Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 06, 1890, Image 2

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Jtops and <facte. ? The locomotives just shipped from the United States to be used on the railway between Jerusalem and Jaffa, will take some of the sentiment out of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. But they will certainly make traveling there more com venient and comfortable. One may even be able to go down by rail from Jerusalem to Jericho without falling among thieves. ? Three congressional scalps now dangle from the belt of the Georgia State alliance. In the Fourth district convention Thomas Grimes was knocked out of wind on the sixty-fifth ballot, and Mr. C. L. Moses, the alliance candidate, was nominated. The alliance leaders are jubilant over their success, and assert they will capture every district in detail as the conventions meet. Stewart has retired before Livingston, and Clements bis given up the fight before Everett. ? A dispatch of Friday from Austin, Texas, says: Millions of caterpillars have invaded tab ftelds of this section of Texas, and planfeflfind farmers are busy poison log tbem. Tney are reported very uuu alorifihe Brazos.river, and it may be that the rotton crop of this State will be seriously injured. The pests are at least three weeks earlier than usual, aDd they are here Id great numbers and make the atmosphere very offensive with their peculiar Odor. ?Theplatform adopted by the Michigan Prohibition convention, in session at Lanslog last week, demands prohibition of tho liquor trafllo, the establishment of postal savings banks, % reduction of the tariff, a per diem service pension law, government control of railroads and telegraph lines, the Australian ballot system, equal suffrage,- the prohibition of speculation In margins, and of the formation of trusts and combines, and urges legisla. tlon that will Insure to the laborer a just return for his labor. ? Dispatches from various points in Western Kansas state that the hot winds of the past few days have materially reduced the already low condition of the crops in the State. The winds have literally cooked the corn. This condition prevails along the Missouri Pacific from Concordia to the western boundary. East of Concordia for one hundred miles the yield of corn may, under favorable conditions, amount to 5 or 10 per cent, of last year's crop. From that point east to Atkinson, it will be 20 percent, of last year's if rain falls. ? The steamship, Grecian Prince, of the Hamburg-American packet line, which arrived at Philadelphia last Friday from Hamburg, brought with her a consignment. nf wild animal*. The collection con slated or a large African elephant, a lion, apalr of Thibet bearaand 8ix swans. One oflhe swans died on tho voyage. With the exception of the bears the whole consignment goes to Atlanta, Ga., where the city has established a zoological garden. One of the bears is an albino, being pure white with pink eyes, and is the only one ever seen or captured. ? An inordinate indulgence in fresh sweet milk caused the death of Mary Goldsmith, a dairy maid on a farm near Newark, N. J., last Friday. She was accustomed to drinking great quantities of milk before being engaged on the farm. The milk at this diary is exceedingly rich, being procured from registered Alderney cows. The woman drank the rich fluid by gallons. She died very suddenly and an autopsy was deemed necessary. Upon examination the doctors found layers of fat six inches thick about her heart and enclosing that member in a deadly embrace. The physicians ascribe death to the cause mentioned. ? On the subject of direct trade with Southern ports, The New York Herald says: "Mr. Pat Calhonn advises that in the event of the force bill there should be a direct steamship line between the Georgia ports and Europe. We heartily approve of this idea, with one amendment?let the steamship line be started without regard to the force bill or any other bill. We believe in direct commerce between our great seaports, Southern as well as Northern, and Europe. Pat Calhoun is a statesman, but let us have the line at once. New York will warmly support the enterprise." ? The Farmers' alliance, the old Greenback party and the labor party have united in Kansas with the object of defeating the re-election of John J. lngaiis to the senate of the United States. The legislature now stands 150 Republicans and 6 Democrats. The new combination hopes to secure a majority of the next legislature. They are working and are meeting with great success. The recent visit of President Polk, of the National alliance, has stirred up the farmers as they have never been stirred up before. Senator Ingalls is frantic, and is writing to his.friends at home urging them to get to work. ? Advices from all sections of Indiana are to the effect that growing crops and fruits are being badly injured by the drought which has prevailed for three or four weeks. The melon crop has already been cut down one-half and the berry crop has been qnasually small. The growing corn, owing to late planting, is very backward, and the drought has proved so disastrous that but little will silk out unless rain comes within a few days. Pastures are bnrned out, and in many sections the new hay is being fed to stock. Wells have become dry, and in Jackson and other counties the people are obliged to haul water for domestic purposes." ? Political leaders in New York are looking forward with no little anxiety to the next election. The new ballot reform law goes into force, and they are puzzled as to its effect on themselves and their parties. Some of these believe the new order of voting will keep many of the uninformed from the polls; others think that the vote will be much larger than in previous years. The redisricting of New York city has reduced the number of election districts from 1,019 to 947. This will also give more work to the district "statesmen." Each district has been reconstructed so that its number of voters will not exceed 300. Formerly the number varied from 56 to 400. ? Thje probability of there being from 35 to 40 farmers' alliance men in tne next house, opens up a wide field for speculation as to the speakership in the event of the Democrats regaining control. Up to the present time Messrs. Crisp, of Georgia, and General Hatch, of Missouri, are most prominently spoken of as the probable successor of Speaker Reed. Messrs. Crisp and Hatch are regarded as the most aggressive leaders on the Democratic side, and the former is particularly well qualified to wield the gavel. His chances are somewhat weakened by the announcement that at least six alliance men will be members of the Georgia delegation, who will not bo bound by a Democratic caucus. ? J. Milton Turner, ex-minister to Liberia and the Moses of the Western negroes, has a great scheme on hand, having secured $150,000 from the government for fees in Indian land cases. Mr. Turner sets about devising plans for the elevation of his race. He has secured funds for the establishment of a negro manual training school at Kirkwood, a pretty suburb of St. Louis, and now proposes a wholesale exodus of negroes from the United States to Mexico, where he says he and his associates have secured twenty-three million acres in fee simple. The land was purchased of the Mexican government direct by the syndicate whose representative Mr. Turner is, and it is proposed to settle the negroes on this tract and sell them farms at a reasonable advance. Mr. Turner is sanguine of the success of the scheme. ? The Georgia supreme court has affirmed the judgment of the lower court in the case of Tom Woolfolk. convicted of mur dering nine members of his father's family, and it will be in order at the next term of Houston superior court to re-senteDce Woolfolk, and unless the United States supreme court, the governor, insanity or death should interfere, he will hang soon. Justice Simmons, who, in February of last year, handed down the decision giving Woolfolk a new trial, again delivered the opinion. The decision says: "Two juries having found the defendant guilty, and the judges who presided at the court being satisfied with their finding, and there being sufficient evidence to uphold the verdict, this court does not feel authorized to disturb it." An effort will be made at once to carry the case to the supreme court of the United States. One point made by Woolfolk's attorney i3 without precedent and of legal importance. Jailer Birdsong swore he overheard Woolfolk say in praying: "Lord have mercy upon me for what I have done; the only thing I regret is killing my father." This testimony of Birdsong was objected to on the ground that the policy of the law was that the / prayer of a person to his God shall not be given in evidence against him. The court ruled against him, citing cases in volving the same principle, though not the exact question. Woolfoik received the intelligence of the decision of the supreme court with apparent unconcern. ? The Hon. Leonard Rhone, master of the Pennsylvania Grange, has issued an address to the farmers of the State, in which he urges them to vote for the Hon. Robert E. Pattison, the Democratic nominee for governor. He says Mr. Pattison, while governor, had labored incessantly for the rights and protection of the people, whilst Mr. Delamater, the Republican nominee, failed to keep his promise 1 to vote for the farmers' tax bill in the State ( senate, but on the other hand, spoke and ' voted against it. In brief, Mr. Rhone 1 says Mr. Pattison is a candidate on the side of the people, whilst Mr. Delamater ! is the candidate of the corporations and cor- rupt powers of the State. With the labor 1 and farmers' organizations against him, ' it would seem Senator Delamater has a < hard road to travel. forMle #nquirrr. ' ( YOKKVILLE, S. C. \ ' WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6,1890. J TILLMAN'S STRENGTH DEVELOPING. 1 County conventions were hchl last Monday in Anderson, Pickens, Greenville, 1 Lexington, Marion, Spartanburg, and ! Chesterfield counties. They all elected Tillman delegates to the August conven- 1 fcon, the aggregate number being 56. This, with counties that have previously acted 1 through conventions, not including Fair- J field, gives Tillman 197 delegates; 36 more J than necessary to make a nomination. The counties yet to hold conventions are ! Beaufort, with 8 delegates; Berkeley, 12 ; ' Charleston, 28; Clarendon, 6; Florence, ' 6; Horry, 6; Laurens, 8; Orangeburg, 12; f Williamsburg 8?total, 94. Orthesitua- , tion may be thus more clearly stated: < Tillman delegates elected, 197 i Earl delegates elected, 21 ( .uitKi onntoatirifr fl nlnrmtinris 8 ranuuiu, 0 -o ? Delegates yet to elect, 94 1 m 1 Number necessary to nominate, 161; J number already pledged to Tillman, 197. , MERE-MENTION. ! Augusta's population, according to an 1 enumeration made by the police of the i city, is 36,952. The Greensboro Pa- i triot records as a fact that a negro whose i body was cut in two by the wheels of a 1 locomotive the other morning, lived for 1 an hour after the accident and talked ra- i tionally until a few minutes before breath I left the mangled body. The first bale i of new cotton was sold in the Savannah i market last Friday. The Maryland < Prohibition State convention, in session ] at Baltimore last week, nominated can- i didates for congress in four of the six dis- ] tricts in the State. Senator Plumb < has introduced in the senate resolutions 1 for the removal of Gen. Grant's remains i from New York to Washington. Ju- I lian Jones, colored, was shot and killed by < Police Officer Hague, at Raleigh, N. C.,! last Friday. Jones was in the act of kill- I ing a newspaper man named Utley, who < was helping to arrest him. A famine c prevails in the Soudan. In some parts of ? the country the deaths from starvation ( average one hundred daily. The art i of making matches has been so perfected { that 10,000,000 of the tiny sticks can be cut 1 into shape, all ready for dipping, by one i machine in a single day. The board 1 or education, in uoiumous, unio, nasuecided that hereafter there shall be no dif- i ference in the salaries paid to men and ( women who are teachers in the public schools. Advices last Friday from Cairo, Egypt, say that 9,000 acres of cotton aud com land in the province of Gerbich, j have been covered with an inflow of salt j water and the growing crops thereon have < been destroyed. About 1 percent, of j the postmasters in the United States die , annually. On the 30th of June, 1889, { there were 59,999 postoffices in the United ( States, and on the 30th of June, 1890, 62,- j 400. During the year 638 postmasters s died. There are eight Democratic 5 candidates for nomination for congress in ( the Ninth North Carolina district. Deputy Marshal John G. Harris killed John ( Cleary, a farmer, at an Alliance picnic at < Oliver, Ga., Friday. Cleary's father then r shot and killed Harris. The trouble was 1 caused by Harris having been black-balled 1 by the alliance when he applied for mem- j bership. Gold bars to the value of , $5,975,000 were shipped from New York ( last week. Capt. W. H. Green has I been appointed general manager of the t entire Richmond and Danville railroad 1 system, vice Col. Peyton Randolph, re- , signed. It is calculated by experts ( that 40,000,000 pounds of fish a day are required to feed the fur seals that the United i States want to protect. In the future i in all government documents and official 1 publications in Canada, such words as ] favor, labor, honor, etc., must be spelled j with the "u," according to the English s usage. The total number of deaths in this country by wind storms and lightning I since January last is estimated at 1,100, as \ compared with only 163 deaths from the j same causes during the whole of 1889. This 1 is a record which will make this year 1 memorable in the annals of meteorology. A terrific wind and hail storm J passed over a portion of Minnesota last Sunday forenoon. The storm track was ! ten miles wide and forty miles long. All uncut grain in its path is a total loss. The hail, in some instances, was as large as hen's eggs, and covered the ground for several inches. Tho loss is estimated at j from $75,000 to $150,000. The State J election in Alabama was held on Monday ] lncf AUhnncrh thprp nro thrpp tiplrpfs in i the field besides the Democratic, the oppo- ' sition to the regular Democracy is but ? light and it is thought;the Democrats will [ carry the State by an increased raajori- j ty. The Lodge election bill has been , revised and modified, nearly all of its ob- j jectionable features having been elimi- i nated, and in its present shape, should it 1 become a law, its provisions will apply ! equally to the North as the South. j WEATHER AND CROP REPORTS. The South Carolina weather service, in 1 co-operation with the United States signal ' service, furnishes the following for the , week ending August 2: ! The raiufall for the week has been large- | ly above the average and well distributed, while the temperature has been about the average and the sunshine below the average. Judging from the reports of corres- ' pondents, the weather of the past week has been very favorable for young corn and late vegetables, and has not materially injured cotton. i The bulletin issued last Saturday by the 1 signal service at Washington says: The weather during the past week has < been unfavorable for growing crops gene- ( rally throughout the entire corn belt, ex- ' tending from Ohio and Michigan west- ' ward to Kansas and Nebraska, and the ' continued drought in connection with hot, i dry winds west of Mississippi has perma- ' nently injured the corn crop, especially in < Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri, and low- i ered the prospects of this crop in the States 1 of the Central Valley. In Minnesota and < the Dakotas the weather was favorable for < harvesting, which is well advanced, but 1 /l?tr tvinrla worn tinfounrohlo ffiP U-'hodt ! 1 HUt| Ui J *TiUUO ITV1V UU1MTUAMWAV AV* IT1IVMIM The week closes with showers and cooler i weather in this section, conditions which will prove favorable for the wheat crop in the northern portions. ] All the crops need rain in Kentucky, 1 Tennessee and Arkansas. Although the j < cotton crop continues in good condition in :' these States. j < Reports from the South Atlantic and ; ( Gulf States indicate that the weather dur- ; 1 ing the past week has been generally fa- j i, vorable for cotton in Eastern Louisiana, ] and thence eastward over South Carolina,; s although in some sections of Alabama and 1 North Carolina, cotton is shedding badly, i :j and some slight injury is reported from 1 black rust. South Carolina reports all i crops benefitted and cotton uuinjured by 1 the rain. In portions of Texas and Lou- j 1 isiana the crop is suffering from the; i drought, and in the latter State the cane ; ( and rice crops continue in excellent con-jr dition. j i From Virginia northward, over West- i i em New York, the recent showers have , t improved the crop conditions, but corn,1 | tobacco and potatoes are in need of more e rain. In New Jersey all crops were im- i >roved by the rains and warm weather, ixcept the grape crop, which has been jermanently injured by black rot. The veather was very favorable for farm work a n New York, where a large hay crop has >een secured. The drought has been broken in New 1 England, and all crops, especially corn, tojacco and potatoes, were very much im- v proved. g CLOSE OF THE STATE CANVASS. F Only two county meetings were held ast week, the one at Orangeburg on Tues- ^ Jay, a report of which we printed the folowing day, and at Hampton on Friday, j which with the meeting at Walterboro yesterday, closes the schedule of appointments as made by the State Democratic s Executive committee. Mr. Pattillo, re- J porter for the Augusta Chronicle, fur- ^ aishes that paper with the following sue- \ jinct account of the meetingat Hampton : v The two main actors in South Carolina's ] gubernatorial drama met la9t Friday probibly for the last time face to face upon the 1 jlUUJp. The sultry hotness of the day did not muse any political lassitude; on the contrary, to-day's fight was one of the most 3 exciting in the campaign. L For the first time Capt. Tillman read j; the list of "perjured" senators, thus rais- t ing quite a storm of indignation against him from the minority of the audience. Both speakers were equally and constant- r ly inturrupted by opposing factions. Gen. Bratton finished his remarks j without being inturrupted more than t ence. Gen. Earle seemed rather to enjoy his interruptions to-day. He had a "Tillman, the second," to contend with in the person e of an individual, just in frontof him, who r looking up into his face, objected to almost N every remark. I Geu. Earle confidently expressed the ^ opinion that Capt. Tillman would not be r elected if a primary were held. In speak- 8 ing of the Clernson college, he said that he was not a recent convert to it. Before he had ever heard the name of Clernson he was in favor of an agricultural and mechanical e college. He further said that he was irn- I pressed with the fact that the common g schools should be improved. He drew the t attention of his audience to the benefits a which would accrue to the State could the t South Carolina university be made to equal c the University of Virginia. He further j said that he believed all the audience would be his friends before he finished his speech. In spite of the numerous inter.. - ' - 1 1? T rupuons, ne was strujjuiuuai^ ?uu .? 3at down with the pleasantest smile. The a applause which followed his speech was i enthusiastic. e Capt. Tillman next came forward only a to be interrupted like his predecessor. He c proceeded upon his usual line until he e eametothe subject of perjury. There he a met with a greater interruption than t usual. "You have certain men whom I have accused of perjury." Some of the audience asked who they were. "You know who they are without my naming J them," said Capt. Tillman. When it was f insisted upon, however, that he should 1 name the accused, he did not seem loath v to comply, but proceeded in a loud, clear v voice: "I'll name them all if you want ^ me to. The first is Bieman, of Oconee; * [hesecond is Buist." On coming to the f name of Ge^i. Moore, of Hampton, he 1 mentioned it with special emphasis. Thi- 1 caused immense excitement among Gen. Moore's friends. The climax of this culs mination of the campaign, however, was . reached when the name of Gen. Youman's , was mentioned. Colonel Youmans advanced to the stand, and, in an excited c manner, cursed Capt. Tillman, calling tun* a liar and defied him to prove the . :h*rges against Senator Youmans. ?tt appeared that there would be tf conlicfc right in front of the stand, but some /)ne pushed Col. Youmans out into the au- i iienee, and Chairman M. B. McSweeney c mcceeded in calling the meeting to order. . Dapt. Tillman .then proceeded to tell in what respect he regarded the senatorial jentlemen as perjurers, they having taken ;he oath to support the constitution and t lot having carried out certain census t aws. During the remainder of his speech he * was interrupted by irrelevantremarks and juestions from Hon. Mr. Causey. ' TRAGEDY IN AUGUSTA. [ Mr. L. H. Pattillo, a member of the i Augusta Chronicle staff, aud whose name v las recently become familiar to South r Jarolina readers by reason of his daily re- f sorts for The Chronicle of the gubernato ml canvass in mis state, was a cniei j ictor in a tragedy in Augusta last Satur- \ lay night, ending in the death of his an- 8 ;agonist and the serious wounding of him- i self. The circumstances are thus briefly t elated by an Augusta dispatch of Satur- t lay night: J Mr. L. II. Pattillo, traveling correspondent )f the Augusta Chronicle, 9hot and killed Mr. Charles P. Hudson on the streets to-night. The two geutlemen met about 11 o'clock in \ front of the Hawthorn saloon in Broad street, ;hree doors above Jackson. There are no witlesses to the homicide. Ten shots wore tired, b Mr. Pattillo received one bullet from Hutson's n fistol in the right side. Policeman Baston c :aught Hutson as he was falling, attempting to f( ire another shot, but he was too weak to pull t ,he trigger. As Hudson was gently laid on the . jround he turned over and died. Pattillo was carried to the Arlington hotel, 8 where his wound was dre99ed. He is not con- li fidered mortally wounded. t The cause of tho difliculty is not known, but a is belieyed to be of a private nature. Bad blood D must have existed between the two gentlemen, for they were both armed and ready for trouble. There is no one who heard or knows of 4 my colloquy between the two men when they net. It is supposed they commence firing on fight. 1 Pattillo Is from Warren county, and was formerly editor of tho Wammton Clipper, and ' is the son of a Baptist minister. Mr. Hudson . is a j'oung man about 24 years old and came 1 hero from Louisville, Ga., and was a dry goods ilerk. * The Augusta Chronicle of Sunday con- ( tains an impartial account of the affair, but gives no material facts differing from v the above. A dispatch in The Charleston News and Courier of Monday throws the c following additional light upon the unfortunate affair: ^ The cause of tho tragedy is the subject on c averybody's tongue to-day. Of course there is a woman in the case. It is shocking to drag i woman's namo into such affairs as these men have done, but it is generally understood that r this is tho origin of the difliculty. And, 0 firange to say, the killing was not in defense 5f a woman's reputation, but simply the result ? af a seemingly insane jealousy. Mr. Pattillo 1 was married a few years ago to Miss Ella Hall, C i beautiful girl of Warreu countv, but they J wuro uivuitcu auui ? iu? aiuiuua vi uiiua^j j ind uncongenial married lifo. She had even ] resumed her maiden name, and was to all in- j] tents and purposes free and so demeaned her- t self. It seems, however, that Pattillo madly loved her and declared time and again that ho ^ would kill any man who paid her attention. 1 It is said ho has made theso threats to several s young men who met and went out with his (j former wife, and it is supposed that ho had q sent a similar message to young Hudson, who * met the lady here in Augusta about three monthsago. Jtoth young men have a host of e friends here, and the deepest regrets are ex- c pressed at the sad occurrence. I1 i: South Carolina's Congressmen.?A a Washington dispatch to The Atlanta Con- 2 stitution says: a "A South Carolina member of congress c mid to-day, that Tillman, Elliott and 0 Hemphill would probably be the only 1, members of the South Carolina delegation t returned. He believed that Col. Dargan's 1 vote against the free coinage of silver would e lefeat him, while the others had either de- t dined renomination or the farmers would r throw them overboard. Col. Tillman, t brother of the candidate for governor, has $ recently received the alliance catechism, j *nd is now engaged in answering the ques- f, tions which have caused the political death $ Df so many politicians. lie will probably t *end a reply within the next few days, in 0 which he will come out against the sub- e treasury bill. He has studied the question c thoroughly, and those who have talked with him say his argument against it, is absolutely convincing. However, that remains to be seen." a What it Really Costs.?Senator Car- r lisle recently estimated the amount of rI tax imposed on each man, woman and t Kt? tKn nrnoonf foriff 1 a \if of &U) r\f V ^UilU L>VY IIIC piCOVUV IWTT MV v^V) VI ? which $7 goes into the pockets of protect- a ?d manufacturing capitalists in the shape u )f enhanced profits on their wares, due to 1 :he exclusion of foreign competition, and a goes into the treasury at Washington. Estimating the average family of five per- I sons, the head of it now pays yearly a $50 n :ariff tax on what he buys, of which amount i: ?35 goes to some rich person in this coun- d :ry, who gets that for being so good as to c nvest his money in manufacturing. All b ove this amiable person, and wish to see h iim prosper, but the poor would love him li nore if he would turn to something he p ?ould manufacture without loss to them, y rhe injustice of the high protective tariff t s that it robs A for B's benefit. Every v ndustrial tub should stand on its own bot- e om. An industry kept going at the ex- v Dense of the masses for a few person's ben- ii ifit is a doubtful blessing.?[Baltimore p Sun. p LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. . A C. Merriam A Co., Springfield, Mass.? Don't bo Duped. [Fourth page.J iillions for tlio Defenceless. [Fourth page.] ?. M. Crist?A $ !"? Sewing Machine tor $1(>, including a year's subscription to Thk Yorkvillk "Enquiubr. [Fourth page.] V. C. Latimer?An Introduction. . C. Sturgis?Candidate for the ofiico of County School Commissioner. Icnrv Massey, Tirzah, S. C.?Hygienic, or Treatment without Medicine." ). E. Finley, Clerk?Roads and Bridges. V. D. Grist, Secretary, pro torn.?Deacons' Convention, ohn May, Jr. A Co.?Mr. Brooks Inman will be Found Behind Our Counters in the Future. i. Y. Cartwright A Co.?Down She Goes. I. A H. C. Strauss?Stock Replenished. Now Goods. Irs. T. M. Dobson?Dobsou's Racket. II. Riddle?Magnolia Hams. ?r. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pis.?Clerk's Sale. 5. M. Law and others, Committee?Reunion Postponed. .onis Rotn?A Grammatical Question. TUP! niTSV TtEE SOCIETY The juvenile society of Busy Bees will erve ice cream on the Presbyterian church ;reen on Friday afternoon next, from o to o'clock, the proceeds to be applied to a lenevolent purpose. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. There will be a meeting of the York bounty Democratic Executive committee n the court house at York ville on Monday, August 11, at 11 o'clock a.m. A full atendance of the members is requested. RE UNION POSTPONED. By reference to the notice published lsewhere of the committee of arrangenents of the proposed re-union of the survivors of the Fifth South Carolina regiment, t will be seen that for sufficient reasons he committee has decided to postpone the e-union from August 21st, the date first uggested, until Thursday, May 7, 1891. SALES-DAY. There were no official sales of any kind ; ?n Monday last?sales-day for August. Notwithstanding this fact, there was a ;oodly attendance of people in town from he country, and a few candidates who ; vailed themselves of the opportunity hus afforded for meeting their follow itizens and deadening timber for the ap>roaching primary election. THE COUNTY CANVASS. The county canvass will open at Rock lili on Thursday, the 14th instant,and end it York ville on Wednesday, the 27th, to be mmediately followed by the primary ilection on the 28th. By reference to the idvertisementof the secretary of the exeutive committee announcing the primary dection, candidates will see that the date it which they may pay the fee and sign he pledge, is limited to the 13th instant. PROTRACTED MEETING. An intprpstinp- nrotracted meeting is low in progress at Union Baptist church, our miles north-east of town. The nieetng was commenced on Sunday last, since vhich time the attendance has been large, vith increasing interest and the promise if good results." The pastor, Rev. R. G. 5atrick, is assisted by Rev. J. E. C'ovingon, now of Welford, Spartanburg county, >ut who was pastor of Union church for nore than three years. FOR RETAILING. Ed. Simpson, colored, was arrested and iad a hearing before IntendantC'artwright ast Monday on the charge of retailing vhisky by the bottle on the streets last Saturday night. The intendant adjudged dm guilty and imposed a fine of $50 or hirty days on the streets. From this deision he appealed to the full council, and m yesterday the case was heard by them, ). E. Spencer, Esq., appearing for the deendant. After heariug the case, the ouncil affirmed the judgment of the in-, endant. DEATH OF MRS. HAPPI^RfrTELD. Mrs. Betsey Happerfleld, wife of Mr. F. lapperfield, died of typhoid fever at heir residence in this place on Sunday ast, aged about 7.3 years. Mrs. Happerleld was a devoted Christian, her exemilary life being a bright example for emuation. She was an affectionate wife, being ruly a helpmeet to her husband, and a ;ind neighbor, fulfilling all the duties of ife with womanly modesty, quietly and without ostentation. In his loss her beeaved husband has the sympathy of many riends. Her funeral services were held in Trinity A. E. church on Monday afternoon, and rere attended by a large concourse. The ervices were conducted by Rev. \V. W. )aniel, of Chester?for four years her pasor, and to whom as a minister she was nuch attached?assisted by Itev. L. A. tihnson and Rev. G. II. Waddell. ^ SECOND DISTRICT CENSUS. The following is an approximate list of he recent census of the nine county towns nd townships in the second district, given iy Mr. Delevan Yates, supervisor. They nay undergo some change in the offiial count at Washington, but will be ound substantially correct. The town of Edgefield is situated in two townships and ts population was not aggregated in the upervisor's office ; consequently its popuation cannot be known until the Washingon office makes its report. The following re the figures for the towns and townships lamed: Ail/nn tAivnohin innlnrlinir fhAfnil'tl nf Aikfin. ,491. The town of Aikon, 2,3(14. Pickens township, Edgefield county, 3,934. Lexington township, including the town of Lexington, 2,4(58. Winnsboro township, including the town of Vinnsboro, 2,483. Newberry township, including the town of few berry, 4,881. The town of Newberry, 3,034. Union township, including the town of Jnion, 4,373. The town of Union, 1,(509. Chester township, including the town of Ihester, G,954. The town of Chester, 2,702. York township, including the town of Yorkille, 5,240. The town of Yorkyille, 1,554. Columbia township, including the city of Columbia, 18,403. Thecity of Columbia, 15,329. At this stage of tho work, Supervisor fates estimates the population of York ounty, in round numbers, at 37,400. THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD. We have received a pamphlet of 10S ages, it being a "Iteport of the Secretary if the Johnstown ltelief Commission," nd from its pages is learned the fact that he most inagnificeut charity fund ever ontributed in the world's history was the Johnstown relief fund of $4,110,801.48. ?he report of Secretary Kremer, of the reief commission, who was appointed to listribute the funds, is very interesting. Ie gives a brief sketch of the destruction vrought by the flood and the incidents eading to the organization of the commision. A detailed statement is made of the listribution of the fund. There were ,229 claimants for relief on account of desruction of property. These weredividd into six classes, and all but the sixth lass paid proportionate to their respective osses. To class No. six no payments were nade because it was not necessary. The .mount received by the widows was $183,81, and the sum of 8108,000 has been set side for their children. For the care of hildren made orphans by the Hood, $119,16.88 has been set aside. The amount of oss in the Conemaugh valley, as sworn to >y claimants, reached the sum of ?9,674,00, added to which the loss on corporate, hurch and borough property runs the otal up to ?11,871,605. A lengthy statenent is then made of the amount received >y each individual, making a total of 2,378,285. The commission has?67,205.47 et on hand. Contributions came from ourteen foreign countries, amounting to 1,236,146.45, and the remainder was conributed by forty-six States and Territories if the Union. South Carolina is creditd with ?8,255.74, of which Yorkville ontributed ?110. WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY. An advertisement of Webster's dictioury, the genuine edition, from the old and riginal publishing house of G. & C. Meriam & Co., Springfield, V iss., appears in Tie Enquirer to-day. The value of his book, "a library within itself," is too pell understood by the student and scholr to require argument here. It is the niversally acknowledged standard of the English language in the United States, nd stands in high favor in England. Rppentlv a chean edition of "Webster's I )ictionary" has been thrown upon the narket. It is a reproduction of the orignal edition of 1S47, the pages being prouced by the photographic process, and onsequently only a fac simile of that ook?useful in its day, but now obsoate?and bearing no comparison with the iter editions issued by the legitimate ublishing company. It is now forty ears behind the times, and for the pracical purposes of a dictionary of to-day is worthless in comparison with the genuine dition, which has 11S,000 words in its ocabulary. It contains 3000 illustrations a the body of the work, and these are reeated, classified and finely printed on exensivo tinted paper at the end of the 1 work ; a biographical dictionary contain- coj ing nearly 10,000 names ; a new gazetteer fri of the world of over 20,000 titles; and a dictionary of fiction, containing the names ! of noted fictitious persons and places, often f(lJ referred to in literature and conversation, sol This feature is found in no other dictiona- no ry, and in separate form costs $2.00. The n.]I latest and only authorized edition of Web- }ik ster's dictionary bears on the title page the imprint of G. & C. Merriam & Co., Springfield, Mass. pr CHURCH NOTICES. at' Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, pas- mi tor. Sunday-school at 5 o'clock p. m. y? Episcopal?Rev. K. S. Nelson, rector. Morning service next Sunday at 10.30 o'clock. Evening appointment will be tj, announced at morning service. Sunday- th school at 5.30 o'clock p. m. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, pastor, ah Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 8.30 ci< o'clock. Services next Sunday at 10.30 FJ o'clock a. m. and 8.30 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school at 9.30 o'clock a. m. in Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. ioi H. Waddell, pastor. Prayer-meeting this th evening at 8.30 o'clock. Services next ?r Sunday at 10.30 o'clock a. m. and 8.30 ftjj 1 1 1 1 1 - A. 4 OA Ol O'CIOCK p. in. Ouuuay-SL'IIUUI Mit.ouu iiuih I jn p. m. is Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. wl J. C. Galloway, pastor. The ordinance of be the Lord's Supper will be administered do during the morning service at Tirzah next Pr Sunday, preparatory services commencing j" on Friday morning at 11 o'clock. The fr( pastor will be assisted by Rev. J. H. Peo- in pies. Services in Yorkville at 8.30 o'clock fr< p. m. Sunday-school at 5 o'clock p. m. in m 9^ ^^PERSONAL MENTION. Mrs. T. W. Clawson is visiting' at Spartanburg. ar Miss Kate Hanahan returned to Colum- wi bialast Monday. ge Miss Daisy Hart has returned home from Greenwood. ^ Miss Lula Goodrum will start to-morrow ha on,a visit to Asheville, N. C. sii y Mrs. Hemphill McDaoiel, of Chester, is di visiting Mrs. G. PI. O'Leary. of > Miss Florrie Allison has gone to Clover tri to open the school at that place. x Miss Stitt Harris and Mr. J. P'rank th jFIart are at Blowing Rock, N. C. m > Mrs. J. H. Bowen, of Wilmington, N. sti C., is visiting her parents in this place. th ^ Mr. Brooks Inman is on a visit to his ge father's for two or three weeks' recreation, *n Miss JNina v.urist, 01 ijouisvuic, ivy., ^ is in Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. L. Geo. n'c Grist. an ^ Mr. A. Frank McConnell is in Green- ye ville attending the United States court as an a juror. a J VMiss Jennie E. White, of Chester, is ^ visiting Mrs. J. A. Ilatchford, near York- p ville. fa Judge Witherspoon left on Saturday to for Edgefield, where he opened court on ed Monday. th y The family of Rev. W. W. Daniel, of W1 Chester, are visiting Yorkville, the guests f? of Rev. G. H. Waddell. Mr. M. Strauss is visiting the watering u placesand other points of interest in West- la ern North Carolina. th "?TMr. Ed. K. McCIain left on Wednesday 80 last for Clarksville, Texas, and will prob- nt ably go in business there. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Nail and children, c0 and Mr. 0. Darby Owen, of Chester,, are in Yorkville visiting relatives and friends, st VMrs. S. A. McElwee and daughter Grace, ar and Misses Kate and Aggie Cody, are visi- y( ting in Charlotte. v-Mrs. G. M. Lowrance and daughter Miss ic; Mamie will leave to-morrow on a visit to m Cabarrus county, N. C. ti< Mr. F. B. Holton, one of the most reli- in able locomotive engineers on the Three t!l C's railroad, has returned to his home in West Northfield, Massachusetts. Mr. Silius Jefferys, who has been em- 8i ployed in the Spoke and Handle factory, left with his family for their former home, w Greensboro, N. C., on last Thursday. pi <2Mrs. C. G. Parish and children left on 8& Monday for Lawrenceville, Ga., where f1. Mr. Parish has an extensive railroad con- ai] tract. They will probably remain at to Lawrenceville until the end of the year, in ~VtHE ALLIANCE PICNIC. ra The'alliance picnic, given under the jjj! joint auspices of the Forest Hill, Post Oak, Chestnut Oak, and Beth-Shiloh organiza- . tions, and advertised in The Enquirer last week by Mr. L. K. Armstrong, secre- m tary, came off yesterday according to an- Ej nouncement. The picnic was held near the residence of Mr. J. W. Barnett, in }n Bethel township, about eleven miles tb northeast of Yorkville. Despile the co threatening weather, it was quite a large Pr affair, and there was present a represen- 3^: tative gathering from all over the north- ? em anil eastern sections of the county, in- ov eluding an area probably twenty miles in w, extent. ov The ladies were out in bright array. In fact, in such large and attractive numbers, ^ that they held the key-note to the situa- pl tion, and it was only by their suffrage that . the business and political features of the j," meeting were allowed to predominate over fiv the social. But, of course, they did not di interfere any more than they could help, in and the candidates were allowed a practic- to ally clear field for howdy-doing, hand- jle shaking, and an unlimited display of generosity at the lemonade stand. The va- ig rious aspirants for suffrage, of course, did co not neglect any opportunity to improve their chances, and assiduously concentrat- sti ing all their well developed talents in be showing up their respective claims to si^ periority to each and every other candl- ?* date for the same office, there was exhib- e( ited such a superabundance of bland affa- co bilityand kind solicitation that one can ril but regretfully wish that such a state of human nature was a permanent institution. The committee of arrangements con- ja sisted of the presidents of each of the aliiances represented as follows: L. K. Arm- "< strong, chairman, Forest Hill; W. F. ea Armstrong, Post Oak; S. W. Alexander, er Beth-Shiloh ; D. G. Stanton, Bethel; Campbell Love, Clover; P. Moore, Chestnut wj Oak. Every detail looking to the con- of venience and comfort of the guests was m, handsomely provided for, and although th there was a tremendous crowd present? an very little less than two thousand?every- iti body who desired was able to find a com- va fortable seat. The stand was handsomely decorated. te) This was evidently the work of the ladies, Oo for with the exception of an occasional fei masculine touch, the taste displayed was th not of the order to suggest anything else. pr Stoutly built, with a good pine log foun- 'edation, the front wall was delicately concealed with a thin layer of ever- c>| greens studded with bright flowers. An tp arch of the same materials encircled the tin heads of the speakers, while two ever- H< green columns supported a banner bearing co the legend, "In union there is strength." ex The most masculine feature of the whole decoration was a quartette of onions sua- * pended by a "single hair," over the heads on nf the sneakers, like thesword of Damocles, sti Two large watermelons on either end of hu the "pounding hoard," with a few stalks ph of corn and bundles of oats, completed the J1' unique dressing. ^ At halfpast ten o'clock, Mr. L. K. Arm- J,j. strong, master of ceremonies, announced the meeting to he opened with prayer by ini Rev. 1). Harrison. This service concluded, wl the chairman introduced as the first speaker, Mr. J. E. Tindall, president of the Clarendon county alliance. q]1 Mr. Tindall, though he made no an- ar| nouncementof the fact, is a candidate for se< the office of secretary of State on the Far- ge mers' movement platform. lie has been connected with the movement since its inception, and was president of the first con- a. vention of the movement, held in Columbia four years ago. no Mr. Tindall spoke for an hour and a in quarter. His speech was eminently con- ca: servative and sound, and was listened to hi: with the deepest interest by his hearers. 8 , The following is a brief synopsis of his : remarks, which were prefaced by an ex- ^ pression of the pleasure afforded to him pe in meeting the people of this section : rci This occasion, he said, is significant in indi- ph eating the revived hopes of a great people. Not plf many years ago the farmers of this State and ( the wlfolo Soutli began to realize the depressed as condition of their business and political inter- em ests. They felt, in order to better that condi- ha tion, they must engage in a dreadful struggle, ye Many had serious apprehensions that it would H< eventually bo our fate to be the drudges of a an mighty nation. Wo undertook the struggle to with the firmest determination to avert such a to calamity, and to-day your faces say to me that an the cloud has passed over. set If you would travel into a foreign country tin and see the activity that is going on in military lep preparations, you would infer that it meant 1 tiinrn wm to bo a war. and vou would infer cor- | no rently. Hut recently you "have seen the far- wo mers banding together under a banner with fai tho word unity upon it. Do you know what to that means? There are some Rip Van Winkle th< farmers who have been asleep since 1.S78 who i do not yet realize what is going on. They may pei now look about them and the signs of tho Mi times are not so obscure that they cannot read, hu There are men in the country who still think fro that all this stir and commotion is caused by a sp< lew demagogues for political effect. But mi thoughtful men know that farmers arc too hii conservative to bo made tools of such trick- ] sters. They are tho natiolial protection?the int tisorvative element of society. You, my ar ends, stand like a stone wall against that lu mmunism that thrives in great cities and are to 3 permanent bond thut holds society together. 01 Mr. Tindall then went on to show why the qi mer must solve existing problems for him- as f. No man can be a great statesman who is qi t a man of broad humanity. If intellectu- H y great, his genius may illumine the heavens Ik Tea Hash of lightning, but like the electric M sh, it is but for a moment. There are not st my Washingtons and Jell'ersons now. th lese unselfish, patriotic statesmen arc not gi oduced by every age, and vainly looking for fo em in your State leaders for years, you have ti last undertaken the great work and deter- cc ined to accomplish your redemption for d< urselves. pi Mr. Tindall then ofTerod a most logical argtt- tt ent showing the necessity for organization, tl d recited the conditions which resulted in t\ e greatest and grandest of all organizations, ai e Farmers' alliance. ei rhere are six great departments of industry, solutelv indispensable to the progress of so- gi 3ty. These are the manufacturing, banking, hi ining, commerce, agriculture and railroad- si g. There areother trades and professions, all ti ry useful and necessary ; but all these minor ir dustries hang around those six grand divisns. If one of those industries falls behind si e rest, the equilibrium is destroyed and lib- b ty itself is endangered. When commerco si lis behind, the boards of trade and chambers d commerce at once sot to work to inquire w to the difficulties and remedy the evils. It hi 4V...* (.l.ni, 1/1 Iml n^ub auu |ji upcj vuai iucj ouuuiui aiju lien agriculture falls behind the causes should h i inquired into and the evils remedied. To ir > this we must have organization. To G ove that the agricultural industry was not 01 seping up with the progress of the times, G i said that in I860 the entire income sm agriculture in this State was $44,000,000 ; w 1888 it was just a little less. The income ir 3m all other business in 1800 was $8,500,000 ; s< 1888 it had grown to $50,000,000. This w 5,000,000 is in the hands of only a few, while s< e $44,000,000 is widely distributed among the any. Z From here the speaker went into a masterly n gument to show that the present agitation o is nothing more than a mighty effort of a neration to adjust itselfto the progress of the e. Progress begins with man's necessities, n d in his endeavor to supply these necessities, 3find the origin of all industry. Electricity " ,s Hashed before the eyes of every generation ace the days of Adam. It only served to proico emotions of terror. The investigators the present generation have found in elec- c icity a wonderful agency contributing to the nvenience and comfort of man, opening up e imerous avenues of industry and affecting E e very character of civilization. In a like t< annnr lirt rlnrl u wimilnr nxatnnle from a Bam, and then after showing that compara- a /ely little of the learning anu genius of past j' nerations had been devoted to the develop- p ent of agriculture, he referred to the wonder- a 1 influence the twogreat agencies just named g :d exercised on civilization, producing eco- c >mio conditions that had neyer before existed, t! id which the political economists of even fifty ^ lars ago could not possibly foresee. Here his s gumeut began to centre on the desirability of a new monetary system. In this ho advocated ti bat is called the sub-treasury scheme, now I aiding before the people. h In former times, he said, the crops of the ii rmers were disposed of gradually according e the demands of the consumer. This afford- a a steady market throughout the year, and t e total amount of the money of the country I as in circulation. Now, owing to the influ- d ice of railroads, telegraph, and speculators, ti e whole crop is put upon the market and J Id within a period of about two months, a nder such conditions prices cannot be regu- s ted by supply and demand in such a way at the producer can get the benefit. As the ii lution there Beems to be a necessity for a a >w monetary system in which the amount of I ouey could increase or diminish according h the demands of business, or expand and v ntract like the lungs in respiration. 0 Now, under the sub-treasury scheme, inead of selling your crop when the limited n nountof money in circulation isoverstrained, o >u can put it into a warehouse and receive a b rtilicate from the government to represent c at deposit. When the crop is sold the certif- h ale is withdrawn from circulation. This can- a >t increase the amount of money in circula- t; >n, and it is not borrowing money except ti so far as those certificates are given value in o faith existing in the government. Wheth- t this schemo will succeed or not timo will b sclose, but there is nothing wrong with it in d eory, and we are willing to take the respon- o bility of trying it. b After the sub-treasury scheme, Mr. Tindall b ent into a lengthy discussion of the railroad ?< oblern. His argument was sound and conrvntivo, recognizing the rights of the corpor- tl ions as well as those of the people, anil closed a s speech by drawing a parallel between the r * -11 :~iis ? *: ..J ?1.A At' o ilU-Utiildlll ClViUZitllUll HI1U tilO uiviii/juuuu \s? -day. In no way disparaging the old civ- c zation, he showed that it simply succumb- <1 1 to the progress of the limes?printing press, c ilroads and telegraph?forces that could not P ive been withstood by any people, no matter h >w heroic. At the close of tho speech he received a ^ lautiful boquet, presented by one of the lady j embers of the alliance. tl Mr. Tiudall was followed by Mr. W. N. li Ider, president of the York county alliance, ji r. Eldei's speech was non-political except a general way. He reviewed the history of o e alliance from its organization in York q unty, congratulated the brethren on its esentstrength, and confidently expressed his ft tisfaction at the present and future prospects 'I the order. He mentioned the fact that the v ? Ixllnk cuiar newspapers were ijuiik iu puunau ?erything derogatory to the organization, and n irned his bearers to tliink for themsolyes -w or everything they read and to be on their ci lard. He spoke for about half an hour, and a: the conclusion of his talk was warmly ap- ii auded. fi At the close of Mr. Elder's address the meetg was adjourned fordinner, whic.k the ladies imediately set about preparing, and inside of '0 minutes the vast throng was lining the nner table set in the form of a huge square " closing probably half an acre. It is no use describe the dinner. The Enquirer has " scribed a Bethel picnic dinner before, and fif is was simply a characteristic one. Every- 81 idy was treated to an abundance of all that ?! good to eat, and there was plenty left for the u lored contingent, bringing up the rear. rt After dinner the crowd again repaired to the P md and the meeting again convened for the 8< nefit of the county candidates, the following v whom were preseut: For the legislature, a' essrs. W. N. Elder, D. E. Finley, T. W. te mpbell, R. II. Glenn, B. C. Pressley, VV. H. Iwards, B. J. Gold, J. C. Wilborn; for ^ unty commissioner : R. J. Love, N. A. Sim- 13 , M. S. Carroll, R. W. Whitesides, Wm. tl )ss, T. G. Culp, Robt. Graham; for school 6 mmissioner: I). Harrison, L. A. Johnson, 11 mes Cansler; for auditor: VV. B. Williams, c< B. Allison; for treasurer, H. A. D. Neely, w D. Boyd. v The speakors were limited to twenty minutes J3 ch. I). E. Finley; Esq., was the first speak- h , Mr. Finley defined himself in fayor of the irmers' movemont platform. He said he is not a recent convert, but had for years, C( leuever opportunity ottered, contributed all his influence to the promotion of the move- . ant. Two years ago, when a delegate to e State convention, he advocated its measures d its candidates. lie referred to the inequales of assessed values for taxation as pre- P iled over the State, and said that if elocted to ^ o legislature, he would strive to effect a more " dform scale. He was in favor of adminis- ?! ring the government as economically as was " nsistent with the best results. Ho also re- p rred to the frauds in fertilizers, and argued h at the farmers were not accorded sufficient M otection in that important matter. Mr. Fin- f, f occupied his full twenty minutes and sat A. wn amid applause. Capt. W. H. Edwards was tlio next spoakor. y pt. Edwards said it bad been bis lot in life 0. work ratbor tban talk, but very soon doanstrated tliat be could talk as well as work. b confined bis remarks mostly to matters . ncerning the alliance, seeking the cause of 11 isting depression wbich ho found in the fact C farmers were very weakly represented in . National legislature. Ho said that body f( ntained from fifty to 0110 hundred bankers ; e lawyer to every two hundred in the United atcs, and one farmer to everyone million two ndrod and sixty thousand. Ho said the peo- * 3 had the right to hold the March convention, tl 3 stands right square upon its platform. IIo h not a s-t-r-a-i-g-h-t out Democrat, but is a d rpendicuiar Democrat. That is a Jofferso- jj m Democrat. ?c The close of Capt. Edwards's remarks was terrupted by quite a serious cutting scrape, C1 licit took place about a hundred yards from v' 3 stand. The reporter was unable to inquire tl to the merits of the difficulty, but it seems h it the parties engaged in the difficulty were qi iver aud Erank Walker against James"Stew- a) t and two brothers. All woro more or less merely cut and stabbed, but none were daurously wounded. J. C. Gloyer, aby-stander, f?1 io received a stab in the back. When the crowd was somewhat quieted, J. C. ilborn was introduced. He spoke for twen- cc minutes, under considerable disadvantage, }1, the now demoralized crowd. lie defined his sition now as it had always been, squarely favor of the Farmers' platform, reviewed his A reer while in the legislature, and urged that ^ j experience was a good reason why ho li ould bo sent back. Si Mr. Wilborn was followed by Mr. II. J. sa ild, who after a few remarks as to the natural Si vantages of the county, and its present pros- st rity, referred to his past efforts in behalf of . renchment aud reform, said he stood on the .? itform of the March convention, and gave ice to Capt. It. II. Glenn. }apt. Glenn said he had been misrepresented si to his position on the March platform. He ic dorsed it, and on it would rise or fall. He 5( d been sheriff of the county for twenty-two jE ars, and his record was before the people. . ) had never done anything to be ashamed of 01 d never expected to." He called atteution to ono law, which if elected he would endeavor have repealed. A man dying possessed of n) estate ol' only $300, it cos'ts 3150 to have it ],-> tied, and bo does not think it just to deprive 3 widow and children of such a large sum for 1 ;al expenses. w Dr. T. W. Campbell was to have been the th xt speaker, hut was engaged in dressing the ca Hinds of the boligerents engaged in the af- ]g r above mentioned, and had no opportunity ^ state bis position on the platform, which 3 reporter has failed to learn. r1 Vfter C'apt. Glenn concluded, there were re- Kl ited calls for "Cansier, Cansler, Cansler." te \ Cansler came forward and made some W morous remarks which elicited laughter eJ un the crowd, apologized for not having a p{ 3ech ready, and promised to deliver a live nutes' speoch at the next meeting if it took .. n two hours to do it. following Mr. Cansler, Mr. T. G. Culp was 8p .roduced. Mr. Culp said he wanted to make ti: i explanation. A man named "Oregon" id asked a question in the paper with regard the action of the commissioners in letting it the county printing. He did not think the jestion was one which "Oregon" should be ihamed of, and would like to make his acquaintance so as to give him a full explanation, e hoped the gentleman was in the crowd, jwever, and could hear what he had to say. r. Gulp then related at length all tho circuniances in connection with tho matter, and said lat tho commissioners would reply to "Ore>n's" question next week. The advertising ir the county from February 1, up to this me, lias cost seven dollars and sixty-three ints. He referred to an offer of twenty-fiye hilars that had been made for tho exclusive rivilege of doing the printing, and explained le reasons of the commissioners for refusing ie bid. He said also that considering that venty-five dollars as lost to the county, and lding the cost of the printing up to the presit time for this year, it only amounted to 13.03, and still ho could not see any extravamco. Ho then said there was a candidate ere, Mr. Graham, who was running on the isle of extravagance in this matter. "Now," lrninirto Mr. Graham, "get up hero and tell le where the extravagance is."" At this point Mr. B. C. Pressly arose and lid that he was not going to make a speech, ut in traveling about over the county he had ieu a great many indigent Confederate soliers. They ought to be provided for and he ould contribute $100 toward establishing a ome for them. Mr. Graham said he was not responsible for is announcement on the issue and knew nothig about it. He then called upon Mr. D. J. lenn, Jr., as one of the men who brought him ut in the card signed "Bethel," and asked Mr. lenn to explain the issue. Mr. Glenn stated that he was one of the men ho brought Mr. Graham out, and that ho was 1 favor of spending the money of the people ) they could get some benefit from it. It ould be better to give that$13.63 to the State ildiers. At the conclusion of this controyersy, Mr. adok D. Boyd, candidate for treasurer, anounced himself as standing on the platform f the March convention. The meeting was then adjourned. Excellent music for the occasion was furished by the Gold Hill band, under the iadership of Mr. Charlie Crook. LETTER FROM BLACKSBURG. orrccponclence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Blacksiiuro, August 5.?Although it is genrally conceded by visitors to our place, that tlacksburg is one of the most progressive jwns in the State, yet the spirit of enterprise nd building seems to pervade our citizens to n unusual degree this summer, if one can jdgo from the number of new buildings in rocess of erection, and those for which plans re maturing, and material placed on the round. They are structures, too, which will ost money, be permanent, and add much to he wealth and attractiveness of our town, iinong them I may mention the neat and subtantial cottages recently built by Maior Jones nd Messrs. M. R. Reese and Joseph Black ; he elegant and costly private residences of )rs, T. B. Whitesides and S. C. Fewell; the irge and magnificent hotel, than which nothng will serve more to give the town promilence, and bring to it men and money; and nother new brick block to be soon built on ho east side of Shelby street by Messrs. Black, teese Co., and divided into store rooms, rug store, bank and offices. Mr. Will Anbony has also given the plan and contract to <Ir. Jacob Earle for the erection of a goodized and convenient cottage on Rutherford treet. Our merchants have begun a much-needed mprovement, viz.: the paving with brick, the ide walks in front of their stores. D. L. Irown & Co. commenced the work this morutig, and it is to be hoped that our town council /ill soon be able to help along so laudable an nterprise. The trustees of the graded school have defilitely decided to take Mr. A. Melton Spessard, f Oxford, Md., as superintendent of the Blacksurg graded school. The engagement has been losed with him by the trustees to this end, and ie will be here in a week. He is allowed to olect his assistants, with the approval of the rustees, who also reserve the right to discharge ho teachers for sufficient cause. A contract has been made with D. T. L. togers, of Atlanta, Ga., to furnish the school uilding with the improved "New Triumph" esks and settees, which aro of the most modrn plan, and constructed with a special view o the comfort and health of the pupils, thereby eing a great improvement oyer the old fashinea desks and benches. It is the intention of the trustees to build on lie superintendent's platform in tho general ssembly room, a rostrum to be used while ecitations are being mado by the different lasses. This will be a novel feature in the onstruction of a school building, and will be uite a convenience to tho superintendent. A ontracc has been mado with Mr. Karl Haas to aintand finish up the inside of the building a a neat and attractive style. Quite a number of persons passed through ere on Monday from the eastern part of the ounty, en route for Greenville, to attend the rnitea States circuit court, which convened on hat day. Two of our citizens, Joseph Black, !sq., and Colonel W. I). Camp, were chosen as irors, and will attend the sittings of the court. Mrs. M. E. Deal returned homo from Sharon n Wednesday lust, much improved, though uite feeble yet. Two large large locomotives, Nos. 10 and 11, )r the Three C's railroad, arrived yesterday, hey were built by the Baldwin Locomotive rorks, Philadelphia, and aro named respectively "McDowell" and "Mitchell." Eight lore are expected soon. All of them are ten'heelers, and very large and powerful. New jrs continue to arrive. Three hundred in all re expected. Business generally Is increasig on the road, both in the passenger and eight departments. Forty oar loads of steel rails, are now on le way from Bethlehem, Pa., for the compleon of the Kutberfordton to Marion division. The long-continued rains seem to have had ttle or no effect upon the excellent roadbed. Mr. W. F. Marshall, for two years past sociting agent for the Three C's ra'ilroad and the reat Southern Dispatch lino, resigned the potion recently to accept a very Mattering propaition which he received to go into a different usine8S at Greenville, in connection with the icently established phosphate works at that lace. He will be missed by his railroad asiciates who appreciate that the personal adantages the change offered was a considerable fraction. All bear witness to his ever coursous and agreeable manner, and his uniform aoerfulness, which made of him a popular jsociate, and outside of railroad circles in bustess ways, helped him to gain the success lat attended his efforts. Socially he was a reat favorite in our town, and will be much lissod. We looked upon him as a citizen beluse of his interest in our development, to hich he had contributed as well by bis inestments in our local enterprises and the uilding of several cottages. All wish him unoundecl success in his new rolation. w. a. GOULD NOTES. irrespondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Gould, August 4.?We had some nice growig weather last week. The ground was in ood plowing order about two days, and farmrs availed themselves of the opportunity of reparing their turnip patches, for this imporint crop. Cotton is shedding its squares, hich is usually the case, though there is a ood July crop now well matured, and with ivorable soasons tho second growth will have mple time to make a good August crop, orn, on branch and creek bottoms, is better ian it has been tor several years, notwithlanding that upland is not so good as last year, /ith no disaster to bottoms, there will be as luch corn made this year, if not more, than ist. Potatoes aro also yielding a fine crop, omo of our farmers will commence sowing its in a few days. H. Congressman Hemphill.?The Washigton correspondent of The News and ourier writes: "Congressman Ilemphill has gone home >r a brief vacation. His long and connuous service during the present session, nd especially his gallant fight against the 'ederal election law in the house, enties him to a few days' rest. It is rumored ere that the Farmers' alliance will eneavor to prevent his renomination, and iat the real object of his visit home is to 10k after his political fences; but little edenco is given to the report, as the oters of the oth district must realize that le Democratic party cannot afford to lose is services in the 52nd congress. lie is ie of the rising Democrats of the South, ad has probably grown more in public jtimation than any member of the deletion." The Original Package Bill.?The mferees on the original package bill ave agreed to report to their respective auses the senate bill on this subject, hat bill reads as follows: "That all ferlented, distilled, or other intoxicating quors or liquids transported into any tate or Territory for use, consumption, lie or storage, shall, on arrival in such tate or Territory, (remaining therein) be ibject to the operation and effect of the ws of such State or Territory enacted in te exercise of police powers to the same ctent and in the same manner as though ich liquor or liquids had been produced i such State or Territory, and shall not 3 exempt therefrom by reason of being itroduced there in original packages or ;herwise." -Kochel Catoe and William Clyburn, ?groes, were hanged at Lancaster last riday, for the murder of August Heniss, a Frenchman, with whose wife Catoe as intimate. When the woman and ie negroes were placed on trial, she estped conviction on a technicality. Catoe ft a written statement in the hands of a i 3puty sheriff, in which he gives a delied account of the killing. He acaowledges that he and Clyburn commitd the deed, but says that Hennis's wife as the instigator. She witnessed the cecution from the jail window, with apirent indifference. Clyburn was the last ' a remarkable family of five brothers, ie others having been killed, hanged or ntenced for long terms in the penitenary. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The trial of George S. Turner for the murder of his brother-in-law, Ed. Finger, was set for yesterday in the Spartanburg sessions court, Judge Norton presiding. ? The State board of agriculture has appointed Hon. J.T. Moore, of Spartanburg, representative of the department at the s Farmers' National congress to be held at Council Iilufrs, Iowa, August 2Gth. ? The post office department has ordered mail over the Cheraw and Chester railroad to be delivered in locked pouches, commencing on the 1st instant. Postal clerks on the narrow gauge railroad will end their run at Chester. !>^rSays the Lancaster Review: J. A. Cauthen, son of Mr. G. L. Cauthen of this county, killed a female moccasin last Monday, measuring 3 feet 8 inches, which had 53 young ones, from 7 to 8 inches long. Mr. Cauthen brought 43 of the little snakes to town with him on Tuesday and they attracted no little attention. 's-r/Greenville News: The father of all rsimesnakes, and the king of reptiles, was killed near Gap Creek church, in this county, on Wednesday last by H. D. Hood. The snake was six feet eight inches long and had thirty-five rattles and a button. This would make the rattler thirty-nine years old. ? Newberry News and Herald: Reuben Harrington, a well known colored man of Newberry, died on Wednesday, 16th ultimo. from a peculiar circumstance. He had been wearing a pair of shoes with brass tacks in the soles. One of the tacks made a sore on his foot similar to a "stone bruise," but which resulted in pytemia and caused his death in about three weeks. ? Win. L. Howard, the white youth convicted in the sessions court of Greenville last week of murder, has been sentenced to be hanged on the 20th of September. A motion for a new trial was overruled by Judge Izlar. The murder was a dastardly one, the victim, Ben Ross, having been shot and killed in his own house, through a window on a dark night in February, 1888. -Ex-Coroner Graham, colored, who served a long term of months in Beau fort jail for contempt of court by refusing to turn over to his successor in office the books and papers of the office, after being liberated from prison, joined the African M. E. church and went to preachiDg, and last week received an appointment to a church in Philadelphia, Pa. ? There is still a dead lock among the penitentiary directors as to the purchase of a State farm in accordance with the authorization of the legislature. Three directors, at the meeting In Columbia last Thursday, voted for the plantation in Sumter county, two for the farm in Lexington and one for the Clarendon plantation. There is no chance of any vote being changed and the matter will be referred to the legislature. ? Lai.caster Ledger : Gill's Creek township has given the requisite bond of $5,000, in the appeal from the circuit to the U. S. supreme court in the case of the Three C's railroad company vs. the township. There was no trouble in getting the bond, for the bondsmen have confidence in the final result of the suit. Pleasant Hill township has not yet filed its bond, but we presume it will at an early day. Gill's Creek will fight to the last ditch and we believe the other townships will too. ? Five miles from Columbia, on Tuesday of last week, Peter Ruff, a sixty-year old negro, killed his son-in-law, Isaac Low -i - i-ii? n.-fl* man, alter a dispute auoui a uoimr. nuu had hidden a dollar, and not finding it at first, accused his daughter and her husband of stealing it. Lowman remonstrated with him. ltuff got his gun and shot Lowman through his left lung without a word of warning. A neighbor persuaded him to give himself up and ho is now in jail. ? Miss Laura Buist, of Greenville, T. E. Jones, of Edgefield, and J. H. Teague, of Laurens, have been awarded the Peabody scholarships at Nashville, for which competitive examinations were held last week in Greenville. Upon the recommendation of the president of the college and in consideration of the fact that they have already attended the exercises of the college one year at their own expense, Peabody scholarships have been awarded to Miss Anna Evins, \>f Seneca, and \V. L. Grice, a former student at the State university. ? A robbery was committed in the towa of Union on Saturday night of last week. Jacob B. Koss, a contractor on the Augusta division of the Three C's railroad, was sleeping in the rear of a store on Main street with a friend, and during the night some one came and raising the back window, reached in and secured the pants belonging to Mr. Ross, which were lying on the foot of the bed. Currency to the amount of $110 was taken from the pants and a check for $1,200. The check was found some distance from the window on Sunday morning. No clue has yet been found. ? While a party of men were working the road near Singley's, three miles from Prosperity, in Newberry county, one day last week, two negro boys named Ruff began quarreling. Jim, aged 14, called his brother a liar. Dave Page, aged 30, remarked, "you wouldn't call me a liar or I'd cut your head off with this shovel. I would kill a negro any time to see him drop." Jim and Dave then began to quarrel, and one word brought on another. Finally Jim told Dave that_he had told a story. Without a word Dave struca Jim a blow on the top of his head, crushing the skull and felling him like an ox. The murderer escaped. STATE POLITICAL NOTES. ? It is said that John R. Tolbert, the notorious Abbeville Republican, i9 a candidate for congress in that district. ? The Darlington county convention elected Tillman delegates to the State convention and decided to nominate county officers by the convention plan. ? Col. S. T. Poinier has resigned as chairman of the Republican executive committee of Spartanburg county, and H. H. Moss, a negro, was elected in his place. ? Congressman George D. Tillman denounces the sub-treasury bill as the greatest humbug in national politics, and declares it to be both unreasonable and unconstitutional. ? Congressman G. W. Dargan, of the Sixth congressional district, has addressed a letter to his constituents announcing his determination not to be a candidate for re-election. ? The Kershaw county convention elected Tillman delegates to the State convention and adopted resolutions opposing the adoption of primary for electing delegates to the State convention for the present year, but to favor the same for 1892; and should the convention called to meet in Columbia on August 13, deem it proper to make nominations, the delegates from this convention be instructed to support 11. It. Tillman for governor. Motions were made to elect delegates to the September convention and the congressional convention, but after some discussion were withdrawn. ? A meeting of the Greenville Farmers' alliance was held last Friday. There .were not as many delegates present as usually attend the regular meetings. The matter of sending delegates to the proposed congressional conference at Columbia was discussed, and the alliance elected seven delegates to attend the conference. The names of the delegates could not be learned, the recent rules of the Greenville County alliance prohibiting the giving out of the names elected to any position. These delegates, a News reporter was informed, go uninstructed as regards the choice of the candidate to be "suggested." ? The Fairfield County Democratic convention met in Winnsboro last Friday, Chairman II. A. Gailliard presiding. The report of the county executive committee upon the proportionate representation of the clubs in the convention was submit, ted, and the chair ruled that this rei port would be the basis upon which the preliminary organization would be effected. This report was made up from the rolls of the club as filed with the executive committee five days before the meeting of the convention, and was ordered by the executive committee for the purpose of 1 giving each club its proper representation in the county convention. The Tillmanites objected to the ruling of the chairman and withdrew from the convention in a body. The county convention was then organized, forty-eight delegates being present. County Chairman Gailliard was unanimously re-elected. Eight Bratton delegates were sent to the State convention, and resolutions endorsing Gen. Bratton's candidacy and instructing the delegates to vote for the prir ry, were adopted unanimously. The seceders retired to Crosby's store, elected John W. Lyles county chairman and D. Stevenson secretary, and eight delegates to the State convention, a county executive committee and passed Tillman resolutions.