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Jwapsi and |acts. ? The executive committee of the Lee monument unveiling, has decided that such Northern regiments as should signify their wish to be present at the ceremonies, in May, would be tendered an invitation. ? R. G. Dun's review of trade reports the following failures for last week : For the United States 17G; for Canada 33; total 209, compared with 206 the previous week. For the corresponding week of last year, the figures were 222 in the United States and 27 in Canada. ? The National Educational Association and Council of Education will hold their next annual convention at St. Paul, Minn., July 4-11, 1890, and it is expected that 20,000 teachers from all parts of the Union will be present. The Western railroads have already agreed to give half rates. ? Andrew Smith, of Salt Lake City, is a Mormon elder who has had eight wives and still believes in Mormonism. He saysthat he is an expert in choosing a wife. His idea is that a wife should do and think as her husband wants her to, and under this arrangement marriage is not a failure. ? The Southern Baptist Convention will meet in Fort Worth, Texas, on May the 6th. A special train for the delegates will be run from Atlanta, which will be composed of Pullman Palace and Mann Boudoir cars, and will make the fastest time of any train ever run from Atlanta to Texas, the trip to be made in thirty hours. ? It is now stated that President Harrison has sent some of his personal and political friends to different points in the South for the purpose of feeling the people on the negro question, and the proposed Federal election law which that great South hater, Senator Hoar, has been instructed to prepare. ? Mr. John C. Calhoun, who has just returned to New York from a trip through the South, says there is active speculation going on in real estate at advancing prices, and that more money is in the South for investment than ever before since the war. To the Southern people cotton is now a surplus product, as they are raising their own food supplies at home, and the money received from cotton is going into investments. ? According to the official reports, there are now in New York city 8,885 places licensed for the sale of liquors, including 5,857 liquor saloons, 194 ale and beer saloons, 1,266 ale beer and wine saloons, 152 restaurants, 262 hotels, 56 steamboats and 1,098 grocery, drug and wholesale liquor stores. There was a decrease of 78 in the number of saloon licenses during the year and 358 applications were rejected. The receipts were $1,442,770, an increase of $12,350 over those of 1888. ? Judge Maddox, of Rome, Ga., in his charge to the grand jury of that city a few days ago, was clear and emphatic in his denunciation of gamblers. "There is enough work in this progressive and active age," said his Honor, "and there is no room for men like these, who, like knots on a tree, sap its strength without addiog anything to its growth or to its vitality. Gentlemen of the grand jury, it is in your power to suppress them, and you should do so." Properly seconded by the grand jury and prosecuting attorney, gambling will orobablv soon become a lost art in Rome. ? The Mississippi flood of 1890, says a Western paper, is a grand object lesson. It teaches that the entire revenue of the United States government would not be sufficient to confine the Father of Waters to his bed when the impulse to get up and spread himself comes upou him. His Muddy Majesty is as resistless as a tornado and mocks the puny efforts of man to stay his course or establish .boundaries for his goings forth. Some other solution of the problem than the building of mud dikes will have to be tried if the Mississippi is to go unvexed and unvexing to the sea. ? Municipal elections were held throughout Kansas last week in cities of the fourth class. Reports from several of these cities indicate that the women, who are allowed by law to vote at city elections, cast about two-fifths of the votes. They had no candidates in the field of their own sex, but allied themselves generally with one or the other of the parties in the contest. At the election at Oskaloosa last year the women ran a full ticket and elected it. - At the recent election the women declined to run for re-election. They said they had placed the city's affairs in good condition, and were willing to let the men try to keep them so. They worked at the polls and carried the election for the successful ticket. ? It seems absurd that in one section of the country a man may be a bigamist while in another section he is a lawful husband, but that is what often happens under the heterogeneous divorce laws of the different States. A case involving these laws and illustrating their absurdity was decided in Brooklyn Monday by Judge Bartlett. In 1862 AlbertO. Smith was married in Poughkeepsie. Nineteen years afterward he and his wife separated and she went to Dakota to live. There she got a divorce from her husband by the terms of which both were permitted to re-marry. Availing himself of the permission Mr. Smith married again in 1884. About a year ago they found out that this divorce was not good in New York State, and Mrs. Smith began proceedings to have the marriage annulled on the ground that Qmifh haH a vuifo 15\?inor _TuHcro 'RnrtlpH. decided in her favor. ? On last Saturday morning, Rube Smith, of Lamar county, Ala., was convicted at Waynesboro, Miss., of train robbery. He will get more than a ten years' sentence. A motion for a new trial was entered. Rube Smith was with Rube Burrows, the noted outlaw, in holding up the Mobile and Ohio train near Buckatunna, Miss., September 25,1889, when $2,000 was taken from the express car. On December 13th, Burrows, Smith and a man named McClung were at Armory, Miss., the first two planning another train robbery, when Detective Jackson, of Aberdeen, who was on their trail, arrested Smith and McClung, Burrows not appearing. McClung, at the preliminary examination, told how Smith had confided to him all the details of the Buckatunna robbery, describing the part taken therein by himself and Burrows. On this evidence Smith was convicted at the trial, which ended at 2 o'clock Saturday morning. McClung will be taken to Lamar county to answer the charge of robbery, and grand larceny. ? There was a consultation of the prison authorities at Albany last Thursday to perfect the arrangements for the electrocution of Kemmlerat Auburn prison. Warden Dunstan, Superintendant Lathrop and Dr. Charles McDonald, commissioner of lunacy, discussed the matter at length. The admission of representatives of the press was the hardest part to arrange. The law inflicting a new method of capital punishment in the State of New York prohibits the publishing of the details of the execution. The pressure, however, of newspaper men, scientists and doctors is so great that it was decided to go as far as the law would allow. Two newspaper men?one representing the Associated Press and one the United Press?will be admitted. They are to be selected at the headquarters in New York, and must be proven beyond doubt to be newspaper men and not interested in the success of any company supplying electricity for any purpose. The two press men will besworn as jurors, and if the newspapers publish the details of the execution the warden and prison officials will not be the ones who will break the law. It is on this theory that they are admitted. The other ten jurors will be composed mainly of scientists, and besides these there will be five assistants to Harold Brown, the executioner. The officials would like to get rid of Brown on account of his spread eagle tendences end a belief that he is in the employ of a sensational newspaper, but he has a contract with the State to be Jack Ketch on this occasion and they are reluctantly forced to accept his services. ? The spring elections in the West have not shown a revival of Republican strength. The Democrats won in a number of Republican towns and are elated. In Cincinnati three Democrats were elected on the municipal ticket. In other Ohio cities and towns the Democrats prevailed at Joinville, Canton, Clina, Bucyrus, Sandusky, Ashland, Springfield, Millersburg, Dayton and Hamilton. Mixed results, mainly in favor of the Democrats, were obtained at Fremont, Logan, Wooster, Galvin, Zanesville, Newark, Chilicothe, Middletown, St. Mary's and Findlay. At Keokuk, Iowa, in the municipal election, the Democrats elected the assessor and four aldermen. In the township election at Indianapolis, led., the entire Democratic ticket was successful by majorities ranging from 1,000 to 5,000. In Kansas City the Democrats elected their candidate for mayor, and three others on the municipal ticket. This is the first time in four years mi?an that the Democrats have elected their candidate for mayor. The municipal election at Albany, N. Y., resulted in a majority of 7,245 for Manning, the Democratic candidate for mayor, a Democratic gain on the vote for mayor two years ago of 4,555. The Democrats carry every ward but one for supervisors, and every ward but two for aldermen. The postponed city election at Providence, R. I., resulted in a Democratic victory, giving that party a senator and eight representatives. The Democrats will have a majority in the legislature. The Australian ballot system worked satisfactorily. Jersey City elected Orestes Cleveland, Democrat, mayor by 2,062 majority. ihe fjatMle tihqntm. YORKVILLE, S. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1890. CONDITION OF THE CROPS. The condition of winter wheat on the 1st of April, as reponeu oy me smusuumn | of the agricultural department at Washington, averages 81 for the entire country. Seeding was late in the central valley, and the plants have been injured by the recent cold spells, but where the roots are intact, with warm weather recuperation great improvement will follow. In the South the soil was generally in better condition and the early sown developed rapidly, and in December and January suffered more or less from attacks of the Hessian fly. In March frosts were very general, discoloring and sometimes killing the plantsdown to the ground, but not injuring the roots except in wet places. The Pacific coast has had an extraordinary amountof rain and snow, which have delayed seeding and injured the early sown areas. The averages of condition of principal States are as follows: New York, 88; Pennsylvania, 99; Ohio, 87; Michigan, 67; Indiana, 75 ; Illinois, 75; Missouri, 83; Kansas, 87; California, 71. The report of condition of farm animals makes the averages as follows: Horses, 94.4; cattle, 94.1; sheep, 93.7; swine, 95.6. The percentages of loss of farm animals by disease, winter exposure or otherwise, as estimated, average 1.64 for horses, 3.64 for cattle, 7.3 for sheep and 7.6 for swine. The losses from winter exposure of cattle have been very heavy in the northern Rocky Mountain belt and on the Pacific j coast. While it is difficult to get information from the ranches, it is certain that Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and California have lost heavily in both herds and flocks by the severities and deefS snows of a winter which has been one of remarkable mildness east of the mountains. The [ reports indicate the loss by exposure I throughout the country, of more than a million cattle, and still larger losses of jsheep. SOUTH CAROLINA'S CROPS. From the reports of the correspondents of the State department of agriculture in all parts of the State, the following facts h?vp hppn learned and the estimates as to I the condition of the crops given therewith collated: The acreage in wheat has been decreased about 7 per cent, below last year, and the I condition is 30 per cent, less than at the same time last year, and has been mate| rially injured by the Hessian fly. The I damage by winter freezes was nominal. About 9 per cent, of the crop was drilled against 91 per cent, broadcasted. The drilled wheat is generally reported in the better condition. The crop was, as a rule, sown later than in 1889, the average date of seeding being December 1st. As usual, the early sowing is reported in better condition than the late. The acreage in oats is reported at about the same as last year and the condition is 16 per cent, below that of last year. The falling off is attributed largely to the ravages of the Hessian fly, and a small percentage has been injured by the late freezes. The acreage in both rye and barley has been slightly reduced and the condition is not so good as at the same time in 1889. The remarkably open winter has been very favorable to live stock of all kinds, and they are reported as in generally fine condition. The deaths from winter exposure have been nominal and confined to but few localities. The percentage of loss from diseases is exceptionably small. About 5 per cent, of the hogs of the State have died from cholera. It is estimated that about 21 per cent., or 13,000 bales, of last year's cotton crop is still in the hands of the growers. Judging from the reports of the department's correspondents, the farmers of the State are in better condition than ever before. Notwithstanding the enormous increase in the quantity of commercial fertilizers purchased, the decrease in farm supplies purchased is less by 30 per cent, than last year. There is a scarcity of labor reported from some sections, on account of the emigration of the negro farm hands to the turpentine farms of Georgia and Florida. One hundred and fifty-five correspondents report labor as "good," seven as "bad" and sixty-five as "indifferent." From November 1st, 1880, to April 1st, 1890, about 165,000 tons of commercial fertilizers were sold in the State, against 126,568 tons for the same period 1888?'80? an increase of about 30 per cent, over last i year, which would indicate a large increase in the cotton acreage for 1890. Corn planting has been finished in many sections and cotton planting is progressing rapidly. THE WEATHER CROP BULLETIN. The South Carolina weather service, in co-operation with United States signal service, furnishes the lollowing for the week ending last Saturday: The rainfall has been below the average, and very badly distributed. Some portions of a county would get rain and other portions would not; but, as a whole, the northwestern and middle sections of the State received most of the rainfall. The greatest weekly rain fall, 0.97 inches, fell on the 4th and 9th at Stateburg; no rain fell at St. Matthew's, Watereeand Ilardeeville. Though the mean temperature for the week was about normal, yet t' ~re were great fluctuations in temperature. On the 8th and 9th, in the middle of the day, the temperature was nearly as high as the average maximum temperature in midsummer; then on the 11th, within two days of the warm period, there was a light frost. The amount of sunshine for the week was about the average, and came very acceptable to the growing vegetation. The week has been favorable for farm work, and the planting of cotton is rapidly progressing. Corn is coming out of the ground, and the grain and vegetables are in a very favorable condition. MERE-MENTION. The last session of the city council ol Atlanta granted a liquor license to Mrs. Schmidt. Last Thursday Mayor Glenn vetoed the license on the grouud that it is against public policy to allow women to engage in the liquor business. On Thursday snow fell below the freezing point. It is feared that great damage was done to the fruit. A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Dover, Maine, last Thursday morning, a few moments before 3 o'clock. A noise like that caused by an explosion was first heard and the earth trembled for several seconds. Clocks were stopped and small articles were thrown from their places. A son, aged 19, of Representative Cowles, of the Eighth congressional district of North Carolina, committed suicide a few days ago at the Oxford Military school, by shooting himself through the head with a pistol. Jim Johnson, A. S. Bowell and Bob Bowie, who are charged with shooting a colored route agent while he was on duty, at McCool, Miss., have been arrested. Wakefield W. Price, aged 18, died at Salisbury, N. C., of meningetis last Friday night. The physician said the disease would not necessarily have been fatal had Price not been addicted to cigai rette smoking. A Raleigh dispatch : says it Is learned that in the past fifteen months 71,000 negroes have left North Carolina. It is stated that this estimate is made on reliable data, and upon careful investigation. The Iowa legislature refuses to repeal the prohibition law enacted in that State some years ago. In the Iowa legislature the house spent Thursday morning considering the re maining sections of the Australian ballot bill, and passed the measure by a vote of 8G to 9. The bill as passed provides that all ballots shall be printed at the public expense."y:,--,Plowing by steam has been introduced in Walla Walla Valley, Washington, and is pronounced a success. Heretofore it has cost two dollars per acre to plow, while under the new system it can be done for forty cents.",xV',*All of the bank note currency of the Italian government is engraved and printed in the United States. The notes are neat, but small, resembling somewhat the fractional notes issued in the war times Mr. Cullom introduced in the Senate last Friday a bill to prevent Mormons in Utah from voting or holding any political office. The fiercest storm ever seen in that section swept across the southern Eart of Wyoming last Thursday. Two ouses in Mayville, Pa., were swallowed up last Thursday by the cave in the mines under the village. Half the population of Arkansas City, Ark., deserted their homes last Thursday, the city being completely underwater. In the house of representatives, last Saturday, the contested seat between Wise, Democrat, and Waddill, Republican, of Virginia, the house decided in favor of the contestant, wise, oy a voie 01 io-* 10 im. > r%. uecree, pardoning the Duke of Orleans has been prepared and he will be discharged from prison to go hence without day. I'KATH STATESMAN. Hon. Samuel J. Randall, of Pennsylvania, died at his residence on Capitol Hill, Washington, at 5 o'clock last Sunday morning. Around the bedside were gathered the family, the physician and Postmaster General Wanamaker, who had all kept constant watch over the dying .man during the night. A few minutes before his death he opened his eyes, and looking tenderly at his wife, said in a low tone, "mother"?a word instinct with all the fondest recollection of their long and happy life, and by which he always called his wife when none but the family were near. He looked into her eyes as if he were about to say something more, but he seemed to have no strength left, and in a few moments he had passed away. Death had come with the coming of dawn. The watchers saw that all was over, and the wife and daughter who had nursed and cared for him during his long illness could restrain their feeling no longer, but gave way to their grief, while the physician and Mr. Wanamaker endeayored to console them as best they might, though their own grief hardly permitted them to speak. Mr. Randall's illness has been acute, and has extended over a period of five years. Since February he has been rapidly failing. He joined the Presbyterian church about two months ago. Mr. Wanamaker spoke to him on this subject, and Mr. Randall replying that he had been thinking of this matter for some time and would like to become a member of the church, arrangements were effected by which he entered the Metropolitan Presbyterian church on Capitol Hill. A stalwart Democrat is cut down. He stood up for principle when principle was unpopular and friends were scarce. At the time that Southern men were disfranchised and Northern Democrats were timid, Samuel J. Randall led the fight in Congress against the encroachment of a majority which was desperate and all powerful. He opposed the unbridled amendments to the constitution. He fought the Force Bill and led the way to universal amnesty. He was an enemy to extravagant appropriations. He had courage and ability. He did not lack aggressiveness and fire. He was a practical man, full of strength and hard sense and was trusted by his opponents, Gen. Grant being an earnest admirer of the sturdy Philadelphian. Mr. Randall was a Democrat of the Tilden stripe. He was sound on economic questions and granitic in his firmness. He was manly, he was capable, he was honest. . He did not back Hnujn hpfnre nnhlio clflmnr. He was not led by blind partizanship into doubtful expedients. He resisted with powerful will and a fine constitution the inroads of disease, brought on by overwork in the public service. Mr. Randall entered the house in the Thirty-eighth congress with a reputation of conspicuous service in the Pennsylvania legislature. He opposed the adoption of the joint resolution proposing the abolition of slavery by an amendment to the constitution. He regarded it as the beginning of radical changes in our constitutiun, and the forerunner of usurpation. The policy pursued, he said, was uniting the South and dividing the North. In December, 1863, Mr. Randall voted for the bill to appoint General Grant lieutenant-general of the army. He was one of the few Democrats who voted for the measure. In December, 1876, Samuel J. Randall, who had been the competitor in the Democratic caucus of Mr. Kerr, of Indiana, but who was defeated by Mr. Kerr, was chosen speaker. He had represented the Philadelphia district for thirteen years and had acquired a thorough knowledge of the rules and methods of the house. He is described by Mr. Blaine in his book as a strong partisan with many elements of leadership. "He is fairminded toward his political opponents, generous to his friends, makes no compromises with enemies, never neglects the public du ties and never forgets the interest of the Democratic party." Samuel J. Randall was re-elected speaker in October, 1877, receiving 149 votes over James A. Garfield, who received 132 votes. In March, 1879, Mr. Randall was re-elected speaker of the Forty-fifth Congress, receiving 143 votes to 125 votes for Garfield. Samuel J. Randall was a leading candidate for the presidency in 1880, but General Hancock was nominated. Had Randall been nominated he would have been elected president. Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, in 1875 introduced a bill removing the political disabilities of every man in the United States. The disposition of the Republicans was to grant without hesitation an amnesty almost universal, the exceptions being Jefferson Davis, Robert Toombs and Jacob Thompson. Mr. Randall brought his bill to a vote January 10, 187G. The bill required a two-thirds vote, but fell short of that number?ayes, 175 ; noes, 97. Since his defeat for the speakership, in 1883, Mr. Randall has been chairman of the appropriations committee of the house. "This is Murder."?Judge Wallace, reviewing the voluminous affidavits submitted by George S. Turner, who is in jail at Spartanburg on the charge of the murder of Ed. Finger, concludes with the following words: "From the view I take of the effect of the testimony submitted to me, it is immaterial whether Finger's pistol was discharged at Turner or not. Finger was armed. He sought a combat with Turner on a pre-existing grudge. To his invitation Turner, also armed, promptly responded, having previously threatened to kill him. It is manifest that each desired the combat and intended to make it mortal. While Finger was handling his pistol, obviously intending to use it in the combat he had sought, it was discharged and the actual combat thus opened, which resulted in his death. Whether it was aimed at Turner or not, is not material. The combat which Turner had gone, with alacrity, to meet, being opened, he killed Finger?not in sudden quarrel, but upon a pre-existing declared intent to do so. This is murder. The motion is therefore refused." Judge Wallace has pronounced the case one of murder. We shall see what view will be taken of it by a Spartanburg jury. ? At the meeting of the Fairfield division of the Survivor's association, held in Winnsboro last Thursday, theofficersofthe last year were re-elected as follows: Maj. T. W. Woodward, president; S. It. Johnston and H. A. Glenn, vice-presidents; W. H. Kerr, secretary and treasurer; W. F. Jackson, corresponding secretary. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Sain M. Grist?The Buckeye Mower. Miss Baity Ferguson?Cleaning and Repairing. Withers Adickes?Look Here, Right Now. Geo. T. Sohorb?Musical Goods. M. A H. C. Strauss?From All Sides We Hear. A. Y. Cartwright & Co.?An Opportunity ! Mi9.i Daisy Williams?Rubber Stamps. ROUND TRIP TICKETS. The Three C's railroad will sell round trip tickets to persons desiring to attend the Teachers1 convention, to be held in Columbia to-morrow, at the following rates: From Blacksburg,$3.85; from Yorkville, $3.00; from Rock Hill, $2.85. ANNUAL MILITIA INSPECTIONS. Among the annual inspections of the State militia, for the month of May, ordered by the adjutant and inspector general, are the following appointments: Lee Light Infantry, Chester, May 13; Jenkins Rifles, Yorkville, May 14; Catawba Rifles, Rock Hill, May 15. THE SANITARY COMMITTEE. The sanitary committee, consisting of Dr. R. Andral Bratton and Mr. John A. Latta, will commence the inspection of the premises of occupants of lots in the town of Yorkville on Monday next. As it will be impracticable to complete the inspection in one dav. Int. holders will he nntifipd of the day on which the premises in the different parts of the town v ill be inspected. A FINE ENTERTAINMENT. The Fitzpatrick Family of merry makers and bell ringers appeared before a large audience in Hunter & Oates' opera house last night. The performance was highly enjoyed. The programme consisted of music, trombone and cornet solos, character impersonations, farces and comical sketches, all of which were rendered in the hest style. There were many good features in the performance and *o bad ones. The company deserves good patronage wherever it may go. A CARTRIDGE EXPLODES. What might have been a serious accident occurred last Saturday afternoon to Dunwiddie, the little seven-year old son of Mr. Jno. N. O'Farrell, who lives in the north-eastern suburbs of town. The little boy found in the field near thehouse a paper cartridge which had probably been thrown away by some sportsman, and with the instinct of a boy coming into possession of an explosive, he touched fire to it. An explosion followed, and his forehead was sprinkled with shot. Fortunately the shot were small, and inflicted no serious injury. Those that entered the flesh were picked out by his mother. SUMMER TOURISTS. With the enterprise and liberality characteristic of the management of the Three C's railroad, Maj. Jno. F. Jones, superintendent, has issued a circular for distribution among the people along the line of the road, including those in the country as well as hotels and boarding houses in the towns on or adjacent to the road, soliciting information a3 to the uumber of boarders any person so located, can accommodate during the summer, prices, etc. A blank has been prepared, on which the desired information can be written and returned to Major Jones, who from the information thus obtained will issue a circular embracing the facts for distribution among pleasure seekers and tourists. Persons in Yorkville and vicinity can procure the blanks by application to B. N. Moore, agent at Yorkville, and the blanks can also be procured by mail, by application to Major Jones, superintendent, Blacksburg, S. C. DISQUALIFIED VOTERS. At the last session of the legislature an act was passed providing for a mode of ascertaining the names of registered voters convicted of disqualifying crimes. The clerk of the court is required, on or before the fifteenth day of October, 1890, to furnish the supervisor of registration with a complete list of all male persons convicted i- ?uu oi treason, iuuruer, ruuueij vi uueuug, from the lGth day of April, 18G8, up to the first day of January, 1883, and of all persons convicted of treason, murder, burglary, larceny, perjury, forgery, or any other infamous crime, or dueling, since the first day of January, 1883. All such reports must be accompanied by the certificate of the clerk. So is every trial justice required to make out under his hand and seal a certified list of all male persons convicted before him, or such of his predecessors whose trial docket is in his possession, of petit larceny, and such report must be submitted to the supervisor of registration on or before the fifteenth day of October. In case any trial justice goes out of office, he shall furnish such list immediately upon retiring, up to the date of going out of office. ? CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. K. S. Nelson, rector. Morning service next Sunday at 11 o'clock. Eveningappointment will beannouncedat morning service. Sunday-school at 4 p. m. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. H. Waddell, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday-school at 4 p. m. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, pastor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 7.45 o'clock. The pastor will be absent, attending presbytery, and no services may be expected next Sunday. Sunday-school at 4 p. m. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, pastor. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered next Sunday, services commencing Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock, d. m. Baptist?llev. It. G. Patrick, pastor. In consequence of the absence of the pastor there will be no preaching at Union next Sunday. Services in Yorkville, by Rev. V. I. Masters, at 8 o'clock, p. ra. Sunday-school at 10 a. ni. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. PERSONAL MENTION. Judge Witherspoon returned home yesterday afternoon. Mrs. R. G. Patrick is visiting relatives and friends in Greenville. Mrs. H. C. Strauss is visiting her brother, Dr. Miles J. Walker, of Union county. Mr. N. A. Jefferysand family, of Greensboro, N. C., are in Yorkville visiting relatives and friends. Capt. Withers Adickes left yesterday for Columbia, to attend the sessions of the Grand Lodge Knights of Honor, which meets to-day. We were pleased to receive a call on Monday from Mr. Robt. L. Pursley who was so seriously wounded at the time of the recent unfortunate disturbance at Hickory Grove. Mr. Pursley is now at his father's, six or seven miles north of town. Rev. R. G. Patrick left Yorkville on last Saturday for Ridge Spring, Edgefield county, at which place he preached on Sunday. Mr. Patrick expects to spend this week and probably a part of next, in that section of the State in the interest of the proposed new church building at this place. Dr. Clarence M. Kuykendal, son of Dr. Jno. C. Kuykendal, of this place, will graduate this week from the medical department of the University of Maryland. The roll of proficiency was read to the class last Saturday, and he stands No. 8 in a class of 108, and graduates with distinction from an institution that prescribes a high standard of merit. Dr. Kuykendal will return home the latter part of this week, but he will immediately locate for practice in Chester. DEMOCRATIC SUPERVISOR. A. W. Ingold, of Yorkville, has been appointed by Judge Simonton, of the United States district court at Charleston, Democratic sunervisor of registration for York county. The appointment of Federal supervisors of registration, representing both political parties, is under the provisions of an act of congress approved May 31, 1870, and the various amendments thereto. Heretofore but little attention has been paid to the law in South Carolina; but as the Republicans are unusually active, thus early, this year, to secure the appointment of a supervisor in each county of the State, the State Democratic chairman deems it best not to be caught napping, and he has recommended the appointment of a Democratic supervisor for each county. Samuel T. Poinier, the chief supervisor of elections for the district of South Carolina, has issued an important circular to the supervisors, from which we extract the following for the information of Democratic voters: "Under this provision of the law you will attend at the registration on the first Mondays in April, May, June and July, and on any other days on which the county supervisor of registration may perform duties pertaining to the registering of voters or deciding contested cases. "Under the United States laws you have the right personally to inspect and scrutinize the registration books and detect and expose the improper or wrongful removal from them of any name, or addition of any name to the registration books." The point on which the chief supervisor lays some emphasis is the following : "Section 2,007, Revised Statutes of the United States, provides: 'Whenever under the authority of the constitution or laws of any State, or the laws of any Territory, any act is required to be done by a citizen as a prerequisite to qualify or entitle him to vote, the offer of such citizen to perform the act required to be done shall, if it fail to be carried into execution by reason of the wrongful act or omission of the person or officer charged with the duty of receiving or permitting such performance or offer to perform or acting thereon, be deemed and held as a performance in law of such act; and the person so offering and failing to vote, and being otherwise qualified, shall be entitled to vote in the same manner, and to the same extent as if he had in fact performed such act.' "Registration is a prerequisite to qualify or entitle a person iu vuie, auu u a peiauu presents himself for registration and fails because of any wrongful actor omission of the county supervisor of registration, the offer to register will be deemed equivalent to registration. "You will therefore keep a list of all persons who offer themselves for registration, and who fail to register, stating the circumstances. Unless there is some wrongful act or omission on the part of the county supervisor of registration, there is no violation of the laws." COURT OF C03IM0N PLEAS. After the petit jurors for the first week of the term of the circuit court were discharged, on the 3rd instant, the court of common pleas was opened, and the remainder of the week was devoted to the hearing of causes by the judge. Last week was devoted to the hearing of jury causes, and all the causes, on Calendar No. 1, except one cause in which the parties were not ready for trial, were disposed of. The following is a summary of the proceedings: A. P. Stewart &Co. vs. D. D. Gaston. Cause of action, account. On motion and argument by defendant's counsel a nonsuit was entered. Finley <fc Brice and A. J. Corry for plaintiff; Spencer ifc Hardin for defendant. W. L. Roddey & Co., vs. VV. L. Erwin; action on debt. Judgment conditional rendered by the court, by consent for 81,1(52.10. Wilson & Wilson & McDow for plaintiff; Hart & Hart and McCaw for defendant. James L. Pettus vs. James A. Jackson. Suit for damages for defamation of character. Verdict for plaintiff for $25. Hart (fe Hart for plaintiff; Finley <fe Brice for defendant. Caroline Woods, colored, and others, vs. C., C. and C. Railroad company; suit for damage sustained by fire, alleged to have been caused by a locomotive on the road. Verdict for plaintiff for $25. McCaw & McDonald for plaintiff; Jas. F. Hart for defendant. J. D. F. Duncan vs. the Anglo Nevada Insurance corporation, and A. S. Wallace; action for relief. Verdict for plaintiff for $375 against the insurance company. C. E. Spencer for plaintiff; John T. Seibles for defendant. Harvey H. Drennan vs. Mary Drennan ; action on debt. Judgment by the court, by consent, for $487.01. Wilson <fc Wilson <fe McDow for plaintiff; C. E. Spencer for defendant. W. H. Williams vs. John A. Hayes and John F. Shillinglaw; action on debt. Verdict for ir:?loTr.?r Tti-ino fnr nlnltlt fjiaiutui iux x Jiuwj iv - ? iff; W. J. Cherry for defendant. John S. Bratton vs. H. J. Bratton, administratrix. This was an action for services rendered. Verdict for plaintiff for $954.83. Motion for new trial granted unless plaintiff consent to a deduction of $163, which the court thought was in excess. The reduction was agreed to by counsel. Hartdt Hart for plaintiff; C. E. Spencer and Wilson <fc Wilson <fe McDow for defendant. Mary E. Moore, administratrix, vs. Alfred Moore. This was an action on a sealed note. Judgment by the court for $799.53, by consent. Wilson A Wilson A McDow tor plaintiff; C. E. Spencer for defendant. Robert Ross Love vs. the C., C. and C. Railroad company. This suit was an action for liquidated statutory damages for failure to construct stock guards and cattle gaps on the lands of the plaintiff. Verdict for plaintiff for 8200. Finley A Brice for plaintiff; Jas. F. Hart for defendant. Corrie A. Caldwell vs. John Caldwell and T. L. Carroll, executors of Wm. Caldwell, deceased. This was an action for services rendered to the deceased. Verdict for plaintiff for$97. Hart & Hart, for plaintiff; Finley A Brice and C. E. Spencer for defendants. B. F. Caldwell vs. John Caldwell and T. L. Carroll, executors of Wm. Caldwell, deceased. This was a suit on account and for services rendered to the deceased. Verdict for defendants. Hart <fe Hart for plaintiff; Finley A Brice and C. E. Spencer for defendants. M. L. Davis vs. A. H. Pollock. This was o" action against the defendant for damages i . $2,000 for alleged breach of contract, in failing to make a lease to the plaintiff of the Merchants' Hotel at Blacksburg. The defence was a denial of the contract to lease and a plea of the statute of frauds in bar of the action, on the ground that the contract to lease appertained to land, and was not evidenced by writing. A motion for a nonsuit was made on that ground and overruled by the court, and the case went to the jury on oral testimony over the objection of defendant's counsel. A verdict of $500 was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. A motion for a new trial was made and entered on the minutes, and after argument of counsel his Honor held that the statute of frauds was a bar to the action and vacated the verdict and ordered a new trial. Wilson A Wilson <fc McDow for plaintiff; W. B. McCaw for defendant. R. N. McElwee and others, executors, vs. John B. Whitesides. This action was brought against John B. Whitesides as surety on a note of R. M. Whitesides for $250. The defence was that the original contract had been altered by an agreement between the plaintiff and the principal debtor, by which the liability of the surety was prolonged, by reason whereof he claimed that he was discharged from liability, and the defence prevailed. C. E. Spencer for plaintiff; McCaw A McDonald for defendant. R. N. McElwee and others, executors, ys. R. M. Whitesides. This was an action on the note in controversy in the above named case, in which R. M. Whitesides was the principal obligor. His defence was the statute of limitations. Withdrawn from the jury to be heard by the court, by consent. Judgment for plaintitr for ?43(1.70. C. E. Spencer for plaintiff; MoCaw & McDonald for defendant. The last jury case of the term was entered upon last Saturday, and after the empaneling of a jury all the other jurors, at noon, were discharged. The case entered upon was that of S. \. Wallace vs. J. A. Price and others. The case attracted considerable attention from the fact that many members of Beersheba Farmers' alliance were incidentally connected with it, the defendants, it was alleged being a committee representing that sub-alliance, which proposed to buy Mr. Wallace's stock of goods at Valdora, and conduct an alliance store. The amount of the stock was ?1,05)3.50, ?500 on which was to be paid in cash. Before the inventory of the stoclc was completed the defendants decided not to take the goods, the reason given being that certain articles were priced too high. riaintiff brought suit for ?500. The case occupied part of Saturday, all of Monday, and at 8:30 p. m. was given to the jury- At 9 yesterday morning, after remaining out all night, they reported that thej- were unable to agree and a mistrial was entered and the jury discharged. Hart & Hart for the plaintiff; C. E. Spencer, W. B. McCaw and Finley ?fc Brice for defendants. J. It. Kennedy, probate judge, successor to John A. Brown, ordinary, vs. Mary L. Adickes, executrix of II. F. Adickes, deceased. This suit was an action on an administration bond, that of Thomas A. Douglass and Joseph Douglass as administrators of Joseph Douglass, Sen., deceased, on which H. F. Adickes, deceased, was sole surety. Withdrawn from the jury, counsel agreeing that the case be heard by the court without a jury. This was the last cause neara, on yesieruay, aim hi iu? uuuuusion of arguments by counsel bis Honor took the papers and reserved his decision. W. B. McCaw for plaintiff; C. E. Spencer for defendant. Then, at 1 p. m. yesterday, the court of common pleas was adjourned sine die. THE TWIN STATES COMPARED. For the Yorkville Emiulrerr. Editorof the Enquirer: Your Sharon correspondent wants to know why South Carolina cannot conduct her government as cheaply as her twin-State, North Carolina. Why, my friend, I am surprised at you ! There is very little in common between the two States. Do you not know that, according to the censusof 1880, the population of South Carolina was 995,622, while the population of North Carolina was only 1,400,047? South Carolina contains 29,385 square miles, while the State of North Carolina contains 50,704 only. Again, the writer has traveled a good deal in North Carolina, and has met with a great deal of wealth and intelligence, but never met a man whose intellectual attainments or financial ability was so great that he did not regard work as not only necessary but highly honorable. In South Carolina, however, labor, with all of the "dignity" which has been ascribed to it, has been relegated to the negroes and the common class of whites. To the proud, aristocratic South Carolina Bismarcks and Plantagenets the terms work and disgrace are, for them, synonymous. Royalty costs Great Britain ?566,800, and yet you think South Carolina should be governed more cheaply! In North Carolina they have Democracy. In South Carolina we have Democracy also; but aristocracg by any other name would be just as desirable. We do not want cheap government in South Carolina. We want the expensesof our government to be commensurate with the geographical, the commercial, the financial, the intellectual and the aristocratic status of the Palmetto State. w. s. G. LETTER FROM BLACKSBURG. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Blacksburg, April 15.?The weather for the past week has been almost faultless, and vegetation is putting forth and growing rapidly. Services were held in the Episcopal church last Sunday, and on account of it having been closed on Easter Sunday, the church was very tastefully decorated and the services were appropriate to the season. Rev. Mr. McCollough having to attend the Diocesan convention, which meets in Charleston in May, will not be here again until the fourth Sunday in next month. Wilson Wood, an industrious and respectable colored man, who lives near town, had the misfortune on Saturday ; last to lose his house and nearly all its contents by fire. He was not at home at the time, and his wife, who was confined to her bed with an infant not two days old, barely escaped with her child from the burning building, before the roof fell in. The loss pecuniarily was not very great, but it was the!rail, and a subscription has been started for their relief to which I hope our citizens will respond liberally. Mr. J. W. Secrest returned here a few days ago, after an absence of several months which he spent principally in Chicago and New York. He says that the former is the prettiest and most progressive city in the United States, and that while in New York, he accidentally heard a stranger remark that Blacksburg, S. C., had as fine an outlook as any new town in the South that he knew of, provided her citizens are wise and liberal enough to offer inducements to capitalists to come and aid in her development. Jesse, the fourteen-year-old son of Mr. LaFayette Briggs, sustained a very painful hurt at the Air-Line depot in this place, last week. He is employed to light the lamps, and Thursday afternoon, while helping to push a freight car along the track, his foot was caught by one of the wheels and very badly cut and bruised. Fortunately, no bones were broken. Mrs. Barbara Clements, of Anderson county, has bought from Mrs. Jane Black, the house and lot at the corner of Cherokee and Chester streets. Mr. W. A. Baber has sold to Mr. W. G. Gibbons, of New York, two and one-third acres on the corner of Mountain and Jones streets. Mr. Gibbons, who is an extensive railroad contractor, expects soon to build himself a residence on the lot and make this his home. Albert Whisonant, Esq., has bought a lot on Pine and York streets from Mr. M. R. Reese. The Magnetic Iron and Steel Ore company of this place have recently purchased and paid for the water power of Broad river, for one mile, on both sides of the river, and seven hundred and ninetyfive and a half acres of land in connection with the power; one hundred and eighty and a half acres on the eastern side, and six hundred and twelve on the western side of the river; and three acres in an island in the river. This property was purchased from the Magnetic Iron Ore company, which was formed about twenty five years ago, and of which J. J. McLure, of Chester, was president. This purchase takes in the site on which the Cherokee iron works were located, and some of the old buildings and stacks are there yet, the sole remaining witnesses of the great amount of iroli that was manufactured there before the war. The old iron works company had a dam entirely across the river, which has been washed away. The canal through which the water was conveyed to the wheels, is still in good condition, and the new company will soon rebuild the dam, and it is estimated will be able to develop about ten thousand horse power. A portion of this power will, in all probability, be used for drilling, hoisting iron ore, moving tram cars, and for other purposes in connection with the operations of the mines, and will be transmitted through a dynamo located at the river, over a wire to a motor or motors, at the mines. The securing of this property, at this time, exhibits a great deal of foresight and sound judgment on the part of the purchasers, as the Augusta Division of the Three C's railroad will pass through the entire length of the property. The sum paid for the land and water power was $20,000. The same company has also purchased from the Magnetic Iron company, the mineral interest in eight thousand acres of land in Spartanburg and Union counties, on the western side of Broad river. In view of the fact that the Magnetic Iron Ore and Steel company will, in the near future, erect extensive iron works on the river, this latter is also an important purchase, as it embraces all the land from the river to Limestone Springs, and from which the old Cherokee Iron Works company obtained their main supply of ore. Rev. J. R. Elam, of Kings's Mountain, is here in the employ of a northern company, prospeciingfortinore. He says that the same vein of tin ore which has been partially developed at King's Mountain, extends through this section to Broad river, and it is his opinion that the best part of the vein lies near this place, as specimens of the ore have been found within the incorporate limits. A solution of the important and much vexed question as to the northern terminus of the Augusta division of the Three C's railroad, has been finally reached, and it is now a certainty that Blacksburg has triumphed over all competitors, and last week the contract was signed by the Massachusetts and Southern Construction company, with Messrs. Reps Jones and Burwell Blanton, for the speedy grading of the road from Newberry to this place. To the indefatigable exertions of Dr. J. G. Black, and his influence with the stockholders of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction company, in interesting them in the iron ore near this place, are our citizens indebted for this much-wished-for consummation of their hopes. From the general reputation of the men who have undertaken this work, there is no doubt as to their ability to complete it in the required time. Col. Reps Jones is an experienced railroad contractor, of Knoxville, Tenn., and a man of large means. Mr. Blanton is from Shelby, N. C., is largely interested in banking in Texas and in North Carolina, and is also extensively engaged in cotton manufacturing. Work will be begun as soon as Messrs. Jones & Blanton can get up their forces and organize the work. Already several contractors have been here for the purpose of getting work on the line. w. a. X LETTER FROM HICKORY GROVE. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Hickory Grove, April 14.?The rain which fell here last Wednesday afternoon was appreciated very much, as the ground was getting too hard to plow. The farmers are at their work as closely as I have ever seen. Until Saturday afternoon there were very few of the working class in town. The mercantile business is not so good as it was a few weeks ago, but everything else is moving with a vim that causes one to feel that he is in one of the magnetic cities of the West. Four residences are now under erection and will be completed by fall. ' Dr. T. B. Dorsett, of Manchester, Va., has purchased a one-acre lot at the corner of McDill and Peachtree streets. lie expects to build a handsome residenco at once. The doctor was prospecting for iron ore, and was much pleased with what he saw. Mr. Cole, representing a Pennsylvania Iron company, has located here for a while and will examine the iron prospect in the vicinity. By change of section masters, Mr. O. F. Holland has moved with his family to Mooresboro, N. C. Mr. P. B. Wilson has charge of the section of railroad which Mr. Holland superintended. Mr. T. M. Whisonant is having his house painted a light canary color, trimmed with seal brown and red. Mr. Robert Pursely, who was shot in the riot here some weeks ago, has been on the streets several times during the past week. Mrs. Cynthia Smith, aged 74 years, died last Friday, about 2 o'clock, at the residence of her son, Mr. R. L. A. Smith. Her remains were taken to Beersheba cemetery, where they were interred Saturday at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Smith had suffered for some time from a combination of diseases. There will be communion services in the A. R. P. church on the fourth Sunday in this mouth, conducted by Rev. W. A. M. Plaxco, of Lancaster. The church has no regular pastor yet, but will be supplied by different ministers. The York County Methodist Sundayschool Convention will be held in Mount Vernon church at this place, on the 22nd and 23rd of May. There will be a large attendance. The ladies of the town and community have organized themselves into a Ladies' Benovelent society, consisting of thirteen members. v'They have as officers: Mrs. Martha White, president; MissS. E. Wylie, vicepresident; Miss A.J. Wylie, treasurer; Miss Kittie Whisonant, secretary. The funds are to be appropriated at the discre- t tion of the society. : Miss Laula McDill, a student at Due i West Female college, came home last Tues- ? day evening. She had an attack of the ? grip at the college and had to give up her J studies. She will very likely not return i this session. i It was mentioned in my last letter from this place, that Dr. Caldwell had bought i two lots of Mrs. Les9lie, of Clover. This t is a mistake. There was something said, ? but no trade closed. rex. LETTER FROM'!SHARON. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. g Sharon, April 14.?Rev. R. P. Smith gave his hearers a very edifying sermon, f last Sunday, at Old Bullock's Creek church, i on the parable of the sower, Matthew xii, and Luke viii. He proved conclusively t that there are in all congregations four 1 classes of hearers, viz.: that class by whose i hearts the words of truth fall; that class on 1 whose hearts the words of truth fall; that class among whose hearts the words of truth fall; and that saved class in whose hearts the seed is planted and kept. The s first class could not take in the seed, be- t cause of the hard paths of sinful habits \ acro99 the hearts. The second class could not nourish the seed, because of hard rock underneath a thin preparation of the soil : of the heart. Such receive the seed from < emotions of fear. The third class could not render an undivided support to the seed, because the roots of the rubbish of j the hedge-row were not eradicated; only 1 the tops were cut and removed. The en- 1 grafted cares of the world choke the gospel 1 seed. The fourth class keep the seeds of the truth, because of a suitable preparation 1 of the heart. Such receive the word from ' the motive of love. 1 We have seven mercantile houses at ' Sharon, all doing well, and two blacksmith < and woodwork shops. We think that the alliance order in Bullock's Creek town- J ship will erect a warehouse here this sum- I mer by a stock company. s Mr. John L. Rainey had a severe case of < the grip, but he is now convalescing. I All the public schools in this section will terminate in April for the first session. I 1 suppose they will open again about the first of August. Chester county voted a subscription of one hundred thousand dollars in aid of the railroad line from the seaboard, via Chester, Bullock's Creek church, and via , Gaffney City to Knoxville, Tenn. We , will note that there are three of the finest : water powers in the State on this line, viz.: Catawba falls, Lockhart shoals and Magnetic Iron Works falls; the first on the Catawba river, in east Chester, and the latter two on Broad river. These will doubtless be developed by the erection of factories, etc. ivanhoe. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Rock Hill, April 15.?The Leitch meetings are still attracting large congregations. The church, on Sunday, was again so full that it was impossible for many to gain admission. Our people are also carried away with the sweet singing of Mr. Marshall. They both must be great favorites, judging from the demand for The Enquirer of last week containing their portraits and sketches of their lives. The Methodist, Episcopal and the Presbyterian churches were also open on Sunday morning. The Baptist church was closed on account of the repairs and improvements now being made to the building. Our town is soon to be treated with a most excellent entertainment, given under the auspices of the King's Daughters. The frost on Thursday night again in jured the early gardens, and to some extent the wheat and oat crop. A number of our farmers have planted their cotton, and should it fail to come up, or after coming up, be killed by frost, there will be a demand for seed, which I am afraid cannot be supplied, as most of the farmers have sold their surplus. It has been rumored in our town for sometime that Hon. W. B. Wilson, Jr., is going to leave the county and State, and resign as State senator; but your correspondent called on him and was informed that there is no truth in the rumor. He is simply going weston a visit. The Standard Cotton Mill company, who some time ago decided to increase the capacity of their mill, are nowerecting eight new cottages for the use of the increased number of employees that will be required. Mr. R. T. Gillespie, of Tirzah, who it will be remembered by the readers of The Enquirer was one of the farmers of South Carolina who contended for the corn prize, and came so near winning it, and who advertised in The Enquirer his seed corn for sale, informs me that he has sold it all, except a sufficient quantity to plant three acres, which he intends to plant and cultivate in a similar manner to the acre planted by him last year. Just here, I would suggest to the farmers of York county that : they try and see if they cannot succeed in securing the prize offered by the State Agricultural society for the best exhibit at the next State fair. It will only require a little concert of action, as we have a good county. Messrs W. L. Roddey & Co., presented ' the ministers of our town with beavers last week. Mr. Daughtry, formerly of Chester, Pa., superintendent of the Globe mill, has purchased the residence of the late Mr. J. E. 1 Miller. Mrs. Miller has built a cottage on an adjoining lot, on Elm avenue. Mr. Richard P. Williams, of the firm of Williams, Black Co., of New York, has presented the Episcopal chapel, colored, of this place, with a large bell. hal. NOTES FROM LESSLIE. Correspondence of ihe Yorkville Enquirer. Lesslie, April 14.?This section is needing rain badly, especially the small grain. The weather has been tine for the last two weeks, and the farmers have certainly taken advantage of it to push their work. The land has been generally well prepared. The corn crop is pretty well planted except on the bottom lands. The stand is not very good. The flea bug is attacking the young plants in some fields. The young corn, in places, is almost black with them. The chinch bug has also made its appearence in small numbers. There is a good deal of fear expressed by the farmers at the early arrival of this pest. There was a good deal of cotton planted last week, but the freeze on the 10th put a damper on some of the farmers. There was some damage done to gardens by the frost. Cotton planting will commence in earnest this week. The bulk of the cotton crop will be put in during the next few days. The school at Lesslie, under the charge of Miss Lawlie Simpson, of West Virginia, has become so large that the patrons have found it necessary to employ an assistant. They have secured the services of Miss Annie Graham, of Chester, t. l. LETTER FROM GOULD. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Gould, York County, April 14.?Upland corn is about all planted in this section. Some cotton has been planted, and much more will be planted this week. Fertilizers have about all been delivered, and land for the reception of the seed is generally in good condition. Wheat is beginning to show well, and so is the oat crop, except (hat which was sown late. It was badly killed out by the cold weather. Mr. Neely Nelson has a field of early sown wheat which was so badly killed out by the cold weather that some of his neighbors thought he had better plow it up and plant the land in cotton or corn. It is now showing out very well, however, and with favorable seasons win Rive a goou yioiu. Wo had frost last Friday morning, sufficiently sovero to kill potato vines and some other vegetation. The grip is common among us. It is also prevalent in other localities. Every family in this section has been afflicted , with it to a less or greater extent. In j some instances entire families have been ! down with it at the same time. 11. F. LETTER FROM FODDER. i Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. ] Fodder, April 15.?Corn is coming up : very nicely. Several of our farmers com- 1 menced planting cotton as early as the 5th j 1 or 6th instant. Mr. L. It. Williams, who i < lives at this place, finished planting his 1 entire cotton crop last week. This is an i exception to the rule, however, for the j 1 greater part of the cotton crop is yet to be < planted. There is also a considerable I quantity of guano to be put in yet. There 1 is a great difference of opinion with re- i gard to early cotton planting. Of course, 1 two things must be taken into considera- ( tion; first, the nature of the soil; second, the character of the weather. The first is easily determined. The second, as re- 1 gards the future, is beyond the coraputa- < tion of man. I think, however, that red j or clay lands may be planted early, \ while observation and experience prove, < that, as a rule, sandy lands should be j1 Elan ted rather late. I do not believe I t ave ever seen greater activity displayed t han prevails among our farmers in this leighborhood. They usually rise in the norning after 4 o'clock, feed their stock ind eat their breakfast by lamp-light and ire ready to go to work before sunrise, such energy and perseverance, well di'ected, with the blessing of Providence, s hound to succeed. Mrs. John It. Wallace, who has been langerously ill with pneumonia?so low hat her life was despaired of?has taken i change for the better. Mrs. Walter W. Alexander has been n feeble health for many months. Miss Sallie Benfield, who has had an ittack of the grip, is improving. Mr. Frank Woods, of Yorkville, spent a ew hours with the family of his brothern-Iaw, Mr. W. P. Hobbs, a few days ago. Col. W. B. Allison had the misfortune o lose a fine cow last Saturday night, eaving a calf two or three days old. Col. ^ Allison has lost four valuable cows in the ast three years. citizen. ALLIANCE TOPICS. ? The Kershaw County Farmers'alliance leems to be thoroughly in earnest about )uildinga cotton seed oil mill at Camden, n the near future. ' ? The Darlington County alliance adopt:d resolutions endorsing the sub-treasury tcheme, and condemning the bill now beore congress to tax compound lard. ? At the recent meeting of the Sumter Jounty Farmers' alliance, it was decided :o build a cotton seed oil mill at some joint in the county?Sumter, perhaps? ivith a capital of $30,000. ? In the Aiken meeting the sub-treasury wua H lQ/hicqorl q nrl **oa/\l n i rvri a wnro UMU A V. OV1 14 liVUO TT VI V idopted endorsing the same. Resolutions ivere also adopted expressing the determination to fight the jute trust and to use Dnly cotton bagging. ? In the meetingof the Newberry County Farmers' alliance, the committee on cottonseed oil mill reported some seventy jhares subscribed. A resolution was adopted instructing the committee to continue the canvass for subscriptions. A resolution was also adopted approving of the subtreasury bill now before congress. ? The Edgefield County alliance resolvved to take steps immediately to secure a needed supply of cotton bagging; urging the importance of raising all needed supplies at home; recommending business operations through the regular business channels of tho order; and favoring the appointment of a crop statistician for each sub-alliance. ? At the meeting of the Laurens County alliance a committee was appointed to consider the advisability of esablishing an alliance bank and report at the next quarterly meeting. A resolution was passed endorsing the sub-treasury bill now before congress, and it is understood that the sense of the meeting was to support no candidate for congress not in sympathy with the measure. ? Says the Anderson Journal of last week: A full meeting of the Anderson County alliance was held in the court house last Friday. We learn that two delegates to the late State convention reported the positions they took in that convention and their reasons therefor, but no action was taken, as the delegates were not appointed by the alliance. The St. Louis resolutions were discussed, but final action was postponed until the next meeting, though the sentiment of the alliance seemed to be in favor of their adoption. ? Speaking of the Abbeville county alii- ?-ance, the Abbeville correspondent of the News and Courier says: "The meeting was with closed doors and hence nothing is known of what was done. It is said that nothing of a political nature was done, though Col. D. K. Norris, who is a candidate for congress made a speech. It is difficult to find out anything about the proceedings. The meeting was well attended. Of course the sentiment of this county is divided on the nomination of Capt. B. R. Tillman. In some localities he is very strong and in others he is quite weak." ? At the last meetingof the Jonesville, Union county, sub-alliance, a resolution was adopted "heartily endorsing the announcement of B. R. Tillman for govern or." <j. jls. rowier aaaressea tne meeung urging unity on the part of the alliance people. He said, among other things: "To better our condition we have organ- , ized for the purpose of educating and di- | recting the great power of the industrial masses. We have not gained as a political party?it is more than a political party, for in it are crystalized sentiments and measures for the benefit of the whole people, and to it politicians must bow and serve the people, instead of the people serving them. The time has come, the battle must be fought, and, brethren, our success depends upon our efforts with the ballot." ? The Conway correspondent of the News and Courier, writing of the Horry County Farmers'alliance, says: "The county alliance commenced its quarterly meeting here on Friday and continued in session until Saturday morning. A resolution was adopted endorsing the sub-treasury bill, and requesting our representatives in congress to co-operate in securing its passage. A resolution was also adopted recommending the use of cotton bagging as the covering for cotton. It is said that an alliance warehouse will be established here soon. I have heard it stated on the street that there was a resolution introduced recommending that the alliance co-operate ' in putting out and supporting an alliance ticket, but that it was withdrawn. There are too many thoughtful, conservative men in the alliance of this county to allow it to be made a political factor." ? At the meeting of the Lancaster County Farmers' alliance, among other things considered and discussed, was the matter of bagging for the next cotton crop. It wa3 decided to use cotton bagging, so we have been informed. One of the important features of the meeting, says the Keview, was an address by the State organizer, Mr. Norman Elder, of York county. His remarks, we are told, were thoroughly practical, able and interesting, and were highly appreciated by his hearers. The alliance, Mr. Elder said, is rapidly growirtrv ViQ Qfofa Tr? TomiOfir 1qq? iii^ biuuuguvuv iiiic uiaici jlij uauuut j ti?w? the membership consisted of about thirty thousand. Now he thinks it will exceed forty thousand. Mr. Elder is very much opposed to the alliance having anything whatever to do with politics, and is using his influence to present the organization from entering into iny "entangling alliances" of a political nature. ? The Union correspondent of the News and Courier says: On last Saturday the county alliance met, a large number being present. The meeting was addressed by Mr. W. J. Talbert. We were unable to ascertain anything of the meeting or the business transacted. It is most decidedly and positively denied that the alliance is a political organization. It may not have been organized for that purpose, but it is drifting in that direction at a rapid rate, for already one can hear of the alliance candidate for school commissioner and other offices in the county. It is rumored that they have a complete ticket in the field, and as some one remarked this morning: "No one but an alliance man can be elected to anything in this county." The alliance have some good men iu its numbers and they would make , good officers, but the "ring" that they have organized will undoubtedly cause some trouble in the next campaign, and talks of a "split" and a Republican organ ization can be heard quietly suggested. Progress of the Railroad.?The Comet of last Friday, published in Johnson City, Washington county, Tennessee, has the iollowing reference to the progress of the railroad: The Three C's railroad is now completed through Washington county, and has been turned over to the company by contractor Hairington. The road is full tied and surfaced, and is in good condition. Chief Engineer Molesworth informs the Comet that a train will be put on about the 1st of May and run regularly. By the 1st of July trains will be running to the coal fields, or rather to Minneapolis, ninety miles north ; also to Erwin, eighteen miles south of Johnson City. The grading between these points is about completed and the track will be rapidly laid. One hundred and eight miles of the road will be formally opened July 4th and appropriitely celebrated in Johnson City. The line between Rutherfordton and Marion, N. 3., will also be opened and operated by he 4th of July, and there will then only le about seventy-two miles between Ma ion, X. C., and Erwin, Tennessee, to Duild, to connect Johnson City with the :oast at Charleston. ? The libel suit for $20,000 damages )rought by Anna B. and Geo. B. Mosely, )f Chester, against Chas. A.- Calvo, Jr., aroprietor of the Columbia Register, for Dublishing damaging reports against the iharacter of Mrs. Mosely, ended last Wednesday evening. The jury, in tweny-one minutes, rendered a verdict for the lefendant.