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Sfways and |atte.
? A planter at Alpharetta, Ga., has an
acre of cotton, every stalk of which is a
deep red color, leaf, boll and bloom. This
novel crop is the product of seed derived
three years ago, from two stalks of red
cotton found in a cotton held. There is
a fortune in this new variety if it can be
. perpetuated.
? Mrs. P. A. L. Smith, the lady who
brought herself into great notoriety last
winter by asking the Virginia legislature
to pass a special act allowing her to practice
law, will soon begin the publication
of a newspaper at Danville. She will advocate
the right of women to practice
law, and will soon take her petition to the
supreme court of appeals.
?- Kansas produced last year 240,000,000
bushelsof corn, about one-tenth the production
in the entire country. If the Kansas
crop this year proves to be only 20 per
cent, oir last year, as is now announced, say
48,000,000 bushels, and the loss in adjoining
States, of which Nebraska produced
150,000,000 and Missouri 218,000,000, is
proportionately as great, the shortage
on tho entire crop will reach 400,000,000
bnsheis for these States alone, or one-fifth
of the total crop in the United States.
? A correspondent of The Richmoud
Dispatch says that the North Carolina
congressional delegation will be made up
as follows: 1st district, W. A. Branch;
2d, J. M. Newborn; 3d, B. F. Grady; 4th,
B. H. Bunn ; 5th, A. H. A. Williams; 6th,
S. B. Alexander; 7th, John S. Henderson ;
8th, W. A. Graham ; 9th, R. B. Vance.
All of them, excepting Henderson and
Bunn, are Farmers' alliance men, and
with the same exception holding, the delegation
will be made up of men who have
never been in congress. ?
The corner-stone of the University of
the MethodiBt Episcopal church was laid
with imposing ceremonies at Salt Lake
on Tuesday. The Rev. Sam. Small, of
Atlanta, has been chosen president of this
new institution, which is expected to do
a OTAAt work in breaking down the DOwer
of Morraondom. A cablegram was received
from the Eoglish statesman, Hon.
W. E. Gladstone, as follows : "I heartily
desire success to your noble purpose of
helping to rescue fellow creatures and fellow-countrymen
from a deplorable delusion."
?The returns of the Mississippi election
for delegates to the constitutional convention,
are still incomplete, but are shown
to have been very small, as there was no
contest. It will probably not reach over
60,000. George P. Melcyoir and Isah T.
Montgomery, Republicans, are elected in
Bolivar cotfnty. Montgomery will be the
only colored man in the convention. He
was a slave of Jefferson Davis, and is a
man of great intelligence. It was his paper
that was read before the committee
on rivers and harbors, representing the
colored citizens of the delta.
? Wilmington, Del., is stirred up on account
of the color auestion. The Harrisburg,
Pa., baseball club was to play a
game of ball there on Wednesday. One
of the players of the Harrisburg team is a
colored man named Grant. When the
baseball men went to the Clayton House
for rooms, the proprietors refused to take
Grant. The club then marched out in a
huff and tried another hotel, where the
players were given rooms and board with
the understanding that Grant must eat
with the colored help, or get his meals
elsewhere. He accepted the latter alternative.
? The census bureau has issued a preliminary
statement of the amount of indebtedness
of the United States and the several
States in 1880 and 1890. From this it
appears that the net debt of the United
States and the several States in 1880, was
$2,127,017,999; in 1890, $1,055,712,808.80-a
decrease of $1,071,305,100.20. The net debt
of the United States alone in 1880 was
$1,922,517,824.51; in 1890 was $923,376,119.36?a
decrease of $$999,141,205.15. In
1880 the net debt of the several States aggregated
$204,500,674.49; in 1890, $132,336,689.44?a
decrease of 72.163,985.05.
? The Farmers'alliance is said to control
60,000 votes in Minnesota. If this b9
so, an interesting state of affairs exists in
that State. Governor Merriam, the Republican
nominee, sought to control the
action of the convention in the interest of
hisown party and bringabout the nomination
of ex-Senator Ignatius Donnelly, of
Shakspearian cipher fame, but the effort
failed, and S. M. Owen, of St. Paul, was
the standard bearer selected by the representees
of the plow and the reaper. Democratic
hopes now rise to fever heat, and
a fbrious canvass may be expected in consequence.
? A Chattanooga dispatch of Thursday
says: The greatest excitement prevails
here to-night on account of the result of
the election of county officers to-day. This
county, which gives ordinarily about 1,000
> Republican majority, has to-day elected
the entire Democratic ticket by majorities
reaching as high as 500. The change was
brought about by the new registration
law and the Australian system of ballot.
Quite 50 per cent, of the negro vote was
lost by the Republicans in consequence of
these laws. The election was very quiet,
but to-night the Democrats are holding
high carnival. This is the first time since
the war that the entire Democratic ticket
was here elected in this county.
? In the senate, last Saturday morning,
the consideration of the tarifi* bill was
resumed, Senators Vance and Turpie
speaking in opposition. Senator Daniels
spoke at length against the increase of
duty on cotton ties. After Senator Daniel's
speech the senate took a vote on
Senator Butler's amendment to reduce the
rate on cotton ties to 35 per cent., which
was rejected, the paragraph passing as it
came from the committee. Senator
Plumb's amendment, reducing the duty
on hoop iron ope-tenth of one per cent,
a pound was not disposed of, two roU calls
showing no quorum. Senator Butler
made a strong speech on Friday in favor
of the proposed reduction.
? It just took ten minutes Thursday
morning for the house committee on elections
to adopt a report drawn up by Lacey
declaring that Representative Breckenridge
was not elected from the Second district
of Arkansas. This would have been
done last week, but the Democratic members
did not attend the called meetings
and no quorom was obtained. By means
of telegraphic notices, however, a full attendance
of the Republican members was
obtained and the report was adopted with
but a single dissenting vote against it, that
of Representative Marsh, the only Democ
"at present. Clayton, Breckenridge's
contestant, was assassinated about a year
ago, and it was decided to pay the salary
to his heirs.
? The latest returns from the recent
Kentucky elections show a Democratic
majority that is constantly increasing as
the count goes on. There is little doubt
that the Democratic majority will be between
40,000 and 50,000, the returns exhibiting
decided gains throughout the
State, even in those districts where disaffection
was alleged. In Republican strongholds,
such as Whitley and Laurel counties,
there are large Democratic gains, the
reduced Republican majorities being accepted
as equivalent almost to Democratic
victories. It was in these counties that
Republicans expected to poll a very large
vote. "Thus," says the Louisville Courier-Journal,
"docs old Kentucky take her
appeal from Republican despotism, sectionalism,
and government by the bayonet."
? Mr. W. R. Freid, of Pittsburg, is at
work drafting the principles of a new political
party. He says that he is "acting
under the advice of the national executive
committee of the Farmers' alliance." He
proposes soon to call a general convention
at Pittsburg for the purpose of organizing
the American National party. The un
derlying principle of the new political
party is that agricultural land is the proper
basis for our national currency and banking.
In explaining this Mr. Freid said:
"In these United States we need no longer
hoard up millions of gold and silver as a
surplus in our treasury on which to base
.our paper currency; we need no longer
use gold, silver or any other commodity
which shall be required to be placed into
~ disuse for this purpose, and so deprive the
/ world of any other useful requirements
and demands it may supply; because
wealth thus employed will require remuneration
to that extent for which it is
valuable for other purposes, consequently
burdening our commerce unnecessarily to
just that extent. Agricultural land will
furnish a basis for a circulating medium
adequate to the demands of the time."
? An attempt to rob a mail car near
Anna, on the Illinois Central railroad last
Friday night, had a singular termination,
completely upsetting the plans of the robber.
J. il Green, of Centralia, formerly
an express messenger on the road, boarded
the southbound mail car which reaches
Wetang at 12.17 o'clock at night. Just bek
fore reaching that point he entered the St.
Louis mail car, threw out four or five
pouches of mail and gave the signal to
stop. In alighting from the car he fell
under the wheels, which passed over him.
The crew on the car following at 1 o'clock
found him near the track. The mail
pouches were also found intact. Before
he died he stated that he gave the signal
to stop. Skeleton keys fitting the lock
on the mail car were found ou his body.
Rev. J. R. Greene, of Centralia, whose son
the dead robber is, telegraphed to ship the
remains to Centralia.
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~ TOB^ILLE, s. o.W^*
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1890.
RECENT COUNTY CONVENTIONS.
County conventions were held last week
in Berkeley, Chesterfield, Florence, Horry
Lancaster, Laurens and Spartanburg
counties; and in Charleston last Monday.
The Berkley convention was inharmonious
and was in session from 10 o'clock a.
m. on Friday, until nearly 4 o'clock on
Saturday morning. The anti-Tillman
delegates, 58 in number, withdrew, charging
the county chairman with unfairness
in his rulings, which on contesting delegations
were invaribly in favor of admitting
the Tillman delegates to the rejection
of the anti-Tillman. After the withdrawal
of the anti-Tillman delegates, those
remaining selected twelve delegates to the
August convention and adopted resolutions
endorsing Tillman. The bolters
will not send delegates to the August convention,
but expect to carry the county
against Tillman for the September convention.
In the Chesterfield convention there
were only three anti-Tillman delegates.
The same delegates?six in number?were
elected to both the August and September
conventions. The following delegates were
elected to the congressional convention :
D. L. Redfearn, E. N. Redfearn, W. A.
Ingram, J. H. James, J. M. Hough and
E. J. Waddill. They were also required
to express their views on Tillman, and
pledged themselves not to vote for anyone
for congressman who was not in sympathy
with the Farmers' movement. These delegates
were instructed to vote for making
nominations for congressmen by the primary
plan. There was a resolution adopted
pledging themselves not to vote for any
candidates for any office in the county
unless they (the candidates) endorse Tillman
and the March convention. On motion
of W. D. Craig, school trustees and
trial justices for the several townships
were required to go before the people and
be nominated by the primary plan as the
county treasurer and auditor now are.
In the Florence convention, after the
adoption of a majority report of a committee
of three on credentials, seating a majority
of Tillman delegates, the anti-Tillman
delegates withdrew from the hall and
met in another hall and organized by electing
a president, vice president, and secretary
and executive committee, and they
also elected six delegates to the August
convention. The Tillman faction also
made an organization and elected delegates
to the August and September conventions
and the congressional convention.
They also endorsed Col. E. T. Stackhouse
for congress and J. L. M. Irby for comptroller-general.
The Horry county convention organized
with 73 Tillman delegates and 29 antiTillman.
Six Tillman delegates were
elected to the August convention and instructed
to vote against a State primary.
The congressional delegates were instructed
to vote for Stackhouse.
The Lancaster convention organized
with Tillman delegates from every pre
cinct and elected delegates to the August
and September conventions.
The Laurens convention elected eight
Tillman delegates, among them G. W.
Shell and J. L. M. Irby. The sense of the
convention was in favor of a State convention
as against a State primary. The
county primary was fixed for August 2Gth,
without a canvass.
The Spartanburg convention elected ten
Tillman delegates to the August convention,
and also delegates to the congressional
convention. Resolutions were adopted
endorsing the Farmers' movement and
recommending a State convention for the
present election, but a State primary hereafter.
Hon. H. L. Farley was endorsed
for adjutant and inspector general, Capt.
Edmund Bacon for comptroller-general,
and Dr. R. M. Smith for congress. The
delegates from that portion of the county
in the Fifth congressional district, endorsed
Hon. J. J. Hemphill for re-election.
On Monday, Charleston county elected
28 delegates who will go to the convention
uninstructed on primary, but against Tillman.
Williamsburg county elected eight
Tillman delegates on Monday. These
two counties complete the conventions
throughout the State. Tillman will go
into the State convention with 221 delegates,
exclusive of the Chester and
Florence delegations which will be contested.
Of course,-it is understood that
the convention to-day is not for the purpose
of making nominations, but with not less
than 221 delegates, or GO more than necessary
to nominate, a correct idea may be
formed of Tillman's strength throughout
the State, which we predict will not be
affected either by primary election or a
State nominating convention.
CATECHISING CANDIDATES.
On Wednesday last a conference composed
of members of the Farmers' alliance,
of the Fifth congressional district, was
held in Rock Hill, in compliance with a
request from York County alliance extended
from its last quarterly meeting.
The conference, as we learn from The
Herald, was composed of 24 delegates,
representing the counties of Kershaw,
Lancaster, Chester, York and the two townships
in Spartanburg and Union respectively
in this congressional district. Chesterfield
was not represented.
The conference was organized by electing
Major J. R. Magill, of Kershaw, president
; W. J. Armfield, of Lancaster,
secretary; E. D. Thompson, of York,
doorkeeper; and W. K. Williams, of
Lancaster, assistant doorkeeper.
The following resolutions were adopted
on Wednesday, and at a meeting of the
conference on Thursday, on the favorable
report of a committee consisting of Mr.
Russell, of Kershaw, Geo. McC. Witherspoon,
Jr., of Lancaster, andR. H. Glenn,
of York, appointed for the purpose of determining
the advisability of making them
public at this time, it was decided to give
them publicity:
Whereas, our national alliance formulated
certain legislative demands at the St. Louis
meeting in December, 1889; and whereas, a
sub-treasury bill has been presented by request
of that national committee of the Farmers' alliance
in the house of representatives in the congress
of the United States ; and whereas, an
election will be held in the Fifth congressional
district for a member of congress at the ensuing
election; and whereas, the State alliance, at
its meeting in Greenville, resolved not to support
candidates for senator or for representatives
in the United States congress who oppose
the sub-treasury bill and other legislative demands
of tho alliance, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the following questions be
propounded to congressional candidates of the
Fifth congressional district of South Carolina,
to wit:
If elected to the congress of the United States
Will you favor and demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver ?
Will you favor and demand the reduction ol
the tariff to the actual necessities of the government,
economically administered ?
Will you favor and demand the adoption ol
the sub-treasury bill formulated by the legislative
committee and introduced in the house of
representatives by Congressman Pickler?
Will yon favor and demand the repoal of the
law taxing State banks 10 per cent. ?
Will you favor and demand that the interest
on the public debt be paid in coin, either gold
or silver, instead of gold, as now paid ?
On motion of It. H. Glenn it was
Resolved, That each congressional candidate
approving the demands adopted by this conference
be invited to meet us at Rock Hill and.
sign the same on the 3rd day of September, 1800,
at 3.30 o'clock p. m.
At the meeting on Thursday morning,
on motion of R. L. Hicklin, it was
Resolved, That the legislative demands ofthe
national alliance formulated at St. Louis and
adopted by theState alliance of South Carolina,
and approved by a majority of the county alliances
of the Fifth congressional district, and
embodied in the resolutions of this conference,
adopted yesterday, be published in the county
papers of the Fifth congressional district; and
that candidates for representatives in congress
from said district bo requested to declare themselves
either in favor of or opposed to said demands,
and that they publish the same in said
county papers on or before the 2Gth day of August,
1890.
MERE-MENTION.
Returns from the Alabama State election
show the Democratic majority to
be unusually large. In the general assembly
there is no Republican or Independent
in the senate, and in the house
only three Republicans and one Independent.
Present indications are that
the present cotton crop in Texas will be the
largest ever raised in that State. The
census bureau last Friday announced Atlanta's
population to be 65,414 against 28,105
in 1880. Canada claims to be ,
larger by 500,000 square miles than the
United States, including Alaska. According
to the statistics of illiteracy that
have been gathered in Louisiana, the percentage
of colored voters who are unable
to read and write is less than that of the
whites. The Georgia State Democratic
convention on Thursday, nominated
W. J. Northern for governor, R. U. Hardeman
treasurer, W. A. Wright, comptroller-general,
Geo. N. Lester, attorney
general, and Phil Cook, secretary of
State. A report issued by the Cairo ,
Cotton association states that the pros- ,
pects of the Egyptian cotton crop are more
favorable. The number of cotton worms
has decreased. Hogue, the Raleigh,
N. C., policeman wno snot ana Kinea a
negro while resisting arrest, was committed
to jail to await his trial. H. P. DeMolineau,
a traveling man, and Mrs. A. ,
E. Baker, of Charlotte, N. C., went to ,
Spartanburg and were married on Tuesday
of last week. The bride is the widow (
of Prof. William Baker, the well-known
musician. There were 179 business ,
failures in the United States last week,
and in Canada 29, a total of 208 against
189 the preceding week. There are J
several cases of leprosy among the cigar
makers in Florida. In the criminal
court of Charlotte, last Thursday, H. H. (
Still well pleaded guilty in thirty-five
cases in which he was charged with retailing
liquor without a license. There
is widespread suffering in Oklahoma for
the necessaries of life, and the governor
has appealed to congress for aid. In !
consequence of the apparent frauds prac- ,
ticed in making the census enumeration
of St. Paul, Minn., Superintendent Porter ,
has ordered a new and fair count to be
made of the city. Louisiana's first
bale of cotton of this year's growth was
sold in New Orleans last Friday. A
terrible hailstorm occurred near Montevideo,
Minn., last Thursday evening, destroying
all standing crops of grain in its
track. A total destruction of an unnarvested
wheat is reported. "'The presi- ,
dent has signed the "original package"
bill passed by Congress last week, and
with the announcement that the bill is
now a law, all the "original package" ,
liquor stores that were in operation in the
West, closed business. The Prohibitionists
of Mecklenburg county, North
Carolina, have nominated a legislative
ticket. Rutherford college, in Burke
county, N. C.; was dastroyed last Saturday
morning by fire, supposed to have occur- j
red accidentally from a society hall.
Nothing was saved, and there was no in- ,
surance. (
A NOTABLE MURDER TRIAL.
The most sensational murder trial in (
the history of Spartanburg county for years ,
was concluded in the court of sessions of '
that county, before Judge Norton, at 11
o'clock last Saturday night. From The ,
Greenville News we copy the following (
brief history of the crime and the circum- (
stances which led up to it: (
George S. Turner, the prisoner, is the ,
proprietor of a small cotton factory at Valley
Fall, six miles from Spartanburg. (
About three years ago he*killed a German
laborer named Metzkia, at his store near
the factory. The killing produced immense
excitement, but after two trials Turner
was acquitted. Between that time and (
the killing of Ed. F. Finger, his brotherin-law,
on the 7th of March last, many
things transpired which might not be the
busi ness of the public if the tragedy had not
brought them to light- Miss Carrie Fin- (
ger, the prepossessing young sister of Turner's
wife, who had just arrived at womanhood,
was discovered to be in serious (
trouble, and a suit was brought by her distressed
mother against Turner for twentyfive
thousand dollars damages for criminal
seduction. Miss Finger is a mother. The
family difficulties did not end here. Itappears
that in the settlement of the estate '
of the murdered man's father, the elder
Finger, Turner had given to some of the
Fingers his notes for large sums of money ,
relative to the purchase of the cotton fac- |
tory, which belonged to the Finger heirs.
These notes are alleged to be unpaid and
suits were begun on some of them. It is said
also that on one occasion when Turner approached
the Finger residence for the purpose
of seeing the girl he had ruined, one
of the brothers had leveled a gun at him
and compelled him to leave the premises
in short order. These matters have come
to public notice in connection with the
homicide on the 7th of March, and other
details have come out in bold relief not
fit for publication, which all go to make
up a story almost too revolting for credibility.
The particular incident on which the
present trial hung took placeon March 7th,
1890. Ed. Finger, on that afternoon, was
returning home from Spartanburg where
he had been with his wagon and driver.
On going out of town he had been joined
by several men who also had teams, and
a train of four wagons proceeded together.
The road led past Turner's store. Shortly
before reaching the store they had come
up with an abandoned woman who lived
on Turner's place, and Finger had some
angry words with her. She is supposed to
have gone by a short path down to Turner's
store immediately after leaving
Finger, and what she told Turner may
have some connection with the homicide.
She is also supposed to have been used as
an instrument in certain of their affairs before.
When the train of wagons got to a
certain point in the public road opposite
Turner's store, they stopped and Turner
came out to the road with his pistol, and
after some words three shots were fired,
and Finger went a few steps down the
hill and fell, dying before he could be carried
to his home. He also had a pistol,
and is said to have fired two shots, one of
which went off in his overcoat pocket.
Seldom has the killing of one private citizen
by another raised such a cry of indignation.
The funeral of Ed. Finger is said
to have been attended by about 4,000
noAnln
There was bitter talk of lynching, and
a crowd came into town one day for that
purpose. It was on this occasion that
Mayor Henneman made a national reputation
by capturing the cannon that the
lynching party hauled into Jail street and
trained on the jail. Sheriff Nichols, one of
the most determined men, with a posse
ready to obey his orders, and armed
with repeating rifles, was in the jail declaring
that he was ready for the mob,
and they could not kill his prisoner until
they had first killed him. The lynchers
knew that an attack meant death for not
a few of them, and their purpose was for
the time abandoned. But the excitement
ran so high, and there was such danger
that the sheriff might have to kill some
of his neighbors to defend his prisoner, that
Turner was removed to Columbia jail for
safe keeping, and was only brought back
to Spartanburg in time for his trial.
Over eighty witnesses were examined
and every phase of the case was watched
with intense interest by a densely crowded
courtroom. Among the interested spectators
was ex-Judge Sam'l W. Melton,
who is of counsel for the Fingers in the
seduction suit.
Argument was commenced Saturday
, morning and lasted until 6 o'clock. J.
, Stanyarne Wilson opened for the State,
and was followed by Andrew E. Moore
and S. J. Simpson for the defense. Judge
1 David Johnson, Jr., made an effective
' speech for the prosecution, being followed
, by Maj. D. It. Duncan. The solicitor
closed with a powerful appeal for justice,
and said Turner's death would be even a
r mercy to tho wife he had so cruelly
wronged, and mercy to the young son of
the prisoner. The judge's charge was
very lengthy, and was strongly in favor
of the prisoner. I
A rather noteworthy fact in the trial is
that Mrs. Turner, who is said to be mor- J
tally afraid of her husband, sat by his
side throughout the whole proceedings, '
except when excluded as a witness.
While the solicitor was speaking she wept (
bitterly, and when he came to the part re- i
ferring to her, her sobs could be heard all
over the room. J
At 10 o'clock Saturday night, after hav- *
ing been out three hours, the jury returned 1
a verdict of guilty of murder. Turner
was brought into the court room to hear
the announcement of the verdict. HeapEeared
haggard and disturbed, but on *
earing the fateful words of the jury he
showed no signs of mental pain. He was
immeaiaiejy laaen uhck 10 inejau.
On the convening of court last Monday (
morning Judge Norton sentenced Turner ,
to be hanged on the 3rd day of next Octo- j
ber, between the hours of 11 and 2 o'clock.
Before pronouncing sentence the judge refused
a motion for a new trial. An appeal
was taken to the Supreme court. t
THE PRIMARY^ELECTION. \
RULES FOR CONDUCTING THE 1'RIMARY *
OF YORK COUNTY, S. C.
1. Each member of the executive committee,
(or his first or second vice chair- .
man, in his absence,) shall appoint three j
managers for the primary election at his j
precinct, and deliver to one of them, as j
chairman, a certificate, in writing, of the ]
appointment. Any two of the managers j
shall constitute a quorum. I
2. The managers at each precinct shall f
furnish the ballot-box. At the opening of c
the polls the box shall be emptied, and ^
ex hi Di ted thus empty to any person present.
It shall then be closed, and so remain
until the close of the polls.
3. The managers shall keep a poll-list j
and tally list, and for this purpose may ap- \
point a clerk. I
4. The ballots used may either be print- f
ed or written, or partly printed and part- (
ly written. Each ballot "must have there- t
on the names (and offices) of all the candi- i
dates for whom the voter intends to vote, s
Each voter who desires to vote for mem- t
bers of the legislature and county commissioners,
must vote for the full number t
to be elected; otherwise, so much of
his ballot as relates to those offices will
not be counted. The county chairman
and secretary of the executive committee i
shall cause to be printed a sufficient num- (
ber of tickets, containing the names of t
all the candidates who file the required s
pledge within the time prescribed by the f
committee, and who (at the same time) c
pay to the secretary six dollars each to defray
the expense of printing the tickets \
and of conducting the campaign. Said t
tickets shall have at the top, instructions i
to voters to erase the names of those can- J
didates for whom they do not desire to .
vote.
5. All persons knoivn to be in full sympathy
with the Democratic party, who *
will be qualified to vote at the ensuing 1
general election, shall be entitled to vote
at the primary election. The managers,
or any bystander, shall be entitled to chal- 1
lenge any voter, and put any relevant ?
questions to him as to his right to vote, s
and the managers shall determine his t
right to vote, and may accept or reject the h
vote thus offered. t
6. At the close of the polls, the managers ^
shall immediately count the votes, and
then make out a return, in duplicate, and t
endorse on each their certificate in writ- t
ing, signed by them that the return is c
correct. The return shall show the whole
number of votes cast, and the number received
by each candidate. One shall be
retained by the chairman of the managers, r
and by him preserved for thirty (30) days. 1
The managers shall place the other, with >
the certificate of their appointment, the J
poll-list, tally list, ballots and oaths of c
managers in the ballot-box, and shall close c
the box and securely seal the same, and J
write their names over the seal. The box 1
shall then be delivered to the member of F
the executive committee for the precinct f
(or the first or second vice-chairman, as the 1
case mqy be.) 1
7. The executive committee shall meet, F
on a day fixed at the time the primary 8
election is ordered, to canVass the returns *
and declare the result. Having canvassed
the returns, they shall admit any or all
the candidates before the committee, and
1 ' 4/v I-? r\f\ M AM/1 / ! AK >"* { r\ A oil
snail piuiccu i\9 iicai auu uciuiunuo an
contests and protests, if any, and to de- (
clare the election or order such*further .
election as may be made necessary by a tie t
or the result of any contest or protest. t
8. This pledge is required of each can- ,
didate: "I am in full sympathy and affiliation
with the Democratic party, and ,
being now a candidate for nomination by .
that party, make this pledge: I will give .
to its nominees, when chosen, my Dest
efforts and most earnest support to secure .
their election in the ensuing general election."
The executive committee shall .
publish the list of candidates who file the .
pledge within the time prescribed by the
committee, and only such may be voted
for in the primary election.
9. The State law governing primary t
elections shall furnish the rule in all matters
not covered by the foregoing rules.
10. This affirmation, to be administered
to each and every voter at primary elec- t
tions and elections of delegates, is pre- a
scribed, to-wit: "You solemnly swear that r
you are in sympathy with the Democratic t
party of York county; that you are en- j
titled to vote, and have not hitherto voted t
at this election." All other rules for con- j
ducting primary elections shall be pre- a
scribed by the county executive commit- \
tee, which shall also fix the time for hold- ^
ing elections. t
11. The managers of the primary elec- ,
tion, before entering upon the discharge }
of their duties, shall take and subscribe f
the following oath : "We and each of us j
as the managers of the Democratic prima- s
ry election at precinct, do solemnly g
swear that we will fairly, impartially and j
honestly discharge the duties of such
managers, and conduct this election ac- a
cording to the provisions of an act of the v
general assembly of South Carolina, ap- c
proved December 22d, 1888, entitled "An e
act to protect primary elections," etc. a
The managers shall take the oath herein c
prescribed before a notary public or other c
officer authorized by law to administer
oaths; but if no such officer can conveniently
be had, the managers may administer
the oath to each other.
Approved and adopted, August 11th,
1890.
Tiie Campaign Ended.?The State
campaign closed with the meeting at Walterboro,
Colleton county, on Tuesday of
last week. With the exception of a drenching
rain, a collapse of the platform and a
nnmher nf fights. the meeting was nn- .
eventful.
The speakers were Gen. Earle and Gen.
Bratton, the straightout candidates for
governor, and Capt. Tillman, Gen. Pope
and Mr. May field.
The audience numbered about 1,000 persons
and the speaking took place in the'
open air from a platform, which twice
collapsed and finally went to pieces. It
rained continually and every one was
drenched to the skin.
Capt. Tillman was compelled to suspend
his remarks during the heaviest part of
the shower. He had hardly started when
the stand went down, carrying him and
the others down with it. Then he mounted
the little piece that was left standing,
and finished his speech.
Gen. Earle stood upon a chair to deliver
his speech.
During the progress of the meeting there
were several skirmishes on the outskirts. r
Sydney Beach had his head broken by
the town marshal. Herndon Beach, who
is a straightout, is painfully but not seriously
injr-ed. A half a dozen other scrimmages
occurred with no serious result.
Thus ended the most remarkable campaign
in the political history of the State,
a repetition of which, it is hoped, may
never acain occur.
Nutall Convicted.?Nutall, the c
North Carolina bigami9t, who has figured
for some years in Atlanta as a Baptist 1
preacher under the name of Dale, was tried
last week at Dallas, Ga., where he married
his second wife, having deserted his first
one in North Carolina. The jury returned [
a verdict of guilty as charged. A motion i
for a new trial was made by his counsel
and argument on the motion will be heard 1
by Judge Maddox, at Rome, on the 8th ?
of September.
t ? ? a
The Madstone Applied.?Earnest c
Huddlestone, a little 5 year old boy, of
Maguire's Ferry, York county, S. C., was
bitten by a dog supposed to be mad, yester- j
day, on his right arm. He was brought to l
Charlotte last night and Butler's madstone
was applied by Dr. D. O'Donohue. The 1
stone adhered to one place and was slightly
discolored by the absorption. This t
morning the stone will be applied again. I
The dog bit several persons and several >
dogs. The dog was finally dispatched.
?[Charlotte Chroniclo, Friday. a
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
'leasant Grove Baptist Church?Application
for Charter.
t. S. Townea, President, Greenville, S. C.?
Greenville Female College.
V. IT. MeCorkle, Judge of Probate?CitationJoseph
F. Wallace, Applicant? M. Whit,
deceased.
Citizens of Fort Mill Township?A Card.
drs. T. M. Dobson?Dobson's Packet?Tinware
and Hardware.
r. H. Kiddle?Farmers' Friend Plow.
day A May, Druggists?Drugs and Medicines.
3o You Love Your Family ? [Fourth page.
ALLIANCE MEETING.
A called meeting of the York County
dliance will be held in Yorxviiie at iu
)'clock a. m. on Saturday next.
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Several improvements have been made
o the interior of the Presbyterian church
ecently, and a handsome iron fence is
)eing put up in front of the building.
UNION BAPTIST CHURCH.
The protracted meeting at Union Bapist
church, mentioned in these columns
ast week, was continued until Sunday
ifternoon and resulted in eleven additions
o the church by profession of faith.
V GEN. LAW'S ADDRESS.
We thank Gen. E. M. Law for a pam>hlet
copy of his address, entitled "The
Confederate Revolution," and delivered
jefore the Association of the Army of
Northern Virginia at the meeting held in
jtichmond, Va., May 28th, 1890: printed
>y order of the association. This address
ias been widely commended not only as a
ine literary production, but also for the
:onservative yet manly and dignified tone
vhich pervades it.
K UNITED STATES JURORS.
The grand and petit jurors for the fall
erm of the United States Circuit court,
vhich meets in Columbia, on the fourth
Monday in November, were drawn just beore
Judge Simonton left Charleston for
Ireenville, where he is now presiding,
>ut their names, by request of the authorties,
were withheld from publication for
everal days. In the list of petit jurors is
he name of A. F. McConnell, of Yorkdlle,
who is a juror at the present term of
he United States court in Greenville.
THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS.
I&^iis proposition at the picnic last week
n reference to establishing a home for
Confederate soldiers, Mr. B. C. Pressley
nade his proposition conditional. He
aid he would give one hundred dollars
or that purpose if the other eight candilates
for the house would do the same.
It was stated that Mr. Frank Walker
vas one of the participants in the fight at
he picnic. The reporter got the names
^ tTTrv Kfl f if TIT Q Q
lilACUl >Y D a IC 1UIU1 UICU VIA i* V IV n uu
Terry Walker.
'ROLIFIC AND VENERABLE DARKIES.
We have received the following note,
inder date of August 9, from Wm. T.
jewis, census enumerator at Perryville,
Winston county, Miss. :
Editor op The Enquirer: I see;in The
Snquirer of the 16th of July that "The cenus
taker of Americua, Ga., has found two
olored women each of whom has had twentyix
children." Winston county, Miss., can
>eat that. One colored woman in this county
las had twenty-seven children, and fifteen of
hem were alive in June. Another colored
voman in this county claims to be one hunIred
and twenty years of age. She says she
an remember seeing the soldiers pass the
louse where she lived in South Carolina on
heir way to the army in the time of the Revilutionary
war. Wm. T. Lewis.
RESPITE GRANTED. >^-?
Sheriff Crawford has received official
lotification from Governor Richardson
hat he has granted a respite until November
14, 1890, in the case of Alexander
ierry, colored, who was convicted of murler
at the last term of the York sessions
lourt and sentenced to be hanged on next
Friday. The respite was granted on the
ecommendation of Judge Wallace, who
iresided at the trial, on the ground that
hree witnesses who would have testified
n behalf of the prisoner, did not arrive
intil after the trial was concluded. The
irisoner's counsel secured their affidavits
is to what they would have testified on
he trial, and on the strength of these Judge
Wallace recommended a respite^/
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
Sam Neely, a colored carpenter whose
lome was in Yorkville, was killed at
iaffney City last Friday while attempting
o steal a ride on a freight train. In atempting
to get off the train, he fell on
he track, was run over by the cars and
lorribly mangled. The jury of inquest
ixonerates the railroad from all blame in
he matter. The impression prevailed
lere with some that when the accident
lappened, Neely was making his escape
is a fugitive from justice, his crime being
he fatally wounding of a man on railroad
vork in Union county. Before leaving
iCre, he told his wife a story to this effect;
>ut on inquiry, we can learn of no such
harge against him, while officials here
.re of the opinion that he told this story
o his wife as a ruse affording a satisfac
1?a. !_ i u
ury preiexi iu nur iur lettviug 1110 numc.
CONGRESSMAN HEMPHILL. j
Hon. John J. Hemphill, the represenative
in congress from this district, made
k brief visit to Yorkville last week, arivingon
Friday afternoon and remaining
tntil noon Saturday. On Friday night a
arge number of citizens called on him at j
he Parish hotel and asked him for & speech,
in his ready manner he responded at once,
,nd delivered a ringing speech of near an
lour, in which he pointed out the iniquiies
of the Lodge election bill and detailed
he efforts that had been made and would
ret be made by the Democrats and a few
lonest Republicans to defeat it. He also
ouched upon the pension laws and the
ariff bill now under consideration by the
enate; and after reviewing the political
ituation predicted a grand success of the
Democratic party in 1892.
Mr. Hemphill has been invited to speak
it Rock Hill to-morrow, and will comply
vith the request. In view of this fact, the
county meeting there will begin at an
arlier hour than it otherwise would, so
ts to enable him to speak without encroaching
upon the time of the county
andidates. /
COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
A meeting of the York County Demoratic
Executive committee was held in
he court house at 11 o'clock a. m. last
donday. A quorum was present as folows:
A. H. White, chairman; Blacks>urg,
M. M.Tate; Blairsville, Dr. J. H.
5aye; Bethel, L. K. Armstrong; Bulock's
Creek, E. M. Bankhead; Clark's
?ork, \V. M. Faulkner ; Clay Hill, Perry
Ferguson; Coates's Tavern, J. D. Cornveil
; Fort Mill, J. It. Haile; Hickory
Drove, J. C. Chambers; Rock Hill, W. J.'
tawliuson; Yorkville, J. S. Brice.
Mr. Brice, secretary, read the minutes of
he last meeting, which were confirmed, v
The chairman exDlained the obiect of
he meeting to be to decide which papers,
f'more than one, shall be selected through
vhich to publish the official notices of
he executive committee; to receive bids
ind award a contract lor the printing of "
icketsfor the approaching primary elecion;
to provide for holding a county contention
to select delegates to the State contention,
should one be called, on the 10th
>f September; and also to select delegates
o the congressional convention.
The secretary read a petition signed by
15 voters residing in the vicinity of Tirzah
:hurch, asking that the appointment of the
tounty campaign meeting at Tirzah staion,
on the 2fith of August, be changed to
Tirzah church. On motion, the prayer of '
he petition was granted by a vote of the
lommittee and the change ordered.
The secretary then announced that he
lad received the following bids for the
jrinting of tickets for the primary elecion:
J. J. Hull, Rock Hill?For 10,000, 75 cents |
>er thousand; or 70 cents per thousand for
5,000.
Blacksburg Publishing company?For 10,000
>r more, 75 cents per thousand.
L. M. Grist, Yorkville Enquirer?For
2,000, 09 cents per thousand.
York Publishing company??2 for the first i
kousand and ?1 for each subsequent thousand. ;
The bid of Mr. Hull was adjudged the
owest and the contract was awarded to
lim.
On the subject of advertising the official
lotices of the executive committee, the i
iecretary announced the following bids :
York Publishing company?Fifty cents per
iquare of 12 lines for first insertion, and 25 ;
:ents for each subsequent insertion.
Yorkville Enquirer?Regular advertising
ates.
Blacksburg News?Twenty-six cents per
nch for first insertion, and 10 cents per inch
or each subsequent insertion.
Rock Hill Herald?Regular advertising
'ates. i
On comparison of bids it was adjudged i
hat the bid of the York Publishing company
was the cheapest and the contract i
vas awarded to it. i
After the vote was taken, Mr. Rawlinson
mggested that while the Yorkville papers I
might have a good circulation over th<
county, yet The Itock Hill Herald had i
local circulation in the eastern part of th<
county, where the Yorkville papers hat
fewer subscribers, and he moved that th<
publishing of the official notices of th<
committee be also awarded to The Herald
The motion was carried.
The secretary was directed to changi
the rules for conducting primary election!
in York county so as not to conflict witl
the act of the legislature providing for th<
conducting of primary elections through
out the State, and publish the same fo
two weeks in the official organs of th<
committeer
It was moved and ordered that a pri
mary election for the election of delegate
to a county convention, be held at thi
several precincts of the county on Satur
day, August 23d, the same rules to goveri
the election as were adopted tor noicnng i
similar election on the 23rd of last month
and that a county convention, compose<
of said delegates, be held in the court housi
at Yorkville, on Tuesday, August 26th
for the purpose of electing delegates to th
State convention on the 10th of September
should said convention be called; and als<
delegates to the congressional conventioi
for the Fifth congressional district.
The committee then adjourned to mee
in Yorkville on Friday, August29th, un
less called together by the chairman be
fore that date.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.
In the United States district court nov
in session at Greenville, the followinj
cases from York county have been die
posed of, as we learn from The Greenvill
News:
J. H. Goss plead guilty to opening a regis
istered package of money, ana was sentence!
to one year's imprisonment at hard labor ii
the South Carolina penitentiary.
Berry Bryant was put on trial, charged wit'
retailing. J. B. Bell and W. B. DeLoach de
fended him. The verdict was not guilty.
Jerry Palmer, alias Joseph Yandall, wa
convicted of retailing liquor and sentenced t<
six months' in York county jail and a fine o
9100.
Henry Thompson pleaded guilty of retailin
and was sentenced to three months in Yorl
county jail and a fine of 9100.
A true bill was found against Wheeler Henry
charged with retailing, and no bills ugaine
Elvy Rainey and Adolphus Rice, charged wit!
the same offence.
CHURCH NOTICE8.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, pas
tor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow eveninj
at 8.30 o'clock. Services next Sunday a
10.30 o'clock a. m. No night service
Sunday-school at 5 o'clock p. m.
EDiscoDal?Rev. K. S. Nelson, rectoi
Morning service next Sunday at 10.3
o'clock. Evening appointment will b
announced at morning service. Sunday
school at 5.30 o'clock p. m.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Re\
J. C. Galloway, pastor. Services next Sun
day at 10.30 o'clock a. in. and 8.30 o'clocl
p. m., conducted by Rev. J. M. Todd, c
Erskine college. Sunday-school at 5 p. na
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G
H. Waddell, pastor. Prayer-meeting thi
evening at 8.30 o'clock. Services nex
Sunday at 10.30 o'clock a. m. and 8.3
o'clock p. m. Suuday-3chool at 4.30 o'clocl
p. m.
Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, pastoi
Prayer-meeting to:raorrow evening at 8.3
o'clock. Services at Union next Sunday
at 11 o'clock a. m. and 3 o'clock p. m. A
the morning service the doors of the churcl
will be opened, after which the ordihanc
of baptism will be administered to severs
candidates. Service in Yorkville at 8.3
o'clock pi in. Sunday-school at 9.30 n. nr
/ CRUSHED TO DEATH.
~H>n?fest^ednesday night, Taylor Coc
ner, a negrolaborer in the employ of Mi
J. O. Walker, was found dead just withou
thenorthern limitsof town, near the King1
Mountain road. His body was remove'
to a neighboring tennant house on Di
Walker's place, and on Thursday Corone
Pursley einpa led the following jury c
inquest:
J. S. Brice, foreman, J. A. Barron, B
A. Parish, F. E. Smith, W. L. McDonald
I. T. Parish, T. C. Dunlap, P. G. McCorkU
Dr. Wm. Walker, David Watson, Dani*
Witherspoon, J. J. Hunter, W. D. Grisl
Jno. May, Jr.
Two witnesses?Mr. J. O. Walker ant
Mr. J. G. Parker?were examined and th
following facts developed :
Conner had been hauling litter durin]
the afternoon, and failing to return up to
late hour, Mr. Walker became uneasy an<
went out to search for him. He cam
upon the mules and wagon about 9 o'clock
The wagon was fast between two treet
against one of which Conner's body wa
wedged by the right hand fore wheel
The unfortunate man had been dead fo
several hours. His body was horribl;
crushed, and its preasure against the whee
had broken out several spokes. The mos
nlanaihle thonrv of the witnesses is tha
Conner, while walking on the ground dri\
ing, miscalculated the distance betwee
the trees and was caught in attempting t
pass through. The verdict of the jury wa
in accordant with the above facts.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mr. Robert J. Latta is in town.
Y Miss Virgie Ferguson is visiting friend
in Gastonia.
Mr. James A. Owen, of Chester, i
in Yorkville visiting relatives.
Mrs. M. C. Willis and children are a
Cleveland Mineral Springs,
r Mrs. Wm. M. Allison is visiting in. th
India Hook section of this county.
) Mr. Align Flowers, of Sumter, spen
several days in Yorkville last week, visit
ing his cousin, Mr. F. A. Gilbert.
Mrs. J. W. Dobson, who is just recov
ering from an attack of typhoid fevei
was out for a drive yesterday morning.
Mr. B. F. Bear, foreman of the paintin
department of the Carolina Buggy com
pany, is visiting relatives at Detroit
Michigan.
Rev. J. C. Galloway and Mrs. Gallowa,
are visiting the former home of the lattei
at Monmouth, Va.
^ Miss Norma Strauss and her guest, Mis
Annie Simpson, of Charleston, are visitin
at Asheville, N. C., and will extend thei
trip to Paris Mountain.
Rev. K. S. Nelson, Rector of the Churcl
of the Good Shepherd, has been confinei
to his room at Three C's hotel, for the pas
two weeks with fever.
^ Mr. J. George Schorb, connected wit)
the Presbyterian publishing house at Cc
lumbia, visited his brother, John R
Schorb, of this place, a few days ago.
Mr. John Sizelan, superintendent of thi
Carolina Buggy factory, left here las
Thursday for Syracuse, N. Y., he havinj
been summoned there on account of thi
illness of his wife, who is visiting rela
tives in that State.
^ Mr. Chas. R. Simmons, who has beei
confined to his bed for the past six week
with typhoid fever, at his father's home
four miles north of Yorkville, is conva
lescent.
r Mr. D. E. Finley has been confined t<
his bed by illness for the past week
While he seems to be convalescent, i
will probably be several days before he i
able to be out.
AN IMPORTANT ENTERPRISE.
There is now a prospect that the exten
sive granite deposits on the lands of Majo
T. P. Whitesides, five miles north o
Yorkville, will be worked at an early daj
on a large scale. This granite is pronoun
ced equal to any in the Union for build
inn onrl nnuinoF nnrnr.Qoa flml th Pfln h(
^ ?UV. J"? ' * "fa K ? --
procured of almost any desired size. I
has all the qualities ensuring durability
while it yields readily to the chisel. A
joint stock company, to be knownas th<
York Granite company, is being formec
for the development of these vast deposit
of stone. The company will have a capi
talization of $50,000, and we are informet
that a large part of the stock will be sub
scribed in Charleston. Hon. Wm, A
Courtenay, of that city, has been here fo;
several days examining the property, anc
he expresses himself so well pleased witt
the uses to which the stone can be put
and the profits in the handling of it, tha
he took a large block of stock and is aiding
in the formation of the company. He is
sanguine that it can be made a successfu
and profitable enterprise. Applicatior
has already been made for a charter, the
incorporators being Wm. A. Courtenay, F
Happerfield, T. P. Whitesides, James F
Hart and T. B. McClain. Books for subscription
of stock will be opened as soon as
arrangements can be maao for that pur
pose, though the larger part of the required
amount of stock is already insight. W?
think, in view of the importance of this
enterprise, the amount of capital it wil
bring to Yorkville, and the increase ic
population which the employment of arti
zans would give, that Yorkville should
make an effort to secure the shops foi
dressing the stone within her limits. We
doubt not that by prompt action on the
part of our citizens, this consumraatioc
could be attained. The corporators as
sure us that they mean business and that
the company will be placed in condition tc
begin operations as early as possible.
3 LETTER FROM BLACKSBURG.
\ Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
3 Blacksburo, August 12.?A delightfu
1 change has come in the weather, the temperf
3 ture falling from <J0 to 70 degrees during tli
3 past two days, and a gentle breeze is blowin
nearly all the time, which is very refresh!n
and bracing, and an indication of the near aj
3 proach of our glorious autumnal season. N
3 finer weather forsaving foddercould bedesirei
1 and no doubt it is especially welcomed by tl
3 farmers.
I would be glad to believe that the change i
r the affairs of the State, for which they so a:
3 dently hope and so earnestly work, will be s
propitious as the change in the weather ; bi
to me there is, at present, no basis for sue
" a belief, and unless there is a very decide
9 change in the curreut of politics in our Stal
3 before the election, every thoughtful an
- intelligent man has reason to believe that th
1 peace and content we have enjoyed since Iff;
a, will be jeopardized, the prosperity of theStai
. hindered, and its progress delayed. Alread
J the factional light within the dominant party <
the State, and the uncertainty of its issue, an
? prospects of a change in men ana methods, an
, the probable consequences resulting, inthewa
e of the disposition of the State debt, a new cot
t stitutiou, the management of railroad inte;
y ests, the laws affecting corporations, (fee., ai
3 causing northern capitalists to call a halt i
the investment of their money in our Stat
That this is a serious question forconsideratioi
? every one is bound to admit,for instead of dri\
- ing away outside capital and the men wt
; have it, and who are anxious to bring it hei
and aid us, while benefitting themselves, i
building up our waste places and developin
the natural resources of which we boast s
much, we should encourage them in every wa
if possible to come and identify themselves wit
v us, and help them to make our interests their
* To bring the question nearer home, let each ii
dividual voter in the immediate vicinity of 01
e town, answer conscientiously the question i
to whether he and his family haye been benefi
ted, during the past three years, by the built
j ing and operating of the Three C's railroat
a When did you ever before haye a cash mark<
a for your chickens, butter, eggs, fruit, vegeti
, bles, and many things that you have been em
bled to utilize, that you formerly allowed 1
" waste because there was no place to sell ? No'
you can generally sell what you bring to towr
? and are encouraged to raise and save more; an
^ liens are not so common as they were. Yo
may say that this is due to the alliance; bi
after giving that organization all the crod
j= which it deserves, you must admit that it ney<
created a market for you, and the norther
p capital which built the Three C's railroad di<
' Now, if wo have been helped ever so little b
u the thousands of dollars that the rich men <
the North have invested in our section, y
should not put a straw in the way of their ii
vesting millions among us.
Because it touches a man's pocket, and a
I- fects his general prosperity, I only mentic
g the above as one among many arguments wh
t our people should consider well before the
\ decide by their votes whether they will let we
enough alone, or bring into the managemei
oi mate anairs, amouious ana cnruuic viu<
' seekers, and untried, and it may be, utter
0 incompetent men.
e Tbe Teachers' Association of South Carolii
r_ having deffinitely decided to build a permanei
summer home, are now considering where
r shall be located, and it will not surprise man
of your readers to hear that they are favorabl
" impressed with Blacksburg as a most desirab
k location. Our town certainly possesses ail tl
if advantages, which such an institution wou
I, require. Its altitude, perfect drainage, itse:
\ cellent freestone and mineral waters, its enti
' freedom from malaria, and otherwise perfe
healthfulness, all entitle it to a careful consii
* eration of those who have the matter in han
" Besides these natural advantages, there a;
k other inducements which no town in the Sta
can surpass, and very few, if any, equal. I e
^ lude to the two grand trunk lines of railroad, tl
A Air-Line and the Charleston, Cincinnati ar
r Chicago, with its Augusta division, which ii
? tersects here; the system of telegraph servi<
t which reaches every part of the United State
b and a private system for the especial accomm
e dation of our citizens; the electric street ai
d house lights; best hotel accommodations ; at
0 last, but by no means least, a liberal and pr
gressive class of citizens who welcome and a
to their utmost ability every enterprise th
helps to build up their town.
Already a generous and tempting offer hi
i- been made to the association by the officers
. the Blacksburg Land and Improvement cob
1 pany in the way of a very desirable and e:
, tensive building site, and a handsome don
? tion of money ; and I am told that the off
d meets with much favor, and there is a stroi
r. likelihood of its being accepted.
r The Cherokee Falls Manufacturing compar
,f are having brick made for the purpose of ad<
ing to their buildings. They will soon begi
. the erection of a building similar in size ar
i plan of the first one built, viz.: 50 by 100 fe<
'> and it will be placed parallel and adjoinii
S the other. This will not only give more roo
for new and their already over crowded m
t chinery, but will facilitate the work of the er
ployees. So that a smaller number of forem<
j will be emploj'ed, and therefore a considerab
saving to the company in the course of a yea
e Rev. J. A. White began a protracted meetii
at the Baptist church, last week, in which 1
is assisted by Rev. Mr. Pentutf.
a Mr. John Davis is building an addition to h
j dwelling on Pino street.
e Messrs. Black, Reese <fe Co. broke grour
last week and are getting ready as fast as po
" sible for the erection of their brick block c
'i Shelbv street.
8 Mr. G. M. Moore is making arrangemen
I. to build another brick block oh Shelby stret
r which will fill up the space between his sto
y house and Mr. James Lucas's dwelling ar
;j millinery store.
Mr. W. H. Osborne has recently placed c
his yard a now and larger machine for the ma:
ufacture of brick, thereby increasing his c
r- pacity two fold. There is still a large demai
for brick and other building material in 01
O town, and work on some of the buildings i
? progress has been delayed on account of tl
inability to get lumber. " w. a.
? m
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
Chester, August 11.?A fine rain tell he
3 yesterday. This section has not suffered th
summer for the want of rain, and crops ai
very promising.
t About fifty now operatives wero added
the working force in the cotton mill last wee
Four moreliouses have just been finished I
0 the company for occupancy by employees
the mill.
it Communion services were held yesterday
the A. R. P. church at this place. Rev. R. <
Miller has been conducting services durii
the past week. . ;
Rev. R. W. Sanders, pastor of the Bapti
'? church, is confined to his bed with illnes
While there are some cases of sickness
g town, yet it is more healthful than usual th
|. summer.
y Mr. Wm. Nichols recently lost by disea
' his herd of fine milch cows for which not loi
since he refused an offer of ?1,000. Othe
y here haye also lost cattle by some diseas
"i which, however, is not prevalent.
There are twenty-five candidates in Che
is ter, viz.: two for the senate, four for the hou
a of representatives, six for county commissioi
5 er, four for school commissioner, two for trea
urer, three forjudge of probate, and four f
, auditor.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
1 the Cberaw and Chester railroad was held he
it last Tuesday. All the old officers were r
elected except B. J. Witherspoon and J. \
k Twitty, of Lancaster, whose places were filh
by J. N. Crockett and J. W. Williams as tl
Lancaster directors. A resolution was adop
" ed asking the Richmond and Danville con
pany to extend the road from Lancaster
0 Chesterfield.
t The Presbyterian church, when repairs an
y additions now in progress are completed, wi
B be oneof the tinest edifices in upper Carolin
It is understood that there will be eight aj
plicants, if not more, for the vacancy froi
this county in the Citadel academy.
1 The Chester District lodge of Good Templai
8 will have a picnic at Baton Rouge to-morrow
i An anti-Tillman Democratic club has r<
. cently been organized in our town.
Work will be commenced on the town ha
in about ten days.
5 The Baptist church in this place has recontl
been repainted.
t The new bank building is nearing compli
s tion.
NOTES FROM BLA1RSVILLE.
Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
Blairsville, August 12.?Some of on
r farmers are about done with their earl
f fodder. Most of what is saved is damage
. more or less bv the recent rains. Corn o
bottom lands in this section id fine. I hear
one of our best farmers say a few days ag
" that he had the best corn on Bullock's creek tin
b he has had for six years, and the prospect fc
t a good corn crop generally is better at preeei
than it has been for several years, though it
[ late. The cotton crop in this section is ver
, promising. I do not think sandy lane
, nave been very much improved by the recer
* rains. I mean that cotton that was plante
3 early had quit growing and made all the lane
- were able to make before the rains. Some (
1 our farmers says that all their cotton that we
. planted earty on sandy lands has grown ver
little in height since the middle of Jun<
That on red lands is growing rapidly?moi
weed than fruit. Eight or ten days of dr]
hot weather would be of great advantage to tb
growing weed, and cause it to fill with frui
A late fall will be beneficial to red lands as we
; as late sandy lands.
The protractod meeting held at Shady Grov
closed last Thursday night after about a week'
6reaching. Rev. G. W. Gatlin was assisted b
,ev. G. H. Waddell, of Yorkville.
Turnip sowing has begun in this sectioi
Larger patches and more of them are bein
sown than common.
Road working is the chief employment i
this section at present, and some of tbem di
not get at it before it was needed, while other
were gone over in one day. It is very like
ly that the road commissioner will find thet
in good order when he rides over them.
Going to picnics in wagons is in vogue i
this section. One of our young men, on hi
last trip, had the misfortune to lose his vest.
Miss Nannie Sherer, of Grover, N. C., wh
has been visiting friends and relatives nea
Blairsville, has returned home.
Miss Sallie E. Plaxco, of Blairsville, is visit
ing friends and relatives near Mount Pleasant
Chester county.
J. Simmons, of Union county, was engaget
in walling a well for Mrs. Faithy Wilson sev
eral days. Through carelessness of the wind
lass hands a rock was let fall, striking him oi
the head and crushing the skull. Dr. J. II
Save was summoned to dress tho wound. It i;
I doubtful as to bis recovery. i.ux.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? South Carolina's first bale of cotton this
1 season was sent from Barnwell county to
l* Charleston last Thursday by Col. Mike
>e Brown. It weighed over 500 pounds.
g ?The colored alliance convention which
g met at Aiken last week consisted of only
>- two county alliances. The meeting was
o not of a political nature, though some of
3, the speeches made approved Tillman, but
ie denounced other men on his ticket.
? Says the Lancaster Ledger: Married,
n in Flat Creek township on the 31st July,
r" 1890, by Itev. John Faile, Mr. Monroe
J? Hilton and Miss Nannie Blackmon. The
k bride we are told is only 12 years and 6
Id months of age, and the groom is also quite
:e young.
d ? Rev. D. A. Calhoun, one of the most
in itrtftful nnrl wnnnAfiBtfn rv-? a rv-? K a ttn f 4 It /v
?v uscjui auu icopcv;nvo lucujucio ui tuc
'6 South Carolina conference, was suddenly
Le prostrated with acute peritonitis while
yf conducting services at Brown's Chapel, in
d Richland county, on Friday last. He is
id in a precarious condition,
y - The governor has granted a pardon in
*- the case of Thomas Bond, a member of the
r" Charleston resurrection gang, who was
r? found guilty of conspiracy to commit fraud
e> and forgery in June, 1888, and sentenced
by Judge Norton to three years' imprisonment
in the penitentiary.
10 ?The Republican convention for that
re portion of Williamsburg county belofaging
" to the Seventh congressional district, was
held last Saturday about two miles from
y Kingstree, for the purpose of electing del,b
egates to the congressional convention,
s. Notwithstanding Brayton's appearance
i- and shrewd electioneering, a solid Miller
ir delegation was elected.
? ? The house of Peter Hyatt, a well-to-do
l" farmer near St. George's; Colleton county,
1. was struck by lightning last Thursday afit
temoon. Mr. Hyatt and his sixteen-yeari
old daughter were instantly killed. One
of his sons was also stunned, and it is expected
he will die. Five other persons in
j the house sustained slight injury from the
d shock. ' _
u ? A dispatch to the Columbia Register
it says the Tillmanites held a prolonged canit
cus in Winnsboro last Saturday and nom3i"
inated a full county ticket as follows: For
" representatives, T. S. Brice, O. W. Buch,v
anan and T. W. Taylor; treasurer, Hayne
of McMeekin ; auditor, J. B. Crosby; judge
re of probate, S. R. Johnston ; school comn
missioner, R. A. Means ; county commissioners,
B. G. Tennant, Robert Lewis and
'" J. R. Delaney.
' ?Lancaster Ledger: Charley Napper,
(y aged about six years, was shot and killed
ill on the afternoon of the 3rd instant, by his
at brother Ernest, aged about ten years. The
=e ball took effect in the neck, severing the
ly carotid artery, causing death almost inm
stantly. Ernest had gone out from home
3t and his little brother wanted to follow
it him. Ernest didn't want him to go, and
y to frighten him back drew an old pistol
iy (which he thought was unloaded) on him.
:le The pistol had no main spring but hap??
pened to have a cartridge in it and fired
with the above result.
re ? In the sessions court of Edgfleld last
ct week, Judge Witherepoon presiding, on
d- motion of the solicitor for a change of
d? venue in the case of Jones, the murderer of
J? the Pressleys, the judge granted an order
moving the transferring of the case to
3e Lexington county. It will come up for
id trial in September. Jones is the only
l- prisoner in Edgefield jail. Murrell, the
ce murderer of Yonce, was taken from Rich8>
land jail to Edgefield for re sentence, and
?: the date for the execution fixed for Sep- ,
ld tember 26th. He was then re-conveyed to
0. Richland jail to await the day appointed
id for his doom. The grand jury found true
at bills against Sheriff Qutz for official misconduct
and permitting the escape of prisa?
oners.
of , ,
n* The Electrocution.?Between 6 and
r" 7 o'clock last Wednesday morning, in the
qp basement of the State prison at Auburn,
3g N. Y., William Kemmler was killed under
the law by the use of electricity. On
iy March 29th, 1889, he murdered his misL
tress, Tillie Zeigler, and his death was the
*: reparation iur nis crime.
'd He made his own toilet, and was cheerjg
ful, cool and without apparent dread. He
m entered the death chamber about half-past
a- six. He assisted in preparing himself for
a- death. He was placed in an ordinary
3n chair by the warden, who introduced him
le to those present. He made a few brief
' farewell remarks. There were no prayers
ie in the death room. The man was evidently
devoid of nerve tension,
is His voice while speaking had no tremor.
He submitted to the straps quietly. He . *'
ld directed the adjustment of the electrodes.'
^ He made a suggestion to the warden and
finally sat in the death chair without a *
ta tremor.
it, A convulsion marked the application of
re the electric current. He was said to be
ld dead in seventeen seconds and the current
was stopped.
q. Later it was resumed, and in thirteen
a. minutes from the first stroke he was deid
clared dead. The flesh of the back was
ar burned, also a spot upon the top of the
>Q head. An autopsy was begun three hours
116 after death and its disclosures noted by all
the doctors present.
The execution was witnessed by a number
of persons, as provided by the law,
among them physicians and electrical ex.
perts. Although the law under which the
13 execution took place makes it a crime to
re publish more than the bare announcement
of the execution, elaborate and sensational
?? reports of the affair were sent by special
J" correspondent to me metropolitan uaiiies,
in and the initial process of sending a condemned
criminal to his last account by
in wire, was worked for all it was worth.
3. The general opinion seems to be that the
>8 electrical mode of execution is a poor sub.
stitute for the old-fashioned ana reliable
|8 gallows.
Jjj The Allaince in Other States.?In
the Alabama State Farmers' alliance at
8e Montgomery,*on the 6th instant, L. L.
ig Polk, president of the National Farmers'
rs alliance, made an address in which he
>e> said the Democratic and Republican parties
were both side issues when compared
88 to the alliance. The speech was made in
n. secret session and any extended report of
a- it is not obtainable. The sentiment of the
or speech, however, is carrying out the platform
agreed upon at St. Louis by the comof
mittees representing the National Farmg?
ers' Alliance and Industrial Union and
the Knights of Labor, in the preamble of
3d which the following declaration is made:
ie "And it is further agreed, in order to carry
t- out these objects, that we will support for
j1- office only such men as can be depended
fc0 upon to enact these principles into statute
ld law, uninfluenced by -party caucus."
U The State Farmers' alliance of Louisiana
a. was in session at Baton Rouge last week
?- with closed doors. The president cited the
111 fact that the alliance was the first secular
organization to announce its opposition to
rs the re-chartering of the Louisiana State
j. lottery or chartering any lottery. This
opposition stands as a pledge on the part
11 of the order which must be kept inviolate.
The annual convention of the National
y Consolidated Colored alliance of America,
, met at Columbus, Ga., on the 6th instant,
" President J. M. Clark, of Texas, presiding.
Sixty delegates were in attendance from
Texas, South Carolina, North Carolina,
Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
ly The Sub-Treasury Bill.?The Far [
mers' alliance sub-treasury bill was discussr
n ed last Friday by the ways and means comd
mittee in connection with the resolution
o introduced by Representative Wheeler
providing for its report and consideration.
Inasmuch as the resolution seemed to propose
trenching on the prerogatives or the
y commiueeon ruiCS uy me whjbhuu uicnua
Is committee in the clause setting apart a
it day for the consideration of the bill, and
d for the further reason that, owing to the de19
lay in its delivery to the committee, the
)f date fixed for consideration of the bill
y had already been passed, the resolution
I itself was laid aside without action. The
e discussion failed to develop a kindly
r, feeling toward the bill on the part of the
10 committee.
t. ?
II Progress of the Railroad.?The
Unakean, published at Erwin, Unicoi
? county, Tenn., says: The construction of
y the Three C's railroad in this county still
progresses with rapidity. The grading is
i. well nigh finished and some of the trestles
e are built. The trestle at Unaka Springs is
nearly finished across the Nola Chucky
1 river and footmen are crossing on it. Two
J miles or more of track are now laid in this
county on Buffalo, and tracklaying is pron
gressing at (he rate of one mile a aay.
Crossties are being delivered by hundreds
a on the right of way every day. Several
9 night forces are at work which will hasten
the road on ; and if there are no further
r causes for delay, "Unicoi," the new engine,
will whistle in Erwin in ten days.
Death of William Lockhart.?
William Lockhart died at the home of his
1 daughter, Mrs. Peter McGowan, early
Wednesday morning. Mr. Lockhart was
* born in York county, S. C. and has been
living in Charlotte for about 20 years. He
9 had been confined to bed for about 5 years.
?[Charlotte Chronicle.