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Scraps and .facts. ? It has been suggested that one cause of Irish restiveness may be found in the fact that during the reign of Victoria the American people have thirteen times elected a ruler. There is a monotony about monarchy that is naturally tiresome to the Irish people. ? The good people of Boston sought to restrict Sundaydrinking by requiring people who wish to indulge to go to a hotel and register. In one hotel alone there were eighteen pages of names registered on a single Sunday. The blank book makers warmly applaud the new law. ? All the tlagsnowdoingduty as ensigns and union jacks on board the ships of the United States Navy will be called in on July 4 of this year, and new ones, having forty-two white stars on the blue union in the upper left-hand corner, will fly from the masthead or gaff end instead of those that had thirty-eight stars. ? Mnof nf thp estimates nf the United States wheat erop of this year are for more than 500,000,000 bushels. The greatest crop on record was that of 1884, 514,000,000 bushels. The last government crop report shows that the average condition of the crop is better than it was at this period of 1884. ? Mr. Blaine thinks Cuba would be a very desirable acquisition to the United States, eommandingas it does the entrance of the Gulf of Mexico and the waterway from the North to the South, and, also, that it would beimportantln a military as well as commercial sense. He dosen't think much of the annexation of Canada. ? British capitalists contemplate the control of the whisky interests in Kentucky. The press of that State repels the suggestion with very great earnestness. The distillery property in that State now amounts to $25,000,000, and it would largely increase in value upon the first attempt to buy it up. ? A recent report of the American consul at Amoy, China, furnishes some startling facts as to'the adulteration of tea shipped from that country to the American market. Next to England this country is the greatest tea market in the world; and as the system of British inspection is now very, strict, Chinese merchants are hunting up other fields to which they may send their spurious and doctored goods. ? The president has issued an order directing that the duties of soldiers on Sunday be simply inspection parade with reference to their personal appearance. All other duties will be done away with and the soldiers will be allowed to enjoy themselves like other citizens on that day. The president recalls the fact that Washington and Lintoln held similar views during war times, and believes this system should prevail all the more in \ times of peace. Prof. Thurston, of Cornell University, /\n an article in the North American Itef iliiew on the steam engine, thinks that this invention is still capable of vast improvement. He believes that the next generation will see the American continent spanned by flying trains in two days; that ships of twenty thousand tons will be propelled at the rate of forty miles an hour; and that with cheap and swift transportation between distant points the general average of living will be vastly improved. - ?There is a possibility that the legislature to be chosen in Ohio next November may have two senators to elect instead of one. An amendment to the State constitution, which will also be voted on in November, provides for biennial elections, and to give the system a start the amendment lengthens the term of the governor and legislature to be chosen this year to January 1892. If this amendment should be adopted this legislature would have to choose a successor to John Sherman as well as Henry B. Paine. ? Wichita, Kansas, and vicinity was visited on Friday by a most severe storm. The western part of Sedgewick county and the eastern part of Kingman county suffer ed most, and a space of twenty miles long and five miles wide was swept over by the cyclone. A farmer named Rodgers and his family were killed and many others are homeless. A heavy rain followed, which laid low the grain and fruit crops. In west Sedgewick county many houses and barns and acres of crops were leveled to the ground. ? Two little daughters of Lon Russell, : * v near Carthage, Tenn., were poisoned on ' J Thursday in a remarkable manner. They were playing around the yard and ate Sbme red roses. Both were taken violenty ill in a short time, and the older girl died that night. The youngerlingerea in great agony until next morning, and then died. Investigation shows that the roses were full of little green insects, and these are supposed by the physicians to have been poison. The girls were seven and six respectively. ?There has been a sensation in railroad circles over the discovery that three of the lewiing railroads'&nteriug Atlanta have lately been shadowing their conductors whom they suspected. Pinkerton's men were employed, three white men and one negro, and these men rode back and forth watching the conductors. Their detective work failed to show that any of the conductors were dishonest. The conductors all caught on before the detectives quit, and enjoyed watching the Pinkerton men's game. The latter have retired from the field. ? Johnstown, Pa., the principal seat of the recent great disaster, is the centre of nine contiguous boroughs constituting a total population of 50,000 people. It is located in Cambria county and is situated on Stony Creek and the Conemaugh river, which flow together at the town. The Conemaugh river empties into the Kiskiminetas river at Saltsburgh, and the Kiskiminetas empties into the Alleghany at Freeport, whence the Alleghany flows into the Ohio, which empties into the Mississippi. Johnstown is 77 miles east of Pittsburg and 277 miles west of Philadelphia. ? A curious ceremony took place at the White riou3e on baturaay?the cremation of a bushel of letters written to President Cleveland by cranks. They had been preserved in two mail bags and were found during the recent cleaning of the White House attic. They were written by cranks in all parts of the country and g ve Mr. Cleveland advice on all sorts of subjects. About one hundred letters had been received from a man who signed himself as "David God." Another, from one J. H. Whiting, related to the disappearance of a stove pipe. As the weather was warm, however, Mr. Whiting informed the President that the loss was not serious. ? J.H.Benjamin, editor of the Deland (Florida) News, shot and instantly killed Captain J. W. Douglass at New Smyrna, last Wednesday night. Douglass was a prominent citizen of Dayton and a well known democratic politician. The shooting was the result of an old feud renewed by recent attacks by Benjamin in the columns of his newspaper. Douglass assaulted Benjamin, knocking him off a pier into a marsh and jumping on him, choking and holding his head under the water. Benjamin managed td get hold of his revolver, and placing it against Douglass's body fired. The ball entered his heart and Douglass expired almost instantly. ? The Illinois legislature, in session at Springfield, issued a charter of incorporation last Monday to the American Executing company, of Chicago, to execute persons who are sentenced to death. The capital stock is $25,000. The incorporators are Stephen Lawson, M. E. Clear, and Jacob A. Eiffert. The incorporators are small dealers in coal at Chicago. They claim to be acting in good faith. None of the trio has had any experience in the proposed business. Their idea is to employ competent executioners and open communication with all the sheriffs in the United States, guaranteeing that there will be no bungle, such as characterized the Bald Knobbers' execution. Shrouds, coffins, etc., will be furnished, and also any style of apparatus, hempen, electrical or what not. ? The New Orleans Cotton Exchange has issued an address upon the bagging question, which has been sent to the cotton buyers of both continents. In that address it says: "A number of manufacturers in the cotton States are reported to be preparing to supply an important proportion of the covering required for baling the cotton crop of the current year. There is naturally a great and commendable desire to use the product of our own fields and our own factories. This Exchange is in entire harmony with this progressive idea, and will now, as heretofore, encourage, promote and sustain any practical measure promising general benefit to the cotton interests of its great constituency in the cotton States. The probable annual requirement of 12o,000 bales of cotton for making bagging, the employment of thousands of operatives at loom and spindle, and the consequent retention at home and disbursekJ i raent among our own people of $5,000,000 now annually sent out of the cotton States in payment for foreign jute, are partially developed facts that must command our serious notice. The interests concerned are general in character. They are of great magnitude and are pertinent to our own especial friends and people. In the matter of fabrics suitable for baling cotton there should be competition at least, and that competition should be on terms of equality. This leads up to the point that .the jute covering on a bale weighs eight pounds more than the cotton covering. To sell cotton covered and jute covered bales for the same price for the gross-weight of bales, irrespective of bagging, would be to the prejudice of the lighter covering. It I is apparent, then, that there cannot be i any fair or equal competition without a dis- j tinct recognition of the important differ- j ence in the respective weights of the bagging used." Iltc fJarlmTtc inquirer. 1 VORKVILLE. 0. C. : \ K WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1889. THE .JOHNSTOWN CALAMITY, j The Johnstown calamity, the mostap^ i palling; disaster in the magnitude of the loss of human life that has ever occurred in the United States, continues to be the principal topic of news in the daily papers, which from day to day since the Unparalleled occurrence, havecontainedelaborate reports in detail of the harrowing scenes in the valley of desolation. While the loss of life has been fearful, the latest most conservative estimates" have reduced it from 13,000, the figures of a few days ago, to 3,500 to 4,000. Up to this time about 1,500 dead bodies have been recovered. The condition of the weather has been favorable for the prevention of disease. The physicians in charge of the sanitary department have feared typhoid fever as a result of so much decaying flesh, animal and human, exposed to the air, and as the most efficacious method of preventing a dire calamity of disease and pestilence, have advocated the burning of all the buildings lodged in the valley, and also ali destructible matter of an infec| tious nature. This, however, has been [ strenuously opposed by the populace, a not at oue time ueiug iuiiuiiicih iu tuusequence of an attempt having been made to burn a lodgment of houses. A coroner's inquest attaches the blame and responsibility for the disaster to the fishing club that owned the lake. A sad feature of the calamity is the fact that since the occurrence many citizens of Johnstown have lost all their faith in Providence. Several of them have thrown away their Bibles, and since the disaster, have openly burned them. Railroad communication has been reestablished through the devastated valley, and as contributions of money, provisions and clothing have been abundant, there has been comparatively little suffering from hunger or disease. MERE-MENTION. Jefferson Davis is now in the 82nd year of his age, and his health is good. The gamblers of Louisiana have offered to pay the State debt-$12,000,000?fora fifty year license. A distinct shock of earthquake was felt at New Bedford, Mass., last Friday, the wave being from west to A T T T ~ eHSl. -U. O. OCUliius, a uiuuviaic jli 3publicau, has been appointed postmaster ofGastonia,N. C. Jacksonville, Fla., had a $20,000 fire on Tuesday morning of last week. Some sixty dwellings, mostly occupied by negroes, were destroyed?insurance slight. The Governor of Con- . necticut has vetoed the bill of the legislature providing for a secret ballot. The president has appointed Gen. John C. Kelton to succeed Gen. Drum as adjutant-general of the JJnited States army. Two desperadoes were lynched nearKnoxville, Teun., last Friday, for murder and r?bbery. At Chapel Hill, on the oth instant, the centennial anniversary of the State University of North Carolina was celebrated with elaborate exercises. It : is reported that while the president says that he is opposed to an extra session of congress, he thinks the sentiments of the , party leaders so strongly in favor, that he may find it advisable to yield to that opinion and call an extra session in October. Reports from Cairo represent the condition of the Egyptian cotton crop as favorable. It is said that indications 1 of a rich gold mine have been discovered on the spot occupied by Gen. Longstreet's , house that was recently buroed near Gainesville, Ga., and that the 'oss of his ' house may prove his fortune. A hur- ! ricaue at Hong Kong, China, on the Crd instant, caused the loss of 10,000 lives aud great damage to property. The interest of the people of Pennsylvania in the Prohibition election to be held on the 18th 1 instant, has well nigh subsided in the pres- I ence of the Johnstown calamity. The Philadelphia Ledger says: "The mayor of a Connecticut town when asked on Monday to call a meeting to aid the Johnstown sufferers, said that his town had all it could do to mind its own business. Mrs. Cleveland is said to be making rapid progress as a student of the violin. The business failures throughout the country last week number for the United States 200, Canada a total ot&iocompared with zio the preceding week. The Weather and the Crops.?The South Carolina weather service, in co-operation with the United States signal service, furnishes the following for the week ending last Saturday: Iiainfall?For the State was normal. Temperature?For the State was normal. Sunshine?For the State was normal. Weather conditions?The rainfall for the State was normal, and from reports was : fairly well distributed. The temperature and sunshine conditions have operated fa- ; vorably to all growing crops?the seasonable rains have developed the cotton seed that was laying in the ground and will , make a fairiy good stand. Oats are practically a failure?what have been harvested being short in straw and light in weight. Corn, where properly worked, shows well. Fruit?such as peaches, plums, grapes, etc., promise an abundant supply. Farmers, on the whole, feel more encouraged at the present out- 1 look. ' 1 Blacksburg Ironores.-Mr.G. II. !McMaster, who took a trip recently to Blacksburg, York county, on hisJ return brought some fine specimens of iron ore, besidesother minerals which he has on exhibition at the drug store ofMcMaster, Brice & Ketchin. These ores are fine specimens and will prove interesting to those who even know little of such things. The mines at Blacksburg have been worked for about sixty years and are superior to many others in making all kinds of steel and iron. Some oftheoreisshipped to Birmingham, toCarnegie's works in Pennsylvania, to Edison, in New Jersey, and elsewhere. The mines 1 are worked now by the Magnetic Iron Ore and Steel company of Blacksburg, of which : Col. Black, well known in this county, is a i prominent member.?[Winnnsboro News. ( Must be Paid.?At a meeting of the trial justices of Rutherford county, X. C., held on the 3rd instant, by a vote of 30 to 10, they ordered the county commissioners to levy a special tax sufficient to pay interests, cost, Ac., of the $100,000 bonds issued | in favor of the Three C's railroad. This | act was in obedience to the U. S. District court, instead of conformity to the recent order of Judge Clark's county court, which j decided these Three C's bonds null, and or- i dered the non-payment of these bonds and interest. ( ? The Oconee and Greenville county alliances have adopted resolutions against , the bagging trust. Oconee alliance de-' clined propositions from Seneca to take < stock as a body in a proposed oil mill at j that place. In reference to the bagging j question, the Greenville alliance resolved ( to "refuse to buy or use trust jute bagging for covering our present crop of cotton, and that we will withdraw our patronage 1 from any merchant or ginner who keeps 1 the same for sale." s LOCAL, AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Mrs. T. M. Dobson?The New York Bargain Store Still in the King. Withers Adickes?Seasonable. J. H. Riddlo?Innovations. J. W. Dobson?Chattanooga Improved Patent Three Roller Cane Mills. W. C. Latimer?The Bazaar has a few words to say to Its Patrons. L. A.Johnson, School Commissioner?Teachers' Association. May <fc May?Ice! C. R. Talcott, Superintendent Chester and Lo/oir Railroad?Change of Schedules. Nc ALLISON CREEK CHURCH. At the last communion service of Allison Creek Presbyterian church, Pev. J. M. McCain, pastor, there were nine accessions lo the membership. Jasper Anuerson, Thomas Martin, Stanhope Alexander and Robert Smith were installed as deacons. THE JOHNSTOWN DISASTER. We have been requested to give notice , that a mass meeting will be held in the court house at 0.80 this (Wednesday) evening. The meeting is under the management of tho town council, and is to afford an opportunity to those who may desire to subscribe in aid of the sufferers in Pennsylvania by the recent flood. Those who may not be able to attend, but may desire to contribute, can hand their contributions ; to the intendant. EXECUTIVE CLEMEMCY. Tim governor has commuted to three years, the sentence of June Massey, colored, convicted in the sessions court of York, July term, 1887, before Judge Norton, of breaking into a railroad car at Rock Hill, in the night, and stealinga keg of whisky. He was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary, but his term will now expire July 9, 1890. His petition was strongly endorsed, and had the sanction of the presiding judge and the solicitor. TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION^ As will be seen by notice published "elsewhere by County School Commissioner Johnson, the white teachers of York county have agreed to meet in the Yorkville graded school building at 10 o'clock A. M., on Friday, 28th instant, for the purpose of organizing a teachers' association. Mr. Johnson's notice gives all necessary information to teachers and others interested. It is also desired that the colored teachers form an association at the same time, for which purpose a suitable place for meeting will be provided. RAILROAD CONTRACT. Our townsman, Mr. C. G. Parish; has taken a contract in Virginia, for an exten sive piece of grading on the Atlantic ana Danville railroad. He has associated with him as partner, Mr. J. B. Walker, well known here as one of the civil engineers in the construction of the Three C's railroad. 1 They will start to Virginia with theirplant to-morrow, and the contract will keep : them employed until about the 1st of December. The road on which they go to work is to connect Portsmouth and Danville, from which latter place it is pro- ' jected to extend it to Bristol, Tennessee. graded school exercises. The first session of the Yorkville graded school having been so short, it is not deemed proper, at its approaching close, to give < the usual commencement exercises." The 1 school is greatly in need of some maps, 1 charts, globes, etc., and to supply this de- < ficiency, the friends of the school have arranged to give on Thursdav night, June 1 20th, a series of beautiful tableaux, amus- < ing farces, Ac., at Hunter & Oates' opera i house. Good music will be interspersed, i Arrangements are making also for other < amusements at the same time. The base < ball club of Yorkville has issued challenges i to Shelby and Camden to play on Thurs- i day afternoon and Friday morning. Ite- i duced rates have been secured on the < Three C's railroad for all those who will i come to enjoy the festivities. No effort will be spared?to make the occasion highly en- 1 joyable to all who attend. The entire pro- i ceeds of the entertainment will be given 1 for the benefit of the graded school. A < more detailed notice will be given later. I church" notices. 1 Methodist Episcopal?Iiev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Preaching on Friday evoning at 8.30 o'clock by Rev. A. M. Chreitzberg, c P. E. Services on Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m.. b.v Rev. II. M.. Gilbert, of Kansas ; presbytery; at 8.30 o'clock p. rn., by Rev. A. M. Chreitzberg, P. E. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Prayer meeting on Wednesday at 8.30 p. m. Episcopal?Sunday-school at 5 p. in. Young men's union prayer-meeting will be held in the Presbyterian church next Tuesday eveniug at 8.30 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, Pastor. The pastor being absent there will be no services in his churches next Sunday. Sunday-school at 4.30 p. m. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at S.30 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services in the opera house next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. Sunday-school at 4.30 p. m. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 8.30 p.m. Sunday-school at 4 p. m. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 8.30 o'clock. AN ABSURD NOTION. We are glad that our intelligent Hoodtown correspondent has called public attention to one of the reports in current circulation in the Sharon section relative to the discontinuance by the Three C's raananagement of railroad facilities at the thriving village of Sharon, which had sprung up so propitiously on the railroad, eight miles west of Yorkville. The reason, believed by some, as stated by our correspondent, is that "the people of Yorkville have offered the Three C's company ?10,000 if they would enter into an agreement that they would not now build, nor at any time in the future allow to be built, a depot at Sharon." Such a supposition on the part of the Sharon people is entirely groundless. The Yorkville people have no part whatever in the action of the railroad authorities respecting Sharon, and when the superintendent's order in the premises was promulgated here, it was a surprise to our citizens. Yorkville has never entertained other than kindly feelings for Sharon, as well as all other towns springing up on the line of the road; and as to our people bribing the railroad authorities to discontinue the depot at Sharon, there is no foundation in fact for the story. / COLORE I) ALLIANCE. The York County Colored Alliance met in the court house on Saturday last. The officers were present as follows: J. M. Clinton, county superintendent; W. L. Minton, secretary; A. F. Hall, treasurer; Y. II. Harris, chaplain; A. W. Wallace, a f'nndnptnr' W AT IF ATillor rlnnr.L-oorwir 1' The following sub-alliances were represented by twenty-one delegates: China s Grove, White llill, Toole's Fork, Ban- 1 dana, Mount Zion, NeaPs Chapel, Bethany, Tabernacle, St. James, Old Provi- r dence, New Hope. 1 The principal object of the meeting was ,, to elect a delegate to represent York County Alliance in Columbia on the 10th instant, on which date a State Alliance is to be organized in that city. G. M. Mills, of Old Providence Alliance, ^ was elected as delegate to the meeting for the organization of the State Alliance. On the conclusion of this business, sev- s 3ral addresses on the good of the order | s were made by members, when A resolution was offered by County j " rreasurer A. F. Hall, endorsing the action u the white Alliance and the Wheel, at s Birmingham, Ala., relative to the bag- 1< jing trust, and requesting the members jf the white Alliance to furnish them with y iny information they can, at any time, ^ relative to the use of cotton covering, and ;he cost and practicability of using the ei lame, addressing such information to W. a L. Minton, couuty secretary, Rock Ilill. The meeting adjourned without transacting any further business. MARRIAGE OF A MINISTER. Rev. J. C. Galloway, pastor ofYorkville and Tirzah congregations of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, was happily married in the new Monmouth Presbyterian church, two miles from Monmouth, Rockbridge county, Va., on Thursday last, June (j, 1885). The'bride is Miss Blanche E. McKemy, of Rockbridge county, and the ceremony was performed by Rev. S. W. Haddon, assisted by Rev. Wiley Sloan. The Monmouth church was beautifully decorated for the occasion, and the ceremony was witnessed by several hundred persons, who were welcomed by the sweet strains of Mendelsohn's Wedding March, beautifully rendered by theorganist of the church. After the ceremony a public reception was given the happy couple in the church, the bride's large circle of friends extending their congratulations to the twain, and wishing her especially a happy and prosperous life In her new home. They arrived In Yorkville on Saturday, and at the home of the bridegroom, on Saturday evening, members of his congregations assembled to welcome his re turn and to greet the bride with assurances of cordiality and their best wishes for her future happiness in their midst. A bountiful supper, prepared and spread by lady members of his congregations, was served, } after which the company separated. CIRCUIT COURT. The next term of the circuit court of York county, Judge Aldrich to preside, will convene on Monday, the 1st of July next. At this term only sessions cases will be tried, and no civil actions requiring the attention of a jury will be heard. On yestersday, under direction of Jury* Commissioner McKnight, the following petit jurors were drawn : J. W. Anderson G'atawba. John P. Boyd Bethel. A. L. Nunnery Befnesda. John A. Bolin Broad Kiyer. S. L. Milling Ehenezer. F. T. Pegram King's Mountain. Felix Quinn King's Mountain. T. E. Blair Bullock's Creek. W. D. Moore York. Walter T. Barron York. J. N. Peeler Cherokee. W. M. Bigger Bethel. E. M. Ford Bethel. J. M. McFadden Ebenozer. R. H. Hoke Catawba. George D.Hood Bullock's Creek. W. N. Faris Fort Mill. B. F. Withers Fort Mill. William Thomasson Ehenezer. John R. McKnight King's Mountain. J. J. Harrison Catawba. E. S. Thompson Broad River. N. B. Roach T Ebonezer. H. W. Hotl'man Fort Mill. C. C. Webber Cherokee. Jno L. Watson Ehenezer. Davo Crosby Bullock's Creek. John D. Kell Bullock's Creek. W. J. McGill Cherokee. W. S. Faris Catawba. W. O. Youngblood Bethel. W. A. Shillinglaw York. J. C. Sandifer Ehenezer. B. N. Craig Catawba. B. M. Fowell Catawba. T. R. Miller Fort Mill. -<v/a double hanging. Jol>riu>Feaster and Charles E. Colston, 2olored, were hanged within the walls of the jail of York county on Friday last, for the murder of Mr. \V. C. Abernathy at Catawba Junction in January last. The condemned men were tried at the last term of the sessions court of York county, Judge Frascr presiding, and after i fair and impartial trial, with able counsel and all the safeguards of the law, a jury }f their peers pronounced them guilty of 3ueof the foulest murders in the criminal mnals of York county. Charles McManjs, colored, was also tried for participation in the same crime, but as no testimony connected him with it, the State did not tsk for a verdict in his case. On .pronouncing sentence, the judge earned the condemned men that they aeed indulge no earthly hope of escape rom their impending doom, and advised. ;hem to turn their thoughts a higher' xnver for pardon and remission of their iins. Both men were deeply affected, and Feaster being indulged by the judge, atempted to speak, asseverating his inno:ence of the crime. The removal of the prisoners, before heir trial, from Yorkville to the jail in Columbia, is remembered. Four were ransferred?the three charged with the nurder of Mr. Abernathy?and Charles Jarnett, colored, charged with another :rime. Ill feeling had sprung up between Feaster and Colston, and in the Columbia ail, to prevent a collision between them, hey were placed in separate cells, which jrecaution was necessary after the trial\.fter receiving their sentences they were eturned to thejailand placed in cells on op ?r\eifo ai/loc nf ftiii llll i Id i nc. k,iv*w v* -nw From the time they were remanded, hey seemed to heed the warning of the udge by devoting the short time allotted hem on earth to preparation for the great :hange. They had the benefit of spiritual tdvisers, the pastors of the white churches n town calling on them, besides the regu- 1 ar attendance of preachers of their own g ace. Thursday night was spent by them :almly. On Friday morning Colston was ^ ransferred to the cell occupied by Feaster, 1 md after partaking of their breakfast as isual, received the callers, white and col- ( >red, who at an early hour commenced ' hronging the jail, prompted by a morbid 1 iuriosity that seems inexplicable. When < lot engaged in devotion with spiritual ad- ' risers, who were with them all the morn- 1 ng, they conversed through the bars with hose who desired to talk with them, feaster was especially communicative, and alked cheerfully and pleasantly with all. ' Colston, whose mind was more weighted { lown, was not so communicative; but ' >oth stoutly denied any knowledge of the j irime. At half past 11 they were marched from ( heir cell to the room in which the gallows s erected. It is the same onwhich Dolph * >Vheeler and Sam Phifer were hanged on 1 he 7th of last December, and the same 1 opes were used. They ascended the scaf- 1 old, Feaster with firm stop, but Colston 1 nanifesting deep agitation. He trembled 1 violently, and supported himself from 1 ailing only by holding with his hands to ( he dangling noose soon to be placed around 1 lis neck. * The death warrant was1 read by Mr. J. 1 Steele Price, for that purpose deputed by I lie sheriff, after which Itev. E. M. Pinckicy, pastor of one of the colored churches, 1 tfiered an impressive prayer. At Feas- ' er's request two stanzas were sung from he hymn, "Soon as from this earth I go." luring these exercises Colston's agitation < ncreased, while Feaster remained calm J nd collected, displaying remarkable cool- t less and apparent unconcern. They were given the opportunity to | peak for the last time, and Mr. D. E. i 'inley, addressing Colston, said : I Colston, you know you are going to die iow ; do you know who killed William C. . Vbemathy ? 1 No, sir, Mr. Finley; I don't know no < nore than what they told me. Than what who told you? 2 Jack Knox; he told me what I have ( lone told, and Feaster said he helped to . :ill him. Further than that I don't know lOthing about it. I know I am going to lie, but I have told the truth about it. Have you anything further to say? Nothing, only that I should like for the heriff to send my body to my mother, that he may again look upon my face. lie was now weeping copiously, and his airid, as indeed it had seemed all the aoruing, was in a state of mental abtraction. Turning to Feaster, Mr. Fin3y said: c Feaster, your time on earth is short, and c ou need indulge no further hope. Have ^ ou a linal statement to make concerning bis crime? I don't know anything about who kill- t d Mr. Abernathy. I know nothing at all 1' bout it. I know that I have only a few ( minutes to live and this is my last talk in this world, hut I am innocent of the crime. I don't know who did it; but I am an innocent man. At this point of Fcaster's remarks, Colston interrupted by requesting the sheriff to "hurry up," saying he knew ho had to die and was ready. They then shook hands with their friends, bidding all good by, after which their hands and feet were pinioned and the black caps adjusted over their faces. After this, Colston was again asked if he could tell who committed ^je murder, and he replied: "No; nothing further than I was told. I did not know anything about it."' Feaster remained calm and collected, but Colston's agitation had greatly increased, and he commenced crying: "Save me, men; save me, men!" He' was told that ho had now but a few moments to live, and to turn his thoughts to God, and make no futile appeal to man. "Oh, yes," he replied ; "L am praying to God from my heart; but save me, men ! save me men ! save me, men ! sa?" The slender cord was cut; the drop fell and the two souls were launched into the presence of the great Judge who knoweth all men's hearts. Death was by strangulation, and there was no writhing or contraction of either body. The trap was sprung at 12.0"), and Feaster was pronounced by the physicians dead twentytwo minutes later, and Colston in twenty,five minutes. ^ A large crowd of white and colored persons had assembled on the street in front . at the jail, and after the bodies were pronounced dead, the sheriff threw open tne doors of the jail andgaveall who desired an opportunity to enter and view the ghastly sight, the Jenkins Rifles being on duty to maintain order. After hanging one hour, the bodies were taken down and placed in coffins. Feaster's father, Joshua Williams, of Fairfield county, was present, and took charge of his body, conveying it to his home for burial. Colston's body was buried under direction of the sheriff. Thus was expiated a shocking crime, the facts of which are too fresh in the minds of the people to require repetition here. On the nightof the 2oth of last January, Mr. W. C. Abernathy was sitting in his store at Catawba Junction. The evidence adduced at the trial established the fact that Feaster and Colston went into the store ostensibly to make some purchases, but really for robbery, and if need be murder, the plans having been prearranged. A heavy singletree was lying on a box near and behind Mr. Abernathy. With this instrument the fatal blow was struck, felling the victim with a mortal wound from which he died two days later. The murderers, after felling their victim, proceeded to plunder the store, taking some provisions and a few dollars in money. In some mysterious manner Mr. Abernathy succeeded in getting to his dwelling house, a short distance from the store, and was found at the door in an in sensible condition by his wife. He never regained consciousness, and thus the awful crime was shrouded in mystery. Circumstances pointed to Charles McManus, who had been seen in the store that night, and he was arrested and lodged in jail. Several days later Feaster and Colston were arrested and confined in the guard house at Rock Hill, pending an investigation by Trial Justice Whyte. Colston finally confessed the crime, implicating Feaster and five others whose names he could not give. On the strength of this confession and other evidence, Feaster and Colston were regularly committed to jail. It was with much difficulty that the excited citizens of Rock Hill and that section of the county were prevailed upon to forego lynching the men after Colston's confession was made. Wise counsels, however, succeeded in allaying the excitement, and the men were brought to Yorkville and placed in jail, where they remained several weeks, when the sheriff having been informed that on a certain night an attempt would be made to lynch them, he spirited them away to Columbia for safe keeping. It was in the Columbia jail that, to a fellow prisoner, they made confession of their crime. Confined in separate cells, this prisoner, Louis Wright, talked with them, and he claimed that at different and separate times they made a full confession of the deed, which in his testimony he detailed in the most circumspect manner, coinciding with Colston's original confession at Rock Hill. This man was the principal witness against them, though many parts were corroborated and confirmed by the testimony of citizens of Catawba Junction and vicinity. Feaster was the most intelligent man of the two. He could write a fairly legible hand, with tolerably correct orthography, A few days previous to the execution he wrote several pages, pertaining to himself, < which were placed in our possession. From this writing we learn that his true 1 name was John Henry Williams, and that | he was raised in Fairfield county. On get- ' ting into trouble there a few years ago, he fled, and changed his name to John C. 1 Feaster. In his writing he makes no al- ! lusioa to the murder of Mr. Abermithy except to assert his innocence. Of Colston but little is known. He lame from Stanley county, N. C., and had been employed as a laborer in the construction of the Three C's railroad on the work east of Itock Hill. Roth men were of a bright copper color, but in temperament *nd intelligence totally unlike. STOCKHOLDERS' CONVENTION. The annual convention of the stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow GJauge Railroad company, was held in the eourt house in Yorkville, on Thursday last, Gth instant. Joseph F. Wallace, of York, was called to the chair, and L. M. Glrist was elected secretary. The chairman appointed J. J. McLure, ef Chester; W. H. Williams, of Catawba; ind L. M. Grist, of York, a committee to verify proxies. The committee reported that 2,409 shares of the capital stock were represented in the convention?2,210 by proxy and 290 in person?which being a majority of the stock, the chairman de- } dared the convention duly constituted and c eady for the transaction of business. On motion, the reading of the proceedings of the last annual convention was dispensed with. The president of the company submitted J ,he following report: K I'o tho .stockholders of tho Chestor anil Lenoir j N. G. K. It. company, in annual convention f at Yorkville, S. June (!, 1SS0: Gentlemen: I congratulate you on the return j if your annual convention. It is important ? hat it should bo held, as perpetuating tho cor- t >orate life of your organization, as required by i lie existing lease. g The lessees of your road have fully met all . heir obligations under the lease, having ' >romptly paid the rental and kept tho road tnd equipments in good repair and in good op- ? ^crating condition. Respectfully submitted. W. IIor.MKs Hardin, President. I On motion, the report was received as nformation and was ordered to be record- 1 ;d with the proceedings of the convention, j Thp senrpt.arv and trpasnrpr snhmitted I * -"w ??~ -?J ? ? I lis report as follows, which was disposed ] )f similar to that of the president: 0 Po the stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir 1 N. (?. 11. K. company, at annual meeting, C June 0, 1880: * \ Gentlemen: I respectfully submit my an- r mal report as secretary and treasurer." The * tichmoud and Danville Railroad company, he present holders of the lease of your road, ? mve promptly paid the rental as it matured t emi-aunually, on the 1st of October, 18SS, and C st of April, 1881), according to tho torms of the f ease. The number of shares of stock issued \ o your shareholders is 3480. Respectfully, t J. J. McLurk, Secretary and Treasurer. i. The chairman appointed a committee, ^ onsisting of one stockholder from each ounty in South and North Carolina i hrough which the road is operated, to ? lominate a president and board of direc- ^ ors to serve for the ensuing year, as folows: J. J. McLure, of Chester; L. M. c irist, of York ; L. A. Mason, of Gaston ; h I B. C. Cobb, of Lincoln; J. II. Bruns, of Catawba; L. H. Gwin, of Caldwell. Thecommittee, after conference, reported to the convention the following nominations : For President?\V. Holmes Hardin, of Chester. For Directors?J. L. Agurs and J. H. Smith, of Chester; J. F. Wallace and L. M. Crist, of York; L. A. Mason, of Caston; V. A. Mclioo, of Lincoln; W. II. Williams, of Catawba; <J. W. F. Harper, of Caldwell. The report of the committee was accepted, and, on motion, the nominees were elected by acclamation. Lenoir, Caldwell county, N. (J., was selected as the place for holding the next annual convention, when, on motion, the convention adjourned to meet at that place at 12 M., on Thursday, June nth, 1890. Immediately after the adjournment of the stockholders' convention, the directors held a meeting and elected John J. McLure, of Chester, secretary and treasurer for the ensuing year. PEIlSONAl" MENTION. Dr. and Mrs. John May are at Cleveland Mineral Springs. Miss Lula Atkinson, of Chester, is in Yorkville visiting relatives. Ilev. T. M. Dowry, of Augusta, Ga., is in Yorkville, spending a short vacation withjiis parents. W. H. Herndon, and Miss Ilattie Crenshaw returned home last Saturday afternoon from a pleasant visit at Blacksburg. ?--Miss" Mary Corkill, of Chester, is in Yorkville, visiting friends and relatives. -T&iss Lorenna Crenshaw, who forsoveral Irionths has been living at Rogersville, Tenn., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Fannie Gist. ? Miss Ilennie Hudson, of Clark ccunty, Arkansas, is visiting the family of Mr. George H. O'Leary, and other relatives of this place. ^Mr. Brooks Inman, for the past five years employed as a salesman in the dry goods department of W. C. Latimer's store, will retire from the store next Saturday, and return for the present to his father's home on Bullock's creek. Mr. Wra. H. Colcock, formerly a popular salesman in this place, but now employed in Spartanburg, was here Monday and yesterday visiting his friends, who were pleased to learn that he is pleasantly situated in the Spartan city. Mr. James S. Smith, of the firm of Smith & Ripley, of New York, the principal contractors for the grading and bridging of the Three C's railroad between Camden and Blacksburg, was in town last Monday. Capt. C. R. Kinsley, of Scranton, J'a., who completed an extensive contract on the Three C's railroad, and has since executed a heavy contract for special work on the Air-Line, at Blacksburg, was in Yorkvilie last Monday. Correspondenre of the Yurkville Euquircr. LETTER FROM" BLACKSBURG. Blackshurg, June 11.?Our farmers are in the midst of their wheat harvest, and the weather has been very tine for saving the grain. The season all along has been quite favorable for small grain, and there has been a fair yield of both oats and wheat, especially where the soil was well prepared, and the^eed properly selected and put in. If an^of our farmers are forced to complain of a "poor crop," as a rule, they must blame themselves and not the seasons or soil. For the seasons are generally propitious, and it has been abundantly proved that our soil, although not so prolific as that of the great Northwest, will always yield a generous return for whatever care and labor is bestowed upon it. This being essentially an agricultural country, it strikes us that too much attention cannot be given by our farmers toward taking care of, and improving, their lands in various ways, and one of tho chief objects of the Alliance should be to study and develop a system of farming that will prove remunerative. In short, diversify their crops ; plant less, but prepare their soil well and cultivate better; pay more attention to the grasses and stock; and above all, raise their own supplies at home. Of course this sounds 1 ? ? yvff l/\l fl 1 r\ Kiif TI'A nfA QlirO fhllf O 111\ c till uii'iuiu laiU) uut ?yo aig ouiv vucw c* satisfactory solution of the question may be reached if every farmer should determine to devote all the energy of his mind and body to its accomplishment. The excursion from Itutherfordton, etc., on Friday last, was a great success. Our town council has recently done a good work, by enclosing with a neat wire fence the beautiful grove on the South side of Church street and opposite the Richmond and Danville depot. The treesare all young oaks and, growing rapidly, afford a fine shade. The entrance to the park is through a handsome arched gateway, and near the centre, on a prominent point, is a commodious stand for the band, which will also serve for public speaking, etc. It is already a place of resort to all of our people. Other improvements are contemplated and will soon be carried out that will make our park a place of beauty and-joy and the pride of the town. The band, which is now composed of thirteen pieces, is one of the chief institutions of the place. They give a concert free every Friday evening from their grand stand. A project is on foot to get up an excursion and picnic to this place, for the survivors of the 17th S. C. regiment, at no distant day. Two companies were from Chester county, two from Barnwell, and six from York. , Capt. M. W. Meeks has returned with his force to finish up the abutments at the , Three C's crossing of the Richmond and Danville railroad. lie expects to complete his work in a week or ten days. This ( is a splendid piece of stone masonry, and , presents a fine appearance. The total height of each abutment is thirty-six feet, there being fifteen feet of the work under- , ground. The length of each is ninety-nine ! feet, and the width of the north wall is ten feet, the south being one foot wider to idmit of a culvert its whole length, for the ; passage of a small stream of water. The J estimated cost of the work is about thir- J teen thousand dollars. The Three C's railroad will soon have , completed another car shed, 230 feet long. | Mr. Wm. Dye has recently purchased a house and lot, and a vacant lot on John ] street, from Dr. J. CI. Black, and Mr. M. R. ( Ueese has sold a lot to Wm. Itamseur on Academy street, and bought a house and j lot on Claiborne street from J. C. Cline. Mr. B. F. White was in town yesterday ind reported a fine rain on King's creek I ;he day before. We had a slight shower yesterday afternoon, but not enough to , tvet the ground or cool the atmosphere, j We are still suffering from heat and dryless. j Our assistant postmaster says that he is , ooking for Mr. Wannamaker on every , south bound train now, and has his white | lag ready to meet him and make an un- j onditional surrender. \v. a. j Correspondeuce of the Yorkville Enquirer. NOTES FROM IIOODTOWN. < Hoodtown, June 10.?The weather con- ] ' ' <"? I ? !.l i.J,? 4 , ,roues to De ury. nome ono mis smu umi 'it never rains but it pours," and, perhaps ] luch will be the case when it begins to rain. ' Karly planted corn and cotton seem to bo 1 growing very nicely; but those who were 10 unfortunate as not to plant until late lave poor stands. What did come up is lot looking well. Insects have been very lestructive to corn on low-lands, owing, I t tuppose, to the long drouth. I think that ' iresent indications are very propitious for ? i good crop of corn on botiom lands; and a food crop would be a blessing to the farm- c ;rs, who have met so many failures the t iast few years. I Mr. John J. Wallace lost his best mule a i ew days ago. I s Mr. \V. F. Slates was assaulted by Wm. I I. White, Saturday afternoon, about one ! t nile from his home. The particulars, as ? ! learn them, are as follows: Messrs. White e ind T. A. McKeown have been engaged c n a law suit with regard to the ownership j 1 if some cows, in which case Slates was a \ vitness against White. On the date above t nentioned they (Slates and White) met in c he road, and White caught the bridle, topping Slates's mule, and at the same t ime, it is said, he struck Slates with a J lub, knocking him from his mule. When I le recovered sufficiently, he found that he i vas on the ground and that White was c rying to choke him. He tried to get his | v :nife from his pocket, which so frightened i Vhite that he tied. t Our Baptist brethren can boast of hav-! r ngone of the best Sunday-schools in the j ounty. It is conducted by Mr. J. Y. j g lamrick, as superintendent, at Shiloh v laptist church. Since the railroad authorities have dis- I S ontinuedSharon station, various rumors, 1 avo been afloat as to the probable cause 1 of such action. The following is accepted j by many as the true cause of the downfall . of the "embryo" city, the nipping in the ! bud of the "Hose of Sharon," so to j speak. The report is now circulated that the people of Yorkvilie have offered the Three C's company, ?10,000 if they would enter into an agreement that they would not now build, nor at any time in the future allow to be built, a depot at Sharon. We, the people of Western York are too generous to think that the good people of Yorkville are so selfish. Jason Wilks, a colored man who has been in the employ of Mr. S. M. Feemster, became violently insane one evening last week. lie seemed to be rational at times, but it was thought best to have him taken | care of by the proper authorities. He was examined by l)rs. Feemster and Hood this morning and will betaken to Yorkville this evening, and will be sent to the asylum at once. ramblkk. Correspondence of the Yorkville Kui|uirer. NOTES FROM HLAIRSVILLK. Br.AiusviLLE, June 10.?At this writing irn o m ctill oAmr\n11o/1 Fa rnnnrf f hot Ulnird. V?1> Uiv; owl I I V.V/MI \/tl 1 CH IV 1 V |/WI IJ HiUK a/i??iio villo i\nd Sharon (which are one in interest, there being only a short space unsettled between the two villages) are without railroad facilities. The Three C's trains go bounding past-us several times every day, only checking their speed when it is the mail train, to deliver and receive the mails. Our citizens feel chagrined that capitalists and large minded business men, such as operate this fine trunk line, should play spite at small people who are unable to harm them in their interests. We are certainly misunderstood or grossly misrepresented to the management, else they would not discriminate so unreasonably against us. We have endeavored to convince them that we are only a small part or portion of York county, and that we are wielding no unhallowed influence over any official to their detriment in the question of the township bonds. We hear a current report, (which may be untrue) that the merchants of other business points in York county intend to retaliate, by patronizing other railroads lines than the Three C's, in case they fail to restore us to our former business relationship. But we hope they will think twice before they act, lest they incur the displeasure of our railroad cousins. The citizens of Sharon and Blairsville are arranging to run a regular wagon train, to connect with the Chester and Lenoir railroad atYorkville, for the delivery of their freightsat Sharon. The season is warmer now. Why has it been so cold? Some observing people argue that the moon rules the seasons and that she is the May moon, and others claim it is because the moon runs in her course, far north, which renders cool nights, even if she be June's own silvery light. But it is certainly too cool for cotton to flourish, especially while it is fanned so constantly by these sighing winds which properly belong to October. It is weather very similar to the year of the memorable earthquake, which was a short crop year with us. We fear this year may be a repetition unless it turns out more like our old time hot summers. The oat crop, sown in the spring, is comparatively a failure. The wheat heads are ...ssll miswl U.? 4- r, U ~ ~ 4. nin 1 1 ? ~ ~ M weii wneu, uut oiiui i ill siaiK as wen an iu acreage. The latter deficiency will hurt, or be felt more sensibly by the farmer, as his supply from a small acreage, poorly fertilized from the barn yard, will not support him till next harvest. Experience teaches a dear school, and we might add a lengthy one. We dull farmer pupils have been iu this school about fifteen years now, studying king cotton to the neglect of the cereals. The corn crop, both on bottom and hill lands, is looking fine. Much of it will be laid by in this month, and the farmers' work will be lightened. The manse at Bullock's Creek church has been handsomely painted, and also the yard fence around it, which adds greatly to its appearance, and will no doubt render them more durable. Our people love their pastor and his family, and appreciate his labors among them very highly. They are manifesting this, not only in their temporal care for them, but also ir. their spiritual growth. The whole congregation (numbering well nigh 200) are more regular and attentive in their stated service and more earnest in the successful establishment of a flourishing Sabbathschool, well attended every Sabbath. We enjoyed an interesting feast of spiritual good things on Sabbath, it being Children's day. How blessed it is to be in care of the children, the future hope of the church and our country. May their characters be so strengthened and moulded that they can bear the mantles of their ancestors with credit and honor. Our pastor delivered an interesting lecture on the condition of the heathen in China and Japan. The Blairsville Farmers' Alliance meton Saturday in theafternoon, Junel. The following officers were elected to serve the the ensuing year: President, Samuel Blair; vice-president, H. J. Sherer; secretary, W. S. Plaxico; chaplain, Wm. Boss; lecturer, J. II. Saye; door-keeper, A. J. Berrv; sergeant at arms, S. A. Mitchell; business agent, R. T. Riggins. I ana glad to learn that Mr. Robert Moore, who had the misfortune of getting his leg broken some weeks ago, is able to be out on crutches. croaker. Correspondence or the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM" BLACKSTOCK. Blackstock, June 10.?The past few days have been gala days for Blackstock. On Friday quite a crowd was attracted hither by the closing exercises of the Blackstock academy. These passed off very pleasantly, and seemed to be greatly enjoyed by the audience, which is the largest that ever assembled at Blackstock on a similar occasion. Saturday morning brought a large crowd of Alliance men to town. A very interesting meeting was held in the school building, where Mr. Neal, of Mecklenburg, discussed the cotton question with the farmers. Good rains have been visiting our section, and the crops seem to be doing well after the late start that most of them had. i The fruit crop in this section promises to be the finest we have had for many years. Dr. L. S. Douglas is having his neat residence repainted, and as the work is in i skillful hands, wo hope to see it quite an ornamental feature of our town. ' Several crates of cherries have been ] shipped from the neighborhood to Columbia, where they seem to fiud a ready sale. 1 Among the fair visitors who were here 1 last Friday evening and who remained < over Sunday visiting friends, are Misses Nellie Corn well, Lilly Ilardin and Jessie ] Sanders, of Chester, guests of the Misses I Durham; Misses Essie Stewart, of Fort 1 Mill and Bessie Johnston, of Lincolnton, I who were visiting at Mr. \V. W. Brice's; Miss Cora Lee Darby, of Chester, who is I spending several days with Miss Sallie s Simpson; and Miss Lizzie Russell, of Fort < Lawn, who will spend some time with the family of her uncle, Mr. J). H. Stevenson. ")ur little town was full of these attractive visitors, and your correspondent has not | aegun to mention all of them; but only Jiose with whom he was fortunate enough J :o be brought into some contact. Aft. If T. Onlra cnhnnl mmmiauinnpr 1 jf Fairfield county, was present at the exercises referred to above, as was also Prof. Robert Morrison, of Chester. Mr. t\. C. Mcintosh, of Taylorsville, N. C., ivho delivered a most excellent address to ;heschool, has been spending several days vith his friend, Mr. L. W. Dick. Correspondence of HuT Yorkville^EnqTHVer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Roc k Hill, June 10.?The exercises of he Graded School will close on Friday. Che annual examinations began to-day md will continue until Thursday. On L'hursday and Friday nights there will be ixhibitions consisting of recitations and lialogues with music. The entertainment iromises to be a pleasant affair. A large lumber of persons from the country and iurrounding towns will be present. The Methodist church is being put in horough repair and greatly improved in ippearance. The Chester district conference will assemble in thisehurch on Thurslay, June 27th, and will be presided over >y Rev. A. M. Chreitzberg, P. E. There vill be a large number of delegates in atendance, who will be entertained by the itizens of Rock Hill. Quite a pleasant lawn fete was given by he ladies of the Episcopal church in the rard of Mr. Jno. R. London's residence 'Tiday night. The yard was briliantly Humiliated with Chinese lanterns, the ornet band was present and refreshments vere served. Mr. Jno. J. Roach had the misfortune o have a cow to die, Friday, for which he ecently refused $100. The number of children in the white ;raded school at this place is 270; not 200, as vas mentioned last week in my letter. There were good rainsaround Rock Hill lunday afternoon, but the rain was very ight in town and in Ebenezer. The town council will consider a propo sition to-night from Messrs. Roddey & Whitner to light the town by electricity nnd put in water works. On Sunday night, about!) o'clock, some one entered the residence of Dr. w. E. Black, on the corner of Main and Hampton streets, and pillaged several of the rooms, opening bureau drawersand trunks. The robber seemed intent on finding money, as the only articles missed are a purse containing about one dollar, and a box of jewelry. Dr. Black's house has two entrances, one on Main and one on Hampton streets. The family, with a number of friends, were seated on the piazza front- j ing Main street. The robber must have { entered the Hampton street entrance, which leads directly to the second story. As he passed out, he was observed by the cook. He passed through thediningroom, near the kitchen. She says he was a colored man. The Rock Hill Steam Eire Engine company^ were out testing their engine on last Tuesday afternoon, their first appearance in their new uniforms. The granite curbing being laid on Main utmot hna en f\ir hnnn lnwl frnrn the (J. C. & A. railroad crossing to the library building. There is a large force of hands grading the streets. The stone crusher is expected soon, and the street will be macadamized. Ground was broken to-day for a brick store, 2Gby 100feet, by Mrs. M. W. Russell, on her lot adjoining the store of F. O. London & Co. The building will be two stories high with plate glass front in first story. Your correspondent, on Saturday last, plucked from a peach tree in his garden, several ripe peaches. They are supposed to be the first of the season. Miss Anna Relle May, daughter of the late R. Thomas May, has just returned from the Salem Female college, where she graduated in book-keeping and stenography. She has accepted a position as bookkeeper and stenographer with Frew Bros. HAL. I'orrespoudenoe of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY. Etta Jane, June 10.?Showers of rain have fallen all around us within thelastfew days, but a portion of our neighborhood is quite dry yet. Some of our corn planted in the river bottoms has not and will not come up until it gets a season. Upland corn planted early, and regularly worked, is growing off finely. The cotton seems to be the most backward of our crops. It can't take root in the dry earth. Wheat, though low, is generally well filled. This crop is being harvested now. I am informed that a so-called Knight of Labor is going around among the colored people of this community and making speeches to them. He is reported as a "half black white man," very intelligent. If he is as represented, I should put him down as an agent of some emigration bureau, and advise the colored people to take hilt littlfi stack in him. Rev. J. W. Querry preached at Salem yesterday?two sermons. His texts were: 1st Peter, 2d chapter and 2d verse; and Mark 10th chapter and the last clause of of the 17th verse. His nextJday (second Sunday in July) will be observed as Children's day, in which we expect to have the co-operation of the other Suuday-schools, and some distinguished speakers present to take part in the exercises. Our Sunday-school has resolved to take up a collection for the Johnstown sufferers next Sunday. Our children don't forget the liberality with which the people of Pennsylvania came to the relief of our Charleston people during the earthquake period of 188C. We trust that the schools and churches will at once give this matter that consideration its importance demands. The collection yesterday for the Thornwell orphanage amounted to$1.50. Mrs. T. Jeff Hughes, a most estimable lady of our community, is suffering greatly from a cancer. Last winter she went to Atlanta for treatment and returned home several weeks ago apparently better, but in fact the deceptive malady had only taken a more determined hold upon her vitals. SIGMA. Correspondence of the Yorkville Knquirer. LETTER FROM (MOVER. Grover, N. C., June 10.?Harvest fs now upon the farmers. Already some wheat and oats have been cut. Notwith- / standing the wheat crop will be far below the expections of the farmers, yet it is believed that the yield and quality of the grain will be better than it has been for the last two years. Corn aud cotton are small for the season of the year, caused no doubt by the unusually cool weather. The stand of cotton is not generally good, but the plant looks healthy. Spring oats will be almost a total failure where sown on thin land. Those sown on fairly-good land, with another good rain, prmnise a pretty fair crop. Rain is again needed by all growing crops. The farmers are all well up with their work. Mr. John Dover, whose low condition from a second stroke of paralysis, which was mentioned some time ago, is now, to the great delight of his many friends and relatives, able to be up again. It is yet some time until the meeting of of the next York Sunday-school convention, which will beat Antiochchurch; yet the Ladies' Aid society of the church have begun to move, and have planned some internal improvements of the church, us only the ladies know how to do. a farmer. Corresjioudeuce of tlie Yurkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM UXIOX. Union, June 8.?This morning, between the hours of 2 and 3 o'clock, the alaraS of fire was ringing throughout.our town, and in one hour's time the beaatifed residence of Prof. B. F. Bailey, formerly of this place, but now of Beapfort, S. C., and occupied by Mr. P. M. Cohen, was reduced to ashes. Mr. Cohen saved nearly all of his furniture and household goods, etc. A picnic was given by W. F. Bobo's school at Santuc yesterday, and a large crowd was present. Union was well represented. The venerable Miss Graham, aged 83 years, mother of our worthy intendant, died last Tuesday night at 11 o'clock. As I stated last week, the election last Tuesday passed off very quietly.. The following is the ticket elected: Intendant, \V. B. Graham; Wardens, It. W. Tinsley, S. A. E. Parham, J. ;II. Rodger, W. H. Sartor. Mr. Sartor had publicly declined to serve if elected. The cotton seed oil mill, which we are to liaye, will be in operation in time to grind this year's crop. If any man in this county can start it by that time, Mr. Nicholson, the president, will do it. Mr. J. B. T. Scott, our efficient county treasure., went to Columbia last week ind made a square balance sheet with the inmntrnl lor.nfonnra 1 \it n rt WilVi J^V/UV* U4? ** u? ^' SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Mr. Thos. S. Moorman, of Newberry, ias been appointed librarian of the supreme court vice R. A. Lynch, resigned. ? In the Abbeville sessions court last .veek, the ca^e of John T. Lyon, for the nurderof J). S. Mabry, was continued for .vantof witnesses for the defence. ? On Thursday a colored woman, Adeine Pattison, was running a race with * ,he locomotive on the south bound Three J's train a few miles south of Kershaw, as she had often done before, and was run )ver and killed. A coroner's jury render- , id a verdict of gross carelessness on the * > >art of the deceased. ? At the recent term of Kershaw circuit >ourt, the grand jury reported through its iommittee appointed in the spring, to investigate the election for subscription of jotids to the Three C's railroad. From heir investigation, they say they are satsfied that not a requisite number of freelolders signed the petition upon which to * >rder an election. ? At Ridgeway, Fairfield county, early ast Wednesday morning, C. R. Means met Ylfred Prioleau, and shot him twice, Idling him instantly. Roth parties are col>red. The cause of the killing is said to )e the seduction of Means's daughter by .'rioleau. Means is a man of some educaion and fair intelligence. He served one erra as county commissioner under Dem>eratic rule, and bears the good will and espect of the better class of people to whom le is known. Prioleau has borne a rather insavory reputation all along. So, from he nature of the case and the character of he two men, public sympathy very natually leans to the slayer. ?Says a correspondent of the News and ,'ourier: George W. Earle, who has lately nade a survey of Darlington county, ias made his report to the county coraraislioners. By his chart the county of Darington as it now stands contains only 601 quare miles. This is twenty-four miles ess than the required area. Therefore the )ill creating Florence county, for which a >ortion was taken from Darlington, will lave to be amended before it is legal.