Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 30, 1889, Image 2

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Jtaps autl ^acts. ? A dispatch from the City of Mexicc says: Mr. Ellis, one of the promoters of the negro colonization scheme, is here trying to excite interest in his plans. Th< government will permit the establishmen! of one or two negro colonies on the coasl as an experiment. As the climate is verj sickly, however, it is probable that none o] the colonists could live there more thac two years. ? The village of Woodville, in Sanduskj county, Ohio, is terribly ravaged. Nearly one-tnira 01 me ouu persons in town art victims of typhoid fever and diphtheria Last week there were ten deaths from ty phoid fever, and nearly that number fron diphtheria. Dr. Bush, a leading physi cian, has about fifty cases under his care Great excitement prevails, and business is entirely suspended. . ? The starving grain growers of the Da kotas are greatly to be pitied. Bad crops have cut down their incomes, and the tar iff has enhanced, by nearly half, the cosl of the clothing and other manufactured articles they have had to buy. The resuli is that in North Dakota alone about one thousand families are said to be starving In South Dakota the situation in certair counties is nearly as bad. ? The town of Reidville, N. C., is en thused over a young preacher known as Bill Fife, and until recently a dissipated man about town. He was converted s short time ago and began to preach. His meetings have just closed with 300 converts, many of whom are prominenl citizens. Fife is uneducated, but a powerful speaker, and very much like Sana Jones in his style. ? The new city of Johannesburg, in the SouthJAfrican gold region, is attracting attention. and there are those who predicl for it a phenomenal future. They promise a million inhabitants in five years, an output of gold which shall gild the whole world, a commercial importance threatening the established trade of the centre of the Old World, and a political and social position second to no city in Africa, north or south. ? In a review of the calamities caused by the floods in Japan during the year 1889, Japan papers received at San Francisco last week say: Incomplete returns say that twelve prefectures have been devastated, 2,419 people killed, 155 wounded, and 90,000 people deprived of the means of subsistence. More than 50,000 houses have been swept away or submerged, 150,000 acres of crops destroyed, about 6,000 bridges washed away, and some hundreds of miles of roads broken up. ? The Alabama State Prohibition conference, held at Birmingham last Friday, resolved that political party victory at the polls was the only way to stop the liquor traffic. They therefore took steps to put new life into the Prohibition party in Alabama, appointed a committee to look after the publishing of a Prohibition party paper, and to make arrangements for conventions for nominating State and county officers next year. Hon. John T. Tanner, of Athens, presided. ? The plan for changing the constitution of the American Cotton Seed Oil Trust and merging it into a new incorporated company, has been made public. Under its provisions the new company will issue $21,000,000 stock and $11,000,000 in 5 per cent, bonds. The new securities will be exchanged for outstanding certificates. The present holders will receive 25 per cent, of the face of their certificates in new bonds and 50 per cent, in new stock. All property of the present trust will be transferred to the new company. ? A new phase of the "race war" in Fidelity, Ohio, has occurred. Some time ago the school board closed the public schools of the town because the colored people had obtained a mandamus ordering them to admit colored children. Last week a colored teacher brought suit against the school board for his salary during the time in . which the schools were thus closed. After a hard fight in court he won his suit, and it is said that a number of other teachers, both white and colored, will now bring suit for their salaries. ? The advertising columns of the London newspapers have recently announced that nine cannibals from Terre del Fuego would be fed three times a day in view ol the audience at the aquarium. The family now in London includes a woman about 60 years old, her son, a tall and not bad-looking specimen of his race, his two wives and their five children, ranging in age from one to 16 years. The things about the Onas which most stimulates scientific interest and popular curiosity, is the fact that they are regarded by some authorities as the lowest stratum of uncivilized humanity that has yet been discovered. ? There was a large attendance at the meeting of the North Carolina ex-Confederate Veterans' association at Raleigfh, Wednesday last, the object being to devise the best plan of caring for the indigent ex-Confederates. Col. Wm. F. Beaslow nroaonfoH a ronnrf frr>m thA p*PfnMv( committee, which was adopted, providing for the establishment of one or more soldiers' homes. An offer made by Col J. M. Heck, to give the Albion Hotel property at Ridgeway to the association for use as a home as long as may be necessary, was accepted with thanks. The plan of securing aid for the home, which the executive committee recommended, was alsc adopted. -Postmaster-General Wanamaker has awarded the contract for furnishing ad hesive postage stamps for the four years beginning on the first of January next to the American Bank Note company o New York, the lowest bidder, Mr. Steel of Philadelphia, having failed to comply with his proposal. The award was made for stamps of a reduced size, the nev\ stamps being about i smaller than those in present use. The designs will be chang . . ed to conform to the reduction in the size of the stamps, and new engravings wil be made throughout. The new contraci also calls for some changes in the colors The one cent stamp will continue to be printed in blue, the two cent stamps nov printed in green, will be printed in brighi carmine, and changes will be made it some of the other denominations. ? A Fredericksburg, Va., dispatch o rr.iAM/1n?r ontm TKo AHironficitQ nf Virffinlc lUCOUaj OCVJO* Aliv ^JkUTvuviuw v/? T <?^?u?v have been holding a series of meetings ir Spottsylvania and Orange counties for th< past two years, under the leadership o Elder R. C. Brown, of New Britain, Conn The wildest excitement now exists amon^ certain classes of people in the vicinity o Screamersville. All day to-day and to night the believers will assemble, to watcl for the coming of the King of Kings Should these predictions fail, and the Lore not appear, the meeting will close, anc the members of the union retire to theii homes until called to assemble to agaii listen to the teachings of their leaders This is the forty-fifth anniversary of th< going out of the church to meet the Lord in October, 1844. Delegations from Con necticut, Massachusetts, New York, anc Virginia, are now in attendance* unde the leadership of Elder Brown. The meet ing will close at sunrise Wednesday. . ? On Wednesday, Gov. Fowle openec the eleventh annual Colored State Fair o North Carolina, at Raleigh, and spoke t< a large audience of negroes. He referrec to the action of the Chicago negroes in ap Sointing a day of fasting and prayer fo outhern negroes, and said that his audit ors were as happy as any people on th< face of the earth and were protected in al of their rights, and he pledged them th< whole power of the State would be exerci sed in their behalf just as much as in behal of white men. The white man in thi South, he said, is well disposed toward th< negroes and this feeling is reciprocated Negro schools and asylums in North Caro lina are as well cared for as those of whites Chicago negroes who have sought to set j day of fasting and humiliation will neve enjoy the same attributes of freedom a North Carolina negroes. They never evei see the inside of a jury box. The Rev Leak, colored, secretary of the fair, en dcrsed Governor Fowle's remarks. ? The Brooklyn, N. Y., court of session: was crowded last Friday morning by spec tators and members of the bar assemblec to hear sentence of death passed upoi Charles McElvane by Judge Moore unde: the new law, which provides for death bi electricity. After briefly reciting the cir cuinstances of the murder, Judge Moor* said: "McElvane, the sentence of the cour is that you be taken from this court roorr to jail and committed to the custody of th< sheriff; that within ten days you be re moved by the sheriff to Sing Sing anc given into the care of the warden anc agent of Sing Sing prison and there con fined, and that within a week, beginning Monday, December 9 next, you be execut ed by the agent and warden of the prisor and put to death in the mode, manner anc way by law provided." This is the sec Iond sentence pronounced under the nev law. The first one has not yet been ex Aeoted on account of the pending appea taken by the condemned man, his counsel making the point that the law is uneonsti. tutional. ( ? A feud of twenty years' standing was . settled last Saturday, near New Hampton, the county seat of Chickasaw county, Iowa, j by a general battle in which two men [ were killed and several others wounded. [ Thomas Doud, his two sons, Peter Mcr Kenna and a number of other farmers, had C assembled at the farm of Albert Smith tc , assist him in a barn raising. The feud, caused by a dispute over laDd, has existed p for twenty years between the Doud and \ McKenna families who occupy adjoining farms. All the neighborhood has taken sides on one side or the other, and the men ' who met were armed to the teeth. They worked together quietly until 3 o'clock in ' the afternoon when a dispute arose. Hot words passed, when, without a moment's ' warning, Thomas Doud drew his revolver ' and fired at McKenna, who was standing ten feet away. McKeuna was hit in the " forehead, aud the top of his head was Klnmn off Ac ho foil ? mflll nflmpd Mul " vihill, a friend of McKenna, shot Doud j through the lungs. Then the battle be' came general. A posse of officers were t sent out from New Hampton, and late 5 Saturday night Houd's two sons and Mul vihill were brought into town and locked 1 up. | IJarkviUe #oquirrr. YORHVILLE, S. ('. : : WEDNESDAY7 OCTOBER 30, 1889. NO CHARITY FOR "REBELS."' Post No. 8S, Grand Array of the Republic, the oldest and hitherto the most conservative branch of the Grand Army in , Allegheny City, Pa., has taken a step in a new direction, by unanimously adopting the following: i Whereas, The survivors of the Second i Maryland rebel Regiment have erected on the battlefield ot Gettysburg, within , four feet of the monument erected by a loyal Maryland regiment, a monument commemorating the disloyal deeds of said rebel regiment, and there is every indication that other rebel organizations and ??rimenu will, if nermitted. follow the t with an aggregate membership of 20,000? . about one-lourth of the entire population i of the city. The Baptists there, as evr erywhere in the South, are divided into t white and colored. The membership ol i four of the white churches numbers ovei 1,000 each. The Supreme court ol f Georgia decides that J. It. Tolleson, the t imprisoned defaulting banker, must stay x in jail indefinitely until he surrenders the 3 funds in his possession or accounts for f them. There was a general fall ol snow in New York, Pennsylvania and r Maryland, and as far south as Winchester, f Va., last Wednesday. On the same day . a terific storm prevailed at Harrisonburg, j Va. Hon. Allen G. Thurman was taken suddenly ill while making a political J speech in Cincinnati on last Thursday 1 night. Mrs. ltebecca Brown, of Wilr mington, N. C., celebrated the 101st an! niversary of her birth last Friday. There is indisputable recorded evidence thai j she was born in Charleston, S. C., Octobei 27,1788. Business failures for the last I week number for the United States 18? 1 ana lor uanaaa.x. ror me correspuuur ing week last year the figures were 22: . failures in the United States and 32 ir Canada. The Western North Caroli2 na Baptist convention was in session ir r Asheville last week. Miss Annie Johns, of Leaksville, N. C., is dead i She was a literary character of local reputation, author of "Coolamee" and othei ~c works. During the war she spent much time in the hospitals, and was known af * the "Angel of Mercy." Fire injured J a jute bagging factory at St. Louis last 3 Thursday to the extent of ?50,000. Aboul _ 350 hands, chiefly women and girls, are r out of employment. The factory belong a ed to the Jute trust and was running ful r handed. The loss is covered by insur ance. The Tariff Reform league, o I Illinois, which includes in its member ship many influential Republicans, is ' organizing reform clubs in every schoo district and distributing literature broad cast over the State. In ausvver to at inquiry the Boston Globe gives the number of votes cast for each candidate al * the last Presidential election as follows Cleveland 5,540,329, Harrison 5,439,853 making Cleveland's popular majority 3 100,570. Peter Baranowski, a native 7 of Poland, was hanged at Pottsville, Pa. 1 last Wednesday for the murder of twe 1 women, on the 17th of May, 1S88. His r motive is said to have been robbery, as r he burned their house after committing I the deed. Tho trial of the conspira3 tors in the Cronin murder case at Chicagc 1 has at last been entered upon by the hearl ing of testimony, after consuming sever 3 weeks in securing ajury. Twenty-sh ." persons have been arrested in Davidsor f county, N. C., charged with participating 1 in the lynching of Robert Berrier, in the " suburbs of Lexington on the night of the ' 14th instant. The preliminary examina" tion began in Lexington before Judge } Phillips last Monday, and will continue 1 several days. Excitement is high. i ? The grand jury of Hampton countj - has presented nearly all the county officers I for irregularities of more or less gravity. example, and thus undertake to make i treasc.ii honorable; therefore be it Resolved, ThatPost No. 88, composed of me.j who gave their best services in defense of the flag, and many of whom shed their blood on the battle field of Gettysburg, desire to enter their solemn protest against this sacrilege, and most emphatically denounce such intrusion by traitors upon sacred soil, and ask that the Gettysburg Battle Field Association, the chairman of which is our worthy governor and comrade, the Hon. James A. Beaver, cause , the said rebel monument to be removed, and express orders to be given that no more of that nature be erected. A day or two after their adoption, Governor Beaver was interviewed relative to the resolutions. He said he had read them "and that they show the right spirit, but as to this particular monument," said the governor, "I don't know just what it is." It was then explained that the l ?nument stood just outside the Union breastworks on Gulp's Hill, and he said, "If the Regimental Association has purchased the ground outside of that controlled by the Gettysburg Battlefield Association, of course they have a right to erect their monument. I can assure you, however, that no member of the association will consent to any individual rebel organization erecting monuments withing the grounds that bear inscriptions likely to foster treason ; and disloyalty. I am strongly in favor of the government making appropriations to erect markers on the positions occupied by the Confederate commands as a mat ' ter of history. A perfect idea of the fight cannot be obtained by having but one line i marked out, and, in order to make the i demarkation complete, uniform monui raents should be erected to indicate the 1 Confederate lines. I am and always will be opposed to any rebel organization erecting its own monuments within the grounds ot , the association. Any point outside is be, yond our control should it be purchased , by Confederate organizations." We do not suppose the ex-Confederates desire to intrude themselves or erect dis. tasteful monuments on sacred soil; nor is . it necessary for them to blazon on the i battlefield of Gettysburg "inscriptions . likely to foster treason and disloyalty." Their sacrifices and deeds of heroism will ! be perpetuated in more enduring form than . by mere inscriptions on tinkling brass or . crumbling marble, and will be a theme ol > admiration long after Army Post No. 88 and Governor Beaver have been forgotten. ! MERE-MENTION, i Bill Alexander, colored, convicted in , Charlotte of burglary, was sentenced last f Saturday to be hanged on the 4th ol , December. A terrible drought prer vails in Rice county, Minnesota. Wells ; are dry and farmers are hauling war ter for their stock and household use. 3 Unless plenty of rain comes before winter sets in, the effect will be terrible. Gen. ? Beauregard is now 75 years old. There I are 24 Baptist churches in Richmond, Va., | LETTER FROM BLACKSBURU. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Blacksbuug, October 29.?'The fact that i my letter for last week's Enquirer was , mailed on the Three C's train at Blacksburg on Tuesday, 22nd instant, and did i not reach Yorkville until next day, was, to say the least of it, a piece of carelessness on . the part of the railway mail officials, which [ it is hoped will not occuragain. i "With one or two exceptions, the weather, , for the past two weeks, has been perfect, I and behaved itself in such a commend[ able way that there was no room for ; fault finding. The farmers are taking adI vantage of the fine season, and are as busy ! i as they can be gathering in their crops and j sowing small grain. The frost, about three , weeks ago, damaged the cotton to a great; er extent than was at first thought, and i that of most luxuriant growth and near the water courses suffered most. I have been informed by several of our bestfarmersthat i the crop is damaged about one third, and i Mr. Itobt. G. Parker says that he will lose of Inoet fhroo.fiffhs nf his rrnn. The com [ crop, however, was never better, and as an . evidence of the fine yield, Mr. Wm. Jones i raised one hundred and eighty-eight bush, els of corn from six acres of ordinary up. land, on the farm of Jas. Martin, Esq., [ near Buffalo, without manure or extra culture. The work of grading the streets on the side of Whitaker mountain is nearly finished, and adds much to the beauty and attractiveness of that part of our town. A continuous and delightful drive of nearly a mile is given, affording magnificent views of the town, railroads and surrounding country. The conception and laying out of the work is due to Maj. Jones, and the mechanical finishing of it to that veteran railroader, Capt. G. M. Moore. Mr. M. R. Reese and Mrs. L. C. Black have bought fifty-six acres of land from Mac Byars, Esq., in the northern part of town at the base of Whitaker mountain, which they will have laid out into streets and walks and divided up into building lots. Ira Hardin, Esq., has sold his residence on Carolina street to Mr. P. L. Brown and will soon build himself a brick dwelling on the adjoining lof. Our railroad contractors, Messrs. Jackins & Crosby, and J. B. Ross, have taken work on the Three C's road, between Rutherfordton and Marion. Mr. F. P. Beard, editor of the Dispatch, moved his family from Camden to this place, last week, and they occupy the Carpenter dwelling on Rutherford street, between Mr. W. A. Jackins and Mr. R. A. Westbrooks. One of our popular physicians, Dr. R. R. Darwin, was quite unwell and confined to his room, the past two or three weeks, duc is auie iu ue uu wie streets uguiu. I am pleased to state that Maj. Jones, who has recently been quite sick, and compelled to remain within doors from an attack of acute rheumatism, is quite well again, and is moving around with his usual life and energy. He has taken the contract for erecting the graded school build- i ing for our town, has already secured the material, and will soon have the work j commenced. The plan of the building 1 was furnished by him, and it is a great source of gratification to our citizens that he has consented to build the house, for they feel sure from his well known ability in that line, that it will be done in a thorough and satisfactory manner. Dr. T. B. Whitesides and Mr. W. D. Johnson have sold their stock of drugs to Dr. Fewell, of Ebenezer. The latter has consolidated the two stocks into one and will continue the business at Dr. Whitesides's late stand on Shelby street, until he can have a brick drug store erected on the opposite side of the street. Dr. J. R. Stockard, of Mooresboro, N. C., is making arrangements to locate here for the purpose of practicing dentistry. Mr. Gus Hardin, of Charlotte, is here on a brief visit to his father, Ira Hardin, Esq. Messrs. Ellicoff & Brock, two business men and capitalists, from Baltimore, were here last week looking at the iron ore and timber lands near here and along the Three C's road. They seemed to be much pleased with what they saw, and especially the location and prospects of Blacksburg. Nearly half a score of Presbyterian , ministers, on their way to synod at Spartanburg, spent last Thursday night here, the most of them being eutertained by Mrs. M. E. Deal. On Thursday night and Friday morning, Rev. J. S. White, of Rock Hill, gave a very interesting and instructive account of his recent trip to Palestine. Mrs. .T. "H. TiUinphast. of Eastover. S. C., is here on a visit to her sister, Mrs. M. F. Anderson. Miss Mary Russell and Miss Eliza Gilfillen were the guests of Mrs. M. E. Deal last week. Miss Mary Whitesides and Miss Libby Byars attended the Chester fair last week. The latter has returned to her home, near Hickory Grove, very much improved in health by her sojourn here and at Patterson's springs. Mrs. L. C. Black has sold her stock of confections and fancy groceries to Mr. ' Lafayette Briggs. i At the recent town election for warden i to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. J. S. Mintz, James H. Goss, Esq., was elected. Mr. M. L. Ross, having decided to return to his farm near here, on Buffalo 1 creek, has rented his residence and place to Mr. W. M. Jones, who will soon move : his family here from Carey, N. C. Capt. W. H. Rameeur, of the Three C's road, has purchased a small tract of land from Mr. Ira Hardin in the southern part of the town. w. a. NOTES FROM SHARON. Correspondence of the Yorfiville Enquirer. i Sharon, October 29.?We have had good rains recently, which were welcome to all except the farmers who are "behind" with I their cotton. The larger part of the cotton crop of this , section has been gathered, but it has been held off the market, in the expectation that ! there would be an advance in the price. i Until last Friday but little had been . offered in this market. The Hoodtown , Alliance offered about one hundred. bales r on Friday. There were buyers here from . other towns?Mr. P. G. McCorkle, of Yorkville, Mr. W. S. Wilkerson, of Hick, ory Grove, and Mr. Whisonant, of Blacks burg; but most of the cotton was bought , by home buyers. Our buyers seem de . terminea not 10 oe over oiu, even uiuugn it be to their own detriment. Friday and Saturday were busy days in Sharon. It is said that the most goods ! that have ever been sold here in one day were sold last Saturday. The merchants ! expect to do a large business this winter. [ The Sharon Glee Club organized last - Wednesday evening with the following . officers: Miss Lenora Nix, president; Mr. . Jas. N. Ross, vice-president; Miss Jennie , White, secretary, and Mr. Job Ross, treas urer. 1 The drug store at this place has under; gone some changes in the management. > The firm name has been changed from . May & Hambright to J. II. Saye & Co. > Mr. Jas. 1). Hope has finished his store [ room. Mr. Samuel Wylie has his room . about completed. , Misses E. J. Gilfillen and Mary Russell 5 have just returned from a visit to friends ' in Blacksburg. [ Messrs. J. S. Brice and W. T. Barron, . of Yorkville, were in town last week on . business. , Dr. R. A. Ross and Mr. Robert Gilfillen I are off at Synod, which met last Thursday t at Prosperity. it. j LETTER FROM HICKORY GROVE. Correspondence of tlic Yorkville Enquirer. i Hickory Grove, October 21).?On Fri. day night last we had a good rain. It was f much needed by the turnip patches; be. sides it has given the farmer a good season 5 for sowing wheat and oats. It did very [ little injury to the cotton. The axe, saw and hammer, can be heard , in every quarter of our little town. Mr. . John W. Smith's residence is going up. I Dr. Ward and Harris Wylie are complet. ing theirs. The church is being finished up. Whisonant's new store has been plas? 1 r - l 1 _ ~ I i- A -- TVf t lereu, anu is auuui reitu.y iui guuus. uxi. , Martin's store begins to make a handsome appearance. Mr. W. S. Wilkerson ishaul) ing the lumber for another house. Mr. ; Robert Westmoreland has built a new 5 blacksmith shop that he calls the "importr edshop." Newt. Falls has also put up a ! blacksmith shop. j Cotton has been comiDg in slowly. Only , thirteen bales came in yesterday, and part , of them from Union county. The general : price for good cotton was 9]. J Our efficient county commissioner, Mr. , R. W. Whitesides, exhibited here yesterl day three specimens of gold ore that were I pronounced by Mr. C. C. Davis, who has . had considerable experience in such mat, ters, to be worth from $9 to s?12. The [ largest stone, which was not larger than a partridge egg, was almost a solid nugget of gold. This was pronounced to be ' worth $G. The other pieces were quite 5 small, but almost solid gold. This gold j came from a ledge that runs through Mr. I Whitesides's plantation, but he would not tell tho exact locality from which it was taken. Mr. Jno. It. Mitchell's wagon struck a stump as he v.as going home a few days ago, throwing him out and severely injur ing him. Dr. Ward dressed his wounds. , He says there were no bones broken except two of his ribs. With care Mr. Mitchell will be able to get about before long. Mr. Scott Cobb's team ran off the other day. They ran for three-fourths of a mile, passing through two narrow gates and a long narrow shed, without breaking a thing or doing any injury to themselves. Mr. James A. McKeown and Mr. C. C. Davis, of Union county, were in Hickory Grove yesterday. We are glad to welcome such men here, and hope they will come again and bring more of their fleecy staple. Miss Lula McDill expects to return to Due West seminary before long. There will be a vacuum in some young gentleman's heart when she leaves. Jim Thompson, colored, was arrested yesterday for shooting Mr. It. M. Alllison's dog. The dog was a very valuable one and Mr. Allison says that Thompson shot him maliciously. The Smyrna alliance will have a big time to-day and a good many bales of cotton will be sold. x NOTES FROM^BLAIRSVILLE. Correspondence of tlie Yorkville Enquirer. Blairsville, October 29.?I am glad to know that information from all parts of York county indicate a high percentage of increase in the amount of corn raised during the present year. This fact marks a new era in the methods of our farmers i in conducting their agricultural inter- : ests. It should be hailed with great joy, as it portends alike prosperity in every other avocation of life. The success of all other enterprises is riveted on the prosperity of the agricultural interest. If the business goes down, it drags every other . interest with it, and vice versa. If it looks up, all other pursuits tend in the 1 same direction. Go whither you will at the present time, and you will see a novelty in this land?corn cribs full and running over. It certainly carries the mind back to the good old days and times of the by gone, when hog and hominy was noth- i ing new under the sun. This is far better < and far more creditable than to hear the cold, chilly winds of bleak December ( whistling through the open cracks of emDtv cribs. Dortentous of hard times. The farmers are greatly puzzled over the i decline in the price of cotton. They know that it ought to bring ten cents per pound readily?if the natural auses of supply and demand were permitted to operate ' legitimately. But it is a sad truth that i this just and natural cause rarely controls i and regulates the prices of farm commod- , ities in these days of foreign forces, which are always brought to bear on the producer in any interest. We, however, do J not lay the blame upon any dealer in our section. It is a matter beyond any one's control, this side of the manufacturers and money combines North. But the blame is, to a certain extent, upon the farmer's own 1 shoulders, for if he could get in a condition to hold his produce, he could then ask a price and obtain it. This condition the farmer can acquire only by the selfsustaining process, embodied in the principle of a home raised living and buying for cash and cash only. I see that Union county alliance has taken the sensible course of electing a county agent at a salary to place and sell their cotton crop. This places their agent in a position to command the attention of the , cotton factors, and thereby obtain for the . producer the best possible prices for cot- ; ton. This position enables the county agent to place and sell cotton to advantage, from the fact that he then controls and has at his disposal a considerable quantity; hence cotton buyers will seek to deal with him as a medium through which they can obtain a nice lot or quantity of this product. And this will give J the farmer the first price for his cotton at New York, Philadelphia, or other cotton ports. Croaker. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer. Rock Hill, October 29.?Our section 1 was visited Saturday night by a good rain, and to-day is a typical autumn day. There were no services in the Presbyte- i rian church on Sunday, Rev. W. M. An- ( derson, pastor, being in attendance on synod at Spartanburg. Mr. Wm. Whyte ; is also in attendance as the delegate from the First Presbyterian church. ' Services were held morning and evening at theBaptistchurch. At the evening service two persons were received into the church by baptism. 1 The Catawba Rifles have decided to i enter a team in the rifle contest at the State fair, and have selected Dr. J. B. Patrick, ' Dr. T. L. Cornwell, R. H. Hope, Jr., John W. Cowan, and Thos. A. Robertson, with the following as substitutes: V. B. McFadden, K. Kendall and Jno. T. Roddey. The team will be under command of Orderly Sergeant Frel Mobley. ( Our sportsmen have been anxiously ( awaiting the first of November in order to try their guns and dogs. Fire was kindled in the furnace in the 1 cotton seed oil mill last Thursday, in order to test the boilers and connections. The company expect in a few days to be at work. The fertilizer building adjoining, is being pushed forward rapidly. i A number of our citizens and business houses made exhibits at the Chester fair last week, each exhibitor having obtained ; a premium. Our citizens are looking forward tothe meeting of York County Teachers' association, to be held here, commencing next i Thursday, with much interest, and it is hoped that all teachers and those interested in education will attend. iial. i LETTER FROM FORT MILL. Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer. Fort Mill, October 29.?Messrs. White & Springs, of this place, had the misfortune to lose their cotton gin and grist mill ' by fire last Thursday afternoon. The fire occurred about 2o'clock, originating in the . lint room and spreading with such rapidity as to envelope the entire building almost before the alarm could be given. 1 The property was valued at about $4,000, 1 and not being covered by insurance is a total loss. Messrs. White & Springs will not rebuild this season, but will gin the remainder of the crop in partnership with . Mr. T. G. Culp. Mr. T. G. Culn met with a serious acci r - (lent on the 17th instant, resulting in the loss of two fingers from his left hand. He had just cleaned the eondenser of his gin of a choke, and picking up some lint from the floor before letting down the breast, ho endeavared to flirt the cotton up to the saws, and in so doing struck his hand against them. His little finger was cut off close up, and the third finger was severed just above the first joint. The wound, which was a very painful one, is now doing as well as could be expected. LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY. Correspondence of the Yorkville Ktiquirer. Etta Jane, October 28.?Last Friday evening the rain began to fall, and a general gloom came over the face of our farmers, whose fields are white with cotton. Although we have had an uninterrupted spell of good farming weather for six weeks, yet our people are unprepared for rain. Yesterday's sunshine and wind, however, has given the fields their usual snowy appearance and the cotton picking and corn hauling will be resumed this morning. Prof. Lemons's school exhibition and examination came off at Goudeysville last Thursday and Friday. The students acquitted themselves quite creditably. Miss Mamie Moorehead's proficiency as an algebraist deserves special mention. The other pupils, examined in the different branches, gave evidence of thorough training. The Salem Sunday-school yesterday re- i solved to observe the 28th day of November as a day of thanksgiving, and your correspondent was requested to extend a cordial invitation to all the Sunday- ' schools and Christian people, and especially to ministers of the Gospel to join us 1 on that day and return thanks to Almigh- 1 ty God for His mercies in the past and im- < plore His guidance and protection in the future. j The reminiscences of Company B, Twelfth tt. C. Volunteers, is a deservedly popular compilation of historical matters that will be read by many old soldiers ! and their children throughout the country. The first installment alone will make The Enquirer, a welcome visitor in many homes. sigma. ? Columbia was visited by a heavy rain < and thunder storm early last Wednesday morning. During the storm, lightning < entered the office of the Postal Telegraph : company and an explosion ensued which , alarmed the city. Every wire in the . building was melted and severed, and the 1 building caught on fire, but the flames < were arrested. . < local affairs. c t NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ( A. II. White, County Trustee? Farmers' State i Exchange. John B. Palmer it Son, Columbia, S. C.?Mon- l ey to Loan on Improved Farina. j T. S. Jeflerys?Four Rare Bargains. L. M. Grist?A Reminder. VV. II. McCorkle, Probate Judge?Citation?W. t F. Smith, Applicant?William Smith, do- j ceased. . D. E. Finley, Clerk of Board?Bridge Contract 1 to Let at Clinton's Ford. t Atlas Engine Works, Indianapolis, Indiana. j Miles Johnson, Rock Hill?Your Uncle Miles.W. Brown Wj'lie, C. C. C. Pis.?Notice to the ' Creditors of John Webber, deceased. t Lewis M. Grist?The Yorkvillo Enquiror for : 1890. See Fourth Page. II. F. Adickes?Special Sale of line Fur Hats in Sol't Fur, Still' and Crush. M. <fc II. C. Strauss?Interesting Information Given. W. C'. Latimer?Git There !??<;,000 worth of j Fine Clothing to bo Sold in the next Thir- r ty Days. Carolina Buggy Co., Yorkville. S. C.?'The "Carolina" Downs Them All. * Mrs. T. M. Dobson, Proprietress?Dobson's Racket, I Think, is the Only Strictly 7 Cash Store in Yorkville. Withers Adickes?Tis a Truism. ALLIANCE STATE EXCHANGE. \ Major A. H. White, county trustee of the ? farmers' alliance, publishes an important notice in our advertising columns this week, to sub-trustees, relative to the far- ? mers' State exchange. ] SEVERE STOIIM. C About 3 a. m. last Sunday morning Yorkville and vicinity was visited with a 1 severe storm of lightning and rain. For 2 a while the rain fell in torrents, and the I thunder and lightning were terrific. c . < CLASS ELECTIONS. The students of the senior class of the ^ Medical College of South Carolina held a meeting last Thursday evening for the * election of class officers. Mr. T. Sumter 1 Bratton was elected chief marshal. c t PALMETTO REGIMENT. Thp ninp enmnanies comDosiner the Pal- 1 ~ 1 * w t metto regiment voted on Saturday last for t colonel of the regiment to fill the vacan- ^ cy caused by the resignation of Col. J. Q. Marshall. The vote of each company was ' cast for Capt. Wilie Jones, of Columbia, j who had no opposition, and he was unanimously elected. f TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. . t The Teachers' Association of York coun- ( ty will meet in Rock Ilill at 8 p. m. to- c morrow. Preparations have been made t to render the occasion one of pleasure and t profit to all teachers who attend, and a t cordial invitation is extended to all (white) c teachers in the county to be present. \ Yorkville will be well represented. \ CHANGE OF DATE. 1 The date for letting out the contract for building a bridge at Clinton's ford, on Beaver Dam creek, has been postponed a until November 20, next. This postpone- c ment was rendered necessary in conse- j luence of the accident to Mr. T. G. C'ulp, ^ ane of the commissioners, who has charge j nf that division of the county. The official r notice appears in our advertising columns. r CAROLINA BLUESTONE. f The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier writes to that paper: Architect * Niernsee, of the State House, is consider- v in'g theavailability of South Carolina blue- * 3tone for use in the finishing of the inte- ? rior work of the State House. If it is 1 decided that it can be used in any quan- 8 tity, the mine of the stone in York county c will be furnished with the plant necessary 1 for cutting it. * t B. AND L. ASSOCIATION. t Mr. H. G. Elliott, general agent for c South Carolina, was here for a few days a c n.nr.lr arm fn* thn nurnnoo nf nrorflnizinf vr twu iv/i vuv ^u<f/vwv w. 0 ^ a branch of the American Building and t Loan association. The parent office is in r Minneapolis, Minnesota. The necessary f amount of stock, viz.: 250 shares at$100 each, was subscribed, and Mr. Elliott appointed Mr. John J. Hunter, president, until a regular organization and election { of officers take place. THE LEE MONUMENT. j Governor Lee, of Virginia, has received j a cablegram from M. Mercie, the French j 3Culptor, saying that information about g the Lee statue had just been mailed. The Governor had hoped to be able to un- g veil the monument in December, but it g now seems that Mercie's figure will not . reach Richmond in time. The unveiling r will take place in all probability in May. $ Gen. E. M. Law, of this place, has been ( chosen orator for the occasion, but he has not yet been officially advised as to the s date of postponement. j THE CORN CONTEST. ( York county, which bid fair to win the 1 prize for the largest yield of corn produced c on one acre, is beaten, it seems, by Barn- 1 well, Mr. J. Snelling, of that county, re- t porting to the department of agriculture that he has made within a fraction of 131 ] bushels on his prize acre. This is the 1 largest yield yet reported. Messrs. Alii- ( son, Gillespie and White, the contestants f in this county, may pride themselves, ^ however, on what they accomplished, as t showing their brother farmers what can t be done on York land. ( PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. B. N. Moore, agent of the Three C's railroad at this place, who has been con- _ fiued to his bed for several days, is now t able to be out. \ Mr. J. C. Montgomery, who will prob- ( ably be superintendent of the York spoke ? and handle factory, has moved his family x to this place. 1 Mr. and Mrs. John Moore have returned \ home from a visit to relatives in North f Carolina. < Miss Florrie Allison has gone to Clover, j to take charge of the Clover High School. \ nonco work on this contract not later than ,ho 10th of next month. Kncournglng reports continue as to the irogross of the work in Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky. The Johnston City loniot sayH there are now more than 2,000 net) at wotk on 10 miles in Washington ounty, and about one half of the distance s graded. The eon tractors have been tutting in good time, whilo the weather vould porinit, and, if the present favoratle weathr lasts a few weeks longer, the jrading will bo finished before Christmas, iome of the contractors who have heavy vork are putting in extra time. From recent developments the Newbery Observer has taken fresh courage as to he probable resumption of work on the Vugusta division. Several claims against he road, some accruing before the consoli Itev. V. I. Masters, of Yorkviiie, is vis- | iting relatives in Anderson. ANOTHER MAURI AGE. At 11 o'clock a. m., yesterdfty, the nuptials of Dr. \V. G. White, of Yorkviiie, and Mrs. Kittie H. Belk, of Fort Mill, were duly solemnized at the residence of the latter. Itev. J. H. Thomwell performed the marriage ceremony in the presence of a few invited friends, and after all had partaken of dinner, the bridegroom and bride came to Yorkviiie, stopping at the residence of Mr. J. M. Starr, with whom they will board. A few intimate friends called yesterday evening to express their congratulations, but there was no formal receptiou. Dr. White is a popular physician of Yorkviiie, with a large circle of friends, who wish for hira and his bride a pleasant and prosperous life. THE HANDLE FACTORY. A meeting of subscribers to stock in the handle factory was held in the oflice of C. E. Spencer, Esq., on Monday afternoon last. It was decided that the concern shall be known as the "York Spoke and Handle r Factory company, " UUU ix cuiuuuncc Y appointed to apply for a charter under that title. Other committees were appointed for furthering the enterprise and hastening the works into operation, the most important of which was one to contract for lumber, erect the necessary buildings and dig a well forsupplying the engine with water. A location for the factory has not yet been decided upon. Another meeting of the stockholders will be held in J\Ir. Spencer's oillco next Friday evening at 7 o'clock. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. Last Sunday, on the plantation of Mr. donroe L. Thomasson, 24 miles northeast af town, Ben McConnell, colored, accidentally shot himself. He was attacked by a Jog which he supposed to be "mad," and rushing into his house, he seized his gun to renew a combat which had terminated r in a drawn fight between himself and the t snraged animal. The gun was heavily i charged with buckshot, but as Ben advan- t m/I rlnr* oliAiiTflrl unllinrvnOQa fn rAnDVV I ) I OIIU tU TT llllUgilVW C \y ivwv^v* he affray. While Ben was vainly enleavoring to discharge his ancient fire ock, the pugnacious caninegained on him intil they came into close quarters. Ilealzing his danger, Ben bethought himself, n the emergency, to club the dog with he but-end of his gun. It was at the critcal moment when he thus dealt a blow at he brute that the fickle weapon fired, puting part of its contents in Ben's right high. Dr. W. G. White was called to see he injured man, and took four shot from Jie wound. While the wound is painful, t is not serious. CH UltCH* NOTICES. Episcopal?Sunday-school at 4 p. m. Young men's union prayer-meeting will )0 held in the Presbyterian church next' Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, pas- j or. Services next Sunday at 11 a. m. and ' p. m. Sunday-school at 3 p. m. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. F. C. Galloway, pastor. Yorkville?Services next Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday-school at 4 p. m. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, pastor. nion?Sunday-school at 9 o'clock a. m. services at 10.30 o'clock a. m. Yorkville? ?rayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 7.15 j'cloek. Sunday-school at 3.30 p. m. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Danel, pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 i. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday-school at 4 ). m. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7 >'c!ock* Love-feast Friday evening at 7 j'clock. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER FOR 1800. On the fourth page of this paper will )e found our prospectus for the year 1890. We hope that the readers of The Eniuirer will read it, and that they will ell their friends of our propositions, esjecially the one which proposes to furnish he paper to subscribers in clubs for he balance of this year, and all of next, or $1.75. We confidently ask the sup>ort of our readers in this direction, be ause we feel justified in claiming for The Inquirer that it is the ideal family lewspaper. Fresh, instructive, and above ill, pure in tone, there is always somehing in its well-filled columns to please sach member of the family. For the :oming year it is our intention to make he paper brighter and better, if possible, han ever. An examination of our prenium list will show that we propose to :ompensate all who work for us. Again, ve ask every old subscriber to use his or ler influence to extend the circulation and jsefulnessof the Yorkville Enquirer. THE ALLIANCE. There was a meeting of the presidents md secretaries of the sub-alliances of the ounty in the court house on Saturday ast; but further than the purpose for vhich the meeting was called?to receive nstructions from the national cotton comnittee in reference to selling cotton? lothing is given of the proceedings for >ublication. In our report last week of the sale of 67 )ales of cotton at Cxuthrieavilie on the 18th, ve designated it all as alliance cotton, "3G >ales of which were wrapped in cotton overing." Our informant stated the facts n that form, supposing we would undertand that of the entire lot, only that in otton covering was offered by alliance nen. We are now informed that raem>ers of the alliance are not permitted to ise anything but second hand jute or coton covering, and in the absence of either >f these they will wait until one or the (thercan'be procured. So while cotton overing may not necessarily imply that he bale it protects was produced by a nember of the alliance, new jute is prima acie evidence that it was not. RAILROAD EARNINGS. The table of railroad earnings for the nonth of August has been prepared by Mr. M. T. Bartlett, secretary of the railroad !ommission, and is published by theChareston News and Courier and the Columbia Register. From the reports as published n these papers, we make the following lummary: There are thirty roads included in the itatement, and of these twenty-one show in increase, as compared with the corresjonding month last year, of $48,422.86. The line remaining roads show a decrease of >9,816.82, leaving a net increase of $38,106.04. PUamTaHa nnri A 1 a n t o A Ir.T.lTlD llic \jiiai iunc auu x&vmuiu ^nuv shows an increase of$12,310.92. The Charotte, Columbia and Augusta shows a decease of $2,820.85, and the Chester and Lenoir a decrease of $254.77. The net in:rease of the earnings of the roads of the Richmond and Danville system amounts o $15,030.38. The total passenger earnings for August, L889, were $190,480,92, against $187,171.20 or the same month last year, an increase )f $3,309.00. The total freight earnings or August, 1889, were $335,472.40, against 5305,105.15, an increase of $30,313.31. The ;otal tonnage for the month was 248,855 ;ons, against 200,432 in August, 1889, an in:rease of 48,423 tons. SUDDEN DEATHS. Miss Emma L. Craven died at Tuskegee, Ala., on Friday last, 25th instant, of congestion of the brain, after an illness of only ;hree days, aged 24 years 2 months and 17 lays. She was a uaugnter or tne rate \lfred and Mrs. Cornelia Craven, who formerly lived in this place, and the days of ler childhood were spent here, where she s kindly remembered by many as a bright ind intelligent child. Some years after ;he death hereof her husband, Mrs. Craven moved to Gastonia, N. C., and afterwards ;o Atlanta, Ga., where she and her family low live. " Miss Craven held a lucrative losition in Tuskegee, where she was highy respected, and as a mark of esteem ;wenty-five young ladiesaccompanied her iody to the Tuskegee depot. From Atanta it was conveyed to Yorkville in iharge of her brother Alfred, and on Sunlay last consigned to its last resting place n the cemetery. Mr. Robert Mendeuhall, who lived near juthriesville in this county, fell dead in lis house about 2 o'clock p. m., on Sunday ast. He was aged about 72 years, and lubject to heart disease, which is supposed ;o have been the immediate cause of his leath. He had complained just before lis death of a pain in his left side, and vhile his daughter was in another room ireparing a remedy, death suddenly enlued. Mr. Mendenhall was a worthy citzen and enjoyed the esteem and confllence of the people in whose midst ho had ong been a prominent landmark. ItAILROAl) NOTK8. Messrs. Moore & Springs left on Monday ast to commence work oti their contract jetween Rutherfordton and Marion. Mr. C. G. Parish, of this place, who is low completing a contract iu Meckleniurg county, Va., returned home on a vist last Thursday. Ho has a contract for ho tlrst two and a half miles west of Ituthorfordton, and wont up last Friday or instructions. He Is roeuired to com dation, have just been cashed by the treasurer of the Three C's company, and-^he Observer reasons that the Three C's would not be paying out money if they did not intend to go forward with the work. Col. Urquhart is now in Newberry. As to the cause of his presence there the Observer says: "His object is to finish up some matters in reference to rights of way and to see the county commissioners with reference to modifying the agreement between them and the Three C's company relative to the $10,000 of bonds of Cromer township. This agreement is similar to that made by the commissioners of York and Lancaster counties, over which there has been so much trouble?because the chairman of the commissioners refused to certify that the road was completed through the townshins votintr the sub scription. Col. Urquhart says that the company does not fear any trouble of that sort in Newberry, hut he wants to provide against dangers and emergencies. The modification desired is that the bonds shall be delivered upon the completion of the grading through the township. This is a reasonable and just request, and it will no doubt be granted. The commissioners of Union county granted it readily. "Col. Urquhart says that if he can make the satisfactory arrangement with the Newberry commissioners that he made with those of Union?of which he does not doubt?the contract on the entire Augusta division will be let and work will begin within sixty days. In reply to the question as to where the work of grading would begin, he replied : * All along the line. And it will be pushed forward rapidly too.' The Three C's are under obligations by their charter to complete the road by January, 1891. Col. Urquhart says that it will be done. They asked no extension of time on the Union township bonds, and they ask none on the Cromer township bonds of Newberry county, or any other bonds. "Col. Urquhart says this division would have been well under way, if not com pleted, by this time but lor the reiusai 01 York and Lancaster to turn over their bonds. But our division will not have to wait any longer on that account, for other arrangements have been made." A. R. P. SYNOD OF THE SOUTH. Reported for the Yorkville Enquirer. Prosperity, Newberry County, October 28.?The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synod of the South met here last Thursday. About one hundred delegates are present, representing every Southern State except Louisiana. The synod also embraces one presbytery in Mexico, made up largely of native Mexicans. There are many fine preachers in the body. The sessions were opened by a sermon by Rev. S. A. Agnew, of Mississippi, former moderator. The Rev. Dr. Lathan, clerk, called the roll and noted the absentees. The Rev. D. G. Caldwell, of Statesville, was elected moderator. The reading of the minutes, except that portion relating to unfinished business, was deferred until the unfinished business was taken up. Reports from the different presbyteries were read, showing a healthy condition of the churches. These, with other papers presented and read, were referred to appropriate committees. A committee was appointed, of which Dr. Lathan is chairman, to draft a memorial on the Christian Sabbath, to be submitted to synod, and later to both houses of congress and the State legislatures. A resolution was adopted dissolving the presbytery of Texas and transferring its members to the presbytery of Arkansas. The Rev. J. C. Boyd, D.D., of Pittsburg, Pa., is here, representing the United Presbyterian church. He was introduced today and delivered a fine address, conservative and Christian in tone. A burning question in the Associate Reformed church for several years past has been the introduction of organs in several congregations, in the face of a positive law in the book of worship forbidding the use of any instrument in the praise of God. This question came up again on a memorial from the First presbytery. It was disposed of for the present by the appointment of a committee of twelve to take into consideration whether or not it would be advisable to revise the Book of Discipline and government of the A. R. P. church. If thought advisable to revise, then to perform that work and report the modifications to the next synod. If the Book of Discipline and Worship is revised, it may admit the organ. Rev. J. B. Cochrane, of Iiuntersville, N. C., received a certificate to connect with the General Assembly Presbyterian church. The Synod is to hold its next session at New Hope church, in Madison county, Kentucky. Mr. Joseph Wylie, of Chester, recently gave $8,000 to help to endow a professor's chair in Erskine college, and the chair has been named the Joseph Wylie chair of mental aud moral science. The death of Rev. James Boyce, D. 1)., president of the Erskine Theological seminary, rendered the election cf a new presi dent necessary. The synod reorganized the seminary by electing Rev. W. L. Pressly, D. D., president, and Rev. W. M. Grier, I). D., and Rev. Robert Lathan, D. D., assistant professors. The Rev. H. R. McAuley was sent to labor in the First presbytery for the year, and will preach at Neely's Creek and Edgemoor for the next two months. Synod adjourned this afternoon. The members were handsomely entertained by the good people of Prosperity and surrounding country. g. THE SOUTH CAROLINA SYNOD. The Synod of South Carolina met in the Presbyterian church at Spartanburg last Friday night and was opened with a sermon by the moderator, the Rev. W. J. McKay, of Sumter county. About 150 members are enrolled. From the correspondence of the Greenville News, we take the following in reference to the organization : "The usual test of strength between the two parties which have divided the synod concerning the conduct of the Theological Seminary at Columbia, was in the election of moderator. The Rev. J. M. Rose, of Greenville, was nominated by i the Rev. John G. Law, and the Rev. T. j R. English, of Yorkville, by the Rev. B. F. Wilson. Mr. English was elected by a vote of 74 to GG. The Rev. E. C. | Murray, ofSurnmerville, was chosen assistant clerk, the Rev. T. H. Law being the stated clerk, a permanent officer." The election of Mr. English as moderator is claimed as a victory by the friends of Dr. Woodrow, though it is known that Mr. English, while an admirer of Dr. Woodrow's ability and a strong personal friend, does not endorse all of the doctor's theories on the question of evolution. Saturday morning was mainly occupied with routine business, as the hearing of reports, receiving communications, Ac. However, the lie v. Dr. Hazen, of Richmond, Va., the assembly's secretary of publication and colportage, was heard in regard to this work, and the Rev. Dr. Richardson, of Memphis, secretary of eduucation, in regard to that cause. The synod also held a very interesting and cheering conference on home mission work. The reports and statements made in this conference indicated a general and zealous prosecution of the work. The reports and statements made in this conference indicated a zealous prosecution of tho work by the several presbyteries with marked siirns of nroeress. The absence of ])rs. Girardeau and Reattie, and all the seminary professors, except Professor J. W. Flinn, excited some comment. On Moudav many reports were read and disposed of, and a conference was held on Presbyterial home missions. Other business of the day's sessions was mostly routine. Cnor Hkport.?The South Carolina weather service furnishes the following weathorcrop bulletin for the week ending last Saturday, which is the Iastreport that will be issued for the current season : Rainfall for the State was below normal. Temperature for the State a little below normal. Sunshine for the State normal. Weather conditions?'The rainfall of the 2:3rd, 25th, and of the 20th, has been extremely beneficial to small grain crops, as also for farmers who had not as yet prepared lands for such crops. The temperature and sunshine conditions have been favorable for the maturing of late cotton, which is reported as opening rapidly, yet the yield is reported in many places as being short of expectations, and not much left to be harvested. The exact percentage for the season cannot as yet be fairly determined. Taken as a whole, the farmers seem satisfied with the general results of this year's crop. ' SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The State house is to be lighted by electric lights of the Thompson-Houston j system. | ? In the sessions court, at Hampton last week, Limus (iivins, colored, was convicted of the murder of his step child and sentenced by Judge Kershaw to be hanged on the 22d of November. ? The Abbeville Medium tells of a negro man who bought a buggy in Anderson and pulled it home himself. He bought it because it was cheap, and had no horso or mule to work in it. ? The State department of agriculture reports a phenomenal yield of corn for the State this season, the crop being over twenty million bushels. The nearest approach to this since the war was sev'enteen million in 18S2. ? An employee of Robinson's circus was killed last Wednesday night by falling from a car as the train passed over a trestle soon after the circus trains left Spartanburg. His name was William Binson and his home was in Ohio. ? In the Richland court of common pleas last Friday, Mrs. Price recovered $G,974, damages in a suit against the Richmond and Danville Railroad company for the loss of her husband, a conductor, by an accident on the railroad. The railroad company will appeal. ? A "Holiness band" appeared at Gaffney City last Thursday and marched down Main streetsinging and praising the Lord. When the most public corner was reached they halted and several short sermons were preached. Zealous workers from several States are present and the crowd increases. ? I. Hampton Dunn, who has been in Hampton county jail for some time under the charge of being Pete Oisen, a California murderer, was discharged last Thursday by Judge Kershaw under proceedings of habeas corpus, after a conclusive showing that he was not the man. ? Mrs. Hattie Kay, an estimable widow of Anderson county, committed suicide last week by drowning. Her act was deliberate, and is thought to have been caused by an overtaxed brain in the struggle to support her family and educate her children. ? At Brunson, Hampton county, last Thursday, Sam Roberts killed Isaac Simmons by a blow on the head with his fist. Roth are npcrmps Thp nhvnipinn who made the autopsy said the blow would not; have killed Simons, but for the condition of his brain as a consequence of the use of whisky. ? The Abbeville correspondent of the Columbia Register says: Our town council is making war on the whisky sellers. A detective came here last week and in a few days bagged fifteen of "the boys," white and black. The sentiment of the town is in favor of enforcing the law. ? A letter in the Greenville News from Looper's, Pickens county, says that community is somewhat exercised over a misterious report in mid-air about 10.30 a. m. Friday, which i9 described by old soldiers as "just like a bomb shell," with the explosion and the scattering of the pieces of the shell. There was no tremor of the earth as was expected to have followed. ? During the severe thunder storm last Wednesday morning, ghtning struck the depot at ltidge way, in Fairfield county, . and the building was burnt to the ground. All the freight in the depot was destroyed except the cotton, of which only three bales were lost. Through the heroiceflforts of the railroad agent all the money belonging to the company, which was locked up in the safe, was saved. A riorhf miriniw inr>wfont hnnnonort nimr Greenwood, Abbeville county, last Friday night. Mrs Rykard and her two daughters at the same time of night dreamed that their father and husband, respectively, who has been dead some five or six months, was alive and would meet them at the grave. They were so affected by the dream that they roused up some neighbors and went to the grave of Mr. Rykard, where his coffin was unearthed. But it was only a dream and the dead one still sleeps. ? Aiken Recorder: Mr. and Mrs. Wade Patterson, of Aiken, lost their youngest child on Saturday night by a shocking accident. It seems that the parents were away from home in the afternoon, leaving the two youngest children at home. These were in the front part of the house, when the elder got some matches to play with, and striking them threw them into the lap of his younger brother, a child only two years old. His clothes caught fire, and before assistance could be rendered the little boy was so severely burned that he died that night. ? The first prize fight in South Carolina was fought on the Wando river last Thursday between W. S. Layton, a native of South Carolina, and Mike Donovau, a New York light weight. Thirteen rounds were fought in about an hour. Donovan was knocked senseless in the thirteenth round, and failed to come to time. The stakes were ?400 to Layton, the winner, and $100 to Dunovan the loser, who also received a purse of about $00 made up on the grounds. Layton weighs 151 and Donovan 168 pounds. The latter was badly punished. ALLIANCE TOPICS. ? There were 135 bales of alliance cottoD sold at Prosperity, in Newberry county, last Thursday. One firm purchased theentire lot at 9?. ? The Pickens Seutinel says that the farmers in that county are going to sell, their cotton on the combination planThey are going to write to the different mills to send buyers to the nearest points on the railroad on certain days, when they will all take in their cotton that is ready for market and sell on the auction plan, the highest bidder getting the whole lot. They will demand the extra eight pounds for cotton in the Alliance uniform. ? A dispatch of Saturday in the Greenville News says: Cotton receipts at Greer's, in Greenville county, for three weeks ending October 26th, 1,489. Total to date, 2,089 bales. Prices paid to-day 9.40 to 9.60. This is no indication of what the market is, but the result of a local fight among buyers. The market here depends upon how badly the buyer wants the cotton, and it will not be a surprise to some if this market assumes to fix prices for New York and Liverpool. It certainly ignores them now. ?Last Thursday was Alliance day at the Piedmont Exposition, Atlanta, and there I ?? -- a t- n f K/\ An WU3 IUU gicuicat uiuwu at uiu uApuoiuuu ever known, exceeding the attendance on the days giveu up to President Cleveland two years ago and to Governor Hill a few days since. The Hon. Evan Jones, of Texas, president of the National Alliance and Laborers' Union, made the principal speech. The Hon. L. L. Polk, of North Carolina, the Hon. L. N. Livingston, president of the Georgia Alliance, and Governor Gordon, also made speeches. The introductions were made by Henry \V. Grady. ? The Newberry Observer says: "Thursday last was the first'cotton selling day' for the alliauce men who sell their cotton' at Newberry. There was a great deal of cotton in town that day, 628 bales in all, about 400 of which was alliance cotton. The selling committee asked for bids from the buyers. The market was dull and on the decline, and the price first offered was not satisfactory. The committee telegraphed to Columbia and received bids, from a firm of buyers there and got bids from the buyers here. Finally, late in the afternoon, it was bought by Mr. Holmes, a local buver. at 0.40. and everv body seemed satisfied." Tiiky Must IIaxg.?'The supreme court of Tennessee, at Knoxville, last Saturday, decided a case unprecedented in the liistory of that State. Last January, Henry Sutton, a prominent stock buyer of Hancock county, was tired upon by men in ambush and killed. Suspicion pointed to five men?John Orr, Big John Anderson, John H. Elisha and Clinton Barnard. They were closely related to each other, and a family feud had long been running between them and Sutton. The barnards were arrested and tried in the circuit court of Hancock on the same indictment, convicted and sentenced to be hanged. An appeal was taken to the supreme court and that body confirmed the sentence of the lower court. They will be hanged on December liiid. it is a remarkable case in several remarkable particulars, and the first on record where five men were tried for murder under the same indictment and convicted. At the same term of the lower court six men were sentenced to be hanged, and several sent to the penitentiary for long j terms for homicide. The first sentence ! to hang ever given in the county was j given at that term. Hancock county, which adjoins Kenj tucky, has long been noted for bloody i feuds and fatal shooting affrays, but the | decision, it is thought, will start a new 1 order of things in the mountains.