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?The business failures in the United
States for the quarter ending with September
were 2,576, showing a decrease of
of 85 from last year, but for nine months the
number has been 7.879, an increase of 329.
During last week there were 172 failures
in the United States and 34 for Canada,
against 184 for the United States the previous
week, and 37 for Canada.
? A Federal judge in Iowa has decided
that railway companies bave no right to
suspend the operation of non-paying
branches. The exclusive right granted to
build the road carries with it the paramount
duty of keeping it open for the
public convenience. If sustained by the
supreme court, the decision will establish
a valuable principle of railway management
in the public interest.
?Gen. George Foster, who prosecuted
Mrs. Surratt in 1865 on the charge of being
In the conspiracy to muraer jtresiueui
Lincoln, and who was instrumental in
having her convicted and hanged, is now
a street loafer and bummer in New York,
where he once had a yearly practice of
$30,000. A fatality seems to follow the
actors in that sad drama. Boston Corbett,
who killed Wilkes Booth, became a raving
maniac.
? It has bepn shown by official reports
that the sheep-raising industry in Ohio is
declining under the operation of the protective
tariff. According to a report of the
State auditor there has been a decline of
184,479 in the number of sheep in Ohio in
the last year. It is not practicable to raise
sheep on land worth $150 an acre, in comStiuon
with wool-growers on the mounns
ranges of the Pacific slope who get
their lana for next to nothing.
? Paul Key, a negro, was hanged at
Fredericksburg, Va., for an outrageous assault
committed on the person of the young
daughter of Arthur Ballard in that city
last April. On the gallows, when asked if
he had anything to say, Key replied in a
feeble voice, "No." His neck was broken
instantly, and at 12.04 his body was cut
down and turned over to his wife. He
made a statement Thursday night, in
which he denied being guilty; and in
response to a question on Ine gallows, just
before the trap was sprung, he said his
statement Thursday night was true.
? A largely attended meeting of capitalists
was held at Lowell, Mass., last Thursday,
and organized the Dennison Cotton
Manufacturing company with a capital of
$600,000'. The company will issue 5,000
shares of stock at $100 per share. They intend
to build a mill of 25,000 spindles in
Dennison, Texas. It is claimed that cotton
of the best spinning quality can be laid
down in Texas for six dollars a bale less
than in New England. The operatives
will be from the white native population
of Texas.
? A sensation was created in Chambers
county, Ala., by the arrest of the Kev. J.
M. H. Duran,a Methodist minister, charged
with passing counterfeit money. He
was lodged in jail, and his trial came off
recently. He admitted that he had
passed spurious money, but proved that
ha hart omt It nut of the contribution box.
There were eight silver dollars in the
box, and seven of them were counterfeits.
He said God and the sinners who passed
the coins were the only ones who knew.
The case was dismissed on account of the
officers' inability to get absent witnesses.
? Bishop C. B. Galloway, of the Methodist
Episcopal church, does not take as
gloomy a view of the "race question" as
some who have expressed themselves on
the subject. Bishop Galloway has had a
good deal of experience on the Pacific
coast, and has come to the conclusion
that "the negroes are far more valuable as
laborers, and add more to the wealth,
morals, and general prosperity of the
country than the Chinese." His idea is
"that the final solution of the question
must come of education and Christianity."
? On Saturday last the grand jury of
San Joaquin county, Cal., presented its
final report concerning the case of Deputy
United States Marshal Nagle. It says the
facts show that the killing of the late
Judge Terry was intentional and deliberate,
and that while the constitution and
laws of the State require that a crime
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against its mws suuuiu ua mcu wcicuuder,
the accused was taken from the power
of the State by a process emanating
from the United States Circuit court. The
report continues: "The United States
Circuit court has decided thrt Nagle cannot
be tried by a State court, and, for
want of jurisdiction, it is fair to conclude
he cannot be tried in any court.
? A peculiar accident occurred the other
day in the Libby prison which has just
been rebuilt in Chicago after its removal
from Richmond. Resting against one
of the pillars were a number of old war
muskets. No one was nearer than five
feet of them. Suddenly one of the muskets
was discharged, the contents tearing
a hole in the ceiling above. The report
was terrible, and several people were
greatly excited. How the ola musket was
exploded no one can explain. It had done
service during the late war, and some
soldier had loaded it in readiness to fire.
It was placed among the other relics, apparently
without being overhauled. The
charge must have been in the musket at
least twenty-six years.
? The Iowa Democrats, while of course
not entertaining any hopes of carrying
the State, are confident of making large
gains at the approaching State election.
They have nominated a ticket of great
strength, and the whole State is to be
thoroughly canvassed. The idea is to
make a fight looking toward success in
the next presidential election. The tariff
is the issue that the Democrats are forcing
into the State campaign. They are showing
the farmers who have hitherto voted
solidly for the Republicans, how they are
being defrauded by the iniquitous tariff.
The Republicans are making every effort
to hold their own, but competent politicians
say that the Democrats will surely
make great gains.
-?The vast extent and possibilities of the
United States are by no means appreciated
hv the inhabitants of the republic, who
have become so accustomed to "large areas
that they are blind to the significance of
map measurements. The boom that marked
the opening of the Oklahomo territory
led many people to think that we are already
becoming crowded for living and
working space. How far from the truth this
is, is shown by a glance at the great area
of Texas, and even of the north-western
States. The largest county in the United
States is Custer county, Montana, which
contains 36,000 square miles?being larger
in extent than the States of Vermont,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware and
Bhode Island. One-tenth of our present
population could find a means of livelihood
in this one county, and then it would not
be so populous as Belgium.
? Newscomes from Wilson county, Tennessee,
that Mormon elders who have
been operating there have been driven
out by white caps. The elders disappeared
some time ago, when the agitation
was hot against them, but a few
days ago returned, believing the storm to
have blown over. However, the people
who warned them proposed to make
their threats goods. Forty or fifty masked
men, robed in white, last Thursday
night visited the houses of William Barrett,
Thomas Barrett and E. E. Barrett,
where the elders have been, searching for
them. Some one, however, had given
warning, and not an elder was to be found.
These men were cautioned against allow
ing elders to ever darken tneir aoors again,
and the elders left the county Friday. A
number of conyerts have declared that
they are done with it. The experience of
a lady of the neighborhood, now in Bowles,
.Ky., has had a beneficial effect. She
went to Utah as a convert, but is back in
her old home, warning othere.
? In his opening sermon before the Episcopal
convention in New York, Bishop
Whipple made the following reference to
the negro in the church: "We have
some problems peculiar to ourselves.
Twenty-five years ago four millions of
slaves received American citizenship.
The nation owes them a debt of gratitude.
During all the horrors of our civil war
they were the protectors of Southern women
and children. Knowing the failure
of their masters would be the guarantee
of their freedom, there was not one act
that master or slave might wish to blot.
We ought not, and God will not, forget it.
To-day there are eight millions. They
are here here to stay. They will not
be disfranchised. Through them Africa
can be redeemed. They ought to be
our fellow citizens in the Kingdom of
God. In a great crisis of missions the
the Holy Ghost sent Phillip on a long
journey to preach Christ to one man of
Ethiopia. The same blessed spirit of God
calls us in the love of Christ to carry the
Gospel in the church to the millions of
colored citizens of the United States."
? The constitutionality of the Iowa prohibitory
liquor law has been reaffirmed by
the supreme court in an action in replevin
involving the right to the possession of a
large quantity of beer all in sealed vessels
bearing the United States internal revenue
stamps over the plugs. The goods were
shipped to a resident of Keokuk, an agent
of the plaintiff, and were offered for sale
in unbroken packages. The lower court
found as a fact that the beer was kept for
sale for the purpose of being sold in violation
of the laws of Iowa, but that the laws
are unconstitutional and void as applied to
the facts of this case. The Supreme court
holds that the law is constitutional. "It
is true," says Judge Rothrock, "they
claim that in this case there is an exception
that the plaintiffs and appellees are
citizens and residents of Illinois and produce
and manufacture beer in that State
and sell it as manufacturers, but no claim
is made in the argument, and we discover
no reason why any laws of this State which
forbid the sale of intoxicating liquors are
not applicable to all persons, no matter
where they abide."
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~ MERE-MENTION.
Owing to a mistake made by the legislative
bill clerk in engrossing the Michigan
high license bill, druggists who sell
liquor ao not come within the operations
of the law. The Massachusetts Democrats
have nominated a full State ticket
with Wm. E. Russell for governor. On
last Friday morning Frank Lineberger
was accidentally killed near Lowell, N.
C., by a gun in the hands of Frank Simmons.
During this year the shipments
of gold from this country have aggregated
about $70,000,000, and the gold
in the Bank of France has increased $63,000,000.
Troy, N. Y., is having an
epidemic of typhoid feyer. In one locality
there were last week three hundred
cases and fifteen deaths. Cause, filth and
bad water. John Eisenberger, a wellto-do
white man of Baltimore, has been
sentenced to thirty days in jail and to receive
thirteen lasnes on his bare back for
brutally whipping his wife. A. C.
Pool, editor oft he Vernon La., News, and
Lee C. McAlpin, sheriff of Vernon parish,
shot and killed each other at Robelien
last Friday in McAlpin's office, the result
of a newspaper controversy. Major
Hill, of Banks county, Ga., challenged
Will Gobee to a duel. The men met and
were placed in position, when Hill broke
and ran, ending the fight. Both men are
colored. A bill has been introduced
in the Georgia senate to prohibit the sale
of liquor in quantities less than a
quart. Two more dead bodies were
found at Johnstown last Friday.
Crop Report.?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 a little
below normal.
Sunshine for the State was normal.
Weather conditions, throughout the
week, have been most mvoraDie ior me
farmers, who are busily engaged picking
cotton, which in some instances is opening
very slowly ; yet a continuance of this
favorable weather will have a marked effect
upon it. Considerable hay, fodder,
pea vines, etc., have been housed. The
weather is too dry for turnips and potatoes,
which may yet turn out profitable.
Farmers, as a general thing, seem satisfied
with the general results thus far, although
cotton is considered to be below
the average as regards yield.
The weather crop bulletin issued last
Saturday night by the signal service at
Washington says:
The weather during the week in the
corn and winter wheat regions of the
central valleys, was generally favorable
for farm work, and the seeding of fall
crops and winter wheat is reported in
good condition, except in Michigan,
where more rain is needed. The drought
in that State has materially reduced the
yield of corn and potatoes. The greater
portion of the tobacco crop is housed in
Kentucky and Tennessee without material
damage from frosts. Wheat seeding is
progressing in these States attended by
favorable weather and excellent prospects.
In the cotton region the weather was
favorable for cotton picking, which is
neaping completion. The crop is reported
as good and coming in rapidly in
North Carolina, where other crops are in
fine condition.
Kain is badly needed iu Louisiana to
improve the condition of late cane and
other crops.
Throughout the Middle, Atlantic and
New England States, the weather was favorable
for securing crops. Corn and
buckwheat have generally been secured,
and winter wheat and rye show good
growth. The potato crop shows a fair
yield in New Jersey, except on low
ground.
The Farmers' New Move.?An Atlanta
dispatch says, and the same statement
is made in the Constitution, that the
recent session of the national cotton committee
of the farmers' alliance, held in
Atlanta, was more important than the first
published proceedings indicated. They
agreed to recommend through the usual
channels that the various sub-alliances
begin an immediate agitation toward having
special sessions of the legislatures of
the different States called to p ss laws to
suspend the collection of debts for six
months, so that farmers may not be forced
to sell their cotton until they can bring
Liverpool to terms.
The argument used is that Liverpool is
using all its influence against the farmers,
and to defeat them in their war against
the bagging trust. One of the strongest
weapons in the hands of the Liverpool
people is the collection laws of the various
States. If these could be suspended the
farmow! nnnlH tfioir nntfnn arrl hroal
up the commercial rings and thus compel
Liverpool to accept cotton bagging and
to raise the price of cotton. The Georgia
legislature isstill in session and will likely
be the first called upon to take steps in
defence of the farmers as against their
enemies.
To the above alleged proposition the
Augusta Chronicle says:
"The Constitution gives a report that
the alliances contemplate petitioning the
governors of the Southern States to call the
legislatures into extra session for the purpose
of passing laws to suspend for six
months the collection of debts. Such an
extraordinary proceeding could only be
justified on one or two grounds, to wit:
In case of a revolution or a general calamity
to the crops and industries of a State.
Neither of these grounds exist as a justification.
Such a step would ruin the credit
of our people. We cannot believe that
any such movement as is rumored by the
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A Priest Sentenced to Hang.?What
may be considered the most exciting trial
on a charge of rape, ever known in Norih
Carolina, was concluded in the superior
court at Ilaleigh last Saturday night. The
defendant, John J. Boyle, was a catholic
priest, a native of Pennsylvania. It was
alleged that on the 11th of last May he outraged
the organist of his church, a seventeen-year-old
girl, Miss Geneva Whitaker,
in his room over the Catholic church in
Raleigh. He narrowly escaped lynching
after his arrest. Twenty-five witnesses
were examined, and an array of fine legal
talent was engaged on both sides. The
argument closed at 7 p. m., Saturday?the
fourth day of the trial?and after the
judge's charge the jury retired, reporting
at 12 o'clock Saturday night with a verdict
of guilty. The convicted man was sentenced
to be hanged November 20th. He
made a short statement to the court and bitterly
denounced several gentlemen who
acted as counsel for the prosecution. He
was cool and composed to an astounding
degree, and smiled immediately after the
sentence was pronounced.
? The citizens of Gaffney City are indignant
on account of the appointment of a
stranger as postmaster at that place. N.
C. Snead has been serving them for years,
and has been efficient, courteous and careful
in the discharge of his duties. J. E.
Davis, the new postmaster, comes from
Greenville. He is not a citizen of Spartanburg
county, and has no claims whatever
on the office.
LETTER FROM HICKORY GROVE.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Hickory Grove, October 8.?Jack Frost
has come. We may say that most vegetation
in this section has been killed.
The rains of last week were of great
benefit to the late cotton, and most of the
bolls that were then partially developed
will open.
Corn piles can be seen at almost every
farm house, and soon the songs of the corn
shuckers will "wake with mirth the drowsy
ear of night." Nothing to us is sweeter
than the song of the. negro, when at
work, and yet they all hav^a certain
plaintiveness that almost mai'j one sad.
Rev. Dr. R9SS was in towri?5? Sunday
evening, at the residence oT2)r. J. W.
Allison.^ He is still as fuWofvigor, apparently,
as ever, and jrfdes over these
rugged hills to minister to the spiritual
wants of the people, for whom he has so
efficiently labored for the past forty-six
years. Probably he does not visit many
homes where he has not united the parents
in the holy bonds, and the children
that greet him have not been consecrated
to God by him. He is to-day the most
prominent man in Western York, beloved
by all?living evidence that wisdom's
ways are ways of pleasantness and all her
paths are peace.
Rev. J. G. Carter preached a most excellent
sermon at Unity Baptist church on
last Sunday. At the close of the services he
was elected to preach for the congregation
for the ensuing year. Mr. Carter has been
in the ministry thirty-five years, but is
still vigorous, and with God's help may
do much yet for the Master's caues.
The York Baptist association will convene
at this church on Thursday next.
Kev. J. L. Huffman requested the members
of the church to meet on Saturday next
for the purpose of cleaning off the graveyard.
This ought to be done. While no
lofty monuments are here to tell of the virtues
of the dead, who knows but
"Perhaps In this neglected spot is laid.
8ome heart once pregnant with celestial fire,
Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed,
Or waked to ecstacy the living Tyre."
The Piedmont springs are attracting the
attention of a great many people, and the
proprietors will have to make considerable
accommodations for the people who wish
to make this place a health resort next
summer.
Mr. J. M. White has returned to Erskine
college.
Mr. McDill has returned from presbytery.
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ftend for the prize offered for the best twelve
ears of corn at the Atlanta fair.
ftMr. R. L. Smith is at work again on the
onurch steeple.
--Ave are glad to welcome Mr. R. L. Pursley
among us. He has moved his family
here, and will make this his home. He
will to-day commence to build a large
dwelling house for Mr. Jno. W. Smith.
.?1 am glad to state that Mr. J. N. McGill,
who has been sick, is able to be up again.
Mr. Wm. McGill is also up and about.
There has been 200 bales of bought here
to date. 9.90 is the limit to-day.
Mr. Allen Crosby and Dr. Tom Whitesides,
of Blacksburg, were in town this
week.
Mr. W. W. Castles, who has been with
Messrs. Smith & Power, in Virginia, returned
home this week. He has been
quite sick, but is now able to be up.
^Messrs. Smith & Wilkerson have a large
JLour and saw mill near this place. It is
first-class in every respect. Mr. Wilkerson
is a self-made man. He has built here
in what was, when he settled, a wilderness,
a most beautiful home, and by his
energy and push has made his neighborhood
one of the most pleasant in the county.
I am told that a prominent young gentleman
of this vicinity will lead to the
altar, on Thursday next, one of Blacksburg's
fair ladies. x.
LETTER FROM ROCK HILL.
CorrcBpondence or the YorKvillc enquirer.
Rock Hill, October 8.?The religious
meeting being conducted by Rev. R. G.
Pearson increases in interest at each service.
With the exception of Saturday
morning and night, he has preached two
sermons each day, morning and night, to
immense audiences. He is doing good
work, which is appreciated by our people.
So far there have been over two hundred
professions, from youth to hoary age.
The largest attendance at any service
was Sunday morning. Although the services
were to begin at half past ten, at
nine o'clock the congregation began to assemble.
The committee of arrangements,
anticipating a large attendance, had placed
1,000 more seats in and around the tent.
At half past ten, when the preliminary
services began, conducted by the local
ministers, the large tent and the seats surrounding
it were all filled, and numbers
were forced to stand. Others sat in buggies
and carriages at the sides of the tent.
The attendance, at a low estimate, was
over 3,000. At 11 o'clock, promptly, Mr.
Pearson entered the tent and began his
sermoD, taking as his text, "Looking unto
Jesus."?Hebrews xii, 2. This discourse .
was listened to with marked attention,
and was greatly enjoyed by the large
audience.
At night, on account of the wind, the
tent had to be put down, reducing the seat- 1
ing capacity of the tent to 1,800. Every
seat was occupied, and the aisles were full,
while many stood. Mr. Pearson took as his
text, Amos ix, 12 : "Prepare to meet your 1
God." From these words he preached a
most excellent sermon. After the sermon *
each night, inquiry meetings are held, '
for the purpose of allowing those who feel
that they wish to lead a better life, an i
opportunity of meeting and talking with 1
Mr. Pearson, the local ministers and other i
Christians. These meetings are largely
attended, and much good has resulted 1
from them. <
The music by the choir Sunday was very
sweet and impressive. To-day Mr Pearson
will preach especially to the business men
of this nlace. Wednesday night he will '
fireach his last sermon here, as he will i
eave for his next field, Tarboro, N. C., on i
Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson have '
certainly endeared themselves to our people,
and all will regret to see them leave.
Mr. Pearson says he never saw better behaved
audiences in his travels than those (
at Bock Hill. During the entire series of
meetings there has not been a single dis- <
turbance. Miss Gertrude Davis was at the i
organ and Mr. Bobert Hope, with his i
cornet, added much to the music. i
Mrs. Pearson, every afternoon, gives i
Bible lessons and readings in the Baptist
church to the ladies, which are very enjoyable
and profitable. 1
Yesterday Mr. Pearson preached a most i
excellent sermon, especially to mothers. i
A number of visitors from Yorkville, i
Lancaster, Chester, Fort Mill and other i
places attended the services on Sunday, i
A number of visiting ministers have been <
attending the services.
The exercises of the graded school are i
suspended an hour each day to allow the i
children to attend the services.
The cotton buyers at this place have de- '
cided to weigh all cotton coming to this <
market free. Hereafter no charge will be
made for weighing cotton. i
Considerable cotton seed is being mar- i
keted. The price paid is 20 cents per <
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The prospect for a good sweet potato <
crop in this section is very good. The <
pea crop is also promising.
But for high winds Sunday night, we :
would have had frost. Fire and over <
coats are in order to-day. i
By order of court, W. Brown Wylie,
clerk, sold a tract of land seven miles i
south-east of this place, at the suit of L. i
Delila Scott et al. against Absalom Shur- <
ley, for partition. The tract contains eigh- 1
ty-three acres and was purchased by Mr. J
T. F. Lesslie at $12.30 per acre. <
Cotton came in freely Saturday, most of
which was covered with alliance uniform. '
Solicitor McDonald was in Rock Hill '
last Thursday and attended Mr. Pearson'9 <
meeting.
Hon. J. J. IlemDhill has been SDendiner I
several days in our magic city, and expresses
himself much pleased with its
growth and progress. hal.
LETTER FROM CLOVER.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Clover, October 8?The statement in
The Enquirer of last week that a colored
man had been killed here was a mistake.
A negro was killed in Gaston county,
N. C., several miles above here, and
that probably was the killing referred to.
The party that did the shooting in that
case was arrested near here and taken
back to North Carolina. Both parties in
the affair lived in Gaston county.
There was a man shot here, in the suburbs
of town, on last Saturday morning,
and both parties to the affair were from
North Carolina. A man named Ford
shot another named Sellers, from Dallas.
From what I have been able tolearn.it
seems that Ford had been in a difficulty
somewhere in Gaston county, and had
been arrested there by Sellers, who is
a peace officer. A Mr. Mauny was on
his bond for his appearance at court.
As the term of the court for that county was
drawing near, and as Mauny felt some <
anxiety about the matter, he came here
to see Ford about it. He had Sellers
along with him. Ford has been working
around here for some time, boarding with
Mr. Wm. liayfield, in the eastern part
of town. When Sellers and Mauny
Btepped into the house where Ford was, he
(Ford) jerked out his pistol and fired.
Sellers was struck in the left breast, the
ball striking the breast bone. Sellers had
no authority, nor no intention of arresting
him, and not knowing how severe the
wound was, came up town immediately
for medical assistance. Our physicians
were all out of town, and he boarded the
north bound freight, which wa9 passing
in the meantime, and went on to Dallas.
I have not heard as to how severe the
wound was. While the town authorities
were taking steps to have Ford arrested,
he disappeared, and is still at large so far
as I know. j. n. g.
LETTER FROM BLACKSBURG.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Blacksburg, October 8.?We have
been feeling the effects of another cold
wave for the past three days?a cool northwest
wind with a fall of several degrees in
temperature?but we are glad that it came
in so mild a form, and thankful that we
were not subjected to a severe hail storm
as was Philadelphia and other places in
Pennsylvania last week.
A great many things have originated
and many important movements sprung
into existence in the northern and western
sections of our country, of which they
may be justly proud, and the South equally
emulous; but there are three things?
the blizzard, the cyclone and the cold
wave?to which they are entirely welcome,
and in which we do not care to take
stock. Only too thankful that we are far
enough away to get just a gentle hint of
what * the monsters are in their native
might and grandeur.
We had a heavy frost here this morning?the
first killing one of the season.
The hands at Mr. W. H. Stewart's brl<Jk
yard struck this morning for higher wages.
They demand one dollar a day.
Engineer Revely, of the Three C's road,
under the direction of Maj. Jones, is laying
off drives and walks on the top and sides
of Whitaker mountain, and a force of
thirty hands has been employed, and the
work of grading the streets begun.
Col. Coxe, president of the Three C's
road, spent a few hours in town last week,
on his way to Asheville. While here he
purchased one sixth interest in the Land
and Investment company, which is having
rinrio thft tvnrlr nhnvA rpfprrfld tn.
Messrs. Reese & Black have begun work
on their new livery stable on Church
street. They also bought yesterday from
Messrs. Carroll, the old livery stable and
lot on Shelby street, and this morning
began tearing down the building for the
purpose of improving the lot.
Mr. R. A. Westbrook is building a
handsome two-story brick store house on
Mountain street, near the Air-Line railroad.
It has been determined to build an addition
to the Air-Line hotel, and the contract
to add eleven rooms to the present
building has been given to Mr. H. M.
Angle, and the work already begun.
A lawn party, which proved to be a very
pleasant and paying affair, was given at
the residence and grounds of Mrs. M. E.
Deal last Saturday evening. Ice cream
and cake were sold to raise a fund for the
Presbyterian Sunday-school.
Posters were circulated around town
last week, calling for 2,000 hands to work
on the Three C's railroad above Rutherfordton.
Mr. F. P. Beard has purchased twelve
acres of land in the north-western part of
town from Mr. Ira Hardin.
Mr. M. R. Reese is having four rooms
added toDempseys' boarding house on the
corner of Carolina and Mountain streets.
Letters are being received by every mail,
from persons abroad, making inquiry as
to investments in real estate in Blacksburg.
w. a.
LETTER FROM LANCASTER.
Correspondence of the Yorkvlllc Enquirer.
Lancaster, October 7.?The court of
general sessions convened at this place on
last Monday and continued in session up
to Friday morning. There was more business
transacted in the court than I have
ever known in the same length of t}me.
There were in all about twenty trials?
fourteen or fifteen verdicts of guilty; and
among the rest there were three trials for
homicide?two acquittals, and one was
found guilty of murder.
All the work was performed in four
days. JudgePressley retains unimpaired
all the powers of his great intellect. His
memory is indeed most remarkable. He
catches every important fact and never
loses any thing in the evidence. And
when he comes to charge the jury, the
array of facts which he recites and presents
is most wonderful. The analysis of the
testimony which he makes is masterly,
and critically correct. If the law gave the
judges the right to give an opinion on the
facts of a case, Judge Pressley, in ninetynine
cases out of every hundred, would
lead the juries to right conclusions.
Court, on Friday morning, adjourned
over until 3 o'clock on Thursday evening,
to hear equity cases, and cases not requiring
the presence of juries. The judge will
be here again on next Thursday for the
duty indicated, which will doubtless be
his last time at our court, as he has declared
his purpose not to be willing to accept
another term.
The alliance of this county has exhibited
a disposition to doubt the fair play of our
cotton weigher at this place. It would
seem that there is a suspicion that the
weigher has been acting, in the past, in
the interest of the merchants, or cotton buyers.
It is said that the county alliance
here has elected their own man to weigh
the cotton, to wit: Mr. Hicklin, who
will take charge and control of the busi
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ess mis weeK. j.iiw lunuer weigu? 10 d
man of good character and standing here,
and I would think any alleged fault must
be in the scales and not in the man.
red rose.
LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY.
Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Knqulrer.
Etta Jane, October 7?.The first frost
of the season put in its appearance this
morning. A good deal of late fodder is
3till on the stalks, but it is not likely that
the frost will render it totally unfit for
use. The weather is quite dry and this
will serve as a protection to it.
Mr. Leander Petty's oldest son, John,
aged about 12 years, died yesterday evening.
For a long time he had the chills,
and gradually grew worse and weaker
until nature gave way and he sank beyond
the reach of medical skill. Drs. Ward
and Garner were his physicians. Before
leath I understand he showed signs of
I Cam a K am 4 it?A / ! Aim uraa
iuuisja w auu iui auuui ivru uajo nao uuuuiv
to take anything in the way of medicine
ind nutriment.
A new roof is being put on Salem church.
The old one has been on there for upwards
3f thirty years.
Itev. J. W. Query will preach at Salem,
next Sunday, one service, during which
time the installation of the newly elected
ieacons will take place.
Mrs. Itachel Carothers, nee Burris, an
elderly lady who was raised on Turkey
ereek, in York county, and for more than
four years has been confined to her room,
seems to enjoy good health for one in her
condition. She has many relatives living
in York county.
Miss Sallie Howe stole a march on me
in getting married. She didn't even give
me a chance to prophesy that the happy
2vent would take place, much less let me
know it in time to give a note of it in my
former letters. She married a Mr. Hoke,
3f North Carolina.
We have a corps of good looking and
well doing widowers in this section, as
well as some nice widows, to say nothing
3f other marriageable people whose names
[ may have the pleasure of announcing in
Ktrmfim'ol rlonorfmonf hpfnfA lnnf*_
sigma.
NOTES FROM LOWRYSVILLE.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Lowrysville, October 7.?Wm. Clack
lost an arm on Wednesday of last week
by a cotton gin accident.
Mr. R. P. Morgan, of Chester, one of the
proprietors of the drug store, was here last
week taking stock. He informed me that
be had paid out $500, had received $200
from the business, and finds from the books
that there are outstanding bills to the
imount of $174, and that the stock is not
worth it. He will box it up and tell the
creditors to come and help themselves.
Three companies are represented here
in the purchase of cotton seed. Each has
put up wagon scales. The price was boomed
to 22 cents per bushel last Saturday.
Considerable building is going on at
Lowrysville now, and when the brick
church is commenced, Lowrysville will be
cn quite a building boom. The brickmaking
for the church is progressing
aicely. w. o. g.
? J. A. Goodwin, a prominent citizen of
Jreenville, died last Thursday.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
T. F. jackson, Administrator?Estate of Dr,
II. G. Jackson.
C. E. Spencer, Executor?Estate of B. T,
Wheeler.
John Caldwell and T. L. Carroll, Executors ol
the will of William Caldwell, deceasedSale
of Real Estate.
T. Baxter McClain, Artist and PhotographerFine
Photographs.
W. H. McCorkle, Probate Judge?Citation?T
D.Turner, Applicant?Mrs. Nora Boyd
deceased.
D. M. Benfield, Manager, Yorkville, S. C.?
Lumber for Sale.
E. T. Atkinson, Secretary?The Associates
Counties' Fair at Chester, S. C., from the
22nd to the 25th of October, instant.
H. A. D. Neely, Treasurer of York countyTax
Levies for 1888-9.
II. F. Adickes?Grand Closing Sale.
M. & II. C. Strauss?Experienced and Econom
leal Buyers.
S. M. McNeel?Goods at Pleasing Prices.
Henry Ford?Mail and Express.
Withers Adickes?Facts are Stubborn Things
J. H. Riddle?The Top and Bottom.
J. A. Darwin?Horses for Sale.
C. Henry Smith, Yorkville, S. C.?Runaway
w. u. ijauiuer-a ureal, wee* lur Jiarguina
All kinds of Dry Goods at the Mercy o
the Purchaser.
A. Y. Cartwright ?fe Co.?Tho Almighty Dollar
Tho Many Have too Few anil tho Few toe
Many.
ADMITTED TO THE BAR.
In the State supreme court, last Monday
Mr. Edward William Hart, of Yorkville,
on petition for admission to the bar, was
admitted, sworn and enrolled as an attor
ney for all the courts of this State.
THE FIRST FROST.
Monday and yesterday marked a decid
ed falling of temperature in this section
and on yesterday morning the first heav>
frost of the season occurred. Thin for
mations of ice were also noticed in sev
eral parts of town.
CHAUTAUQUA SOCIETY.
On Monday evening last a Chautauquc
Literary and Scientific Circle was organized
in Yorkville with the following officers
president, W. J. Thackston; vice-president,
Miss Fannie Miller; recording secretary
and treasurer, W. D. Grist ; corres
ponding secretary, Miss Minnie Wilson.
THE COUNTY ALLIANCE.
TLa olltonna of Vnrlr Aniinfu
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met in the opera house on Friday last, Mr
W. N. Elder, president, the presiding offi
cer. The meeting was largely attendee
by delegates from the various sub-allian
ces, and was in session several hours
None of the proceedings were furnished
for publication.
FORT MILL SAVINGS BANK.
On Friday last a declaration was filed
with the secretary of State and commissior
issued for the incorporation of the "Savings
Bank of Fort Mill." The capita!
stock is $50,000, divided into one thousand
shares of the par value of $50 each. The
corporators are: Messrs. Samuel E. White
W. J. Ardrey and John M. Spratt.
SALES-DAY.
There was a very small attendance oi
people in town last Monday, sales-day foi
October, and there was but one official sale
The clerk of the court sold a tract of 86 acres
of laud in Catawba township, at the suitoi
Mary Shillinglaw and others against Jane
Shillinglawand others. Sold under a decree
of court for partition, and bought bj
Capt W. L. Roddey at $2.50 per acre.
T. BAXTER McCLAIN.
In another column will be found an advertisement.
nf Mr. T. Baxter McClain
artist and photographer. Mr. McCiain is
too well known to the readers of The Enquirer
to require endorsement, and his
gallery is fitted up with the most approved
appliances, to which the latest addition ig
a costly Dalmeyer lens, made to his spe
cial order, while in London a few months
ag0, .
almost a fire.
Between 12 and 1 o'clock yesterday the
roof of Col. W. H. McCorkle's kitcher
was discovered to be on fire. It is sup
posed to have ignited from sparks falling
from the chimney. Fortunately the die
covery was made in time for the assistance
which promptly repaired to the scene, te
extinguish the flame before it had gained
much headway. The building is of wood
and adjoining his brick residence, and bul
for the timely discovery of the blaze, both
would probably have been destroyed.
EXAMINATION"OP TEACHERS.
The semi-annual examination of teach'
ers by the county board was held in the
office of the county school commissioner or
Friday last. The board consists of School
Commissioner Johnson, Rev. J. C. Galloway
and D. E. Finley, Esq. There were
twenty-five applicants for teachers' certificates,
of whom one was white male, five
white females, thirteen colored males
six colored females. It will require seve
ral days for the examination and grading
of the papers.
THE TAX LEVY.
The whole taxable property of York
county, including railroads, etc., is $5,872,443,
on which the following total levy ha:
been made:
State tax $30,830 31
Ordinary county tax 17,617 31
Chester and Lenoir Railroad bonds... 8,808 6<
Constitutional 2-nrill School tax, 11,744 81
Special?Rock Hill school district, 1,249 9<
Special?Yorkville school district, 1,146 0!
Polls 4,605 0<
Total, $76,002 11
ACCIDENTAL FIRE.
On last Friday afternoon the dwelling
house belonging to Linda Hill, colored, or
the Chester road, below the C. and L. de
pot, was discovered to be on tire. Before
aid could reach the spot, the house was 8(
nearly consumed that nothing could be
done to save it. Only a few articles of fur
niture were saved. The owner of the
house is an industrious colored woman, and
worked out as a cook, and there had beer
no fire in it for three weeks. While the
origin of the fire cannot be ascertained, il
is supposed to be accidental.
TREASURER'S 'SETTLEMENT.
It may not be known that our worthy
and efficient country treasurer, Mr. H. A,
D. Neely, made his final settlement ol
State taxes with the comptroller general
on the 18th of last June; but such is the
fact and the following is a statement ol
his settlement:
Total taxes charged 827,499 91
Paid State treasurer 82(5,898 10
Commissions 400 00
Deductions and abatements
by comp. general 94 92
Nulla boua executions... u.? zn
Executions in hands of
sheriff It (il?927,4?>9 91
BEWARE OF SHARPERS.
It would seem a work of supererogation
in this enlightened day to sound a note ol
warning against the harpies and sharpers
who will be here with the circus next Saturday
; but we fear there are some who will
read these lines that will walk right into
the spider's parlor. But feeling it our duty,
nevertheless, we caution all to beware of
tricks and games of chance and pickpockets
on that day. Shun the threecard monte
trick, and if a fakir offers to wager that
he can swallow the steeple of a church, take
his word for it but don't bet! Keep out
of the "side shows" and away from venders
of nostrums and cheap trinkets and
you will afterwards have no cause to regret
the precaution.
THE EXCHANGE VAULT.
The masonry of the safety vault of the
Exchange bank has been completed, and
it is now ready for finishing the interior
with receptacles and shelves, in addition
to the burglar proof safe it will contain for
the storing of valuables. The walls are ol
brick, two feet thick, including two fourinch
air chambers in sides and rear end.
The outer dimensions are 8A by 12 feet,
and the dimensions of the vault 4* by 8J.
The entrance to the vault is an iron folding
door of Hall's make, with combination
lock on the outside aud key lock for the
vestibule. In this vault will be placed a
Herring burglar proof safe with time
and combination lock, and containing a
banker's safety chest.
A MISTAKEN RUMOR.
The story which reached here last Tuesday
of a murder having been committed
by a negro in the town of Clover on the
day named, had no foundation in fact.
The conductor of the train, who made the
statement at the depot, here was innocently
mistaken as to location. The murder
occurred, as we learn from the Gastonia
Gazette, at M. H. Forbes's place, on
Crowder's creek, in Gaston county, on
Monday night, Meek Crawford shooting
and killing Gillie Miller, both colored.
The Gazette says that Crawlord was at
Miller's house, on Mr. Forbes's place,
and both were drinking. A dispute arose
and Crawford broke a whisky jug over
Miller's head. Willie Hoyce and Perry
Gunning were also there, but fearing
trouble, left. They soon heard the report
of a gun and saw Crawford leaving. He
told them that he had shot Miller, but ho
was not much hurt. They went back 1
the house and found him fatally woun<
ed, having been shot in the head with
. mixture of shot and slugs from a muske
He died about 10 a. m., Tuesday.
Miller was arrested on Tuesday nigl
j. near Clover, and after a preliminary trii
. at Gastonia was committed to the Gastc
county jail.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mrs. M. G. Branough, of Warrentoi
? Va.,is in Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. J
H. Metts.
Miss Lorena Crenshaw, of Charlott
l N. C., is in Yorkville, visiting friends ar
3 relations.
Mr. C. II. Williams, of Lesslie's, was
- Yorkville on last Monday on business.
Mrs. A. C. McPheeters and her gran
daughter, Miss Nettie Dickson, have r
turned from an extended visit to Ashevill
Mr. T. M. Whitaker has returned hon
from Saratoga.
Mrs. Dr. W. M. Walker left for Will
wood, Florida, last Thursday, to visit h
sister, Mrs. Curry, who is dangerously ill
; Mrs. J. C. Galloway is visiting her rel
f tives in Virginia.
, THE COLORED ALLIANCE,
i The Colored Farmers' Alliance of Yoi
county met in the court house on Saturdf
last, J. M. Clinton, county superintendei
presiding. Thirteen sub-alliances we
' represented by thirty-five or forty del
1 gates.
5 Among the business transacted was tl
collection of quarterly dues.
The question of the practicability
buying farming lands on the co-operatr
. or association plan was discussed.
It was resolved by the meeting th
I members should use cotton coverin
. whenever it can be obtained, in prefe
. ence to jute.
It was also resolved that the membe
of the alliance should hold all the cott(
they can until they can obtain a certa
t price for it.
Three new sub-alliances were admitt<
to membership.
YORK MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
The regular quarterly meeting of Yoi
County Medical and Surgical associati<
was held in Bratton's hall on Monday las
with Dr. A. P. Campbell, vice-presiden
- in the chair, and Dr. R. A. Bratton, seer
. tary. Other members were present
follows: Drs. T. R'. Cornwell, J. F. Lini
I oon T IT Save don Wnllrpr W I
I D?J J V I i-J. WWJ V | Wf ?t MiMwa f ft
. White.
The minutes of the last meeting we
I read and confirmed.
The names of Drs. Alex. Mack, of Fo
Mill, and W. A. Hood, of Hoodtown, we
proposed for membership, and they we
[ unanimously elected.
1 The committee on by-laws was co
: tinued.
j The essayists appointed for this meetii
1 being absent, they were continued, at
* Drs. Mack and Geo. Walker were appoic
> ed alternates.
After discussing further business of ir
nAitfornn tKo mntnol nrnfonfiAn nf mpr
EUA wau\<u IVt VUV UUUVMMl J/IVhVV??wu v*
ers of the association, the meeting a
1 journed until the first Monday of Januar
1890.
? CHURCH* NOTICES,
f Episcopal?Sunday-school at 5 p. m.
' Young men's union prayer-meeting w:
' be held in the Presbyterian church ne.
r Tuesday evening at 7,30 o'clock.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Re
J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services at Ti rzi
next Sunday at 11 a. m., and in Yorkvil
at 7.30 p. m. Sunday-school at 4 p. m.
' ^ Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Ps
tor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. r
' and 7.30 p. m. Sunday-school at 4 p. r
I Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 7.
o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Da
' iel, Pastor. In consequence of the absen
of the pastor there will be no preaching
the Methodist church next Sunday, for
noon or evening. Prayer meeting th
i evening at 7.30 o'clock. Sunday-school
i 4p.m.
? i!-i r> -n n A-i
jDapilSt JLVtJV. XV. V3T. xrau jvti, X oau
f Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m., ai
- 7.30 p. m. The sacrament of the Lord
3 supper will be celebrated after the mor
> ing service. There will be services <
I Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenii
I at 7.30 o'clock. Sunday-school next Su
t day at 3.30 p. m.
1 INTERESTING WAR SKETCH.
With the issue of The Enquirer i
October 23d, we will commence the pu
lication of an interesting sketch entith
i "Company B, Twefth S. C. V." Tl
i sketch will run for several weeks. It
1 written expressly for The Enquirer 1
Hon. W. S. Dunlop, now auditor of tl
3 State of Arkansas, but formerly capta
- of the company, and later in command
3 the sharpshooters of McGowan's brigad
, The sketch begins with the date of tl
- formation of the company at Caic
f Springs, in York district, July 13, 186
and continues until the formation
the battalion of sharpshooters, of whi<
Captain Dunlop was assigned to the con
: mand, March 1st, 1864. While it giv
- many incidents in the history of the cor
3 pany, the part it took in the coast defenc
of the State until ordered to Virgini
2 April, 1862, and its subsequent career
l all the campaigns of the Army ofNort
5 em Virginia, it necessarily includ
I much of the history of the entire regimei
| during this important period of the wa:
) and as York furnished three companies
. the Twelfth regiment,the sketch will pro'
I not only highly interesting to the su
vivors and the descendants of all tl
members of Company B, but those of tl
r other York companies as well.
i
thr rrmmis.
) John Robinson's ten big shows are cot
) ing and will arrive on the advertised dat
s next Saturday. For the season of 1889
has been reorganized and its attractio"
5 increased, greatly excelling any previoi
I efforts of the management. The circus
i given in four rings with performance
) each ring at the same time. Besides tl
t attractions of the circus, there are said
be sixty cages of wild animals, which wi
prove an important feature to all admire
of animated nature. And in addition
' all this is the famous southern clow
John Lowlow, a native Georgian and
f brother of one of the most distinguish*
1 journalists in that State. Of its recent e:
> hibition in Greensboro, N. C., the Stat
f published in that town, says:
Many of our people both from this and tl
i surrounding counties, witnessed the exhibits
of Robinson's Circus and Menagerie at tb
place last Friday. At .11 a. m., the streets
the city were thronged with people who looki
with interest at the grand free street para<
which is of itself a most wonderful show.
Later in the day the immense canvas w
well filled with an audience to see the circi
performance. Everything in the circus is firs
class. The riding is good, especially that
i Miss DeMott, who is by far the best equestr
f enne we have ever seen. The novel featur
j are the chariot, hurdle, barrel, wheelbarro
and other races which took place on the trac
which surrounds the three large rings. VI
cannot now mention the many interestir
performances, but suffice it to say, that tl
, large crowd which attended the afternoon e:
' hibition came away greatly pleased with tl
, whole exhibition. Mr. John Lowlow, tl
popular clown, was also on hand with mat:
comic witticisms and amusingattitudes. Jot
is a whole show himself. The big show no
1 on the road well sustains the reputation mac
by old John Robinson, the veteran showma
DEATH OF A STRANGER.
On Sunday last, in the dwelling lious
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01 Mr. (j&rD68 jraribli, in uic uv;itiicaotui
suburbs of town, a tramp sign and ornj
, mental painter named Ed. H. Arlingtoi
came to a sudden death. The facts give
' below, as elicited at the inquest, give a
the material circumstances connected wit
, the unfortunate man's untimely endinj
He was a votary of whisky, which scor<
its victims every hour.
It seems that about 10 o'clock a. m., h
lay down upon a bed in Mr. Parish
house in a state of stupefaction from e:
cessive drinking, and at 5 p. m., he w?
found to be dead. The opinion of th
physicians who arrived at 6 o'clock, wf
that he had been dead about Ave houi
before the fact was discovered.
On Sunday night a messenger went t
the home of Coroner S. L. Pursley to not
fy him of the occurrence, and that Mr
Parish desired that an inquest be helc
On Monday morning the coroner cam
in and proceeded to organize a jury compoi
ed of the following persons: M. S. Carrol
foreman ; W. F. Caston, R. H. M. Cain, J
C. Kenneday, R. M. Sherer, W. J. Lov<
W. L. Thomas, PI. Norman, D. A. Jamei
J. C. Dickson, T. L. Wallace, J. ft
Nichols.
Only five witnesses were examined.
Dr. A. Y. Cartwright testified that de
ceased came to his office on the 24th c
last month, complaining of being sick an
hungry, and asked for assistance. Th
doctor'properly cared for hira, and whe
he was able to work secured for him som
jobs on which he worked. The doctc
to saw him last on Saturday afternoon. He
i- gave his name as Ed. Arlington and said
a he was from New York,
t. Martha Murphy, Charles Murphy and
Walter Parish testified, their evidence
bearing only upon the viewing of the
)n body soon after death was discovered.
Walter Parish, however, was the first to
discover the death, as is explained in
his mother's testimony. Mrs. M. T. Parish,
wife of James Parish, was the most
material witness, her evidence explaine,
ing in detail the actions of the man imid
mediately preceding his death. She testified
as follows:
In A colored man, Charlie Howie, I think,
brought to my house, about 9 o'clock on
" Saturday night, a gallon of whisky. Mr.
p Parish told me that half of it was his and
' the other Mr. Ed. Arlington's. Mr. Arlington
came to my house about daylight.
Mr. Parish got up and let him in. When
' he came in he drank some of the whisky
and carried off a half pint with him. Mr.
* Parish wanted him to take all his whisky
with him, but he wouldn't do it, as he said
he wanted to come back and spend the
day with Mr. Parish. He came back
rk again between 9 and 10 o'clock, and when
{y he came Mr. Parish was in bed. He told
me that he wanted a drink, and I got the
re jug for him. He drank a large tumblerful,
u/hi^h tumhlpr holds a little more than
? ?* ? ?
half a pint. He soon drank another turnTie
blerful. He continued, drinking the tumbler
five times full in about half an hour.
0f When he came back the last ti me he asked
ye me if I would cook dinner for him, and
I replied yes. Soon after he took the five
at tumblers of whisky he started away, but
? came back and asked me if I would let
him lie down. I prepared a bed for him
and he lay down. This was only a few
r8 minutes after he took the last tumbler of
)n whisky. He lay on his back when he
jn first lay down, and he afterwards turned
over until his head got rather crooked and
1(j under his breast. While lying on his back
he made a peculiar noise, but I paid no
attention to it. About 5 o'clock, my little
son Walter went into the room to get his
k coat, and I looked up and saw that the
) hands of Mr. Arlington were pale and
jt swollen. I told Walter to turn him over,
t' When he raised his head up, he said,
el "Mamma, I believe he is dead." I called
as Miss Murphy and told her to come in
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d- ana iOOK at mm, ana siariea waiter ior a
3jt doctor. I then began to bathe his head in
cold water, and asked Miss Murphy if she
re could go and get some one to come. Drs.
Bratton and White came soon after and
rt pronounced him dead,
re Dr. R. Andral Bratton made an autopsy
re of the body, after which he furnished the
following written statement:
n" "This is to certify that having examined
the dead body of Eddie Arlington, I believe
him to have died of heart failure."
Thejury returned the following verdict:
"That the said deceased came to his death
n- from heart failure, produced by a quantity
n- of whisky administered byhisown hands."
d- The deceased was given a decent burial
y? by J. Ed. Jefferys, undertaker, at the expense
of the county. He was a man of
intelligence, and the work he finished here
shows that he was an artist in his profesill
sion. But the intoxicating cup was his
vf _
~v ruin.
It is due to Mrs. Parish to say that her
husband was at his home during the day.
le ?m?m?mmmm?mamm
ALLIANCE TOPICS.
J?" ? Under instructions from President
McCaw, of the alliance, Hon. Ben Teroq
rell, national lecturer, left Orangeburg
last Monday for Kansas, to fill engagements
to lecture in that State, beginning
" to-morrow.
vv
in ? Says the Greenville News: The power
e- of the alliance in this county can be appreiis
ciated when it is remembered that the
at Democratic vote here outside the city is
about 3,300, while the alliance membership
>r. is 2,000. That means that nearly twoid
thirds of the adult white men of the county
l's belong to the order.
n* ?Hon. Ben Terrell spoke at Barnwell
30 last Friday to fully twenty-five hundred
ig people. It was'the largest crowd assembled
there since Hampton days in '7G. The
stage was tastefully decorated with cotton
bagging and native products of every kind.
Mr. Terrell spoke eloquently, and was
?r cheered during his whole speech. The
alliance men are delighted with his talk.
\e ?At the last meeting of the Florence
is sub-alliance, it was unanimously resolved
)y to sell no cotton seed to the Standard Oil
ie company or any other mill in the combiin
nation, provided the home mills will buy
of and pay a reasonable price for the seed.
e. It was also decided to make Wednesday of
he each week alliance day for selling cotton,
i>3 and urged upon all farmers to bring their
;i) cotton in only on that day. By this plan
of a large amount of cotton will be placed on
jh the market at one time, thereby inviting
q_ buyers to come from abroad and put prices
es up to the highest possible figure,
n- ?The Spartanburg correspondent of the
es News and Courier says in that pa^er of
a, last Monday: ,'ine readers 01 me ?>ews
in and Courier will remember that the alii-,
h- ance had some trouble last spring, when,
es for certain reasons, they deposed their
at business agent, Dr. S. J. Hester, and electr;
ed another in his place. At that time
to Hester claimed that he had certain rights
ve that the alliance could not take from him,
r- and he resisted the action of the alliance
ie in every way possible. He has now
ie brought suit against the Rasin Fertilizer
company and various members of the
county alliance for ten thousand dollars
damages for services aud expenses.
? The Orangeburg correspondent of the
News and Courier says: "The county alli"
ance met here on the 4th. The session/
was, as usual, a secret one, but an outsider
^ managed to pick up a few stray points.
I? The selection of an alliance merchanywas
under consideration, but no definite coni:
elusion was arrived at. It is thought that
this alliance will go very heavily into the
* State Exchange, and will not make a
:r choice of any store at which to trade. Outsiders
think this would be the best thing
' for the alliance to do. Alliance men are
running down monopolies and trusts, but
wnat eise Desiaes monopoly is giving uue
~~ man the whole trade. The question of the
1 establishment of a warehouse in this city
was also discussed. Another meeting of
)n the alliance will be held here on the 26th
ia instant, when definite action will be taken
of in these matters."
jg ?The county alliance of Edgefield was
in session at the Court House last Saturas
day. This alliance has a membership of
us over 1,500. Capt. B. R. Tillman, and Hon.
it- Ben Terrell, who addressed a large mass
?f meeting in the morning, were present. As
g" Captain Tillman is the father of the alliw
ance movement in this State, and is the
k strongest alliance man in South Carolina,
ie the action of the convention over which
ig he presided on Saturday, and of which he
30 is president, is of unusual significance. A
c" committee on by-laws and an executive
^ committee were appointed, and the follv
lowing resolution was passed: "That it is
,n the opinion of this county alliance that
w sub-alliances should expel every member
le who has bought jute bagging si nee the last
n* meeting of this body. This does not apply
to members who bought bagging before
that time, or before they joined the al36
liance."
n
a- NOTES FROM H00DT0WN.
Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer.
in Hoodtown, October 8.?Cotton is being
.. picked about as fast as it opens, and was being
ginned and sold fr9ely until the price went
h below ten cents. Fanners think they should
, have ten cents for their cotton, as the crop is
5* going to be shorter than it lias been for twenty
JS years. The most of tho crop is being packed in
cotton bagging. There will be a demand made
for pay for eight pounds per bale more for cotIe
ton packed in cotton than for that packed in jute,
's as there are eight pounds more in a bale of the
same weight packed in cotton than would bo
if jute was used as a covering. The cotton is
13 sold on a basis of tho net weight, hence we are
ie entitled to pay for the difference in weight of
13 the covering.
The Sunday-school at Shiloh had a general
r3 review on the 29th ultimo, and from the creditable
manner in which tho pupils acquitted
q themselves in answering most of the questions
for the third quarter, 1 think the assertion that
1" I made somo time since was more than veri3,
tied that it is one of the best conducted schools
i in the county. Messrs. J. P. Blair and J. Y.
Hamrick addressed the school in the afternoon,
ie Rev. J. L. Harley preached at Shady Grovo
3. last Sunday from Romans xii, 2. He handled
1 his subject with with his gloves off and left but
> little doubt in the minds of his hearers but that J
T. the modem dance is one of tho growing evils of ,
a tho day.
We had an interesting game of base ball last J
3? Saturday evening. The Sharon nine crossed j
[. bats with the "Stonewalls" of Iloodtown. Tho |
game was close. At the end of the fifth inning
the game was called and the result was a scoro
of 24 to 21 in favor of the Iloodtown club. They i
will cross bats on the diamond at Sharon next j
>f Thursday evening.
j Rev. J. L. Harley left yesterday morning |
e by private conveyance, for his old home in !
Orangeburg, lie will visit his father and other :
n relatives. There will be au entertainment at I
6 Mr. W. Y. White's to-morrow evening, of
?r which moro anon. ramht,er. 1
THE ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERY.
Reported for the Yorkville Enquirer.
The First Presbytery of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church, metatSardis
church, near Charlotte, on Monday of
! last week. Besides about fifty pastors and
| elders, a large number of persons from the
| surrounding country were in attendance.
Rev. R. A. Ross, I). D., and Samuel
Blair represented the churches of Smyrna
and Sharon; Rev. R. M. Stevenson
and Zimri Carroll, represented Bethany
church; J. N. McDill, Hickory Grove
church; and Rev. J. C. Galloway and
William J. Miller, the churches of Yorkville
and Tirzah.
The retiring moderator, Rev. J. M.
Grier, of King's Mountain, N. C., opened
the presbytery with the usual sermon.
Rev. T. B. Stewart, of Mooresville, N. C.,
was elected moderator.
Rev. John T. Chalmers, the clerk of
presbytery, was in attendance, and much
improved in health.
Rev. R. M. Stevenson was elected recording
clerk and statistician for the
presbytery.
Rev. J. C. Galloway, C. E. McDonald
and W. A. M. Plaxco were elected as the
presbyterial committee on Home missions
for the next two years.
Mr. Grier Kirkpatrick was received as
a student of theology, and Rev. J. P.
Knox was given permission to spend
the ensuing year at the United Presbyterian
Theological Seminary at Alleghany,
Pennsylvania.
Rev. C. B'. Betts, resigned the pastorate
of the Neely's Creek branch of his charge.
The committee having in charge the
matter of buying anew lot and building
a new church in a favorable location in
Charlotte, reported the work of securing
a sufficient sum of money for the purpose
as practically accomplished.
The presbytery is to hold its next session
at King's Mountain, N. C., in April,
189?. _ G.
NOTES WtOsTUNION.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Union, S. C., October 7.?The October
term of court will convene here next Monday
with his Honor A. P. Aldilch presidingjudge.
Mr. A. Cole Lyles has been appoipted a
cotton buyer at this place by the farmers'
alliance. > >.
Mrs. Prince, a lady living on the Governor
Gist place, died suddenly last week
from a congestive chill.
A very pretty little play was rendered
in the town hall last Tuesday night by
the young ladies of the Episcopal church,
entitled, "Mother Goose." The -music
was furnished by the string band.
The county alliance held their quarterly
meeting in the court house last Saturday.
There was a great deal of business, I suppose,
as they were in session from 10 a. m.
to 5.30 p. m. It is said there was some
trouble among them about the bagging
4UCOUUU.
The shipments of cotton from this piace
to October 5, last year, were 414 bales; to
same date this year, 223 bales; a falling;
off of 191 bales. Complaint is being made
by our merchants' on account of the members
of the farmers' alliance holding back
their cotton.
One of the finest receptions ever given
in Union, took place at the beautiful home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Nicholson, last
Wednesday night,in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Emslie Nicholson, who have just returned
from a bridal tour from the North.
Miss Annie Briggs has gone to Columbia,
to enter the female college, w. g. c.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Paul, Randolph and Ernest Hirsch,
tried last week in the sessions of Aiken
for arson, were acquitted. ?
? For two vacancies in the faculty of
Charleston college, there were over one
hundred applications, some from Europe
and Asia.
? Recently three car loads of horses were
received at Walhalla, which had been
shipped from Montana territory. The
distance traveled by railroad was 2,800
miles, requiring two weeks and costing
$1,100.
? The laying of the rails for the Columbia,
Newberry & Laurens road is about to
begin, and it is expected to be completed
to Newberry by February, including the
erection of the iron bridge over Broad
river.
? A civil service examination for applicants
for positions under the government
will be he held at the postoffice building
in Columbia, on the 15th instant. Major
Gibbes, with Messrs. R. M. McCuliough
and L. T. Levin, Jr., will conduct the examinations.
?
? A sham battle among the companies
of State militia has been decided upon as
one of the features of the State fair. A
circular will be sent to the captain of each
company in the State, inviting his command
to participate.
? Manuel McCaskell, who recently killed
Aleck Mango (both colored) at Camden,
has given himself up and is in jail. He
says that Mango had followed him and
was advanciug quickly and cursing him
with an open knife in his hand, when he
shot him in the abdomen. The weapon
used was a shotgun.
w-The South Carolina University at
Columbia opened for the fall session on the
first instant. Already fifty new students
have applied, and one hundred and twenty
of tne old students have returned to
complete their course. The propects of
the institution are brighter than ever
before.
? A great outrage was perpetrated by
some unknown person a few nights ago at
Mr. A. G. Floyd's residence, Spartanburg.
He had not gone from the store,
and most of the family had retired. Suddenly
a large stone, weighing three to four
pounds, went crashing through the blinds
and sash, and barely missed his little boy,
'sleeping in a cradle.
? The Citadel Academy began its present
session with 148 cadets, the largest number
on the roll for several years. Of these
fifty-two are new entries. The superintendent
expects this number to be increased
within the next fortnight. The last
two or three days hav9 been spent in getting
settled into quarters. The studies of
the cadets were resumed last Thursday.
? Columbia Register: Commissioner
Butler has received a letter from Poyant
Lois, of Champoisy, France, asking information
as to the adaptability of Sooth
Carolina to wine growing. The writer
states that three gentlemen for whom
he wishes the information, have a united
capital of about $16,000, which they wish
to invest in the planting of a vineyard
and the making of wine at some suitable
point in America. The commissioner has
caused full information to be sent to the
inquirer.
? It is proposed to turn the Cash plantation
in Chesterfield county into a stock
farm, to be owned and controlled by a
company. There are 15,000 acres which
can be bought and fenced for $60,000; The
proposition is to buy 2,000 cows at $10
each. In ten years each cow will yield
$1,650, or in ten years the gross income
will be $3,8000,000. Deduct the original
cost of the farm and the expenses of keeping
the same, there will be a net balance
of $3,190,000, and the farm thrown in at
the end of ten years. A very pretty
scheme?on paper.
? In the Marion court of sessons, last
week, Augustus Stephens, white, pleaded
guilty to an indictment for bigamy, and
was sent for fouryears to the penitentiary.
It was the intention of defendant to deny
the charge, up to the time of the trial,
but when the case was called he was confronted
by his two wives and he then concluded
that his denial would avail him
nothing. He made a statement to the
court, and the fact was elicited that he had
three living wives. Since he was sentenced
he has said that he still has another
wife in Jacksonville, Fla.
? The counsel for Ben Leonard, colored,
sentenced to be hanged at Laurens on the
18th of October, have appealed. The
counsel representing him on his trial, having
been appointed by the court, have
some scrupie as 10 letting mm ne executed
without a further investigation as to his
sanity at the time of the homicide than
was practicable at the time of his trial.
Leonard cut his wife's throat in a most
cruel manner, apparently without provocation.
The appeal will operate to stay
the execution until a hearing by the supreme
court, and whether or not a new
trial will be granted, he cannot be resentenced
until the February term of court.
? The wife of Dr. J. A. Robinson, of
Due West, died last Friday under distressing
circumstances. The doctor had called
a dental surgeon to his office for the purpose
of extracting a few troublesome
teeth for her. After the removal of two
teeth the operation became so intensely
painful that Mrs. Robinson insisted on
taking chloroform for relief. Her husband
opposed this, but after much solicitation
from her, reluctantly consented to the
ansesthetic. He had given only about a
drachm by inhalation when her symptoms
became alarming. He at once resorted
to the usual methods of resuscitation but
without avail. His wife died in a few
minutes.