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Straps and partis. ? Major George Christman, Jacob Wissler and Mr. Prince, representing the Farmers' Alliance of the Enited States, have concluded to establish the Alliance agricultural works at Iron Gate, Alleghany county, Virginia. The works will employ from 300 to 500 hands, and their products will go to every sub-Alliance in the country, representing four million members. ? Frederick William Evans, who, for many years, has been the presiding elder of the Shakers in America, lives in rigid simplicity at New Lebanon, N. Y., on the estate of4,000 acres which the Shakers have owned since 1770. He is 82 years old, but is still vigorous in body and mind, and is the real head of his people. "We live here in solitude," said Mr. Evans to a visitor, "and grow up like the trees." ? Wm. Shackelford, alias J. P. Davis, was hanged at Pittsboro, N. C., last Friday, for the murder of J. D. Horton, who was his employer. His execution was public and was witnessed by thousands of people, many of whom were boisterous from drink. Davis was as cool and stolid on the gallows as a stone. He slept soundly on Thursday night. Among the last things he said was that he deserved death. ? The proposed Nicaragua canal will now cost $65,000,000. The distance between the oceans is one hundred and sixtynine miles, but only twenty nine miles of canal will have to be dug. The San Juan river must be deepened. Lake Nicaragua affords fifty-six miles of free sailing. The 8uez canal, which was cut out of soil and sand for one hundred miles, cost $81,000,000. ? The new State of Washington is not favored with a very dignified set of legistore. , According to the Portland Oregonian, thirty members of the Washington legislature went to the theatre a few nights ago and threw paper balls, rubber overshoes and orange peelings at each other and hooted and guyed the players. Senator Gilford threw a big orange across the auditorium and hit President pro tern. Pinkereon in the pit of the stomach and knocked the wind out of him. The missile passed close to a woman's head in its flight. ? The Farmers' Alliance in Kansas has shown unmistakable opposition tolngalls. The presidents of sixty county alliances, representing 140,000 voters, have declared in public meeting at Topeka that, notwithstanding the fact that John J. Ingalls has represented Kansas for eighteen years in the United States senate, it is a difficult matter for his constituents to point to a single measure he has ever championed in the interests of the great agricultural and laboring element of Kansas, and that they will not support by votes or influence any candidate for the legislature who favors his re-election to the United States senate. ? The Maine ice harvest is now over, and \ / the aggregate crop is placed at 2,200,000 V tons, distributed as follows: Kennebec, ' \ 1,800,000 tons; Penobscot, 550,000 tons; \ coast and lake crops, 350,000 tons. A large part of the Penobscot crop has been sold at * PA Ark PA prices ranging irom $i.ou io*o.ou per iuu, and New York parties are now offering $2.50 to $3.50 per ton for first-class stock. Stack ice for early shipment is selling at $2 to $2.50?occasionally $3 per ton?that is for what comes out of the stack in good condition. ? The Mobile Register thinks it likely that John L. Sullivan will escape punishment entirely, as it will be difficult to get witnesses together and find another indictment. It says he escapes through a technicality. It seems that the error in the indictment was that the district attorney who drew it forgot to say that the fight was public, or that Kilrain fought Sullivan. Constructively Kilrain is serving his sentence, but according to newspaper reports he is practically enjoying full liberty and the generous hospitality of the sub-jailer of Marlon county, Miss. ? The movement in favor of better country roads is being vigorously pushed in Texas. A convention of county judges and commissioners will be held in Dallas, April 8, to consider the improvement of the public roads. The question is a very difficult one in that State, for what suits East Texas would not do for the backlands. Moreover, in a portion of the State, rock and gravel are abundant, and roads of these materials can be constructed at small cost, whereas elsewhere the chief dependence will have to be upon the thorough drainage of the mud highways. But it Is expected a conclusion will be reached by which the roads will be greatly improved. ? Edward Doolittle, an engineer on the Alabama Great Southern railroad, was killed in a collision on that road on February 12. A few weeks later his widow, Mrs. Joseph Doolittle, filed in the probate court at Birmingham, letters of admistration. Last Thursday, Mrs. Mary Doolittle, of South Carolina, through her attorneys, filed notice of a contest of the letters of administration. Mrs. Mary Doolittie says she, too, is the widow of the dead engineer. She says he deserted her aud three children in South Carolina a few years ago, and she only heard of his whereabouts and his second marriage when she read of his death. Doolittie has been living at Birmingham about three years, and has an excellent character. Both women have marriage certificates, and the case promises to be an interesting one, from the fact that the dead engineer left enough property to make a fight for its possession worth while. ? An Auburn, N. Y., dispatch says: Murderer Kemmler has been notified by Warden Durston of the decision handed down by the court of appeals, which dooms him to death by electricity. The condemned man maimainea ine uunusi composure, uttering only the words "how long before they will take me away from here?" Warden Durston i9 of the opinion that the electrocution will occur within two weeks. Kemmler is not as jovial as was when he first came to Auburn. Then he occupied a large part of his time dancing and singing. He now appears morose and seems unwilling to say a word. Of the Hospital Keeper he has a positive hatred and has been heard to say: "I would like to get out long enough to put a hatchet into him." Since his coming to Auburn he has learned to read and write and feels exceedingly proud of it. ? A Washington dispatch says: There is no secrecy about the fact that the Republican majority do not propose to allow either Arizona or New Mexico to become States if they possibly can avoid it. The violent attacks which the Democrats aDd a number of independent newspapers have been making upon the committee on Territories for their schemlne to secure the admission of Idaho and Wyoming, to the exclusion of these south-western States, have given the committee something to think about. Nobody is, perhaps, better informed as to the validity of the claims of Arizona and New Mexico than the members of the committee. Right well do they know that either of these two Territories has a better claim to Statehood than Idaho, and equally as good a claim as Wyoming. The fact that they are Democratic weighs too heavily with those honorable members who have sworn to uphold the Constitution and to act impartially as their conscience dictates. Arizona and New Mexico would return four Democratic senators and two representatives, and even a Republican's conscience could not stand such a Democratic gain. ? The women of Leavenworth, Kansas, have been voting at municipal elections for several years, but they aid not take any part in nominating candidates or in f)olitical management in that city until ast week. A few weeks ago a number of ladies organized a woman's city central committee. They appointed sub-committees for the different wards, and went about organizing in a thorough and systematic manner. They did not get their ?? ? *? ? f/\ folro UrgUUl&UllUU LULU JJ1CLCU 1U liuio tu ianc part in the Democratic convention which was held several weeks ago, but they took part in the Republican, which was held on Saturday evening. A call had been issued for a regular Republican convention, and all male delegates were about to beselected,as usual,when the women called on the committeemen from the various wards and asked to be allowed representatives in their convention. Their request was granted, and they attended the primaries. They were given three out of the six members of the school board. They were also given the member of the city council in the third, the strongest Republican ward in the city. In order to allow the women a chance to help in the management of the city campaign, the convention decided to have two members from each ward on the central committee, one woman and one man. ? Two wild negroes roaming through the woods. That is a curious state of affairs in Jackson county, Ga., which puzzles the people. A short while since, old Milledge Bennett, a negro, was suspected of being crazy. He had lived for some time in ^ Jackson county and had two children, a Mfefc boy and a girl, who stayed around him continually. The old negro was brought before the ordinary's court of inquiry on a 0 writ of lunacy and was adjudged insane . and accordingly sent to the asylum. His ^ two children had by this time grown to d be of considerable size, and were no longer S in childhood's realm. They were man and woman, and when the old father was sent M away to Milledgeville they didn't like it P one bit, and put right off into the woods, u refusing to stay at the old home of their crazy father. They have lived in the woods now for some time and are raving mad. They have lost what little civiliza- s tion they possessed and are now back on the level or beasts. Their presence creates ? terror and they have full sway where they roam. They hardly ever come out to view i mankind, but prefer to stay out in the b woods. They live on corn and whatever " food they can lay their hands upon. They h have with them several things which they 0 took from their home, among them a fierce 0( Dull aog wnicn nas grown as wuu as a tiger. ? ihc forkviUc (SNipum. | YORKViLLE/N.^. 7 J WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1890. f b A DESTRUCTIVE STORM. u Oo Thursday night last a severe cyclone j"1 occurred in southern Illinois and extended to Louisville, Ky., in which city it was ? very destructive to humau life and prop- t ertv. n The stortn was first reported from MetmnnHa a omflil villapa in Illinois, about I w Vtvr|sx,??w, v- ?O ? . thirty-five miles from Cairo. Several per- M sods were killed and one-third of the town blown down or destroyed. Sweeping ev- a erything in its path, it struck Louisville ci between 8 and 9 o'clock. Outside of clear- ci ly defined limits the citizens knew only of Ri a heavy rain, accompanied by a high t( wind. But soon came alarms of fire from " different stations, and the horrors of the ^ calamity began to dawn on the people. Houses, halls of amusement and railroad ii stations, ail went down before the mighty & powers of the air. The wrecked portion of the city lies between Eighteenth, Broad- ^ way, South and Main streets. The de- 8I stroying elements passed diagonally across ? this section, which is probably a mile ti square. At least 200 houses are in ruins, ai It is feared that at least 100 lives are lost. ? Probably the greatest loss of life occurred , at Falls' City Hall, which was in the [s centre of the tornado. In the lower rooms a' of the hall were over seventy-five children, i xl 1 Wlin ineir moiners uuu uuier icihuuus, u, taking dancing lessons. There were at n least 175 persons on the lower floor when a: the terrible wind swooped down upon the * building. The entire structure, in less tl than five minutes, was a shapeless mass of h brick and mortar, burying about 200 help- w less victims. N Along Main street the pathway of the h storm extended from Sixth to Eleventh streets, and not a single building was left E standing. The water works, two miles w above the city, were wrecked. o; Henry Mason, a member of the legisla- is ture from Hancock county, was in Virgil el Wright's cigar store, lightinga cigar, when the buildingfell killing him. J ^ Occasionally a massive stone or iron frpnt w still stood intact, while the entire stride- p ture proper had been swept entirely away, ci The next morning presented the most stu^ d penduous spectacle of disaster and ruin\ si ever witnessed. In the course of the storm lay the prided tobacco market of the city, J?' and now the warehouses, almost to the u last one, are in ruins. Thousands of hogsheads of tobacco lay in a mass of brick tc and mortar, some in view, others buried u from sight beneath the aeons. The Louisville Hotel, between Sixth and . Seventh, was unroofed and otherwise D wrecked, while the building west, occu- ai pied by a cigar store upon the first floor w and sleeping rooms on the second and le third, was razed entirely to the ground, not a single brick remaining in place/ . In the destruction of this house inanr | lives were lost, principally of persons who n occupied sleeping rooms there. Many of C{ them were young girls employed at the c hotel next door. \ Eleventh street seemed to serve as a\ ^ kind of flue for the storm, as all intercept- ^ ing objects in that line are practically reduced to nothingnesss. As it rushed down jr this street it carried with it the fronts of fc buildings, which are mostly residences, pi on each side, leaving in many instances 18 furniture and other contents unmolested/ P1 Frequently from the centre of some threej- * eidpH flvvpllint* on nnhrnkpn rhanrielier l is still swinging. | tt Jefferson anas Market streets are in alf ci most as bad a condition as Main, and hunA ?< dreds of wagons are busy carting away\ " soiled and broken furniture from what were homes the previous day, but are no u longer. k The massive trees in the park on Jef- yi ferson street have been twisted and broken li like reeds and lay crossed and piled upon P1 each other. Everywhere in the track of the storm is wreck and ruin. ?! The loss of life is known to be ninety- ^ four and it is supposed that live or six ni more bodies may yet be found in out-of- pi the-way-places. The closest estimate of injured places the number at 125. Esti- l3 mates of the losses are placed by Dun & Co. at $2,500,000. About 400 buildings are fc estimated to have been destroyed. re A Louisville dispatch of Sunday says: bi Snow began falling here about 4 p. m. tc It melts as fast as it falls and had the effect st of a gentle rain. But there has been noth- f{ ing like a heavy storm and no prospect of j1' one. Nearly everywhere some measures are taken to protect property in the roofless a< territory. In many places temporary roofs oi of long plank have been put on, and in a <*l few instances permanent work is nearly a' finished. , Tarpaulins and whatever else will turn ? water have been pressed into service, and i the damage will be greatly lessened, el At the tobacco warehouses nearly every- fi( thing is under tarpaulins or other protec- a> tion. Crowds of men set to work in them c< when it was plain that snow or rain would ^ fall and farmers' consignments, along with tl manuiacturers' purcnases, were ruaue as it secure as possible. In spite of all, however, the loss will be considerable and may ei well reach towards $100,000. al No work has been done on the ruins yet a! except by individuals, and no bodies have been reported taken out anywhere during C( the day. Funeral processions followed si each other in quick succession to Cave it Hill, St. Louis, and other cemeteries, and e< the city has been all day in mourning. cl Many funerals have been with military, masonic or other honors, and some of the tj scenes have been very impressive. r, At the following points in Kentucky the storm was also severe: Dixon, Marion, I Grand Rapids, Paducah, Hopkinsvllle, ? Blackford, Caledonia. The loss of life and 81 property at all these places was heavy, " and the town of Caledonia is reDorted to Qj have been entirely destroyed. The track ai of the storm, as far as now ascertained, tc began at Black Ford, in the Ohio Valley, k and ended at Lebree, on the Louisville sl and Nashville railroad. On the same night severe storms pre- C) vailed in Tennessee, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan and Nebraska, g but nowhere were they so destructive as t] in Kentucky. ? In the Newberry court last week, after |j the adjournment of the court of sessions, which finished up the cases of that docket, n the court of common pleas was opened, j when the question was raised as to the Q legality of the jury, and to test the matter D a motion was made to quash the venire, which motion was argued pro and con by v members of the bar and granted by Judge 0 Izlar. The jurors in attendance to serve n the second week of the term were there- y upon discharged. The trouble was that ? the jury list was made up and put in the box in February, while the statute says g this shall be done in January. "This de- C( cision," says the Observer, "applies of course to the grand jury. And it applies e. also to the petit jury that served last week aj and by which several defendants were ti convicted; but as the question was not tl made and no objection raised at the trials N to the legality of the jury, the convictions e: and sentences, we presume, will stand." b | ? A citizens' meeting was held in New- oj | berry Friday afternoon in response to acall 15 to nominate mayor and aldermen for the 11 ensuing year. It was decided to refer the matter of nominations to a Democratic ci primary, and an election was ordered for I Thursday, the 3rd of April. n THE FARMERS' CONVENTION. The State convention, under the auspices f the Fanners' Movement, met in Columia, according to appointment, on Thursay last, and was called to order by Capt. hell at 12.30 p. m. The Rev. D. W. Hiott, of Anderson, ,-as asked to open the proceedings with rayer. He invoked the Divine blessing pon those present, and asked that the uidauce of the Most High might direct heir actions. At the conclusion of the prayer, Capt. hell addressed the convention as follows: Gentlemen of the Convention: As president f the Farmers' Association and ex-offlcio hairman of its executive committee, it is my j uty to call this body to order and organize it. t is not necessary to read the address issued y the committee, but in order to haye a clear nderstanding as to our purpose in assembling ere, I will proceed to read the call at the end f the address. It is as follows: "We therefore Issue this call for a convention of those Deni'rats who sympathize with our views and purposes, as herein !t forth, to meet in Columbia, on Thursday, the Qith day of larch, proximo, at 12 o'clock, in., to nominate a ticket for . ery State office, from governor down, to be put In the field r ratification or rejection by the next Democratic Slate conrntion, and we pledge ourselves to abide the result whether -ot la ft\r or nrainct ilfl. "Etch county thalt tend as many delegate* as It sends to ic State convention, and we suggest that a mass meeting or mventlon be called In each county to elect delegates on ile-day In March. "By order of the executive committee of the Farmers' Assoatlon of South Carolina." Now these things are very clear from this all: 1st: That this is a convention of Demorats true and loyal, and that we are only exerising our rights as freemen to come together, nd after consultation to take such action as we eem best. 2nd. That this is not a farmers' Dnvention unless it is because other classes nd callings have refused to have anything to o with electing delegates. 3rd. That it is a onvention of those who sympathize with the iews and purposes set forth In the address of le executive committee, and that if there are ny delegates here who are opposed to the 'armers' Movement or the reforms demanded y it, they are here either under misapprehenion or they have come as obstructionists and larplots to create discord and thwart the riends of the convention. In this regard i now nothing except what I have seen in the apers, and it is not for me to decide upon the redentials of any delegate who appears here, he convention itself must be the judge of that tatter. So I will pass on to other things. It is perhaps incumbent upon me, and it 'ill help to a clearer understanding of the sitation, if I shall explain how and why I issued ie address, a part of which has just been read. The executive committee of the Farmers' .ssociation is composed of one from each aunty, and under our constitution it nas barge of everything connected with the mancement of the association, and is authorized > take any steps likely to aid the purposes for 'hich the organization was formed. All of ou have heard of the Farmers' Movement and 'hat it has been trying to accomplish. The reforms demanded are clearly set forth i the address, and I shall not rehearse them, 3 all of you have read the document. The excutive committee held a meeting last Novemer in this city. Sixteen counties, after full iscussion of the situation and a careful consideration of what should be done, ordered le to issue the address and call this convenon. I had no discretion in the matter and m only the mouthpiece of the committee, iemembering how we had been tricked and etrayed during the last campaign, we decided lat we must quiety surrender or make the isue fairly and squarely before the people nd let them decide. Tf io noooaourv tn hotrln oorlr in Ar^Ar t.n crfifc XV io ugtooooi J VW UV^iM VM11J ??? uw. n n even start, and from the howl that has been used I think the ring believes we haye got it; nd I say to j'ou, in all earnestness, if we have ot it let us keep it, and when the Democratic invention meets next August we can give aese gentry a rest. If you are not cajoled or itimidated by the dust that has been raised e will purify the Democratic party, and in ovember we will elect men to office who will avesome regard for the rights and welfare of te people. We do not want to forestall or dictate to the 'emocratic party, as has been charged, but e want a free and fair expression of the will f the party after the people have heard the isues discussed on the hustings; and, by the :ernal God, we intend to have it! The cards have been stocked and the game >st often enough by these unfair methods, and e intend to have fair play or know the reason hy. We want the majority to rule, and we ropose to see that it does rule, and if it dedes that we are wrong we will submit. If it ecides that we are right, our opponents must lbmit or bolt the ticket. sAll this talk about our dividing the party is osbs-OiVgJaave been beaten, ana that, too, by nfair means, and wo submitted to it without a mrmur. The accusation that we are doing everything > disrupt or endanger the party is an insult to s and dishonors the man or paper that makes le charge. I have no desire to boast of my own record, ut as a soldier in the Confederate army, as a emocrat in 1876, as a man and as a citizen, I n ready to compare records with any of those ho have abused and slandered mo; and every lader of the Farmers' Movement from Capt. illman down can do as much. We did our duty in 1876, and were in the lickest of the fight for the redemption of the tate from Radicalism, when many who are ow abusing us were skulking around advoiting Dan Chamberlain for governor of South arolina. Esau and Jacob. We are doing our duty now in trying to reBem the State from ring rule ana mako the emocratic party carry out its pledges to the Bople. There are more offices now than under le Republicans; our taxes are nearly as much t dollars, and the burden of paying them is ?urfold as great, because one dollar now will urchase what two bought then, while cotton much lower. Favoritism is the rule in dis"noinir Hio nffipdo nnrl n man must hftlomr to certain "set" before he can expect to gain referment. Men once elected to office are ept there, often to the public injur}', proyided leir social and family relations are aristo atic, and the legislature has more than once ;ted in a way to create a suspicion of sinister ill nonces at work. -Xhe people know these things and have been lourning for years. Their cries have gone nheeded ; and, until the agitation for reform, nown as the Farmers' Movement, began four ears ago, there appeared to be no remedy for tese evils other than submission or an indeandent movement. But one was invented or iscovered by a plain farmer, who had never sen connected with politics. Capt. B. R. Tilllan began to agitate reform inside the party, [is record as a Democrat, his character as a tan, are unimpeachable. The .ability he dislayed excited admiration, and the people illied to his support from almost every counr. The farmers began to "move"; they are loving still ; they will keep on moving till ley reach their destination, and that is to reirm the party and purify the State governlent. This is our business here, and we have ut to act in harmony, with proper discretion, i accomplish both at the next election. Inead of being abused, the State owes a heavy ebt of gratitude to the man who showed us ow to accomplish these ends and yet rnainlin the unity of the Anglo-Saxon race. One word more and I am done. Taunts and ^cusations have been heaped upon me as an [fice-seeker and a demagogue, trying to array ass against class, a man who has slandered id misrepresented the State and its officers. To the first charge I can only say that I am erk of the court in Laurens county, and my eople have kept me in that place for six years, have been chosen to that place by primary ection, and the last time by a vote of 1,800 to )0 for my opponent. I am not here seeking ly office at your hands, and I would not acjpt one if tendered me. I am actuated by 110 iltish or ambitious motive, and have spent ly time and money for four years for love of le cause. If it succeeds under my leadership, will be glory enough for me. I have never attacked any class of fellowtizens. In Laurens county my friends are :nong all classes, and those who accuse mo of rraying class against class have simply said hat they cannot prove. In regard to the address of the executive mnnittee, every one knows I am not responble for it alone*as chairman. I signed it, but is tlie work of the committee. But I endorse i-ery line and every assertion made in it, and tiallenge any one to disprove the charge. We re ready to go the people 011 these issues; and they are slanders and lies.it can be shown icy are such. But thus far not one has been ?futed, and I know they cannot be. In conclusion, gontlemcn of the convention, would say that this is tho most important leeting that has been held in South Carolina nee 187(5. There is much to be thought of, luch to be done, and we should be in no hury. Wo should deliberate calmly, hear all des patiently, "be sure we are right, then go head." Differences of opinion we are bound \ horn A f?lrrriricr fho mhMntiam fltlfl >yalty of ono another, let us diilerin a kintliy pirit and yield obedience to the majority. If, fter that majority has spoken, we act in unity nd move forward as a band of brothers, sue3ss is bound to crown our work. At the conclusion of his address, Capt. hell announced that in conformity with lie wishes of the executive eommitten, he ,'ould invite W. J. Talbert, of Edgefield, ) preside over the convention's deliberaons as temporary chairman. Capt. J. L. M. Irby, of Laurens, nomiated John T. Duncan as secretary. Dr. . W. Stokes, of Orangeburg, was nomiated as assistant secretary, and the temorary organization of the convention was erfected by their election. A committee on credentials, consisting f one from each county, was appointed to lake up and verify the roll of delegates. V. H. Edwards, of the York delegation, ras appointed. The following resolution, offered by Mr. ligh, of Newberry, was referred to the smmittee on credentials: Whereas this convention was called by the xecutive committee of the Farmers' Assocition, and tho invitation was extended only to le friends of retrenchment and reform, and lose who favor the demands of the Farmers' loyement as set forth in the address of the said xecutive committee; therefore be it Resolved, That the committee on credentials o instructed to make inquiry and to enroll no tembers as delegates of the convention who are pposed to these demands, or who are not wilng*o enter the convention as equals and sublit to the rule of the majority. Pending the report of the committee on redentials, on motion of J. L. M. Irby, of ,aurens, the temporary organization was lade permanent. Chairman-elect Talbert made an address of some length, in which he said he believed the gathering to be one of the most important that had ever assembled in South Carolina. He took his selection as presiding officer as a grand compliment, and it was one he should never forget. He dilated on the charge that they were trying to split the Democratic party, and denied it, saying those who were too ready to be suspicious, excited suspicion of their own motives. Capt. J. D. Brown, of Columbia, was elected sergeant-at-arms of the body, and J. E. Wannamaker, of Orangeburg, was elected vice-president. At 1.45 p. m. amotion was made to take a recess until 3 o'clock, and a division being called for, it was, by a large majority vote, decided to temporarily adjourn. THE SECOND SESSION of the convention was opened at 3.12. Mr. P. Patton, of Spartanburg, suggested that the first business taken up by the convention after receiving the report of the committee on credentials, be the nomination of State officers, from governor down. He later made his suggestion a motion, and it was seconded. This did not meet the views of the convention, and the motion was tabled. J. E. Wannamaker, of Orangeburg, moved that a committee on resolutions be appointed, consisting of one delegate from each county, each delegation to nominate the member they wished to represent their county on the committee. After some discussiou as to whether the motion was in order, it was put to the convention and carried. The committee was accordingly appointed, York being represented on it by Mr. T. G. Culp. The committee on credentials then reported as follows: 1st. That the delegations from the counties of Barnwell and Sumter be seated. 2nd. That Messrs. Wofl'ord and Stribbling. from one of the contesting Spartanburg delegations be seated ; and that eight from the other delegation be seated, to wit: Geo. B. Dean, Jones W. Foster, J. T. B. Landrum, W. C. L. Wood, M. P. Patton, H. L. Farley, R. M. Smith, L. E. Farley. 3d. That the list of names presented to the convention from all other counties in the State are the duly authorized delegates of said convention. The delegation from York was consti tuted as follows: W. H. Edwards, R. G. Whitesides, L. L.Smith, Leonidas Moore, R. T. Riggins, J. O. Walker, F. H. Brown, L. K. Armstrong, T. G. Culp and A. H. White. Mr. J. E. Tindal, of Clarendon, for the committee on platform, presented the following: TLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES. Whereas, it is the inalienable right, inherent and constitutional, of citizenship to meet in an orderly manner, to propose and discuss measures, to adopt platforms of principles, and appoint, if expedient, champions of said principles ; and whereas experience has shown the value of agitation inside of our ranks, and we feel that we must devise some plan by which differences of opinion as to measures and men may have scope to bring about needed reforms. Therefore this convention of Democrats, assembled in Columbia this March 27th, 1890, unite in issuing the following platform of principles and measures, upon which we intend to strive for supremacy in party and State. 1st. We recognize the imperative necessity of Anglo-Saxon unity in our State, and pledge ourselves to abide by the arbitrament of the Democratic party, relying upon the sense of justice and enlightened self-interest of a majority of our white fellow citizens to secure all needed reforms. We will make our issue inside the party lines, and differing as brethren who must make a common cause against a common enemy, we will bow in submission to the behest of the party fairly expressed through its regular channel. 1 2d. The nominations of the Democratic party are virtually elections. Believing in theJeffersonian doctrine, "that the people are the best conservators of their own rignts and liberties," and that "self grovernment is the only free government," wo demand that all nominations for office in the party other than State officers shall be by primary elections, conducted under the State law enacted in 1888. 3d. Wo demand the re-apportionment of representation in the Democratic convention upon the basis of the census of 1880, and that it go into effect this year. We demand that tne delegates to the State nominating convention shall be chosen by primary election on the same day that the other officers are nominated; and that all the counties shall bold these primaries on the same day, to-wit: the last Tuesday in August of each election year. 4th. We demand that the board of agriculture be abolished; that the privilege tax on fertilizers and everything pertaining to agricul ture or mecnanics, or inuusinai euucauou, iucluding the agricultural stations, be under the control of the trustees of the Clemson Agricultural college; and upon said trustees shall devolve all duties.now performed by the p/ea? ent board and commissioner of agriculture, except the control of the State phosphate interest. 5th. We demand that the South Carolina college shall be liberally supported as a classical and literary institution. (3th. We demand that the school districts in the various counties in the State shall be as nearly square as practicable, of an area to allow only one white and one colored free school in each district, and that the free school trustees be elected instead of appointed. 7th. We demand rigid economy in public expenditures, the abolition of useless offices, reduction of salaries and fees of all offices. State and county, to conform to the increased purchasing power of money and decreased ability of people to nay taxes; that the public officers shall be paia in proportion to their labor and responsibility. 8th. We demand that tho railroad commission shall be given all needed power to protect the rights and interest of the people without injuring the railroads, and that the commis sioners be elected by the people after nominations by the Democratic convention. It is the sense of this meeting that salaried attorneys of railroads and phosphate companies should bo ineligible to seats in the legislature. 9th. We demand that there shall be a survey of the State's phosphate bods and their classification into three grades, and that a commission composed of the governor, comptroller general and attorney general, shall control and direct the mining under rigid rules, each river or phosphato district being leased at public auction for a term of years after the commission has lixeda minimum royalty according to the value as shown by the survey. 10th. We demand that a constitutional convention bo called to give us an organic law framed by our own people and adapted to our condition and wants. We believe that we cannot obtain any great relief from our burdensome taxes till this is done, and we have lost faith in the power to amend the present constitution so that it will answer the requirements. 11th. Believing with Thomas Jefferson "That the diffusion of information and the arraignment of all abuses at the bar of public reason" is a fundamental principle of free government, and it will give the needed relief, we demand that the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor shall, and other aspirants to State offices are invited to canvass the State, and that those asking our suffrages for the general assembly shall canvass their respective counties on these issues, so that the people can, after hearing the cause, act intelligently and render their verdict at the primary election. We warn the people against being forestalled as they were two years ago in somo counties. Let no delegates to the State convention be appointed before they hear this joint discussion. ADOPTING TIIE PLATFORM. The platform was then read by sections and adopted seriatim, all amendments offered being summarily disposed of by voting to lay them on the table. All these votes were taken viva voce and the preponderance of voices was decidedly on the side of those evidently determined to have the platform adopted as reported. A delegate from Union excited a temporary sensation, when the paragraph in reference to school districts was reached, by expressing his belief that the taxes should not be used for the support of negro schools. He was suppressed by the chairman and the reading of the platform continued. Paragraph 2 caused some discussion and a motion was made to amend by striking out the word "other" before the words "State officers," but the amendment went by the board, as did others in relation to the eleventh section which seemed objectionable to many. In reference to a canvass being asked of candidates for State officers and members of the general assembly, one delegate suggested that often the very men who would not seek an office by canvass or otherwise, were just the ones the people would like to see in office, and he wanted nothing done to exclude anybody from being considered a candidate. His words of wis dom were wasted, however. After the reading of the platform it was adopted as a whole. Mr. Padgett, of ISdgefield, then proposed the following resolution, to be adopted as a part of the platform : For the purpose of educating and arousing the masses, we will proceed to suggest candipates for governor and lioutenant-governor who favor these measures, and we ask those who disagreo with us to do likewise. Without excluding any candidate who may desire to enter the race, let us have a full and fair discussion and freo fight inside the party lines, and let the majority rule. It will remove the discontent, act as aschool for trainingour public, strengthen the party for its conflicts with Radicalism, and beof untold benefit to the people and State. John It. Harrison, of Greenville, offered the following amendment to Mr. Padgett's resolution. Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention that no nominations be made by this body. Mr. Irby moved that Mr. Harrison's substitute be laid on the table, but the convention promptly defeated the motion. A warm discussion, participated in by a large number of delegates, then ensued? some favoring and others opposing nominations. Finally, Capt. B. R. Tillman obtained v the floor and addressed the convention as f1 follows: b Mr. President and gentlemen of the C'onven- C) tion: It is possible that in the history of .South Carolina there has never been a public man S1 who has occupied a more embarrassing posi- *t| tion than I do. Whatever I say, however rp truthfully I say it?and ns God hears me I intend to speak the truth, and nothing but the ? truth?there are men here so narrow and prej- j, udiced that they are ready to say: "He is 0 speaking for himself." My name, without ^ any active movement on my part, has been jj brought prominently before the people of this u State for the office of governor. This conven- e) tion has assembled here under a call which I j, am accused of having written. I am further accused of having written it for the express ?p purpose of securing my own nomination for j| governor, and so forestall the action of the C( Democratic party. I had something to do with a the writing of the call which is ascribed to me, but my purpose was not the advancement of my own interest. Now, gentlemen, I ask that H you will do me the justice to consider why it is p not reasonable for me to take the position that k I will now paint to you. You have just passed a set of resolutions constituting the platform of j, this convention, which was passed more readi- j ly than was expected by its advocates. It has been said that in this convention noth- " ing would be discussed but Tillmanism, and 0 that Tillmanism would creep out of its shell, a What is Tillmanism, gentlemen? Is any man here ready to define it? Is the distinguished c gentleman who made the accusation ? Mr. Dargan, of Sumter?Yes, sir. What I .understand by Tillmanism in South Carolina is a departure from the leading methods and ' principles of the Democratic party. C Mr. Tillman?Has the gentleman denned a Tillmanism? What is it? Mr. Dargan?It is this unusual and unfortunate movement. c Mr. Tillman?Is it Independentism ? Mr. Dargan--I think it is outside of the Democratic party. c Mr. Tillman?I simply wanted to bring you 0 to express whether you considered me false to ti the Democratic party. t Mr. Dargan?No," sir. On the contrary, as p those delegates seated behind me bear me testi- jj ' mony. In our convention for the election of these delegates, I stated that I thought you were n as loyal to the Democratic party as any other C man. V Mr. Tillman?I asked Mr. Dargan this sim- e ply because I wanted to bring out and settle s once for all a charge that has more or less been brought against me; and I want to state that i whatever else I am, I am a Simon-pure Edgefield Democrat. [Applause.] Gentlemen of e this convention, whether Tillmanism is good t< or not, you have just passed a platform which ll Tillman wrote and brought here in bis pocket, t and not a dozen lines in it are the 'work of any other man. Now, gentlemen, how can any man v say that recommendation is nomination? . Mr. Dargan?I did not make the remark. Mr. Tillman?I did not allude to you, Colo- R nel. I am done with you just now. S Mr. Dargan?Any time you need me further, o call on me. Mr. Tillman saic^hat it was a wish of his a some time to ineefl^k gamecock on his own l dunghill; to which OTronel Dargan madea reply which was inaudible to the reporter in the con- ^ fusion which arose. ^ Captain Tillman said ho had an answer ready, h but would not give it The Colonel said they t might go on amusing the audience, but he s would turn to other things. j, A delegate called upon the chairman to put. an end to such proceedings as were going on, r and the chairman ruled that Captain Tillman had the floor unless he chose to yield it. f Taking up the line of his remarks where he d had been interrupted, Captain Tillman said that g though they had adopted the platform, the g measures mentioned therein were not law. It was but as waste paper unless something was . done to put it in force. They bad swallowed 1 Tillmanism, but he didn't ask them to swallow e Tillman. It didn't matter a snap of the finger S to him whether he was nominated or not. a In reference to nomination for governor, flir.M/ Tillman said: So far as my nomination by ? this convention for the office of governor is x concerned, I want to say that it is a matter of * no importance to me whether you pass the res- 1 olution for nomination or whether you nomi- 0 nateornot. In reference to the division of the s Democratic party by nomination. Mr. Till- t man said that it was a matter of opinion as to ^ how the government should be run. He said 0 that he had many friends on both sides. There were good Democrats and citizens who said ' if you nominate you destroy the Farmers' F Movement; and others as earnest in their efforts $ lor the advancement of the farmers' interest, said if you do not nominate you destroy the n Farmers' Movement. j Mr. Tillman spoke of the many difficulties .. that he would have to faco in accepting this nomination, should he be nominated. He said v he would have to give up his plantation, or F hire a man to stay on it; he would have to c bear the expense of traveling and canvassing \ the State; and asked if this was any induce- c ment for seeking office. He then asked if any n, one dare charge him with seeking the nomina- < tion under such conditions. * He said that the members composing tho d Democratic convention were aristocrats, and 1: did not come direct from the people, but were ^ far removed from them by their aristocratic s ideas, and the consequence of this was that the w farmers and the mass of the people are not /represented in theso conventions and had no voice in the nominations. 0 He said that the platform without any one to t represent it, was a body without a spirit, and t that the nominations suggested would put a o candidate upon that platform and give spirit.^ to that body to go before the people of South " Carolina. That tho resolutions contained in . the platform were not worth the paper that rfj they were written on, unless a man was put J before the people who endorsed and understood e the principles contained therein and would go J before the people and explain them. "I do j; not want to be that man. If you call me I y know it will be to lead a forlorn hope ; but if you ask me to fight for it I will tightas long as , I have a dollar left and breath with with which -1 to breathe. F Greenville, ho said, was a Farmers' Move- t ment county, and the delogatos present there- (] from would not deny it. There was Tillman- a ism there, then. There was Williamsism and Greenville Newsism there also, but the farmers had spewed the News out of their mouths when it opposed nominations, and voted down C a resolution to instruct on that line. Yet the delegates came here and voted against nomina- n tions all the same. "Is there a nigger in the woodpile?" he ask- ?Y ed. Have they a candidate for Governor * themselves whom they want to trade with the h rest of the State? Two years ago they must J have pocketed their principles in the matter of h nomination of State officers. t Mr. Harrison, of Greenville, interrupted the v speaker and denied the accusation made . against his county, and later, after the speaker ]1 had concluded, said Greenville at present had a no candidate for governor, and he would re- o pel utterly any charges made against their ac- t tion brought on that line. 8 Captain Tillman closed by again alluding to ^ the platform being a body without a spirit, and l that if it was to amount to anvthing a man must be put upon it. He said the success of e the Farmers' Movement was dearer to him a than life itself, and that if the contest was 8 made he would fight for the cause, and he believed the farmers would whip the fight. f An ovation to Tillman followed the con- t elusion of his remarks, and a part of the fc convention ran wild for some minutes h thereafter. d Mr. Holtzhauser, of Lexington, said he would like to ask Captain Tillman what t good the Farmers' Movement had done s South Carolina. v Some unknown individual at the back r r\f hall thoroiirynn chniltpfl "T mnVfi hp i be nominated for governor of South Caro- s lina. v At this point, T. B. Crews, of Laurens, I rose, and saying he thought there had e been sufficient discussion, moved that a 1 vote be taken on Mr. Harrison's amend- S ment. s The yeas and nays were demanded, a q proposition to take the vote by delegations v was summarily squelched, and the chair- s man was called on to have the floor cleared of all hut delegates before the voting com- n menced. I Captain Tillman from his seat seconded h this idea, and said there were were mera- o bers of the Columbia lobby all around and li they would vote if they got a chance. p The vote was then taken, and the result, r as announced, wasayes, 114; noes 121, and o the amendment was declared lost. All ]< the delegates from York county voted $ against making nominations. v The resolution of Mr. Padgett, of Edge- n field, providing for nominations forgover- d nor and lieutenant governor, was then car- b ried by acclamation. p The convention then took a recess until t 8.30 p. m. h THE NIGHT SESSION. C When the convention reconvened at 8.30, a motion, made by Mr. Dean, of Spartan- d burg, to amend Mr. Padgett's resolution c so as to provide for the nomination of a o full State ticket, was opposed by Captain 1< Irby and supported by Mr. Sligh, of Newberry, and discussed by others. It was n defeated, however, on a rising vote, by an c overwhelming majority. ii Nominations for governor being in or- t der, Mr. J. L. M. Irby, of Laurens, in an o eloquent and impassioned address, placed o in nomination Mr. B. R. Tillman, of d Edgefield. The speaker's address was conofontlu intprrnnt.pd hv t.hp mnst deafeninc e applause. n Mr. Padgett, of Edgefield, seconded Mr. b Tillman's nomination, and paid a glowing g tribute to the gentleman from Edgefield, c Mr. Hugh Farley also seconded the nomination in a brief but appropriate t speech. t Mr. Tillman was then nominated by u acclamation. t Col. J. C. Coit, of Chesterfield, was then v nominated by Mr. Green, of Marlboro, t and selected by acclamation as nominee A for lieutenant-governor. d Upon motion, Jones, of Laurens, Mer- } chant, of Aiken, and Padgett, of Edge- t field, were appointed a committee to wait upon Mr. Tillman and inform him of his S nomination. Mr. Tillman was escorted to the platform a and said: d Fellow citizons: The French have a pro erl) that it is the unexpected that happens, nd I can assure you that while my name has eon mentioned during the past few years, I ever expected to occupy this position, beuise in my zeal I have said so many hard V lings of so many prominent men that I am irprised. I am the nominee of a caucus, as ,, lis is a convention only by courtesy. Mr. illmau then went on to explain that while le convention had paid him a great complilent, it had also put a crown of thorns upon J?, is forehead. He asked that those who had | pposed him leave off their bitterness, and e promised that if the leopard could change is spots he would endeavor hereafter to be lore conservative in his utterances. Hecall1 attention to the fact that his acts would, if e were elected, be more closely scrutinized lan that of any ordinary governor. Mr. 'illman closed bv promising to try to so act, bl ' nominated anil elected governor, that the p [invention would never have occasion to be u, shamed of what it had done. A resolution was introduced by Mr. hell and adopted, protesting against the qooatra nf a hill tinu; npndinor in enncrrpaa ?.! ~ rv,,VJ,,,b " vv?.h.vww U nown as the "Compound Lard Bill." \ Mr. Rice, ofBarnwell, introduced a reso- n jtion favoring the passage of a bill intro- jr uced in congress, entitled "Bill to estab- d ish a system of sub-treasuries and for ther purposes." The resolution was a] dopted. Upon motion, a campaign committee, to onsist of the chairman of each delegaion, wasdecided upon. oi After some routine work and a vote of it hanks to the chairman and secretary, the onvention adjourned without nominating tl ny officer below lieutenant governor. t( T^ttek FlToJ KUCK HILL. e< orn'cpondi.'iiee of the Yorkvlllc Enquirer. tf Rock Hill, April 1.?The Columbia onvention was the topic of conversation r< n our streets Friday and Saturday, and a he views of those who felt an interest in fr he matter were various, some being oposed to the nominations and others enorsing the convention. But very few,, I nd, opposed the platform adopted. Of tf ourse there were various opinions as to t' fho should have been nominated, as ai very one had a friend whom they de- T ired to see at the head of the ticket. Two months ago the Sunday-school of w he Baptist church at this place, gave to ach of the pupils from 5 cents to 25 cents n o invest and return the proceeds on the ei Ast Sunday in March, the one returning b he most money on the amount invested ^ o receive a prize. Master Ben Dabbs, h yho was given 5 cents, returned on Sunday a' ist $3.05. and received the prize. This e' oes to show that if all will work and w ave their earnings, that they will not P nly benefit themselves but others. Mouday afternoon there was consider- ,ble excitement on Iiailroad street. A lorse belonging to Mr. John liarnett, of ei 'forth Carolina, took fright at the train. ri Jr. Barnett, in attempting to stop the lorse, broke the bridle, and the horse a hat was hitched to a buggy in which was v eated Mrs. Barnett, ran, throwing the " adyout. She was seriously bruised. The S lorse was caught several miles from town. 1 Quite a severe wind storm visited this b lace about 1 o'clock Friday. But little 3 lamage was done. A few bricks and t< hingles were blown off the houses. The n Standard mill suffered more than auy oth- t< r building, having about fifty feet of the ti ron roofing blown off. In the southeast- c: rn portion of the county I learn that the a torm was very severe, but did little dam- tl ge, excepting to the forest. Mr. J. Edgar Poag, who has the banner tock farm of upper South Carolina, on rriday last, during the high wind, had a he misfortune to have his house and four N 'uthouses destroyed by fire. They were ? ituated on his farm, seven miles from C his place. The cause was a spark from b he chimney. This residence was ,one f the best built in our county, and has u nppntiv hppn rpnaintpd and otherwise im- n >roved. Mr. Poag estimales his loss at v 3,000; insurance $1,000. ^ The stockholders of the Globe Cotton t nill held a meeting last week. Messrs. '. N. and \V. E. Trainer, of Chester, Pa., i* o whom we are indebted for the mill, P yere present. The building is now competed and the machinery has been re- s' eived, and in a few weeks our citizens C vill hear the hum of spindles from three fi otton mills. P xCapt. E. R. Mills, proprietor of the Rock e -IiH poultry yards, is receiving orders laily for eggs and chickens. On Friday ast he shipped a rooster to Charleston. Vithout his knowledge, while in transit, u ome one named it Tillman. | - A. Friedheim & Bro. have in their lot, b n rear of their store, a calf only two days !*( ild that is attracting a number of persons, 11 he attraction being the combativeness of j* ho naif Onn nrnnlH imacrinp if. was an "V VUIK V/UV ff VU<V> Jd one from its desire to fight. ' Rev. Thos. H. Leitch, the evangelist, 1 inil be here on Sunday next, and will ?j lold his first service at 11 o'clock, a. m. * ?he following ushers have been appoint- n d and will see that all are seated: J. B. P ohnson, S. T. Frew, S. L. Reid, Vance Cl iharpe, J. N. McElwee, Jr., Jas. Parker, n V. w. Lewis, Lee Kerr. w Next Sunday being Easter, the usual ri Caster services will be held in the Episco- 2 al church. The ladies of the congrega- n ion have arranged to have the church n lecorated for the occasion with flowers ?! nd evergreens. had. * LETTER FROM FODDER. r< orrespondence of the Yorkvilln Enquirer. . Fodder, April 1.?I regret to report so p ouch sickness in the neighborhood this s yeek. Mr. Geo. R. Wallace's entire fam- J ly, including Miss Rachel Forbes, have V lad the grip, with more or less severity. E rlr. A. Sylvanus Wallace, who lives with 'J; lis son (G. R. Wallace) was attacked with y he grip about two weeks ago. Just as he y ^as begining to recover he relapsed, and Jj lis condition soon became such as to J' waken considerableanxiety in the minds S. f his relations and friends. Mr. Wallace, * hough still very weak, is thought to be j lowly mending. Mr. T. B. Barnett has j lad a severe attack of the grip, though h le is now better. Mrs. Mary Carroll, an Y lderly lady who lives about a mile and hi , half from here, has been quite sick for M ome time. y Mrs. R. J. Ferguson, who has been con- N ined to her bed for perhaps a year, is m hought by her physician, I)r. Bratton, to j, ie slowly recovering. Mr. J. F.Gordon V las been confined to the house for several N lays with symptoms indicating "grip." Mr. Archie Dorsett, a young man twen- ^ y-one years of age, son of Mr. C. A. Dor- j et, near this place, left home several \\ veeks ago for Greeley, Colorado. His pa- \> ents have received letters from him stat- S. ng that he has reached his destination H afelv. Pie says further that he thinks he \\ yill "be pleased with the country. JUr. ?; )orsett is a young man of intelligence, ^ nergy and good habits, and while he may m lave made a mistake in leaving this fair Si louthland, with its genial clime, fertile V oil, pure water and good society, for the E uestionable advantages of the far North- ^ vest, his friends, nevertheless, wish him uccess in his new home. p I am reliably iuformed that on Monday l doming, the 24th ultimo, Mr. W. Sydney A logue, who lives less than a mile and a h lalf from here, employed a negro to work n the farm. In the afternoon the negro j eft the field and went to the house, on the j, iretext of getting a drink of water. On caching the house the negro secured a suit f clothes which were hanging outside, beangingtohis employer, valued at from 20.00 to $25.00. In one of the pockets ti yas a ring valued at $10.00. Evidently w lot wishing to be charged with race preju- U lice, the rascal next appropriated a quilt, a; lelonging to another colored man on the lace, and departed. Search was institu- oi ed.'but at last accounts nothing had been ai leard from the thief or the missing urti- si les. The scoundrel is an ex-convict. ti i r iU/x Our people were paineu 10 near ui mo eath of Mr. Davidson Simril, at his home j\] lear Clay Hill. Mr. Simril was one of hi ur best and most useful citizens and his sc dss will be deeply felt in this community, w We had a heavy rain on last Friday tl norning. Between 8 and 9 o'clock the louds cleared away, the wind began blow- n ng and increasing in power, and continued tl o blow with great fury all day, rendering p utdoor work impracticable. Asa result bi f the wind, however, the ground was ren- ct lered fit for plowing by the next morning, n Our farmers, with their accustomed en- li rgy, are pushing their work from "early ti norn to dewy eve." Spring oats are so S tadly killed out that in mauy places the t! round is being plowed up for corn and a otton. _ A little sensation was created hero by ir he intelligence received of the work of ti he Farmers'Convention, which recently uetin Columbia. We had earnestly hoped 0 hat no nominations would be made, and p ye think it premature and unfortunate oi hat the convention decided otherwise, tl Ve were pleased to learn, however, as we w lid from one of the delegates, that the h fork delegates were unanimously opposed ci o nomination. a Miss Fannie Dorsett's school at Beth- tl Ihiloh, closed last Friday. tl Several of our citizens are making prep- st rations to run over to ltock Ilill nextSun- r< lay, in order to hear Evangelist Leitch. p CITIZEN. pi LOCAL AFFAIRS. t ! r NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ( irolina Buggy Co.?Do You ? . Y. Curtwrightit Co.?Our Spring Goods are 4 Here and are Now on Exhibition. ' { rs. T. M. Dobson?Dobson's Racket. ?10,000 | Worth of Goods Thrown on the Market j r at Dobson's Low Racket Prices. i . . ifc H. C. Strauss?Come and See. ithers Adickes?It Is No Longer Disputed. l II. Riddle?Drawing to a Close. ? '. Holmes Hardin, Chester, S. C.?" 1 Would % Not Pretend to Farm Without It." See Fourth page. ( NEW POSTMASTERS. The following postmasters have recently sen appointed for York county: J. A. Iannigan, at Howling (Jreen, and M. M. ( mith, at King's Creek. , , DRAMATIC. ( The New York Comedy company is > laying a very successful engagement in * orkville this week, opening on Monday 1 ight with "M'liss," which was rendered ' i a highly creditable manner to fairau- 1 ience. Last night they played Kathleen ravourneen. They will occupy the boards | II the ?-ppL- and rdav nt nnnular orices. 1 PERSONAL MENTION. Mrs. W. J. Hyndman and two children, , f Charlotte, N. C., are in Yorkville visit- ! ig relatives and friends. Maj. Jno. F. Jones, superintendent of 1 le Three C's railroad, made a hasty visit ( ) Yorkville last Monday. ' 1 Mrs. Maggie Camp and children return- ! i home last week from an extended visit 1 ) relatives in Mecklenburg county, Va. Messrs. James Bynum and Robert War- 1 ?n, and Miss Lizzie Warren, of Gastonia, 1 re in Yorkville visiting relatives and iends. AVILL RETURN TO YORK. The Lincoln Progress of last week conlins the following in reference to a nave and former citizen of York county, nd a brother of Mr. Henry Massey, of irzah : "The many friends of Mr. W. T. Massey rill be sorry to learn that he has decided ) leave Lincolnton and establish a busi- j ess at Tirzah, S. C., where he has decid1 to accept a proposition made by his rother to take charge of a store. Mr. lassey is a live business man, genial in is manners, and endures the trials of dversity with a composure that is seldom i qualed. We extend to him our best dshes for his future prosperity and hapiness in his new home." BACK IN .JAIL. Tom Patrick, colored, the "trusty" who scaped from jail few weeks ago, was ar?sted in Gaston county, N. C., on Monday ist, by J. E. Hill and C. E. Huffstetler, nd has been lodged in jail on a new charge, iz.: the stealing, on the 24th of last lonth of goods to tne value 01 sszu.zo irom ydoey Hogue, of the Fodder section, 'he particulars of the theft are furnished y our Fodder correspondent this week, peaking of his escape from jail, Patrick Did his captors that he could have left luch sooner than he did, but he preferred 9 gain the confidence of the sheriff before iking his departure. Even with his preaution that confidence is now destroyed, i d he will hardly again walk away from lie jail while under duress. LOCAL LACONICS. / Yesterday ushered in April, cool, cloudy nd disagreeable. The blockade whisky seized in this place ometime ago in the possession of a North larolina wagoner, York, has been shipped y the directions of the revenue officers to Ireenville. The case of R. T. Allison vs. the Richmond and Danville Railroad company, /hich was expected to have been tried in Atlanta last week, has been postponed for wo weeks. We are indebted to the Columbia Regster for the report we publish to-day of the roeeedingsof the Farmers' convention. The steel rails and crossties for the conduction of the track to connect the Three !'s railroad with the spoke and handle ictory have been received, and we supose the work will be commenced at an arly day. YORK'S PENSIONERS. The list of pensioners in South Carolina, nder the State law pensioning ex-Confedrate soldiers, has been completed by the tate board of examiners. By the list, as svised for 1890, there are 1,981 pensioners a the State. Spartanburg heads the list dth 201. Greenville comes next with 15, Anderson 139, and York next with 115. leorgetown has but 2and Beaufort only 1. he pensioners will receive this year $23.22 ach, in two installments of $12.01 each. V. Brown Wylie, clerk of the court, has sceived 113 warrants for York county, in ayment of the first installment. The cirular accompanying them designated the umber as 115, but Nos. 7,258 aud 7,331 ' re re not in the enclosure, and as the warints are referred to by the comptrollereneral only by their numbers, there is no leans of knowing in whose names the lissing warrants are drawn until the imptroller-general can be heard from, he following is a list of the pensioners l York for whom the clerk of court has 2ceived warrants: . G. Parker, Michael Dover, ames Hums, D. G. Bennett, obert Burns, R. G. Graham, . Li. Laney, A. Ii. Merritt, . D. Sutton, W. D. Merritt, 7. C. Perry, H. B. Wallace, ;. M. Bailes, M. A. Poag, . W. Weaver, M. E. Minton, ackson Adkins, J. A. Bell, 7. T. Bailey, A. D. Barnes, 7. W. Bruce, S. L. Campbell, ames Cbilders, J. B. Paries, ohn Cbilders, Simon Perguson, berod Childers, J. D. Gaulden, . M. Grant, R. A. Ilagins, , J. Harvey, A. J. Hughes, , H. Jones, A. P. Lindsay, . W. Miskelly, Wiley A. Moss, !erod Neal, J. A. Newton, Jr., .A. Neai, a. li. auuui?, eroy Mullinax, L. A. McCarter, [. M. Bowen, J. W. Pursley, I. G. Parker, J. C. Beamguard, J. M. Whetstone, M. E. Revels, . J. Rattaree, N. A. McSwain, t. R. Lindsay, E. L.Jackson, , A. Hill, A. M. Howe, J F. Feemster, E. J. Gordon, [.F.Gill, E. D. Garrison. , A. Ferguson, M. R. Davidson, [. C'order, S. R. Carotbers, .E.Thomas, James B. Steele, ( , A. Shedd, James A. Pursley, J. D. Camp, S. L. Berry, , J. C. Bolin, .J.C.Barnes, , J. Camp, S. D. Crawford, < A. Carr, M. E. Caton, [. C. Choat, Z. J. Jones, I [. E. Robinson, M. E. Whitner, I [.C.Wilson, M. S. Tomlinson, [. E. Sandifer, M. P. Strait, [. J. Smith, E. C. Patterson. ' rrah Wyatt, Nancy Dover, 1 icey Bolin, Cynthia Abernathy, < lizabeth Morris, Caroline C. McKnight, ] arolineCobb, Sarah E. Lynn, I emesia Martin, Nancy M. Dunlap, ( [inerva Kitchens,dead.Elizabeth Ferguson, atienco Collins, Elizabeth L. Bolin, etitia Brown, Catherine Bolin, deline Bolin, Martha Bolin, ouisa Rainey, Dulcenia Childers, ancy Sexton, Nancy Turner, j [argaret Smith, Margaret Shillinglaw, ( incoy Mullinax, Mary Nichols, ilia Petors, Rebecca Parish, riI ] V 2U11UI 1I1U Vlliiuuin, _ , \ THE AMERICAN FLAG. Yesterday was the first anniversary of ! le Yorkville Graded school, and the day ( as celebrated by the hoisting of the ' nited States tlag over the building, with ppropriate ceremonies. The exercises were private, and consisted j f an interesting programme especially rranged with a view to impressing the gniticance of the national standard upon 1 le pupils. Among the invited visitors present were ! [r. Jos. F. Wallace, representing the i oard of trustees, liev. L. A. Johnson, i hool commissioner, and Gen. F.. M. Law, 1 ho was chosen to deliver the address upon ] le presentation of the tlag. At eleven o'clock tlie entire school was 1 larched into the spacious assembly hall of 1 ie building. Professor Thaekston ex- ; i lained the origin of the idea, how it had ; pen developed, and its purpose, and then : illitig for the thirteen original States, was ;; jsponded to, one after another, by as many ttle boys and girls with appropriate quo- i ttious. The six territories, the new j < tate of Wyoming, and the entire forty- i 1 I v v nUlU ~ l VMllJlUnl II I IIIT I UIIHI, Ul'll' III like manner represented. i Miss Kil it It Wallace, one of the pupils, i a very creditable manner, read the soloo- 1 on entitled "The American Flair." Then catno the presentation speech el en. Law. The address was short, eccu ying less than ten minutes, hut was lull ' f comprehensive instruction. Ho told < to children that the history el the llag < as the history of the l'nitcd States ; u ' ad passed through all the trials and vl ssitudes of these States since they became nation; it had triumphantly waved ' irough four bloody wars; it wasorgluallv le emblematic union of thirteen weak rugglitig States; it is now honored and . ispected throughout the world as thej roud standard of forty-three rich and j oworful States, stretching from the lakes 1 o the gulf, from ocean to ocean, and repesenting the grandest country on the face )f the earth. At the close of Gen. Law's address, the 'Star Spangled Banner" was read by Maser Asbury Coward. Upon invitation of Superintendent rhackston, Rev. Mr. Johnson made a short alk. He also took the Hag and patriotsin for his theme, and added consideribly to the instructive remarks that had ilready been made. The school was then adjourned to the :ourt below, from whence the Hag was loisted over the building and saluted with hree cheers from the children. The first birthday of the Yorkville traded school shows up a growth upon vhich our people may look with pride. Dn the opening day of the school, one /ear ago, 113 pupils were enrolled. By lune the number had swelled to 141, with in average daily attendance of 130. Yes:erday there were 230 names on the roll, md the average attendance is 17;3. The superintendent and corps of teachers are among the most efficient in the state. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. The following change of schedule went into effect on the Three C's last Sunday. By this arrangement the south bound mail reaches Yorkville an hour and a uiorfor lat#ip nnrl fhn nnrlh hnnnrt an hnur ?arlier. There is very little change in the time of the mixed train so far as Yorkville is concerned. Going south, it arrives here twenty-five minutes later, and going north there is no change. mix* pasi.*| ST-A-TIO^TSS. pa<?*;mix* 9 00.11 40. a Lv CAMDEN Ar 4 34 7 30 1 15 1 09 5....I.V LAN(;ASTEK LV.... 8, 3 12! 4 30 2 50 I 48i a ..CATAWBA JUNCTION.. 5 2 36 2 50 3 00 1 52 "5 RODDEVS "S 2 32j 1 15 3 10 1 56 LESSLIE ? 2 2g! 1 00 3 50 2 20l c' ROCK HILL ? 2 20 12 40 4 00 2 25t 2. OLD POINT ' 2 08 11 50 4 15 2 33 f NEWPORT ^ 2 02 11 30 4 301 2 39) TIRZAH TS ! 1 56 11 15 5 10j 2 50 ft YORKVILLE c ! 1 45 10 55 5 40' 3 i5| 2 SHARON ?a 1 30 10 10 6 10 3 18 a..... HICKORY GROVE .... 1 15| 9 40 ^ SMYRNA s | 6 55! 3 45i * BLACKSBUKG c 12 4.r>l 8 50 4 57 a SHELBY ? 11 45! ! fi 45 i Ar RUTHERFORDTON Lv 9 55! I' M.P M|* Pasenger daily ; Mixed excppt Sun. A M[A M CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. K. S. Nelson, rector. Morning service next Sunday at 11 o'clock. Eveningappointment will beannouncedat morning service. Sunday-school at 3.30 p. in. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, pastor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 7.45 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7.45 p. m. Sunday-school at 4 p. m. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, pastor. Mr. Galloway will be absent, attending presbytery at King's Mountaiu, and no services may be expected next Sunday. Sunday-school at 3 p. m. % Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, pastor. Services at Union next Sunday at 11 a. m. and in Yorkville at 7.45 p. m. Sundayschool at 10 o'clock a. m. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 7.45 o'clock. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. H. Waddell, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. Love Feast Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Services Sunday morning, with the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, at 11 o'clock. Evening service at 8 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3 p. m. THE CIRCUIT COURT. The spring term of the circuit court for York county, his Honor Judge Norton presiding, was convened promptly at 10 o'clock last Monday morning. All the officers of the court were present and ready to enter upon the discharge of their duties. A noticeable improvement in the court room is the substitution of neat walnut desks for the use of the members of the bar, in place of the rickety pine tables which have been in use for more than twenty years. The list of grand jurors drawn for the year 1890 was called, and the following answered to their names: S. P. Blaukenship, W. B. Choat, W. A. -Carson, J. C. Clawson, James F. Davidson, W. J. Davis, J. A. Ellis, S. A. Fewell, J. M. Ford, John F. Glenn, John R. Long, James McSwain, W.C.Owen, D. T. Partlow, W. P. Roddey, J. H. Wilburn.?16. Allen Bettis and S. A. Blanton, whose names were drawn, failed to answer the call of the clerk. The court appointed Mr. Fewell foreman of the graud jury, after which theusual oath was administered to the foreman and the members severally. He said the grand jurors had been selected without any solicitation on their part for the purpose of serving as the grand inquest of the county, and that it would be their duty to attend the court two more terms this year. As it had been but a short time since their selection, they doubtless had not had the opportunity to give the subject of their duties much attention, or to consider the importance of the duties imposed upon them. It is proper to consider those duties and the proper limits of the grand jury. While it is the duty of the errand jury to do some things, there are other things which it is not their duty to do. It is not your duty to discuss politics in the grand jury room, nor is it your duty to advise legislation. You are not to inquire into the duties of officers not within the limits of your county. Your duty is in the county you represent as citizens of the county in the enforcement of the law in your county. You have been selected because of your moral character and your standing as citzens of the county. It is your duty to see that the laws, whether good or bad, are properly enforced so long as they remain upon the statute book. It is your duty to see that the officers of the county properly discharge their duties. The office of trial justice is one of great importance, and you are to see that these officers do not deny justice to any one because he may be poor and humble, or that they fail to prosecute because the man may be influential. You are to look into the duties of all your officers. It is your duty to inquire into the official conduct of all, and a class whom you should specially investigate are those in the courthouse. It is your duty to see that they are houest, sober and competent to discharge their duties. They will be more apt to discharge their duties properly when they know they are required to be sober, houest and competent. When an officer fails in this respect he is liable to prosecution and removal from office. Ordinarily an aggrieved person applies to the grand jury. In cases of intimidation, or where undue influence is exercised to his injury, it is your duty to look after him. There are other cases where no particular injury is inflicted to the community at large, and in which no one feels it his interest to interfere?such as the intermarrying of races, the carrying of concealed weapons, etc. In such cases as these you should present the offenders. You should see to the enforcement of the law in its letter and spirit. In regard to the poor, no oue should be allowed to become a charge to the county except those who are so poverty stricken and helpless as to be unable to earn a living, or who has not friends or relatives to assist him. No man is permitted to make his child a charge upon the county, nor should any man permit his parent to become a charge. No man in health and strength should be admitted to your poor house. A strong man should not be allowed to eat, unless he works for and earns hia hrpftd. hi this oonntrv all can nrneure " - ***? ? * ? ?r r ? work. But the deserving poor should be properly looked after and eared for, and they should have proper food, suited to their condition, and other comforts. >Our sympathies should go to them. All paupers complain when you go to them at the poor house. You cannot regard all these complaints, but you should see that they tire provided with all necessary comforts. It is your duty to see that the county commissioners discharge their duties as to keeping in proper condition public roads, bridges and ferries. You will be furnished from time to time with reports of your officers which will aid you in the investigation of their offices. 11 is llouorclosed by giving the jury the usual routine Instructions as to the tinding ,.? I. ill.. Hl.l At the conclusion of his charge the solicitor handed nut a number of indictments uul the grand Jury retired to their room. rite roll of petit jurors for the tlrst week i?t the term wa* then called, and the following answered; \V. M. Allison, J. W. Ardrey, W , C, Armstrong, K. F. Bell, Ihad. ttolin, l\ A. Brown, B.J.Caldwell, Beorge S. \B. M. Dulin, J. D. Feltz, John Calls, D, J. Kltehett, D.J.Glenn, Ji , II, l\ Goliath, J. D. Gaulden, W. J. ifordon, J, s, Gourley, J. Simpson Hood, \\. r, llney, F. V. Klrknatriek, JamesM. KlrKpatriek, \V, l\ Mel-addon, A. F. McAumell, S. l\ Fierce, J. N. Russell, Win. Bawls, B. M. Boark, J. O.Stewart, James M. Sherer, A. K. Smith, C. L. Whisonant, Jos. M. Whitesides, J. 1.. Williamson, F. D. Horn. Two petit jurors failed to answer?John B. Moore and G. A. Cowan?the latter of