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f/ Scraps and Jacte.
? A great sensation was created in Baltimore
last week by the arrest of Samuel
W. Lincoln, a nephew of Abraham Lincoln,
on a charge of abstracting money
from, a letter sent through the mails to
Ryan A. Gyles, a South Carolinian. Lincoln
is positively identified as the thief
and does not deny his guilt.
? While the country has been congratulating
itself on the suppression of polygamy
in Utah, and arguing that this meant
the downfall of Mormonism, a working
force of over 100 elders has been proselyting
the South, and have established themselves
securely in five Southern States. A
move is under way, however, to organize
their opponents and drive the Mormons
out of the country.
? John Lee was hanged at Alexandria,
Minn., last Friday, for the murder of
Charles Cheline, at Brandon, Minnesota,
on the night of July 19, 1888. Executive
clemency savea martin lvioe, who was to
have been hanged with him, from a similar
fate. They were hard working and
industrious fellows, both of them, and the
murder was the result of a drunken carousal.
? A war of doctors is going on in Mas sachusetts
between the regular, licensed
physicians on one side and healers of all
other schools on the other. The attack is
directed especially against the Christian
Scientists, or faith-cure people. The
quacks have employed lawyers and propose,
if a law is passed against them, to
test in the United States supreme court
the right of the State to prevent them
from curing people.
? At Glouster, Va., last Thursday night,
George Hughes was shot while asleep, by
his nephew, Joshua F. Ross, and instantly
killed. Hughes was a wealthy Irishman,
who settled at Glouster fifteen or twenty
years ago. Ross is a prominent Republican
politician, and once represented the
county in the legislature. The cause of
the deed is shrouded in mystery. Ross
^confessed to the shooting, but is silent as
to its cause. Both men were formerly of
New York.
? A New.York dispatch says: Referring
to the appeal recently made to the public
for contributions to aid in the establishment
of a home for ex-Confederate soldiers
at Austin,Texas, Gen. Sherman has written
a letter expressing his sympathy with the
movement. Gen. Sherman adds that he
thinks the laws of the United States should
be changed so as to admit ex-Confederates
to all Soldiers' Homes, and that the word
"Union," so far as it applies to Soldiers'
Homes, should be obliterated from the
statutes.
? Massachusetts is to vote on the question
of a prohibition amendment to the
Constitution. The last legislature took tne
* first step towards the submission of the
issue, and the present legislature has advanced
the matter through the stage,
which remained before it should go to the
people. It was a close "shave" in the lower
branch, the measure needing the votes
of two-thirds, of all the members, or 160,
and receiving 161. The best opinion appears
to be that the amendment will be
defeated by a large adverse majority in
Boston and the other large cities, but the
Prohibitionists profess confidence of success.
? A dispatch from Fort Dodge, Indiana,
says: The first movement for the enforcement
Of prohibition that has been made in
this county for two years was inaugurated j
Thursday. There are thirty open saloons
in Webster county, one of which does a
wholesale business of $200,000 per year.
The saloonsin Badger, Duncombe, Lehigh
and Barnum were raided by indignant
citizens and the liquors were spilled.
Nothing has yet been done in Fort Dodge,
where tnere are thirteen open saloons, but
active measures are to be adopted at once
to make the city "dry." f This city is an
anti-prohibition stronghold.
?A joint committee of the North Carolina
legislature has agreed on a railway
commission bill, and it will be reported in
a few days. The bill provides for three
commissioners, to be elected by the legislature,
to be paid $2,500 salary annually
directly from the State treasury without
requiring the railway companies to reimburse
that sum. The bill is a strong one,
very carefully drawn. The members of
the committee say it is their purpose and
that of thelegi8lature equal justice
lieved the bill will pass both houses by decided
majorities.
? Georgia's new capitol at Atlanta is
nearly ready for occupancy, and the legislature,
which meets July 1, will hold its
session in it. The cost of the building was
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ceded to be one of the handsomest and
most commodious State capitols in the
country. With the exception of $33,000
expended for stone in Indiana, nearly all
*- the material was furnished from Georgia,
the marble costing $46,500. In all
nearly $700,000 was spent in Georgia, including
$400,000, for labor and superintendence.
The building was erected under
the direction of a commission appointed
by the State, and the expenditures were
kept within the appropriation.
^ --One hundred and fifty carloads of
Western corn were sold at Macon, Ga.,
last week, and twenty-five carloads in
Borne. This has elicited an indignant
protest from the Rome Tribune, which
says: "The juices of our soil are just as
nutritive, the suns that beam out of our
blue skies are just as warm ; the rains that
fall from our Georgia clouds are just as refreshing,
and the corn that we grow is just
as good and sweet and full as the ripe ears
that come out from the West to demand
our money tribute." The Tribune makes
the strong point that the most prosperous
farmers in Georgia are those who raise
all their own supplies.
? The town of Marion, Indiana, has a
sensational murder case. John Sage was
put on trial there last Friday, charged with
complicity eight years ago in the murder
of a 2-year-old son of Eliza Cunningham,
whom he afterward married. The child
was an impediment to the marriage, and
it was thrown into a creek and drowned.
The woman assumed the entire blame,
and went to prison for life, but when Sage
recently applied for a divorce she turned
on him and asserted that the deed was
done at his instigation. The testimony of
Mrs. Sage was of a very sensational character.
The case is attracting much attention.
? There is no country in the world, says
the New York Observer, unless it may be
France, where the science of penology,
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question of prison discipline, have been
more earnestly and devotedly studied
than they have been in America in the
past two or three decades. We have in
this country to day a class of men who
have equipped themselves by long and
^^natient study and investigation for the
HMKFecticJ ana management of our jails
^^Hnd prisons on an intelligent and practi^Hcal
basis. The trouble is, however, that
^Vthese men, except in a few instances, have
Wf not been permitted to put their reform
mm methods into practice.
W ? A peculiar state of affairs is brought
f to light among the farming communities
r of Brown county, Ohio, produced by the
now famous "Arnett law." Formerly the
farms had numerous colored tenants, but
since the passage of the Arnett bill, which
made mixed schools, the colored tenant
farmers gradually are being driven out.
Whenever his lease upon the land runs
out, he is quietly informed by his white
landlord that the latter has another man
for his place, and upon applying to another
farmer in the same district he is certain
to be refused. In this manner the
white farmers gradually, without violent
or harsh means, remove the colored people
from the community until there is not
one left in some school districts, and that
law which was intended to benfit does a
Dositive injury to the colored man.
? The American Order of United Workmen
is disturbed by the conundrum : "Is
< moderate drinking harmful ?" The question
is from what standpoint to view the
subiect. In Montreal moderate drinking
is that which men do who take hot scotch
till they can't count how many they have
had. In Kentucky, where the use of alcohol
is placed, as the Republican national
platform puts it, "in the fine arts," the
rule is to take all the drinks that are offered
in the day timeand never to refuse one
at night. In St. Louis the largest brewer
has declared that tippling interferes with
labor, and has sternly cut down the beer
tickets of his workmen to twenty-five a
day, whereas in Long Island the octogenarian
farmers who go courting fourth or
fifth wives pronounce whisky a preservative.
It looks as though the American
k order of drinking will need more than the
^^American Order of Workmen can do to
character pf
metals?coinfy
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! bullion and ores?she exported for the
year ended June 30, 1887, $25,472,421. Of
all other commodities, manufactured and
unmanufactured, her total exports for the ,
same times were $11,804,254. Her total '
imports for the same time were$12,710,840.
The excess of her exports of gold and sil- <
ver shows the drain of her foreign indebtedness
and her inability to exchange surplus
commodities for the merchandise she (
imports.
? Says the Statesville, N.C., Landmark:
Not long ago, Mr. L. F. Bradley, of Iredell
county, killed a hog and detected in 1
the lean parts of the meat myriads of small
eggs of the color and size of fig seeds. Hte
sent a sample of the meat to the Agricultu- i
ral Experiment Station at Raleigh for i
analysis, and has received from it the in- i
formation that the parasite is the cysticer- :
cus cellolusa, the immature form of human ,
tape-worm. Dr. H. 13. Battle, the director
of the Station, writes: "The meat, if eaten,
would result in the introduction ofcellulosa
in the system, and the formation finally
of the destructive tape-worm. Cooking
completely might destroy the cellulosa,
but it is not certain. It is best to avoid
this meat entirely. Hogs with this infection
is known as "measles." This is valuable
information and upon the strength of
it our people are cautioned against hog
meat in which they find these deposits of
eggs as described above?of the size, shape
and general appearance of fig seeds.
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YORKVILLE, S. C. :
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1889.. J
THE TAR1P BILL.
The report accompanying the tariff bill j
presented to the House Saturday morning
by Mr. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, says \
that the committee believes that the interest
of the country demands the reduction ?
of revenue proposed by the original tariff 1
bill, but the committee recognizes that at ]
this late hour in the second session it may ?
be possible that only propositions reached t
by compromise and concession can be ?
passed, and therefore, it reports the accom- *
panying bill. The report says: Every j
provision in it has already received the
approval of the House. It puts tin plate
and wool on the free list and proposes a jj
woolen schedule by which the rates are j
reduced correspondingly, and it remedies ,
no wnnlon
cue picacui UUCljUtvi puvioiuuo ao w nuuivu ^
and worsted fabrics. It removes the tax ^
on tobacco and includes the provisions of .
the bill adopted by the House (the Mills
bill) as to tobacco. The aggregate reduc- c
tion proposed is $41,730,000?on tin plate .
$5,704,333, wool $6,390,053, woolen sched- !
ules $12,254,512, tobacco $17,381,000. 1
Mr. McMillen's report accompanying the v
tariff bill reported by him on the same day, a
from the committee on ways and means, v
begins with an attack upon the Senate 8
substitute, some of the provisions of which v
are characterized as entirely inexcusable. 1
The report says that the committee, being c
unable to agree to any tariff bill which
gives no relief to the people, but which
increased these burdens, have prepared v
the accompanying bill, and tenders it in j
the hope that it may be be accepted and j
adopted. While it does not make all of S(
the reductions that the present condition
of the treasury and the best interests of ^
the people demand, it 4s tendered in a
spirit of compromise. 1 Practically it is the
bill heretofore passed by the House, with g
the chemical, cotcon and most of the iron
schedules stricken out. Figures are given
to show t)*at the bill would reduce the revenues^
$72,133,029. The remainder of ^
flW^rtport is made up of an argument in
favor of tariff reduction, based upon an g
array of figures showing the yalue of agri- .
cultural products at different periods. It ^
concludes as follows: .
"The toiling people of this country have
seen the income tax on wealth, the tax on
bank checks, paid by those who had some- *
thing in banks upon which to draw, and P
the tax on manufacturers paid by those ^
whose industry was protected by the high
tariff rate, all repealed, and yet have demanded
in vain the reduction of the tariff P
taxes imposed on them during the war ?
period under the*cromise that the imposition
was to be agly temporary. Your
committee think their just demands s' ""dd J:
no longer be disregarded." ^
THE NEGRO ANUTPHE OFFICES. *
Col. Julian Allen, of Statesville, N. C.,
an intimate friend of Hon. James G. |
Rloino fnr thp unsf". twent.v VPfirs. hftS re- +1
cently made a visit to the North, and in a
Washington he njet Mr. Blaine, with n
whom he had a long conversation on the "
all-engrossing topic of the incoming ad- *
ministration. Col. Allen passed through ^
Charlotte last Saturday on his return g
home, and while in the city was met by ei
a reporter for the Chronicle, to whom he s<
spoke freely of his interview with Mr. D
Blaine. Mr. Blaine told him that soon ?
after the election Mr. Harrison invited C(
him to be his secretary of state and that a
he has formally accepted the office. Touch- a
ing upon the leading question of interest
to the people of the South, we copy from ^
the Chronicle's report: p
"I suppose," said the reporter, "you 0
then had a long talk with Mr. Blaine on a
Southern affairs ?" b
"Yes, we had a very pleasant and satis- p
factory chat on that subject. Mr. Blaine p
will prove himself a valuable friend to the p
South during the next administration, as n
he has made up his mind to do every- ij
thing he can in favor of the South." b
"You know, Colonel," said the report- r
er, "that the people at the South are more t;
interested, just now, in the negro question p
than anything else. Did you spring that h
question on Mr. Blaine?" e
"That is just what I did, and he an- h
swered like a man. He gave me his posi- r
tive assurance that negroes will not be o
put in office at the South. Pie said that d
the South would receive no humiliation
at the hands of the next Administration,
and that only men of the highest charac- P
ter would receive offices.
"Mr. Blaine told me most unequivocally v
that the position of the Administration J
would be to let the South manage the ne- ^
gro question ; that the South knows how
to deal with the negro, and that it is only
fair and proper that it should be allowed
to manage its own affairs." ,
"You are convinced, then, Colonel," *
said the reporter, "that the Southern peo- 1
pie will not be mortified by having ne- a
groes placed in office ?" F!
"I am sure of it," was the reply. "Mr. 1
Blaine told me that such a thing would c
not be done, and that he was out and out F
opposed to it, and that he wouia use an his
influence in aiding the South; and j
you know that Mr. Blaine's influence is J
not likely to be very small." 1
Col. Allen's visit North was not of a r
political nature, and as the Chronicle |
vouches for his integrity, some encour- c
agement may be taken from Mr. Blaine's t
reported utterances. Col. Allen says further
of Mr. Blaine: "He spoke of the c
South in the highest terms, and in the ^
friendliest manner, giving me his word ^
that it would afford him pleasure to aid in c
its advancement." \
The Prohibitionists.?A. Louisville, t
Ky., dispatch of Wednesday says: Many i
of the leading temperance advocates of i a
the country arrived in the city last night t
to attend the national conference of pro- c
hibitionists which assembled here. Indi- e
ana, Michigan, New York, Wisconsin, i
Illinois, New Jersey, and all the south- r
ern States are numerously represented. It c
is thought that this convention will give j r
an impetus to the movement, which has ?
been lagging since the close of the presi-1
dential campaign. The delegates profess j c
to believe that their principles are being j r
adopted by many members of both the (
old parties, and that they will yet be ! s
adopted by the country at large. The I \
chairman, in his address, declared that, I $
in his opinion, the issue in 1SU2 will not; r
be between protection and a reform of the j f
tariff, but between the saloons and the t
prohibitionists. * a ' i
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EDGERTON TO CLEVELAND.
Judge Edgerton, lately removed from
the position of civil service commissioner,
addressed an open letter on Monday last
to President Cleveland, in which he criticises
the President severely in making
the removal, and accuses the President
by not removing him before the election,
of "playing false with the mugwumps to
enable you to win with the Democrats."
Judge Edgerton, in opening his letter
says:
I was indebted to you for the only appointive
office I ever held. You now declare
by your action that you regret the
appointment. I, with equal right, can
say that I regret the acceptance. Your
regret was never made known to me by
you in any word, or utterance, or action,
until now at the close of your administration,
and on the day before my removal.
If you had any just, or unjust, cause of
complaint against me, you had not before
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have never asked from me any explanation
of newspaper or other statements and
charges reflecting upon me, which may
have come to your knowledge. If any of
these were ever made known to you, such
knowledge was withheld from me. No
intimation was ever made to me by you,
Dr by any one acting for you, that my
apinion, or action, were not approved by
you. Of course, if you believed me unlit
for the position, or neglectful of duty,
you should have removed me long ago,
out I presume there were prudential political
reasons why you did not make the
removal until after the Section. In this
regard, it would almost, seem as if you
were willing to play false with the mugwumps
to enable you to win with the
Democrats.
Judge Edgerton then devotes a considerible
portion of "his letter to the defining of
mugwumps, characterizing the President
is the chief of those political reformers,
md says:
When, on the 8th day of February, you
requested my resignation, you expressly
ieclared that you had no other reason than
ihat it would enable you to nominate Mr.
rhompson to be Commissioner, who,
without my resignation, would have no
prospect of confirmation by the Senate,
kmong the many newspaper charges
igainst me, I handed to you the Chicago
rribune, of the 14th of December, which
itated, among other things, that for severil
months you had contemplated my removal.
After reading the statement care'vlly
you declared the whole article to be
i "lie," assuring me that you had been
md was still my friend, and for that reaion
it was due to you, as a personal favor,
;hat I should give you my resignation to
mable you, if possible, to provide a place
or Mr. Thompson, as already said.
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general criticisms of the president and his
idministration, and concluding his letter,
le says: "Your own party had the power
o retain you, but united with its oppolents
to make certain your defeat. You
lave been taught that great men with desinies
are not always wise, except in their
iwn conceit."
He defends his action as Commissioner
n opposing custom house and post-office
nvestigations, on the ground that he
v&s defending the president's appointees
gainst injustice, unless distinct charges of
iolations of law rules were made by reponsible
persons; and concludes his letter
nth the remark: "This, Mr. President, I
elieye to be a temperate statement of the
ase."LANGSTOYS
DELEGATION.
An important conference of colored men
/as held in Indianapolis last Thursday,
t gathered at the instance of Prof. J. M.
-angston,< and seven States were represented
by delegates present?South Caroina,
Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee, Kenucky,
Florida and Missouri. The names
f the South Carolina delegates are not
iven. Letters were read from the States
f Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Mayland,
West Virginia, Alabama, Texas
nd North Carolina. The delegation comrised
some of the most prominent colord
men of the Soutfi, several of them enaged
in ministerial and educational '
/ork. The conference was held with
losed doors, and an address to General
larrison was formulated in substance as
illows:
The undersigned would assure you that j
tiey are loyal members of the Republican 1
arty. They reside in States severally
rhich are overwhelmingly Republican,
nd upon any fair election would give
aeir respective electoral votes to such
arty by a large majority. Such, however, 1
re the undue influences and frauds '
rought to bear against the great body of :
oters of these States that the desires of
le Republican masses are constantly dejated.
We believe that the fifteenth
mendment should be maintained with
lirness and vigor, and that ample pro- :
action through Federal agency should be
iven every citizen. We cannot doubt
ou agree with us in such opinion, and
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iat you desire mat sucn oDjecis stmn vv
ccomplished in the interest of seven
lillionsof American citizens, who to-day
3 the South, are practically disfranchised,
nd whose cause we represent, and in !
iew of our present and prospective conition
under your administration of the
overnment, we are profoundly intersted
in the construction of your Cabinet,
d far and especially as coucerns the attor- !
ey-geueral thereof. We offer you the
ame of no man for such positiou. Such
course would, we apprehend, be uubeoming.
We ask simply that a person be
ppointed to such position whose cordial
cceptance of the great American docrines
in respect to citizenship, and the
allot of the humblest of our citizens, who
;ere formerly slaves and outcasts, would
jad him to search dilligently and thorugly
for law in such behalf, uninfluenced
nd armed in judgment against our cause
y reason of ill-founded, though strong
redilections and prejudices. The imortance,
the absolute necessity of thfe apointment
to the position we name of a
3an who, in addition to great learning in
iw, is free from undue feeling and bias,
eeoraes apparent in a single moment's
eflection. That officer, with his assisantsand
subordinates, is of the first imortance.
Such being our opinion, we
iave ventured tojaring it formally and
arnestly to your consideration. If you
iave anticipated in such appointment aleady
made the suggestions which we
ffer, we shall ever be your grateful and
elighted fellow-citizens.
During the afternoon the address was
resented to Gen. Harrison.
It was thought that the conference
pould also oppose the appointment of
Jahone to the Cabinet, but nothing of the
:ind was done.
THE INDUSTRIAL SOUTH.
Special reports to the Manufacturers'
iecord show that the industrial activity
hroughout the South steadily widens,
.nd, while spreading out to almost every
orner of this section, loses nothing in
orce, but rather gains in power. It is
?nly necessary to read the long list of
iew enterprises, large and small, coverncr
the widest nossible ranere of indus
ries, as given in this week's issue of
he Manufacturer's Record, to see that
he South is now moving forward more
apidly than ever before, and that this
rreut wave of progress is carrying everyhing
before it, and even the few old
lilies and towns that were supposed to
>e finished are feeling its effect.
Never before was there such a general
activity throughout the South, and it is
lifticult to fully comprehend its magniude.
From Maryland to Texas there is a
general awakening, and not only are hunireds
of new industrial enterprises being
irojected every week, but great railroad
iperations are being pushed forward, and
(xtensive building schemes of all kinds,
ncluding the erection of large stores and
varehouses, splendid dwellings, fine hoels
and small cottages almost by the hunIred,
are receiving full attention. Northern
capitalists are turning heavy investnents
southward, and the star of empire
10 longer moves west. The south is the
oming country, and the activity which is
low so widespread is destined to grow still
greater during the next few months.During
the week the contract has been
ilosed for the building of 250 miles of raiload,
(the Three C's) through Western
Carolina, Virginia and Eastern Tennesee,
which will open up one of the most
vonderful mineral regions of the world. A
to,000,000stock company, with many noted
nen of financial and political prominence,
las been organized by Mr. H. C. Parsons
o build an industrial town near Natiral
Bridge, Va. Of mining enterprises,
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wood-working factories, including many
very extensive establishments, cotton and
cotton seed oil mills, ice factories, electric
light works, gas works and other industries,
the list as given in this week's Manufacturers'
Jiecord, is too large even to
make a summary of and yet do justice to
the subject. The predictions which the
Manufacturers' Record made early in the
winter of great activity, a "boom" in its
best sense for the whole South this Spring,
are already fulfilled, and yet there are
still greater things to come.?[Augusta
Chronicle.
MERE-MENTION.
The Pennsylvania Railroad employs an
army of lawyers and detectives along its
line to guard it's interests. There are almost
as many guardians as telegraph
poles. A convict in the Oregon State
prison chopped oft'one of his hands with
a hatchet rather than work. For stealing
a ten cents can of tomatoes in Wilmington,
Delaware, Timothy Madden has
been sentenced to be whipped with five
lashes, to pay 20 cents restitution money
and costs, and to be imprisoned for one
month. The business failures in the
United States last week number 311
against 2Gf> the previous week. The total
number of failures in the United States
from January 1 to date, is 2,182, against
1,929 in 1888. A High Point, N. C.,
merchant shipped one day last week
14,000 rabbit hides and 900 opossum
hides. President Cleveland will make
his home in Brooklyn, though his office
will be in New York. The prohibition
election in Jackson, Miss., last week,
resulted in favor of the antisby a majority
of 35. On January 1,1889, there were
221 more grain distilleries in actual operation
than there were on January 1,
1888. Dr. M. F. Urquhart, of th^
United States marine hospital yrviyp
died at Evansville'lnd., S'aturdaji^^iTT
of pneumonia, aged 33 years. Hisulhiess
was the result of exposure while caring
for yellow fever patients while in Florh
da last summer. Fiye prisoners escaped
from the Shelby, N. C., jail last
Thursday morning. The president
has signed the commission of Norman J.
Coleman as secretary of agriculture (the
newly created cabinet office) and on
Thursday Mr. Coleman took the oath and
entered upon his duties. The Union
and Confederate veterans of Chickamauga
have formed a joint memorial association
for marking and preserving the battlefield.
There is said to be considerable
excitement in some sections of Eastern
North Carolina on account of emigrant
agents interfering with farm labor.,,,,l*" An
old negro man was drowned near Atlanta
on Thursday in a small stream less than
tnree menes aeep. wm. uarretx, an
Atlanta drummer, attempted to commit
suicide at Newnan, Ga., the other day by
shooting himself in the head with a pistol.
He inflicted a severe wound, which, however
would not have proved fatal; but on
Sunday morning he died very suddenly of
heart disease. John L. Adams, the
junior member of the firm of Adams &
Son, cotton merchants of Macon, Ga., has
swindled banks and private individuals
by forged and bogus papers to the amount
of $50,000. He is now in jail. By
the explosion of the boiler in the Park
Central Hotel, Hartford, Conn., last Monday
morning, from forty to fifty persons
were killed or" injured, and the house, a
five story brick structure, was blown into
a. mass of ruins. Two deaths from
lockjaw are reported to have occurred on
last Saturday?Frank Grundy, of Kentucky,
aged fifty, whose toe was frozen
on Thursday, which threw him into lockjaw
; and Joseph Jones, of Virginia, who
accidentally shot himself in the foot, the
wound resulting in lockjaw and death.
The Vote Counted.?The anticipation
of the quadrennial ceremony of counting
the electoral votes for President and
Vice-President packed the galleries of the
House last Wednesday morning long before
that body met. Seats had been provided
on the floor for members of the
Senate and supreme couri, and a few distinguished
spectators who were to be admitted
to the floor. Additional chairs had
been placed behind the desks of members,
and huge leather sofas from the lobby
had been planted in the space in front of :
the speaker's desk. There was unusual
interest because of the fact that the counting
of votes was under the form prescrtb-''
ed by the new law of February 3,1887. 1
The formality of reading the certificates
fKFt" <>i?o 'different"
time, but was without incident. f The |
certificate of Wisconsin, the last State in
the list, was reached at 2.05. The tellers,
after making footing of their table in detail,
calling out the name of each State,
stating the number of votes to which each
State was entitled, and the number it ,
cast, and the names of the persons for ,
which each cast its vote. They then an
nounced the result as being 233 votes lor
Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, for President,
and 233 votes for Levi P. Morton,
of New York, for Vice-President; and
1G8 votes for Grover Cleveland, of New
York, for President, and 168 votes for
Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio, for VicePresident.
Mr. Ingalls, at 2.20, formally read the
result of the vote in detail, as found by the
tellers, resulting in the election of Mr. [
Harrison and Mr. Morton, and stated that
the same would be recorded in the minutes
of the House and Senate. He then ,
declared the joint session ended. <
There was brief applause from those on ,
the floor and in the galleries. Then the
Senate withdrew and the House proceeded
with the business of the day.
The South Carolina Baptists.?The ;
minutes of the sixty-eighth session of the ,
State convention of the Baptist denomination
of South Carolina have just been is- (
sued from the press of Hoyt & Keys, of '
Greenville. The work is well done, and <
the pamphlet presents an attractive ap- i
pearance. The secretary of the conven- ]
tion, the Rev. A. J. S. Thomas, has done
his work in an admirable manner. He :
has arranged his matter in convenient
form, and made a little volume full of information
on all subject of interest to i
the Baptists of this State. j
From the statistics of this pamphlet it
appears that there are in this State 389 ,
Baptist ministers, 764 churches and 74,- '
289 members. There are 616 Sunday- 1
schools, with 4,103 teachers and officers
and 35,200 pupils. During the year there
were collected $9,666.35 for State missions
and colportage; $8,6uu.ia ior ioreign mis- sions;
$3,542.42 for home missions; $20,2G3*( ,
98 for education, and $175,003.14 for miscely
laneous purposes. Thechurch property of ,
the State is valued at $746,975. Since December
1, 1887, 21 new churches have
been built at a cost of $23,000.
There are in the United States 1,281 asso-^
ciations, 20,477 ministers, 31,891 churches,-'
and a total membership of 2,917,315. The
church property is valued at $8,668,686.
The church spends $905,675 for missions,
$220,729 for education, $5,849,756 for sala- .
ries, and $1,961,331 for miscellaneous expenses.
There are 15.447 Sunday-schools..
116,453 officers, and 1,265,405 pupiisT Ijcl
foreign countries there are 3,974 minisV
ters, 5,463 churches, and 589,404 members.
The Southern Baptists have 116 native
and foreign missionaries, 65 churches, and.-1,800
members.
The Three C's Route.?Of the route
through East Tennessee and Virginia,
adopted by the Three C's Railroad, the
following statement is made: The company
has discovered the only feasible route
north or north-westerly through the Cumberland
Mountains at a place known as
"The Breaks," and has obtained control of
that passage, and its men are at work in
the gap. Over $110,000 were spent in surveys
of various routes, which resulted in
the discovery of this pass, and their surveyors
claim there is no other route east of
it for 125 miles, and none west of it for 150
miles, so that the paralleling of their road
is out of the question. On the North Carolina
State line between Tennessee and
North Carolina, the road runs through the
pMnnlvAVKiT il'AM tin/lc VUhiph Ifl fhP
ViaUUUilJ uvu WVV.W, ? ...wM
largest body of magnetic steel-making ores
on this continent. At one point 40,000,000
tons (engineers' estimates) have been exposed
by the operations of a single company.
Notice to Taxpayers.?1The sinking
fund commission held a meeting Friday,
and authorized the secretary of State, by
virtue of the act of 1887, to "bring an action
as for debt against the former owners
or any person or persons having any
legal or equitable interests in any lands
which have been forfeited to the State,
for the recovery of the full amount of all
taxes, costs and penalties accrued to and
including the levy of 188G."
Circulars will be sent to the delinquents,
notifying them that if settlement is not
made to the office of secretary of state
within thirty days from date, suit will be
brought, and judgment being obtained, an
execution will be issued, and the said land
will be sold by the sheriff at public sale,
to satisfy the amount and cost of suit.
?[Columbia Register.
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
?S.A. McEltvee?8 Contaand 2o Cents.
J. II. Riddle?The Necessaries of Life.
Wither^ Adickes?Seasonable.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mrs. Mary Webster, of Spartanburg,
spent a few days in Yorkville last week
with friends and relatives.
We had a pleasant visit yesterday from
Mr. Felix H. Dover, of Grover, who was
in Yorkville on business.
N\</ POSTAL MATTERS.
A newpostoffice, to be known as New-1
i. 1 I ~ ? 1 il- _ mi
pors, nas ueeu esiuunsneu on me inree
C's Itailroad, between Yorkville and
Rock Hill, and W. II. Taylor appointed
post-master.
On and after Monday next, on which
day through mail service will commence
on the Three C's Railroad, the horse route
from Yorkville to Rock Hill, via Tirzah,
will be discontinued. Tirzah post office
will be supplied by the railroad.
U. S. CIRCUIT COURT.
In this tribunal, in session at Greenville,
Wm. Falls pleaded guilty to the charge of
retailing without license and was sentenced
to six months in the jail of York county
and to pay a fine of $100. This is the last
case disppsed of from York county. '
Calvin Nelson, a white man of Laurens
county, was tried for counterfeiting and I
passing five-cent nickel coins. He was '
convicted and sentenced to two years at
hard labor in the Columbus, Ohio, State 1
penitentiary, and to pay a fine of $100.,
NASHVILLE NORMAL COLLEGE.
An item appeared in The Enquirer (
last week to the effect that there will be (
six or seven vacant scholarships for this ,
State in the Nashville Normal College.
This statement has elicited inquiry as to .
n mnnnnit onnniiinn* nnfrnnnn TV?n If
biic luauuui ui ocuunu^ cuiiau^t iijc
county school commissioner has not yet
received any information on the subject;
but as the scholarships are awarded,
only by competetive examination, we supVC
pose the State superintendent of education
will in due time give through the press all
necessary instructions to would-be applicants.
...X A WAR RELIC. +
Major Jas. F. Hart has in his possession
temporarily the war guidon of Hart's Battery,
Washington Artillery, Hamptob's
Legion, which since the surrender of Gen.
Lee has been carefully preserved, a part of
the time by the Charleston Survivors' Association,
to whose keeping, through Senator
Hampton, on the 22nd of February,
1878, Major Hart presented it at a reunion
of the survivors in Charleston. The guidon
was tastefully made of red and white silk,
bearing on one side a palmetto tree and
the inscription "Hampton Legion, Washington
Artillery." It was presented to
Hart's Battery on the eve of its departure
for Virginia, June 12,1861. It shows the
scars of war, having been tattered by several
rifle balls, and also torn by a cannon
ball. It was gallantly borne through the
war by Sergt. Louis Sherfesee, now a citizen
of Rock Hill, who since the dissolution
of the Survivors' Association, has been its
custodian.
THE YORKVILLE EDITION.
The Enquirer of next week will be
printed on a double sheet of eight pages,
and besides a large amount of instructive,
interesting and useful miscellaneous and
literary matter, and the news of the day 1
carefully compiled up to the hour of going '
to press, will also contain an exhaustive
sketch of the town of Yorkville, present- ^
ing in attractive form by word painting *
and pictorial illustration the many natural *
advantages it possesses, the opportunities R- k
offers to investors and its attractions as a ^
pleasure resort for the tourist in summer ?
or winter. 1 1
A large edition will be printed, but s
ttk>oe itr-?xfc&j8 of our regular edition will 1C
be printed oTnyiu unicr. ""Tnereit/rcrper-" :
30ns desiring extra copies should order 1
them in advance, handing in their orders
not later than 12 M. to-morrow.
Business men are reminded that this '
edition of The Enquirer will afford unusual
facilities for disseminating and giv- 1
ing publicity to their claims upon the pub- t
lie, and for this purpose advertising space t
will be devoted to transient advertisers ?
who would avail themselves of the oppor- t
tunity thus presented. v
CHURCH NOTICES.
Episcopal?Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M.
Young men's union prayer-meeting will
be held in the Methodist church next
Tuesday evening at 7.30 o'clock. ^
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.
J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next ^
Sunday at Tirzah at 11.30 A. M. Sunday- .
3chool at 3.30 P. M.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and j
7.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. t
Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 4 j
o'clock. ,
Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, Pastor.
Services at Union next Sunday at 11 A. M. j;
and in Yorkville at 7.30 P. M. Sunday
3chool at 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting to-morrow
evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel,
Pastor. Services on Friday, at 11
A. M. by the pastor. Services on Saturday
at 7.30 P. M. by Rev. J. L. Harley, and on
Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. M. by Rev.
A. M. Chrietzberg, P. E. Sunday-school
at 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening
at 7.30 ojclock.
V / LOCAL LACONICS.
There- was a very large attendance of
p<K>ple in town yesterday, and trade was
brisk.
\Walter Barron is the happy possessor of
a &ure enough grave yard rabbit's foot,
which he carries as a mascot of wonderful
taljsmanic power.
/The Yorkville Dramatic Company is
rehearsing "The Lighthouse Mystery,"
which will be presented by it in the opera
house at an early date.
^The trustees of the Yorkville graded
schools have leased the female college
building in which to conduct the school for
whites. It will be renovated before the
achooljshpened.
Drfhe examinations of the students of
the State University, just concluded, Ed.
W. Hart, of the senior law class, is mentioned
for proficiency, and also for profi\\T
WT MJIIak r\f V nrlr i n f Vin
UiCIl^y ?T TT ^ Ul JL Viu, JU VMV
Freshman class is mentioned. (
A genuine overflow audience is what
the Young Ladies' Aid Society deserves
at its Martha Washington Deception next
Friday night. It has been a long while
since the people of Yorkville have been
greeted with an entertainment upon
which so much careful preparation has
been expended.
Bettie Wright, an aged colored woman,
who is kindly remembered in many
Yorkville families as an efficient nurse,
died at the home of her daughter, in Gastonia,
on Tuesday of last week. She was
the widow of ltobert Wright, who died
in Yorkville a few years ago, and her
remains were brought here on Wednesday
for burial by his side.
\
RAILROAD PROGRESS.
The Knoxville, Tenn., Journal says that
McDonald, Shea & Co., extensive railroad
contractors of that city, have signed a contract
for the immediate completion of
ninety miles of the Three C's ltailroad,
from Johnson City, Tenn., to Minneapolis,
Va. It is also stated from other sources
that subsequent to signing the contract for
the above work, the same firm has also contracted
for completing the road from liutherfordton,
N. C., to Johnson City. The
Journal speaks in the most confiding terms
of the ability of the contractors to perform
their undertaking,and al30 makes the statement
that when, in New York, the bids
were opened and McDonald, Shea & Co.
were found to be the lowest bidders and
the contract was let to them, "they would ^
not agree to turn a wheel until the actual ]
spot cash was put in the bank. This the c
company did, and. everything is fixed beyond
a doubt." The price for the work is (
stated to be $10,000 per mile, the ninety
miles between Johnson Gty and Minneapolis
to be turned over to the railroad company
ready for the cars, aid to be completed
in ten months.
The Shelby Aurora ol last Thursday *
says: *
"Maj. John F. Jones has no longer t
charge of the Blacksburg-Rutherfordton \
division of the Three C's Railroad, over t
which Col. Averill of the South Carolina t
Railroad will soon take chtrge, as he has
control of the lower divisioi from Charles- .
ton to Blacksburg. Maj. Janes will soon J
move to llutherfordton *nd .will take i
charge of the completion of the road from ?
Kutherforton to Marion. The road to ]
Marion wilLsoon he graded and contractors
will soon be at work with a full force ,
of operatives. l Maj. Jones knows how to J
build well ana quick a railroad, as his (
work from Rutherfordton to Blacksburg
attests. We have often heard that this (
road would soon be completed. This ,
time we think the work will be done." j
' Correspondence of the Yorkville Inqnirer. ]
LETTER FROM ROCK HILL.
Rock Hill, February 18.?Rev. R. G. (
Pearson, the evangelist, has arranged- to 5
visit Rock Hill on the fourth Sunday in '
September and remain two weeks. A *
temporary building for the occasion, that 1
will hold from 1,500 to 2,000 persons, will ^
be erected by the citizens of the town. It 1
is expected to have excursion trainsrun '
from the neighboring towns eacS day du- 1
ring the meeting. The ministers of the '
different churches in town, as well as the s
r>it.i?pns nrp trnintr tn imp puppu ovortinn
to make the visit of Mr. Pearson and his '
meetings a success.
> The colored people of Rock Hill school 1
district have purchased two acres of land ]
in town, and will erect thereon a building 1
to be used as a graded school. i
j Efforts are being made to revive the 1
Rock Hill Cornet Band. It is to be hoped
that the young men who have the matter
in hand will be assisted by the citizens, as '
a good band would be quite an acquisition
to the town.
fJBill Arp has consented to deliver a lecture
in Rock Hill some time during the
Spring.
Mr. M. W. Russell, who has been con- 1
flr 1 to his house for several months on
account of sickness, has so much improved
that he was on the streets Thursday
morning.
I Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Fewell's infant 1
mild, aged about 10 days, died of measles
en Friday last. Mrs. Fewell is very ill
with the same disease. There are a number
of cases in the Ebenezer section, and
the disease is of a virulent type.
Jno. Wherry, colored, while topping a 1
tree in the yard of Mr. S. M. Fewell, was s
struck by a falling limb which fractured
tiis leg near the ankle. !
Last week a man who gave his name as i
Holcorab, arrived at this place. He said
be was in search of some of his relatives; 1
;hat in 1844, when a child, he removed I
'rom this section with his father and moth- '
3r to Yadkin county, N. C., where he has 1
since lived. He is a grandson of Isaac
Holcomb, who lived near this place sever- <
il years ago. All of his relatives whom 1
le mentioned have long since died. At- ;
;er interviews with several old citizens he 1
was at last brought to the sad reality that <
tst ? i~> 1 1 I rv-i V-v ?1 r\ AM f L A J J
is tuc iasb nuiu u|/uu iiic ucc. %
There is to bek spelling bee in Roddey's
Tall on Thursday night next, given under
;he auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society of
;he M. E. Church.
The Standard Cotton Mill is now lighted
\y electricity. The Brush light is used,
md the capacity of the dynamo is
!o0 lights, 16 candle-power each. There
ire now over 100 looms in operation, and
laibv rnnro added. It ispxpected that
n the next ten -trie iuuu uumvfTOl
ooms?200?will be in operation.
The rain for the past few days has caussd
the streams in this section to overlow.
The Rock Hill Construction Company
ias purchased the land upon which to put
heir buildings. The site selected is near
he depot of the C., C. & A. Railroad, and
idjoins the warehouse of R. T. Fewell &
jO. A large quantity of the lumber for
he buildings has been delivered, and
vork will be commenced at once. Hal.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
NOTES FROM CLARK'S FORK.
Clark's Fork, February 18.?As the
:orrespondences printed weekly in The
Inquirer have proven interesting to
rour many Clark's Fork readers, I would
ubmit a few thoughts in consequence of
he benefits thus received.
The Farmers' Alliance has only had
mrtial course among us, a few of us havng
imbibed its secrets and promises. As
he writer knows but little of his neigh>ors'
experiences, in the light of personal J
cnowledge, he begs to be excused from '
jiving what might properly be called an ,
inholy touch.
A representative of the Cherokee Falls
Manufacturing Company visited our vi- c
:inity recently. His trip was the result 1
>f carrying away ninety-two bales of our 1
leecy staple. This is a prosperous mill, (
' - 11 X TTT 1 ! L~ 1 V
ntuatea on tne oia jltoii wonts sue uy mc
ippling waters of Broad river.
Mrs. Newman Plaxco, of our communi;y,
is visiting her father's family and other
elati ves in Lancaster county. She returns
10 Yorkville to-day by way of the Three
:'s Railroad.
Several of our largest'planters repaired
;o a point near Smyrna, and erected a
imall, substantial platform, assuming conlent
of the railroad authorities, where they
jxpect to receive their commercial fertilizers
soon. This new line is quite an ac:ommodation
in many respects to oursec:ion.
The expected depot at this place
leems to be delayed in some way in its
ocation. The people are manifesting each
lis choice for location. To do justice to a
arge area lying north of the line (and on
she direct route) further south than the
srossing north of Smyrna church, would
lot be advisable.
As a farming neighborhood we were
lusily plying our avocation when the rain
legan on Friday, rendering the ground too
vet to plow longer. We left our plows, as
in evidence of our intentions for 1889, with
eluctance, some staying until late in the
jvening.
The spring oats crop was generally
ilanted before the rain. Would it not
lave been much better to have sown, this
leason, last fall ?
Stubble is being turned more in the fall
han was the practice heretofore, which
vill prove worth the trouble in forwardng
farming interests in the following
spring, to say nothing of the benefit occasioned
to the soil, and mellowing infiu
juues. , j
We would not be accused of boasting, ?
jut venture three assertions: that no neighjorhood
adheres more closely to their eraDloyment;
no settlement meets their
inancial obligations with more promptless;
and no community is blessed with
letter morals and Sabbath-keepers.
From these remarks let us conclude by
laying that the farmers have awakened
rom their sound sleep at all events, and a
ireak in the commercial circumference,
lowever small, will be examined for a
vay of escape from the imprisonment.
Who could not harness and drive a well
iroken animal of instinct, but give him
ligher brain calculations and you make
lim powerful over your first experience.
Thus we need our intellects improved, our
jffort consolidated to an end, and the
greatest achievements are ours. Let us at
east grow purer in heart and in our lives.
Look well to our expense, compare our inlome,
and above all, be good farmers and
jrnall in tippling.
Wo might speak more of our neighbors,
ivaters, woods and rocky hill tops, but
laving never tooted a horn before, we will
itand in the rear and listen for the echo.
Giving voices of encouragement for the
inward and upward, we are one
Farmer.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
FORT MILI<~MATTEK$.
Fort Mill, February 18.?Two weeks
igo your correspondent noted the unusuil
activity of our farmers with regard
o oat sowing. They are now about up
vith the work, and the acreage put in is
mquestionably the largest that February
las ever seen in this township before.
Barber's bridge, over Sugar creek, has
ust been replaced. This bridge was
-vashed away last September, and its absence
has been the source of considerable
oss to Fort Mill ever since. It is the only
neans of communication between Fort
Mill and a considerable slice of Lancaster
:ounty that does its trading here;
Distressing details of the drowning of a
:olored Baptist preacher in Sugar creek
yesterday afternoon have just reached
lere. The man's name is James Gibion.
lie lived in Blackstock, S. C., and
lad been preaching up near the edge of
N'orth Carolina. Returning home yesteriay
morning, he reached Barber's bridge
it about eight o'clock and found the creek
i raging torrent, running likea mill sluice
iround both ends of the bridge. Though
unable to swim, he attempted to cross anyhow.
On reaching the Lancaster side,
the current proved too strong for him, and,
losing his footing, he was washed down
the creek. About thirty yards below tlte1
bridge he succeeded in catching hold of
? ? ?! II 41." i A M/V nVkAim iLn
jUiiJtJ wiiiuwa umt w^iesuttwiu^ auuvc ui?
water, and, clinging to these, he called for
help. Attracted by his cries, several
men made their appearance on the bank,
but were unable to effect a rescue. A
rope was procured and an attempt made
to reach the man with that. The device
proved unsuccessful, as did a number of
others. For eight mortal hours the poor
fellow clung to the bush, in sight of help
that was powerless to aid him. At last,
overcome from numbness and exhaustion)
he released his hold and was washed down
the creek. His body has not yet been
recovered.
Messrs. A. A. Bradford and David Williams
expect to leave here soon for Obion
county, Tennessee. They want to ,ee if
that is a better country for carpenters
than this place.
The lapper machinery of the cotton factory
was started last Saturday, and the
spindles are expected to get to work this
week. c.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Euqufrer.
LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY.
Etta Jane, February 1G.?Rev. J. W.
Query, of Welford, has pneumonia; consequently
his failure to be atSalem on the
10th instant. He expects to be there the
3econd Sunday in March, his regular day
in course.
I don't think I have ever seen the wheat
look so small with a winter so mild as this
has been, so far. Perhaps it is owing to
the late sowing. Some people say it is
the better sign. Poor logic.
Mr. John Millwood lost a very fine cow
day before yesterday. She was apparently
in good health and dropped dead in his
yard. The cause of her death, so suddenly,
is more than any of the cow doctors
can tell.
The Farmers' Alliance in this section
seems to be increasing, both in numbers
and determination. They are promising
themselves and each other that they will
not use an ounce of commercial fertilizers
at the present price?if at all. We
are sorry to think that a mistaken idea
has crept into the minds of some connected
with the order?that its main object is to
break down the merchant. This is a mistake.
Tfcel farmers ar?? gcting uporf the
T(?re33t-*^7Tn(i are determined to do wfthjut
everything they possibly can that they
are not able to buy and pay for. The merchant,
who, by close attention to business,
and through the legitimate channels of
trade, has accumulated a few dollars, is not
aecessarily a scoundrel. Nine-tenths of
ihem are first-ciass gennemen. w nenever
:he labor system of this country attains
:hat proficiency to which it aspires, every
farmer will become more or less self susaining
and capital can meet it half way
ivithoutrisk. Then, and not till then, will
;he object of the Alliance be accomplished
md the old ship of prosperity glide on
;riumphantly over the sea of futurity.
Mrs. Sallie E. Grant, with her children,
las gone to White Hall, Maryland, to live
yith her cousin, James 0. Moore.
Sigma.
For the Yorkiille Enquirer.
THE ALLIANCE TRADE AT RLACKSTOCK.
Blackstock, February 14.
Editor op the Enquirer : Your cor espondent
at Blackstock writes as if this
;own would not miss the Alliance trade.
STow, if you had a pie and someone should
'chaw off' between one-third and onelalf,
would it hurt the pie? The mer:hants
of Blackstock have turned the Aliiince
trade to Chester, Cornwell, Woodyard's
and White Oak, yet your corresponient
seems to straddle the fence as to its
jflects on said town. We do not hesitate
:o say that the loss of ?1G,000 or ?18,000 of
rade is a heavy bbwona22-calibre, short,
own.
Your correspondent is badly ofT on what
le says about giano. Fairfield county
Alliance passed a resolution not to buy at
in advance on last year's prices. We
lon't think Chester county took any action
>n the fertilizer cjuestion.
Yea, when thst correspondent talketh
Alliance news, 'Verily he talketh as one
tint liofli tho o)icil1 nn hia hnarl " Tnl
nage says nothirg succeeds until it gets a
jood "cussing." If this is a fact, then the
\lliance in this section is bound to be a
)ig success. "ty."
Death of Bbiiop McTyiere.?Rev.
H. N. McTyiere. senior bishop of the M.
E. Church, Souti, and president of the
joard of trustees >f Vanderbilt Universiy
Higfl in AT??h\WJor Tpnn., last Friday,
'rom hemorrhaged the liver, after an i Jllessof
twelve we&s.
Bishop McTyieis was born in Barnwell
:ounty, S. C., July>8,1824. He joined the
:hurch in 1837 atCokesbury school, S. C.
[Ie began preaching in 1845 when he joinjd
the Virginia coherence. In May, 1846,
he first general conference of the church
South was held atBeltersburg, and Bish>p
McTyiere was stat to Mobile. In Mofile
he met the lad; who became his wife, 1
i cousin to the la?y whom Commodore
Vanderbilt afterwads married. This was
;he first link in tfe chain of causes that
fave origin to the ^anderbilt university. 1
Bishop McTyiere wa stationed-at Demop- ]
)lis, Ala., Columbs, Miss., and New !
Irleans, where he billt the Felicity church, 1
md founded the Niw Orleans Christian
Advocate in 1851. li 1858 he became edi- ]
or of the NashvilUChristian x\dvocate,
ind remained in tht capacity till Febru- ]
try 9, 1865, when heeft that city and did 1
lot return until 187. He was elected 1
fishop in 1866. '<
It was owing to Bihop McTyiere that 1
Commodore Vandertlt made the prince- i
y gift of $1,000,000, ad William II. Van- 1
lerbilt $500,000, and Cornelius Vander- \
filt $300,000 to the Vnderbilt university, i
>f which Bishop McTJere was made pres- 1
dent for life. t
OHrrr* /\n T?T\r< ri'Xf Arm C
Aiirj VAJ4iii*ir ur i^iAirj.uuivrj.? ?ifty
acresof land suttundingEdgemore,
i station on the Gecgia, Carolina and I
Northern Railroad, hve been deeded to 11
Messrs. W. B. Wilso, Jr., and W. J. I f
[toddey, and they ex^ct to built quite a j c
own there. A tele&ph office is the i t
nost recent enterpris?established there, s
VIr. Wilson has givenhe contract for the ' c
lawing of 200,000 feet c lumber, which is f
:o be used at that poinin the building of j c
i hotel, school house, chrches, drug store , f
md livery stable. Thel is some talk of a ; t
ailroad being built fr<n Edgemore, by ; b
;he way of Fishing Cree Factory, to C'a-1 f
awba Falls, but we opi* this will not be i s
ealized for some timeio come.?[Rock j a
Elill Herald. I g
I
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
\ ?Thore is not a Farmers' Alliance in
i Fdgfield county.
Captain W. IT. Patterson, of Liberty
Will, killed five wild turkeys at a.single
j .shot last Friday.
? The Florence people are having a nice
little fuss over a site for the location of
their court house.
K- From several sections of the State the
news is that the negroes are emigrating
in large numbers to the West.
? The papers from every section of the
State report a much larger area of small
grain being planted than usual.
? Fairfield Court convened last Monday
morning. There are on the Sessions
docket four murder cases.
? The store of Guy ?& Sandifor, of Low
* - ? ? -- K.. .,*!(>ri'/prl
rysvine, unesier cuuuiy, was uuigu**
of several sides of bacon one night last
week. No clue to the robbers.
? Mr. James Dunbar, of Aiken county,
was thrown from his horse and killed on
Thursday last. The unfortunate young
man had been married only about six
weeks.
? A. M. Rankin, member of the Legislature
from Chesterfield county, has tendered
his resignation to Governor Richardson,
ou account of his contemplated
removal from the county.
? The Wilson and Summerton Railioad
was opened for business on February 13.
It runs from Wilson's Mill on the Central
Railroad, to a point very near Summerton,
Clarendon county, a distance of thirteen
miles.
? At a meeting of the Watermelon Alliance
held in Rlackville last week, 5,000acres
were represented, at-which it was moved
and carried that the planting of this acreage
should be contingent upon a reduction
|(dn freight. ? . . ... ^
? The railroad commission has authorized
the Richmond and Danville Railroad
and connections to make special two-third
rates on building material, machinery, <&c.,
to be used in the construction of buildings
to be erected by the Rock Hill Construction
Company for manufacturing purposes.
? Col. S. T. Poinier has brought suit
against the government in the United
States Court at Greenville, for pay for his
services as chief election supervisor for
South Carolina. Ilis bill was$600, which
the department of justice cut down to $300.
lie sues for the difference.
? Judge Norton has been assigned by the
chief justice to hold the approaching terms
of the courts for Greenville and PicKens
counties to which Judge Kershaw was
originally assigned, but which duty he
could not perform on account of ill health.
Judge Kershaw's health is slowly improving,
and he has gone to Florida.
? An election upon the whisky question
was held at the new village of Kershaw,
on the Three C's Railroad, on Friday of
last wefek. The total vote cast was 66.
For license 56; no license 10. At a meeting
of council, Saturday, the price of town
license was fixed at $400. Three applications
were made.
? In Sumter county, last Friday, occurred
a death which was brought about in a
very unusual manner. The log wagons
were just starting, when a negro driver
named Matthews was seen to fall from his
mule. When assistance reached him he
was dead. A small knot or limb had
fallen, end foremost, from a tree on his
skull and split it.
? A vacancy existing in the office of
judge of probate for Kershaw county, caused
by the failure of Mr. E. M. Boykin, the
candidate elected last November, to qualify,
and the law requiring that unexpired
terms of a year or more be filled by election
instead of by appointment, Governor
Richardson has ordered that a special election
be held in Kershaw county on the
6th of March to fill the vacancy.
? The Chesterfield correspondent of the
News and Courier says of Judge Pressley,
who held court there last week : "Judge
Pre&sley says that this will be the last year
of his judicial life, as he expects to live
quietly at home the remainder of his life.
He says that he will devote his spare moments
in revising his law of magistrates
and writing a condensed work on criminal
law."
? Says the Shelby, N. C., New Era: During
the past month the family of Mr. Elbert
E. Simmons, who now lives near
Horton's ferry, has been almost entirely
destroyed by death. At Clifton, S. C.,
where the family lived until about two.
weeics airo. Mre. Simmons and five children
died from measles, and since the family
have been in this county, two more children
have died, and Mr. Simmons and the
only remaining child are dangerously ill.
It is said that recently there were 500 cases
of measles at Clifton at one time.
? The trade agents of th^ Farmers' Alliance
of Kershaw have succeeded in making
arrangements for supplies, but not for
fertilizers. There are twenty-six sub-Alliances
in the county, and they propose to
use no commercial fertilizers unless they
can get them at manufacturers' prices,
freight added. It is likely that 50 per
cent, less will be used in any event. There
are very few farmers in the county who
have not connected themselves with this
organization.
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
? Think of a Democratic Administration
going out with nearly 40,000 llepublicaus
in office under it!
? General Harrison has appointed a
young colored man named George L. Marshall,
of Cincinnati, to be the White House
stenographer.
? Republican members of Congress express
the belief that Harrison will call an
extra session of Congress, beginning about
the middle of April.
? The only negro in the next National
House of Representatives will be H. P.
Cheatham, from the Second North Carolina
District. lie is thirty-two years old.
? The Governor of New Hampshire has
appointed General Gillan Marston, U. S.
Senator, to fill from March 4 until the Legislature
in June provides for the next six
years.
? The New York Times reasons soundly.
It says the Republican leaders, Chandler
and Kvarts, in the Senate, are trying
by bloody shirt tactics to turn the Republican
carnival into a funeral.
? L. A. Dudley, a colored man of Americus,
Ga., has met Gen. Harrison. He and
A. T. Taylor, of Smithfield, that State,
were the only Georgia delegates at Chicago
who voted for Harrison. Recently
Taylor died, and Dudley is now the "original
Harrison man" in the State of Georgia.
On his call he endeavored to impress
upon Gen. Harrison that it .will be necessary
to recognize the colored people of the
South in the distribution of Federal patronage.
? In a recent interview Mr. Cleveland
said he is especially gratified at the effect
oi ms aumimsirauon on me prosperity
and happiness of the southern people, both
black and white. He believes in making
no distinctions between any of the sections,
and he deprecates strongly -thrrTC= " ?nvival
of animosities which are supposed
to he dead aud buried. He is satisfied
that the race problem can be worked out
by the people of that section without outside
interference.
? The^ecretary of war sent to the Senate
last Friday a reply to the inquiry of last
October, relative to an order for the employment
of Democrats in arsenals. It
states that the order was given by the Secretary
in the belief that it was proper that
the employment at those places be divided
between the two political parties, and especially
as Democrats had complained to
the department that they had hitherto
been refused employment because of their
political views.
? The Baltimore Sun prints a long interview
with President Cleveland. The
President says he does not believe the defeat
of the Democratic party was caused
by the tariff issue and he regards the party
as being now in better shape than at
my time in its history. He denies that
le has been exclusive or has held himself
aloof from the other leaders of the par:y,
and says he has no further political
imbitiotis and will not be again a factor
n nolitics. He declares that he accepted
;he second nomination with real relucance
and regards his approaching retirenent
with feelings of tremendous perional
relief. i
The Beaufort Direct Tax Claims.?
rhe conferees on the direct tax bill has
inally agreed. The Senate conferees accept
the House amendment to re-im>urse
citizens of Beaufort for property
eized and sold, with an amendmeut relucing
the appropriation for this purpose
rotn 8800,000 to $450,000, with a deduction
if the sum turned into the State school
und by the government,?the reduction of
he valuation of lists in Beaufort by onelalf,
and an agreement to pay $5 an acre
or arable, and $1 per acre for other lands
eized. The conferees also adopted an
inendment to pay profits realizea by the
;overnment in the tax sale of lands.
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