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Jwaps and ?There are only five States in the Union in which a school master can now legally flog a pupil. In all other States a pupil menaced with corporeal punishment can arm himself with any secret weapon and use it as best he can. Massachusetts teachers flog an average of two boys per day per capita. ? During the fiscal year just closed, the pension office issued 151,651 certificates. The number issued during the preceding year was 145,291. Of the number issued during the past year, 66,637 were original nanalnna n;hir>h i<a an innraaan of nPRrlv 15,000 as compared with the number issued during the preceding year. ? James Medley and James Savage, the Jatter colored, and both of them cold blooded murderers, were set free at Denver, Colorado, last Thursday, after they had * been convicted, sentenced and the scaffold erected for their execution. It was discovered that through a blunder of the last legislature thero was, at the time the crimes were committed, no law in Colorado against murder. -?A number of reports have been received at Norfolk, Va., from various counties in North Carolina, showing the condition of the cotton crop up to June 27. The reports show that from 5 to 6 per cent, less cotton has been planted than last year. The condition is about 44 per cent, better than last year. The crop is two or three weeks earlier. The weather has been all that could be desired. The crop is clean and clear of grass, labor being abundant. ? The annual meeting of the Farmers' alliance of Cleveland county, N. C., was held at Shelby last Friday. During the proceedings the question of nominating candidates was brought up, but after deliberation and discussion it was decided not to nominate alliance candidates for any office but to abide the decision of the Democratic primaries or convention, whichever may be held in Cleveland county. ? A dispatch from Emporia, Kansas, says the Farmers' alliance and other kindred associations united in one of the grandest demonstrations on the Fourth ever held there. There was a procession five miles longand 20,000 people were in attendance. No such turnout of farmers was ever wit nessed in that part of the State. The speakers were L. L. Polk, president of the National alliance, R. Beaumont and other prominent members. ? Money for missionaries is not subscribed for the purpose of sending white men to savage lands to become savages themselves, but that seems actually to have occurred in Liberia. A missionary there' has recently been turned out of the service becausehechosetosinktothe level of heathens rather than try to elevate them. After he was expelled from the mission service he went to live with the savages in their own uncivilized way. ? The Hon. Clifton R. Breckinridge has issued an address to the voters of the 2d congressional district of Arkansas, in which he announces his candidacy for reelection. He does not refer to the Clayton tragedy except inferentially, but appeals to the voters of the district to resent the indignities which have been heaped on them by a partisan majority in congress. He says a scant and feeble victory would be unworthy of the occasion and the voters of the district. ?The Montgomery Advertiser says twothirds of the farmers of Alabama are prosperous, and that in most of the counties four-fifths of them would not be willing to change their avocation. "This properous condition," says The Advertiser, "has been brought about under the most disadvantageous circumstances. The tariff laws especially oppress and rob the farmers of their earnings, but in spite of all these obstaQles they find their business profitable. With just and equitable tariff laws and other favorable conditions there is a groat future in store for the agricultural classes." ? Gen. Thomas Hardeman, who entered the gubernatorial race in Georgia, in opposition to Mr. Northen, the candidate of the farmers, has withdrawn his name and is out of the race. His first reason for this course Is the condition of his health and a warning from his physician that he is not physically able to stand the fatigue of the canvass; and his second reason for retiring is that the fight is one of the farmers against all other trades and professions, and that he fears his candidacy would precipitate strife and discussion similar to 2i?* ?? o?.n. n. iamb lu ouuui vaiuiiua uuw. nc iuuivfore thinks it better to submit to class legislation than to peril the party unity. ? Beverly Tucker died at Richmond last Friday afternoon. He was perhaps as well known personally to leading politicians throughout the country as any man of his time. His brothers were H. St. George, Dr. David H. Tudor, Alfred Danaridge, and the Hon. J. Randolph Tncker. He was also a nephew of John Randolph, of Roanoke. He was editor of The Washington Sentinelfrom 1853 to 1858, and consul to Liverpool under President Buchanan. He visited England and Canada during the war on special mission for the Confederate government. Since 1870 he has resided almost continuously in Washington city. A few weeks ago he came to Richmond for treatment. ? A New Orleans dispatch says: A new and very destructive cotton pest has appeared in Madison parish, La., doing great harm to the young cotton plant. The insect, which has never been seen beJ fore, is a small beetle about an inch long, very active on the wing and able to hop about like a flea. It has devoured almost everything green wherever it has appeared, Dut particularly the young cottou, which it totally destroys, while the older Elants look as though they had been frostitten. The cotton beetle is as yet confined to only a portion of Madison parish, and an attempt is being made to exterminate it with Paris green. Specimens will be sent to the United States entomologists for classification. ? Mr. Blaine denounces the Lodge election law as a measure calculated to "Africanize the South and react upon the North." He is also opposed to the McKinley tariff bill. Referring to these facts the Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says: "Mr. Blaine has now reached a point where, as was said of Marshall McMahon, he must submit or resign. He will not resign, and his friends say that he would be secretly pleased to have the president force him out of office on the ground of his difference with Speaker Reed, who is at present all-powerful with the president. They say that Mr. Blaine believes the people would sustain him, and that Messrs. Reed and McKinley are going to be repudiated by the party." ? The attempt to rescue the thirty-one entomed miners at Dunbar, Pennsylvania, or to recover their bodies if dead, has been abandoned, because, as reported, the maps of the mine have proved incorrect and the rescuing party haa no assurance that they were pushing their tunnel in the right direction. It is believed, indeed, that they passed several days ago the drift in which their unfortunate comrades were entrapped, and only missed it by a few feet; but at any rate their efforts have been in vain, and further search is impracticable and useless under the circumstances. The thirty-one hapless prisoners have now been left to their fate, and while it is not doubted that they are dead, neither can it be doubted that their death is solely due to the criminal neglect of their employers to provide for their safety. ? The slumbering little city of Alexandria, Va., had a double tragedy on the evening of the 3d instant, which came near ending in a riot at the close of her Fourth of July celebration. Police Officer Ticer had arrested a man, when his prisoner was rescued from him by Fred Lee, a negro politician. Lee knocked the officer down, but Police Officer McCuen, coming to his rescue, Lee was arrested. A crowd of negroes gathered around, and when the crowd became threatening Ticer fired two shots, almost instantly killing Lee and mortally wounding another negro named George Tine. The mob dispersed, but quickly re-assembled around a saloon to wnich the officer had gone, and three of the negroes were harranguing others to take revenge, when a squad of policemen captured the speaker and broke up the throng. ? The Railroad Ga/.ette of July 4 publishes a table giving a complete list of the ? ? iL_i. i i :u r&liroaus mat nave uuiu uew iutnu-uue track in the first half of 1890; also the amount of track built, the amount under contract or construction, and the amount projected or surveyed. The track built up to Jnly 1 in the United States was 1,900 miles as compared with 1,480 miles in the first half of 1889. It is estimated that the amount built this year will probably exceed 6,000. The Southern States east of the Mississippi lead in new construction, as they have for the last two years. The construction in those States, so far, is 54 per cent, of the whole. In the year 1889 Ik, they built 36 per cent, of all. The southwestern States and Territories have this year built 16 per cent, of the total road built. The northwestern States have built but 10 per cent, of the total mileage for the first half of 1890, and but 10 per cent, of the total of 1889. Georgia leads all the States in the amount of road built so far this year with 183 miles. The chief character is still, as it has been for many months, short extensions of old lines. The entire amount built so far has been by ninety-six companies, averaging less than twenty miles each ; but five of these have built over fifty miles each. The struggle to occupy new territory*is chiefly in the State of Washington. ?Itc IJorMle tfnqnirtr. YORK VILLE, S. <V: / WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 18B0. THE FEDERAL ELECTION BILD. On Wednesday last the house ok representatives passed by a vote of 155 yeas to 149 nays, the Federal election bill, ttnown as the Lodge bill?Lodge being the \iame of its author. The bill takes from\the States all control of congressional or Federal elections and places the ballot box under military control, at the behest oV "election supervisors," as completely asf in the days of the infamous Canby. Con-, gressman Hemphill made a noble effort to have stricken out this clause, but to no purpose; The bill now goes to the senate, with chances, its advocates claim, of passing without important change. Should the infamous measure become a law, one effect it will have?as ostensibly it applies to the Northern and Southern States alike?and that is the masses of the North and Northwest will at last awaken to the dangers to constitutional liberty which a few partisan demagogues would precipitate in order to perpetuate their power and gratify their hatred of the Southern white people by this last and most despicable attempt to place them under negro dominion. But they will find, despite all their force bills and election laws, that this a white man's government, and that in due time the masses of the people throughout the Union will so proclaim it. MERE-MENTION. In the Louisiana parishes, so far as heard from, the census shows the white increase of population to have been greater since 1880 than the colored increase, ^nd to such an extent that if the parishes yet to be heard from turn out as expected, Louisiana>>will be "white" by 16,651 majority. The president has signed the bill admitting Idaho as a State in the Un-> ion. The report that Sam Jones's daughter and her husband have separated is authoritatively denied. Disastrous rains occurred last week along the Muskingum river, Ohio, damaging crops confiornmiq to that stream to the amount of half a million of dollars. At Buffalo, N. Y., Kemler was sentenced for the third time, to die by electricity during the week beginning August 4. "vGeorge A. Parkhurst, the well known actor, died in New York last Thursday. He was the last living member of the company that played in the National theatre, Washington, on the night of the assassination of President Lincoln. The State Democratic convention of Maine met in Augusta on the 2nd instant. The convention spent the time till 2 o'clock in discussing the insertion into the platform of a resolution submitting to the people again the question of license or prohibition. The resolution was adopted after a stormy debate? 145 to 99. Following this vote, Wm. P. Thompson, of Belfast, was nominated for governor by acclamation. Of the 156 applicants for admission to West Point this year, twenty-four failed to pass the required examinations on account of physical defects. The French senate during its debates last week imposed a duty of three francs on corn and six on corn meal, and continued the prohibition against the importation of American pork. This action was avowed to be intended to shut out American farm products. The proposition recently made in Louisiana to submit the lottery question to the Democratic white voters of the State in 1892 was agreed to by the lottery people. If the lottery should then be defeated they will quit the State. The miners at Buena Vista, Va., started to descend a shaft last Thursday, when, without warning, the car fell a distance of 140 feet to the bottom, killing them instantly. W. L. London, Jr., son of Capt. W. L. London, of Pittsboro, N. C., was drowned atSuwanee, Tenn., on Friday last. He was a student of the University of the South, at Suwanee, about 18 years of age, and a most promising young man. Ex-Governor Pattison has been nominated by the Democrats for governor of Pennsylvania, and George W. Delemater is the Republican nominee. The first bale of new cotton was received last Thursday at Albany, Ga., from the colored tenants on a plantation in Baker county, Ga. A6ix-story house, being built in Knoxville, Tenn., i couapsea me oiner aay, caused, it is said, by a cave under the building. The centre support dropped into a cave of unknown depth, not yet explored, but a stone dropped into it can be heard to hit the bottom l,away down." The Alabama State Prohibition convention met in Birmingham last Saturday and nominated the Rev. S. L. Russell, of Cherokee, for governor. No nominations were made for other officers. An active canvass of the State will be made with the avowed purpurpose of awakening the people and getting ready for a fight in 1892. The value of the railroads in Alabama, according to the assessment just completed, aggregates $43,338,782. This is an increase in one year of $3,183,248, and an increase of $30,000,000 in ten years. Business failures occurring last week number for the United States 181 and for Canada 18, a total of 199 as compared with 201 the preceding week. A land transaction, involving the sale of 000,000 acres and 75,000 head of cattle in the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, has just been concluded, the purchasers being an English and Holland syndicate. It is the largest land sale that ever occurred on the American continent. The largest contingent of recruits ever demanded by the Russian war office, 270,000, was fixed for the next enrollment by the latest ukase. Melvin P. Frank is the Democratic opponent of Speaker Reed in the Portland, Maine, congressional district. A balloonist at Beardstown, Illinois, fell a distance of 400 feet last Friday. His body was found two miles froTn the place of ascension horribly mangled. A Sharp Colloquy.?After Congressman Hemphill delivered his speech in the house in opposition to the Lodge election bill, Mr. Enloe, of Tennessee, shook his fist at him, and both men exchanged some ugly cross words before friends could interfere and smother the difficulty. Mr. Enloe raised an objection to the approval of yesterday's journal, when Mr. Hemphill, who has charge of the Democratic end of the election bill, interposed and asked r_ A~ Au J L!? n?i>l iur. XjUIUC IU WlLUUraw 1113 UUJtJUUUU tllJU let the election debate proceed. To this suggestion Enloe returned an impolite reply, when Hemphill retorted by telling him to go to h?1. Mr. Enloe then shook his big brown fist at the angry Carolinian, and intimated that if he wanted to be salted down like Tennessee pork all he had to do was to walk out of the building. The Tennesseean then moved out to the cloak room, seized his sombrero and made a bee line for the open air. Mr. Hemphill is a man of undoubted courage, but he was the calmer of the two and did not follow. ?[Washington Letter. A. R. P. Presbytery.?A called meeting of the First Presbytery of the A. R. P. church was held in Charlotte yesterday to ordain to the ministry, Rev. J. P. Knox, of Rockbridge county, Va. Rev. J. G. McLaughlin, of this county, was elected moderator, and Rev. J. S. Moffatt, of Chester, S. C., was elected secretary. The ordination service was conducted by Rev. Mr. McLaughlin. Rev. J. P. Knox, who was ordeined, was originally from Mecklenburg county.?[Charlotte Chronicle, Thursday. THE STATE CANVASS. County meetings for the purpose of hearing the State canvassers were held last week at Winnsboro, Chester, Yorkville and Lancaster. A report of the York county meeting, held on Thursday, is printed on the first page of this paper. The meeting at Winnsboro, on Tuesday, was strongly Bratton in sentiment, Fairfield being his home, and the demonstrations of the audience were in his favor. At one time, while Tillman was speaking, the audience was so noisy and demonstrative that Capt. Tillman took his seat, refusing to attempt further to speak. At last silence was restored and he was induced to bring his remarks to a finish. Nothing new was developed in the discussion. The most exciting episode of the day is thus given by Mr. Patillo, the reporter for The Augusta Chronicle: ^ Maj. Woodward, one of the" '76" Democrats, was on the stand wearing a red coat that he had worn during the '76 campaign. He is an open opponent of Capt. Tillman. In the course of Capt. Tillman's speech he read a letter written by Maj. Woodward to the Ridgeway Advertiser, some time since, in which he used sen llineuis WUICU l/ttpt. llliuiau utxinmu giuuLned of Tillmanism. This brought Msj. Woodward to the front, and he vehemently denied that he had ever written anything that could be construed as an assault on.the State government. The sight of the red coat must have infuriated the crowd, for the excitement became intense, and another difficulty arose, which was only stopped by removing the party from the crowd. The situation was made more thrilling by Maj. Woodward, calling to the audience that several Tillmanites were on the stand with hands on their pistols. It is impossible to paint the scene that followed this announcement. With terrified faces nearly all the ladies left the surroundings, while several of the audience prepared to shield themselves from an anticipated volley of lead. Mr. Jas. Tillman, a nephew of Capt. Tillman, who was on the stand at the time, thought that Maj. Woodward's remark had reference to himself and there was an exchange of words between the two gentlemen, but Maj. Woodward assured him thathis remark had nosuch application and the misunderstanding was smoothed over. Chester, on Wednesday, the discussion passed off without incident, further than some disturbance when Earleand the other candidates on his side were speaking. At Lancaster, on Friday, the audience was quite orderly, and all the speakers had an attentive hearing. Some new points were brought out in this discussion and are reported as follows by Mr. Gonzales, of The News and Courier: Col. Earle touched on Capt. Tillman's serious charges iu regard to apportionment and taxation. On the latter subject he said that some injustice had been done to Capt. Tillman by him (Earle) in previous speeches. He had used figures as to nis taxes which, it now appeared, were not correct. He read from a duplicate of the auditor's tax receipt furnished Capt. Tillman by the treasurer of Edgefield. It seemed that in one township Capt. Tillman returned 1,117 acres of land and two buildings, which he valued at $5,850, and personal property valued at $850, the total State, county and school taxes, on which were $75.27 ; and in another township he returned 585 acres of land and one building, at a valuation $2,520, and personal property valued at $1,230 upon which ne paid in taxes $4Z.io. uapw xinman inerefore owned 1,702 acres of land, which, with tfcs personal property returned, amounted to $10,450, and upon this he had paid in taxes $117.55. It seemed, Col. Earle said, that he had valued his land at four or five dollars an acre. In the Aiken paper where he had seen the statement, it had been said that Capt. Tillman had sold some of his land for ten dollars an acre. Tillman: "I sold some three years ago at $10, and I wish I could sell some moro at the same price." Earle: "In justice to Capt. Tillman I have referred to this matter. It seems that the Aiken paper made a mistake." Tillman: "It got a statement of all the land, but only put down the taxes in one township." Earle: "The paper further states that Capt. Tillman has forty head of cattle and about twenty mules. Is that correct?" Capt. Tillman: "I have about forty head of cattle and there are some twenty mules on the place, but they are not all mine." The primary question coming up, Col. Earle asked Capt. Tillman whether he would accept a nomination for governor by tho August convention called to determine the question of primary nominations for State officers. Tillman: "If the Democratic party in convention assembled wants primary, then I want it, and I want it whether the Democratic party wants it or not." [Cheers.] Earle: "That is not an answer to my question." (Repeats it.) Tillman, laughing sardonically and shaking his finger at Col. Earle: "You went to Greenville and had a consultation with Col. Hoy t before you made me that primarv proposition. I know about it. [To the crowd.] They want to tie me and leave them loose." He then asked Col. Earle; "Will you accept such a nomination ?" Earle: "I would consider it the duty of any candidate to refuse such a nomination." Tillman: "These people want an excuse to put two tickets in the field and bring in the nigger. We won't give them that excuse. I am opposed to the August convention nominating anybody, and will try and get them to let South Carolina decide between us. We want a free vote and a fair count." Earle: "I ask all his friends here whether Capt. Tillman is not dodging the question ? I ask again if he will refuse a nomination by the August convention.". Tillman : "I will. You think I am fighting for office, but I want the?people to get their rights and will see them have them." [Cheers.] Earle: "See how hard it was for me to draw that out of him? But I got it out at last." Tillman : "Will you refuse such a nomination?" Earle, promptly: "Yes, sir." Tillman: "Thanks. And you, Gen. Bratton? " Bratton : "Yes, sir." A NEW DODGE. The correspondent of the Augusta Chroncle says: Speaking of the August convention to a party of friends in the hotel, Friday afternoon, Capt. Tillman said he was going to capture it, and after reapportioning the representation by the census of 1880, would elect a new executive committee. This will deprive Charleston of ten representatives and two or three other counties of several, while it will increase the representation of several counties favorable to Capt. Tillman. It is a big card and there seems to be nothing in the way to prevent the Tillman faction from playing it. The canvass opened again yesterday at Camden. Agricultural Society's Summer Meeting.?Secretary Holloway makes the following announcement in reference to the annual summer meeting of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina, to be held at Rock Hill on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 6th, 7th and 8th, 1890. At this meeting several essays will be read and discussion thereon will render the meeting an interesting and instructive occasion. So far, the following gentlemen have consented to read essays on subjects as follows: Judge A. C. Haskell, Columbia, "Railroad Transportation as it Effects the Agricultural Interests." Dr. C. R. Tabor, Fort Motte, S. C., "Sanitary Science." Mr. F. M. liodgers, Jr., Florence, S. C., "Tobacco, its Cultivation and Preparation for Market." Col. John P. Thomas, Columbia, "The Undeveloped Resources of South Carolina." Dr. N. B. Niles, Columbia, Veterinary Surgeon, "The Treatment of Live Stock." Mr. L. B. Toole, Williston, "Raising of Watermelons for Market." Other gentlemen have been asked to read papers on subjects relating to the advancement of Agriculture. The several railroad lines in the State will be asked to give reduced rates of passage. All persons who expect to attend the meeting are requested to notify Mr. John R. London, Rock Hill, that homes may b& provided lor them. It is hoped that a full attendance of our farmers will be present and unite with the farmers of York county in advancing the farming interests of the State, and to witness the rapid progress of the citizens of Bock Hill in industrial pursuits. A Confederate Celebration.?The Fourth of July exercises of the reunion of Confederate veterans at Chattanooga, took the form of a monster parade. Two thousand veterans were in line, together with three regiments of the Tennessee State Guards encamped near the city, and several military companies from other Southern cities. Gen. John B. Gordon was commander-in-chief of the procession, and as he rode aloug the line in review, he was greeted with a continuous round of cheers. Gen. E. Kirby Smith, attired in a suit of Confederate grey, commanded the military division, and he, too, was vociferously cheered along the streets. Fifty thousand people witnessed the parade. In all the line not a single Confederate flag was displayed, but every command carried the national colors. Brass bands passed up the street playing national airs and "Dixie," "Bonnie Blue Flag," and war tunes of both sides, and cheers greeted every air. The best of good hu mor prevailed. In the afternoon five thousand persons crowded into the great tent and listened to the Fourth of July orations, war reminiscences and patriotic music. Speeches were made by Gen. George B. Gordon, of Louisiana, Gen. W. S. Cabell, of Texas, Gen. E. Kirby Smith, and Gen. C. W. Haskell, of Tennessee, and others. Gen. Haskell said: "We recognize the fact that the late war was a gallant fight. Both sides were right?we of the South fought for the constitution of our fathers. The South was a loyal country, but we were wrong on the slavery question. The North was right when it fought us on that score. There is not a son or daughter of the South to-day who would have slavery restored. [Applause.] While for four years we were deadly enemies, we are forevermore brothers and fellow citizens, and proud, in the South, of the glory of these American states, and we would fight as loyally for the flag of our country as any man who fought with Grant and Sherman." On Saturday the veterans went to Chickamauga battlefield, the present national park, to attend a grand picnic. REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE YORKV1LLE GRADED SCHOOLS. The undersigned, trustees of the graded schools of Yorkville, beg leave respectfully to submit this their annual report. The exercises of the schools were resumronrnlarltr nn tho firof Mnnrlnv* nf Ron. VV4 * VfeUIMt V ",V "*W1 W. V/VJi tember last, and continued without interruption until the close of the school year, the 13th of June last. The board employed as superintendent, Prof. W. J. Thackston, and as teachers, Miss Maggie Gist, Miss Ella Davidson, Miss Fannie Miller, Miss Minnie Wilson, and at the beginning of the current year, Miss Emmie Hanahan. Allen Alexander and Sarah E. Colbert were employed as teachers in the colored schools. The members of the board admit that they have not visited the schools during the year just closed as often as they might have done; but so far as they have availed themselves of the opportunity, they are very well satisfied with its management, and the progress made by the pupils generally. The statistical report of the superintendent is hereto subjoined as follows: 1889-90?STATISTICAL. RKPORT. < Average attendance for the 10 monthB, 'Jf* white > K1 Average attendance lor the 10 months, colored, 137 Total average attendance 278 Average number belonging for the 10 months, white 167 Avorage number belonging for the 10 months, colored, 153 Total average number belonging... 320 Per cent, of attendance per enrollment, white .63 Per cent of attendance per enrollment, colored .67 Per cent, of attendance per number belonging, white .84 Per cent, of attendance per number be longing, colored ! .88 Total enrollment for 10 months, white, 224 Total enrollment for 10 months, colored, 203 Total enrollment, white and colored 427 Average amount of tuition per monthresident pupils $ 53 86 Average amount of tuition per monthcountry pupils 21 82 Average amount of tuition per mouthmusic pupils 21 60 Average amount of incidentals per month 14 81 Total average income per month.... 9112 00 Average cost tuition per pupil (average attendance) 9 iH Average cost tuition per pupil (enrollment) 60 Average cost tuition per pupil (belonging) 81 Average cost per pupil (all expenses) average attendance 1 04 Average cost per pupil, all expensesenrollment 68 Average cost per pupil, all expensos (belonging) # 90 From the report of the treasurer of the board, the following extracts are made: L. M. Grist, treasurer of the board of trustees, in account with the funds of the Yorkville graded schools, from September 1. 1889, to July 10, 1890. To haiance in handsofcounty treasurer, ^ cieptemberl, 1889, 8 625 23 *To amount received by county treasurer on account of/constitutional 2-mill levy for 1888-89 735 4(3 To amount received to date from local tax of2 mills; collection commenced, October, 1889, 1,104 2(1 To amount received by county treasurer; polls and penalties, October, 1889, collection, 2G9 45 To amount received on account of pay pupils from September 1, 1889, to July 10, 1890 090 95 To amount received on account of music pupils from September 1, 1889, to July 10, 1890, 21(5 00 To amount received from incidental fees to July 10, 1890, 148 10 To Peabody fund in hands of couuty treasurer, 200 00 84,049 45 Deduct amount paid by county treasurer, expense account of county school commissioner, 53 48 $3,995 97 DISBURSEMENTS. Paid salaries of superintendent and teachers from Sept. 1. 1889, to June 13, 1890 82,433 20 Paid Miss Zoraida Ingold, music teacher 210 00 Paid Henry Franklin, services as janitor, cutting wood, etc 55 05 Paid for stove, fixtures and sundries 22 03 Paid Withers Adickes for coal, etc 33 55 Paid Hugh Wallage and M. Whitt for firewood 11 00 Paid other incidentals 04 04 $2,830 07 By cash in hands of county treasurer 004 04 By cash on deposit in Exchange bank 555 20?$3,995 97 There is now on hand the sum of $1,159.90, with liabilities for rent, etc., amounting to $342.75, leaving a cash balance of $817.15 with which to pay the expenses of the schools from September 1st until the collection of the taxes in the fall The amount, $210, paid to Miss Ingold, music teacher, was not paid from the school fund, but simply represents the amount of the tuition fees paid by music pupils, which is collected as other extra tuition fees and passes regularly through the treasurer's hands. The board would respectfully call attention to the item in the report of the treasurer showing the amount received by the graded schools from the constitutional 2-mill tax, collected in theschool district for the fiscal year, 1888-89. Of the sum of $1, 104.20 couecieu, megruueu si:uuui?r?:i.civcu $735.40; and the county treasurer's books further show that of the sum of $1,139.50 collected from the same source in the fiscal year 1887-88, all the schools then in Yorkville received only 410.09, thus proving conclusively that if we can increase the average attendance in our graded schools, the citizens of this town and school district will derive proportionate benefit from the 2-mill constitutional tax they pay to maintain the schools. From the figures shown by the treasurer's report for the year just closed, the schools cannot be conducted for the ensuing year for a less sum. It will be necessary, therefore, and the board recommends, that a local levy of two mills be made for the next school year. Respectfully submitted, Jos. F. Wallace, Chairman. ALLIANCE TOPICS. ? The Laurens county alliance passed a resolution requesting each county alliance in the Fourth congressional district to send seven delegates to a conference to be held at Laurens, August 2nd, to select a candidate for congress in sympathy with the demands of the national alliance, subject to the Democratic primary. ? A dispatch from Pickens to the Greenville News says the county alliance held a largely attended session at Pickens on the 4th instant. There seems to be much business to attend to. The business of most importance to the people, however, was the nomination by the alliance of a ticket for county officers. IP is reported that some of the alliance were opposed to nominations, but it carried all the same. A full legislative ticket and candidates for all the county offices were nominated. ? At the meeting of the Sumter county alliance, says the correspondent of the News and Courier, no reference to politics was made, except to condemn me action of some sub-alliances which had gone so far as to endorse certain candidates for political favors. At noon the doors were thrown open and the public invited to go in and hear an address by Col. E. T. Stackhouse, president of the State alliance. His address was on the sub-treasury scheme, which he favored. ? Columbia Register: Itev. E. J. Meynardie, D. D., died in this city on Tuesday, 1st inst., of apoplexy. He was well known in South Carolina asan able minister of the M. E. church, South, having filled most of the prominent charges in the State. At the time of his death he was pastor of the Methodist church in Camden. Dr. Meynardie was a native of the city of Charleston. The news of his death will cause sadness in many hearts. He was a consecrated preacher of the gospel and a patriotic citizen. His remains were buried at Camden on Thursday. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Royal Baking Powder Co., 100 Wall street, New York?A Cream of Tartar Baking Powder.?[Fourth Page. Ludden A Bates, Savannah, Ga.?Organs Cheap?Special Clearance Sale.?[Fourth Page. Richmond and Danville Railroad?Change of Schedule.?[Fourth Pago. Chester and Lenoir Railroad?Change of Schedule.? [Fourth Page. May A May, Druggists?"Razors in the Air!" A. Y. C'artwright A Co.?Our entire Stock of Summer Goods must Go. Kennedy Brothers A Barron?School Books. R. C. Moore?Candidate for County School Commissioner. Dr. Thomas W. Campbell?Candidate for the House of Representatives. H. F. Adickes A Co.?Business Carried on as i sum. Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Dobson's Racket Sweeping Everything Clean Before It. People Clamoring for Dobson's Cheap Goods. Withers Adickes?At the Beginning of the Last Half of 1890. LADIES' AID SOCIETY. The Ladies' Aid society of the Presbyterian church, will dispense ice cream on the church green from 5 to 8 p. m. on Friday next. A SMALL FIRE. On last Thursday afternoon the kitchen of Sam Jackson, colored, who lives on , Madison street, was burned with its contents. The fire was accidental and the result of a defect in the arrangement of the , stove. It was a small structure, and fortu nately situated some distance from the dwelling house, which escaped. SALES-DAY. There was nut one official sale on Monday last, sales-day for July. By virtue of writs of fieri facias at the suit of Donnon, Cannon & Co., vs. Simon Bros. & Co., the sheriff gold a tract of iii acres 01 lanu situated near Blacksburg, and levied on as the k -property of the defendants. Bid off of by f C. E. Spencer, attorney, at $10.55. i /THE FIFTH S. C. REGIMENT. ^Jy-jjotice of A. Coward, late Colonel commanding the Fifth regiment South Carolina volunteers, it will be seen that a reunion of the survivors of the regiment will be held^ in Yorkville on Thursday, 21st of August next. All surviving members of Bratton's brigade and other Con1 federate commands in York county, are cordially invited to attend. ARRESTED IN SHELBY. A dispatch to the Charlotte Chronicle of yesterday says that R. G. Collins has been arrested at Shelby, N. C., charged with being accessory to the murder of his wife at Plaiuville, Ga., recently, mention of which is made in our Grover correspondence this week. Mrs. Collins was shot dead by a negro in the employ of Collins, and it is believed that Collins hired the negro to commit the crime. STRUCK BY "jilGHTNING. On Tuesday evening of last week, duri ing a rain, the superintendent's residence on the county poor house farm, was struck by lightning, inflicting only slight damage to the building. Only a few moments 1 before the flash, Mr. Dillingham, the superintendent, and some other persons, were sitting immediately in the line of the electric bolt, but fortunately had changed 1 their positions to another part of the house. No one was hurt. COLPORTAGE WORK. During the labors of Mr. J. M. W. Elder, . colporteur in York county under direction of the American Bible society, he visited i 1,773 white families and 2,281 colored families, a total of 4,054. Of these he found without a Bible 101 white families, and 936 | colored families, a total of 1,097. He sup , plied the Bible to 157 destitute white families and 841 destitute colored families, a total of 998 families. Mr. Elder has gone to Charlotte, N. C., and will he succeeded ( in York county by Mr. W. S. Gordon, who will enter upon the work about the 14th of ; this month. FOR THE PENITENTIARY, i L. H. Patterson, of the penitentiary guard, came up last Friday afternoon and returned to Columbia on Saturday with the ' following penitentiary convicts, sentenced by Judge Wallace in the court of sessions last week: 1 Alice Davis, colored, grand larceny ; one year. i John Hicklin, colored, carrying concealed weapon; four months. 1 Dencia Eskridge, colored, grand larceny; ' six months. r James Thompson, colored, malicious mischief; one month. This was a sealed sentence from last term of court. Sam Leech, Jr., colored, petit larceny; six months. Levi Johnson, colored, assault of a high and aggravated nature, two conyictions; six months on each. / THE WI NTH ROP* SCHOLARSHIPS. On Wednesday last an examination was conducted in the office of the county school commissioner, for the award of scholarships in the Winthrop training school. Eight young ladies entered upon the examination, but before its conclusion one withdrew. The examination was conducted by School Commissioner Johnson, assisted by Miss Maggie Gist and Miss Mamie Johnson. All the papers were creditable, but the awards were made to Miss Nannie Moore, of Guthriesville, who receiving tbe highest mark, secures the State scholarship, equivalent to $150 for one sesionof nine months ; and Miss Belle Bailey, who lives in south-western York, near Olive, standing the second best examination, will receive the scholarship entitling her to free tuition only. Miss Minnie Palmer, of Bullock's Creek, was third, falling only 7 below Miss Bailey. SERIOUS FIRE. At 15 minutes to 11 o'clock last Saturday night, B. R. Willeford'e store in the town of King's Mountain, was struck by lightning, and quickly the flame spread from one house to another until the entire block down to Mauney's store was burned. Four stores were destroyed, viz.: Willeford's, Houser's, Cansler's and Mrs. Beatty's. All but Willeford saved some goods from their stores, but he saved nothing. There was no insurance on the buildings or contents. The fire was checked at the tin shop adjoining Allison, Ware & Co. Torrents of rain were falling at the time and the street ditches overflowing with water rendered it convenient to dip up in buckets with which to try to extinguish the fire, and through this instrumentality Mauney's store, which caught several times, was saved. Two of the burned houses belonged to Wm. Falls, and one to Mr. Weir. CHURCHNOTICES.. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, pastor. Services at Tirzah next Sunday at 11 a. m., and in Yorkville at 8.30 p. m. Sunday-school at 5 p. m. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, pastor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 8.30 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 10.30 o'clock a. m. and 8.30 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school at 5 o'clock p. m. 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 5.30 o'clock p. m. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, pastor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at a.au o'clock. Services next Sunday at 10.30 o'clock a. ra. and 8.30 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school at 9.30 o'clock a. m. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. H. Waddell, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8.30 o'clock. Quarterly conference Saturday evening at 8.30 o'clock. Services on Sunday at 10.30 o'clock a. m. and 8.30 o'clock p. m., conducted by the presiding elder, Rev. A. M. Chreitzberg, D. 1). Sunday-school 4.30 o'clock p. m. AN AUXILIARY CLUB. A meeting of the young men was called to be held in the court house at 9 o'clock last Monday night. At the appointed time about 00 persons, several of them elderly citizens, assembled, and on motion of W. B. Wilson, Sen., Geo. W. S. Hart was called to the chair. It was then moved and carried that the chairman appoint a secretary. The chair appointed as secretary Capt. J. R. Lindsay. The chairman explained the object of the meeting, as he said, so far as he knew it, and called upon any gentleman present to make further explanation. Maj. Jas. F. Hart responded in a speech of several minutes. He said it had been deemed advisable to organize an auxiliary Democratic club to work in connection with the regular York Township Democratic club; that while the members would not espouse the cause of any particular aspirant for office, they would pledge themselves to work only for the best interests of the Democratic party. He then proceeded to assail the methods adopted by Tillman to secure the gubernatorial nomination, and predicted as a result, which might not be immediate, disaster to the Democratic party and ruin to our State government. He predicted that if Tillman secures the nomination and is elected governor, he will be the last gov- a ernor of South Carolina that we will see tl elected in the name of the Democracy. d At the conclusion of Maj. Hart's remarks, si Col. Wilson was called upon for a speech, I and responded in the same line as that upon which Maj. Hart spoke. s! It was moved that the chair appoint a c committee of three to draft by-laws, etc., h for the government of the club, and report tl at a subsequent meeting. The chair sug- tl gested that the meeting elect a chairman t: of the committee. Adopted, and James b 13. Bell was nominated and unanimously c elected. The chair then appointed as the p other two members of the committee, \ Robert Witherspoon and J. Frank Hart. J It was then moved and carried that s those present organize the club by enrolling c their names. Nearly all of those present n enrolled their names and the meeting ad- t juurueu. u ALLIANCE MEETING. / J The York County Farmers' ali^M^e met in Yorkville on Friday last. Tfie^meet- n ing was largely attended an^is represent- a ed to us as having been "one of the best fl and most interesting meetings held since its organization." All the sub-alliances were represented by full delegations and reported to be in good working order, h peace and harmony existing among the c members, and that they are a unit on all c questions pertaining to the interests of the ? order, which was evidenced by the una- C nimity displayed in all matters discussed. The following officers were elected for u the ensuing year: a W. N. Elder, president; R. H. Glenn, g vice-president; J. F. Ashe, secretary; p W.J. Stephenson, treasurer; Rev. L. A. J Johnson, chaplain ; E. D. Thompson, lee- o turer; Capt. W. H. Edwards, assistant t lecturer; J. N. Roberts, door-keeper; Er- ii vin Gordon, assistant door-keeDer: J. A. t Smith, sergeant-at-arms. t Executive committee?A. H. White, a W. B. Love, W. H. Crook. Committee on good of the order?W. T. Jackson, It. H. Glenn, W. Y. White. Joseph 0. Walker was re-elected trade agent. E POLITICAL CONFERENCES. E By instruction of the Democratic Cam- | paign club of Richland, A. C. Haskell, ? president of the club, has invited a con- c ference "of representative men from differ- i ent sections of the State, to assemble in I the State house at Columbia on to-morrow, ? the conference to be composed of Demo- ^ crats opposed to the 'Tillman' party and Z methoas," and, the circular continues, "it is suggested as largely as practicable of farmers and mechanics to represent the class whose interests, it is alleged, have been disregarded by our State government since 1876." There is no restriction as to Z number. We are informed by those in E position to know, that York will probably i be well represented in the conference. I A conference composed of members of C the Farmers' association was held, at the c call of Captain Shell, in Columbia last * Monday. The conference was for the pur- j pose of discussing the situation with reference to promoting the interests of Capt. Tillman. Capt. Shell presided, and the l situation was thoroughly discussed. The sense of the majority present, it is learned, was in favor of making no nominations at the August convention, but to vote down 0 the proposition of a State primary, and to also elect a new executive committee of known Tillman tendency. REGISTRATION. Last Monday was the last day preceding the next general election for original registration, and Supervisor Happerfield > and four assistants were kept busily engaged from 8 o'clock a. in. until 7 p. ra. There was great activity and apparently much anxiety among the colored voters, ^ from five to six hundred of whom crowded i themselves in front of the window of the supervisor's office on the first floor of the court house, their clamor and noise increasing to such an extent that the super- r visor was compelled to apply to the inten- I dant for a policeman to keep back the e crowd and thus prevent the impeding of his work. There was very little pres- s sure from the white voters. About four \ hundred original certificates and renew- a als were issued to the negroes. The unu- S sual activity among them is variously con- I strued. While all opinions concur that * they were acting under instructions from ? Republican leaders, some think it is in j reference to the present condition of the c Democratic party in their little family I quarrel, and that the Republicans are I watching to see which way the cat will J jump; while others attribute it to pending ^ Federal legislation, by which the Repub- j licans hope to control the congressional elec- ^ tions in the Southern States. Be the cause a what it may, it behooves all white voters S to be on the alert until the closing of the I polls on the day of election. A RAILROAD TOPICS. The Gastonia Gazette says the roadbed of the Chester and Lenoir railroad has been assessed in Gaston county at $3,250 a mile, and the rolling stock at $306. The track of the Georgia, Carolina and e Northern railroad has been laid from Monroe, N. C., to Enoree river, Newber- p ry county, S. C., a distance of 73 miles. It is contemplated to have the trains running o to Greenwood, a distance of 118 miles from __ Monroe, by the first of September, and to o push the work rapidly on to Atlanta. Speakiug of the progress of the work on a the Augusta division of the Three C's > railroad, the Union Times of last week Tj says: We learn from good authority that the fi- p nancial trouble of the company will be overcome in a few days, and the work on the road will then continue rapidly to completion. There was considerable alarm among the mer- . chants of the town on Monday when the news came that the contractors had stopped work for want of money to continue. We are glad r< to find a more hopeful and better satisfied feeling existing now among all parties interested, j, The Shelby Aurora of last Thursday says: ^ Mr. Ben Hampton, contractor on the Threer^ t s, Cttiieu to set) us j-uesuay uuu wu iua? g the entire grading between Rutherfordton and Marion had been completed. Messrs. Jackins ifc Crosby, also Maj. Adams, had finished grad- . ing and dressing their sections. Four and one h half miles of track were laid and surfaced, tl Delay in securing enough laborers had retard-^^* ed track laying, but it is now thought that the o remaining twenty-one miles to Marion will be finished by August 1st, if the supply of steel. ? rails is not exhausted. At Rutherfordton there1 is enough iron to lay the track twelve miles. ^ The Johnson City, Tennessee, Comet, of n Thursday,last says: McDonald, Shea ?fc Co. paid off the contrac tors on the Three C's, Monday, and the snug little sum of $274,000 was disbursed. Johnson<3" City merchants came in for a nice share of it. ? The rumored trouble has all blown over and it work will proceed all along the line. Long before Christmas 100 miles of road will be in n operation from the North Carolina line to j Minneapolis, Va. v Speaking of the decree of the United g States circuit court, in the township bond suit, the Lancaster Ledger of last week t( says: n We called on Mr. Ira B. Jones, attorney for-^, the townships, on Saturday, and to ourinquiry as to whether or not this would end the case, =. he answered, "No sir, we will go to the United ri Stutcs Suproino court." Mr. Jones has great W confidence in the case nnd will fight it to the g end. He said: "I am right. You will see it C yet." < e; ADJOURNMENT OF COURT. The only case in the sessions court re- , maining untried when we went to press 0] last week, was that of the State ys. Alexan- ? der Berry, colored, charged with the mur- u der of John Gregory, also colored. This trial was set for last Wednesday morning. The homicide occurred in the camp ? of Taylor & Elmer's track laying gang on the Three C's railroad, in the soutn-western suburbs of town, on the 14th of October, ^ 1888, the difficulty originating over a game of dice. Berry made his escape, fleeing to b( North Carolina, and was heard from at Winston, where he got into trouble and ti was imprisoned. A requisition on the governor of North Carolina for him was ^ not honored until the final disposition of bl his case in the North Carolina court, which , was not until last November, when he | f was transferred from Winston to York-1 h/ ville. u. On arraignment for trial, Berry was without counsel, and the court assigned ? W. B. Wilson, Sen., and T. F. McDow P( to represent the prisoner. The following jury was empaneled: o, Michael Dover, foreman; A. F. Plexico, ? E. L. Garrison, J. J. Clinton, J. D. Blanks, J. Alonzo Brown, Elias C. Falls, L. N. A Culp, Henry H. Cain, W. A. Hayden, T. F. Jackson, C. L. Rodgers. rj Berry was a laborer on the railroad, and " it was shown on the trial that Gregory was a hanger on around the camp for the " purpose of gambling. A quarrel ensued J: between the prisoner and Gregory while throwing dice, and the prisoner shot Gregory with a pistol, from the effects of which . he died a few hours later. The plea of ^ self defence was set up, and in the absence of three material witnesses for the pris- 8? oner, his counsel conducted the case with signal ability, doing all in his behalf that legal ability could suggest. G After argument by each of his counsel, di nd Mr. Solicitor McDonald for the State he jury took the case and returned a ve; ictof guilty. Judge Wallace thereupo entenced him to be hanged on the 15th < Lugust, 1890. The sessions court was then adjourne Ine die, the jurors discharged and th ourt of common pleas opened for th earing of equity cases. An hour aft< lie adjournment of the sessions court, o he arrival of the Three C's south-boun rain, the three witnesses came into cour ut of course too late to testify. Berry ounsel secured their affidavits for th urpose of submitting them before Judg Vallace on a motion for a new trial; bt udge Wallace ruled that the court < essions having been adjourned, he ha 10 jurisdiction. The papers will be sul riitted to Governor Richardson with pet ion for a respite, extending to the ne; erm of York sessions court, to enable tl irisoner's counsel to argue a motion for iew trial. The court was engaged last week, froi loon Wednesday, in hearingequity cause nd was formally adjourned sine die la londay morning at 10 o'clock. YORK'S TAXABLE PROPERTY. County Auditor Williams has complete lis returns of the taxable property of Yor ounty, and has sent his abstract to tl omptroller-general, to be laid before th Itate board of eaualization which met i Columbia yesterday. The following: tabular statement mac ip from the auditor's abstracts for the pa nd the current fiscal years, shows the a| regate valuation of real and person: iroperty in York county for each yea Ls will be remembered, the county boai f equalization made a horizontal redu ion of the value of real estate outside i ncorporated towns and villages in certai ownships, which explains the decrease i he total valuation of real estate this yei a compared with the returns of last yea FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1889-90. ? Real Estate. !v , p? TOWNSHIP. No Acres! Value. sonalty tethel 42,700 $ 212,500$ 107,4! tetuesda 54,225 283,215 108,3 troad River 35,838 164,880 73,8 lullock's Creek.. 56,392! 241,555: 100,2 .'atawba 60,122! 550,795! 498,1' Iherokee 49,581! 295,620 162,4 ibenezer 38,314 205.780i 64,5 'ort Mill 32,253 234,430! 127,7! ling's Mountain 57,137 230,550! 119,9 fork ; 49,221 557,170 430,6 'otals 475,283 $ 2,976,4951$ 1,793,2! FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1888-89. Real Estate. iv* . p TOWNSHIP. No Acresj Value. j aonalty tethel 42,786'$ 251,655$ 152,8 tetbesda 54,446' 341,560 124,4 troad River 35,016 189,240 73,5 tullock's Creek.. 56,362 289,995 114,3 rtnooil r.07 Aon! AHO Qj /ttvon urt > w? jw?vj ?vu,w Cherokee 49,672, 327,265, 152,1 Jbenezer 38,2171 246,030, 69,9 ^ort Mill 32,283! 264,9651 126,5 ting's Mountaiu 57,312! 272,900' 121,4 Tork 49,157 j 583,630j 381,9 'otala 475,462;$ 3,354,190!? 1,786,4 THE TAX ON RAILROADS. The aggregate of the taxable valuatic f the railroads and railroad property slti ,te in York county is as follows: Chester and Lenoir $ 74,9 leorgia, Carolina and Northern 39,5 Atlanta and Charlotte Airline, 103,9 Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago,... 426,4: Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, 241,6 $ 880,4 Valuation of telegraph property 6,4 $ 892,8 RECAPITULATION, CURRENT YEAR. Cotal of real estate, 8 2,976,4 \)tal personal property 1,793,2 lailroads and telegraphs, 892,8 3 5,662,6 The total returns last year on all taxab iroperty in the county aggregated $5,875 43, as compared with $5,662,606 the pre nt year, showing a decrease of $209,837. The following is a schedule of the pe onal property in York county and tl valuation at which it is returned for ta ition : lubject. No. Valu lorses 1,867 8 105,0 Cattle 6,753 75,1 lules 3,770 217,3 Ibeep and goats, 2,985 2,9 logs 6,282 15,3 Sold and silver watches 842 18,6 Manos and organs '230 17,8 Measure carriages 3,783 83,7 logs, $5 each, minimum 2,478 12,6 lerchandise 270,3 lanufacturing 16,0 lanufactured articles 260,4 'alue of moneys, etc 29,5 ralue of all credits 406,8 tocks, etc 5,7 ionds not exempt from taxation 58,6 innual value of leases v.\/l97,3 ?M,793,2 PERSONAL MENTION. Miss Mary Vise is visiting at Zeno. Miss Ella Carroll is at Cleveland Spring Mias Jessie Latimer is visiting in Ebei zer. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Darwin are vi ting at Shelby. Miss Daisy Hart is visiting Miss Bessi Hbbs at Greenwood. Miss Mary Clark is visiting relatives 1 Jaston county, N. C. -Miss DiHie May has returned home froi short visit to Rich burg. rMiss Willie Williams has returned hone rom Rutherfordton, N. C. Prof. Robert Morrison, of Chester, wi q town last Thursday. Mr. W. J. Deviney, of Clifton, is visi g in Yorkville and vicinity. Mrs. Mary Webster, of Cowpens, is vi ting her parents in this place. Mr. J. H. James paid a flying visit 1 elatives in Yorkville, last Monday. Mrs. Jane E. Kerr, of Spartanburg, q Yorkville visiting friends and relative Mr. B. B. James, of Pacolet, S. C., is i forkville, visiting relatives and friend -Frank McElwee, a cadet at the Citad< cademy, is at his home in this place di ing vacation. We were pleased to receive a call c ist Thursday from Mr. C. P. Roberts, < tie Blacksburg Printing company. Misses Pearl and Iola Payseur, of Lai aster, made a visit to Yorkville last weel tie guests of Miss Anice O'Leary. Mr. Mason L. Carroll, of Bascoravilli hester county, is visiting his pareni earSharon. Mrs. John Sizelan left last Monday o n extended visit to friends and relative a New York State. Miss Maggie Guy, of Lowrysville, an liss Lizzie Ashe, of McConnellsville, ai i Yorkville visiting Miss Annie Hope. Miss Willie C. Keene, the well know lilliner in Dobson's store, left on yeste ay for her home in Maryland. 'Mr. George L. Riddle, a member of th tate board of equalization, passed throug iwn last Monday on his way to Columbi ) attend the sessions of the board, whic let yesterday. Mr. F. Barron Grier, of York county raduated from the Citadel academy dt ing the commencement exercises la: 'eek. He was the valedictorian of th raduating class, and of his valediction th harleston News and Courier says: "Th zeroises were concluded with the valedii iry, a most thoughtful addreas, by Cade '. Barron Grier, of York. His farewel ) his comrades was different from th rdinary type of college valedictories, an as one that was thoroughly appreciate y every one." The Weather and the Crops.?Th outh Carolina weather service, in co-oj ration with the United States signal sei ice, furnishes the following for the wee ading July 5th: The temperature and sunshine hav een above the average for the week, an ery favorable for the growth and cultivs on of the cotton crop, which continues t romiso an abundant yield. The rainfall has been above the averag ut very unequally distributed, and crop 1 some sections are beginning to suffe om drought. Thunder showers hav een of almost daily occurrence, and have y cooling the heated atmosphere, mad ork in the open field much safer am leasanter than would otherwise hav sen. The weather crop bulletin issued las aturday by the signal service at Wash igton says: Reports from the entire cotton region in icate that the crop continues to improve [though other crops, especially corn, ii le South Atlantic and Gulf States, neei iln. Corn was injured in Texas owing t le absence of rain during the past tw eeks, but cotton continues growing nice r and will not be injured should th rought continue ten days more. - Judge Crawford, who withdrew fron le race for attorney-general on the Earl cket, has re-entered the canvass for th ime office. ? James Fortner, a worthy citizen c reenville county, committed suicide on ay last week while temporarily insane. ), LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. T- Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. n Rock Hill, July 7.?The Fourth, the naif tional holiday, was observed here. There was a suspension of business and a number of .I picnics in the neighborhood, which were largely attended. The streets bore the appearance e of Sunday. Those who did not picnic wero ie at home with their families. ?r Mai. T. C. Beckham has completed his work n of taking the census of eastern Catawba townd ship. While he is not at liberty to say, there t will be a surprise to the people of York county >' to see Rock Hill putdownon the census roll at over 2,700 inhabitants, and when the Globe 16 Cotton mills start, 500 more will be added. ,'6 Rev. J. S. White lectured in the Second it Presbyterian church Sunday night and will again lecture Thursday night, giving adescripd tion of his trip to the Holy Land, jj. On Friday, at a picnic near the residence of . Tom Thomasson's, about three miles from * this place on the Yorkville road, held by the colored people of that section, there was a row, ie in which the ready pistol was drawn and two a men wounded, Tom Adams having sustained the most serious wound. Dr. T. L. Cornwell [jj extracted from the upper part of his leg a :Wg calibre pistol ball, which was shown to mo by ? the Doctor vesterdav mornintr. 81 Capt. W. S. Moore is very ill at bis residence, four miles from this place. Ed. Robbins, of this place, is also quite ill with lever. ;d Miss Anna Watson, who has been in Rome, k Ga., is on a visit here. ie The Yorkville Base Ball club, (juvenile nine) _ by invitation from the juvenile nine of this place, played a game of ball here on Friday, n which resulted in a victory for Rock Hill, the score being, Yorkville, 23; Rock Hill 37. The le players were: St Rock Hill Nine.?A. Creitzberg, M. Steele, y. J. Hardin, C. Creitzberg, W. Creighton, M. al Aldrich, B. Yarborougb, Jennings Owens, ai D. Lumpkin. '' Yorkville Nine.?George Williams, Dan "d Woods, Chas. McClain, Walter Parish, Jim C- Parish, Robert McClain, Humbert Ferguson, f Felix McClain. Frank Owens acted as umpire [n and Chas. May as scorer. n After the game, the boys of Yorkville and ' some from our town, started to Wild Cat creek, on the line of the C., C. <fc A railroad, to take a r? swim. They were in a few yards of the crossing, two miles from here, when the north bound - train passed. The horses became uncontrolar ble, capsizing the hack and breaking it to pieces. Fortunately none of the boys were hurt. Martin Dixon, on last Thursday night, stab bed John Pankey just over the region of his -a heart. Both are colored men. Dr. Cornwell iwj attended the wounded man and pronounced the wound serious but not necessarily fatal. a; Rev. B. P. Reid, of Bethesda, filled the pulIC; pit of the First Presbyterian church on Sunday aa morning and night. His hearers were much .a pleased and hope he will soon pay another (jq visit to them. ? hal. ^ letter^frwTfodder. ? Correnpondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. _ Fodder, July 8.?For some time past the distant hum of the threshing machine has been r~ heard in the community. The following figures will furnish a basis for a calculation sbow? ing the extreme lightness of the small grain 45 crop. On one farm two tons of guano was 25 used, twenty-two bushels of wheat was sown, 70 and only fifty-four bushels was made. On 10 another farm nine different crops were sown, 63 and the amount of seed -ed in sowing was 55 thirty-seven bushels. Tht entire number of 10 bushels made was seventy-four, or two to one 10 ofsowing. Another farmer sowed eleven and 10 one-half bushels of good wheat, used one-half 70 ton of guano upon it and made eleven and one? fourth bushels of poor wheat. This looks very 68 discouraging. It will not do to quit sowing, ~~ however. Next year, perhaps, excellent grain crops will be made all over the country. Let >n us sow again. Even when we fail to get much U. wheat or oats, we get a fine lot of forage from the straw. ^ Well, Tillman has come and gone and "nor; body has been hurt." We do not fear a split or division in the Democratic party. We cannot afford it. We all know what the conseTi quences would be. We have more to fear from _ tne lethargy and indifference of our white peo12 pie than from anything else. The present agiif. tation in the Democratic camp will do good, _ rather than harm, by tending to purify the political atmosphere. Secret forces have been at work among the negroes. Cunning emissary ries have been in their midst, and, under the guise of religion, and upon the pretense of iJV holding divine services, they-h&ve appealed to _ the ignorance, the passions and the prejudices of ^ their hearers. The work of these subtle hypo, crites is already apparent. Those who visited le Yorkville last Monday saw something well -?* calculated to arouse every Democrat to a full 8- sense of danger. Democrats of York county, . Democrats of South Carolina! Wake up and r. do your duty like men. Ignore internal dis,e sensions, lay aside personal preferences and _ vote to a man for the nominee of the party no x" matter what his name may be. Forget not the cruel oppression, and the bitter humiliation io. that characterized the dark days preceding '76. 63 The machinery of our schools has again been 79 set in motion. Miss Nannie Barnett com17 menced teaching at Beth-Shiloh yesterday. On 85 the same day Miss Nellie Hobbs opened school 94 at Chestnut Grove, three miles west of York66 villo, and Miss Fannie Dorsett took charge of 23 "Pine Bark" school in the vicinity of Clover. 37 Mr. Thos. Thomasson, a son of Rev. D. W.^ 85 Thomasson, is teaching at Gold Hill. Miss r 25 Annie Youngblood is teaching at Union. Othaft *.y 50 schools will open soon. 77 This section was visited by a splendid rain 65 last Saturday night. The rain was badly need75 ed and will do incalculable j2jood. We also had 30 a good rain on Sunday night following. A 35 short distance southwest of this place, how&1 at?at- fhara waa nn fain nn ailhar Sfttnrdav Or ? Sunday night. 90 Speaking of cropa generally, I heard one of the most prominent men in York county, ^ (Capt. R. H. Glenn) remark on last Monday, that he was 61 years old and had never seen ;8. such fine prospects for a cotton crop as can be seen to-day in York county. Good news! well calculated to fill us with hope and inspire us with pleasant anticipations for the future. On yesterday, as Mr. Jaines Gordon was returning from Yorkville, the wagon upon 16 which he was riding run over a rough place in the road and he was thrown violently to the in ground, sustaining painful, though it is hoped, not serious bruises. w. essghke. m NOTES FROM* HOODTOWN. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ie Hoodtown, July 7.?A good rain would be most acceptable to our farmers right now, as we IS have had very little during the past five weeks. It seems that we are in the "dry streak," as on t- all sides, and comparatively near, thjre have been copious rains quite recently. Corn on uplands will be cut short, while 8" that on the bottom lands is looking well. Early planted cotton is hurt to some extent 10 by the dry spell; but where it was late planted it is vigorous and in fine growing condition. is Tillman i9 all the talk now, and it seems 8t that "Ben" will be our next governor. * There will be a picnic and fishing party near " Sarratt's Mill, on Bullock's creek, next Sat8' urday. A pleasant time is anticipated. The patrons of the Hoodtown academy will l- meet to-morrow for the purpose of making arrangements to secure a teacher for the fail )Q term. rambler. 3f SOUTH' CAROLINA NEWS. . ? Louis R. Redmond, the once noted ? moonshiner, is in jail at Walhalla for seri1 ously stabbing a man in that town a few B nights ago. ts' ? The congressional convention which was called to meet at Belton, Anderson ,n county, last Saturday^to consider whethag er the nomination of congressman from the Third District, should be byconvend tion or primary, was postponed until the e 21st instant. The Abbeville delegates were instructed to vote for the primary n plan. r. ? Joseph Gay, foreman of the round house of the Charlotte, Columbia and Au,e gusta railroad at Columbia, was seized h with apoplexy on Main street last Saturday ia night. He dropped on the street car h track and was taken to a drug store, where, in half an hour he died without recoveri ing consciousness. yC 11 ? Gen. Johnston, superintendent of the 3t citadel academy, has resigned, and the regie ignation has been accepted by the board of e visitors. Among the gentlemen mene tioned for the place are Col. Asbury Cow2. ard, of Yorkville, Col. J. P. Thomas, of it Columbia, Adjutant-General Bonham and II ex-Governor Thompson. e ?Spartanburg Herald: John Boyden, d once the most prominent Republican negro d in this county, died last week in this city. He received a Federal appointment in Washington about a year ago; but returned e home recently very ill, and is dead. He >- was the first negro, we believe, who ever - sat in our city council. - ^ k ?A Union dispatch to the Greenville Ort?o . CnTTOfO 1 Mom VrA?lr i^cwJJ oojo * kjc*vitvi 1.1 vtt xuia \;apnaiiovo e have combined with South Carolina capid talists and will build a million dollar cott ton factory at Lockhart's Shoals, in Union o county. Work will be commenced in a few weeks. This is one of the finest water e powers in the State. It is thought that a s railroad will be built from Union, C. H., r to the site of the factory, a distance of e thirteen miles. !> ?A Charleston dispatch of Saturday to ? the Columbia Register says: Ellery M. d Brayton was in the city to-day working e his henchmen for the seventh congressional district. He denies having any intention of running for governor. He says l" the Republicans are watching closely the progress of the Tillman fight in the State, l" and would be sure and make the most of the friction between the Democrats, jj The party, he thought, would place a a ticket in the field if Tillman was noml- 1 0 nated for governor. 0 ?Columbia Register: In an altercation " at Caughman's, Edgefield county, between Mr. J. D. Charles and Major Barr, colored, on Thursday morning, the latter Q was fatally shot. The trouble occurred on e Charles's place and originated by Charles e whipping Barr's son, both of whom work for Charles. Barr threatened Charles with a pitchfork when Charles shot him once or >f twice, one ball going through the heart, e As Barr turned to run, Charles shot again, hittin^Barr in the back just as he fell.