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Jtapis and ?act$. I; ?Henry Duncan, a Free Will Baptist fTreacher who recently murdered his wife n Dale county, Alabama, and eloped J with a young woman of the neighborhood, was captured and tried in tho circuit ' court of Dale county and convicted and ] sentenced to death by hanging. j ? A meeting of the fire insurance com- i Eanies doing business in the South was eld in New York last Friday. The subject under discussion was the forming of J a survey oureau 10 cover uie ouukhtu States. A committee was appointed to ; urge upon the Southeastern Tariff associ- , atlon the necessity of adding the inspec- j tion of risks to their rating of the same. ? The Farwell syndicate of Chicago, | which contracted with the State of Texas , to build the new capitol of that State for 3,000,000 acres of land in the "Pan Handle," , sold the land to an English company. The property has been located and is about 200 miles long by 25 miles broad. It has been leased as cattle ranches, but it is now announced that it is intended to make farms of it, and a rapid settlement of that portion of Texas is anticipated. ? Gen. John M. Palmer, who made such a gallant race as the Democratic candidate for governor of Illinois last year, and ran several thousand votes ahead of the Democratic national ticket, now announces that he will make the race for United States senator next year, and will endeavor to secure enough legislative districts upon the issue of tariff reform. Gen. Palmer has both ability and pluck, and stands a good chance for winning. ? Dubuque, Iowa, was invaded by a horde of Mormon flies, which on Wednes- f day night came up from the river in such t swarms that people abandoned the streets, and the newspapers and telegraph offices / were compelled to close their windows and> 3 doors. In some places where they had ' fallen dead on the pavement, they were ] inches in depth along the street, and the j health authorities had to employ wagons , to remove the offensively smelling mass of J Insect bodies. ? R. G. Dun & Co., in their semi-annual statement of trade, give the total number of failures in South Carolina for the first six months of the current year as 34, with liabilities $184,104, against 38, with liabilities $209,900, and 59, with liabilities, $393,667, for the first six months of 1888 and 1887, respectively. Of fourteen Southern States, South Carolina heads the list with the fewest failures, the aggregate of the fourteen being 1,181 failures, with $7,912,141 liabilities. ? The State Democratic nominating convention of Mississippi met at Jackson on the 16th. There were one thousand delegates present. All the counties in the State were represented. There being no contests, the convention, after appointing a committee, on resolutions, at once proceeded with the work of nominating a State ticket. Ex-Governor John M. Stone, of Tishomingo county, was nominated for governor on the first ballot, and the Hon. M. M. Evans, ot Dickson county, for lieutenant governor. ? The authorities of Koskiusko county, Indiana, on Thursday, took into custody Mrs. Martha Danks charged with murder, and her husband Daniel as accessory. Danks recently became a crank on the subject of religion and it is said compelled his wife to strangle their thirteen-months- s old child as a sacrifice, claiming that the Almighty has promised to resurrect the child on the third day. When a Danks was arrested he had been carrying 1 the dead infant in his arms two days. r ? Samuel Halford under sentence of death s with Robert P. Willis, in Rutherford coun- a ty, N. C., for burglary, has made an affi- ? davit stating that Willis is innocent of the crime. That he, Willis, waited at a cer- ( tain church on the night of the burglary, F while Halford and one John Stewart got i the money, and that Willis knew nothing s of it. He explains as to how Willis came v in possession of part of the money by saying that he owed Willis and that Willis . afterward borrowed money from him. The c prisoners are white men. The governor's t action in the matter is looked for with c much interest. t ?The acquaintances of James Red path, i who Know mat ne was one ouonn urowu-s c men in Kansas, are surprised at the fact that for a week past he has been a guest c of Jefferson Davis at his home in Mississip- ^ pi. In truth, Red path had been on intimate s terms with Davis for a number of years, t and it was he who procured for Davis the ? opportunity of becoming a contributor to t the North American Review. The expresident of the Southern Confederacy has s a better opinion of John Brown now than t he had thirty years ago, and the biogra- c pher and friend of John Brown confesses to an entire change in his belelf concern- j ing the character and political career of "the man without a country." a ? The board of directors of the North Carolina insane asylum, after an investiga- I tion of three weeks, have acquitted the j superintendent, Dr. Grissom, of charges of immorality, misappropriation, etc., pre- c ferred by two subordinate officers of the institution. The acquittal was by a vote ^ ofoto3. Immediately after the announce- 1 raent of the decision of the board, Dr. S. H. Rogers, assistant physician of the asy- s lum, and J. W. Thompson, steward, who e brought the charges in the prosecution, at once tendered their resignations, which were accepted. No event which has ever 1 occurred in the State, has occasioned more interest than than did this trial during its ' . progress. f ? At Elizabeth, Ivy., last Friday, Editors s Stovall and Duncan, of the Hardin County Independent, and Editor Givans, of the J Welcome Tidings, were tried for pub- ^ lishing a letter signed "Judge Lynch," 1 threatening punishment to a young man who it is alleged had killed his wife, but '* who had been whitewashed by a coroner's v jury. Stovall and Duncan were convicted c by Justice O'Meara and sent to jail. Giv- a ans swore O'Meara off the bench and was ' tried by Magistrate Trye, who dismissed 0 the prisoners, though the offense and evi- ^ dence were the same iu both cases. Jus- . tice O'Meara did not order his prisoners 1 sent to jail and they walked out of the . A Ti -ui: V CCUn room. i'UUJli; upunun la imiu iu uu with the editors. ? Bradley Johnson has compiled a table '* showing the amounts paid and received . on account of pensions by the Southern . States in 1887. The total amount received by them in that year was 81,724,11.7, . against 826,717,0:12 paid by them. On this . the St. Louis Republic (Dem.) makes this comment: "At the South this great bur den bears hardest on the negroes. The money is chiefly drawn indirectly from their labor, but even if this were not the > case they, as the poorest class, would be " most oppressed by the stringency so crea- . ted and continued. Without the intelli- t( gence to understand it, they are forced to 'buy their freedom' over and over in taxes *: for pensions. The Southern States are ^ paying out every year for pensions more than 827,000,000, which stands for interest r. at 3 per cent, on a fund of over 8000,ooo,- t 000." "This," says Mr. Johnson, "is the indemnity for the civil war actually levied on the Southern States." S' ? The new railroads built in the United h States, Canada and Mexico during the present year, up toJJuly 1, amounted to o 1,644 miles, against 3,060 in 18S8. In the j United States alone 1,410 miles of the new road have been built this year against 2,980 miles during the same period the * year before. Luring the first quarter of C the present year 474 miles of road were I built in the United States, against nearly j. one thousand for the same period in the , previous year. Inotherwordsabout2.il * times as much railroad was built during S( the first quarter of 1888 as in the same I period of the present year, the ratio being I about the same for the half year. The fall- j ing off occurred in the first quarter, for y flnrinop thp ?ppnnrl nnarfpr thp milenfre of road built remained about the same. From ^ these figures it is very evident that the length of road built during the year ISS'J will be much less than during any year n since 188-3. e ? Gen. W. S. Featherstone, who was one of the most prominent candidates for the Democratic nomination for governor of c; Mississippi, withdrew a few days before \ the convention met. In his letter of d withdrawal he said : "Many counties have C shown in their mass meetings, called to n appoint delegates to the State convention, y that no one but a planter or a member of o the Farmers' Alliance would be a suitablo fi person for the nomination for governor, b A man's vocation or pursuit is thus made ti the test for his promotion, regardless of h his merit and qualification. I enter my 1 protest against such a departure from A Democratic principles and usages, and as o I am not a planter or member of the Farm- tl ers' Alliance, withdraw from the contest k and shall withhold my name from the con- t< vention. The Memphis Appeal expresses V the hope that the General is mistaken in d his charge against the Alliance, but adds: ci "General Featherstone's charge is not to T be treated as trivial, for he is a grand b k. )ld Democrat, who has stood loyally b} ho party in times of trial and has kep he faith bravely. Ho should be an iwered." ? J. J. Creighton, ex-State senator, \vh< >vas convicted at San Francisco of jur^ iribing nearly two years ago, and escapee !rom that city before sentence was pro lounced upon him,arrived therefrom Vic :oria last Thursday nightand surrenderee :othe police. Creighton, who was undei londat the time, left San Francisco, tw< lays after his convictioil, for Guaymas Mexico, and from there went to Panama ivhere he took a steamer for London Prom London he went to Australia am ivorked his passage to Honolulu and Victo ria. He states that he could not enduri lis exile longer and determined to conn lome and give himself up so that he couh ie near his wife and children. iiiilti* ^Inrhrillr tfhtoiih'cr. VORKVILLE S. ^ V ' WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1889. v STATE TEACHERS" ASSOCIATION. TWi South Carolina Teachers' Associa Aoi( faet in Columbia on Tuesday of las wek and adjourned on Thursday. Then fcvere about 125 teachers in attendance rep resenting nearly every county in the State The following were enrolled from York Prof. A. K. Banks, J. L. Douglass, Mis; Emma J. Roach, Kock Hill; C. P. Culp Port Mill. Mayor lihett addressed the associatior n words of welcome, which were respond id to by Mr. Britton, secretary of the as >ociation. The morning session was devoted t< outinc business. The feature of the evening session wa: ;he address of the Bev. W. M. Grier, o Erskine College. The orator of the even ng was appropriately introduced by th< inthusiastic president, Mr. Archer. Dr .trier took as his leading theme "Th( .'Iaims of mediocrity," and adapted therr specially to our common schools. He op josed the idea of the teachers discarding he text book. A guide of some kinc i- t ; ? l. ?- ? J U/vlU mtnila n ml fno, IlUSt Utf Ill IlltUU UI UUtll pu^lio auu auvi. ?rs. The instructor must recognize some >ne as his superior, lie must not try anc )e original, and sacrifice his pupils while mdertaking the experiment. It is highly 'ssential that the teacher and his pupi vork on common ground. They musl horoughly understand each other, and inless this is the case the work of progress s necessarily impaired. The true test ol he teacher, Dr. Grier thought, was ir naking the idle and don't-care pupils tudy. The teacher, he insisted, must conult the peculiarities, study the countenmce and manners of each of those undei lis care. General rules for the managenent of scholars should be very few, and hould show a merciful flexibility in theii ipplication. Reviews, and a system ol 'ding-donging," he thought, were of inalculable service to both teacher and pu>il, and should be constantly practiced, le closed his most interesting address by aying that the chief requisite of a teachei vas patience. Wednesday's session was devoted to the liscussion of various questions pertaining o school discipline, and addresses on eduational topics. Among the addresses were he following: by Mr. Clinkscales, of Coumbia Female college, entitled "Teachers >n stilts;" by Mr. Carroll, of Charleston, ?n "School discipline;" by Prof. W. II. (Vitherow, of Winnsboro, on physical cience as a part of the school curriculum; >y Mr. Sheridan, of Orangeburg, on the 'Relative responsibility of parent and eacher in training a child." Tfce morning ession was completed by a discussion by he county school commission * present >n "How to improve the public schools." The evening session was occupied by Jr. O. A. Darby, who delivered a masterly /-Mi-ncc r?n tlio enhippf nf fpmnlp pHllPfttifin. On Thursday a paper was read by Mr. 3ailey, of Orangeburg, on "Schools of ray rauth and manhood." County School Commissioner Johnson, if York, addressed the association on the [uestion discussed on Wednesday: "How 0 improve the public schools." Governor Richardson addressed the asociation on the general condition of the ducational interests of the State. Comptroller-General Verner was called ipou for an address. He said : There ought to be more money in the lands of the county school commissioners 01 the purpose of conducting the public chools, and as a considerable part of the ducational money comes from the poll axes, he thought it rather remarkable that 'harleston, with her60,000 population, paid ?ut $1,500 poll taxes, while Spartanburg vith but 40,000 inhabitants, collected over 5,000 poll taxes. Again, to show the workings of our present system, there is a ertain bank with a capital of $100,000 and , surplus of $100,000, that pays taxes on 100,000, while on the other hand a bank f Greenville with the identical amount ol apital and surplus, pays a tax on $110,000. fet there was no remedy under existng laws. Air. \ erner saiu, ana ne is in a position o know, that taxes are now paid on *111,00,000, while the real value was at least 300,000,000, which would give the schools noney enough. Another drawback was he fact that many cities of the State have ocal indebtedness, and to keep up the ity tax so as to pay the interest, they ;eep down the State taxes. He asked the eachers if they knew that nearly every entof the *10,000,000 of railroad property n the State was owned and controlled by utside capitalists; that our phosphate, oil nd cotton industries are chiefly owned by Northern capitalists? Under such circumstances he was more han surprised with the great work of our eachers. The teachers, as well as all the eople, had a great task before them, that f the solution of the negro problem. Mr. 'erner emphatically asserted that the egroes and whites must be kept apart, 'here could be no compromise between he two races. The last paper read was by Mr. Morriou, of (Ireenville, on "Methods of teachng." Prof. Banks, of Rock Hill, was elected ne of the editors of the Carolina School ournal. The following officers were elected for he ensuiug year: President, William M. trier, Due West; vice presidents, B. F. tailey, Beaufort; E. S. Joynes, Columbia; XIward Carroll, Charleston ; F. II. Curtis, Liken ; J. B. Patrick, Anderson ; Patter3n Wardlaw, Darlington ; J. G. Baird, Lancaster; secretary and treasurer, J. F. Srown, Johnston; executive eommitte, L. >. Ilaynes, Leesville; W. II. Witherow, Wnnsboro; P. (i. Sheridan, Sr., Orangenrpr. J. 1 Weber.Charleston : J. C.Cook, ? nj ? ? i / fincty-Six. Tiie Association adjourned to meet again ext year, the time and place to be selectd by the executive committee. Dkstrictivk Work ok Storms.?A loudburst in the little Kanawha valley, 'a., on Thursday afternoon, did immense amage, the villages of Morristown and 'hesterville being totally destroyed and lany lives lost, and steamers and boats irecked or sunk. At Harper's Ferry, wing to a washout by the Hood, a eight train on the Ohio railroad roke through the trestle, wrecking the rain, and washouts at Kanawha Station ave delayed the Baltimore trains. A 'arker.sburg dispatch of Saturday says: m estimate can hardly yet be formed f the great calamity that has swept over tie little Kanawha Valley, but enough is nown to mark it as the most destructive i life and property ever occurring in Vest Virginia. The scene of the greatest isaster was on Fond creek, Jackson ounty, and on Tucker creek,Wirt county, 'he two streams head together,and a cloudurst must have occurred near the water 11 shed. Pond creek rose twenty-five feet i t in an hour. The water spread from hill - to hill and carried all before it. Four men took refuge in Thomas's mill. The mill ) was washed away and lulward Ross was l drowned. Thos. Rlack and his newly 1 wedded wife were washed from their . homo and perished. Thomas Hughes, his . wifo and four children, fled from their 1 home, but. the water overtook them, and r none escaped but Ilughes. On Sucker > creek seven lives are reported lost. The t loss to property will run up into millions. t A tremendous electrical storm visited . Chicago and Cincinnati, on Thursday j night with a deluge of rain, which flooded . streets and basements, and many houses 3 were struck by lightning. Heavy rains a fell over parts of the State of Ohio, and at ] Marysville, the electric light works were struck by lightning, which destroyed a , dynamo, and put the whole town in darkness. The storm in Ohio is reported as equally * heavy in Minnesota and Dakota, with destructive effects far and wide from the deluge of rain. The valley of the Milk river has been flooded from Assiniboine to a point twenty-five miles east of Chinook, i streams are rapidly n'sing and railroad bridges are imperiled. During the tremendous thunderstorm throughout the Northwest States, Thursday, the Indians, near Standing Rock Agency, were in a state of abject terror, rushing, howling and whooping to their wigwams for shelter. A wigwam was struck by lightning, and White Horse was killed, Rlack Eagle so badly stunned that he will die, and two other Indians who were for manv hours unconscious were, after much difficulty, resuscitated by their friends. t THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. i The South Carolina Weather service, in - co-operation with the United States Signal . service, furnishes the following for the . week ending July 20th. Kainfall?For the State was about normal. ? Temperature?For the State was normal. Sunshine?For the State was normal, i Weather conditions?The rainfall for the . week has been fairly distributed ; the temperature and suushine has been about normal, and with favorable effects on all growing crops. Farmers generally are 5 about clear of grass, and should a few favorable, temperate and sunshine days 3 prevail, it will tend greatly to the develf opraent of the cotton crop. Corn is an ,< assured crop. In some few places some [ corn and cotton has been abandoned to the 5 grass, doubtless owing to the lack of labor. Farmers seem highly elated at < ; the present prospect, and should no uni forseen calamity arise it may probably be i the best crop for the last five or six years, j The weather crop bulletin issued by the [ signal office at Washington says that the 1 week ending July 20 has been slightly warmer than usual in States west of the ; Mississippi river and in Mississippi, Mary- i I land, Delaware and portions of Pennsyl, vania, Virginia and Alabama. < About normal temperature prevailed in the south Atlantic States, Ohio and the 1 upper Mississippi valleys, while the daily t temperature in New England and the up- i | per lake region, including northern por3 tions of Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio has r averaged about 3? below the mean for the < week. 1 There has been more than the average ; amount of rainfall during the week gener- i ally throughout the Northern States. The ! . only exceptions are in Minnesota, north. ern Wisconsin and cast Dakota, where only local showers occurred. The rainfall i has been in excess in Georgia and in por- : ' tions of Alabama, South Carolina find i ' Texas. Over the remaining portions of f the Southern States generous rains occur- I . red, though the amount was less than the average for the week except in Kentucky, I West Virginia and the western portions of Virgiuia, where the rainfull was in ex- i r cess. Seasonable rains from January 1 to i July 20 continue in excess from New York j southward to Florida, and from Texas, i , northward to the Missouri valley, also in ( \ northern Illinois and eastern Wisconsin. - Over the greater part of the cotton region and the principal corn-producing States, < s the rainfall for the season generally ex. ceeds 80 per cent, of the normal. InJMin, nesota and Dakota the weather was favor- , able for growing crops and for harvesting, ' which is in progress as far north as central Minnesota. i Throughout the principal corn produc; ing States from Ohio west to Nebraska, the 1 j weather was generally favorable to the 1 [ crop, which is reported in excellent condi- ] , tion, but excessive rains cause damage to 1 wheat ana oais ana interrupt nurvesung < in some localities. ] In the southwest, including Texas, Lou- < isiana and Arkansas, the excess of sunshine | and light showers proved very favorable < , to all growing crops, and cotton is reported < as much improved. < Kentucky reports the tobacco crop im- < proving under the favorable weather of | the week, that the harvesting of a good < crop of oats is in progress and that corn | was never in better condition. I ' In Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama i ! excessive rains have caused some damage < to cotton, which is greatly in need of cul- j ture. In middle Tennessee wheat was j damaged, and tobacco is growing well. | , The weather was unfavorable for farm j work. ] In the South Atlantic States and Virginia the weather was especially favora- ] ble for all growing crops, and the pros- j ! pects are excellent. ! MERE-MENTION'. ! ! A slight shock of earthquake was felt at < Memphis last Friday evening, and also at s ' Covington, thirty-five miles north of that J ; city. The Manitoba and Canadian . northwest wheat crop will be a failure this j i year on account of drought. The Na- | tional Council of the Educational Associa- j tion opened its four days' session in Nash- ] ville, Tenn., on the IGth. About-1,000 del- 1 egates were in attendance, and questions ( pertaining to the educational interests of ( the country were discussed by eminent educators and teachers. In Oklahoma, on Thursday, a United States Marshal was j killed, he being the third thus disposed of j , within two weeks. Private Secretary Halford says that President Harrison de- j ! votes seventy-two hours every week totho ( , public business, and gives only five hours j to the office-5eekers. S. II. Humph, < the great peach grower of Marshallville, i Ga., will sell from his orchard $100,000 j worth of peaches this year. The lie- , publican National committee has succeed- j ed in bringing together the Mahone and , ?1! i r,.,.n a ' till II-aU*WIUIIU iclVJlIHIl.*) Ill \ convention is to be held in Norfolk on the 22nd of August. A trust 1ms been formed for the purpose of controlling all the salt producing properties on the American continent. The exports of specie from New York last week amounted to $.'$,033,003, and the imports for the same > period, amounted to $150,503. T. W. Whisnant, of Charlotte, has been appointed superintendent of the Carolina Central railroad, to succeed the late Col. L. C. Jones, whose death occurred a few days ago. Business failures occurring during last week number for the United States, 188; Canada, 20; total, 208, compared with 200 the previous week, 202 the week previous to it, and 228 for the corresponding week last year. Governor Bucknor recently declined to furnish a copy of the constitution of Kentucky to be tiled with an exhibit at the Paris Exposition, because, according to that constitution, slavery appears to be still existing in the Commonwealth. The Republican executive committee of Mississippi met in Jackson on Thursday, and decided to propose to the Democrats to make fusion tickets for members of the legislature and county officers, and if it is not accepted t ^4.? i > ^1.1: u V ! win run muu^ijl ivcjiuuiujau uuivem. n m > | a settled fact that the Republicans will L run a State ticket. Thursday was the I j hottest day of the season at New Orleans,1t the thermometer registering 1)0?. Four) persons were prostrated by the heat, two j} of whom died. The losses to the va-1 ( rious life insurance companies by reason ( of the floods in the Conemaugh valley will j reach over $250,000. One remarkable in- t stance is that ofa Life Insurance company, j> I which had over one thousand policies in c 1 the devastated district and sustained only \ ; three losses. The Louisiana rice crop | i was never more promising of a large yield i ! than at this time. A large number of jf] striking miners in Illinois are to be evict- t ed from their homes. ! c ? The melon growers are loud in their i complaint about the railroads trying to j s make all the money out of the melon crop, j c | They have raised the transportation rates j 1 to a figure that if persisted in will destroy j \ this industry by making it unprofitable.! .1 | Such a policy looks suicidal on the part of 1 the railways. Their business is dull at! + ciioonn nrwl without. thp watermelon : A ; crop to haul they would have little else j i 1 to do. The roads in South Carolina dis- I ! claim all responsibility for the raise, charg- a I ing it all upon the Pennsylvania road. ' s liKTTKK FROM ROCK HILL. ! I Corrrspniiili'ncu "I" tin.' Yorkvilh; Kiiquirrr. ( Hock IIilt,, .July 23.?Our section was j visited with a slight rain late Sunday af- } tcrnoon, hut not enough to do much good. A good rain would he acceptable, and before tin's is in print we hope to have it. A largo number of our citizens were i highly entertained in Roddoy's hall, on < Friday night last, with a spelling bee I and donkey party, given under the aus- 1 pices of the ladies of the Episcopal church, i Those who took part were the children of < the town. In the spelling bee, which was : hotly contested, Miss Lottie Duncan received as a prize a beautiful doll, and Miss < Fannie Friedheim the second prize, a croquet set. The donkey party was com- i posed of young men?"that's what they are called now"?boyx; there was a picture of a donkey drawn on the stage, and the boy who, after being blindfolded, could pin the donkey's tail in tne proper piace, was to receive an iced cake, presented by Mrs. W. L. Roddey. As each pinned the tail at the wrong place it created considerable merriment. Master WillieCreighton seemed to have known where the donkey's tail should be, and received the cake. The ladies served refreshments and the pro- , ceeds went to the rectory fund, for the , building of a rectory for the Episcopal f church liere. There will be a protracted meeting held , in the Baptist church in this place, begin- ] ning on Sunday next. The pastor, Rev. J. , (}. Adams, will be assisted by Rev. J. , Ilartwell Edwards, former pastor of the church here, but now located in Chesterfield. Rev. Mr. Edwards, during his pas- j torate here, made many friends who will j be pleased to meet him once again. In ( this connection I might say all the ministers who once visit Rock IIill like to re- ( turn. Rev. Augustine Prentiss, former rector j of the Episcopal church at Rock Hill and j Yorkville, will also visit this place during j the week and preach on Sunday morning < in the Episcopal church. < Col. and Mrs. W. B. Wilson, of York- , ville, are visiting Air. and Mrs. W. B. j Wilson, Jr., of this place. The Colonel's j many friends are pleased to see him look- ( ing as young as ever. { The Catawba Rides of this place will 4 run an excursion train, for the benefit of ^ the company, from Lancaster to Shelby, N. C., the train leaving Lancaster on ^ Thursday, August 1st, and giving excur- < sionisfs the opportunity of returning the j next day. , Mrs. John D. Collins, who resides just on , the edge of this county, near Harmony , church, Chester county, cut her throat yes- ( terday morning with a razor, which caus- , ed her death. She had been very ill for j sometime, and was a great sufferer. Her ( little boy, who was present at the time, , reached her bedside too late to prevent ( the fatal stroke. Mrs. Collins is a sister of , Mr. Henry Fudge, of our town, and Mr. j and Mrs. Collins have a number of friends , here who regret to learn of the untimely ? death of such a good woman?wife and , mother. No cause can bo assigned for the , rash act but ill health. s Your correspondent and other citizens j of Rock Hill, on yesterday, was presented ( by Rev. J. II. Thornwell, of Fort Mill, , with a copy, in pamphlet form, of the i sermon preached by appointment before s the Presbytery of Bethel at Blackstock, j in April last, by Rev. T.'R. English pastor , " ' ^ ? ?--- -i 1- ;- ?:ii^ di me i'resuyiermn cnurcu xn jurhvmc, his subject being "Family Religion." While I am sure that the good old town of Yorkville has a reputation for morality throughout the State, it will not be amiss for each family to r cure a copy of this sermon. Work is progressing rapidly on the buildings for the cotton seed oil mill. The location for the new cotton mill has been secured, on the lot of Mrs. Miller in west end (along the line of C., C. & A. railroad,) and estimates for the buildings are now being received. A commission of incorporation was issued by the secretary nf State on yesterday to the following incorporators: John It. London, W. M. Frew, \V. L. Roddey, A. F. Ruff, A. Friedheimand R. T. Fewell. The name df the new mill will be the Globe, hat,. - LETTER FROM BLACKSRIRO. Correspondence of the Yorkville Kni|uirnr. Blacksnukg, July 23.?The meeting of certain of the survivors of the 17th S. C. Volunteers, which was called through my letter to Tjik Enquirer of the 10th inst., was held hereon Saturday last. A goodly number of the old soldiers attended. Mr. F. II. Dover was chosen as chairman. A stirring letter from Col. McMaster was read ; also one from Gen. Jas. Longstreet, who accidentally heard of the proposed rejnion on the 15th of August, and expressed in his letter a hearty desire to be present. Messrs. Win. C. Whitesides, A. G. ; smith and John Whisonant were appointed a finance committee, and it was resolved to send special invitations to attend, to lien. Longstreet, Gens. Butler and Hamp:on, Gen. W. H. Wallace, Col. P. G. Bennow, and Dr. Girardeau, of Columbia. It was also resolved that the badge which was worn by the survivors at their reunion in 1871), should be worn at the reunion in August. The meeting then adjourned :o reassemble on Saturday, 3rd of August, "or the purpose of perfecting the linal arrangements for the reunion. The new machinery for the Cherokee Falls Cotton factory is being received and :>ut in place. A new enterprise is about to develop in )ur town. A petition to the secretary of t State, tor a commission to organize the II. t if. Hall Manufacturing Company, will he 8 lent to-day. The petitioners are II. G. 1 Hall, J. F. Jones, J. (J. Black, M. It. Reese, r NT. W. Hardin and J. J. Whisonant. The t apitai siock 01 ine company win ue fiu,- ? kid, in shares of $100 each, and its object is t ;o manufacture wood for various purposes y uid uses, and to deal in wood furnishings, v imiuts, oils, hardware, etc. Quite a varie- r ty of machinery will be put up, andespe- t dally a large planer and matcher, and a v re-sawing machine, all of which will be Iriven by a large engine. r Mrs. Louisa Clinkscales, wife oi Mr. v Wm. Clinkscales, of Abbeville, died yes- d erday at the residence of Mrs. Davidson, d 11 this place. Her death was rather sud- t len and unexpected, although she had f aeen suffering from a chronic ailment, and g a me here not long since, for the water rom one of our limestone springs. Al- i hough every attention was given her by ler friends, yet none of her immediate y amily was with her. Iler husband ar- c ived a few hours after her death and left f his morning with the remains, for buri- o d, at their home near Abbeville. The attention of our county commission- t ,*rs is respectfully called to the dangerous a londition of Morgan's bridge, over Buffalo c reek, about two miles from our town on '1 lie Rutherford road. w. a. \ LETTER FROM^HICKORY DROVE. .'orri'sjmmU'iiec of ilic Yorkvillo I-lnquirer. a Hickory (jJhove, July 2:).?The school ? louse was filled with ladies and gentle- * nen on Friday evening, who assembled ^ n witness and narticinate in the snellinef ice. Miss Annie Hope, of Yorkville, and i jur friend Dr. Miles Walker, were among s he number. Miss Loula McDill won the ji irst contest ; Dr. Ward and Torn Castles v he next, and Mr. Willie Ward the next t wo. r. Willie Ward having been de- c dared the victor of the well fought field, o vas presented with a beautiful boquet of g geraniums by Miss Sallie Wylie. Willie, v vhoisas chivalrous as a knight, but as p nodest as a girl, blushed as ho received lis honors, and looked as if he thought Vliss Sal lie's fair hands were little white loves that would fly away before she c lould pin the bouquet upon him. The debating society that is being or- ti fani/.ed by the pupils of the school and adies and gentlemen of the community, tnd the spelling bee, will be a source of a ileasure and profit to the surrounding fi lountry. v The base ball club played a match game c< ictween their respective nines on Satur- h lay evening. The game was a spirited me, witnessed by a large number of peo- c ile. Mr. Kd 1 iCech, who was umpiring i: he game, got his nose mashed by a foul iall. The hurt. Ihouirh severe, isnotseri-! o >us, and Mr. Fd. says lie will be all right j v n a few days. The Sharon club has challenged the j C lickory Grove boys to play them on a Thursday next. I do not know whether \ ii he challenge will be accepted or not, as! >ur boys have had very little practice yet. : u It. M. Allison and several other gentle- ti nen, who are interested in the corn crops, t< pent the day on Friday inspecting the , orn on the river, spoken of in my last; p etter. Mr. Allison say that 'Squire Leech j o vill make 10 bushels to the acre, and that j " reff and Tom Smith's crop is better than t< lis. 'Squire Leech, West McKeown, Harris il Vylie and the writer, went over to seo Mr. s< Ulison's prize acre of corn on Saturday, j t has been much damaged by the rain w nd wind since 1 last saw it?Mr. Allison j p ays at least 50 bushels. It is still very ' V inn, standing from 12 to 11 font high on the ground. It reminds me more of the picture in Maury's Geography of a Louisiana sugar cane farm than anything else 11 [ can think of. The stalks have from two to eightshoots and roasting ears on them, ind if it makes all that is now on it, the yield will be even greater than the most anguine have believed. It proves what jur farmers can do in this country if they .1 try. To have an acre of corn damaged to H the amount of oil bushels and then make v more corn on it that tin; average farmer ^ joes on 20 acres, is wonderful. Mr. Alii- v son cultivates this himself. The peach trees are literally breaking down with fruit, and everybody who wishes can now enjoy this delightful fruit to their hearts' content. d We had a refreshing shower on Sunday night, hut are needing more rain. x. I.ETTRIt FROM I, AXE ASTER. (.'orrcspftiiilriici' nf tin; Yorkvillc Ktiqllircr. Lancaster, S. C., July 22.?Wc had a nice rain here last evening. It fell so jently that it was all taken up and utili/.ed, \ md there was no harm done from washing. The lightning was quite frequent, 11 md the whole atmosphere was charged I with electricity. Crops have improved very much, hut the cotton crop is very ;mall indeed. 11 will he remembered that very little cotton, in this county, came up 1 jntil after the rain which succeeded the u long spring drought. It cannot make an ? lverage crop unless the season is very q favorable from this on to frost. There is a ? ?reat difference between the cotton crop of :his county and that of York. In York J the cotton came up early and it is now arge and very promising. The corn crop )f this county, in the main, is good. The weather here all last week was ex- ? ?essively hot?away up in the nineties. c< It makes one long for the cool sulphur T ipring, and the towering mountains. A u rood many of our people have left their , homes and gone to the springs?mostly to . Cleveland. The facilities for getting to " Jleveland on the Three C's is very good, a md many of our people are availing :hemselves of the opportunity. Some nave gone up about Hutherfordtou, and rrom my recollection of the place I would n ts soon risk it as a resort for health in the g summer, as any place along the line of this g] -oad. . I remember visiting Western North " Carolina with five other persons, in tin s] iummer, about eight or ten years ago. We li tad a lively incident at Itutherfordton, p which will always keep that place in my p memory, and as I came out second best, I nay be allowed to tell it. We were trav- 1 ding in a two-horse spring wagon, and ifter reaching the old town of Itutherford, ;wo of the party and myself were request- S| }d to go in and make some purchases of 0 provisions. One of the party, who now ~ iocs not reside far from Yorkville, ^ was well posted. He knew the keeper of a] ;he hotel. And walking down (he was in w ural style with his coat off) he said, u 'Hoys, it is now about dinner time, and ^ we can go down here to Mr. B's hotel and ret the best dinner you have all had for ir ionic time, for a quarter." It was agreed, c< md lie led up to the hotel, and called upon he proprietor, in a loud voice, to know if we could get dinner. The proprietor said, 'Certainly ; walk in to the table and take tl seats." Our friend replied, "Your guests t( ire at the table, and I have my coat off; we will wait until they get through." The , iroprietor said that makes no difference; 1 ind we all walked in and took seats at the ? able, which was occupied uy many per- k ons, and some of the best society in the T own of Itutherford. My friend, who was u eadingus, had alone: with him adog which le prized very highly. Just about the irne we got cleverly seated at the table, a' his dog had passed through the house ifter us, and was about to enter the dining -oom door, when all of a sudden a very arge cat met the dog in the door and fell 11 jpon it with her claws. And such a noise ai is that dog and cat made in that door, and s( luch a fight, was never witnessed in that n dace. Every one, for the time being, was istonished, and did not know what to nuke of it all. e] My friend and companion was a good ai leal annoyed, and being a wise man, he p irose to command the peace between the hi rat and dog and put his dog out of the ^ oom. And after kicking the dog and icolding it, he got it to leave the room, ind he was then moving around to reoc:upy his seat at the table by my side, vhen ho saw that I was very much amused it the whole scene, and could scarcely reitrain myself from laughter, even in the c? iresence of the strangers there assembled. U \nd to get the better of me, and to divert 11 he ridicule from himself, he turned upon j; ne in the presence of the whole crowd of r Grangers, and in a formal manner spoke hus: "Now you see what you have done. I s| old you to leave that nasty dog at home." " !t is not necessary to state that the whole si rowd of strangers were put into a roar bi >f laughter, and looked upon me as the s; iwner of the troublesome dog. My friend ^ eceived many plaudits for the handsome urn he gave the thing. Lancaster is the meeting point of the tl rains on the Three C's railroad. It is re- at narkable how regularly the trains run. ^ When you hear the whistle of the north>ound train at 2 o'clock p. m., in one or wo minutes afterwards, you can always lear the whistle of the south-bound train, el red hose. LETTER FKOMTNION COUNTY. U1 lorrispuuiluiicc* of tin: Yorkville Enquirer. C|I Etta Jane, July 22.?The weather for ]\] he past week has been unusually warm, j\] he weather scarcely if ever coming below 15? in the daytime. This is trying on land and work animals. Most of our farners have a good deal of work to do yet if hey do their farms justice. The late wet. n pell give the grass crop such a start that e< here is not much hope of checking it in ^ daces before frost. Another shower of rain . vould be very acceptable just now. The ed land becomes hard in a very short st irne and the extremely warm sunshine M vilts vegetation during the day. Y Crops generally, where they have been egularly worked, are good. The corn that vas overflowed, but not washed away, luring the last wet spell, is not materally ol lamaged, that can be seen. Cotton is put- <ji ing on the July crop. If the fruit is pro- jj >ortioned to the stalk, we may expect a . ;ood crop of it this year. Watermelons are almost a failure, both " n quantity and quality. tt Itev. F. C. lliekson preached a plain, m radical sermon at Abingdon Creek hurch yesterday from the text: "Thou t ool, this night shall thy soul be required if thee."?Luke xii, 20. ^ The Sunday-school at that place elected in he following as delegates to represent it n< t the Broad Jiiver Baptist Sunday-school tfi onvention which meets at Cowpens next jj Thursday and Friday: Davis Jefferies, . V. J. Moorhead, P. S. Webber, Colutn us Moorhead and James Jefferies. n( 1 learn that Mrs. Erasby Osment died sc t her home in Craighood county, Arkan- rc as, on the (5th instant. She was a daugh- tli er of* Willis Moss, and was raised on t iroad river in the north-western part of 1 fork county. nt Mrs. M. lv. Strain found a pilot snake n her closet yesterday. While his snake- tli hip was scouting around among the jars, pt jgs, buckets, etc., the faithful old colored s0 foman, Aunt Tildy Lipscomb, adminisered a bath of boiling water (which of ourse is a woman's most formidable weap- w n outside of the tongue.) Somehow it ce ot away and this morning we found it hi /here the cats had taken it, the skin all d; eelcd and most of its eondolity gone. sigma. bKTTKK^FKOM UNION. orri'spoiuli'iii'L' ol' tin; York villi; Htxiuircr. Union, S. C., July 18.?I have been (linking over the old saying: m "A dry June and a wet July, Li Will make the corn and cotton lly," nd have come to the conclusion, judging ftI] om the last two years, that it will; but ' /here to ? The corn down stream and the 151 otton in grass, I suppose. Any way, that as been the case this year. ry The district conference, embracing three th ounties, Laurens, Spartanburg and Union, 5 now in session at this place. . 1 rotrrnt to state that Air. J. B. T. Scott. . ur very efficient county treasurer, is lying Ie ery sick at his residence. tli Kev. B. O. Clifford, principal of the wi Uifford Female seminary, is having some yc dditions put to his beautiful school build- ^ I congratulate Bock Hill on getting the 111 mchinery for the cotton factory. Union su pied very hard to get it, but she is always do slow at what she undertakes. an Jiov. A. Coke Smith, of Spartanburg, reached an eloquent sermon in the Meth- f dist church last night on the subject of J Christian Education." He held an at- ,1C jntive audience for one hour and a half, ex Mrs. Jas. H. Allen, of Charleston, is vis- Of ;ing the family of Mr. Wm. A. Nichol- nc an. ur Miss Mary A. (Jeddes, of Spartanburg, 'ho has been visiting her brother at this tcl lace for some time, returned home last Wednesday. w. <;. v. th LOCAL AFFAIRS. i NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. >. K. Kin ley, Klerk of the Hoard of County f Commissioners?To the Highway Over seers of Roads and Undoes in York 1 County. J. Smith, Administrator of the estate of 1). C. McKinney, deceased ? Notice to ('red- I itors and Debtors. j t . W. Dohson?Cane Mills. 1. A. Parish?On Time, nthors Adielces?Somebody's Chance. I. A II. C. Strauss?No Change in Our Pro- . gramme. V. C. Latimer?"Down in Front" My f'los- r ing ()ut Sale still Continues./ NEW POST OFFICE/ ' 1 A special post office to fie known as Yal-; f ora, has been established eight miles west: i f Yorkville, and Mr. Ham'I V. Wallace ; f ppointed postmaster. I ? ? PICNIC AT SHARON. / A nwin/l ?w?>in ii-itl tin rfiunn Sfhnrrm i ' K I <111VI I'll MIVj ?? ? f,.v v.. v ............ . , >morrow, by tlio people of that section, , ^ which a general invitation is extended, besides a good dinner and good music, ad- . resscs will he delivered by Gen. E. M. 1 .aw and W. L. McDonald, Esq. iJ PUBLIC DOCUMENT. j i Wehave received from the Hon. X. II. It. I I )awson, commissioner of the bureau of ed- 1 cation, a volume of 247 pages, it being a j j History of Higher Education in .South j \ arolina, with a Sketch of the Free School j 1 ystem," by C'olyer Meriwether, A. B., of ohns Hopkins University. _ HANDLE FACTORY. ~-J? \ The handle works of Messrs. Iiowry & i Vitherspoon, near Guthriesville, in this Dunty, are now in successful operation. 1 'hey made their first shipments last Sat- ( rday, consigning to Richmond and Co- t imbia. Samples of their work, which we ( aveseen, are equal to the products of i ny similar establishment in the country, t COTTON RAGGING. The cotton planters of York seem deter- j lined in their opposition to the jute bag- < ing combine. Already are they receiving j bipments of cotton bagging preparatory i packing the growing crop. The first hipment for Beersheba Alliance was de- 3 vered from the Three C's railroad at this c lace last Monday. It was made at West j 'oint, Ga., and seems to be equal in all repectstojute. I , RARN RURNT71 1 On last Wednesday night t^ie barn and l :ables of Mr. John Law Jackson, living t } miles north-east of Clover, in this coun- s were destroyed by fire. A lot of for- t ge and a horse and a mule were burnt s nth the building. The animals were val- i ed at $12o each. The total loss is about 1 300. Mr. Jackson has reasons for believig that the fire was the work of an in- ] ?ndiary. / a BLACKSBURG DISPATCH. We have received the firsynumber of , le Blacksburg Dispatch, issued from that >wn by Mr. F. P. Beard, formerly edi- !j >r and publisher of the Kershaw Gazette, [r. Beard is an experienced editor, and le copy before us of his new venture ives abundant evidence of his ability. s he Dispatch is well printed, and its colmns are replete with matter of local and c eneral interest. We wish the Dispatch tiundant success. IMPORTANT NOTICE. By reference to an advertisement pubshed by the county commissioners, in tiother column of this paper, it will be ?en that they have issued an important to hifrhwav overseers of roads and ridges in this county. The commissionrs clearly define the duties of overseers ad those liable to perform road duty, and rescribe the time in which tho work must-e done, and the duties of overseers in le way of making written reports after ie work has been performed. SUPREME COURT DECISION. On Thursday last the State supremo j lu'rt delivered its opinion in the following ises appealed from York: Lewis H. | lair and others, appellants, vs. John G. lack, assignee, and others, respondents. a lias & Cohen and others, appellants, vs. Dhn G. Black, assignee, and others, re- \ jondents. Judgment below reversed, and ie cases remanded to the circuit court for f ich further proceeding as the parties may s advised, in accordance with the conclu- r ons announced in the opinion. Opinion y McGowan, A. J. j W. B. McCaw, appellants' attorney in ie first case; C. E. Spencer, appellants' N ttorney in the second case; Hart & Hart, ;spondents' attorneys. i THE BAPTIST CHURCH. The revival services at the Baptist v lurch last week, conducted by Rev. A. G. tcManaway, of Charlotte, were continued t til Thursday night, when, in conseuence of sickness in the family of Mr. Mc- i lanaway, and also in tho family of ltev. lr. Patrick, the services were brought r ? a close for the present. The services ere greatly enjoyed by the large congre- a iitions that assembled each morning and ight, and numerous regrets were express- 1 1 when the announcement was made I mt the services would be brought to a ose on Thursday night. When circum- 1 ances are favorable, it is hoped that ltev. v [r. McManaway may be induced to visit orkville again. c ANOTHER WHISKY CASE. On Thursday last, Mr. W. H. ltoumillat, t " the firm of W. IT. ltoumillat & Co., g ruggists, had a hearing before Intendant hunter on the charge of improperly sellig intoxicating liquor. The witness inoduced against him testified in substance lat while a prescription might have been r ade out for him, it did not pass through g is hands; but if made out, was delivered i the druggist by the prescribing physi- j an. On this the point was made by the g tendant that the proper formalities were it observed to make the transaction legal; r lat the prescription should have been devered by the physician to the buyer and / him presented to the druggist. It was IV )t doubted by the intendant that a pre- a ription was on Mr. Koumillat's files rep- C senting every sale he had made; though ie intendant took the ground that the ,j escription in the case of the witness had j, )t been properly given. n The intendant imposed a fine of $50 or o lirty days in jail. Mr. Roumillat ap- v ?aled to the council, which sustained the e_ ntence of the intendant. lie was then anted five days in which to determine p hether or not he would sue out a writ of v rtiorari for the purpose of trying to get 1< s case before a higher court. The five P tys expired yesterday at sundown. " " DlyATII OF MltH. M. C. LOWRY. S Mj^Mary Caroline Lowry died at the. sldence of her brother-in-law, Captain ^ Thos. Lowry, in this place, on Friday y, orning last, aged about GO years. Mrs. w :nvry was the second daughter of the ri to Dr. John S. and Mrs. Harriet Bratton, a id a sister of our townsman Dr. J. ltufus p ratton, and was born at Brattousville, in b is county. She married Dr. \V. It. Low- n , and a few years after their marriage ey moved to Memphis, Tenn., where s< c remained until 1878, in which year her ti isband was stricken down with yellow a ver, then a scourge in that city. After tl e death of her husband, she returned, p ith her son, Richard, then a well grown luth, to Yorkville, which place she made R ir home until her death. She was the ei other of three children, neither of whom q rvives her. ai Mrs. Lowry was a woman of marked q id devoted piety. In the year 1852 she a] came a member of Bethesda church, and g )m the day of her conversion until the iur of her triumphal death, her Christian ri ample was conspicuous in all good works, w 'a charitable disposition, her acts of he- \v volencc were numerous, and performed lostentatiously, but apparently as a mat- w r of duty. n< Iler funeral services were conducted in w e Presbyterian church on Saturday morn ng by Rev. T. R. English, who on the | ol iccasion read a part of the 1th and ~?th ; v hapters of First Thessalonians and the b )th chapter of the Rook of Acts, founding e: lis discourse on tin; last named chapter, n \fter the services in the church at this si ilace, her remains were conveyed to lie- u hesda for interment. K CIUJHCH*NOTICES. i [' Young men's union prayer-meeting will ie held in the Presbyterian church next Puesday evening at 8.30 o'clock. " Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pas- j ^ or. Services next Saturday at S.iJO p. m. ! C1 "?unday at 10.30 a. m. and 8.30 p. m. Com-1 ' nunion after morning service on Sunday, j ^ sunday-school at "> p. m. Prayer-meeting ;o-morrow evening at 8.30 o'clock. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. \V. Danel, Pastor. Services next Sunday night j " it 8.30. Sunday-school at "? p. m. Prayer- j51' neeting this evening at.8.30 o'clock. I tl Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. ti f. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services at Tirzah ].; lext Sunday at 11 a. ni., and in Yorkville I ' it 8.30 p. ni. Sunday-school at 1.30 p. m. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, Pastor. I Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 8.30 j b: i. m. Sunday-school at 4.30 p. in. Prayer- j tn neeting to-morrow eyening at 8.30o'clock. Episcopal.? Sunday-school at 0 o'clock | n the morning. Evening service, with i he Holy Communion, by Rev. Augustine Prentiss, at 5.30 o'clock. ai ? C( ^^jCLOVEII VS. YOllKYIIXK. TTjCTfc were over two hundred people on n :heibaseball grounds last Thursday after- c< loon. Some from Blairsville, some from o! Hickory Grove, quite a number from C'lo- ver, and the local baseball lovers were out 511 ?n masse. The occasion was a match |r jame between the Clover and the Queen Uity club3. Both teams were on their q nettle, and the playing was spirited ir hroughout. e: The game was commenced at 1 o'clock ,vith W. L. McDonald, Esq., umpire, ll1 Prof. J. G. McNulty scorer, and M. L. J1 smith, captain of the Clover nine, at the i}, lat. rr After batting several fculs, the striker it secured his first base through an error of he pitcher. J. It. Barron followed on three n< itrikes, and Win. Beamguard on four jails. Another error on the part of the . atcher permitted the next striker to make ai lis first, and the first striker to come ni ionic. Then followed a safe hit, four In jails, two more safe hits, another error by he catcher, and each of the nine players cc icored runs, with no outs. On going to ^ he bat the second round, the fifth striker a| ?et the bad example and three outs were q ecorded in a row, leaving two men on tc jases, but a dozen runs on the talley sheet, ol The Queen Citys took the bat, and J. B. ^ Bell, captain of the club, was the first " itriker. Sending a beautiful fly into cen- ^ re field, he was soon watching the prog- (j ess of the game from the third base, b< But one after another, the next three play- ei !rs struck out, and the first inning stood tl 2 to 0. 01 Throughout the remainder of the game, ? he playing was evenly matched, neither y; ide gaining any further advantage, and it the close of the ninth inning, at 0.25 en ('clock, the score stood as follows: T CLOVER. QUEEN CITY. |l n 1-0 on R i?o on 01 M. L. Smith o 2 I 1 lli-ll, cf I 3 0 ai llarrnn rf. > 2 0 McClain, p... 2 0 1 gj Win. ItenniKiiaril p.. fi 1 1 lleanl 2h " 3 2 . John Itnnimtnnril 2h. I 4 2 Kuykfiiilnl.-s. I ! II W. S. Smith, 31 2 3 U Sauforil, III.. I ! (I W Jones It'... 2 4 II Law rf 2 3 n j J.M. Smith ss 4 2 II llnlisnn, If.... 1 3 I ' Ni'rly cf. I 3 1 Clenii.'ih 2 3 II tl Willi.: Smith Ih.... I 4 1 Monro, r 2 2 U y( 24 27 6 12 27 4 81 HY INN I MIS. J* Clover 12 0 :? 2 0 2 1 4 0- 24 ? Ml. A it .? .) I *> II 1 1?> A lOl-KVlim w w M ? > I .J W 1 ? , - u L___ PERSONAL MENTION. jt i Miss Florence Latta is at Cleveland springs. ' tl Miss Lillie May has returned home from si Charleston. 11 Miss Ella Avery, of Ebene/.er, is visit- " ng Mrs. Lula Gardner. tc Mrs. S. M. McNeel is in Cnion, visiting ri ler sister, Mrs. Young. le Mr. Joseph F. Wallace and family are it Cleveland Springs. Miss Mary Grier, of Charlotte, is visit- Qt ng Mrs. B. N. Moore. cr Miss Cora Clark is visiting relatives and N riends in North Carolina. A Mr. M. C. Willis and family are visiting as elatives in Lynchburg, Va. ')J Miss Mary Maxcy, of Troy, Tennessee, s visiting the Misses Carroll. ^ Miss Paramore, of Florida, is in York- lo dlle, visiting Miss Daisy Hart. tv Miss Addie Wright, of Clover, is visit- H ng Judge Witherspoon's family. ( Mrs. II. C. Strauss has returned from a ft risit to Chester and Blackstock. yj Mrs. W. L. McDonald is visiting rela- le ives in Mecklenburg county, N. C. tli Miss Mattie Adams, of Shelby, is visit- ^ ng Miss Katie Lewis of this place. tr Itev. W. W. Daniels will leave here to- j,j norrow to visit friends in Newberry. zi Major James F. Ilart left yesterday on vi , visit to Washington and New York. 111 Miss Sadie Manly, of Greenville, is in torkville visiting her sister, Mrs. it. G. >atrick. "J Cadet J. Frank McElwee, of the Citadel w Academy, is at his home here spending m 'acation. g< Mr. Theo. D. Pegrain, of Mecklenburg h* ounty, N. C., was here last week on a hort visit. yj Cadet H. E. Neil, of the Virginia Mili- j0 ary Institute, is at home spending the eo uminer vacation. rn Miss Annie Brice has returned from her M 'aeation, and on Monday resumed her Jl( chool at Blairsville. llev. J. Brice Cochran, pastor of Hicko- ,v y Grove and Fdgemoor A. It. I\ churches, of ave us a call last Thursday. Mrs. Cora McFadden, of Fort Lawn, is J<" u Yorkville visiting Mr. J. M. Itawlin- w on's family. ^ Misses Minnie and Christie Belle War- (]c en, of Uichburg, are visiting the family m f Mr. J. it. Warren. fo Mrs. Dr. Miles J. Walker, of Union; ha nd Mrs. Dr. Frank Glenn, of Gastonia, eo re visiting; the family of Mr. George H. th )'Leary, of this place. We received a call on Saturday last from ^1 Irs. Ilicklin and her daughter Mrs. F. D. wl 'home, of Fairfield county, who are visit- IP ng the family of Dr. Hall, in the Tirzah P:1 eighborhood. Mrs. Ilicklin is the widow rttn f the late Dr. J. C. Ilicklin, formerly a he .ell known practitioner in the south-east- eo rn part of this county. Mrs. Thome's m isit to Yorkville was with the view to I); acuring a residence here in which to live, to er object being to secure a pleasant home VV ,'ith suitable educational facilities. We iarn that she was very favorably im- sn ressed with our town, after being driven ?h ver it, and is entirely satisfied with the ducational advantages afforded by our raded school. lis THK SPIXSTKltS* IIKCKPTIOX. sTfae sequel to the unique advertisment rmeh appeared in Thk Kxqi'ikku last in: reek transpired on Monday evening at the de Bsideuce of Judge Witherspoon. It was n entertainment given under the ausices of the Willing Workers of the Prosyteriau church, and attended by a goodly tjc umber of ladies and gentlemen. en The announcement had explained it- en ?lf as to time and place, but as to de- 11,1 lils, even the most curious were forced to wait developments, and the unfolding of j? ie mvsterious nroirramme was a series of th leasant surprises to all. co Misses Susan Ann Prudence and Snlina he Lose Hickabocci were Misses Lessie With- jj*j rspoon and Jennie Miller. They were 0. uaintly attired in old fashioned costume, or] ad to one after another extended a ' uaint greeting to the arriving spinsters, on [1 attired after some odd fashion of the an randmothers' time. ^ All the guests and spectators having ar- 'e(j ved the party retired to the lawn, which be as brightly illuminated, and provided er, ith seats for the audience. to Then was presented a unique drill, in hich a squad of live little boys, in C'onti- Nv! ental regimentals, ])erformed a series of no ulitary evolutions. se< Next a quintette of "little old women ar f ye olden time," personated by live 1 cry bright little girls, each having aba- * y doll, elicited rounds ofapplau.se in an cceodingly droll exhibition of pantonine, rocking the baby, kissing the baby, apping the baby, etc. Then the little ion arid little women together executed ing (Jeorge's march and retired from 10 stage with a fairly earned title to the oners of the evening. Following this performance Mr. J. J. [ayhurst read a selection entitled "The r'onderful Sack." Miss 1 Jessie (iibbes reted "Archie Dean." and Miss Claude loon; road a selection entitled "The Jddle," all receiving liberal applause. At the close of the entertainment came ic presentation of the prize to the quaintit. The judges, Maj. Jas. I*'. Hart, Mrs. .. X. Moore and Miss Bessie (list, had warded it to Miss Kiln Davidson, and 10 pri/", consisting of a box of eonfecoiierv, was presented by T. F. MePow, !s(j., with a few happily conceived huloroiis remarks on woman's dress. Excellent music by the Yorkville string and was a pleasing feature of the ontorlinment. t r StHTII t'AHOLINA NKWS. ? ('apt. A. ('. McFall, of Greenville, has a offer to go to Siam to superintend the instruction of a cotton seed oil mill. -J.C. Whitaker, of West Pointcadetship t otoriety litis been elected principal of the < ilored department of the graded schools ^ f Sumter. ^ ? The prospectus is out for the second nnual industrial fair and exhibition of 10 colored people to be held in Sumter i September. ? At a meeting of the directors of tho harlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad i Columbia, last week, $100,000 worth of v pi red bonds were renewed. ? In the Stiite Agricultural department t Columbia, there are fine specimens of ito stalk, jute fihreand jute bagging raised nd manufactured in South Carolina. The ^ agging is of a very good quality, and was lised by Mr. T. \V. Howland, near Graneville, Aiken county. ? A novel sight was seen at Glendale, par Spartanburg, the other night. Mr. herbert was plowing his field. A passer y in astonishment asked what he was doig. He replied that it was his own field id if lie chose to plow on a moonlight iglit when it was pleasant and rest in the eat of the day, it was nobody's business. -Taylor Ilelton and James IT. Johnson's itton chopper seems to be proving a suciss. They have sold a share in it for $20,000. r olh the patentees of this cotton chopper *e colored men. Helton is a resident of nmdcn. Johnson is a Methodist minist, raised in Camden, but now a resident : Columbia, and pastor of the colored [ethodist church there. -The stockholders of the Columbia, ewberry and Laurens railroad met in olumbiaonthc Kith and instructed the irectors to build tho road on from Newprry to any point they might deem prop\ The intention of the board is to carry le road by Glenn Springs to Spartanburg, ossing tho Georgia, Carolina and North*n fifteen miles from Newberry, making northern connection via Raleigh and orfolk. -Annually there are a number of vamcies at the Peabody school in Nashville, hursday was advertised as the date for le competitive examination in Columia, upon the merits of which the schol shipsare awarded. In 18S7 there were glit candidates, in 1S88 there were fouren, and on Thursday there were forty-five ho desired to become trained teachers ; this normal school. Of the number, dr?v u-prn vnnnfr men and fifteen were nung ladies. The examining hoard consted of Mr. Frank M. Sheridan, Mr. \V. . Holland and Charles Few, who examicd on the following seven subjects: rithmetic, geography, history of the nited States, algebra, grammar, general iformation and orthography. - Says the Columbia correspondent of ic News and Courier: It having been lggestcd to Col. A. P. Butler, State conilissioner of agriculture, that a conference f tlie different commissioners of ugricultre in the Southern . 'ates would be likely > bring about beneficial results to the agcultural interest of the South, Col. But- , r has communicated with the officials of ! ic various States, and as a result of this tr res pond en ce he has issued a call for ich a meeting to be held at Atlanta, Ga., 1 Thursday, August 1. The agricultural immissioners of the States of Virginia, orth Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, labama, Tennessee, Mississippi and Texi, have expressed their intention to be resent. -In Spartanburg, last week, Trial Jusce Ilinnant issued a warrant against dam Boss for bigamy. Boss is a sallow oking fellow who located there about vo months ago and put up a candy tent. ^ e is also a painter. The wife who came ( ith him was a Miss Emma Smith, of j lythewood, in Fairfield county. She is 1 quiet, industrious well behaved woman. I le ascertained that Boss was receiving 1 tters from a woman at McColl Station in lis State, who also claimed to be his wife. j 'hen she got hold of this information oss became overbearing and rough in his eatment, and she took out a warrant for in. The first wife was a Miss McKene. The prosecution was withdrawn pro- , ded Boss would furnish the last wife otiey enough to get back to her friends. - I)r. McDow has been expelled from the \ edieal Society of Charleston for conduct ibecoming a gentleman, and the fact is iblished in the papers of that city and ill be published in at least two reputable edical journals. His resignation as sur ;on of the First battalion, Fourth brigade, is been accepted by the governor. He as also a member of the Washington ight Infautry battalion. Some days ago ajor Gilchrist, commander of the battaln, wrote to him, saying that as he had nfessed to conduct unbecoming a gentleau, he must send in his resignation by onday night, the monthly meeting; if it, he would be expelled. The resignaun was sent in and accepted. Mcl)ow is iw surgeon of the Lafayette Artillery, iiich is on its last legs, and the veterans which will resign unless he is expelled. -In regard to the extradition case of >hn Veldell, the Kdgefield negro, charged i th murder and now under arrest at I'ittsirg, Pa., a Pittsburg dispatch says that i Friday Judge Ewing granted a further 'lay until Tuesday before his order of reoval is made. Veldell's counsel asked r this concession 011 the ground that they id beeu unable to see any of the supremo urt justices to bring the matter before em. This case promises to become a lestion of national interest, inasmuch as eldell's friends claim that the murder in . hich he is said to be implicated was a po- . ical affair which occurred in the latter .rt of the Cleveland-Iilaine campaign, * i d should the accused be taken to F.dgc- j Id (the scene of the trouble) for trial, he " Jg uld not secure justice. This view of the j atter has been presented to Congressman 1 lysell so urgently that he has consented I write to the department of justice at 1 ashiugton, asking that department to / commend a change of venue in the case \ ould the prisoner be taken to South Car- / ina. c ? ? TiikStatk Ai.uanck.?The State Al- J nice will meet in Columbia to-day, and 11 probably remain in session for several ys, as there are a number of important utters to be brought before it. ltogardg the meeting, the Columbia corresponnt of the News and Courier says : Kvery county where the Alliance has en organized will bo represented. One / 1 legate being allowed for each thousand ' embers or fraction thereof, several coutiis will have two or more delegates. The tire convention will number about sevty-five members, including delegates d State officers of the Alliance who are -officio members of the convention. The sessions of the Alliance will bo held the Agricultural Hall. The Alliance roughout the State is in a flourishing ndition and seems to bcgrowing in numrs ; the chief strength of the order is in e up-country, though the movement is king hold of the lower counties. Many the lower counties have not yet been ganized. Many of the Alliance men say that their [ler is confounded with the colored Allien, it being supposed that thev are dif ent branches of the same organization, ch is not the ease. The white and colorAlliances are separate and distinct, and ar no possible connection with each oth. While the white Alliance men wish see their brother association prosper, ey have no desire to see it confounded th their association. The status of the jute bagging fight will, doubt, be determined by next week's jsioti, so far as the farmers of Carolina e concerned.