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Jtoaps and ^atts.
? One George Thompson, of Iowa, who
supposed that New Hampshire was a part
of the United States, went out hunting
while on a visit to a relative in that State,
Sot lost in the woods and on the night of
une ?0 froze his cars and toes.
? The Dutch General van Merlen, in
Harlem, invited his surviving comrades
on the field of Waterloo to celebrate with
him the seventy-fifth anniversary of the
battle. Seven veterans responded. Their
ages were respectively 97, 95, 94, 93, 92, 92
and 91 years. All save one are in the
most straitened circumstances.
? Gen. Clinton B. Fisk died at his residence
in New York on the 10th instant, in
the 63d year of his age. He was prominently
identified with the temperance movement,
and was the prohibition candidate
for the governorship of New Jersey in
1886, ana in 1888 was the candidate of
that party for president. He was presid?nt
of tho hoard of Indian commission
ers since 1874.
? Mrs. Gould, the handsome and wealthy,
but somewhat eccentric English woman,
formerly of Atlanta, who stabbed her husband
to death with a lady's ornamental
dagger at Murphy, N. C., last week, has
been acquitted by a coroner's jury. The
evidence shows that when she struck
her husband, who was drunk, he was in
the act of striking her over the head
with a heavy riding whip.
? A Raleigh, N. C., dispatch says: The
Republicans here are indulging in some
strong talk against the Federal election
law, now before congress. It is understood
that A. W. Shaffer, Raleigh's postmaster,
has denounced it as a pusillanimous and
cowardly measure. There is a sentiment
crystalizing to the effect that any Republican
who signs the petition to put the law
111 operation in this section, must be utterly
ignored.
?An official report to Secretary of the
Interior Noble, says that recently there
was a severe shock of earthquake, followed
by a terrible roar, and it was
found that the geyser, called New Crater,
at Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming, had
an eruption. It is throwing up a column
of steam, stones and water about two hundred
feet in circumference, and to the
height of about 126 feet, and shaking the
whole basin around that vicinity.
? The Louisville Courier-Journal prints
a table compiled from official statistics
which show that while 3,000,000 Democratic
voters in fourteen Northern States elect
only forty-seven congressmen, 3,300,00C
Republican voters in the same States elect
one hundred and twenty-six congressmen.
In other words, the Republicans require
only 25,000 votes to elect a member of congress,
while the Democrats, in order to
elect a member, must have 63,000 votes.
? So far as is knowu, there are now no
m jre legal obstructions in Kemmler's path
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corpus has been dismissed and Kemmler
has been remanded to the warden of the
prison in which he is to be electrocuted, in
order that the sentence of the court may
be carried out. The big electric light
company that has fought the case so stub*
bornly may find something else to delay
the execution, but it is probable that nc
further efforts to postpone the inevitable
will be made.
? There was a large meeting of the Farmers'alliance,
of Prince William county,
Va., at Manassas, Friday last. The Democratic
members of the alliance held a
meeting and endorsed for State senator, E.
E. Meredith, of that county, against Gen.
W. H. F. Lee, present member, who is a
candidate for renomination. The farmers
are being advised by their leaders to go
into the primaries.and conventions and
vote their full strength for the man that is
most favored by them.
? Isn't it about time to own up that the
late Confederacy did the most magnificent
fighting in history? The New York
Tribune estimates that there will be 750,000
names on the pension list when the
new laws shall have gone into effect.
Counting these 750,000 crippled and disabled
relics of the war in connection with
the hundreds of thousands of killed, it is
impossible to escape the conclusion that
the Confederates did some very dreadful
fighting.
?The Arkansas Republican State convention
met at Little Rock on the 9th instant
and declined to place a Republican
ticket in the field, and formally endorsed
the Union-Labor ticket, headed by Rev.
Jf. B. Fizer for governor. The platform
adopted is a complete endorsement of the
administration in power and the majority
in congress, a reaffirmation of party
principles. It charges the Democratic
party with the murder of John M. Clayton,
whose portrait was exhibited iu the
hall, and declares the Democratic party a
party of assassins.
? There are 73,000 members of the Kansas
Farmers' alliance, and from an investigation
conducted by the officers of the organization,
it is made to appear that only
7,500 members have farms unencumbered,
and the majority of these are carrying
mortgages on chattels. Against these 7,500
owners of unencumbered farms, are 21,700
men who rent farms, many of which were
formerly .owned by them, but have been
lost through foreclosure. The remaining
44,000 hold farms subject to mortgage
claims aggregating $146,563,134, and the
astonishing assertion is made that a majority
of them have defaulted on their
interest, and may be sold out at any time
under foreclosure suits.
? Ex-Representative Farwell, of Iowa,
has written a letter declining to be a candidate
for the Republican nomination for
governor. He says the McKinley tariff
bin as it leic toe nouse contains provisions
that he would not support or defend for a
nomination to any office. "To add," says
Mr. Far well, "to the hi^h duties levied
during the war, an additional per cent, in
thesetimesof close competition and low
wages, is only giving the manufacturers
opportunities to oppress the people by
forming monopolies and trusts." John
Thomas Waternouse, of Cedar Rapids, in
the same congressional district, a large
property owner and a Republican, says:
"The McKinley tariff bill will kill the Republican
party here."
? The anticipations that have been for
some time entertained that the Transcaspian
railway would place large quantities
of Central Asian cotton upon the Russian
market, are being rapidly realized. The
export of cotton from Turkestan has increased
twenty-five fold in five years.
Last year the importation of Asiatic products
into Russia by the railway was increased
127 per cent, over those of 1888,
cotton being amongst the products which
most largely contributed to the increase.
The returns of January in the present year,
however, show the most striking increase
in movement of cotton. In that month
alone over 9,000,000 pounds of Central
Asiatic cotton were imported into Russia,
the greater part of it coming from Bokhara,
and it was stated that the Russian factories
will probably receive nearly 00,000
tons more in the course of the year.
? Director Leach of the Mint thus writes
to the Philadelphia North American:
"The amount of pure silver in the standard
silver dollar has not been changed
since we first began coining. The quantity
of pure gold to the dollar, as fixed by
the act of 1792, was 24.75 grains, the ratio
in coinage being 15 to 1. By the act of
June 28, 1834, the pure gold was reduced
from 24.75 to 23.20 grains to the dollar, the
ratio between gold and silver in coinage
being 1 to 16.002. By the act of January
18,1837, the fineness of the gold coins was
increased about three-fourths of one-thousandth
by changing from the standard of
.899225 to .900, which increased the pure
gold in a dollar from 23.20 to 23.22 grains, at
which it has remained up to the present
time. The ratio between the two metals
in coinage was fixed by this act at 1 to
15.988, at which it still remains."
? Ex-State Treasurer Archer, of Maryland,
entered the court in Baltimore on
Wednesday and pleaded guilty to the
charge of embezzling the funds of the
State. He was sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary. This was an unexpected
ending of the case, as a lengthy trial
had been anticipated. Archer made a
statement in which he said: "No part
of the State's money or securities was ever
used by me in gambling, stock speculation
or for political purposes, nor have I
at this time one dollar of it left. I therefore
submit myself to the good judgment
and mercy of the court." Immediately
after the sentence Archer was driven to
the penitentiary. The director of the
penitentiary says that Archer is not only a
very sick man, but that his mind is becoming
affected and that he will be insane
or perhaps dead inside of three
months.
? Chicago's experience with its late hot
spell?not yet entirely over?was about as
bad as any American city has ever encountered.
we have had sunstroke epidemics
in this country before, New York and St.
Louis suffering badly from them, but never
quite as bad as "the Lake City." The
' actual number of prostrations by the heat
Ik.
during the past week is placed at 1,200,
with about 120 deaths directly due to sunstroke.
The mortality on Monday, June
30, ran up to 184, and for the week will be
800 or over, or at the rate of 40 per 1,000,
which is more than twice the average
mortality of the city and almost as bad as
an epidemic. This, however, represents
only the fatal cases; a prominent physician
of Chicago gave the number of persons
suffering from the heat, that is actually
sick from it, as 20,000 at one time. All
outdoor work was suspended, in many establishments
a large number of employes
failed to report for work, and even horses
and dogs died in great numbers. In two
hours in one day forty-one horses were reported
as lying dead in the streets.
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i YORKVILLE, S. C. :
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1890.
, THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
The South Carolina weather service, in
i co-operation with the United States signal
service, furnishes the following for
, the week ending Saturday, July 12 :
I The rainfall has been about the average
; for the week, as has also been the teraper.
ature, while there has been an excess of
sunshine. The rainfall has Ueen fairly
. distributed, and, as a rule, has affected all
crops very favorably. Corn that Was
, planted .in March is very promising and
is so well advanced that even a protracted
drought, would not now damage it very
, seriously. Young corn and vegetables, in
a few localities, are needing rain. The sea[
son thus far has been almost an ideal one
, for the cotton plant, and a majority of cor,
respondents report that crop as promis,
ing in the extreme.
J In the State monthly crop report for
June, the estimates given below are based
upon reports received from 2^7 special
correspondents of the department of agriculture
in every part of the State.
' Eighty correspondents report the weather
J favorable ana twenty-five unfavorable.
. The condition of the cotton crop reported
' at 103, one month ago, is still very high.
. The warm, dry weather that has prevailed
over the greater part of the State has been
| most favorable for the growth of the plant
1 and the destruction of grass. The crop has
been well-worked and is exceptionally
' clean. At this date the condition in upper
Carolina is 101, middle Carolina 101,
| lower Carolina 100. Average for the
State 101, against 88 at the same date in
1 1889.
The outlook for the corn crop is not so
good as on June 1st, as the early planting
' has suffered for rain in some sections.
' The condition in upper Carolina is reported
at 95, middle Carolina 89, lower Caro'
lina 90. Average for the State 91, against
1 97 for the same time last year.
The small grain crop was harvested in
fine condition. Wheat was seriously injured
by rust. The yield is estimated at
six bushels per acre. The product is estimated
at 40 per cent, less than last year.
Thirty-six correspondents report the quality
as good as last year, and eighty-three
correspondents as better than last year.
1 The yieid of oats is estimated at eleven
1 bushels per acre. The yield of fall and
spring sown was about the same. The
1 total product is estimated at 22 per cent.
less than last year. The quality is ra1
ported as better by three correspondents,
as good by 130, and inferior to last year by
sixty-four correspondents.
THE COTTON CROP IN GENERAL.
The statistical report of the department
of agriculture at Washington for July
shows an improvement of the status of
cotton, the average of condition having
advanced from 88.8 to 91.4 since previous
returns. There was generally excess of
moisture until June 10, with fine weather
since, giving opportunity for the destruction
of grass and for thorough cultivation.
On the Atlantic coast the crop is generally
well advanced, while it is late in the
Southwest, where planting was delayed
by overflows and heavy rains. That
which was planted early began to bloom
from the 15th to the 25th, and in the
Southwest some bolls are reported as early
as the 20th. While the plant is in various
stages of advancement from the wide
range of seeding, it is now almost invaribly
in full vigor of growth, of good color
and high promise and very free from rust,
free from worms, except weak invasions of
the first broods in the more Southern belt.
The present average of July conditions
has heen exceeded oulv once in the last
five years, and is stated as follows by
States: Virginia 92, North Carolina 95,
South Carolina 95, Georgia 95, Florida 91,
Alabama 95, Mississippi 89, Louisiana 8G,
Texas 89, Arkansas 89, Tennessee 94.
Nearly throughout the cotton area two
or three weeks of dry weather is reported,
but scarcely any injury from drought.
Since the first of July heavy rain has been
reported on the Atlantic coast.
The weekly report of *he national agricultural
department, issued at Washington
last Saturday, says:
Generally throughout the South Atlantic
and Gulf States reports indicate that
, the weather has been favorable to cotton,
although the corn crop throughout this
section is generally in need of rain. Texas
reports cotton generally doing well. Picking
has commenced. Louisiana reports the
weather very favorable for cotton, with a
prospect of the best crop in twenty years.
Cane, rice and corn are also reported in a
good condition. Some injury has resulted
to crops in the West and central North
Carolina, owing to the drought, but so far
the injury has not extended to the cotton
, crop.
STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
The State board of equalization met in
the hall of the house of representatives on
Tuesday of last week. Twenty-three counties
were represented by the chairmen of
the respective county boards. York was
I represented by Mr. Geo. L. Riddle. From
The Columbia Register we make the following
summary of the proceedings :
The meeting was called to order by the
comptroller-general, who laid before the
board the cetificates of the various members.
After the members were duly sworn
in by the comptroller-general, Dr. Paul
Pritchard, of Beaufort, was called to the
chair, and Mr. Winthrop Williams was
appointed clerk.
After effecting an organization, a short
recess was taken, and sessions were held
in the afternoon and at night. The night
session adjourned to meet on Thursday
morning.
At the meeting on Wednesday, after
hearing read the reports of the various
committees appointed the day before, the
board proceeded to fix the valuation of
real estate in the various counties.
The value returned by the CQunty auditor
in his abstract to the comptroller-general
was allowed to stand as reported in a
number of the counties, including York.
In the county of Chesterfield, 10 per cent,
was added to the value of the acreage, in
Marlboro 15 per cent, was added, in Horry
10 per cent., in Kershaw 10 per cent., and
, in Fairfield 8 per cent.
In Chester the value of the property outside
of cities and towns was reduced 41
per cent.
On motion, the comptroller-general was
invited to address the board on the subject
of bank taxation. Mr. Jefferies, of Union,
was appointed a committee of one to wait
upon General Verner and convey the
board's invitation.
General Verner appeared before the
board and made an address of some length
on the subject referred to. At its conclusion
the following preamble and resolution
was adopted by the board :
Whereas, it has come to the attention of this
board that the equalization of the property of
banks and banking institutions, manufacturing
companies and other companies, with
many species of personal property in the different
counties of the State, are manifestly unjust,
and there is now no law by which this
inequality can be remedied :
Resolved, That a committee of eight, one
from each judicial circuit, bo elected from
the members of this board to memorialize
the general assembly on this important subject,
and to advocate before that body the passago
of an act to remedy this defect in the law.
In compliance with the resolution, the
committee therein provided for was appointed.
The appointee for the sixth circuit
is G. H. McMaster, of Fairfield.
The Truth Tersely Told.?This is
no time either to divide our people with
foolish questions, or to send fresh and inexperienced
men to congress. The South
now, more than ever, needs her trained
men to represent her.?[Augusta Chronicle.
PROGRESS OF THE STATE CAMPAIGN.
During the last week the State canvassers
were at Camden on Tuesday, at Sumter
on Wednesday, at Florence on Thursday,
and at Chesterfield on Friday.
The discussions were of the same general
character as those preceding, which
have been fully reported, and with which
all newspaper readers are by this time
familiar. At Camden and Sumter the
meetings were of a disorderly character
and some confusion and noisy demonstrations
occurred at Florence. At Chesterfield
the meeting was quiet and orderly.
The only break in the monotony of the
discussion was at Florence. At that place
Tillman inaugurated an entirely new
role. He did not speak on the issues of
the campaign at all. Bratton spoke first
and was followed by Tillman. Tillman
said he thought the debates should be
discontinued. He said they did no good,
as everybody had decided whom to vote
for. He asked all who were for Bratton
to hold up their hands and quite a number
of hands were raised. He then made
the same proposition as to Earle. A large
number of hands were raised. Then?
"All for Tillman raise their hands."
About half responded amid a deafening
cheer. He then said he would turn them
over to Gen. Earle and sat down. He had
some misunderstanding with the chairman
of the meeting as to the order of the
speeches. He objected to preceding Earle.
The chairman refused to alter the programme
to suit him. Earle's speech wa9
aggressive.
Of the phase the canvass seems now to
be assuming, Mr. L. H. Patillo, staff correspondent
of The Augusta Chronicle, and
who has attended nearly all the meetings
in this State, writes as follows:
"The political situation in South Carolina is
indeed a critical one. C'apt. Tillman is regarded
as a tire-brand of the most incendiary nature,
and there is a deep, uncompromising
hatred against him. Serious results would
follow anything like a riot at the campaign
| meetings now in progress. If one pistol shot
should he fired, orany reckless act perpetrated
which would precipitate bloodshed, he would
be one of the first men killed.
"It is said that Tillman realizes the danger
of his position and that it was a consideration
of this fact that prompted him not to speak
at Florence.
"Gentlemen who are commenting on the circumstance,
declare that he inaugurated it as a
programme by which to get out of speaking
at Orangeburg and Charleston. Orangeburg is
the home of Judge Izlar, whom Tillman has
frequently charged with perjury.
"The friends of Judge Izlar are very bitter
against Tillman for the insult, and it is understood
that they will force him to make an unqualified
retraction when he reaches Orangeburg,
or face consequences too serious for publication."
THE TILLMAN*CONFERENCE.
The conference of Tillman adherents in
Columbia on Monday of last week was attended
by twenty delegates from various
garts of the State. By a delay of his train
apt. Tillman was prevented from being
present, as he had anticipated. Capt.
Shell presided over the deliberations,
which were secret. From The Columbia
Register's report of the proceedings, as
best it could obtain them, the following
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deliberations:
After a careful estimate it was concluded
that of the 320 members of the State convention,
Tillman can now securely depend
upon having 160, lacking only one of the
number necessary for a choice. The counties
regarded as doubtful are Charleston,
Fairfield, Georgetown, Horry and Richland,
with delegations aggregating 60.
The matter of appointing committees in
every county to seek to secure control of
the August convention was disscused, and
also the selection of the committees to
take charge of that convention.
Something about this arrangement did
not suit a delegate who said Anderson was
not ready yet, and work must be done
there first.
It appeared to be the sense of those
present that the August convention should
not be allowed to provide a State primary,
on the ground that the injection of the
primary question at this stage of the campaign
would be dangerous, or at least that
as it was believed that Tillman and his
ticket could be nominated by the convention
plan it was not now necessary.
The matters of having a reapportionment
of the representation of the various
counties at the September convention
made at the August convention, and of
having a new State executive committee
elected at the last named convention, are
also understood to have been discussed.
The idea of making nominations at the
August convention did not seem to be
favored, but it was declared indispensable
that the Tillman forces should control
both the August and September conventions.
It was the sense of those present that
the same delegates be elected to both conventions
as far as practicable.
Not a doubt was expressed but that the
victory was as good as won, and the tone
of the conference was more than hopeful,
rather jubilant, in fact.
The conference adjourned a half hour
after midnight.
THE ANTI-T1LLMAN CONFERENCE.
The anti-Tillraan conference appointed
to meet in Columbia on last Thursday, was
attended by a large representation, every
county in the State except Pickens being
represented. York was represented by
George L. Riddle, Robert vVitherspoon,
Iredell Jones, J. F. Hart, Jr., A. E. Hutchison
and John R. London.
On Thursday night, organization was
effected by electing Chancellor W. D.
Johnson, of Marion, chairman, and Major
L. A. Ransom and W. II. Gibbes, Jr., secretaries.
Several speeches were made in opposition
to the Tillman movement, notably
by Judge A. C. Haskell, Chairman Johnson,
Joseph W. Barnwell, of Charleston,
and ex-Governor Sheppard, of Edgefield.
A committee, consisting of one from
each county, was appointed to draft resolutions.
Iredell Jones was appointed from
York.
At 10.25 p. m., the conference adjourned
until Friday morning.
The conference met at 9.30 on Friday
morning. It was decided to hold the session
with closed doors. Those not delegates,
on the floor and in the gallery, then
withdrew, and the reporters, some of whom
remained as delegates, did so on the understanding
that nothing was to be reported
except what was allowed to be by
the conference.
From The Columbia Register we copy
the following proceedings of Friday:
The body remained in session until 2 o'clock,
at which time it adjourned sine die. Before
adjournment, a resolution was offered by Mr.
W. M. Jones, of Spartanburg, providing that
only the results of the meeting be published as
given out by the secretaries, was adopted.
Ex-Governor Hagood, for the committee on
resolutions, of which ex-Governor Sheppard
was the chairman, reported the following preamble
and resolutions, which were adopted :
A DEMAND KOU A STATE PRIMARY,
Whereas, on the 27th day of March, ult., a
convention assembled in the city of Columbia,
under thecall issued by G. W. Shell and others,
assuming to represent the Farmers' association
of South Carolina, and suggested to the people
candidates for governor and lieutenant-governor;
and whereas, the leaders of the movement
thus inaugurated, havoassailed the integrity of
the Democratic party of South Carolina in its
administration of the affairs of the government
of the State, and have charged its chosen and
trusted officials with extravagance, imbecility,
debauchery and perjury ; and whereas, it is believed
and is confidently assorted that the affairs
of the State since 187<? have been administered
with ability, with justice, with unimpeachable
integrity, in strict compliance with the demands
of the platforms of the Democratic party,
and in faithful obedience to the requirements
of the constitution and laws of the State;
and whereas, in the prosecution of the issues
thus presented, without precedent and without
justification, prejudices have been excited and
strifes have been engendered which jeopardize
the unity and solidity of tho Democratic party,
and which imperil tho maintenance of white
supremacy in South Carolina; and whereas, it
is the duty of all good citizens, members of the
same political household, who are willing to
subordinate self-interest to tho public weal,
who are willing to sacrifice personal aspirations
to the general welfare, having one country and
a common destiny, to heal the breach now existing
and rostore harmony in the Democratic
party; and, whereas, to this end it is important
that tho individual judgment of every Democratic
voter in Soutli Carolina should bo separately
expressed ; and, whereas, the people demand
that hereafter nominations for State officers
should be mftde by primary election:
Therefore, bo it
Resolved first, That the delegates to the nominating
convention called by tho Democratic
executive cominitteo to convene on the Kith
day of September proximo, should bo chosen
by a primary election.
Second, That a committe be appointed by the
conference to prepare and propose for adoption
by the convention called by the Democratic
executive committee for tho 13th of August
proximo, an amendment to the constitution of
the Democratic party of South Carolina, providing
for a primary election, which shall contain
tho most stringent rules and regulations
for the conduct of such primary election so as
to insure the most perfect fairness in the management,
and tho most truthful counting and
returning of the results thereof.
A CO-OP KR ATI VK COMMITTKK.
The following resolution roported by tho
committee was adopted:
Resolyod, That a committee composed of two
members at largo and 0110 from each congress
ioual district of the State, bo appointod for the
purpose of advising and co-operating with
those Democrats in the several countios of this
State who are in favor of sustaining the integrity
of tho straightout Democratic party, and I
sustaining and following the constitution of the J
regular Democratic party, and of proposing ^
such measures within tho lines of the regular
Democratic organization as in their judgment *'
may conduce to the consolidation and extension
of a sentiment in favor of sustaining the ^
principles and rules of the straightout regular ^
Democracy of the State, and that Democrats ^
who are in s}rmpathy with the objects of this
conference are hereby requested, as far as pos- ^
sible, to conform to tho suggestions of said
committee. '
THE COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE. ,
The following were elected as the oxecutive
commitee, comprising two members from tho j
Stiite at large and one member from each congressional
district:
At largo?Gen. J. D. Kennedy, of Camden,
chairman ; Iredoll Jones, of York. .
First district?Cen. Edward McCrady, Jr. ;
Second?L. W. Youmans, of Darnwell. f
Third?J. S. Fowler, of Anderson. ]
Fourth?T. W. Woodward, of Fairlield.
Fifth?W. K. Davie, of Chester.
Sixth?W. D. Johnson, of Marion.
Seventh?Walter Hazard, or ueorgotown. ,
AN ADDRKSS TO 1JE PREPARED. |
Mr. Walter Hazard offered the following res- f
ohition: !
Resolved, That the central conunitteo elected >
by this conference is hereby authorized and !
instructed to prepare and issue an address to '
the Democratic party of South Carolina, setting 1
forth the dangers which now confront that
party and impressing upon all Democrats within
the State the importance of vigorous and
concerted action to avert these dangers and of ]
preserving intact the political organization ]
which is the only guarantee of white suprem- i
acy therein.
TO MEET AGAIN IK NEED HE.
Col. T. Stobo Farrow introduced the follow- .
ing resolution, which was adopted amid ap- ]
plause: ^
Resolved, That when this conference ad- <
journs that it adjourn to meet subject to the ]
call ot the president, and in the event that the
August convention refuses to make provision
for the election of delegates to the September,
convention by primary election, that the pres- ,
identcall a meeting of this conference to be '
held before the September convention, for the ;
purpose of consulting together as to what course J
shall be pursued to preserve the existence of i
the regular Democratic party of South Carolina. (
The following resolution "was offered by Mr. 1
E. J. Brennen and unanimous^ adopted : \
Resolved, That this conference heartily en- |
dorses the fight for pure Democracy now being conducted
by Gen. John Rratton and Gen.
Joseph H. Earle.
The advisory committee appointed by the
conference held a meeting at the Grand Central
hotel at 4 o'clock Friday evening and remained I
in session several hours. On adjournment it ;
was decided that the committee should meet
again in Columbia on Wednesday, the Jfith (
instant.
THE SILVER BILL PASSED. ,
In the house of representatives last Sat- i
urday, after a lengthy debate, the confer?
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ence report on me suver 0111 was miopieu |
and the bill passed, similar action having ;
been previously taken by the senate. The (
bill was passed in the house by a strict ^
party vote?yeas, 122; nays. 90. Of th?'
South Carolina members, Cothran, Dihble,
Elliott, Hemphill and Tillman^'voted '
against it. Dargan and Perry wer^paired
and did not vote. The following is the
bill as it has passed both houses: i
That the secretary of the treasury is hereby '
directed to purchase from time to time silver
bullion to the aggregate amount of four
and a half million ounces, or so much thereof
as may be olfered in each month at the mar- !
ket prices thereof, not exceeding 81.00 for 371
25-100 grains of pure silver, and to issue in
payment of such purchases silver bullion 1
treasury notes of the United States, to be pre- I
pared by tho secretary of tho treasury in such j
form and of such denomination, not less than
81 or more than 81,000, as he may decide, (
and a sum sufficient to carry into effect tho ,
provisions of this act is hereby appropriated ,
out of any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated.
Sec. 2. That the treasury notes issued iu ac- 1
cordance with the provisions of this act shall
be redeemable on demand in coin at the treasury
of the United States or at any office of auy
assistant treasurer of the United States, and
when so redeemed may be re-issued, but no j
greater or less amount of such notes shall (
be outstanding at any time than the cash j
of silver bullion and standard silver dollars
coined therefrom then held in the treasury
purchased by such notes, and such treas
ury notes shall be legal tender in payment of :
all debts, public and private, except where I
otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract, j
and shall be receivable for customs, taxes ana I
public dues, and when so received may be
re-issued, and such notes when held by any i
national banking association may be counted j
as part of its lawful reserve. That upon tho !
demand of the holder of any of the treasury ]
notes herein provided for, the secretary of the i
treasury shall, under such regulations as he ;
may prescribe, redeem .such notes in gold or j
silver coin at his discretion, it being the estab? 1
lished policy of tho United States to maintain ]
the two metals on a parity with each other at !
the present legal rates, or such rates as may be i
provided by law. ]
Sec. 3. That the secretary of tho treasury
shall each month coin 2,000,000 ounces of silver ,
bullion, purchased under the provisions of ,
this act, into standard silver do..ars, until the 1
first day of July, 1801, and alter that time he '
shall coin of thesilver bullion purchased under
the provisions of this act as much as may be
necessary to provide for the redemption of the
treasury notes heroin provided for, and any
gain or seignorage arising from sucli coinage
shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury.
1
Skc.4 That the silver bullion purchased under
the provisions of this act shall bo subject to the
requirements of the existing law and the regulations
of the mint service governing the methods
of determining the amount of pure silver
contained, and the amount of charges on (reductions,
if any to be made.
Si:c. 5. That so much ol tho act of February
28, 1878, entitled "An act to authorize the coinage
of the standard silver dollar and to restore
its legal tender character," as requires tho
monthly purchase and coinage of the same
into silver dollars of not less than two million,
nor more than four million dollars' worth of
silver bullion, is hereby repealed.
Sec. f>. That upon the passage of this act the
balances standing with the treasurer of the
United States to theeirculating notes of national
banks for deposits made to redeem the circulating
notes of such banks, and all deposits (
thereafter received for like purpose, shall be
covered into the treasury as miscellaneous
receipts, and the treasurer of the United States
shall redeem from the general cash in the 1
treasury the circulating notes of said banks i
which friay come into his possession subject to
redemption, and upon the certificate of tho <
comptroller of currency that such notes have
been received by him, and that they have been
destroyed and that no new notes will be issued
in their places. Reimbursement of their |
amount shall be made Jo tho treasurer, under
such regulations as the secretary of the treasury
may prescribe from an appropriation lierobv
created to be known as tho "national bank ,
note" redemption account, but the provisions
of this act shall not apply to deposits received 1
under section 3 of the act of June 20, 1874, re- .
quiring every national bank to keep in lawful 1
money with tho treasurer of the United States <
a sum equal to 5 per cont. of its circulation, to |
bo held and used for the redemption of its ,
circulating notes; and the balance remaining j
of the deposits so covered shall at tho close of '
each month, be reported in the monthly public
debt statement as dent of the United States j
bearing no interest.
Sec. 7. That this act shall take effect thirty
days from and after its passage.
The president approved the bill irame- 1
diately upon its receipt at the White i
House, last Monday afternoon. 1
The Catawha Indians.?There was a ;
genuine Indian in town yesterday. Ilis
name is Ben Harris, and he is 19 years old. J
Mo ia n ?nn of tho late John Harris, a former
chief of the Catawba tribe, which lives on '
a reservation of 800 acres near Rock Hill. <
There are at present 70 in the tribe. They |
have no chief, but are under management
of a white man, A. E. Smith, who is agent ]
for the tribe. The goverment allows them 1
8800 a year and pays theirdoctor's bills and
funeral expenses. Ben, who was here <
yesterday, in conversation with 'Squire
Maxwell, said they wanted educational
advantages which at present they have
not. He could neither read nor write. 1
The tribe, he says, adhere to their original
dialect. They had an offer to go West and
settle, but they preferred to remain where 1
they are.
Ben was dressed in regular cow-boy style, '
a large sombrero, gray pants, with fringe
down the sides, beads around his neck, and '
his hair long and flowing. He had been
traveling with a patent medicine compa- J
ny, and left them at Spantanburg to return 1
home.?[Charlotte Chronicle, 10th instant.
The County Commissioners.?The j
following is the text of the joint resolution
to amend Article IV of the constitution by ,
repealing Section 10, which provides for .
a board of county commisssioners: 1
"That Section 19, of Article IV of the
constitution, relating to the judicial de- '
partment, which provides for the election j
of a board of county commissioners and
prescribes the jurisdiction thereof, be re- J
pealed." .
If the proposed amendment receives a
majority of the votes cast at the next election,
it will become a law. The repeal of !
Section 19, however, will not in itself ef- J
feet the abolition of the office of county '
commissioners. It will simply leave the 1
I l.o rwlo /if fho 1 PfT i a t II TP
I illtmn in liiu iiaiiua ui vnv
which may pass a law limiting the number
of county commissioners to one or extending
it to six, or, what is more probable,
providing an entirely new method of
managing the affairs of the several counties
of the State.
If you wish to preservo your county
governments, the safest wa^ will be to
vote against the proposed amendment.
LOCAL AFFAIRS. t
t
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ?
jouis Roth?"Word Eating." ?
fames F. Hart, Chairman?County Convention. ?
Villain Whyte?Candidate for the House of
Representatives. j
folm May, Jr. Co.?Our Special Sales dn- r
ring the next two weeks.
V. C. Latimer.?Passing on, Men !
day A May, Druggists?Bod-Rug Lotion,
drs. L. M.* Bonner, Principal, Duo West, S.
Due West Female College. [
dilusS. Carroll?Candidate for County Com- j
missioner. I
V. M. Grier, Principal, Due West, S. C.?Erskine
College,
d. it II. C. Strauss?Stock Taken. Prices Reduced.
drs. T. M. Dobson?Dobson's Racket.
LADIES' AID SOCIETY 1
rPUrt T n/ltno) At/1 onoi'ofv r\f f hp Prpfthv
jl nu uauico xuu w. ?..w ? ??^
eric.n church will dispense ice cream on
he church green from 5 to R p. mM on
Friday next.
FOR SELLING WHISKY.
Adolphus Rice, colored, of this place,
vas arrested last week and had a hearing
aefore United States Commissioner Pride,
it Rock Hill, on Thursday, charged with
etailing liquor without a United States
icense. Pie was bound over for trial at
;he August term of the U. S. District court
it Greenville. j
OF LAST YEAR S CROP.^X!,
J. Leander Parish, J. E. Getty vRobert 1
Black and A. E. Gettys, have sold to J. H.
Riddle within the past few days about 50 '
sales of cotton, which is now being de- j
ivered. This cotton is of last year's crop J
ind was carried over up to this date by .
;he gentlemen selling it. Mr. Parish had <
;he largest lot?25 bales. The prices paid i
m these purchases averaged a little over j
11} cents. 1
CARRIERPIGEONS. ^
Mr. E. L. Starr, of Philadelphia, shipped
to II. H. Beard, express agent here, ]
six .carrier pigeons to be liberated on last 1
Monday morning. On account of unfavor- '
able weather, however, they were retain- J
?d until yesterday morning, when, at 5.40 1
they were turned loose for their homeward
light. There are wagers in Philadelphia 1
that they will make the distance from
Yorkville to that city in twelve hours.
STANDARD INSTITUTIONS. 1
Attention is directed to the advertisement
of Due West Female college, and of
Frskine college, both located at Due i
West. S. C. Mrs. L. M. Bonner is prin- 1
;ipal of Due West Female college, and '
under her management the institution i
well maintains the high reputation it has
always deserved. Erskine college enters i
upon its fifty-second year with Rev. W. '
M. Grier, president, and five professors and i
a tutor, and offers superior advantages
for obtaining an education at moderate,.!
? - THE GRADED SCHOOLS.
On Thursdav last, as required by act of
the legislature, the trustees of the York- ;
ville graded schools made their annual i
public report of the conduct of the schools
and the disposition of the school funds to
the close of the last session. The meeting
was organized by electing Col. W. H.
McCorkle chairman, and requesting A. W. i
Ingold to act as secretary. The report,
which was published in The Enquirer
last week, was read by Jos. F. Wallace,
chairman of the board of trustees, and on (
motion it was received as information,
and the meeting adjourned. Commencing
at 12 m., an election was held on the
question of voting a two-mill tax in aid of
the schools for the ensuing year. But
little interest was manifested by the taxpayers,
only 37 votes being cast; 28 for the
tax and 3 against it.
HIS 78TH BIRTHDAY.
OirWedpesday last, the 9th instant,
Mr. It. C. Kerr, of New Orleans, cele- (
brated the completion of the seventyseventh
year of his age, noting which The
Times-Democrat of that city says: (
Mr. R. C. Kerr, secretary of the supervising
department of the Cotton Exchange,
reached the ripe old age yesterday, July
)tb, of seventy-seven years. Notwithstanding
his many years, Mr. Kerr is as active '
to-day as most men twenty years younger.
Pie has been with the Cotton Exchange ever
3ince its inception in 1871. and numbers among
his tirm and fast friends the entire membership
of that institution. Mr. Kerr was born in
North Carolina, and served his apprenticeship
is a printer in the Tar Heel State fifty eight
years ago, and before the war, when many
people who are now gray haired men anil
women were children, he was city librarian;
in fact there are few of the old time public
school pupils who do not roeollect with pleasure
the ola librarian who was always uniformly
clever and courteous.
We join with Mr. Kerr's numerous
friends in the Crescent city in wishing
him many happy and pleasant returns of
the day.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Ilev.
J. C. Galloway, pastor. Services next Sunlay
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
:)'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 8.30
D'clock. Services at Union next Sunday,
it 11 o'clock a. m. "Future Punishment"
will be the subject of Mr. Patrick's discourse
in Yorkville next Sunday evening
it 8.30 o'clock. Sunday-school at 9.30
j'clock a. m.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G.
H. Waddell, pastor. Prayer-meeting this
3vening at 8.30 o'clock. Services next
Sunday at 10.30 o'clock a. m. and 8.30
a'clock p. m. Sunday-school at 4.30 o'clock
p. m. j
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.
Services will be conducted by Rev. A. J.
Witherspoon, chaplain of the Seamen's '
Bethel, of New Orleans. Sunday-school
at o o'clock p. m. J
/NDEATH OF S. H. WILLIAMS. j
MrNsarauel Henry Williams died of
cholera morbus at his residence in this \
place on Friday afternoon last, aged o7
years and 4 months. Mr. Williams was a
native of Pennsylvania, but came to South
Carolina when young, and his life from :
boyhood was spent in Yorkville or York
county. He was a coach and buggy maker
by trade, and a skillful workman. He was
a devoted husband and a kind parent. A <
communicant in the Presbytenan church
he walked in the paths of the righteous. !
Devoted to reading the scriptures, the
Bible was his constant companion in his ,
hours of leisure, and as if foretelling his i
approaching dissolution, though then in
his usual health, on the the loth of last 1
month, he placed a memorandum in his '
Bible requesting that the hymns, "Come '
let us join our friends above," and "Now
by the mercies of my God," be sung at his '
funeral, and that his funeral sermon be
an expounding of the 91st psalm. These J
dying requests, as they almost seem, were
complied with, his pastor, Rev. T. R. Eng- :
lish, reading as the lesson the selected j
psalm and preaching from it an able and
edifying sermon.
Mr. Williams leaves a widow and three 1
daughters. At the time of his death he :
was employed In the Carolina buggy factory,
and as a mark of respect, work in the (
factory was suspended at noon on Saturday,
the day of his funeral, his late fellow
workmen acting as pall bearers. Ilis funeral
was largely attended, and in their
bereavement his family have the sympathy
of the entire community. I
NCyOIIK MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. ]
The Tegular quarterly meeting of the
York County Medical and Surgical association,
was held in Masonic hall in the town 1
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if (Jlover oil ine win instant, trie prcsmuut >
Dr. Jno. F. Lindsay, in the chair. i
The secretary, Dr. R. Andral Bratton,
read the minutes of the last meeting,
which were confirmed.
Drs. Isaac A. Bigger and W. A. Hood,
were appointed essayists for the next meeting.
Dr. J. T. Darwin, essayist for the pres3nt
meeting, was detained at home, but he
Furnished a paper on tobar pneumonia,
which elicited a lively and practical discussion
as to treatment, etc. The essay
was accepted for its true merit with the
thanks of the association.Dr.
John P. Kennedy read a very inter- <
jsting paper on abdominal surgery, a sub- 1
ject ably treated by him and showing 1
Jeep thought and research in this now <
much discussed and experimental field. i
Dr. J. A. Crawford, another essayist for
this meeting, unfortunately for the associ- <
ition, was detained at home. i
Other members present reported cases
if much interest and benefit to the associ- ]
ation.
Dr. J. T. Darwin extended the hospi- '
talities of Blacksburg to the association, J
for its next regular meeting, which invitation
was unanimously accepted. i
The thanks of the association were ex- i
ended by a rising vote to the fraternity
md citizens of Clover for their kindness
md hospitality, their pure atmosphere,
md that luxury so often denied the phylician,
a night of quiet, undisturbed rest.
The association adjourned to meet next
n Blackshurg on the night of the second
Tuesday of October next.
PROGRESS OF THE RAILROAD,
The Southwest Virginian of last week,
mblished at Wytheville, Va., says of the
)rogress of the grading of the Three C's
ailroad in that section:
The Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Raiload
company busted the suspension of work
>n their line by coming foward and paying its
lands and ordering the work pushed forward
is rapidly as possible. From Clinchport east,
or one mile and three-fourths, there has been
10 work done 011 the line, as it has not yet been
letermined just how it will run there, but it
teems most probable that it will run through
Clinchport. It is thought by the engineers that
,vork will be commenced on the line above the
nouth of Lick creek as soon as the Norfolk and
Western commence to ship freight on their
ine. The tunnel above the mouth of Guest
iver, is being pushed as rapidly as possible by
he two shifts hands. Tho heading has been
Iriven in 145 feet on the east side ; tho other
lido has just been commenced. It will be tinshed
in about two months. Tho grade is pret"
fnAtvi ttinndi e\f (viiauf pivot*
:o Clinchport, and many of the camps are
broken up and tlio men, teams and tools are
being moved to other sections of the road.
The Johnson City, Tenn., Comet of last
sveek says :
Three or four hundred Italian and negro laborers
arrived on Wednesday, and were sent
but to Kennefick's camp on the Three C's in
.he afternoon. Mr. Kennetick has the contract
in Unicoi county, Tenn., and must complete
it to the North Carolina line by the 20th
bf August. He says he will complete it in tbo
specified time. The excavating is practically
linished, and track laying will bo commenced
in two/weeks.
>^-BEATH OF MRS. RIDDLE.
/Our townsman, Mr. James H. Riddle,,
has the deep and sincere sympathy of the
people of Yorkville, besides a large circle,
bf friends and relatives outside of town, in'
the severe affliction he has just sustained
by the death of his young and devoted
wife, Mrs. Mary Eliza Glenn Riddle, which
pccurred from fever at his residence in this
place on the morning of the 11th instant.
She was the daughter of Mr. George L.
and Mrs. Mary Riddle, and at the time of
her death was aged 27 years 11 months and
13 day8.
A wife of less than three years, and surrounded
with all the comforts ofa pleasant
home and the companionship of a fond and
loving husband and two young children,
all that would add to life's temporal enjoyment
seemed hers. But the king of
terrors came with ruthless hand and cut off
her life in the young prime of years, the
3ummons being short.
Of a gentle disposition, kind and affectionate,
and leading a Christian life of exerffphHwpiety,
her untimely death will be.
rnourneoby^a large circle of friends.
Her funeral, which was conducted in
the Presbyterian church by her pastor,
Rev. Dr. T. R. English, was attended by
a large and sympathizing concourse.
As scriptural lessons the pastor read the
twelfth chapter of Paul's Epistle to the
Hebrews, and the fourth chapter of Paul's
Epistle to the Thessalonians. His discourse
was founded on the words of Job:
"Though he slay rae, yet will I trust in
him." From these words of resignation
to the Master's will the eminent divine
drew a pathetic and instructive lesson
fraught with words of assurance and promise
to those who in the faith have gone before,
and words of solace and comfort to
the living.
Her remains were followed to the Yorkville
cemetry, where, by tender hands
they were consigned to the tomb.
THE FIRST BALES.
The general belief among farmers is that
with no disaster, the cotton crop of York
county, this year, will be from one to
two weeks earlier in maturing than
it has for several years past. As a matter
of interest we have compiled from our files
the dates of sales of the "first bales" in the
Yorkville or Rock Hill market each year
for the last twenty years. As will be observed,
the earliest date hero recorded is
August 20, 1881, and the latest date September
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THE WATER WAS BAD.
The Rock Hill correspondent of The Columbia
Register, writing last Wednesday,
says:
The postal clerk on the Three C's railroad
failed to leave any south mail for Rock Hill
yesterday, and when the negro mail carrier
from this postoftice put the mail going north
from Rock Hill in the mail car, the clerk kicked
it out. The south mail tor Lancaster was
not thrown oft' at that place, but brought on
here. All the State papers and other important
mail matter come to Rock Hill from the
southern part of the State via the Three C's,
and great disappointment was felt here when
it was found that no mail bag had been put off.
Such dereliction of duty should be very severely
punished in the postal clerks. This negligent
clerk was not a not a negro, but a white man.
Replying through The Register to the
above, "Sub-Postal Clerk, Three C's R.
R.," says:
I see from your correspondent from Rock
Hill, certain charges made against the postal
clerk going north 011 the Sth instant. In my
reply let me brielly state that the whole fabric
of it is a base fabrication. I was suffering severely
from a change of water, and not in a
condition to properly attend to the duties of
the day. By the postal regulations I am responsible
for receiving any mail not directed
properly to my line; going north, therefore, I
could not receive a pouch or canvas mail sack
directed south, hence I returned it to the
carrier.
As 011 the same day the same postal
clerk gave to ttie lorkviue posi orate uuiy i
two packages of newspapers and a bundle
ofletters made up at Lesslie for distribution,
and in the pouch for distribution
from Yorkville only one newspaper, we
must conclude that the sudden transition
from the swamp water of the low country
to the pearly, limpid and wholesome beverage
of the hill section, must havo had a
most deleterious effect upon him, becoming
worse as he progressed with the arduous
duties of his trip.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Pursuant to a call of the chairman, the
York County Democratic Executive committee
met in the court house at 12 m. on
Saturday last.
D. E. Finley, secretary, called the roll,
and the following members were present:
Blair ille, It. T. Itiggins; Bethany, T.
P. Wnitesides; Bethel, L. K. Armstrong;
Clay Hill, Perry Ferguson ; Coates's Tavern,
J. D. Cornwell; Clover, W. Beatty
Smith; Hickory Grove, J. C. Chambers;
McConuellsville, J. F. Ashe; Yorkville,
D. E. Finley.
The chairman explained that the meeting
had been called in compliance with a
request of the State Democratic chairman,
in pursuance of a resolution of the State
Democratic Executive committee, calling
a convention of the Democratic party to
meet in Columbia on Wednesday, the 13th
Df August at 12 m. for the purpose of determining
whether delegates to the State
nnminotinor pnnvpnflnn. to be held on the
10th of September or thereafter, shall be
sleeted by a primary election; and that
the duty of this meeting would be to provide
for a county convention to choose
delegates to the said State convention, and
luch other business as may come before it.
After discussion of the subject, Mr.
Chambers offered a resolution, which on
intendment, was adopted as follows:
Resolved, That a county Democratic convention
be called to assemble at Yorkville, on
Tuesday, the 20th day of July, instant, at 11
D'clock a. m., for the purpose of electing ten
lelogates to represent the county in the State
convention, called to assemble in Columbia on
August 1.1th, 1800, and to transact such other
business as may come before it. That the
Hovoral precinct clubs, under the constitution,
are entitled to he represented by the following
number of delegates : ,
Hlacksburg, 0. (
Blairsville, 4.
Bethany, 4.
Bethel, 4.
Buffalo, 2.
Bullock's Creek, 4.
Clark's Fork 3.
Clay Hill, 3.
Coates's Tavern 3.
Clover 5.
Fort Mill, 6.
Hickory Grove * 0.
McElweo's Mill, 4.
McConnellsville, G.
Rock Hill, 10.
Tirzah, 3.
Thompson's Mill, 3.
Yorkville II.
And further, that each club will moot and elect
dologates, under form proscribed by county
constitution, on Saturday, July 26th, instant,
the polls for said election of delegates to be
open from the hour of 1 p. m. to 6 p. m.
After the adoption of the above resolution,
Mr. Finley, secretary and treasurer,
submitted for inspection his cash account
with the executive committee for the past
two years. His items of disbursements,
for some of which he had no vouchers,
were approved. It was shown that he
has paid out about $4 more than he has
received. ?
Tlie meeting then adjourned sine die.
^/XPERSONAL MENTION.
^AHss Minnie Wilson is visiting at Cafl*aen.
Dr. John May, Sr., is at home from the
springs.
Miss Mary Jackson, of Newport, is visiting
in town.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C.Strauss are at Cleveland
Mineral Springs.
C. E. Spencer, Esq., and family are at
Blowing Rock, N. C.
Miss Ethel Latimer is visiting her uncle
J. A. Ratchford.
;>' Mrs. W. O. Tatum, of Bamberg, is visiting
the family of Dr. John May, Sr.
5- Miss Annie Douglas, of Chester, is in
Yorkville visiting Miss HeloiseCoward.
>r Miss Stitt Harris, of Columbia, is in
Yorkville visiting Miss Ilattie Bratton.
Miss Ella Jefferys will leave this afternoon
for a visit to relatives in Spartanburg.
& Miss Kate Hannahan, of Columbia, is
in Yorkville visiting the family of Capt.
T G Tflfforva
X. U ViiVi J Ul
^ Mr. H. F. Adickes and family left on
yesterday for an extended visit to Morehead
City, N. C.
^Mr. Charles R. Simmons is at his father's
home, four miles north of town, quite
sick with fever.
Dr. J. R. Bratton leaves for Anderson
to-day to attend a meeting of the State
medical board.
Mrs. Emma F. Curry, of VVildwood,
Florida, is on a visit to her relatives in
Yorkville and in the county.
. Rev. R. G. Patrick is assisting Rev. V.
I. Masters in a protracted meeting at Shiloh
church, near Hoodtown this week.
Miss Janie Stephenson and Miss Chanie
Owings, of Feasterville, Fairfield county,
are in Yorkville visiting the Misses Cody.
^^-Miss Iantha Anderson, of Thomaston,
Texas; and Misses Ruth and Ethel Brice
and their brother, of Fairfield, are visiting
Hon. A. S. Wallace.
Miss E. A. Shires, superintendent of W.
C. Latimer's mantua department, leaves
to-day for New York, and from that city
she will sail on the 22nd, in the steamer
'Arizona' for Liverpool, whence she will
visit her former home in Manchester.
Judge Witherspoon left yesterday for
Columbia, where he will open court for
the trial of cases to-day. As will be remembered,
on account of the illness of the
judge, the court of sessions was adjourned
from the day of its regular sitting until
to-day. Only the cases of the prisoners
who were in jail at the time of the regular
opening of the term will be tried, and
it is not likely that much, if any business
on the civil side of the court requiring
jury trials, will be taken up at this term.
We are pleased to note that Judge Witherspoon's
health is much improved.
MERE-MENTION.
July 8 is mentioned as one of the hottest
days throughout the country on record,
while July 11 was the coldest day on record
at this period of the year. On Mt.
Washington the thermometer was zoabove
zero, and the tops of the mountain
were white with snow and frost. Foreign
bankers, last Friday, ordered $1,000,000
more gold for shipment from New
York to Europe, makingso far$2,000,000 in
gold bars shipped to Liverpool. Georgia's
first bale of the new crop of cotton,
mentioned last week, was sold in New
York on Friday at 10jf. The first bale of
Texas cotton, crop of 1890, was sent to Galveston
from Duval county. It weighed
650 pounds and sold for $100. The busness
failures throughout the country last
week number for the United States 155
and for Canada 22, a total of 177 compared
! with 1991ast week. The coroner'sjury
lays the blame on the superintendent for
the disaster at Farm Hill coal mine by
which thirty minerslosttheirlivea. Col.
H. C. Jones, of Mecklenburg, N. C., has
withdrawn from the race for congress leaving
the course clear for S. B. Alexander,
the alliance candidate. Col. Jones
proposed to be the candidate of the Democratic
party, but a sufficient number of
counties in the district have declared for
Alexander to such an extent as to render
his nomination certain. Miss Winnie
Davis has returned from Europe, landing
in New York, where she will remain for a
few days. Miss Geneva Green, a young
and beautiful art teacher, recently from
Vermont, shot herself through the heart
with a pistol at West Point, Georgia, on
Wednesday. No cause for the act is
known. Georgia has plenty of room
for immigrants. There are in Pierce
county 400,987 acres of land, of which 112,118
are improved; Ware contains 117,903
acres, of which 10,087 are improved;
Wayne, 249,000 and 9,997 improved; Appling,
367,075 and 13,352 improved.
Other counties make a similar showing.
During the last year forty-two
colleges received gifts of money amounting
to $2,675,000. France has more
than a quarter of a million carrier
pigeons trained for war purposes. The
congregation at Oxford has decided to
include the examination for the degree of
bachelor of medicine in examinations for
o.rttnon Tho naw hridorp Authorized
by congress to be buiit across the Hudson
river between New York and Jersey City,
will be 7,000 feet long and have one central
span 2,850 in length. At a fish pond
in Fayette county, Ga., last Thursday,
there was a riot between blacks and whites
in which four negroes were killed and several
wounded, and several whites were
wounded. Stanley, the African explorer,
and Miss Dorothy Tennent, were
married in London last Saturday. J.
D. Rockefeller has just given another $100,000
to the Baptist Educational Society for
its general work. Gen. John C. Fremont
died suddenly in New York on Sunday
of peritonitis. He was the first Republican
candidate for the presidency, receiving
the nomination of that party in
the campaign of 1856.
NOTES OF TH?STATE CAMPAIGN.
? Abbeville has elected Tillman delegates
to the August State convention.
? After a lively row and several fights,
the Colleton County convention on Saturday,
by a vote of 79 to 45, elected a Tillman
delegation to the State convention.
? The Edgefield executive committee, in
session the other day, adopted resolutions
opposing the primary plan in the approaching
election, but favoring it in 1892.
? The Marlboro' convention on Saturday
elected a Tillman delegation, declared
against a primary, and adopted resolutions
denouncing the State Executive committee.
? It was published last week that the
Pickens County alliance nominated candidates
for county officers. This is denied
by alliance men, who say they did not
"nominate," but "merely suggested"
them.
? The Tillman men captured the Democratic
club of the town of Barnwell, over
the earnest Drotest of Gen. Hagood and
others, elected a straight Tillman delegation
to the county convention and adopted
Tillman resolutions.
? Winnsboro News: It is reported that
Levi Douglass, a negro shoemaker of town,
is organizing the negroes so as to be prepared
to take advantage of any rupture in
the Democratic party. Levi says he has
two hundred well organized and drilled.
? The vote in the Georgetown County
convention was 83 to 42 against Tillman.
No delegates were elected to the September
convention. The delegates to the August
convention are uuinstructed, but it is
understood that four are anti-Tillman men
and two for Tillman.
? It is rumored in Union that at the
county alliance meeting held thereon the
4th, a committee was appointed to draft a
series of questions to be propounded to
candidates for congress for the Fourth district.
The sub-treasury bill is the most
important question in the series.
? At the recent meeting of the Oconee
Farmers' alliance, resolutions wero offered
to nominate candidates for the legislature
And to suggest proper persons to be presented
to the county convention for delegates
to the State convention in September. After
quite a long discussion these resolutions
were tabled by a decided majority.
? Orangeburg Democrat: In his sermon
in the Methodist church last Sunday
morning, the Rev. Mr. Watson appealed
to all Christians to he careful as to whom
they cast their vote for. lie said that to
put a man at the head of State affairs who
had no respect for God and religion, would
be an everlasting disgrace in the grand
old commonwealth of South Carolina.
? Says The Marion Star: It is reported
that there is a prospective candidate for
the legislature from this county on the
Tillman ticket that is heartily in favor of
"abolishing" the State supreme court for
the reason "that its judges are mainly
lawyers." It is scarcely necessary to auu
that this expectant candidate is likewiso a
disappointed and unsuccessful litigant.
? Up to this time ten counties have declared
through their conventions in favor
of Tillman, viz.: Abbeville, 12 delegates;
Aiken, 10; Barnwell 12; Chester, 8; Colleton,
12; Hampton, 8; Lancaster, (J;
Marlboro, 0; Union, 8?a total of 82. The
Georgetown delegation is said to be divided,
2 for Tillman and 4 anti. If this bo
correct, Tillman now has 84 pledged delegates.
? The Chester Democratic convention
elected the following delegates to the August
State convention: Dr. S. M. Wylie,
George W. Gage, Dr. K. A. Wade, T. J.
Cunningham, C. W. McFadden, P. T.
Hollis, S. M. McAfee and Dr. W. H.
Heath. These delegates are all for Tillman.
By resolution, these delegates were
instructed to vote against the ordering of
a State primary and making nominations
for State officers by the August convention.
? A Spartanburg dispatch of the 7th to
The News and Courier says: Many persons
came to the city to register to-day. There
were nearly two hundred negroes that
were disappointed. A large number of
young white men also failed to get registration
tickets. The attorney-general telegraphed
this morning that registration
to-day would not be lawful. The negroes
met and began to take a list of names who
desired to register, but they did not complete
it.
? The Aiken Democratic County convention
elected the same set of Tillman delegates
to the August and September State
conventions. About 200 delegates were
present, all for Tillman but 9. The convention
declared against a State primary.
The newly appointed county treasurer's
commission reads for two years. A number
of Tillmanites are red-hot about it because
he isanti-Tillman. He has come in
from the country where he has been canvassing
for the long term, and is of course
happy.
? The county executive committee of
Charleston met last Friday night and engaged
the grand opera house for the campaign
meeting to be held there on the 24th
instant. The opera house will seat 3,000
persons. Thelast timeCapt. Tillman spoke
in Charleston the man in the band who
played the base drum let his instrument
tall, anu tne rumonng noise 11 maue a? n
rolled over the belgian block roadway created
a panic and'a stampede, the negroes,
who were out in great numbers, shouting
"Earthquake!"
? The Newberry Couuty convention was
held last Friday to elect delegates to the
August and September State conventions.
The same delegates were elected to both.
A resolution to instruct forprimary was
voted down by 175 to 42, the Tillman men
voting solidly against primary. Dr. S.
Pope moved that the convention endorse
B. R. Tillman and those on the ticket
with him, but some delegate moved an adjournment,
which received several seconds
and was almost unanimously carried, and
the convention declined to pass an endorsement.
? A Sumter dispatch of the 9th says:
The Republicans will take advantage of
the present division of the Democratic party
in South Carolina and attempt to resume
control of the State. E. M. Brayton,
the chairman of the State Republican committee,
slipped in here last night and addressed
a large crowd of negroes for two
hours. In the course of his speech he told
the negroes that now was their oportunity
to elect officers of the State. He formally
announced, so it is declared, that he
would be a candidate for governor of South
Carolina, and earnestly appealed to them
to organize and support him. He dropped
into the town very quietly and the applause
that greeted his speech last night
was ascribed by the unsuspecting whites
to the enthusiasm attending the arrival of
the Democratic candidates for governor
and State house officials. No one dreamed
that it was a negro political meeting
till to-day when the cat was let out of the
wallet by one who attended the harangue.
SOl'TH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The population of the town of Chester,
as returned by the enumerator, is 2,705, of
which 1.302 are white and 1,343 colored.
?Pee Dee Alliance: Mr. J. F. Everett
threshed 4,200 bushels of oats on the bottoms
of Pee Dee river, during the last two
or three weeks.
? In Lancaster county, on the 2nd instant,
H. B. Massey shot and killed W. J.
Blakeney. Both white and their homes
in Flat Creek township.
? Lancaster Ledger: Mr. Leo Faile, of
Flat Creek, killed an owl last week which
measured from tip to tip, 5 feet and 5 inches.
He also killed a hawk which measured
41 feet from tip to tip.
? Rev. B. D. Lucas has been accepted by
the board of missions of the M. E. church,
South, as a suitable man for the China
missions. He intends sailing for China
about the first of September.
? Rev. W. L. Pressley, D. D., has tendered
his resignation as pastor of the Due
West A. R. P. church, that he may accept
the presidency of the theological seminary,
tendered him by the synod at its last
fall meeting.
? A. R. Presbyterian: The Alumni of
Erskine have resolved to erect a new college
building on the campus. The matter
has been talked of for more than a year.
Definite action was taken at the late meeting
of the Alumni association to enter upon
the work at once.
? At a meeting of the Draytonvillo alliance,
in Union county, it was resolved not
to patronize any bar room at any place,
and also to impose a fine upon any momber
who did patronize such men, and if he
did and became so intoxicated as to be put
into the calaboose, he would be expelled
from the alliance.
? Napoleon Levelle, convicted in Charleston
of murdering his wife and sentenced
to be hanged, has appealed to the supreme
court. It is claimed that the supreme
court will not hear this appeal until next
January, and even should the court refuse
to grant a new trial, Levello will not be resentenced
until June, 1891.
? Spartanburg Herald : Tho population
of this city, as ascertained by the census
just taken, is 5,550. This figure will be
largely augmented when the Spartan mills
shall be at full work, and when the different
manufactories already projected shall
be completed. Before the end of six
months Spartanburg's population will go
over 7,000. Twenty years ago it was little
over a thousand.
? lathe Union sessions court last week
the grand jury returned a true bill against
Samuel Jefferies and no bill as to C. C.
Roberta These parties, it will be remembered,
were indicted for the murder of I)r.
White, in that county, in 1806. The whole
thing has been enveloped in mystery, until
recently a son of Dr. White caused the
arrest of Jefferies and Roberts. On motion
of Solicitor Schumpert, Judge Norton
granted a continuance of the case, on account
of the absence of a material witness,
until the October term of court. Maj. D.
It. Duncan, Jefferies's counsel, was anxious
for the triai of the case.
? Spartanburg Herald: Mr. Moore, the
brother of W. A. Moore, the well-known
merchant at Cowpens, came to his death .
in a dreadful manner at the saw mill of
Cash & Moore, near Thickety, on Tuesday
of last week. He was helping to load
some planks on a wagon, when one fell.
To avoid being struck by this plank, Mr.
Moore threw one leg back, and, that leg
striking the saw in motion, he was pulled
down over it and fearfully cut. The left
leg was cut offjust above the knee, and the
right cut off between the ankle and the
knee. The saw next lacerated the left arm
and cut it off just above the elbow. Mr.
Moore then falling with his right sido to
the saw, it lacerated his right arm, and
threw him violently off in front of it. The
unfortunate man was cared for as soon as
possible and all that surgical skill could
suggest was done for his relief. Rut he
was beyond the reach of human aid, and
breathed his last a few hours after the
dreadful occurrence. Mr. Moore was about
seventeen years of age, and had many
friends who will deeply deplore his untimely
death.