Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 11, 1889, Image 2

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/ lite fsrMle inquirer. ^Hffr -. x-^b^YORKVILLE, S. C. : ' WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1US&^ THE DEATH OP JEFFERSON DAVIS. / The death of Jefferson Davis was an event not altogether unexpected at any time after his recent visit to New Orleans, yet the dread messenger came suddenly and the Southland is plunged in grief at the demise of one who has been conspicu ously for a quarter of a century the vicarious sufferer for his pe pie. In his death the most prominent actor in the war between the States has passed away; and though long since "dead to his country," as Secretary Proctor expresses it, in him was embodied the statesman, the patriot and Christian. More than the name of any other figure in the great struggle does VI 4-_A nvnminanilir nr>f a lnnp be UiBOMUU UU? )iiuujiubu.vi WW. cause he was the chosen leader in the Confederate government, but having survived defeat and disaster, deprived of his which his people called him, it was his misfortune toJw the central figure at which the shaft/of sectional hatred were constantly hurled. But this contumely and abuse only endeared him to the people he had served. Wise men who differed with him on many questions of polity in the dark days of the unequal struggle, and others whose political training had been in a different school from that inculcating the doctrine of States rights, were dr%wn to him by reason of the fortitude with which he bore the taunts and reproaches of his enemies. These are some of the reasons why the Southern people loved him. He couia not oy mem be held responsible for the defeat that seems to have been inevitable. He was devoted to the cause, pure and upright, inflexible and true to the principles involved In the formation of the new government, but when the flag was furled his people could no less revere him as a hero grand in success, but grander still in defeat. Their cause was his cause, and they would have proved unworthy of themselves had they repudiated him after the contest was ended in the overthrow of the Confederacy. While his immortal spirit has winged its flight to realms of peace, and his mortal body is to-day being consigned to its resting place, in the presence of thousands of sympathizing people, the influence of his character for unswerving integrity remains a legacy to his people in whose hearts his memory will ever remain enshrined. THE LEGISLATURE. But little business has yet been perfected in the legislature. A large number ol bills, the greater portion of them of local A ? t- Hnlw tnrr Qaiure, imvtr ucru iuuiaiu^ui vuij ?.>v of this class apply to Yorkville. On Wednesday Mr. McCaw introduced a bill tc empower the county commissioners ol York county to borrow $2,500 for the pur DflgU iTf Wirtiu; n building for county offices. Tms is in accordance with the recommendation in the presentment ol the grand jury at the last term of the court. In the house on Saturday the bill to prevent the selling or systematically giving away of liquor, wine, etc., by druggists or other persons, whether upon physicians' prescriptions or otherwise ?rr.uir.tftd jipfflvocahlx reduce the salaries of State officers, clerks and employes came up on its second reading. Senator Moise moved to indefinitely postpone the bill. A brisk argument followed, and on a vote on the original motion, the vote stood 14 to 14. President Mauldin cast his vote against the motion, It was lost, and the bill was ordered to a third reading and made the special ordei for last Monday. A concurrent resolution was adopted providing for the election of four circuit judges on Wednesday next. In the house, a joint resolution wa9 introduced, providing for the appointment of a commissioner to inquire into and report upon suitable localities for the establishment of an asylum for the colored insane, and also to call for a donation ol land for such a purpose. MERE-MENTION. A Pennsylvania firm has received an order from Liverpool for 1,000 tons of pig iron. It is something that has very rarely occurred in the history of the country. The president has nominated David J. Brewer, of Kansas, to be associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, to succeed the late Stanley Matthews. Two white boys, one aged eleven years and the other thirteen, were sentenced in the criminal court at Atlanta the other day to five years each in the penitentiary for burglary. A dozen or fifteen Connecticut postmasters, who have been arrested for violating postal laws by selling postage stamps on credit, appeared before the United States district court at Hartford last Thursday. They were each fined $50 and costs, amounting in all to $1,110. It is said that 2,500 people in South Dakota are dependent upon charity to survive the coming winter. A man giving the name of John Theurer, hailing from Pittsburg, but formerly of Lisbon, was last Friday sentenced to six months in jail at Washington for threatening Secretary Blaine's life. He imagines the government owes him money, and called on the secretary several times to collect it. Ex-emperor Dom Pedro and those of his family in exile with him, are at Lisbon. The business failures last week number for the United States 271 and Canada 45, a total of 315 compared with 219 the week previ - ous. "--Edward Silcott, cashier of the office of the sergeant-at-armsof the United States house of representatives, absconded last Thursday with ?71,8G0 which he had drawn presumably to pay to congressmen. He is safe in Canada and the committee appointed to investigate the embezzlement have reached the Conclusion that as the sergeant-at-arms has never been constituted a disbursing officer of the House, he is not responsible for the loss, which must be borne by the members individually. At Hendersonville, N. C., last Thursday, in an altercation originating in a trial before a magistrate, E. A. Posey, a young lawyer, shot and killed a young white man named Furman Foster. In Maine and Vermont during the first of last week, the weather was intensely cold, the mercury being from 10 to 15 degrees below zero. - Mormon emissaries are operating around Greeusboro, N. C. A company has been organized to build a Bessemer Iron furnace of 150 tons daily capacity at Greensboro, N. C. Gen. Collet Leventhorpe, an English soldier who won distinction in the Confederate army, first as colonel of the Eleventh N. C. Regiment, and afterward as a brigadier general, died at his home near Lenoir, N. C., on the 1st instant. By the enforcementof the antitrust law in Missouri, over one hundred corporations in the city of St. Louis have forfeited their charters and will have to re-oganize and contrive to do business on a different plan. Throughout the State of Missouri about seven hundred trusts or corporations will forfeit their charters for the same reason, though they will doubtless find some way to evade the law. Cyrus Fillmore, a brother of Ex-President Fillmore, died atLegrange, Ind., on Tuesday, of last week. He was 87 years old, well known throughout the State, and he leaves a large fortune. Prior to 1829 all the ballots used throughout the States were written. The fist printed ballot was used in Massachusetts in 1830 by David Henshaw, and was refused. It took a decision of the supreme court to establish its validity. Stanley, the African explorer, has emerged from the heart of. Africa, and is now at Zanzibar on the e*tf$tern coast. He will soon return t*y London. The governors of alytfut thirty ^ y States met in Washington yesterday, to ' take measures for the erection of a monument to the signers of the Declaration of r Independence. ALLIANCE TOPICS. A COLORED ALLIANCE. The colored farmers recently organized a Colored Farmers' alliance for Spartanburg county. It is organized under the jurisdiction of the Consolidated Colored alliance of the United States. Z. R. Holly is the county organizer. He stated to the Herald that while distinct from the white alliance, they were assisted by that order by being allowed to purchase goods , through it. J THE DARLINGTON FARMERS. , At the last regular meeting of Mount Elon Alliance, the following resolutions were adopted: 1st. That we buy and equip mills and make our own bagging if we can make it cheaper than our own mills have offered. 2d. That we use cotton bagging only, whether ma'de by the alliance or any other in ftio TTnltorl Slates. I IliliiO 1 *J HIV U UttVM 3d. That we will not use burlaps, but cotton goods only for cotton covering. 4th. That we are ready to agree with the county and State alliance to use only such guanos as are covered with cotton bags, and to adopt the same rule as to corn or anything else put up in large quantities. 5th. That we are ready to agree with all brother alliance men to wear only cotton osnaburgs for our summer linen. a The Mount Elon Alliance is a large and . flourishing branch of the order, and is composed of some of the best farmers of J the State. AIKEN FARMERS VS. JUTE. J County Farmers' Alliance met recently in "J Aiken. E. B. Tyler, vice president, call- t ed the meeting to order, and stated that the object of the meeting was to take ac- : tion in reference to the sacking of guano f and grain. The committee on resolutions made the ( following report: J 1st. That the Aiken County Farmers' J Alliance, in convention assembled, will ? not use any guano except such as will be . put up in cotton sacks. 2nd. That we will not purchase any I fertilizers except from the manufacturers \ through our business agent. 3rd. That we will not accept or pay for I any shortage in guano weights. f 4th. That we will not use any covering I for cotton for the year 1890, except cotton j , bagging. ! i These resolutions were unanimously I adopted. j Capt. Whately offered the following, ! which was adopted : 1 Resolved. That each of the Sub-Alliances 1 determine what quantity of fertilizers tbey v ( will need, and what arrangements they can or ' will make for their payment; and that this in- f formation be furnished to the business agent ( for his guidance. t Capt. Whatley offered the following pro- ( , test: ] Resolved, By the Aiken Couuty Farmers' ( 1 Alliance, that we protest against the ruling of ? i President Evan Jones, declaring that persons j who own bank stock are ineligible to member- ( ship in the Alliance as being unwise and arbi- t trary and at variance from the letter and spirit ; i of our constitution; that its enforcement ' , would expel some of the best and most useful f [ members of the Order; and ' Be it further resolved, That a copy of these i I resolutions be sent to President Stackhouse ! that he may refer the matter to the National i Alliance for its decision. This resolution met with some opposi- | tion, but was adopted by a majority vote, j GROWING IN SPARTANBURG. j ' The Alliance, instead of weakening, as was predicted, is growing stronger in Spar- < tanburg county. They are now preparing i for next year's trade. The State secretary, < . J. W. Reid, left on Saturday for the grand ? ( meeting of farmers and laborers in St. i ^ Louis. < THE ORDER IN GEORGIA. The Farmers' Alliance has become a { powerful organization in Georgia, and is J ( still growing in numbers. The farmers ' f and Alliance men of Houston and adjoin> ing counties had an immense meeting at I Perry on thanksgiving day, at which ad, dresses were delivered by Col. L. F. Livingston and Col. William J. Northen, both ! of whom are aspirants for the governori ship of Georgia. The speakers enumerated , the many advantagesthealliance had caus- { ed to members, and the farmers even who luies ui wnaia granu meuein H,u" L 5 would be to them in the future:"nMifr-r probable the members of the alliance will, r to a considerable extent, control the action . of the next Democratic State convention in . Georgia, and in view of this Messrs. North. en and Livingston are seeking to make ' headway with the members of the alliance in order to advance their gubernatorial i aspirations. FARMERS AND KNIGHTS OF LABOR. The annual convention of the Farmers' and Knights of Labor unions was in ses; sion at St. Louis last week. South Carolina was represented by a delegate from the t Alliance. On the question of the Alliance 1 and the Knights of Labor uniting, the Al- i liance decided that union would be im- | practicable, but they would co-operate I with the Knights so long as it may be 1 [ mutually advantageous. s r The convention adjourned on Saturday, i The day was devoted to finishing a revis- ( ion of the constitution and trying to ] smoothe the way for "consolidation with j the Northern Alliance. What the terms j 1 of the consolidation are have not trans- i ' pired. The new constitution is the same I . as the old, with the exception of a few verbal changes. One of the chief altera- ( tions is striking out the word "country" c before the phrase "country mechanics." 1 | This will enable a large number of me- 1 chanics in villages and cities, who are t Knightsof Labor, to join the organization, i ( It provided that negroes may be taken i into the union at the option of the State organizations, but they cannot be made t delegates to the National Convention. r The came of the organization has been [ , changed to the National Farmers' Alii- c ance and Industrial Union. Headquarters I ...Ml L i _ L \ir u: TV |1 win ue esmunsiieu at nusiiiugiuu, ?j. v., ? where the president, secretary and chair- t man of the executive committee will trans- s act business. \ the grange. ] Says the Columbia Register: Mr. W. K. 8 Thompson, of Kershaw, who, as master of 8 the State Grange, has has recently attend- t ed a National Grange meeting in Califor- c nia, which recommended that the patrons of husbandry througout the Southern States urge their respective legislative bodies to memorialize Congress to appro- 1 priate an adequate amount for the advance- * ment by experimentation of the cultivation of ramie, jute and other textile fibres, I and to offer inducements for the invention 1 and improvement of appliances for decorti- v cation and processes for degumming the c fibres. a Tiie Largest Yield of Corn.?Capt. r Z. J. Drake, of Marlboro, gathered 2541 t bushels of shelled corn from one acre on f his farm in Marlboro. This breaks the r world's record, the highest heretofore be- o ing 212 and a fraction, raised by Dr. Park- r er, near Columbia. Captain Drake is com- f peting for the five hundred dollar prize c offered by the American Agriculturist, e and a similar amount offered by the State c Department of Agriculture, for the-largest yieia 01 corn per acre. i The acre cultivated by Capt. Drake is g high, dry and sandy soil, that five years p ago would scarely have yielded ten bush- J els. He used $175 worth of fertilizers e with the above astonishing result. t The committee who measured and cer- ii titled to Capt. Drake's crop, consisted of a Mr. J. C. Campbell, a member of the board of county commissioners, who represented a the American Agriculturist; Mr. W. F. I Kinney, an ex-member of the legislature ; s< Mr. G. M. S. Dunn, a local Baptist preach- v er; and Messrs John R. Reynolds and v John W. Tart. Col. Knox Livingston, r who was in Columbia recently, saw a part h of the corn weighed. He says the grains were the largest he ever beheld, but the ii length of the cobs was not great. " e The Gallows.?Harry Carlton, the n murderer of a policeman, was hanged at ii the Tombs prison, New York, last Thurs- tl day morning. It was within a few sec- 1( onds of 7.30 o'clock when Carlton walked t< under the gallows; at 7.30 o'clock he was q hanged. The execution was as near per- h fection as such things can be. There was t< no evidence of bungling, and tho sheriff v expressed himself as satisfied. tl Charles Johnson, the negro who killed E Policeman Kenny in Gadsden, Ala., in g November, 1888, was hanged inside the r< jail at Gadsden at 10.30 last Friday. A large crowd was in the city, but as the tl executions in AjahftfrnS are {Trivtfe, only a p few wittws&Ga the hanging. He ackLowl- d edgecj^fis guilt, and said he was prepaid tl tqXue, and told all young men to takL ft 'warning from his fate. The doomed man's [si neck was broken by the fall. His body| w was taken by his brother to Georgia forjT burial. i'ji THE SOUTH MOURNS. HE DEATH OF THE COSFEDE11A TE CHIEFTAIN. End of an Eventful Life. JEFFERSON DAVIS. [From n recent poitralt.j Jefferson Davis closed his eyes in death 4 minntno Kufnro nnfl rt'elnek". last >1/ lillCUU 1U1UUVVO WV1W4 V VMV w Friday morning, at the residence of Mr. r. H. Payne, in New Orleans. From the beginning of his fatal illness, tfr. Davis had insisted that his^ case was CWKllTfne^vef appeared to "take the (lightest hold upon his spirits, which were >rave and even buoyant from the beginling of the attack. In vain did the docor strive to impress upon him that his lealth was improving; he steadily insisted that there was no improvement, but vith Christian resignation, he was content o accept whatever Providence had in (tore for him. Only once did he waver in his belief hat his case showed no improvement; hat was at an early hour Thursday mornng when he playfully remarked to Mr. Payne: "I am afraid that I shall be compiled to agree with the doctors for once, ind admit that I am a little better." All day long the favorable symptoms :ontiouea, and as late in the afternoon as our o'clock, Mrs. Davis sent such cheerng messages to Mrs. Stamps and Mr. and T?opror fhof thou rlopiHpri fnrthpfirst ime since Mr. Davis had been taken ill, o attend the French opera. At 6 o'clock Thursday evening, without my assignable cause, Mr. Davis was seized vith a congestive chill which seemed to ilmost crush the vitality out of his already mfeebled body. So weak was Mr. Davis hat the violence of the assault soon subsiled for lack of vitality upon which to prey. From that moment to the morning of his ieath, the history of his case was a gradual sinking. At 7 o'clock Mrs. Davis adminstered some medicine, but the ex-presiientdeclined to receive the whole dose; she urged upon him the necessity of taking he remainder, but putting it aside with ;he gentlest of gestures, he whispered: 'Pray excuse me." These were his last words. Gradually he grew weaker and weaker, Dut never for an instant seemed to lose jonsciousness. Lying peacefully upon his aed, and without a trace of pain in his look, he remained for hours, silently clasping and tenderly caressing his wife's hand. With undaunted Christian spirit he awaited tho end. From the moment of the deadly assault 5f the congestive chill, those gathered iround his bedside, who had been watching and waiting with painful interestevery jhange of symptom for the past month, knew well that the dread messenger was 2ven at the door. About half past ten b'clock Associate Justice Fenner went to the French opera house to tell Mr. and Mrs. Farrarand Mrs Stamps; as soon as the message reached them, they hurried to the bedside of the dying ex-president. By half past 11 o'clock there was assembled in the death chamber, Mrs. Davis, Drs. Dhaille and Bickham, Judge and Mrs. Fenner, Mrs. Nannie Smith, grand-niece bf the dying ex-president, and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Farrar. Finding that Mr. Davis was breathing wmpwhati heavily ns hflJnvutY? right side with his cheek resting upon his right hand like a sleeping infant, and with his left hand drooping across his breast, he lay for some fifteen minutes Dreathing softly but faintly, and more feeble became his respirations till they passed into silence and then the watchers knew that the silver cord had been loosed, and :he golden bowl broken?the father of the Confederacy had passed away? "As calmly as to a night's repose, Or flowers at set of aun." Despite the fact that the end had come slowly and peacefully, and after she had been face to face for hours with the dread tti? i? i 1 r.n a. t_ !, /y. _ i eaiiiy, me mow ien wnn crusniugeneci uu :he afflicted widow. As long as there had seen work for either head or hands, she lad born up bravely, and not until the >weet uses for her tender ministrations ivere no more, did she seem to realize the iread force that had fallen upon her. Knowing of her pre-disposition to heart iffection the doctors were at once gravely ilarmed for her. They promptly adminstered a composing draught, which caused ler to rest quietly. It is believed that the foundation of the ix-president's last illness was malaria, ;omplicated with acute bronchitis. Careul nursing and skilled medical attention lad mastered the latter, but it is supposed hat the congestive chill, which was the mmediate cause, was attributable to the eturn of malaria. After death, the face of the deceased, hough looking slightly emaciated, showed 10 trace of suffering, more nearly resemiling that of a peaceful sleeper than of the lead. When the family had partially recovered from the terrible shock, Mr. Farrar went o the Western Union telegraph office and lent despatches to Miss Winnie Davis, vho is in Paris with Mrs. Pulitzer; Mrs. Davis's son-in-law, in Colorado City, and ilso notified Gov. Lowry, of Mississippi, iq hp rlpptnprl if hnf rio-hf fhflf lhp pyppii ive of that State should know of the death if one of its most distinguished sons. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Another account gives the following ineresting particulars concerning the last lours of the illustrious chieftain : His constant attendant has been Mrs. )avis, who has never left his bedside since lis illness began. In a comfortable home vrapper of gray and black, this gentle ninister was always at the invalid's side; .nd if she left him for a moment, he asked or her, and was fretted or uneasy until she eturned. Friends constantly sent beauiful flowers of which Mr. Davis was very ond, but these were not allowed to renain in the sick man's room for any length if time. At the outset jellies, fruits and all nanner of invalid's delicacies were profered until Mrs. Davis was compelled to deline them. The sick man's food was only niltr honf tna onrl rofoltr a Krrolnrl Lllirv, 1V,V| K/^\sk ltd) UUU AC4&V/1J) ? UlUli^U hop. Mr. Davis remained in his bed all the ime, and was never left alone, being; uarded lovingly by his wife and the capable quadroon hired nurse, Lydia, and Irs. Davis's own brown-eyed hand maidn Bettle, who at all times had entree o the sick man's room. But little talkng was allowed, and newspapers, letters nd telegrams were tabooed. On Wednesday afternoon a reporter had few moments' conversation with Mrs. )avis. She was worn and wearied with ervice, at the sick bed, but which she /ould not allow to any other, and her step /as lagging as she came into the dining oom. She was very hopeful, however, of er husband's recovery. "Mr. Davis has always been an exceedigly temperate man," said Mrs. Davis. He has never abused his physical powrs and no one could have lived more moderately than he. Of course, all this is a his favor. I do not mean to say that here would be no danger if the door were jft open or the fire in his room allowed ) go out; he is as frail as a lily, and reuires the most attentive care; that he as. I believe he would not be alive >day had this ill come upon him at Beauoir, where he could not possibly have ae constant care of such physicians as Dr. lickham and Dr. Chaille, and the intellient, love, tenderness and luxury that surmunds him in this home." Mr. Davis seemed much better during me early part of Thursday, and his imroved condition was remarked by the octor and his family. He had pain in me bowels during the day but the serious tilure appeared just a few minutes before x o'clock. Then the illustrious patient as stricken with a severe congestive chill, he doctors were not present at the time, ut Judge Fenner's family and Mrs. Davis did everything they could to soothe the pains. It was 7 o'clock before Dr. Bickham and Dr. Chaille, two of the most famous practitioners in the South, arrived and consulted over the condition of the patient. His change was a surprise to all, and unexpected to those in constant attendance. They continued with the patient until his death, however, and made every possible effort to avoid the inevitable. Mr. Davis remained in a comatose condition and the attendants could see no signs of consciousness. Mrs. Davis said she occasionally fen, the return of the pressure of the hand she held although he could neither speak nor make any sign. This was the scene in the sick chamber as the hours passed. The only variation was the arrival of Edwin H. Farrar, the husband of Mr. Davis's niece, and of Judge and Mrs. Charles E. Fenner who had Deen sent for at the opera. The lamp of life waned low as the hour of midnight arrived, nor did it flicker into the brightness of consciousness at any time. Eagerly, yet tenderly, the watchers gazed at the face of the dying chieftain, his face always calm and pale, gained additional pallor, and at a quarter of one o'clock in the morning of the 6th day of December, death came to the venerable leader. Immediately after death, Mrs. Davis was led upstairs to" the bed room of Mrs. Fenner, where the ladies tried to assuage her grief. She bore the awful blow bravely, but her breathing was labored, and her condition so weak that two doctors were called in. They pronounced her weakness to be that only consequent on strain and grief, and said that nothing was to be feared. The remains of Jefferson Davis are lyjnin state at the council chamber at the city hall. The coffin rests upon on a caltafalque and is devoid of ornamentation. The casket has a silver plate upon which is the simple inscription : "Jefferson Davis. At rest," with the date of his death added. Badges of the Confederate associations, the flag of the Washington Artillery carried through the war and a bunch of wheat and a pair of crossed "Spanish daggers," as the plate is termed, fastened together with purple ribbon, are the only other ornaments. The desks of the mayor and clerks have been covered over and turned into a platform, which is the receptacle for floral offerings. The room is darkened and lighted by a cluster of electric lights, 4 t- " 1 Ktr aa Kin LIICU ULUiiauU^ UCIU^ UIUJIUCU uy ouuiu drapery. Soldiers in uniform stand guard. Stacks of arms and cannou fill the corners of the chamber, and all around the walls are rows of plants and shrubbery, forming a beautiful contrast. Since early morning people have been pouring in to obtain a last look at the dead. No crowding is allowed and visitors are filed through the room in regular column. All classes are represented in the procession by the bier. The number of colored people is marked. Mourning is general and every place of promiuence in the city has put on black. TO-MORROW FIXED FOR THE FUNERAL. It had been first determined that the funeral would take place last Sunday, but before the conference was over telegrams began to pour iu from all parts of the South asking for the date of the funeral and announcing that a number of peisons desired to be present, and suggesting that time be allowed for them to get there. This induced the conference to postpone the funeral until noon to-day, so as to give all who desired to attend ample time to do so. As soon as this agreement was reached, Mayor Shakespeare telegraphed to all the Southern governors, notifying them ofthe arrangements made, and asking them to take part in the funeral ceremonies. The question of the place of burial was also discussed. The family burying ground of the Davis family is at Briarfield homestead, just below Vicksburg. i Here in this beautiful spot Mr. Davis's eider nrotner, josepn uavis, is Durieu, 1 and here the ex-president's remains vill also ultimately lie, but as it was impojsi1 ble to hold funeral ceremonies at Briar' field, it was decided to lay the remains temporarily at rest in the tomb of the Confederate Veterans' Association of the Army of Northern Virginia. The details of the funeral ceremony were placed in the charge of a committee, of which Col. Wm. Preston Johnston, son of Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston, pres' identofTulaineUniversity, and ex^igcijl r flf 61 United Confederate'Veterans, Grand Army of Tennessee, Army of Virginia and city, council. MR. DAVIS'S DAUHTERS. Mr. Davis had two daughters livingMrs. M. H. D. Hayes, of Colorado, and Miss "Winnie." Mrs. Hayes did not reach New Orleans until after her father's death, and Miss Winnifred is in Paris, but will sail for home this week. THE GRIEF OF THE SOUTH. The news of the death of Mr. Davis, which was not unexpected, cast a pall of gloom all over the South. The governors oi southern states, with tew exceptions, were prompt in sending to the bereaved widow messages of sympathy and condolence and otherwise taking official notice of the eventGovernor Richardson sent the following to Mrs. Davis on Friday: With my deep and sincere personal sympathy I beg to express to you the profound sorrow of the people of South Carolina at the intelligence of the death ol your illustrious husband. The fame of his greatness will grow with the passing years. Similar messages were sent by the mayor of Charleston, the mayor of Columbia, and from various representative organizations in the cities and towns of the Southern States. Governor Richardson also issued the following proclamation on Friday: Intelligence having been received of the death of Jefferson Davis, which occurred at fifteen minutes after one o'clock this morning in the city of New Orleans, it is meet and fitting that the people of South Carolina should evidence by appropriate proceedings their veneration and love for this great and patriotic citizen?for hiB eminent virtues and heroic conduct in the midst of the most trying scenes of this century. Now, therefore, I, John P. Richardson, governor of the State of South Carolina, invite the people of South Carolina, to assemble on the day and at the hour of his funeral to join in suitable memorial service to his memory. The flags on all the State buildings in Columbia were lowered to half mast and the city bells were tolled on Friday. In the house of representatives eulogies were pronounced by Mr. Haskell, Mr. Graydon, Mr. O'Brien, Mr. McKissick and Mr. Hughes, and resolutions commemorative of the illustriousdead were adopted. In the senate, Messrs. Smythe a d Pope pronounced eulogiums, and in respect to Mr. Davis both houses adjourned. IN OTHER STATES. In other Southern States, excepting Arkansas, the honors have been no less marked. Governor Eagle, of Arkansas, however, declines to take any official notice of the death of Mr. Davis, though citizens of Little ltock held a public meeting and adopted resolutions of condolence. United States Senator Daniel, by invitation of the legislature of Virginia, will pronounce a eulogy on Mr. Davis before that body. "DEAD TO TIIE GOVERNMENT." On Saturday, Secretary of War Proctor received a telegram from Mayor Shakespeare, of New Orleans, officially notifying him of the death of Jefferson Davis. As the secretary had partially based his failure to lower the flagon the war department to half-mast in Mr. Davis's honor, because he had not been officially notified of his death, he was called upon at his residence on Friday night by a reporter to ascertain if he would take any actiou now that he had official notification. He said this official notification would make no difference; that as Jefferson Davis had failed to ask for the removal of his disabilities, he had been virtually dead to the government that had honored him. This definitely settles the matter, and the custom that has been in vogue for over fifty years of lowering the flag to half-mast, draping the building and closing the department on the funeral of exsecretaries, will not be carried out on the death of ex-Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. To the official notice of Mayor Shake-speare, conveying the information of Mr. Davis's death, Secretary Proctor made the following reply : War Department, Washington, Decembers, 1889.?The lion. James A. Shakespeare, Mayor, New Orleans, La.: Your telegram informing rne of the death of Mr. Davis is received. In refraining from any official action thereon, I would not, and hope I do not, add to the great sorrow of his family and many friends. It seems to me the riirht course and the best one for all. You will, lain sure, understand that its adoption is prompted also by a sincere wish and purposo to act in that spirit of peace and good will which should fill the hearts of our people. Rkdfikld Proctor, Secretary of War. A SYMPATHIZING WOMAN. Mrs. Frederick Fairfax, wife of a wealthy resident of Washington, and daughter of the late Lieut. Cook, U. S. A., ; attracted much attention Saturday by draping her home on Capitol Hill with crape and Confederate colors, in memory c'r< of Jefferson Davis. A number of colored people gathered on Mi the sidewalk opposite the house Saturday morning, and loudly criticized the action of the inmates, but they went no further. v RECOGNITION OF CONDOLENCE. J. Mrs. Davis has adressed the following M. note to the agent of the associated press Junder date of last Saturday : Will you have tlio kindness to say for me, \v through the Associated Press, that it will be a physical impossibility for mo to answer the fh ' thousands of telegrams of condolence that \y have poured in from all parts of the United States? I therefore take this means of expressing my appreciation of the profound sympathy exhibited by so many of Mr. Davis's friends to his bereaved and grateful family. Very respectfully yours, Varina Howell Davis. SOUTH CAROLINA'S DELEGATION. iP Speaker Simons has appointed Repreresentatives John C. Haskell, I. G. McKissick and A. F. O'Brien the delegates on su the part of the house to attend the funeral lit of Mr. Davis. Gen. Hemphill and Jere- (] rniah Smith compose the senate delegation. They are accompanied by Governor Richardson. THE NEW YORK PRESS. ta All the New York papers of Saturday $3 ant anartn hnth orli tori all V ... LLJU1 Ll 1 U? f^a v c gic;cib opww, ^ Ul and in biographical sketches, of Mr. Davis. ja The tone of the majority of the editorials . is conservative, and a generous acknowledgement of his unswerving personal in- ur tegrity and conscientious devotion to the tr principles he conceived to be right is free:fy made. Of course the Tribune and the ??L? n<y^sf K, two sheets even condemn bitterly the New g York hotel for putting its flag at half-mast. ^ THE LONDON PRESS. jj The Telegraph says: "Jefferson Davis is gone, followed to the grave, we doubt not, by more affection and gratitude on the of part of the South, and more respectful and ar just appreciation on the part of the North, di than were always his portion during life." ]a The Standard says: "His natural re- :n serve and pride were little illumined by sympathy or humor; hence, while he must occupy a prominent place in history, he will not be accorded the affection that friend and foe alike bestow upon Lincoln, ?e Lee, Jackson and Grant." h( The Globe recalls Gladstone's eulogy, in- Tl eluding the famous phrase so much criticised at the time, "Jefferson Davis has created a nation,"andaddsthatifhedid notcreate h a nation it was because such creation was clearly not possible in the conditions; that if statesmanship, military genius and de- F< votion on the part of the whole people w were sufficient for the foundation of a State, a slave-holding Republic would ra have been established. The enterprise failed, it concludes, because success in the conditions wasnotdifficult, butimpossible. A BLIND CHAPLAIN'S PRAYER. Jj In his prayer last Monday morning, the ge Rev. Mr. Milburn, the blind chaplain of tVm TTn i tori SJfo tou hnnoa r\f ranpoapn to ti vps said 7""" """"" -i? Cc "Almighty God, the land is full of sorrow? hi Rachel weeping for her children and will not |jt be comforted because thoy are not?fathers for their first born, the pride and stay of their fu- se ture years?children, their parents?and mil- O lionssitcold in the atmosphere of death mourn- fing the departure from earth of a man dear to their hearts, who had reached the term of four- A score years. Grant that the solemn mystery of g? death, the common heritage of us all, the meaning of which all must know, ere long, may soften and hallow our hearts and feelings into the noble gentleness of the golden text, uttered by the most conspicuous man of the century, in D whom tenderness of heart made his greatness q of station and character more illustrious? . "Charity for all?malice for none." " monument to jefferson davis. Already has it been suggested to raise a d< monument to Jefferson Davis. This prop- F Osition will meet a ready response from Ia thousands of patriotic Southerners. Let w the shaft be reared, and of such pro- th portions as will be commensurate with the th grandeur of the noble character whose memory it will perpetuate ! Cotton Crop of the State.?Early in November the State department of ag- of riculture annouueed the crop estimates fo of its correspondents, after a careful tabu- or lation, and according to these estimates t the yield of cotton this year was placed at ^poncteu^?.lfwu flhtdrmra based, were made about September 20, tti when the plant looked promising, but later se in the Rpftsnn it became flDnarent that drv weather and unusually early frost would greatly affect the yield, and at the time the figures were published the statement Df was made that they were probably too bi high. re To make sure of the facts, Commissioner ja Butler some weeks ago sent out to his township correspondents for supplementary estimates of the cotton crop. Several hundred replies have been received of the y average date of December 1, and a tabulation just completed shows that the crop of 1889 is only 543.208 bales, against 558,000 v' bales last year, a difference of nearly 15,000 bales. The loss of 96,000 bales from the <? September estimate is accounted for not W) only by drought and early frost, but by K the backwardness of the plant and the ex- 3T tent to which it went to weed after the d? heavy rains in the summer.?[Cor. News ec and Courier. ro yS The Colored Vote in South Caro- jti lina.?Congressman Hemphill, of South rio i?Alino n?o a ftinfforl rononfhr K\r q Do. I W VUI UllllO' IT UO I TV IWHWU I VV/VU VIJ WJ vw A*V publican friend on the alleged suppres- ^ sion of the colored vote in his State. He J said : "I know there is a widespread idea at in the North that such a State of affairs er exists in the South, but as for South Caro- p. Una, our elections are as fair and orderly as a Washington Sunday. We have an O educational qualification similar to the E. one in force in Massachusetts, and to be a ur voter one must be able to read his ticket m and know for himself who and what ho is ^ voting for, but there is no such thing as intimidation of the negro vote. There is 10 one thing we have done which looks as if er we had made arrangements for cutting our of own throats, and that is the superior edu- th cational advantages we have provided in South Carolina. We have better school facilities now than we have had since South Carolina became a State, and, if re, the theury of our Republican friends is T(. correct, this will give them an opportuninity to take advantage of the school Pe houses, get education and outvote us."? lai [Washington Post. gh ^ ? The silver men in the senate are dis- . posed to be aggressive with the accession of six senators from silver States and two S? more iu prospect. Senator Stewart, of po Nevada, has come back red hot on the sub- tic ject of the free coinage of silver, and says 0f that the question is to he pushed outside of party lines. He claims sixteen votes, all 1 told, from the Pacific coast, Nevada, Colo- on rado, the new States, and Reagan, of cei Texas, and George, of Mississipi. Six- on teen votes are more than one-third of the Senate. They will suffice to call the v0 roll and to hold the balance of power y. against any bill they may desire to an- ac tagonize. The silver men will be heard ex from in the Senate. do j.j0 ? At a meeting of the Birmingham, no Ala., Medical society, last Wednesday . evening, Dr. J. B.S.Davis, and Dr. W. p Loch Chew got into a controversy re- C01 garding the treatment of kidney disease. The argument became somewhat warm, and the two men, when they met on the atrppt. rpnpwprl thp Hiunntp in frnnt r>f the a ( Metropolitan hotel, when Davis shot an Chew, fatally wounding hira. Both are To young men and highly successful practitioners. Davis is in the hands of the H sheriff. ' ^- ??? Mi ? A Columbus, Ohio, dispatch says: Mr. see Marquis, the defeated Democratic candi- co^ date for lieutenant-governor has served notice of contest upon Mr. Lampson, Re- !fv publican, the lieutenant-governor-elect. vv. The grounds of the proposed contest were wi made public. They contained sensational his assertions consisting of charges of illegal Cor ballots in nearly every county of the State, ^0 and in Hamilton and other counties, nearly every precinct furnished its quota of alleged fraud. Pr( y Th /-? Judge Mark Blandford, of the Georgia til supreme bench, is a firm believer in the e[j zodiac signs. lie lost an arm at the battle , 1 of McDowell, Va., in May, 18G2, and he declares that he and every other soldier who "is got wounded in the arm in that combat sue recovered, while all the leg wounds prov- coi ed mortal. Ho says that he had occasion jjn to take particular notice of that fact. ? An official of the Ohio penitentiary I she has received a letter from a former inmate, i an who was pardoned in 1887, after serving wa twenty-four years, in which he expresses | tre regret's that he ever loft the institution, i , He is without a home or friends. .He i ea' says he can get into an alms house, but; but that he prefers death to going there. 1 hin LOCAL AFFAIRS. a - ii NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. tl jighton, Sherfesee <t Co., Rock Hill, S. C.? ^ Christmas ! Christinas!! s. T. M. Dohson, Proprietress?Dobson's c Racket Still on Top and going to Stay There. J ithers Adickes?Rig Bargains in Staple Goods. 11 II. Kiddie?The Very Best Quality. a it II. C. Strauss?We can Prove That. _( W. Dohson?Sugar?Candies? Guns?Pistols? Raisins?Snuff. F. Adickcs it Co.?Watches, Clocks, Etc. . C. Latimer?Save Your Credit. Y. Cartwright it Co.?Christinas Toys. i ie Diamond Button. . Brown Wylio, C. C. C. Pis.?Clerk's Sales. J. Smith, Agent of heirs and Administra- 8 tor?Sale of Ileal instate of D. C. McKin- v ney, deceased. c enquirer supplement. 1< Besides the full and graphic account of e e closing scenes in the life of Jefferson ivis, printed on this page of The En- P jirer, we also issue with this number a 0 pplement containing a full sketch of the v e and public career of the illustrious f iad. e t TAX COLLECTIONS. c The collections of State and county f xes up to Monday night last amount to * 7,519.04, leaving at that time $38,483.14 1 icollected. The date for the payment of > xes without the penalty of 15 per cent. Iditional will expire on Saturday next, lless the time be extended by the compoller general. t r THE CHURCHES The Episcopal congregation of this place g ovii'iiticu - <?u fn fho Rpv. Keating ? Nelson, of Virginia, to the rectorship o? g e parish, and he has accepted the call. e e is expected here by the 25th instant. The Rev. G. H. Waddell, the new pastor ^ the Methodist church at this place, has g rived and entered upon his ministerial t ities. He preached his initial sermon st Sunday and made a most favorable j ipression upon his hearers. PINE HOGS. I Mr. Jdnn M. Thomasson, of Zadok, re- ? ntly slaughterd six eleven-months-old )me-raised hogs that netted 1,251 pounds, t ie heaviest one weighed 250 pounds. 8 Mr. W. J. Andress, of Yorkville, slaugh- 1 red a tweive-monins-oia nome-raisea * )gsa few days ago that netted 321 pounds. I On last Thursday Mr. James Gordon, of ^ xlder, killed two hogs, one of which eighed 334 and the other 336 pounds. c These facts go to show that hogs can be [ ised in York county as easily as cotton, c % A NARROW ESCAPE. ^ On Friday last Mr. J. M. Kirkpatrick, ( made a narrow escape from getting g riously hurt by a cotton gin which he as operating near Lowrysville. His >at became entangled in the gin, drawing\ m up to the revolving machinery, and ^ rfore he could extricate himself, he was t verely cut in the right side by the saws, j nly his superior strength saved him \ om a serious, if not fatal wound. Drs. ^ nderson & Brawley, of Lowrysville, j ive him needed surgical attention. m i ACCIDENTALLY 8HOT. / By a letter received yesterday from Fish am, Union county, we learn that Mr. W. . Gibbons, the well known railroad conactor, who has a contract in Union coun on the G., C. and N. railroad, was accimtally shot and severely wounded on riday last. The writer gives no particurs further than that the ball entered ithin three inches of his heart, and lough the physicians have failed to flntT ie ball by probing, Mr. Gibbons is cheerI and thinks he will soon recover. MEMORIAL SERVICE. Thespontaniety with which the people ' the South are exhibiting their reverence r the memory of Jefferson Davis, is honable to them. Without proving recreant i the distinguishing chara<U~"?"v v.ut jople they could do no lef8, Memorial -m tn dfr ln churches iroughout the South. In Yorkville the rvice will be held in the Associate Rermed Presbyterian church, and conductl by the pastors of the different denomiitions. At the tolling of the bells let isiness be suspended and all the people pair to the house of worship and pay the st sad tribute to the departed chieftain. "^E^RSONAL MENTION. Dr. J. T. Darwin, of Blacksburg is in orkville. Mrs. G. M. Moore, of Blacksburg, is siting friends in Yorkville. Mr. Jasper Stowe, of Gaston county, N. , made a visit to friends in Yorkville last eek. Mr. Ed. Thomas left Yorkville on Monty last to take a position as locomotive igineer on the Chester and Lenoir railad. Miss Alice Bailey, of Greenville, is vis- v ng her sister, Mrs. W. J. Thackston, c ho has been quite ill with pneumonia, it is now convalescing. 8 Mr. Joseph F. Wallace is in Charleston tending the annual convocation of the J and lodge A. F. M., as representative of i lilanthropic lodge of Yorkville. The invitation to our townsman, Gen. o M. Law, to deliver an oration in Col- n nhin trwlnv nn tho nrcasion of the me- n orial ceremonies in honor of Jefferson g wis, was a distinguished compliment t the ability and popularity of the Gen- r al as a public speaker. In consequence o pre-engagement he could not accept e invitation. a CONSTRUED IT LITERALLY. J Philanthropic Lodge, A. F. M., met in jular communication last Monday night. ^ is customary on these occasions to sus- a nd from a window of the lodge room a mp, bearing Masonic emblems on the a *ss, as a signal for those who would find j e mystic way. On last Monday night \\ e tiler lighted up the lodge, groomed the at, applied a fresh coat of grease to the jfi le and made all other needful prepara- h >ns for the meeting except the hanging ^ his lamp "from the outer wall." Hav- 8| g everything in readiness he came down jc the street where he met a brother offi- B r of the lodge, who having noticed the d lission of the lamp, said to the tiler, ^ io up to the lodge room and put out iJ ur light." Taking his brother literally his word the tiler rushed up to the room, tinguished the lights, and locking the &1 ors reported that he had obeyed ii.struc ns, and enquired if it had been decided t to hold a meeting that night. Ex- ^ inations were made, and the regular mmunication was held. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. 3n last Sunday afternoon, Jim Pickens, olmiit fivolvQ voara nlH and apprentice to the barber's trade under ra Ballard, attempted suicide by hang- p; j. He selected a tree in rear of J. se Riddle's store and in full view of si lin street, but strange to say he was not U1 :n by pedestrians or others until dis- ^ /ered by his employer lying on the fa jund in an unconscious condition. ci hen found he was lying under the tree lij th a stout cord drawn tightly around hi i neek and unable to speak or have any " ltrol of himself. Tom took him to his ^ use, which was near, and summoned he . White, who, on examining the boy, hs >nounced it a case of strangulation, ca e boy did not regain consciousness un- h( about three hours after being discover- J" , and, according to his own statement, has for some time contemplated taking p; i life. To this end, he had procured dt :h pieces of stout cord or twine as he ild, and by tying them together made a e eight or ten feet long. Securing one 1 of this to the limb of a tree?and he m >wed good judgment in his selection of improvised gallows?he stood on a or gon wheel that was leaning against the e, adjusted the "fatal noose" and plung- ^ as he no doubt supposed, Into eternity, t0 ; the cord was frail and broke, letting he n down to the ground, but not without w fearful realization of the terror of hang3g. His only reuson for the rash act is fiat he feels that he is of no the rorld, and he desires to quit it. His paruts live in Columbia. The idea prevails with some that he was riven to the deed on account of harsh reatment by his employer, but those situted in a position to know, do not think he cceives any but kind treatment. DESTITUTION IN N. C. A letter from a gentleman well known n Yorkville, but who now lives in Warenton, N. C., gives a gloomy view of the ituation in Warren county, that State, yhich is ordinarily one of the finest agriultural counties in Eastern Carolina. The etter is dated last Friday, and from it we xtract the following: "I have never seen such times as we are now iassing through in this and the counties east f here. Farmers have not made more than ne-sixth of a cotton crop. Tobacco is selling veil, but it, too, is very light. Corn and other ;rains are very short. The land holders are oslng their rents. The merchants aro taking verything the small farmers have, and then hey are not paid in full. I believe the merhants are doing the best they can for the peo>le; but they are forced to collect. A public neeting to discuss the situation was held here resterday. Some 2,000 people were present, t was resolved to ask the legislature to author?"? nnmmioainnnrsi t.O borrow UlOn CAXJ UUl V/UUIIVJ wimmuu'v" w. ? iy to relieve the necessities of our people." church notices. Young Men's Union Prayer meeting will )e held in the Presbyterian church next Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, pastor. Services at Union next Sunday at 11 a. m. .nrt in vv?rlr"iilpat 7 d. m. Sunday-school it 9.30 a. no. Prayer meeting xo-morrow ivening at 7 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, pasor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening it 7 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 11 i. m. and 7 p.m. Sunday-school at 3 p. m. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. T. C. Galloway, pastor. The pastor will >6 absent next Sunday and no services nay be expected in either of his churches. 3unday-shool at 3 p. m. Episcopal?A lay service will be held at he church next Sunday and there will be b meeting of the congregation immediatey after, at which it is hoped the vestry of he church will have a letter from the Rev. Hr. Nelson to lay before the congregation, lunday-school at 3.30 p. m. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. H. Wadlell, pastor. The first quarterly conference or this station will be held at the resilence of Mr. F. Happerfleld at 7 o'clock lext Saturday evening. Services on Sunlay at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m., by Rev. A. M. Ihreitzberg, presiding elder. Sundaychool at 3 p. m. Prayer-meeting this ivening at 7 o'clock. f ?6cal laconics. <Jt is suggested that the reward of $100 ffered by the governor of Tennessee for he arrest of Howser, the fraud now in ail at Chester as a Young Men's Chrisian Association impostor, be donated to he Y. M. C. A. of Chester. This would )e an appropriate illustration of the 'irony of fate." ^We acknowledge the receipt of a menorial leaflet, it being a short sketch of th8 .Ton. B. H. Massey, late of York county, vho died at his home near Fort Mill, December 25, 1888. The sketch is underitood to be the work of Hon. Giles J. Paterson, and was prepared under direction )f the State Agricultural and Mechanical lociety. <We learn that Mr. Milton Wylie, of 3ickory Grove, who met with the misn.fnna nf hoiiino ViSa 1 acr hrnlrcn Inat fall KJIVUUO VI 1IM1 li(g 4M"| las almost entirely recovered from his iurt, and will soon be able to abandon his :rutches. The work of roofing the Presbyterian :hurch with slate is progressing rapidly ind satisfactorily. Mr* W.?G. Shillinglaw, a brick maker yrnrnvcs nuuut tw times cost ui town, las discovered a deposit of potter's clay, lamples of which he sent to a pottery ;o be tested. The result is some pieces >f neat ware. The clay takes the salt jlazing, which is generally known as 'gray" or "stoneware." Mr. Shillinglaw ipeaks of entering into the manufacture )f ware, which would no doubt prove a jrofitable industry. MEMORIAL MEETING. Pursuant to a call made by Intendant rnhn J. Hunter, a lflrpe number of citizens >fYorkville, including several ladies, asembled in the court house, at the signal ?f the tolling of the church bells of the own, at 7.30 last Monday evening, to pay loraage to the memory of Jefferson Davis, vhose death occurred in New Orleans on Friday morning last. The meeting was called to order by Inendant Hunter, who nominated for chairnan Major James F. Hart. Major Hart yas unanimously elected and took the hair. A. W. Ingold was nominated and elected ecretary. At the request of the chairman, the Rev. '. C. Galloway invoked the divine blessng. The chairman then explained the object f the meeting to be to pay a tribute to the memory of the distinguished statesman nd patriot whose death the people of the louth are called to mourn, and announced hat the meeting was ready to hear any emarks that might be offered by gentlemen present. Col. W. B. Wilson responded to a call, nd in a short but impressive address, pro ounced an eloquent eulogiura on Mr. )avis. At the conclusion of his address, e read a set of resolutions, which after light amendment suggested by G. W. S. lart, Esq., were presented for adoption s follows: 1. That we have heard with sorrow of the eath of Mr. Davis, and deeply sympathize 'ith his bereaved widow and family. 2. That his death closes the life of one whose lemory the South will always honor and cherih as one of her most gifted sons?a statesman, ero, patriot and Christian gentleman. 3. That on Wednesday next, at tbo hour of is interment, the church bells be tolled, the Sores and places of business be closed, and a >int memorial service be hold at the Associate Seformed Presbyterian church. 4. That the pillars of the court house be raped in mourning. 5. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to Irs. Davis. Pending the adoption of the resolutions, ulogistic addresses appropriate to the ocision were delivered by W. L. McDonId, Esq., Gen. E. M. Law and the chairlan, Major Hart. Atlhe conclusion of the chairman's adress, the resolutions were submitted to a sing vote and unanimously adopted. The meeting then adjourned. LETTER FROM RLACKSBL'RO. rrcspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Blacksburg, December 10.?A soft, arm, hazy and somewhat damp atmoshere has been prevailing for the past iveral days and still continues, and it is a irprise to the weather-wise upon waking p every morning not to find rain falling. Then to relieve themselves of any ?t V* 4- n4-4n/*}-i fn Unirt frtf a aiiic mat inigiit atiatu iu mnu jui c* lse prognosis as to the weather, they conude, as I have done, that it is the deghtful season of Indian summer we are luing, and rain is not to be expected un1 all things are ready for it to come. The season has been unusually favorae for wheat sowing, and our farmers, I jlieve, have taken advantage of it and we planted largely of that cereal. The .rpenters and brick-layers too, have sen very busy in our town, and quite a jmber of new buildings will soon be ady for use. Upon the reception of the news of exresident Jefferson Davis's death, on Frily last, all the bells in town were tolled, )t excepting that of the colored Baptist lurch. Special services will be held the Methodist church to-morrow, about e time of his burial, in hqnor of his emory. Of course every meed of praise and hon1 will be accorded our dead chieftain by e people who revered and loved him, id if it is not out of place I would only fer a few sentences from the leading edirial of the Philadelphia Times, to show >w he was esteemed by an honest soldier, ho fought on the other side: "The death of Jefferson Davis severs the most vital link that connected the aims and actions of the present with the Southern Confederacy. During the last score of years Mr. Davis has been the most unique character in American history. He did not teach or cherish resentment; he had accepted the highest responsibility and distinction of the rebellion ; he had failed in revolution and fallen with his cause, and he never yielded in conviction or bowed to expediency. Neither section, (North or South) does even approximate justice to Mr. Davis, and only when all the passions of the present shall have faded out with the people who cherish them, will history present him in his true character. Mr. Davis was one of the most conscientious of our public men. He was not the author of rebellion and wai; he became an integral part of it from sincerest convictions; nor was he the implacable foe of the re-united republic that he has been so long regarded in the North. History will say that Jefferson Davis was honest in faith, expression and effort, alike at Mongomery, when he was crowned amidst the smiles and roses of the sunny South ; in the prison cell, when hope and friends seemed to have perished, and in the hour when the long halt was called that summoned him to the dreamless couch of the dead." Mrs. Martha By. s, of Boiling Springs, N. C., a lady of nearly seventy years, had an attack of congestion of the brain yesterday about 11 o'clock, at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. Aleck Ferguson, in this place. She is now lying in a partially paralyzed and semi-conscious condition. Her daughter, Mrs. J. Y. Hamrick, from Hickory Grove, and Mrs. A. R. watnricK, from Boiling Springs, and her son, Mr. Geo. Byars, of Boiling Springs, with other members of theirfamilies are here to visit their mother. The family of Mr. W. M. Jones, of Carey, N. C., arrived on Wednesday last and are occupying the M. L. Ross residence on Carolina street. Mrs. M. E. Deal returned on Friday from a brief visit to her son Sam, at Bingham School, N. C. A stone culvert is being built at the crossing, of Cherokee and Shelby streets by our town council. The Episcopal church has been presented with a bell by Mr. Jas. P. Lewis, of Seneca, S. C., now a contractor on the Three C's railroad. Judge W. P. Bynum, of Charlotte, was in our town last week, visiting a friend here. Our mayor, N. W. Hardin, Esq., is in Columbia. w. a. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Rock Hill, S. C., December 10.?Rock Hill wants to be made larger, and the town council has petitioned the legislature to extend the limits of the town ; but the petition of the council has met with considerable opposition. A bill was introduced in the senate by Senator Wilson, asking for the extension. The same was referred to the senate committee on incorporations. Last night two delegations from this place appeared before the senate committee. The one representing those in favor of the extension, being W. L. Roddey, D. Hutch ? j r 1 _ r mi lsou ana ireueu juues. muse uppuseu, Jno. R. London, J. C. Witherspoon, Wm. Whyte and A. H. White. The senate committee made a favorable report, and it is likely that the magic city will be made larger; and will never be called again "the biggest town for itS9ize in South Carolina." The report of the death of Ex-President Jefferson Davis wa9 received with sorrow by our citizens. At a meeting of the town council, held last night, the following resolutions were adopted: Whereas, the Hon. Jefferson Davis, thegrand old hero of the Lost Cause, after the full measure of a long and eventful life spent in au unswerving devotion to principle and to his conscientious convictions of right and duty, has been summoned by the Death Angel to join the innumerable throng "beyond the river," and a shadow of sadness and gloom is cast upon the hearts of us, his fellow citizens, all over the South; therefore, Resolved, 1st. That in the death of this great and good man, we are deprived of one of the noblest characters that America has ever produced, a man who, whatever the place he was called upon to fill, amid the various vicissitudes of changeful and changing times, whether it were in the forum or in the field, whether in prison and in chains, or at the head of the now dead Confederacy, was always faithful and true to the people ivho delighted to honor hiui, and who gathered arOUnii him to anm?-ra-nnq Inirn nnrl ff'"nj*i 2nd. That in this our great loss, it behooves us, his fellow-citizens, to show forth our respect and honor for the dead hero in some public manner befittingso important an event, and that we would and do hereby request and urge the citizens of Rock Hill and the surrounding community, to meet in Roddey's Hall, on Wednesday next, at 12 m, the hour set apart for the funeral of our great chieftain, to hold memorial services in commemoration, of his life and services. 3rd. That we hereby request that all business houses in the town of Rock Hill be closed during the exercises on that day, and that all of our people turn out to do honor to the occa OiUU* 4th. That all the churches in town are requested to toll their bells on Wednesday from half past 11 a. m. until the hour for the services to commence in the hall. A public meeting will be held in Roddey's hall. Col. Cadwallader Jones will preside. The services will be opened with prayer by Rev. Jas. S. White. Capt. Jno. . C. Witherspoon will deliver an eulogy on the dead hero. The work on Main street, from the railroad to the cemetery, has been a great improvement to that end of the town, and the town council has shown considerable interest in improving the thoroughfares of the town. As the election for their successors is near at hand, thsy will most certainly succeed themselves.^. The machinery for the Globe Cotton mill is being received daily. Th? side track laid by the Charlotte, ColumbV and Augusta railroad for the use of the mill ia filled with box cars loaded with machioerv. H.a. LETTER FROM BLACKSTOCK. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Blackstock, December 9.?It is reporv ed that the same parties who created a sensation among our people a few weeks since by their digging around in search of what was believed to be some hidden treasure, are again in he neighborhood \ and have been carrying on operations below Woodward's. They still profess to be N prospecting for gold. The people of our town are certainly , aroused on the subject of adding to i the beauty and comfort of our streets and premises by setting out shade trees thereon, and the week just passed has proved quite a succession of "arbor days" with us. Quite a number of these trees , have been placed on the grounds of the Presbyterian church buildings here and at Woodward's, it being strongly urged by tho nastnr that each mala mpmhor nf th? congregation should ensure the growth of at least one tree in one of the two places. Rev. Mr. Kennedy, the well known blind minister of Concord Presbytery in North Carolina, has been visiting in our community for several days past, and filled the pulpit of the Presbyterian church here yesterday, preaching a mo9t excellent sermon. The new Methodist minister for this circuit, Rev. Mr. Wiggins, has come to his field of work. He will probably live in our town, though his family are still at their former home, waiting until arrangements for getting a suitable house here, etc., can be definitely fixed. On last Tuesday night, Rev. J. S. White, of Rock Hill, delivered a most interesting and instructive lecture in the Presbyterian church here on his recent visit to the Holy Land. The speaker is a great favorite with the people of this entire community, and a very large audience greeted him on this occasion. NOTES FROM GOULD. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Gould, York County, December 9.? Our farmers in this section have about finished sowing wheat, but the quantity sown is quite small. A larger crop of oats nas Deen sown than usual, and they appear to be coming up nicely. Cotton picking is about over and the larger portion of the crop has been ginned. The yield is about an average. Some of our farmers estimate the crop a bale short to the plow, while others claim a bale more to the plow than they made last year. This section of the county can boast of its own homeraised pork, with full cribs of corn. Little Jessie Ratchford, who was run over by a mule on the 2nd instant and badly hurt, is doing as well as could be expected, though in addition to the severe cut on her head, it was subsequently discovered that the bone of one of her thighs was broken. The fractured bone was set by Dr. Saye yesterday. On the 3rd instant a house on the \V. W. Thomson place was destroyed by fire. It contained several hundred pounds of seed cotton and a quantity of cotton seed, which were also destroyed. The fire is supposed to have been accidental. Mr. Jackey Smarr is quite ill at his home near Bullockla-Creek. h. f.