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^cvajis and |act.$. ? The State law to provide whites and blacks equal and separate car conveniences in Arkansas is a popular one. The Arkansas traveler proposes to have his own car, although he shows a disposition to give the colored man an equal show. ? The first experiment with the Australian ballot system in this country will be made in Montana at the October election. Massachusetts will vote by the same method in November. A ballot'act league has been formed in that State for the pur pose of seeing that the law is rigidlv enforced. ? Justice Field lias presented Nagle, whom he considers saved his life by shooting Judge Terry, with a magnificent gold watch and chain, appropriately engraved. The presentation took place in the presence of a large number of people, and Justice Field, in a speech full of emotion, stated the debt of gratitude he felt towards Marshal Nagle. ? Colored people of Todd county, Ky., and Montgomery county, Tennessee, have organized a stock company with a capital of $25,000, and will hold a county fair, beginning October 10. Every officer and employee is a black man. Only colored people can contest for premiums, which amount to $1,000. Fifteen hundred dollars are offered for purses in the horse races, and only animals owned and ridden by negroes can enter. The blacks are taking an immense interest in the affair, and thousands will attend. ? The twelve-year-old son of George Peacock, of Winston county, Ala., was bitten by a rattle-snake the other day. The boy ran screaming to the house and told his father what was the matter. Peacock immediately put his lips to the wound, and attempted to suck out the poison. There was a sore on one of his lips and the poison took effect in it, and before night he was dead. His effort to save his son's life failed also. He failed to get out all the poison before it had taken effect, and the boy died about an hour before his father. ? Postmaster General Wanamaker has issued an order abolishing the postoffice at Luverne, Ala. Bonez, a colored man, was reeentlv aDDointed postmaster, and the people, itissaid,8how*ed their appreciation of him by boycotting him in every way, and finally in burning down an old building which he had succeeded, with great difficulty, in securing for a postoffice. In view of these facts Mr. Wanamaker decided that the 500 inhabitants of that place could go three miles for their mail and do without postoffice facilities for a time. ? The oldest person who has died this year, according to the longevity sharps, was Gottfried Warpraarck, who passed away in Germany not many weeks ago at the undisputed age of 12G years. The oldest person of modern times whose death is recorded accurately was Louisa Truxe, ^ who was 175 years old when she died in 1780. There was a Don Cameron, who may have been an ancestor of the present family of long-lived Camerons in Pennsylvania, who died in Scotland in 1759 at the age of 130 years. ? The top of Roan Mountain, 9,394 feet above the sea, is a plateau about a mile long by half a mile wide, covered with a luxuriant growth of grass. The plateau is called "The Bald." On it is a hotel largely patronized by hay fever sufferers. The boundary line of North Carolina and Tennessee runs through the dining room of the hotel, so that a guest can eat his dinner with one foot in North Carolina and the other in Tennessee. The windows of the hotel command views of mountains in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. ? The estimate made of the rainfall in Pennsylvania this year, putting it at enough to fill a lake 1,000 miles square and 1L!-4" a ''"an rmt. nnnpfll to I. LI IT t^-U VC ICC I uvvw mw ?.rr?... ? the mind at first glance, in all its fullness. The lake would spread over a surface as large as the State of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky all thrown Into one. ? In Jefferson county, Alabama, Friday, no less than five violent deaths occurred. One man was caught in the shafting of a rolling mill, at Gate City, another in the Georgia Pacific yard,at Birmingham, was at Walker's, was shot dead by a negro. The fourth was the negro who shot the deputy. He was pursued by a posse and riddled with bullets, and to end the list, a report from Pratt's mine says that a man who is already under heavy bonds for murder, killed a woman on the same day. ? Miss Mary Harden, the fiancee of John Howard Payne, for whom he wrote "Home Sweet Home," died not long since in Athens, Ga. The original copy of the poem was buried with her, as it was interlined with so many love declarations that . i the lady did not wish it to be published. Large sums have been offered for the1 manuscript by autograph collectors, but she declined to dispose of it for any amount of money. Miss Harden was 78 years old at the time of her death. She was the daughter of General Harden, of Savannah, who was appointed commis 8ioner to treat with the Cherokee Indians, and among the agents was young Payne, already well known as a most gifted boy actor and juvenile poet of great promise. He met and loved the lovely Mary Harden, but his wandering stormy life rendered marriage impossible. ? One of the persons connected with the Guiteau case now languishes in the local house of correction at San Francisco because he robbed his client. His name is James Mount alias Hooper. He says he married Guiteau's sister and knew the assassin. He was a Chicago lawyer when Guiteau shot Garfield. Just about this time his wife began a suit for divorce, and her charges and his connection with the assassin brought him into notoriety. Finally he was wanted as a witness, but he ran away to avoid duty. He is gentlemanly and claims to be a graduate of Michigan University. The sentence against him is a year and forty days. He says the Guiteau case hoodooed him, but that he will quit drinking and crookedness when he is released. ?The temperance women of Minneapolis, Minnesota, have formed a non-partisan union to work for temperance without going into politics. A Minneapolis dispatch says: Differences that led to the formation of the Non-Partisan Womau's Christian Temperance Union in Minneapolis, were augmented by the action of the State convention at Duluth, which declared that the Non-Partisans would not again be recognized, and have at last come to the crisis in open rebellion. This move on the part of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union is watched with interest by the members of the national organization. Ladies say there is a genuine sentiment all over the country in favor of the non-partisan movement. ? The new directory of Johnstown has just been published. At the time of the 3 Ai? ... t_ 1--v MfhLih troe in a IIOUU, LlltJ VVUU1C CUlliUiJ, Wiiiv-n 1? bookbindery there, was lost. From the proof-sheets, however, the names were obtained and are now printed as they were before the flood, as well as a special record of those that were lost. The number of drowned is put at 3,500, and that is considered a close estimate, it being impossible to obtain exact figures. One of the things noted is that of ninety-five saloons and liqour dealers in the flooded district, all but six were completely wiped out, and in - those remaining the stock was destroyed, so that there was in fact a total destruction by water. The directory has been carefully compiled and contains many statistics of interest relating to the flood. ? A Washington dispatch of Friday says: "Officers of the war department and agents of the Indian Eights Association, will soon go to North Carolina and conclude the purchase of a large area of land which the association intends giving toGeronimo and his band of captive Apaches, now at Mt. Vernon barracks, Ala., as a future home. The land is on the mountainous western border of North Carolina, contiguous to Tennessee, from which it is separated by the great Smoky Mountains. It is populated by a band of Cherokee Indians who refused to move West with the rest of their brethren and were permitted by the government to remain in North Carolina. A colony of Quakers settled with the Cherokees and established an Indian mission there." Governor Fowle, of North Carolina, has written an earnest protest to the secretary of war against the proposed removal of these Indians. He says the settlement of them in North Carolina would create great dissatisfaction, particularly if their location should be in the western part of the State on the lands purchased from the Cherokee Indians, as proposed i by the secretary of war. These lands, he < says, are not reservation lands, hut were bought from the State by the Cherokees, who are now few in number and will soon disappear, and the lands will then be settled by white people. The governor, in conclusion, suggests to Secretary l'roctor that the Indians be colonized in Vermont, certain portions of that State being now abandoned by the white population. The governor informs tho secretary that no happier spot could be chosen for his purposes. lie ilovkviUc #?q?iver. YORKVILlErSi'O/:^ Wednesday, October 2,1889. THE THREE C'S RAILROAD. The following from the New York Star of Saturday last will be of interest to local railroad and financial circles: "The Massachusetts and Southern Construction company, that are building the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad, has completed negotiation for ?0,000,000 of their first mortgage bonds with a syndicate of New York and Philadelphia capitalists, to be taken and paid for as soon as the road is completed. ' The bonds mature in sixty years, and are issued under a mortgage of the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company. The rate of interest is 5 per cent, per annum, paj'able quarterly, i January, April, July and October. "The" road is mortgaged for the uniform , amount of ?2f>,000 per mile of the road, and the issue of bonds is limited to ?20,000,000, the , mortgage covering franchises, sidings, stations, torininal facilities, branches, extensions and equipment acquired and to be acquired." MR. BAYARD ON DEMOCRATIC POLICY. In an interview published in a Wil- , mington, Delaware, paper, ex-Secretary i Bayard is quoted as saying that he does , not want any office, and will not be a candidate for office. Mr. Bayard's tersely ex- i pressed views upon the future policy of ' the national Democracy are in accord with i his past record. Among other things, he 1 said: "The tariff question is a grave and profound one, and should be fully discussed. The Democracy, I think, will again advocate tariff reform. Had Mr. ' *- -J..:? t.~ ...^.,1,1 I: Uieveiana IHKen my nuviw Iiu wuuiu have declared in favor of the reform two years before he did. Of course it will take time to settle this issue. I thiuk taxation for protection is communism. The man- , ner and time used by the Republican national committee in raising enormous sums of money during the last campaign to influence the election, was only an ad ditional proof of the necessity of the reform. I think free wool will be the first step toward reform." DEATH OF GEX. I). II. HILL. Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill died in Char- I lotte, N. C., on Tuesday afternoon of last 1 week, in the G8th year of his age. Gen. , Hill was born in York county, S. C., at Hill's Iron Works, which were established ] by his grandfather, Wm. Hill, before the Revolution, and were the only works of the 1 kind inSouthCarolinaduringthateventful ; period. At the age of 1G young Hill went to West Point, where he graduated in the class of 1842, with Gens. Longstreet and A. j P. Stewart, and also with Gens. Doubleday j and Reynolds, his foes in the late war, be- i sides other men who afterwards attained 1 ?1 ifqr*r nrnm!non/>ft hnth in fhp fYm federate and Federal armies. He was in ' West Point four years. After graduation j he served as Lieutenant in the Fourth U. S. artillery, in Fort Kent, Me., Fortress Monroe, and Savannah and Charleston. j From Charleston he went direct to the Mexican war, and was one ofsix lieutenants J in the entire army who were twice brevetted for "gallant and meritorious service." This service was rendered at Cerro Gordo, Churubusco and Monterey. After the war, '{iVe1 "SlaVe," presented' him with a gold ( sword. He volunteered in this war on every opportunity, for every storming party made up, from the beginuing to the end ( of the service. i A few years before the war, having resigned his commission in the United States army, he located in Charlotte as principal of the Carolina Military institute, which position he held until the breaking out of the war, when he was among the first to 1 tender his services to the Confederate gov- : ernment. He was commissioned colonel , of the First North Carolina regiment, which he led in the battle of Bethel, the first engagement of the war in Virginia. His war record from that date until the : close of the contest is fresh in the minds of j all students of the history of the Confederate struggle. Before the close of the war 1 he attained to the rank of lieutenant- , general. After the war he settled in Charlotte and j published a monthly magazine, The Land , We Love, which was quite popular. He < subsequently sold the good will of the pub- ! lication to a Baltimore publisher, and re turned to his favorite pursuit of teaching. ' In 18SG he was made president of the Uni- ] versity of Arkansas, which he resigned a i year later, and entered the M. and A. Col- 1 lege, of Milledgeville, Ga., where he re- ] mained until last summer, when failing health compelled him to resign, and he re- 1 turned to Charlotte to end his days with , friends and kindred. THE LATEST ALLIANCE MOVE. 1 The national committee of the Farm- , ers' Alliance met in Atlanta, Ga., last Monday, and adopted a preamble and res- ' olutions declaring that tare must be set- ( tied when the farmer sells his cotton, instructions to that effect to be issued immediately to sub-alliances, unions and < wheels throughout the country. The fol lowing are the preamble and resolutions: ( Whereas, the Association of American Cot- 1 ton Exchanges met in New Orleans on the 1 11th, and in conjunction with various com- ] niissioners of agriculture and representatives of the farmers' interests, did recommend that ; cotton he sold by net weight, as a solution of f the tare question; and whereas, information : now received shows that said action has not i received the approval of a sufficient number 1 of cotton exchanges, and to enable tho New t Orleans cotton exchange to carry out, commencing on the time agreed upon, to-wit: Oe- t ber 1.188D; and whereas, the action taken by < tho New Orleans cotton exchange in favor of i assisting tho farmers to get paid for the eight i pounds more cotton that each cotton-wrapped 1 bale contains than the jute covered, is highly appreciated, but for said exchango to contend 1 for tho cause in spite of tho fact that many < leading exchanges had deserted, is especially 1 commendable and will bo co-operated in by 1 tho interests we represent; and whereas the justice and equity of the farmers' claim on the < tare question is based on ono fact, which ! stands boldly and undisputed and imiisputa- < ble, that every cotton-wrapped bale actually , contains eight pounds more of lint cotton than i it would if covered with jute: ] Therefore, it is hereby resolved, That the i action had by the Shreveport cotton exchange be adopted in the present emergency, and every farmer is hereby instructed, when ollering for salo cotton wrapped in cotton bagging, ' to demand payment for eight pounds more of cotton than the actual gross weight of such bale. Resolved, That this action is intended to su- . persode and take tho place of the previous i action and instruction in regard to tho tare ] question. In no case shall a bale of cotton be sold subject to a dock of sixteen pounds for cotton bagging or twenty-four ] ' I? ii.tr. Ivl.mln,. i., iiuuuurt mi ? *? ... Now Orleans, unless the cotton be sold at half . a cent per pound in advance of the current ! price at that timo and place. i Further instructions will be given the order by the national cotton committee on the < 2(>th of October, through the president of each county alliance, wheel or union at their county sites, where the presidents of each primary alliance, wheel or union will meet them to receive i the same. I, Signed : K. J. Sledger, chairman, Texas, M. i : T>. Donaldson,South Carolina; W. J. Northen, j i Georgia; T. T. I lather, Louisiana; Oswald) I Wilson, Florida; S. B. Alexander, North Car! olina; B. M. llord, Tennessee; S. P. Feather- i stone, Arkansas. ? I)r. Samuel Smith from Washington, N. ., is to take charge of the First Pres- ; byterian church of Columbia, S. C., made vacant by the resignation of Dr. N. M. i Woods. i LETTER FROM CHESTER. Correspondence of the Yorkville Knquircr. Chkstkr, October I.?Chester is not yet e< Lent on the railroad question ; site still wot be willing for more. A party of survey have begun work here this week on the line the proposed Atlantic Thermal Belt ti Knoxille railroad. This road was origins christened the Chester and Camden, and I for its originator the late Major Julius Mi who threw all his energy into the enterpri and was on the road to an early success wl the township bond decision of Judge Nori put a period to the project. The Chester a Camden then lajr quiet until it began to k a little in another direction, with (lafl't added to it's name. The citizens of that thr ing up-country town became very much terested in the proposed road, and were pecially anxious to have it built northwi from their place to connect with some r< on the North Carolina side, getting pcrmiss from the board of directors to begin work tweeu Calfnoy and the State line just as s( as they could raise the money, a very impc ant consideration in the case, and one wb they thought they could manage successful The next thing heard of the road was a not of in application to change its name into hir-reaching title given above; namely Atlantic, Thermal Bolt and Knoxville, w Inoronoe as the proposed southern, or easti terminus. Mr. J. 11. Surratt is president of company as it now stands. Three surveyc Mr. C. L. Kingsley, of Raleigh, in charge^? Messrs. W. P. Nesbit, of Piedmont, and Ch II. Ragsdale, as assistants, arrived hereFric r,r.with flvn nr siv men. and nitel their camp a short distance above town. J D. A. Thomas, one of the directors, is in cha of the surveying party, as he is familiar w the route to'bo gone ovor. The lino will p near Lockhart Shoals on Broad river, while the other direction it takes in Catawba Fa two celebrated water powers that are growi restless to be utilized. The survey will commenced this week. Several important improvements arein p gross at the Richmond and Danville dep The long platform between the narrow and broad gauge lines, has been torn down f moved out west of the freight depot. A s track will be built out to it, and hereafter the cotton to be shipped from Chester will received on this platform, the old one at depot being reserved for the transfer work tirely. Cotton will be received on the ne\ erected platform whether it is ready for sb mentor not, and in addition, a sworn weigt Mr. T. M. Graham, will be there to weigh all the farmers who prefer to have their wei| ing done by a third party. This arrangem will bo of service to the railroad in that tl will not re-weigh any cotton weighed by 1 Graham, being satisfied to take the weights a sworn weigher as final. Agent Nichols \ make a private ofiice of the old ofiice attacl to the platform which has been taken down. A meeting of the presidents of all the si alliances in the county was held hereon Sat day, to receive, through the county preside important secret instructions from the Natii al order. What these instructions were, course, no correspondent knowetli. The or is much stronger'in this county at present tl it was even two months ago, and its inilue: is plainly manifest in regard to the cotton cr which comes in slowly. The results of increased energy and act in the farming world will probably be seei the coming annual exhibition of the F Association. F'or the last two years, the wea er, during fair week, has been inostunfavo ble. An attempt will bo made this year make up for lost time, and have a grand i ly indeed. The exhibition will open on 22nd of October and continue through 25th. The town assessors, on their recent roun found the total taxable property of the to to be worth $1,102,748.00, a considerable crease over last year's returns. The engine for the Chester Manufaetur company arrived several days ago. It cor from the shops of the Watts-Campbell com ny, of Newark, New Jersey, and is a hi affair of four hundred horse power. Workmen began hist week tearing down larger of the two old brick buildings heretof occupied by tho Moilatt Manufacturing co patiy. The old building comes down to im room for tho new, in whose walls some of old brick will be utilized. Captain Kobert Hallyburton has put oi night force of grading hands and is pushing i ward his contract in a hurry. Major R. l'emple, chief engiheer of the Georgia, Ca linaand Northern railroad, has recently inoi his office from Chester to Greenwood, to more conveniently located with regard to work in his department. F'rank Rackstrom, eldest son of Mr. and M J. T. Backstrom, died at Richburg, Septe her 22nd, aged 17 years. Frank spent so time in the telegraph oflice at Chester, i many were attracted to him by his pleasa gentle mannor in tho ollice. Hon J_ J. Hemnhill returned on the 2 from his western trip. Mr. Hemphill ! Chester on the first da3rof August, and in cc pany with Col. J. Q. Marshall, of Columl has made a right thorough tour of the gr West. While traveling through southern C ifornia, Mr Hemphill met up with a senate al committee appointed to investigate the si ject of artificial irrigation, and accepted invitation of the seuators to accompany th on their travels. A very pleasant week \ spent in this way. The highest point no reached by Mr. "Hemphill was Tacoma, Washington Territory. The following petit jurors were drawn t morning for the October term of court: Fir.it ,Wfny.,-irJJr. ft R. T. Sandifer, Wm. Carter, Jr., W. R. Kit ens, A. Steinkuhler, Jno. C. McCullough, T, Hafner, W. A. Triplett, S. A. Wvlie, R. J. D W. S. Culp, W. A. Darby, Jas. W. Bigham, D. Poag, A. 0. Pitt man, Thos. Springs, col ed; Wm. Roddey, Saling Heyman, C. M. P guson, W. B. Lynn, Jas. Smith, colored ; W. D. Russell, *R. L. Stroud, J. 15. Trun Jno. W. Lowry, John R. Tiiompson, Pc Agurs, colored ; W. M. Gaston, A. J. Orr, II. Hall, A. M. Hardee, R. L. Horn. Second Week.?Henry 0. Waters, H. T. C ter, C. D. Kennedy, J. G. Smith, A. M. T man, W. D. Mobley, Sr., W. A. Fudge, Rob Crosby, colored ; J. P. Brunson, T. B. Woo T. Weldon Dye, W. C. Minter, Wm. Marl W. R. Davie, R. S. Crockett, A. C. Lynn, I. Jamieson, L. P. Roddy, T. E. Hudson, W. Turner, Henry Barber," colored ; S. M. llafii F. W. Culp, 15. M. Chapman, Haywood 3 Daniel, coloied; James Hicklin, Jr., John Banks, J. H. McWaters, W. F. Jordon, Jc J. Gibson, A. H. Robbins, J. S. Colvin, F. Kail, G. W. Barnett, J. F. Stone, H. McCai less. At a town meeting, held in the court hoi this afternoon, the usual special school tax li mills was votoa to maintain tne grai schools for another j'ear. At a meeting of the directors of the 1*' Association held to-day several matters of lerest were disposed of. Maj. 0. F. Oheathn uf Edgefield, has hen secured as.judge of cattle shows. The Newton Silver Cornet bai under Capt. B. J. Surnrow, has been contrac with to furnish music this year. A resolut was passed admitting schools, with th teachers, to the grounds at half price, p vided teachers and pupils belonging to e; school come in a body. The question of g ting an orator for the occasion from amc the most famous of the Allianco leaders under advisement, and something fino n bo expected in this direction. Mr. J. A. Dodson, has returned from an i tended visit to friends in North Carolina. Mr. Hugh White roturned last week froi visit to relatives in Ohio. Mrs. O. C. Bacot is at Mr. W. T. Robison'* Mr. W. A. Barber got back last week fror trip to the north-west. Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Reodv, of Lincolnton i visiting friends and relatives in town. Misses Minnie Mills and Annie Bennett 1 his week to attend school at Charleston. .S. E. McFaducn and Thomas Hardin retu 3d to Funnan last week. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. ?orr?'spomli'ncc of the Yorkville Enquirer. Rook IIii.i., October 1.?As has been pre jusly announced in the columns of Tim i' jlmkick, Rev. R. O. Pearson was expected lold a religious meeting at this place. It well known that ho is an evangelist of natioi reputation. On Saturday afternoon Mr.and Mrs. Pears irrived at this place, the Magic Little City South Carolina. They were met at the dej ind escorted to the Carolina Hotel by tho m sters of tho place, the courteous proprie liaving offered the hospitality of his house hem. In tho afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Pearson wi :akon out riding and carried through tho pr ripal streets of tho place. Mr. Pearson marked that ho had visited a number Southern towns, but for tho si/.o of tho pk lie had never seen such enterprise and eneri As is well known, our citizens secured a ti which will comfortably hold 2,000, but on Su lay morning' as Mr. Pearson entered the to lie found more than 2,000 people to listen to i words that he expected to say to them. The ushers, Messrs. S. J>. Reid, John D'Neal, J. II. Milling, S. L. Avery, J. Steele, Jr., Lee Kerr, Robert Boyd, T. A. Rc 3rtson, Vance Sharpe, J. N. McElwee, S. Frew. A. J. Evans, who were empowered die intemlant of the town to act as spec police, were promptly on hand to see that received seats and that order was maintain' Before the arrival of Mr. Pearson, tho chr with Miss Kate Roddey as organist, rendci some sweet selections from "Gospel Hymn: The following voices compose tho choir : Soprano?Rev. W. M. Anderson, Mrs. E. Boag, Mrs. Anna Mobloy, Mrs. J. it. Joiinsi Mrs. B. M. Few ell, Mrs. A. C. Izard, Mrs. J. Adams. Mrs. 'I'. O'Dell Mrs. Minnio Itntt rce, Mrs. Kato Hutchison, Mrs. J. J. Hi Mrs. A. R. Ranks, Mrs. J. Ci. Sadler, Mrs. V.Robertson, Mrs. A. H. \Vhite, Mrs. J. Heath, Misses Oertio Davis, Kato Roddey, N lie Roach. Cainmie Black, Lizzie Sherf'es Alice Land, Florence Wood, Denio Sharp, McLure, Kate Russell, Manassa Withers, a Messrs. J X. McEhvee, Jr., J. W. Steele, J Caveny, and J. IT. Milling. Alto?Misses Ella Davis, Annie Lylo R( ley, Olivia Boyd, Annie Rawlinson, Mag; Land and Miss Kimball. Bass?Messrs. A. E. Smith, W. M. Steele, II. Stewart, J. H. Miller, F. II. Wardlaw, T. Crawford, N. R. Alexander,S. J. Kimball, J. Cherry, P. C. I'oag, S. T. Frew, Vat Sharpe, J. J. Waters, J. B. Boney, J. <?. A ilerson, It. II. Hope, Jr., Dr. R. II. Hope, II. Edwards, V. 11. McFadden, L. M. Dav Rov. J. S. White, I>. C. Williams, D. Hutc *011, W. Dillingham and Mr. Hough and > Fennell. Tenor?Messrs. J. J. Hull, A. R. Banks, II. White, E. E. Poag, W. C. Whitner, E. Rock, Iredell Jones, W. S. Creighton and C. Can then. Mr. Pearson promptly, at olevcn o'clock, company with Rev. J. (J. Adams, entered 1 tent, lie selected as his text James ii, 21, " see them how that by works a man isjustifie and not by faith only." lie treated his subjet )n_ in a masterly manner, showing plainly that h ihi was ,naster l'10 subject. ors Sunday night there was a still larger nurnbe , ()'f to hear the words as spoken to them by thi lJ1(l Christian man. jjv Yesterday all business was suspended froi ia*j 11 to 12 o'clock ; the stores were closed and a jjs went to hear Mr. Pearson. Each sermon an jSp' service attract larger congregations. ierJ There are numbers ot visitors in our plat ,on and more are expected. Our citizens are road md to aiH' those who come and atten jcj. one service will likely stay to attend anotho ]Cy Our town has now three new stores. :vr_ Cotton is coming in lively, most of whie jn* is dressed in alliance uniform. es_ Mr. Pearson hits the drug stores occasional! j | in his sermons. I John ltobinson and Mr. Pearson will hot ; I be in town next week. Which will have th u audience ? n Wo had a slight rain yesterday. , The Blacksburg edition of Tut: Encjuiiik j" was certainly a credit to the journalism of m ,i only South Carolina, but the entire South, j-" more neatly printed paper and bettor prodiu It,- tion of tho resources of a town never left the ! i" I" wk"j' jtjj j All tho pavements on Main street are bein B I laid with granite blocks, tho size ranging froi | It x 2 to 2 x 3 feet. They make a substantli and good pavement, and the granite isquarrie .1 within two miles of this place. Maj. Jno. It. London loft to-day for Ne ' York, as a delegate to tho General Conventio ' -j of the Protestant Episcopal church, which ai r sembles in that city. Tho negro question wi ' ' likely be discussed. ?. The Teachers' Institute of York county wi inoet in this place October .'list. The commi ,: tee met on last Friday and adopted a pre ji gramme, which will be published in Tjik E? I '' qui unit later. Our citizens will entertain ti J* teachers during tho meeting. It is expecte that the meeting will be very interesting, as number of questions of importance will t / discussed. .i ' Considerable complaint is being raised b l i the citizens of our town as regards tho ma : j' agentson tho Three C's railroad. Last Sunda .j the Charleston News and Courier failed I V0 reach this place, and was brought back o ,i Monday. Several persons have mailed lettei to friends and business houses that were n< i " delivered in several days. President Harrisoi jMr. Wannajnaker, or some one else will haA ' *L~ to look after the "Coons" that the postmasU e ' general has placed on the route as mail ageni . in place of native born white South Carolinian ? T removed without cause. The trustees of the graded school are consic ering the advisability of adopting a uniform ft / me oiuer Doys, anu auuing a military uepar V.|U ment. Tho plan is well thought of and wi 30[j likely be carried into efl'eet. iial, ah. LETTER FKOJTBLACKSBIJRG. ur_ Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer, cit, BLACKsnuito, October 1.?We were all dc on- lighted with the special edition of The Er of quiueii last week?not only because it wi tier gotten up in the interest of our town an lan section, but also because it is a gem of its kim nee and a production of which any Southern mo op, should bo proud. The solection and arrangi ment of tho illustrations exhibit excellent tas ion and a high degree of artistic skill, and tho rai i at chanical execution might bo said to bo perfec 'air We feel that we cannot appreciate enough nc ,th- bo too loud in our praises of tho good thinj ira- that were said about us and the splendid wa to in which they were said. Wo predict for 01 ?al- section and county a vast amount of good, an tho a rich harvest from sending forth such a pape the It will introduce us to the world and bo tl means of bringing to our aid tho help of me ds, and capital. It will stimulate and encouraj; wn those of our people at home, who aro sti in- doubtful, and strengthen the faith of other who feel that our town is a place of great po! ing sibilities, and look forward with fond antic nes pations to tho (as we believe) 110 distant da pa- when our iron and railroad city will be I jgo South Carolina what Birmingham is to Ah batna, and Altoona to Pennsylvania, the Mr. Joe C. Hayden, of Rutherford, has bee oro spending a few days in town, as a guest at M im- Joe Black's. Mr. ilayden has not only investe I? '?< onmnftf niiptnurn wliinli lift ovnfirts SClfi mc 111 OU..IVWI WW! VW.M .V?U, I.MIVMMV the to improve, but has recently purchased a trai of land near hero for his cousin, Mr. Alexande i a of Columbia, who will use it for farming pu or- poses. H. The Sunday-sehool convention of the King ro- Mountain association met at Buffalo churc red last Saturday and Sunday. There was a fa be attendance of delegates, a large gathering < tho people, and a verjr interesting meeting. Our energetic and popular livery mei [rs. Messrs. Borders it Clitie, havo recently addc nn- to their stock, a stylish doublephfeton and sei me eral handsome buggies. I am proud to say thi tnd no town of our size, in the State, can excel i ;nt, in the elegance and comfort of our livery tun outs. olli Miss Eva Twitty, of Rutherford, is on left brief visit to the family of Dr. W. Andorsoi m- Maj. Jno. F. Jones, "who is a Knight Ten )ia, plar, expects to attend the Grand Conclave ( eat that order to bo held in Washington, D. C lal- next week. >ri- Rev. .T. A. Stafford will loave this afternoc .ib- for a short visit to friends and relatives i the Rutherford county, his native homo, em The ladies of the Baptist church had a hi vas supper last Friday night for the benefit of the rth church. It was a very pleasant and successfi in affair, and tho sum realized well repaid tl ladies for their trouble. w. a. LETTER KRtnMINmX COUNTY. J 11 *w ok, Etta Jane, September 30.?Again I take o ch- my hat to make a graceful bow to The Ei , C. Qt'iitER as it appeared in its gay style la: ve, weok, and congratulate the people of ourol L. county on having such an ably managed jou; or- nal to represent its several interests. Its e? er- position of Blacksburg last week is evcrythin 0. that the most ardent friend of that rising tow ell, could desire; and I'm satisfied that a bott< iter looking set of business and professional me W. cannot be found in a town of its size in tl Union. ar- With its natural and artificial advantage: itt- Blacksburg is soon to be the metropolis < iort uppor South Carolina. The immense minor; as, treasures 01 amerent Kinus mat jio uorunu :in, within a few miles of it, and even within ii N. corporate limits, assures tlio future greatnes S. of that town. Success to it for all time t ler, come! dc- The rain of last Monday night gave Broa J. river a sudden rise, and most of the crops o ?hn the low lands wero again under water fc M. twenty-four hours. Most of the fodder ha ad- been pulled, and the corn was dry enough I prevent much damage to it. Appearances th: use morning indicate another wet spell, of Wo are in the midst of cotton pickinj led This crop will fall far short of the cxpectatior of our people a few weeks ago. The weathc 'air has been too dry for the lato cotton to propei in- ]y mature. Early cotton is nearly all ope im, and much of it has been gathered. The farn tho crs' alliances are closing their ranks to ligl ud, for a good price for tho staple this fall. TL ted sentiment in this matter (lows silently hi ion majestically, and with tho hearty co-operatio ieir of all the farmers in tho cotton States, the ro- are bound to win. ich The chills and fever are shaking up som ;et- of our people along tho creeks. Mr. Gazawa >ng Wright had a boy thirteen years of age to di is last week under peculiar circumstances. U lay had been complaining for some time, and aftc he died his limbs were contracted and unusi 3x- ally rigid. Soon they became relaxed, and th body began to perspire profusely, and contii: n a ued to do so. At the graveyard the coffin wa opened and groat drops of perspiration stoo i. on tho face. Tho body was buried at Abinj 11 a don Creek church. Miss May McClintoek closed her school f are this place last Friday. sioma. left LETTER FROM" LANCASTER. uorrcspmulL'iici: oi mo yoikviiic j'.uqtnrcr. in" Lancastku, October 1.?The court of genon sessions opened hero 011 yesterday morninj Judge Pressley presiding. Tlie judge urge forward business with his usual dispatch an elliciencv. Ho tried, with all the delays an vj? drawbacks attendant on the first day ofcour ;v. six cases. The business of the court of gonei "j0 al sessions is fuller than usual, there being n js less than four homicide cases on the docke jmj which will require most probably tho whole c the present week. ion Thcro is to be a musical entertainment give ' 0j- hero in tho interest of the A. It. P. Church tc night, in Moore's Hall. Miss Jennie Edwards jn_ of Hue West, Mr. M. M. Koss, of Sharon t()r York county, and Mr. Henry Lancy, of tin place, are the principal performers. Th young people aro expecting an enjoyable al L,r0 fair, as the musicians all bear good reputations in. We have a good many strangers in tow rc. this week from abroad. Wo do not usual' 0f have in attendance many lawyers from tho ad l(!0 joining bars, Col. W. i). Trantham, of Cam ,v den, being the only one hero this week up t '{,? this time. Tim liliicl.-ttliiirir im;nr> of TlIK EnOUIHKR i in- 4,,w # i - # nt very greatly admired as an exquisite piece c Ijp work of the paper, and as allowing forth th virtues of that little town of destiny and futur prominence. hki> hose. NOTES hm UNION. fj. Corrcspotulcnci; of the Yorkvillr Enquirer. Pv Union, S. 0., September 2S.?The wealhor i ial very cool, with some frost this morning. U]1 Mr. James Fant, an aged and respected gen Clp tloman of this place, died this morning n ,jr' f> o'clock. Mr. Fant was cotton weigher of thi C(] town for a number of years. s." The Union County Baptist Sunday-sclioc convention is now in session at this place j.;t The choir, by tlieaid of M iss Carrie Whiteside 3n' of the Methodist choir, Miss Annie Jtriggs, c (j' the Episcopal choir, and Mr. Frank Waldrij 0? *. of the Padgett's Creek choir, furnishes soni ill excellent music for the occasion, j,' Mrs. James Grant has gone to Charleston on visit to her husband, cl- Col. E. W. Jeter, of Santuc, is on a visit t co his friend. W. G. Counts. M.' I learn that a Mr. llollis dropped dead at th ,?i Padgett's Creek Sunday-school convention las (jr> Thursday evening. " w. o. c. >(1. NOTES FROM BLAIRSVILLE. gie '-nrnwpoiiileucc nf the Vorkville Enquirer. Hi.ai iisvii.i.k, October 1.?The farinors ar \V. now actively engaged in sowing oats and gath A. ?ring their cotton. This important crop wil \V. be short about ono bale to tlio plow in on ico township this year, but our corn crop is ex lii- ceodingly good compared with what it has beoi \V, in recent previous years. is, Business is reviving at Sharon, since the re hi- establishment of railroad facilities. Severn ,Ir. cotton buyers arc there, and the price range from 10j to 10J. A. Rev. R. P. Smith and family liavo been sad B. lv bereaved by the recent death of their littl J. babe, Leroy. ckoakkk. in ?Mr. L. L. Fraser, father of Judge Fra Hie ser, died at his homo in Sumter county Ye on the 21st ultimo. d LOCAL AFFAIRS. jt o NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. .Tolm Robinson's 10 Rig Shows will bo in :r Vorkvillo, Wodncsdity, October 111. IS W. C. Latimer?Our Cash Sales on last Saturday wore a High Testimonial to our Low J] Prices and flood floods. '] R. A. Parish?Tbo Rig Show. M. it It. C. Strauss?Our New Fall Stock is I nunonso. :e Mrs. T. M. Dobson, Proprietress?Dobson's y ltackot Store. (1 J. A. Watson, Yorkvillc, S. C.?Land forSale. Withers Adickcs?Coitaiu Knowledge Among Mortals. " T. R. McClain?AI ways at !ho Top. J. W. Dobson?Cheese?Flour?Pistols?Cano | y Mills?Roland's Chilled Plow. F. Happorlield?Fresh Hams?20 Pounds of I " good Rico for ?1.00?Shoes?Tablo Crock- | 10 ery?For Nice Pickles?Laundry Mato ! rials?Tombstones and Monuments. D. F. Finley, Clerk of Hoard?Annual Meeting j 11 of the County Commissioners. >t A . MURDER AT CLOVER. We learn that en yesterday, in an alter- j R cation between two colored men at Clover, j g one killed the other and made his escape, n We have ascertained no names or partic il ulars. _ d the clyde line. w Tri-weekly service has been established n by the Clyde line of steamers between Charleston and New York, taking effect next Friday. This will add materially to H the dispatch by that line, as also to the t- more speedy delivery of freights shipped )- by the Three C's railroad. 10 the state pensioners. d Mr. Wylie, clerk of the court, received ft on Monday last, warrants for the payment ,e of State pensiou claims in York county. y These warrants are for the months of Au11 gust and September, and are for the sum ,y of $5.40 each. This payment will be the -o last until the next appropriation shall have 11 been made. rs . the county alliance. The secretaries of the various sub-alli,r ances met the president of York county ts alliance in the court house last Saturday, s, and a conference was had the nature of which was secret, and nothing was proJ* mulgated for publication. The regular |j; meeting of York county alliance will be n held in Yorkville on Friday next, 4th instant. rev. dr. mack. At a meeting of Charleston presbytery, in the Second Presbyterian church, Columf. bia, last Friday night, Dr. J. L. Girardeau is acting as moderator, Dr. J. B. Mack, of d Fort Mill, presented a petition to be transit ferred to Fayetteville presbytery, North s" Carolina. The petition was granted and 'q the order was sent to the Fayetteville nresbvterv. Dr. Mack will engage in t. evangelistic work. SURRENDERED HIMSELF, y Coot Pettus alias Allen Partlow, colored, >r charged with being principal in the murd der of Afred Barnett, colored, at the negro ["g church known as Bethany, near Hicklin's ,n Cross Itoads, in Ebenezer township, on the r0 night of the 18th ultimo, has delivered 11 himself to the authorities, and is now in ?, jail. Besides Andrew Barron, colored, ? who is also in jail as an accessory before the fact, there are others implicated, who ? will probably be arrested soon. l" CARRIER PIGEON SHOT, m A carrier pigeon was shot one day last r. week on the lands of Mr. .T. A. Byers, d near Sharon, in this county. On its wings " were the words: "If caught or shot, please ^ report to the Enquirer, Philadelphia, Pa.;" ' and also the following on the feathers of its tail: "32 South 3rd St., Philadelphia," s "6.15," "G2-A," "65," "5.80," "45.80." :h There were on its feet small brass rings. ir Several experiments have recently been made at training carrier pigeons between Philadelphia and Southern cities, but in a l(j number of cases, as the above, the birds have been shot by sportsmen. ^ THE CIRCUS, l- The flaming posters in various parts of town proclaim unmistakably that the cira cus is coming. John Robinson's aggregation of wonders will be here on Saturday, the 12th instant, and the small boy and i.t many of larger growth are happy over the coming event. This show is now making n a southern tour, and its appearance in n Ynrkville on the 12th will be the first time it has been here since 1870. It is now in North Carolina, and our exchanges from jl that State speak in high terms of all the ie different features of the exhibition. B. & L. ASSOCIATION. - mi? ifte^p^mn'^rfhA'^hefote<r Building and Loan association of Blacks* burg. The corporators are: John G. Black, M. R. Reese, J. R. Healand, R. A. r_ Westbrooks and N. W. Hardin. The z~_ capital stock is to consist of one thouig sand shares, to be paid in successive n monthly installments of 81 per share as jr long as the incorporation shall continue, in which shall be until such a time as the ie funds and assets thereof shall accumu3 late to such an amount that upon a fair jf division of the same, each stockholder il shall be entitled to 8100 for each share of it stock held. Is ? Jg DROPPED DEAD. o Last Wednesday morning, Mrs. Mary Giles, wife of Mr. Samuel Giles, who lived d near Fort Mill, went out to milk the cow as was her custom, and shortly afterward (] she was discovered lying on the ground, :o near the cow, in an unconscious condiis lion. The family supposed at first that she had been kicked by the cow and at ? once despatched a messenger for a physician. When the physician arrived, he r. found Mrs. Giles dead, and decided that n she came to her death from heart disease. i- Mrs. Giles ate a hearty breakfast before it ornincp nut in millr ond u/ae atinnnspd fp hp " hv"Jb V.V.V IU ........ .? 10 in her usual health. She was about fiftytwo years of ape. y SAD ACCIDENT. e On Sunday afternoon last, Frank Lindv say, the little three-year-old daughter of !o Mr. T. W. Clawson, lessee of the Parish o Hotel, was playing on the second floor pi!r azza of that building. Other children were l" on the piazza, but not near her. A chair was near the railing, and climbing upon IS the chair she leaned over the railing. ,1 While thus bent over, she lost her balance j- and fell to the ground a distance of seventeen feet. The left side of her face struck lt the ground, and she was severely hurt. Drs. J. R. Bratton and J. F. Lindsay gave the child medical attention, and their opinion is that no bones were fractured. The , child rests very well, and it is the hope of P the afflicted parents'many friends that it ,'s will soon recover. jj DITTEX BYA SNAKE, t, On last Thursday afternoon Mary F.mily, the fourteen year old daughter of Mr. 0 James A. Hogue, who lives near Carp, in this county, was in the field picking cotton, when she was bitten on a toe by a n pilotsnake. She immediately went to the i- house and became very sick. A messeni, ger was dispatched for Dr. S. A. Smith, of ? Clover, and in the meantime remedies 8 were administered by the child's parents, e but without affording relief. It was several hours before the physician arrived, .! hnf when lie came he administered so y simpie a remedy, which was so efficaf cious withal, that we print it as a matter " of useful information. He simply had ? the child to drink a solution of two teas spoonfuls of bi-carbonate of soda in water, ,'f and bathed the wound with the same soo lution. Within fifteen minutes after the o treatment the patient was relieved of all pain and is doing well. AGRICULTURAL DELEGATES. Governor Richardson has appointed delH egates from each congressional district to represent South Carolina at tho National ,t Farmers' congress, which will be held at a Montgomery, Ala., from November 13th to loth. From the Fifth district he has '1 appointed Major A. II. White, of Rock ' Hill, delegate, and S. Logan Lang, of 'j. Camden, alternate. Tho o-nvfrnor lias also appointed dele l a iiw o gates to represent tins State at the Southern Industrial Display to be held in Kala eigh, N. CM October 14th to 1 Oth. It was suggested that so far as possible editors of 0 newspapers be appointed, which suggese tion the governor observed by appointing 1 ,t twenty-one of the fraternity, among them L. M. Orist, of Tiik Yorkville Enquirer. HANDLE WORKS. o The indications are that at an early day : - j a spoke and handle factory will be in ope11 ration in Yorkville. Some time ago over- ' r tures were made by Mr. N. A. Jeflrys, " who owns an establishment of the kind'in ' Greensboro, N. and Messrs. Lowry & < !- Witherspoon, proprietors of a handle! ii factory near Guthriesville, that if a certain I s amount of stock were taken in Yorkville they would unite their machinery, sub-1 " scribe it as so much stock from each firm, j1 the value of the machinery, including en- j i gines, lathes, etc., to be determined by ap-! - praisement by disinterested experts. ', On Thursday last Air. Jelfrys met a number of our citizens in the ofiieo of Capt. J. it. Lindsay, and explaining his proposition, also submitted for inspection the books showing the result of his operations in Greensboro. His statements were satisfactory to those who heard them, and his books gave a good showing of the business as conducted by him in Greensboro. After hearing Mr. Jeffrys's statements, a committee was appointed to solicit subscriptions to the capital stock and report to an adjourned meeting at 11 o'clock Friday morning. At this meeting the committee reported that they had secured the required amount in subscriptions and a temporary organization was effected by the appointment of a committee consisting of Robert Witherspoon, Jos. F. Wallace, J. C. Montgomery, W. II. Herndon and T. B. McClain, with full power to act in all matters pertaining to the consummation of the enterprise, until a permanent organization of the company is effected. On yesterday, Mr. Wallace, accompanied by Mr. Ed. Thomas as a mechanical exnert. went to Greensboro for the purpose of inspecting ami appraising Mr. JefTrys'* machinery. CHURCjfNOTlCES. Episcopal?Sunday-school at .0 p. in. Young men's union prayer-meeting will be held in the Presbyterian church next Tuesday evening at 7.30 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. Sunday-school at 1 p. m. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m, and 7.30 p. m. Sunday-school at 4 p. in, Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 7.31 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, Pastor, Services at Union next Sunday at 11 a. m., and in Yorkville at 7.30 p. m. Sundayschool at 4 p. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 7.30 o'clock. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.8C a. m. by Rev. A. M. Chreitzberg, P. E. Sunday-school at 4 p. m. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7.30 oclock. A BATTLE WITH STONES. Last Saturday night, on Main street, near the carriage factory, an altercation ensued between three colored men, Jim Young and Andrew Jackson on one side, and Clark Ratchford on the other, which culminated in a veritable battle with stones. The missiles were thrown bv the respective combatants with force and promiscuous recklessness, endangering pedestrians on the street in that part of town, and while two or three narrowly escaped receiving injuries, a negro, Jim Jackson, who was passing near by at the time, wag struck on the leg by a stone. The battle raged furiously until the participants were arrested by the police, but the arrests were not made until alter Clark liatchford was struck on the face with a flying stone which was hurled with such force as to break his left lower jaw bone. lie deposited $5 for his appearance before the intendant on Monday morning, and was taken to the office of Dr. George Walker, who set the fractured bone. On Sunday morning Drs. Walker & Cartwright, dentists, made a clamp and fitted it to the fractured part, which will hold it until the bones unite. Itatchford failing to appear before the intendant on Monday morning, his deposit of $5 was declared forfeited. Young and Jackson were fined $7.50 each, or fifteen days each at labor on the streets. Failing to pay their fines, they will work them out. LOCAL LACONICS. The white graded school has now 1S5 pupils enrolled. There will be a meeting of the W. C. T. U. in the Knights of Honor hall this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Mr. James A. Watson has left at Tiie Enquirer office a mammoth beet, a specimen of the nroduct of his crarden. It is of the "early forcing" variety and weighs (JJ pounds. Mr. John G. Ferguson, of The Enquirer office, has added almond culture to his other experiments in fruit growing, and this year was successful in gathering a good quantity from his tree, though they were not as perfect as the Persian fruit. The greatest difficulty that he perceives in its cultivation here is the early blooming of the tree, endangering the fruit to destruction or blight by early frost. Mr. John T. Latham, who lives seven miles from town, on Turkey creek, has left at The Enq uired-office, .samnlA oi giapes, lilt) variety of \wTTcn he cannot name. The vine is of volunteer growth and sprung up a short distance from a summer ripening vine. The vine is heavily laden with fruit which is now ripe. The grape is sub-acid and about the size of the Delaware, though quite dark in color. We havo had the pleasure of inspecting a beautiful work of art recently finished by Miss Daisy Gist, of this place. It is a folding screen of three panels, each panel containing a beautiful flower piece in oil. The first panel contains a fine representation of azalias, the second magnolias, and the third wisterias, all of which are drawn with true artistic arrangement ana coiorered with the correctness of nature's touch. It is whispered that this beautiful work is intended as a present for a certain important occasion in the near future. POOll HOUSE RETURNS. 1888-80. The county commissioners will make their annual poor returns to the secretary of State in a few days, for which purpose D. E, Finley, Esq., clerk of the board, has collected the necessary data. He has given us the following information concerning York county's institution for the care of paupers: Value of real estate?600 acres of land, $6,000; value of personal property, $300. Total number of paupers during a part and the whole of the year, 25; average number supported, 23; present number of inmates, 18; unable to perform any kind of labor, 15; total value of all pauper labor during the year, $15. The York county poor house, with the farm attached, is self sustaining, a fact that has elicited remarks and favorable comment from presiding judges on the bench, and others to whose notice the subject has been brought. For the past five years the institution and farm have been under the supervision of Mr. Jas. Dillingham, who has discharged his duties in a manner satisfactory to the public. While his treatment of the unl'ortuates placed in his charge has been uniformly humane and kind, his manaee ment has been marked by methodical discipline and economical but business-like management. The following statement shows his operations on the farm the present year: KX PKNDITURKK. Supplies for poor houso $435.11 Wages of 2 laborers, 200.00 Wages of 1 laborer, 141.00 Extra labor,.... 12.00 Sewing for paupers, 12.00 Superintendent's salary, 300.00 Physician's bill, 52.00-?l,15:i.ll niX'Kii'rs. Itent of 2-liorse farm, 180.00 Product of cotton on remainder, G75.00 400 bushels of cotton seed 00.00 Garden vegetables, 30.00 Potatoes 75.00 400 bushels corn 225.00 4000 bundles of fodder, 50.00? $ 1,295.00 Total of receipts ?1,205.00 Total of expenditures 1,153.11 Balance ?141.89 MR. ALLISON'S PRIZE CORN. un wecinesuay nisi iur. it. ju. unison harvested his corn crop, grown on one acre and contested for the prize of ?500 offered by the American Agriculturist and supplemented by an equal amount by the South Carolina Agricultural department. Mr. Allison planted two acres. On the day of the harvesting a number of his neighbors assembled to witness the result. There were three witnessesselected, consisting of L. Lowry Smith, J. A. Hope and J. C. Chambers, and \V. L. McDonald, of Yorkville, was present to represent the American Agriculturist. Under the rules the acre was re-surveyed in presence of the witnesses, after which each one of the witnesses went through the acre and selected average ears sufficient to weigh one hundred pounds after being shucked. That gathered by the wituesses was then shelled in three separate heaps. The shelled corn was then weighed. Two of the heaps weighed 80 pounds of corn each and 14 pounds of cobs each. The other heap weighed 87 pounds of corn and 18 pounds of cobs. Then the entire acre was gathered, shucked and weighed. The unmerchantable or immature corn was weighed separately from the perfect corn. Of the perfect corn, there was 0,843 pounds; of the unmerchantable, 174 pounds, a total of 0,517 pounds. By calculation it was found that the yield of tho first acre was 100 bushels and 0 quarts. This acre was) planted in the Maryland variety. Eight i i hands were 2 hours and 50 minutes gather- j I ing the corn from it. I In harvesting the second acre, the same i ! rules were observed as in the lirst. The | one hundred pounds of average ears gath- j ' ered from it by each witness weighed re| spectively si pounds of corn and 1!) pounds j of cobs, 7S pounds of corn and 22 pounds of I cobs, 7(5 pounds of corn and 21 pounds of ' ! cobs. The perfect corn weighed 7,282 j : pounds, and the immature 1(1(5 pounds. As j per rule, the yield of the second acre was j 101 bushels "> quarts and a little over. This ! acre was planted in the Garrett variety and one month later than the tirst acre. I'rom that planted in the Maryland seed, ; 'I Mr. Allison gathered (1,70') pounds fodder, : | green, weighing 1,120 pounds when cured ; and from the Garrett seed he gathered 3,750 pounds fodder, green, which weighed 2,450 pounds dry. Mr. Allison was unfortunate in having his ! Maryland corn overflowed by freshets four ! times during the summer, and it is estima ted that the crop was damaged thereby at least two-fifths. But with this draw! back he may be proud of his success, and i should he fail in securing the prize, he; has already demonstrated, under serious disadvantages, what may he done on one 1 acre of York county land. PERSON A\i M EXTION. ; Miss Blanche Gage, of lnion, is visiting Miss Daisy Gist, of this place. W. B. DeLoach, Esq., of Blacksburg,01 was in Yorkviliea few days last week. Mr. Brooks In man has returned to the ! store of W. C. Latimer as salesman. Mrs. .J. M. Itawlinson is in Bock Hill i attending the Pearson meetings. ' Miss Mattie White, of King's Mountain, ! i is in Yorkville visiting Mrs. J. A. Darwin. j Mrs. W. II. Wylie, of Lewis's Turnout is in Yorkville visiting Mrs. S. L. Miller. Miss Nettie Watson, of Ebenezet, is in ! Yorkville visiting Miss Aunie Wallace. Mrs. Nancy Smith returned home yesterday from a short visit to Blacksburg. Miss Julia Taylor, of Columbia, is in i Yorkville visiting Miss Lessie Witherspoon. Mrs. E. M. Colson, who has been spending the summer in Yorkville, has returned to her home in New York city. Mr. Will Warren, of Gastonia, N. C., , spent several days with relatives in Yorkville last week. * i Miss Leila Brice, of Due West, is in , Yorkville, visiting the family of Rev. J. C. Galloway, i Mrs. R. J. Ilerndon has returned home ! from an extended visit to her parents in Union county. Mr. E. P. McKissick, traveling corres, pondent and canvasser for the Charleston 1 News and Courier, made a Hying visit to Yorkvillo last Friday, i Mr. II. Colcock Moore left on Saturday i last for Darlington, where he has accepted a position in the depot of the Cheraw i and Darlington railroad. i Miss Katie Moore, of Gi thriesville, Miss i Maggie McFadden, of Smith's Turnout, and Miss Mattie White, of King's Mountain, are in Yorkville visiting Sheriff Crawford's family, i Mrs. C. G. Parish and children have returned home from a pleasant and extender! trin fn mmiv nninfs nf interest in the Old Dominion. On Monday last Paul and John McNeel i left for Columbia, to enter the State University as students. On the same day, Cai det Frank McElwee returned to the Citadel at Charleston. He was accompanied by Master John I lart, who will matriculate 1 in the Citadel. ALLIANCE TOPICS. ? The alliance of Laurens county has passed resolutions favoring a State ex, change and also a county exchange. ? The sub-alliances of the country surrounding Graham, Barnwell county, have 1 decided to bring their cotton in to market each Wednesday until the crop is exhausted. About 225 bales were sold last Wednesday. Some of it was covered in cotton, 1 some in drilling and a large part in jute. 1 But the only reason the farmers use jute is because they cannot get the cotton. ? About half the cotton sold in the Anderson market is covered with cotton bagging; the other half principally with ! second hand jute. Very few bales are covered with new jute and pine straw. Nearly all the jute bagging that is offered . for sale there is second-hand. A great many of the farmers will buy this, but will not buy the new at any price. ? A certificate of charter has been issued to the Gaffney City Farmer's Alliance ^Warehouse company. The return of the corporators certifies that 03 per cent, of the capital stock, $2,000, has been paid in and all other necessary requirements com| plied with. The officers elected are as follows: President, J. R. Jeffries; Vicei President, W. G. Austell; Secretary and Treasurer, W. C. Lipscomb. ? So opposed are some of the members of the alliance in Union county to using jute bagging, that one of the sub-alliances, has passed a resolution to the effect that if any member of that alliance uses jute bagging that he be expelled forthwith. A correspondent, writing from Union, says: "I have noticed for the first time this morning cotton bagging in front of several stores, marked seven cents." ? On Friday the streets of Barnwell were thronged with wagons loaded with cotton, which was covered with cotton, with the exception of a few bales. Col. Mike Brown offered 10 cents for the whole lot of cotton. The alliance men held several secret meetings during the day and seemed to be tussling against accepting the offer, and tried tp get 101. They held out until late in the evening, when the whole lot was bought by Col. Brown at 10 cents, his first offer. lie handled and paid for about six hundred bales. ? On Thursday a procession of alliance farmers entered the town of Blackville with over three hundred bales of cotton in the regular cotton bagging uniform. They took the town by storm, so to speak. They were organized and had appointed one intelligent farmer as salesman, who sold out the three hundred bales at 10.27 cents round. Any merchant whom a farmer owed could buy that farmer's cotton by giving the price that they were offered by the man purchasing the lot, but most of the merchants preferred allowing the cotton sold and recoiving the cash. MERE-MENTION. Aujcuunu umueu jjanuy .fiiieij, wiiu was arrested in London for a jewelry robbery committed at Munich, has been sentenced to twelve years penal servitude. Capt. James Wilson, a prominent citizen of Covington, (la., dropped dead on the rendering of a verdict of voluntary manslaughter against his nephew, William Simpson on Thursday. The j man with the largest foot in the world is probably the Rev. John Farnham, of 1 Charlotte, N. C. He wears a number 351 i shoe, which requires a sole 20 inches < long and 7 inches broad. Ilis shoes are j manufactured in Philadelphia. Caleb j Tozier, a young man of Camden, N. J., who fell down stairs on August .'50 and ( broke his neck, died a few days ago at Coop- . er hospital. The case has attracted a great ' deal of attention among medical men. , When it was found that the injured ' man was not likely to die at all, a special j harness was constructed in which his body j rested, and this helped to keep him alive. His body had been completely paralyzed ( since the fall. The exports of specie ' from the port of New York last week , amounted to $401,702, and the imports of t specie amounted to $01,081. Anna Kvans, of Memphis, whose husband is a . prominent Republican politician of color, ( has sued Patrolman Conway for $">,000 * damages for having called her "Aunty"? * the term being considered a reminder of y slavery days. A. L. Lamont, a citi- J zen of San Francisco, has been sentenced * to death for taking part in political 1 riots. Irrigation has raised the value) ] of some California land from $7 an acre to j over $500. Coal and oil are found in * every county of Wyoming. The territo- r rial geologist thinks the coal fields cover j f 30,000 square miles. Opposite the [J city, of Peoria, Illinois, on top of the bluff, 1 has been discovered the site of Port Creve r C(cur, the Fort of the Broken Heart, built c by Lasalle in the year 1GS0. Historians have long disputed as to the exact loca- I tion of the fortification. It is esti- f mated that the expense of maintaining p the prisons of the United States amounts \ to $75,000,000 a year; but that is only a 1 small part of the cost involved in the ex- a istence of the criminal classes. A bri- t dal couple named Brumfield were fired 'J upon, supposed by a rejected suitor of the j t lady, near Huntington, W. Va., Friday, c The lady was killed and the husband fa- o tally wounded. C'resco, Iowa, was vis- j ii ited by a terrible fire oii Thursday. Twen-1 '1 ty-two business houses were burned, and d the loss is heavy. The business fail- e ures occurring last week number for the e United States 105, Canada 117; total 102 a against 107 the previous week. Bev.! u l'olycomp C. Ilenkel, I). 1)., a prominent < b Lutheran divine, died at his home at p I Conover, N. C., last Thursday from paral-1 o ysis of the heart, aged 70 yearn. Two train robbers were sentenced at Salt Lake I'ity, 1'tali, last Thursday, to the penitentiary. Joseph C. Harvey, a wealthy mill owner of Philadelphia, has lost his mind at remorse over the death of a number of operatives in one of his mills which was burned about eight years ago. An epidemic of diphtheria prevails at Marion, Ind., in consequence of which the public schools have closed. Wilkic Collins, the famous novelist, is dead. The principals, seconds and important witnesses in the Williamson-Calhoun duel have been surrendered to the Alabama officials by the governor of Ceorgia, and will be tried under the laws of Alabama, which define the offence felony, punishable by not less than one nor more than ten years in the penitentiary. A Sknsationai, Poisonino Cask.? North Carolina has a sensational poisoning case that bids fair to rival the celebrated May brick case recently tried at Liverpool. The parties to theaffair are wealthy and of the first families. They lived at ueiusviiie, Kockingham county, anu me young wife is accused of having poisoned iier husband, Mr. Morris. Her maiden name was Scales, and it is said she was forced to marry Morris against her will. A few weeks ago lie died under suspicious circumstances, and after a longand patient investigation, the coroner's jury have decided that his death was caused by chloroform administered by his wife. The j Greensboro State gives the following brief I outline of the circumstances surrounding 1 the case: I This case is free fiom any charge of infi- ' delity, or unfaithfulness, but it is as strik- | ing in its main features as the Mrs. Maybrick case in Liverpool. Mr. Morris, during the night, was restless, sleepless and wearied. His wife gave him a remedy? < chloroform it it said. In the morning there was a repetition of the dose. Some friends called to see Morris. Mrs. Morris tried to obstruct the visit. The gentlemen went to Morris's room and found him dead. There was a bottle on the bed, and a handkerchief spread over his face. The bottle had contaiued chloroform. Mr. and Mrs. Morris had never lived as man and wife?so the story goes. There was intervention of mutual friends, and Mr. Morris is said to have offered every inducement to reconcile his wife to the married state. The Sunday before Morris's death he and his wife attended church together three times. Some ten days or so before he had deeded her his property, and had also insured his life for her benefit. All this was supposed to be in pursuance of an agreement to assume the relations of man and wife. This is a brief outline of thecase as it is before the public. It is stated that Mrs. Morris bought the chloroform at the drug store. However, the case will now go to a jury of her countrymen, and Mrs. ^Iorris will get a hearing. The question in Maybrick's case was, did she have a motive to poison her husband? The jury answered that she did. The same question will undoubtedly control the Morrts case. Did she have a motive to induce her to get rid of her husband ? Crop Reports.?The South Carolina weather service furnishes the following report for the week ending last Saturday : Rainfall for the State was normal. Temperature for the State a little below normal. Sunshine for the State was normal. Weather conditions throughout the week, have been most favorable to the farming interests, especially for picking cotton, which is being picked as rapidly as possible. From the tenor of reports, it is expected to fall a little short of an average. The staple is good and commands good prices, which will more than offset the crop of last year. Other crops, such as corn, peas, po...toes, turnips, Ac. are reported fine, promising a large yield. Farmers are satisfied with the general results. Of the condition of the cotton crop, the weather bulletin issued last Saturday by the signal office at Washington says : Weather conditions throughout the cotton region during the week were generally favorable for picking, but it was too cool in the West Gulf States for the late crop. The frost in Arkansas did no damage, and worms are disappearing, while in Mississippi the crop has been recently damaged by worms. In Alabama the crop is re porceu as sugnuy siainea, ana me conuitions for the potato crop are excellent. Owing: to the cool weather cotton is opening slowly in North Carolina, while a good crop below the average is reported in South Carolina, where other crops were Improved and in line condition. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Baptist church which has stood in the town of Edgefield for more than half a century, has been torn down, preparatory to building a new one. ? Most of the students of the Winthrop training school have arrived in Columbia. The attendance upon the school will be between fifty and sixty. ? The handsome residence of Col. J. If. Wharton, of Waterloo, Laurens county, was burned last Friday night. His loss is about $4,000. ? The Governor has pardoned from the penitentiary Job Greer, sentenced for life from Greenville in 1S80 on conviction of burglary and larceny, it having been shown that it was the dying request of the prosecutor that the prisoner should have his liberty. ? At Itowesville, Colleton county, on last Saturday night, W. C. Whetstone, son of Capt. J. C Whetstone, was shot through the neck and fatally wounded by J. P. Sain. Sain is an extensive merchant and a warden of the town. He disappeared after the shooting. ? In 18S3 Judge Hudson sentenced a man by the name of Barnes to three years in the penitentiary. He was pardoned by Gov. Thompson upon condition that he leave the State and never return. He has returned and been arrested and remanded to the penitentiary to finish out his sentence. lie thus forfeited his liberty. ? Mr. Karnier Keels, of Boykin's, in Kershaw county, is a competitor for the $1,000 prize offered for the largest yield of corn on one acre: He has not yet gatherered his corn, but the Columbia Register learns that he has "already cut 0,000 pounds of fodder from it, and good judges estimate that he will have over one hundred bushels of ears when they are harvested." ?Three negro children in Columbia died very suddenly recently and were buried. The parents were put up to believe that they were poisoned by the attending physician, Dr. A. X. Talley, and had the coroner to exhume one of the bodies and have it examined. This was done and the stomach of the child examined by a chemist, who reported that it contained no poison, but that the child had died from malignant fever. The father of the children is not satisfied with this report, however, and is taking steps to have a more thorough investigation. ? The Financial Record credits South Carolina with thirty-five cotton mills, >7S,000 spindles, 0,280 looms, and with a ion.su nipt ion of 124,45!) bales of 455}, averige weights, or 5G,6S2,f)l<> pounds. " Georgia is credited with fifty-five mills, 388,.'142 spindles, 0,420 looms, and with 133,477 jales consumption of 458} average weights, )r 01,102,078 pounds. The above figures jive Georgia twenty more mills and 110,322 nore spindles. Georgia consumed last :ear 11,273 more bales (400 pounds to the )ale) than South Carolina. ? A novel procession passed through ireenville the other day. It was a covered wagon drawn by two oxen, a mule md a horse, and hitched to the back of the vagon were two cows. The owner, W. l. wanton, is a returning pilgrim from Yrkansas, going to his old home in Union ounty. He left Arkansas in April last vith his four children, and has traveled in his manner all the way through thecounry, camping and living in the wagon. Ie has made live stops to work for persons n order to get money to push on his long ourney. Two other families, also going o Union county from Arkansas, are on the oad traveling in the samf style. Two hildren died 011 the way. ? The Spartanburg correspondent of the S'ews and Courier says: Capt. J. \V. Woford planted on the expermental station [rounds some corn for ensilage. The rows vere about four feet wide and Dr. Mciryde had instructed him to leave the coru ,bout one foot or fifteen inches apart, so as o secure a large stalk with occasional ears. The ground was manured liberally and here was a fair yield of corn generally m the lot. Capt. Wofford had the most if it cut down and put in his silo. After illing that, there was about an acre left, .'he tops were cut oft' of this and the fodIcr pulled. When it became dry he gathred it. lie first went into the lot and arefully measured one-tenth of an acre nd kept that to itself. When measured ip this gave him at the rate of sixty-eight mshels to the acre. That was ou land ilanted for ensilage and not for a big yield f corn.