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Jtaxpfl and <f?ctjs. ? West Albany, N. Y., has been th scene of a ravaging fever epidemic. Th dread disease has invaded the ranks of th railroad workmen there with appallin effects. It appears that with in a fe' weeks hundreds have been stricken dowi about forty have died, and a great numbi of lives have been endangered. ? In Chilton county, Ala., last Thursday James Hickey was arrested on some m nor charge. All went well' with M Hickey as he and his captors pursue their way, until he confessed that he wj concerned in some brutal murders net Monteville a few weeks ago. Then h was surprised by being swung up to a lim and shot to death. r ? The failures occurring throughout th country during the last seven days nun ber, for the United States 182, and for Cat ada 41, or a total of 223, as compared wit a total of 214 the previous weefc and 21 the week previous to that. For the co responding week last year, the figure were 224, representing 202 failures in th United-States, and 22 in the Dominion < nn/4a vauoua* # ? What is considered one of the most ui accounted for sights in Utah is a moui tain about thirty-five miles northeast < Salt Lake City, occupying an area of aboi thirty acres, and completely and thickl covered with oyster shells. The moui tain is between 300 and 400 feet high, an situated over 4,000 feet higher than Sa Lake City, which is 4,300 feet above tli level of the sea. ? Each of the constitutions of the fiv new States in One form or another recoj nizes the right of woman to the suffragi North Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho an Washington, have each granted school su frage to adults of that sex. Montana giv< them the right to vote on local questioi provided they are tax payers, while Wasl ington and South Dakota will submit th question of unrestricted woman suffrag to the voters. ? On the morning of the 13th instan Rev. DeWitt Talmage's tabernacle t Brooklyn was totally destroyed by fin In the opinion of the fire marshal the fit started on the roof of the church by a electric bolt during a thunder storm. Th grand organ was completely destroye< The loss on the Tabernacle is $111,000 ; o the surrounding property $16,000. Th old Tabernacle was burned seventeen yeai ago. A new Tabernacle is to be built in mediately. ?The senior class of Harvard Colleg has elected Clement Garrett Morgan, colored man, as class orator. The electio was hotly contested, but Morgan receive a substantial majority, about 270 me voting. He entered college with litti means, and during his freshman yes * * ' 1 1 !- _ I 1 ? U woraea ai oaa noure iu ? imruci auuj Since then his rank as a student hs brought him beneficiary money from th college. Last year, as a competitor for th Boylston prizes, he carried his audience b storm and won the first place. ? At Greenville, Ala., early lastSatui day morning, a quarrel between a negr and a young white man named Robert connected with Burke's horse show, r< suited in the negrcw>ouring gasoline ovt Roberts. Another negro touched off th fluid with a lamp, and in an instant Rot erts was enveloped in flame. He ra wildly up and down the main street ( the town, but there was no one awak and he was literally roasted alive. Whe discovered he was in a critical conditio and medical attention was given. One ( the negroes has been arrested, the othe escaped. ? On the 14th instant, at Dothen, Ala., a deadly riot occurred between the tow author!tes and the alliance men. The a liance of Henry county had established cotton warehouse at Dothen and propose to do their own draying. The town at thorities attempted to enforce the ordi nance imposing a tax on drays. This ta the alliance men refused to pay, and at hearing before the mayor of two cases ( resistance to paying the tax, a riot ensuec resulting in the killing of two allianc men, the mortally wounding of two tow marshals, and the seriously wounding ( three other men. ? Last summer a man named Croni was mysteriously murdered in Chicago, s is alleged, at the instigation of a secret sc ciety of auarchial tendencies. Several ai rests of suspects have been made, and th trial of them was commenced about month ago, during which time, out of se\ en hundred jurors, only eight have bee obtained, and to add to the perplexity c the case, all the evidence and clues an other records against the prisoners wer stolen from the clerk's office; and on Sai urday last a plot was discovered for th rescue of the prisoners, which was to hav been attempted last Monday while bein conveyed from the prison to the coui house. ? A large number of representative from the governments of South and Cer tral America are now in the United State inspecting the factories and taking a get era! look at the country. Such visits wi result in good, but the United States wi never be able to control South America trade so long as we bar out her produi tions from our own markets by means t a prohibitory tariff. In order to sell on wares to other nations we must give ther a chance to sell us something in returi The tourists are now in the western State.1 but propose visiting the South before n turning home.' ? Robert Berrier was lynched near Lea ington, N. C., on the night of the 14th ir stant, the charge against him being th murder of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Wa ser. The parties are all well-connectec Berrier, who was a young man, had bee married about a year, but he and his wil did not live agreeably. On the tenth < this month they separated, she returnin to her father's. On the next day, Berric knowing his wife's father was away fror home, went to the house to attempt t gain possession of their child, an infar four months old. He snatched the chil away from the old lady, and as she follow ed him and tried to recover the chile Berrier drew his pistol and shot her deac He escaped, but was arrested next da and taken to Greensboro to save him froi being lynched. On Monday he was r< turned to Lexington for a preliminar trial, which, by his counsel, he waivee and was committed to Lexington jai About dark, a crowd of about one hui dred or more men took him from the ja by the usual formula, and escorting hii to a wood near by and hanged him t the limb of a tree. The child was foun safe and well in a hollow log where h had secreted it. A reason given for th summary punishment of Berrier is that h wife was the only living witness of th crime, and legal gentlemen had expresse the opinion that her testimony would t incompetent, as the law of North Carol na prevents a wife from testifying again: her husband, and consequently it was n< probable that a conviction could be si cured. ? The American Forestry congress m in session in Philadelphia last weel From reports submitted, it appears thf the woodland of the United states no covers 450,000,000 acres, or about 23 p< cent, of the land area. Of this, not lei than 25,000,000 acres are cut over anni ally, a rate of destruction that will brin our forests to destruction in eightee years if there is no replanting. While th wood growing annually in the forests < the United States amounts to 12,000,Of cubic feet, the amount cut annually 24,000,000, and this does not include a vai amount destroyed by fire. The country supply of timber, therefore, is being d< pletea at least twice as fast as it is bein reproduced, and this is another way < showing that a timber famine is approacl ing rapidly. As to the waste of timber, committee reported: "It seems incred ble that there should be any place in th: country where good timber was conside: ed a nuisauce, and the land worth mor with it off than with it on. Yet such i thecaseall through the South, in the hea\ ily wooded districts. Uncleared land i worth only from $1 to $4 per acre, whil cleared of its timber it sells for from $1 to $15 per acre. This leads to a destrui tion of the trees by a method called "deat ening," by chopping into the trees a round, at a convenient distance from th ground, thus killing them; and thei they stand silent witnesses of an unwis and destructive policy. The extent t which this is.done is surprising. Thoi sands of acres of timber are thus sacr flced every year, not in the South onl^ for in the State of Ohio we have seen ? fine hickories as ever grew thus d< strflyed." ? In the superior court of McDowe county, N. C., last week, Ed. Brown wi acquitted .of the murder of Col. Itog< Page, editor of the Times-Register. Pag had resided in Marion, the county-sea only a tew months previous to the killinj 'He was shot in the back of the neck an instantly killed about midnight on 22n day of last July as he was walking i _ company with several others from the de pot towards his hotel. A dozen or tnor ie saw the shooting, saw the murderer ru ie off, and the undisputed statement' wa ie published abroad that Ed. Brown was th ? man who committed the act. Ten da> w later Brown surrendered to the officer; 3> waived examination and went to jai Ji" His family is the most wealthy and infli ential in the county. One of his sisters i p, the wife of I)r. Butt, of Marion, and slan i-' derous reports were circulated about he r. and Col. Page. This was the provocatior id Several witnesses were examined by th ig State, but the defence introduced no testi ir raony. Charging the jury, Judge Phillip ,e read over the testimony and stated th ,b law. He told the jury they had but on duty to perform and that was as to whethe Ed. Brown was the man who shot Page ' If he did, it was murder or nothing; ther J" was no manslaughter in the case. Th J jury remained out all night and nex morning returned a verdict of"notguii ^ ty." A slight applause followed the at nouncement, for which one man who wa identified was fined $10. The judge the ' f turned to the jury aud said : "I fear thi 51 is a dangerous verdict for your county, and to the defendant he said: "Ed Browr 1_ a merciful jury has said you are not gui ty. The court has no further use for yo now. You are discharged." ji ^iu|uuiv 1? YORKVILLE, S. C. : t, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1889. it ~ ~ = ?- GOVERNOR HILL IN THE SOUTH. ? Governor David B. Hill, of New York l6 made a tour of the South last week, visil j. ing the Piedmont exposition at Atlanta u to which he was an invited guest, arrivin ?e there on Wednesday. At the expositio; 1:8 grounds he delivered an address to th 1_ large concourse of people. He said, in be ,e half of the great State of which he wa a proud to be the representative and fo n which the kind expression of esteem was in d tended, he wished to thank his hearers mos n cordially. The Empire State of the Nortl sends warm greetings to the Empire Stat j of the South. She is as proud of your pro is gress as she is of her own. The entir e North is now a partner in your prosperity e and her interests are closely interwovei y with yours. In this line he continued I am glad you have given me this oppor ? tunity to see the South under its new con 3 ditions?to see for myself what you hav j- accomplished in this struggle of twenty >r five years?to feel the spirit of progres e which has been brought into this new lam ? of liberty and carry back, perhaps, a broad jf er idea of our common interests. I an e glad in this exposition wherein are collect n ed the best products or tne industries or si; n vigorous States. I ara able in the brie time that I am to be with you, to get i !r comprehensive idea of what the whol a South is doing." n On the negro question he said : I- You have within your borders vast num a bers of an unfortunate and long-oppresset d race. Left suddenly by the result of th< i- war to their own resources, uneducated [- superstitious and helpless, but patient, do x cile and ambitious, it is your interest, as i a is your duty, to lift them out of the stati >f in which fate has placed them and hel| I, them assume the responsibilities of citi e zenship. You have an enormous labo n class?black ai.d white?the mass of then )f not yet sufficiently stirred by the spirit o progress to be conscious of their own inter n ests and their own power; they will no IS always remain so. You can do a grea deal to avert the clashing of interests b: r_ wise legislation, by proper regard for th< e sanitary laws in your cities, by the estab a lishment of institutions to encourage sav r. ings, by the erection of comfortable homes n by economy in public expenditures an< )f in private life. d The experience of the last twenty year; e has proved to you the advantage of fre< labor. Most of you will remember the pre e dictions of your statesmen before the war e that without slaves the South could no g profitably produce cotton, yet with frei t labor you have raised more cotton in thi last ten years than you raised in twenty ig before Sumter was fired on, notwithstand ine that only a part of your populatioi J" has been in engaged in this industry, an( ' in the meantime your manufacturing cen n tres have become formidable rivals of thi jj North. n Discussing the relations of the South t< > the nation he said : )f I believe that the South is to play a grea ir part in working out the destiny of our re ii united nation. In her courage, in he i. hopefulness, in her integrity, in her loyal 3, ty, in her enthusiasm, in the public spiri i- of her statesmen in their faithful adher ence to political conviction and in thei: deep sense of duty to public trusts, I be hold the qualities which will preserve in e tact the theory of our governmental sys 1. tern, strengthen our institutions and, re j. douud to the glory and prosperity of ou n country. Ee Closing his speech he paid the followinj >f tribute to the "Solid South S It is sometimes said in the North tha 5r the South is solid. So it is?solid for goo< n government, solid for the welfare of it ? people, solid for integrity in private an< d official life, solid in its opposition to th< d paternal administration of public affairs J" solid against congressional extravagance j? solid in its renunciation of the errors o ' the past, solid for American ideas, soli* y in its devotion to the new nation, solid ii n its aspirations for higher civilization an* solid for all that would make us a prosper >' ous and powerful republic. Of such a so lidity I am not afraid. I see no danger ii ' such unity as springs from the noblest mo I" A A/1 nnkflAMifAn fkn r>AApf avoHo/1 T\Q .. uvea auu ouuscivco me uiuoi cabi?,u p? 11 triotism. 11 o THE MEETZE TRIAL, d In the sessions court of Ilichland, all c last week was occupied in the trial of W is B. Meetze for the murder of James 1 ie Clark, in Columbia, on the 3rd of An d gust last. A large number of witnesse '.e were examined, and much interest wa l~ manifested in the proceedings. Messrs jj. Melton & Melton and Mr. Andrew Craw a. ford appeared for the defendant. Solicito Nelson was assisted by Messrs. Abney < ^ Thomas. Ex-Judge S. W. Melton wa ?. leading counsel in conducting the defence it There were two lines of defence; 1st, sel w defence; and 2nd, the vindication of th ^ honor and protection of the slayer's wife The case was ably argued by opposin g counsel on Friday aud Saturday, an n Judge Melton's argument is pronounce ie one of his most masterly efforts. Judg ^ Norton charge the jury and they retiree jg After being out 191 hours, they reporte 3t that it would be impossible for them t 's agree upon a verdict, and the presidin 3- judge directed that a mistrial be enterec S It is understood that on the last ballot th jury stood nine for manslaughter, two fo a acquittal and one for murder. There wer i- two negroes on the.jury, one of whoi is makes this statement, and further that h r- and the other negro voted for acquitta ? _ ' 2 4- y~? U a *?a n oiiKrvwic , lne resuil IS Slliu iu nave uccu a output ^ to Meetze. His counsel immediatel, is made application for bail, and after heai le ing arguments by Solicitor Nelson oppos 0 iDg the motion and Judge Melton sustair > ing: it. Judge Norton reserved his d cision which it is thought in Columbia h ie will not announce until the latter part c e this week. 'q Mission Work in Liberia.?A publi j_ meeting was held in Chickering Hal j_ New York, on Friday evening last in th . interest of colored missionary work. Th [g Rev. Mr. Moore, a colored missionary t 3_ Liberia, made an address, in which h said that he thought that newspapers di wrong in discouraging emigration c negroes to Liberia, and that what wa 18 wanted was a negro ministry, Bishop an 3r all. re t, ? About 260 bales were offered at Gaffne, ?. by alliance farmers, and the entire lot wa d bought by Carroll & Stacey at 0.85. d YORK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. D Reported for the Vorkville Enquirer, i- The twenty-first annual session of the York e Baptist association was held at Unity church, n one mile from Hickory Grove, beginning on iS Thursday, October 17th. The meeting was e generally considered one of the pleasantestand S most profitable in the history of the body. 5 On Thursday morning Rev. J. A. White, of i' Blacksburg, preached the introductory sermon, taking as his text, Ephesians 5: 16?"Redeeming the time because the days are evil." S The sermon was a forcible presentation of the I- thought of the text. T After an intermission of one hour, the coni, gregation re-assembled, and the association g proceeded to organize, Rev. J. A. White, the moderator of the last session, being in the " [ chair. The letters from tne various enurcues i ,s were very encouraging, reporting large ac- < e cessions to to the membership, and increased s e contributions. In general, the churches were 1 ir reported as in a prosperous condition. The ' association then elected officers as follows: j 'g Sam M. Grist, moderator; W. B. DeLoach, ] ? clerk ; H. E. Johnson, treasurer. t ? The newly elected moderator addressed the f t association with appropriate remarks in rec- ( I- ognition of the distinction. The remainder of c 1- of the afternoon was spent in the appointment ? of committees. t n On Friday morning devotional exercises ] were conducted by Rev. M. P. Matheny, and ? at 10 o'clock the moderator called the association to order. ( Rev. R. H. Griffith, of Greenville, addressed I- the association in behalf of the Baptist Courier, j U and urged the importance of having this paper , in every Baptist family. Remarks to the same f effect were made by ftevs. F. C. Hickson, M. ( - P. Matheny and R. G. Patrick. Quiteanum- , ber subscribed for the Courier after these ad- , dresses. ' Rev. F. C. Hickson, chairman of the commit- , tee ou education, then reported. The report ( emphasized the importance of educating the t rising generation, and commended education t under religious influences. The Baptists owed 5 it to their children to educate them, and the churches were urged to establish and support , common schools. The report recommended , * '* -4 ' '~ ftiTA T)nr\_ t lO llie pauoiliigt) U1 me euureuco, wd mu uop- j tist Female Colleges in this State, and Furman University. Special mention was made of the vigorous efforts that is now being put forth to I raise ?20,000 for the better endowment of Fur: man University. Rev. Dr. Griffith, the financial agent of the University, was present and spoke to the report. The discourse was an able and eloquent plea in behalf of education in general, and especially _ for education under Christian influences. Education was in these days a necessity, and if the Baptists wore to maintain their place with . the leading denominations, it was necessary that they should endow and support Furman University. An opportunity to greatly ini, crease the endowment of their university was p. now offered the Baptists, and the speaker urged ? the association to do its share of the work. Q After this address, a call for contributions was e made; and some liberal responses followed. _ The time for adjournment having arrived, the association receded from business for an hour. S When the body was again called to order, r after prayer by Dr. Griffith, the subject of education was continued. Addresses were made on the subject of Ministerial Education by Revs, it R. H. Griffith, R. G. Patrick and F. C. Hickh son. Reference was made to the large number of ministerial students at Furman University, j e and the Theoloeical Seminary, which were de- > ?- pending upon the churches for pecuniary supe port. The churches were urged to contribute liberally to the support of these young men. f 7 The report was then adopted. ( a Rev. V. I. Masters, chairman of the commit- t . tee on home missions, made the report. The * home mission board of the Southern Baptist ? convention is doing work in Texas, Louisiana * i? and in other States and Territories of the Uni- ( ted States. Churches have been established in e the rapidly growing western cities, and among j the foreign population work is being vigorous- j s ly prosecuted. No work could be more im- t . portant. i 1 In Cuba this board was also at work, and j .- marvelous success had attended the .work of J 3 the missionaries there. Under the preaching t of the missionaries of the board 8000 souls were converted during the past year. The work a i was commended to the liberal support of the r r churches. j Rev. M. P. Matheny, recently from Texas, ( l made an address upon the work of the board of c q that State. Texas was a fine missionary field, s and the Baptists ought to do their part in giving the gospel to the hundreds of thousands g who are coming each year to that State. The a . work among the foreign population had been a greatly blessed. No other held of labor could t be so important as this. Revs. Y. I. Masters, j e R. H. Griffith and F. C. Hickson followed in j able and earnest appeals to the delegates to ?] - give liberally of their means for the support of t this work. Report was adopted. a a The subject of Temperance was also discussed X in an able manner by Reys. F. C. Hickson, J. c \ A. White, R. H. Griffith and others, after r which a resolution to the following effect was | r adopted: "That we, the delegates convened 3 at the York association, express it as our opin- ^ f ion that it is inconsistent with a Christian pro- t - fession to drink or sell whisky as a beverage, or t to furnish grain or fruit for the purpose of + manufacturing alcoholic liquors." Some business of a miscellaneous character c ' was transacted, and the association adjourned 3 for the evening. i After prayer by Rev. R. H. Griffith, on Sat- I - urday morning, the association was called to e ?.1 ? u?ir uAiiM "ma rriwAn trflnti- V uiuor, aiiu uuan uuui noo ^itvh ?v v?v ??? j action of business. Among other things it r was decided that the association should meet i next year at the Shiloh Baptist church, and a \ s letter of dismission bo granted to Nazareth i B church. Mr. Sam M. Grist was elected to represent i , the York association at the Southern Baptist 8 t convention, which will hold its next session I a at Fort Worth, Texas, in May, 1890. Rev. J. t ^ A. White was elected as alternate. Delegatest to the Baptist State convention, c ? which is to meet at Florence, S. C., on the 28th c - of November, were elected as follows : f l Revs. F. C. Hickson, R. G. Patrick, and J. 8 J A. White. c Rev. R. G. Patrick, chairman of the committee on State missions, made the report. It was shown by the report that during the past e year the labors of the board had been abund- 1 3 antly successful. Many places of destitution ( in our own State have been built up, and many 1 almost entirely without gospel privileges, f t have been reached by the preaching of the p - missionaries. Weak Baptist churches in im- 9 r portant places have been greatly aided by the a . board. In several county seats and other im- i j. portant towns there are now prosperous a churches which would not have been in exist- e euce but for the State Mission board. This r work was commended to the support of the v - association. a Rev. R. G. Patrick spoke to the report, urg- t . ing that the churches of York association were t _ especially under obligations to contribute lib- v r erally to State missions, as $450 is expended p anually in York county. The churches were t urged to adopt regular and systematic plans of t * benevolence. Rev. R. H. Griffith followed in an excellent address, in which he made men- 1 , tion of the good work the board had done in t * the lower part of our State. A liberal contri- p 1 bution was then made for State missions. ^ S Rev. J. A. White, chairman of the commit- t i tee on foreign missions, read his report. Men- J e tion was made of the work that Southern Bap- p ! tists are doing in Europe, Asia, Africa, South c ' America and Mexico. The report gave an en- J I couraging statement in regard to the great sue- 1 I cess attending the labors of the missionaries 'J 1 in these foreign lands. Many souls have been v 3 led to Christ, and the churches strengthened v i and revived. The need of the foreign board a is 8150,000 for the prosecution of this work. Of a that amount South Carolina Baptists are asked a to contribute ?12,000. York association had 1 3 her part to do and tbo work was commended 1 to the churches. 1 Rev. J. A. White addressed the body, urging j the duty of every church and every member j to contribute liberally to this great work of evangelizing the world. The amount asked of a . South Carolina Baptists could easily be raised i J1 if only the proper effort were made. s Dr. Griffith continued the discussion, show- t ing that the number of conversions in foreign lands was in excess of that at home in propor- c l* tion to the number of laborers employed. S The churches had every reason to be encour- 1 aged and to press on in this work. I Rev. R. G. Patrick brielly addressed the as5. sociation on the importance of being well in- .1 . formed as what the Board was doing, and about t the work and the workers. He attributed the c '* nf iloonov inforDuf in fHh wnrlf tfi t.hft flint". fJ fc that the people were not informed. The Fors eign Mission Journal would give this informa^ tion, and he urged the delegates to subscribe ' and read, and to get their churches to do likoIf wise. g The subject of Colportage and Bible work received a good measure of attention, and earnest ' speeches were made by Revs. V. I. Masters, F. g C. Hickson, and R. II. Griffith. j Rev. R. G. Patrick requested that the churches complete the York association colportage u fund. Rev. J. A. White also made some ree marks. i Rev. J. A. White, chairman of the commit tee on digest of church letters, reported that d the churches generally have gone forward dur0 ing the year. On Sunday morning one of the largest con& gations ever assembled at Unity church came I. together to hear the missionary sermon. It g was preached by Rev. R. G. Patrick, after which a liberal collection was taken up for for,r eign missions. e The tieasurer's report, and that of the coniQ mittee on Sunday-schools, wore read and adopted. e The association then adjourned to meet on |. Thursday before the third Sunday in October, 1890, at Sliiloh Baptist church, near Hoodtown. The introductory sermon will be preached by y Rev. R. G. Patrick; the missionary sermon _ by Rev. F. 0. S. Curtis. It is due to Unity church, and to the good people of the community, to say that the delel gates were entertained in the best of style in their hospitable homes. titus. e LETTER FROM LANCASTER. >f Corrwpomldict; of tlic Yorkville Enquirer. Lancaster, October 21.?Judge Pressley has returned and hold our court of equity, lie left C on Saturday morning for Chester to open court | there this week. He made an important decisg ion when here, on the question of interest and usury. The point was made before him that e when notes and mortgages bore interest at the 0 rate of ten percent, per annum with the interest e payable semi-annually, the contract was obnoxd ious to the statute which prohibits usury, and that the makers of the notes and mortgages were g entitled to a claim of discount under the statute j for double the amount of the semi-annual pay- I 0 ments of interest. t The judge decided that he saw no error in the s fact tliat the interest was'made payable semi- I y annually at ten per centum per annum; that 1 S he himself had often drawn contracts the same ^ way in Charleston, and that sometimes ho had ' ? nade the interest payablo quarterly, and that al le had never heard objections raised to such c< contracts. He sustained the form of the notes fc md mortgages, and hold that they were not di isurious. These notes and mortgages belong- w 3d to the European companies. ai The judge heard also during the term an ap- t\ ilication for bail on writ of habeas corpus, 'rom Charles Johnston, who was charged as an vi iccessory before the fact, with the alleged mur- pi ler of Dixon Bowers. Vincent is charged as sr he principal. They are both in jail. The G udge refused the application, holding that ho tc lad no right to pass on the credibility of the pi leveral affiants, who had made conflicting tL itatements in their respective affidavits. The se udge held that a judge at chambers has not the ight to grant bail,except in a clear case,and that pi 10 had, in all the applications for bail that had tr jeen made before him on the bench, only grantjd br.il on habeas corpus in three cases. He seems to take the same ground that Judge f, Wallace took in the Meet?: case, in Columbia, rhere appears to be a variance botween the ei udges in the State. Some hold that when the jj, iroof is evident or the presumption great, that he prisoner has no right to bail; and this R1 teems to have been tne common law ruie, wnne jfl >thers in the State hold that even in such a ?ise ball Is in the discretion of the court. ... Only 800 bales of cotton have been sold in j, ,his market against 2,400 at the same time last pear. kkd rosk. LETTER FROjT HICKORY GROVE. * Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. jr Hickory Grove, October 22.?The weather s glorious. The warm October sun casts its M ays upon the woods around that the early at Tosts have tinted with scarlet and gold. Why loes nature array herself in such beautiful st obes to die ? As I looked at the scarlet and jold and grey this morning from the oriole gi vindow of Mr. Tom Whisonant's comfortable ct esidence, I could not help thinking of "A K lunbeam on a blasted blossom." The farmers ell me that this weather will make tho cotton T ,hf\t has been nipped by tho frost open, and if t continues there is no danger to the late crop. A strange thing that is worthy to be told, te vas related to mo by Mr. It. T. Castles. Ho ti lays that his cotton crop and that of Mr. John G Ramsey and Mr. T. M. Whisonant, havo not, M ?s yet, been in the least injured bv tho frost. The other crops adjoining have been badly ti lipped. May be they are in the thermal belt, .n: >r perhaps Proyidence has especially pro;ected them. They are all alliance men, except Tom Whisonant, and he keeps an alliance ol itore. I noticed a clipping in Tite Enquirer, ta- ft ten from the Charlotte Chronicle, that Mr. W. sc 3. Wilkerson says he can beat. He says that io recently saw a white man by the name of ir tVhitesides, with white whiskers, driving a te vhite mule to a wagon, loaded with white tc sotton, packed in white bagging, to White Oak. u ran the Chronicle beat this for white? ai Mr. Dick Harris came into town to-day haul- p< ng two bales of cotton that weighed over one a housand pounds. They were in a one horse vi vagon, drawn by a thoroughbred IJersey bull, ol 3e had brought them from Skull Shoals on the Jnion side of the river, a distance of ten miles, oi VIr. Harris says that he has thirty bales to T iring to this place by the same team. With oi his animal he has made this year more corn bi han will supply his family, and a bale of cot- R on. "The war freed the nigger, but enslaved c< he little bull." rt Mr. W. W. Castles has recovered and will ei eave to-day for his railroad work at Winston, di Uorth Carolina. ir Mr. Martin is buildinga largestoro house. bi Mr. Jeff Smith raised this year on a two-horse arm 6f>0 bushels corn and 18 bales cotton. Mr. c( 1 P T.oof?h wit.li a likfl foree. raised 700 bush- vi ?ls corn and 12 bales cotton. st The York Baptist Association, near this st >lace, was largely attended. The church was it irowded with persons from the surrounding w sountry who seemed to listen with deep inter- ol ist to the discussions. Dr. Griflith was the cenral figure, and the people never grew tired pi istening to the words of wisdom and truth u: hat fell from his lips. Mr. Sam M. Grist, of ta iforkville, was moderator of the association, ai le presided with ease and dignity and by his ir knowledge of parliamentary rules facilitated bi he work of the association. bi Rev. M. P. Matheny, of Texas, addressed the al issociation on home missions, and preached a "! nost excellent sermon to a crowded house on ft Friday night. Mr. Patrick preached two eloliient sermons on Sunday. Not more than me half of the people present were able to got C( eats in the church. Mr. J. M. Wylic, who had his leg broken . ome weeks ago, is not doing so well. He is ? lutfering a great deal. , Dr. Ross has been quite unwell for the last f wo weeks, but was able to preach at Smyrna ,, ast Sunday. The Smyrna alliance will sell cotton on next ruesday. G Mrs. McKeown and daughters, Misses Lizzie tt ,nd Mary, visited our town on Saturday. ioo Vonnifl HMfpnwn and Miss Marv Wilis inant, made the hearts of tho young men here >alpitate on Saturday last. "A thing of beauty , s a joy forever." J; Cotton is coming in slowly. The receipts to . late are 310 bales. To-day cotton is from 9.65 . 0 !'-75- x- d< LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. fc lorregpondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Rock Hill, Octobor 22.?Our magic little city M s now and has been quiet and dusty for the m >ast week. We are needing rain, and the farinrs are taking advantage of the dry weather in sc vbich to gather their corn and cotton. This ui laturally causes a fallingoff in the trade of our nerchants, but our section has been blessed vith bountiful crops, and the crops will show j,] ip to better adyantage than those of last year. Thepeopleof our town and country surround- f ng have taken considerable interest in the As- . ociated Fair of Chester, York, Lancaster and 11 ' "airfield counties, and a number of ourcitizens If vill make exhibitions of theirgoods, stock, etc. h The Episcopal church at this place has se- cc ured the services of Rev. Gordon M. Bradley, if Belvidere, N. J., as rector. He will also oficiate at Lancaster. Mr. Bradley is a native South Carolinian, born and raised in Sumter ounty. He will hold his first service hero No- h ?1.?. imi, et Some of our cotton buyers attended, with oth- fc rs from different neighboring cotton mar- fr :ets, a sale of cotton by the Fort Mill and >old Hill alliances, at Fort Mill on Tuesday . ast. The alliances offered 1G5 bales of cotton n or sale. Messrs. R. T. Fewell & Co., of this w dace, were the highest bidders, their bid being tl I. The alliance people demanded 10 cents, G nd there was no sale. Since that date, I am n; nformed they have offered the same cotton at , price much below that offered by the buy- sj. rs at Fort Mill, which was not accepted. ; Our town council has done a great deal of 18 vork on the streets and otherwise improved the W ppearance of our magic city, but in the mean- tl ime they have neglected to pay the proper at- C ention to the cemetery, which has grown up in rj reeds. It does seem that with all the enter- C? rise that is attributed to our town, that the own authorities should pay more attention to his sacred spot. s[ To-day Major A. H. White, of this place, tl larvested his prize acre of corn, planted just on \v he outskirts of town, in competition for the hi uemium of ?T>00 offered by the American Agriculturist and a similar amount offered by q he State Agricultural department. Mr. W. '. Waters represented the Orange Judd com- sc any, publishers of the American Agri- P1 ulturist, and Messrs. James A. Giles, V. B. S IcFadden and J. N. Steele were witnesses. G ?he harvesting was in accord with the rules. f0 The acre was re-surveyed, in presence of the a, witnesses, by Mr. S. M. Fewell. Each of the vitnesses went through the acre and selected . .verage ears sufficient to weigh 100 pounds, 18 ,fter being shucked. This was shelled in three G( eparate heaps. No. 1. weighed 98 pounds, less T 11 pounds cobs. No. 2. weighed 991 pounds w ess 111 pounds cobs. No. 3. weighed 99{ fc lounds, loss 121 pounds cobs. By the rule the v deld was found to be 80 bushels, *3 pounds, 140 ounds of which was unmerchantable. * Major White's crop was cut short by wind ^ ,nd rain, as is evidentby the ears of corn; but fa t is certainly an evidence that our farmers tl hnnirt nnitivAta fewer acres and brinirthem up G o the standard as has been shown can be done. ^ Captain Iredell Jones remarked to your m orrespondent this morning that he had raised 13 bushels of corn on one acre without trying 0' or the premium. He is considered one of our fc >est farmers. G Tom Chambers, colored, who lives on Mrs. r( fno. McCollough's plantation in Ebenozer Q ownship, had his cotton house, with two bales *1 ?f seed cotton, burnt on .Sunday night last. The supposition is that it was fired by an in- J* :endiary. iial. LETTER FROM TIRZA1I. st Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. p Tibzah, October 21.?Up to date there have ft >een about three hundred and fifty bales of cot- t( on sold at this place. Over eighty bales came 11 last Friday and Saturday. It is nearly all vrapped in cotton bagging, of which there t lave been five thousand yards sold here. T There has been no jute offered for sale at Tir- ^ :ah this season. Ol Cottonseed are also coming in quite freely, il There are two buyers here, and they have, so n ar, shipped ten car loads of seed. It is thought that the recent frost has quite \ naterially injured cotton in this section. One j >f our best farmers thinks that his crop has leon cut short as much as one balo in ten acres, st fie, however, thinks that the damage is con- h ined to the low-lands along the water-courses, fr ind is of opinion that the higher lands have tl lot suffered so severely. D( Mr. C. J. Peterson, of Stanley Creek, N. C., s negotiating for a lot at this place with a view . o establishing a wagon rhop on it. He has lad considerable experience in tne business, ^ las the necessary machinery, and proposes to Ol nanufacture wagons, buggies, etc. It will be n i month or two before ho gets his plant in w vorking order, however. Our people are building a chapel and school louse 20 by 40 feet, which will bo completed n' n a few weeks. It is our purpose to get the St loighboring ministers to preach for us as often V is we can, and we hope to get a good school ei itarted by t.he first of January. yi The Enquirer of last week published an iccount of the harvesting of Mr. R. T. Gilleslie's prizo acre of com, and from all reports hat I have so far heard, he is ahead, in this P1 State, at least. This acre is only about half a 1 nile from this place. Mr. Gillespie was here ast Saturday, and from a talk I had with him Ji m the subject, it seems that ho is quite accus- C( omed to largo yields of corn. In 1S82 he rais- t( id 70 bushels on an acre, and in 1885 he harvestid 811 bushels oil' the same quantity of land. e' Hi is latter yield was produced without the CI ise of any manure. He used less than twen- W y dollars worth ot manure on his present af >rizo acre, and is confident that had every- rp liing been favorable, he would have made p it least ono-third more corn. In the first l >lace, he did not outer the contest until very J1 ate in the season. When the corn was about jj* vaist high, it was nearly all blown down, and i good deal of it failed to get up again. Shortly di 16 LOCAL AFFAIRS. f? r> NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ,n J. A. Watson, Yorkville, S. C.?Land for Sale. ' Jos. F. Wallace?Executor's Notice to thecreditors and debtors of the estate of Jane M. Burris, deceased. Jos. F. Wallace?Administrator's Notice to the creditors and debtors of the estate ol J Sarah L. Clark, deceased. 1 Sam M. Grist?Several Unsold. II Mrs. T. M. Dobson, Proprietress?Dobson's ' Racket is a Genuine Racket. M. A II. C. Strauss?The Popular Voice Agrees. ' W. C. Jjatimer?Prompt Payment is Essential ' to a iirsf-class Credit. F. Happertield?Guano Notes are Duo?New Designs in Tombstones. A. Y. Cartwright it Co.?The New York Racket Store is Originators, Introducers and Controllers of Low Prices. R. B. Lowry?Do You Believe in Bargains? i- W. II. Roumillat & Co.?Fellow's Hypophosi phites. n. Withers Adickes?Debts. 23 R. A. Parish?Fruits and Vegetables. )U AV. C. T. U. MEETING, y There will be a called meeting of the 10 "7 ni._:,.i:? TT~:? cises of the Rock fiili graded scnooi, niur: iy night, will be an attractive feature of tl leeting. Rock Hill is a railroad centre. It ca 9 reached conveniently by rail from almoi /ery section of the county. If any shoul line by private conveyance, your horse an 9hicle will be well cared for at Poag's li\ ock exchange, or Kimball & Heath's liver able. Your horse, fed a few times on Poag nproved oats, will "wax fat and kick." II ill be glad to return again for the same kin f fare. Prof. A. R. Ranks, chairman of committee o rogrammo and arrangements, will take pleaf re in giving teachers information as to entei inment, etc. He, with his corps of assis its, will make every effort to make the mee ig pleasant and profitable. The meetings wi 9 held in the largo hall of the graded scho< Liilding. Congressman Hemphill will prol ily be present and will deliver an address o Federal Aid to Education." Let there be ill meeting. S. C. Sturois, Secretary. LETTER FROM UNION. rrrespondcnce of the Yorkville Enquirer. Etta Jane, October 21.?Our North Pact t Sunday-school convention met at E ethel church yesterday, and organized b octing Jas. L.'Strain president; J. R. Je: ies, vice-president; J. M. Osment, secretary William Jeffries, treasurer. Arnnnw flia Triaitirifr hrpfhrfin Wftrfi Proffi! >rs W. F. McArthur and J. M. Taukersly, < affney City, and Tkos. B. Butler, Esq., < nion, who made stirring speeches on the o< usion. The proceedings throughout were worke ith success, and gave evidence that our pec ie are determined to do their full duty in tl sligious raising of the young and rising genei ion, as well as to themselves and their coui y. The church was tastefully and elaboratel 3corated with flowers and evergreens, whic trust is an omen that the organization itself: i be "Evergreen." The organ, under tbo skillful management < 'rs. J. B. Foster, supplemented by voci iusic, was an important factor in the work. The convention adjourned to meet at Getl imane church on the second Sunday in Jai try, 1890. sioma. A Notable Murder.?Major Charle !. McGregor 9hot and killed C'apt. J \\ f. Cody in the public square at Warrer >n, Ga., on the morning of the 12t istant. On the night of December 21 187, Major McGregor, upon approachin is house, was shot from ambush by lan concealed in his own yard. Amon lose who were speedily at the side of th nMnrlorl man liroo fonf Pflfk' U'hnhplnp uuuucu mnii nwo WMJ j .. ..v ..w.r? > carry him into his house, and nurse im back to convalescence. The attemp 1 murder remained a complete myster ir several months, when McGregor iends suspecting a negro of having conr litted the deed, were threatening to lync im. Then Cody acknowledged that i as he who lired the shot. Last Augu< le grand jury of Warren county indicte apt. Cody for an assault with intent t mrder, and this brought out the stor iat had been so well guarded. Althoug has been denied by McGregor, since th :st act in the tragedy, that there is oman in the case, it is now asserted the le cause of the trouble is a cousin of Capi ody, a young vivacious widow and ver ch. On the death of her husband, sh died on Maj'.ir McGregor to advise he jgarding her investments. The friend lip between the pair did not meet wit le approval of the Cody family. Th idow pafd no attention to their protests owever, and Capt. Cody, failing to pai lem, rerolved on vengeance against M< fPkio Qvnlaina hnW hp WAS ICgUl* XlllO K*S\ piuixu 4IV.I .W )on at McGregor's side and why bot arties kept the matter such a proioun icret. Some time in July it came to M< regor'*. ears that members of the Cod, imily hud been speaking of the affai id boast ng that they had shut him uj /hile these exchanges of opinion wer iking place the grad jury met and indici i Cody fov the attempted assassinatior he case v as set for trial on the 7th, be hen court met neither Cody nor his ai irney put in an appearance. The mos igilant efforts of the officers failed to fini lem. After the adjournment of coun ody returned to Warrenton. and on th ital morning drove through the town o le main street. A few minutes later M< regor approached him. He pulled or is revolver and fired three shots rapid!} wo bullets went into Cody's brain an oe entered his heart. He was dead b( ire his body touched the ground. M< regor remained perfectly cool and sui jndered himself at once to the sherif n account of the high social position < le two families the most intense excitt ?ent prevailed. The Cody's are an ol imily and all rich. McGregor has bee rominent ever since the war, havin irved in the legislature and filled man ublic trusts. As a precaution again* irther violence McGregor was remove > the jail at Augusta. Gone to a Higher Court.?John 1 yon, charged with the murder of I iucien Mabry, died in the Abbeville ja: n the l")th instant. On account of hi lness his case had been continued to th ext term of the court. T"1'" t T.vnn shot and killed D. Lucie UUllii A* v.. [abry at Abbeville on May 2oth, las yon, by advice of his counsel, made n atement, and the only details of th omicide now known are to be gathere om the testimony of Chalmers Hughe; le only eye witness, made to the corr er'sjury. From this evidence the kil ig seems to have been deliberate mur er; but friends of Lyon claim that the )uld tell a tale of Mabry's ill-treatmen f his wife, which although not satisfactc / to the law, would have vindicated hir ith the jury. John T. Lyon was a planter, residin ear Abbeville, aged 02 years, and th ep father of D. Lucien Mabry's wife ne /ardlaw. D. Lucien Mabry was a ta ated young lawyer, aged twenty-si ears, practicing in the town of Abboviih The Johnstown Sufferers.?A di: fitch of Monday from Johnstown says he citizens of Johnstown have raise 5,000 to continue the search for the deat as. McMillan, of the Cambria Iro >mpany, and A. J. Maxham, of th ohustown company, subscribed $1,00 ich. The work of cleaning out Stone eek, where the State forces have left of ill be commenced at once and continue j long as the weather will permi he flood commissioners will meet i hiladelphia to-morrow, and unless som itch occurs at the meeting it is probabl lat a final distribution of the fund wi e commenced on Wednesday or Thuri ay. fter this drawback, the creek got up over tl: irn, washed some of it away, and standin r a long time in puddles over the retnainde imaged it considerably. While the cor as in the silks, there came another wet spel id for nearly three weeks it only got one c vo days of sunshine. Notwithstanding all this, the yield was ery fine one. Sotno of the ears weighed aund and a half each. The cobs are ver nail, and the grains are long and fiat. M illespie has been intending to send some of i the Atlanta exposition, and if he does it wi robably be the finest exhibit of the kin lere. It would not be a bad idea for him t snd some to the State fair at Columbia als< Mr. Gillespie thinks that the yield of h rizeacre can be doubled, and ho proposes t y to do it, prize or no prize. n. TO THE TEACHERTOF Y0RK~C0i;NTY. >r the Yorkvillc Enquirer. The next meeting of the York County Teacl s' association will be held at Rock Hill, con lencing Thursday, October 31st, 1889, at 8 p. n The following is the programme of exercis* repared by the committee appointed at tl ,st meeting of the association : Thursday, 8 p. >r.?Addressof welcome b te intendant. Response on behalf of tl sacbers, by W. J. Thackston. Exorcises b le Rock Hill Graded school. Friday, 9 a. m.?First paper: "Teachingas rofession," by J. A. Boyd, of Fort Mill. Dii ission of 8ameby T. J. Moore, T. E. McMael i, and Misses Maggie Gist and E. J. Roach. Second paper: "Primary Methods," Mil [ary S. Clarkson. Discussion by Misses El id Delia Davidson and C. C. Hughes. Third paper: "Drawing," Mrs. W.J. Thacl on. n T'i ruuhu jjapcu lyimtuibioo ui iuuiiuguib w. raded Schools," Miss Hattie Ratteree. Dii ission by John A. Barron and Misses Bess ell and Kate Ratchford. Fifth: "Question Box," conducted by W.. hackston. Aftkrnoon*.?First: Reports from schools, Second: "How can wo best promote the ii irests of the York County Teachers' associi on?" Discussion opened by E. P. Cnstle eneral discussion by W. W. Lewis, Walki tooreand S. C. Sturgis. Third paper: "Necessity of Higher Educ: on," J. II. Wilson. Discussion by Miss Fai [^filler and J. L. Douglass. Fourth: "Experience Meeting." Night.?Address by Hon. John S. Verne f Columbia. Saturday, 9 a. m.?School Work 'Exempt ed by the Classes of the Rock Hill Grade shool. Criticisms and discussions. Teachers, it is your duty to attend this inee ig. There are more than one hundred whii iachors in York county. But few are know ? each other. Wo cannot know one anotln nless wo meet together. We cannot help or lother unless we come together for that pui ose. Do you wish to identify yourself wit movement which has for its object the aci ancemont and improvement of the professio r teaching? Then come to this meeting. Rock Hill is a big place in more ways tha ae. The people are courteous and hospitabl hey will bo glad to see you. Don't stay awa a account of bad weather. The streets ha\ sen macadamized; they will not be mudd; ock Hill is a "dry" town so far as water : mcerned. So don't stay away on account < lin. Come Thursday evening, too. The e? ,y >V UlUUll S Vvll 1 IS llill 1 1 CUJ JJCi ailLC UU1UU 1L the Knights of Honor hall at 4 o'clock this * afternoon. A full attendance of the memc bers is desired, as business of importance will be transacted. la " SALE OF ALLIANCE COTTON. c On Friday last members of the alliance in the vicinity of Guthriesville, took 67 i- bales of cotton to that place to be exposed ?" to sale. Thirty-six of the bales were in cotton bagging. The entire lot was boughl J by J. W. P. Hope & Co., of Yorkville at 9.62}. ? ALLIANCE MEETING, s. There will be a meeting in Yorkville on Saturday next, 26th instant, of the presidents and secretaries of all the sub-alliaui ces in York county, for the purpose of receiving instructions from the national cotr ton committee in reference to the selling of cotton and taking action upon the same, id TEACHER9' CERTIFICATES. The examination of teachers for the free tQ common schools of York county was held n on the 4th instant, and the examination }r papers have just been graded. There r_ were 25 applicants?1 white male, 5 white h females, 13 colored males, and 6 colored females. Certificates have been awarded aj follows: To white male, first grade ; to 4 n white females, first grade: to 1 white female, second grade; one colored male, lo third grade; and to one colored male lir. cense to teach. jf SHOT AT A SINGING SCHOOL. c" On Saturday evening last, a number ol colored people met at Cedar Grove, about n nine miles west of town, near the Adair's ^ ferry road, to conduct a "singing school.'; (1 In the progress of the musical exercises? e the divine art, on this occasion, failing tc soothe the savage breast?a quarrel ensued ;e between Robert Smith and Chambers d Brown, both colored, and Smith drew his ? - A ' O ? A---- ? I- D r\ 4a lr'nn n pisioi nnug iwu sums iti diu? u, uuo maiujj j- effect in the leg and the other in the breast Dr. \V. G. White was called to attend the t" injured man, and he pronounces the woundi 11 serious. )- HOUSE BURNEI). n On Wednesday night last, about 9 o'clock, a the gin house of Mr. Elijah G. Feemster, who lives about four miles south-west ol town, was destroyed by fire. The gin was situated about 300 yards from his own j" house, and about 200 yards from the house y of his brother James. In the gin house f* was a quantity of seed cotton sufficient tc ' make nine bales, belonging to himself and 3 his tenants. Also, a reaping machine. Together with the gin and press all was ?: totally destroyed, involving a loss of at least $1,000,on which there was no insu^ ranee. The house had not been opened on ie Wednesday, nor had the gin been in oper* ration for nearly a month, which leads Mr. y Feemster to believe that the fire was the h act of an incendiary. / A HAPPY MARRIAGE. >f The many friends of our townsman, Mr. 1 James M. Starr, will congratulate him )- upon his happy marriage, which was consummated yesterday at 12 m., in Fort Mill, the bride being Mrs. Sallie DeGraffenreid, ?s of that town. The ceremony was performT. ed by Rev. D. Harrison, of the Presby ?- terian cfturcti. immediately auer me j1 nuptials the couple departed for Yorkville, ' arriving here yesterday afternoon to find a ihe house in which they are to live beaug tifully and tastefully decorated with evere greens and flowers, and a bountiful cold lation spread?a tribute of esteem paid t by the society of "Willing Workers," ol y which Mr. Starr is an honorary member, >s There was no reception. To-day Mr, i- Starr and bride will visit his father in h Eastern York. it VV 5t PERSONAL MENTION. d ' ,Mrs. Frank Happerfield, Jr., has gone tc 0 Gastonia on a short visit. ? t'Mrs. I. D. Witherspeon, and Miss Lese sie, are in Brooklyn, N. Y., visiting relaa tives. it yMr. W. A. Elam and Mr3. W. H. Elam, of Mecklenburg county, Va., are visiting ^ Mr. Joseph Herndon, father of Mrs. Elam. ,r Rev. J. C. Galloway returned from Virj. ginia yesterday. Mrs. Galloway, who had h fr?r ?pvp 1 vvppUb hppn visit.irwr her relft e tives in that State, returned with him. ^ Mr. J. P. Culp, of the Carolina Buggy company, left for Chester yesterday in o charge of a number of vehicles which the h company has placed on exhibition at the d fair. >f'Mr. Ed. W. Hart, of this place, a grad^ ate of the law department of the State , university, and recently licensed by the e supreme court to practice law, left on Frit day last for Memphis, Tennessee, where ' he will engage in the practice of his pro^ fession. !t RAILROAD NOTES, d The Johnson City papers continue to g give glowing accounts of the progress of n the work on all the line of the Three C's railroad undertaken by McDonald & Shea, it It is covered by sub-contractors who are r' working full forces. It is promised by d the contractors that trains shall be runj_ ning through Washington county by the r- 1st of February. f. There is no longer doubt about work being soon commenced between Rutherfordton and Marion, N. C. The contract has n been taken by Dickinson & Colton. Col. g J. E. Allen, well known in Yorkville, is y now in Ilutherfordton as the representa>t tive of Col. Dickinson. Mr. Colton, who d lives in Atlanta, has recently been over the ground. It is understood that Dickinson \ & Colton have obligated themselves to ). complete the road between Rutherfordton jl and Marion within six months. Mr. John 13 S. Moore, of Yorkville, has taken a cone tract under them for grading a portion of n the work. O LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK. e The safety fire proof vault in the bankd ing room of the Loan and Savings bank 3, is now finished and ready for the recep|* tion of the safe to be placed in it for the further protection of valuables. The vault y is built on the south side of the banking it office, and occupies a space 8J by 11 feet, )- its height extending nearly to the ceiln ing. The walls are two feet two inches thick, and built with air chambers, afford| ingall needed ventilation. The inside die raensions are four feet nine inches by sev1 en feet, arched overhead. The floor is x brick and granite cemented, its foundation starting below the surface of the s ground and four feet thick. The masonry j throughout is as substantial and secure as (i possible to be made of brick. The walls 1. inside and out are finished "hard-finish" n | plaster, corresponding with the interior J? i finish of the office. y I The entrance is provided with two iron doors. The inner door is secured with key; d J the outer door with combination lock, 1.1 which at one turn of the handle throws n ! four levers, one up and one down. These j? doors were made by the Marvin Safe cotnjj ! pany, as also the improved money chest, 3. with time lock, which is to be placed in' side the vault. Work on the main build ingis progressing satisfactorily, and Ca Lindsay, the cashier, informs us that hopes to be installed in his new quarl ; for the transaction of business by the 1 of November. i CHURCH*^NOTICES. Young men's union prayer-meeting v be held in the Presbyterian church n i Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, pasl Services next Sunday at 11 a. in. and 1 p.m. Sunday-school at 3.30 p. m. Praj meeting to-morrow evening at 7.30 o'clo Methodist Episcopal?Rev. \V. W. D iel, pastor. Services next Sunday at a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday-school a p.m. Prayer-meeting this evening at 1 o'clock. A QuAniafo T^?*naVvt?f oimu ri_.T? X H.OWJ IVI Il?"? * ? J. C. Galloway, pastor. In consequent the absence of the pastor there will be 1 services in his churches next Sund 1 Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. 1 Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, f ' tor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow even ! at 7 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3 p. The pastor will be absent, attending S; od at Spartanburg, and no services may s expected in this church next Sunday. Episcopal?Rev. Theo. I). Bratton, foi i erly rector of the Episcopal church at t i place, is expected here this morning fr ; Spartanburg. will have a baptisi i service at eleven o'clock this morni communion service at noon, and even service, with sermon, at half past se' o'clock. Sunday-school at 4 p. m. SC THE PRIZE ACHES. We have no means of knowing . number of contestants in South Carol . for the premium of $1,000 offe jointly by the American Agriculturist i , the State department of agriculture, we conclude that there are quite a numl Reports of the yield of a few of. the a< | thuscultivated have been published, wh we append below. From these it will seen that Mr. R. T. Gillespie, of this co [ ty, has produced the largest crop of j contestant so far reported, to our kno edge: | R. T. Gillespie, York county?110 ! bushels. B. F. Keese, Oconee county?105 bush | 23 pounds. R. M. Allison, York county?104 bush 5 quarts. W. B. R. Gasque, Marion countyr bushels, 4 pounds. 11 Major A. H. White, York county' bushels, 3 pounds. ' Edwin Harper, Georgetown county" bushels, 1 peck, 4 quarts. 1 Wylie King, Darlington county' bushels on 1$ acre, or G1 5-7 bushels to 5 acre. 5 James McCutchen, Kingstree, Willia burg county?00^ bushels. | PETIT JURORS---SKCONI) WEEK. , On yesterday the following petit jui were drawn to serve the second weefc the approaching term of the circuit cc for York county. The second week of > term opens on Monday, November 11. ? J. J. Faris, Bet f F. W. Grider Ebene J. E. Drennan, Bet R. F. Drennan, Catav R. E. Jackson, King's Mount R. M. Plexico, Cherol J. BriceRoss, Bullock's Cr< A. Frank White, Cbero! R. L. A. Smith, Broad Ri John C. Jackson, Y< W. C. Hutchison, Catav J. M. Mcllwain, Ebene T. L. Pursley, King's Mount P. K. Mull, Fort \ J. P. Epps, t Fort A J. B. H. Jackson, King's Mount G.W.Moore, Cherol S. N. Frew Bethe; M. H. Currence, Bet R. A. Erwin, Bethes I Junius W.Thomson, Cherol W. M. Love, Bullock's Cr< T. J. Strait, Bethei P. R. Bratton, Y< W. A. Robinson, Bullock's Cr< J. L. W. Patrick, Bet A. J. Hoffman, . Bethes W. B. Stroup King's Mounts Ira Hardin Cherol James G. Thomasson Yc W. J. Engle, Yc W.C.Latimer, Yc J. E. Castles, King's Mount! D. G. Stanton, Bet , J. P. Hutchison, Jr., Ebene J. M. Morrow, Broad Ri' | PRISONERS IN JAIL. The following is a list of the prison . now in jail awaiting trial at the approa . ing term of the sessions court: I Thomas Simmons, Thomas Wallace i C Ray McDow, colored ; house breaking i grand larceny. Dolph Clark, colored; "felony," the fense not specified by the com mitt i trial justice. Anolus Patrick, colored; burglary t railroad car. Robert Shaw, white; a&sault and 1 i tery. Awaiting publication of sealed s tence. Bob Hart, colored, burglary and gri larceny. Dock Harris, colored; assault and batt with intent to kill. Awaiting publicat , of sealed sentence. John Kennedy, colored; forgery. Austin Steele, colored; larceny of 1 stock. Andrew Campbell Meek, colored; sault and battery with intent to kill. Wm Walker, colored : house breaki ing. Allen Partlow, colored; murder. Ai Barron, colored ; accessory to same. J. K. Hoyle, white; assault and batte Awaiting publication of sealed sentenc< ' Robert Martin and Charles Williai colored; grand larceny. | MERE-MENTION, i George W. Logan, superior court jui in North Carolina during the days , Radical rule, died at his home at Ch ney Rock, Rutherford county, last 1 day. A New York dispatch of Sal day says the Cotton Oil Trust is to reorganized into a corporation. Thursday night residents of Murray Ci 1 Ohio, burned to the ground the house George Washington, a colored man, v lost everything. The excuse is that blacks are wanted in the place. H , ry Taylor has been convicted in Whitefi county, Ga., of the murder of State sena Samuel W. Field, and sentenced to 1 imprisonment The President has i 1 pointed Gen. Green B. Raum, of Illim to be commissioner of pensions vice Ti ner, resigned, and he entered upon his ficial duties last Monday. On accoi of a failure of the crops, great destitut is said to exist in South Dakota, and fe of a famine are entertained. Chai Collins, who was sentenced from Mclnti county, Ga., fifteen years ago for a 1 term in the penitentiary on the charge murder, was pardoned by Governor G don last Saturday. It now transpires tl Collins, who is a negro, is innocent of I crime. At a meeting of the Atlai Horticultural society last Saturday, I dogwood blossom was unanimously ado ed as the national fiower. The Prot . tant Episcopal House of Deputies, in s sion in New York city for the past th weeks, will probably adjourn to-m row. Hon. Amos. J. Cummings 1 been nominated as congressman irom i ninth New York district, to succeed I late Samuel S. Cox, upon the Tamma ticket. Cummings commenced life as printer and in later years has been pror nentasan editorial writer on New Yc papers. The New Orleans presby te at its meeting last week, declared agai union with the northern church by a vi of 18 to 9. D. It. Elliott, a promim young man of Live Oak, Fla., and mars) of that town, was shot and killed last Si day by a colored barber named Ches Matthews. The verdict of the corone jury was justifiable homicide, but thre of lynching are made by Elliott's frien Crop Reports.?The South Caroli weather service furnishes the followi for the week endiug last Saturday: Rainfall for the State was below norm Temperature for the State, was bel normal. Sunshine for the State, normal. Weatherer conditions?The week p has been marked by an entire absence rainfall, with temperature a little bel normal, and a normal amount of sunshi tending to the rapid maturing of cott i which is now opening rapidly, and shoi , there be no rain in the next few days I j little cotton will be left to be gather j The crop in most sections is not up to < | pectations. Corn is unusually fine and i yield is largely in excess of previous yet Potatoes, peas, Ac., are being harvest pt. j yielding largely, and the farmers have he j housed large quantites of fodder. On the ers whole, the output has been more favorable. 5th t0 the absence of rain, farmers are delayed in preparing land for seeding small grain. The State department of agriculture vjjj makes the following report of the condi. tion of cotton and corn in October: ext The cotton crop report is estimated to be from ten days to two weeks late. Theeat:or. erpillar has appeared in some sections, r.30 but only slight damage reported. The ,er_ condition is reported as follows: Upper . Carolina 92, middle Carolina 89, and lower Carolina 87?aveage for the State 89, an* against 77 at the same date in 1888, and 89 11 on the first of September, 1889. The indit 4 cated yield of lint is given at 181 pounds rt;}Q of lint per acre. The corn crop is estimated to be the finest for several years. The condition is ev* reported as follows: Upper Carolina 105, J of Middle Carolina 104, and Lower Carolina no 102; average for the State 104, against 70 ay. at the same date in 1888, and on the first of September, 1889. The indicated yield is voo 14 bushels per acre. /tiS" U)g S0UTH CAROLINA NEWS. * ? Ex-Governor Manning is lying dany " gerously ill at his home in Camden. e ? W. A. Clark, of Columbia, won the silver medal for the best display of Sea :m- Island cotton at the Paris exposition, his ?Gen. John D. Kennedy, appointed by om ex-President Cleveland United States minister to China, has left Shanghai on his return home. He is expected to arrive . at Camden about the middle of November. in? ? In the municipal election at Spartanven burg last Monday there were two candidates for mayor, the third candidate, Capt. Gwyn, having withdrawn. Mr. Henneman was elected over Mr. Walker, receiv. 6 ing 381 votes to 308 for Walker. The ina Henneman ticket for aldermen waselected. red _ a son of J. B. Hamraon, living in md West Wateree, Kershaw county, had his but hands badly lacerated and one of his eyes jer put out by a dynamite cartridge last Fri' day. He was trying to see what was in a *.? cartridge that he had picked up in the i ir?h i I,v" roau. be ?Says the Greenville News: The first un- demonstration of the strength of the Farany mors' alliance in politics will be given at lWj. the coming primary election for senator in Kershaw county. There appears to be a square issue between Alliance and antiAlliance Democrats, each side haying a candidate in the field, els, ?Col. It. A. Child, of Pickens, one of the most talented lawyers of upper South els Carolina, has decided to go from the bar to the pulpit. At the quarterly conference at Pickens Mr. Child was recommended 80 to the annual conference, soon to convene, for admission into the traveling connec-80 tion. ? In the Berkeley sessions court last -7G week, Frederick \V. Scharfer, a youth, who on the 23rd of last August, killed a negro woman by the careless handling of ~. a gun, was acquitted of the charge of raurthe der. In her ante mortem statement the woman expressed the opinion thatthegun ms- was fired at her purposely, but Judge Hudson, presiding, ruled that as incompetent. ? J. H. Harrison was convicted at the rors recent term of Lancaster sessions court on : of a charge of assault and battery of a high >urt and aggravated nature, and sentenced to the three months imprisonment in the peni, A TT- A. ? 1* ? n.u.i lenuary. ?113 parems ave id uroiusooro, hel^_N. C., and the report reached there that 7.eri-^e had been convicted of murder and senliek--tenced to be hanged, on hearing which his k'ba?--mother fell dead. aitw~ - ? F. Hahn died in Greenville last Thurs^ *""day from internal injuries received in a keetlunaway accident. He was one of the veiv-^wealthiest men in the city, and was well >rle--known as "Blind Hahn," from the fact. fbtw--that in 1873 his eyesight was destroyed by z?r--the premature explosion of a blast with ^[j'-^vhich he was working. He was a native lilt "of Germany, and came to Greenville many ain^^tears ago. He acquired his property after <ee.-4he accident by which he lost his eyes and 3da/--one arm. bel-^-On Wednesday, the 9th instant, there occurred a deadly affray in Anderson coun3ek^r^y between James Keaton and Reuben 9dai_ wlartin. Martin was cursing Mrs. Keaton, >rk* -when her husband interfered and told him jek.'-to desist. Martin then turned on Keaton hel^-and began cursing him, when Keaton .-""Snatched up a rail and dealt Martin a blow .across the head which felled him to the >rk. ground. Martin died the following Satur)rk, -day. Keaton at once delivered himself to >rk.--the sheriff. Ex-Governor D. H. Chamberlain, re2!^ cently appointed receiver of the South .Carolina railway, arrived in Charleston on Wednesday from New York, in company with W. H. Bfawley, the solicitor of the iers company. At 9 a. m. he proceeded to the ch- main offices, took formal possession of the road at once, issued an order announcing , the fact, and stating that all officials and ln^j employees of the company would still conincl tinue in the discharge of their duties as f heretofore. j? " ?The primary election to fill a vacancy s for reoresentative to the legislature from .f ? Chesterfield county was held on the 12th instant. Gen. W. L. T. Prince and W. S. % x Jackson, of Cheraw, and F. F. Taylor, of " Mount Croghan, were the candidates. Taylor is the treasurer of the State Farmj era' alliance, but this has not elected him so far. Jackson received a majority of 22 er over Taylor, and Prince fell away behind in the race. Another primary will be held on next Saturday. ? The State agricultural report for 1888 ive put the value of the crop of 1888, taking the tables of average yield and the averas age prices given, at $40,433,294. These tables included cotton, corn, oats, sweet pong. tatoes, rice, wheat, peas, cane, Irish potatoes, sorghum and tobacco. The crop this "t" vpnr. as near as can be aDDroximated. will range not far from $45,17*6,000. The chief ;ry. increase will be in corn and the enhanced 3. price of cotton, and in the production of ms, Irish potatoes and cane and sorghum crops. ? The State> barn, at the experimental station near*Spartanburg, was entirely consumed by tire last Thursday, with the jee machinery and gins, a considerable quanQf tity of product which was there stored jm. belonging to the State, and several bales of ?rj_ cotton belonging to individuals. The fire :ur" caught from a spark from the engine which " be was running the gin. The live stock .Qn stabled in the building was saved. The jtv loss is not accurately estimated, but is if probably $2,500 to $3,000. Insured for /ho S1'000no ? In the sessions court of Darlington en- county, which convened last Monday, the eld most interesting case to be tried is that tor against Joseph W. James, for the murder life ot his father. This case was tried at the ap- March term of court, and James was con3ig? victed and sentenced to be hung in June, an- The case was taken to the supreme court, of- and a new trial was granted. Lewis ant Williams, colored, was tried for the same ion offense and sentenced to be hung at the ars same time, but his case was similarly de ]es ferred and he will again be tried with ash James at the present term of court, life * i of Deluded Northern Negroes.?The or- Rev. W. B. Johnson, colored, of the Seciiat ond Baptist church, Washington, preached the a sermon to his congregation last Sunday, nta in which he told the members of his race :ne to secure nomes 111 tneooutn ana ine west, pt- and prepare to stay in them even if every es- inch had to be defended with Winchester ies- rifles. The negro was learning the lesson ree of organization from the Socialists and or- Irishmen, and twenty years from now las would not be the docile being of to-day. [he "The negro," he concluded, "has been :he building for the whites long enough. It ,ny is time to build for himself; he can't i a be exterminated or intimidated. He is ni- j in blood and bones a nation, and if un>rk disturbed will do no harm, but if stirred ry, j may grasp the pillows of our civilization, nst! and, like Sampson of old, in his death pull ote ; down the temple of liberty." jnt j The Rev. Geo. W. Lee, also colored, of lial the Fifth Baptist church, preached on an- j "Southern Outrages," and advised the neter | groes to strike back when they were as?r's saulted, or their wives and daughters ats wronged and insulted. The civil rights ds. bill, he said had always proved a failure, j and the only thing that the negro got from ina either party was promises at election ing time. It was useless to seek redress from | Congress, for two-thirds were sinners and lal. the other third drunkards, ow The colored people of Chicago filled to overflowing the same day the different churches which they attend and passed ast the day in fasting and prayer. The colored of' pastors preached sermons and prayed for ow the power of the Almighty to relieve the ine colored neople of the South from oppreson, sion and wrong. Sunday was the day uld set apart by the recent convention of colbut ored clergymen at Indianapolis for prayer ed. and supplication on behalf of the suffering ex- negroes in the South, the A dispatch from St. Louis says similar irs.! services were conducted in the colored ed,1 churches there.