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Scraps ami .facts. ? When Washington was inaugurated there were only 3,800,000 people in the whole country. When the centennial was celebrated in New York the other day, fully that number of people could be found within fifty miles of the city. ? Vanderbilt University, at Nashville, Tenn., recently issued a circular offering to instruct free of charge one highway official from each county in Tennessee in road engineering. Tennessee is aroused on the road question and Vanderbilt University proposes to give valuable aid to the work of improving the highways of the State. ? The battle of Guilford court house, fought in March, 1781, about five miles from Greensboro, N. C., was celebrated on the spot by several thousand people last Saturday. The parade was heaaed by thirteen young ladies, representing the thirteen original States, whose dresses were in the national colors, stars and stripes. Eight companies of State volunteers Darticipated, and addresses were made by several distinguished speakers. ? Postmaster Flynn, of Guthrie, Oklahoma, reports to the department that the . the daily sale of postage stamps at his office amounts to $50; that eleven clerks in the office are kept busy from 5 o'clock A. M., until midnight, and that when the mail is ready for delivery there is usually a line of men half a mile long waiting for their mail. About 3,000 letters and 1,000 newspapers are delivered from that office daily. There are five banks and six news> papers in operation in the new town. ? A syndicate of New York capitalists have just purchased 14,000 acres of land in Polk county, Fla., for the purpose of raising tobacco on the most extensive scale. They will also encourage the farmers throughout the country to produce the finest grades of Havana tobacco, all of which they will buy at prices ranging from fifteen to fifty cents a pound. As they will purchase the green leaf and dry 'it in the syndicate's own drying house, farmers will not have to incur the expense of building and curing. ? ? There is a railroad in Arkansas which pays 33 per cent, annually on its cost. It runs from the Iron Mountain railroad to Hot Springs. It is twenty-two miles long, ; narrow gauge, and was built for $300,000. .It has netted $100,000 a year for fifteen jyoargpast. The entire road and equipment is owned by Joseph Reynolds. On every locomotive and car on the road is paanted the letter J in the centre of a diamond, and the lucky owner of this narrow .gauge monopoly is known to all the surrounding country as "Diamond Joe." ? An interesting fact is brought to light U AAMlnM oiWion oolo nf o form in UJ UIO UJUJIU^ auv.uvu ouiv v* ? > "the county of Spottsylvania, Va. The place is known as the "The Bloody Angle," and is said to be the spot upon which the fiercest contest of the civil war occurred. The advertisement of the sale proves that the historical battle sites of the great civil war are held at high value by those who own them. The Yankee sqheiper who thought it would be a good investment to buy all the battle fields of the South and fence in for the good of posterity, was a philanthropist who lacked an appreciation of the stubbornness of realities. . ? It is a fact, says the Waterbury Republican, that newspaper readers do not slight the advertisements. They have come to realize that the advertisements in a newspaper represent the goods which the merchants have for sale, and they take pains to familiarize themselves with what storekeepers have to offer. Moreover, the constituency of it paper are very apt to be governed by what they read in their own paper. If the paper is accepted in its Eolitical, moral and intellectual tone as our ome paper, its advertisers share the respect and confidence bestowed on the paper itself. This is an important fact for advertisers to remember. ? Gen. Stephen D. Lee, president of the Mississippi agricultural college, has formally announced himself as candidate for governor of Mississippi. This makes six pronounced candidates for governor in the field as follows: Hon. John M. Stone, of Tishimingo, Msy. E. Barksdale, of Hinds, Col. Robert H. Taylor, of Panola, Hon. J. R. Cameron, of Madison, Gen. Stephen D. Too of OW.ihheha. and Gen. W. S. Feath erstone, of Marshall. The race will be liveiy and interesting:, and from present prospects, any forecast made of the result would be the merest guesswork. It is conceded, however, that Barksdale and Stone will enter the convention with more votes than any other candidate, and that there will not be many votes difference in their strength. It is also conceded that neither can reasonably hope to have enough votes to nominate on the first ballot. xThe reported marriage of Mr. Moses Simon to Miss Mattie Lumsden In Atlanta creating a sensation in that city. The friends of Mr. Simon say that the marriage was^but a mock ceremony for the purpose o? quieting him. He was, they claim, in a highly nervous state, if not actually crazy. The man who impersonated a rabbi and married them, says that he fully understood that it was a mock ceremony. Miss Lumsden and her friends repudiate the idea that there was any mockery about the marriage. They claim that the marriage was legal and is binding. Miss Lumsden has possession of Mr. Simon, and has carried him away from Atlanta. Miss Lumsden is a young lady of high character and is said to be related to some of the best families of South Carolina. She is a resident of Gaffney City, and Mr. Simon is largely interested in lime works near there. ? The agricultural department has been making an analysis of butter from cows fed on cotton seed meal, which produced unlooked for results. The analysis showed three remarkable points; (l.) A low percentage of volatile acids; (2.) A phenomenally high melting point; (3.) A strong persistence of the reducing agent. The first point is of importance as Showing that mixing cotton seed with feed in the South will tend to raise the melting point of butter, thus rendering it more suitable for consumption in hot climates. Prof. Wiley says from an analytical point of view the results are of great importance, since they show that butter derived from cows fed on cotton seed meal might be condemned as adulterated when judged j by the amount of volatile acids in it. Since cotton seed men, 1 is destined to be a cattle food of great importance, especially in the Southern part of the United States, this is a fact of the greatest interest to analysts and dealers. ? The compulsory education bill which was passed by the New York Assembly on Thursday, was framed substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the State Superintendent of public instructions. It differs from the existing law, which has long been practically a dead letter, in providing penalties to be enforced against parents and guardians who neglect to send their children to school, in providing for special officers to look after truants and compel the required attendance, and in providing for a State institution to which incorrigible truants may be sent. In fact, it provides in great detail for compulsory attendance for the prescribed time upon some school unless a certificate is given showing that the instruction of the children is attended to at home or otherwise. It also requires school authorities to make adequate provision for all children within their jurisdiction, but the means of enforcing this requirement are not obvious. The K511 Qflomc fn nrnviHo rPrmirpmPntsPnOUe'h. but their enforcement will depend mainly on the zeal and fidelity of local school authorities. ?The supreme court of Florida has rendered a decision of vital importance to the public and to railroad corporations. The board of railroad commissioners created by the legislature of Florida in 1887, fixed the rate, for the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad company, which the company asserted were too low to enable it to earn enough revenue to pay operating expenses, and it refused to adopt the rates fixed by the commission. The State of Florida, at the instance of the commismissioners, brought suit against the railroad to recover the penalties provided by statute, and obtained judgment in the lower court for several thousand dollars. The railroad company appealed and the supreme court now reverses the judgment of the lower court, holding that the reduction by the legislature or commission of the rates of a railroad to a point too low to permit ittoearn?operatiug expenses is a deprivation of property without due process of law and without just compensation, and is confiscation and in conflict with the State and federal constitutions. This is the first decision of the kind by a court of last resort. ? The Manufacturers' Record of last week reports great activity in cotton mill building throughout the South. In tho last three weeks about fifteen companies have I been organized to build cotton mills. Florence, Ala., leads with three new mills at an agregate cost of $800,000, two of which, costing$000,000, are to be moved from Philadelphia. New England capitalists will build a $50,000 spindle mill at Dennison, Texas, and one to cost $250,000 at Fort Payne, Ala. Galveston, Texas, is to have a $500,000 mill and $100,000 twine factory ; Spartanburg, S. C., a $500,000 mill, with <30,000spindles; Atlanta a $500,000 enlargement of an old mill, including 18,000 spindles and $00 looms; Texarkana, Ark., a $120,000 mill, and Greenwood, S. C., a $100,000 mill, while a large number of others will soon be fully organized. Says the Greenville News: The recent centennial celebration in New York directs public attention to our military strength. There were about 65,000 men practically ready for service in the parade on Tuesday, all of whom had reached New York from their homes within thirty-six 1 hours. It is not likely that they consti' tuto more than one fourth of the armed, ! drilled and uniformed men in the territory ; they represented. The display gives every reason to believe that in two days and a night from the sending out of telegrachic orders, 225,000 fighting men, ready for service, could be gathered at New Vork or Washington. Within tWO months an army of probably four or five millions of men could be gathered if it was necessary for the defence of the country. Iltc fcr fertile (frttqtthw. % YORKVILLE, g. C.^: WEDNESDAY,' MAY 8, 1889. THE BAGGING TRUST. The Southern Manufacturers' Association, which met at Augusta, Ga., last Thursday, aimed a blow at the jute bagging trust, that may prove fatal to that combination of speculators. At least such may be the result if the farmers will act in concert. The Manufacturers' Association, while in session, was met by the Farmers' Alliance of Georgia, and after joint consultation the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the mills represented by l the Southern Manufacturers' Association will pay for whatever cotton they consume, | covered by cotton or otner ngni Dagging, weighing three quarters of a pound to the yard or less, ten cents per hundred more than for cotton covered by jute bagging. Committees representing the Georgia Alliances, the South Carolina Agricultural Society and the Manufacturers^ Association, made the following report in reference to cotton bagging: First. That in their judgment it is practical to substitute cotton bagging for jute bagging. Second. That cotton bagging can be manufactured, yard for yard, at the same or less cost than jute bagging, if it be generally adopted as a covering for cotton bales. # A New Orleans and a Georgia mill each will each undertake to manufacture the desired cotton bagging, and fill orders for the coming crop; but its general adoption* this-year will be decided by the convention which meets at Birmingham next Wednesday, regarding which probable action the Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier says, upon information derived from Gen. Stackhouse, president of the South Carolina State Alliance: "If necessary, a meeting of the State Alliance will meet before its regular time, the fourth Wednesday in July, but it will probably not be needed, as the executive committee will meet on Monday, the 5th, and send out circular letters to the six hundred Alliances in the State,, and let them decide for themselves what they will do. They will also send in their orders for the cotton bagging if they wish it, and make arrangements to pay for it. Gen. Stackhouse thinks the change to cotton bagging will be more beneficial to manufacturers than to the farmers, but the latter do not intend to be imposed on by thejute trust." THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. The centennial celebration in New York city on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of last week, of the inaguration of George Washington as the first president of the United States, was a great success. The celebration may be said to have commenced at Elizabeth, N. J., on Monday morning with the arrival of President Harrison. On April 23, one hundred years ago, Gen. Washington arrived at Elizabeth (then called Elizabethton) after a tedious journey of six days from Washington. On the opening day of the centennial so great is the contrast in means of transportation wrought by a century, President Harrison and his party covered the same distance and nearly over the same route, surrounded by the ease and comfort of a railroad palace car, within six hours. Long before the presidential train arrived at Elizabeth, crowds of people gathered at the depot and along the streets leading to the governor's residence, where President Harrison was to take breakfast, while the houses along the route were gaily decked with flags and bunting. Three arches spanned the streets at different points, on one of which were stationed forty-nine pretty girls, dressed to represent forty-two States and seven territories, who threw volleyslof flowers at the president as he passed under the arch. The line of march followed as near as possible the historic route taken by General Washington a hundred years ago. The party arrived in New York at 3 P. and wprfl rpf?eived with aDDroDriate ceremonies by the committee. The feature of Monday night was a grand ball. On Tuesday morning, the centennial day proper, the president and party attended St. Paul's chapel on Broadway, where Bishop Potter conducted services. A little after 10 the presidential party arrived at the sub-treasury building, where the literary exercises were held, opening with the address of Elbridge T. Gerry, chairman of the committee on literary exercises. Rev. I)r. Richard T. Storrs offered prayer and Clarence W. Bowen read the poem by John Greanleaf Whittier on the "Vow of Washington." Following this, Chauncey M. Depew stepped I forward to deliver the oration and was | greeted with generous applause. The first part of his address was -on the theme of the school of popular government. The necessities of a permanent union, the weakness of a mere confederacy, threateningsof anarchy were early apparent. The corner stone of the edifice, whose centenary we are celebratirg, was the ordinance of 1787, limiting the States' hmimlflrip* and preetiner the crreat north west territories for the general government with the immortal proviso prohibiting slavery within all that broad domain. As the irresponsible government of States was falling to pieces, Washington gave the warning calling for action, and the response of the country was the convention of 1787 at Philadelphia. The controversies of that convention would have ended in failure but for the confidence of the whole country in Washington as the president. No man ever stood for as much to his country. The orator reviewed the material progress of the country during the century and drew the conclusion that no crisis has been too perilous for its powers, no evolution too rapid for its adaptation, no expansion beyond its easy grasp and administration. Depew occupied twenty-five minutes. President Harrison arose and was wildly cheered. lie spoke a few words complimentary to Depew and said: We have come into the serious but always inspiring presence of Washington. He was the incarnation of duty and he teaches us to-day the great lessons that those who would associate their names with events that shall outlive a century can only do so by high consecration to duty. Self-seeking has no public observance of anniversary. Washington seemed to come to the discharge of the duties of his high place, impressed with a sense of his unfamiliarity with these new calls upon him. Modesty, doubtful of his own abiliity and trusting implicitly in the sustaining helpfulness and grace of that God who rules the world, presides in the councils of nations, and is able to supply every human demand. We have made a marvelous progress in material things, but 1 the stately and enduring shaft at the national capitol in Washington, symbolizes that ne is yet the first American citizen. Archbishop Corrigan pronounced the benediction and the party were driven to !>iauison square iu review mo |iiutcosiuu> As soon as the presidential party had passed the corner of Wall streetand Broadway, on the route from St. Paul's to the sub-treasury building, the grand military procession, which had formed down town during the church services, began its march from Wall street, the route being, up Broadway to Waverly place, through Waverly place to Fifth avenue, up Fifth avenue to Fourteenth street, through Fourteenth street to the east side of Union square, around Union square to west side, to Fifteenth street, to Fifth avenue, Fifth avenue to Fifty-seventh street. It is estimated that G0,000 men were in line. South Carolina's contingent consisted of Governor Richardson and staff and six companies of 350 men formed into two battalions. When the literary exercises at the subfreasury had cofacluded, the head of the column had not reached Madison square. The column was halted and the regulars and militia were drawn up in line on one curb with the veterans on the other, and this order extended to Wall street, so that ntnlln f Ko nnrploffOQ UtJlWCCU UIC3C liviug nana 1UV vu>x?6>.u of the presidential party passed on the way to the reviewing stand. As the president's carriage passed, the soldiers salute^and the crowds on the sidewalks and ther people in the windows and on the housetops cheered lustily. When the presidential party had taken its position on the reviewing stand the procession resumed its march, and passing in review closed ranks that no break should occur. As the procession reached Fifty-eighth street it was dismissed. The last part of the parade passed the reviewing stand at 6.30 P. M. The president at once retired from the platform, which he had occupied six hours, and was driven to the Metropolitan opera house, where a grand banquet was given. The closing scenes of the third day, as also the exercises of the two preceding days, are thus reviewed by the New York Sun: The closing scenes of the great three days' celebration, by which the centenary of George Washington's inauguration as the first president of the United States was magnificently commemorated, was equal in breadth and suggestiveness to those of the first two days. On the first we saw something of the possibilities of our naval development; on the second we had a wonderful glimpse of the latent military strength of the great republic, which ordinarily is so concealed in the current of our busy life that foreigners and even homebred Americans are apt to overlook its existence, And yesterday there was displayed before a million wondering and>; delighted spectators a view of those industrial energies and resources that in a single century have built up one of the foremosfv nations of the earth. i: It was a sight calculated to awaken the pride of country in the most unpatriotic^ breast to see those battalions or peace ana industry marching through the heart oL this great metropolitan town. Schoolboys,C joyously leading the procession, with shouts and college cries; representatives of commerce, trade, and industry, who followed in trooping thousands, amid the sound of swelling music and the applause of miles of packed and crowded streets; the onlookers themselves, no less interesting, and, considered in the entirety of their enormous numbers, no less suggestive of patrjptic feelings, all went to make a demonstration of character hardly to be reproduced. In one respect the display was certainly unmatchable. Its cosmopolitanism was wonderful. Irishmen and Germans, Italians and Swedes, Danes and Swiss, Norwegians, Scotchmen, Englishmen and Americans marched side by side, or by company after company, many of them showing by banners or other symbols that they remembered the land of their birth, but all demonstrating that the country of their faith, their hopes and their hearts was represented by the star-spangled flag that floated over the whole line. It was a spectacle that none who saw could ever forget, and it furnished a fitting close to the last and greatest of the memorial celebrations of tne entry of the United States of America into the rank of nations. THE YVEATIIEK AND THE UKOI'S.-l ne weekly weather crop bulletin of the State department of agriculture, issued last Saturday, gives the following information : The rainfall for the State was below the normal. The temperature was slightly below the normal. Sunshine was about an average. But little rainfall has been recorded this week, and it is badly needed throughout the State. The temperature during the week has been slightly below the average, with cool nights and mornings, with an average amount of sunshine. The crops, as far as heard, are reported in fair condition with the possible exception of cotton, the cool nights having a tendency to retard its growth. With rain and warm weather it will develop rapidly. Small grain and fruit prospects still promise favorable yields. The National Weather Bureau at Washington issued the following report last Saturday: The weather for the week ending May 4 was decidedly cooler than usual in all sections except New England and Northern Michigan. Over the wheat region of the central valleys and Northwest, and over the greater portions of the cotton regions, the daily temperature ranged from 3 to 6 below normal, while in the upper Ohio valley and in Central Texas it was from 6 to,9 lower than usual. The general cool weather during the week has largely reduced the seasonal excess of temperature previously reported, but the season continues from ten to fourteen days earlier than usual to the extreme Northwest, and slightly in advance throughout the Northern States, Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas and Northern Texas, while it is slightly retarded in the East, Gulf and South Atlantic States. Light frosts occurred on the first of the week in the Northwest, and later over the central valleys, and are reported this morning in Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas and Northern Texas, while it is slightly retarded in the East Gulf and South Atlantic States. Lierht frosts occurred on the first of the week in the Northwest, and later over the Central valleys, and are reported this morning in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Northern Georgia. The rainfall for the week has been generally below the normal, although large excesses are reported in Virginia, Northern New England, Western New York, Northern Michigan, Southern Alabama and Central Texas. Although the rainfall was deficient, well distributed showers occurred throughout New England, the Middle States and the Southern States. The seasonal rainfall continues in excess on the Atlantic coast of New York. There is a large deficiency in the rainfall in the Ohio valley, where the crops are greatly in need of rain, and over the entire region from Mississippi northward to Michigan, including Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and portions of Illinois, where less than 70 per cent, of seasonal rainfall is reported. In all other sections over three-fourths of the seasonal rainfall, woll distributed as to time, has been attended by most favorable crop conditions. Tobacco prospects are reported as poor, and the growth of cotton slow. Cool weather doubtless affected the cotton crop unfavorably from Texas eastward as far as South Carolina, but rains over this region during the week will doubtless benefit the condition of the crop if followed by warm, clear weather, which will probably prevail in that section the first part of the coming week. ? Ex-Judge Robert Munro died at his home in Union last Monday afternoon, at the age of M years. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. Ernest Lowry?Thresher and Corn Mill for Sale. W. Brown Wylio, C. C. Pis.?Clerk's Sales. E. A. Crawford, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sales. Mrs. T. M. Dobson-Tho New York Bargain Store Crowded Daily. M. & II. C. Strauss?Cannot bo Beat. A. Y. Cartwright <fc Co.?The Pioneer Cash Store still Leads the Merchants of York. W. C. Latimer?Clothing is My Hobby. W. B. Moore A*. Co.?Collins, Caskets and Burial liobes. W. H. Roumillattte Co.?Rheumatism Cure. Q COTTON SALES. Within the past week Yorkville dealers have sold 500 bales of cotton at figures averaging over 10$. FORT MILL. ' The Fort Mill Clarion of last week contains a very interesting and readable his->, torical sketch of some of the earliest settlor^ in that section of the county and of the town or f ort ami. SALES-DAY. On Monday last, sales-day for May, the clerk of court sold the following property: By virtue of the authority vested in him under decree of foreclosure at the suit of Hariet J. Brntton, administratrix, vs. Mary Williamson and others, a tract of43G acres of land one tnile south-east of Brattonsville. Bought by Mrs. Ilariet J. Bratton at $f> per acre. This was the only official sale. MILITARY INSPECTIONS. By special order issued from tljp office of Adjutant and Inspector General Bonham, notice is given of annual inspectiMis to be held at the following places on fflie days named: "^r Lee Light Infantry, Chester, Tuesday, May 21st. Catawba Rifles, Rock Hill, Thursday, May 23rd. Jenkins Rifles, Yorkville, Friday, May 24 th. ACCIDENTALLY BURNED. On Sunday morning last, Tominie, the ^Kfle four-year old son of Mr. H. F. -Adickes, left his bed early and took his seat in front of the fire-place in which a small fire was burning. By some means his clothing caught on fire and he was soon enveloped in flames, but fortunately his screams awoke members of the family who hastened to his relief. Before the blazing clothing could be taken from his body he was badly though not seriously burned. FIRE AT HICKORY GROVE. The store-house of Dr. J. Wistar Allison, at Hickory Grove, on the Three C's railroad, in the western part of this county, was destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock last Thursday morning. In the same building was conducted a drug store and a family grocery, both stocks under the same ownership. Besides the loss of building 1 * - ?>-- i 1? 1?:_! tu? nn ana gooas, me uooks euiiianuiig wio accounts of the store, were alio burned. The house was situated between the stores of Dr. T. B. Whitesides and J. N. McDill, and it was only by hard work, with no appliances for protection from fire, that these buildings were saved. Dr. Allison-estimates his loss between three and four thousand dollars, on which there was no insurance. He attributes the fire to an Incendiary. \/ PERSONAL MENTION. ^ Mr^B. J. Wit'ierspoon and Mrs. It. E. Wyiie, of Lancaster, are in Yorkville visiting the family of Judge Witherspoon. ^,Mrs. M. U. Willis and children, are in Chester visiting friends and relatives. < Mrs. Withers Adickes has returned from an extended visit to Columbia. Mrs. Kate Carson, nee Johnson, is visiting the family of Mrs. Gist. Mr. Roland Thomson, Jr., of Spartanburg, is visiting relatives in town. We had a pleasant call on yesterday afternoon from Capt. G.M. Moore, ofBljicksburg. Miss Mary Rose and Miss Julia Rose, of Columbia, are in Yorkville the guests of Mrs. Alonzo Rose. Capt. . F. G. Power returned yesterday from a trip to North Carolina and Virginia. 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 8 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at Tirzah at 11 A. M. Services in Yorkville at 8.10 I'. m. ?unuay-scnooi at 4.30 P. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. and 8.15 P. M. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. and 8.15 P. M. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, Pastor. Mr. Patrick will occupy the pulpit of the First Baptist church of Charlotte next Sunday, morniug and night, and for this reason there will be no services in the Baptist church at this place next Sunday. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 8.15 o'clock, and preaching on Friday evening at the same hour. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' MEETING. A regular meeting of the board of county commissioners was held in their office on Monday last. A considerable amount of routine work was dispatched. Dr. J. RufusBratton was elected county physician?to attend the inmates of the poor house and jail?vice Dr. J. F. Lindsay. The subject of the township bonds, in aid of the Three C's railroad, was presented before the commissioners in two forms: First, by a petition containing the signatures of two or three hundred of the taxpayers of Cherokee township, asking the commissioners to issue an order to the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust company, directing the company to deliver to the Massachusetts and Southern Construction company the bonds of Chero kee township, voted in aidot the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad. The petitioners were heard, hut the commissioners declined to grant their request. Subsequently, Major James F. Hart, counsel for the railroad company, asked the commissioners to agree to give an order to the trust company for the delivery of the bonds of all the townships in York county that have voted in aid of the road ; but this request was also refused by the commissioners. RAILROAD NOTES. Trains 50andf?l, running between Blaeksburg and Lancaster, on the Three C's rail.; road, were discontinued last Saturday. > This action was rendered necessary on ac- count of the light travel, which was .insufficient to meet the running expensed of the trains. The Three C's road has put in a substantial iron bridge over its own track 011 the Chester and Lenoir, at the crossing. A temporary wooden structure was built aoout tne nine me grauing unuer tne Chester and Lonoir track tvas completed, and on last Sunday the temporary work was replaced with an iron bridge. Of operations on the western end of the road, the Johnson City, Tenn., Comet of last Friday says: "J. 0. Sullivan, who has a force <jf hands at work on the Three C's road in Unicoi county, has been ordered to come to Johnson City by McDonald, Shea & Co., and begin work. He has engaged teams to bring him in and will be ready to move in a few days." The same paper announces the resignation of Col. T. E. Matson, chief engineer, in the following words: "Col. T. E. Matson has resigned as chief engineer of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad. I lis resignation took effect May 1st. Col. Matson is one of the originatorsof the line and has worked hard and unceasingly in the interest of the company and also for Johnson City. The fact that the road is to pass through Johnson City is due in no small degree to Col. Matson's labors. As an engineer he has few equals and as a gentleman no superiors, and his resignation will he a loss to the company. Mr. A. N. Molesworth succeeds him as chief engineer." / LOCAIj LACONICS. an unintentional omission, the name oi J. M. Hope was omitted in our list, nublished last week, of the directors of the i Yorkville Loan and Savings bank. ^George E.Hood has been commissioned as postmaster at Iloodtown, in this county. C Mr. Herod R. Neal, of Hickory Grove, "has been appointed auctioneer for the clerk of the court. He acted in this capacity for the first time last Monday. At the junior exhibition in Erskine College, Due West, on the 1st instant, an excellent speech and eloquently delivered, was the one that concluded the exercises, by Mr. J. M. White, of Hickory Grove, S. C., who had for his subject, "Our Mother Tongue." There were slight frosts in this locality last week, but no injury from them to vegetation. The Yorkville visitors to the New York centennial celebration have returned, highly pleased with their trip. The State board of medical examiners held a meeting in Columbia on Thursday last, and examined nineteen applicants, who presented themselves petitioning for a license to practice medicine in this State... The following from York county passed successfully: J. T. Darwin, Blacksburg; P. S. Kirkpatriek, Fort Mill. There was also a colored candidate, W. A. Williams, of Greenville, who received a license to practice. A new roof is being put on the A. R. P. church. The new residence being built by ex- 1 Sheriff R. H. Glenn, on his farm two miles west of town, is rapidly approaching completion. The colored brass band of this plac& is making ^ Rock IIill, May 7.?Two'hundred and four of the two hundred and seventy-six children of the Rock Hill graded school, ticcorapanied by their parents and a number of friends, attended a picnic on Friday last, on Whitaker's mountain, at Blacksburg, going there on a special train over j the Three C's railroad. At 9 o'clock the party began to asserhble at the depot and take seats in the elegant palace cars furnished for the occasion. At 9.15 the large mogul engine, beautifully decorated with wreaths of flowers, commanded by the veteran engineer, Mr. G. M. Marion, pulled into, the depot, and the well filled coaches were attached. Capt. J. It. Bark9tell, the popular conductor, called out "all aboard," and the train, loaded with mothers and fathers, and precious little children, pulled out. At Old Point, the first station, the party was added to by a number of the beaux and belles of Ebenezer. At Yorkville a large number of citizens had assembled to greet the party. As the train came to a stop a round of applause was given. Our party was again increased by a number of the citizens of Yorkville. The remainderof the distance, 26 miles, was soon made, and we were at Blacksburg, where we were received by Maj. Jno. F. Jones, the courteous superintendent of the Three C's railroad, and a large number of the citizens of the growing and progressive town of Blacksburg, and cheers and firing of cannon, and sweet music furnished by the Blacksburg brass band, under the leadership of Prof. Lucas. The party formed in line, headed by the band, and marched ttf the top of the mountain, a half mile distant, where an observatory has been erected, 50 feet high, 9tands, and a large shed had been built for the accommodation of the party, under the direction of Major Jones. The lop of the mountain was covered with frolicking children playing, the love-sick boys with their sweethearts, and the older persons looking at the magnificent landscapes before them. From the top of the mountain can be 9een King's mountain, Shelby and Yorkville, and within a few miles of Spartanburg. Just at this season of the year the scenery is beautiful beyond description. At 1 o'clock, diuner wa9 announced by Rev. W. M.Anderson, who requested Rev. J. \V. McRoy to pronounce the blessing. The party was soon around the tables enjoying a most delicious and bountiful repast. After all had eaten there wero fragments enough left to have fed as many more. After dinner the party visited the town of Blacksburg and scattered among the beautiful streets. In the afternoon Major Jones placed the train at the disposal of the party for an excursion to Buffalo, three miles beyond Blacksburg. The offer was nrnmnt.lv nwpntprl nnrl thnsfi who took advantage of tfie excursion did not regret it, the scenery along Buffalo creek, which runs along the side of the railroad for over a mile, is certainly grand, and rivals that of the French Broad. At half-past five o'clock, the time for returning home had arrived. A meeting of the party was held and resolutions offered and unanimously adopted, thanking Maj. Jno. F. Jones, superintendent; W. F. Marshal, soliciting agent; Capt. J. F. Barkstell, conductor; Mr. (J. M. Marion, engineer; and Capt. ltamseur and Mr. Geo. Moore, for the attention and courtesy shown the party. The ride home was very pleasant and greatly enjoyed. On reaching the depot here, resolutions were read thanking Prof. A. It. Banks, superintendent of the graded school, and his assistants, and Mr. J. J. Hull and Fred II. London, for the active part they had taken in arranging and carrying out the excursion. Prof. Banks and Mr. London being present, were called up and thanked the party for the resolutions, but assured them that they were fully repaid by seeing the pleasure they had been tho means of giving them. And thus ended one of tho most successful and pleasant excursions ever given by the people of our town ; and all who contributed in any way towards its success are amply repaid by all having enjoyed >V,ninualwnj 'I'nn inncli nrniqp Cflntint hfi bestowed upon Maj. Jones for the labor and trouble expended by him in seeing that everything was carried out to make the occasion a grand success, which it was, the general expression being "Oh! we had such a good time ; I am so glad I went." The usual memorial services will beheld at Ebenezer church yard on Friday next, May 10th, at 4 o'clock. The Catawba Rifles and the^brass band will do honor to the occasion. All business will be suspended in Rock llill at 2 o'clock and the citizens will attend. Let us not forget the dead heroes, but come and lay upon their graves a ilower, remembering they gave their lives in defence of their homes. The town council of this place has contracted with the Winnsboro Grauite company for curbing for the streets of the town, and have purchased a stone crusher and expect to begin macadamizing the streets. 1 Miss Octavia Owens died on Saturday and was buried on Sunday afternoon. The funeral services were held at the Episcopal church by Rev. Jas. G. Glass, of 1 Winnsboro. There is some talk of erecting a cotton seed oil mill at this place, and from those i who are agitating the matter, 1 feel sure it will not end in talk. The residence oi the late ivir. vv. u. \Vylie,of Catawba Junction, was destroyed by tire on Saturday night, and but for the timely discovery of the fire by C'apt. J. F. liarkstell and his assistants on the i train which was passing the house at the time the fire commenced, the inmates ] would have lost their lives. As it was, ! the doors to the house were broken open and the inmates aroused and were barely < able to make an exit before the roof fell in. ] The fire is supposed to have originated 1 from a defective flue. The loss is estimated ] at $1,000, with no insurance. i The annual meeting of the Rock Hill Library association was held in the library I building on Monday afternoon. The old : officers were re-elected. The report of the s treasurer showed that the financial condition of the association was good. The vice- i president, Itev. J. Q. Adams, urged upon 1 the members their duty to aid in increas- < ing the membership of the association, i After the adjournment of the meeting a I number of those present, acting upon the suggestion <?f Mr. Adams, started out soliciting members, and in less than an hour a large number had been added to the roll. A'uelightful german was given by the I 1 Hock Hill Pleasure club at Roddey's hall ; last night, which was largely attended, j; A number of the beaux and belles from |1 neighboring towns were present. The j' ball room was beautifully decorated with 1 flowers and bunting. The costumes of the j ladies were very tasty. The following were the costumes worn: j Miss Perry Dunlap, ofLancaster? White | dotted Swiss, trimmed with ribbons and dowers; Ithine stone ornaments. Mrs. E. L. Avery?White brocaded silk ; Ithine stone jewelry. Miss Kate Roddey?Plaid silk grena-j dine, with diamond ornaments. Miss Nellie Roach?Light blue lawn | and dowers. Mrs. John Clark?Street suit. Miss Lillian Jones?Figured challie. Miss Minnie Brooks?Black lace ; with dowers. Mrs. J. C. Bratton?Cream satin and lace. Miss Carnmie Black?Street suit. Miss Watson? White albatross and dowers. \m:? a t -.1 ~ n?.nl miW> iviiLiit uyie i\uuucjr?A inn. aunui, with diamonds. Mrs. Bennett, of Virginia?Street suit. Miss Agurs, of Chester?Blue Henrietta cloth and lace diamond ornaments. Mrs. Izard ; white silk, en train, pearl jewelry. Mias Suo Moore, of Lancaster?Green albatross and silk ; gold ornaments. Mrs. Black?Street suit. Miss Mecca Avery?Pink satin and .black velvet. ?Miss Virginia Bratton?Pink nun's veiling and pale blue satin, with lace. Mrs. John Itoddey?Black lace, with diamond ornaments. Miss Shefersee?White nun's veiling and lace. LMias Ella Avery?White albatross and brocaded silk. Mrs. J. M. Hunter?Street suit. Mrs. B. M. Fewell?Street suit. Mrs. T. L. Johnson?Black lace. Mrs. John Sadler?Street suit. Mrs. Dr. Fewell?Street suit. The following visiting gentlemen were Jn attendance: ^Messrs. Brooks Sligh, S. A. Hood, J. W. Means, Chester; Thos. F. McI)ow, Frank Hart, T. S. Bratton, Yorkville; Edwards TJazel, Charleston; It. M. Bratton, McConnpIlsville. The germau was led by Mr. Brooks Sligh and Miss Agurs, of Chester. Hal. Correnpondenee of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM BLACKSTOCK. Blackstock, May G.?The need of rain is being felt very much by the farmers in this section, and the small grain crop, which has been quite promising, will turn out a very pooryield unleas the rain comes very soon. Several coats of paint have been put on the depot building here, and it is now quite an ornamental feature of our town. I Rev. .Tames A. Wilson, of Ridcewav. filled the Presbyterian pulpit yesterday morning at Concord and last night in Blackstock, having exchanged for the day with the pastor, llev. W. G. Neville. Mr. Wyatt Aiken, a brother of Mrs Neville, is now visiting his sister's family here. Mrs. P. L. Langford, of Prosperity, is spending some time with her relatives in this place. As iterasof local news are rather scarce this week, your correspondent thinks that it may interest some of your readers to see some account of the May picnic, or "party," which it was his good fortune to attend last Saturday at Catawba Falls. For many years past it has been the custom of the people in the neighborhood of the falls to meet there on the first Saturday in May, and of late years this picnic has been growing in popular favor; so that now the young people, and many of the older ones, within a radius of twenty or twenty-five miles, look forward to attending this as an annual event in their lives. Indeed it has grown to such large proportions that some of the distinctive pichic features are lost entirely. There are nothing like invitations issued, nor is there any regular picnic dinner; but each party of friends goes on its own means for refreshing the inner man. Last Saturday was a beautiful day for the picnic, and the crowd in attendance seemed to be larger than usual. For nearly a mile before the river itself was reached, the roadside was lined with horses and vehicles, and the nearer we went to the bank, the harder it was to find a suitable place for "hitching out" and feeding. Judging from the number of vehicles (there is no poasibilty of seeing one half of the crowd together so as to judge of their number that way) there must have been upwards of a thousand people scatA 1 -1 XUsv KAML tt.Ukln G,A lert'U UlUIIfc; uic nvci uaim muiiu mo space of a few hundred yards on Saturday. The scenery at this point is wild and grand, and would well repay any true lover of nature a long and rough ride in order to behold it. 'Tis a fact well known to the students of South Carolina history, that this very point on the Catawba once promised to be quite prominent in national importance, on account of a strong disposition to locate the national military academy here. Ituins of a large government building and traces of a great canal are still to be seen. In the crowd of gay youths and beautiful maidens .here assembled, were many representatives from the distant towns of Chester and Winnsboro, while Rossville, Fort Lawn and liichburgsent their full quotas. 'Twas indeed a lovely scene as witnessed by one who could take in, almost at a single glance, hundreds of groups picturesquely scattered among the huge rocks and crags just above the roaring and dashing waters of the river. We venture the assertion that many a glance was sent, many a word spoken, that went from heart to heart, and which will cause many to look back with fond recollections to this May day spent at Catawba Falls. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY. Etta Jane, May (J.?From some unknown cause, last week's Enuuiueh failed to reach this office and we scarcely know how to approach our readers this week. We are trying to arrange the mail schedule so that the Enquikek can reach this and Hopewell, postofflces on the day of publication (Wednesday). Should the paper reach Hickory Grove by 1 o'clock P. M. that day this will be effected. "V* UafMH/lnit and Qnnrlatr 11t1i an#1 iU'At uatuiuaj auu uuuuuj , aavu Mtiu 12th instant, the communion service will be held at Salem, Rev. it. P. Smith will preach on Saturday, and perhaps ltev. B. (1. Clilford will assist ltev. J. W. Querry on Sunday. Miss Itebecca Davidson is quite ill. Several slight cases of dux are in this section now. We have an interesting prayer-meeting at Abington Creek Baptist church. The exercises yesterday were conducted by ltev. S. 1). F. Gault, of the M. E. Church, who read as the lesson the Ord chapter of first Timothy. Messrs. King, Strain, Jefferies, Whisonant, Orr, Dennan and Webber took part in the discussion. Theyhave J an excellent choir which rendered choice music for the occasion. The hour was pleasantly and we trust profitably spent. ' Our Sunday-school at Salem raised a very creditable contribution yesterday for < the Thornwell Orphanage. These collec- i tions will be taken up, from time to time and remittances made monthly. It is only necessary to educate our children up to 1 the importance of this work to get them i to lay hold of it. I The cool weather of last week gave veg- ] etation a back set. Some of the sugar cauo i is killed, but little damage was done to ' bean vines. Cotton is small and sickly i looking where it was up and exposed to 1 cold. People are now plowing their corn and i replanting it. Except where the crows < and other birds have pulled it up, the stand i is good. _ Sigma. I Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. NOTES FROM (lOL'LI). Gould, York county, May 6.?I do not remember a year when the farmers of this section were better up with their crops ' than at this time; and, besides, the work h?q been more thorouehlv done. As a < specimen of what has been accomplished, I mention the work on one river farm under the management of Mr. Charles Garner, who is farming on the lands of It. E. Thompson. Mr. Garner has prepared and planted forty-eight acres in cotton and thirty in corn, all of which he has done with two mules, and in the meantime hauled his cotton to Sharon and his fertilisers home. This work has been done since the first of February. On the same place, at Mr. l'eter Chillers' house, there is quite a Ireak of nature in the shapo of a kitten. It has two distinct bodies, eight perfect legs and feet mil two tails and only one head to the bodies. u. W. ir. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. th LETTER FROM CLOVER. Clover, May g.?Clover has been a little tj( more lively for the last ten days or two tj, weeks than usual. The late rise in the price of cotton brought out more of the a staple than was thought to he in the n, country. There have been sold and ship- jJ( ped from this place in the above time .'179 j)( bales. There are nhnnt seuentv-tivo bales m in this place stiil holding for better prices, i jr though cotton is about all sold. tl Our life insurance agent is a trump in i w that business. lie is not only a good talk- je er, but whenever he starts out he goes 1 armed. lie has in one pocket a little | a) book entitled "Delays are dangerous." f m Very significant. If that does not bring 1 8l them out he can quote scripture: "He | that provideth not for his own house," Ac. ! He says he hardly ever fails. Mr. It. A. Matthews, formerly a mer- I jj, chant at this place, has sold out his inter- j ests here and has taken the road as a trav- n| eling salesman. tl Mrs. D. J. Fitchet returned homo last tc week from a protracted visit among her cj friends and relatives in Eastern North 0| Carolina. st Mr. C. P. Gulp, principal of our school, pi gave holiday on May 1st, but it, was a 8( gloomy day, with some rain, and the chil- sj dren did not enjoy it fully. In a letter to The Enquirer some time ol ago, I mentioned the fact there was some u talk of building a cotton factory at this j, place. I closed then with the statement fc that I hoped to be able to have more to tj say before a great while on that matter, tl 80, now I am glad of the fact that I am' a, able to say more about it. ^ ^ ,r i imvi3 never seen any question orougnt 0 before the whole people that met with (( less opposition than this. All classes, grades, and occupations are uniting on it. a( There is not that great demonstration of 0 enthusiasm that is sometimes seen, but a y solid determination that can be seen and ^ felt?the feeling that if it is possible we j are going to have a factory. Quite a nuiri- ^ her of the subscribers to the capital stock Sl met in the academy Saturday evening, x 4th instant. p W. H. Smith was called to the chair, and 0 Dr. E. W. Pressly was appointed secretary, (j It was found that a sufficient amount had tj been subscribed to begin operations, and c; the first step was taken, viz.: naming the c company and applying to the secretary of n state for a charter. "Cloycr Cotton Man- g ufacturing Company" is the name adopted, 0 and the following persons were named as ^ corporators: A. H. Barnett, T. P. White- ? sides, J. J. Wilson, James Fitchett, J. R. ^ Barron, W. B. Smith, I). M. Hall, D. J. r Jackson, E. W. Pressly, P. E. Moore, J. F. ^ Jackson and L. K. Armstrong. g A committee was appointed to look after j a site and report to the next meeting, which r, was appointed for two weeks from that a day. t! Application for r charter will go forward j, to the secretary of State this week. e J. p. G. o SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. * ? Farm work in Oconee county is well advanced, and the prospect is very encouraging. ? Mrs. Lena Brock, living about four s miles from Walhalla, committed suicide a c few nights ago by taking "rough on rats." 1 ? State Senator M. L. Donaldson, of f Greenville county, has been selected as a t delegate from the Farmers' State Alliance a to the meeting of the National Alliance in f Birmingham, Ala., on the 15th instant. c ? A. C. Chapman,living near Newberry, ? was run over by the Laurens train on Fri- 1 day afternoon, near Helena, and both his c legs were crushed. It is reported that he I was intoxicated and endeavoring to steal a ride. ? The building occupied by Lucas & RichardsoD, printers and binders, Charleston, was destroyed by fire last Sunday night, and with it all the stock, material and presses belonging to the establishment. Twenty-five employes are thrown out of work. ? Eugene Mobley, a son of June Mobley, the once notorious colored Republican pol- ' itician of Union county, has been appointed a mail agent on theGreenvilleand Columbia route. Previous to this appointment he was running as a Pullman car porter in New York State. ? Col. John W. Stokes, a prominent citizen and the oldest active member of the Greenville bar, died very suddenly of heart disease at his home in that city Sunday . afternoon about two o'clock. Col. Stokes was 71 years old. Pie represented his county four times in the legislature, and ' was a member of the secession convention. 1 ? Mr. E. M. Averill, of the South Caro- 0 una railway, nas gone 10 i\ew xora 10 t make arrangements with commission mer- 1 chants for the shipments of vegetables and watermelons during the coming season. 11 He states that from 8,500 acres planted in c melons in Aiken and Barnwell counties, he a expected the railroads to carry North about v 2,000 carloads of fruit. 8 ? On Wednesday last the election ou the , question of "license" or "no license" for the sale of spiritous liquors in Oconee coun- ? ty, was held. The election was held under " a special Act of the last legislature, submit- ? ting the question to the qualified electors of ? the county. The majority in favor of no j "license" is 460. The law goes into effect f January 1st, 1890, and then Walhalla, the J only town in the county which now grants license to saloons, will be "dry." ? Jeremiah Looper, the Independent Re- ^ publican and Greenbacker of Pickens, has ^ received a letter from A. B. Humphrey, of ^ New York, who is one of the "boss" men ^ in the Republican party, asking Looper to c take the position of chief organizer of the j Republicans iu this State and have it in c good trim for the next campaign. Hum- a phrey wrote that the national Republican party would furnish all money necessary s for this purpose. Looper replied, says the D Pickens Sentinel, that the only way to ? build up a decent Republican party hero is h to leave out the black vote. / ? Of the trouble in the Episcopal church, i in reference to the color question, the a Charleston correspondent of the Greenville y News says, under date of Friday: A lay k delegate who led the seceders from the A Episcopal convention in 1S87 was inter- p viewed by your correspondent to-day in c, reference to the coming convention at & Aiken. I-Iesaid that under nocircurastan- a ces would the seceders enter the convention q unless it was agreed that no colored men should be admitted. "Wedon't recognize the legality of the convention," said he, is "but we are willing to overlook all irreg- q ularities if the clergy will stand by their tl own resolution and agree to the entire ii separation of the two races i n church." h ? The office of the county treasurer of y Beaufort was broken open last Thursday g night, and the safe robbed of some papers, g The entrance to the office was made ^ through one of the windows, the spring a latch which held the sash down having n been broken. The safe contained no n money tit all and has only been used for ii books and papers. Among other things o taken were the vouchers of the treasurer p for last year. The vouchers have no value T whatever to any one except the ireasurer. v It does not affect him in any way except v, to put him to the trouble of getting his a accounts from his books. Mr. Fuller, the a: treasurer, thinks that the object of the ci robbery was to cover up some of the ras- o cality of the political martyrs in jail. ? Laurens Advertiser: Trouble was precipitated between the negroes and whites J? at Enoree on Saturday in which three " white men were shot. It seems that a ai little boy, the son of Dr. Toland, was being c< harrassed by a little negro, and passed near 8( a white man by the name of Drown, who a< told him not to run from the negro, but to *c Bghthim. This aroused the negroes stand- 31 ing near and a fight ensued. Later in the S( night, shots were fired by the negroes upon r< a party of men who had nothing to do with J1 the quarrel and three were seriously J;1 wounded. One was struck by a ball in the ibdomen, one on the arm and the other " Dn the forehead. The white men were a( unarmed, and only returned the fire with brick-bats, without effect. At last ac- u counts all was quiet, aud an investigation . will be instituted. ^ C( Who Will Succeed Daknum ??a al Washington dispatch of Monday says: re The death of Win. II. Darn urn creates a re vacancy in the chairmanship of the l)em- ti jcrauc national executive committee, tne ; (j< illlingof which is likely to lead to an in- vi teresting contest. Mr. Barnum was not to icceptable to the revenue reform wing of f>8 ihe Democracy, and some of those gentle-) ar men are determined to make a vigorous | cc iffort to have the vacancy tilled by one of ;he most prominent men of their numjer. There will be nothing of importance ju or this committee to do until December, ej 1801, when the committee will meet to se- gii ect a time and place for holding the next ! so lational convention. In the meantime, j ra lowever, it may be deemed politic to co onvene the committee to fill the vacant is ihairmanship, and should this be done the be evenue reform men will push one of their in lumber for the place. The chairman of pi - V 10 committee lias no functions to perrm except to preside over the national invention until a temporary organizaon is provided. * There is no substanal reason for calling the committee toither in special session merely to choose successor to Mr. Barnum, yet some reveje reform men think that if this should 3 done and one of their number should i chosen, it would have a beneficial effect, he Republicans appear to be very much iterested in this matter, and they suggest le names of gentlemen who they think ould be acceptable as the recognized ader of the Democratic committee. Senator Butler says the Democrats will, t the proper time, consult together and 11 the vacancy without any assistance or iggestion from their political enemies. MERE-MENTION. The town of Warsaw, N. C., was visited y a severe hail and wind storm lastThurs- t ay. Many buildings were damaged and ot a whole chimney was left standing in le place. The keeper of the dormiiry of the State Agricultural and Melanical college at Lexington, Ky., a man f 78 years of age, was killed by a young udent last Thursday. The agent and arty sent out by the Minnesota Historical >ciety to discover the source of the Misppi river, have returned to St. Paul, hey report having discovered two lakes, e hundred feet above Itasca, and seven dies distant, to which they traced the 1 ead of the river. A party of Consderate and Federal officers who were in io battle of Chickamauga visited the bate ground last Friday. The grand jury t Chicago has found an indictment for lurder against Superintendent Kiernan, f the insane asylum, for beating a patient ) death. In Oregon the government mds still unoccupied aggregate 60,795,300 cres, and in Washington 44,796,160 acres f excellent land wait for settlers. The ion. Win. H. Barnum, chairman of the rational Democratic committee, died at nine ltock, Conn., on Tuesday of last j reek. There were heavy frosts, with I now and ice, in portions of Indiana and llinois last week. A new national atriotic club was organized in New York n Saturday night to be known as the leorge Washington club, and its constituion provides that every man, woman and hild who believes that patriotism has delined may become a member. The ' nayor of Covington, Tenn., was killed on A aturday night last while serving as one f a posse to arrest a negro who had asiulted a white woman. At Albany, la., on Saturday night, William Gillraore illed his wife, to whom he had been raaried only a few months, and then killed A oowSAiia %?is\f aoo i r rod louf lUiOCUi XV 3CHUUO 11UV V7V.WUI IVU IUOW aturday night, five miles below New Iruuswick, N. J., between a party of raiload men and the owner of a piece of land nd his adherents, who objected to a spur rack from the main line being put upon lis land. Five hundred men were engagd in the fight. One man was killed utright, and further trouble is expectd. On Monday last J. G. Hall was lected mayor of Hickory, N. C. EARLY VEGETABLES.1 Editor of the Enquirer: Of the mall industries in our country I regard , tone as more important than horticulture. Nothing conduces more to the comfort of a amily, from early summer until late in he autumn, than a well cultivated garden; ,nd to my eye there is no department of j arm work more pleasing. These thoughts t iccurred to me last Saturday, on seeing the garden of Rev. R. P. Smith, of Bullock's hreek. Thus early in the season he has abbage heading, beans in full bloom, Irish >otatoes blooming, beets large enough or table use, and on the 30th or April he tad a mess of sugar peas. He has crisp ettuce in abundance, and will soon have orn for soup. How many gardens in fork county are thus far advanced? Mr. Smith is a good gardener as well as a good ireacher. e. m. b. The Southern Baptist Convention.-?The Southern Baptist convention vill meet on next Friday at Memphis, Fenn. It is one of the most distinguished scclesiastical bodies in the country, and its eports are always interesting. At this neeting a president is to be elected for the >ody, and there is great anxiety as to who vill be elected. The convention has not rnd a permanent president since the death if Dr. P. H. Mell. The last time tho , tody met was at Richmond, Va., and Dr. ames P. Boyce, of Louisville Ky.,presid- . J d. He would, no doubt, have been eleced permanent chairman had he lived, 'he convention is composed of the leading baptists in the South, and is said to be one T \ if the ablest deliberative assemblies in America, and the honor oi presiding1 over t is a very distinguished one. Several prominent gentlemen have been nentioned for the presidency, and itisdefiiitely understood that three of the number ,re actively in the race, not of their own volition, but through the influence of dele- i ;ates to the convention. One of the num>er is Hon. J. D. Eagle, now governor of Arkansas; the second is Hon. J. L. M. Cury, of Richmond, Va. Mr. Curry has a I lational reputation as an ex-congressman, 1 x-minister to Spain and the general manger of the Peabody fund. The last is the Ion. Jonathan Harralson, ofSelma, Ala. le is one of the most prominent Baptists n the South, and has hertofore served in he convention as vice-president. Fire'in S'uelry, N. C.?The two story rick brick building of Bostic Bros. & _ ' Vright, occupied by Bostic Bros. & Vright, buggies; J. P. BabbingtOD, staionery and agent Southern Express comiany; C. P. Roberts & Co., printers, and '. S. Groves, warehouse for heavy groeries, was burned last Friday morning bout 2 o'clock. The fire started in a buggy shed and i pread rapidly. There being no fire deiartment it was impossible to extinguish ne lire, v ery iew goous were saveu uy iard work. The fire was confined to tho rick building. The losses are: Bostie Jros. & Wright, building $3,500, insurnce $2,000; stock $1,000, insurance $500; outhern Express company, loss not nown; J. S. Groves, loss $1,200, insur- |nee $500; J. H. Hightower, adjoining uilding, loss $50, insured; Daisy Churn ompauy $.300, no insurance. Babbington : Roberts were burned out six months go. The origin of the fire is unknown, 'he building will be replaced at once. The South can Stand Alone.?Here 5 an item of more real bearing upon the uestion of Southern prosperity tnan all ie congressional buncombe that is heard 3 a month's time. The Georgia Alliance as had occasion to contract for 2,000,000 ards of cotton bagging. Where has it one for that considerable quantity of oods? To the New England Mills? lot at all. It might have done so once, |< nd not very long ago, but now it has no eed to do so. The contract was given to lills in Louisiana and Georgia, and the icident is very completely illustrative . f the radical changes which have taken lace in one of our leading industries, 'he South has no longer any need to diide an important part of its revenues dth the cotton spinners of Rhode Island ' nd Massachusetts. It does its own work nd keeps its money at home. The inidents noted will bear a lot of thinking ver.?[Philadelphia Telegraph. w The Necessity of Good Roads.?It is igh time that we should awake to the ict that good roads are as important to n agricultural district as railroads are to Dmmercial centres. There is a defect imewhere: either our road laws are indequate, or they are not properly en>rced. Our legislators should give this abject their earnest attention, and devise jme system which would give us good aads and plenty of them. Roads have ot inaptly been called the arteries of ade, and if these be obstructed or so >rmed that the currents of trade cannot ow freely, then must the commercial Dtivity of the people languish. Think n these things.?[Orangeburg Times lemocrat. ? Postmaster General Wannamaker, at le request of Commissioner Porter of the k jnsus bureau, has sent a circular letter to 1 postmasters in the United States dieting them to furnish to the census bu;au such information in regard to statists, etc., pertaining to the census, as Dmmissioner Porter may request, proided it can be done without detriment i the business of their office. There are 1,000 postmasters in the United States, id this order practically puts that many nsus collectors in the field at once. -The supreme court of Nebraska has st decided a question of interest to mon7 loaners. Growing corn had been mortiged, and, after coming to maturity, was Id to grain dealers. The owners of the ortgage sued them for the value of the rn. The court decides that growing corn not the same corn after it has been cribid and sold, or, in other words, that the ortgage will not hold good, and the aintiff cannot recover. i