Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 16, 1889, Image 2
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? Last Saturday was a memorable day
in the history of Sioux City, Iowa, it being
the first anniversary of the great blizzard
which occurred there just a year ago,
and during which over 200 persons lost
their lives. On that day the mercury was
above zero, and the Missouri river is still
open.
? Five of the twenty-five bagging mills
in this country are running. The managers
declare that there was too much
material outside for the trust to net much
profit, and that there is a great deal of
material in the country now, although the
factories have not been running for some
time.
? On Thursday Ed Starke was killed in a
peculiar manner while hunting in Meade
connfcv, Kentucky. While blowing in the
mozBle of his gun his dog came, up wagl
ging his tail, with which he struck the
trigger, discharging the gun. The top of
Stfjra's head was blown off and death was
instantaneous.
?The attorney general of North Carolina,
in his report to the Legislature, calls
attentibn to the prevalence of lynching in
that State. There were eight there last
year, and in one instance, he says, it was
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to avenge a crime in which the leaders
themselves were implicated.
fV,?George Vanderbilt. the young millionaire,
has purchased about three thousand
acres of fine land near Asheville, N. C.
' Mr. Vanderbilt will not talk for publication
concerning his plans, bnt there is areport,
which He does not contradict,'that
he is about to establish a woman's college
there., J
? J. O. Shelby, an ex-Confederate leader,
|^has been arrested at Butler, Mo., for re* i
{ fusing to pay $90 and costs, resulting from
an indictment for carryiug concealed
weapons. The arrest was made Sheri ff
J. B. Shelby, son of the colonel, and his
instructions are to make his father serve
oat his indebtedness in jail.
W ? It 1b proposed to have the takers of the
W next census make a schedule of the sur*
viving ex-Confederate soldiers. The idea
has been well received, and will be considered
at the next meeting of the Senate
committee on the census. The bill already
passed by the House provides a similar 1
schedule of Union soldiers.
? The City Hotel, of New Orleans, which :
i was for many decades a prominent resort1
| to visitors from ail sections of the country (
ft to the Crescent City, is being razed to the (
H ground, and on the site which so long
marked that distinguished hostler^ of the
ft olden time, an immense cotton mill is to
be erected by New Orleans capitalists, <
who have faith in that city as a manu
factoring point. ,
? Montana presents the fact that her pro- (
duction of gold, silver, lead and copper ,
last year was worth $40,000,000?an in^
crease of $10,000,000 over 1887?as a point 1
of some value in her claim to be admitted <
to full fellowship in the Union as a State, i
Her cattle trade is also of enormous value,
and altogether the exported surplus of her .
S reduction will probably largely exceed J
lat of several of the older and more popttlfttlQ
Sfo+OQ
\ ? The December report of the Agricultural
department at Washington, issued '
last Saturday, says: The present corn 1
crop is worth thirty one million dollars
more than the previous one; wheat seventy-four
million dollars more, and oats
. five million dollare less. The crop on the .
I Atlantic coast South of the Potomac Riv- !
er averages 11.2 bushels per acre, of com- .
'f paratively poor quality. The average
\ yield of seven com surplus States is 33.2
1 bushels per acre.
? The Kennebec river, in Maine, is open
for navigation from Augusta to the sea,
the ice having gone out last Thursday
j anight. The condition of the river is unprecedented.
The ice men are the greatest
sufferers, not a pound of ice having
been harvested up to this time. Ordinarily
these houses are half filled at this date.
Their fields are now all open water. The
weather is .spring-likp. and reports from
the lumber regions are that the lumber
men are fn a sorry situation. The snow is
? Ten years ago a Bird was sent to
the penitentiary LmflkDakota county,
* Minn., for mhrdw^^^Lhas spent the
h, ftpaf tefa.vfinrt ir fully ex-j 1
r pecteato spenoT^^^^^BTngaaysofttfs*
fife at that instlr the j^y^nor
heard certain m,. * Twwhich led him to issue
a pardon. Recently the brother of;
the prisoner died, and on his deathbed
confessed the murder for which his brothIer
was then suffering an undeserved punishment.
The presiding judge, the prosecutor
and others connected with the original
trial petitioned for pardon. Bird
' never gave any intimation of his knowledge
tpat he was suffering for his brother's
berime.
Ex-Sheriff C. C. McKinney, of Mitch- ?
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; bu cuuutv, m, u, was iruzuu tu ueatu uu >
Wednesday night on Roan Mountain,
while at a height of over 6,000 feet and
?-r.aear Cloudljuuf Hotel. He was with a
young man ,nam?d Columbus Jkmrjey.
( The latter made a desperate attempt to
save McKinney, and himself had a narrow
escape from death. Ice formed in his eyes
and mouth, and his arms and legs were
badly frozen as he crawled upon his hands
| in the snow. The rescuers found him unconscious,
standing erect in a snow drift,
his mouth and eyes open. The same
night Charlie Swan, eighteen years old,
was found frozen near Bakersville, Mitchell
county. He had gone after whisky
" and was returning, when he fell from a
precipice into an immense drift of snow.
? The general committee on arrangements
for the celebration of the centennial
of the inauguration of George Washington
as President, which takes place
^ April 30, held a meeting last week in New
York. Several of the sub-committees ap
^ pointed to represent various States at the
| ceremonies were present. The time of the
J meeting was taken up with a discussion
of the plan regarding the representation
/6f the different States and TerritoU^ries
at the celebration. The committee
K of clergymen, who assisted the executive
committee, recall the fact that at 9 o'clock
if on the morning of April 30, 1789, all the
? churches held religious services. It is
therefore recommended thfct all the
churches repeat this recognition of the
centennial anniversary.
? A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch of
" Thursday says: The coroner's jury, which
^*rV Btigated the shooting into the mob at
the county jail on the night of December
8th, adjourned to-night, after returning
two verdicts, or rather majority and mi- (
narity reports. Four of the jurors de- t
cided that the killing was unlawfully 1
done, and two are of the opinion that it ?
' was lawfully done. The verdict is of no "
importance now, as the grand jury is in- r
vestigating the case. Another reason
why the report will have little bearing <
1^ either way, is the fact that it has been (
freely talked about since the beginning of i
the investigation that the jury would de- ,
cide as it has. It would seem that the .
six jurors had formed their opinions beforehand,
which were not changed by the
evidence. !
?The North Carolina legislature assem- ,
bled at Raleigh on the 8th. It is over- ]
whelmingly Democratic, and is a remark- \
able body by reason of the fact that a \
majority of its members are farmers. This j
session will be called upon to elect a sue- (
cessor to United States senator M. w. \
liansom, who has considerable opposition, (
his rivals being Brazilian Minister Jarvis, (
ex-Congressman Waddell, Capt. L. B. Al- j
exander, Supreme Court Judge Merriman, r
. who is also an ex-Senator, Lieutenant- [
Governor Stedman and a long list of others. (
The contest is said to be an unusually spir- ]
K itedone. Among the important measures t
which are reported likely to be introduced ?
by this legislature, is a bill creating a
State Railway Commission, which issue \
entered largely into the election of the c
Speaker of the House. \
? Probably one of the most remarkable
cases on record is that of Mr. J. Meridith, ]
ofMonticello, 111., who has been a sufferer g
from abdominal dropsy for the last four g
Sears. Some time in the latter part of 1887 t
Ir. Meridith became so ill that a physi^
cian was called, and a few weeks later Mr. c
Meridith was tapped, and as a result, four t
and a half gallons of water was taken from ]
him, and he at once began to improve, but ^
he has been tapped 54 times during the i
year 1888, and at each tapping an average of 1
two gallons of water has been taken from t
him, or about two and a half barrels in
i twelve months. He is at present being 1
|l tapped every fiye days. He stands the 1
Ay>eration well/and is generally able to be t
his duty in two hours 1
Mr. Meridith is 70 c
meat. Revolution after revoltion has (
passed over the West Indian isle, though 1
almost all the blood that has bee. spilled
has been by assassination and q^cution,
and not in battle. A week ago legitime
was the successful autocrat and nw it is 1
said that Hyppoliteris about to anihilate
his enemy. stories that aretold of
the voudooism and cannibalism tht pre- 1
vail are startling. The former, if ot the
latter, exists in Liberia, in spite of 11 the 1
money and Christian efforts that have
been spent there, and the colony i in a
wretched state materially.
the f othutMe (frjujuw.
YORKVILLE, 8^:^' ^
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1889.
. THE ELECTORAL VOTE,
The votes for president and vice-president
this year were* Counted in a new way j
and under a new law. Op February 3d
last year President Cleveland approved
the -bill providing. for the change of
method. The first evidence of the opera!lions'bf
the new law came forth 6n Monday
of last webk, when the secretary of
state communicated to the Senate and
House certified reports which he had received
from the governors of the States,
showing the result of the late presidential
election.
Underthe new law the presidential electors
met in their respective States on last
Monday for the purpose of electing
the president and vice president.
Certificates of the result of the November
election were sent to the secretary of
state by the various governors previous
to the 7th instant, and day by day as they
reached the State department Secretary
Bayard transmitted copies of them to
Congress. The certificate of each governor
was also published by him in one of
the Washington newspapers.
The same law which requires the governor
to send this certificate to the secretary
of state also requires him to present
three copies of it to each of the candidates
Blected to the electoral college. These
three copies he may deliver any time
up to the day on which the presidential
electors meet, the second Monday in January.
As there are not likely to be any objections
raised against any of the returns
which the joint conventions of tne two
houses will be called to act upon, there
will probably be no delay in making
the official announcement of the election
of Harrison and Morton.
STATE TAXATION.
The Columbia correspondent o'f the Augusta
Chronicle, referring to Comptroller
Verner's recent instructions to county auiitors
relative to listing taxable property,
md his method of levying and collecting
taxes, says:
Comptroller General Verner's recent induction
to countyjauditors requiring taxpayers
to take oath to property returns
aas produced something of a sensation
imong the people and press of the State,
jleneral Verner is giving much study to
the special duties of his ofl[ice and generilly
to the subject of taxation. In a brief
mnversation with your correspondent a
few days since the comptroller alluded to
i matter that he has been studying for
iome time, with a view of improving the
methods of taxation and lessening the
people's burdens. He says that so far as
Pis investigations have gone, it appears ter
pe practicable to devise a:scheme by wtoteh
the State tax levy-?ay he al^iahiuLJTfl.
lo this would oicourse reqmMAfcotfstltuiional
amendm^at. The greatest trouble,
he thinks, ip-*securing just and proper as3esSmento-?f
property lies in the fact that
the\3?fle tax is uniform in each county,
md consequently the lower the assessment
the less each county contributes for State,
purposes. The temptation, therefore, always
is to lower valuations. In proof of
this, if proof were needed, I might cite
:he ftict that a few years ago when the
State board of equalization met, the memjer
for Aiken submitted an elaborate
icfaeipe for the equalization of assessments
jpon a Just and equitable basis.
Ho soon discovered daring the discusdon
that followed that, to the average
member, to "equalize" meant to "lower,"
uA the representatives of the various
mantles each contended for that end and
vith that sole object in view. Now General
Verner suggests that the State government
might be supported by the taxes
>n corporations and by the phosphate
oyalty and the liquor licenses. He says
;hat if all taxes paid by railroads, banas,
nsurance, express, telegraph and telephone
companies, and the liquor licenses
md phosphate royalty, were applied exslusively
to state purposes, that the revenle
would be sufficient to support the govprnment.
Under this system each county
vould be left free to regulate its own
iffairs and collect its own taxes in its own
vay, and the contests over assessments
vould be between individuals, and not between
counties. Each taxpayer, therefore,
vould be personally interested in having
lis neighbor as square and honest as himjelf.
There would besides be a considerible
saving in the collection of taxes.
Corporations would pay directly into the
State treasury, and all the expenses of colecting
taxes would be saved If the Republican
Congress shall repeal the internal
revenue laws it would then be within the
power of the State to raise the revenue
rora that source for its own purposes.
The amount paid last year in South Carolila
was $102,456.17. In view of the probibility
of such action by Congress, Comptroller
General Verner's suggestions are
mportant and timely.
A CORRUPTIBLE BALLOT.
The week of prayer which has been conlucted
in Charlotte by different city pas;ors
and closed last Saturday night, has
prought before the people of Charlotte
lome things that are causing considerable
lensation in the church circles of thatcity.
The last meeting was led by the Rev. A.
H. McManaway, of the First Baptist
Church. Other city pastors occupied seats
n the pulpit. The subject for discussion
vas that of "Reform." We quote from
he Chronicle:
There was quite a large congregation
present, and every one listened, with great
nterest, to the discourses. Mr. McManavay
spoke first of the reform of the ballot.
He said that the corruption of the ballotpox
is a crying evil, and that it is not conined
to any locality; that it is common in
Sew York, that it is common in North
Carolina, that it is common in Mecklenpurg
county, and that right here in the
:ity of Charlotte, bribery is practiced at
jvery election. He dwelt at length upon
;he evils of this state of affairs, and sugrested
a remedy which, he thought, would
pe effectual. "Let every voter who ac:epts
a bribe be disfranchised," said Mr.
McManaway, "and let the giver of the
pribe be a competent witness against him,
ind go scot-free."
Next, he spoke of reform in charities,
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:ould be made if there were a well organzed
system in the city.
His next topic was whisky and its evils.
3e pictured the horrors of intemperance
md the glorious results of prohibition,
ind favored another election on prohibiion
at an early day.
Rev. W. R. Atkinson then spoke, enforcing
Mr. McManaway's views, and es>ecially
in regard to bribery at the polls.
3e said that he saw numbers of negroes
Thursday hanging around the polls late
n the day waiting to be bought, and he
tad no doubt that the result of the elecion
was affected largely by it.
In speaking of the prohibition question,
tlr. Atkinson said that that liquor dealers
loldthe balance of power. "In prohibiion
elections in Charlotte," said Mr. Atkinson,
"the result is merely a matter of
ool mathematical calculation on\the part
>f the ifouor men. As the election nears
ts ch^Hfc^end out, their winners to
bg^^H^^feiyiumber of votte neces- j
mp whfoh^g^^
on the subjects under discussion. He
agreed with the other speakers on everything
except in regard to the cl^ss of people
who engage in bribery at the elections.
The general said that his experience
proved to him that this-kind of business
is not confined to immoral people, but
was indulged in by some of the most respected
people in the town. "During the
last prohibition election in Charlotte,"
said General Barringer, "I went, on one
occasion, to a caucus of the friends of the
cause. The question of buying votes was
brought up, and what was my consternation
to find that it was carried almost
unanimously in the affirmative. My
amazement was still greater when I observed
that the meeting was largely composed
of the leading members of the
churches of Charlotte and that elders in
this very church took a prominent part."
The general said that he had been trying
for forty years to work reform in this
State. He had always favored reforms.
The only reform that North Carolina had
ever adopted, was in regard to the manner
of taking care of the insane j and that reform
was due to the instigation of a Yankee
girl.
THE ALLIANCE'IN IOWA.
At the mass meeting of the Iowa Farmers'
Alliance, held at Des Moines last
Thursday, for the purpose of discussing
the extension of the system of co-operaa!
nf onnnlloa whiph id nflW 1
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practiced to a limited extent in Western
Iowa, various members were called upon 1
o give experiences in local alliances, and (
tie results of their buying and selling ,
.tiried with the number of delegates.
the local alliances in many parts of the <
Sate carry on a systematic dealing in
rgbceries, flour and agricultural imple- i
mmts, buying of the jobbing houses or i
ramufacturers and selling to the farmers
diect, thus securing reduced rates. The
present loose organization of the alliance
makes it impossible to properly guard the i
conmercial transactions, and this some- <
timis leads to difficulty in securing goods.
Oth>r dealers in goods combine and refuseto
do business with houses that sell
directly to farmers at wholesale, and thus
cut ?ff the profits to jobbers and retail
dealer. A gentleman from Dakota told
about the operation of the purchasing
systen in that Territory. He said they
had oieanized four years ago without capital
ani that it proved a failure. They
then iicorporateu with a capital stock of
$20,000in snares of $10 each. They made
their pirchases for county organizations,
and wagons were wanted. By having a
county organization the clerical work is
reduced and shipments are more easily
effected than through the local organization.
Tley buy their coal direct from the
i mines, secure estimates on agricultural
implemeats, and make contracts for such
implemeits for five years for the entire
Territory. They build their own wagons,
do their own insurance, insure their own
buildings,and their own lives. They pay
10 per cent, on the capital stock, and the
organization had been a success. Of late
they had thought it best to make it something
of a secret organization, and had
found it a good thing.
Secretary August Post and others
thought it would be well to adopt some
such plan, though he thought the same
profits could not be made as in Dakota.
There was a general feeling among
the delegates in favor of a secret work,
or rather a private work in the alliance,
and the . pledging of all members not to
divulge tne proceedings to outsiders and
not to tell the prices they paid for goods.
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a uioruugn revrgtiui/Mi;iuu in u^u^u.
The State dues will have to be raised in
order to have more capital to pay those
engaged in the work. .
Some of the members thought this
would be objectionable, but it seemed to
be necessary. A committee was appoibied,
which during the afternoon made a report
recommending that this convention authorize
and instruct,4fae executive committee
to call a deL^te convention, at the
earliest date pja^ible, of one representative
from eacjralliance, with full power
to adopt a xJZn favoring a State purchasing
agents?) act for the subordinate agencies,
an*the subordinate agency in reach
of evffy local alliance. So that the farmep??jf
Iowa will renew their efforts of fourteen
years ago to eliminate the middlemen
from the business economy of the State.?
[New York Tinpes.
ACTS OP THE LEGISLATURE.
The following Acts were passed at the
recent session of the Legislature:
SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS.
An Act to abolish the office of Superintendent
of Highway.
Section 1. That the office of superintendent
of highways now provided by law
be, and the same is hereby abolished.
Section 2. That all of the duties now
imposed by law upon the superintendent
of highways be, and the same hereby are
devolved upon the county commissioners
of the several counties of this State.
Section 3. That all Acts or parts of Acts
in conflict with this Act be, and the same
hereby are repealed.
THE UNEXPENDED SCHOOL FUNDS.
An Act to amend the law with reference to unexpended
School Funds remaining on hand
at the end of any fiscal year.
Section 1. That it shall be the duty of
each county treasurer to carry forward all
sums in his hands collected for any previous
year or years for school purposes,
and unexpended, to the next fiscal year,
and credit the same to the school district
respectively for which it was apportioned,
and it shall be the duty of each county
treasurer to report the same to the school
commissioner of his county, as provided
by Section 1,022 of the General Statutes:
Provided, that nothing h rein contained
shall apply to the county treasurer of Lexington
county until a sufficient sum of
such unexpended balance shall be applied
to the payment of the expenses of laying
out said county into school districts as provided
by Act of the General Assembly.
Section 2. That all Acts and parts of
Acts inconsistent with this Act be and the
same are hereby repealed.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE
SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
To provide for the establishment of Separate
School Districts in the several cities, incorporated
towns and villages in this State, to
authorize the levy and collection of Special
Taxes in the several School Districts now
formed or hereafter to be formed outside of
cities, incorporated towns and villages.
Section 1. That for the purpose of establishing
and maintaining graded or
other public schools in any city, incorporated
town or village in this State, such
city, incorporated town or village desiring
to establish and maintain the same,
and to receive the benefits of this Act,
are hereby constituted and declared to be
separate school districts.
Section 2. That the voters of said school
districts who return real or personal property
of the value of one hundred dollars for
taxation, are authorized to levy and collect
an annual tax to supplement any constitutional
or other tax for like purposes,
and for said purposes the trustees of said
school districts, upon the written request
of a majority of resident freeholders of the
age of 21 years and over, shall call a public
meeting of said taxpayers at any time
before the 1st day of June of each year,
which meeting must be advertised in a
newspaper published in such city, town or
village, oncea week for two weeks, or posted
in three conspicuous places in such
school district for said length of time; and
when assembled, said meeting shaH have !
tne power 10 eieet a cimnujau auu dcwctary,
to adjourn from time to time, to levy
such special tax, not exceeding two mills,
and to appropriate the same to such school
purposes as a majority present shall see ,
tit; that no tax so levied shall be repealed
at any subsequent meeting; that within ,
ten days after said meeting the chairman
thereof shall furnish the board of trustees ,
of such school district and the county au- '
ditor with the amount so levied, and the (
auditor shall enter the same on his tax ,
duplicates, and the county treasurer shall ;
collect the same as other county and State *
taxes; such levy shall be a lien on the '
property in such school district, which
shall be subject thereto in case of default
of payment; that said tax so collected shall
be paid out by the county treasurer upon
warrants drawn by the board of trustees, (
countersigned by the county school com- ,
missioner: Provided that any surplus of ;
such levy remaining in the hands of the j
county treasurer at the expiration of any ]
fiscal year, shall be paid out as herein pro- f
vided and to be used for like purposes.
Section 3. That the voters of any school (
district now formed or hereafter to be ]
formed outside of cities, incorporated towns j
or villages in this State who return real or <
personal property for taxation of the yal- ]
pe of $100, desiring to levy a tax, not ex- (
ceeding two mills, for the use and purpose
lereinbefore mentioned in this Act, are
iereby authorized and empowered to levy, 1
;ollect and disburse such tax in the same (
nanner conditions prescribed 1
for the levy, col- i
of taxjes
ate school districts in cities, incorporated
owns or villages in this State: Provided
;hat this Act snail not interfere with any
ichool district which has heretofore been
jreated by special Act.
Section 4. Each taxpayer, when he pays ]
my tax for school purposes, voted under
<he provisions ot this Act, shall have the
ight to designate to which school in his (
listrict he wishes the money paid by him
o go, and the treasurer shall Keep a note i
>f such designation and the money shall
36 applied as thus designated. Where no
iesignation is made by the taxpayer at
:he time of such payment, the money shall '
3e expended as other school funds in such
iistrict.
Section 5. That it shall be the duty of'
;he county board of examinees, as soon as I
ho M7Pi tton rpnnpst nrovided for in Section I
I shall have been made, to appoint three i
rreeholders in said school district or disiricts
to act as trustees thereof.
Section 6. That all Acts or parts of Acts
inconsistent with^any of the provisions pf 1
this Act be, and the same are hereby,
repealed.
A Stimulus to Southern CottonMilling.?Among
the most prosperous
jotton factories in the South are Camperiown,
the Clifton, the Pelzer and the
Piedmont mills of this State. These mills
have just declared semi-annual dividends
of five per cent. ,
The stock of the Clifton mills is now said
to be worth $145 per share.
The successful record of these three mills
ought to and doubtless will se?ve as a stimulus
toward the organization of additional
cotton manufacturing companies in South
Carolina.
This is one industry in which the South
ought to enjoy a monopoly, and the estab- ,
lishment of additional plants should be
enthusiastically chronicled by every Soatbai *
era newspaper that desires to see the secy ,
tion prosper and grow. f '
The mills located in New England and
in other portions of the North, notwithstanding
their numerous and often serious
disadvantages, are all said to be earning 4
large profits. The reports published frolin
the factories in the first section indicate
unusual prosperity. The dividends paid
by them during the year just ended were
remarkably large. We note that the
Union mill paid as high as 30 per cent.,
that the American Linen paid 22}, the
Granite 22, Troy 20, Bourne 16, Seaconet
15, Pepperill 14, Sagamore 13, Manchester
12}, FallRiverl2, wampanoag 11}, Border
City 11, and the Dwight, Pacific, Lawrence,
Amoskeag, Nashua and Flint mills
10 per cent., and many others 9 per cent.
These mills, and all others, are said to be
crowded with orders, and they all bid fair
to increase their dividends in 1889.
II these mills in New England, so far
removed from the "raw material," can
produce such gratifying results to their
stockholders, how much more satisfactory
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prove. Here we have the raw material
at the very doors of our factories, obviating
expensive outlays for transportation
that must necessarily be incurred by those
mills remote from the cotton fields.
A leading mill engineer of Rhode Island
in a recent communication to the Baltimore
Manufacturer's Record, stated that a
40,000 spindle mill located at any well selected
site in the cotton growing section of
the South, and properly equipped with
the latest and most approved style of machinery
for the manufacture of standard
sheeting, costing $800,000, would consume
20,000 bales.
It is variously estimated that the difference
in cost of a bale of cotton?490 pounds?
between the mills in South Carolina and
Fall River, Mass., is from $4 to $6 per bale.
Taking the lowest estimate of $4 per bale
as a basis, and it will be easily seen that
there is a sum of $80,000 in favor of the
South Carolina mills, or a saving of 10
per cent, on the complete cost of the mill,
on cotton alone. This may be viewed as
a reliable exhibit, and it should undoubtedly
stimulate the cotton milling industry
in South Carolina.?[Charleston World.
Two Rival Towns.?A dispatch from
Wichita, Kas., gives an account of a terrible
affair at Cimarron, Kansas, in which
two or three persons were killed and several
wounded.
There has for the year past been a serious
conflict between the towns of Cimarron
and Ingalls. The county officers, excepting
the clerk and surveyor, have bem
QMnni"a f * tte&iisy a ysar? - r jsl
ATThereeenvelectlon', WatronT^trjfr"!
galls man, was elected clerk, but the commissioners
refused to canvass the vote until
the supreme court issued an order for
them to do so last Monday., Fridaymorn^
ing several deputy sherlra wbnt to Cimarron
to place Watson, the clerk-elect, in office,
and to remove the county records to ,
Ingalls, when they were fired on by a mob
of from two hundred to three hundred i
AL! mL
uimarron sympaiaizers. xne ouuus wcio
returned with vengeance, and when the
firing ceased it was found that J. N. English
and J. Bliss, two prominent citizens of
Cimarron, were killed and quite a number
wounded. George W. Bolds, dephty sheriff,
was shot in the leg, and Samuel Breeks
and Crothfetter, two other deputies, received
flesh wounds in the arm and head.
The Ci marron people, infuriated over the I
killing of their two leading citizens, charge C
ed in a body upon the brick building inp
which Watson and the wounded doputiesj
had taken refuge. <
At last accounts, firing was going on a/ .
intervals between the besieged andthe W- \
siegers, the latter using house corners and '
otherplaces for shelter. /
If Watson and the deputies fall into the
hands of the Cimarron people, the/will all
be hung, and their only safety is in fee f
timely arrival of outside assistance. 1
? / i
New States and Territories.?One ]
of the absorbing questions in Congress is ]
the admission of new Territories and (
States and the effect of such admission on
parties. In the general speculation otf this subject
it is too much taken for granted 1
that the Republicans "will profit. An ar- (
my officer on the retired list, who is an un- ;
usually intelligent observer and who has (
had excellent facilities from long refidence ,
and familiarity with the newcommuni- J
ties in the far West to form an accurate
judgment, says that the Republicans are 1
over-confident. He says that not only ]
New Mexico, but Montana and Wyoming, ,
will be Democratic, and the same is true
of Arizona. There may be a fighting
chance in Washington Territory But he
does not count upon regaining what we
have recently lost there. In thf others, he
thinks, our reverses last year vere due to
aissausiacuon wiin jjemoerau; jjuh^ no
to the making of new States, which was 1
not thoroughly understood 8nc which nat- <
urally seemed to call for a decree of tem- 1
porary resentment. This h? now been '
gratified, and it is probable,if no further ,
cause of provocation arises, that the old
Democrats will return to thar allegiance. ,
This information is corroborated by the
talk of some of the Westen members of
Congress.
, ? . V -j
Congress This WEEKr-The debate on t
the tariff bill in the Senab will occupy all (
of this week and Mondaj of next week, (
the time for voting on tht passage of the ,
bill being fixed for Tuesdiy, the 22d, at 1 (
o'clock. ,
The business of the Hmse this week has (
all been planned in advance, and in some (
instances has been male the subject of j
special orders. The firs! days of the week j
were appointed for passiig the fortification
appropriation bill and dscussing the river (
and harbor bill, and pr*bably Mr. Spring- (
er's omnibus territorial bill. The appropriations
committee wfeh to consider and
pass the sundry civil appropriation bill
to-day, and the South Carolina contestedelection
case of Small? vs. Elliott is set for
to-morrow and may consume the remainder
of the week. <
It is to be noted, however, that part or
f f/\ /lionw.
ail Ul IUV piUglaUJLUC 13 DUUJCvl tU UlOOirangement
by a report from the committee
on rules on Mr. Randall's resolution rescinding
the rule wfcich now requires adjournment
at 5 o'clock every day. If this 1
resolution be rejected or defeated by indi- i
vidual or party effort, the result may be a
renewal of the fillibnstering proceedings of j
last week.
The North Carolina Veterans.?A convention
of surviving Confederate soldiers
in North Carolina is to be held in
Raleigh on the 22nd of the present month,
the object being to secure from the Legislature
an increase of the pension appropriation
for their benefit. The people of
Raleigh are preparing to give the veterans
a warm welcome and hospitable entertainment.
^.11 railroads leading into Raleigh
have agref i to transport all delegates both
wayc freeNrf all Charges. There are 4,372
pensionerslin the State, each of whom receives
an annuity of $7.
? Andrew Jones and T. S. Washington, r
tioth colore*!, have been arrested in Ander- l(
3on on a clprge of setting fire to to a quan- L
tity of cotfton at the Savannah Valley depot
in Anderson, on the night of Novem- k
ber 17, las*. i e
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Withers Adickes?Nice Goods and Lowest
Pr.ces.
M. <fe H, C. Strauss?Prices Low. Terms Cash.
F. Happerfield?Standard Southern Fertilizers.
Kennedy Bros. & Barron?Ferguson Plow
8 took.
0. A. Ypungblood, Administratrix, C. T. A.?
SfJe by Administratrix.
Campbell Printing Press and Manufacturing
Op.?TheNew Improved Campbell Country
Press.
May &'May, Druggists?Phcenix Brand.
J. A. Parwin?Fine Tennessee Mules.
J. H. Riddle?Last week we made the Statement.
R. A. Parish?If you want any kind of Fruit.
j THE SCHOOL ELECTION.
The election last Saturday on the questionjf
establishing a graded school in
YorEville resulted in a vote of 86 in favor s
of taxation for that purpose, to 2 in oppo- r
aitioD. ^ 1
NEW POST OFFICE. 7
The post office department has directed
that a new post office, to be known as
RoMnia, be established at the residence of
Emmet Love, on the Howell's Ferry road,
sijt miles from Yorkville. Mr. Love will
be post master. ^ /
\ YORK COUNTY ADLIANCR
A; special meeting of York' County
Farmers' Alliance was held in the Court
Home yesterday. The meeting was largely
afended and there were two sessions? ?
foreioon and afternoon?but the proceed- f
ings were strictly private and nothing was j
givfn out for publication.
y AND HANDLE WORKS. I
Lowrv and Robert WJtberspopnjare
erecting a spoke and hanate fac- '
tory at Smith's Turnout, on the C., C. & A.
Eailroad, in this county. It is their in- '
tention to put in an equipment of first .ass 1
machinery for the purpose, and they hope '
to have their works in operation at an 1
early day.
TO~PRINTERS,
w* offer for sale about 850 pounds of
bourgeois body type and the samequantity (
of minion, both of which are in use in j
printing this paper. This paragraph is a
sample of the bourgeois, and the minion
is uied in the advertisements. Price for
the ninion 80 cents per pound; for the bour- f
geois 25 cents per pound. Any party desir- <
ing both fonts can purchase them at 25 1
cents per pound. Terras cash, ]
OUR EXCHANGES. *
* T*" Inof ntrmlr nnn. ^
Trie A1K0U ivwuruct UI loov nc&a wutains
a full and comprehensive descrip- j
tion of that popular winter resort. The
article is well written and illustrated with '
several fine engravings of views and scene- 1
ry in and near that attractive town.
The Charlotte Chronicle appeared in a 1
netv typographical dress last Friday and 1
the management of that paper may be
congratulated upon its improved appear
v / ]
Q^TATfi SUPREME COURTS/ <
In the State supreme court lasjrThurs- (
day, the following cases from York county ]
were called:
W. L. Roddey & Co. vs. W. L. Erwin.
Mr. W. B. Wilson was heard for appellants
; Mr. W. B. McCaw for respondent; !
Mr. Wilson in reply.
Lewis H. Blair et al. vs. John Q. Black,
assignee, et al. Continued. <
Elias & Cohen et al. vs. John G. Black, I
assignee^ta^. Continued. 1
yXBUILDING NOTES. i
Herridon Bros, have just finished a neat
and commodious warehouse, convenient
to their store. (
Dr. Jno. C. Kuykendal has also built a ,
new warehouse preparatory to enlarging i
his drug store building. It is his purpose
to replace with a new addition that part j
of his building now used for the storage
of heavy goods. j
Mr. C. H. Dixon having sold his house '
and lot on the north side of town to Mr.
{Wi H. Herndtan, is building a jpew dwelling
Bear tfieresldenceo^Sev.L. A. John- .
son, on East Jefferson street. (
Mr. S. M. McNeel's store house is ap- 1
proaehing completion.
. ^HPERSONAL MENTION. !
Margaret Grier, of Charlotte, is J
yfetjog at Col. W. H. McCorkle'^s. j
^Mb. Frances Haines, of Concoro^N. C? ,
isvfciting her brother, Mr. A. Cody,of
thisplace. J I
>^tfr. Thomas J. Bell left on Friday last ?
for Florida, where he will engage in teach- 1
far school. ?
/{fudge Witherspoon left last Saturday, 1
of Orangeburg, where he opened the cir- (
tuit court of that county on Monday (
morning. f
! Mr. John A. Darwin and Mr. Rufns A. (
Parish have returned home from the (
Tennessee stock farms. 1
pir. Isaac McFadden, of Smith's Turn- j
Mit has been -employed as a salesman in {
EI. F. Adipfcls's store. ]
SPELLING*CONTEST. [
^The spelling contest in the opera house j
last Friday night was largely attended, c
ind netted quite a respectable sum in door c
receipts. Seventeen participants?eight c
ladies and nine gentlemen?engaged in
the match, which was won by Miss Sallie 1
A.dickes. The list of words to be spelled c
was dictated by Rev. T. R. English. Mr. *
D. E. Spencer acted as umpire, and Col. W. r
B. Wilson presented the flowers and tin ?
;up to the victors. The recipient of the 1
latter trophy was Dr. M. W. White. ,
One-half of the proceeds of the enter- g
tainment went to the Love Comedy Com- i
pany, aDd the other was equally di- \
rided between the ladies' benevolent s
societies of the Presbyterian and Epis- *
Jopal churches. c
^
MINISTERS' TICKETS. t
The management of the Richmond and ?
Danville Railroad system vill issue half t
fare certificates for the year 1889 to all E
ilergymen actively engaged in ministerial
work upon the lines of their various roads, t
The following are the regulations under
which the certificates will be issued: f(
1. The privilege will be extended only j
to those whose whole time is devoted to, c
ind whose entire support la derived from,
ministerial work upon thedine of the road. P
2. AUMDli^ons fQ^alfJarsjjertifl- tj
?te8 should be made if the agent at tne i
itation nearest the residence of the appli- y
?nt, and upon the forms furnished by the
company. The agent oust certify to the
ibove facts upon said form. Where a
Jtation agent is not convenient to the
residence of the applicant, the above facts sl
should be certified to by the Bishop or 3
uther superior authority of the church, or,
in the absence of such, by some well- <i
known and responsible citizen. ?
3. Applications, upon the forms furnish- 8
sd, should be made to Jas. L. Taylor, gen- \]
eral passenger agent, Washington, D. C. x
8
? - - r nnffifl n
xtxta (JAJnrjaciuu m.
Attention is directed to the advertise- ?
mem on the fourth page of this paper of si
the Campbell Printing Press and Mfg. 2
Co., New York. The presses made by jj
this company are of so high a reputation ;(
thatno word of commendation of them is
neeied. We have used their printing ai
ma<hinery ever since 1869, when we intro- cf
dued their "improved country press," ^
anc when taken down last October to Jj
mcke room for a Campbell of different
stjie ^nd greater speed, it was practically c<
in is good condition, after nineteen years' u
coistant use, as when first set up in our
ofice. The Campbell Press Company
uanufacture printing presses of all grades, Jj
fnm low priced machines, (such as shown a;
hr the cut in their advertisement) adapt- ri
el to papers of small circulation, to the r<
nost expensive press for fine or rapid work.
Jo any publisher contemplating the pur-j ^
hase of a cylinder press, our advice is, p
onfer with the Campbell Company. w
v
NEW LOCOMOTIVES. tl
The Three C's Railroad has added to the t<
oiling stock of its freight service two new ^
scomotives, said to be the largest and
eaviest on any Southern railroad. They r
re of the class known as "consolidation" v
ngines, a larger machine than the Mogul, e
r
[ he Charleston World, describing them as
hey stood in the South Carolina Railway
rard, uses the following figures to give
heir dimensions: Gauge, 4 feet 9 inches;
uel, bituminous coal; cylinders, 19 inches
liameter, 26 strokes; drivers, 57 inches
liameter; driving wheel base, 12 feet; toal,
22 feet 3 inches; weight on drivers, 98,i00
pounds; total weigot 120,000 pounds;
prings made of best cast steel, tempered
n oil; wheels, double plited chilled ; tank
>n tender, 3,500 gallon capacity. They
lave been named and numbered. No. 6
8 "Sumter"; No. 7 is "Berkeley." The
ormer suggests the possibility of a direct
:ut from Camden to Chareston, through
Jumter. They are supplied with the latest
jatent of the Westinghoua air brake, and
ill the lastest running gear and fixtures,
fhe Sumter is now on the road and the
Berkeley will soon be pit, into regular
lervice. The Three C's rod is now provided
with the finest enginedn the South,
ind a number of passenger-coaches, mail
ind baggage care that are unexcelled any;vhere
for beauty, inagnificeiice and convenience,
and a large supplf of freight
?rs, box and flat, are ready tolo their own
jUsiness, independent of anylody else.
CHURCH NOTICES
Episcopal?Sunday-school at ..30 P. M.
Associate Reformed Presbyteian?Rev.
I. C. Galloway, Pastor. Servces next
3unday at 11 A. M. Sunday-schol at 3.30
P. M.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. Engsh, Pastor.
Services next Sunday at 11 v. M. and
r P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M., Prayermeeting
to-mortpjy evejrtfig"it.4 fclock.
Baptist?Rev. R. "ST. Patrick Pastor.
3ervicfes at Union next Sunday it 11 A. M.
ind in Yorkville at 7 P. M. Sundayjchool
at 3 P. M. Prayer-meetfrg to-morrow
evening at 7 o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. V W. Daniel,
Pastor. Services next Suday at 11
A.. M. and 7 P.M. Sunday-ihool at 3
P. M. Prayer-meeting this e\|ning at 7
j'clock. Young men's union pjiyer-meeting
next Tuesday evening at 7i'cIock.
THE MANDAMUS PROCHDINGS.
On Thursday last, rules issujg from the
State supreme court were seryl upon the
:ounty commissioners on th(petition of
the Charleston, Cincinnati fid Chicago
Railroad Company, the Masssiusettsand
Southern Construction Compjy, and the
Boston Safe Deposit and Truj Company,
igainstR. W. Whitesides, ehfraan ofthe
joard of county commission^, and J. B.
Allison, clerk of the boarder a writ of
nandamus commanding tbdelivery by
;he county commissioners the bonds
looted by townships in Yorkiunty in aid
)f the Charleston, Cincinnatind Chicago 1
Railroad.
Appended to the petition a certificate
)f John F. Jones, chief erineer of the
Massachusetts and Sontherttonstruction
Company, certifying that i railroad is ,
jompleted through York c^ity, and the i
following correspondence: i
Black's, 8. C., Decenjr 21,1888. 3
R. W. Whitesides, Couf Chairman,
York County : Dear Sir: U Charleston,
Cincinnati and Chicago Rfoad having J
been completed, with tracked and trains '
running thereon, and the ri accepted by !
the railroad commission&and now in J
operation through the towmps of Cataw- I
ba, ibenezer, York, Brd River and ]
Cherokee, in York countyn accordance 1
with the subscriptions me by the several
townships, and pursua to the condi- i
tionsof the several indeires whereby <
the londs subscribed werdaced in trust ^
with the Boston Safe Depit and Trust I
Comfany, of Boston, Masi am instruct- t
ed bf the Charleston, Cinmati and Chi- i
cago Railroad Company ; request that e
rou,as the chairman ofthooard of coun- e
ty a>mmi88ioner8 of Yoi county, sign
the certificate attesting ft fact, accom- t
panning this request, witfut further de- e
lay. Very Respectfully, e
John F. Jones, Serintendent. c
Black's, S. C. Dec ber 26; 1688. / ~h
r^or^'lohn F.Joqes, gt, Q^fe. A d. ^
ST R. anHnHassacnuSet and Sqntheiv *
Donitructioq Company: latSir: RepljT/ 8
Ing jo yourT&vor of the it Instant, I &4E
fret that, while admittiith'e facts stated *
in tne accqmpanying ccflcate, I must
facina tn s?cn thft samrfficiallv. Verv I
Reipectfully, Ac. j " "It
R. W. WhitesJS, Chairman. J t
The prayer of the petpn is in the fol- ^
owing words: ;
That your Honors git unto your peti- J
;ioiers a writ of mandais directed to the a
ait R. W. Whitesideshairman of said g
x)frd, and to James Ba.llison, clerk of 8
laii board of county cotiissioners, comnanding
the said R. j. Whitesides as t,
shiirman, to perform e duty imposed .
iron hi m by law of com )ti ng the deli very !
)r said bonds, and to t> end, to endorse '
;h3 certificate present to him for en- ?
Icrsement as herein edited, or a certifl- J*
?o of similar importid effect, or that ?
i show cause before y honorable court P
>r a day to be fixed, in order to that ef- I
'eit,whyheshouldnotrequiredsotodo; ?
ud requiring and commcfing the said J.
B Allison, clerk afored, to attest in his
)ficial capacity the siature of the said v
dairman to the ceicate so directed g
c be made, so as to colete the delivery ?
)J said bonds, or tha&e likewise show
suae why he should t be required so to ?
1)." I ?
A similar rule was 0 served upon H. ^
i. D. Neely, countjreasurer of York jj
:?unty, and Robert Whitesides, James e
1 Allison and E. Rtfills, county com- fr
rissioners, the relatteing P. P. Dickin- n
i?n. The prayer of i petition is as fol- ^
cws: f
"That a rule maje issued requiring
le said county cqoissioners and the C]
aid H. A. D. Neelyounty treasurer of
ifork county, to sb cause before this a;
iinorable court whi writ of mandamus gj
kould not issue reqlng them to pay the e(
tatured coupon aieaid (referred to in ir
omplaint) or intereon bond No. 16, or j8
Idbt of Cherokee toBhip, and now held t?
*y you petitioner?d that if no suf- is
Icient cause be sha, that your peremp- "
ory writ of manqus do issue, com- a(
oanding the said inty commissioners :r
,nd the said H. D. Neely, county C(
reasurer as aforesaj to pay the said ma- ti
ared coupon or inist last aforesaid."
The rule in eachise is returnable be- ?i
ore the Supreme <rt in Columbia at 11 b;
L. M. on the 24tk>stant. J. F. Hart, oi
heppard Brotherhd R. W. Shand ap- J?
ear as lattorneysr the relators. For
fie respondents, (J. Spencer. Wilson & fj
I flson & MCHDW, (oTini witherspoon, sa<
I. B. McCaw, N. T. HJin. by
mmmmmmimm+m Be
, i? Wfi
THE BRAYING IP JltfRAYTON. Sei
"The election laws ir>onth Carolina of
ad the methods eh ploy to suppress the in{
epubllcan vote,"is thtitle of an ad- set
ress prepared by E1K M. Brayton, Jo:
lairman of the South flo/ina Republi- gaj
in State executive comMee, for circu- cot
ition among the mem B , of the Fifty- tru
Cnnnrool A anoniflnv Is tn hft SPflt Pil
lou vvu^ a. vuy a*, - ? ? ?
> Presidentelect Harrtf. The address da;
i bitter in tine and afk^> the present ing
emocratic nethods ink State without is 1
nervation. In its ojjng sentence it tec
laracterize; the recension in South N.
arolina as 'miserablirce," and claims aid
mt "out o'a vote of're than 120,000 the
ie RepubJcans werhffered to have da;
)unted buti3l740.'' i hoi
Brayton ays: 4,Th<sult is canvassed nig
ad discouted in ad'ce, and the so- yei
died elect>n is but 1 formal registry neo
F what hasbeenorda'd," and further da;
tat "the Ite efectio^emonstrates the At
fflcial supfssioiof elective franchise Wi
i this Stie ad tJ utter futility of of!
jntendinga^aist tl infamous system arc
nder whi<fr it ihelc The rights of suf- a^c
age are ainihlted giv
Other 8enenc^seJeed from the address sur
re as follows: ^s jitters now stand the An
Republicans a potical outcasts and by
liens to the coborvealth, and have no anc
ight whica thjenycrats will concede or fiec
jspect." I Do'
Of the ebctiWsam in South Carolina pie
e says: "It trlisan purpose is not E.
ven conceale t openly violates every Tei
rinciple cf ri justice and fairness, it fire
?as enacted t( ble the few required to two
rork its macl y to accomplish all that cha
ie masters o) party have been able be 1
o achieve th: t lawlessness, fraud and wai
rutal crimes! of
He styles th mutton of the present froi
egistration 1 ?an unexampled out- last
age," implyi wrongful complicity, in- Noi
olving false ring on the part of vot- one
re or its illeg ission and poijury on anj
' ^P^tt of the supervisors," and allege
' &l ffhese are venal offences for whici
i BoutUIq public opinion offers ready am
full aLolution." In support of thes
! ^^^TBrayton states that "on the las
electiol day there was picked up on th
' P,u."iic *oad in Oconee county a batch c
thirty-sii^ blank registration certificates
duly sign^ by t^e supervisor, N. C. Mc
Donald, Vith a serial number exceedm]
;?e noU^5fer 6,100, though there are les
than 3,000lyOter8> all tola, in the county.'
Continuing he says: "But dove-tailinj
with the registration iniquity are the othe
abhorrepd features of the law," and allege
that th^i purpose of the eight boxes used i
to confuse and entrap illiterate Republi
cans. JJe charges that the managers an
always hostile, and no reliance can bi
placed i in their answers to questions, am
that they shift the location of the boxe
nrVinn fYm.. 4U! >.1. n -r-* Lit k/v/tAwii
nuvu viuc^ 1111 uk me itepuoncans "?ULUI
posted concerning them, and then "reve
in the fun which is thus afforded."
He goes on to say: "But while the dir
est result of this foul and nauseating frauc
has beet to paralyze the Republicans, th<
reflex consequence on the Democratic par
ty and pociety has been terrible and de
plorable. It has undermined the mora
standards and safeguards, occasioned party
apathy, and bred ring rule."
The reply of Governor Richardson t(
the committee of Republicans who askec
the appointment of one Republican upoi
the election boards of the State is present
ed in full in the address and sarcastically
commented upon. at length. The greatei
part of tlje remainder of the address if
taken up with charges that the negroe*
are systematically denied legal rights anc
ordinary justice; that they are habitually
excluded from the jury box; that labor organization
among them are prohibited
that immigration agents are not suffered
to vjaltsedN^f of th&.counties, and thai
th? laW^/Ogi sarrSifig conceded weapons
is -against
negroes. He says that the trial justice
system is a shame to the State and the
source of untold woes of negroes, and he
charges that the trial justices are very often
ignorant, merciless, tyrannical, negrohating
Hen, who, from the greed to make
fees and the desire to advance the interest
of their party, cause the power in their
hands to grind the humble, and terrorize
those ze^us in political action.
In condftding, Bray ton says that the duty
falls on th> national government to interpose,
as it did immediately following the
war, and adds, "If laws are enacted by
which the conduct and management of all
federal elections are taken from the hands
of the State and placed in the hands of
federal officers, with full authority, a summary
solution of many of the difficulties
involved^in the situation will have been
produced." He also advocated the establishment
of independent newspapers in
the State, and the use of the power of appointment
of federal officers here.
!
DAt lfHV/1 i r i V?\ nnnotn
luuixivALi ni/iBa a.iu uuaair.
? The Entire Republican Congressional
delegation from Ohio have assured McKinleyj
that they will support him for
Bpeakerl.
? Sayp the Boston Post: The colored
men who want to be represented in Harrison's
cabinet are still in the dark, as it
were. (
? The! origin of the expression, "Public
office is] a public trust," has at last been
aatisfaqiorily settled. It was first used in
1877 by Thomas M. Cooley and reprinted
from the Southern Law Review of St.
Louis.
? South Carolina was the only State that
3id not record a singlb vote for the Prohibition
candidate for President in the late
election. The three States of Arkansas,
Mississippi and Nevada, which did not
five a vote for St. John in 1884, gave Gen.
PislEfthe late Prohibition candidate, an
iggtegate of 877 votes.
? The Governor of Michigan, in his last
nessage, recommended the system of inleterminate,
prison sentences. In other
vordij, he proposed that no convict should
>e sentenced /or a definite period, but that
he Jeugth of all sentences should depend
ipon the behavior of the prisoner ana the
ividences which he gave of repentance
,nd rtform.
? A^ashington dispatch in the Charleson
World of yesterday says: Congressnan
Oates intended to make a bitter antiiegro
speech on the Smallfl-J^m^M^lection
uch as Mr. Oat^ contenjplated woufdde
irive him of the Support of some others. t
is thought Mr; EInbtt will be unseated. 1
? McKXnlay, fhe colored opponent to ]
Jr. Dibble for Congress from the Charleson,
S. C. district, has decided not to con- \
est Mr. Dibble's claim to the seat. To a ;
Vorld reporter he said: "I have given up ,
,11 idea 01 a contest, lor many reasons:
jpt that does not mean that I am at all
atisfled with the result of the election as
leclared by the managers, and I intend to
how up the frauds in the election and
tand up for a free ballot and a fair count."
? Now that the Republicans will have
be whple machinery of the government
a their hands, a renewed impetus is given
be discussion of ;the merits and demerits
f the Blair bill. Ite_advocates confidentf
predict its pasStge, but this is by no
seans certain, fortlere will be a sufficient
umber of Democrats in the House who,
a conjunction with Republican opponents
a the bill, will in 411 probability be able
) effectually kill it
? The New York Times has a long interiew
with ex-Governor Bullock, of Georia,
on the condition of things in the
outh. He says that the best and only
bing for Mr. Harrison and his party to
o with the South is?nothing. TheSoutn
j doing well. The relations between the
whites aid the blacks are not strained. ,
'he negroes are voting and their vote is 1
ivided. Any one who undertakes Fed- ?
ral intervention to protect the negro suf- 1
age in toe South is no well-wisher to the 1
egroes. The Times publishes the Bui- c
>ck interview and commends it. J
MERfrMENTiON. 1
The seaetary of the Iowa State Agri- J
jltural Society estimates the va.ue of the *
trm prolucts of that State in 1888 at 8
bout $18,000,000. The New Hamp- v
lire constitutional convention has reject- 0
I an arrendment providing for annual J]
istead o biennial sessions of the Legis- C
iture. The President has commuted J
> lifeimpisonment the sentences of Lew- 1
i Barrow; and Wm.G. porter, of Arkan- 8
ts, who vere to be hanged next Friday
tFortSndth, Ark., for murder. Busless
failtres occurring throughout the
>untry diring the last week number for r
le Unitd States 351, Canada 30; total tl
11, againt 387 the previous week. The ti
ellow fe\er in Florida has been succeeded a
y the yelow flood. Three million boxes n
: orange is the crop this year?the b
rgest oi record. The funeral of o
wen Brovn, son of John Brown, the Ab- a
itionist,and the last survivor of the
ienaj Cal., last Thursday, and attended T
an immense assembly. vGovernor f(
aver, of Pennsylvania, has signed the a
irrant for the execution of the death h
itence on Mrs. Sarah Jane Whiteling, w
Philadelphia, convicted of the poison- v;
I of her husband and two children, and B
r March 27th for the hanging. Sam ri
nea has eone to California to fill en- si
cements of long standing on the Pacific ji
ist. A cyclone of a fearfully des- T
ictive character passed over Reading, ss
ttsburgand Sunbury, Pa., last Wednes- B
y afternoon. A number of large build- d<
js were demolished, and the loss of life ai
very heavy. The question submit- sc
l to the voters of Mecklenburg county,
C., to subscribe by taxation $200,000 in ei
1 of four proposed new railroads through B
it county, was voted down last Thurs- pi
y. Jay Gould's wife died at her
me in New York city last Sunday m
;ht. A white woman and her nine so
ir old son were murdered by a negro w
ir Birmingham, Alabama, last Satur- in
y. A committee of citizens from at
lanta will in a few days proceed to ar
ishington to work for an appropriation
$330,000 to complete the United States af
oy barracks begun there several years o'
>. The marine hospital bureau th
es notice that travel may safely be re- Bi
ned throughout the State of Florida, he
inspection service will be maintained th
the bureau, and in case of an appear- wi
ie of fever the public will be noti- he
1. There is one school district in iaj
uglas county, Kansas, in which the peo- ai<
refuse to have grammar taught. \V. th
Bryant is under arrest in Chattanooga, th
inessee., charged with arson in setting dii
to the European hotel. As one or an
> deaths occured from the fire, if the mi
r^e of arson is sustained, he will also an
tried for murder. The alleged motive
i to conceal robbery. Tne remains Rev.
James P. Boyce were shipped Tt
n Havre in a vessel due in New York rei
; Monday. There were started in wl
rth Carolina in 1888 no less than forty- R(
i cotton factories, eight more than in tic
r other Southern State. or
I
s SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS,
s ?A lady died near Manning on the 6th
J instant, in the 93rd year of her age, hav?
ing been born in 1796.
I ? A county colored Farmers' Alliahce
has been formed at Lancaster. Eighteen
| sub-Alliances were represented at the
,1 meeting. #
? ?There are 697 patients in the Lunatic
3 Asylum at Columbia, the largest number
? that institution ever contained. In the
, Penitentiary there are at present only 856
j convicts, a decrease of 150 since this time
8 last year.
s ?With as large a negro population as
. Alabama contains, the Etowah Mining
0 Company, near Gadsden, has just importB
ed over fifty South Carolina negroes to
j work in the mines. They went from Lanr
caster.
3 ? Judge Frazer has been assigned to hold
1 the approaching Circuit Courts in Abbeville
and Anderson, in place of Judge Ker.
shaw, who is still unable to be out, though
1 continuing to improve from his recent se3
riou8illne88,
- ?The Georgia Construction Company,
- the company organized by President R.
1 B. Sibley to build the Carolina, Knoxville
r and Western Railway, has gone into the
hands of receivers. The receivers were
) appointed at Greenville last Thursday.
1 ?Under the new license law of Cheater,
1 that town will probably soon have eight
" regularly licensed bar rooms, and the an7
nouncement is accompanied with the usur
al statement in such cases Jbat two adi
ditional policemen will be added to the
J force.
' ?Says the Newberry correspondent of
the Charleston World: Judge Wallace has
" ordered a stay of execution in the case of
( Douglas Coleman, who was to have been
[ hanged here Friday, in order to allow
an appeal to be heard. The Governor so
f -*? >" hj4^ir>ne pithing with the petition sent >
| downfome'tiikewgo- v I '
j ? A horrible accident occurred near
) Holly Hill, Berkeley county, last Friday
. afternoon, at the saw mill of Jerry L.
, Smith. Elite Scott, a workingman at the
, mill, stumbled over a piece of scantling
; and was precipitated across the saw while
! in motion. His body was severed just be,
low the hips, death resulting almost immediately.
? Fort Mill News: Last Sunday Mr. J.
H. Stewart killed a hawk with a hoe.
The hawk had caught a hen that it could
not carry off, and ran Into a brier thicket
with Mr. Stewart in pursuit. With a
garden hoe the barnyard robber was quickly
dispatched, not without however showing
fight. The hen was so badly used up
that she had to be killed.
? The Baptist congregations of Charleston
united last Sunday night at the First
Baptist Church in a memorial service of
the Rev. James P, Boyce, D. IX. late president
of the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary at LouiBville, Ky., and the distinguished
president of the Southern Baptist
Convention. There was a large congregation
present and the services were
interesting and impressive.
? There was an alarm of fire in the
Chester county jail last Friday, at about 2
o'clock. The fire broke out in the debtok's
room, occupied at present by Lipford
Smith, charged v/ith murder. The fire
companies turned out. but their services
were not needed. fThe fire was caused by
coals that had fallen through at the edge of
a defective hearth between the floor and
ceiling of the room below. Some of the
prisoners worked manfully to help put out
the fire.
? Pink Floyd, a young negro about 16
years old, was lodged in jail at Abbeville,
on Thursday for killing another negro
named Cornelius London, at Ninety-Six,
on the previous Sunday night. The quarrel
arose over Pink Floyd telling Cornelius
that he had heard that he, Cornelius, was
drunk during Christmas week and was
also a member of the church. This
brought on a dispute which resulted in
the death of Cornelius and the imprisonment
of Pink.
? The farmers of Barnwell county have
commenced to prepare theiffarms for the
coming crop. Some ajo*plowing, others
are preparing their l^id. All seem to be
determined to have a watermelon patch
ranging in size froifl two acres to large
fields. One great nafortune in planting
watermelons is thAthey will not grow
with success on the Hme land two successive
years. Old fleB&rp. a, favorite with
Mwnueiua. hence they keep
MWHI'HII lll'l 1 1 IW|| i I II l.Ll nil
? Says the Anderson) Journal: The Rev.
\. Durham, of Piednaont, writes to correct
a marriage noticefeent in by him and
published in the Journal last week. It
svas on Christmas day, that he was de- /
jeived by Robert Dilworth and Franklin /
Merritt, two young men, the latter of
whom was disguised in female apparel,
rhey requested Mr. Durham to perform
the marriage ceremony for them, and he
implied without suspecting anything irregular.
If we had a marriage license
jlw such frivolous Iovity as this could not
readily be indulged in by thoughtless perons.
? The Rev. William Martin, perhaps the
>ldest and most widely known Methodist
ninister in this country, died at his home
n Columbia last Thursday. Mr. Martin
vas eighty-two years of age and had been
in active minister in his church for sixty>ne
years. In 18$, sixty years ago, ne
vas sent as a missionary to the Creek naion
in Alabama and traveled five hunired
miles on horsback with library and
wardrobe in his saddle bags. About the
ame time he did mission work in North
Georgia and Alabama, and with his own
lands laid the foundation of the first church
n that section. Far many years Mr. Marin
has devoted mich time to preaching to
he convicts in theState penitentiary.
? The Rev. Adau Ivy, whose name was
amiliar to every household in Lancaster
ounty, died at Bishnell, Fla., at the resdence
of his son-i|-law, Mr. C. M. Blake,
>ecember, 30,1881, at the Advanced age
>f 90 years 5 moiths and 20 days. He
vas born in Lanfcster county, and lived
here all his lifi until recently, when
le went with scne of his children to
ITn n'QOr?M/vi tnom?in/T an/1 mnn
:iUHUa? xxw nHovniWUiaiiivU) ouu WOO
he father of thirten children, all of whom
-rew to raanhooc' and womanhood. He
vas the father ofthe late Col. J. M. Ivy,
>f Rock Hill. & was a man of no ordilary
ability. Hi held the agency of the
Jatawba Indianj for a long number of
rears, and transated the business of that
esponsible offlcjwith fidelity, and to the
atisfaction of tfc State and his subjects.
LAWLESSIjSS IN NEWBERRY.
The Prosperity Newberry county, corespondent
of thjColumbia Register gives
he details of t\i shocking crimes perperated
last week On Saturday morning,
bout 8 o'clock, ames C. Banks, a promient
citizen ofimokey Town, in News
erry county, Ms shot by Butler Bankf
the same plafi The shooting occurred
t O'Neal Acaimy on the public highray.
The twoien, though of the same
am&rXre in noise related to each other. _
'here has beeniad blood between them ^
>r some time, sd on the day mentioned,
s J. C. Banks fcpped out of a neighbor's
ouse he was fid upon by Butler Banks
rith a doubldarreled shotgun loaded
ith buckshot. I At the first fire J. C.
lanks receivecfyur buckshot?one in the
ght hand, oniin each arm near the If
loulder, and onpenetrated the forehead
ist above theleleye, ranging downward,
his wound,thoih dangerous,is not necesirily
fatal. J. 1 did not fall, and again
utler took d< berate aim, but J. C.
odged around ke corner of the house,
id the house reived the contents of the
icond fire.
J. C. Banks, iiwing the gun was now
npty, came frc behind the nouse, when
utler opened is on him again with a
istol, firing tw<hots, but without effect.
The wounded san, bleeding profusely,
ade his way t a neighbor's, where he
km received m ical attention. One ball
as extracted, t the other three remain
i him. His co ition seems to be favorite.
Butler Bj js made good his escape
id has not bee irrested.
A U^-4?Jl-T t i-n
n. xieai Lrcuuiugequei io me snooting
fray occurred < Saturday night about 12
clock, when a rty of men, unknown to
e writer, wen > the residence of Butler
inks and set fi to his dwelling and out?uses,
destroyi everything in the world
at he and hii imily possessed. There
is no one at me but Mrs. Banks and
r six little cijiren. When the dwellg
was first fid, Mrs. Banks, with the
i of her little ies, succeeded in putting
e fire out. e was ordered back into
e house with reats upon her life if she
3obeyed, andie house was again fired
d the destrulon made complete. The
other and litjones have nothing to eat
d nothing tcfear.
-The Solid S th has at last been broken,
le Supremejurt of West Virginia has
a dered a de ion in an electoral contest
lich will gi the governorship to Goff,
^publican, e will enjoy the distincin
of being t only Itepublican Governin
the Sou
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