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Jtopis and Jfattis. I ? In response to a call of forty-three j members, the "Southern Society," of New j York city held a meeting on the night of s the 7th instant and passed the resolutions t adopted by the committee of nine in mem- c ory of Jefferson Davis. In consequence of t this action, Wm. P. H. John, president of t the Mercantile National bank, and presi- t dent of the society, has tendered his resig- t nation as a member of the society. f ? A Missouri judge has made the surprising discovery that in order to be eligible ( to jury duty in Missouri, itis not necessary t that the party summoned should be 21 ^ years of age. A gentleman, whose son, j aged 20, was included in a list of persons j eligible for jury duty, went to Judge r With^row in his behalf, when the Judge t said that if he wqs but 9 years of age and i possessed of the requisite intelligence he t mamU UA AKISMA/) A vvuuiu uo uungcu iu ovi t?. ? ?According to an estimate in the New ] York Sun, of the results of the 'census of a 1890, the States to gain electors will be: 1 Alabama 2, Arkansas 2, California 1, Col- c orado 1, Georgia 2, Indiana 1, Iowa 1, r Kansas 2, Kentucky 1, Louisiana 1, Mary land 1, Minnesota 8, Mississippi 1, Missou- ri 8, Nebraska 8, New Jersey 1, New York \ 1, North Carolina 2, Ohio 2, Pennsylvania 1, Texas 2, and Wisconsin 1. The four : new States will probably have 14 electoral . votes, distributed as follows: South Dakota 4, Washington 4, Montana 3, and North Dakota 8. ? The Savannah News observes that, while some of -the Northern newspapers sneak slightingly of President Davis' article, showing that most of the suffering of the Federal prisoners at Andersonville was doe to the action of the Federal authorities with regard to them, the same papers are careful not to print the article itself. The explanation, however, is sim, pie enough. They have no reply to make to it. The unfortunate prisoners them- : selves fixed the responsibility ontheirgovernment during the war, and there can be no appeal from their recorded verdict. c ? A dispatch from Shelby, N. C., says : k Rev. T. M. Joiner, who recently applied c to the British Minister at Washington, i claiming to have been outrageously treat- c ed in Randolph, lived in the western part f of Cleveland county from 1879 until Decern- i ber, 1884. While there he preached to ne- , groes, urging social equality, and his wife 1 taught a free negro school. During their t residence in Cleveland county they fre- s quently came to Shelby, always stopping with negroes. They have adopted and are raising a mulatto child. From Shelby they wenttoMaxton. ? In his message to the Mississippi legislature, Governor Lowry condemns severely the carrying of concealed weapons and recommends stronger laws than at present exist to remedy the great evil. Reference is made to the Suliivan-Kilrain fight, and disapproval of such scenes as were enacted at Purvis last July is strongly emphasized. The State finances are in a creditable shape. Governor Lowry denounces as slanderous such charges as reflect upon the manner of elections held in Mississippi since 1881. All kinds of industries show an increase, especialiy that of stock raising. ? H. P. Cheatham, the colored congress" man fromi#ttfe second district of North Carolina, addressed several hundred colored people at Halifax, in that State, a few days ago, urging them not to leave that section to go away to Kansas and other places. He told them that, when taken ' away by some sharp agent who gets pay , by the head for all he induces away, they are treated as slaves and will have no * " " i ? i- c i?.. ? rreeaom. n wey wisn to iouk. ior ? ueuor ? place, do so by paying their own expenses, and then they will be under obligations to no one. They seemed satisfied with his advice and are now inclined to follow it. ?The killing of Dock Bell, a prominent citizen of Heflin, Ala., on Thursday night last, by Sam C. Creamer, the marshal of the town, was a sensational affair, the men beiDg related by marriage. Thursday night they met face to face in the street for the first time in several months. "I S^uess we might as well settle our little afair and be done with it," said Bell. Stepping back a few paces and drawing a pistol, he fired and Creamer fell to the ground shot through the shoulder. Bell continued to shoot, and Creamer raising himself on one elbow, drew his pistol and shot Bell four times, every ball passing through his body, killing him almost instantly. Creamer is badly wounded, but will recover. ? On Friday, Sanders and Powers, who were elected United States senators by the Republican legislature of Montana, made formal application to Gov. Toole for certificates of election. The request was denied on the ground that their election was ille?*l,and also because of the fact that Gov. oole had already given a certificate of election to Clark and McGinnas, elected by the Democrats. The legislative dead lock continues in full force, and the Republicans have decided to break it, so far as the senate is concerned, by unseating Mr. McNamara, Democrat, who is ineligible because of his being a Federal official. This will give the Republicans full and free control of the senate. ?The actual amount of malt liquors consumed in 1888 was 767,587,056 gallons. This includes not quite 3,000,000 gallons of imported beer and ale. The manufactu rers' price to tne retailer is ratner aoove than below 20 cents per gallon. At 20 d cents, the co9t to the dealers would be $153,- c 517,411. The retailers get an average of c 60 cents per gallon, which makes the cost b to the consumers $460,522,233, which the I American people spend annually for malt ( liquor, principally beer. The most careful \ estimate puts the cost of wine to the con- a sumer at $72,670,136, and of distilled spir- a its $379,116,860. This gives us a grand to- b tal of $912,449,129, nearly $1,000,000,000 t spent annually for liquor by the people a in the United States. ( ? Judge Wm. D. Kelly, of Philadelphia, ? died in Washing on the 9th instant. He : was the oldest member of the house of representatives in years and continuous service, having been elected to fifteen sue- , cessive congresses. Recently a cancer on the jaw, which he had removed several * years ago, reappeared, and probably shortened his life, but the immediate cause of \ his death was intestinal catarrh of recent origin. He served an apprenticeship to \ * ?9 ? r i A. n 11? V me priming uusiuess, uui uumiy unneu into the law and became a great reader and worker. After passing through the lower grades of prosecuting officer and judge, he entered the Thirty-seventh congress and has since been in continued commission. Judge Kelly was a consistent protectionist and had long been a member of the ways and means committee. Some years ago he visited the South and wrote some good letters about the development of this section. ? E. W. Nichols, who died at Springfield, Mass., last Thursday, had a remarkable war history. He was a member of the Fourteenth Michigan cavalry and was captured and confined in Andersonville. He was chosen sheriff of the court organized by the Union prisoners to punish a gang of comrades that stole their supply of rations. Ten were convicted in the court of Union prisoners and sentenced to be hanged. Nichols, who was a powerful man, had to string the men up alone, and one of the emaciated comrades was hanged a second time, as the rope broke. On his return North, Nichols re-enlisted and was with the gang of cavalrymen who captured Jefferson Davis, and shared the $100,000 offered by President Johnson, who issued the proclamation charging Davis with complicity in the assassination of Lincoln. Nichols had property and was successful in business. On account of his horrible duty at Andersonville he was shunned by veterans, and rarely alluded to the affair. ri ? The board of education of Alton, Illinois, has provided separate schools for colored children, but the negroes want their children to attend the schools set apart for white pupils. On Friday a score of adult negroes, accompanied by a half a hundred black children, went to the high school and demanded admission. Supt. Powell is a mild mannered man. and offered no obstruction. The black children walked in and took possession of all the desks they found unoccupied. The white pupils protested, and began to pack up their books and make preparations to leave. Some of the colored boys grinned at the white girls, and as soon as the negro men left the building the white pupils assaulted the blacks. There was a hard fight for fifteen minutes, during which books, inkstands, rulers, slates and hair filled the air. The whites finally drove the blacks out of the room, chased them out of the yard and continued the fight in the street. The white girls urged their champions on with encouraging shouts, and brought them munitions of war when possible. , ? Governor Fowle, of North Carolina, has issued warrants of execution for four men, and all of them will be hanged on February 7th. These are John Wilson, c convicted of murder in Yancey county at c he spring court of 1889; Manly Pinckney, onvicted of murder in Montgomery couny, fall term 1889; Samuel Halfordand It. \ Willis, both convicted of burglary in tutherford county at spring term 1889. Ul these prisoners took appeals to the upreme court, which tribunal confirmed he action of the lower courts; and in acordance with law, the Governor issued he death warrants as above stated. The hree last named are white, and it said hat Halford and Willis are portly and inelligent looking men, possessing the aptearance of gentlemen. ? In Baleigh, N. C., on Friday last, J. Claude Parish paid the death penalty for he crime of which he had been convicted. The prisoner deported himself with astonshing coolness and composure till the last, le was baptized Friday morning with the itesof the Catholic church and died mainaining his innocence. He was convicted ast January of a criminal assault on his hirteen-year-old daughter. His case was ippealed, but the judgment was sustained, ie was a white man, forty-two years old md had a wife and several children, ^arish said nothing on the gallows. He lied by strangulation after hanging eleven niniitpa. lie ?0*MIe #n<juim. YORK VILLE, S. 0 j WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15,1890. MERE-MENTION. The Boston board of health received last Saturday the weekly report, showing 436 leaths, the largest number ever recorded n seven days. No less than 331 of the leaths are ascribed to pneumonia. To ibluenza are attributed 146 deaths. Mrs. lanhah B. Southworth, who shot and tilled Stephen Pettus, in New York, on he 22nd of last November, died of consumption in her cell in the Tombs prison, in the 7th instant. Green, Wabash, JVhite and Pattoka rivers, in Indiana, vere vecently higher, from rising waters, han they have been for years, and farms lave suffered great damage by inundaion. Seven great flour mills have ormed a combination at Mitwaukie, Wis.onsin. The syndicate controls a capital if $5,000,000 with a productive capacity if a million and a half barrels of flour anlually. Trotter, the colored recorder if deeds for the District of Columbia, has esigned upon a request by the president. \.n inquiry has developed the fact that he office has paid $40,000 in fees during rrotter's incumbency of two years and ten nonths. A bill is pending to make the josition a salaried one. At Glenn's Falls, N. Y., last Saturday, the weather vas very cold, and about a foot of snow ell. By a fire at Versailles, Ky., last Friday morning, a livery stable was burn>d, and 35 out of 68 fine horses were de44 s Uawoao Kii *?nnrl XT? a O iiroyeu. iiUJUU^ UIC uuiouo UUIUCU nua Bell Boy that recently sold at auction for >51,000 and for which his last owner reused $100,000 The peanut crop of Virginia and North Carolina is said to be >nly about two-thirds of what it was last rear. A whole family, suffering with nfluenza, at Dearborn, Michigan, was >oisoned on Friday night, by the mistake ?f taking strychnine for quinine. One laughter died, and the father cannot reover. The Democratic members of he Iowa legislature held a caucus on Friday to consider matters in regard to irganization, etc., and appointed a comnittee of five to have control of the generil policy. v*At Johnstown, Pa., on Thursday, three more bodies were recovired in the sand along the river in the ower part of the town. The general opinon is that there are dozens of victims of he great flood still buried and will yet be ecovered. The United States supreme ourt has fixed March 1st as the time for leariug arguments in the Nagle case growng out of the killing of Judge Terry, of California, last summer. Col. R. W. luter, a prominent railroad contractor and lational Greenback leader, died at Pensaola, Fla., last Friday flight. The two >risoners awaiting trial at Oswego, Kanas, supposed to be Kate Bender and her oother, will probably be released, as proof f their identity is wanting. Accordng to R. G. Don & Co.'s report, the busiless failures last week numbered for the Jnited States 335 and for Canada 39, makng a total of 374 compared with 322 the revious week. For the corresponding veek last year the figures were 351 in the Jnited States and 30 in Canada. Senior Blackburn has been re-elec ed by he Kentucky legislature. A Washngton physician has been sentenced to ix months imprisonment in jail and to ?ay a fine of $400 on conviction of robbing a :ravein the Congressional cemetery. fin Jeorgia a law went into effect on the 1st of ranuary which makes eleven hours a legal lay's labor. Five moonshiners esaped from jail in Atlanta, Ga., last Friday norning.-"- In a guarrel last Thursday >etween Charles Ivuryart, a iarmer, 01 'ulaski county, Indiana, and Ferdinand Jastings, of Stark county, about the dividing lines of their farms, Gastings shot ,nd killed Kuryart and wounded Kury,rt's child. The slayer then shot his own lead off. In Chicago, last Friday, atorneys Swing, Donahoe and Forrest, filed i motion for a new trial in the case of foughlin, Burke, O'Sullivan and Kunz, onvicted of the murder of Dr. Cronin. IThe motion assigns thirty-nine causes of irror in the rulings of the presiding judge. Arguments will be made this week. The innual meeting of the New York City Jnion Prisoners of War was held Friday light. A committee was appointed to iraft a letter in reply to that of Mr. Davis ipon the subject of the treatment of the jnion prisoners in Southern prisons durng the war. The Nicarauga Canal :ompany has 1,000 men at work at Greyown building a jetty and taking the preiminary steps for beginning the big calal. On Friday a preamble and resoutions were adopted in the Virginia egislature setting forth that the monument *) Gen. Robert E. Lee is nearing comple,ion; that sufficient funds have not been aised to pay for the same, and calling upon he eitizons of thp State to take measures n every county to raise the necessary tmount. It is understood that about $8,000 vill be required for the purpose. Col. L. it. Polk, of North Carolina, who has been ilected president of the National Farmers' tnd Laborers' Union of America, has gone 0 Washington to establish his headquarers there.** : Calvin S. Brice has receiv;d the nomination of the Democratic cau:us for United States senator from Ohio to lucceed Senator Payne. The Republican itrength' in the legislature is 71 and the Democratic 77. It is thought there is 1 movement on foot in Augusta, Ga., to wing about an election on the liquor quesion under the local option law. James E. Campbell, the Democratic governor of Dhio, took the oath of office at noon last VIonday. Had Enough of Civil Rights.?An Atlanta dispatch of Thursday says: Three veil known business men, A. W. Boggs, >f Chicago, E. D. Gillmore, of Pittsburg, ind P. E. Brady, of Tiffin, Ohio, reached Atlanta this morning from New Orleans, rheywere sulphurous in their language, rhey took the Pullman sleeper in New Drleans, and finding the lower berths all i 1 1 r? i J~ mu? fone, were uuutteu lur ueus uuuve. iuc >ccupants of the lower berths proved to be our black members of the Louisiana legisature, who were on their way to Washngton. Though the three white men vere Republicans and had voted for Harrion for president, they were outspoken in heir denunciation of the presence of the >lacks. The negroes talked politics all light, and when morning came took compete possession of the lavatory, stripping o the skin to wash. The white men ibandoned the field to them, and waited intil they reached an Atlanta hotel before hey touched towel or soap. All three delisted that henceforward they would vote h s Democratic ticket. Rather Inconsistent.?The South Carolina University employs twenty-eight irofessors to teach 212 boys. The total apiropriations for the institution will reach learly $50,000 this year besides a number if houses which are used free of rent by he professors. It costs the State about 230 a year for each pupil in the Universiv. Yet some of the strongest friends of he University opposed the Clemson Colege first, last and all the time on the score if economy.?[Orangeburg Times-I)emorat. LETTER FROM BLAIRSVILLE. Correspondence of ihe Yorkvllle Enquirer. Blairsville, January 13.?The negro exodus, now attracting public attention, seems to be not only a novel subject, but strikingly interesting. It brings up the question often asked, will they go, and if so, where? It is my opinion that they will go?by gradual emigration at first; theu later by deportation under national legislation. As a race of people, they have no future before them higher than service to any superior race they may meet. They will follow the old Indian course before the Anglo-Saxon race, which is now looking towards the wealth of Africa even. They will finally be colonized, perhaps on the wild frontier, or in Liberia, or in the south-west, and dwindle away by their natural tendency into insignificance. How will it affect the yield of cotton in case Jhey are removed from the cotton belt ? Will it not greatly reduce the present yield of seven million bales per an A /*1 . AMS? AMrvMAl/vn ? M nura : taa we huusuiuio au^ agcuuco in their stead to produce our present yield 6f cotton?. Would a reduction of present production to four million bales materially affect the prosperity of the Southern States, which form the cotton belt? While the North and South are both gradually growing willing to deport the negro, they must necessarily at the same time begin to mature some plan to meet the depletion, in order to maintain our standard of productiveness. The Farmers' Alliances are now looking for prices on their present year's supplies, through their duly appointed agents. I hope they can make arrangements that will prove mutually beneficial to the alliance and the merchant. Most of the farming element have made their business arrangements for work or labor for the present year. And if they will determine to labor six full days in the week, and live within and according to their several abilities, they may eventually get out of the mire. The credit system hurts any one in any profession. It encourages us to buy what we can get on without, and much that we are not able to pay for. I believe that, if the exemptions by the homestead law were reduced to the minimum sum of its ante-bellum provisions, men would not venture in debt so carelessly. The homestead law, as it now provides, makes the lien law a necessity, and creates the demand for a large amount of liens, chattle mortgages and other se curitiesI trust that an abundance of oats will be seeded to meet the emergency of stock feed in the summer season. But do not follow the rule of seeding them on lands too poor to produce anything else, which is nonsense. .Surface manure the poor spots with chip earth from wood piles and barn yard manure, to keep up the fertility of the land; for there is no strength in a poor horse, and so there is no strength in barren, thin soil. Feed the earth and it will feed you in return. The embryo city of Sharon has shipped ud to this time about 1,400 bales of cotton. It is predicted that she will ship, the present season, the regular 2,000 bales. No foreign means have been used to induce cotton to come there. The naturally convenient location of the place will always bring a goodly quantity of the "fleecy staple" to her gates. She needs no booming. She needs capital?that's all. I hope the town authorities will straighten Shelby street and shape up the physical nature of the place to make its appearance more attractive and charming to look upon. The schools are beginning their work now in our midst, and judging from the number of them now in prospect of opening, we do not fear that our progeny will De Deninci meir ancestry in Kuuwieuge. There are six within five miles of your correspondent likely to open their doors soon to the rising generation, and we feel safe as to the future of Young America, if opportunities and the number of books applied will count for anything in the accumulation of mental lore, croaker. LETTER FROSTROCK HILL. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Rock Hill, January 14.?The weather has been such that the citizens of this section have not been safe in killing hogs, and those who have brought hogs to this market say they are daily losing money. Preston Garner, who was injured at the cotton mill, and whose life was dispaired of, is improving, and his physicians now have hope of his recovery. There will be a ministers' conference of the York and Chester Baptist associations held at this place to-morrow and next day. There will be ten or twelve visiting ministers and services will be held morning and evening. Mr. J. J. Hagins has built up the vacant lot adjoining his drug store and the Morrison building on Railroad street. An election for an intendant and four wardens, to serve Rock Hill for this year, i .? j ? mi 1 mi_ was neiu on xnursuay. xnero were uuec tickets in the field ; the old council as follows: for Intendant?J. M. Cherry; for wardens?R. T. Fewell, J. J. Hagins, A. D. Holler, D. Q. Williams. For intendant?K. Kendall ; for wardens?J. B. Patrick, J. J. Hagins, E. 11. Avery, J. F. Reid. The third ticket was the old council with the name of J. B. Patrick, Jr., substituted for that of D. C. Williams. There was a small number of votes cast, only 129, with the following result: J. M. Cherry, 121; R. T. Fewell, 120 ; J. J. Hagins, 12G , A. D. Holler, 121; D. C. Williams, 96; J. B. Patrick, 34 ; K. Kendall, 8; J. F. Reid, 8; E. R. Avery, 9. The vote was certainly a compliment to the old council, showing the appreciation of our citizens for tHe manner in which they have promoted the interests of the town. The council, on Friday, sold three thou sana nve nunureu uonars 01 si* per ceuu street bonds of the town at public auction. They were purchased at par, $100, by Capt. W. L. Roddey and others. Thursday night Warden It. T. Fewell entertained the town council in the diniDg room of the Carolina hotel. They report having a pleasant evening. The Episcopal congregation at this place has purchased a lot on Elm avenue, and will soon build a rectory thereon. Mr. Jas. Steadman accidentally fell on the street last week and fractured his arm. Mrs. Alex. F. Fewell, of Ebenezer, is very ill, and there seems to be little hope for her recovery. She is the oldest daughter of ex-Sheriff May, of this county. Mr. B. W. Creid, who has charge of the sewing machine department of S. T. Frew & Co., while playing with a pet squirrel, was bitten on the thumb by the animal. He has had quite a serious time. The physicians thought at one time that it would be necessary to amputate nis arm ; but he has greatly improved and with proper care will soon be out. Singular to say the squirrel has since committed suicide, having cut its throat by running through a lot of tin. The city council held a meeting last night and elected J. C. Sharpe marshal, Thos. J. Sewards secretary and treasurer, and W. J. Cherry attorney, and I. T. Farris superintendent of the town clock. The ladies of the Episcopal church are going to give a mum party at the Library building on Friday night. iial. LETTER FRO>TBLACKSBIJR(;. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Blacksburg, January 14.?In my let ter of last week, either the printer or i made a mistake in saying that the weather was seasonable, when unseasonable was the word intended. For who has ever seen or felt such weather in the middle of winter as we have been blessed with for the past month ? Vegetation of all kinds is putting forth and growing; fruit trees are nearly ready to blossom ; children are crnincr hnrpfnntpd. find thp hirdu sincrinc rq merily as they do in the beginning of summer. Surely the wild geese Hying south, and all other signs for cold weather have failed, and all must admit this is a phenomenal winter. I have heard only one person say that any winter like it was ever seen before in the memory of our "oldest inhabitant," and that was the winter of 1836, before your correspondent was born. However, there was a fall of several degrees in temperature yesterday afternoon and this morning is nearly cold enough for frost, and fires begin to feel comfortable again. I guess the winter will come along after awhile and the fly will not destry the wheat; that there will not be a premature budding and blossoming of the fruit trees, and we will have the seasons, as usual, favorable enough in this goodly land of ours for the people to make all they need and some to spare, if they will only do their part in the great life work. The Cherokee Building and Loan association held an adjourned meeting of the stockholders on Saturday, 11th instant, at which reports from the secretary and treasurer and the finance committee were read and adopted. These reports show the association to be in a healthy and prosperous condition with a bright I future before it. Steps were taken towards I the adoption of one or two important amendments to the constitution and bylaws. Our town was shocked by a telegram received hereon Sunday morning of the death ofR. M. S. Randall, near Anderson. Mr. Randall has been engaged in railroad work of different kinds on the Atlanta and Charlotte railroad for the past fifteen years and was always found skillful and efficient. For the past year he has been acting as bridge foreman on the Blue Ridge line and contracted malaria, his death resulting from a congestive chill. His family, who live in town, have the sympathy of all our citizens. Mrs. George H. Cleary, wife of the pop Uiar CODUUClor U1 me Aiiieev^a laiiiunu, is ft resident of our town and boarding with Mrs. Rice. Wm. C. Black, who was compelled to relinquish his studies at the University on account of ill health and weak eyes, has so far recovered by rest and a sojourn upon his native heath, as to be able to resume his work in the classics and civil engineering at Columbia. % Mr. Litle and Miss Lizzie Brown,Vrom near Rock Hill, are visiting their cousin, Mrs. M. E. Deal. w. a. NOTES FBOM BETHANY. Correspondence of tlie Yorkville Enquirer. BethJMv, January 14.?Our school is presidedTJ^er by M. B. Henry. Misses Mary Jane and Laura Robbins and Miss Anna Carter are at Mr. M. P. Faris's. Miss Ralteree is at Mr. J. T. Quinn's. Mr. John R. Falls and family, who have been visiting here, have returned. Mr. Falls is an engineer on the Air Line, and lives at Central. The Enquirer has given the weights of some large home-raised hogs. Mr. E. B. Faulkner slaughtered two last week that weighed 3f)0 and 440. The latter" I surpasses any yet reported, and I expecfff was the largest hog in the county. A new house has been erected three miles east of this for day-school and Sabbath-school purposes. The day-school is conducted by Mr. J. T. McMackin, and the large and increasingly interesting Sabbath-school is under the efficient management of Mr. J. Hunter Henry. ALLIANCE TOPICS. ? The Florence County Farmers' Alliance has made arrangements for borrowing money to run the farms with this year. ? There are 57 sub-Alliances in Spartanburg county with a membership of 4,000. A merchant of Spartanburg who did a credit business of $10,000, states that he has collected all on his books except $13.48. ? The Union County Farmers'Alliance has rented a warehouse on Main street and has opened a large sample room, which is in charge of the business agent. When the farmers want goods, they give the order to the agent, who immediately orders them. ? The Alliance in Edgefield is trying to establish a bank in that county. The plan is to receive subscriptions in shares of $25 each, payable in annual installments of$5 per share, thus placing it within the reach of all to subscribe. The subscription list is open to all and is not confined to the membership. ? Says the Cotton Plant: A business man in Greenville who dealt largely last year with members of the Alliance through arrangements with the county business agent, remarked to us a few days ago that of more than eighteen thousand dollars worth of goods sold on time to Alliance men, there was less than one hun'J?rwl ^ntlnwn nnof /Inn onrl tinnoSrl on/1 ho UlCU UUliaiO paoi uuc auu uupatuf uuu u\> considered every dollar of that amount perfectly good. ? Delegates from twenty-five counties of Virginia and North Carolina met at Oxford, N. C., last Thursday to attend what was officially called by the Alliance the anti-cigarette trust convention. The convention is a strong body. Capt. Williamson was chosen chairman. The convention at once took up the subject of the trust and agreed to receive representatives of all the great cigarette manufacturers in the country. Representatives of several manufacturers were present, and made statements to the convention. A committee was appointed to consider their statements and report. Intense interest is manifested by every tobacco grower in this fight against the trust. ? On the subject of cotton bags the Southern Alliance Farmer says: A great deal of interest is being felt in the use of cotton sacks for fertilizers, corn, oats, etc. There is no trouble about the use of cotton to hold grain and all other goods of that kind, but for fertilizers, cotton sacks are in a great measure a complete failure. For dry, mixed fertilizers, such as are usually made by small mills by mixing cotton seed meal, kainit and acid, the cotton sack will answer, because the cotton seed meal and kainit absorb the acid sufficiently to prevent its cutting the cotton. All wet mixed and active goods, such as high grade ammoniated and acidulated mixtures, will destroy the sacks in fortyeight hours so that they cannot be handled. Burlaps make the best sacks, because they resist the chemical action of the acid longer than any other material. These things have been thoroughly tested and need no further discussion. ? A sensation in Alliance circles in Georgia culminated at Atlanta last Thursday when the resignation of Felix Corput, as president of the Alliance exchange, was accepted, and W. L. Peet elected to the place. Corput hns been at the head of the exchange since its organization, and has been looked upon as the best man in it. He has been opposed, however, by E. F. Livingstone, president of the State Alliance, who wants to be Governor. Corput has not been as friendly to Livingtone as the latter would like, and has been at work against him. The point of attack, so far as can be learned, was the salary Corput received. This has been 83,000. Some of the directors having intimated that the sum was too much, Corput said he'd none of it, and stepped down and out. There was a stormy meeting Thursday. Livingstone wanted to be president of both the Alliance and the Alliance exchange, but in this was thwarted by the election of Peek, who takes the place at $1,000. The fight is likely to have a strong bearing on the gubernatorial election. Corput, who is very strong, has been understood to favor W. J. Northen, a prominent farmer, also a candidate, and now he will openly work for Northen. The result cannot be predicted, but the Alliance is sure to cut a big figure in the approaching State campaign. More Crime in Barnwell.?Near a locality known as Bobbins, in Barnwell county, on Tuesday night of last week, William Black, an inoffensive negro boy about twenty years of age, was tied to a tree by the neck and waist, and his brains shot out by David Iteady, a white man. Although the crime was committed on Tuesday night, the facts did not become known until Friday. It seems that about a year ago the victim, William Black, broke into the house of another nefero living on the place of Dr. A. W. Bailey, near Ellenton, and stole some trifiing articles. He was sentenced to the penitentiary, and having served out his term returned to Barnwell on Tuesday, making his way to his mother's house. Passing the residence of Mr. Jas. Bennett and observing no one in the house, he entered and stole two coats and other articles which were quickly missed by the owner. Henry Sweat, a colored man, armed with a warrant from Trial Justice Dunbar, and assisted by two colored boys, overtook Black, arrested him and were proceeding to Trial Justice Dunbar's near Bobbins. Meantime they were joined by David C. Ready, a white man who was drunk, and volunteered to assist in conveying the prisoner to Bobbins. When within a mile of Bobbins, they came to a right-hand road leading down towards a swamp. "Turn to the right," says Beady. Bennett, one of the guards, demurred. "That is the nearest road to Trial Justice II ranliod Tfnorlir nnrl thp nrnppu. U U LI ua l ??} ICpllVU 1VVUUJI wuv* vuv |>. WW sioD filed into the right-hand road, going towards the swamp. Reaching the swamp, Ready, his companions objecting all the while and begging him to desist, tied the negro with his back to a tree, saying he intended to have a little lynching of his own. He then went back a little distance, and falling on his knees made a long prayer. As he said "amen" he raised his gun and fired. It was so heavily charged that as the report rang out, Ready fell back as if he, too, might have been shot. The negro fell forward on his face as far as the rope would allow, with the back part of his head torn away. Ready escaped, and though an inquest was held by Trial Justice Dunbar, on Friday, no arrests of any of the parties to the crime have been made, the trial justice taking the ground that those who stood by and saw the shooting which they ought to have prevented, would be necessary as witnesses against Ready. ; Governor Richardson has offered a reward of $500 for the apprehension of i Ready. LOCAL AKFAXRSL NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. C. E. Spencer, Executor?The B. T. Whoelei Carriage Factory For llent. D. E. Finley, Clerk of Board?Bridge Contraci to Let. J. Ed. Jellerys?Roport of the Town Treasurer J. A. Darwin?Mules at Racket Prices! John May, Jr. A Co.?New Goods ! New Store Everything New?Prices very Low. W. C. Latimer?It Still Continues?Sincen Thanks?Merry man's Fertilizers. Withers Adickes?Not so Profitable to Us. Mrs. T. M. Dobson, Proprietress?I am WideAwake and on my Way. ALLIANCE* MEETING. An adjourned meeting of York County Alliance was held in the court house yesterday. The meeting was well attended from all sections of the county and several matters of importance to the order were discussed ; but further than the adoption of a resolution adhering to cotton covering for the crop of 1890, the proceedings are withheld from publication. WHISKY CASES. Isom and Babe Buchanan, colored, were arrested in this place last week, charged with selling liquor without a United States license, and after a hearing before Commissioner Pride, at Rock Hill, were bound over to the United States court foi trial. They gave bond. ^ Wheeler Henry, colored, was arrested Friday night on the same charge and taken before Commissioner Pride on Monday for a hearing. He was bound over for trial. . . / ? TRIAL JUSTICES. / The secretary of State has been furnished by the governor's private secretary frfth a list of the appointments made by the governor and confirmed by the senate at the session of 1889. The list includes 239 trial justices, 3 county treasurers, 4 masters, 5 auditors and 1 jury commissioner. The only appointments in York county are for trial justices, and are as follows; W. D. Camp, Blacksburg; J. A. McMackin. Bethany ; W. S. Adams, McConnells viile; J. B. Bell, Yorkville; J.P.Blair Bullock's Creek ; Wm. Whyte, Rock Hill H. E. Johnson, Bethel. sketch opmr. davis. We reprint on the first page of The Enquirer this week from Belford's Magazine, an interesting autobiography of Jef ferson Davis, modestly told by himself Of this sketch the editor of Belford's Mag azine says it "was dictated by Mr. Davif as he lay sick in bed one morning at Beau voir a few weeks before his death, and was taken down in short hand by a Northerr guest whose manuscript was revised bj the old statesman before it was mailed t( the Belford company who had solicited ii for a biographical cyclopedia they hat undertaken." To those of our reader.' whose memory reverts to the Mexicar war, the sketch will prove specially in teresting, recalling many important event: of that conflict. p. m. general s report. We have received a copy of the annua report of the postmaster general of th< United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880. His is the one hundredth annual report made to the president. H( regards the United States postal system ai the largest business concern in the world touching the local life, the social interest: and business concern of every neighbor hood, bringing the government to every door in the land, making it the ready anc faithful servitorof every interest of com merce and society. The report is very elaborate. From it we learn that ther< are now 59,000 post offices in the Unitec States, and the capital in use in carryinf on the vast business was $1 to each man woman and child, giving employment t< 63,9-11 persons exclusive of post masters The postmaster general makes several sug gestions and recommendations for the im proveraent and to secure better efficiency of the service, all of which seem practica ble. CHURCH NOTICES. Young Men's Union Prayer meeting wil be held in the Presbyterian church nex Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev J. C. Galloway, pastor. Services next Sun day at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday-schoo at 3 p. m. Methodist Episcopal?Itev. G. H. Wad dell, pastor. Prayer-meeting this eveninf at 7 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 1 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday-school at 3 p. m Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, pas tor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 1 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday-school at 3 p. m Episcopal?Rev. K. S. Nelson, pastor Morning service on next Sunday at 1 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3.30 p. ra Evening service as announced at morninj service. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, pastor Services at Union next Sunday at 11 a. m and in Yorkvilleat7 p. m. Sunday-schoo at 0.30 a. ra. Prayer meeting to-morrov evening at 7 o'clock. / LOCAL LACONICS. 7"There will be a meeting of the W. C. T U., in the Knights of Honor hall at 3.31 this afternoon. -/-Mr. J. H. B.Jenkins, has sold out hii Mercantile interest at Gastonia, N. C. H< has bought a plantation near Sharon, an( will engage in farming. There is a genuine case of la grippe ii town, imported from another State. A few cases in milder form have developec here previous to the one above mentioned /Mr. J. A. Darwin will probably arriv< to-day with a car load of fine Kentucky mules which he will offer for sale. See hi: announcement in our advertising columns There are now fourteen prisoners ii jail, one of whom is a United States pris oner, two or three are serving out senten ces, and the others are awaiting trial at th< next term of court. The jury commissioner, the chairman o the board of county commissioners and th< county auditor, met in the office of the lat ter last Saturday for the purpose of prepar ink the jury list for the year 1890. ' > The Ladies' Auxiliary society of th< Kpiscopal church will serve oysters to morrow evening/commencing at 8 o'clock at the Three C's hotel (Rose building) the proceeds to be for the benefit of the church Several officials of the Three C's railroai passed through on the south-bound trair last Monday. It is now reported tha Spartanburg is about to become a strong rival of Blacksburg as the probable northern terminus of the Augusta division. We are informed by Mr. R. J. Davis who owns the McKenzie mills and gin on Crowder's creek, near Zeno, that during the last and the present season, he ha* ginned in the neighborhood of six hundred bales of cotton and not a single bah has Deen wrappeu in newjuie. There will be three eclipses this yeartwo of the sun and oneofthe moon?neitlv er visible in the United States. There will be a lunar appulse, visible here, or the 3rd of June. By "appulse" the astronomers mean "the near approach 01 two heavenly bodies, so that both are seen at once in the field of the telescope, as when the moon passes very near a star." AN OPEN'WINTER. The winter through which we are passing has been remarkable for the unusual warm weather that has characterized the entire season up to this time, and many of the "oldest inhabitants" have remarked that they "have never seen the like before." But while the present winter may be somewhat phenomenal in respect tc moderate temperature, it is no more remarkable than others that have preceded it of recent date. We remember that until after Christmas, 1875, the weather continued warm, and Christmas day of that year was of September temperature. The winter of 1881-82 was even more remarkable in some respects than the present winter. While this winter strawberries ot second growth have been taken from gard- I ens in town, crisp lettuce and other vege- I tables grownftn the open air have graced 1 r dinner tables in midwinter, some fruit < t trees have bloomed, and perennial and even i deciduous flowers have put forth in their | beauty, in the winter of 1882, vegetation I ! retained even stronger vitality. There I were no killing frosts, and cotton plants 1 3 standing in the fields^ started on a second growth. Mild winters, however, usually i precede late or backward springs. We < may as well prepare for cold weather be- i fore the first of April. There is now a j ' decidely perceptible change to a lower ] temperature, and it may be that Boreas is i I making preparations to blow upon us in 1 I earnest. v / A MEETING OP CITIZENsS ' A meeting of citizens of Yorkville was ; called at the court house at 7.30 yesterday ' evening, the object being to nominate a ticket for intendant and wardens, in the approaching municipal election. ! D. E. Finley, Esq., called the meeting 1 to order and nominated for chairman Mr. I F. Happerfield, who was unanimously > elected. ! A. W. Ingold was elected secretary. At the request of the chairman, T. F. McDow, Esq., explained the object of the [ meeting. J. B. Bell, Esq., moved that a commitr tee of five be appointed by the chair to nominate a ticket to place before the meeting. The motion carried, and the chair appointed as the committee J. B. Bell, Esq., , Mr. F. A*. Gilbert, Mr. T. B. McClain, , D. E. Finley, Esq., and Dr. John May, Jr. ; The committee retired, and afterward ' reported the following as their nominat tion of a ticket: For intendant, Dr. A. Y. Cartwright; for wardens, W. H. Herndon, J. Ed. , Jefferys, Wra. M. Kennedy, R. B. Lowry. ' [ Mr. McDow seconded the nomination, ' which he supported in a few remarks. ! The question of adopting the ticket was \ then put and unanimously carried, and ' the meeting adjourned. A BIG ESTABLISHMENT. Those people of Yorkville who are not accustomed to very early rising, were dis turbed in their slumbers on last Saturday , morning by the deep, resonant chimes of . an ear-piercing steam whistle. It came 3 on as a surprise to many, but long before the echoes of the strange business-like and 3 altogether unfamiliar noise had died out, i everybody had guessed its source. It was * r the Carolina Buggy company's business ) announcement, assuring our people that t Yorkville will soon have in operation the [ largest buggy factory in the Southern 3 States. i This new and important enterprise, . which reflects no little credit on the vim 3 and energy of the progressive young business men who originated, perfected and pushed forward the project, is not without I considerable significance to this whole sec4 tion, and a detailed accouut of what the \ company has done, is doing and expects to j do, will not be at all out of" place just at s this time. j Though the manufacture of buggies has been successfully conducted in Yorkville J ever since the place has been a town, it is only within the past few years that tha.^ ' idea of competing with Northern and I Western capital and prestige hassuggested itself to our DeoDle. The feasibility of the 7 idea might hp said to have already been , practically demonstrated by Mr. M. C. . | Willis, president of the present company. T He commenced the buggy business in ' Yorkville in a small way in 1886, having J at that time in immediate view only such repair work as people are obliged to have, ' and the limited amount of manufacturing as might be required by local consumption. 7 By careful and capable management, however, without the aid of any machinery, J he soon found himself able to produce all kinds of light vehicles at a price and quality equal to the best northern products, 1 with which he has been in direct but suct cessful competition for the past two years. Upon this encouraging hint the Carolina . Buggy company was organized and incor porated in March of last year with an au1 thorized capital stock of ?25,000. Before making any development, however, the - incorporators resolved to double the capiX tal stock, and *in the following June re1 organized with ?50,000 subscribed capital . divided into 100 shares of $500 each. Mr. - Willis was elected president; J. F. WalX lace vice president; W. B. Moore, treas ? T 13 Pn 1 r> f n ftr nnrl P "IT* 1 UIC1 j U. JL vuip, ocviciaijr J auu vi aj? . Spencer, T. B. McClain and C. M. Parrott, . directors. Under this organization the I development of plans was at once com. menced, and it is expected that all the X machinery of the establishment will have been put in operation within the next . three weeks. The main factory building, which is now 1 receiving the finishing touches, is conf structed of brick, is 50 feet wide by 120 feet long, three stories high and contains 18,000 square feet of fioor room. The first floor is to be devoted entirely to the wood-working ^ department, and will contain all the heavy machinery of the class and variety neces3 sary to convert a rough-hewn stick of wood 2 into the polished interchangeable parts of j all the different kinds of vehicles that may be desired. One section of the secj ond floor will be occupied by the trimmers, L and another by the painters of the running j gear, and on the third floor will be located the finishing department. The building is j to be heated by steam, provided with elel vators, sufficient protection against fire, 3 and all other practicable and desirable conveniences. Besides this, the main buildj ing, as well as the smith shop, engine room . and warehouses, are approached by aside. track from the railroad. 3 The capacity of the machinery of the factory is about 3,000 vehicles a year. It is f proposed, however, to begin with force 3 sufficient to manufacture about one thou. sand vehicles and increase as the demand . requires. Regular employment will be given to some twenty-five skilled raechan3 ics, who will receive in wages from one . dollar a day to $1,000 a year, amounting in the aggregate to some $32,000 per annum, 3 and it is estimated that the coi sumption of timber, drawn from the surrounding 1 vicinity, will amount to at least twelve j' thousand dollars per annum. THE HANDLE FACTORY. The spoke and handle factory of Yorkville, now nearly approaching completion, and which with no unforeseen delay will be ' in full operation within a month, promises to be an important industry, that will add ' materially to the prosperity of the town 3 and the country for miles around. On a recent visit to the works, situated ' just north of East Madison street, and nearly midway between the tracks of the Chester and Lenoir and the Three C's ' ' railroads, we ascertained that the plant is 1 of much greater proportions and more 1 promising of satisfactory results than we ' had supposed. A well constructed "turnout" has just been completed from the < 1 track of the C. and L. road to the shops, 5 and we are informed that the Three C's \ road will also, at an early day, construct a similar track from their main line. These tracks will greatly facilitate in the receivi ing of material and shipping manufactured s articles, obviating the necessity of much heavy hauling and draying. j The buildings of the shops are neatly i and substantially constructed after the most approved style for buildings for this 1 i purpose. The main shop is 40 by 110 feet, ; to which is annexed a packing room and j [ drying house. The engine room is 30 by 40 j feet, and in it will be two engines, one of 1 seventy-five, and the other twenty-five ' ; horse power. These engines will be suffi- ] i cient to furnish the required motive pow- 1 er for the present. ( ; The latest improved machinery for the j f manufacture of spokes and handles?from i the rough wood to the finished article?will be employed, and the works will start with a capacity of 150 dozen handles per 1 Jay. The manufacture of spokes will be 1 in the same proportion, and it is contem- * plated in the near future to add the manufacture of plow handles, and perhaps other bent work, to the productive capacity of J the shops. To meet the present capacity of the r machinery, three cords of hickory wood will be required every day for handles j ilone. The present indications are that j in ample supply of timber, at the liberal 1 prices paid for it, will be readily fur- i nished. Already considerable quantities bave been hauled in by wagons, none yet i having been delivered by railroad, though < parties at a distance from town are already ) negotiating for that purpose. . The works will give employment to from twenty-five to thirty-five men, which fact alone is one of importance to nur town. | As is known, the establishment is owned < by a joint stock company with a board of 5 Jirectors, one of whom is general and business manager. For this position Mr. i Robert Witherspoon was selected. He is i i gentleman well qualified for the duties. J Affable to all with whom he has business transactions, energetic, and enthusiastic in | the material development and advancement of the county and the State, under ( his management success may be safely f predicted. Mr. J. C. Montgomery, a j skilled ?nd experienced workman, will i have the foremanship of the shops. J There will be ready sale for all its pro- 5 iuctions. Already, in fact, have orders 1 jorae in, ,and the manager is considering 3ne of considerable magnitude. ] When the first handle factory was established at Greensboro, N. C., an ex- j member of congress from that-district was j imazed. "What!" said he,"makingaxe- 1 handles by machinery, and employing 1 jteam, at that! Why here is old Jim Otwell who has been making axe-handles i all his life and supplying the demands of ( this town, and ho is a poor man to-day. J They'll bust, certain." But they didn't < "bust." That establishment, among the | first industrial pursuits started in Greens- ( boro after the war, proved a grand success, J opening the way to many other manu- ( facturing establishments that contributed more than any other cause to give the { town a fresh start and build it up with a j thrifty and industrious population. May j the Yorkville Spoke and Handle Works , do as much for our town ! < "V^ERSONAL mention. Gen. John B. Erwin, of Lancaster, is in , town. ( Miss Emma Nail, of Chester, is visiting friends in this place. , Miss Laura Dixon, ofSpartanburg, is vis- j iting friends and relatives in York county, j "/Mrs. Jane Kerr, of Spartanburg, is in i Yorkville,visiting Mrs. John G. Ferguson. < >^T. F. McDow, Esq., has# returned from k Rock Hill to Yorkville, and will remain ( here permanently from this time. < Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Kirkland, and the I \fiaQ0q Firkland. nf Camden.are in York- I ville, visiting friends and relatives. Mr. Will F. Robertson, of Rockford, N. j C., is in Yorkville visiting relatives and j friends. ^ Mrs. W. M. Allison returned home last Monday afternoon from a short visit to relatives and friends in Winnsboro. Mr. C. G Parish made a hasty trip to Yorkville la^t Sunday, returning to Rutherfordton in ti?? afternoon. .PWe received a pleasant call last Friday from Rev. G. W. Gatlin, who is stationed this year on King's Mountain circuit. Mr. Gatlin's charge in 1868-69 included the Yorkville church, and on his return to this county he has renewed many pleasant old acquaintances. J. B. Walker, formerly a resident engineer on the Three C's railroad, made a visit to Yorkville last week after an absence of several months. ^Mr. Robert J. Herndon left for New York on Monday last, in which city he will remain for several weeks on professional business. The New Rival of Jute.?Okra seems now to be the coming substitute for jute, and it may also take the place of flax to a great extent. Mr. John B. Hill, of Edgefield, in this State, who has been ex perimenting for several years with the okra plant as a substitute for jute, or rather as a substitue for any kind of textile fabric, has sent a sample of okra pod fibre to the agricultural department at Columbia. It was then sent to the department at Washington. The specimen sent is six feet long, as big around as a horse's tail, and each strand as strong as flax thread. If the national department of agriculture does not take hold of this thing and establish a farm in our State for the purpose of fully testing this valuable product, it will certainly be remiss in its duties. Of specimens of okra fibre sent to Augusta, by Mr. Hill, the Chronicle says they are the finest yet seen in that city. They have been roughly torn from the stalk?not even decorticated?and a piece of matting, hand woven from okra, shows what may be done with this fibre. Mr. Hill has been using it for practical purposes for many years and claims to be the first man to utilize it. He says okra will easily sprout in old fields and that the stalk can be more easily grown than the fruit. Some Terrific Storms.?About 4.30 last Sunday afternoon a cyclone struck the > northeastern section of St. Louis making a pathway near a quarter of a mile wide, and leaving death and desolation in its tracks. There was scarcely any warning of the approaching storm, owing to the fact that the sky had been overcast for several hours before the full force of the ! wind was felt, and it was all over in au < incredibly brief period of time, those resid- i ing in and near the path of the cyclone ; scarcely realizing what had happened un- ] til it was all over. It is estimated that j the total damage to property will reach ! $200,000, mostly to factories in the nortn 1 end, of which a dozen have been complete- | ly wrecked. 1 On the same night a severe blizzard i raged at Kansas City, Mo.; a suow storm at Omaha, Neb., Des Moines, Iowa, and , in Wisconsin. ( There was a heavy blow at Memphis. | At Clinton, Ky., a tornado demolished j 70 houses, killing 11 persons and wound- ' ing five. There was a heavy storm of , wind, rain and hail at Sardis, Miss., at , which place the Presbyterian and Episco- , pal churches were blown down. At Pittsburg, Pa., a severe cyclone pre- | vailed, as also at Rochester and Oswego, j New York. < A Distiller Shot.?On the 7th in- j stant, B. O. Jenkins, owner of a govern- ( ment distillery near Earle Station, nine , miles from Shelby, N. C., was shot and seriously wounded, by J. H. McNeilly, storekeeper and gaugerat the distillery. , On the following day McNeilly was ar- , rested and on a hearing of the case before . a magistrate was acquitted on the ground of self defence. It seems that McNeilly, j who had boarded with Jenkins, fell in ( love with the seventeen-year-old daughter of the latter, who did not favor Mc- j Neilly's aspirations. Tuesday, while t drunk, Jenkins approached McNeilly in r - ?-UL ~ J a government warenouse wuu a urawu { knife, accused him of undermining his j family, cursed and tried to cut McNeilly. ( Although McNeilly ordered Jenkins to j leave the warehouse, the latter still threatened him, when he drew a pistol and fired two shots, missing Jenkins at first, j Jenkins's left arm was broken, and the ball lodged in the body, and has not been found. Jenkins is improving and it is thought he will recover. , Geronimo's Band.?The secretary of } war, in a communication sent to congress J last Monday, in regard to the final dispo- 1 3ition of the Geronimo band of Apaches, 3 now held as prisoners of war at Mount ( Vernon Barracks, Ala., recommends that 1 3ne of two propositions be carried out: 1 1st, that a tract of land be purchased for 1 for them in the mountains of North Carolina and they be located on it; 2d, that the consent of congress be given to locate them near Fort Sill, Indian Terri- i tory, until negotiations with the Com- i manche and Apache Indians in the Indian I rerritory, can be had for their final loca- ] tion with these on their reservation. Gen- I jral Crook favors the latter proposition as ' dso does Secretary Proctor. The band I now numbers 162. < SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The negro, Lige Wilson, who was shot jy John Morgan at a negro dance at Gaffley City, on Christmas night, has died, md Morgan has been committed to jail n Spartanburg. ? The county commissioners of Kershaw lave advertised to sell at auction the pisols that have been forfeited to the county )y those who have been convicted of carrying concealed weapons. ? Work is progressing very favorably on he Camden branch of the South Caroina railway. Several miles have already jeen laid with new rails. Work was commenced at the Kingville end of the branch. ? There is every prospect now that the south Carolina railroad will operate the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens railroad is fast as the latter road is completed. The road will be ready for operation within the next fifteen or twenty-days. ? The residence of Miss Mattie Gathers, df Winnsboro, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. The fire is supposed to have been accidental, as it was first discovered in the kitchen. The loss is about 53,500; insurance $2,000. ? Lancaster Ledger: Five families of negroes left this county on Saturday last for Charlotte, where they will board an emigrant train for Monticello, Arkansas. Tickets were sent them by relatives who went out there last year. The party numbered between 30 and 40. . ? A recent act of the legislature provides that each military company in the State jhall have twelve drills during the year, ind sixteen men shall be the minimum number allowed for a drill. If these rules are not complied with, the company shall forfeit its proportion of the annual ippropriation. ? The Columbia Register says it is now understood as certain that Judge Cothran riasarrented the nosition of ereneral coun >el for South Carolina for the Richmond ind Danville Railroad system, but that le will serve out his term in congress before devoting his entire attention to the position. ? From the report of the attorney gene al the following figures show the number )f convicted criminalsupon whom thedeath aenalty was administered in this State during the year ending September 1,1889: Charleston county 2, Berkeley 1, Orange3urg 1, Colleton I, Hampton 1, Suiter 1, Chesterfield 1, Marlboro 1, Darlington 2, Marion 1, Kershaw 1, Lexington 1, Lan:aster 1, York 2, Pickens 2. Total 29. ^Charlotte Chronicle: About fifty negroes came up from Winnsboro, S. C., Friday evening,on their way to Arkansas, rhey say that the exodus from South Caroina is on the increase and that many more yill soon leave that State. The agent is jtill at work in Charlotte, but he has not pet secured a sufficient number who are willing to go, to fill his orders. He has jntil the first of February to get up his crowd. ? Mormon emissaries are still operating in Spartanburg county. Their headquarters are iu the neighborhood of Thickety Mountain. They are very quiet and their nfluence and following are limited. Two }f them were at Clifton last Monday. Some of the people who fell in with them several years ago have quit the faith and ?iven up their Mormon notions. It is )nly a few of the very ignorant people or those who have been leading bad lives that welcome the elders. ? Columbia Register: Mr. R. H. Ferguson, of Buffalo, N. Y., writes the State department of agriculture that his efforts to induce the poorly paid laborer of the Northern cities to move Southward and engage in industrial and mechanical pursuits are bringing forth fruit. He has aow several families who are ready to some to South Carolina, settle and make homes for themselves. They wish to purchase lands in the healthier portions of the state, but having little money they wish to work for wazes. or croD on shares until they can get a 'start. ? As showing the lax methods of the pension department at Washington, some time ago a pension warrant was granted to a negro woman about 40 years of age named Catharine Lee, of Sumter county, who claimed to be the widov? of a soldier af the war of 1812. Two other negroes, Norman Lovett and Avery Floyd, swore to her affidavit, and on it a pension was granted by Corporal Tanner. There were no enlisted negroes in the war of 1812, and the fraud appears peculiar. The parties are under indictment in the United States court at Charleston charged with conspiracy to defraud the government. ? The State department of agriculture has received a duplicate of the official report sent on by Captain Zachariah J. Drake, of Marlboro county, in reference to his wonderful yield of 254 49-56 bushels of corn on one acre of land, in competition for the $500 prize offered by the American Agriculturalist. As is well known, the State board of agriculture will add $500 more if the prize is won by a South Carolina planter. That this will be the result is as nearly a matter of certainty as anything can be, as there is no probability that any one can better Captain Drake's remarkable accomplishment. ? A curious freak of astronomy was discovered at Abbeville last Thursday night. Shortly after eight o'clock, just a.c the moon was rising, a pretty bow of white clouds was seen to develop and span the sky. It was perfectly white and had the appearance of a rainbow without the colors. What added so much to its phenomenal peculiarity was that its base was at least forty degrees north of the moon, so that it seemed hardly possible for the bow to have been made by the lam brent rays of the moon. A very large number Df the citizens saw the bow, and are still marveling over it. ? Columbia Register: The secretary of State has forwarded to ex-Judge J. J. Maher, of Barnwell, his commission as codifier of the Statute laws of South Carolina, to perform which duty he was elected by the legislature at its recent session, at which an act was passed providing for the revision, digest and arrangement of the statute laws, and the formation of a penal code for this State. The amount appropriated for the work is $5,000, together with ?500 for clerical services. This is for the performance of the work alone and will ?0 io juage ivianer. xne state primer is authorized to do the necessary printing to enable Judge Maher to present the digest and his report in proper form, which he is required to do at the next session, if practicable. ? The murder of J. S. Browne, a white planter, near Midway, Barnwell county, on December 19th, was alleged to have been one of the causes of the recent lynch- * ing of eight negroes confined in the Barnwell jail. On Wednesday, four negroes charged with being implicated in the murder of Browne (Stewart, the actual murderer having made his escape) were taken before the supreme court at Columbia, under habeas corpus proceedings, for idmission to bail. Gill Walker and Dharles Jones were admitted to bail in $500. Lewis Itivers and Iiezekiah Abel, two other men deeply implicated were required to furnish $1,000 bail. The negroes were escorted back to Barnwell. A Wholesale Hanging.?The largest legal execution that ever occurred in the United States is appointed to take place to-morrow at Fort Smith, Ark., when nine men are to he hanged at one time?seven Indians and two negroes. The hangman, Jeo. Ladon, has been preparing for this ixiraoruinary jou ior several aays. iie las the nine ropes all prepared, and he has stretched them each day with dummies, rhe trap is long enough to accommodate ill of the condemned, and they will all je dropped through at once. The prisoners are iu the best of spirits, and talk of ;heir impending doom in the most uncon:erned manner. Bullard, one of the negroes, still entertains hopes of a commuta:ion from the president. The others have lever entertained any hope. Ignorance of the Law Excuseth ^ot.?The people of South Carolina have Drecious little cnance to know what the aws are. They are -only published in )ook form, and the great body of the citizenship never see the Acts and Joint Resilutions. The public laws should be pubished in at least three daily and weekly lewspapers of the State, and then they night be considered as having publicity. -[Columbia Register. They Do Not Go Northward.?It is loticed that the negro exodous is not lorthward. It is from one southern State :o another?from the Carolinas to the turDentine orchards of Georgia or the cotton ields of'Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas, rhrough it all can be seen the fine hand of the passenger agent acting as emigrant iharmer.