected with the Yorkville Carriage Factory, is spending a short vacation with his parents near Wylie's Mills, Chester county. VMr. Ervin Gordon, has accepted a position as cotton buyer with Latta Brothers, with headquarters in Yorkville. VMessrs. James F. Glenn and James Snyder left here last Monday to spend >? " > ? * *r tt n liaia YveeK in unariesion. messrs. n. Moore, E. R. McElvvee, and probably others,, will go to-day. vMr. Miles Johnson, of Rock Hill, was M Yorkville last Monday. Miss Gertrude Sherer, of Black's, is in Yorkville, visiting relatives. Mrs. James E. Smith was summoned to Atlanta, last Saturday night, by telegraph, to the bedside of her daughter, Mrs. W. E. Ferguson, who was reported to be seriously ill. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock IIill, November 19.?From appearances, we are going to have some rainy and disagreeable weather. I learn that the farmers in this section have sown more wheat this fall than ever before. Cotton came in freely last week. The prices ranged from 9fc to 9.40. A larger quantity was sold at the latter price. JT. As stated in my last letter, two of our ' young men having been shot by cupid's darts, left town last week and returned here with their wives on Friday. The following are the bridal couples: Rev. \V. M. Anderson, pastor of the Presbyterian church at this place, was married on Thursday last, at Dyersburg, Tenn., to Miss Saddie K. Latta. The ceremony was performed by the father of the groom. A number of friends met the happy pair at the depot. At present they will reside with Miss Ann Starr, but soon expect to occupy the parsonage, which is fast approaching completion. Mr. M. C. Gaines, the courteous and accommodating agent of the C. C. & C. Railroad at this place, was wedded to one of Virginia's lovely daughters, Miss Lula Bland Roane, on the same day, at Ashdale, Va. They were also met by a large number of Iriends at the depot and driven to the residence of Mrs. Blake, which will be their home for the present. Thursday afternoon a number of the citizens called to extend their congratulations to both Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and Mr. \ajicUMrs. Gaines. K The name of the station in the old town ~6f Ebenezer, a few miles from this place, on the Three C's Railroad, has been named Old Point. The name, while I would like iu see me uiu une reituueu, ia vcij a^jnupriate. Old citizens say that it was the I intention of the C. C. & A. Railroad to pass through Ebenezerand locate a town there. ) A large number of our friends from the country, and a number of citizens of the town, are indebted to Messrs. S. T. Frew & Co. for a delightful dinner served in their store. They had an expert cook from New York. The meal was cooked on one of their large gauze door stove ranges. A number of the Masonic fraternity of this place visited their sister lodge at Fort Mill on Thursday last, the occasion being the dedication of the newly erected lodge i building in that town. They all report having had a most delightful time and enjoying their visit. Several of them expressed themfelves in very complimentary terms of the growth and future prospects i of the hospitable town. Hal. For the YorkTille Enquirer. YORK COUNTY FARMERS' ALLIANCE. York County Farmers' Alliance met in Yorkville on Friday, November 16th, and was opened in proper form by the president. The secretary, upon calling the roll of the various sub-Alliances, found them all properly represented. The object of the meeting was stated by the President, viz.: To take action on the work assigned to the committee on constitution and rules of order and business. Also, to make arrangements about the purchase of fertilizers and supplies. In the absence of Capt. A. Moore, chairman of committee on constitution and rules of order, &c., W. PI. Crook, secretary of said committee, made a report, which was received and unanimously adopted. The Alliance then adjourned until 2 P. M., at which hour the members re-asssembled. The president read several communications received by him from L. L. Polk, vice-president of the National Alliance, and secretary of the North Carolina State FarmersJ Alliance, concerning the workings of the order, and how they contemplate operating their business agency in North Carolina. Also, a communication from our worthy president, E. T. Stackhouse, in reply to several questions propounded for the good of the order. Also a communication from our State secretary, J. W. lleid, giving his reasons and expression of regret for not meeting with us as promised. Also, a communication from J. R. Ashe, concerning the manufacture and manipulation of fertilizers; all of which, on motiou, was received as information. The following resolutions were offered and adopted: That for the present, the various sub-Alliances make their own trade arrangements. In order that our trade agent may have backing, so as to give him tinancial standing in commercial circles, that we endeavor to raise a fund for said purpose, and that the secretaries of the various sub-Alliances solicit sub scripuons from tue mourners, ami report me amount received at our January meeting. The secretary read the following preamble and resolutions as adopted by the Oats Alliance and published in the "Cotton Plaut": That whereas it is reported that the manufacturers of fertilizers are about to combine or have combined to raise their prices; therefore, be it Resolved, 1st. That we pledge ourselves to buy no guano manufactured by any company that has entered into any combination for fixing the prices of guano, whereby it Is freed from the influence of the moBt wholesome law of supply and demand that should regulate the price of every article of commerce. 2nd. That we condemn as tne natural enemies of mankind, any individuals or corporations who are combined or may combine to raise the price of any article of prime necessity to the people, and declare that all money thus extorted is obtained by fraud and rascality. 3d. That the agricultural commissioner of South Carolina be requested to inquire into the matter, and ascertain, if possible, what fertilizer companies are engaged in the reported combine, and if any are found to be in it to publish the names of every one thus engaged, so that the farmers may know who are concerned in it. , 4th. That we deplore the fact, if it be a fact, that the government of the United States is unable to protect its citizens against the inquitous trusts and combines, whereby we are being robbed of our hard earnings bv unscrupulous speculators and unprincipled capitalists. These resolutions were heartily endorsed and unanimously adopted. There being no other business the Alliance was closed in proper form until the next regular meeting. W. N. ELDER, President. J. F. Ashe, Secretary. For the YorkvIIle Enquirer. BETHEL NOTES. t 1 n?< ?.. uiaiidu inniufu?rusioi" iuuiiucu. Bethel, November 15.?These notes will not follow in the well beaten paths so frequently used in your columns for the last few months. For, being suggested by more agreeable and pleasing surroundings. our theme will necessarily suggest a different line of thought. One of our school boys came home recently with tears in his eyes, and with sobs that made articulation almost inaudible, narrated the doleful tale that he had been pounded. And doubtless the blows were by no means pleasant. We have often seen black eyes and disfigured faces from the ponderous blows of assailants. But at the Bethel manse, on the 14th instant, there was a pounding and a severe one too, of an entirely different nature. True, the blows fell ponderously, and in such rapid succession, that it was all useless to think of dodging; but there were no tears shed, no black eyes, no disfigured faces, or unpleasant feelings. There was no partiality shown whatever; but the pastor and his whole family were pounded?and well pounded. Although the day was cold, bleak and rainy, still, at an early hour, the good people of our new charge came pouring in, on horse-back, in buggies and carriages, through the cold, mud and drenching rain, each one converting himself into a veritable Santa Claus, for each was well ladened. They came from all directions, and from the remotest limits of the congregation; all aees. from the urattling infant to the aged | sires and matrons, being represented. And, had not many who were prepared and ready to come, been detained by the excessive rain, we know not how all could have been accommodated. At noon a long table was spread, which literally groaned under its load of good things. Such a dinner was served as the Bethel people are ndted for getting up. The pastor and family spent the day very pleasantly and jovially with their congregation. All enjoyed the day, and parted feeling well paid for the sacrifice. And after the usual handshaking, and mutual well-wishing, all parted once more; but not till after many substantial tokens of esteem and friendship were left behind? tokens which will be seen upon the table, and enjoyed by the inmates of the manse for many days in the future. The whole thing was a genuine surprise; for it was gotten up so noiselessly, that we knew nothing of it till the people began to collect. But when we saw so many bundles being unloaded, we soon realized why it was that so many of the good people happened to think of paying us a visit all at once. And best of all, this is only a continuance, though in double proportion, of the kindness bestowed upon us ever since we came among these people?the storms that followed the preceding and preparatory steady rain. How pleasant and encouraging it is for a pastor and family to be thus remembered by an appreciative people! It is not so much the amount given, as the spirit that actuates it, that gives so much encouragement to a pastor, and binds him and people closer and closer together. May the good Lord, who put it in their hearts to thus so kindly remember us and ours, abundantly bless each one of them, owning and richly blessing the work of their hearts and the labor of their hands, till, when filled with the goodness of God, they shall all meet again around his throne in glory. And to each one of them we would tender our heartfelt thanks for the abundant kindness shown to us, and pledge again that while you are thus ministering to us in temporal things, and encouraging us in our work by your kindness and friendship, we will labor more earnestly and zealously in ministering to you in spiritual things. whnf-pvpr m?v have been her past his tory, Bethel is to-day a united" people. There is, doubtless, as much harmony and unanimity of feeling as there has ever been at any time in the past. Pastor and people are united, and people united among themselves, laboring shoulder to shoulder for the advancement of the Redeemer's kingdom. And as a natural result there are manifest tokens of the Spirit's presence and power among us. Quite a number have recently been added to the membership and the attendance upon public wtfrship is increasing. Material has been purchased, a live committee appointed, and, in ashort time the church building will be adorned with a new and stylish dressing of paint. The approaching thanksgiving day will be observed by appropriate religious services, and a thank-offering for the Thornwell Orphanage. On the day following, services preparatory to the observance of the Lord's Supper on Sunday the 2nd of December, will begin. During these solemn and interesting services, we hope and pray that the Spirit of God will descend witli power among us, and not only greatly revive his own people, but also quicken many another into newness of life. G. S. Robinson. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. LETTER FROSTUNIOX COUNTY. Etta Jane, November 17.?We are glad to know that the citizens of Yorkville and York county, have had an opportunity to verify our statement made several months ago in regard to the evangelistic work of Rev. Tom Leitch. It is not to be expected that all the seed sown by this laoorer in the Master's work will fall upon good ground; but, wherever he has labored, abundant evidence is left to show that the cause ot unrist nas triumpneu over saiauie influences, and that an abundant harvest is in store for the Master's use. We know of no people whose intelligence more empowers them to judge and appreciate a good work than the citizens of old York, ana we expect to hear of glorious results attending his ministration among them. For intelligence, mental and moral worth, the people of York county are second to none in our State, and this in a great measure is our voucher for the foregoing assertions. From our earliest recollections York county has numbered among its ministers some of the ablest theologians in this State, and this fact alone sufficiently guarantees to us that its people will better appreciate the services of Rev. Thomas Leitch, the evangelist. Last Wednesday our section was visited with a rain, much to the perplexity of our farmers. "I never saw so much rain in my life," is on everybody's lips. Cotton nwn't nnpn At lpaef half thp nrnn is still in the bolls, and perhaps will not open. It rots before it opens, and is very hard and tedious to pick. The cool weather since the freshet in September last has been of great advantage to the damaged corn. Much of it has been saved, and will no doubt go a long ways toward feeding stock, and making bread through the winter. There is thousands upon thousands of damaged corn along the rivers and creeks that will make nothing but hog feed, and those people who have been more fortunate than to lose their crops would do well to buy it up at a nominal price and feed their hogs. By grinding it and evoking the meal it makes splendid feed for stock or fattening hogs. Since the opening of a cotton market at Hickory Grove, a large amount of trade from this side of the river is drifting that way. Much of the supplies for next year will be bought there. Liberal ferriage rates are made for market wagons, and the prices offered and paid for cotton there are quite an inducement to those who have it to sell. At Hickory Grove there are five business houses doing a general mercantile business. In less than three weeks, between 700 and 800 bales of cotton have been sold there at prices running as high as $9.50. At that market 110 bales were sold yesterday. Rev. J. C. Galloway, of the A. R. Presbyterian church, will preach at Unity church next Sabbath, 25th instant. Sigma. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Mormon elders are preaching in the piney woods section of Lexington county. ? Four lineal descendants of the renowned John Knox, of Scotland, are now living in Manning. ? J. D. Carwile, formerly of Abbeville, has been elected to the Texas Legislature by a handsome majority. ? In the general election, Miss Eliza Garner, candidate for school commisioner of Union county, received 93 votes. ? R. C. Bishop has been elected by the town council of Gaffney to the position of chief of police of that town. ? Governor Richardson has issued his proclamation appointing Thursday, the 29th instant, a day of thanksgiving and prayer. ? The South Carolina association of exConfederate Surgeons, at their meeting in Columbia last Thursday, re-elected their old officers and decided to make lineal descendants of members eligible to membership. Dr. R. Andral Bratton, son of Dr. J. Rufus Bratton, of Yorkville, was elected a member of the association. ? The Woman's Christian Temperance - . * ? !i.i-j _ Union or spartanourg nave suorameu a petition to the city council asking for an election on the license question. They have the requisite number of names, but the council is investigating the whole list and cutting off the names of such as are not entitled to vote. The probable elec- * tion is creating no excitement, and, if ordered by the council, it will pass off very quietly and not draw out the full vote of r the town. ? The protracted municipal license war in Charleston came to a close on the 13th, the imprisoned merchants, twenty in number, accepting the terms offered them by the city, viz.: each defendant to take out a license, which amounts, it is estimated, will reimburse the city for the actual cost of the trials before the city court. The city remits the fines, which aggregate several thousand dollars, and the court officials also remit their fees and costs. This ends one of the most remarkable litigations, perhaps, on the records of the courts in Charleston. It is more than i probable that the license tax of the city will be so amended next year as to rid it of its most objectionable features. ? In the Edgefield Court of Sessions last Thursday, the case of the State vs. It. J. Jones, murderer of the three Pressleys, four years ago, was taken up, and the evidence was concluded Friday night at 11 o'clock. This trial was for the murder of the old man Pressley. The evidence did not vary from that given at the last two trials, except that the effort of the State to introduce evidence going to show who have the right to the occupancy of the land which was the immediate ouiisd nf thp homicide. was futile. The Judge ruled that the introduction of the evidence would necessitate an inquiry and investigation into the question of title, which was not admissible on the crimnal side of the court. Six arguments were made, and the jury took the case, remaining out 18 hours, when at 10 A. M. on Sunday they reported that they were unable to agree and a mistrial was ordered. Directors of tiie Three C's Railroad.?An adjourned meeting of the stockholders of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company, was held in Charleston last Thursday. A majority of all the stock outstanding on the books of the company September 29,1888, as re- ' ported by the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company transfer agents, was represented. . The annual election for directors of the 1 road was held with the following result: Frank Coxe, capitalist, Philadelphia, Pennsyvlvania. P. P. Dickinson, consulting and constructing engineer, New York. Chester W. Chapin, capitalist, New York. Wharton Barker, (of Barker Brothers,) banker, Philadelphia. W. F. Weed, capitalist, Boston, Mass. James F. Furber, general manager, Boston and Maine Railroad system, Boston, Mass. James A. Pumrice, vice president Boston and Albany Railroad Company, Boston, Mass. William D. Bishop, director and ex president New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, Bridgeport, Conn. | Jacob L. Green, president Mutual Connecticut Life Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn. Amos Barnes, director Connecticut and Passumsic Riyer Railroad Company, Boston, Mass. Gen. John T. Wilder, Johnson City, Tenn. W. L. Roddey, merchant and banker, > Rock Hill, S. C. P. J. Sinclair, Marion, N. C. Col. Frank Coxe was re-elected president, and Gen. J. T. Wilder vice president. t Admitted to Bail.?Dan Thornburg, one of the twin brothers who were implicated in the shooting of Wm. Aderholt, who was captured and jailed on the 9th of