Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 14, 1890, Image 2

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

?he ??rhviUc (grnquircr. .- **>:: _?.. YORKVILLE, S. C. : WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1890. THE LEXINGTON TROUBLES. The recent troubles in Lexington county have assumed new, and to say the least, very ugly features, causing the public to forget for the moment the principal act in the drama?the lynching of Willie Leaphart in the county jail on the night of the 4th instant. As will be remembered. Leaphart was convicted of a heinous crime and sentenced to be hanged. A day or two before the date appointed for the execution, G. T. Graham, Leaphart's lawyer, submitted a number of affidavits and other documentary testimony to Judge Wallace, conveying the idea of newly discovered evidence of an important character in the prisoner's favor, and on the representations of these papers the judge recommended to Governor Richardson that a respite be granted the condemned man until the case, in the aspect it was assuming, could be examined. The respite was granted and the prisoner, by the governor's orders was secretly conveyed to Richland jail before the people of Lexington were made aware of the proceedings. When the facts became known, citizens of Lexington professed much indignation at the removal of Leaphart from their jail, and on their promise that the prisoner should not be harmed, he was returned to Lexington jail. The respite having nearly expired, and on the 4th instant it being rumored that the reprieve would be renewed and the prisoner conveyed to Columbia, on the night of that day an armed mob entered the jail and shot him to death. Although the sheriff and his wife testified before the coroner's jury that they recognized in the company of lynchers T. C. Caughman, A. Marks and Tom Seay, and identified oth-* ere by their voices, the verdict of the jurors was that "Willie Leaphart came to his death by gun shot wounds at the hands of parties unknown." After the lynching of Leaphart the governor made public the affidavits upon which the respite was based. The contents of these papers had not been divulged up to that time. One of these affidavits was from W. J. Miller, United States deputy marshal, alleging "that after the trial and conviction of Willie Leaphart, Charlie Cannon, brother of the young lady, stated to deponent in the presence of other witnesses, that he did not believe Willie Leaphart assaulted his sister, and that he korl Koon noronorloH UtJilC V CU Iliac OUU nau uvv< u ^viuwumw* by certain persons to state that the negro had committed the crime in order to convict him." There were also two letters from Miss Cannon to her mother stating that Leaphart did not hurt her in any manner except when he caught her by the throat. On the appearance of these papers a series of denials ensued. The officials before whom the affidavits were alleged to have been sworn, denied all knowledge of them. Charlie Cannon denied having made the statements attributed to him; and Miss Cannon, the victim of the assault, made solemn affidavit that she did not write a line to her mother and that all the letters published, alleged to be to her mother and corroborating the alleged statement to her brother, were forgeries. In consequence of these developments, which have since been substantiated, Graham, the lawyer, has been arrested on the charge of having assisted in forging the papers upon which the respite was procured. He gave bond. Miller, the U. S. m?r?hnl has nlsn heen arrested on the charge of perjury, and in default of bond is in Richland jail. Arrests of some of the lynchers have also followed, on warrants sworn out by Attorney-General Earle. CONDITION OP THE CROPS. The South Carolina weather service, in co-operation with the United States signal service, furnishes the following for the week ending Saturday, May 10: Rain, that important element necessary for the growth of our crops, has been more plentiful than usual; though at some stations there was hardly an average rainfall. As this moisture was much needed, its effects are very favorable. The greatest weekly rainfall, 1.87 inches, fell in four days at Belmont, and the least weekly, 0.32 fell in two days at Conway. The temperature has been below the normal, thereby somewhat retarding the growth of cotton. On the 8th and 9th, in some portions of the central and nothwestern sections of the State, light frosts caused a little damage to fruit. An average sunshine prevailed at most places and did much to counteract the effects of the cool weather. The hoeing of cotton is in progress, and the crop is in good condition. While it has been too cool for corn and cotton in the northwestern half of the State, wheat, oats and potatoes have been growing well in all sections. REPORTS OF CORRESPONDENTS. The reports of several hundred correspondents of the department of agriculture, of an average date of May 1, show the following condition of the crops ip South Carolina: The cotton acreage is 4 per cent, greater than last year and the condition is better. On May 1,90 per cent, of the crop has been planted against 85 per cent, in an average year. Twelve per cent, more commercial fertilizers were used on cotton than last year, and 27 per cent, of the crop was fertilized with home-made manures. The increased acreage is attributable to the good prices realized for the last year's crop, and the generally better condition of the farmers. The area in corn has increased 1 per cent, over last year, and the condition is 1 per cent, better. The stands are excellent. Sivtu.nop npnf. nf tho ernn has hpfin fer tilized, and four-fifths of this amount with home-made manures. Wheat has been seriously injured by rust, and the condition, compared to an average crop, is 72. The recent rains have improved the condition of the oat crop, but the ravages of the Hessian fly and the spring freezes have cut down the crop to 72 per cent, of an average yield. While the acreage in cotton and corn has been very slightly increased, the increase in the quantity of commercial fertilizers used on all crops is uprecedented. This is attributable: 1. To the lower prices for fertilizing ingredients. 2. The heavy grain crop of last year, which in a measure made the farmer independent of the provision dealer, and allowed him more money for investment in fertilizers; and 3. The very general desire, on the part of ^the alliance, for the improvement of their condition, for heavier fertilization, more thorough preparation and culture, and generally better agricultural methods. NATIONAL CROP REPORT. The statistical returns of the department of agriculture for May, relative to cotton, report the progress of planting and conditions affecting seeding and germination. Planting is late except in the Carolines. In Georgia it is scarcely up to the average at this date, the delay being caused by drought, difficulty of plowing and slow germination. From Alabama, westward, serious delays have occurred from excessive rains, overflow of bottom lands and floods from the rise of great rivers. Replanting is necessary where the seed has rotted in the ground. A great scarcity of seed is reported in parts of Tennessee. Usually nearly seven-eights of the cotton area is seeded before the close of April. This year only threefourths has been planted. The proportion in the several States is reported as follows: Virginia, 55 per cent.; South Carolina, 86; North Carolina, 77 ; Georgia, 86; Florida, 87; Alabama, 85; Mis MfliMaMliHtflaB kansas,*60; Tennessee, 57; average, 75.8 per cent. In the Mississippi river cotton lands the fear of floods, as well as the actual overflow, prevents planting, which will be actively pushed as the waters subside and danger becomes less imminent. TILLMAN'S SECOND MEETING. The second meeting of Capt. Tillman's campaign was held at Anderson on Saturday last. The meeting was attended by about 1,000 persons. Nothing new was developed by Capt. Tillman's speech, his remarks covering about the same point9 he made at Ridgeway. He was replied to by Attorney-General Earle, and the discussion wa9 harmonious. From the Columbia Register of Sunday we take the following report of the speaking: As the crowd began to get settled around the stand, some one cried out: "Three cheers for Earle," which was followed with a whoop. Three cheers were then given for Tillman, and then three cheers for the straightout Democracy. Mr. A. C. Lattimer called the meeting to order. Rev. C. B. Smith was requested to open it with prayer, which he did. This was about 11.30. Capt. B. R. Tillman was then introduced to the audience by the presiding officer. After leisurely arranging some manuscript and newspapers on the board, he began : "It gives me pleasure to meet the citizens of any county of South Carolina and see them, and let them look me in the eyes, or eye, for I have got but one eye. After what vou have seen in the papers, I am sure you are surprised to learn that this little, insignificaut fellow is Ben Tillman. I have some peculiarities. I write with my left hand. All you've seen in the papers as coming from me was written with this left paw. Another peculiarity is, I have only one eye and I will tell the truth. I have said some hard things, but that is necessary in all reforms. What I have said has been in self-defense. I am here as a candidate for governor. I am here as the exponent of the principles represented by the farmers' movement. He then went on to discuss the necessity for the March convention, and said he "was responsible for its being called." He spoke of his canvass two years ago with Governor Richardson and referred to the election of delegates to the State convention, and said the ringsters had the convention bottled up in their breeches pockets. He also spoke of the amendment to the constitution, two years ago, as a trap to catch thefarmers in. He said the change was a damnable plot. "I warned them that the farmers would interest them in 1890." He said the State Democratic executive committee had mapped out thirtyfive meetings, at which he was expected to be. Hesaid: "I hope they will meet me there." A voice from the crowd: "They'll never do it." Capt. Tillman: "Don't you be too sure of it. Don't holler until you get out of the woods. I don't holler." He spoke of the cry of splitting the party, and finally came to the meeting at Ridgeway, and explained why he withdrew. He then went over pretty much the same ground as covered at Ridgeway. He denounced the free schools as miserable humbugs, and said we should stop work on the State house. It would take nearly a million dollars to finish it, and we could not afford it and live in our huts. Capt. Tillman referred to refunding the State debt, and said: "I don't see why I can't refund it as well as anybody. I've as good a character as anybody if I do say it myself." There was nothing new in Tillman's speech. At the conclusion of his talk, Gen. Earle was introduced to the adudience as "another honored son of South Carolina." He made a calm and clear speech, notwithstanding that he was often interrupted by Tillman and others. Hesaid he agreed with Capt. Tillman in some things, and differed with him in many. Under his definition, Tillman was an aristocrat, and he was an oflSce seeker in Columbia. He also said the March convention was called outside the Democratic ranks and that hence it was an in dependent movement. He then said he wanted to know, as attorney general, in what the corruption in the State offices consisted, and turned to Capt. Tillman and asked him to tell him. Tillman replied: "Well, the legislators did not do what they swore they would do, in not taking the census and re-apportioning the representatives over the State!" "Is that all?" said Gen. Earle. "Well, yes," replied Tillman, "there was also a failure of duty by the board of agriculture to prosecute the fertilizer dealers." "Is that all ?" inquired Gen. Earle. "Yes." "Do you charge anything against me in my office?" "No." "Have I been extravagant?" "No." "Have I failed to do my duty?" "No." "So the only corruption in the State government is in the failure to re-apporton?" "Yes." There were several little spats, but nothing generally involved. Gen. Earle's speech was character!zeu Dy calmness and clearness. He showed that the railroad commission was without power. He also said that Capt. Tillman had done wrong in saying that such men as John C. Haskell and others, who are just as good and pure as Tillman, are perjurers. Gen. Earle characterized this as a fight by the outs to get in, and said it looked very much like Walker Russell's democracy. "I don't say they will go like Russell, nor do I compare them to Russell, but the facts point in that direction." Tillman has turned his back on the rules of the Democratic party of 187G. He believed Tillman was a Democrat, but if defeated he did not know what he would do. He is a misguided Democrat. Concluding, Gen. Earle said: "God be praised, this Democratic party has no corruption to answer for, and South Carolina's proud name has not been smirched." Tillman replied by reiteration to Gen. Earle, and the meeting closed. All passed off quietly. Both speakers were listened to attentively with few exceptions. There were frequent applauses for both speakers. MERE-MENTION. That Miss Winnie Davis is to be married in June may be regarded as a fact, Mrs. Davis having written a letter recently confirming the statement. The expectant groom is Mr. Alfred Wilkinson, of Syracuse, N. Y. On Saturday the senate passed 185 private pension bills in an hour and a half. About forty counties in Alabama have held county conventions to select delegates to the approaching State convention, which will nominate candidates for governor and other State officials. The excitement is greater than for many years. The Clayton-Breckinridge investigating committee has adjourned. Columbia, Texas, with the exception of one street, was under water last Thursday. In the municipal election at, St. Paul. Minn., the Democratic candidate for mayor was elected. Reports received by the Illinois department of agriculture show the area of winter wheat destroyed by floods and flies will reach thirty-eight per cent, of the area seeded last fall. Business failures during last week number for theUnited States 185; Canada 24 ; a total of 209 compared with 211 the previous week. For the corresponding week of last year, the figures were 198 in the United States and 29 in Canada. It is asserted that as a means of placating the discontented negroes of North Carolina that when one is appointed post master, oecretary of State Blaine goes on his official bond. Winter lingers around Bennington, Vt., where up to a day or two ago, a small pond was covered with ice twelve to fourteen inches thick. A novel way of raising money to build a church has been adopted by a congregation in an Iowa town. They borrowed $120,000 and gave life insurance on a number of the members, which is to be applied on the debt as fast as death ensues. The Singer sewing machine fac- j tory at Elizabeth, N. J., was destroyed by i fire last Wednesday. The loss is $1,000,000 j and two thousand operatives are thrown : out of employment. Heavy frosts oc- ! curred in Illinois and Missouri last Wednesday morning. Ice also formed. Fruits and vegetables are reported seriously damaged. ? A contract has been made by which the United States government ordnance i works of Boston will be moved to East j Chattanooga at once. The company guar-1 antees to put in works to cost $300,000 and employ over 500 skilled mechanics. The j competition of cheap Southern iron forced , the removal. 1 THE STATE CAMPAIGN. The State Democratic Executive committee met in Columbia last Thursday night. The following members were present: Jas. A. Hoyt, chairman, Greenville; Willie Jones, secretary, Columbia; W. II. Brawley, Charleston ; E. B. Murray, Anderson; C. S. McCall, Marlboro; C. A. Woods, Marion ; O. F. Cheatham, Edgefield; Richard D. Lee, Sumter; Jos. F. Rhame, Clarendon; W. J. Fishburne, Colleton; M. B. McSweeney, Hampton; Eugene Gary, Abbeville; E. T. Izlar, Barnwell; W. J. Cherry, York. These were two-thirds of the members. It was determined to hold the State convention on Wedesday, September 10, at 12 M. Meetings were suggested to the county executive committees in accordance with the 14th article of the party constitution, which reads: The State Democratic executive committee shall request each county committee to call a meeting in their respective counties, to which all candidates for State offices shall be invited." It is understood, of course, that the committee can invite whom they please to these meetings, whether they be candidates or not. Appointments were made for every county in the State, beginning at Greenville on the 10th of June. The appointment for Yorkville is Thursday, July 3. The meeting for Chester is appointed on the 2nd of July ; for Lancaster on the 4th of July; and for Union on the21stof June. The following resolution was adopted : Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention that delegates to the State convention be not elected until after the close of the preliminary campaign." T"\^l ^ Ka nlnnforl f A AAtl ntxr jl/bJCguica laiiuuu ud i,\j wuuij conventions until the State chairman issues his call for a re-organization of the party, and it is expected will not be done until the people have had an opportunity of seeing and hearing the candidates. In reference to the action of the committee, the Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier, writing on Friday, says: "While they have taken no official action in the matter, and have endeavored to make no discrimination in favor of either the Tillmanites or the AntiTillmanites, it is an open secret that the members of the committee regard the Tillman movement, as organized and pressed, a serious menace to the solidity of the Democratic party, and that none of the fourteen who gathered here last night are supporters of Tillman, except Mr. Gary, of Abbeville. "In the political talk which to-day followed the meeting, there was a marked sentiment developed in favor of Col. Jas. L. Orr, of Greenville, for governor; and it is regarded as probable that Col. Orr's candidacy will be announced in due time. It is now time for the gubernatorial candidates to announce themselves. If a strong man enters the race early, upon the broad platform of Democracy and opposition to "isms," he will probably concentrate in his support the liberal and conservative sentiment of the State." SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Fine rains fell in Sumter county last week, and the crop prospect at this season was never better. ? Jacob Summers, a worthy citizen of Orangeburg, was accidentally killed near Branchville, last Thursday,on an excursion train bound for Charleston. ? The Beckham section of Lancaster county has been visited by fine rains recently, and the farmers have good stands of cotton and corn. ? ltails on the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens railroad have been laid to Prosperity, on the Columbia and Newberry railroad, in Newberry county. ? The executive committee of the State Chatauquan convention has fixed upon Cheraw as the place for the annual meeting of the convention this summer. ? The county clerk of Pickens has recorded this year 547 chattel mortgages and liens on crops for sums less than $100. No doubt there are several hundred not recorded. ? J. E. Ross, conductor of the north bound freight train on the Air-Line railroad, was killed at the Spartanburg and Asheville junction about G o'clock last Wednesday morning. He fell between the cars which passed over him, cutting his body in two. ? An effort is being made by the Camden board of trade to raise the taxable valuation of the Three C's railroad in Kershaw county from $7,500 to $13,000 per mile, so that the tax will approximate the interest on the county subscription bonds. ? Will Clyburn, colored, who is charged with being implicated in the Hennis murder, and for whose arrest the governor offered a reward of $150, has been captured and was returned to Lancaster last Sunday morning, by Lewis Clyburn. ? The State Agricultural society offers $500 in premiums for the best display of field crops at the next State fair. There will be three premiums, the first being $250; the second, $150, and the third, $100. The Dremium list with instructions will be published at an early day. ? The Walhalla Courier estimates that the various taxes to be imposed upon the poor taxpayer this year?State, county and school taxes?will foot up over two million dollars, and thinks this enormous tax should be a living issue in the coming campaign. ? In the Orangeburg court of sessions last week, Armistead Jones and Josey Jones, colored boys, were convicted of the murder of their step mother last December. It seems that there had been a falling out between the parties and the stepmother went to a spring for some water, and these boys shot her in the head and afterwards beat her brains out with the stock of the gun. They afterwards confessed their horrible crime and were convicted. They were sentenced to be hanged on July 11, next. George M. Collier was tried for the murder of William Lindsay at Elloree, on the 19th of February last. The accused is a prominent citizen of Elloree. The deceased was a white man also, and his home was at Gastonia, X. C. It was alleged that Lindsay grossly insulted Mrs. Collier, and for that reason her husband shot him. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. ^ i ? - _ a rni i_ _ ? uoiumuiu ivegisier : 1Iie governor ims received two petitions in the case of Louis Williams, the negro convicted with Joseph W. James of the murder of Joseph W. James, Sr., and sentenced to be hanged together on the 9th instant in Darlington county. One petition is for the commutation of Williams's sentence to life imprisonment. This the governor has refused to grant, and it need not be expected that he will ever do so. The other petition asks that the negro be respited until the supreme court acts on the appeal made by Joseph W. James, and he can either be retried or resentenced according to the decision of the supremo court in James's case. It being the sentiment of a large number of citizens of Darlington that the ignorant negro employed to commit this murder should not suffer before his companion in crime, for this reason the governor has respited Louis Williams until the 10th day of April, 1891. Unveiling Lee's Statue.?A Richmond dispatch of Friday says: The indications are that the attendance of military and veteran organizations at the unveiling of the equestrian statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee, on May 29, will surpass any former gathering in this city. The arrangements have been nearly perfected for the attendance and care of the military. Railroads in the South have agreed to issue commutation tickets at the rate of 1 cent per mile. Militia will be quartered in the exposition buildings, while veterans will be entertained in the city. All soldiers will be fed gratis. Soldiers from States outside of Virginia, who have already signified their intention of being present, will come from Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. Various colleges throughout the State, such as William and Mary, Washington and Lee University, Virginia Military Institute and University of Virginia, will have delegations in the line. After the ceremonies of the day are over the military will be given a dinner at the exposition grounds. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston has consented to unveil the statue. The Columbia Register says the military committee of the monument celebration has sent a circular to the adjutant general giving further facts as to the accommodation of troops. The exposition building of 1888 has been secured for quarters for companies not having tents. The committee suggests that commanding officers cause their men each to bring a bed sack about 6 feet 2 inches by 2 feet 4 inches, which can be filled with straw at quarters. No loose straw will be allowed to be used. Any command desiring to go into camp can send on its tents in advance. They will be pitched within the grounds and near the other troops. In reference to sub sistence, the committee intends to provide for all uniformed troops who report to it, and are quartered as above, two plain well-cooked meals on each day?the 28th, 29th and 80th of May?to be served in an adjoining building. The quarters, subsistence, erection of camps and care of baggage, are cordially tendered visiting companies without cost to them. STATE POLITICAL POINTS. ? In a communication to the News and Courier, Ellison S. Keitt, of Newberry, suggests Col. Stack house for governor. ? The Lancaster county executive committee of the Democratic party met on Thursday and elected Col. Leltoy Springs county chairman. ? The sub-alliance of Statesburg, Sumter county, in a regular meeting, adopted resolutions deprecating the endorsing of candidates for office by the alliance. Similar resolutions have also been adopted by the Carolina alliance in Marion county. ? The Republican party in Kershaw county is in a bad fix. The chairman, Isaac English, colored, was a short time ago convicted of a breach of trust, which disfranchises him. It is bad when the county cnairman cannot vote, rturaor says that an attempt will be made at an early date to get a pardon from the governor, but the petition has not been publicly circulated as yet. ? The Spartanburg correspondent of the News and Courier says: There is an under current of activity amongst the farmers of the county in behalf of Tillman for governor. Many of them look upon him as the exponent of their opinions and desires. They expect him to lead them to victory, lower taxes, general reforms in the State government, and such legislation as will benefit them as a class. They feel that they have hitherto been ignored by the State, and when Capt. Tillman and** bis friends call legislators perjurers and liars, and denounce the State University, political rings aud especially the aristocrats, they touch a sympathetic cord in the minds of the farmers. While Tillman would not be their first choice for governor, they will rally around him because they believe he is bold enough to represent their cause. ? The County Farmers' alliance of Greenville county, at a called meeting last Friday, officially and formally endorsed the action of the March convention and B. R. Tillman as a candidate for governor. At a recent quarterly meeting of the alliance, resolutions endorsing Tillman were introduced, but promptly withdrawn in the face of pronounced opposition. When resolutions to the same effect were introduced last Friday, they were passed almost unanimously. About seventy delegates were present, representing a majority of the sub-alliances in the county. Referring to this resolution, the Greenville News says: "The endorsement of Capt. Tillman's candidacy by the Alliance does not, it is understood, meet the approval of many of the best men of the organization, as was indicated by the withdrawal of the resolution to that effect introduced at a former meeting. Many of those who opposed its passage then are friends and supporters of Capt. Tillman, but disapprove the alliance, as an organization, taking action, in a purely political matter. ? E. M. Brayton, chairman of the State Republican executive committee was in Charleston last Thursday, and he is thus Quoted b.v a reporter for the News and Courier: "I am" here to-day on personal business," he said, "but, of course, I talked politics to a few of my friends. The Republicans are very much encouraged at I their prospects. We are only waiting to 9ee what we are to do, and at present things seem to be working in Democratic lines to our entire satisfaction. If the fight keeps up we certainly have something to hope for. Then besides this we have the national machinery working in our interests. The registration cases will be pushed and the Republican administration proposes to prosecute all violations of the registration laws. Our party will get as large a registration as possible." Mr. Brayton said that, though the Republicans were working under disadvantages, they would do the very best they could. When a9ked if the Republicans had made any arrangements for the coming campaign, he said: "Well, our course depends entirely upon what happens in your lines during the next month." LETTER FROM FORT MILL. .. Correspondence of the Vorkvillc Enquirer. Fort Mill, May 12.?Memorial day here last Saturday was quite an interesting occasion. It was observed under the auspices of the Jefferson Davis Survivors' Memorial association, and participated in . by a large number of citizens of the town and vicinity, including the children of the Presbyterian Sunday-school, who substituted a day of honor to the heroes for their regular annual picnic. The inen, women and children formed in a procession about five hundred strong and marched to the Fort Mill cemetery to the music of the Gold Hill band. Arriv ed at the cemetery, wreaths and gariancis of flowers were the beautiful tokens of love and remembrance laid on the graves of the sleeping soldiers. From the cemetery, the procession repaired to the old White homestead, at which place, it is an established fact, was held the last full meeting of the Confederate cabinet. Here a platform had been erected and the assembled gathering was addressed in short talks appropriate to the occasion, by Capt. Samuel E. White, W. H. Stewart, F. H. London, Rev. Dr. J. B. Mack, and ltev. J. H. Thornwell. After the speaking, a plentiful dinner was spread. It consisted of all the substantial and delicacies in the culinary catalogue, including a grateful supply of lemonade, furnished by the Sunday-school children. The Jefferson Davis Survivors' Memorial association consists of about forty-five members. Capt. Samuel E. White is president. A protracted meeting has been going on in the Baptist church, here since the 3d instant. It is being conducted by the pastor, assisted by Rev. Mr. Austin, of Monroe, N. C., and is attracting so much attention that tho church is not large enough for the congregations that are attending. The use of the Presbyterian church was tendered on last Friday, and the meetings are bging participated in by all the denominations of the town. The farmers are well up with their work and making good use of their time. Cotton looks fine. Oats have come out considerably, but wheat is very sorry, c. LETTER FKOM"HICKORY UKOVK. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Hickory Grove, May 13.?The gold r.^/vlrAHo ov/itlinff mnra i n f oroaf hprP 3CCIVC1 O H1C t a V/i 11 ii^ iuv/1 v iiikvivuv w? v now than auybody else. Nearly every man who has any real estate in this section is entertaining the idea that some time in the near future he will obtain a handsome price for his land. This idea is based upon some sound facts, for some investigation as to the mineral deposits has already been made with encouraging results. Messrs. Anthony and Ford, of Iowa and Michigan, respectively, but both representing a Chicago company, spent several days in our town during last week. They made oOtne thorough examinations of the rock in the surrounding vicinity and expressed themselves as being favorably impressed with the prospect. Mr. (). F. Holland is in town for a few days, after which he goes to the Augusta division of the Three C's to take charge of a squad of hands on the grade. \itlr. F. Warth, depot agent at ltock Hill, paid us a visit last Saturday. Miss Mary Allison, daughter of Dr. J. W. Allison, has just returned from school at All-Healing Springs, N. C. Miss Agnes Whisonant has been spending some time with her sister, Mrs. Harris Wylie. Mrs. Dr. Caldwell has just returned from Columbia where she has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hopson, and other relatives. The second Methodist quarterly conference of Blacksburg circuit was held at Mt. Vernon church on Saturday last. Rev. A. M. Chreitzberg, presiding elder of Chester district, preached a tine sermon on Sunday to a large congregation. Some disturbance was created in town Saturday evening. Mr. W. H. White, the policeman, arrested Lewis Jones for using profane language on the streets. About the time he returned from the guardhouse he undertook to make a second arrest. The negro, John Jones, brother of Lewis, resisted. White advanced, but the negro ran and made his escape. White fired his pistol twice, but without effect. rex. ? A colored woman called at the Brunswick (Ga.) telegraph office and had dictated the following message to her son: "Are you dead? Answer your loving mother, Susie Louisiana Thomas." That was a queer message, but it was sent. ' The next day the answer came back. It ' read: "Not dead, but alive. Will let you know when I die." LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. D. E. Finley, Clerk of Board?Discontinuance of Road. A. Y. Cartwright ?fe Co.?The Invincible New York Racket Holds its Own. W. C. Latimer?The Grand Cash Sales will Continue only two weeks More. Enquirer Office? Found. M. & II. C. Strauss?The Corner Store. Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Dobson's Racket Still Alive and Crowds Leaving it Daily with Glad Hearts and Large Bundles, to think they get so many Goods 1 or so small an amount of Money. Withers Adickes?Seasonable. F. Happerlield?Unmarked Graves. McElwoe & Ferguson?Cattle and Poultry Wanted. AN IMPROVEMENT. Heretofore telegraphic messages to or from Yorkville have been relayed at Chester, which has been the explanation given of delay in the transmission or reception of dispatches. This inconvenience is now removed, the telegraph Vnnlrtfilla Kot?inn? Knon nlanoH in aittllUIJ at ll/iavjiio HUT Jll^ wvvu j/mvvu iu direct communication with Augusta, Ga., and Charlotte, N. C. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. On and after the 2oth instant the mail train on the Chester and Lenoir railroad will leave Chester at 2.40 p. m., an hour earlier than at present. One object in making this change, we learn, is to make close connection with the north-bound train of the Air-Line railroad atGastonia. The train will pass Yorkville about an hour earlier than at present. AN EGG HUNT. On Friday afternoon next, at 5 o'clock, the "Try Band," composed of children of the Presbyterian Sunday-school, will have an egg hunt in the Presbyterian church yard. An admission fee of ten cents will be charged, and as the proceeds are to be devoted to a worthy object, the banci hopes to meet with liberal encouragement, promising amusement and enjoyment. BUILDINGS BURNED. The kitchen of Mr. B. V. Boyd, who lives in the "Point" was destroyed by fire a few days ago. This is the same building that was burglarized by two white men?Cash and Ward?last summer, for which offence they are now serving under sentence in the penitentiary. ' On Saturday afternoon last the barn of Mr. Sam Youngblood, wholives four miles from town, on the Armstrong's ford road, was burned by an accidental fire. The barn took fire from sparks from a steam engine near the building. A quantity of forage, including, 1,000 bundles of fodder, was also burned, and it was with difficulty that Mr. Youngblood saved his horses, which were in the stables attached to the barn. DEATH OF MRS. ROSS. Mrs. Dorcas M. Ross, widow of the late Dr. F. M. Ross, died on Tuesday night of last week at the residence of her son-inlaw, Charles Henderson, in Mecklenburg county, N. C. Dr. and Mrs. Ross lived in Yorkville several years, and in this place Dr. Ross died in the year 1880, soon after which Mrs. Ross returned to her former home in Charlotte. She was aged 73 years, and the last fifteen years of her life were spent as an invalid, though she had been seriously sick for only two months immediately preceding her death. Mrs. Ross had a wide circle of relatives, among them our townsman, Mr. S. A. McElwee. She was buried from the First Presbyterian church in Charlotte on Wednesday, the funeral services being conducted by Dr. Miller. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. K. S. Nelson, rector. Morning service next Sunday at 11 o'clock. Evening appointment will be announced at morningservice. Sunday-school at 4 p. m. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 o'clock a. m. and 8 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. ra. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, pastor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p.m. The pastor will be absent on next Sunday and no services are expected. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. H. Waddell, pastor. Prayer-meeting th'fc evening at 8 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 10.30 o'clock a. m. and 8 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, pastor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. Services at Union next Sunday, at 11 o'clock a. m. Service in Yorkville at 8 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school at 10 o'clock a-m- v _____ ' LOCAL LACONICS. XThe Jenkins Rifles will be inspected by Adjutant General Bonham this afternoon. A called meeting of the York County Farmerb' alliance will be held in Yorkville on Saturday next, 17th instant. vA new post office, to be known as Old Point, with Cephas Key as post master, has been established in this county, on the Three C's railroad between Newport and Rock Hill. ^The first meeting of the York County Sunday-school conference will be held in Mount Vernon church, Hickory Grove, commencing on the 22nd instant and continuing through the nextday. By direction of the railroad authorities the parapets on the depot of the Chester and Lenoir railroad are being taken down. The depot is a commodious brick building, erected in the year 1852, and the masonry is almost of adamant hardness, as is evinced by the difficulty in loosening the bricks in the parapets. On Saturday night last, Bill Pierce, colored, was detected by Policeman Wilson in the act of retailing whisky, and on Monday he had a hearing before Intendant Cartwright, who, from the testimony, adjudged him guilty and imposed a fine of fifty dollars or thirty days at labor on the Ua aV?aoa fKn loffor q 1 torn ft 11 VP OUCCld* lie UIV> luvvvt uikVAMM*. . w and i9 on the streets. WEIGHING MAIL MATTER. Under orders from the post office department at Washington, Mr. Moore, post master at Yorkville, has for the past week been preparing statistics of the business of the post office for one week, commencing on Monday, May 5. He is instructed, during the seven days commencing on that date, to ascertain, by actual count, the number of pieces of mail matter of the several classes deposited in his office; the weight of the matter of each class; the amount of postage paid on each class; the number of postal cards, postage stamps and special delivery stamps sold, and the number of letters registered ; in short, the volume of business done during the period named. Similar reports, which are to be transmitted to the department at Washington, are required from all the post offices in the United States. The following is the report from Yorkville : Letters, 2-ccnt, 1,300; weight, 29 pounds 1"> ounces. Postal cards, 98 ; weight, 71 ounces. Special delivery stamps, 2, 10 cents each. Local letters, 4; weight, "> ounces, postage 9 cents. Local postal cards, 21 ; weight, li ounce. Foreign letters, 5; weight, 4 ounces, postage, 30 cents. Newpapers, unsealed, 9; weight 21 ounces, postage, 18 cents. Free government, 1 card (census.) Kncinoua?,ion.,rt?nont nf t.ho interior: 2 pieces, weight, 5 pounds 8 ounces. Merchandise, 19 pieces; weight, 11 pounds 2} ounces, postage, $1.92. Bulbs, 1 package; weight, 4 ounces, postage, 2 cents. Photographs, 3; weight, 3i ounces, postage, 2 cents. Circulars, 14 pieces ; weight, 10 ounces, postage, <> cents; 5 pounds, postage, 4 cents. Flowers, 3 packages; weight, 3 pounds i ounce, postage, 50 cents. Registered business?post otlice department, 5. Registered business, private, 5; postage, 50 cents. Newspapers published in Yorkville, 218 pounds free of postage ; subject to postage, 85 pounds. Recapitulation?No. of pieces, 1,495; weight 348 10-10 pounds ; amount of postage, $32.95. PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. Frank Bear has returned to Yorkville. \ Miss Maggie Moore is at Cleveland Mineral Springs. Mrs. M. C. Willis has returned home from Chester. Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Gilbert are visiting in Sumter. Miss Mary Gregory, of Blacksburg, is visiting friends in Yorkville. Y-Miss Florrie Allison has returned home, her school term at Clover having closed. Mr. J. W. Carr, of Fort Ogden, Fla., is in Yorkville visiting relatives and friends. --/Miss Hattie Hardin, of Chester, is in Yorkville visiting her sister Mrs. John F. Oates. ,yMi8S Mamie Hughes, of Union, is in Yorkville visiting her sister Mrs. S. M. McNeel. Miss Lizzie Pierce, of Newport, spent a few days in Yorkville last week with Miss Mamie Johnson. N Mrs. DeLoach and her daughter, Miss Ida, are in Yorkville the guests of Mrs. J. O. Walker. - Mrs. II. F. Adickes and her children re turned last Wednesday from an extended visit to relatives in Spartanburg. i ~?Dr. C. M. Kuykendal, of Chester, is in Yorkville. <TMr. Geo. H. O'Leary, who has been < quite ill for the past three weeks, is convalescent and was able to be out yesterday. Mr. G. L. McNeel was summoned to Columbia last Monday in consequence of the sickness of his son John, a student in the State university. Miss Anna May and Mr. Charles R. < May, rp'-irned home last week from an 1 extender visit to friends and relatives in < the lower part of the State. Mr. J. C. Montgomery has resigned his position as foreman of York Spoke and Handle Factory company and has accepted a similar position in the Phmnix Spoke and Handle factory at Charleston. We were pleased to meet John P. Gage, Esq., of Union, on Friday last, and to learn that he is prospering in that thriving town, where he has been located for several years. Prof, and Mrs. R. J. Herndon left on Monday afternoon for Newton, N. C., where Prof. Herndon is engaged to teach. He will also accompany the North Carolina Fourth Regimental band, twenty pieces, of Hickory, to Richmond on the occasion of unveiling the Lee monument. We had the pleasure of forming the acauaintance of Maior D. A. Townsend, of Tjnion, who delivered the address before the York County Teachers' association on Thursday night. Owing to a pressure of business engagements, Major Townsend's stay here was short, a circumstance which he regretted, as it was his first visit to Yorkville. While here, however, he met a number of old friends and acquaintancesy ^TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. The third meeting of the York County Teachers' association was held in the Yorkville graded school building, commencing at 8 p. m. last Thursday and clos- i ing at 12 m. on Saturday. There was present a good attendance of teachers, and a large audience, attracted by the exercises of the evening. The stage and hall were beautifully decorated with flowers and wreaths of evergreen, the work of lady members of the school. At the appointed hour Prof. W. J. Thackston, president of the association, called the meeting to order, and after prayer by Rev. G. H. Waddell, made a few remarks appropriate to the occasion, and closed by introducing Col. Wm. B. Wilson, who had been selected to deliver an address of welcome to the teachers. Col. Wilson said: Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Teachers' Association : We are happy to have you in our midst, and it is my pleasant privilege to tender you a warm ana hearty welcome. Your semi-annual assemblage is a gratifying proof to our people that here the great cause of education has not been neglected, but protected and fostered, and the future bright with promise and encouragement. You are enlisted, my friends, in a noble cause. All good men, all true patriots, all who study the great laws which control the fortunes and future of nations, and happiness and highest destiny of man, bid you God speed. We are living in a wonderful era. In the last fifty years the human race has leaped forward like Minerva springing from the brain of Jove. In the advance of all the sciences, agriculture and the mechanic arts, in vast discoveries, in adding to human happiness and comfort, in dispensing charity, relieving the sufferings of the poor and afflicted, and giving knowledge and opportunities to the ignorant, history presents nothing to compare with it. It can only remind us of the intense activity and power of the Greek intellect in the age of Pericles and Plato, but unlike the present, unaccompanied by practical and beneficent results. We are greatly favored, as the educational system of to-day starts from an advanced position. It has taken all the past to make the presont. Experience has been the wise and safe instructor. The method of teaching is now natural and gradual, adapted to and allowing for that slow development, both physical and mental, which the laws of nature demand. This is the philosophy, as I understand it, of the graded school system. The perceptive faculties, though the first, are slow to develop. Nature's best productions are, nf slr>w f?rnwth. The mind, advancing year by year, gradually reaches that higher plane, when, with physical and mental strength adequate for the struggle, it masters the higher branches of knowledge, and the curriculum of the college and the university. Never before in the history of South Carolina has the cause of education excited such general interest, or its vital impoitance been so deeply felt. Without the education of the masses, self-government would be a perilous experiment for any nation. Our people have ! risen to the level ol this great subject, for upon it depend the safety, perpetuity and prosperity of our own republic. In this view her teachers are a grand salvation army, and, as true, hard working patriots, over them floats the proud banner of the republic, protecting and protected by them. A complete education, said Milton, is that : which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully and magnanimously all the duties, both public and private, of peace or war; and he might : have added that a complete education is that which fits woman for her high and holv duties ! as wife, mother and instructor. "Education ! begins under the discipline of home and the direction of parental wisdom and power." 1 In no portion of the world is woman more cherished and respected, her influence more j deeply felt, or her true mission more faith- \ fully performed than hero in our Southland. , Within her sacred home circle cluster all the best affections, purest joys, amenities and , characteristics of life. It is the home of the J soul where filial devotion and holy love lay ? their offerings upon the heart's own altar, while the wearied spirit of man there seeks repose i from the rude world without and finds fresh j ot.nnntli in ninot ito Prtnflinfs: hut also within \ that circle lie folded the germs of a nation's ; might. There life, education and character (J begin. There nations are born. "The mother k is the educator of the race," and the character of a nation is the result of its motherhood, j Her mission is embraced in that dear word, . home. There Carolina life and character befan; there the men of the State were formed, ler power in peace and her glorious spirit f in war were molded beside her hearthstones. I The women of the State are in a large degree the custodians of her future. By self i culture, and purity of soul, by self-sacrifice, I sympathy and devotion, in gathering and nur- , turing within the mystic circle of their home 1 empire the inlluences of truth and piety, all pure emotions and high motives, and there < from the wealth of their boundless love, pour- ] ing out treasures which make happier and i better all within their influence, they have ele- j vated and ennobled the State and daily aid in advancing her civilization. Like that singular stream, which issuing forth from the waters of ' our southern coast, pours its warm current 1 through mid ocean, tempering with its genial ' glow the atmosphere of other climes, so her < influence gently sweeps the circles of society, tempering and purifying, with its warm cur- . rent, the atmosphere of her daily life. J Ladies and Gentlemen, permit me again to 1 say welcome, and to express the hope that in ' your re-union you will find a rich source of < pleasure, entertainment and mutual instruc- i tion. I At the conclusion of Col. Wilson's ad- i dress, Prof. A. It. Banks, superintendent : of the ltock Hill graded school, responded ; on behalf of the association, thanking Col. j Wilson and the citizens of Yorkville for t the cordial invitation extended through him to the old historical and educational * town. Prof. Thackston then introduced Major 1 H. A. Townsend, of Union, who had been < invited to deliver an address before the association. < Major Townsend acknowledged his ap- j preciation of the high source of the invitation to deliver an address before so intelligent a body as the York County t Teachers' association, and the occasion t carried him back to the days of his youth, i when, with buoyant hopes, victory in life's struggle seemed within easy grasp; days t which are fading fast and forever. Mo annnnnppfl as thfl subject of his re- f marks, "School Teaching," and said he ( should speak mainly for the encourage- < ment, and, he hoped, the benefit of the teachers, as he should endeavor to make J them of a practical nature. He first noted what he termed a broad ( chasm which exists between teachers and ] parents- a strange, indefinable feeling ex- i isting between them, which exerts its r blighting influence all over the country, t One cause of this is the bad boy, the boy 1 who is good at home, but bad at school; who at home, under his parents' surveil- c ance, is a model of propriety and good be- t havior; but who at school indulges in mis- ? chievous pranks and idleness. The es- 1 trangement is usually brought about through this agency. The boy is sent to ( school and the parent naturally expects good reports of him in deportment and i studies from his teacher. These reports . failing, or on the teacher and parent meet- i ing, no words of compliment coming from i the teacher, a feeling of disappointment j possesses the parent?in ignorance of his boy's rudeness at school, and he concludes j that the teacher is not disposed to give him justice. 1 Another cause of this estrangement is t the dull boy at school. For every "dull" ( school boy in the land the speaker enter- ] tained the sincerest sympathy, and if, in his power to do so, he would take each ( one by the hand and speak to him words r of encouragement. His observation has been that as a rule it is not the smart, pre- t cocious boy at school who grows up to be { the most successful man ; he seldom rises ] to eminence. It is the dull, plodding, hard-studying boy at school who rises to < that position among his fellow men. The . dull boy at school is a blessing, and he de- i serves consideration because in after life he fills the important stations in practi- < cal, useful life. The teacher should not neglect the dull boy, struggling against nature, but by his perseverance and studious habits is a blessing to the school. In either case the teacher fails to inform I the parent of the son's misconduct or deficiency, and this want of sympathy, this lack of confidence and frankness, produces i blighting results. The parent hears no i words of encouragement, he has no token of improvement in his boy, and he con- i eludes that the teacher is remiss in his duty. There should be more communicativeness on the part of teachers toward > parents, who are often deceived in their i estimation of their sons, as in the case of the boy who is good at home and bad at school, or even the dull boy?for as every crow thinks its own young the whitest, so does each parent think his own son the smartest?and when this false delicacy is 1 removed and a spirit of confidence estab- < lished between teacher and parent, much will be accomplished toward eradicating that feeling of discontent now so prevalent among parents. The speaker said he could not refrain one more word of en- 1 couragement for the dull hoy, who will be handling the standards of the government when the smart boy is worn out. But why are there any dull boys in school? It is the duty of the teacher to see that there are no dull boys. They should be taught and trained to grasp the subject of their lessons. And here suggests the question, What is teaching? The speaker answered the question by ex plaining "whatisnot teaching." Teaching is not merely the hearing of a recitation. Although almost any child can recite a lesson merely by rote, and almost any body may hear a lesson, but it is the duty of the teacher to teach and not to oversee. It is too much the habit of the boy to say, "Yes, sir," to everything the teacher says, and too much the fault of the teacher to content himself with this simple answer from the pupil. The boy goes up to the teacher and asks instruction in an example in arithmetic. The teacher writes it on a slate and without a word of explanation asks, "Do you understand ?" "0 yes, sir," is the ready answer, and throughout the entire process, to a dozen repetitions of "Do you understand ?" comes the reiteration by the boy, anxious to get away, "0 yes, sir," when in reality he knows nothing about the principles involved in the example. This is not teaching. In recitation the pupil should occupy the position of a witness under cross examination in court. The teacher should put him to the test on all points and make the recitation a mental contest. One important step in successful teaching is to understand the character of a pupil. This point the speaker elaborated, urging its importance. He next referred to the gratifying fact that there is now more interest taken in the cause of education in South Carolina than ever before. He deprecated the fact that the noble profession of teaching is shunned by many engaged in the occupation, but who are not willing to devote their time to what they conceive to be an humble road offering no opportunities for advancement. The speaker said he had devoted sixteen years of his life to the profession of teaching, and he therefore felt as a teacher addressing teachers. He said there is more true heroism among the teachers of our country?those who have consecrated themselves to the work of teaching?than any other class. His next topic was practical advice to teachers, and he closed by regretting that teachers are not properly supported and upheld by parents. Who of the parents, he asked, go to see the progress of the school? He did not know how it was here, but in too many places of his knowledge, even the trustees never visit the schools nor look after the interests of teachers or pupils. Major Townsend's address was well conceived, abounding only in practical thought, and made a favorable impression upon his hearers. When he took his seat, Prof. Thackston, on behalf of the association, made proper acknowledgment of the entertainment afforded by the speakers, and the audience was dismissed with the benediction by Rev. G. H. Waddell. The association met at 9 o'clock on Fridav morning. Prof. Thackston in the chair, and was opened with song praise, and prayer by Rev. L. A. Johnson. The secretary, Mr. S. C. Sturgis, read the proceedings of the last meeting, at Rock Hill, which were confirmed. The secretary then called the roll of teachers, and the following were present: W. J. Thackston, Miss Maggie Gist, Miss Ella Davidson, Miss Ella Carroll, Miss Lillie Ratchford, Miss Minnie Wilson, Miss Sue L. MoFarland, Miss Annie Steele, Rev. L. A. Johnson, Miss Kate Ratchford, Prof. A. R. Banks, Miss E. J. Roach, Miss Annie Rawiinson, Miss Manassa Withers, Miss Mary S. Clarkson, N. W. Lewis, J. L. Douglass, L. A. Barron, H. R. Murchison, Mrs. Robert S. Hanaa, S. C. Sturgis. An opportunity was given teachers present, and not members of the association, to join, and the following names were enrolled as new members: Miss Minnie Palmer, Miss Lizzie Smith, H. F. Glenn, W. N. Elder, E. F. Cauthen, Miss Sallie Bigham, Mrs. Mattie E. Nichols, Miss Brownie Whitesides, Miss Belle Kennedy, Miss Jennie Williamson, Miss Maggie B. Murchison, Miss Mary W. Gregory, Miss Liztie B. Pierce, John E. Carroll, Miss Mamie Johnson, David R.Wilson, Miss Nellie Hobbs, Miss Emmie Hanahan, E. P. Castles, K. W. 3imons, Miss Belle Bailey, Miss Bessie Kell. It was moved and carried that all visiting teachers be extended the privileges of the floor. Prof. A. R. Banks read an able and instructive paper, "Classical Education," taking the affirmative side of the question. Messrs. Castles and Murehison were appointed to discuss the paper. Mr. Castles iid not dissent from any position taken by Prof. Baaks, and after endorsing his views, he digressed from the subject and delivered an essay on "The Mind of Man." Mr. Murehison followed with a well prepared paper, taking the negative side of the question. After he read his paper, the discussion of the subject became general, md was participated in by Messrs. Sturgis, Douglass, Lewis, Johnson, Prof, rhackston, and by request of the president, W. L. McDonald, Esq., spoke. When this discussion was ended, the president submitted this proposition to the association, inviting general discussion: The public free schools in South Carolina are open on an average 2 6-10 months in theyear, when not supplemented by private subscription or special tax; affording during a period of seven years, 18 2-10 months for school attendance: if you were required to teach so short a term is 2 6-10 months, what branches would you teach ? Prof. Banks?I would not teach such a school. Mr. Castles?The foundation of an English education might be laid. I should tjonfine the studies to English. Mr. Murehison?If compelled to teach such a school, I should confine the studies to the primary department. Mr. Elder expressed the same views. Mr. Sturgis?I should commence with the pupil as though he had entered for ! ten vears. I do not believe in short cut nethods. On motion, Prof. Thackston was invited :o address the association on the subject. Vacating the chair to Mr. Castles, he spoke it some length, advocating, under such lircumstances, a primary or fundamental jourse. The association then adjourned until 1 p. m. At 3 p. m. the association was called to )rder, and by appointment, Mr. J. L. Douglass read an instructive and suggestve paper on "the graded school system." This was discussed by Mr. S. C. Sturgis in he negative, and Ilev. L. A. Johnson in ,he affirmative. Mr. W. N. Elder, by appointment, adiressed the association on methods of ;eaching English grammar, which was dso discussed by Prof. Banks, Mr. Doug- , ass, Prof. Thackston and Mr. Sturgis. , The president vacated the chair in favor )f Prof. Banks. The question box was then opened and i nterrogatories read as follows: I Who is said to have led a band of colo- < lists to America about the year 1000 and ( vhat remains to prove the tradition? ( Answered by Mr. Murchison. I How should decimal fractions be taught? s Answered by Mr. Lewis. ] Is there anything organically wrong that he lady members have nothing whatever :o remark, and should they be receivers < inly? Answered in a humorous vein by ] Messrs. Murchison and Douglass. i What are the duties of a superintendent s if a graded school ? Answered by Prof. 1 rhackston (by request.) ] A good method for gaining the atten- i don of small children ? Answered by Mr. 5. C. Sturgis, Mr. Johnson and Prof. Banks. i Why have tornadoes and cyclones been ! in the increase during the past decade? < A.nswered by W. L. McDonald, Esq. (by i request.) The report of the committee on Course 1 of Study in common schools, was submitted by Prof. Thackston, of the committee, and the report received as information, and the committee discharged. The association then adjourned until Saturday at 9 a. m. On Friday night a concert was given in the opera house, complimentary to the association, though to all others an admission fee was charged. A large audience was present. The entertainment consisted of vocal and instrumental music and readings, and was participated in by Mrs. Paul R. Bratton, vocalist; Miss Mary Lou Coward, accompanist; Prof. R. J. Herndon, solo cornetist; Mr. W. F. Robertson, reader; Miss Zoraida Ingold, piano soloist and cornet accompanist; and Misses Georgia Withers and Hulda McNeel, on piano, the two last named being music pupils of Miss Ingold in the graded school. The entertainment was quite a success in every respect. On Saturday morning the association met and was called to order at 9 o'clock byPresident Thackston. ^The first business before the association was the election ot omcers ior me ensuing year. Prof. Thackston declined the nomination for president, and the following were elected: Prof. A. R. Banks, president; Miss E. J. Roach, first vicepresident; Miss Ella Davidson, second vice-president; S. C. Sturgis, secretary and treasurer. A resolution to change the meeting from semi-annual to annual was lost, the proposition not receiving a single vote. The following committee on programme for the next meeting was appointed: J. L. Douglass, H. R. Murchison, S. C. Sturgis, Miss Ella Davidson, Miss E. Lucy Belk, E. T. Cauthen. A resolution was adopted to memorialize the county school commissioner and board to appropriate $100 annually for the use and benefit of the association. A half hour was then devoted to an interchange of opinion on subjects beneficial to the association. Mr. Murchison, during this intermission, exemplified on the blackboard his method of teaching history, which was well received as being something new and practical. The following resolutions were adopted by a rising vote: That the thanks of this association are due and hereby tendered to members of the Yorkville graded school and citizens of the town, for the enjoyable musical entertainment given in the opera house last night. That the thanks of this association are due and hereby tendered to the people of Yorkyille for the hospitable manner in which they have entertained the members of the association during its meeting. That the York county Teachers' association return the thanks of the association to Major D. A. Townsend for his practical, able and suggestive address, delivered before the association on Thursday night. To the press of York county for the interest it manifests in the progross and success of the association and its valuable aid in promoting the objects of the association. With the benediction by Rev. L. A. . Johnson, the association adjourned to meet in Fort Mill, October 9?11,1890. ?The Georgia Temperance association met in Atlanta last Thursday. It was the first organized body to take notice of the recent decision of the United States supreme court which permits the sale of Imiifir in nriorinol nantoorca Prohi hi tinn "I""' - - ? by local option prevails in all but twentythree counties of the State. The leaders of the convention are discussing the question of putting up candidates for Congress in every district. They argue that the local option idea was the perfection of State control, but since that has been rendered nugatory the temperance issue must be fought out in the halls of congress. This new phase gave the convention an unlooked-for importance. Resolutions were adopted requesting the Georgia delegation in congress to urge legislation which will give to the States the right to control the prohibition question for themselves regardless of inter-State commerce. Resolutions were also adopted for the election to congress of senators and representatives favoring a national prohibition law. ? The Montgomery Advertiser says that the question of good roads will be a leading one in the next legislature of Alabama. The Advertiser aptly remarks: "Roads that are well worked and kept in first-class condition attract population, increase the value of real estate and property generally, reduce the cost of transportation and thus encourage the greater exchange of products between sections, and promote intercourse and development wherever they may exist. It has been truly said that 'the road is that physical sign and symbol by which you will best judge and understand any age or people,' and 'if they have no roads they are wanting in civilization, for the road is the creation of man and the type of civilized and intellioAnnJft? J All aT ?rV?l/?V? la aa frilCk QQ gCUl OULUitJ illi \JX VVUAVll CIU viuv I*w gospel and which has our unqualified endorsement." ? Senator Beck's body was buried at Lexington, Ky., last Thursday amid imposing ceremonies. Hardly were the solemn rites of burial ended when a hot contest for succession began. The list of candidates so far contains the names of Congressman Carlisle, ex-Governor Knott, Governor Buckner, Congressman MacCreary, ex-Chief Justice Lindsay, ex-State Senator Moore, Boyd Winchester, ex-minister to Switzerland, and Judge Willis Reeves. Governor Buckner says he would not refuse to allow his friends to name him for the place, but he will make no active canvass. The general opinion is that the contest will be a long one, although it is generally conceded that Carlisle and MacCreary will lead the list. ? In the United States senate, last Friday, Senator Butler presented a petition of the heads of nine families, aggregating seventy-two persons, that congress appropriate $100 per capita to enable them to emigrate to Liberia and maintain themselves there for a period of six months. The petition has a printed heading indicating an organized movement to support the scheme of the wholesale departure of the colored people of the South to that country. An accompanying paper gives the testimony of the neighbors of the petitioners to their worth and responsibil- , ity. _ __ ? The most northerly railway in the world is that one now building between Sweden and Norway. It runs from Lulea, a little town at the top of the Gulf of Bothnia, to Elvegard, a fort on the Atlantic in the fiord of Ofoten. The works are frequently stopped on account of the severity of the climate, but it is hoped that the road will be opened in 1891. It is a British enterprise, owned and constructed by British capitalists. It passes through the rich iron district around Gellivard, where ? a most valuable ore abounds. While crossing the Arctic Circle the engine blows its whistle. ? David Stokes, a colored man of Pelham, Rockingham county, X. C., attempted to drive a house-cat from the room, and poked it with a stick. The animal became enraged, flew upon Stokes, and buried her teeth in his arm. The animal held on with such tenacity that it was ecessary to sever her head from the body before friends could release the man from the clinched teeth. Stokes was taken ill, and though he showed no symptoms of hydrophobia, he died in twentyfour hours. ? The Knights of Labor and Farmers' illiance and Granger organizations of Ohio and Indiana are devising a plan to secure united political action in the fall campaign. A conference of representatives of the organizations in the two States named was held in Cincinnati on WednesJay. The proceedings have been kept secret, but it is undersood an arrangement ' was arrived at whereby all labor and farmer organizations will either have canlidates of their own, or vote only for those who pledge themselves to support their principles. ? Next to the Birmingham and Chattanooga districts, Southwestern Virginia has neen and is now the favored spot in the jommercial South. DuringGovernor Lee's idministration it is estimated that $100,X)0,0(JO have been invested in various en;erprises within the State, and yet the surface of Virginia's vast mineral deposits bas hardly been scratched. ? Henrietta Girard, a niece of Stephen 3irard, the founder of Girard college, Philadelphia, died in that city on Friday in abject poverty. She was an heiress to several millions, but a family quarrel kept ner out of possession of her share of the property. While fighting for her rights in the courts she died. ? The railroad cotflmissioners of all the states will meet in Washington on the 28th of this month for the purpose of gen3ral consultation. The effects of the railroad legislation in the various States and various important questions connected therewith will be discussed.