Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 21, 1889, Image 2

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Jwaps aud .facts. | i_r_- :. ? A storm passed over the Missouri valley on Monday night of last week, whieh was the most disastrous known to that section this season. Over twenty persons, it is said, were killed by lightning, and the damage in animals killed, ruined crops and washouts will run up over half a million dollars. ? H. T. Hudson, Jr., formerly baggagemaster on the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad, was awarded 8S,000 damages in the Cleveland county superior court, last week, for the loss of his foot, incurred in the discharge of his duties in April, 1887. The jury was out eighteen hours. The defendants will appeal. ?Superior Court Judge W. L. Pierce, while talking on the street in San Diego, California, on the 13th instant, with exGovernor Murray, of Utah, was shot in the k back by W. T. Gleudining and seriously ^-wounded. A decision given by the Judge adverse to Glendining, is supposed to be the cause of the shooting. ? Experiments were made near Berlin last Friday, in a sham battle, with smokeless powder. All accounts concur in saying that no smoke was visible at a distance of 300 yards, and no sound was heard beyond a slight tapping. A strange effect u-qq nrnriiipuri hv fhfi snpotacln of a larpe mass of troops in firing position seeming 1 inactive but really pouring forth deadly i fires. ? The business failures occurring throughout the country last week number for the i United States 181 and for Canada 82, or a I total of 213 as compared with a total of I 201 the previous week and 210 the week previous to it. For the week ending August 1G, last year, the failures were 219, made up of 187 in the United States and 32 in Canada. ? A dispatch from Vicksburg, Miss., says cotton worms are reported on every plantation between that city and Newton, but nowhere else on this side of the river except at a few points in Issaquena county. All are reported as first crop worms, but Paris green is being used freely and planters are generally ready to meet any emergency of this sort. ? A conspiracy to kill five of the best farmers of the vicinity of Winamac, Indiana, was made known last Friday by Charles Lythe, who filed an affidavit against John Sutton, charging him with ^ conspiracy with him (Lythe) to put strych^ -aine in the whisky, and give it to five men, neighbors of Sutton, and then burn the barns, and also the Odd Fellows' buildinc at Star Citv. Lvthe was to receive the small sura of $50 for his work when completed. ?Throughout the rural sections of the Southern States there is a revival of the barbecue, with its attendant feature of delightful social intercourse. These barbecues have been more frequent this summer than for many years. The Memphis Appeal regards this as a "sure sign that the farmers are growing happier; that the conditions of business are shaping to their satisfaction; that past experience justifies confidence in the future." ? The question of railroad regulation will be the paramount issue in next year's campaign in Texas, incidental to the adoption or rejection of the proposed constitutional amendment providing for a railway commission. United States Senator Coke, of that State, has written a letter, in which he takes a very liberal and conservative view, and, while he favors a commission, he deprecates an extreme action that is likely to be detrimental to the railroads or their development of the State. ? The Olive bill, so called after the name of its author, introduced in the Georgia house of representatives, has been killed. k* It was aimed at railroad consolidation, and also intended to check the power of the Richmond and Danville syndicate. Business men opposed it on the ground that it would keep capital out of the State. It was while being heard by this committee that the difficulty arose between Calhoun and Williamson, culminating in the bloodless duel in which they acted as principals. ?A number of cabbage growers met at Rural Retreat, Va., a few days ago and organized a cabbage trust. Their intention is to unite all the cabbage growers of Wythe and Smyth counties into an association to control the cabbage market. This is an outgrowth of the farmers' alliance, yet not intended to be directly under the influence of this association. If the scheme proves to be a success they will do away with the "middlemen" and deal directiy with the markets. ? Ex-Congressman Wm. H. Felton, who is now a member of the Georgia house of delegates, was recently instructed by a farmers' alliance in the county which he rpnrpspnts. tn votft against all aDDroDria tions of public money for higher education, ? and to vote all such appropriations to common schools. Mr. Felton, who has a very strong will of his own, has written a tart reply, in which he says he will never obey instructions, the effect of which will be to engulf the farming class of Georgia in illiteracy, ignorance and poverty. ? A desperate battle was fought Thursday on the line between Oklahoma and the Chickasaw country, near the South Canadian river, between three outlaws and a lawyer named Payne and another man in company with him. The last named were locating some land, when the outlaws came up and opened fire on them. Payne's companion was unarmed and fell in the *??-jjrass. When the fight was over two of the outlaws were badly wounded. Payne's clothes were pierced, but he was not wounded. ? One of Postmaster-General Wannamaker's recent appointees has changed his address. He is a negro of Keidville, N. C., who applied some weeks ago for a place in the mail service as route agent. A letter was received the other day from Postmaster-General Wannaraaker notifying him of his appointment. Upon looking up the address of the appointee it was found that it had been changed to the State penitentiary, he having since his application committed a burglary and been sent up for three years. ? Attorney General Hogg, of Texas, has given it as his official opinion that, under the provisions of the Trust bill, a bit of local legislation, the farmers of the Lone Star State are prohibited from entering into an agreement not to use jute bagging, but to use cotton bagging exclusively, for the baling of their cotton. The opinion of Gen. Hogg is that an agreement to use cotton bagging, is in effect, the boycotting of jute and is a violation of the law. Gen. Hogg appears to be straining himself to construe a law which could never have been intended to meet the case of the cotton farmers. It is said that the farmers will get around Gen. Hogg's view of the law by fighting the trust individually. ? Flour ought to be cheap this year. The wheat crop will amount to at least 500,000,000 in spite of the damage in the Northwest. The crop has never reached these figures except in 1S82, when it was 513,000,000 bushels. A great wheat crop and the magnificent corn crop which we have reason to expect ought to make this a year of plenty in the land. Europe's wheat production shows a small deficien cv. The heavy falling: off in Kussia ana itungary is partially offset by the fact that the countries of Western Europe show a fair increase. The real feature of the situation is that the heavy exporting countries?India, Australia and the Argentine?display immense decreases. The two latter countries have no wheat for export. ? Says the Baltimore Sun : It is queer, though it is a fact, that Ohio has 40,37:1 white voters unable to write; Pennsylvania, 05,985; New York, 70,715. The men who can't read hold the balance of political power in these important States. The illiterate vote is not, however, to be always identified with the purchasable vote or the unintelligent vote. The States reputed most intelligent often vote as stupidly as the less wise. The vote on the tariff is a very fair test of the vigor and clearness of intellect of the people of the several States, yet in a great many States classes reputed intelligent voted against their interest. Everybody votes for the best interests of himself and neighbor?or ought to?if he knows what those interests are. But the result of the last election seems to show that most people don't know what their or their neighbor's j interests are. They vote from prejudice or with narrow views. ? General Grandison 1). Koyston died at: his residence in Hempstead county, Ark., j a few days ago, aged 80 years. General; Koyston was the last survivor of the | Constitutional Convention of 1836, which j framed the first Constitution of the State ! of Arkansas, and was the President of the j constitutional convention of 1S74, adopted j immediately following the rescue of the i State from the reconstructionists. He i was also the last surviving witness of the noted tragedy in the Lower House of the Arkansas legislature in 1837, in which Wilson killed Speaker Anthony in a personal encounter on the floor during a sitL ting of the House. Wilson plunged a bowie-knife iuto his opponent, thrusting j his arm under the chair which General1 Kcyston held between them. General ; Uoyston was also a member of the Confederate congress for one term. ? W. Iv. Perry, the aeronaut, who was wounded by a fall of 700 feet, at Mt. Holly, N. C., on the 5)th instant, in consequence of the collapsing of his balloon, died from the effects of his injuries, at 9 o'clock last Sunday night. He was a Knight of Honor, and was buried in Charlotte Monday afternoon by the ritual of that order. (The fjorlmWc (JjnquiiTi. YORKVILLE, S. V. : WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1889. AN ARSl'RD THEORY EXPLODED. One of the latest pretended discoveries in medical science is a so-called "life elixir," given to the profession by Dr. Brown-Sequard, a French physician, who is well known in Washington and other northern cities. His theory is that certain glands and tissues of healthy animals?the sheep or goat being preferable?if beaten up with a pestle in distilled water and the liquid injected in the system hypodermically, the effect will be to rejuvenate the old, causing them to feel as if youngagain, and that many diseases of long standing may be cured by the treatment. Experiments have been tried with it in all parts of the country, but the results in nearly all the cases have been disastrous to the subjects of the experiments. Blood poison or trichinosis, accompanied with delirium, follows the operation. Dr. Laginback, a Cincinnati chemist, who has prepared nine-tenths of all the elixir used in that city, says it is dangerous if used an hour after its preparation, and rank poison after two hours. It having been used extensively in Cincinnati, the scare in that city amounts to a craze. It is said that work house physicians there have experimented indiscriminately with frightful results. STATE POLITICAL^ONVEXTIOXS. The Virginia Democratic State convention met in Richmond on Wednesday and was in session two days. On the second day Capt. P. W McKinney, of Farmville, was nominated for governor on the second ballot. He is sixty-five years old, a successful lawyer and was a soldier in theConfederate army. He has been several times before the Democracy of Virginia as an aspirant for office, and in the convention of 18S5 he opposed the nomination of Fitz Lee for governor. His opponents in the convention last week, urged against him that he was on the State ticket which was beaten with J. W. Daniel in 1881; that he is a Randall man, and hence his views on the 4?:tr ?nnnnntnKlo tn o moinritv nf lltllll CBlliiui uc nv,v.vi;iiiuiu iv ? the party in Virginia. The unanimity of his nomination, however, indicates that he ispopular with the representative members of the convention. The platform adopted by the convention deprecates the re-opening of the State debt question, and declares the tariff question subordinate to that of white supremacy. The sixth plank "renews its adherence to the principles and policies on the tariff and internal revenue, so often enunciated in the platformsof the State and National conventions of the Democratic party, and sustained by the vote of the people at the polls, and especially does it insist upon the abolition of the tax upon tobacco and fruit brandies." The Republicans want Mahone to oppose McKinney, but it is not settled yet that he will run for the position of governor. The Iowa Republican State convention met at Des Moines on Thursday. Hutchinson was nominated for governor on the twenty-fifth ballot. The platform adopted endorses President Harrison's administration, favors a liberal construction of the pension laws, favors protection provided it does not foster trusts and monopolies, endorses railway regulation, State and National, declares it the duty of the nation to suppress trusts in the necessaries of life, reaffirms adherence to State protection, welcomes the four new States, and endorses arbitration for the settlement of wage differences. The Mississippi Republican State executive committee met at Jackson on Thursday and decided to call a State convention to meet at Jackson on September to nom'nate a full State ticket. THE TRIAL OF THE SLUGGER. In the special court at Purvis, Miss., all of last week was consumed in the trial of the eases of Sullivan and Fitzpatriek, the referee. There was some delay the first two days of the term, owing to recalcitrance of the grand jury. They received an explicit charge from Judge Terrell on Monday, after which they retired "for consultation." The result of this consultation was the conclusion, arrived at unanimously, that the prize fight was not a proper subject for them, but that the whole matter should be referred to a justice of the peace. This was communicated to Judge Terrell unofficially, and on Tuesday he again addressed the grand jury, reading them a sharp lecture and admonishing them as to their duty. He warned them that unless they obeyed his instructions he would discharge them and direct the sheriff to summon a new jury, and inform him that unless he summoned men who would obey the instructions of the court, he would impose a fine of $1,000 upon him. This was more effective than would have been an elucidation of the dry technicalities of the law, aud the graud jury retired, this time not for "consultation," but for action. True bills were returned against Sullivan and Fitzpatriek, and the trial of Sullivan proceeded. Contrary to general expectation, he did not plead guilty, but to the question asked by District Attorney Neville, after reading the indictment, "What say you, John L. Sullivan, guilty or not guilty?" | he replied in a clear voice, with etnpha- ' sis, "Notguilty." The hearing of the case was brief, and the proceedings are thus reported: After pleading not guilty, Sullivan sat down and the trial was begun in earnest. He paid strict attention to the proceedings during the day, but offered no com i . i : i \ menus leilYIJJg I'll. UIUUCI Jiuaiuo, miu represented the tighter, to suggest questions to ex-Attorney General Ford, who conducted the cross-examination for the defence. The witnesses were all sworn together; there were none for the defence. The first J witness examined was Major \V. W. Rob- j inson. He went to Richburg on the morning of July 8th, arriving there before daylight. Was deputy sheriff and saw the | ring pitched. H& proceeded to give a very good account of what took place, describing the preliminaries and fighting in the ring in a clear manner. "Did they hit each other?" asked Mr.' Neville. "Hit!" said Robinson. "Look at Sullivan's eye. [ Laughter.] On cross-examination the witness said the rings were square and looked more like pens. He never saw such rings before. The witness said the fight was in Marion county, but on cross-examination admitted he could not exactly locate the j battle ground, and does not know where j the county line is. The witness testified that he saw Sullivan jump on Kilrain with his knees, and affirmed positively i that Sullivan's knees touched Kilrain'sj body. After several other witnesses had testi-1 tied the State rested their case, and no testimony was introduced by the defence, i On Friday the jury returned a verdict J of guilty, and Sullivan was sentenced to O ono year's imprisonment. A motion for a new trial was entered at once by his lawyer. On Saturday the motion was argued. There were eight grounds for appeal, but the judge] overruled the motion. Sullivan's counsel then pleaded eloquently and earnestly for remisssion of sentence to fine, and, according to the old English rule in similar cases, three days' imprisonment. Sullivan also addressed the court briefly in his own behalf; but Judge Terrell was obdurate and refused to change the sentence. Sullivan's counsel then asked and obtained sixty days' time in which to file a bill of exceptions. Sullivan then gave bond to appear when his appeal is decided, and left for the North. Fitzpatrick, the referee, who had pleaded guilty, was fined $200. Kilrain, the second principal in the fight, was arrested in Baltimore, but he sued out a writ of habeas corpus which will not be heard until to-morrow. THE SHARON ^STATION TROUBLE. Reported for the Yorkville Enquirer. Sharon, August 19.?As is generally known, this day was appointed for an investigation by the State railroad commissioners of the trouble at Sharon station, between the citizens of that place and the management of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad, and the cause of the. sudden and previously unannounced withdrawal by the railroad management, of railroad and telegraph facilities from the citizens of Sharon, which place had been publicly recognized by the railroad officials as a station, or the proper location for a station, almost from the day the track was laid at that point. The citizen complainants, comprising not alone citizens of Sharon, but of the section tributary to the village, were represented by W. B. Wilson, Jr., of Rock Hill, and D. K. Finley, of Yorkville. The respondent railroad company was represented by Major John F. Jones, superintendent of the road, and Dr. John G. Black. The railroad commissioners, consisting of Messrs. Bonham, Jervey and Duncan, were present, they, with the railroad party having arrived at 10 o'clock on a special car. The commissioners' court was opened by Mr. Bonham, at 10.30, in S. S. l'laxico's store room. The president of the commission signified that the complainants would be entitled to open and close in taking testimony. John L. Rainey testified that on the 24th of July, 1888, Dr. John G. Black requested the citizens near this point to meet and select the most suitable and convenient lo- j cation for a depot, and forward the outline of their choice to him or Maj. Jones. That they did meet on the next day, the 25th of July, and selected the spot which is now the site of Sharon, as the place, and re-^ Sorted this fact to Maj. Jones through Dr. Hack. That on the 25th of September, 1888, Maj. Jones called on John L. Rainey, at his residence, and secured an absolute deed from him, John L. Rainey, for six acres of land, more or less, at this same noint on the Three CVrailroad, as desig nated by the people(/That he and others began to build here, on the strength of this grant of land to the railroad authorities for railroad depot and other purposes. That all who had built here, both residences and store houses, had gone into business here, believing that the railroad authorities meant business when their agent, Maj. Jones, had gone to the trouble of going to Rainey's house and obtaining said deed, which he had refused to sign till assured that they meant to use said land for depot purposes. Mr. Rainey also testified that a car had been located there and used as a depot by W. I. Moore, as their agent, and that said Moore did all work there usually performed by depot agents and telegraph operators; he sold tickets, received freights, gave shelter to passengers, etc. In fact, he was a bona tide depot agent, doing the legitimate work of a regular depot agent in that "car" depot at Sharon. Mr. Rainey told Maj. Jones, if he wanted to put the depot at any other place to gp do it and not bother him. Maj. Jones replied that they wanted it in that very spot, and not in those d?d swamps and hills. Then Mr. Rainey signed an absolute deed. Dr. J. H. Saye testified and corroborated Mr. Rainey's statements as to the deed, and said that thi%-is the most accessible place for a deaot to the community at large. That there was about 15 miles square that would do business here, and fKot KolJovorl ohruit 5 OflO hnlps of cotton would be shipped from this place during the season if a depot was established at this place. That he had bought printed tickets from Sharon to various points along the line, and had paid an additional fare for not having bought tickets at the ticket office at Sharon. That there was a car left for the purpose of a depot, that express and telegraph offices had been established in it. Other witnesses were put up $nd corroborated the above statements. Dr. John May, Jr., of Yorkville, testified that he would "not have opened business at Sharon if \V. I. Moore, the agent at Sharon, had not assured him that it was a good business place. Also that Major Jas. F. Hart, attorney for the railroad, had informed him that there would he a depot at Sharon without a doubt. James Ross testified that the freight tariffs on shipments to and from Sharon amounted to $10,000 from the beginning of the last cotton season to the date of the removal of the "car" depot. J. A. Hope testified that Sharon is in Broad River township; that he assisted in surveying the township lines, and that he has full opportunity for knowing that Sharon is not in Bullock's Creek township. J. A. Thomas testified that the timber for the depot at Sharon had been delivered on the depot grounds by Mr. Arrowwood, a contractor, who had been building depots at stations along the line of the road; that Mr. Arrowwood built the depot at Hickory Grove. Major John F. Jones, for the respondents, desired to make a statement in regard to the transfer of title from J. L. Rainey. He said: I simply obtained this title as a starting point in the matter of locating a depot. It has been our custom to get titles before locating, and we very often get titles that we do not use. We have several such now; perhaps half a dozen, that we have not used. I also desire to submit a title from John A. Byers, as proof that this is our custom. This is a conditional title, I admit, but we claim that Rainey's title is also conditional. In fact, this was the reason that I had so much trouble with Rainey in getting him to sign. He desired to make a conditional deed that if we did not use his lands that they would revert. We claim that the temporary depot, (the old car) was put in for the accommodation of the Sharon people in handling their cotton. Dr. Black was called and stated that he had no official connection with the railroad at the time he suggested that the people select a site for a depot; ihat he did it only as a friend and private citizen. A letter from Col. R. A. Johnson, general manager of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction company, to the committee of citizens of Sharon, was put in evidence. In this letter Col. Johnson stated that if Bullock's Creek township, or the citizens, would give him $15,000 he would consider seriously the matter of locating the depot at Sharon. Mr. Win. Ross, a member of the board of county commissioners, testified that Col. Urquhart assured him that if he would sigh an order for the township bonds, both a passenger and a freight depot would be erected at once on the depot lands at Sharon. This proposition was made to Mr. Ross at Blacksburg about the 2(>th of last June. other witnesses were examined for the complainants, and all residing in this section corroborated the testimony of Mr. t >; ,1 ../x ' UaiUey HIIU 1JI. OOJC. It was also shown by witnesses who have bought land and built at Sharon, that they would not have made such investments of their money had they not believed from representations that the railroad authorities intended to act in good faith and carry out what their actions in the premises indicated, viz.: to establish a depot. So arguments were made, and the rail- ! road commissioners reserved their opinion, which, however, is expected to be announced at an early day. - Wo it k ox tii k Tiikkk C's.?The force on the Three C's road in ("nicoi county has been doubled in the last ten days. The portion of the roadbed visible for a mile or i so from the wagon road begins to look | quite railroadish. More wheeled scrapers ! arrived this week for use on the Three i C's road. The recent rains have delayed j work considerably, but I*. II. Cogan keeps j things moving pretty lively, and the grad- j ed portion is lengthening out gradually. I ?[.Johnson City Comet, loth. ? ()n Tuesday of last week Henry Wells, a colored penitentiary convict, was shot and instantly killed, by the guard while attempting to escape. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Frew brothers, Rook Ilill, S. C.?Onward, March! A New Enterprise! Our Magic City demands a One-Price Cash Store, and we have decided to open it. W. L. Koddoy, Rock Hill, S. C.?Land, Land, Land ! Why not own a Plantation? Richard A. McCurdy, President?Statement of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, for the year ending December :ilst, 18K8. W. M. Grier, Due West, 8. C.?Krskine College. Withers Adickes?It will certainly pay you. 1>. Card well, 1). P. A., Columbia, S. I!.'?Piedmont Air-Line Railway, Change of Schedule. See Fourth page. G. R. Talcott, Superintendent Chester and Lenoir Railroad?Changoef Schedule. See Fourth page. R. It. Lowry?To the Farmers. II. F. Adickes?Shoes, Shoes, Shoos. W. 15. Moore A Co.?Collins, Caskets and Rurial Robes. J. II. Riddle?R. R. P. S. (>. ! ^ HOME AGAIN. i Mr. T. 13. McC'lain arrived home last Sunday afternoon,-..having traveled in fifty-eight days twelve thousand two hundred and fifty-live miles;.. While coming across the ocean he wrote up the remainder of his trip, and next week his readers will have the pleasure of following him "From Venice to Yorkville." BURGLARIOUS ]EXTRAXCE. On Thursday night last the residence of i Mr. J. A. Darwin, on Congress street, near j the Chester and Lenoir depot, was hurgj lariously entered through u window on the I west side of the house. All the rooms were ransacked, but it cannot at present be known what may have been stolen, as Mr. Darwin and his wife are in Atlanta. REV. V. I. MASTERS. Rev. V. I. Masters, of Anderson county, has accepted an appointment from the Baptist State Mission board to labor in the bounds of the York Baptist association. Mr. Masters's charge will embrace Shiloh, Enon and Nazareth churches. lie will also be the colporteur of the association. He is expected to arrive in Yorkville during the present week, and will probably make his home here. THE MUTUAIj LIFE. Attention is directed to the advertisement of the Mutual Life Insurance company, of New York, of which Edward L. Gernand, of Columbia, is general agent for South Carolina. The condition of this company is represented to be most satisfactory, and its business conducted on sound conservative principles. Its assets, now amounting to ?126,082,102, are chiefly invested in bonds and mortgages, United States and other securities, and real estate and loans oti collateral. ./ alliance address. i)n Wednesday the 11th of September, at 10 o'clock A. M., Hon. Ben. Terrell, of Texas, lecturer of the national farmers' alliance, will deliver an address in Yorkville, at the grove of the graded school, explaining the principles, aims, objects and purposes of the order. The public are inyited, and especially those not members of the order. A special invitation is also extended to the ladies, for whose comfort seats will be provided. The committee of arrangements, consisting of W. N. Elder, R. H. Glenn and J. 0. Walker, will do all in their power to render the occasion a success. Music will be furnished by the Gold Hill, Blairsville and Clover bands. church' notices. Episcopal?Sunday-school at 5 p. m. Young men's union prayer-meeting will be held in the Presbyterian church next Tuesday evening at 8.B0 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 8 p.m. Sunday-school at 4.30 p. m. Prayermeeting to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 8.15 p. m. Sunday-school at 5 p. m. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 8.15 o'clock. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.80, a. m. and 8.15 p. in. Sunday-school at 5 p. m. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8.15 o'clock. \ Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. The pastor being absent, no services will be held in his churches next Sunday. Sunday-school at 5 p. m. religious notes. The protracted meeting at Beersheba church closed on last Thursday, after having been continued for seven days. Eight persons were added to the church. An interesting protracted meeting of teu days closed at King's Mountain chapel, four miles north of town, on Friday last under the ministration of the pastor, Rev. J,. L. Harley, assisted^by Rev. G. T. Harmon, liichburg, and iNks. W. W. Daniel and L. A. Johnson, PJi'urkville. As a result of, the mcetingAhere were fifty-five converts, who connected themselves with the church. Communion services -were -held in the Associate Reformed Presbyterir .1 church at this place on Sunday .ist, preaching commencing on Friday evening by Rev. J. P. lvnox. The pastor was also assisted by Rev. Dr. R. A. Ross, the venerable pastor of Smyrna and Sharon churches in this county, and Rev. C. E. McDonald, of Steel Creek, N. C. There were seven accessions to the church, three by profession of faith fAiiv Kt* JfinolQ auu iuui kjj V/Ci ii uv.aiv? V DEACONS' CONVENTION. The deacons of the First Presbytery of the Associate Reformed Presbyteriau church held their annual convention at Smyrna last Thursday. Eleven churches were represented by twenty deacons, eight elders and five ministers. W. H. Flenni-^ ken, of Winnsboro, was re-elected president, W. I). Grist, of Yorkville, elected secretary, and Jno. F. Oates, of Yorkville, appointed a member of the committee of arrangements, vice Rev. G. R. White resigned. According to appointment Rev. J. C. Galloway preached a sermon on the subject, "Christian giving as a means of grace," and Rev. R. M. Stevenson delivered an address on the "Character of the first deacons." After discussing various matters of importance the convention adjourned to meet at Sharon, S. C., on the second Wednesday in August, 1890. During recess, Rev. Dr. R. A. Ross in the chair, the representatives of. the churches in this county held a consultation resulting in the appointment of aSundayschool convention to be held in Yorkville on Wednesday after the second Sunday in September next. LODGED IN JAIL. At the April term of the sessions court, Judge Fraser presiding, Robert Shaw was tried, in his absence, on the charge of assault with intent to kill. His offence consisted in firing his pistol in the' direction of a young man on the road about three miles from Yorkville, on the loth of last March, and then advancing in a threatenI incr manner nnnn R. F. Caldwell and R. N. McElwee, who were seated in a buggy peaceably driving on the road, and threatening to shoot them. A warrant was taken out for Mr. Shaw and he was bound over for his appearance at court, Mr. J. W. Dobson becomingJiis bondsman in the penal sum of ^SOO^^Tiut as already intimated, Mr. Shaw failed to appear when the case was called in the sessions court, he having fled the county. The case was heard, however, Mr. J. B. Bell appearing as counsel for the defendant. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and the judge left a sealed sentence. Mr. Dobson not wishing to pay the forfeited bond, set about finding the delinquent principal with the view of delivering him to the sheriff of York county, and finally located him in the neighborhood of Cherry ville, Lincoln county, N. C., where, last week he was arrested, and consented to return to this State without the formality of a requisition. lie was brought here on Thursday and lodged in jail, where he will have to remain until the next term of the court for the publication of his sentence. Mr. Shaw is an elderly man, and when not under the influence of lifjuor is quiet and peaceably disposed ; but indulging his passion for strong drink has brought him to this trouble in his old age. UNITED STATES COU11T. In the I'nited States district court, in session at Greenville, the following cases! from York county have been disposed of: James Campbell, retailing; sealed sentence published. Two months in York county jail and pay a fine ofSKMi. Butler Boyd, retailing. Verdict, guilty. ; Sentence, one month in York county jail and $10(1 fine. Jesse Berry, retailing. Verdict, not guilty. Wra. Bolin, retailing. Bleaded guilty. Sentence, four months in jail. Andy McNeel, obstructing the Cnited States mail and shooting at the mail rider. Verdict, guilty. Sentenced to three and a half years in the Columbus, Ohio, penitentiary. John Greer, carrying on the business of a retail liquor dealer without having paid ! special tax. Verdict, guilty. Sentenced I to four months in York county jail. Jake Ashe, the same offence. Verdict, not guilty. John Wright, the same offence. Ver] diet, not guilty. Thomas McLure, same offence. Verdict, guilty. Sentenced to one month in York county jail. Parkos Parish, same offence. Verdict, not guilty. The grand jury made their final presentment last Friday. In it they allude to the fact that so many of the witnesses for the government which were brought up had failed to testify on the proper side of the case, but appeared rather as witnesses for the defendants. This showed that either the witnesses had not been properly examined before the commissioners or they were tampered with by the defendants or their friends. The jury recommended as a remedy for this that no witness be sum moned to appear in more than one ease before any term of the district court. The district business of the court was finished Monday, and civil business of the circuitcourt was taken upyesterday. It is thought the court will adjourn this week. THE COLORED ALLIANCE. The York county colored alliance met in the court house last Saturday. In the absence of County Superintendent I J. M. Clinton, the alliance was called to | order by G. M. Mills. ! W. L. Minter, secretary, called the roll ! of delegates, and sub-alliances were found to be represented as follows: White Hill?M. A. Murray, L. W.Wilson. Toole's Fork?J. 10. Hall, .1. C. Ingram, J. It. Avery, A. W. Wallace, W. L. Minter, Rev. B. V. Walker. Neil's Chanel?W. II. Gilmer, A. Garvin. Old Providence?T. Chambers, (1. M. Mills, Mt. Zion?A. I,. Krwin, A. W. Wilkes. New Hope?S. A. Gillum, -I. D. Patton, It. P. I'artlow. Bandana?T. J. Galeroy, J. W. Hemphill, W. J. Wood, G. W. Tate. China Grove?II. Harris, A, B. Bowen, Y. Harris, A. T. Hall, G. W. Tate, S. E. Fowell,.!. M. Clinton. Bethany?G. W. Wade. The folldwing were appointed a committee on application for membership: J. C. Ingram, S. A. Gillum and II. P. Partlow. At this point of the proceedings the county superintendent arrived and took the chair. The committee on application for membership, reported that McLeas's Chapel and Yorkville sub-alliances were in proper order, and recommended that they be received. The report was adopted and the said alliances were received and the following delegates from them admitted to the floor of tne present meeting; McLeas's Chapel?G. T. Taylor; Yorkville?T. F.Hunt, Itev. A. L. Keitt, I>. L. Witherspoon. It was moved and carried that the coun ty alliance appropriate the sum of $6 towards defraying the expenses of the county delegate to the recent meeting of the State alliance. Several alliances made contributions to this object, and after some discussion of the subject, contributions were also made for paying the traveling expenses of the county delegate to the meeting of the National convention. The alliance then adjourned. PERSONAL MENTION'. j\Ir. M. Strauss is at Cleveland Mineral Springs. W. C. Latimer has returned home from the springs. Miss Minnie Rawlinson is visiting friends in Chester. Mrs. R. G. Patrick is visiting her parents in Greenville. Mrs. Samuel L. Miller is in Chester visiting relatives. Mrs. Mary Davies, of Greenville, is visiting Mrs. Gist of this place. Mr. James A. Owen, of Chester, is in Yorkville visiting relatives. Miss Relle Hardin, of Chester, is visiting the family of Maj. J. P. Hart. Mr. C. P. Culp, of Fort Mill, is in Yorkville at Mrs. C. J. Robinson's. Mrs. Mary Adickes left yesterday at noon for St. Augustine, Florida. Miss Willie Hare, of Blackstock, is in Yorkville visiting the Misses Cody. Mrs. Sarah Feeles is visiting her niece Mrs. Catherine Ilobbs, near Fodder. Mrs. Martha Metts and Mrs. M. C. Willis have returned home from Virginia. Mr. Albert Owen, of Orangeburg, is visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville. Mrs. C. C. Kennedy, of Charlotte, is in Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. T. S. Jeflerys. IVIrF. Sam. M. Grist, and children are visiting: Mrs. J S. McKenzie near Zeno. Mrs. Adalino Milton, of Columbia, is in Yorkville visiting her niece, Mrs. J. A. Watson. Mr. J. H. B. Jenkins and family, of Gastonia, are visiting relatives and friends in this county. Mrs. Ilall at d four children, of Charleston, are in Yorkville, the guests of Mrs. W. B. Moore. Mrs. Jacob Battle, of North Carolina, is in Yorkville visiting her mother, Mrs. Isabella Steele. C. E. Spencer, Esq., returned to Blowing Bock last Monday accompanied by Miss Leis Moore. Miss Mary Jackson, of Ebenezer, is in Yorkville visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Jefferys. Bev. J. C. Galloway is at Mooresville, N. C., assisting Bev. T. B. Stewart in a protracted meeting. Miss Norma Strauss returned home last Friday from an extended visit to friends in Charleston. Mrs. L. M. Ford and two daughters, of Gaston county, N. C., are in Yorkville visiting Mrs. Henry Williams. Mr. John A. Neely, of Bock Hill, and book-keeper for Creighton, Sherfesee & Co., spent last Sunday in Yorkville with his parents. ^ Mr. Wm. I. Witherspoon left here last week for northern Alabama, where he is now prospecting with a view to settling in that section. Messrs. Will F. Bobinson and Donom Witherspoon have returned from Bockford, N. C., where they have been engaged in railroading. Mr. B. Daniel Kerr and family, of Chester, spent Saturday and Sunday in Yorkville with friends. They have gone to Spartanburg on a visit. Mr. Thomas Ilarten went to Baltimore recently to receive medical treatment for disease of the eye?cataract. He was accompanied Mr. Sam M. Scott. y^Mr. Thomas J. Bell is quite sick with fever at Campobello, Spartanburg county. His mother went over several days ago to attend him in his illness and to accompany him home as soon as he is well enough to rpturn. XMrs. Sallie II. Griffith and family, of Charlotte; Mr. Chns. W. Bawlinson and daughter, Miss Nettie; Miss Annie Moody, of Columbia, and Mr. Walter Greer, of Blacksburg, are in Yorkville, visiting i Mr. J. M. Ilawlinson's family. Mr. William II. Colcock paid a brief visit to Yorkville on Thursday last, and was met by his numerous friends who were gratified to find him in the enjoyment of excellent health. Mr. Colcock is now in business at Lancaster, to which place he has moved his family. MKRK-MKNTION. The Louisiana rice crop will be below ; the average this year. Bismarck has been selected as the location of the State capital of Dakota. At Carbon Hill, Ala., the other day, Harvey Speck killed Berry Adair with a revolver, shooting him three times. The trouble grew out of Speck's demanding payment by Adair of a small account the latter owed him. Adair was a quiet and peaceable man. The slayer escaped. Much unfavorable comment has been indulged in in New York at the action of Sheriff' Flack, of that city, securing a divorce from his wife without notifying her of the proceedings. When the facts were stated before Judge Bookstaver he set aside all the proceed ings and annulled the decree. w 001folk, the Iiibb county, C * a., murderer, who exterminated nine members of his family in one night, was sentenced to be hanged last Friday, but on Thursday a supersedeas was issued postponing the execution Sending a motion for a new trial. Eben . Allen, defaulting ex-president of the Grand Street Ferry railroad company, in New York, who pleaded guilty to two indictments charging him with the over issue of SlOU.JHlli worth of stock of the company, has been sentenced to fourteen years hard labor in the penitentiary. A young man named Mark Solomon has been arrested at Savannah for the murder of a playmate four years ago, when he and his victim were boys. Bill Westmoreland, colored, was hanged at Jacksonville, Florida, last Thursday for wife murder. Ifon. W. J. Xorthen, of Hancock county, has announced himself as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Georgia. Extensive forest and prairie fires raged in Montana last week covering an area of thousands of acres. Dr. S. Mattoon, for twenty years a missionary of the Northern Presbyterian church in Siam, but since 1879 president of the Biddle (colored) institute at Charlotte, died at Marian, Ohio, last Thursday. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Ii ; C'orrc>i|KMiil?iici: of tin; Yorkville Kwiuirer. i ( Chester, August 20.?On last Wednes- i day night, at about half-past three o'clock, < Mrs. F. M. Chisholm was awakened by a 1 roaring noise. As soon as Mrs. Chisholm ' ; awoke she saw that the house was on fire, j J | and the flames had already made great | progress, as air. unisnoim was aoseni from home, nothing could be done except to get the children out along with what household goods the limited time allowed. ! There was an insurance of i?8l)0 on the 1 house and furniture. Three young ladies put in appearance 1 at School Commissioner Knox's oflice on Thursday to enter the race for the WinI throp appointment. No one made the | necessary mark on the trial in July. Miss Minnie Hoist was the successful appli! cant at Thursday's examination. Miss j Mary Osborne came second. Mr. Joseph Wylic was called to Harmony Friday by the death of his brother's wife, Mrs. Samuel Wylie. The deceased had been in failing health for some time. She was seventy-two years of age. Mr. S. 1). Ilinson received a telegram on Friday announcing the death of a brother at Maiden, X. C. This is the third time this year that Mr. Ilinson has been called to North Carolina on a similar mission. One brother died in February, his father in April, and now another ! brother has been taken. The next session of .Bethel presbytery ! will convene at Itichburg on the 4th of September. Airs. A. II. Davega aud Misses Didie j and Mary Davega, had an exciting experience with a runaway horse near the cemetery on last Friday afternoon. The horse became frightened at something and dashed off at break-neck speed. Miss Didie and Miss Mary jumped out and re- : ceivcd no hurt beyond a few bruises. Mrs. Davega staid in the phieton until she saw there was no hope of checking the : horse, when she too jumped out, and was i thrown violently to the ground, escaping with nothing worse than a severe jar. The horse ran a short distance further, i when the vehicle turned over and smashed to pieces, burying the colored driver, uninjured, under the wreck. The horse i became detached when the phieton turned i over and came to a halt after running as long as he wanted. 1 This was the second runaway near the i cemetery on toe same uay. vviuie oiricK- < er was thrown and bruised slightly that day by a frightened horse. < Representatives of the Georgia, Carolina < and Northern Railroad company went out yesterday to condemn a right of way through the plantation of Mrs. Nancy Me- < Collum. The matter ended in an award of ' ?835 to Mrs. McCollum for the right of way | through her place. The G., C. A N. will have to condemn five or six other tracts t between Chester and Broad river, most of them being near town. i The Petersburg excursion of the Sixth regiment, originally advertised for the s 20th, but postponed to a later date because of some difficulty about the arrangements 1 with one of the connecting lines of rail- ! road, has been fixed for the 27th instant. 1 The trustees of the Chester graded school 1 completed their selection of teachers for < another year this morning. The following 1 will be the full corps of.assistant teachers < for the session of 8!WM): R. B. Cunning- i ham, Jos. E. Edwards, Mrs. M. A. Blana, i Mrs. E. T. Webb, Miss Annie Gott. No i change has been made in the principalship. The next session opens on the 2nd of Sep- ] tember. < Mr. and Mrs. John B. McFadden have t gone to visit Mrs. C. E. Graham. 1 Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Edwards paid a visit < to Rock Hill last week. I Dr. W. S. Gregg has gone on a trip 1 North. Mrs. Julia Campbell has been visiting 1 friends and relatives in Charlotte and i Rock Hill. ( Mr. J. If. Smith has just finished putting 1 a new roof on his house. < Mr. M. II. Hunter is also repainting his 1 house and putting on new shingles. < Mrs. Drusilla Gaston, wife of Mr. E. L. ] fin?tnn of Tnrkev (Jreek. died on the 12th. I instant, in hero2nd year. Mr. and Mrs. F. Ii. White went to Spar- i tanburg last week to visit Mrs. White's parents, Capt. and Mrs. J. W. Carlisle. ' Dr. G. Ii. White took a holiday last week < at Catawba Springs. 1 Mrs. Samuel Gunhouse and family have i been to Catawba Springs. < Miss May Corn well and a visiting friend, 1 Miss Wright, of Darlington, spent a day or * two in town last week, at Mr. S. Ii. Mas- t sey's. < John and Turner Kee went to Greenville Friday to answer the charges of assault and conspiracy preferred against ( them in the United States court by B. H. C'order. < Mrs. I). Hemphill returned to Chester < on Thursday after a protracted stay in I New York. i Rev. II. F. G'hreitzberg has gone to i Chesterfield to assist in a camp meeting ] there. l Miss Fannie McFadden is visiting in s Rock Ilill and Pineville. Mrs. N. P. Alexander, of Fayetteville, i N. C., is visiting at Major T. S. Mills's. ' Mr. and Mrs. W. E. MofTatt have gone < on an extended trip through the North. 1 While Mr. Moffatt is away he will select 1 machinery for the Moffatt Manufacturing ] company. Mrs. S. M. .Tnnps is visitint? at Tirzah < in York county. ? < INIiss Ella Willis, of Charleston, is visiting Mrs. F. T. Morgan. J Miss Carrie Walsh has returned from a i several weeks trip to Charlotte. 1 Mrs. Erancina Hamilton, of Columbia, I is visiting Mrs. I. J. McNinch. < Mrs. William Perry, of Lancaster, is J visiting her mother, Mrs. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Spratt have been 1 visiting relatives at Fort Mill. I Mrs. W. L. Douglas has been visiting 1 relatives at Blackstock. t Mrs. J. Lyles Glenn has been visiting ' Mr. Glenn's relatives in York. 1 Albert Owen, of Orangeburg, has been t visiting his father's family here. < Misses Bessie Smith and Jessie Bond ] have been visiting Miss Willie Cross at ( Harmony. 1 Miss Etta Heyman has returned home i from a visit to Camden. ( Miss Pigford, of Wilmington, N. C., is ( visiting Miss Ella Sanders. Miss Bessie Hardin has returned from i an extended visit to friends in Virginia. t J. K. Henry, F^sq., has gone to Green- i ville on business connected with the c United States court. J. K. Marshall and I J. T. Marion are also there as witnesses, t James Grant was convicted of perjury t there a few days ago and sentenced to three i months imprisonment. i Mrs. Maury and Mrs. Guy have returned i to their respective homes in Virginia, ? after a protracted visit to Chester. c Mrs. Gertrude Ryan and Mrs. Toby, of I Barnwell, are at Mr. T. N. Bennett's. t Mr. W. W. Coogler, is moving to Mrs. Albright's, where he will reside until his new residence is completed. Mr. S. B. Meacham is moving to the house Mr. Coog- < ler is vacating. Dr. G. B. White returned on Monday ? from a trip to Catawba Springs. ( Miss Irene Davega left for a visit to t Asheville on Monday. s Mr. Eugene C'hilds has been visiting his c brother L. 1). C'hilds. t Miss Lillian Crawford is at her brother's, s Mr. E. A. Crawford. c Miss Annie Gott went to Fort Mill on i Saturday to visit her sister, Mrs. Sloan. s Mrs. W. T. ltobinson hasgone on a visit t to her mother, near Rossville. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McLuro, Mrs. G. B. ( White, Mr. .las. Hemphill, Rev. George t Summey, Miss Mary Brawley, Mr. and 'J Mrs. (Jiles J. Patterson, Mrs. (J. W. Gage, i and Mrs. Taylor Marion are at Catawba c Springs. c Mrs. E. A. Crawford left to-day for Ashe- i vilie, N. C. I - It LETTER FROM LANCASTER. C'nrrfs|iomlfrici- of llir Yurkville Kii(|Uirt-r. | t Laxcastkk, August 19.?The weather j c seems to be more settled, and the crops of: this section are giviug now good promise. Thr j will probably be the largest corn | crop gathered in Lancaster county this j1 year that has ever been known in the history of the county. i The people will have a line opportunity <i to get a good stand of turnips, as the land 1 is now in good condition for sowing this r winter vegetable. Let every one make use of the opportunity, as the turnip crop i is a valuable one, on account of the time and season in which it matures. i I learn that there will be a quarterly t meeting held at Salem church, on the line F of the Three C's railroad, on next Saturday, F under the auspices of the presiding elder of that district, Rev. J. S. Beasley. There t will be at this old time camp ground held '1 a protracted meeting, to commence on next Thursday. Rev. J. C. Davis, the t preacher in charge, will be assisted by the c presiding elder and perhaps others. A large attendance is expected. i The alliance is fully alive to their work c in this county. They spent one day last week in the court house in deliberation f md debate. They always ait with closed doors, and keep their own secrets. I imagine the merchant is the only man that they are afraid of. They have no cause to be afraid of the mechanic, the doctor and the lawyer?but these classes of people are, I believe, not eligible to membership. I wish them success, and believe that they liave already done some good. The bank of Lancaster, under the aus-1 pices of our young townsman Col. Leroy | Springs, the president, opened on Thursday last, according to previous notice, and is now in the regular discharge of business. : The deposits are pouring in beyond expectation. This is the first chartered bank ever organized in Lancaster, and it may1 be said to mark an event in the affairs of the county, when her future history comes j to be written. Many would have been much better pleased to see a National bank established, but I suppose we may he greatly benefitted by this State bank. t ! 1 '1 J L. <\r>t*i?AuohJnrr J. IIU ill'ilUCIIiy Ullltlllll^; in IIJ'I" uuv.il I LJK completion, and, if it be not a very imposing structure, it will be roomy, and afford accommodation for a large number of pupils. The trustees have procured the services of Mrs. Xowel, of Spartanburg, a sister of Col. J. S. it. Thomson. Lancaster will now have abundant facilities for education. There is not now a single case of fever in our town. Can any town of eighteen hundred inhabitants in the State, in the ! month of August, show up as good a health record ? nun rose. LETTER FROM LANCASTER COISTY. Ciirri?>|Miiidciici! of tin: Ynrkville Km|iiirrr. Sl'RiNGDELL, August 17.?The sun is once more shining brightly; the rains have ceased, and people again begin to be able to walk on the face of the earth instead of sinking shoe-mouth #deep in mud. Ah, how many poor wretches of the Benedictine order delight in the renewal of sunshine. The cloudy brows ot the "sulky, sullen dame" are somewhat relaxed. She no longer meets her lord at the door, with broom in hand, to see whether his shoes are properly scraped and to scold, if they are not. Some of the poor fellows have had to almost, if not entirely, wear out their stiff cow-hide boots and shoes by scraping at the door. So long has been the wet spell that most of our farmers have quit their crops instead of laying them by. The crops have suffered both from water and want of work. There is no end to grass in some crops, while others are comparatively clean. Early upland corn will make a very good crop; also some planted early in bottoms; but the late plantings, both on hills and lowlands, do not promise well. The excess of rain has turned the greater part of it yellow. Cotton cannot possibly yield a full crop. Some of it has scarcely any fruit at all. Indeed, some has none, while nearly all is too young to put on a crop; besides, the wet weather causes it to run to weed instead of fruiting. During two months prior to May 30 we had such a drought that in many places stands of cotton were not apparent until the middle of June. In others nothing like a stand came up. When the cotton jame the grass accompanied it. The corn was to be worked, or replanted ; and everything demanded attention at once. 80 1 continuous battle with grass was waged jntil the late wet spell put an end to operations. I notice in the columns of your correspondence that around Hickory Grove enough corn will be made for that section, notwithstanding the great loss by water. It is gratifying to know that eur neighbors do well, even if we are poorly off; but it is small comfort to those who have toiled in vain. While the weather has kept our people from work, they have not been entirely idle. Some of them have been quite inlustrious in the chase, and a number of foxes have been executed without benefit )f clergy, for their raids on unprotected .ien-roosts. No bears have been killed, captured, or even seen. They must have passed through our little township in the light. Most of our farmers are now busy grazing their stock, or cutting forage for them. tVmong other things ragweed, which springs up in stubble, is found to be acceptable to stock after being cut down and wilted. Some say it makes good hay ; md such has been maintained in theSouth3rn Cultivator by a writer in this State who las tried it. At any rate, our farmers ihntilfl orivp if. n frinl. us mm will be scarce ind forage much in demand during the joining winter. waxiiaw. NOTES FROM CLOVER. Jorrespoudencu of tin: Yorkvllle Enquirer. Clover, August 19.?Mr. lleuben McL'all has the contract for the brick work 3D the factory. He has a large force of lands making brick. The weather was unfavorable at the outset, but it is better low, and he is making at the rate of about 100,000 per week. They are being made right on the ground, which will be a great saving in the way of hauling Mr. H. E. Jackson has bought the house ind lot formerly occupied by Dr. S. A. Smith as a drug store. He is how tearing Jown and removing the old building, and will soon build a dwelling house on the lot. He will occupy it as soon as completed. There is a greater demand for small dwelling houses in Clover now than was jver known before. Eugene Bell, oldest son of Mr. E. F. and Mrs. Janie Bell, died here on Saturday morning, 17th instant, aged 1G years and 10 days. Eugene was a good boy, loved ay every one and will be missed by the mtire community. The family have the sympathy of the entire people. The picnic in Bethel, near Mr. Bartow's, was a great success. I have always lad the idea that if a man wanted a good iving he must go among farmers. They, is a class, live better than any others, rhis being an alliance picnic, it is equivaent to savins that the dinner was abund mt, and that too of the very best. It was juiet and orderly and everything was feasant. All speak in the highest terms >f its success. The speakers of the day vere (ien. E. M. Law and W. L. McDonild, of Yorkville, W. N. Elder, president )f the county alliance, and W. H. Smith, )f Clover. Music was furnished by the Clover corlet band. This, by the way, was the first ,ime our band ever appeared before the jublic, and, from the criticisms of those :ompetent to judge of good music, our )oys should be greatly encouraged. In act, outsiders were so well pleased with heir effort there that they have already eceived an invitation to play for the ()1ley alliance, of Gaston county, X. C., on text Saturday. They have consented to jo, and I hope they will add more laurels )n that day. If they will continue to iractice and stick to it, they will soon esablish a high reputatiouas musicians. j. i). g. ALLIANCE PIC-NIC. 'orruspom|t*iic<* of tin; Yorkville Enquirer. Olive, S. C., August 17.?The picnic fiven on tho 11th instant by the Cedar Jrove Alliance was a decided success as i\ tho nnmhor r?f nennle in attendance I md the elegance of the dinner, which in juautity and quality was all that could je desired. To the ladies of this section hould full credit be accorded for the sue:ess of this feature of the occasion. The nost serious disappointment was the abience of speakers?those invited failing o attend. Kev. F. (). S. Curtis, assisted by lie v. J. I. Adams, of liock Ilill, will begin a proracted meeting at New Bethel to-morrow. Hie meeting may close, however, by the niddle of the week. Mr. Curtis has ac:epted a call to serve the Flint llill ihurch, to which charge he will soon reuove. Our people will regret to lose dr. Curtis, who has endeared himself to hem. This section has suffered some damage o crops planted on low lands, by reason >f the recent freshets in the streams. a. w. m. LETTER FROM UNION. 'orrespomlenci' of the Yorkville Enquirer. Union, S. C., August 17.?Mr. J. B. 'orter, who has been quite sick for some lays, is able to be out again, and he will eave for Yorkville to-day to take a week's ! est among friends and relatives. The colored odd Fellows' annual meet-j ng closed here last Friday. Miss Nora McNally died last Saturday ! light at t) o'clock. She was nearly seven-j een years old and was admired by all for j ler many amiable qualities of head and1 leart. Mrs. Cornelia Pridmore, ofGaffney City, I lut formerly of this place, died on the | d of August at Gaffney City. Mr. J. C. Hunter lost a fine thorough-! ?red brood mare last Monday night, from olic. The animal was valued at $1,000. Mr. W. H. Gist has accepted a position n the Pelham Mills store, in Greenville ounty. The Hebron farmers' alliance held a >icnic a few miles below here last Tues (lay. All who attended it express themselves as having had an enjoyable time. Mr. Lewis X. Rodgers, who for some years has been living in Columbia, has returned and will go in business here. Your correspondent has acted as a detective the last week, and has succeeded in bringing to light the guilty parties who stole the money out of Mr. Trefzer's safe last week, in the person of two small negro boys, Dave Louis and Fletcher Fan, aged about thirteen years each. They have both replaced the money. Mr. Jeter Counts has gone to Lexington on a visit to relatives. The corner stone for the cotton seed oil mill was laid last Wednesday and the work is still progressing rapidly. NOTES FROM ETblH'ICS CREEK. Coimpnnik'iict! of tin: Yorkvilir Enquirer. Bullock's Ckkkk, August 19.-The protracted meetings in our township, which have been extensively, and I trust beneficially enjoyed by all the people of this section, are now about closed. As a result of these meetings about twenty persons connected themselves with the church at Bullock'sCreek, Rev. R. P.Smith'scharge. Mr. It. l'. smith ana iamuy, 01 isuuocks Creek, will start to-morrow on a visit to Clinton, S. C'., and will be absent about a month. Mrs. S. S. Blaxico, of Hoodtown, is visiting friends and relatives near (Jalfney City. Master \V. il.Sherer, of ({rover, is visiting friends and relatives near Blairsville. There will be a rainbow party at Bullock's Creek to day for the purpose of raising money for the fund being raised to pay lur |)iUUiiiJg uiu jjiusuuage* i IUJAIYIMI. LETTER FROM "UNION COUNTY. Correypondi'iirc of the Yorkvllle Knquirer. Etta Jank, August 19.?The fodder pulling season is now upon us. In consequence of so much rain T suppose the fodder is ripening faster than the corn. This country lias never had a more luxuriant crop of hay "than it now lias. Could it be well taken care of we might supply the country around for miles with forage nextyear. Some farmers are still plowing in their cotton. To-morrow the county Sunday-school convention meets at New Hope church, near Jonesyille. This is a representative body of Sundayschool workers, and will 110 doubt make the occasion a pleasant profitable and one. Some cases of chills are reported along tho creeks and rivers at this time. Mrs. Nicy Jones died last Monday. She was the widow of Columbus Jones of the 18th S. C. V., and one of the State pensioners, rkima.. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The first bale of new cotton sold in the State was raised by Col. Mike Brown, of Barnwell, and shipped by him to Charleston last Friday. ? The secretary of State has issued a commi&sion for the incorporation of the co-operative alliance store of Anderson. The capital stock is to be $50,000 to be divided into shares of the par value of $10 each. ? The President has at last recognized the Independents of South Carolina by the appointment of Geo. G. Alexander as postmaster at Camden. He was the Independent candidate for United States marshal. ? Candidates for office of governor are cropping out, and from present indications will be as plentiful as blackberries in June. So far suggested are the names: Governor John Peter Richardson, Col. Joseph IT. TTakIa f Inn AT T. Pnnhnm Tr T-Tnn Ta? lficerCoh J.C. *Haske'fi,' Col.cTs. McCall, and Hon. John C. Sheppard. ? A shooting affray occurred at Midway, Barnwell county, last Wednesday night between J. C. Milley, a trial justice, and G. E. Hutto. They had been to Bamberg at a trial and had a fight, and came back to Midway, where the shooting took place. Milley was killed. Hutto has surrendered to the sheriff. ? Marion Star: Mrs. Laura Price, living near Mullins, met with a sad affliction sast Friday morning. She had just filled a large tub with boiling water when her little daughter, about")years old, who was playing around it, accidentally lost her balance and fell head foremost in the tub, scalding herself to death before the agonized mother could take her out. ? Edgefield courtadjourned last Wednesday after being nine days in session. Some murder cases were continued. George Shaw, a brother-in-law of Yeldell, was convicted of malicious mischief. His offence was killing two mules, and he was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary. It might have been better for him had he killed two men. ? There was a cloud burst, at 7 o'clock last Thursday between Sumter and Columbia, and the track of the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta railroad in the vicinity of Eastover and Wedgefield was seriously damaged, as also the track of the Three C's railroad, on which many bad washouts occurred near Camden. Water covered the'track for nearly ten miles. The South Carolina railroad had two culverts washed away near Gadsden. The rainfall practically inundated temporarily a section of forty square miles, and was severely damaging to crops. ? The Greenville News of Friday says: The ball put into the negro's head by Hal Power's pistol a few weeks since was extracted yesterday. The case is attracting considerable attention from the medical men here, and it is said if he finally lecovers it will be one of the most remarkable cases on record. The ball entered in the centre of the forehead and ranging to the left and downward, lodged under the skin just in front of the left ear. A considerable amount of brain oozed out of the man's ear, showing that the covering of the brain had been broken. Yet the patient will probably get well. ? A Laurens correspondent of the News and Courier says: Plverything has quieted down in the Langston-Lanford homicide, except that the coroner is severely criticised for not binding the witnesses who appeared at the inquest to attend the court of sessions. One of the witnesses, who lives in Georgia, and had on the day of the killing arrived in this State, not being under bond, has returned home and cannot now be brought to the trial. Oneor two of the witnesses havo since given bond, but Grandby, who was arrested by the deputy sheriff, escaped. The friends of Langstou consider his evidence materi al, and will endeavor to una mm. THE CROPS AXDTHK WEATHER. The weather crop bulletin of the South Carolina weather service says, for the week ending last Saturday: The rainfall for the State was above the normal, and the temperature and sunshine was below the normal. The rainfall for the week has been above the normal, resulting in some localities to material injury to the cotton crop. The reports for the week are very meagre, owing to the fact of large washouts on the Richmond and Danville and Wilmington railroads. Mails have been delayed and serious results to the farmers in that section of the country are evident from the best information obtainable. Sunshine is greatly needed throughout the State. Corn is safe and will yield largely. Peas, potatoes, etc., are doing finely. The farmers generally are hopeful. The weekly weather crop bulletin issued by the United States signal office at Washington shows that the weather for the week euding last Saturday was cooler and marked by more rain than usual throughout the Northern States, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. It has been slightly warmer than the average temperature in the GulfStates. In the cotton, region extending from Georgia to Texas, the weather was favorable and the onttnn ernn imnrnuoil u 11Iwinrrh cotton worms are on the increase from Alabama westward to Arkansas, and have caused some damage to the crop. Mississippi reports caterpillars in thirteen counties. In the eastern portion of the cotton region the crop has been somewhat damaged by rain, but farmers are yet hopeful. In New England, New York and New Jersey the weather was generally unfavorable. State Colored Alliance.?The trustees of the colored farmers' State Alliance met in Columbia on Tuesday of last week. There were present T. E. Pratt ofCheraw, chairman ; J. C. Atkinson of Lowrysville, Chester county, treasurer; \V. M. Sims, of Richland, secretary. After the meeting was called to order and the proceedings opened as per ritual, James 11. Carey, of Society Hill, State superintendent of the alliance, addressed the board. 1 le advised the members to subscribe for some good newspaper in South Carolina, through which they could give notice and keep themselves posted as to what was best to do. He declared himself opposed to white men holding the most prominent positions in the alliance, since its constitution objects to white men being members. He said if they must have white men at their head, they should take South Carolinians and not Texans. He also suggested that they use cotton bagging hereafter instead of jute bagging. He also said that some of tho farmers don't do so because they are under liens and mortgages; but this statement was denied by other members.