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Jtoajrs and
? Business failures occurring during last
week number for the United States 191,
Canada 21; a total of 212 compared with
209 the preceding week. For the corresponding
week of last year the figures
were 207 in the United States, and 3f> in
Canada.
?Heavy frosts occurred on Friday morning
in portions of Kansas and Missouri,
doing some damage to crops, early vegetables
and small fruits. At Marshall, Mo.,
ice formed one-eighth of an inch thick.
On Saturday morning there were killing
frosts in Northern Michigan, and a freezing
temperature in Minnesota, Northern
Wisconsin and North Dakota.
? It is announced by the Louisville tornado
relief committee that every deserv
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ing case naa receivea proper nucuuuu,
and that a fund of $11,000 has been deposited
in bank for the benefit of those whom
the calamity left without means of support.
To the signal credit of the city, be
it said, all the money required in fhe case
was contributed by the people of Louisville.
? The women who were recently elected
officers of Edgerton, Kansas, have resigned,
owing to the ridicule and criticism to
which their official acts have been subjected
by certain of the male citizens. A special
election for mayor and other offices thus
left vacant has been ordered. It is believed
that the women, whose administration
has, on the whole, given satisfaction,
will be re-elected.
? An interesting feature connected with
the unveiling of Gen. Lee's statue at Richmond
on the29th instant, will probably be
a monster barbecue to the soldiers and veterans.
It is proposed to give the barbecue
in the Exposition grounds, a short distance
from the monument site. The idea is to
give the veterans and soldiers an old-fashioned
Southern barbecue on a scale rarely
witnessed.
? The Anniston (Ala.) Hot Blast says
that while the engineers were sounding
the Coosa river for the location of a bridge
for the railroad between Sylacauga and
Shelby, the sounding drill penetrated a
rocky formation about eighteen inches
thick and then dropped through another
body of water fifty feet in depth, proving
that there was a river under the river at
least the entire width of the stream and
from twenty-four to sixty feet in depth.
?During a heavy shower that passed
over Connecticut, Friday, lightning struck
the steeple of the Baptist church at Middletown.
The huge spire fell over, and
and in its descent struck a monument in
the church yard erected to the memory of
the Rev. Abel Morgan, tho church's first
pastor, ono hundred years ago. The monument
was badly broken. This is the
second time that lightning has struck the
church. Last summer a bolt struck the
steeple, shattering it into splinters.
? At a meeting of the ladies of the Hollywood
Memorial association and the
members of the Southern and Virginia
Historical society, held Wednesday, resolutions
to convert the Jefferson Davis
mansion, now a public school, into a Confederate
museum, were adopted. To consummate
this, a Southern memorial literary
society will be formed, and when the
building is secured, a historical society
will be formed, and this society will deposit
in the building its papers and relics.
? The report of the sub-committee of the
house judiciary committee, which went
to Georgia and Alabama to investigate the
charges that the officials of Federal courts
are in the habit of making fictitious arrests
to multiply their fees, has not yet
been prepared, but it is understood that
they were convinced of the accuracy of
the charges, and that the report will be a
vigorous one. They will probably recommend
investigation of the methods of the
marshals and other court officials in the
back counties of these States.
? The fight for the control of the next
congress is going to be sufficiently animated
to make all the facts relating to the
present one interesting. It will take less
than a dozen seats out of the 330 to turn
the scales. Sixty-five members of this
house were elected by narrow pluralities
of less than 1,200, and more than half of
these are Republicans. Some failed to get
a majority at all, as in all four districts in
Connecticut. Ten districts gave the successful
candidates less than 100 plurality ;
twenty-five gave less than 500, and fortyfive
under 1,000.
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the United States court of violating the
election laws. Last month the county
court appropriated out of the public funds
raouey to pay the fines, costs and attorneys
fees of the convicted men. A big row is
the result. The Republicans of the county
will attempt to have the court arrested
for contempt of the United States court,
while a number of taxpayers will sue the
county court as individuals to recover the
money. The entire county is aroused and
excitement is high.
? The Charlotte, N. C., Chronicle reports
the following singular case: Mrs. Margaret
L. Millen, a widow lady of Steel Creek
township, was suddenly stricken blind a
few days ago. She was sitting in her
room, when she suddely realized a change
in her sight, as the closing of one eye, and
immediately arose and started for the
door, but before reaching it, became totally
blind. In the loss of her sight she
did not feel the slightest pain. The only
cause that can be assigned is paralysis of
the optic nerves. Mrs. Millen is G1 years
of age, and the widow of the late J. P.
Millen, of Steel Creek township.
? The State of New Yor*. is to vote on
the prohibition question. The legislature
at its recent session passed a bill providing
that a prohibition amendment to the State
constitution shall be submitted at a special
election on the second Tuesday in April
next year. In the house, where the bill
finally passed, the vote in favor of it was
given by sixty-four Republicans and two
Democrats, and the opposition vote by
forty-three Democrats and one Republican.
Though the election is nearly a year
off, the campaign will begin very soon
and will probably get red hot before election
day.
? Richard Vaux has been nominated,
by acclamation, by the Third Congressional
District Democratic convention of Philadelphia,
as the candidate to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Samuel J.
Randall. Richard Vaux was born in
Philadelphia in 181(5, and admitted to the
bar when twenty years of age. During
President Van Buren's administration he
acted as secretary of the American legation
at London, lie was elected mayor of
Philadelphia on the Democratic ticket in
1850 and served one term, lie has always
been a stalwart Democrat and is popularly
known as a "bourbon of the bourbons."
He will not have opposition.
? A boycott is bping waged in tho town
cf Warren, eighteen miles southeast of
Wabash, Ind., which threatens to destroy
the commercial interest of the place. The
row is between the merchants and the
Farmers' Mutual Benefit association, the
latter claiming that the merchants have
ignored them, and they decided to bring
merchants from abroad to deal with.
Many of the merchants are preparing to
leave the place. The only paper in the
town, the News, suspended publication
this week from the same cause, and the
editor will remove to Niles, Mich. The
president of the Fair association has issued
notice that there will be no exhibition
this year, owing to the disturbed business
relations.
? A few days ago the city water works
at Brunswick, Ga., broke down, and the
Kernon Manufacturing company of that
city, to avoid any shutdown in case of
another breakdown at the water works,
commenced digging a large well. The
well was laid off 10x10 feet square. It was
sunk to the depth of seven feet, when
water was struck. The water at once was
noticed to be very warm. As the well
was dug deeper and deeper the water became
warmer and warmer until the men
who were at work in it were compelled to
leave it. Captain Kennon and others
went to work to find the cause of the
heated water, but failed to do so. Great
crowds go to the well daily to see the boiling
water. Six hundred gallons are being
pumped daily, but the water still boils.
The well is certainly a curiosity.
? The little town of Draycut, near Lowell,
Mass., became disgusted at the result
of the $8,000 liquor license on the second
day of the holder's business. In the neighborhood
of the barroom, the only one in
the town, the scenes developed into a carnival
of debauchery. The mayor and
chief of police of Lowell refused to send
officers there for duty, but twice was the
{)atrol-wagon called there and returned
oaded. The Lowell officers were stationed
at the line and arrested and handcuffed
ihe intoxicated persons as fast as they
^ "^entover. In the vicinity of the saloon,
^^^>res of hoodlums laid out in the fields,
oyer planted land, drank and
ilanced in high carnival. The holder of
the license was forced by the incensed citizens
to shut down business, and on Friday,
as a result of a conference between him
and the selectmen of the town, his license
was revoked and tlio $S,000 refunded to
him.
? The distressing condition of the town
of Columbia, Texas, is thus reported in a
dispatch of last Friday: The condition
of this town is distressing in the extreme.
The river has risen steadily for two weeks
or more until it has overflowed the community.
The first floors of the residences
are submerged, the occupants being driven
into the upper stories. From one storied
cottages, residents have been compelled
to move to the home of hospitable
neighbors. The waters are still rising.
There is not one thousand square feet in
Columbia out of water. Business is suspended,
the churches are closed and the
people go everywhere in boats. A novel
scene, which has perhaps never before
been enacted in Texas, was presented at
the funeral of the late General Duff. A
large concourse of mourning friends, including
the entire masonic fraternity, followed
the corpse to the cemetery, two
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miles, in boats, mere were juriy-aiA
boats in the procession, with an average
of five occupants in each. For thirty-two
years, from 1853 to 1885, there had been no
overflow in the Brazos at this point.
Since 1885 there has be?n an annual overflow,
but none that was prolonged or did
any damage.
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YORKVILLE, S. C. :
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1890.
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.
Copies of the following circular letter,
signed by Colonel James A. Hoyt, chairman,
and Wilie Jones, secretary, of the
State Democratic executive committee,
have been sent out to the various county
chairmen in the State:
"Dear Sir: A convention oftho Democratic
party of South Carolina will assemble at Columbia
on Wednesday, 10th day of September,
1890, at 12 o'clock m., in the hall of the house
of representatives, to nominate candidates
for State officers and to transact such other
business as the convention may deem proper.
"The number of delegates elected by each
county will be equal to double the representation
to which such county is entitled in both
branches of the general assembly.
"Tho county chairmen of the several counties
in this Stato will proceed to have the Democratic
clubs in their counties re-organized,
and take such steps as aro necessary to carry
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tlie State convention.
"It is respectfully suggested that tho election
of delegates to the county convention bo postponed,
wherever practicable, until after the
meetings of tho respective counties, under the
arrangement for a preliminary campaign of
tho State.
"It is tho sense of the State executive committee,
as expressed by a resolution adopted 011
the 8th instant, that delegates to the State
convention should not bo elected until after
tho close of the preliminary campaign, which
is to end on the 5th day of August."
Accompanying the call forthe convention
is another circular letter, presenting the
plan of the preliminary campaign suggested
by the executive committee, in accordance
with the provisions of the constitution
of the party. After naming the 1
dates indicated for holding meetings at the
various county-seats, the committee says:
"Your attention is directed to the fact that
these appointments cover tho entire State,
and that they haye been arranged to the best
advantage consistent with the time allowed for
the campaign. If the date selected for your
county needs to bo changed for any urgent
reason, it will necessarily carry your meeting
to the end of the list, as it is impracticable to
make changes any other way. Please notify
the chairman at once in regard to the date
fixed, whether or not it is acceptable, and address
him at Greenville.
"The State executive committee further provided
that, in the conduct of these meetings,
each county executive committee will take full
charge of their respective meetings, and while
it is obligatory to invite "all candidates for
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constitution, there is no prohibition against
other Democrats being invited to speak, if
county committes see proper to do so.
"The county chairmen will summon their
executivo committees to attend the preliminary
meetings of their respective counties, and
aid in the proper conduct and management of
these meetings, so that full and fair discussion
may be had of the issues presented to the
people."
RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLIES.
Oh the first page of this paper will be
found a summary of the deliberations of
important religious assemblies. The
Methodist Quadrennial convention is still
in session at St. Louis, and we continue a
summary of its proceedings.
On the lGth, the committee on revision
made a report recommending the election
of two bishops, one to take the place of
Bishop McTyeire and the other the bishop
of the new see, to be created. The motion
to amend by making the number of new 1
bishops three instead of two, was voted
down and the report of the committee was
adopted. The committee on revisals made
majority and minority reports on the
question of permitting laymen to be represented
on all committees of the church,
the minority being in favor and the majority
against the proposition. A series
of resolutions, signed by a number of delegates,
was introduced and referred, denouncing
Romanism and recommending
that the Suuday-school committee be directed
to have such instruction as they
deem necessary placed in the catechism
informing the children of Protestantism,
teaching why they are Protestants, and
impressing on them the great evils of
Romanism. After a long, and at times
quite heated discussions on the subject of
"Worldliness," a resolution was passed for
the appointment of a committee of fifteen
on the spiritual right of the church to
draft a resolution on worldliness to be
inserted in the appendix of the book of
discipline.
The seasion of the 17th was the last at
which new business could be introduced.
A resolution condemning Sunday newspapers
was introduced and referred. The
salaries of bishops were increased from
$3,000 to $3,GOO, the latter to include traveling
expenses. A resolution was introduced,
but indefinitely postponed, condemning
the use of tobacco and opium by
church members, and especially by traveling
preachers.
The session of last Monday, was devoted
to the election of two bishops, which resulted
in the ehoico of Rev. Atticus (J.
Haygood, of Georgia, and ltev. Oscar 1*.
Fitzgerald, of Tennessee. No other business
was transacted.
THE NORTHERN PRESRYTERIANS.
The assembly of tho Northern Presbyterian
church met at Saratoga on Thursday.
The only matter of interest to Southern
readers that came up before the assembly
was the question of revising the Confession
of Faith. In the second day's session
the stated clerk reported that on the
general question of revision, 132 presbyteries
had answered in the affirmative, GG
in the negative, 7 declined to answer, and
8 had not yet reported.
THE SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
The General Assembly of the Southern
Presbyterian church convened in its twenty-ninth
annual session at Asheville, N.
C., on Thursday last. ltey. James Parkes,
of Knoxville, Tenn., was elected moderator.
At a banquet on Thursday night,
given in honor of the commissioners to the
assembly, two hundred and seventy-five
persons were seated at the table. Responding
to the sentiment, "The Faith
once delivered to the Saints," Kev. C. It.
Hemphill, of Louisville, Ky., urged in a
most forcible manner steadfastness to old
standards and opposed revision of the
Confession of Faith. He said he hoped
God would direct his brethren of the
Northern church, now in session, and keep
them true to the faith once delivered to
saints. He was most enthusiastically applauded.
The assembly is clearly opposed
to revision. In Saturday's session a number
of reports were read and the questions
of Sunday-schools and education were discussed.
In the assembly last Monday strong resolutions
were adopted declaring against
the Louisiana lottery. Birmingham, Ala.,
was selected as the place for holding the
next general assembly.
? The grand lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows was in session at
Greenville last week. Eighteen lodges
were represented by forty-one delegates.
THE CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
STATE CROP BULLETIN.
The South Carolina weather service, in
co-operation with the United States signal
service, furnishes the following for the
week ending Saturday, May 17:
The precipitation of the past week over
tho northwest and middle portions of the
State has been more than normal, while
in the southeast portion it was about normal.
The greatest weekly rainfall, 1.4G
inches, fell in three days at Belmont, and
the least weekly, 0.28 inch, fell in two days
at Port Royal. On the 14th, a rain, hail
and wind storm passed over a portion of
the northwest half of the State; the hail
caused considerable damage to crops near
Greenville. An even temperature, which
has been about or slightly above normal,
prevailed during the week. The temperature
of any day was nearly the same as
that of any of the other six. The sunshine
of the past week has been about the
average, though there was less cloudiness
than usual in the southeast portion. The
crops with very few exceptions have been
growing exceedingly well. The "chopping
out" of cotton is progressing, and the
stands of cotton are reported as perfect.
Replanted cotton i9 coming up nicely.
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not very good, and rust is appearing in the
crop. Oats are fair and improving. A
fine crop of Irish potatoes is now being
dug. Plenty of very fine vegetables are
in the markets.
NATIONAL CHOP REPORT.
The crop report issued last Saturday by
the signal office at Washington says the
week was warmer than usual on the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts, and cooler in the
central valleys, the lake region and the
Northwest. The weather in the Northwest,
including Missouri and the upper
Mississippi valleys and the upper lake region,
was generally unfavorable for growing
crops, owing to the low temperature,
which was accompanied by frosts, causiug
some injury to fruit and retarding the
growth of crops. A drought continues
over portions of Minnesota and North
Dakota, where high winds have rendered
some replanting necessary. The
replanting of cotton aud rice is in progress
in the districts previously flooded,
and in Texas wheat is damaged by rust.
Cotton has been injured by cool weather
and excessive rains in Mississippi. In
the South Atlantic States the conditions
are more favorable, and cotton, corn and
potatoes are reported good. Although
planting has been delayed by rains in the
New England aud Middle Atlantic States,
crop and fruit conditions are favorable and
grass and grain is excellent.
A NOTE OF WARNING.
From ihc Cotton Plant.
Mr. Editor: From your columns and
other secular papers, J see that several of
the sub-alliances are passing resolutions
endorsing the action of tho March convention
and declaring themselves in favor of
Mr. Tillman for governor, etc. Though
a member of the Farmer's association, and
an endorser of the measures as set forth
in the platform adopted by said association,
I deem it my duty as State organizer
to warn our members against such action.
I had thought the communication from our
State president, as published by you a few
weeks ago, would have been sufficient
warning on this line; but, as it has failed
in its object, I call the attention of our
members to our "Declaration of Purposes,"
and urge upon them that they study them
and adhere to the principles therein contained.
Let us, as an organization, steer
clear of politics; but as citizens we are at
liberty to exercise our rights?wo can
either be active or passive, as our inclinations
lead us. Let all matters of a political
nature be attended to through channels
other than the alliance. We have
our farmers' clubs, precinct meetings, Dem
ocratic ciuds, eic., ior munagiug uui pulitical
affairs, and I will venture the assertion
that the members of the alliance,
from the information gained at our meetings,
from the discussion there had of
matters pertaining to our interests as a
class, and for the general good of the
country, will at the ballot box give their
suffrage to men who will labor for said
interests.
The objects and aims of the alliance
transcend the acquisition of political power
and preferment; its purpose is to improve
and elevate the laboring classes (the
wealth-producers), and place them in a
position of respect and honor properly
belonging to them, which we have been
fast losing in times past, through our carelessness
and indifference. But the farmers,
through our organization, have been
aroused from their lethargy, and are now
reading, thinking, and are destined to
act for themselves. They will no longer
"ante" to the whims of political tricksters
and schemers whose only aim is
personal advancement and preferment,
never thinking about or caring who it
depresses or degrades.
Brethren, we have one of the grandest
organizations in existence, and if proper
care and management are exercised by
the members, a bright future is beiore
us. I firmly believe that through our organization
our government is to be snatched
from the grasp of organized monoply,
and the wealth-producers saved from
serfdom more degrading and more galling
thanthatnow existing in many of the older
countries. Now, with this grand and noble
object in view, with the eye of the world
upon us, watching our every movement;
with an opposition shrewd and cunning to
contend against?it becomes us to be on our
guard aud steer clear of any and all measures
that would tend to bring our noble
order into disrepute, or dishonor its good
name. W. N. Elder, State Organizer.
MERE-MENTION.
The court martial in the case of Commander
McCalla, charged with cruelty to
his men, found him guilty and sentenced
him to a suspension of three years from
duty. The finding of the court and the
sentence are approved by the secretary of
the navy. One hour and a half of Saturday's
session of the senate was taken up
in passing 183 private pension bills?an
average of half a minute bfeing devoted to
each measure. Altogether they will call
for an expenditure of about half a million
dollars during the life of the beneficiaries.
Some doubt having been expressed
as to whether or not (Jen. Longstreet
will attend the unveiling of the Leo
monument, the General settles the question
by saying he will be there. Peace
has reigned in Mexico for four years; but
now tidings come of trouble in the State
of Xueva Leon. The insurrection, however,
is of small proportions and will bo
easily subdued. A duel to the death
was fought at Selma, Ala., last Thursday
between Louis Smith and Edward Elkins,
traveling salesmen from Montgomery.
Elkins was killed and Smith is thought to
bo fatally wounded. Aleck Strock,
colored, was hanged at Donaldson, La.,
last Friday, for the murder of a woman in
August last. The Prohibitionists of
Kentucky held their .State convention
at Frankfort last Thursday. In their platform
they strongly favored woman suffrage.
Mrs. Josephine lv. Ilenry, of Versailles.
was nominated for the clerk of the
court of appeals. On .Saturday last
John G. Carlisle was elected United States
senator by the legislature of Kentucky in
joint session. lie received 107 votes and
Adams, Republican, received 1">. At
the base of the great statue of Kobert E.
Lee, which is to be unveiled at Richmond
on May 29th, will be placed life size statues
of six Confederate generals. Stonewall
Jackson, A. P. Hill and J. E. B. Stuart
have been chosen to fill three of the
places. A convict, a white man, was
discharged from the Georgia penitentiary
the other day after serving sixteen years
of a life sentence for a murder of which it
is now shown ho was not guilty. Of
a family of sixteen near Taylorsville, Pa.,
thirteen have died of diphtheria. By
an ambiguity in the law, State Treasurer
Archer, of Maryland, after misappropriating
*132,000 of the State funds, will probably
escape without even a trial. The
strike agitation among the colored waiters
of Chicago has taken a political turn. Subscription
papers are in circulation among
the leading politicians of both parties with
the view to raising money to sustain them
in case they go on a strike. The senate
committee of Mexico has reported favorably
the bill granting an indefinite
term to the president. The bill passed its
first reading. The largest llouring
mill in the world, having a capacity
of 1,000 barrels per day, was destroyed by
fire at Winona, Minnesota, last Thursday.
The shifting sands threaten to
bury Grand Haven, Mich., making a sort
of modern Pompeii of it. The city council
is planting 2,000 trees on the hills, hoping
in this way to keep them stationary. Br.
J. A. Stuck.v, a prominent physician of
Lexington, Ky., has becomo insane from
the use of cocaine. Boran, Wright &
Co., brokers of New York, with a large
number of agencies throughout the
South, have failed for *300,000 with only
nominal assets. It is reported that
Civil Service Commissioner Thompson
contemplates resigning for the purpose of
engaging in business enterprises in New
York The Alabair State Democratic
convention will meet in Montgomery on
next Wednesday. The California board
of trade has asked for throe acres of space
at the Chicago exhibition. Professor
Boone, of Indiana university, says that
of G,o00 theological students in the United
States, not less than one-fourth are colored
graduates. There are 2,700 courts in
the United States engaged in granting divorces,
and one marriage in every twentyeight
is thus annulled. Mary Miller,
probably the wealthiest colored woman in
the country, died the other day. Her income
was $200 a day. George Bancroft,
who was secretary of the Navy under
President Polk, is the oldest ex-cabinet
officer, both in age and date of service,
now living. Miss Olive Buchanan, of
St. Loui9, is the first woman in the United
States to hold the office of United States
deputy marshal. The money annually
spent for cosmetics by the women of
this country would paint 17,000 houses,
allowing $75 for each house. Murder
seems to be the least perilous of all the
felonious pastimes known in this country.
Out of 10,779 murderers who took human
life in the six years from 1884 to 18S9, only
55S paid the penalty of their crime by yielding
their own lives to the law. Itev.
Snm Small has announced himself as a
candidate from Fulton county, for election
to the next Georgia house of representatives,
on a straight-out Prohibition platform.
He claims also politically to be
Democratic.
IMPORTANCE OF DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
Editor of The Enquirer: It has
long been a question in my mind whether,
under a strict construction of the constitution,
the delegates from York county could*
take their seats in the State convention.
Be that as it may, I know our delegates to
the last Judicial convention were twitted,
and told that York county was outside the
pale of the Democratic party. And is it
not true? We once had a thorough organization
all over the State, under the constitution.
Now York county has practically no organization
at all. As long as we are to
have no conflict with the Radical party,
we can get along very well with the present
arrangement; but the time, in my
judgement, is not far distant when we
will need all the help and strength that
thorough organization would give us.
Besides, when people live under a constitution
they ought to conform to its requirements.
That there has been no objection
made to our delegates to the State
convention, on constitutional grounds,
heretofore, is no reason or guarantee that
none will be made in the future.
We are going to have a sharp conflict
inside the party lines, and questionable
expedients may be resorted to to defeat
the will of the people. The constitution
requires that the county Democratic conventions
shall be composed of delegates
from the several local clubs; not from pre~
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clubs organized in every precinct. This arrangement
was to mako the conventions
representative bodies, for the constitution
provides that there shall bo one delegate
for each club, and one for every
twenty-five enrolled members. The constitution
provides further that the county
conventions shall have the right to enlarge
or diminish the representation according
to circumstances.
I do not know what were the circumstances
that caused it to be done, but the
representation of the York county Democracy
has been diminished more than one
half, as provided for under the State constition.
I think it was an unwise measure,
and for this reason : Take, for instance,
the Yorkville and ltock Ilill precincts.
One votes six hundred and the other five
hundred. Yorkville gets eleven and ltock
Ilill ten delegates?one for every fifty voters.
This is too small and almost precludes
the possibility of securing a truly
representative convention. Usually less
than one hundred of thefive hundred elect
the delegates, and the most of these vote
some time during the day, and there is no
meeting of the club, no discussion of any
measures, the delegates receive no instruction,
and simply know nothing of the will
and minds of the people upon any question.
Now take the constitutional plan. Suppose
there were six local clubs in the
bounds of the Yorkville precinct, of one
hundred members each. Instead of holding
a primary election all day, they
would appoint an hour in the afternoon to
meet; could come together at their local
meeting place, and discuss the objects and
purposes of the county meeting. Then
they could select and elect their delegates,
and intelligently instruct them in regard
to any measures to be brought before the
county convention.
I move that the executive committee be
respectfully requested and urged to re-organize
the Democratic party of York
county according to the constitution, and
give us representation upon the basis laid
down in the State constitution. How
many will second the motion ? civis.
Some Official Pension Figures.?
The senate committee on pensions has
made a unanimous report against the house
amendments tot,he denendent nension bill.
and it is evident from the positive tone of
the report made by the Republican committee
and the entire unanimity on the
subject, that no service pension measure of
any kind will pass this congress, and it is
evident also that there will be no repeal of
the limitation forarrears of pensions.
The report of the senate committee presents
some startling official figures relating
to peusion bills. An official report from
the adjutant general's office shows that it
would cost the additional enormous sum of
$1,182,095,525 to execute a service pension
bill on the sixty-two-year basis, and $1,333,109,820
on a sixty-year basis. Of this
amount $1,079,017,021 would have to be
paid before 1915.
Another startling official report from
the secretary of the interior, who is in
charge of the pension department, relates
to the demand for the repeal of the limitation
for pension arrears. He states that
it would require $210,220,200 to pay immediate
arrears on pensions granted since
January 1, 18S0, and $225,145,200 to pay
like arrears on claims filed prior to January
1, 1889, and in course of adjudication,
making an aggregate of $171,305,100 for
arrears, most of which would have to be
paid the first year.
These are not manufactured figures
made by those who are unfriendly to the
soldiers. On the contrary, they come
from Republican officials under a Republican
administration, and from tho official
representatives of tho party that is bound
by the most lavish campaign pledges to
give tho most generous pensions. It is
now cold figures against campaign promises,
and the cold figures have tho mastery.?[I'hiladelphia
Times.
Cleveland andtiie Alliance.?drover
Cleveland, in reply to a letter from the
secretary of an alliance in Pennsylvania,
writes a very interesting letter to farmers,
and indeed it is of concern to every one.
ITe expresses his gratification of the fact
that the alliance is so thoroughly organized
and is fighting, in its organized capacity,
the tariff. It has ever been a
matter of much perplexity to him that the
farmers did not rise in one body, and
possessing the power to do so, stop the
wholesale robbery of the system known as
the protective tariff. It is strange that our
farmers should have slept for so long
a time over an iniquitous tax which has
been sinking them deeper and deeper; and
we don't think we are unguarded in our
opinion when we say that if the increase
in the tariff is continued in the same ratio,
which it has in the last fifty years, that this
government will soon become bankrupt.
It is time that the farmers were taking
hold of this matter. Appropos it may
be said that Cleveland is the man to put at
the head of the movement right in the
presidential chair.?[Winnsboro News.
Death op Rev. John Hunter.?Rev.
John Hunter, ofSharon township, an aged
minister of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church, is dead. He died Friday
evening, May Ifith, at six o'clock, at his
residence, near Sardis church, of paralysis.
He was about 78 years of age. Itev. Mr.
Hunter was one of the oldest and most esteemed
citizens of Mecklenburg county.
He was a native of the county and devoted
most of his life to preaching the gospel
to his neighbors. For thirty years he
was pastor of Sardis church, which pastorate
he relinquished about three years
ago, on account of his failing health. He
had been very low for some time and his
death was not a surprise. He leaves a
wife and two sons. It. U. Hunter, of
Huntersville, and Dr. W. L. Hunter, of
Sharon township. The funeral services
were held Saturday afternoon, at Sardis
church, and were conducted by Rev. Mr.
Miller, the pastor of the church. A large
congregation of the friends of the aged
minister attended the church.?[Charlotte
Chronicle.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
T. ! '. Jackson, Administrator?Instate of Dr.
H. G. Jackson, decoased.
M. A If. C. Strauss?Our Last Week's Sales.
Withers Adickos?Wo Continue to Koep.
W. C. Latimer?Drawing to a Cloce. Great
Bargains aro now being oll'ored in Summer
Clothing.
John May, Jr. A Co.?For Thirty Days.
Sam M. Grist?"No Farmer Can Afford to Do
Without It." Testimonial of R. II.
Glenn. (See 4th page.)
J. II. Riddle?The People Made Us Do It.
Miss Daisy Williams?Tho Only Authorized
Edition.
J. C. Wilborn?Candidate for the House of
Representatives.
James Cansler?Candidate for School Commissioner.
Louis Roth?Do you know that you can get
Graham Bread at the Yorkville Bakery?
D. Cardwell, D. P. A., Columbia, S. C.?Change
of Schedule, C. ?fe L. Railroad.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
The next*annual meeting of the stockholders
in the Chester and Lenoir railroad
will be held at Lenoir, N. C., on Thursday,
the 5th of June next. A special train
will convey stockholders and their families
to the meeting.
TO BE REBUILT.
We are informed that Harmony church,
near the residence of Hon. A. S. Wallace,
and one of the oldest Presbyterian churches
in York county, is to be rebuilt at an early
day. A committee has been appointed for
that purpose and one of the old landmarks
will give way to a new and modern structure.
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COTTON PURCHASE. /
Mr. J. H. Riddle, of this place,'bought
last Thursday from Mr. C. M. Parrott, and
It is now being delivered, a lot of 80 bales
of cotton paying for it 11.30 all round.
This speaks well of Yorkville as a cotton
market, and equally well of Mr. Parrott
as a progressive, successful farmer, able to
hold his crop from the picking season to
planting time.
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
We are requested by Mr. Finley, county
secretary, to say that a meeting of the
County Democratic Executive committee
will be called in the court house at Yorkville
on the first Monday in June to consider
matters of importance in connection
with the approaching campaign. The secretary
will make a more extended announcement
later.
THE TOWNSHIP BOND CASES.
Judge Bond opened the United States
circuit court in Charleston on Monday last.
The first case taken up was that of the
Massachusetts and Southern Construction
company against certain townships in
York and Lancaster counties. Arguments
for the complainants were read by Messrs.
Hart und Lord, which occupied the entire
session of the court, and yesterday W. B.
Wilson, Jr., was heard for the defendants.
THE COUNTY ALLIANCE.
A called meeting of the York County
alliance was held in Yorkville on Saturday
last. There was no business of importance
transacted, the meeting having
been called for the purpose of finishing up
matters not completed at the last regular
meeting. The terms of the officers close
with tho last of June, and the president
desired to have no unfinished business on
hand at the close of his administration.
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?1?-PREMATURE EXPLOSION.
We learn that on last Wednesday, Mr.
Crow, a foreman on C. G. Parish's work
on the Three C's railroad, near Rutherfordton,
was seriously injured by the premature
explosion of a blast, caused by a
match being carelessly thrown on the
tamping. Mr. Crow was blown about
thirty feet in the air, and landed on a
bridge near by. He sustained serious,
though not fatal injuries.
V- INSTALLATION SERVICES.
OH Saturday last Rev. J. M. McLain
was installed pastor of Allison Creek Presbyterian
church, by a commission appointed
at the last meeting of Bethel presbytery,
consisting of Rev. D. E. Jordan, D.
D., of Winnsboro, Rev. W. M. Anderson,
of Rock Hill, and Elder W. J. Bowen, of
Allison Creek church. Dr. Jordan preached
the installation sermon and propounded
the questions, and Rev. Mr. Anderson delivered
the charge.
THE LEE MONUMENT.*-? Twenty-five
men of the Jenkins Rifles,
.:*U rtrttvi mloalnnfld nffin/sra will visit
W1 til 11JC tUUJlUiO^iuuvu VK?VV4WJ ft . .v.*
Richmond on the 29th, on the occasion of
the unveiling of the Lee statue. They
will leave Yorkville on Tuesday next.
Besides the representation of Yorkville
by her military, our town is also honored
on this occasion by the selection of our
townsman, Gen. E. M. Law, to deliver the
address before the Association of the Army
of Northern Virginia, at their annual
meeting in the house of delegates, on the
night of the 28th instant.
BAPTIST CHURCH AT CLOVER.
On next Sunday morning, May 2oth, at
eleven o'clock, the organization of a Baptist
church will be effected at Clover, near
which place the denomination has been
doing missionary work for several months
past. Rev. T. M. Bailey, D. D., of Greenville,
the corresponding secretary of the
Baptist State Mission board, will be present
and preach a sermou appropriate to the
occasion. Other ministers of the denomination
will assist in the organization and
an interesting occasion may bo expected.
The Presbyterians have very kindly
tendered the use of their commodious
church building for the service.
^ ! CENSUS ENUMERATORS.
The; following is a list of the appointments
of enumerators for making the
eleventh United States census in York
county, as appointed by Mr. Lelevan
Yates, supervisor of census for tho Second
district of South Carolina. The work of
enumerating will begin on Monday, the
unci nay 01 .June, arm is rwiuncn u? wu
completed by the last of tho month:
Hotliol?S.unuol S. Smith.
Hotliosdii?.John V. Sad lor, Wiiltor II. Monro.
Broad River? Mllwood l.?\ Boll.
Bullock's Crook? Robort T. Biggins, IT. Coloook
Mooro.
Catawba?Thomas C. Bookhain, John S.
Pride.
Chorokoo?Junius W. Thomson.
Kbonezer?Reuben S. McConnoll.
Fort Mill?James R. Hailo.
Kind's Mountain?Thomas J. Roll.
Yorkvillo?Thomas C. Dunlap.
York township?J. Albcrtus Katchford.
MILITARY INSPECTION.
On last Wednesday afternoon the Jenkins
Rifles, of Yorkville, were inspected by
Adjutant-General Bonham. The company
turned out forty-one men, rank and
file, and stood a creditable inspection.
Gen. Bonham addressed them briefly,
complimenting them on their soldierly
appearance, and assuring them that soon
after the 1st of July they should receive
new uniforms, to be issued by tho United
States war department. lie congratulated
them on their determination to visit
Richmond next week on the occasion of
the dedication of the Lee monument,
which was evidence to him that they
would never be recreant to tho memory of
the heroic deeds of the patriotic and gallant
men who fought and died in a just
cause.
After the inspection, refreshments were
served in the armory, and an hour was
spent in social intercourse, toasting and
speech-making. _
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
The railroad earnings for March as compared
with those of the corresponding
month last year, show a large improvement.
From the figures as compiled by
Secretary Bartlett and published in the
Charleston News and Courier, it is seen
that of the twenty-nine roads reported,
twenty-two show an increase aggregating
$95,322.69, and seven show a decrease
amounting to $9,110.48. The total earnings
of the roads were $828,820.59 against $728,918.25
in March, 1889. The total passenger
earnings were $219,414.10 against$177,474.31
in March, 1889, and tho total freight earnings
$552,102.63 against $499,377.15, and tho
increase of tonnage 58,493 tons. The
earnings of the Charleston, Cincinnati and
Chicago railroad were $12,520.71. The
increase of the Air-Line, $4,303.40; increase
of the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta, $8,880.47; the increase of the
Chester and Lenoir $138.10.
/ PERSONAL MENTION.
MrS. It. G. Patrick returned home from
Greenville last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Darwin havo returned
home from a short visit to friends in
Western York and Shelby.
Capt. John F. Wilson, of Gaston county,
N. C., was in town last week.
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. McNeel and Miss
Mamie Hughes left hero last Monday on
an extended Northern trip.
Mr. James F. Hyndman and family
have returned home after a week's visit to
friends and relatives near Newport.
Mr. A. D. Choat, of Clay Hill, a venerable
citizen in the 93rd year of his age,
and much respected in his community, is
quite ill.
Mr. J. J. Hayhurst will leave Yorkville
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to England. lie will set sail from New
York to Liverpool on the 18th, on the
steamship, "City of New York."
Mrs. J. Rufus Bratton was summoned
to Columbia last Thursday in consequence
of the sickness of her daughter, Miss Hattie,
who has been attending school in that
city.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Episcopal?Rev. K. S. Nelson, rector.
Morning service next Sunday at 10.30
o'clock. Evening appointment will be
announced at morning service. Sundayschool
at 4.30 o'clock p. m.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.
J. C. Galloway, pastor. Services at Tirzah
next Sunday at 11 a. m., and in Yorkville
at 8 p. m. Sunday-school at 4 p. ra.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, pastor.
Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening
at 8 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 10.30
o'clock a. m. and 8 o'clock p. m. Sundayschool
at 4 o'clock p. m.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G.
H. Waddell, pastor. Prayer-meeting this
evening at 8 o'clock. Services next Sunday
at 10.30 o'clock a. m. and 8o'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. Sunday-school at 9.30 o'clock a. m.
No morning service next Sunday. Service
Sunday evening at 8 o'clock by Rev. T. M.
Bailey, I). D., of Greenville, corresponding
secretary of the State mission board.
SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONFERENCE.
The first meeting of the York County
Methodist Sunday-school conference will
bo held in Mount Vernon church, Hickory j
Grove, commencing to-morrow and closing
on Friday afternoon. The meeting promises
to bo an interesting occasion. The
following is the programme :
THURSDAY?FORKNOON.
Devotional oxoreises.
Enrollment of delegates.
Election of ollleers and executive committee.
Address of wolcomo hy Itov. A. J. Stafford.
Kesponso l?y E. A. Ciilhert.
The pastor's rotation to tho Sunday-schoolRev.
It. A. Child, Capt. L. M. Davis.
Superintendents, "their <iualiticjition.s nml
methods?Rev. G. \V. Gatlin, F. A. (filbert.
Preaching--Benefits of early piety?Kov. .T.
W. McRoy.
Recess.
AFTERNOON.
Teachors?Tljeir selection, their training, tlieir
work?Rev. W. W. Daniel, W. IT. Hicklin.
Opening tho question box.
The Bible as seed?When and how to use itRev.
L. A. Johnson, Rev. K. U. Price.
Wayside sowing?Duties of pastors, superintendents
and teachers outside the school?Rev.
A. J. Stafford, W. M. Jones.
Reports from tho various Sunday-schools.
FRIDAY?FORENOON.
House to house visitation?Roy. G. W. Gntlin,
Joseph A. Smith.
Should childron bo taught tho doctrines of
the church, as such?Rev. Goo. IT. Waddoll,
II. C. Strauss, W. R. Hayes.
Homo Biblo study?Rov. E. G. Price, J. Ed.
Leech.
Experience mooting of sowers; the best methods
of sowing.
AFTERNOON.
Opening tho question box.
Preaching; Mission of the Sunday-schoolRev.
R. A. Child.
Recess of half an hour.
Conversions in tho Sunday-school, and accessions
to tho church from the school?Rev.
J. W. McRoy, Rev. John N. Isom.
SDiritual waste; inefficient work in the
school; children out of school; destitute pluces?
Rev. E. G. Price, Rev. Uenj. S. Forrill.
The Lord's tithe; collections in the Sundayschool;
their benefit?Rev. M. A. Connolly,
Rev. G. H. Waddell.
Reports of committees.
Reports of secretary and treasurer.
Remarks on any important facts brought out
by the reports.
Song service, with benediction.
LOCAL LACONICS.
A number of our citizens went over yesterday
to attend the Twentieth of May
celebration at Charlotte.
The Ladies' Aid society will serve ice
cream at the Presbyterian church on Friday
afternoon next, at G o'clock.
Refreshing rains fell on Sunday and
Monday nights, and crops of all kinds in
this section are very promising.
We acknowledge the reception of public
documents of various kinds from Senators
Hampton and Butler and Congressman
Hemphill.
A congregational meeting will be held
in the Associate Reformed church at this
place to-morrow evening at 8.30 o'clock
for the purpose of electing additional el
tiers ana aeacons.
Of the two missing pension warrants for
York county, one has been forwarded to
the clerk of the court from the office of the
comptroller general. It is No 7,331 and
drawn in favor of Mrs. E. M. Pursley.
~\l?y direction of the United States government,
Mr. P. Ilapperfield has placed
neat headstones?eight In number?over
the graves of the Federal soldiers, buried
in the Yorkville cemetery.
On last Wednesday afternoon, Mr. John
Keisler, of Bullock's Creek township, killed
a "coach-whip snake," on Bell creek,
threo miles south-west of Iloodtown,
measuring seven feet six inches in length.
The daily freight trains on the Chester
and Lenoir railroad have been discontinued
for the present. Trains now go north
011 Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and
arrive at Yorkville at 9.30 a. in. Trains go
south on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,
and arrive at Yorkville at 3.30 p. m.
In the communication of "W. S. G.,"
published in last week's issue of Tiie Enquiiikk,
the sentence, "Is there a taxpayer;
is there an intelligent, honest
man?office-seeking, one axe-to-grind
man?in South Carolina," etc., should
read: "Is there an intelligent, honest,
non-office seeking, no-axe-to-grind man
in soutn * ;aronna," eic.
NEW EXCHANGES.
The Chester Enterprise is a new candidate
in the journalistic field for public
favor. The first issue of the new paper
bears date of last Friday, and is published
by Rufe Pickens Davis & Co. It is a
large and well printed sheet, and the number
before us gives evidence of journalistic
ability on the part of its managers.
The Ram's Horn is the singular title of
a religious undenominational paper recently
established at Indianapolis, Ind.,
by Rev. Elijah P. Brown, the noted
western evangelist. As its title would indicate,
a peculiar vein of originality pervades
the columns of the Ram's Horn, the
editor's object being to sandwich humor,
religious texts, moral and literary excerpts
and engravings in such a manner as to
popularize gospel influences. Of Mr.
Brown's editorial ability it is only necessary
to say that a few years ago he
achieved signal ability and national reputation
as editor of the Cincinnati Sunday
Breakfast Table, the pithy sayings and
paragraphs of which were widely reproduced
by the contemporaneous press. Mr.
Brown was formerly an infidel, but has
been converted to the only true faith, and
for the last four years preached the gospel
with great success. He now begins
the publication of his paper in defense of
the truths he once opposed. Not the least
unique feature of The Ram's Horn is its
engraved heading, the letters being a combination
representing the horns of that
animal, while prominently in the foreground
is an illustration of the seven
I priests with trumpots of ram's horns, and
the men of war compassing the walls of
Jericho, which yielded at the.seventh long
blast on the seventh day of the siege. The
intricate combination of the heading reminds
us of the story illustrating the obstinacy
of woman. A man and his wife
engaged in a quarrel near a brook. In his
wrath he threw her into the stream. After
she had clambered to the bank the irate
husband said, "Not another crooked word
from you, or I'll plunge you in again!"
With dripping clothes but Hashing eye,
this good woman stood erect and bringing
her arms akimbo scornfully hissed, "Ham's
horn, if I die for it!" And with equal
pertinacity does The Itam's Horn present
its religious and moral truths in a manner
peculiar to itself.
LETTER FROM BLACKSBLRU.
Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
Blacksbukg, May 20.?Alternate showers
and sunshine form the order of the
past week in the line of weather, and everything
that grows out of the earth is on
a boom. Our farmers are very busy working
out the early corn and cotton. Yesterday
evening a heavy rain fell, accompanied
by a good deal of lightning and thun
der, and this morning tnere is a eonse
quent fall of several degrees in tempera- \
ture, with, however, a bright warm sunshine.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Cherokee Falls Manufacturing com- !
pany was held at their mills on Wednesday
last, 14th instant. A large majority
of the stock was represented, and the meeting
was a very interesting and satisfactory
one. Notwithstanding the high price of
cotton and the low price of yarn, the mill,
under its efficient management, made a
good showing for the year, and the company
was enabled to declare a dividend of 1
ten per cent. It was also shown that the
aggregate net earnings of the mill, for the 1
eight years that it has been operated, are '
one hundred and twenty percent. The capital
stock was increased from a hundred and
twenty-five to a hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, and the directors empowered to
add to the plant, at their discretion, another
building for looms and other necessary
machinery. Also, to make other improvements
and additions to the place and
mill as they may think needed. All the
old officers were re-elected.
Messrs. John F. Jones, N. W. Hardin
and others have applied to the secretary
of State for a charter incorporating, "The
Blacksburg Foundry aud Machine works,"
and "The Whisnant Lumber company,"
both of which companies will have their
corporate offices at this place.
Maj. D. It. Duncan and Capt. Jas. II.
Carlisle, of Spartanburg, are here for the
purpose of selling at public outcry the interest
of the South Carolina Manufacturing
company in a certain lime quarry and in
certain iron ore, once owned by Wilson
Nesbitt, and lying adjacent to our town.
Messrs. C. E. Spencer and G. W. S. Hart
are also here, the former representing It.
J. and J. A. Latta, who claim the land
upon which the iron ore is located, and
the latter representing Col. J. L. Black
and sisters, who own the land upon which
the lime quarry is located, and each in
behalf of his client, denies any outstanding
interest in said lands and forbid the sale.
Mr. C. E. Nunnery, from Itichburg, is
here prospecting for work on the Augusta
division of the Three C's railroad, and
also representing a new enterprise in the
shape of a projected railroad from Rock
Hill or Edgemoor to Catawba Falls. The
building of this routo is being agitated by
F. II. Barber and other capitalists of York
and Chester counties, and if consummated
will open up not only a fine and productive
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uuuiiuy, UUL UIICIJI 111C lincni tynici puntio
in the world, a description of which was
given in Tiie Enquirer last week.
Mr. Wm. J. Gabb, of Bloomfield, a
suburb of Hartford, Conn., has been here
for a week and as a result of his visit, he
has purchased the following property:
Nine lots on Bloomfield avenue and Rutherford
streets, from Mr. Ira Hardin; one
lot in the northwestern part of town from
Mr. A. M. Dover; one-half interest in the
Rhyne livery stables, and the two storehouses
and lots on the corner of Shelby
and Church streets, from Mr. J. H. Crawford.
Other sales for the past week are as follows:
Mr. Ira Hardin, one lot to A. F.
Sharp, on Bloomfield avenue; D. M. Wil
liams, one house and lot on Shelby street to
E. N. Harrill and C. E. Spencer, Esq.; 170
acres southwest of and near town to Messrs.
Ira Ilardin and Wm. Ilayden.
Dr. J. G. Black and Mr. A. Urquhart
have gone to Rutherford and Marion for
the purpose of locating depots along the
line of the Three C's railroad, between
those two points. Track laying will begin
very soon. w. a.
LETTER FROM ROCK HILL.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock Hill, May 20.?A. Friedheira &
Bro. have greatly improved their park,
and on Sunday afternoons it is filled with
our citizens.
The town council have In view thirty
acres of land in and adjoining the town
limits, which they will likely purchase, to
be used as a public park.
A number of our citizens will go to
Charlotte on the occasion of the celebration
of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence,
to be held to-day.
Gen. M. L. Bonham inspected the Catawba
Rifles on Thursday afternoon.
There were thirty-eight rank and file, and
they passed a creditable inspection. At
night the company gave a banquet at the
Carolina hotel, to which a number of our
citizens were invited. The occasion was
very pleasant. The people of our town al
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ways enjoy tne visits 01 oen. liuuminj, auu
would like to see hi in for several years in
the same capacity. Several speeches were
made at the banquet to the following
toasts:
The Military?Gen. M. L. Bonhatn.
Bock Hill?W. J. Roddey.
Catawba Rillos?W. J. Cherry.
Woman?J. L. Douglass.
Education?Rev. W. M. Anderson.
"The girls and our sweethearts" was
responded to by Mr. J. H. Milling, who
having a kindly feeling for both, certainly
did justice to his subject. Other impromptu
speeches were made by the
guests.
Your correspondent, after enjoying the
magnificent supper, was called upon for a
few remarks but was too full for utterance.
The occasion was greatly enjoyed and put
much more enthusiasm into the company.
Rev. J. Q. Adams has returned from
Fort Worth, Texas, where he has been in
attendance at the meeting of the Southern
Baptist convention. lie informs me that
in conversation with eitizensof Fort Worth,
there is little, if any, hope for the life of
W. J. Davis, a former citizen of our town,
who is now in the jail in that city under
sentence of death for the killing of his
employer, Mr. Fvans, a former resident of
this State. Davis was a citizen of our
town for a number of years, and is remembered
by our people, who regret to learn
that he is so soon to meet his Maker for
such a crime.
Mr. Richard Sadler died at his home,
five miles from this place, Saturday morning.
Plis remains were interred at Bethesda
church on Sunday morning, Rev.
W. M. Anderson officiating at the church,
and the masonic fraternity at the grave.
A large number of the citizens of our
town attended the funeral. Mr. Sadler
was one of our oldest and most estimable
citizens; a good neighbor and friend. He
died in the same house in which he was
born and has lived for more than 75 years.
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Some of our town people attended
church at Catawba on Sunday to hear
Rev. V. I. Masters, of Yorkville.
Rev. \V. M. Anderson, chaplain of the
Catawba Rilles, preached a special sermon
to the company on Sunday night in the
Presbyterian church. The company was
in uniform and occupied the front seats.
A large congregation was present and
heard a most excellent sermon from the
text, "And there is no discharge in that
war."?Ecclesiastes, viii, 8.
On Friday, the children of the graded
school and a number of their parents, vis- !
ited Camden on a special train of seven
coaches. There were by actual count three :
hundred and sixty-nine aboard. The
train, under the charge of Capt. McCrory, j
pulled out from the depot at 8 o'clock.
Making no stops at the towns along the
' line, we soon reached Camden, where spa- :
cious grounds had been secured for the use
of the picnickers; and such grounds as
they were ! no better spot could have been
selected. Shady, grassy, and near that j
renowned hotel, "Upton Court," whose
doors were thrown open in generous hos- <
pi tali ty by the genial hosteas, Mrs. Perkins.
Upton Court is full of old relics,
which have been there for years. The
older ones of the party enjoyed themselves
looking at the antique furniture, books,
Ac., and hearing their history.
The citizens of Camden were exceedingly
hospitable and courteous to our party,
and we all returned with most pleasant
recollections of them and our visit to the
capital of Kershaw.
LETTER* FROM FODDER.
Jorrcppomlciice of tin* Yorkvillc Enquirer.
Fodder, May 20.?Several farmers were
:alking over old times the other day.
tVmong other things, while contrasting the
last with the present, the question of improvement
in agricultural implements natjrally
came up. Take, for instance, the
cotton planter, which, though only in use
\ few years in this part of the country, has
proved a perfect success, both in point of
thorough work and as a labor-saving implement.
One hand and one mule can now
perform precisely the amount of work in a
Jay that, by the old method, required the
services of three hands and two mules,
and the work is done much better, for no
human hand can drop cotton seed with the
accuracy and regularity of the planter.
Judging from the merits of the cotton
planter, one would naturally conclude that
svery cotton raiser in the South uses them.
Such is not the case, however, for I am acquainted
with several large and successful
farmers in this county who entirely ignore
the planter and pursue the old method of
planting by hand.
Next to the cotton planter comes tho
side harrow. This implement is indispensable
and possesses so many points of
superiority over the old system of barring
off" or siding, that I hardly know how to
institute a comparison. The only exception
in favor of siding is on wet, sandy
lands. The side harrow, and I mean a
a good one, made according to a prescribed
rule, is rather a machine than an iraple
a. ?ji ?? 4?j i ?i.:?ir..i
meni, anu, wncn upcraieu \)y u aannui
hand, the work done is almost perfect.
By the old system of barring off, the cotton
was usually left on a ridge from eight to
twelve inches wide. The consequence was
that a gr^at deal of superfluous hoeing was
necessary. With the harrow, however,
one can just run under the tiny leaves,
thoroughly cultivating the cotton and rendering
the matter of hoeing comparatively
easy. Another good point about the harrow
is that it is easily operated. I will
guarantee that any one who will use a
good harrow for two hours will never
again resort to barring ofT. I sometimes
wonder how we managed to raise cotton
before the introduction of the planter, the
harrow, and the "goose neck" hoe.
Nearly all our farmers are through harrowing
cotton the first time, and are now
busily engaged in chopping out. It is safe
to say that from one-half to two-thirds of
the crop is chopped out.
We have had good seasons, the weather
is warm and everything is favorable to the
rapid growth of field crops. Gardens are
looking well. Already our people have
been feasting upon English peas, Irish
potatoes, strawberries, etc. Sweet potato
slips have been planted out.
Misses Mittie and Mattie Dorsett, late
pupils in Jones Institute, N. C., have
returned to their home near this place.
Mr. Ban O'Leary, of Yorkvillc, spent
several days with relatives in this vicinity
last week.
Little Jimmie, the youngest son yf Mr.
James Gordon, has been quite ill for several
days. His physician, however, Dr.
R. Andral Bratton, says he will have him
sufficiently restored in a few days to take
up his hoe and go to the front, citizen.
L FITTER FROMKLAI US V1LLE.
Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer.
Blairsville, May 19.?-The farmers
have been greatly cheered by the recent
copious showers. Good stands of both cotton
and corn have been secured, and most
of the farmers in this section have about
finished chopping out their cotton. Cotton
now is much more promising than it
was at this time last year. There is complaint
of some damage being done by the
bud worm, which has rendered replanting
of corn after the plow necessary.
Several of our farmers are cultivating
their cotton and corn with side harrows.
This is their first experiment with that
useful implement, and it seems to give
general satisfaction.
Miss Cora Carroll, of Blaireville, is now
in Yorkville taking music lessons under
Miss Zoraida Ingold.
Messrs. Cluff Good and Clarence Ratohford
have returned from school at GafTney
City.
Preaching will commence at Bullock's
Creek church next Saturday, at 11 a. m.
The pastor, lie v. It. P. Smith, will be assisted
by Rev. W. M. Anderson, of Rock
Hill.
Mr. Robert L. Hayes, who for some
time past has been engaged on a railroad
contract in Virginia, passed through here
last week with his hands, mules and carts,
to commence work on a contract in Union
county. lux.
LETTER FROM*SHARON.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Sharon, May 18.?The beautiful spring
weather continues. Refreshing showers
have recently fallen extensively throughout
this section, which have caused the
growing crops and vegetation generally to
assume a healthy, invigorated appearance.
Reports from all around us accord this
spring of 1890 with the most favorable prospect
for crops over any recent previous
year. Small grain crops have improved
much within the past few days, and will
be much better than they promised a few
weeks ago, though they will not yield a
full crop.
Messrs. C. W. Fuller and J. N. Ross
will soon erect here a two-story work
shop, 2o by GO feet.
Mr. Sam Wylie is at Blacksburg, studying
telegraphy.
Miss Jennie White, who for some time
has been quite ill at this place, is convalescing
and is now at her Uncle J. A.
Ratchford's, near Yorkville. ivaniioe.
Tiie Sub-Treasury Scheme?A delegation
representing the Farmers' alliance
appeared before the ways and means committee
Wednesday morning to advocate
thA maqape nf the Pickler bill to create
sub-treasuries in different parts of the
country for the reception of staple goods
produced by farmers. Tho spokesman
was C. W. Macune, chairman of tho legislative
committee of the alliance. Others
present were Alonzo Wardell, of South
Dakota; Benj. Terrell, of Texas, national
lecturer; C. T. Livingston, president of
the Georgia State alliance; R. M. Humphrey,
general superintendent of the alliance,
and J. J. Rogers, of the Virginia
State alliance. In addition there was
present a number of members, principally
from the Southern States.
On Wednesday night a committee of
seventeen Southern congressmen, Col. Livingston,
Dr. Macune and other alliance
leaders met at Dr. Macune's office in Washington,
and discussed tho situation until a
late hour. It was understood that several
propositions were suggested as a substitute
for the sub-treasury bill, but no determination
was arrived at. Among others a land
security scheme was mentioned as better
and safer than the one now under consideration
in congress. This committee of
seventeen is made up of congressmen from
as many Southern and Western States, and
Stewart, of Georgia, has been elected its
chairman.
A Scene in the House.?There was a
scene in the United States house of representatives
last Saturday. Bynum of Indiana,
who represents President Harrison's
district in congress, is a staunch Democrat,
and was a member of the ways and
means committee. He became involved
in a discussion with a Pittsburg merchant,
whom he did not hesitate to denounce as a
"liar and perjurer." The merchant the
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iicau uri^ iui waiucu a iuut*i iu
for which Mr. Bayne, of Pennsylvania,
stood sponsor, whereupon Bynum denounced
Bayne. Bynum was censured
for his language, and upon presenting
himself at the bar of the house to receivo
the censure received an ovation. Democrats
crowded around and stood up with
him, in spite of the speaker's effort to
make them sit down. Bynum was in
good company and has become a hero.
Indiana may now present him for vicepresident.?[Augusta
Chronicle.
The Popularity of the Graded
School System.?Spartanburg voted a
two mill tax last Friday in aid of graded
schools in that city.
The board of commissioners of the
graded school of Sumter have accepted
plans for a new school building at that
place. The building will cost at least
$10,000, and will embody the latest improvements
in lighting, ventilation and
heating.
Newberry is moving in the matter of a
graded school. An architect has submitted
plans for an $8,000 building, and an
election for superintendent was held on
loth.
Off for Chicago.?Colonel James A.
Hoyt leaves this morning for Chioago to
attend the annual meeting of the American
Baptist Education society. lie is a
member of the executive board, and is
expected to deliver an address before the t
society on the 27th instant. IIo will be
gone about ten or twelve days.?[Greenvillo
News, yesterday.