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Jwajus and ^facts. -Ex-Governor Palmer, of Illinois, says that tariff reform will be the issue in 1S92: that Cleveland will be nominated by the Democratic convention for the presidency by acclamation, and that McKinley, o! Ohio, or Cullom, of Illinois, will be the Republican nominee. ? Business failures during the past week number for the United States 229, and foi Canada 32, or a total of 261 failures as compared with a total of 225 the previous week and 223 the week previous to that. Foj the corresponding week last year, the figures were 275, representing 243 in the United States, and 32 in Canada. ?The tax aggregate for the State of Tennessee for 1880 shows a gratifying increase especially in personal property over las' year?an increase of about $30,000,000. Oi this increase $18,000,000 must be credited to Middle and Western Tennessee, th? former having gained in exact figures foi the year, $12,635,092. Cnm OmaaII Woo nr?ntn ofortor? tho nh 1. uaui ouiau uao agaiu ovui wvu tion bail to rolling in Atlanta. On Thursday night he and his followers held a caucus to arrange the campaign for the coming municipal election. They will try to elecl men to the council who will not issue liquor licenses. Mr. Small intimates thai he will canvas every ward personally, and that the prohibitionist will be organized tc whip the fight. ?Another trust has come to grief. This time it is the cotton oil trust. Announcement of a proposed manipulation of the stock, together with a falling off from the amount of the earnings' dividend expected, caused a tumble of five points in the value of the certificates, equal to a shrinkage of $2,000,000 in the entire capital stock. "Put not your faith in trusts," will soon be ? good financial maxim. ? Senator McPherson, of New Jersey, in a recent speech at Long Branch, denounced in the strongest terms the corruption of the last presidential election. He added: "1 hope that in 1892 the Democratic party will again nominate and the people elect that courageous citizen, Grover Cleveland, who, unflinching in duty, stands at the front of his party." This declaration elicited loud applause. ?On the 9th of next January Louis Kossuth will complete the period of absence from his native country' after which, unless he applies for a renewal of his rights, he will lose his Hungarian citizenship. In Turin, where Kossuth lives, and where his two sons have become Italian citizens, there is a strong desire that he should permit himself to become an Italian. But it is said the Magyar exile will not consenl to this. ? The story comes from New York, with its hundreds of churches and charitable societies, of a respectable, industrious woman driven ito insanity by hunger and want. She was sent to a hospital for the insane for committing a murderous assault, and her little ones were cared for by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, What a glorious blessing to humanity are societies that deal with the consequences and not the causes of woe ! ? The cotton crop of Texas, according to a dispatch from Galveston, is now established at 1,750,000 bales. The wharves and warehouses there are full of cotton, and there are now nineteen steamships loading for foreign ports. There are four steamers a week to New York with a capacity of 4.500 and 6,000 bales each. All the cotton-screwmen and longshoremen ol the port are at work and the season thus far has been the busiest for many years. ? The statistics of the Episcopal church presented to the general convention show 51 dioceses and 14 missionary jurdictions, with 69 bishops, 8,632 priests and 320 deacons. The number of communicants is given at 488,168, an increase of63,743, or 15 per cent. The number of baptisms during the year was 171,700, and of confirmations 112,783, an increase of 21 per cent. The number of churches, chapels and missions, is 5,787, and the offerings for the last year were $83,316,514. ? T.oof minfop ?ho loorialatnpp nf Indiana passed a law raising the maximum license which a city may impose for the sale of liquor from $100 to $250. The supreme court has just affirmed the constitutionality of the law. In another case it declared that a license is not a contract. Indianapolis raised the license to $250. The liquor sellers who had taken out licenses at $100 previous to the increase, contended that that they should not be compelled to pay the increase of $150 until the expiration of the $100 license. The court says their position is wrong and they must pay the difference. ? Now that North Dakota has been made a State, and is to have at Washington two Republican senators and a representative, the truth is coming out as to the fitness of that region to be endowed with statehood. It is conceded now that the conditions of soil and climate in North Dakota do not favor the growth of population, so that we are to have in this new State another pocket borough for rich men to manage, as they do Nevada. There is now a famine in the State, due to the failure of the crops for the f>ast three years. The number of persons n need of relief is said to be 100,000?about the entire population. There is just one thing of a consolatory character in our State-making?that the want of territory will soon bring it to an end. ? In a recent speech at Jacksonville, Miss., Senator Walthall advanced contrary opinions to those expressed by Senator George, who advocates a constitutional convention principally to deal with the . suffrage question, but also for other reforms. Senator Walthall thinks it inexpedient, expensive and dangerous to call a convention. He does not see how any of the States can accomplish the desired object, the maintenance of white supremacy, so long as the Federal constitution remains as now. He believes that the only hope now is for the white people to contend with the present evils is by united effort as in the past. The other defects of the constitution are not sufficiently objectionable to cause serious trouble. ? An important case was decided in (he superior court at Augusta, Ga., last week after three days hearing, Judge Roney presiding. Suits were entered against a number of prominentcitizens who, twenty years ago, subscribed to the capital stock of the National Express and Transportation company. They were based upon a decree 01 the Chancery court at Richmond, Va., authorizing a new assesment of thirty pei cent, to liquidate the alleged indebtedness of the corporation. A test case was made it Augusta in the case of William H. Howard, a prominent and wealthy cotton factor, and a verdict was rendered againsl him. This virtually carried the othei cases with it. The verdict is regarded as s great hardship, although in accordance with court decisions in these cases in all the States, from Maine to Texas. ? A dispatch of Saturday from Florence, Arizona, says: Sheriff Reynolds, W. A Holmes and Eugene Middleton, while taking eight Apache and one Mexican tc Yuma penitentiary this morning, were killed by their prisoners four miles from Riverside. It happened about 5 o'clock and before daylight. The prisoners were being walked up a sand wash and one 01 them grabbed a pistol from Holmes and shot the whites. The Indians then robbed the killed, took their arms and ammunition and started south. The Mexicar convict was captured later. Eugene Middleton, owner of the stage line, was driving at the time and was shot in the righl side of the face, and the ball coming oul near the top of the head. Another shot took effect in his cheek. He walked back to Riverside to give the alarm. At last accounts he was nearly dead. A posst has gone to Florence in pursuit of th< iugiia voo* ? General Howard, commanding the division of the Atlantic, has submitted his annual report to the secretary of war Since taking command of the division General Howard says he has visited everj garrison post of the division. In these visits he says he was forcibly impressed with the general appearance of decay and and evident lack of adequate armameni of nearly all of our sea coast stations. He recommends the purchase of a sufficient tract of land in the hill districts ofNortl Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee, for the accommodation of the Apache Indian pris oners of war, now confined at Mount Ver non barracks, Ala., and urges their re moval thereto, stating as his reason for se doing that they cannot live in the lov lands. As to the probable removal ol these Indians to North Carolina, aWash ington correspondent says: "The secre tary of war will proceed in the matter o removal of Geronimo's band of Apaches tc Western North Carolina without much re gard to the protest of Governor Fowle Atleastsuch is the understanding of th( North Carolinians. Governor Fowle, in i letter to Secretary Proctor, suggested tha Vermont (Proctor's State-,) might provid< as good a place of security as North Caro s. Una. To this letter Mr. Proctor has no i* replied. Finding that the Cherokees of North Carolina were willing to sell a part of their land for the government's purpose, he has entered into a correspondence ' with Senator Vance, looking to settling ! the Apaches in the mountain region ad* jacent to the Tennessee line. The people of ' Western North Carolina are divided on the f question." ? The death, under very peculiar circumstances, is reported in the township of Westminister, Ontario, of a middle-aged ' woman named Janet Jackson a few days ago. She had been nursing her aged ? mother, who was very ill and overcome " with grief, remarked to a friend that if she could only die with her mother it > j would be all right. Immediately she was taken seriously ill with spasms, and those who witnessed her suffering, which lasted , about fifty hours, until death came to her : relief, say they never saw anything so f terrible in their lives. Two hours before 1 she died the poor woman was sweating 5 drops of blood, which issued out of the : pores of the skin. Ten medical men who made a study of the case say they are un. able to account for it. She had her wish, . as her mother died a few hours after the . daughter had passed away. ! She forfeville 1/ ? | YORHVILLE, S. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6,1889. ! CROP REPORTS. The monthly weather crop bulletin of . the signal service at Washington, published on Saturday, says: I "October has been cooler than usual in . all the agricultural districts east of the Rocky mountains, except in Dakota. "Light frost occurred as far South as , Alabama, Central Georgia and Northern . Lousiana. There has been less rain than usual in the central valleys and generally ' throughout the Southern states. J "The drouth continued during the month in the southern portion of the Gulf states, ! extending from Florida westward over ; Southern Texas, over which region only ; light showers were reported. "This morning (November 1st), generous rains were reported from Texas, Northern Louisiana and Southern Alai bama. "Rains are heavy in the Central Missis' ? * ? ? 2 ..A1U..M ...UU , sippi ana .L?ower xuisaissippi vuuc.ys mm I heavy snows in Nebraska and Western , Kansas." The monthly crop report for the Mem' phis district, published last Saturday, : says: "The outlook is anything but encouraging. While the weather has been most ' favorable for gathering the open cotton in fields, the anticipated yield has fallen far 1 short of what was expected. "The territory tributary to Memphisand | included in the report, includes on an average 1,400,000 bales of cotton, one' fifth of the entire crop of the South. , The damage sustained from worms, frosts and other causes, taken together 1 with the lateness of the crop throughout the district, is greater than at first reported. "From every section and district the injury to the crop becomes more apparent, and the prospective yield, as compared with last year, will fall far short of what was reported one month ago. "Then the average decrease for the district was only 6 percent.; now that the planter has had a fair opportunity to estimate the correctness, the figures have been revised and the shortage is given (allowing three points for increased average) at 27 per cent, for the entire district. This is a falling off of 21 per cent. 6ince last month. and plainly indicates that the damage to cotton was under estimated in all previous reports." MERE-MENTION. The president has issued the annual thanksgiving day proclamation, setting apart Thursday, November 28th, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. Persons, supposed to be members of the Bender family, whose atrocious murders in Kansas in 1873 attracted wide attention, have recently been arrested near Niles, Michigan, and will be returned to Labette countV, Kansas, for trial. On Thursday, the postmaster general promulgated an . order fixing the rate of government telegraphic service. The old rates are reduced about 33 per cent. A violent epidemic of hog cholera is ravaging Indiana farmers. In some counties it has assumed such proportions that farmers have lost every hog on their farms. No remedies | appear to have any effect. In Michigan it is reported that the farmers are joining the Patrons of Husbandry by the hundreds. The object is a political combination against monopolies and trusts. , Organizations have been effected in about sixty out of the eighty-three counties of the State David Harfield, a wealthy pawnbroker of Richmond, Va., has been I convicted in the New York city criminal court of bigamy. Idaho Territory has two thousand miles of irrigating ditch; es. It is reported that ex-Pension 1 Commissioner Tanner is to become a member of a firm of pension attorneys in r * x nnli W7 A rt tiAiirtrv >V USIllUglUU. ?>1IICSI it aiicu, ajuuuf^ | white man, was badly mangled by a cotton gin at Gastonia, N. C., last Friday. The cotton crop of the Faysom, Egypt, district, this year will not be more | than half that of 1888. Richard Deval, residing in Baton Rouge, La., died of hydrophobia last Friday night. About a ; month ago he was bitten by a little dog which he found wandering in the highway. Two children of the deceased and the G-year old daughter of David Deval s were also bitten, and grave fear is felt on , their account. While hearing a case, last Thursday, Rev. Carter Burnett, mayor of Rutherford ton, N. C., fell dead from 5 heart disease. He was aged about 75 > years. The governor of the Congo State says that in spite of the scores of exf plorers who have been traversing Africa , in all directions since Livingston began his travels, the larger part of the many t millions of natives have never yet seen i a white man. George Vanderbilt has recently bought more land in Buncombe county, North Carolina. He has just paid t 810,500 for one tract, and taken a 820,000 option on another. Altogether he has ini vestested 8750,000 in lands in Buncombe ) county. Shocks of earthquake were 1 felt in St. Louis, and Cairo, 111., last Saturday morning. President Harrison has signed a proclamation formally admitting North and South Dakota as States of the [ Union. The Greenville Alliance.?The 5 Greenville correspondent of the News and 1 Courier says: ; The matter of cotton selling through the < Alliance seller has been satisfactorily arf ranged at last, and is now conducted in a ' systematic and business-like manner and " in a way that other Alliance sellers and ' the Farmers' Alliance generally might 1 adopt with satisfaction to themselves and " to the cotton buyers. When the Alliance seller was first electl ted here, his mode of disposing of the cotf ton brought here was to grade and classify ? it and tell the farmers what he thought it ; was worth according to the market quota 0 tions. The iarmer men weui uui nuu J tried the buyers. If their bid was not up 1 to what the Alliance seller had rated it, then the cotton came back and was not sold. As it is now arranged, the Alliance i members bring their cotton to the seller. He samples it and places the samples in ( order for the inspection of all the buyers. r Two or three times a day cotton, as it > comes in, is sold in bulk, and before the I sale takes place the buyers come into the I warehouse, look over the samples of the t cotton for sale and leave sealed bids. At J the time advertised for the sale to come t off, the bids are opened and the highest t bidder gets the cotton. The plan is work5 iug well and is having an encouraging effect on the Greenville market, which, like those all over the State, has been rather depressed. The confidence of the ) farmers and the Alliance members is es? tablished and good results will follow. - ? In Columbia, last Friday, Thomas Ken nedy, colored, was committed to jail for f cruel assault on his nine year old nephew. ) The assault consisted in tying the lad to - a fence and beating him brutally with a . strap with a buckle on the end. The 3 cause assigned was that the boy had failed i to perform the whole of the task set him in t cutting hay. The boy was so terribly 3 whipped that the flesh lay in welts, and he has been unable to move about much t1 since. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. th Corrctipondmice of the Yorkville Enquirer. dj Bock Hill, Novembero.?On Thursday th last the jewelry store of D. B. Gordon was d< dosed by Deputy Sheriff T. C. Beckham sp under a distress warrant for rent. At the er time, Mr. Gordon was away from home, ei having gone to Atlanta. On his return, ar last Saturday, he at once made an assign- ru inent to Col. J. J. Waters for the benefit ai ' of his creditors, without any preference or priority. His liabilities are about $600, m with estimated assets of $600. Most of la his creditors are Northern firms. ar During the past week we have had some aj splendid weather and small grain is look- in inc verv nromisinc. Cotton receiDts were to light compared with previous years. ti? Our citizens, on Sunday morning and . night, had the pleasure of listening to two M | lectures on intemperance, by Rev. Henry y< ; D. Howren, of Charleston, the reformed n< I drunkard. He lectured in the Methodist N church. At the morning lecture the church of was well filled, notwithstanding the inj clement weather. During the day the sun ar came out, and at night the large church fo was full, it being impossible to get standing room. At his first lecture he gave a or ! sketch of his life from the time when a ar I young man he took his first drink of wine, until six months ago he realized that he st was on the brink of the grave from the ar use of whisky, and his resolved henceforth to worship and associate with good Chris- in tian people rather than barrooms. At the al night lecture his remarks were in advo- w cacy of the abolishment of the whisky al traffic, and showing its ill effects on homes, church and society. Mr. Howren's re- A marks were listened to with marked atten- he tion. He is a fluent and pleasant speaker, m and as he says, his experience as a drunkard has made him master of his subject. h< He knows whereof he speaks. M Our sportsmen, on Friday last, started oc with gun and dogs for the game. There are a number of Northern sportsmen ex- of pected to visit this section this season, be fhprfl ATP several already Quartered at ne the Carolina hotel. qi Yourcorrespondent had the pleasure of raeetid^during the meeting of the York ch County Teachers' association, many friends T1 of education, and the attendance demon- tu strated the fact that a great interest is br being taken in educating the children of Fj our county^ - vi The citizens of our town are going to C( havej^jpovel crysanthemum exhibition N Wedn^ay afternoon. There will be between 30 and 40 couples of ladies aod gen- ty tlemen on horseback, each one decorated R with a different variety of these beautiful flowers, and each bearing a boquetor large banner made of color or variety each per- Co sonates. The party will parade the different streets of the town, and afterwards a H prize will be awarded. wi Rev. Gordon M. Bradley, who has been ch recently called to the. rectorship of the of Episcopal church at this place, is expected ec to arrive this week, and will officiate w Sunday morning next in the church here. H This morning at 10 o'clock, a negro boy, K while snapping caps or matches on an old H gun, set fire to a lot of seed cotton stored in ro the old residence of Mr. S. M. Fewell, just to outside of town. There was 8 or 10 bales pi seed cotton in the building, but fortunate- de ly the fire was soon put out. Just as the alarm was given, an alarm of was given of fire at the residence of Mr. m T T ThAimaaonn nrvlv ft fpw hundred t.h yards distant. M A little child of Mr. Jno. Glass, in pass- ov ing the fire place had its clothes ignited ni and was seriously burned. Dr. Jno. W. co Fewell was callfed in and dressed the wounds, which are considered dangerous, hf Mr. Jno. L. Watson, who has been con- th fined to his residence on account of sick- H ness for a number of weeks, was in town af to-day, shaking hands with friends who pi were pleased to meet him once again. se Mr. J. M. Williford was also one of the of visitors of our town. He reports the crop of cotton in Santuc as the poorest he has pe seen since the war; that the average yield A will hot be more than three to four bales ce to the horse. hal. Gi M LETTER FROM LANCASTER. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Lancaster, November 4.?A Sunday- of school convention was held on 31stOctober te and 1st of November, instant, in the Pres- iz byterian church at Lancaster. It was m called to order by Rev. J. W. Shell, of H Spartanburg, and was attended by minis- oli ters of the gospel and delegates of all de- Gi nominations in the county. Quite a lively Gi interest was taken in the convention, and N it is thought it will be a promoter ^much fei good. Rev. J. W. Shell madaa We impression on the convention as a man of at God, thoroughly devoted to his work. His manners are exemplary, and he wears va on his countenance the likeness of true R< sincerity and politeness, which attracts all men to him. The Rev. A. L. Stough, an of the Baptist church, was elected presi- 7ti dent; Rev. C. W. Humphries (Presbiteri- | an) vice-president; and Rev. P. F. Hrlgo, ke (Methodist) secretary and treasurer. ! aaw*?aafiam 1 fn-n rlaua q nH J. HO IUU VCUUUU JOOltu VTTU UUJU, iU the different denominations worked to- th gether in beautiful harmony. life har- Ti raony and good feeling of the body was a i emphasized by Mr. Shell, who^ra verses a ! the State over.in this work. A ne The following were the subjecrediscuss- Jc ed by this body, besides a lumber of oth- hi ers taken from what they^^kd the ques- wi tion box: m 1. The Mission of Sunday-schools. sa 2. The Importance of Sunday-school so Conventions. th 3. The Model Teacher. co 4. The Use of Helps. vi 5. The Model Sunday-school. so The discussion on the first subject was be opened by Rev. W. A. M. Plaxco; on the th second subject by Rev. J. W. Shell; on the th third subject by Rev. A. L. Stough; on se the fourth subject, by Rev. P. F. ivilgo; st< and the discussion on the fifth subject was opened by Rev. J. W. Shell. After the re discussion on the different subjects was th opened by these ministers, the matters were then thrown open for free discussion Jc by the convention, the lay delegates par- fr< ticipating therein. A lively discussion arose on the propriety of using pictures us in the Sunday-schools as a help for im- re parting religious instruction. Rev. J. W. bj Humphries and Rev, W. A. M. Plaxco were decidedly against this mode of in- re struction. To a spectator who had noth- hs ing to do but to look and listen, the pro- fo ceedings were quite interesting. In the closing hours of the convention a te permanent organization was effected, and Cc the same persons made permanent officers nr of the convention. The membership con- th sistsof the ministers of the gospel, and one lay delegate from each Sunday-school M in the county. So we will have in the w county an annual convention. fo Before adjournment delegates to the nc State convention were appointed, consisting of Rev. Stough, Rev. Plaxco and J. ds W. Hasseltine. rii This convention will serve to mark an a interesting period in the affairs of this nc nnnnhi onrl will ha ramamliDi-od fnr mnnv years. The cotton is coming into market a lit- c? tie faster than it has been; but there is complaint here that the buyers are not cr paying enough for it?not as much, it is w claimed, as is being paid at some other 0f places. This short crop year makes the demand q, for money greater than usual. The Euro- Cq pean companies, represented here by se Messrs. John B. Palmer & Son, of Columbia, are very popular; and the most of h( the loans are made from these companies. jn If any body, wherever The Enquirer to circulates, desires to invest in good lands, ar Lancaster is the place to buy, and now is ca the time to buy. There will be a greater hi quantity of lands sold here on the first it Monday in December than there has ever before been sold in one day. They will ai be sold by order of the court of equity to s0 settle up the estates of deceased persons. w LETTER FROM BLACKSBURG. T Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. hf Blacksburg, November 5.?The de- to lightful spell of weather with which we b( have been blessed, was interrupted for a 7a few days last week by a warm, sultry and M altogether uncomfortable atmosphere; but In which, with the light showers of rain fol- th lowing, was quite a help to the struggling small grain to burst forth from the ground, lu Some of the farmers are busy sowing ar wheat; others are getting out the balance w of cotton left by the frost. Encouraged by the fine crops and the almost uninterrupt- h< nrl rrnnd vuenthor thpv hnvft SOWn mOTO St ! wheat and oats this fall than for several ce years, and I take this as an indication of their belief in the fact that they are able si to raise their own bread, and feed their Si stock with provender raised at home. The rapid growth and settling up of b( our town has given quite an impetus to ta ' the raising and selling of the smaller farm SI products, and it is pleasant and encour- pi i aging to see wagons, which for the past i two or three years have been coming to j in town empty and going back with hay, j th flour, bacon, etc., to-day bringing pota- j w toes, corn, turnips, chickens, butter, eggs, | in etc. For this highly commendable state I qi I of affairs, we are due in great measure to b; te building of the Charleston, Cinciniti and Chicago railroad, which has been le means of bringing to our town a most ?sirable class of citizens, who not only 1 tend their money here; but by their lergy, intelligence, economy and thrift, cert a good influence upon the rest of us, 1 id help us to get out of some of the old its that the systems of slavery, credit , id liens had left us in. j The Blacksburg board of trade held its s onthly meeting at the Commercial hotel ] st night. There was a good attendance, id several new members. Besides the ipointing of the several committees, some I aportant measures for the benefit of the wn were discussed, and appropriate ac- j on taken. Mrs. Jno. F. Jones, and her daughters, .1 isses Mabel and Catherine, returned isterday from a visit to their former I line in Massachusetts and other places ^ orth, accompanied by Mrs. Dean, mother Mrs. Jones. j Mrs. M. F. Anderson is visiting friends id relatives at her old home, Rutherrdton, N. C. Mr. R. A. Westbrook's brick storehouse, 1 Mountain street, is nearing completion C id will soon be ready to occupy. ! Messrs. Reese and Black's large livery 4 able, on Church street, is nearly finished, id presents a handsome front. Mr. Mike Rudasill has begun the build- Q g of the six cottages on the side of Whit- ? ler mountain, for which he contracted ? ith Maj. Jones, not long since, and sever- 4 of them are well under way. Mr. Parker, builder and contractor from sheville, has rented Mrs. Hartwell's i )use on Cherokee street, and will soon f ove his family over. r Mr. M. R. Reese has rented his boarding >use on Carolina and Mountain streets to 'r. Rice, from Rutherford ton, who will cupy it. c Mr. Walter L. Clark, general manager t the Niles Tool Works, of Ohjo, has a >ught several lots on Cherokee street, ?ar Shelby, and expects soon to put up lite a number of business houses thereon. . Mr. C. L. Kingsley, who has been in * large of the survey for the Atlantic, c hermal Belt and Knoxville railway, re- , rned to Blacksburg this morning for a 5 ief visit. This route is projected from ] lorence, S. C., to Knoxville, Tennessee, a Chester, Gaffney City, and probably, ilumbus or some point in Polk county, j. orth Carolina. s Miss Mamie Logan, of Cleveland coun- ? , N. C., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Dr. g amseur. w. a. c LETTER FROM CHESTER. \ rrespondencc of the Yorkville Enquirer. Chester, November 5.?Rev. Ilenry D. owren, the brilliant young temperance orker, lectured here, in the Methodist t lurch, on/Thursday and on Friday nights i last week. Large audiences were pres- c it on both occasions and were delighted ^ ith the speaker and his speeches. Mr. r owren showed himself a master of the 1 ing's English in its most royal robes. ( is description of his condition and sur undingsat the time of his first step ward reformation, was one of the finest eces of word painting your correspon- I ;nt ever heard. I Mr. John Simpson, an elderly farmer t West Chester, died early last Friday J orning. His remains were interred at 1 e Simpson buryingground on Saturday. I r. Simpson was a successful! farmer and ? vned several plantations, and was recogzed as one of the leading citizens in his mmunity. ? A slight cotton fire occurred at about j ilf past nine o'clock on Friday among > e bales on the platform of W. Holmes ardin&Co. The fire was discovered just ter it began to blaze, and prompt action evented any loss further than a severe ' orching of three or four bales. The origin j. the fire is unknown. Mr. Carson Warren, who has been su- F irvisor on the Charlotte, Columbia and ugusta railroad, for some time has acpted the position of road master on the J sorgia, Carolina and Northern railroad, r r. John Wooten succeeds Mr. Warren, c Mr. C. B. Kendrick, an agent of the \ iterstate Building and Loan association, a Columbus, Ga., has been working Ches- c r for a week, and has succeeded in organ- c ing a local association. The stockholders ? T) * ??r Jt, T el UU ouiuiua^ iijui uiuf; 111 ucuj u, _[ amilton's office, and elected L. T. Nich- y s president; ThomasN. Berry, treasurer; gorge W. Gage, attorney; George W. age, L. T. Nichols, T. N. Berry, J. G. R. eely, John G. Cousar and C. T. DeGraf- c nreid, directors. h Miss Amelia McFadden left last week to c tend Miss Elmore's school in Columbia, e Miss Dollie Youngblood-hasgone to Boli- c ir, Tenn., to visit the family of her uncle, c ev. W. C. Alexander. g The Chester musical association will give t lother one of its excellent concerts on the a h instant. c Scott Mobley, a colored lunatic, was tain to the asylum on Thursday. John Connor, a young white man, was n over and killed at Hooper's trestle, on t e Lancaster road, by a freight train last r lesday night. Connor, his brother and * negro, bought half a gallon of wine from 1 Frenchman, who runs a vineyard in that F lighborhood, and all three got drunk. 1 hn Connor went to sleep on the track, a s brother near by, but out of the train's v ay. The unfortunate man was terribly 1 angled and torn by the carwheels. It is J id that he was to have been married d on. Coroner Evans held an inquest over e remains. The jury found a verdictacrding to the facts given above. The ^ neyard referred to is reported to be a s urce of much corruption in that neigh- t irhood. Its work last week clearly shows c at wine can work as much destruction as v e most deadly decoction of fusil oil ever c nt out by bogus doctor from a bogus drug e jre. s Mrs. Margaret and Miss Mary Gaston turned recently from an extended Norerntrip. c Mrs. I. H. Bell, and Misses Janie and f ?sie Bell, also came back last week j Dm a visit to the North. Miss Annie Corkill, who recently grad- <; ited at the Cooper Limestone Institute, f ached home on Saturday, accompanied q 7 her friend, Miss Fannie" Grist. ~c Mrs. B. McLure and children, have g moved to Columbia where Mr. McLure g is been at work for some time on the c rce of the ltegister. ] Dr. John E. Walker, formerly of Ches- <; r, but now a rising young physician of j" Jumbus, Ga., was married in Savan- j ih several days ago to a Miss Lamar of at city. Mr. Hall Ferguson, of Wylie's Mill, and iss Mary Nunnery of the same section, \ ill be married this morning and leave \ r a short trip to Charleston this after- a )on. o Mr. W. T. Carderand Miss Mary White, j lughter of Mr. Hugh White, were mar- g 2d to day. The bride and groom left for a short visit to Charleston on the after- g >on train. c NOTES FROM SHARON. 1 rrospomU'iicc of the Yorkville Enquirer. q Sharon, November !.?Our streets were g owded on Friday and Saturday of last a eek. It seems that our farmers are fond J coming to town on those days. a Messrs. Miller and Oates, of Shelby, N. a , and Mr. Whisonant, of Blacksburg, Iton buyers, were in town on Friday in a arch of the fleecy staple. f Mr. James G. Maloney, who lives near a ?re, met with a painful accident one even- a g last week. He was driving home from > wn, when his mules were frightened f id started to run. He jumped out to j .tch them, and in the act broke one of f s legs. Dr. Saye treated the wound and \ is improving nicely. Mr. S. S. Plaxico is still improving his ready handsome store-room. He will ,r>n have hi? rnnf nnintprl and then it. a ill be quite a nice building. t Friday was alliance day in our town, r he Blairsville Alliance sold about 175 1 lies of cotton. The prices run from $9.25 > i $9.55 per hundred pounds. It was t >ught as follows : Mr. Whisonant bought i > bales; Mr. Hope, 57 bales; and Mr. filler, 39 bales. The farmers say they 1 ive sold about all they expect to sell until J lere is an advance in prices. ( The depot is nearing completion. The ] mber was received the first of last week, id the contractors have been pushing the i ork as rapidly as possible. r Cotton seed seems to be in great demand I 5re. There have been only two car loads t lipped yet. The average price is 20 1 ints. \ Mr. It. S. Plaxico has accepted the po- f tion of clerk in the drug store of J. H. t lye & Co. at this place. Miss Jennie White, of Chester, who has f jen teaching school at Hoodtown, has 1 ken charge of the school at this place, le is an efficient teacher and will surely s ease the people. c The Misses Gillfillen's house was broken ? ito on last Wednesday afternoon while c le were out calling. The thief, or thieves, ? ere disappointed, as they found no ? oney, in which they seemed to be in t jest. It is supposed to have been done s / some villains who knew the premises, c LOCAL. AFFAIRS. new advertisements. V. Y. Cartwright it Co.?The N. Y. Ilac Store is Still Leading the Merchants York ! V. C. Latimer?Oh ! Git There??<>,000 wo of Fine Clothing to lie Sold in Sli Order?Ladies' Cloaks. rV. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pis.?Clerk's Sa S. A. Crawford, S. Y. C.?Sheriffs Sale. >. A. McElwec?'Turkeys and Geese. *obt. Witherspoon and" others, Board of C porators?The York Spoke and Han Company. Ienry Ford?Work Done Properly, r. Baxter McClain?Come and See for Yo self. tfrs. T. M. Bohson, Proprietress?Dohso Racket. r. W. Dobson?Notice?Flour?Hardwar Lanterns?Window Glass. >1. <fe H. C. Strauss?All Patronize. !. M. MeNeel?Prices Are Low Here. IVithers Adickes?Cleared of Malignant Cha es against His Business Management. *oyal Baking Powder Co., New York?Dun lings. See Fourth page. w. c.'t. U.' There will be a meeting of the Woma Christian Temperance Union in I inights of Honor hall this afternoon, : o'clock. CLARK'S FORK P. O. ine postrnasier-generai nus coram ioned James C. McGill to be postmas it Clark's Fork, in this county, vice Jo tfcGill, deceased. crosstie contract. nv Dr. J. Wistar Allison, of Hickory Gro> n this county, has taken the contract urnish the crossties for the Three C'srf oad between Rutherfordton and Mario: cotton theft. On Saturday night last Mr. C. E. Sp< :er's cotton house was burglariously < ered and about 200 pounds of seed cotl tolen therefrom. building notes. Dr. J. R. Bratton is substituting a me or the wooden roof of his large cori luilding known as the old Masonic hall Mr. John R. Warren has comment >uildinga new house on the Christm ot, which he recently purchased. musical entertainment. Some ladies and gentlemen, among 1 >est of our local musicians, vocal and trumental, are making preparations rive at an early date a select concert of trumental and vocal selections, the p eeds of the entertainment to be for t lenefit of the society of the Willing Woi ts, and the Ladies' Aid society. CHARLESTON'S GALA WEEK. This is gala week in Charleston, and he present occasion the city will offer v tors many attractions in the way of gra lisplays, parades and entertainments, dsitors the following are the rates ound trip from stations on the Chester a -<enoir railroad: Lowrysville, $4; 1\ tonnellsville, $4.20; Yorkville, $4.00. PERMANENT CItG- vr/ ATION. ^ The Yorkville branch of the Building and .Loan association, has be ermanently organized by the el ion of the following officers: Preside fohn J. Hunter; Directors, W. B. Moo P. B. McClain, Withers Adickes, W. ierndon ; Solicitor, W. L. McDonal Secretary and Treasurer, J. It. Lindsay COMPLAINTS DISMISSED, vy On Wednesday last, before Trial Just Bell, five complaints were heard agaii )r. J. P. Hambright, of Sharon, for i awfully issuing prescriptions for spiri ius liquors. The essence of thecomplaii vasthat the prescriptions were given forkville and not to patients in the see if the doctor's regular practice. Af learing testimony in each case, the co daints were all dismissed. * DEATH OF MRS. HARTYX We regret to learn of the death of M fames Harty, of Charlotte, which occi ed at her home in that city on Tuesd if last week, of consumption. Mrs. Hai vas 40 vears of ape and leaves a husba tnd six children. She was the daugh if the late Doctor Frank Ross, whose dee ccurred in Yorkville a few years a| >he was buried Wednesday from the Fi 'resbyterian church of Charlotte, Rev. ,V. Miller conducting the exercises. WESLEY M.*E. CHURCH. The Wesley M. E. church of this pla if which Rev. E. M. Pinckney is past las recently had before it for discussi luestions, a ventilation of which is inter id for the benefit of the members oft ongregation. Among the evils of t lay which have been thus discussed, s ;ambling and adultery, and they w lave before them the errors of superstiti is relates to the supposed potency harms, "conjuring," voudooism, etc. THE LEE MONUMENT. Upon receipt of information that t ironze group of horse and rider for the I nonument to be erected in Richmond, a vhich is being executed by Mercie, 'aris, cannot be finished before the lat tart of January next, a called meeting he board of managers of the Monum< ssociation was held in Richmond 1 veek, and thetime forthe unveiling oft nonument was postponed until May 890. Gen. E. M. Law, of Yorkville, is leliver the address on that occasion. YORK COUNTY COMMISSIONS^ We learn from the Columbia Itegls hat a commission has been issued/by t ecretary of State for the incorporation he Blacksburg Land and Improvera< ompany, the principal office of whi vill be Blacksburg. Its purpose is to pi hase and hold real estate, personal pr< irty, and sell or otherwise dispose of t arae; to erect hotels and other buildin vater works, gas works, electric plants, e The capita' stock is $10,000 divided ii ine hundred shares of $100 each. The c >orators are: John F. Jones, J. G. Bla< 1. J. Whisnant and M. It. Reese. Also, for the incorporation of the "Yc Spoke and Handle Company." Its p >ose is to carry on the manufacture pokes, handles, felloes, hubs, axles, ag ultural implements, etc. The capi tock is to be $10,000 divided into hares of the par value of $100 each. T orporators are: Robert Witherspoon, Carnest Lowry, John F. Lindsay, C. Spencer, JohnC. Kuykendal, Jos. F. W ace, G. H. O'Leary, T. B. McClain and lapperfield. THREE ACCIDENTS. \./ On Saturday last Mr. Sam Yojrhgblot vho owns a portable steam gin and pre vas at the house of Mr. W. N. Jacks< .bout four miles northeast of Yorkvil ,rinning cotton. While working with t >ress, a long lever became disengaged, a truck him on the head, rendering h inconscious for an hour. Dr. Bratton v ummoned and rendered necessary me al attention. Mr. Youngblood has so ecovered as to be able to be up. On Monday evening Mr. Campbell Ci >ny was thrown from his horse on t treet near Mr. J. E. Smith's residen ind his right ankle dislocated by the fi Jr. W. G. White set the ruptured lin md Mr. Caveny was taken to his home ibuggy. Will Jtamseur, a colored brakeman i Three C's freight train, received a pa ul hurt last Friday morning at the de| it this place. He was attempting to ma i coupling between two freight ca vhich coming together with considera! orce, smashed a defective bumper. )iece of the iron struck liamseur in t ace and fractured his cheek bone. ] vas given prompt medical attention. DIED OF HIS WOUNDS. Chambers Dyers, colored, who was si tnd wounded by Bob Smith, also colon in the lands of Mr. I*. B. McAfee, abc line miles west of town, on the night oft 8th ultimo, died on Tuesday night of 1 veek. On Wednesday Trial Justice Bell his place, held an inquest with the folio ng jury : L. L. Smith, foreman ; John Neelat iV. J. Love, G. W. Wilson, J. G. Brov r. W. Good, 11. H. Hunt, Wash Brov Calvin Wright, Harvey l)avis, Den ivnight, Hope Hunt. Drs. W. G. White and R. A. Bratton, nedical experts, certified that on exan lation and dissection of the body of Cha jers Byers, they found that his death u he result of peritonitis and secondt? lemorrhage, caused by a gun shot wou vhich perforated the bowels, entering t ibdomen in median line about two incl jelow the navel, ranging downward. Only two witnesses to the shooting w< jxamined, whose statements are giv )elow. Adeline Allison, colored, testified tl ihe was on Mr. McAfee's place on the nif tfOctober, 18tli,and on that night saw E smith shoot Chambers Byers at the hoi >f Milton Davis. Chambers told E smith not to curse me, when Bob turn iround and shot him. He shot thi imes. Chambers has died since tl ihooting. Chambers did not strike hi >r offer to strike him before he shot hi , I heard some shots in the yard before the shooting in the house. Itufus Grier, colored, testified that he ket was at Mr. McAfee's on October 18th, and . of saw and heard the difficulty between Chambers Ryers and Robert Smith. Witrth ness' sister was looking for her cap and l0rt asked Rob Smith if he had seen it. He les commenced cursing her and struck her. Chambers Ryers asked him not to curse her, and with that Rob Smith pulled out or- his pistol and commenced shooting. He die shot three times. I was within four feet ? rw I : .1 . ii*\ T uj mm. L/iiamutrs &uju ; iucu, i uui biiui and Bob shot me." I heard a pistol shot just after Boh Smith went out of the door. ,,'h Chambers did not have a pistol. 1 The jury returned a verdict that "Chame? hers Byers came to his death from a gun ! shot wound at the hands of Egbert Smith." The murderer has not yet been arrested. rS- j church" notices. ip_ ! Episcopal?Sunday-school at 4 p. m. j Young men's union prayer-meeting will i be held in the Presbyterian church next j Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock, n's | Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, pas:he tor. Services next Sunday at 11 a. m. and at' 7 p. m. Sunday-school at 3 p. m. Prayer j meeting to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock. I Methodist Episcopal?Iiev. W. W. Dan> ! iel, pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 '1S* | a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday-school at 3 *?r p. m. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7 hn o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, pastor. The sacrament ve of the Lord's Supper will be administered at Tirzah next Sunday. Preaching will iil_ be commenced on Saturday at 11 o'clock a. m. On Saturday, the pastor will be assisted by Rev. J. M. McClain. Preaching at Yorkville at 7 o'clock, p. m., on Sun?n day. Sunday-school at 3 p. m. ?n- Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, pastor, on Mr. Patrick will preach at Harmony church in Chester county on Sunday morning, and owing to his absence there will be no morning service. Services at 7 p. m. tal conducted by Rev. V. I. Masters. Prayer ,c? rneeung iu-mur?uw cvcuiug m. i v tivn.?v. Sunday-school at 3.30 p. m. ed . an the state fair. The State fair opens in Columbia on Tuesday next. The following rates to visitors will be charged from the stations he named on the Chester and Lenoir railroad : in- from Lowrysville, $1.40; McConnellsville, to $].G0; Guthriesville, $1.60; Yorkyille, in- $1.70; Clover, $1.90. ro- The following meetings of more or less he public interest will be held in Columbia rk- during the week of the fair: On Tuesday, the 12th, at 10 a. m., the State board of agriculture will meet in Agricultural Hall. ?n On Thursday, the 14th, in the forenoon, 1S" the State board of health will hold their annual meeting. 10 On the same day, at 12 m. the Survivors' f0!: association of ex-Confederate Surgeons will have their annual meetingin Agricultural Ic" Hall. On the same day, in Agricultural Hall, ^ the State Horticultural Society, of which a Mr. H. B. Buist, of Greenville, is president, will hold its annual meeting. _ And 2oally, on the same evening, the State Agricultural and Mechanical Socie' ty will hold its annual meeting in Agricul{? tural Hall. j I Thursday will be the big day, and , ' Agricultural Hall, or rather the two halls in the Agricultural building, the popular : place. ic? meeting of school trustees. dst A meeting of trustees of the free pub. " lie schools of York county was held in the nf * office of the county school commissioner on ; Monday last. THp mppHnc was called to order bv Mr. P J. P. Blair, elected chairman at a previous m_ ^rieeting from which the present was ad> journed. Mr. J. D. Gwin was elected secrotary. School districts were represented as folr8. lows: No. 2, J. I). Gwin; No. 3, D. T. ur- Partlow, G. L. Suggs; No. 8, J. A. Smith, ay J. J. Miller, M. L. Thomasson; No. 10, :ty J. P. Blair, J. L. Rainey; No. 14, J. H. nd Moore; No. 19, L. L. Smith ; No. 20, J. M. ter Ru3sell, J. A. Byers, J. A. Hope; No. 25, ith J. T. Summerford, R. T. Smith. *0. Rev. L. A. Johnson, county school comrst raissioner, addressed the meeting, exA. plaining the object to be to devise and discuss methods lor improving the school system in the county. He also urged the importance of organization of the trustees ce, and systematized effort by them in acor, complishing the desired object. This he on said could be best attained by holding id- regular meetings at stated times at which he methods and measures could be introhe duced and discussed. At the conclusion of Mr. Johnson's reow marks, there was an interchange of sentiou ment as to methods of teaching, the locaof tion of district school houses for securing most satisfactory results, and other questions suggested by this discussion, after . which the meeting adjourned until the he first Monday in January next. J66 \ 9 Dd > PERSONAL MENTION. ' of ..-Miss Cora Kuykendal returned home ter Jast week from a pleasant visit to Baltiof more. int Mrs. Withers Adickes is visiting at ast Columbia. he Hon. Giles J. Patterson, of Chester, is in 15, Yorkville, on business, i to . Miss Mamie Johnson has returned from an extended visit to Gaffney City. v Miss Luella Owen and Miss Katie Lewter Is, of this place, have accepted positions he in Mrs. Tuck's millinery store at Gastonia. 0f . Mr. Joseph Herndon, Miss Gracie McEl3nt Vee, Miss Daisy Hart, Miss Claude Moore, ich Miss Maud Metts, Miss Annie May, Miss ur_ Norma Strauss, Mr. Quay McElwee and 3p_ Mr. F. Happerfield are visiting Charleston, he Mr. W. G. Gibbons, a contractor on theG. gS) C. & N. railroad, and well and favorably ,tC-' known in Yorkville by his connection lto with the construction of the Three C's or_ railroad, is here on a visit. We were pleased to meet in our town last Monday Col. A. Urquhart, of the Mas>rk sachusetts and Southern Construction comur_ pany. He is now bending his efforts on 0f the Augusta division of the Three C's. rj. Hon. J. J. Hemphill, the popular and tal able representative in congress from this 150 district, arrived here on business last Mon'he day afternoon, remaining until noon tojt day. While in Yorkville he met many of his constituents from all parts of the -i pnnntv whn wprp Had (o see him. HI- J , c 1?\ Among the graduates from Cooper-Limestone institute at the commencement exercises last week, was Miss Annie Corkill, of Chester, whospenta day with her friends )d, in Yorkville on her return home from the !ss, institute. )n, /"At the election of officers in the corps of le, the Gaffney City seminary, a few days !he ago, two sudents from York county were nd honored as follows: S. W. Inman, second im lieutenant; C. M. Inman, first corporal. 170C * CIRCUIT COURT. far The fall term of the circuit court lor York county, his Honor Judge Pressley lv. presiding, convened at 10 o'clock a. m., on he Monday last. ce The lollowinggrand jurors were present: .11' E. M. Law, foreman; T. I). Faulkner, J. .1,' It. Gettys, Thos. E. Castles, T. 13. Belk, in' Henry Hope, E. B. Faulkner, N. B. Williams, J. M. Smith, Jos. A. Adams, Jos. nn S. McKenzie, E. It. Seapoch, J. S. Glassin. cock, It. M. Allison, W. S. Starr. J()t His Honor declined delivering a formal ke charge, instructing the grand jury only as rs to the nature of the bills of which Solicitor ijie McDonald gave out a number. The grand ^ jury then retired to their room, hg The list of petit jurors for the present [le week of the term was then called, and the following were present: J. E. Plexico, E. B. Faris, W. Me. Dowdle, S. B. Patrick, S. S. "Whitesides, W. S. Barnwell, A. F. w Lindsav. F. M. Collins. A. J. Walker. It. 2d, A. Smith, J. M. Robinson, S. L. Laney, )ut J. I*. Crowder, A. Bradford, J. W. Moore, he A. Cody, P. M. Moore, J. Mc. Moore, R. S. ftst Aiken, J. S. Moore, A. F. Moore, W. B. of Ialer, J. Warren Pursley, J. M. Caldwell, w- Riley McDaniel, W. W. Alexander, T. E. Harper, J. B. Culp, W. P. Draffln. id, Of the names drawn for jurors, the sheriff irn, could not find in the county R. B. Qribble, ,-n, O. II. Barnhill and J. W. Robinson. On Ic- their own petitions, Iredell Jones, J. II. Suttou, W. S. McClelland and F. M. Collins as wore excused by the court from serving as ni- jurors. m- Much of Monday morning was consumed ras in calling tardy witnesses to appear before try the grand jury, and at 12 m. court took a nd recess until 2.30 p. m. to give the clerk he an opportunity to conduct his sales, les To complete thejury panel, on yesterday morning the judge granted an order for 3re the drawing of seven names from the en seven-mile box. The following names were drawn: R. L. Wallace, Perry Aniat drew, colored, T. A. Givens, R. J. Uunlap, rht L. George Grist, George T. Schorb, H. F. lob Adickes. Mr. Grist was excused on his ise own motion, it having been shown that by lob virtue of his profession?that of a practical led printer actually employed?he is exempt ree from jury duty. iat The following cases were disposed of on m, Monday and yesterday : m. State vs. Beckey Hemphill, colored; assault and battery with intent to kill, i as Prosecutor, Lucy Miller, colored. The re defendant was tried in her absence. Yer- tli diet, guilty of assault and battery of a m high and aggravated nature. li' State vs. Coleman Sanders, colored; ni assault and battery with intent to kill. Sc Prosecutor, Levi Hemphill.colored. Ver- ! af diet, guilty. State vs. John Kennedy, colored ; for- bi gery. The defendant pleaded guilty of of forging the name of A. D. Holler to a check : bi for $7.50 on the Rock Hill Savings bank las and attempting to obtain money upon the I is same. The sentence ot the court was mat i tn he pay a fine of $25 and costs of prosecu- i fei tioti, or go to the penitentiary six months. 1 Sc State vs. Sam McClellan anil Major Jones, fo colored ; breaking and entering house with B< intent tosteal. Prosecutor, Win. Thomas. T1 Verdict guilty. he State vs. Daniel Foster, colored ; assault _ and battery with intent to kill. Prosecu- b tor, J. R. Simmons, white. Verdict, 0f guilty of assault and battery of a high and 93 aggravated nature. Sentenced to the gt county jail for three months. 10 State vs. W. H. White, white; assault jn and battery of a high and aggravated na- ja ture. Prosecutor, Wm. F. Slate. Verdict, a guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and n? costs of prosecution, or imprisonment in ta the county jail six months. Mr. White jr( has arranged to pay the fine and costs to- 0f day. to State vs. Anolus Patrick, colored; burglary of a railroad car of the C., C. & A. ^ railroad, at Fort Mill. Verdict, guilty. Sentenced to one year in the penitentiary, g The case of Allen Partlow and Coot ^ Peters, colored, indicted for murder, is set p] for to-morrow. ' SALES-DAY. th On Monday last, sales-day for November, sa H. B. Carlisle, master of Spartanburg ot county, sold the following property in si York, by virtue of a decree of Judge Fraser m at the suit of \V. W. Gaffney and F. B. ci Gaffney, administrators, vs. Mrs, L. V. w Gaffney and others. The land sold is tracts te formerly constituting a part of the King's pi Mountain iron property, and known as m King's Mountain Iron company's lands. The sale was conducted by W. Brown m VVylie, clerk of court of York county, and P< the several tracts were sold in the following fa order: th No. 2, containing 175 acres; bought by tv Mrs. L. V. Gaflfney at $2.00 per acre. sf No. 4, containing 101 acres; bought by g< J. R. Tolleson at $0 per acre. w No. 5, containing 218 acres; bought by b< W. B. Wilson, Jr., at$1.20 per acre. in No. 9, containing 87 acres; bought by ir C. E. Spencer at $1.20 per acre. hi No. 10, containing 50 acres; bought by b' Mrs. L. V. Gaffney at 95 cents per acre. ti No. 11, the right formerly belonging to King's Mountain Iron company, to mine in lime lands, formerly belonging to Mrs. a Elizabeth Long, said right now belonging e: to W. W. Gaffney's estate; bought by Mrs. L. V. Gaffney for $25. Part of lot 29, and heretofore known as R? lot No. 1, containing 107 acres; bought by W. B. Wilson, Jr., at $2.95 per acre. ?' Part of lot No. 89, containing 96 acres, *,n bought by W. B. Wilson, Jr., at $1.85 per 10 acre. | TJ Part of lot No. 39, containing 113 acres ; b bought by W. B. Wilson, Jr., at $2 per acre. th Part of lot No. 41, containing 74 acres; bought by W. A. Fewell at $1 per acre. * Part of lot No. 41, containing 90 acres; bought by D. D. Gaston at 65 cents per w acre. m Part of lot No. 41, containing 103 acres; bought by W. B. Wilson, Jr., at 70 cents per acre. j" Part of lot No. 58, containing 149 acres; bought by Mrs. L. V. Gaffney at $1.45 -y\ per acre. tl< Part of lot No. 58, containing 107 acres; pi bought by R. A. Westbrook at $1.05 per te acre. P1 Part of lot No. 58, containing 124 acres; bought by J. S. Byrd at $1.85 per acre. No. 1, containing 83 acres; bought by f J. S. Byrd at $8 per acre. w There were no other official sales. John Caldwell, Jr., and T. L. Carroll, re executors of Wm. Caldwell, deceased, sold, ?r by authority conferred by the will of the deceased, a tract of 120 acres adjoining the cc lands of J. M. M. Cain and others, in Broad qt River township. Bought by Mrs. Lizzie Carroll and John Caldwell for$1,025. of ti< LETTER FROM FORT MILL. er Cnircspondcncc of the Yorkville Enquirer. , j!. Fort Mill, November 5.?It is now 8a quite clear that we have made a short th crop of cotton in this township. In some re sections the promise is pretty fair and in others not quite so good. Taking the j*1 whole township, a careful estimate would T'j put the crop at about 80 per cent, o 1 an av- ce erage. Corn will be considerably better gi than this, however, I am pleased to say. ca Within the past two weeks we have re been robbed of two of our most estimable jn young ladies. We don't like it either. J? Ynrkvillo has rotten them both, the first of our people who have ever swap- dc ped our town for yours. While I am its bound to admit that Fort Mill's loss is th Yorkville's gain, I would be pleased to see some of our young men makeasimilar draw upon Yorkville to square accounts. c. m SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. D ? Forty cadets in the Citadel were made r; quite sick last Friday by eating salt mul- tb lets out of a barrel that was partly spoiled. ? W. W. Houseal, auditor of Newberry sc county, died at his home in the town of ot Newberry last Friday morning, in the . 72d year of his age. til ? R. E. Hill, member of the legislature 8C from Abbeville county, has resigned. Col. a E. B. Gary is spoken of as a candidate to ili be his successor. ? Ex-Governor Manning died at his ai home in Manning, Clarendon county, on Tuesday of last week, aged 74 years. His dj remains were taken to Columbia for burial, g ?Says the Columbia Register: There are but forty-five students enrolled at the 01 Winthrop TrainingSchool. This is some- 61 thing of a falling off from the number at- cc tending last year. oj ? The firm of Klinck, Wickenberg & Co., hi for the last half century engaged in the si grocery business in Charleston, has failed with liabilities amounting to $70,000 and a assets nominally large. ? In the Clarendon court last week, B. L. Dinkiris, a young lawyer, was tried for w the burglary of the county treasurer's of- w fice and acquitted. In another case against re him for forgery, the solicitor entered a U1 nol. pros. oc ? The second trial of Joe James, white, fe at Darlington, for the murder of his father, er was postponed because the jury was ille- te gaily drawn. The case of Lewis Williams, 11 who was indicted with James, resulted in ^ a mistrial. w ? The South Carolina Conference of the Cl Methodist Episcopal Church South will w meet at Camden on Wednesday, Novem- of ber 2Gth, with Bishop Keener presiding. There will be 2/50 ministers ami lay delegates present. Vf ? W. D. Wiggins, a white man, has been u committed to Pickens jail on the charge of hi poisoning his wife by putting bluestone in nr potions of medicine which he gave her ev while she was on a bed of sickness. The body has been exhumed, and an analysis will be made. ? Dr. F. W. P. Butler, who formerly was qt engaged in the practice of his profession se in Columbia, has been appointed as Assistant Surgeon in the United States Army, (Ko mtilj nf tionfononf' Tlr Bntlpr's ... headquarters will be at Fort Leavenworth, uj Kansas. ? Carolina Spartan: Mr. John Easier Y* was recently married to Miss Harvey near Cherokee. Uncle Johnnie is a jn sprightly groom, 73 years old, while his bl bride is only about 30. There was another claimant for her hand, but Mr. Easier ni downed him and won the prize. ? Lancaster Review: It is reported here ' that Major Miles Hilton, who left this tr county a few years ago to settle at or near Palestine, Texas, killed a merchant in that te State a few days ago, about a settlement between the merchant and a tenant of J.11 Major Hilton. It is said Major Hilton himself was also severely shot. tr ? Dr. V. P. Clayton has been appointed ci postmaster at Columbia vice W. H. Gibbs, removed. Clayton is a member of the "Independent" wing of the Republican ce party of South Carolina, and is secretary of the Independent Republican party of ? the State. He has acted with that faction jj* ever since 1878, having been associated ej, with McLane and Russell. ? Anderson Journal: The Alliance pi warehouse at Easley has been completed, lJ8 and will hold one thousand bales. Ten J* cents per month is charged for storage, and arrangements have been made where- c0 by the farmer can get within five dollars of the market price for his cotton fo on producing the storeage receipt. He w then can sell when the market suits him. JJf ? The postmaster-general recently ap- sn pointed W. W. Russell to be postmaster at Anderson, but on Saturday hedirected the as appointment to be withheld on the grounds, be i he is informed, that ltussell is not a sident of that place. The law requires lat any person who is appointed postaster must be a resident of the place or ve in the limits of the postoffice. A large jmber of petitions have been filed by >uth Carolina Jtepublicans protesting ;ainst the appointment. - The Presbyterian Synod at Spartanirg closed its annual session on Tuesday last week. Prof. Beatty, of the C'oluma Theological Seminary, was confirmed a professor in that institution. As he a Canadian, it was thought by many that e foreign labor contract law would interre to prevent his transfer from Canada to mth Carolina. A warm discussion was [lowed by a vote confirming him. Prof, satty has been at the seminary one year, le next meeting of the Synod will be dd in Yorkville. -Hon. James Edward Calhoun, of Ab.'ville, S. C., a cousin and brother-in-law John C. Calhoun, died Thursday, aged years. Mr. Calhoun entered the United ates navy in 1816, and resigned after ng service, being the wealthiest officer the service. At his death he was the rgest land owner in South Carolina, with homestead of 26,000 acres of rich Savanih river lands, and 166,000 acres of mounin lands in Pickens and Oconee counties, pr the last fifty years he has led the life a hermit, devoting himself exclusively the increase of his estate. - In Columbia, last Wednesday, Judge orton read from the bench his order in p nnnlipfttion for bail in the case of W. . Meetze, who killed James I. Clark on ie 3rd of August last. lie grants the apication and fixes the bail at $10,000. The der is lengthy, but does not touch upon ie merits of the case. He is somewhat itirical, however, in the statement which ;curs in his order, that he does not conder Meetze to have been "proved to be ore dangerous than thousands of our tizens, who frequently carry deadly eapons about their person, even in the mples of justice, without creating a ripeof excitement." Meetze secure bondsen and was released from jail. - On Monday of last week a young man imed John Harrison lost his life by a iculiar accident. In company with his ther and others he had left Columbia, ie party riding in a wagon. When about velve miles out of town young Harrison lot a hawk, and, having reloaded his jn, proceeded to put it back into the agon. The wagon had upon it some sdclothing and other material forcampigout. Harrison tried to place his gun i the wagon by pushing it in butt first, iving the muzzle in a line with his reast. Something on the wagon caught ie hammer or trigger and discharged the jn and the whole load struck the young ian in the right breast. He fell back with horrible wound in his breast and soon cpired. I ? ? YORK COUNTY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. 'ported for the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Those teachers who failed to attend the rneetigofthe York County Teachers' association , Rock Hill, commencing last Thursday, sufred a genuine loss. Most teachers who were present came on burpday afternoon, and wore met by Prof, anks and his assistants and shown homes. At night, together with the citizens of ie place?for most of them were there?we sembled at the graded school building, where e were welcomed on behalf of the town by Mr. . F. McDow. The president of the association responded armly to the welcome, and then turned the eeting over to the Rock Hill graded school. The audience was pleasantly entertained by ?a!i.sthenic Drills," "Mother Goose Melodies id Songs" by the children, and many songs f the young people of the place. A most touching little fairy story, "Snow rhite," was excellently rendered by the lit3 children, the principal and most difficult trt being taken by a little girl not older than n. After spending about two hours thus easantly, the meeting dispersed with the asiciation, to meet on Friday morning at 9 clock. Between 40 and 50 teachers assembled on riday morning, and the association's work as immediately begun. A paper on' "Teaching as a Profession," was ad by Prof. Boyd, of Fort Mill, and a genal and spirited discussion followed. Prof, oyd evidently hit some present, as three or ur took a negative view of the question and intended energetically for their view of the lestion. Miss Clarkson, of the primary department the Rock Hill school, delighted the associaan with a strong pajper on "Primary Meth la. outj ouuwuu tiiu uoauuianun o??ij vuu ror of the old way of teaching a child its allabet, then spelling, and then reading, was rong, and entailed a large amount of unnecesry work and a criminal waste of the time of e child, to say nothing of a comparison of suits. This paper was warmly commended in the scussion that followed, and some curious id interesting facts were brought to light, re school commissioner told of several instans in the county, where, before a trial had been ven this "new fangled idea," as it was lied, met with serious opposition, the pants and trustees taking it that it must be an competent person who would assume to ach a child to read before it is taught its letrs. Rev. J. S. White desired the privilege of enirsing the new method. He was assured of i excellence over the old by actual results at he himself had seen in his home school. Several visiting teaphers and ministers were elcomed to seats as corresponding members the association. After dinner, the arrival of several new embers swelled the attendance, and the asiciation listened to a paper on "Industrial rawing in the Public Schools," by Mrs. w. Thackston, of the Yorkville graded hools. Much interest seemed aroused by lis paper. The difficulty of managing an ungraded hool was left untouched, owing to the absence ' those appointed to discuss it. There haa been prepared, during the day, a >x into which any member could drop a queson and have it explained or answered by me member present. The association spent vorv nioaunnt. hour in the examination and iscussion of these questions. Supt. Banks, at this point, stated that he had ranged to show the teachers over the town, id that the carriages were now waiting. The isociation accepted with pleasure and immeiately adjourned, to meet after the address of eneral Verner at night. It is needless to say how much this drive /er the progressive and plucky little city was ljoyed; and besides, it was a special act of >urtesy not often extended to such bodies. Gen. Verner's address, at night, was full f facts, forcibly presented, that should be rought to the attention of every citizen of the :ate, and was much enjoyed by those present. After his address, the association listened to paper by Professor J. H. Wilson on "The ecessity for bighereducation." This paper was ily discussed by Mr. Douglass and others. "IIow to Make the Association a Success," as next discussed, and among other ways, it as suggested to attach to the association a lading circle. Another was to thoroughly lify and systematize the schools of the >uiity. Among the many interesting and profitable atures of the meeting none excelled the excises on Saturday morning. This was the aching of their regular classes by the Rock ill graded school. In no way can school ork be better exemplified than by actual ork iu the school room. When the classes ere dismissed the teachers assembled to disiss what they had seen. This discussion as full and free and had a novel feature. One ' the trustees of the school rose and begged to :press his high appreciation of the work done r his teachers. After some routine business, a unanimous )te of thanks was tendered the people of Rock ill for their kindness, and to (Jen. Verner for s address. Thus ended one of the most pleasit and profitable meetings of the teachers er held in the county. notes and comments. English grammar was not mentioned. The mstion was not once called for during the ssion of the association. School Commissioner Johnson was present every meeting. Prof. Murchison, of Chester county, was elcomed by the association and was a valiblo addition. A committee was appointed to ascertain hether the schools of the county could ) uniformly graded. The association warmly recommended drillg, both military and calisthenic, as a valuae aid to discipline. Nobody said a word about the average comissioner in South Carolina. "Why ladies, who perform the same duties 3tter, receive less pay than men," was a vexed jestion of the association. It ought not be ue. Did tho trustees in the county give their acbcrs a holiday to attend the meeting? Prof. Wilson said in his paper that he beevcd the reason why wo had so many deulting cashiers and bank presidents, was beLuse they were only partly educated or ained, most of them receiving a commeral training only. t. LETTER FROM UNION. irrespomlcnce of the Yorkville Enquirer. Union, S. C., November 4.?Curtis Kochclle, colored man, died here last Sunday. He aimed to have been poisoned, but the doctors Teed that his death was caused by heart dis86. Dr. Brackett, of Charleston, tilled the pult of tho Presbyterian church here last Sunty morning and evening. Dr. Brackett is a >ry able minister, and gave us two excellent rmons. Diphtheria, in its very worst form, is in this unty. Two children died from it last week. Last Tuesday evening, Mr. W. G. Counts, reman of the Times office, and Mr. F. C. illard, an apprentice in tho same office, were tacked with something like a fainting spell. ie doctors claimed that it was caused from noking cigarettes. Mr. Counts was setting pe, and fell on the lioor, unconscious, before sistanco could reach him. Mr. Willard had en a constant smoker for a number of