Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 23, 1890, Image 2

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Jtajns and Jiwts. u ? fa ? The official returns place the popula- ci tion of Johnstown, Pa., at 31,000, which is or larger than before the flood. The popula- df tion on the day before the flood was 20,114, u, and at least 3,000 of those perished. The w population of Cambria county is Go,616. ja ?There are now four State tickets in the pi field in Alabama-Democratic, Republican, in Prohibition, and Greenback. The out- M come is fraught with grave uncertainty, H since the Democrats have had a family ai fight that is difficult to reconcile. ar ?The Louisiana Lottery matter is about si to go to the courts on the question wheth- sh er the governor's veto can stop a constitu- th tional amendment. The one vote needed ? to complete the two-thirds to pass over a the veto was lost by the death of a lottery (I advocate. ?The population of Anniston, Ala., is 11,308. Ten years ago when the last count was made, tfoe new city had 942 people, showing a gain of 1,100 per cent. Oxford and Oxanna. are suburbs of Anniston, and all should be connected as one place and are for all practical purposes, as they form a continuous settlement. Taking all together there is a population of 20,000 souls. t ? SaysThe Macon Telegraph: Some of the Farmers' alliances in Georgia are passing resolutions declaring that they will expel any member who votes against any one whom they recommend or nominate for public office. What is that in _ the alliance constitution which says it shall have nothing to do with religion or politics? ?A man named Roth, who worked at cc the Scales Mound, near Galena, Illinois, se was attacked by progressive paralysis, w two months ago, which incapacitated him from work and also made it impossible for ^ him to eat. After a week of fastiDg he al was brought to the county asylum'on the ^ 23d of May, and there lingered for fifty- ^ three days without food, finally dying last tj. Wednesday. ' ^ ? During the last eighteen months Bos- p; ton has sent 1,250,000 gallons of rum to tl Africa. Thus does the grand luminary of ti American civilization seek to enlighten g, and enliven the shadows of the Dark con- hi tinent, and turn an honest penny at the is same time. It is this same Boston, by ai the way, that sends Mr. Henry Cabot te Lodge to congress to look after the po- u litical welfare of the Africans in America. ?The Macon Telegraph makes the timely si suggestion that the Northern people who have money invested in the South would Ji do well to set about saving it, by protest- A ing against the force bill. The South can- gi not develop her resources, pay interest sc on borrowed capital and defend her civil- di ization against the assaults of the Repub- bi lican party at the same time. She is en- c( titled to help from Northern business men, ic wiser than the politicians, and should get it. Ii ? The admission of Wyoming as a State & is a notable event, because it brings into b< the Union for the first time a common- d< wealth where women exercise the suffrage N upon the same terms with men. Wyo- di ming was the first Territory to try this tr experiment, and never has shown any ei disposition to retrace the step. The ad- w mission of a woman suffrage State is a decided victory for the cause, which has not tl of late been making much progress in the ol older commonwealths. sc ? The present condition of the wheat crop Id northern Minnesota and North Dakota !f is the best, with the possible exception of 81 1886, that it has been in ten years. Special ei reports from three hundred points covering the large wheat producing counties in w northern) Minnesota and North Dakota, ^ indicate that all the wheat will grade No. 11 1 Hard and No. 1 Northern. These coun- . ties last year shipped over 62,000,000 bush- ,c els. If the present outlook continues, this P( year's crop can hardly be less than 100,000,000, and it is estimated as high as 115,000,- [e \ M?* h -?V? ? Well done, Mrs. Frank Leslie! She \ has arrived in New York and reports there \ that the official announcement of her ap- ^ proaching marriage to the Marquis de f; Leuville is only an insolent attempt of j* that titled dead-beat to force himself on an i American woman whose beauty, brains ?. and wealth have made her distinguished. ^ Mrs. Leslie not only declares that she is not ^ and never will be engaged to the marquis, but she further makes her good sense evi- m dent in the statement that if she ever .. marries again her husband will be a news paper man. ^ ? One of the most curious strikes on re- ^ cord has just ended at Danville, Va. Several days ago a butcher was imprisoned for violating a city ordinance, whereupon all the butchers closed their stalls and swore they would sell no more meats ai nntil Oio nrrlinanna UfflS phariffpH. T<Yfim bi that time no fresh meat could be bought tc in the market for love or money and peo- m pie were put to great inconvenience. The la batchers at last decided that they were h< getting the worst of the so called strike, th and they all resumed business last Thurs- hi day. m ? B. M. Long, of Walker county, Ala- &1 bama, is the Republican candidate for governor of that State. Two of his sons are ^ Republicans, giving him ardent support, tc while two other sons are Democrats and are working to defeat him and to place J" the Democratic nominee, Col. Tom Jones, in the governor's chair. John Long is the Republican chairman of Walker county, dl and his brother Tom has been nominated cc for the Democratic chairmanship. If the " family keep on good terms with one anoth- ^ er it will snow Southern tolerance with a vengeance. J? ?Senator Allison recently made the ? alarming statement that at the end of the " present fiscal year there wohld be a deficit ^ in the national treasury of $144,000,000 if ? all the appropriation bills now pending ^ should be passed. The aggregate of the j* appropriation bills already passed and ? those pending, amount to $359,000,000; to P; this must be added the "permanent ap- ) propriations," which amount to $100,000,000, and then the dependent pensions, ?' which mount up to $20,000,000 more. The revenue for this year will be $335,000,000, which is $144,000,000 less than the appro- ? priations. " ? Rev. Dr. D. C. Kelley, who recently $ accepted the Prohibition nomination for p governor of Tennessee and entered upon C( an active canvass, has withdrawn from the jr race. This action is the outcome of a cor- 0| respondence with Bishop Keener of the r( M. E. church, South. Dr. Kelley was the j^i pastor of a church of that denomination at Gallatin, Tenn., and proposed to retain a, the pastorate whilst stumping in favor of 0] prohibition, but it is understood Bishop Keener objected to this, and so Mr. Kelley w concluded to withdraw, allow the Prohi- }t tion party to name another candidate, and a] devote his time to the duties of his pas- jy torate. ? A story of youthful depravity, hard rt to believe, comes from the little town of \ Goreville, Illinois. On Monday night, n when every one was asleep, a man, sup- e: posed at the time to be a burglar, broke ? into the house of a larmer named Morris ni Sullivan. On being spoken to he fired a ir pistol at the bed in which Sullivan and v his wife were sleeping. The ball struck di Sullivan in the breast, inflicting fatal in- Di juries. Mrs. Sullivan jumped out of bed cc and threw himself upon the murderer, but ti the pistol was discharged again, and she tl fell wounded in the left breast. Her in- vv juries are pronounced fatal. By this time o' the alarm had been given aud the neigh- y, borscame in. On securng the murderer aj he was found to be Sullivan's 16-year-old ft son. He is now in jail. A few months ai ago the boy poisoned some water, which ol he gave to his parents, but this attempt at ti murder failed. He gives as his reason fa for committing the crime that he was tired T of waiting for the old folks' property. ri ? Col. Thos. G. Jones, the Democratic di nominee for governor of Alabama, in re- 01 ply to inquiries from a Farmers' alliance, at L""' ? lsvt+AW in urKinK K Ck Q i Q foQ H 1*1 IIQ9 WnirlCU a ICllUl , 1 LA nutbll UVMVXW uv does not favor the sub-treasury scheme ei now pending before congress. Inhisjudg- la ment, if enacted into a law, it will prove oj of great evil to all classes of Southern peo- vi pie, and especially hurtful to farmers, ol He thinks the present national banking w system could be bettered in many material fr respects, but he does not favor any scheme of which has for its purpose the issue of paper currency which is not convertible into gold or silver. Col. Jones says any needed aj legislation to "protect the people from so usurious rates and overcharges by railroad h< corporations," will have his hearty co-oper- ie ation and approval, and he calls attention w to the fact that this was his position whilst i]j a member of the Alabama legislature, th where, amongother things he voted against w a proposition to repeal the railroad com- te mission law. ? A serious shooting scrape right in the national capitol was narrowly averted last ti Thursday afternoon. The affair was be- ai tween Congressman Crain, of Texas, and se O'Brien Moore, correspondent of The St. ra Louis Republic. It seems that Mr. Moore in printed Mr. Crain's name in The Republic ol and censured him for being absent without bi Rair when an amendment to the force I was voted on. Mr. Cram's constituits read it, and on that account one county ie iled to endorse him. Thursday Mr. th ain met Mr. Moore, and, with his hand n? i his pistol, cursed the correspondent and \\ ired him to resent. Mr. Moore being tr larmed, walked off. replying that he ui ould meet Mr. Crain later. An hour w ter Mr. Crain entered the lobby of the tb ess gallery with a six shooter in his hand ai i search of Mr. Moore. Fortunately Mr. m "oore was not there and do bood was shed, m however, it created quite a sensation n< nong the correspondents. Mr. Crain has re inounced that he will kill Mr. Moore on ghfc, and it is feared there will be blood- h< ted. An effort is being made to settle cite matter. 01 jibe IJorMlc inquirer. jji - ? ? r(J - ? YOKKVILIiG, H. C. : 1 ? WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1890. ? , J WEATHER AND CROP REPORTS. rc The South Carolina weather service, in cc )-operation with the United States signal fc trvice, furnishes the following for the eek ending Saturday, July 19: C1 The sunshine for the past seven days has aj pen about the average, while the temper- aj ;ure and rainfall have been a little below ci le average. The rainfall has been very idly distributed, and in some sections of ei le State, all crops are suffering from of rought. The cotton crop continues very t? romising, and it is gratifying to announce * tat the rumors that "lice" had attacked te plant in some localities fails to be conrmed by a single correspondent. The n< paviest rainfall reported during the week sc 2.40 (two inches and forty-hundredths of ll: 3 inch) at Winnsboro, and the highest er smperature, 94.1, at Columbia, on the 1th. Ci The bulletin issued last Saturday by the rc gnal service at Washington says: ai The temperature for the week ending is uly 19, has been below the average on the C tlantic coast from Maine to Florida, the re reatest departure being in the extreme e; >uthern New York, where the average ti aily temperature has been four degrees di plow the average. Immediately on the C; >ast from New Jersey southward to Flor- cl la, it has been about three degrees below. J 3 the lake region, the central valleys and streme Northwest, the temperature has si pen above the average, ranging from two te pgrees to three degrees in the lake region, ni linnesota and the Dakotas. The greatest k ppartures have been in central Iowa, ex- tl ems northwestern Texas, and in south- ts rn Montana, where the daily temperature tt as from six degrees to eight degrees. 01 The rainfall for the week has been below le average, except in southern portions C f Minnesota and Wisconsin, Illinois, Mis- P( >uri, eastern Iowa and western Tennes- cc ie, where there has been an excess rang- " ig from half an inch in the upper Missis- i* ppi valley to an inch and a half in west- ol n Tennessee. N In Arkansas cotton is reported as doing & ell, but corn is almost a failure for the H ant of rain. Crops are also suffering in tl idiana and Michigan for want of rain. T In Kentucky crops are reported as look- hi ig better, tobacco fair, hay crop heavy, w 3tatoes bad. In Tennessee cotton is in T ccellent condition, corn and tobacco suf- W ring. Favorable conditions are reported C om Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, at rain is needed in Louisiana. Cotton is ot iriously in need of rain in Texas. A large crop of hay has been secured in ew England in excellent condition. The st tins in eastern Pennsylvania and New ra srsey were of great benefit. Rain is to idly needed in northern Virginia, but in sa ie southern part of the State and in North st Eirolina the drought was broken before P; iy serious damage was done. Cotton tt intinues to improve in South Carolina. 8C he week will open with a warm wave in th ie upper Mississippi and Missouri valley, of hich will extend eastward, reaching the tlantic coast about the middle of the .V eek. _____ ? MERE-MENTION'. p, Bart Thrasher is a notorious moonshiner hi id escaped convict of Bibb county, Alaima. Last Friday night Detective Pat- T] ?n undertook to arrest Bart, and killed a w, lan whom they supposed to be the out- ^ w. It turned out to be Bart's father, fr iwever, who was standing guard over p, le ranche. me new state 01 laano tn is about 100,000 population, 84,000 square tr iiles of land, but less than 5,000,000 acres fr e adapted to agriculture. Business ilures during the last week number for m le United States 187 and Canada 20, a at ital of 207 against 197 the week previ- re is. Among the important judicial at visions announced last week was one th y Judge Miller, of Washington. He de- v< ded that a pigeon is not a fowl. The bi ifference is this, according to a bright tv >mmentator: Fowls take their young to to ie food, while birds take the food to their Dung. The Farmers' alliance of the ca scond Georgia district, have nominated, ti i convention at Albany, Judge James A. sp uerry for congress in opposition to Hon. at [enry G. Turner. Sixteen tons of in Dwder, laden on two freight cars, ex- fr loded at King's powder mills, 2G miles th ist of Cincinnati, the other day, causing G i explosion of the cartridge factory, cl jrning several houses and killing six h< Brsons and wounding twenty men and VS omen. Col. John L. Preston, for T irty-three years professor of languages m id rhetoric in the Virginia Military th istitute at Lexington, is dead, aged 80 gs Bars. The Farmers' alliance in the A ?cond congressional district of Kansas bi ave nominated Robert F. Allen as their ca mdidate. This is Congressman Funston's uj [strict. Capt. H. A. Judd, of the to arker mines, recently lost in Stanley st >unty, N. C., a valise containing $1,200 se i currency. It was stolen from the back w f his buggy as he was driving on a public fe >ad. The Western Union Telegraph w uilding, 195 Broadway, N. Y., which was ai ie principal distributing point of all the jsociated press dispatches, was burnt out oi a Thursday night, supposed to have een caused by the crossing of electric at ires.* The Natural bridge property i Virginia has been sold by H.C. Parsons ad James G. Blaine, its owners, to a [assachusetts and Virginia syndicate for a. 100,000 Jefferson Davis's body, in the cc iceiving vault of the Army of Northern irginia in New Orleans, is guarded by a lember of the G. A. R. by day and two .. f i?u.. I* "C l-VAJUieuermc; vein mis uy uigui. At ij >sts the English government $2,1)02,000 an- *. ually to support Queen Victoria and her nraediate family. Whenever the queen isits Balmoral Castle it takes $5,000 to sfray the railroad expenses of the jour- " ey. Eugene Schuyler, American '? >nsul general at Cairo, Egypt, died in n< lat city last Friday It is estimated j*1 lat the peach crop of Delaware this year, ill not exceed 12,000 baskets. In 1882 ver 6,000 car loads were shipped. A oung lady, 10 years old, died in great 18 *ony at Jersey City last Wednesday night om the bite of a centipede. There tl re five thousand insane people in the city A f New York, and experts on insanity say tl lat the ratio of lunatics is increasing much Si ster than thatof the population. The tt eutonic, of the White Star line, made the se in from Roche's Point to Sandy Hook, a istance of 2,838 miles, in five days twenty- tl ae hours and fifty-five minutes, arriving : Sandy Hook last Thursday morn- v< ig. A genuine case of Asiatic chol- el a was developed in Atchison, Kansas, I S< st Friday. Every symptom was devel- a< aed, except that it was sporadic. The M ictim was Mrs. W. R. Bishop, the wife T " a well-known citizen, and she died se ithin twenty-four hours. A lightj pi USt is rtjpuntru uiucieui jjuiuis uuuu ' Washington Sunday night. in ? ? lu Suicide of a Young Lady.?Mattie, el red 18, daughter of the late Mark Wilm, committed suicide last Sunday at her g)me, in Steele Creek township, in Meek- ca nburg county, N. C., while the family B ere at church. Despondency, caused by ! di 1 health, was the cause. She shot herself; tv trough the heart and died instantly. She ; nc as highly educated, beautiful and in- th lligent. St * | tii Special Civil Service Examina- ! sc [ons.?The civil service commission has pi ranged to hold extra examinations in as veral of the Southern States for appoint- H ent in the departmental service in Wash- es gton. The appointments in South Car- nt ina are: Charleston, July 24; Colum- wt a, July 20. in THE STATE CAMPAIGN. I The State campaign drags Its weary ngth along. The canvassers addressed ] e people last week as follows: At Ben- j ?ttsville on Tuesday, Darlington on s Wednesday, Marion on Thursday, Kingsee on Friday, and at Georgetown on Sat- < day. The discussions at these meetings i ere of the same scope and character as I ie preceding meetings, with an occasional I limated colloquy between Earle and Till- < an, a defiant assertion by Tillman to be i et by his adversaries, and the usual )isy demonstrations by the audiences to < lieve the monotony of political debate. < At Bennettsville, Tillman spoke for two ( jurs, going over the entire gamut of his i larges against the State government of , nission and commission. During his teech he commenced to illustrate a point , i relating an anecdote in connection with ( le battle of Manassas, when a voice in ( ie audience asked, "Were you there?" to i hich another voice in the audience relied : "No; but his brother Jim was ] lere." This angered Capt. Tillman and | 3 retorted that any puppy who would , irow the war record up in his face was , meath his contempt. Referring to the , icent conference in Columbia, at the call , 'Col. Haskell, Capt.Tillman said : "Four , nndred and fifty ringsters, with their ? jotlicks, satellites and flunkeys, met at , ie call of that demigod (Col. A. C. Has- ( ell), who insulted gentlemen when they ( 5 to Columbia to speak." He also deounced J. W. Barnwell as a Charleston , ckanapes of a lawyer. At Darlington the meeting was the lost orderly of the entire series. In the >urse of Gen. Earle's speech he read the Rowing paragraph from the recently ublished letter of Col. W. A. Ancrum, of ( lershaw, in which, speaking of the ; largesof perjury, corruption and extrav- ;ance which Capt. Tillman had preferred gainst the State government, Col. An- , um wrote as follows: "I was invited to attend the caucus of farm- < s called to meet the night before the meeting , The first Farmers'convention. When about j > proceed to business, I told Capt. Tillman that J wished to be plain with him, and asked him to I cplain the charges and insinuations which he i \a made, because I did not believe them to i true. He replied: 'I know that thoy are >t true, but I thought it best to make them, ! ?as to give notoriety to the movement; in lat I have succeeded, and they are now at an : id.' With this promise I agreed to join." i Gen. Earle then demanded to know of apt. Tillman what reply he had to ' fake. Everybody was waiting for the aawer, and Capt. Tillman replied: "It a falsehood from beginning to end." < apt. Tillman then walked over to the mnrfcira on/1 nhararorl thpm tr? fPnnrt. his LV/i O l*UU VUUigVM ?w a Vf w> ? -- - ? (act words. Gen. Earle did not pursue le subject further, his only idea being, i Dubtless, to secure an expression from < apt. Tillman with relerence to the larges. i ir.Ancrum once affiliated with the Farm;s' movement, but withdrew some time nee, and a few days ago published a letir bristling with charges of a most serious i ature against Capt. Tillman. Those who now Col. Ancrum say that he preferred \e charges with the determination to suslin them at all hazards, and that someling of a serious nature may yet grow at of the matter. At Marion the episode was between apt. Tillman and Mr. Hughson, the reader for The News and Courier. In the >urse of his speech Capt. Tillman said: Watch this meeting and the report of it 1 The News and Courier to-morrow and bserve the difference." He abused The i ews and Courier and called it an infaious and lying sheet. At this point, Mr. [ughson, who was seated at a table on le speakers' stand arose, and said: "Capt. illman, if you mean to say, sir, that I ave ever misrepresented you, you are a illful liar and the truth is not in you." he ensuing scene is thus described by [r. Patillo, reporter for The Augusta hronicle: The two men wero within five feet of each her, and the eyes of both sparkled with anger \d resentment. Capt. Tillman turned around id faced the newspaper roan, making some !mark which was drowned by the noise. They ood glaring at each other for a moment or iore, and in the meantime the audience began i sway with exciterhent. A chorus of voices .id: "Put him off the stand?put him off the and," and there was a wild rush made for the atform. Gen.Earle, Gen. Bonhamand other iends on the platform advanced and placed lemselves at the side of Mr. Hughson, while a ore or more anti-Tillman men crowded on ie stage with open knives and other weapons ' defence. Again and again the cry rang out: Put him off!" "Put him off!" "Put him off!" i obedience to the command, three o* four posemen with drawn clubs clinched on the banters of the platform and started towards Mr. ughson, who stood with one band on his hip )cket and defied them to put their hands on m* Mr. Hughson, in the meantime, was impletely surrounded by bis friends, and the >licemen were forced back to the ground, tie platform literally trembled under the eight and strain, and every moment threaten1 a hand-to-hana struggle between twenty or irty men. Capt. Tillman appealed to his iends to keep quiet, but the only thing that evented a row of the most serious nature was at the candidates and others blocked the enance to the stand, and thereby prevented the iends of Capt. Tillman from mounting it. Capt. Tillman, as at Darlington, comented severely on the proceedings of the iti-Tillraan conference at Columbia. He ferred to Col. Joseph Barnwell's speech id other demonstrations as embodying ireats of assassination as a means to preint him from being governor. This ought about an exciting colloquy be- , yeen him and Gen. Earle, which led up the episode with Mr. Hughson. 1 At Kingstree a row of a serious nature ime near being precipitated by an asser- ! on of Mr. Graydon. In the course of his , ieech he said that all the ex-Radicals ! id Greenbackers in the State are support- i ig Tillman. This aroused Tillman's iends, and one of them demanded that ie statement be retracted. This, Mr. ; raydon refused to do, but repeated the large and offered to prove it, which, 3 said, could be easily done. Mr. B. i Wallace Jones, of Lake City, an antiillman man, thinking to propose a sentient that everybody would applaud, and lereby stop the wrangling in the crowd, ; ive three cheers for white supremacy, tremendous yell was given in response, , it in a moment Tillman's supporters i ime to the conclusion that it was an insinition against them and a move was made pull Mr. Jones from the stand. He ood his ground, however, backed by veral of his friends, and the crowd wilted hen it saw that resistance would be of- 1 red. It is claimed that the Tillman man i ho led in the turmoil was a Greenbacker 1 id a strong supporter or Mci^ane in i??z. The meeting at Georgetown was with- ; it special incident. The canvass was opened again yesterday , , Conway, Horry county. i NOTES OF THE STATE CAMPAIGN. ! -Hampton county has tifty-one candiites for the legislature and the various lunty offices. -The Union County alliance did not ] raft a series of questions to be propound1 to the congressional candidates in that , istrict, as has been published. The ques- i on was brought up and several speeches : ere made in favor of it, but it was over- 1 helmingly voted down. - ThomasTalbert, chairman of the Beau- 1 rt Democratic executive committee, has itified State Chairman IToyt that at a : leeting of the executive committee on le 14th instant, it was decided not to in- ; ite the campaign speakers there on the 1 tth of August. No reason for this action , assigned. -Newberry Observer: We understand 1 rnt the Tillman men have selected Wm. 1 . Courtenay, of Charleston, as the man , icy expect to nominate on their ticket as , tate treasurer, and that it is understood , rnt he will accept the position. He is ! fleeted on account of his financial ability id to secure his influence in refunding le State debt. - The Oconee County Democratic con- ; sntion met in Walhalla last Saturday and : ected delegates to both the August and sptember conventions. Resolutions were iopted endorsing the platform of the | [arch convention and its nominee, B. R. J illmau, for governor, also expressing the i nse of the convention to be in favor of a rimary election for the nomination of i :ate officers as a general rule, but deem- j ig it impracticable at present. A reso- 1 ition was adopted favoring a primary ] ection for the nomination of a congress- . an by the majority plan. I - E. M. Brayton, leader of the Itepubli- ' ,n party in this State, was at Holly Hill, j erkeley county, last Friday. He ad essed a large crowd of negroes about j yo miles below Holly Hill on that after- < jon, telling them they were defrauded of i ieir rights by the white rulers of the i ate?especially of their just representa- 1 an on the juries and of their share of the hool funds. He also referred to the 1 esent condition of the Democratic party ? a most favorable opportunity for action, i is speech was such as would naturally :cite them to do their utmost and do it >w. Mr. J. E. Murray, of Peck's Station, as the only white man present, and was ( vited very respectfully to speak to the i tudience. Remaining in his buggy, Mr. Murray corrected the misstatements made ny Mr. Brayton with reference to their ury representation and their share of the ichool funds. ? The Greenville News figures up the jarapaign: For Tillman 120, against Tillman 70, leaving 124 votes in the convention to be fought for. The News thinks that "this shows that there is a good deal nf ground to be fought over and that it is nobody's fight yet." ? The Union County Democratic convention met in the court house last Mon3ay. The meeting was thoroughly infused with a spirit of Tillmanism. Resolu uons were aaopiea 10 me enecc mai 11 me i candidates did not swallow the whole Tillman platform, that they will not re-! ceive the support of the fanners. The 3ame delegates were elected to the August convention as to the September convention. ? A Charleston dispatch to The Columbia Register of yesterday says: A reliable gentleman just from Clarendon states to-day that there is good foundation for the rumor that the Tillmanites will make in effort to prevent Colonel Earle and General Bratton from speaking at Manning on Saturday next. He says H. R. Thomas, of Sumter, is at the head of the movement, and added that the straightDuts are equally determined, and if necessary, will meet force with force. ? Spartanburg Herald: We notice from The Hampton Guardian that a full county ticket has been decided upon by the Republicans of that county and will be put up against the Democrats in the November elections. There has not been as much activity among the Republicans in this State since 1876, as seems to be developing this year. They never showed as much interest in the matter of securing registration tickets even in a presidential election year. The family quarrel we are having has revived hopes amongst them. There wilV be need for Democrats to get together before the November elections. We fear, however, that they are getting further apart. But we must not divide?we cannot. ? George D. Bryan, Democratic county chairman of Charleston, has issued the following invitation: "The campaign meeting ordered by the State Democratic executive committee for Charleston county will be held at the Grand Opera house, on Thursday evening, July 24, at 7 o'clock. All candidates for State officers and other prominent Democrats are invited to address the meeting." Capt. Tillman refuses to speak in the opera house, and through the chairman of a Tillman club has asked the mayor's permission to hold a meeting on Harapstead mall from 2 p. ra. to 9 p. m. on the day appointed for the Charleston meeting. The latest intelligence on the subject is that Tillman positively declines to go to Charleston. ? The Richland county convention met last Saturday and elected anti-Tillman delegates to the State convention. A resolution offered by Col. F. W. McMaster was carried to the effect that the convention protests against the teachings of B. R. Tillman as subversive of all the true principles of Democracy, contrary to the constitution and laws of the State and calculated to renew the Republican party in the State; also that "we believe Tillman to be an unwise and dangerous leader, the Jack Cade of South Carolina?a wily, eloquent mountebank full of tricks to catch the ignorant, the traducer of the fair fame of his State, and the vile slandererof her people. The delegates were instructed to vote for primary and to demand that the August convention restrict itself to passing upon what it was called for. LETTER FROMYLACKSBURU. Correspondence of tlic Yorkville Enquirer. Blacksburcj, July 22.?Although tho crops in our section have not suffered for want of rain, and, it is generally conceded that corn and cotton never looked better at this season of the year, yet the steady and continued rain, which fell Sunday night and Monday morning, will be of great service, especially to the gardens. It was welcomed, too, as a change, and a break in the monotony of hot weather, and if there is one thing more than another that the human family delight in, it is a change, whether in the weather, their homes, their crops, their customs and habits, their religion or their politics. They never seem satisfied unless they are engaged in a revival or a revolution. And why not? This is a world of change, and although there may be "nothing new under the sun," yet there is an inborn desire with every generation of man to seek out new devices, to leave the beaten paths, no matter how smooth and easy they may be, and plunge into unknown and untried tracks. This inherent trait, carried into execution, may not be fraught with much danger, as far as one individual is concerned, because only a few of his fellow-men may be involved in his success or ruin ; but when the citizens of a grest commonwealth, like South Carolina, become dissatisfied with tho administration of their State government, and believe, as a majority of our people do, that they have burdeijs too heavy to be borne, and clamor for a change in men and methods, it means something, and demands the earnest, sober and unbiased thought of every true son of the State. Let every man be satisfied in his own mind whether the charges made against the State officers and legislature of corruption, misappropriation of money, etc., be true. If they aro, let all who have been in any way responsible for such a deplorable state of affairs be left at home this year. If not, and if, on the other hand, it can be shown that the government has been honestly administered, and although mistakes may have been made, yet unintentionally, and with an honest purpose, let our people beware of doparting from the old paths, and consider well, before they decide to chooseasetof unknown, untried, and it may be, incompetent men to rule over them. The voice of the people may truly be the voice of God when it is directed by a calm and impassioned appeal to the sober conscience and better nature of every man, but when it is inspired by a spirit of unrest and unreasonable prejudice, it may bring disaster and ruin when it was intended to confer blessings and prosperity. Let every man, therefore, in the coming election for State officers, lay aside all prejudices and preconceived opinions, if they be wrong, inform himself thoroughly upon every question that is agitating tho public mind, and decide for himself which is the better way, the new or the old. In this connection I may say that the Democratic Executive committee has recently issued an important address, giving a statistical report of the finances of the Stato since 1874 to the present time, compiled from the official records at Columbia. Every voter 3houkl procure and read carefully one of these papers, before he finally makes up his mind upon the important question he will be a factor in deciding. Under the personal supervision of Contractor Arrowood, our $30,000 hotel is rearing its magnificent proportions as rapidly as possible. The plan is as convenient as could be well imagined, and it is to be finished in tho most comfortable and attractive style. Tho electric lights are not only the delight and comfort of our people, but are admired by all who visit our town, for their steadiness and brilliancy. Tho one on top of Whitaker Mountain is regarded with as much interest by our country neighbors as the morning and evening star, and can be easily seen from our sister towns of Shelby, Groyor, King's Mountain and GafFhey City. I had the pleasure of examining a geographical and topographical map of this section, got ten up by Maj. Jas. F. Hart and Col. John L. Black. It embraces Broad river for several miles, including tho Ninety-Nine islands with its magnificent water-power, with the minerals :>f Western York. Professor Tourney found this section so rich in minerals that in his re~ port to the State ho presented a very artistic, comprehensive map, and predicted that when this locality was penetrated by railroads, that great wealth would be developed from its mineral resources. The trustees of the graded school at this place met and elected Milton A. Spessard principal. Mr. Spessard is principal of tho Oxford High school, of Maryland, and a gentlemen of high scholarly attainments and is qualified to do just what the trustees intend, to place this institution upon as high a plane as any of tho kind in the State. Our trustees deserve groat credit, as they have struggled under diliiculties and built a convenient and handsoino school building that they are now furnishing. Among their troubles at present, is to get from the county auditor the assessment of the property of this school district, which is very important, so as to make an estimate of tho amount of the public funds duo them. It is hoped this duty will be attended to and give tho school trustees the necessary information. Mrs. M. E. Deal, of this place, while visiting relatives near Sharon, was taken seriously ill, with no improvement upon her condition when last heard from. The people of this township regret very much the appeal being taken from the U. S. circuit court to the U. S. supremo court on the question of the township bonds voted in aid of tho Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad in York and Lancaster counties. Since this litigation began, nearly fifteen thousand dollars interest has accumulated, and tho cost of two law suits. If the judgement of theU. S. circuit jourt is affirmed by the supremo court, wo will liave the cost of this appeal, with what dainiges the supreme court, may award, added to die abovo amount. In many cases tho U. S. supreme court has awarded as damages twenSve per cent. Suppose they give as damages ten per cent, with the accrued interest and sosts, it would be a about one-third of the original debt. This litigation could have been stopped by a compromise, and it is hoped this matter "'ill go no further, as the propertynolders of the townships have all to lose and nothing to gain by it. Several of our townspeople attended the picnic last Saturday at Sharon. Political feeling in this section is very quiet, rhere is no doubt this club will send a Tillman delegation to the county convention. W. A. ? The Ilailo gold mine, in Lancaster ;ounty, is said to be the richest and best naying mining property in the East. LOCAL ASHPAXXIS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. S. Myers, Charlotte, N. C.?Red Rust Proof Oats. Wanamaker Si Brown, Philadelphia, Pa.? Wantfed. R. Brandt, Chester, S. C.?Clearing Out Sale and Store Room for Rent. Johnson Ilagood, Chairman Board of Visitors S. C. M. A.?The South Carolina Military Academy. Joseph S. Mckenzie?Administrator of the estate of M. L. Sitt'ord, deceased?Administrator's Notice. Wm. Choat, Executor of estate of A. D. Choat, deceased?Executor's Notice. A. G. Brice, Chester, S. C., Administrator of Samuel Wylie, deceased?Administrator's Notice. Withers Adickes? Ready ! Aim ! ! Fire!!! A. Y. Cartwright it Co.?Listen to the Racket that we are about to make. F. Happertiold?Remember the Dead. Miss Daisy Williams?A new Feature. M. <k H. C. Strauss?A Chance to Make Money. J. H. Riddle?Wooden Ware. Robert J. Love?Candidate for County Commissioner. THE CITADEL ACADEMY. There is a vacancy in the.Citadel academy from York county. The vacancy will be filled by competitive examination. Those interested will find full particulars in the official announcement in our advertising columns. BASE BALL~AT CHESTER. By a dispatch received last night from Chester, we learn that in a game of base ball played there yesterday afternoon between the Chester and Yorkville clubs, the result was 12 to 13 in favor of the Yorkville hoys. On the tenth inning Yorkville had one out and two on bases. PUBLIC MEETING. We are requested by Intendant Cartwright to announce that a public meeting will be held at the court house this evening at 8.30 o'clock, to consider a proposition by an agent of theNational Electric Manufacturing company, to light the town by electricity. SEASONABLE RAINS. On Sunday night and Monday morning, seasonable showers fell here, and we learn the rain was general over the county, with a falling temperature. As illustrating the variableness of the American climate, while at Kansas City, Sunday was the hottest day of the summer, here we had a falling thermometer, and Monday was so cool as to render fires necessary for comfort. PAYING THE CONTRACTORS. Concerning the financial affairs of the Three C's railroad in Tennessee, the Johnson City Enterprise of last Saturday says: "Money is in bank to pay the June estimate on the Three C's road. All the financial troubles of the Construction company have been arranged and work will go on without interruption. Several thousand " i" L ? A ~ J am 4 A /lrtu uonars wui ue lurueu luuao un iu*uoj auu everybody will be happy." PUBLIC DOCUiMENTS. We have received from Prof. J. M. McBryde, director, a copy of the Second Ananual Report of the South Carolina Experimental Stations for the year ending December 31, 1889?a volume of 350 pages. Hon. John J. Hemphill has favored us with a pamphlet copy of his speech, delivered in the house of representatives, June 2G, 1890, in opposition to the force election bill. We have received from Senator Hampton copies of the tariff bill now under consideration in the senate. PAINFUL ACCIDENT. We regret to learn that Maj. <fasT F. llart met with a painful accident the other day in Charleston. In the office of the hotel he heard the cry from the omnibus for the train he wished to take, "All aboard !" and hastening for the 'bus down the stone steps which had just been mopped and were damp and slippery, his only foot slipped, and having no control of his wooden leg he fell, his lame leg sustaining the most serious hurt. He is now at his home, but it will be several days before he can venture to walk with his wooden leg. ^VTTEMPTED LARCENY. On las^S Saturday morning Hannibal Garrison alias Partlow, colored, attempted to steal a fifty-pound bag of flour from Withers Adickes's store in the Rose hotel building. He succeeded in getting it out of the store into a back room adjoining, from which he intended taking it at his leisure; but Mr. Willie Dunlap, who has charge of the store, caught him in the act, and attempted to effect his arrest, in which he failed for want of sufficient help. The would-be thief escaped, and when last heard of he was seen at Tirzah on Sunday. ^K^THE CARRIER PIGEONS. Mr/E. S. Starr, of Philadelphia, owner of the carrier pigeons which were liberated here on Tuesday morning of last week for their homeward flight, has written tc Mr. Beard, who had charge of releasing them, giving the time they made from Yorkville to Philadelphia, a distance ol 480 miles on an air line. There weresix released at 5.40 a. m. One, marked by Mr. Starr No. 18 and by Mr. Beard "N. P.," reached Philadelphia at 12 in. on the same day, making the distance in C hours and 20 minutes. Three marked by Mr. Starr No. 20, No. 8 and No. 42, and by Mr. Beard "P. G.," "O. R,"and "R. U.," respectively, arrived together, making the distance in 14 hours ana 35 minutes. The remaining two have not been heard from. RETAILING WHISKY. J Plnrlr "Ralph ford. entorpd. ft nerftmjfn lating vender of North Carolina microbe killer, warranted to put in its w<*k at ninety yards if on a straight li/e, or eighty yards if it Jurns a corner, was detected the other day in an alleynealing out his fiery compound by the drink from a bottle. The drinks were gulped down and his dusky patrons passed the money in payment therefor. Soon after he was arrested, and upon a hearing of the case before Intendant Cartwright, he was fined fifty dollars or to work thirty days on the streets. From this sentence he appealed to the full council, who heard the case on Friday and sustained the decision of the intendant. DR. WITHERSPOON. Dr. A. J. Witherspoon, a native of Lancaster county, and for some years, in the 40's, a citizen of Yorkville, but now chaplain of the Sailors' Bethel, in New Orleans, is now here on a visit. At the morning service on Sunday last he preached in the Presbyterian church here, and in the afternoon he visited Clover, where he also preached. Dr. Witherspoon meets here several friends of his younger days, who are glad to grasp his hand and welcome him once more in their midst. A Christian gentleman and a devoted minister ol the gospel, he is peculiarly fitted for his chosen line of duty, as chaplain of the Sailors' Bethel in New Orleans, in which field he has been the instrument of accomplishing much good among a class difficult to reach with the teachings of the Scriptures. VETCH FOR FORAGE. We direct the attention of farmers to an article under the above caption printed on the fourth page of this paper. The value of vetch as a forage crop, in point of economy in producing and its value as a food for stock, cannot be over estimated. We speak from practical knowledge, the proprietor of The Enquirer having successfully cultivated it last season and with satisfactory results. At our instance a number of farmers gave it a trial last winter, but owing to the unusual warmth of the weather during most of the season, it did not do so well as in winters of ordinary temperature. Yet with this disadvantage we have heard no complaint from those who tried it. We will take pleasure in showing to those wno may wisn to give it a trial, a quantity of the forage produced from the plant, on calling at The Enquirer office, and will also give any information we can from our practical knowledge as to mode of culture, etc. assaulted with a pistol. On Thursday afternoon last, in the neighborhood of Tirzah church, on the Three C's railroad, Frederick B. Bruner made a deadly assault with a pistol on his stepson, Charlie Miller, a youth fourteen or fifteen years of age. As related by the young man, who came to town on Friday to take out a warrant for Bruner, the* circumstances were these: Bruner and his wife (Charlie's mother) drove up to the house in a buggy on Thursday afternoon, when Bruner addressed Charlie. They are not on friendly terms, and the conversation soon assumed an angry character, when Bruner threatened to wear out his buggy whip on the lad. To this threat Charlie made a defiant reply, and without a further word Bruner whipped out his pistol and fired at the boy. The ball struck his suspender buckle, and, glanciug, inflicted ed a flesh wound in the left arm. While in town on Friday he had Dr. White to examine and dress his wound. The doc tor's opinion is that had it not been for the suspender buckle, the ball would have went through Charlie's heart. Bruner made his escape and has not been arrested, though Sheriff Crawford made a search for him on Friday night. THE TOWNSHIP BONDS CASES. In the United States court at Charleston, last Thursday, Judge Simonton issued a supersedeas which takes the township railroad bond cases up to the supreme court of the United States. The title ol the case is "The Massachusetts and Southern Construction Co. vs. Various Townships in the Counties of York and Lancaster, S. C." Under the order, the amount of bonds to be given by the various townships are as follows: In Lancaster county?Gill's Creek, $5,000; Pleasant Hill, .-.n r_ \r._i. 4.. nun.Ai,AA ?1 /inn . fZ,-')UU. 1(1 I UTK I'UUIII^ ? unciimcc, fi.uuu, Broad River, $6,400; York, $9,000; Ebenezer,$1,500; Catawba, $9,000. Upon giving these bonds the trust company is authorized to retain the bonds now in its custody, to obtain possession of which the present suit was brought. The motion lor supersedeas was argued by Ira B. Jones for the tax-payers, and by Maj. J. F. Ilart and R. E. Allison for the Construction company. We are informed by one of the contestants that the bond for York township will be made without any trouble or delay. \/ THE COLORED ALLIANCE. The York County Colored Alliance and National Union met in the court house or Friday last, the principal object of the meeting being to elect officers for the ensuing year. The meeting was called to order at 10.3( a. m. with J. M. Clinton, county superin tendent, in the chair. After prayer, the minutes of the lasi meeting were read, after which the nomi nation of officers was announced as th< next in the order of business. J. M. Clin ton, Rev. T. A. Nance and W. M. Parkei were placed in nomination for superinten dent, and the ballot resulted as follows Rev. T. A. Nance, 7; J. M. Clinton, 6 W. M. Parker, 2. S. E. Fewell was elected secretary, anc William Hall, treasurer. Rev. T. A. Nance was elected delegate t< the Colored Farmers' National convention to meet in Columbia on the28th of Augus ; next. The officers elect were escorted to thei ; respective seats by D. L. Witherspoon an( | J. I). Simms, when, after the transactioi of some formal business, the meeting ad journed to meet on the 1st of August. CHURCH *NOTICE8. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev J. C. Galloway, pastor. Services at Tirzal next Sunday at 11 a. m., tnd in York vill< at 8.30 p. m. Sunday-school at 5 p. ra. Episcopal?Rev. K. S. Nelson, rector Morning service next Sunday at 10.3 o'clock. Evening appointment will bi | announced at morning service. Sunday school at 5.30 o'clock p. m. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, pastor Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 8.3' o'clock. Services next Sunday at 10.3 , o'clock a. m. and 8.30 o'clock p. m. Sun . day-school at 9".30 o'clock a. m. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G H. Waddell, pastor. Prayer-meeting thi i evening at 8.30 o'clock. Services nex . Sunday at 10.30 o'clock a. m. and 8.3 , o'clock p.m. Sunday-school at 4.30 o'cIqcI i p. m. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, pas tor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow eveninj . at 8.30 o'clock. Services next Saturday evening at 8.30 o'clock and on Sunday a 10.30 o'clock a. m. and 8.30 o'clock p. m The sacrament of the Lord's Supper wil , be administered during the morning ser vice on Sunday. Sunday-school at . i o'clock p. m. COLLINS* IN JAIL. \ R. G. Collins, late of Grover, who it i i alleged Is an accessory to the murder of hi i wife at Plainville, Ga., on the 3rd instant I and whose arrest at Grover and lodgmen . in Cleveland county jail speedily followed has been safely transferred from Shelb: i to the jail in Calhoun, Ga. On arrivinj i at Calhoun he waived a preliminary ex amination, and will await the action o the grand jury. While the indignatioi against him is widespread in Gordoi I county, the scene of the murder, an< I while the people there believe from hi; i utterances at the time of the killing ant I his actions since the tragedy that he i ; guilty as charged, his case will be allowet , to go to the court and a fair trial will b< i extended to him. There was no attemp i at lynching as had been supposed wouu , be. The negro, Richmond Custer, wh< i shot Mrs. Collins, is still held, i An idle dispatch was sent out from At ; lanta to the effect that while in transit t< Georgia, when the sheriff and his prison er reached r over, Collins's friends at tha Elace made a desperate attempt to rescu< im ; and when they reached Blacksburg while waiting a change of cars, threats o lynching were made. The manufacture 1 of bogus news should have referred to thi ' map. He could there have seen that thi 1 prisoner en route from Shelby to Blacks ' burg, on the Three C's railroad, was no where near Grover, which is on the Air Line railroad, several miles east of Blacks 1 burg. And the citizens of Blacksburg in [ dignantly deny having made any threat 1 of lynching. While Sheriff McGinnis an< his prisoner were waiting at Blacksbur) ' for the Air-Line train, they attracted tin Pof several persons, some of whon essed manner commented upoi ner or his crime, but no threats o were made by any. \ HOW TILLMAN*LOST HIS EYE. ^ Several stories, purporting to explaii 1 how Capt. Tillman lost his eye, are goinf the rounds of the press. One is to the effec ' that he lost it studying Greek by a light wood fire, and another that diving in i ' stream he struck his head on a rock at thi bottom. According to Capt. Tillman' own statement neither version is correct In the summer of 188G, Capt. Tillmai i was invited to Tirzah, in this county, ti 1 address a meeting 01 iarmers at a picnit given there. As he stated in his speech a 1 Yorkville on the 3rd instant, it was th< first extemporaneous speech he ever made It became the duty of the present write to report Capt. Tillman's speech on thai occasion, and there he met for the firs time and formed the acquaintance of th< embryonic "Moses," finding him to be so cially a pleasant and atfable gentleman. ! During a recess in the exercises, Capt Tillman and several other gentlemen seat ; ed on the speaker's stand, a stranger, to al except Capt. Tillman, approached and as 1 cending the stand addressed Capt. Till man. His salutation was returned in * 1 cheerful manner and the meeting of th< ! two men was most cordial. Capt. Till 1 man introduced him to the persons pres 1 ent, and after a conversation of severa . minutes, mainly between Capt. Tillmar and the visitor, the latter retired. He 1 was a traveling salesman for a Greenville ! house at that time, and came from Rocl Hill via Tirzah to Yorkville on business While transacting his business at Tirzat ' he ii quired the nature of the meeting ir the grove near Massey's store, and or being told that "Capt. Ben Tillman was making a speech," he hastened over tc meet him as above related. After thesalesman had taken his depart ure from the stagd, Capt. Tillman, point ing to his blind eye, remarked to the com pany present, "He is the man who die this," and went on to say that while boys i at school in Edgefield county, and engager; one day in a game of ball, the man who had just called on him struck him accidentally on the eye with a bat, from the effects o; which he was confined to his bed for several months, the accident terminating ir the complete loss of his eye; "and," said Capt. Tillman, "this happened during the war, and to-day is the first time we have met since the occurrence." On the day after the meeting at Tirzah, the writer met the salesman in Yorkville, and renewing their acquaintance, the name of Capt. Tillman naturally came up as a subject of the conversation. In the course of the conversation the salesman, oi nis own volition ana witnout the incident having been previously referred to, remarked that it was he who, unfortunately, but by accident, caused Tillman the loss of his eye. He then detailed the circumstances in about the same words as did Tillman on the previous day, and said: "This was during the war, and soon after the unfortunate occurrence I went to the army, and though I have been home several times since the war ended, yet yesterday was the first time we have met since the accident." He noted the fact that Tillman made not the slightest allusion to the matter in his presence at Tirzah, and concluding, said: "It was the most regretful act of my whole life, though purely an accident; but Ben is a noble man, and I have been told that through all his months of pain and suffering, he never uttered a harsh word about me." This is the story of how Tillman lost his eye, as related by himself and the man who inflicted the wound, and should he ? / i PERSONAL MENTION, i Mrs. C. H. Dixon is visiting at Lowrys1 ville. Mr. VV. H. Herndon is visiting in Cleveland county, N. C. Misses Ida and Maggie Ferguson are visiting friends at Old Point. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ferguson, of Atlanta, Ga., are visiting in Yorkville. > Miss Annie Simpson, of Charleston, is in ''Yorkville, visiting the family of Mr. M. Strauss. W. L. McDonald and family are visiting relatives in Mecklenburg county, N C. Mr. W. F. Robertson, assistant engineer on the Augusta division of the Three C's railroad, is in Yorkville. L_Mrs. R. J. Herndon returned home last ^ eek from an extended visit to her parents in Union county. 1 Mr. D. M. Castles, of Hickory Grove, was in Yorkville last Thursday on$Busi ness. 1 Miss Lizzie Anthony, the well known 1 milliner in Latimer's Bazaar, left Monday ! for her home in Cumberland, Maryland. Mr. William Hose, of Columbia, is on a ' visit to friends and relatives in Yorkville and at Hickory Grove. sv/Rev. K. S. Nelson, Miss Cora KuykenWlal, Mr. George H. O'Leary, Mr. John McNeel,and Mr. Paul McNeelareatCleve' land Mineral springs. Mr. W. W^ates, who has been employed in the?2$oke and handle factory, will l leave with ^his family for their former home, Greensboro, N. C., this afternoon. I xMr8.jrf^nna Metts and daughters, Miss' es Sudie OKI Maud, and her son Bert, and Mrs. W Arthur Metts and Miss Annie ) Wallace.Teft on Monday afternoon last for Blowing Rock. Mr. W. L. Goforlh, a contractor on the I. Augusta division of the Three C's railrpad, was on a visit to his home iqJWs'place j last Monday. His work is In Union ' county. He reports that the grading oi the roadbed is progressing favorably. >At the Teachers' association, which " nnet in Greenville last week, Prof. Thack; ston, principal of the Yorkville Graded ' schools, and Prof. A. R. Banks, superinI tendent of the Rock Hill Graded school, were elected two of the vice presidents of the association. private letter from Mr. J. J. Hay?3iurst, dated Uminster, England, July 8, states that he is having a pleasant time and will return to Yorkville about the j first of August. There is also a very strong presumption that he will be accompanied by "the girl he left behind him" on his first trip. Mr. C. G. Parish has taken a contract for grading on the Georgia, Carolina and Northern railroad near Lawrenceville, Ga., and has transferred his plant and 0 working force from Rutherfordton to thai point, he having completed his contracl > on the Three C's at Rutherfordton. The many friends in Yorkville of Rev, 0 R. Lathan, D. D., professor of Greek theology, hermeneutics and church history in Erskine Theological seminary, were pleased to meet him, he having made 8 q hasty visit here extending from Saturday g evening until to-day. On Sunday he preached two sermons to his former congregation in the A. R. P. church. a LETTER FR031 HICKORY GROVE. t Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. 0 Hickory Grove, July 22.?Continuous raint ? and tine crops make us feel contented. The prospect in this country is far better than il ? has been for a number of years. , Mr. Rufus M. Allison is ahead in a corn crop, * His entirefcrop is extraordinarily tine ; but he has two acres that beat anything I have evei 1 seen. The corn is plahted on the bottom lande of Clark's Fork. The rows are on an average 1 of 4 feet, being 6 feet and 2 feet. The corn is as - thick in the drill as it can well grow, and is so 5 thick and green that a man in it can be seen only a few steps. The stalks are of ordinary size and of no great height; but they are well eared, having from two to five ears to the stalk. I noticed a great many stalks with five ears 8 that were well deyeloped and will produce a 8 proper amount of corn. It would be well for , every farmer that can, to see this corn for himt self, as there is something to be learned from the way Mr. Allison has cultivated it. Mr, ' Allison is not working for a prize, but is only ' trying to see what can be done. Without some = calamity he expects to gather 150 bushels ol " corn per acre. If every farmer would go at il f this way, it would not be long before this coun1 try would be independent. 3 Mr. W. H. Whisonant, who has been engaged j in the construction of the Three C's railroad D above Rutherfordton, has gone with ^lessrs, | Jackins ?fc Crosby, to Lawrenceville, Georgia, 1 where they have'an 18-mile contract on the G., 9 C. and N. railroad. Mr. Bob Whitesides ha? i also gone and expects to take part in the work, 3 Miss Daisy Hopson, of Columbia, has joined t her mother and sisters here, and they all will j make Hickory Grove their future home. Mr. W. J. Moorhead has gone off to attend 3 a wedding. I will tell you about him next week. Miss Iva Whisonant, of Sharon, is visiting D her relatives at Hickory Groye. The family of Mr. A. Rose have come out tc j spend some time. ^ Prof. Cauthen has again entered upon th< ' arduous duties of teaching the young ide? ? "bow to shoot." I Mrs. E. Warth,of Rock Hill, is yisiting hei r relatives and friends in this community. 9 Mr. George C. Leech and Mrs. Smith, of oui 3 neighborhood, will go to-day to Patterson's Springs to spend a while. rkx. HICKORY GROVE DEMOCRATIC CLUB. For the Yorkvillc Enquirer. A meeting of the Hickory Grove Democratic " club was held at Hickory Grove, Saturday 8 July 19. The roll of the club contains 20: i names, and a goodly number were in attendv ance on that day. g On motion of Dr. T. S. R. Ward, the follow1 ing preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted, after a discussion of the same bj 3 the members of the club: Whereas, the farmI ers of South Carolina and others in sympathy with them, in convention assembled in Columbia, did adopt a platform of principlfs anc \ suggest the uame of B. R. Tillman for govern3 Sor of said State; and whereas the said convenr tKjj) did call upon the State executive com1 mitlee to call a convention in the early spring to decide the question of making nominations for State officers by the primary plan; anc 1 whereas a certain ring, styled the Richlanc B club, led by the Haskellsand their henchmen 8 did, on the 10th day of July, assert that "Tillman shall never bo governor therefore, be r it resolved: 1. That wo, Democratic voters of Broad Riv3 er township and members of said club, do endorse the March convention and its platform 2. That we heartily endorse the name of the great reformer, B. ft. Tillman, for governor and we pledge ourselves to use every honorable means to secure his nomination at the convention to be held in Columbia on September 10, next. 3. That we pledge ourselves to support no mar for county or State office who is not in favor o the March Convention and its platform. 4. That we strongly condemn as an insuli to our manhood, the incendiary and revolutionary language used by the bosses and theii , henchmen, in the proceedings of the last meet' ing of the "Tricksters," in Columbia. 5. That we denounce and hold up to public scorn, the action of a few of the "lesser lights' l in sending out runners among the unposted 3 country people, trying to bamboozle them intc . signing the muster rolls of the "Oligarchy,' when the said people are unutterably oppoeed J to ring rule and bossism. 1 (>. That we are opposed to the primary plar 1 for electing delegates to the State convention. ) Wm. McGill, Chairman. ? J. Kauris Wylie, Secretary. J LETTER FRMfHlON COUNTY. j Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. [ Etta Jane, July 21.?The colored man who . was wounded at the camp of Webb A Oates, ol which I spoke in my last letter, died last Wednesday morning, Kith instant. A jury of in> quest was formed by James L. Strain, trial justice, acting coroner. The jury consisted ol - twelve white men and two colored men, with . A. Frank Kendrick as foreman. After hearing . the evidence they rendered the following verI diet: "That Calvin Ervin came to his death by a pistol shot wound from the hand of oneGeorge ? Orange alias Spider, against the peace and I dignity of the State." The deceased was from 1* Asheville, N. C., whither his remains were ' sent for interment. f Messrs Webb & Oates, railroad contractors, . have nearly two hundred hands engaged at their work in its various departments. Lancaster . county is well represented by forces under 1 Captains Samuel J. and J. E. Hutledge, of that J county. i Mr. W. C. Thomson has had a ferry boat built and launched at Howell's ferry. It is the workmanship of Mr. McAllister, and is on ' | an improved style. It cost ?100. ' With the gentle showers now falling vegetation seems to have taken new life. Old corn 1 is badly damaged though. > Rev. R. P. Smith preached to a large congre, gation at Salem yesterday. His morning dis. course was from the text: "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; for it is the Eower of God unto salvation to every one that elieveth." Romans!: 1(1. The afternoon ser1 vice was mainly a review of the Sunday-school lesson for the day. With the scalpel of truth l and reason he dissected his subject and presont[ ed it in its simplest form to his hearers. The reunion of the Old Fifth S. C. Regiment ( at Yorkville , on the 21st of next month will, no doubt, bring together the largest body of 1 survivors that have mot in this State since the war. Union county will be represented in ov> ery arm of the military service no doubt. Col. ; Coward, backed by the committee of arrangements, is a guarantee that it will be a grand affair ; and no peoplo on earth can be found whoso devotion to duty excels that of the people of York county. sioma. t&~ Ex-Secretary Whitney predicts that Mr. Koswell P. Flower will be nominated by acclamation as the Democratic candidate for governor of New York next year, and that Mr. Cleveland will be the Demoofatic candidate for the presidency in 1892. ^He emphatically repeats his former declaf ration that he is not a candidate either for gubernatorial or presidential honors. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? TheState Farmers'alliance will meet in Greenville to-day. ? Otto F. Weiters, a wealthy grocery and provision merchant of Charleston, died on Wednesday at Wiesbaden, Germany. ? The New Brighton hotel, on Sullivan's Island, has been sold at auction under mortgage for $12,000. It cost $60,000 eight years ago. It will be closed this season. ? The United States District court at Charleston adjourned last Thursday. Judge Simonton ordered a special term to convene in Charleston on the fourth Monday of October next. ? The populations of several towns in the upper part of the State, as published in the papers, are as follows : Rock Hill, 2,781; Spartanburg, 5,550; Abbeville, 1,695; Laurens, 2,188; Anderson, 3,016; Greenwood, 1,350; Gaffney, 1,631; Clifton, 2,627; Greenville, 8,606; Chester, 2,705. ? Says The Laurens Advertiser : One of the many good results of the holiness meeting has been the closing of Mr. S. W. Rutledge's saloon. On Monday morning the doors failed to open, and upon inquiry it was learned that Mr. Rutlege had determined never to sell another drop of whisky. ? A sensational shooting scrape occurred on Main street, Greenville, last Wednesday night, between Maj. W. A. Williams, of Greenville, and Rudolf Ligon, a prominent and wealthy saloon keeper, over a business matter. Four shots were fired by each of the men and neither was struck. ? i ne trustees or me uemson college have elected Prof. H. A. Strode, of Amherst, Va., president of the college. Professor Strode was at one time principal of the Soerremore high school of Amherst county, but was later elected a member of the faculty of the University of Virginia. He is an eminent teacher. Mr. Strode has accepted the position. ? The military convention, composed of representatives of all the militia of the State, which was called to meet in Columbia on the 22nd instant, has been postponed 1 on account of the campaign meetings now in progress. The convention will be held later, however, and due notice of the date ' decided upon will be given by Adjutant1 General Bonham. ; ? In Newberry last week, says The Herald and News, Judge Norton decided that [ school trustees are exempt from road duty. 1 The case came up on appeal. Mr. John C. Neel, who is a school trustee, rei fused to perform road duty, and was in1 dieted under the law, and when the case : came before Judge Norton he sustained ! the appeal and held that echool trustees ' are not liable. ? Orangeburg Enterprise: On last Wednesday, Regina, daughter of Mr. John P. Howell, of the Bull Swamp section, cora' mitted suicide by taking a dose of cou' centrated lye. Upon being quertioced, . she admitted that she had taken poison. r Further investigation showed that the , poison taken was concentrated lye. She suffered the most excruciating agony for about ten hours, when death came to her relief. ? There were apprehensions of a serious race riot in Barnwell county, last week?a renewal of a difficulty that occurred a few i weeks ago?and in the collision a white ' man was killed and two seriously wound1 ed, and several negroes were wounded; but the intervention of the Bamberg mili\ tary company restored order, and the neOAA AMtVIA/1 (tlllU MAItl )ilUCO?Btiiu uj uc ovv muicu wnii uc rr i Winchester rifles?dispersed. [ ? A Mr. Cox, superintendent of Messrs. i Jones & Co's works on the Georgia, Cari olina and Northern railroad, was killed Wednesday evening, near Fish Dam, in ' ' Union county. He was sitting down while some negroes were at work building an arch, and while some heavy rock were being moved a crowbar slipped and struck him on the head. He died almost instantly. He is said to have been very wealthy. : ?Columbia Register: Senator Wade , Hampton has sent to the department of r agriculture for free distribution, about one ; thousand volumes of government reports - and other publications, and a small quota of flower and vegetable seeds. All appli| cations should be made to the secretary of the board of agriculture, from whom all | information in relation to the matter may , be obtained. 1 ?Columbia Register: Solicitor Nelson has served papers on the counsel of Jones, the family exterminator of Edgefield county, giving notice that he will, at the Au1 gust term of court, make a motion for a . change of venue before Judge Witherspoon. This application for a change of ; venue on the part of the State is a novelty ( in legal proceedings, and being in connection with this famous, or infamous, Jones 5 case, cannot fail to attract general atten- i tion. ? The Georgia, Carolina and Northern : railroad has begun the erection of its de. pot at Green wood, Abbeville county. The , building will cost $2,000. It will be in, a beautiful part of the town, and convenient to the Central of Georgia and "the Columbia and Greenville railroads. Five miles of track have been laid toward 5 Chester and three or four towards Abbe ville. September will find regular trains ' through to Monroe. ? Luther Hightower, 16 years old, the son of Daniel Hightower, of the upper section of Greenville county, was found r dead last Sunday morning in an outhouse " on his father's place. He committed suicide by hanging himself with a plow line, I which he attached to a joist and jumped off when he had fastened it to his neck. He is supposed to have been jtuea Dy a ; girl. _ | NOTES FROM GROVER. | Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. , Grover, N. C., July 21.?Good seasons for . the past week have greatly improved the con> dition of the growing crops. Showers haye been light, though very frequent; consequent lv no damage has been done by washing. But . this morning it looks as if we were going to . have a freshet to wind up with. The clouds > seem to be low and well freighted with rain. , Several showers have fallen already, and it now looks as if several more might fall in the next 5 few hours. The Grover High school, of which I made mention in my last letter, has surpassed the i expectations of its most ardent supporters, f Thirty pupils were enrolled the first week, and several others are present this morning for t enrollment, notwithstanding the inclemency - of the weather. p Mr. A. M. Ellis and family, of Texarkaua, . Texas, formerly of this place, returned here last week to spend a few months at their old j home. They are the guests of Mrs. Polly Moss, ' mother-in-law of Mr. Ellis. c. c. 11. [ \ Does it Mean a Convention??YesI terday, though miles away from the city, The Record representative was so fortui nate as to hear the talk of a prominent . colored Republican, of this city, to a York darkey. When the Knights of Pythias trained stopped at Hickory Grove, the colored Columbian, who, by the way, has always been a red-hot partisan leader, dismounted and went up to an ignorant I looking darkey standing by and had a ! long conversation with him. It was not noticed at first, but as the train was about ready to start, he got on the platform near ' which, unknown to him, The Record man was standiug. There he handed the darkey several papers, among which was The Record on which he marked the card , published Monday, suggesting a conciliatory conference among the Tillmanites and Anti-Tillmanites, telling him to read it. As the train pulled off he leaned over and said : "I want to hear from every one , of you fellows in Columbia on the 30th." ,n' * ' " 1? it Ja KM A mis lOOKS siruiigiy as it uicie is iu uoo convention of Republicans in this city on the 30th. Whether the fellow had done likewise at Rock Hill, Yorkville, Lancaster, Camden and otherstations behind, we were unable to learn.?[Columbia Record, Wednesday. ? . - A Grasshopper Plague.?An Atlanta dispatch says: Green grasshoppers are playing havoc in Floyd county, Ga., and the farmers are much alarmed. If report may be trusted, these pests are the most voracious destroyers that have yet threatened the crops in this part of the country. They don't stop at devouring the corn, but clean up the whole field, grass, weeds and all. So far their work seems to have been confined to a narrow territory in the neighborhood of Rome, but they increase and spread with great rapidity. The hopper is described as being medium in size, of a vivid green, aud without anything resembling wings. However, though he can't fly, he can hop at an alarming rate and manages to get there just the same. The Force Bill.?a Washington dispatch of Monday says: The Republican members of the senate committee on privileges and elections were again in session to-day considering the federal elections bill. John I. Davenport, of New York, was closeted with the members this afternoon. It is understood, that the bill which is to be reported to the caucus, is practically completed, but the time for the meet1 ing of the caucus has not yet been fixed.