Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 25, 1889, Image 5

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Jwaps audi ? No person living will again date a document properly without using a "9." It now stands on the extreme right?1889. Next j'ear it will take third place?1S90, where it will remain for ten years. It will theu move into second place?1900, and there will remain for a century. ? The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, a Republican paper, says that "there is every reason to believe that the proposed emigration of large bodies of Southern negroes to the new States of the Northwest is, as estimated, simply a part of a gigantic scheme of political colonization." ? Many of the white children in the 6th public school district of Cincinnati have refncuvl nftonH thp nnhlio schools because colored children have been admitted, and a juvenile race war, with stones, is being daily carried on. Foraker may have to call out the militia to quell the rebellion against equal rights in the public schools. ? Ex-Governor Thomas J. Jarvis has declined to accept the presidency of the North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical college, to which he was recently elected. He says that his sole reason for declining is that he does not feel qualified for a proper discharge of the duties incident to the position. ? The merchants'and cotton exchanges of Memphis are receiving protests daily against the adoption of the recommendation of the cotton convention, recently held in New Orleans, to tare cotton wrapped in jute twenty-four pounds, and that in bagging sixteen pounds. The indications are that the rule will not be adopted by the Memphis exchange. ? The national convention of colored Baptists concluded its annual session at ? Indianapolis last Friday. Rev. E. Love, , of Savannah, Ga., said that out of three mtllion Baptists in the United States, 1,362,273 were negroes, although when the ' emancipation proclamation was issued, i there were but three hundred colored Bap- , tists. ? Rev. Edward Wilson, a colored clergy- ( man, while attending the meeting of an association of Baptists in Decatur, 111., last week, entered the rooms of a prominent confectionery firm and asked to be served with ice cream, but was refused solely on account of his color. He caused the arrest of the confectioners, and will try to secure their punishment under the laws of the State. ? A correspondent writing in the London ' Times of last Friday, says: There is a prospect that American cotton may yet touch 7d per pound, and that a fortnight's 1 stoppage in October will be secured to punish the Liverpool ring. One hundred thousand spindles and many thousand looms are stopped in North and East Lancashire, and notices have been given of more extensive stoppages next week. ? The statehood convention of Wyoming, last Friday, adopted as part of the constitution, a suffrage chapter. Female citizens are to vote. The present qualifications are required?that all electors shall be able to read English; shall be full-fledged citizens, and shall have had six months' residence in Wyoming. Each stipulation was opposed vigorously by a couple of corporation attorneys. Ballots to contain the name of all candidates will be issued by the State officers. ? Alabama has a wise law applicable to the plea of insanity in the trial of murder I.*/** f f Ka UliU ItUt WCC& IIIC uiot tnai uuu\.x wuv new law was heard in Blount county. Jno. Livingston murdered his sister at Warrior sometime ago, the murder being peculiarly horrible. His case was called last week in the circuit court, and he pleaded insanty. A special jury was at once empanelled to try the issue of insanity and they returned a verdict that Livingston is sane. He was then put on trial for murder, with the insanity dodge eliminated. ? The wife of Capt. George A. Armes, the retired army officer who in March last tried to pull Governor Beaver's nose, wants him confined in an insane asylum, as she considers him irresponsible and dangerous to be at large. Under her statement of the abuses she has been subjected to at his hands within the past few months, the war department has ordered a board of medical officers to examine into his mental condition. The board, which consists of Major J. S. Billings and Washington Matthews, will convene at the Army ! Medical Museum, in Washington,on Tues- 1 day next. 1 ? The colored people of Florida are indignant over the recent appointment of , Gen. McKee as the receiver of public J moneys for that State, for they remember a speech made by that gentleman shortly after the last Presidential election. In this speech he read the Riot Act to the colored voters, telling them that the time , had come when the good of the Republican party demanded that they should take back seats and let the white leadership in the party prevail. At that time Gen. McKee was a candidate for postmaster at Jacksonville. ? At Moteville, a town near the scene of the recent race troubles in Bibb county, Ala., the negroes have all resolved to do no work for white people. The negro women are in the movement and white families are unable to obtain cooks or women to do their laundry work. The negroes refuse to work on the farms, and many farmers will be unable to gather their crops unless they can obtain white laborers. The only reason given by the negroes for their action is that they are tired of working for white people. ? In the supreme court circles it is thought that the vacancy on the U. S. supreme court bench will be filled before the assembling of the court?the second Monday in October. A report comes from Deer Park, that the president has almost concluded to appoint Judge Wood, of Indiana, who is claimed by his friends to be one of the ablest lawyers in the Northwest. But as he has shown himself to be so much of a partisan, the friends of others who have been named for the place think that the president should hesitate and ponder before yielding to the pressure. ? Thos. A. J. Clemens, editor of the National Times, an organ of the colored people at Washington and in Alexandria, Va., has issued a call for a convention of the independent colored citizens of Virginia, to be held at Alexandria, October 1. The call declares the condition of the colored people in the State of Virginia politically, indrstriallv and socially, to be verv unsat isfactory. It is signed by a committee of seven. Mr. Clemens says he has assurances that at least seventy delegates will be in attendance. The convention will , endorse one of the candidates for governor now in the field. It is expected to endorse the Democratic candidate, McKinney. ? Last week, Guilford, Conn., which celebrated the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary ofits foundation, has, itisclaimed, the oldest house in this country. The I house was built in 1640 for Rev. Henry Whitfield, a minister of the Church of England, a non-conformist. The stones < for it were brought on barrows from a ledge ' a long distance from the site. The cement i used was brought from England, and is < now harder than the stone itself. At times it was used by the early settlers as a kind of fort to defend themselves against the incursions of hostile savages, and the ; first marriage in Guilford was solemized < within its walls. ? That the devasted city of Johnstown 1 will rise again there seems to be no doubt. 1 The enormous task of restoring the Penn- ' sylvania railroad tracks from South Fork to the lamous stone bridge, continues day I and night. With all possible energy the ' Cambria Iron Company is operating those departments of its works which escaped j ruin. Its army of employees is busy and hundreds of men are engaged in rebuilding the structures demolished or damaged. < Planing mills, gas works, electric light works, and other minor industrial estab- ( lishments, are being put in working order. Stores have been reopened, and although ( the merchants are only in temporary . buildings they have a good stock on hand and find an ample demand for their wares. There have been at least 1,000 places of habitation erected during the last three ( months. Of course the majority of them are only temporary structures, but they answer every purpose. Some substantial buildings, however, are well under way and many foundations are being laid. ? W.J.David, a notable alliance man, died at Columbus, Ga., last Thursday. Pie was the agent of the Columbus alliance warehouse, and died after a short illness. He took charge of the warehouse at the start, as agent, and was a strong healthy man, though over sixty. Up to the time of his assuming the duties of agent he was always accustomed to the farm and knew very little of warehouse business. He was an ardent alliance man, and he was prepared to do anything to forward the interests of his brother alliance men as far as he knew them. Prom the first his heart and soul were bent on defeating the jute trust. This was one of the principal reasons that induced him % to take hold of the agency lines. In season and out of season, all through the summer, he was addressing meetings all through his territory and impressed upon them the great importance of farmers using cotton bagging. Pledges were given and taken, and for a while all things wenl on smoothly. However, when it came to the scratch, and when the fight was really on, jute bagging appeared on all sides among the alliance men. Since the cotton season opened, jute's gaunt appearance to Agent David was much more frequent than his favorite, cotton. Resolutions of expulsion were passed at the lasl alliance meeting, which agent David at tended, against all alliance men usinj jute bagging. But these resolutions hac no effect. These facts, together with th< onerous duties of his office, are confident ly believed to have hastened Mr. David': death. The last words he pronounced or earth were "cotton bagging." ?hc IJflrimUc (?ni)uim\ YORKVILLE, S. V. : ^ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,1889 THIS WEEK'S EDITION. The Enquirer this week presents it: readers with a third installment on th( series of articles by which it is endeavor ing to make our people realize and appre date the advantages by which they are surrounded. The issue to-day is a picture of Blacksburg and Northwestern York and shows up the past, preseut and ex ceedingly bright future of that rapidly developing section. This showing is com plete and comprehensive, and is lacking in few if any of the details calculated tc make it more attractive. Not seeking tc take too much credit to itself for thi: manificent issue, however, it gives Tin Enquirer especial pleasure to acknowl edge the hearty co-operation, and the ful share of the labor and expense borne bj the progressive citizens of Blacksburg There will be distributed over four thou sand copies of the edition. COTTON COVEIUNGTN NEW YORK. Noting the arrival in the New Yori market of cotton packed in the allianc< - "NT "\7 rt.l. Pniyimnmiol TJ.,1 Ulllionij, 11IC xuia vuiuuicitiai uui letin of last Saturday says: There have of late been quite free arri vals in this market of cotton oovered wit! cotton bagging instead of jute. A numbei of the leading receivers were called upor yesterday and questioned in regard to tin condition of this cotton. The verdict seem ed to be a general one?that the new bag ging was proving a success as far as com pressed bales were concerned, while the condition of the uncompressed cotton wa< eminently unsatisfactory. Messrs. Hop kins, Dwight & Co. have probably recei vec more of cotton in the new covering thar any other firm, and their views on the question are therefore of practical impor tance. They said in reply to questions : "Quite a large percentage of the cotton now arriving from Charleston and Savan nah is covered with cotton. The Gulf cot ton, however, shows a comparatively smal percentage of cotton coverings?jute still preponderating there. The cotton covered bales that have been compressed have arrived in very good order indeed; far better than was expected in fact. The compressed cotton, however, is more convenient tc handle than the uncompressed. The uncompressed that has arrived is in very ragged condition, which may to some extent be accounted for by the fact that the covering used is in many cases lighter than the standard, which is $ of a pound to a yard. Many planters have used whal is known as * to | pounds, which, however, is not heavier than J pound. It must be mentioned, however, that it is very early in the season, and that even the compressed cotton has not as yet had a thorough test, inasmuch as it has not been subjected to storms for long periods. Alliances are strong in the Gulf States and States west of the Mississippi, and it may be that the later arrivals from there will be more largely covered with cotton. 44 A J m nofi rMo+A 10 9/1 nnr nnnf r\{ Ittll \ToLI LLlc* Lv_/ 10 lliai ?V V.tUU Wi the crop will be covered with cotton fabric. The alliances are thoroughly aroused on the question. The Sibley Mills, of Augusta, have put in new machinery and are running day and night. They have contracts on hand, we are informed, for 250,000 yards of cotton bagging, and the Gainesville, Ga., mills have contracts for larger quantities. "We do not believe that the special tare for cotton covered bales will be adopted in this market until the Liverpool market first adopts it. Here at the present time cotton is sold by gross weight. In Liverpool it is sold by net weight, with an allowance of 6 per cent, for tare." The foregoing views may fairly be said to represent those of the other large receivers in the local market. The Weather and tiie Crops.?The South Carolina weather service furnishes the following report for the week ending last Saturday: Rainfall for the State was below normal. Temperature for the State was below normal. Sunshine for the State was a little above normal. Weather conditions?The rainfall during the week has been below normal and but fairly distributed. Temperature below normal, resulting in favor of the crops generally. The sunshine has been a little above normal, conferring untold benefits upc-n the farmers in harvesting their cotton. Picking is still progressing rapidly, but at this date no averago can be determined on. Peas, potatoes, and the other fall crops seem to have suffered some from the dry cold nights and warm sunshiny days, yet it is hoped they will yield largely. Farmers yet feel sanguine of making a fair average crop all around. Corn is in splendid condition and will soon be ready to gather. The signal bureau at Washington furnishes the following report of the weather in the cotton region last week : The week was warmer than usual in New England and the middle Atlantic States, but about the normal temperature prevailed throughout the Southern States. The weather during the week in the cotton regions was generally favorable except in Tennessee, where the rain caused some damage, and in Alabama, where drouth and rust proved injurious to the plant, which is reported as opening rapidly. The weather was generally favorable for picking, but in Texas cool weather retarded the opening of bolls. In Arkansas leaf and boll worms injured many fields, aud in Mississippi the second appearance of worms has proved very destructive in several localities. In the eastern portion of the cotton region the weather was favorable, and planters are encouraged. ? - - ? - - ?? The Gallows.?Thomas Brown was hung at Morehead, Minnesota, last Friday morning for the murder of Policeman Powell, on the night of October 17, 1888. The drop fell a few minutes after 4 a. m. Brown faced death bravely and died without a struggle. This was the second legal execution un tier the new state law which prescribe.': that the condemned shall be hanged at night; that no newspaper reporters shall be present, and that newspapers shall not publish details of the hangings. All the daily papers published accounts ol Brown's execution. Brown made a sale of his body some time ago to a doctor of Morehead, the purchase price being ten dollars, to be given to a certain young lady for whom he seems to have held high regard, Brown was twenty-four years old and a very hard character. King's Mountain Baptist Association.?The King's Mountain Baptist association was in session last week at Eliza beth church, three miles from Shelby, N, C. A large delegation was present. H F. Schenek was elected moderator, E. I) Latimore, treasurer, J). J. Lovelace, clerk The association pledged itself to supporl ltev. (L P. Bostic as missionary to China with the assistance of the Green ltiver association. This association gives ?7(10 foi this cause, an increase of $5"?0 over la.si year. LETTER FROM HICKORY (JROYE. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. I Hickory Grove, September 24.?Tiie i white caps have made their appearance in thiseommunity. Mr. Neal, the one-legged i Confederate veteran, who may be seen t daily on our streets, informs me that on > Friday morning last he went to the house of .Robert Lanier to get him to do some i work for him. When he got there Mr. Lanier was not at home. Mrs. Lanier in formed Mr. Neal that he had gone to RIacksburg. She said that on the night before, about one hundred mounted men, t having white caps over their faces, had ridden up to their house and inquired for r some Mormon elders who had been stayi ing there. They were not there. They } then asked Mr. Lanier if he was a Mormon. - lie said that he was. They then took him out into the yard, and while one man held 1 a pistol to her head, and another to that of her son, they made Bob hug an apple tree in the yard and administered to him a sound thrashing with hickories. I am , informed that they also whipped one John Jones and a Nancy Biggers, who were Mormons, and living a dissolute life in the community. Robert Lanier is a man about fifty years of age. He was a member ol the 17th Regiment, but deserted during the war. He is a pronounced Mormon, and his house has been headquarters for thp Mormon elders in this section for a I number of years. These elders are bad, low men, who have proselyted a good many ignorant people here. They had been warned to not come here any more, but last week two of them came, and, as usual, took up their quarters at Lanier's and began their nefarious work. If they * had been caught there is no doubt they would have received like punishment with Lanier and the others. Mary Ann Bolin, * the sister of Bob Lanier, joined the Mor> mons near this place and went with them . to Salt Lake City some time ago. I saw a letter from her a few days ago, which her nephew was getting a gentleman to read 5 for him. She begged that Bob or some 5 other of their male relatives would come , on to Salt Lake to be baptized, as she said, . for their dead relatives. She said she r would have to be sealed to some man before she could be baptized, and then she could only atone for the female members ? of the family, and that unless Bob or some ) other male relative came on and was bap> tized for the males, all of their dead would 3 go to hell. She seemed to be in earnest about the matter and promised to help to nay the passage of the male relative out, " but stated that though she got good wages, 1 it took most of her money to pay her dues r to the church. It is a shame that such a . sect should be allowed to live in America, and send out their emissaries over the land, deluding the ignorant, and taking many young women to Utah to make worso than slaves of them. As to whether the punishment given Bob Lanier and the : other Mormons here was right or wrong, J we have nothing to say, but we do say that - the so-called religion, taught by these ?t? ir\ TAt t?5r\n Uur IHUrtiKHl tflUCIB IS cuuuny III -I.MYIIHS iurr, . as well as the laws of the United States, x and should not be tolerated in any civilr ized country. , The fodder crop, the farmers tell me, > has been harvested in better condition this I year than they have ever known before. . Cotton is opening very fast. The yield . promises to be extra good. One of our , largest planters informs me that he had no j idea the crop was as good as it is until he . commenced to pick his cotton. I Some corn has been gathered, but the j greater part of the crop is still in the field. ? The sweet potato crop is very fine. Mrs. 1 G. C. Leech showed me some this morning that she had gathered for dinner, several , of which weighed more than three pounds . each. J. N. McDill was appointed delegate to I attend presbytery at Sardis, Mecklenburg I county, N. C., the congregation of Rev. [ R. G. Miller. Mr. Moses White alternate. . One or the other of these gentlemen will . go on Friday next. Rev. T. W. Sloan, a young minister of , the A. R. P. church, preached two very el. oquent sermons at the schoolhouse in this , place, on Sunday. Mr. Sloan bids fair to . take his place among the first pulpit orators of our country. Mr. Thomas P. McDill left to-day, to resume his studies at Huntersville High . school. Mr. David Castles, lately with Kennedy Bros. <& Barron, of Yorkville, has accepted a position as salesman in the store of Mr. McDill, at this place. Hood Bros, have removed their goods from this place to their store at Hoodtown. They expect to resume business here in Januarv. Misses Nellie Whitesides and Rachel ' Walthrow are visiting friends at Blacksburg. Miss Polly Wylie, an aged lady of this place, is quite ill. Mrs. W. S. Wilkerson has returned from visiting relatives in Yorkville. Mr. Milton Wylie, who had his leg broken last week, is getting on as well as could be expected. Tommie and Lon, children of Mr. John Newman McGill, have chills and fever. Mrs. Wm. McGill is quite sick with bilious fever. The racket store has been opened here. Mr. Harris Wylie and Mr. John Allison | are the polite gentlemen who stand behind the counter. Messrs Whitesides & Scoggins, proprietors of the steam gin at this place, inform me that cotton is coming in very fast now. Both jute and cotton bagging are being used. The alliance here have ordered the cotton bagging, but I do not think it has arrived yet. A party of young gentlemen walked , from this place to Abingdon, a distance of seven miles, to attend church on Sunday evening. They say that they heard a good sermon and that they stood the fourteen mile jaunt splendidly. Mr. Warren Whisonant and Mr. Dick Jackins, are conceded to be the champion walkers of the party, they having kept up with the rest, notwithstanding Mr. Whisonant had the misfortune to fall in the river on their return, the bateau slipping from under him as he jumped in. Mr. Jackins, in the darkness, for it was af! ter night when they returned, fell into a spring. They all came home in good spirits and say tnat tney cion't minu trying it again, with the exception of Mr. Jackins, who says that one baptism is enough for him. i There have been up to date 35 bales of cotton sold here. Some of the bales were covered with old sacks; others with old jute bagging, and the others with new jute and cotton bagging. I)r. Allison has a horse that is opposed to "woman's rights." Two young ladies were going out for a buggy ride the other evening, and becoming impatient at the slowness of the groom in hitching him up, went out to assist. Old Seline resented this assertion of woman's rights, by giving one of them a severe bite on the shoul; der. While we blame Seline for his bold! ness and want of gallantry, we must all own that he has good taste. ! Cotton is bringing from i)1} to 101. x. LETTER FROM*BLACKSBlhti. ! Correspondence of the Yorkville Kiiipiiri-r. 11la(ksiu\kg,.September 24.?The beautiful weather which we have had for the past two weeks came to au abrupt close yesterday afternoou, when rain began to fall, and continued to come down steadily throughout the evening and night, and there is very little appearace of a clearing up this morning. Although having such a favorable time, cotton has been rather slow to open, as a rule, and very little has been ginned and sold so far. All that has been put on the market was wrapped in old jute bagging, ; obtained at Cherokee cans cotton iaciory, , and the Buffalo Alliance club has made arrangements with the Company to take all of their last year's bagging and ties. Messrs. Whisnant Bros, have ordered cotton cloth for the farmers of Antioch and Holly Grove Alliances to wrap . their cotton in. So, it will be seen that , our farmers have fallen into line, and are loyal to their interests and their organI ization. It is to be hoped that they will ; never abandon the principles which inj spires their action in this matter, but, in f all things, work for their own interests, be jealous of their rights, and promote . self-help and union among themselves. It . is only in this way that the general prosJ perity, for which we all so ardently long, I will come to us. Mr. Mills Moss is having a neat cottage [ erected on Bine street, in the southwest part of town. Messrs. Jno. F. Jones, J. J. Whisnant and M. It. Reese have purchased from Dr. J. G. Black one half interest in the beau tiful elevated plateau, which lies imraedi, ately to the left of Overlookplace, and is a . continuation of Whitaker mountain. On . it are quite a number of elegant building . sites, which overlook the entire town and t a good part of tho surrounding country. , Maj. Jones and Mr. J. J. Whisnant - have also bought the Hippy land, which r lies in the north-western part of the town, t from Mr. W. P. Hippy. Messrs. Black, Reese, Whisnant and Jones, have merged the several properties in which they were interested, into one ! tract, which has been placed under the management of Maj. Jones, with an ample fund, all of which has been paid in, for the purpose of grading streets, laying out parks, and providing water supply, etc. Jt is needless to say, from Maj. Jones's well known energy, taste and capability for such work, that the selection was well made, and Blacksburg will have an addition of which herciti/.ens will be proud. In another letter, I will give a more extended account of the new streets, etc. Our youug friend, Tracy Hardin, is at home for a short recess. lie has been private secretary for Maj. Berkely, superintendent of the Air Line railroad at Atlanta, but will soon leave for the University of South Carolina where he expects to study civil engineering. Another of our popular "boys," Mr. Hush Randall, arrived here yesterday liio Krirln from SpHflnn. aJlClUUUlJ HllU IIIO -- v? ? , near Birmingham, Ala. His mother gave , the happy couple a pleasant and elegant reception at her residence on Carolina i street. Itev. Mr. Cook returned from attending " Presbytery at Chester last week. Captain J. M. McArthy's family arrived last week and are occupying their new and handsome residence on Mountain street. If a demand for more dwellings is an evidence of a "boom," then our town is on one. An application comes in every day or so from persons at a distance to rent i a house, and Maj. Jones has just given Mr. Mike Rudasill the contract for building six more, cottages, in the northern part of town. Our new guard-house and council chamber has been recently painted in good taste which, together with the building, reflect much credit upon our town council. w. A. ; LETTER FKoT RUCKinLL. Correspondence of the Vorkville Enquirer. | Rock Hill, September 24.?The talk of our citizens is the Pearson meeting, t which will commence on Sunday next. The large lot in front of the Baptist , church, on Hampton street, has been se, cured, and the grounds have been cleared , off ready for ihe tent, which is daily expected, the seating capacity of which will be 1,500. The benches and seats are now being made by the Construction Company, ' and those made are very comfortable. On Sunday all services in the churches will be suspended, and all will go to hear ; Mr. Pearson. Our town expects to have the largest number of visitors ever seen in the place, and from all 1 can learn these expectations will be realized. The buildings for the Cotton Seed Oil mill buildings are completed, and the com! pany expect to commence work in a few , weeks. Frew Bros., who have started a cash store in this place, have putin their build' ing the latest improved cash railroad system. The novelty attracts considerable attention. A bale of cotton was received at this place last week covered with pine straw bagging. Those who examined it pronounced the pine straw equal to jute. The receipts of cotton were quite large Saturday. With a very few exceptions 2 4- urHh aonnnH hontl 11 W&O IUVC1 CU UiUIUi U i bU .TV/VUIIU KUUU jute or the alliance uniform. A large quantity of hay is being sold on this market, the same being brought in from the country by wagons. The price will average from 30 to 40 cents per hundred pounds. These same wagons will be hauling it home next spring, paying from $1.00 to $1.25 per hundred. The ltichmond & Danville railroad has put in the ticket office at this place a handsome ticket case, which cost $200. The subscribers of The Enquikek appreciated the enterprise shown by the proprietor in furnishing them with the address of Hon. Ben Terrell, the issue containing the address reaching this place at 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning, the day of publication, and were distributed with the early morning mail. On the 14th of this month a white man giving his name as Carroll Lee, of Wadesboro, N. C., was arrested, charged with counterfeiting and passing counterfeit money. At the time of his arrest he had on his person a discharge from the North Carolina penitentiary. He was given a preliminary hearing before U. S. Commissioner C. J. Pride, and in default of bail sent to York jail. I understand that he has since acknowledged the crime and implicated others. Mr. Thos. F. McDow, recently of Yorkville, has recently removed to this place temporarily, and will have charge of the law office of Wilson, Wilson & McDow. Hon. W. B.Wilsou, Jr., being senator from this county, will be absent for ? f.-% 11 sume tiuit; tins inn. The many friends of Mr. Robert Frew will regret to learn that his recent trip to New York for the benefit of his health, vva9 not beneficial, and he has returned home. The laying of the granite pavement along Main street is progressing rapidly. LETTER FROM LANCASTER. Corropniidenct: of tlic Yorkvillc Enquirer. Lancaster, September 23.?The cotton crop of this county is going to be even shorter than was first anticipated. Thi9 becomes more and more apparent as the time for picking approaches. There has not been more than twelve or fifteen bales of cotton of the present crop sold in this market up to this time. Usually at this time of the season there has beeu several hundred bales of cotton put upon the market. This arises chiefly from the fact that the cotton is late, on account of the trouble in the spring of getting an early stand. What has come in appears to be mostly wrapped in the jute bagging. But it must not be inferred from this that our farmers are not opposed to the jute trust; for they are well united in their opposition to this trust. They are almost all alliance men, and will most likely follow out the suggestion of Hon. Ben Terrell, in his late lecture and speech at this place. Court convenes at this place next Monday. There is, as before stated, a very considerable amount of sessions business; about enough, if tried, to consume the whole of the first week. Our courts of general sessions in this State are becoming an expensive judication, without proving satisfactory in their results for the time and outlay consumed in the prosecution of the same. The legislature should try to improve the court of general sessions and make it more effectual than it is in securing obedience to law. It is a bad sign to see the business yearly increasing; for this argues that the good results designed to be accomplished are not realized. The merchants here have mostly laid in their fall stock of goods. It is said that there are more dry goods in this town at this time than ever has been at any time before. The new town of Kershaw has a very large supply on hand, and it is said that they sell almost as many goods down there as they sell in Lancaster. The farmers^if they desire to become independent and free-actors, should bear in mind the advice given them by the Hon. lien Terrell, to economize and buy nothing oYcont what thev absolutelv need. Goods will be cheap this fall, and many temptations will be holdout to the people. ited rose. . LETTER FROM UNION. ('orrrs|ii>iitli'iK'i' nl" I In: Vorkvillr Kni|uircr. Union, S. C., September 21.?I am pleased at being1 able to state that Miss Annie Briggs, who returned home from school at Italeigh, is now much better and is able to be out once more. She suffered intensely for some days. She will resume her studies in a few days. We are having very cool nights and one feels very comfortable with fires and overcoats. Twenty-three bales of cotton were sold in our market this week at prices ranging from b:{ to JO cents. It was packed in : jute and pine tihro bagging. ! Uev. B. (J. Lampley, pastor of the Baptist church of this place, has been very j sick for some days, but is now much better. Uev. Charles it. Williford baptized eight candidates by immersion last Sunj day morning, at llebron church. Mr. J. C. Sartor, near Santuc, brother of Mr. J. II. Sartor, of our town, had the misfortune of losing his house and contents by lire last Monday night. The house was occupied by Mr. Murphy Bewi ley, who, with his wife, was attending prayer-meeting about a mile distant. The cause of the fire is unknown. The many friends of Mrs. John J. Purcell, nee Grant, will be pleased to know that she is now convalescing, and able to be up again. She has been quite sick. I am glad to see that the merchants of this place, or at least a number of them, have secured lady clerks. This is anew "wrinkle" for Union, and what has been needed for a long time. w. g. c. +. _ ? ? In consequence of the serious Illness of his father, Judge Fraser adjourned Greenville court last week for a few days, so that he could attend the invalid's bedside. r.ociaXm affairs. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Your Undo Miles, Hock Hill, S. C.?I've Got 'Em! J. Ed. Jelforys, Treasurer?Town Taxes. D. A. Johnson, County School Commissioner ? Examination of Teachers?Meeting of School Trustpes. John T. I.owry and John B. Hratton?Executors' Notice, estate of Mrs. Mary C. Dowry, deceased. W. C. Latimer?Our Three Leaders?Six Thousand Dollars' Worth of Excellent Clothing, etc. A. Y. Cartwright it Co.?The Pioneer Proposes to Turn the Tiger Loose at Hickory Grove. Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Racket at Dobson's. Withers Adickes?Still They Come. M. & II. C. Strauss?Our Immense Stock is Ready. Kennedy Rros.it I'arron?Thoughts for Meditation. G. H. 0'Deary?Furniture. It. B. Dowry?Wo are Now Ready. R. E. O'Earroll?To the Public. D. E. Finley, Clerk of Board? Rridgo Contracts to Dot. THE YORK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. The twenty-first annual meeting of the York Baptist association will be held with Unity church, near Hickory Grove, on October 17th, 18th, 10th and 20th. THE RAILROAD. The tone of the Johnson City, Tenn., papers, as to the progress of the work on the Three G's railroad in Tennessee and Virginia, continues of the most encouraging nature. A letter from Col. Dickinson to a gentleman in this town conveys the information that he will probably soon commence the work of grading between Rutherfordton and Mariou, X. C. CHANGE OI-" SCHEDULE. 6n?Monday last a change of schedule went into effect on the Chester and Lenoii road. Coming south the mail and passenger train arrives at Yorkville at 1.20 p. m.; returning north it arrives at 5 p. m. A daily freight, or mixed train, has been put on the road. North bound it arrives here at 8.50 a. m.; south bound it arrives at3.30 p. m. A NEW FEATURE. ) Mrs. Thackston, the accomplished' wife of Prof. Thackston, superintendent' of the Yorkville graded schools, is teaching industrial drawing to the two higher grades of the school, the teachers in these grades also taking lessons in the art. These lessons are given gratuitously by Mrs. Thackston, who is an artist of high merit, as specimens of her skill with pencil and brush abundantly attest. COMMITMENTS TO .JAIL. Wm. Walker, colored, was committed to jail last Thursday by Trial Justice White, of Rock Hill, on the charge ol house breaking in that town. James K. Hoyle, colored, tried at a recent term of the sessions court for larceny, but who did not answer when his case came up, has been captured and lodged in jail to await the reading of the sealed sentence left for him. NEW POLICEMEN. V On Saturday last Mr. R. E. O/Farrell, who for the past five years has discharged the duties of chief of police, never having an assistant except on public days or extraordinary occasions, tendered his resignation, which was accepted. Mr. Ingram Wilson was appointed his successor, and on yesterday the town council elected Mr, Wilson and Mr. Ella Montgomery as policemen, they having decided to place two on duty. PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS. The annual returns of personal property have now reached the comptroller general's office from all the counties in the State. They show an increase in such property over last year of nearly four million dollars. No assessment of real estate ha* been made this year, and consequently the increase in that branch of property cannot be ascertained at this time. The total of personal property in York county is $1,754,740; of real estate, $3,335,315. COTTON RECEIPTS. Up to the closing of the market/yesterday afternoon 309 bales of cotton have been sold in this market since the 1st instant, at an average of 101. The Yorkville buyers are paying the top of the market, and no discrimination is made on account of the wrapping. Cotton packed in the alliance uniform commands the same price as that packed in jute. It is estimated that about one half the cotton sold so far in this market is packed in cotton bagging. THhi WU/Vinun. From pleasant and beautiful September weather last week, there was a sudden change on Thursday afternoon and Friday, ending Monday night with a heavy and incessant rain, accompanied by high wind. The temperature moderated considerably yesterday, and seems to be returning to normal autumnal warmth. Frost is reported in Greenville, Oconee and Anderson counties, and on Thursday and Friday snow fell in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and New York. A. It. P. SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONFERENCE. A conference of the Sunday-schools of the A. R. P. churches in this county, was held in the church at York ville last Wednesday. A fair attendance was present and the exercises were carried out according to programme, with the exception of two or three addresses, the appointees for which were absent. Addresses were made by Revs. J. C. Galloway, R. M. Stevenson and J. II. Douglas, and Messrs. Jno. B. Plaxico, J. Meek White, W. T. Barron and J. S. Brice. At the conclusion of the exercises the conference adjourned to convene at Bethany on a day hereafter to be appointed. THE GAME LAW. Already inquiries are being made by sportsmen when thegame law will permit the leeral shooting of certain species of game. For the information of all such, we print the section of the General Statutes relating to the subject: "Suction 1,!h>4. It shall not bo lawful for any person in this State, between tho 1st day of April and tho 1st day of November, in any year hereafter, to catch, kill or injure, or to pursue with such intent, or to soli or to expose for sale, any wild turkey, partridge, dove, woodcock or'phoasant; anil any person found guilty thereof shall bo fined not less than ten dollars, or bo imprisoned not less than ton days, which tine, if imposed, shall go one-half thereof to the informer and tho other half thereof to the school fund of tho county wherein tho offence was committed." ROCK HILL'S ENTERPRISE. ' Charters were granted by the secretary of State last week for two industrial enterprises at Jlock Hill, viz.: The Rock Hill Cotton Seed Oil and Fertilizer Company. The directors are A. F. Rufif, A. II. White, W. J. Rawlinson, W. L. Roddey, R. T. Fewell and J. L. Watson. Mr. Ruff is president and Mr. Roddey vice-president. The Globe Cotton Mills, the third establishment of the kind organized in that pushing and prosperous town. Of the capital stock of $100,000, $50,000 has been subscribed, and 20 per cent, of the latter amount has been paid in. The directors are John It. London, W. L. ltoddey, A. F. Huff, A. E. Smith,.A. Friedheim, J. N. Trainer and W. JO. Trainer. John It. I^ondon i9 president and pro torn, secretary and treasurer. A WORTHY SEMINARY. Messrs. Cozzens & Thomas, proprietors of the Mountain View hotel at All Healing springs, X. C., have placed their hotel building at the disposal of Jones Seminary at that place, to be used for school purposes during the coming winter. This will be a valuable auxiliary to the facilities of that institution, admitting of a larger attendance of pupils than otherwise might he able to secure accommodations. As is generally known, this seminary is under the control and direction of Judge E. S. Jones, a wealthy and benevolent gentleman of Minneapolis, Minn., and the design of the school is to furnish a high grade of education for young ladies on such reasonable terms as to bring it within the reach of any, however limited their means. The curriculum includes all the courses of study taught at schools of high grade, and the full course of study extends over three years of seven months each, junior, middle and senior classes. . The expenses for tuition and board, including room, fuel and lights per month of four weeks, are ?7. Circulars giving full information can be obtained by addressing C. A. Hampton, principal, All Healing, N. C. OUIl EXCHANGES. The Laurens Advertiser of last week contains an interesting and readable sketch of the rising town of Clinton, in Laurens county. While the sketch presents the town in a most creditable light, it also illustrates several of the public buildings. Major A. S. Todd, of the Anderson Journal, has gone to Baltimore for the purpose of taking a course of lectures in mediciue, to which profession he expects in the future to devote his attention. Tho r.nrwaulor T.firlnror mndo ila unnnnr. ance last week enlarged and much improved in its mechanical appearance. We congratulate the Messrs. Carter upon their success in publishing a first class journal. The Charleston World of last Thursday contains a sketch of our enterprising sis1 ter town Rock Hill, using for illustrations some of the engravings which appeared in i the special Rock Hill edition of Tiik Ens quirk it of October 24, 1888. THE WHISKY CASES. \ / . 1 Resides the cases before Trial .justice Bell against Dr. D. C. Atkinson, charging him with improperly issuing physicians' > prescriptions for intoxicating liquors, ' noted in these columns last week, the in tendant heard on last Friday and SaturI day five cases charging Mr. W. H. Rou. millat, druggist, with the improper sale of i liquor. Two of these cases were dismiss ed, and in three a fine of $50 in each al; leged offense was imposed. Appeals from the decisions of the intendant were taken to the full council and subsequently were reheard by that body. In these the , council sustained the decisions oi the mtendant. As it is the intention of counsel for the defendant to sue out a writ of certiorari with the view of taking the cases up to the sessions court, by agreement a further hearing of cases pending has been deferred until after the next term of the 1 circuit court, when the presiding judge shall have passed upon the writ. The town council is represented by C. E. Spencer, and Mr. Roumillat by Finley <fc Brice and W L. McDonald. } THE GRADED SCHOOLS. The annual school meeting of the graded schools advertised to be held in the court house at 11 o'clock a. m., on Saturday last, | was poorly attended by the citizens. The [ trustees submitted their report, which was received as information. They recommended that a special tax of two mills on the dollar of the taxable property of the onli nrvl /llafrinf ho anhmS f t o/l fr* tho nnal i 1 voters of the school district for their ap! proval or disapproval, by ballot, for the school year commencing November 1st, ' 1889. The polls were opened at 12 m., and ' closed at 5 p. m. Fifty-two votes were cast, 1 all in favor of the proposed tax, and the ' chairman and the secretary of the board of trustees certified the same to the county ' auditor. 1 The average attendance the first three months of the schools was as follows: April?whites 10"), colored 130; total 235. May?whites 97, colored 132; total 229. June?whites 98, colored, 135; total 233. Average per month?whites 100, colored - 132; total 232. Enrollment?whites 141, . colored 171; total 312. The estimated at, tendance the present month is, whites 106, P colored 130; total 299. ? 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 7.45 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pas tor. services next sunuay at iu.au a. ra. and 7.45 p. m. Sunday-school at 4 p. m. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 7.45 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. The pastor being absent attending presbytery, there will be no services in his churches next Sunday. Sunday-school at 4 p. m. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, Pastor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 7.45 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3.30 p. m. The pastor being absent attending the Sundayschool convention at Flint Hill, there will be no services in his churches next Sunday. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 7.45 p. m. Sunday-school at 4 p. m. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7.45 o'clock. A church conference will be held after the morning service on Sunday and all members are requested to be present. RAILROAD EARNINGS. From the tabulated statement of the rail1 road commissioners, giving the earnings of the railroads of the State for the month of July last, as compared with the same month of 1888, the following facts and figures are taken: Of the 29 roads included in the statement, 22 show a gross increase for the month of $G7,8G8.92. The remaining 7 roads show a decrease of $4,624.74. This makes a net increase of $62,744.18. The increase of the total earnings of the roads of the Richmond and Danville sys tern amounts to $34,806.34. me earnings of the Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line were $112,281.29, an increase of $21,228.35; of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, $04,059,52, an increase of $2,118.48 ; of the Chester and Lenoir, $5,709.64, a decrease of $46.01. The total passenger earnings for July, ' 18S8, were $177,939.08, against $177,048.02 for July, 1889, a decrease of $891.00 or .05 per cent. The total freight earnings for July, 1888, were $270,316.43, against $320,314.27 for July, 1889, an increase of $55,997.84, or 20.7157 percent. The total tonnage hauled in July, 1888, was 202,903 tons, against 201,704 in July, 1889, an increase of 58,801 tons, or 29 per cent. _ MORMON PROPAGANDISTS. So quietly do the emissaries of the Mormon church work in the dissemination of their pernicious doctrines, that they may operate for weeks in a given section, especially if it be somewhat isolated, with-: out attracting attention, it is uoiunuus that missionaries have been in York county at intervals ever since 1880, lurking among the more ignorant classes, among whom it must be confessed, they make converts. It has been three or four years siuce their movements have attracted attention in this county. Then a warning from exasperated citizens of that neighborhood was sufficient to expel them, as was thought, fur all time; but n tso. Recently three "elders," claiming to be from Utah, appeared In the same locality?the same "stake," as it is denominated in Mormon parlance?and attempted to renew the unfinished work of their predecessors. Their preseuce, however, was soou discovered, and on last Thursday night, it being known that they were at the house of a woman living several miles west of Yorkvilie, near the line of the Three C's railroad, a vigilance committee called at the house aforesaid to pay their respects. The elders, scenting danger, vacated the house, notstanding upon the order oftheirgoing, and gaining the railroad track attempted to make a fast schedule over the crossties; but they were headed off and captured, and a severe chastisement with switches was administered to each of them. They were released on their promise to seek new fields, and admonished as to what might be their fate should they appear in that neighborhood again. From tho tenor of our Hickory Grove correspondence, it would seem that Mormonism will not bo tolerated in that section. MURDEll AT A NEGRO CHURCH. On Wednesday night last, about 10; o'clock,ataeoloredchurch, known as Both- j any, near Ilicklin's cross roads in Ebe- i I nezer township, while services were being i j conducted in the church, an altercation en-1 ] sued on the grounds outside, between j ^ Alfred Barnett, Coot Pettis alias Allen Partlow, Andy Barron and perhaps some 11 other negroes, in which Alfred Barnett | I was shot and killed. J. W. B. Miller, trial j J justice, acting as coroner, held an inquest j, on Thursday with the following jury: J. j ( H. Barry, foreman; L. It. Pierce, \V. B. j i Oaulden, A. T. Neely, Harvey Harris, , i T. II. Henderson, L. H. Dye, R. 1). Gaul- ' den, It. A. Partlow, K. P. Steele, J. It. ' Long, It. A. Smith. T. It. Carothers, M. ' ( I)., certified as to the cause of death, it | ; being the? result of a pistol shot wound, j the ball passing through both ventricles of i < the heart, the ball ranging downward, pass- j1 ing through the left ventricle first, which !, would be sufficient to cause death almost j' immediately. Several witnesses were ex- | amined, and the jury leturned a verdict j I that "Coot Pettis, alias Allen Partlow, in i1 manner and form aforesaid, Alfred Barnett ' then and there feloniously did kill against the peace and dignity of the State, and , that Andy Barron is accessory to the fact." < Coot Pettis made his escape, and has ' not been arrested. Andy Barron was arrested and has been lodged in jail. /LOCAL LACONICS. ~~>Fhe work of building the safety v.iult in Nte Exchange hank has been commenced. , Mr. J. F. Smith informs us that he planted one-fourth of an acre in sorghum of the orange variety, which yielded one hundred gallons of syrup. W. L. McDonald, Esq., has been appoint^?71 ronroaanHIm Amppinun A crripnl fnrint ~at the harvesting of Mr. It. M.Allison's i prize acre of corn. Mr. Allison will gather his corn to-day. ^Manlius Thompson, colored, who was ( lodged in jail one day last week oq the , suspicion that he was Joe Foster, charged with an infamous crime in Chester county, has been released by order of the commit- ' ting trial justice. Foster has been captured in Gaston county, N. C., and is now in jail at Dallas. Mr. J. It. Warren, road master on the .^Chester and Lenoir railroad, has bought : the Niveus property on East Liberty street, which he will improve and occupy as a residence. Mr. Warren is of the material that makes good citizens and we are glad that he has decided to locate in Yorkville. ,;"The irrepressible "Uncle Miles," the boss saddle and harness maker of Rock Ilill, makes one of his quaint and characteristic announcements through our advertising columns, a free rendering of which would mean that he is prepared to offer inducements to any wanting goods in his lipeof trade. ?rrso.\al mention. "^Ir. Claua Inman has returned to school at Gaffney. Miss Stitt Harris is visiting relatives in Charlotte. f^Sir. C. M. Kuykendal will leave to-day for the University of Maryland. Mrs. Camilla lteedy, nee Coleman, of Virginia, is visiting her relatives here. ]>jDr. G. B. White and family, of Chester, are visiting the family of Mr. J. A. Ratchford. >$Ir. Robert J. Latta, civil engineer on the Atlantic coast line, is home on a short visit. Mrs. Robert R033, of Birmingham, Ala., is visiting relatives and friends in this county. Mrs. Roberts P. Johnson, of Charleston, i? vitiiUnof Ynrkville. the enest of Dr. JtlO. " a ~ ~? ?"j | C. Kuykendal. *>/Ira B. Jones, Esq., of the Lancaster bar, was in town Monday and yesterday on i professional business. r'/ Mr. Joseph Ilerndon left on Monday afternoon last to make a visit to his daughters in Mecklenburg county, Va. Miss Cora Clark has returned from an extended visit to North Carolina, and on Monday will enter Dobson's store as saleslady. Miss Willie Keene has returned from her visit to Maryland and resumed her 1 position in the millinery department of Dobson's store. 3 Mr. Charlie Dunlap, who has been confined to his bed for some time past with fever, is now able to be at his post at the : New York Racket Store. 1 Miss Lizzie Anthony and Miss Eleanor A. Shires have returned from their visit to their homes, and can now be found at 1 the head of their respective departments at Latimpr's Bazaar. , Mr. J. A. Tate returned to Furraan University, Greenville, on Monday afternoon. < Messrs. Preston Greene and L. L. Sams, I of this county, will also enter Funnan this week. The last named young men enter , with the purpose of preparing themselves for the ministry. LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY. Correspondence of the Yorkville Knquirer. I Etta Jane, September 23.?Hon A. A. Sarratt, of this county, is a model farmer. On about eleven acres of land he has a crop i of pea vines that will average over three 1 feet high. These peas were sown broadcast last summer just after he cut off the oats. From about one and a half acres of this field he has mowed the vines and , crab grass and saved about five tons of 1 forage. Mr. Sarratt puts a coat of manure , under each crop he plants or sows, and ( notwithstanding he gatners two crops , from this land each year, he is steadily j improving it. Jimmie McDaniel, whose suffering I ( mentioned some time ago, is getting better. Dr. M. J. Walker has made a suecessful treatment of his case, apparently, and the youth will, in all probability, get ' well with a slight lameness. r 4 U1 AAimfi* no?v\?v* 1 aoinnora .lYllIIUUgll 111V WUUIJ (.UUlliliogivuvx . brought the anathemas of the people upon themselves by their order requiring that k the twelve days' work provided by law ' be put upon the public roads at once, they j are now receiving the plaudits of "well done, good and faithful servants," and we are having better roads to travel upon ( than heretofore. Mr. William Strain, an elderly gentleman, came near being killed last Friday by attempting to ride a wild mule which j: jumped from under him as he attempted to mount it. Ilis foot was caught in the stirrup from which he was unable to disengage himself. The timely assistance of i his little grandson, Jimmie Strain, saved , him from an untimely and horrible death. The probabilities are that Mr. C. W. * Whisonant, of Wilkinsville, will remove in the near future to Hickory Grove. Our people dislike very much to give up such . an exemplary citizen, but we congratulate that rising town upon its success in numbering so interesting a family as his among its citizens. Sigma. f, - \ LETTER FROM FORT MILL. 1 Corn>|ioiiilciifc ol" tin* Yorkvillc Kmiuirer. | ? Fort Mill, September g.l?a negro r man named Mack Mclntyre, was found dead on the banks of Steel creek, near f this place, on last Wednesday. When c his body was found one foot was lying in i the creek, but there were no indications of c drowning. A jury of inquest, impanel- t ed by Trial Justice J. A. Withers, acting t coroner, brought in a verdict of death by ; t natural causes. The negro was subject to i fits, and had been missing from homo a since the preceding Friday. s There have been over a hundred bales c more cotton sold in this market than up u to this date last year. It seems that the ? crop is more forward this season than n last. a I am pained to chronicle the death of Mr. i Thomas H. Phillips of this place. lie t died of fever, after one week's illness. 1 Mr. Phillips was about 2;l years of age,j J and a young man of great promise, whose ' e loss is mourned by a host of friends, c. Ii Tick Iowa Democrats.?The Iowa p Democratic State convention met at Sioux | o City on the 18th. A full State ticket was ] h nominated, headed by Horace Doles for j e governor. The platform advocates tariff n reform and the Australian system of vot- n ing. The name of Cirover Cleveland was r enthusiastically cheered in the convention, r MKRB-MKNTION. Justice Field left San Francisco for the least last Friday, and was accompanied t>y Marshal Xagle, who killed Judge Terry. Mrs. Hiram Sncll, ofMatad, Idaho, has given birth to si.\lets, three boys and three girls. They weigh eight pounds altogether. All are bright and healthy and promise to live. The penalty for murder in Rhode Island is imprisonment for life, and the governor of the State expresses the opinion that after forty years trial the system is as efficacious in the suppression of murder as would be the death penalty. The president has commuted thesentenee ofW. I).Spearman, District of South Carolina, convicted of violating internal rovenuc laws, to nine months. He was sentenced, February, 188b, to twelve months' imprisonment. The gifted orator, Daniel Dougherty has been nominated by Tammany Iiall to fill the vacancy in congress caused by the death Sunset Cox. It was Mr. Dougherty who nominated Hancock at Cincinnati and Cleveland at St. Louis. The United States flag has now forty-two stars upon its field of blue. Rev. Sam Jones is in a low state of health from over work, but by prudence will soon recover. The stories recently circulated that he is at the point of death are sensational. The longest contested election cose ever conducted in this country has just ended, giving the democrat, Judge Fleming, the governorship of West Virginia. The New Jersey Republicans have nominated Gen. E. Ii. Grubb for governor. A cloud-burst at Harrisonville, Va., lust Thursday,flooded the town, doing much damage. In the main street the water was so deep that boats could have been used for a time." The Peidmont exhibition at Atlanta will open on the 7th of October and continue for one month. The Georgia legislature has passed a bill, and the governor has signed it, prohibiting the sale of cigarettes, tobacco, cigars, etc., to minors. The largest bar of gold ever cast was turned out at the United States assay officeat Helena, Mont., recently. It weighed five hundred pounds, and is worth more than $100,000. On last Saturday the citizens of Oklahoma held an election, which was converted in to a riot. To quell the disturbance, soldiers with loaded guns and fixed bayonets charged the mob and a number of persons were wounded. The excitement continues. Forty-eight families of colored emigrants, comprising about 200 persons, pasjed through Charlotte last Sunday bound for Mississippi and Arkansas. They were from New Hanover county. It is thought about 8,000 negroes will leave North Carolina this fall and winter for the south-west. There were 177 business failures in the United States and two in Canada last week, a total of 170, compared v.'ith a total of 193 the previous week. The aiders and abettors in a prize fight at St. Louis the other day, in which one of the principals was killed, have been held for murder. ? SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Lewis Hutler, colored, of Columbia, was pardoned from the penitentiary a few days ago, and died in ten minutes after reaching his home in that city. ? A man named Dunn, alias Austin, was arrested on the train in Varnville the other day, charged with the murder of a woman iu California in 1887. ? "So far," says the Laurensville Herald, "only four or five bales of cotton brought to this market this season were wrapped in cotton bagging, jute being the prevailing covering." ? Up to this date, the fourteen phosphate companies in the State have mined 220,815.92 tons of phosphate rock. The royalty paid to the State is one dollar per ton. me amount tnus iar paiu iu is ^uo.auo.ui, leaving a balance of $14,010.01 to be paid. ? Thomas Wall, a white man living four miles from Greenville, had his skull crushed Friday night by an engine of the Richmond and Danville railroad at the West street crossing. He was going to his home and was driving a mule attached to a wagon. The mule was uninjured, but the wagon was shattered. Wall will die. ? Columbia Register: Two bales of cotton were received in this city Friday, covered with bagging made by J. D. Stanley, of Kastover, by his new process. The warp is cotton and the filling pine straw, and the stuff weighs two pounds to the yard and sells for nine cents per yard. ? Greenville News : Davis lvnight, four miles from the city, while out 'possum hunting Wednesday night, killed a rattlesnake that measured four feet long. Mr. Knight hit the snake on his rattles the first blow and knocked them off, and as it was dark he could not find all of them. ? There was quite a stir one day last week at a colored camp meeting in Pickens county. While the row was at its height, the sheriff, who happened to be on the ground, arrested the ringleader, who was committed to jail. The timely presence of the sheriff was regarded by the worshipers as a special providence, and a tremendous shout of thanksgiving ai d praise went up from the camp. ? In the Fairfield court of sessions last week, three murder trials were disposed of. In the case of Webster Moore, for the murder of her child, a nol pros, was entered by the solicitor. The defendant was convicted of the murder of her child at the February term of court, but was granted a new trial by the presiding judge on the grounds that the State had failed to establish that the corpus delicti had been made out clearly. The solicitor stated that he saw no possibility of ever proving that the child was born alive, aud was willing to withdraw the case against her. C. W. DHrtrtrv. In/lirttQ/l fnf fKn mnr/lor nf TV Christmas, was acquitted ; as was also W. J. Herron for the murder of John Y. Stewart. ? In the Laurens court of sessions last week, the trial of Lanford for the murder of Langston attracted much interest. The defense proved that a slanderous report had been circulated concerning the prisoner's daughter; ho had traced it back to Langston, who had related it to his niece. Lanford asked Langston if he had made a certain statement, to which he replied, "Yes," whereupon Lanford remarked: "No man can say that and live." They met again, Lanford having armed himself, and, according to the testimony of the nearest witness, Langston advanced with a plank, when Lanford shot him three times. The defence rested the case jpon the grounds?self-defense and vindication of a daughter's character. Judge Aldrich presented the law clearly. The case was given to the jury at six o'clock Thursday evening, and on Friday tnornng reported that they were unable to igree. They stood six for acquittal and six for manslaughter. Ben Leonard, col>red, was found guilty of the murder of lis wife, by cutting her throat with a azor on the ISth ol last August. Leonard vas sentenced to be hanged on the 18th of Jctober. A Minister Deposed.?The Rev. J. S. deynardie has been deposed from the ninistry and fellowship of the Baptist hurch. A council of all the Baptist church's in Augusta, Ga., was held on the night ?f the 17th instant at the Kollock street iaptist church, by a call of the congregaion of that church. Dr. Lansing Burrows M t'SlUCU UVCI L11 v" tWUJILU iiiuucia^i, nd the Rev. J. S. Patterson acted as secetary. The council investigated charges if un ministerial conduct preferred against he Re". J. S. Meynardie. The session vas long and the evidence of witnesses vas closely sifted, and the council, after .11 the testimony had been heard, unaniuously recommended Mr. Meynardie's vithdrawal from church fellowship, and le was deposed from the ministry for unhristian conduct. Mr. Meynardie was lot present at the investigation. Commenting upon Mr. Meynardie's dificulties, the Augusta Chronicle says he ame prominently before the people of Vugusta as Master Workman Meynardie, if the Knights of Labor, at the time of he strike among the factory operatives in hat city in 18&7. Ilis connection with his organization made him a conspicuous lersonage for several months, and drew bout him the partisan administration and upport of those he represented. Ilis offiial career with the Knightsof Labor closed inder circumstances unfortunate for Mr. deynardie, and for a long time he renained in the quiet pursuit of his daily vocations without coming in any way nto public notice. lie seems to be one of hose unfortunate characters who cannot ive calmly and soberly under success, ust as the shadow of his former shortomings was being lost sight of in the irighter noonday of his present achievenent, and friends were rejoicing in his irosperity, he has again fallen in the face f success, and is censured and deposed by lis church. Those who recognize theenrgy, ability and determination, of the nan, hope that h6 will again turn over a lew leaf, and in soberness and rectitude e-establish himself in the confidence and espect of his friends and brethren.