Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 16, 1889, Image 2

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jtojw and Jattis. ? The eleventh census will present one feature that is unique in our history. This will be the chapter on the growth and statistics of the electrical industry. If electrical inventions make as much progress in the next ten years as in the past decade, the history of labor saving machinery will have to be rewritten. ? General Chalmers has written a letter to the Mississippi Republican State committee withdrawing from the candidacy for the governorship, on the ground that the white people are putting obstacles in the way of his canvass. He claims that he is refused the use of halls and buildings. Judge Frazee, candidate for the attorney generalship, also withdraws. ? A colored man has been nominated on the legislative Republican ticket in Ohio. He is a school teacher and has a magnificent voice. He can make himself distinct ly heard in all parts of the Cincinnati Music hall, something which probably not more than six men in the United States can do. There is one peculiarity of colored orators, they nearly always have fine voices. ?The business failures occurringthroughont the country during last week, number for the United States 182 and for Canada 82, or a total of 214, as compared with 206 the previous week and 192 the week previous to it. For the corresponding week last year the figures were 227, representing 193 failures in the United States and 34 for Canada. ? The citizens of Taylorsville, Neb., recently tarred and feathered old Jason Mitchell and then rode him on a rail. Instead of 'resenting this treatment, Jason seemed to enjoy it. This puzzled the boys very much, until the old man sued twenty-five of them for one hundred dollars damages each, and got it. Then they began to see that Jason really had the most fun. ?The first election in Tennessee under the Australian system of voting, occurred at Chattanooga, on the 8th, in the municipal election. A dispatch says it was the quietest election ever known in the city. Less money was used at the polls and there was less illegal voting than in any previous election. Alight vote was polled, result1 2 - it* ft,f ft DnTMlKl lOO *"? frtf 1Q^ 111 tUU C1CUUUU UI a xvcpuunvMu ?v? mayor by 428 majority, and ten Republicans out of sixteen councilmen, with two councilmen a tie. ? The Savannah News states that rice straw, after having been subjected to a thorough practical test, has proved to be adapted to the manufacture of both coarse and fine grades of paper, and that three or four thousand tons of the straw have been ordered for a paper manufacturing company in New York. There is practically no end to the supply of this material for paper making, ana the proceeds of its sale will be so much clear profit to the rice Eroducers, who have burnt their straw eretofore to get rid of it. ? Hans Jesperson, the man who married a second wife last May, on being arraigned at Provo, Utah, on Thursday, pleaded guilty to indictment for adultery and polygamy, and said he was ready for sentence. He stated he did not think it wrong to have more than one wife. He said he did not think he was trespassing on any any one's rights, and asked the court to be lenient. The judge gave him five years'for polygamy and three years for adultery, but allowed the prisoner to serve both terms at once. ? Returns from the prohibitory amendment election in Connecticut snow that the amendment received 28,045 affirmative votes, and 50,271 negative. The majority against the amendment is 27,266. Twentythree towns were carried for the amendment under the local option law. Eightythree towns, a gain of three, allow liquor selling within their limits, and 85 exclude saloons. In the town elections the Democrats gained seven towns over last year, the summary being: Democrats, 63; Republicans, 66; divided 39. ? The Northern syndicate which has for some time held an option on the historic grounds at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, running to October 1, has closed the same, paying $20,000 cash. The purchasers will at once proceed to improve the property and make it attractive to tourists and sight seers. To this end a large hotel and other buildings will be built, and handsome grounds, including the historic spot of Lee's surrender, laid off. The people of the place are greatly pleased at the new element of interest and activity that will be thus introduced. ? A wnnHprful involution in flour barrel making is promised by a patent which has been granted for the making of barrels out of cotton duck instead of wood. The new material is impervious to water and resists fire for a long time. It weighs to the barrel about fifteen pounds less than the wood, and can be manufactured ten per cent, cheaper. The cotton duck barrels can be rolled up into a small space and returned to the mills for frequent use. The barrels can thus be returned a3 solid goods and thus save space. Several large dealers in flour have given it a fair trial and pronounce it a success. ?The Philadelphia Times: "It is certain that the Republicans will have the senators and representatives in North Dakota, South Dakota aud Washington, and it is likely that they will have the congressmen, and the Democrats the senators in Montana. Montana is not entirely free from doubt, but the probabilities all point to a Democratic governor and legislature. The new congress may therefore be classed politically as follows: Senate, Republicans 45, Democrats 39?Republican majority 6. House, Republicans 169, Democrats 161? Republican majority 8. The Republican majority in the house will doubtless be increased from 8 to 12 by unseating from 4 to 6 Democrats on contests, as the majority party always resolves all doubts in its own favor. ? Most railroads in this country when renewing their rails order heavier ones than have previously been used on their tracks. A better roadbed and heavier rails are required for increasing traffic, heavier locomotives and greater speed. A short time ago the standard weight of rails was 56 pounds per yard, requiring 88 tons per mile of single track. As a 65-pound rail takes a little over 100 tons per mile of single track, although only 9 pounds per yam heavier than a 56-pound rail, it is easy to see that the tonnage of rails manu factured during the year is steaauy increasing to an enormous extent. The increased weight to production is estimated by rail manufacturers at from 15 to 20 per cent, above the average of last year's sale of rails. ? Col. Robt. Patton Crockett died recently in Hood county, Texas, in the 73rd year of his age. He was one of Hood county's pioneer settlers, locating there in 1854. His death removes the only remaining son of Davy Crockett. Immediately after the Alamo and the massacre of his father by Santa Anna's brutal soldiers, he left his home in Tennessee and joined the Texas revolutionists. After peace was declared and victory achieved by the Texans, he returned to Tennessee, where he married and settled down. In 1854 he moved to Texas, bringing with him his aged mother, Elizabeth Crockett, who died in I860. On the evening of August 11th he sustained serious injuries by a frightened team running away with his wagon and he suffered intensely till his death. ? The historic locomotive "General" will soon be pulling a log train from Dublin to Empire, Ga. It was the old "General" which figured in "Anderson's raid," a brief sketch of which is as follows: One day, in 1863, a train from Atlanta stopped at Big Shanty. This engine was attached to it. While the conductor and all the J--! J- r,?*. A ? train men were losiue eauug, Anderson, a Federal officer, with several men boarded the engine, detached it from the train, and ran oft with it toward Chattanooga. Capt. Anderson's intention was to tear up the track and burn all the bridges on the Western and Atlantic railroad between Atlanta and Chattanooga, so as to deprive the Tennessee Confederates of communication with Atlanta. After a run of about forty miles the fuel gave out. About ten miles further the steam gave out, and as the conductor, Capt. Fuller, was close upon the party with another engine, Capt. Anderson and his men took to the woods. All but three were captured and taken to Atlanta and hanged as spies. Anderson was among the number. That was twenty-six years ago, and the engine has been in use at times ever since, although ithas been several times repaired. ? In the municipal election at Indianapolis, Ind., last week, the Democrats made a clean sweep for mayor, council and aldermen. Judge Sullivan, Democratic candidate for mayor, defeated Gen. John Coburn by from 1,000 to 1,500 majority. President Harrison's ward shows a Democratic gain of 248. The boards of council and aldermen are Democratic. The victory is significant in many respects. The city has Deen under Republican mayors since 1874. Now it elects a Democratic mayor by a good majority. Even President Harrison's own ward shows heavy Democratic gains. The moral is that the country is not exhilarated by the civil service, pension, high tariff and sectional record of the administration. There is another moral, that patronage does not strengthen a party. She ^rtorhviUc (?wquim\ YORKVILLE, S. C. : WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1889. TRIED THE WRONG ISSUE FIRST. In the Richland court of sessions^ last week, W. D. Kelly, a white man, was tried for the murder of a negro named George Bateman. The murder was committed in a bar-room in Columbia in January last and may be regarded as the result of a drunken quarrel. This was Kelly's second trial, on the first the plea of self defence having been relied upon and the jury failing to agree. On the second hearing, the double plea of self defence and the old reliable insanity dodge was employed, and the jury, after being out half an hour, returned a verdict of not guilty. After the verdict was read, Solicitor Nelson suggested that as the prisoner had been acquitted on the plea of insanity, he should be committed to the asylum, in accordance with the precedent of the State vs. Coleman. Judge Norton asked if it had been arranged for the defendant to be placed in the asylum. Mr. S. W. Melton, of defendant's counsel, who during these proceedings had been engaged writing an order for the discharge of the prisoner, objected to the solicitor's suggestion. He said the solicitor's proposition could now have no bearing upon the case. Two distinct lines of defence were employed?self defence and insanity?and as the jury failed to designate on which ( plea they based their verdict, the suggestion of the solicitor could avail nothing now. He made an eloquent appeal in behalf of the defendant, and no further objec- 1 tion being urged by the solicitor, Judge Norton signed the order for Kelly's dis- J charge. We incline to Mr. Melton's last view of i the case, that Kelly is not a proper subject for the asylum, but the farcical manner in which capital offences are tried in our State 1 courts demands reform, and there is none ( better than that recently adopted by the State of Alabama, under which the first case was tried a few weeks ago. By the ] present law in that State, when the de- ' fence in a murder case propose to employ ' the plea of insanity, that point is decided by lunatico inquirendo proceeding. If the j accused is adjudged of unsound mind or < insane, he is committed to the asylum j without further proceedings; but if the i inquiry results in establishing the sanity 1 of the accused, he must go to his trial with- ! out being permitted to interpose the plea of insanity. Such a rule in our code of procedure would prevent the miscarriage j of justice in many cases. j ? I mvniTinv i\v TUP CROPS Wtll/llIVll VI AiJU VMV* w. , STATE CROP REPORTS. The South Carolina weather service, in co-operation with the United States signal service, furnishes the following report for the week ending last Saturday : The week has been denoted by an absence of rain. On the 7th, 8th and 9th killing frosts occurred, more especially in the upper tier of counties, causing especially in the low lands considerable damage to the cotton crop. The amountcannot as yet be estimated. Other crops, such as peas, potatoes, etc., have also suffered. The remainder of the week has been more favorable, accompanied with a nominal amount of sunshine. Cotton is opening * very rapidly, beiDg harvested dilligently and in good condition?late planted cotton has suffered materially in many localities. It is yet too dry to commence winter seeding, such as wheat, oats, etc., and will be until it rains. OCTOBER COTTON REPORTS. The cotton returns for October to the department of agriculture at Washington show a large plant growth, active opening of bolls, fibre in good condition and generally fine weather for picking. Yet the plant is everywhere reported late and fears are expressed that frost may seriously shorten the crop. The condition is reported high, with the reservation by the most intelligent correspondents that the present favorable appearances are deceptive; that in seasons of excessive moisture the outcome falls below expectation, while in those of drought the result is better than is feared. With the early date of killing frost the present condition will be heavily 1 discounted; with a date later than the ' average a large crop will be gathered. ' The crop has been injured more by moisture than drought, though some soils and ' localities have been too dry in September. ( \V0rm3 have wrought considerable injury, 1 notwithstanding the general use of insecticides, especially in parts of Alabama. < Complaint of adulteration of Paris green i is made in certain quarters. The follow- i ing State percentages is presented: Vir- I ginia 58, North Carolina 72, South Carolina i 81, Georgia 87, Alabama 87, Florida 88, i Mississippi 79, Louisiana 83, Texas 78, Arkansas 83, Tennessee 82. This makes, i as a good per centage, 81.4 per cent, of a i field crop prospect on the 1st of October, i compared with 78.9 per cent, last October, j > ? i THE NEGRO QUESTION. ; FOOLISH UTTERANCES OF ILLINOIS COLORED MEN. The State conference of colored men in session last week at Springfield, Illi- ' nois, adjourned on Thursday, after issuing '< an address to the colored people of the 1 State and the nation, which sets forth the object of the organization just effected tobe to advance educational interests, the abolishment of separate schools, and to secure employment of competent colored teach- 1 ers. After reviewing the condition of the negroes in the South, the outrages to < which they are subjected and the fact that 1 it is not a party, race, or a State question, ' but one of national importance, the League makes the following appeal: 1 "We appeal to the American people, to i congress and to the executive head of our 1 government, to men of all parties, to rise above partisan hate and bitter prejudice, ; and bring to bear the majesty of the law, ( to the end that the life and property of the ( American negro may be as safe in Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Georgia and Texas, as in the Northern States." The address also calls attention to the fact of the opening of the New States in the Northwest, and advises the colored people of the South to secure homes there, as one step toward overcoming the Southern question. NOTHING TO DO RUT SCATTER. Ex-Senator Bruce, of Mississippi, returned to Washington the other day after a visit to his old home. To a correspondent he said: "I hadn't visited my State before for several years. I naturally expected to find on my return there that the colored people were advancing as rapidly as they were when I left to come to the senate, but I was sadly mistaken. Their condition is pitiable in the extreme. The < people of the North never hear of one-half of the Southern outrages, and those they do read of are always falsely presented. I There is nothing left for the colored peo- > pie of the South to do but scatter. The West is a great and prosperous portion of our country, and thousands upon thous- , ands of colored people could find employment there at fair wages. The white people would, of course, object to their laborers taking their leave. Iteally, though, j why should they? Leading men of that j section have recently expressed them- i selves in favor of having the negroes sent!' out of the South ; but they would object, j and do all in their power to prevent an , organized emigration movement. But j things can't go much longer as they are. j I hope for the best, but it is a fact that the South is rushing like a whirlwind to sure , disaster. While in Mississippi I was con- j stantly advising my people to be patient, and promised them that the Christian ele- j ment of the white people of this country will see that they have justice. The old people are patient, but the young are not so. So many of them are being killed and life is so uncertain that they don't care ] much for their future. I hope they will leave the South. This may end the < trouble." j COLORED BAPTISTS INTERVIEW THE j PRESIDENT. ] Among the morning official callers at * the White House Thursday morning was . a committee of the National Colored Bap- j tist association, recently in session at In- ( d^napolis, who came to present resolutions adopted by the association, asking f the president to do what he could towards ? suppressing outrages committed in the South upon black men because of their color. The committee was given a careful hearing by the president and departed, , expressing themselves satisfied with the ; result of their visit. A MEXICAN COLONIZATION SCHEME. c Advices received at St. Louis from Mexico say the bill to grant a concession to H. C. Ferguson and W. H. Ellis, two colored men from Texas who propose to col- ( onize lands in the states of Oaxaco, Guer- ? rero, Vera Cruz, Michoacan and San Luis c Potosi with negroes from the United i States, has passed the lower house 01 con- i gress with but one dissenting vote and has gone to the senate. It is believed that the bill will pass and be signed by President Diaz. Ferguson and Ellis expect that 20,000 negroes from Texas alone will J move to Mexico and raise cotton on these ? lands, and that many thousands of blacks f skilled in the cultivation of cotton will j follow them from the State of Mississippi. ' AN EXODUS TO OKLAHOMA. A letter from Topeka, Kansas, to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch says: "D. B. Garrett, of this city, a prominent colored man, * has inaugurated a mammoth exodus of i negroes to Oklahoma. Already about 2,- ' 000 negroes of this city have gone to the ; new country and have taken claims. They ( have formed a colony in western Colorado \ and have excluded all white settlers from ! that section. A town called Lincoln was soon established by them, and is now one : of the most thriving settlements in Okla- : homa. One hundred families from Kansas * City will join them on the 8th instant. An immigration society, which has been recently established with headquarters in this city, has letters from Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana aDd the Carolinas stating that there will he 200,000 <; emigrants from these States to Oklahoma J just as soon as they can gather their crops." ? 1 4imvrp TttPirc : AUUianvu xvi avut j ? Cotton men in Charleston say the real cause of the boycott put on that city by : the Farmers' alliance of Sumter, is not i the unfriendliness of the factors to cotton i bagging, but the presence in Charleston of a jute bagging factory. s ? Tho bagging question is still hindering cotton from coming to Central, Pickens county. The merchants will not handle jute, and the county alliance agent, R. G. ( Gaines, can't supply the demand for cot- ( ton bagging. ? ? Says the Charlotte Chronicle-of Fri- j [lay: There was a novel spectacle in the ' city yesterday, and it attracted considera- < ble attention on account of its uniqueness. i A white man, wearing a white hat and a i white suit of clothes, drove two white ^ horses; the wagon contained four bales J of white cotton, wrapped in snowy white : cotton bagging. . ? A letter from North Carolina gives an ] account of the recent extraordinary growth ( of the Farmers' alliance in that State. t The State alliance was organized in 1887, ( and already it has a membership of 85,000 j in the various counties of the State. The ational convention of the National Farmers' alliance will be held in St. Louis next December. ' ' ] ? Newberry Herald and News: The ex- 5 perience with the better grades of cotton ( oagging this year seems to demonstrate ( its fitness as a covering, and certainly the 1 Farmer should have some voice in the 1 matter of what covering he will use for f lis crop. The ouly reasonable and just 1 equirement on the part of the manufactu- ? :er is that it shall be so covered as to pro- 1 :ect the staple and enable him to get it in f food condition for his purposes. 1 ? Greenville News: The Abbeville Press " md Banner charges?with what degree of , ;ruth we do not know?that the first and jnly purpose of the colored farmers' alii- ^ ince organized in Abbeville the other ? lay is to put up the prices of farm labor, j That would indeed be a pretty how-de-do. With the farm hands organized against ihe farmers, and the farmers organized against the cotton middle men, and the \ ute trust organized against the world, t ;here would be a lively fight sure enough. ^ ? The Laurens correspondent of the t jreenville News, writing last Saturday, 4 says: "Yesterday was an alliance sale- > lay and the staple came in quite freely. ? All the buyers were local, but the prices t were steady at 9.85 to 10$ for the entire i lay. Only a few bales brought 10$, but ? luantitiesofitsold for 101-1G. Such prices > seem too much for the alliance men, and to-day there are a large number of bales ( ilad in "kingly robes," on the public ^ square." ? ? The committee of ten recently appoint- * jd by the farmers' alliance of Greenville jounty, to considerand decide on the ques- : iion of a cotton buyer for the alliance, met j one day last week and elected Captain L. Williams as their buyer. A commission of . one-half of one per cent, is to be paid the I ouyer by the seller. The cotton will not f oe held and sold in bulk as is done by some county alliances, but will be stored after the buyer purchases it and the alliance will then dispose of it to importers at the tiighest prices. This action is taken for T the purpose of securing a better grading ( of cotton and to obtain the highest mar- j ket prices for cotton. ( ? Greenville News: About twenty bales a of cotton were brought in last Saturday by ? i number of alliance men, who offered it f for sale in bulk at ten cents. The cotton c buyers offered 9.90 for it, but the offer was ( declined and the alliance men unhitched 1 their teams and let the cotton stay in the i wagons in the hope of obtaining the de- 1 sired price. In the meantime the market s declined sharply and the result was that s nearly all of the cotton was sold separate- t ly by the owners and the price paid was ? much below that at first offered. The own- \ ers of some of the cotton carried it back g to their homes and would not sell. i ? The Gaffney City correspondent of the News and Courier says: Most of the cor- j rugated iron has been been put up on the 1 sides of the alliance warehouse, and most 1 of the sheeting has been put on. It will J require aoouni xen mousanu pounus 01 : tin to cover it. The alliance cotton is tak- 1 ing the day; so much so that the town * weigher gets very little to do. The town ; council offered to sell the cotton platform J to the alliance, or to allow them to use it and pay five cents per bale for the privil- * egeof weighing there, but neither propo- ( sition was accepted. They have built a new cotton platform, which is presided over by Mr. W. G. Austell, as weigher, ( and is decoratecT with many white-cover- j ed bales of cotton. ' ? The Union correspondent of the News x and Courier writes: Mr. A. Cole Lyles, ( one of the best known farmers of the t county, has been elected cotton buyer for , the alliance in Union. He will also have , charge of the alliance warehouse. An \ arrangement has been made between the ^ alliance and a prominent exporter in Phil- g adelphia by which Mr. Lyles buys the g oaHam on/1 okirko if a DK!1n/^nlr\Vtin Tin 11 it cuttuu auu oni po 11 iv/x iiiiauuipiiia? x/cmj telegrams with instructions as to the prices to be paid for the cotton are sent Mr. Lyles, and acting upon these he buys the cotton from the alliance people. In this way, it is said, better prices are obtained. Instead of the exporter paying Mr. Lyles a salary, he is paid by the alliance out of a fund devoted to that purpose. In this way money is saved, and, of course, made by the farmers. ? There is no truth in the statement recently sent out from Atlanta, that the various alliances, wheels, etc., would be called upon to petition the legislatures of their respective States to suspend the collection of debts for six months. Col. J. It. Sledge, of Texas, chairmau of the cotton committee of the National Farmers' alliance, which met recently in Atlanta, on being asked several days after the adjournment of the committees' meeting, if there is any truth in the published rumor, said to a reporter for the Atlanta Journal: "There is no truth in the report. After the committee adjourned the other night, and many of the members had gone home, there was an informal discussion among a number of farmers present as to how the difficulties thrown upon them by the cotton exchange in New Orleans were to be overcome. Some one suggested that it would be a good plan to get the legislature to pass a State Jaw for a month or more until the exchanges were brought to terms. There was no secret about the discussion, but it was simply farmers talking together in and about c the hotel." \ LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I. B. Carlisle, Master of Spartanburg countyMaster's Sale. E. Spencer, Attorney?Money to Loan, r. P. Blair, Chairman?Meeting of Trustees, r. W. P. Hope & Co.?Notice. 1. F. Adickes?Stamping Patterns, business?Box 12, Blacksburg, S. C.?Wanted. VIrs. T. M. Dobson?Dobson's Racket Store. Withers Adickes?Unless a Goodly Number, r. H. Riddle?It Will Do to Repeat, r. W. Dobson?Crockery Ware?Guns, Ac. Jreightou, Sherfessee & Co., Rock Hill?Sewing Machines. 5. M. McNeel?Here We Are Again. VI. A. H. C. Strauss?Make It Warm for Competition. FORT MILL SAVINGS BANK>< A charter was issued last Saturday to he savings bank of Fort Mill, in thiscoun;y. Samuel E. White is the president, I. W. Ardrey vice president, and J. M. ?Dratt cashier. COTTON SEED AVAR. There was quite a rivalry among the :otton seed buyers of Yorkville last week, md on Friday afternoon the price reached 11} cents per bushel?11} cents more than s paid by the mills. The price paid yes:erday was 21 cents. THE HANDLE FACTORY. ^ All preliminaries have been arranged as :o agreement between Mr. Jeffrys, ol jrreensboro, N. C., and the subscribers here ;o the stock of the proposed handle factory, ind it is probable that the plant of Mr. feffrys will be transferred from Greensjoro to Yorkville at an early day. MILITARY RESIGNATION. J The resignation of Col. J. Q. Marshal], as mlnno) nf the Pol motin rooMmftnf hnuhoon iccepted, and Brig.-Gen. Richbourg has Deen instructed by the governor to issue jrders for an election to fill the vacancy. The day appointed for the election is the 16th instant. There are nine cora'panies n the regiment?two in Columbia, two in Orangeburg, one each in Winnsboro, Ches;er and Aiken, and two in York, the Ca;awba Rifles of Rock Hill, and the Jenkns Rifles of Yorkville. The companies vill vote separately. PERSONAL MENTION. > 4>. E. Finley, Esq., and his bride, returnjMl to Yorkville yesterday. Judge Witherspoon left on Friday last for Spmter, where he opened court on Monday fiorning. y Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Moore, both of whom Yave been quite ill for several days, are m proving. Col. John L. Black was in Yorkville yesterday. He has just returned from i trip North, in the interest of the Magletic Iron and Steel Ore Mining company. Mr. Alfred Kerr, of Knoxville, Tennesiee, is in Yorkville visiting relatives. THE TRUSTEES' MEETING. A meeting of the trustees of the free :ommon schools of York county was callid by County School Commissioner Johnion, to convene in the court house on Frilay last. Of the seventy-eight trustees in he county, only six responded to the call, /iz.: District No. 2, J. D. Gwin; No. 7, i. A. Fewell, T. N'. Carothers; No. 8, J. J. Miller; No. 10, J. P. Blair; No. 25, J. T. Jummerford. The county school commislioner was also present. The meeting was jrganized by electing J. P. Blair, chairnan, when it was moved and carried that lifl mnnHnr, arllAlim ir\ lVfnnfloiT fhoith nf '1X9 U-199l/llJg aujuuiu iu iuvuuuj ) kiiv AW1? V? November, and that the chairman be revested to give public notice of the acion, and urge a full attendance of the rustees on the day named. The meeting ;hen adjourned. SUDDEN DEATH. On Saturday afternoon last, Mr. Frank M. Clark, the miller at Mr. John B. Whitelides's mill, on Clark's Fork, fell suddenly lead. He had been complaining for two )r three days previously of feeling unwell, ind had employed a colored man to assist lim on Saturday in the mill. While engaged in their duties, Saturday afternoon, he colored man noticed Mr. Clark in the ict of falling and hastened to him. He ell in the arms of the colored man, and expired almost instantly. It is supposed le died of heart disease, and he is the third nember of the family who has died under ilmost similar circumstances. No inquest vas held. Mr. Clark was a member of the iforkville Baptist church. He leaves a vife and two children. He was buried it Beersheba on Monday, Rev. R. G. Patrick conducting the funeral exercises. THE CIRCUS. The largest crowd, perhaps, ever seen n Yorkville, was here on Saturday last, he attraction being Robinson's circus, vhich gave one exhibition here that day oan audience estimated at no less than 1,000 persons. A feature of the audience, ve would remark, was the comparatively imall number of colored persons under he canvas. While the colored element ,vas in town in large numbers, only a few ivailed themselves of the opportunity of vitnessing the performance. The procession was the grandest thing )f the kind ever on the streets of Yorkville, introducing many novelties and lurprising scenes. The performance, giv:n in four rings, was also superb, excelling he expectations of visitors, and supplenented with the eccentricities of the >opular clown, Mr. John Lowlow, giving mtire satisfaction. Considering the large number of people n town, it was a quiet and orderly day. )nly seven arrests were made by the poice, and six of them after night, on somplaint, for trivial offences. ANOTHER FIRE ALARM. Last Monday was a blustery, windy day, nore suited to the month of March than October, and many were the remarks that f fire should break out great damage mignt msue. Those having fires in their houses vere cautious; but in the afternoon the ilarm was sounded, and the cause was rom an unexpected source. A warehouse )f Herndon Bros., about fifty yards in rear )f their store, was discovered to be on fire. When discovered the flames wereproceedng from the roof on the north side. The look and ladder truck was prompt on the spot, and citizens, white and colored, reEonded with alacrity, as on account of e location of the house, had the flames jotten under headway, a disastrous fire vould have been the result. The fire was loon under control, however, without se ious damage. At first it was thought to have originated rom sparks from a blacksmith shop near >y, but before the flame was entirely sublued, it was plain that the fire proceeded rom beneath the floor, and it was evident hat the blaze flashed up the weatherloarding igniting the roof inside. Later, i small empty bottle that had contained cerosene was found under the floor, which s suggestive of foul play, to say the least. There had been twenty-three bales of coton in the warehouse, but it was moved >ut Monday morning. A CASE OF ROBBERY. On Monday last, Robert Martin and Jharles Williams, both colored, had a learing before Trial Justice Bell on a fharge in which the elements of highway obbery would seem to enter. It seems hat on last Friday afternoon, two colored nen?James Hardie and Milton Allison? ,vho live on one of Mr. Hope's places, a nile or two south of town, brought in a oad of cotton seed, which they sold. They vere seen by the defendants, who were strangers to them, to have a few dollars ;ach in money. After making some pur :hases, Hardie and Allison started their vagon home, Allison and Hardie's son iding in it. Soon after the wagon startid, Robert Martin, following along, asked permission to ride, and he took a seat in he wagon. Ilardie, who did not leave vith the wagon, started home and overook it not far from the bridge of the Ches;er road over the cut of the Three C's rail'oad. Finding the stranger in the wagon, le asked him where he was going and ,vhy he was in the wagon. Martin replied hat he wanted to ride and was going to [lice's. Hardie asked him to get out of .he wagon, and told him that Itice lived jp in town, and the wagon was not going here. While thus parleying, Williams :ame up, and taking out his pocket-book, put showing no money, asked Hardie if le could give him change for a twenty lollar bill. Hardie counted out some noney, amounting to $7, and Allison couned out the same amount, the two endeav)ring to raise the required sum for the ihange. While the $11 was lying on the loor of the wagon body, as is alleged by he prosecutors, Williams grabbed the noney and both he and Martin ran across he field. They were pursued by Allison ind Hardie's son, and on Martin being >vertaken by them, a scufile ensued beween him and the boy, in which he threw he boy down. Rut both escaped. Allion came up street to give notice of the obbery, and soon after dark he saw and dentified the men near If. F. Adickes' tore. Policeman Wilson was notified ind he held the men. On their persons vas found $12.00 in money, and one of them had a silver watch on which was en graved the initials "W. T. K." Mr. Brice appeared for the defendants The justice adjudged them guilty of grand larceny under his construction ofsectior 2,491 of the statutes, and for that offence, ir default of bail, they were committed foi trial in the sessions court. HAPPY MARRIAGE. At 4 o'clock last Wednesday afternoon the Presbyterian church in this place wa; the scene of a brilliant marriage, and t ' large audience of the friends and acquaint ancesof the happy couple assembled t( witness the ceremony uniting in the holj bonds of matrimony, I). E. Finley, Esq. and Miss Bessie Gist, both of this place The church had been beautifully and taste i fully decorated by lady friends of th( couple. Messrs. H. I. McCaw, W. B. De Loach, T. F. McDow and J. Steele Brie< acted as ushers. At the given signal, the organ, with Miss Sudie Metts as organist pealed the inspiriting notes of Mendels sohn's Wedding March, when the couple 1 preceded by Mr. It. L. Douglass as the groom's best man, and Miss Daisy Gist a; bridesmaid, entered the church, passing under triumphal arches of evergeen until they reached the altar, where they were met by the officiating minister, Rev. T R. English, who performed the ceremonj in a beautiful and impressive manner, i. Mr. Finley is a rising young lawyer o Yorkville, and the bride is the daughtei of Mrs. F. C. Gist, also of this place. Im mediately after the ceremony me nappj couple took the C. and L. train for A9he ville, N. C., for a visit of a few days, hav ing the best wishes of a host of friends foi a pleasant voyage on the sea of matri , mony. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Sunday-school at 4 p. m. 1 Young men's union prayer-meeting wil be held in the Presbyterian church nex Tuesday evening at 7.30 o'clock. 1 ' Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Dan iel, pastor. Services next Sunday at 1] a. ra. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday-school at <! p.m. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7.3( o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev J. C. Galloway, pastor. In consequence o the absence of the pastor there will be nc services in his churches next Sunday Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, paStor Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 7.3( o'clock. The pastor will be absent anc there will be no services in his churche.' nextSunday. Sunday-school at 3.30 p. m Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, pas tor. Prayer-meeting torraorrow evening at 7.30 o'clock. Services on Friday even in at 7.30 o'clock, Saturday at 11 a. m. anc 7.30 p. m., and on Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. The sacrament of the Lord'* Supper will be administered after the morning service on Sunday. The pastoi will be assisted by Rev. G. L. Cook, oi Rlf?r>kahiircr Snndav-school at 4 D. m. TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. The second meeting of the Teachers' Association of York county will be held at Rock Hill, beginning on Thursday, October 31st. A full programme has beer arranged, and no pains will be spared tc make it the most successful meeting of the kind ever held in the State. Col. Banks assures every teacher whc will attend, the most cordial receptior and individual and collective entertain ment during their entire stay. Programmes will be mailed each teacher in the county this week, and it is hoped that every teacher in York county will take advantage of this opportunity for pleasure and profit. Among other things, will be an address by the Hon. John S. Verner on "Education and Taxation." "An Hour's Work by the Rock Hill Graded School," besides numerous papers and essays by the teachers of the county. Homes will be provided for all teach, ers, and they can be secured by addressing a postal card to Prof. A. R. Banks, at Rock Hill. It is hoped that all the trustees in the county will urge their teachers to attend so that the good work will spread ovei the entire county. A detailed programme will appear in the next issue of Thi Enquirer. * LIST OF JURORS. > On yesterday, under direction of the jury commissioner and the properly constituted officers, the names of the petil jurors were drawn to serve during the first week of the next term of the circuit court for York county. The court will convene at 10 a. m., on Monday, the 4th ol November, and his Honor Judge Pressley will preside. The following is a list of the jurors: R. A. Smith, Ebenezeri P. M. Moore, Betliesdai A. J. Walker Catawba S. S. Wbitesides, King's Mountain, J.S.Moore, Bullock's Creek, S. R. Patrick Bullock's Creek, W. W. Alexander, Bethel A. A. Bradford, Fort MilL G. H. Barnhill, Catawbn F. M. Collins, Catawba J. W. Moore, Botbesda, J. P. Crowder, Fort MilL \V. B. Isler, Cherokee, A. F. Moore Cherokee, W. S. McClelland, Fort Mill, J. Warren Purslev, King's Mountain, Iredell Jones, Catawba, T. E. Harper, Bethel, W. McCaw Uowdle, Bullock's Creeki E. B. Faris King's Mountain, S. L. Laney, Fort MilL W. B. Gribble, Bethesda, J. E. Plexico, Bullock's Creek, Riley McDaniel, Cherokeo A. F. Lindsay, Bethesda, Joel R. Smith, Cherokee, J. W. Robinson, King's Mountain J. M. Robinson, Bethel, W. S. Barnwell, King's Mountain, W. P. Draflin, Catawba, J. Mc. Moore, Bethesda, J. M. Caldwell, King's Mountain, A. Cody, York, J. H. Sutton, Fort Mill, W. S. Aiken Bethesda, J. 13. Gulp, uaiawijii, MORE PRIZE ACRES. On Wednesday last Mr. It. T. Gillespie, of Tirzah, in this county, harvested hit prize acre of corn, planted in competition for the premium of ?500 offered by the American Agriculturist and a premium o) similar amount offered by the agricultural department of South Carolina. In harvesting this corn and ascertaining the yield of the acre, the same rules were observed as in harvesting Mr. It. M. Allison's prize acre, an account of which we published two weeks ago. Mr. Frank H. Brown was appointed by the Orange Judd Company to represent the American Agriculturist, and Messrs. A. M. Black, Robert Glenn and T. L, Hoffman were the three witnesses. The acre was re-surveyed in the presence ol the witnesses by Col. W. B. Allison, and after the survey each of the witnesses went thrr ugh the acre and selected average ears sufficient to weigh one hundred pounds after having been shucked. This was shelled in three separate heaps. The weight of each heap was 81 pounds of corn : two, 19 pounds each of cobs, the cobs oi heap No. 3 weighing 18 pounds. The entire acre was then gathered, shucked and weighed. To gather the corn required the labor of seven hands two-thirds o! the day. The weight of the shucked corn was 7,700 pounds, of which 7,G2? pounds was merchantable, aud 72 pounds unmerchantable. By the rule, the yield was found to be 110 2-70 bushels. The variety of the seed planted was the Mammoth. The crop was cut short to some extent by a wind storm in the summer but notwithstanding this disaster, Mr. Gillespie may be congratulated on his success. Mr. B. F. Keese, of Oconee county, who also contended for the prize, has harvested his acre, and through the Walhalh Courier, reports the yield to be one hundred and five bushels and twenty-three pounds, struck measure. IIev. J. S. Meynardie Again.?A short time ago the Baptist advisory board deposed the Rev. J. S. Meynardie, pastoi ' of the Borea church, Augusta, Ga., on account of unchristian-like conduct. Oc Wednesday Mr. Menardie created a sensation in the western suburbs of the city b> going to the residence of the Rev. Nathan " "" * Y - ' - A ~ ? ,.C 4-Visv Cnnnnrl f1Kriat?Qn iel U. JRCKS, pasiui U1 me ucwliu umiuviitu church, and daring him outside. He flourished a pistol and dared Jacks to show himself or meet him with any weapon he chose. He assigned as the cause of his attack that Mr. Jacks had insulted I)r. Sally Mey nardie. Dr. Sally is ignorant of the imaginary wrong for which Mr. Meynardie was seeking redress and says Meynardie's mind was excited by drink. ? In Greenville, last Wednesday afternoon, Willie Bellinger, a son of J. It. Bellinger, attempted to shoot Fletcher Hodges, a young man employed in Dant/.ler itSmith's furniture store on Main street, with a double-barreled shotgun. The cartridge failed to fire, and a tragedy was probably averted. The attempt was caused from alleged insulting remarks made to young Bollinger. LETTER FROM BLACKSBURG. ir Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer. tl Blacksbukg, October 15.?The weather I has been of the finest for the past ten w i days, until Sunday night, when a rather sc ) sudden change took place. The day was hi r warm and sultry, with occasional light showers of rain. During the evening di wind began to change to the northwest, m and since then has been blowing steadily p: > and with increased force from that direc- w 3 tion, causing a considerable lowering of w 1 temperature. ei The farmers are still busy getting out 3 and ginning their cotton and sowing tc 7 small grain, so that very little cotton, rr ? comparatively, has been sold here so far. PI The stockholders of the Three C's road oi " held their annual meeting at the Charles- hi 3 ton Hotel last Thursday at 12 o'clock. te A very pretty wedding was celebrated hi 3 at the Baptist church on Thursday, 10th hi 3 instant, at 11 o'clock a. m. The happy couple were Mr. Wm. T. Smith from near b< " Hickory Grove, and Miss Jimmie Pollock, rs ? formerly of Mecklenburg county, N. C., ! and sister to Mr. A. H. Pollock, of Blacks- ai 3 burg. The church was very tastefully sc [ decorated. A ring, symbolical of the 1 union of two lives, was used in the beau3 tiful and appropriate ceremony, which Cc was said by Rev. J. A. White. They 7 were accompanied to the altar by Mr. Joe 111 Leech and Miss MattieSmarr, and Messrs. V f Frank Sharpe and Walker Moore acted as 4, r ushers. The church was filled with friends ' of both the bride and groom, which fact hi 7 attests the high esteem in which they are se held. ol Miss Eva Twitty, of Rutherfordton, N. *,1 r n nn nrvnmnlisherl musician and caDable tl " teacher, arrived on Saturday for the pur- a> pose of taking charge of the musical de- tl partment of Cherokee High school. 01 Quite a number of our people went to . Yorkville on Saturday to attend John l Robinson's circus. Miss Sue Walsh left ai the same day for a week's visit to friends *1 at and near Hickory Grove. hi [ Rev. Geo. L. Cook returned from the ni . meeting of Synod at Charlotte last week, sc ^ Rev. Theo. I). Bratton, of Spartanburg, held service in the Episcopal church Sun- is day evening in place of Rev. J. D. McCul- R j. lough, who is attending the meeting of the General Convention in New York city. w Mr. G. W. S. Hart was in our town on ' Sunday and yesterday for the double pur- cr pose of meeting Mr. Bratton, and attend- hi ! ing to some important business matters. R . The county commissioners of Union " county, at their meeting on Tuesday last, R modified the trust agreement which they 3, j had with the Three C's construction com- a \ pany, involving township bonds amount- di ' ing to one hundred and fifty thousand dol[ lars, by making said bonds deliverable to ? , the construction company, when sufficient w evidence has been presented to the trustee 01 ; that the road has been completed according a' ; to contract. This arrangement was made " < especially to obviate the delay and difficul- ai ties, and to avoid the unpleasant and tedi- t ous litigation by which the company has " been hindered in York and Lancaster coun- ? . ties. This matter being satisfactorily ad- E ; justed, and from other arrangements about ! to be made, there is no doubt now about , the early construction of the Augusta Di- G , vision of the Three C's road, and the work , will very probably be let out at an early al day. 01 , This line of road will not only be a i splendid help towards the building up of on/1 o orrouf airl tn fhp Thrpp f]'s Dl road, but of itself is so important aline, w . and has such fine connections, it is pos- w , sible it may be adopted as the main line r of the Three C's road from this place, with ? r its southern terminus at Port Royal, or n< Savannah. n< i The Blacksburg board of trade was per. manently organized last night by the w : adoption of a constitution and by-laws, ei j and the election of W. Anderson, presi- ei . dent; D. L. Brown, vice-president; W. B. DeLoach, secretary; D. D. Gaston, tv . treasurer ; and J. W. Thomson, W. M. r Jones, Maj. John F. Jones, Rev. J. A. t White and J. T. Moore, executive com- R mittee. 01 > The monthly meetings of the board are ^ to be held on the first Monday. By spe- D< cial request of the board, an able and ; very entertaining address upon the rapid \ progress of the South in manufacturing, etc., was delivered by Col. Pardee, of Co Baltimore, who is here in the interest of the Manufacturers' Record, published in b< ; that city. tc Since my last letter, Mr. M. R. Reese T t has bought one-sixth interest in the m , Land and Investment Co., and the work cc I of grading, streets around the sides of n< I Whitaker mountain is going rapidly for- ti f ward. aj r Mr. W. M. Jones is getting his building cl s material on the ground and will soon begin the erection of his extensive wood hi r -shops. 01 r- Six car loads of expensive and heavy o^ r-machinery have been recently received at w Z'Jhe Three C's railroad shops. cc r ^ Mr. Win. Goforth, an aged and respec- cc ^ citizen of Cherokee township, died last ir .night at his home near King's Mountain cc r-battle ground. w. a. ni .? U] ^ LETTER FROM HICKORY GROVE. tc .Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Hickory Grove, October 14.?Quite a r-fiumber of our citizens went to Yorkville jr ""to the circus. We can ill afford to spend p? "Booney for such amusements, but a circus ^ ? * * - ?s i? ? .T4La.. hi ITis a circus, ana peopie win go even u ^.suffer for it. e r ? Miss Mary Smith is lying very ill at her P' .- home in consequence of a fall she got a D( - few weeks ago. She is 85 years of age. P' " She is a sister of Mrs. Isabella Steele, of ' Yorkville. ^ ~1 Miss Mary Allison, and Miss Macy Cald- rv ;-_well have gone to All-Healing Springs to fr r- attend school. {J Mrs. Dr. Whitesides and Miss Mattie JV - Smarr, of Blacksburg, were in town Sat- C1 "urday. ft I was pleased to meet Dr. McCluney, of ~XTnion county, a few days ago. The doc- /] ,.4or is still stout and able to attend to his large practice. |r Mr. Will Smith and his bride, attended . bv the bridal party, came home on Fri I day. A reception was given at the home i of the groom's mother, near this place. sl > Mr. M. V. Darwin spent several days 01 f with us last week. Mart is a most clever gentleman, and his friends enjoyed his society very much. Dr. J. W. Allison commenced to buy . j cotton here to-day. We have three buyers s* now in town, which will make things j* i lively and induce many to bring their cotton to our town. f0 Mr. It. L. Pursley has the contract to J? ; build a fine residence for Mr. J. W. Smith. " He is now at work on it. a( Messrs. Pursley and Smith have com- n< > pleted the steeple of the A. R. P. church. a5 ' It is covered with pointed shingles and ^ I presents a pretty and imposing appear- &! i ance. It is 85 feet high. It is now being dl . painted. e* I Miss Sallie Wylie has a hot house of ^ j geraniums that it is a luxury to look at. *?! ? They are now in full bloom and perfume ; the air around with their fragrance. rs| f Mr. Barron has closed his school. He PJ . will not teach longer at this place. x. w I ? P< .NOTES FROM BLAIRSV1LLE. 1 Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Blairsville, October 14.?The farmers d< ' of this section are very busy gathering bi l the fleecy staple and hauling corn. The | cotton crop seems to be turning out bet- ki * ter than it was thought it would some lij ' time ago. There has not been much cot- m ! ton put upon the market thus far. The in 1 farmers seem to be holding their cotton E for better prices. A good many of our ki farmers visited Sharon last week, and af- in ter giving the market a fair trial, con- in ' eluded not to take the price offered and so ' hauled their cotton back home. b? 1 Most of the cotton that has been ginned J. is wrapped in cotton bagging. It seems th 1 that some of the colored people of this te ora rloforminprl tn trv to break ai OV/W1WU VtUV\/k WW ^ - down the jute trust. They have gone so le . far as to empty the straw from their beds sc I and having their cotton wrapped in the ra ticking. al We have had a killiug frost in this sec- th i tion, and the heart of the oppossum re- ca joiceth, and he will soon grow fat. Then, ar too, will Cuftee's mouth draw into a puck- st er and his eyes glisten at the visions of fa i fat 'possum and taters that will appear ar i before him. tr ' Your correspondent had the pleasure of ca ! witnessing a match game of base ball on cc i last Thurday evening at Sharon. The co Stonewall nine, of Hoodtown, crossed Fi s bats with the Cleveland nine, of Sharon, jo At the end of the fifth inning the game was called and the result was a score of fri .31 to 11 in favor of the Cleveland nine, ba The Stonewall nine were "whitewashed" Sc the last two innings. A beautiful boquet so of flowers was presented to the Cleveland w nine by the young ladies of Sharon, which ; was highly appreciated by the boys. sti The young men of Sharon will soon or- o'i t ganize a glee club in which I wish them II i success. fo i Communion services were not conduct- or i ed at Bullock's Creek last Sunday, according to appointment, but they will be held ca i that church on the.fourth Sabbath of \ lis month. i e I am glad to learn that Mr. It. P. Smith, v ho has been quite ill at Iteidville, for a ime time past, is better, and has returned ome. r: There was a tea party given at the rosienceofMr. W. Y. White on last Wed- C esday night. There was a large number e resent and the table was loaded down fi ith all the good things that heart could ish and that would make the occasion c ijoyable. t< I learn that Mr. John Hood, of Hood- ii >wn, had the misfortune of having a lule stolen. It seems that his son, James v [ood, rode the mule to Hickory drove p i last Saturday evening to attend to some 1 jsiness and did not get through until afirdark. When he went to where he had S itched his mule, it was gone. Nothing S as been heard of the mule since. d Mr. Lawrence Hill, of Sandersville, has d aught a lot at Sharon and will make ar- v mgements to go into business at once. The lumber for the Sharon depot has I rived and the building will he erected r ion. (,'KOAKKK. e LETTEIl FIIU^T KOCK HILL. b irrctipondunce of die Yorkvillo Emjiilrcr. Rock Hill, October 11.?-The Pearson leeting closed on Wednesday night, c /ednesday morning there were over 000 people to hear Mr. Pearson. At g ight there was a large congregation to li ear him for the last time. After the o irmon Mr. Pearson thanked the people v ? Ilock Hill in general for the interest t ley manifested in his meeting. Also, le ministers for their active co-operation, a .id coraplimentfed the corps of ushers for a le manner in which they preserved d rder. t After this, remarks were made by Revs, t /. M. Anderson, J. S. White, J. Q. Ad- s us, T. C. O'Dell and J. H. Thorn well, r mnkingMr. Pearson for the good work e had done, and regretting that he could t Dt remain longer. Mr. and Mrs. Pear- a in left ou Thursday afternoon for Tar- a iro, N. C. An effort is being made, and i: meeting with much encouragement, to iduce Mr. Pearson to return next year. v Wednesday was circus day. Our town J as full of people, the crowd being esti- d lated at 8,000. There was not as large a C owdat the circus as the managers would ave liked, Mr. Peason having attracted y le attention of a majority of the crowd, 'owever, about 2,000 persons witnessed J leshow, a majority being negroes. With t 000 people in Rock Hill, there was not t single arrest by the police during the v ay. On Thursday afternoon at 7 o'clock, Mr. obert Frew breathed his last. Mr. Frew c as one of our popular business men, a lember of the lirm of S. T. Frew & Co., id director in the Savings Bank of Rock t [ill. He had been sick for some time d id recently went to New York and en- b red the hospital of Dr. Gill Wylie, but \ (ceivinc no benefit he returned home, i he funeral services were held at the M. .Church on Friday afternoon, conduct1 by Rev. T. C. O'JJell, assisted by Rev. as. S. White. The members of the Silver ornet band, of which Mr. Frew was iptain, acted as pall bearers. There was so a delegation from the Knights of Hon and the fire company, who acted as mior pall bearers. On Sunday, as a result of the Pearson leeting, 51 persons connected themselves ith the First Presbyterian church, 14 ith the Methodist church, and 14 with le Baptist church. In addition to these lere were a number of persons who conscted themselves with churches in the sighborhood of Rock Hill. Business in our town on Saturday last F as rather dull for Saturday. The farm's seem anxious to get their cotton gath- ? ed. The cotton coming to town for the past 1 vo weeks, has been packed in jute, only a c w bales being in cotton. The new Methodist church at Cross c oads, in Rock Hill circuit, was dedicated a l Sunday last by Rev. A. M. Chriet/.berg, c isisted by Rev. T. C. O'Dell, pastor. The jw church will be known as Cedar Grove. ' iial. j ? * LETTER FROM LANCASTER. irrcripondcuctt ot' the Yorkvllle Enquirer. J Lancaster, October 14.?There have u ?en only about five hundred bales of cotm sold in this market up to this time, he crop is a short one, owing, in a great . leasure, to the fact that it was very late ^ lining up in the spring. The farmers do Dt count on more than half a crop at this ? me, and the prospect here is not encour- * jing either to the farmer or the mer- 13 rnnt. n Our court of equity did not convene sre on Monday as was at first expected, c l account of the fact that the judge had V ^erlooked that this year there are three a eeks from the commencement of our e >urt of general sessions in Chester on ac- t >unt of there having been five Mondays t i the month of September. The judge, y msequently, postponed the court until g ixt Tnursday; so that when he comes c d and holds our court, he can go right on a i Chester the next week, without having r i go back home. r Yesterday was a notable day in the Methodist church at this place. We were vored with a visit from A. Coke Smith, a . D.f of Spartanburg. He preached an t Dur and a quarter in the forenoon, deliv- h ed a lecture to the Sunday-school at 3.30 h m., and at 8 he preached a sermon; and v jsides he administered the Lord's sup- li Br?a very full day's work. s His audiences at the different services e ere large and appreciative. He is un- s Dubtedly one of the readiest preachers in t le State of South Carolina. The writer ad never heard him preach before ; and a ad gotten the idea that his style was de- \ amatory and that he was more distin- t jished for his elocution than for his logic, t ut I find that the reverse is the case. r fhile he is a fine thinker, and remarka- i e for his fluency, he attracts more by his c latter than his manner. There is a c eshness about his preaching to be found c i very few men. But he overworks c imself and should not subject himself to c ich strains. He should be more careful j ' his health. red rose. a LETTER FROM UNION. e irrespondence of the Yorkvillc Emjuircr. ? Union, S. C., October 14.?In the ses- q ons court for this county last week, Judge e Idrich presiding, the first case called was tat of the State vs. David E. Jeter, white, r murder committed about twenty-nine J Bars ago. At the last term of the court a lis case was continued by the State on ^ :count of the absence of a material wit- c bss. and for the same reason the solicitor c iked a continuance at the recent term, e 2ter is charged with having killed his c *other-in-law, one Busby, in 1SG0, imrne- r iately after which he fled the State and \ icaped arrest until May last, when he e as found in Tennessee and brought back 2re for trial. He was a Confederate 6ol- l< ier in the civil war and attained the b .uk of captain. It is understood that Jiis lj lea will be self defence. His sister, who a as the wife of Busby, would be an im- ti irtant witness in the case, but having y arried again since her tirst husband was y illed, and at this remote date after the amicide, it is not thought that she now h isires to appear as a witness against her tl other. Jeter is out on bail. e The case of the State vs. T. B. M. Per- ]< ins and G. W. Fowler, for disturbing re- s< gious services, went to trial and attracted r uch public interest. The facts pertain- tl ig to this offence were published in The a nquirer soon after its occurrence. Per- c ins lives in Virginia. Fowler's home is tl this county. Perkins's wife died, leavig three children, two daughters and one m. On account of alleged ill treatment I. ? their father, they came to the home of ti C. Farrar, of this county, a relative of b ieir mother, and also the children's trus- s e. They refused to return to their father, t: id on the 7th of last May, Perkins, Fow- a r and L. M. Farrar went to a Sunday- s? hool in the neighborhood of J. C. Far- h r's, the home of the children, and as is leged, endeavored to steal away the son- n - x.U J 1.1 rpu:rt ^~~o ?.r? f wx| * ic juuugcat uiuiu. 11119 ucuiuusuanutt wi used a stampede of the Sunday-school, t! id hence the prosecution. The children ill refused to return home with their c ther. The jury remained out all night, n id failing to agree upon a verdict, a misial was entered. There were no other S ses of special interest in the sessions tl mrt, which closed on Thursday, and the urt of common pleas was opened on a ridav morniner and will probably ad urn to-day. " " I Mr. J. M. Powell, who resides a mile j a Am town, had the misfortune to lose two ! e< lies of loose cotton Saturday evening. | o >me negroes were smoking and dropped I fc me live ashes among the cotton, from j si hich it ignited and was soon destroyed, j ir Mr. liob't Foster's barn was totally de-1 a royed by fire on yesterday morning at 7 v clock,before assistance could be rendered. ! tl e lost a few loads of cotton seed, shucks, c< dder, Ac. It is not known how the tire j p iginated. tl Air. Geo. Trefzer had his right hand j ei ught in Messrs. Harris Hros.'s gin last' oi Vednesday, and his hand was badly lacrated. Only a few weeks ago a negro boy /as pullled out of the same gin with his rm cut off. The cotton seed oil mill will be in opeution in a few weeks. The freight is getting so heavy on the Columbia and Greenville division that the ompany has put on two extra through reight trains. Your correspondent counted 12.3 bales of otton on wagons last Saturday, waiting a be weighed. It was mostly wrapped i jute. The graded school of this place is in a ery flourishing condition, numbering I'd upils, under the management of Prof. J. \ Mauzy. The temperance division organized at antuc about a year ago by Mr. S. S. tokes, is now in a splendid working conition. They gave a supper last Thursay night to which the Union division /as invited. Your correspondent made a trip to Fish lain last week, where he found the new nilroad progressing finely, and the merhants doing a big business. I was inarmed that a number of new stores will e built there in the near future. \v. G. c. LETTER FRoVuNION COUNTY. orreopondence of the Yorkvllle Knquirer. Etta Jane, October 14.?By a chiroraphical error I am made to say in my 1 1 ? A ? ? At A T~V _ IT T 1 I. ,t iiat weeK s leuer mat ur. warn, nisieau fWood, attended the little Petty boy, vhose death was announced. In justice o Dr. Ward I make this correction. Our farmers are gathering their corn ,nd cotton as fast as circumstances will drnit of. The cotton crop will be a great leal shorter than was expected previous o last week's frost. Many of the immaure bolls will drop off or dry up on the talk without opening. Late cotton is seiously affected in this manner. Just now our trial justice court is trying o solve a knotty cotton problem. There re several unknown factors involved, nd the guilt or innocence of the accused 3 doubtful. Another wedding is reported this veek?that of Mr. George Estes and Miss JcColloch?which took place at the resilence of the bride yesterday, llev. J. W. Juery was the officiating minister. Rev. J. W. Query preached at Salem 'esterday. Ilis text was Proverbs xviii, 26. Nevt Snhhwth the Sahhath-sohool of s'orth Pacolet section will meet in convenion at El-Bethel church, where some ineresting and important Sunday-school vork is expected to be accomplished. ~ NOTES FWnfCLOVER. orrraponilunce of the Yorkvillo Enquirer. Clover, October 14.?The Farmers' alianceofthis.place, with some of the neigh oring alliances, had on sale here last Frilay 2.36 bales of cotton. Besides our local uyersthe following buyers from York'ille were present: J. H. Riddle, John V. Latta, John M. Hope and P. G. Mclorkle. The cotton was put up as a whole, >ut the bids did not quite reach the amount he cotton was held at; consequently there vas no sale. After the bidding closed omething over 100 bales were sold at private sale, and bought mostly by the Yorkrille buyers. W. B. Smith, president of the Clover Cotton Manufacturing company, and J. R. * 3arron, one of the directors, leave to-day or the North in the interest of the compaly. They expect to visit several of the manufacturing cities before they return. j. i). g. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? T. E. Dickson, Democrat, has been apjointed postmaster at Seneca. ? Over seven hundred bales of cotton iave been sold this season in Seneca. ? John Vinesett, of Grassy Pond, Spar anburg county, had an arm torn off by a otton gin the other day. ? John L. Cannon, a native and former itizen of Laurens, was accidentally shot nd killed at Fort Payne, Ala., on Thurslay. ? The first homicide ever committed in ' v he corporate limits of Manning was on ast Thursday, wheu Tom Pearson was tilled by Edwin Scott ;* both colored. ? It. Parker Moore, a young white man vho shot and killed \V. Allen Jordan, in Chesterfield county, on the 3rd ofSeptemler, and made his escape, has been arrestd and is now in jail. ? Thomas Whatley, son of Captain T. V. Whatley, was killed last Thursday in sonpareil kaolin mine, near Langley, by lit' side of the embankment falling in. "ons of earth fell upon him, and when his odv was removed it was found that his ieclk had been broken. ? The Kershaw Democratic executive oramittee have appointed the 2nd of No'ember as the day for a primary election, nd the 12th of November as the general lection day for a successor to State Senaor G. G. Alexander, resigned. There are wo candidates?J. T. Hay, a prominent roung lawyer of Camden ; and Major Ma;ill, of West Wateree, president of the ounty alliance. It was rumored that the lliance had endorsed Magill, but this umor is of course denied, for "there are 10 politics in the alliance." ? Walhalla Courier: George T. King, of Vest Union, Oconee county, wa3adjudged lunatic on Tuesday of last week, and will ie sent to the asylum in Columbia. His lallucination seems to be that he believes limself to be bewitched by a certain old voman living in Anderson county, and lis safety depends on his shooting her with ilver bullets. It is stated that he has ven gone so far as to load his gun with ilver bullets for this purpose. He made he gullets out of dimes. ? In the U.S. Circuit court at Charleston, ,n order was filed by Judge Bond last veek appointing Daniel H. Chamberlain, he last Republican governor of this State, emporary receiver for the South Carolina ailroad. The order was granted by Judge Bond on complaint of Frederick W. Bound, if Mount Clair, N._J., a holder of second nortgage Donas, rne roaa naa Deen in lefault for one year on all its mortgage lebts, and the receiver is appointed in orler to apply the income of the road to the nterest due on the mortgage debt. The ippointment of a temporary receiver is nade at once in order to preserve the propirty of the company until an order can be nade for a permanent receiver and the [uestiou of jurisdiction in the State or Federal court can be determined. The Electrical Execution Law of sew York Declared ConstitutionlL.?County Judge Day, of Auburn, N. l\, has filed his decision in the Ivemmler ase. The case was a habeas corpus proeeding to test the constitutionality of the lectrical execution law. Judge Day deides that the law is constitutional, and emands the prisoner to the custody of Varden Durston, of Auburn prison, for xecution. William Ivemmler murdered TillieZieg2r, on the morning of the 29th of March, ecause she said something he did not ike. fie literally cut her to pieces with rusty hatchet. He maintained his bruality when arrested, and his only remark ras: "Yes, I have done it, and I am /illing to take the rope for it." He will not be executed by hanging. owever, but will be the first criminal in he world to be lawfully executed by lectricity. He is a rough, ignorant felnv, and brought all the trouble upon himelf by the excessive use of whisky. Duing his trial several witnesses testified hat he frequently drank a quart in half n hour, and often made wagers with his ompanions that he could hold more liquor han they, and he always won. The Assemhlies of Churches.?The Lssociate Reformed Presbyterian synod of he South will meet in Prosperity, Newierry county, on Thursday, the 24th intant. The synod embraces all the Atlanic and Gulf States from Virginia to Texs, and also West Virginia and Tennesee. The synod will contain probably a undred or more delegates. The Presbyterian synod of South Carolia will meet in Spartanburg on Friday, he 2oth instant. This synod embraces all h. six presbyteries of this State. The Lutheran synod of South Carolina onvenes on the l(?th instant in Mt. Lebaon church, Orangeburg county. The Methodist annual conference of outh Carolina will meet in Camden on lie 20th day of November. The Baptist State convention will meet t Florence on November 29th. ? Up to date thirteen colored farmers' lliances have been organized in Butler ounty, Alabama, and before the close f the year similar organizations will be irmed in every township. The memberliip is not large,- but it is rapidly increaslg and bids fair to be strong. The white nd colored alliances are united in their ar against trusts and in the promotion of le doctrine that farmers should establish 3-operative stores and manufactures, and ublish their own newspapers, conduct leir own schools, and have a hand in evrythingelse that concerns them as citizens r affects them personally or collectively.