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Jacts. ?The monthly report of the agricultural / department of Tennessee states that the corn crop falls below the estimate, it being reduced to 57,000,000 bushels. The cotton crop shows an increase; the estimate is now placed at 325,000 bales. The peanut crop is placed at 450,000 bushels. ? It la stated that two months ago the interest of the Howards?the widow, three sons and daughter of the late Charles T. Howard?in the Louisiana Lottery company, was sold for the sum of $2,500,000 to a syndicate composed of C. H. Hyams, of the banking firm of Moore & Hyams, and others. ? The law providing for execution by electricity in Kew York is again before the supreme court of the United States. The question is as in the Kemmler case, heretofore decided, whether the punishment provided is "cruel and unusual," and ?? nimmKUoil Ko (tio onnatitiitlnn nf CW ouvai pivuiuitvu WJ ? . the United States. ? Mr. W. D. Battle, of Sumter county, Ala., has on exhibition at the Birmingham fair, the largest hogon earth. He is 28 months old, a red Jersey, stands 3 feet 9 inches high, is 9 feet 6} inches in length, is 7 feet 4 inches around the girth, measures 2 feet 11 across the back, and 11 inches between the hock and ankle. His weight is about 1,500 pounds. ? A terrible conflagration occurred at Winslow, a town of Pike county, Indiana, last Friday morning. The whole town has been wiped out of existence. The houses were all frame structures, and the fire spread with such rapidity that all the efforts of the people to extinguish it, proved unavailing. Not a house is left standing and 400 people are left homeless. ? Apropos of a prediction which Col. Robert G. Ingersoll made ten years ago, Chaplain McCabe sent the following note to rtu duilglity unbeliever the other day: "Dear Colonel: Ten years ago you made the following prediction: 'Ten years from this time two theatres will be built for one church.' The time is up. The Methodists are now building four churches every day?one for every six hours. Please venture upon another prediction for the year 1890." ? The death of the inventor of the locomotive cab at Baltimore, on Sunday evening of last week, should receive more than a line. John Scotti was a practical machinist and engineer, and when he retired from the service of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, four years ago, at the age of 67, he had completed over half a century in the company's employ. He invented the cab in 1837, before which time the engineers and firemen had no protection from the weather. ? Postmaster General Wanamaker, on Friday, said in answer to an inquiry, that there is no probability of an extra session of congress. While, he said, only the president could speak authoritatively upon the subject, he (wanamaker) did not believe that the president had any thoughtof calling congress together before the regular session. Two other members of the cabinet who were unwilling to be quoted by name, said in response to simifar inquiries : "There will be no extra session.'' ? The Alabama legislature convened yesterday in biennial session. It will proceed at the outset to count^ and declare the vote of August last for state rulers, governor Seay will step down and out, and the Hon. Thos. G. Jones, who was elected by nearly 100,000 majority in August, will be inaugurated governor. On November 25tb the general assembly will proceed to vote for United States senator, and it is generally conceded that the Hon. Jas. L. Pugh, who has served with ability, will be chosen his own successor. Mr. J. S. Richardson, of New Orleans, is undoubtedly the largest cotton planter in this country. He owns 40,000 acres of fine alluvial land in Louisiana and Mississippi, and cultivated 20,000 acres in cotton this year, much of which, it is claimed, will yield two bales to the acre. Besides his planting, Mr. Richardson is the head of a large wholesale house in New Orleans and largely interested in the cotton oil mill at Vicksbure and the factory at Wes son, where two thousand operatives are employed. ? In Beaver county, Pa., the home of Senator Quay, and where heretofore he has ? lield full political sway, Mr.. Pattison, the Democratic candidate for governor, made a handsome gain on the last vote for governor. But even more significant than this was the result in Crawford county, where Mr. Delamater, the Republican candidate for governor resides. This county usually gi VQ8 a Republican majority of about 2,900, but Mr. Pattison carried it by a handsome majority. Quay and Delamater seem to be political bosses without influence in their own homes. ?The Charleston News and Courier says: The Massachusetts and Southern Construction company, which has the contract for the construction of the first 156 miles of the Cape Fear and Cincinnati railroad, has sublet it to Keating & Co., of Ohio. This road is to run to Wilmington, to Southport, N. C., and thence to Conway, S. C. It will then branch off in three directions, one line coming to this city, one going to Salisbury, N. C., and the other to Greenville, 8. C. When completed this will be one of the longest.railroad systems in the South. ? The Manufacturers' Record says, for two years or more considerable publicity has been given to and no little interest excited by the discovery of red cotton and the efforts to perpetuate its growth. According to the latest report the several attempts have been successful in the main. A planter in Alpharetta, Ga., has an acre of cotton, every stalk of which is said to be of 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 field. If this variety can be perpetuated it will likely mean a fortune to the successful planter. ? In Chicago, last Thursday, a platform on which were standing many employees of a musical instrument factory, collapsed and instantly killed Wm. Tishendorfa and seriously injured Dora Gifford, Wm. McDaniels, Henry Rodline, John Steele and John Kohler. Some time ago the employ ees of the factory, about three hundred in all, arranged to have their photographs taken, and employed a carpenter to con.struct a temporary stage for them to occupy while sitting for the negative. When the employees had taken their position on the platform, it gave way under their weight and hundreds of men and women Were thrown in a mass, and those who escaped without broken bones suffered painful bruises and scratches. ?TheChicago Evening Journal, for many years one of the staunchest of Republican papers, in the course of an editorial on the political situation, says: "What now shall be the Republican party's course? Simply this: That it must live up to what are its real principles. The McKinley bill must not stand unchanged. It must be modified in almost every feature. A national caucus of the party has been held, and its leaders must obey the dictates of that caucus. There is no occasion for delay until the Democratic congress has assembled and a Republican senate given X A_ 11 - -1 ; 1 mi T> ^ assent to me cnanges requireu. xnw xvwx publican party is a party of the people and v one of reform within itself. It has now its opportunity." -?Recriminations among the defeated Republicans have commenced already, and Chairman Quay is accused of keeping all the funds the national committee in Pennsylvania^ the defeat of pattison, disregarding Mr. Clarkson's appeals for money for the congt^jonal districts. Mr. Quay is blamed for the house of representatives in his^itiess efforts to secure his own vindication through the election of Delamater. Mr. Clsi^on, it is said, foresaw that the tide was ag^gt the Republican party, and that the hb^o 0f partial success could only be realized the most strenuous efforts all along the. line. He appealed to Mr. Quay for money for a large cumber of the congressional districts, but the dollars were doled out grudgingly and refused all together for some districts. Mr. Clarkson worked desperately until the end, and then went home broken down and made sick by the consciousness that certain defeat would be met. ? The Republican congressional Waterloo of last week makes a comparison with past congressional elections interesting. Commencing with the Forty-fourth congress, elected in 1874, the composition of the house of representatives was as follows: Forty-fourth congress, Democrats, 107, Republicans, 186; Forty-fifth, Democrats 155, Republicans 138; Forty-sixth, Democrats 149, Republicans 131, Greenbackers 13; Forty-seventh, Democrats 130, Republicans 149, Greenbackers 9, Readjusters 2, Independents 2; Forty eighth, V Democrats 196J Republicans 116, Readjusters 5; Green backer 1, Independent 1; ForwL 4 t.v-ninth, Democrats 184, Republicans 141; Fiftieth, Democrats 167, Republicans 153, Independents 4; Fifty-first, Democrats 151, Republicans 175, Independent 1. "With the exception of the Democratic tidal wave which gave the Democrats a plurality of 80 over the Republics is of tho Fortyeighth congress, elected in 1882, the Democratic party has never had a majority in the House comparable in numbers to that secured on Tuesday last, which is variously estimated from 100 to 151. ? Says a Kansas correspondent of The New York Herald: I saw John F. Willetts, the Alliance candidate for governor, to-day. He says he is elected sure. In regard to the legislature he says: "We nave elected uinety-eight members of the legislature, and will name the next senator of the United States from Kansas. Ingalls will not get a man of them. He is beaten. The fight has been made especially upon him, and it has been successful. Kansas is a producing, not a manufacturing State, and will hereafter be represented in the halls of congress only by men who are in sympathy with the producer and who will advocate legislation which will nut producers on an equal footing with others." We have borne the burdeus long enough. The election means tariff reform, free coinage, more money and honest legislation." ?he forhrillc gutter. YORKVILLK, H. ( WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1890. THE STATE ELECTION. The gubernatorial election throughout the State was quiet and orderly, but two or three disturbances having been reported, and politically.our people having passed through a trying ordeal which we trust may never again occur. There was fear and even danger that the white people were apart, that the solid front which* since 1870 they have presented against misrule, ignorance ana corruption was broken; but the result of last week shows conclusively that while the Democracy of the State may indulge in a little family quarrel, the great mass of our people cannot be led by specious representations from the path of duty. Their ballots were cast overwhelmingly for Benjamin It. Tillman, the regular nominee of the party, and by their suffrages he is to be for the next two years the governor of their choice. His ability and fitness for the exalted position cannot be doubted ; nor will his patriotism or devotion to duty be mistrusted. We believe he will give to the people of the State an honest, clean and efficient administration, free from factional feeling and the rancors of the campaign; and in the faithful discharge of his duty, regardless of past political differences, he will be entitled to the respect and support of all the people of the State. DEMOCRACY TRIUMPHANT. The election on Tuesday of last week proved a grand success for Democratic principles and a conspicuous rebuke to Republican misgovern menI; and sectional legislation. Seldom in the history of a government has so sudden and complete a revolution resulted in a single day by the quiet but potent methods of the ballot box. So far as relates to the overthrow of Republicanism, it may now no longer be attributed to a "solid South," but we may substitute for that appellation a "solid nation." In their might the people of the North and West arose as one man to place ttfGir seal of condemnation upon iniquitous Republican oppression, and so emphatic has been this expression of sentiment and so strong the revulsion in the North and West, that the Democrats will have a majority in the house of representatives without a single member from the South. In 1874 a Republican majority of over 100 in the Forty-third congress was changed to a Democratic majority of about fifty in the Fiftieth congress, and since then there has been no turnover to compare with the plcWfnn iust held. As enmDlete returns have not yet been made t p from all the States, it is yet a question as to how high the Democratic majority in the house of representatives will go. It is variously estimated from 121 to 151 by the leading journals, and until there is an official count in many of the States, exact figures will be impossible. The total Democratic gain will probably be over seventy-two, and that party will have the unprecedented majority of at least 116 in the next house. Counting the Second Rhode Island district as Democratic, that party having a plurality vote, though a majority requires to elect, and making small account of reported Democratic gains in Michigan, the very best situation that can possibly be made out for the Republicans appears to be as follows: Fifty-? rat Fifty-second Congress. Congress. I States. Dent. ltei>. Dew. Rep. Alabama 7 1 8 ... Arkansus 3 1 5 California. 3 4 2 4 Colorado 1 ... 1 Connecticut 13 3 1 Delaware 1 ... 1 Florida 2 ... 2 Georgia 10 ... 10 iiiauo ... i Illinois 7 13 14 0 Indiana 10 3 11 2 Iowa 1 10 6 5 Kansas 7 0 1 Kentucky 0 2 10 1 Louisiana 5 1 G Maine 4 ... 4 Maryland 3 3 0 Massachusetts 2 10 7 5 Michigan 2 9 0 5 Minnesota 5 3 2 Mississippi 7 ... 7 Missouri 9 4 13 Montana 1 1 Nebraska 3 2 1 Nevada 1 ... 1 New Hampshire 2 2 New Jersey 3 4 5 2 New York 15 18 22 12 North Carolina 0 3 8 1 North Dakota 1 ... 1 Ohio 5 10 14 7 Oregon 1 ... 1 Pennsylvania 7 20 13 15 Rhode Island 2 1 South Curolina 0 1 0 1 South Dakota 2 ... 2 Tennessee 7 3 8 2 Texas 11 ... 11 Vermont 2 ... 2 [ Virginia 0 4 lo Washington 1 ... 1 West Virginia 2 2 4 ... Wisconsin 2 7 7 2 Wyoming ... 1 Total 151 175 241 90 Whole number of members 331 Democrats 241 Republicans 90 Democratic majority 151 The New York Herald figures the next house up as follows: Democrats 236, Republicans 95?Democratic majority 141. The following table shows the number of Farmers' Alliance candidates with their party affiliations: Ind. Dem. Rep. Georgia 0 Illinois ... 1 Iowa 1 Kaunas 5 Minnesota 1 Mississippi Nebraska 2 North Carolina 2 South Carolina 2 Tennessee 1 7 10 I Total eleeteil 2.'! The present Republican majority in the senate is fourteen, including the four new fr?m Idaho ant* Wyoming. Anj v^blican legislatures have been elected in iMjnois, Kansas, New York, New Hampshire an(j Wisconsin, which will elect senators (he coming winter. There seems to be a Tittle doubt about New Hampshire; the others seem assured. Should New Hampiv;re }mve an AntiRepublican majority, Democrats will replace five Republicans Mter March 4, 1891, making a difference of t>r, votes, reducing the Republican majorif>vt0 four. The victory is complete and ern>^atiC) and while the Republican leaders seefK^ realize its crushing nature, they are busy^ assigning causes for their defeat. Thanksgiving.?The president of the United States has issued his proclamation appointing Thursday, the 27th of the present month, to be observed as a day of prayer and thanksgiving. lie commends to his fellows citizens the privilege of remembering thesick and homeless and the poor and sorrowful. MERE-MENTION. The Chicago Tribuno now claims that the census in Chicago is full of omissions, and that as many as 50,000 persous should be added to the official count. The Farmers' Alliance of Iowa has increased its membership during the past year by 14,836, asagaiustan increase of but 2,424 the previous year. There is at present no indication that this organization has reached the pinnacle of its power. The meat packers of Chicago have decided to advance the price of canned meats one cent a Dound. in view of the increased du ties on tin. As early as 1777 Guilford township, Windham county, Vermont, contained 3,500 inhabitants. The population is now less than 800. Eighteen hundred and sixty immigrants entered the port of Baltimore in October. Congressman McKinley owns a farm in Ohio, a comfortable residence in Canton, and besides this is worth about $50,000. The business failures numbered last week for the United States 182 and for Canada 33, a total of 215 as compared with 218 the preceding week. Brazil is larger tnan the United States, but in the whole twenty States which make up the Republic, there are not as many people as there are in New York and Pennsylvania. Between 30,000,000 and 40,000,000 gallons of wine will be made in the United States this year, of which California will produce more than half. Seven-eights of the grapes of California go to the wine press. Mrs. McKee, who is charged with having poisoned Mrs. Wimpee, both of whom belong to prominent families at Rome, Ga., has been arrested at Deland, Fla., and will be taken back to Rome. Since the 1st instant the treasury department has paid out twenty million dollars on account of pensions, causing a reduction of the surplus to that extent. Leather is being successfully tanned in Florida with palmetto roots; it is made as soft and pliable as the finest calfskin. The epidemic of cholera in China has c&used thus far 25, 911 deaths. The Texas legislature has passed a law excluding Choctaw Indians from citizenship. Will Bethea, a negro, was hanged at Wrightsville, Ga., last Friday for the murder of a white man named Raiford, on the 17th of March last. Census Commissioner Porter has refused Governor Hill's request to "make a recount of the population of New York city. Pardon has been refused Birchall, the Canadian murderer, and he will be hanged next Friday. In a decision of the United States Supreme court, rendered last Monday by Justice Field, the principle is laid down that barrooms and places for the retail sale of intoxicating liquors are properly subject to the police regulations of the several States. A Noted Desperado Killed.?ExMayor Cottrell, of Cedar KeySj who a few weeks ago, terrorized the Florida Federal officials, and escaped to Alabama, a fugitive from justice, was shot in the head, and instantly killed, at 11 o'clock on the Gth instant, by Chief of Police Gerald, of Montgomery, Ala. Cottrell was drunk the night previous and was arrested by the police. He insulted the chief, and challenged him to fight a duel. The chief, in consequence of the threats of Cottrell, had armed himself with a double barreled shotgun, and was sitting outside of his office Thursday morning when Cottrell drove up in a cab. After a few words had been exchanged, both men began firing, with the result given above. Cottrell's recent career in Florida is remembered by newspaper readers. Some ^ " ???* fkof qfofnfn livo 1opq - jCttlD I1U WCUl IV lliaitjvutv tvr ? *vf ?wM ting at Cedar Keys, where he engaged in business and took an active hand in the politics of that place. He was elected mayor of Cedar Keys, and, under the administration of President Cleveland, was appointed collector of customs of the port, which position he held until the appointment of his successor by President Harrison. Following Cottrell's removal from the position of collector of customs, came the events which made him famous throughout the length and breadth of the land. The new collector took his position and began the discharge of his duties, it is said, while Cottrell was absent on a fishing expedition. When Cottrell returned he found the office in charge of his successor. Some dispute arose in reference to property which Cottrell claimed he had left behind him in the office, which led to a fierce war, and was participated in by the friends of both parties. Cottrell defied the local authorities and held them at bay for several days. The national government was informed of the affair, and a gunboat was sent to Cedar Keys to protect the collector of customs in - * ' " - - T1T1 A1 the discharge or nis auuea. wneu mw vessel reached Cedar Keys, Cottrell made good his escape in a batteau, and after an adventurous trip reached Lowndes county, Alabama, where he remained several months with relatives, after which time he surrendered himself to the United States marshal in Montgomery. Cottrell was married eight months ago to a daughter of Congressman Henderson, of North Carolina. Congressman-Elect Shell.?The Laurensville correspondent of The Greenville News has had a conversation with Capt. G. W. Shell, the congressman-elect from the Fourth district, and makes the following report: As an Alliance man and a leader of the Farmer's Movement, some curiosity was had as to his relations to the Democratic party. He had no hesitation in stating that he stood squarely in with the party upon all issues, and upon ail political questions he would stand with the Democratic caucus. Captain Shell was born in Laurens county November 1831, and has led an active life. He has a vigorous constitution and can perform the duties of a Hercules. His father was a prominent planter, but Capt. Shell early engaged in mercantile pursuits in which he was successful. He entered the army at the first of the war, served as a private in the Third South Carolina regiment, then a lieutenant of the line with gallantry, and finally as assistant division Suartermaster in Gen. Lee's array, surrenering with Gen. Lee at Appomattox. After the war he pursued agriculture on a beautiful farm, three miles west of the court house, where he reared a large and interesting family. In 1884 he was chosen clerk of the court for this county and reelected in 188G. In 188G he was a member of the State Democratic Executive committee, serviDg for two years. Asa leader of the Farmers' Movement and politician for the last two years, his record is well known. He will make a hard working congressman. Capt. Shell will resign the office of clerk at an early day. "It Was the Alliance."?At the national headquarters of the Farmers' Alliance in Washington, a great victory for the farmers is claimed in the result of the recent election. In an interview, D.H. Rittenhouse, secretary of the organization, says that the farmers' organizations desired to rebuke the party that defeated free coinage of silver, and framed a tariff law that imposes greater burdens on the poor man than on the rich. Mr. Rittenhouse says that in the States where the farmers' league is strong, it has aided in showing this congress that the demand of the farmers for free coinage was not an idle one. Notably in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, in the east, and Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin and rv?l/-i?.<wln in tho a'oct "This ROIind.4 VU1V/IUUV) IU VIIV ft vw%. well," he said, "but does not prove that the Alliance and kindred organizations will support Democrats in 1892. If the Democrats fail to give a greater volume of currency, they will receive the same kind of punishment in 1892. We are determined to be felt, and if this house ignores our petitions, we will send a house of our own." Harrison Voted.?President Harrison arrived at Indianapolis on the morning of the election and was met at the depot by Mrs. McKee and family. He was driven to their residence, and an hour later went to the polls to vote. A few minutes after his arrival, a flag was stretched over the entrance to the booth, and the president bowed his head when passing under it. He was in the polling room just three minutes. As he deposited his ballot and had his name recorded, Judge Sanders said: "Its plain Den Harrison now." "Yes, sir;" said the president, "and his vote counts." McKinley's Defeat Assured.?There is no longer any doubt that in Ohio, Warwick is elected over McKinley, the author of the obnoxious tariff law. In the race for congress Warwick had the combined in^uence of the Republican party to fight. ^ *hin the last twelve months over 1,200 ?ew v?ters have settled in the town of Canton, whiNg McKinley lives. They are employes of watch works moved there bRte^RepifbH^l!^' 6 ProPr'etor9 are ? Senator Gorman^u Force ujh jjd thei business in the SoTu. ftnd tho tarjfr in Isew Kngland and the vw. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. M. <t H. C. Strauss?A Cheap Silk Dress. Boykin, Cnrtnt-r <fc Co., Baltimore, Md.?Protect Your Wheat and Oats. A. (i. Brice, Administrator of Samuel Wylio? Estate Sale of Personal Property and Valuable Lands. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Harris it Foster?The Yorkville Music House. H. F. Adickes it Co.?"Time is Money." Goo. T. Schorb?Stoves 1 Stoves ! ! M. A II. C. Strauss?No Reason to Complain. Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Dpbson's Racket?Soap, Soap, Soap. A. Y. Cartwright it Co.?Time is Money. W. C. Latimer?After Sixteen Years' Experience. F. Happertield?La Pcquena Joya. You Have the Facts. fourth page. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Correspondents writing for publication in this paper are requested to address their' favors to the enquirer, and not to any individual person connected with the office. a fire at clover. In the town of Clover, this county, last Monday night, the house used by Capt. W. Beatty Smith for storing seed cotton as hauled in from the fields, was destroyed by fire. The house contained sufficient seed cotton to make about sixteen bales, only a small quantity of which?three or four bales?was saved. for the penitentiary. Last week's term of the sessions court' contributed but two prisoners to the penitentiary?Albertus Moore, colored, for burglary and larceny, seven years; and Alexander Berry, colored, for manslaughter, five years. G. E. Hardy, of the penitentiary guard, came up last Sunday and returned to Columbia with the prisoners on Monday. ^ escaped convict. ? t Dock It. Harris, colored, who at October term, 1887, of York sessions court, was sentenced to the penitentiary for four years on conviction of assault on Mr. ft. G. McCaw, with intent to kill, made his escape, on the 1st instant, from the detail of convicts working at the Clemson college. Harris was not arrested until some time after his conviction, and had served nnn M n f U !a at\n tnnna UIU^ UKIC JATOl U1 1110 ocmtuvvi THE A. R. P. CHURCH. By the exertions of the Ladies' Aid society connected with the congregation, some decided improvements have just been made in the Associate Reformed church. The aisles and unoccupied space in front of the pulpit have been handsomely carpeted; three chairs of appropriate design have been placed on the pulpit, and a walnut marble-top table takes the place of a less pretentious one which was for merly in front of the pulpit. The ladies contemplate making further improvements soon in the conveniences of the church room for worship. j THE POTATO CROP. /" The past season has been specially favorable to the production of sweet potatoes in this section, the yield of this esculent tuber being not only large and of fine growth, but the quality good. We have een favored with some fine specimens by Mrs. S. A. McEIweeand Mrs. Dr. J. H. Witherspoon. These, however, were intended more for table use than for display. Mrs. W. J. Turner has sent us two, one of which weighed six pounds two ounces, and the other four pounds eight ounces. But Mr. James A. Erwin, of Bethesda, is ungallant enough even to beat these samples of large growth. He has sent us one which weighs nine pounds and measures in circumference twenty-five and one-half inches. THE BAPTIST CHURCH. Since last Wednesday night a series of interesting meetings has been in progress in the Baptist church at this place, of which Rev. R. G. Patrick is pastor. The pastor has been ably and most acceptably assisisted by Rev. D. M. Austin, of Monroe, N. C., who has preached every night, and twice on Sunday since the meetings began, closing his labors on Monday night. Mr. Austin's reputation as a pulpit speaker prepared his congregations to expect an able exposition of the Word, nor in this were they disappointed. Many of his discourses were pronounced as ranking in the highest order of theological dissertation, while pervaded by a deep tone of fervor and piety. Mr. Austin left here yesterday in order to attend the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, which meets this week in Shelby. The 11 krt /inn t ! n im/1 r infOl! UgS, liuwever, will uc tuuiiuucui iui, Austin being succeeded by Rev. Paul V. Bomar, of Camden, who preached last night. At the service to-night announcement will be made as to the probable continuance of the meetings. They have resulted, so far, in seven accessions to the church. CHURCH* NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. K. S. Nelson, rector. Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m. Sunday-school at 3.30 o'clock p. m. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. H. Waddell, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m. and 7.30 o'clock p.m. Suuday-schoolat3.30 p. m. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D., pastor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m. and 7 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school at 3 p. m. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, pastor. Services at Union next Sunday at 11 a. m., after which the ordinauce of the Lord's Supper will be administered. Services in Yorkville at 7 p. m. Sunday-school at 10 o'clock a. ra. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, pastor. Services to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock, Friday at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m., Saturday at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. and Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. with the sacrament of the Lord's Supper during the morning service on Sunday. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. H. B. Blakely, of Lancaster. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock p. m. ? r LOCAL LACONICS. The Colored Farmers' Alliance of York county will meet in convention at Smith's Turnout on Saturday 22d instant. A Chief of Police Wilson has received an appointment as general deputy U. S. marshal, in and for the Stateof South Caroliua. . Mr. It. A. Parish has commenced hauling lumber preparatory to building a residence on Main street, near the Baptist church. We are now in the midst of beautiful weather of which the farmers are making the most they can by picking cotton, much of which is yet in the fields. A class in vocal music has been formed by young ladies and gentlemen of the town and will bo taught by Prof. C. C. Hard, of Arlington, Vermont. The York Baptist Sunday-school convention will meet with the Fort Mill Baptist church on Friday, November 2?, and continue in session until Sunday. The freight depot of the Three C's railroad was burglariously entered last Wednesday night. The only articles stolen were the lamp from the agent's desk and two hoops of cheese. Nelson Ilayne, colored, was committed to jail last Monday by Trial Justice Bell in default of $<>00 bail on complaint of Hayne's wife that he had assaulted her with a deadly weapon. Noting the display of vehicles on exhibition at the State fair by the Carolina Buggy company, The Columbia Begister of yesterday says: "The Carolina Buggy company of Yorkville, S. C., which has a fine display of vehicles at the fair, sold the first vehicle disposed of on the ground after the opening to Jackson & Jackson, Cheraw." A hnra-bone dance, given last Friday night by negroes on the Frank Edwards place, a mile and a half southwest of town, wound up with the usual row and general fight in which Joe Withers was shot, as is alleged, by Pres. King. The weapon was aimed directly at the victim's forehead, and thereby a homicide was averted. The ball glanced, intlicting only a slight wound. No arrests have been made. INTEIi-STATE IMMIGRATION*. Governor Itichardson has appointed sixty-one delegates from the different counties of the State to attend the Southern Inter-State Immigration convention which meets at Asheville, X. C., on the 17th of December next. York is honored with one delegate, Capt. Iredell Jones, of Rock Ilill. This is tho second convention under the same auspices as the first, held in Montgomery, Ala., on December 12, 1SSS, and then, as now, at the call of F. 11. Chilton, of Austin, Texas, general manager of the Southern Inter-State Immigration bureau, and the call embraces delegates from the States of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and tho Territories of New Mexico, and Arizona according to a fixed basis of representation. In his call for the Ashevifle convention, Manager Chilton says: "The purpose of the Montgomery convention was to secure the united and harmonious action of all the Southern Stat's in the matter of "added population and capital for the South." Much has been accomplished, and the prospects are that the move made at Montgomery will result in the speedy development of the South's great resources. So important will be the influence of this second convention upon the prosperity and growth of the South, that it should impel every official to whom this call is directed to take such prompt and effective action as will result in a grand and influential convention." PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. D. C. Clark has gone to Florida on business. Miss Mamie Johnson is visiting friends in Chester. >' Mrs. W. B. Williams is visiting reallives at Marion, N. C. (> flon. Giles J. Patterson, of the Chester bar. is attending York court this week. f Intendant J. M. Cherry, of Rock Hill, paid our office a pleasant visit last week. Col. R. M. Sims, ex-secretary of State, made a visit of several days last week to Yorkville. Miss Julia Speck returned to her home in Newberry last Friday, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. H. H. Beard. N. W. Hardin, Esq., of Blacksburg, who has been quite ill for some time, is up again, and is now here attending court. Mr. John Harris, of Guthriesville, but formerly a citizen of Yorkville, left here on Monday last for Banner, Calhoun county, Miss., which place he may mak? his future home. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Taylor, of Westport, Conn., parents of Mr. R. H. Taylor, jeweler in the firm of H. F. Adickes & Co., are here on a visit to their son and to spend a short time in our genial sunny climate. / Among the visitors to the State fair from 'this place are, Mr. D. M. Hall and wife, Mr. J. I). Land and wife, Capt. Withers Adickes and wife, Mr. William Caldwell, Mr. M. C. Willis and Dr. John May, Jr. Wnn "R. Dimpfln nf Snopfonhlirtr. was in attendance upon court Monday and yesterday as counsel for the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad in the suit of Neely vs. the railroad company for damage sustained by the plaintiff by the killing of a cow by a passing train. Mr. John A. Darwin, whilom a citizen of Yorkville, but who moved to Griffin, Ga., a few months ago, is now here on a visit, and his presence is welcomed by many old friends. He is prospering in his new home and bids fair to live long, though a slight accident to his left foot a few days ago renders it necessary for him to perambulate on a crutch just now. THE ELECTION IN YORK. With the exception of Buffalo, The Enquirer of last week, which went* to press the next morning after the election, printed a tabulated statement of the vote of every precinct in the county for governor and representative in congress. The returns thus published, procured at no small amount of labor and some expense, and necessarily under difficulty as to precincts remote from the telegraph lines, do not differ materially from the aggregate as officially declared by the election commissioners yesterday. The election passed off throughout the county with perfect quiet and the good order for which the people of York are proverbial; and although as to the choice for governor there was an honest difference of opinion among Democrats, no acerbity was displayed and the slight breach in the party will be healed and past differences forgotten long before the people are called upon again to vote. Contrary to general expectation before the election, thecolored voters abstained from the polls. They did not concentrate upon Haskell, as had been predicted they would, nor did they manifest much interest in the congressional election. A few voted, however, and it is claimed that for congressman their suf frages were about equally divided between Hemphill and Alexander. It is also said that several negroes voted for Tillman. Certainly there was no hindrance to them exercising their privilege of the ballot according to their preference and their conception of the rights and duties of free and independent voters. Below we give the aggregate of the vote of York county as officially declared yesterday. The vote for State officers on either ticket was about the same as that for governor. There was no opposition to the county ticket, the candidates having been nominated by primary election on the 28th of August: GOVERNOR. Benjamin R. Tillman, 2,624 Alex.C. Haskell, 107 Tillman's majority, 2,517 CONGRESS. John J. Hemphill, 2,347 G. G. Alexander 140 HornphiH'8 majority, 2,207 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT On question of abolishing tho office of county commissioner: "No," 1,311 "Yes," 800 Majority No, 502 LEGISLATURE. W. N. Elder 2,592 D. E. Finley, 2,600 Robert H. Glenn 2,599 William Whyte, 2,601 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. T. Gib Gulp 2,572 Robert J. Love, 2,575 William Ross, 2,573 SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. James Cansler, 2,528 I'KOBATE JUDGE. Wm. II. McC'orkle, 2,573 THE SESSIONS COURT. The court of sessions last wfeek is noted for being the shortest term and having a smaller number of cases for trial than any term of that tribunal since the war?only sixteen cases having been entered on the docket, some of which were continued from last term. The court was adjourned at 11 o'clock on Thursday?Tuesday having been intermitted on account of the election, and at the hour of adjournment three cases remained unheard. This was owing to the absence of witnesses. In these cases, as they were called, either the State or the defense was not ready for trial, owing to the failure of prompt attendance by witnesses who had been regularly summoned. Judge Witherspoon announced that ample time had been given for the parties to have their witnesses present, and to be ready for trial, but as there was no case ready, after a delay of two hours on Wednesday, in one of those just called, and no telling when the absent parties would be present, he felt that he could not, under the circumstances, longer detain the jurors from their homes, and he accordingly marked the cases continued, and discharged the jurors. The following are the cases disposed of during the term: The State vs. James C. Wallace, breach of trust with fraudulent intent. Prosecutor, S. li. Carroll. Continued by the State. The State vs. Samuel Leech, Jr., carryrying a concealed weapon. Transferred to the Contingent docket. The State vs. John Hart, colored; assault with intent to kill and carrying a concealed weapon. Verdict, guilty. Sentenced to three months in the penitentiary, or a fine of $30. The defendant paid the fine. The State vs. John A. Farris, colored ; assault and battery with intent to kill. Prosecutor, Jeff Wylie, colored. Nolle prosequi entered. Alexander Berry, convicted at the last term of murder, but who was granted a new trial, pleaded guilty of manslaughter, which the solicitor accepted. It having been shown to the satisfaction of the court that the prisoner is in a low state of health, he was sentenced to the penitentiary for five years at such labor as he might be physically able to perform. The State vs. Doc Nelson, colored; murder. Continued. The Sato vs. Albertus Moore, colored ; burglary and larceny. Prosecutor, Adolphus Jones. Verdict, guilty. Sentenced to the pentientiary for seveu years. The State vs. Fred B. Bruner; assault and battery with intent to kill. Prosecutor, Charles J. Miller. Nolle prosequi entered on payment by defendant of costs. The State vs. John Stuart, Walter Stuart, Alexander Stuart, James It. Stuart and Hanson Hawkins; riot. Continued by the State. The State vs. Jesse (Jarrison, colored; carrying concealed weapon. Verdict, not guilty. The Stato vs. James It. Stuart; assault and battery with intent to kill?two cases. Continued by the State. The State vs. Lawson Simril, colored; burglary and assault with intent to ravish. Continued by the State. The State vs. John Stuart; assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Continued by the State. In tho case of Josh llill, colored, tried in his absence on Monday and convicted of assault and battery of a high and aggra vated nature, and carrying a concealed weapon, a sealed sentence was deposited with the clerk. Robert Page, colored, who on Monday pleaded guilty of carrying a concealed weapon, was sentenced to three months in the penitentiary or a fine of $f>0. He paid the fine. The erand jury, at 11.30 on Thursday, made their final presentment as follows: REPORT OF URAND JURY. To his Honor, I. D. Witiiehspoon, Presiding Judge: We the grand jury of York county, through our foreman, desire to submit to you this our final report. We have mado a thorough examination of the jail and poor house, and find the buildings and promises in such condition as to be creditable alike to the county and the officers having these institutions in charge. We recommend that some plan be adopted for conveying water to the prisoners' cells, by a system of pipes. An examination has been made of the books and accounts of public officers of York county by Jos. F. Wallace, Esq., as directed by your Honor, and the roport of Mr. Wallace is respectfully submitted with this paper, with our enaorseujciiu With considerable Ratification we beg leave to observe that the business of the court of general sessions for this term, and this whole year, has been lighter than any previous year within our recollection. Basing our decision on what seems to us justifiable complaint, we recommend that the county commissioners of York county at once widen the public road leading from Clover to the King's Mountain road, to the legal width. The said road is less than twenty feet wide. We have been informed that a great deal of whisky is being sold from wagons in King's Mountain township. Wo earnestly recommend that all officers of the law having jurisdiction in such matter exercise all vigilance in the suppression of this violation of the law. It becomes our duty, under tho law, to present John May, Jr., a druggist in the town of Yorkville, for selling whisky contrary to law. All of which is respectfully submitted. S. A. Fewkll, Foreman. rkpoitt on the county officers. To the Grand Jury of York County: In obedience to the order of the court appointing me to assist you in the examination of the books and accounts of the public officers of the county, I would respectfully report that I have per formed that'duty to"the best of my ability in the limited time your remaining in session will admit of. I have examined the offices of the clerk of court, the sheriif, the probate judge, the auditor and the treasurer. I find that the records in the clerk's office are well kept up, and the indexing, which is important in the office, correctly and well done, and that his accounts of moneys received in estates are correctly kept, with proper receipts for payments. I find the records in the probate judge's office well kept, the present incumbent taking a pride in doing everything about the office well. In this connection it might be well for the grand jury, in their presentment, to recommend that the ofilcial bond of the probate judge of York county be fixed at $10,000 instead of $5,000, which the law now requires, for the reason that by virtue of his office as probate judge, he has to act as public guardian when minors do not have a general guardian, and the moneys arising from such estates are likely at any lime to greatly exceed the penalty of his official bona. The sheritrs office I find well kept. He has recently added some necessary improvements which add very greatly to the convenience of the office and the comfort of tho public having business there. Tho offices of the county treasurer and the auditor are well kept. These officials placed at my disposal the abstracts of settlement made for the close of the last fiscal year, and I verified the same partially, and found every entry, so far as I did go, absolutely correct. Our board of county commissioners have demonstrated the fact that the ordinary expenses of our county can be conducted on a strictly casii oasis on a levy or two ana onehalf mills on the taxable property of the county. Our county is to be congratulated on the efficiency and good conduct of its officers. Respectfully submitted. Jos. F. Wallace. After the reading of the report, the court congratulated the grand jury on the generally favorable report they were enabled to make and granted the orders pertaining to public buildings, etc., according to their recommendation. In reference to the presentment of John May, Jr., for selling whisky contrary to law, the court stated to the jury that the complaint was deficient in that the names of witnesses and dates of purchase were not specified so as to enable the solicitor to prepare indictments at the next term ; whereupon Mr. Solicitor McDonald announced that the facts had been placed in his possession. The grand jury was then discharged and the court of sessions adjourned. Business in the court of common pleas was then called, and until noon Saturday, causes were heard not requiring the intervention of a jury. At the hour of noon on Saturday the court was adjourned until 10 a. m. on Monday. I A * 1 f\ ft tvi /\n \fnn/tair Iho nnnrf rvf nOITl I m 11/ a. in. uu mwuuaj uig wun u* mon pleas convened and the list of jurors, drawn for the second week of the term, , was called. Of the names drawn, N. A. Howell was not found by the sheriff; H. F. Horton and John F. Thompson failed to answer; and on their own petitions, on account of sickness, M. C. Willis and J. A. C. Love were excused. The jurors were then organized as follows: Jury No. 1?S. Anderson McElwee, foreman ; W. J. Kimbrell, H. C. Strauss, A. T. Neely, T. H. Alien, R. Newman Plexi- 1 co, R. B. Davidson, R. W. Wylie, D. L. Black, C. L. Cherry, J. A. Robinson, M. i W. Mendenhall. j Jury No2.?J. L. McElwee, foreman; L. P. Cullender, W. D. Johnson, Ella Good, E. B. Stevenson, A. J. Dillingham, J. E. Brandon, W. A. Fisher, Robert Witherspoon, J. R. Healan, D. R. Hambright, Julius Friedheim. ' I Supernumeraries?D. A. Lee, S. J. Hutchison, J. S. P. Hamilton, J. H. Kim- j brell, J. C. Ashe, W. A. Milling, W. N. Ashe, Jr. , Court will probably remain in session i during the week. < POLITICAL WAIFS. ? In Kansas 147 farmers were candidates j for office. ? Mr. Moonlight, a good Democrat, goes 1 to congress from Kansas, and Mr. Goodnight is returned from Kentucky. ] ? The Farmers' Alliance voted with the Democrats in Arkansas and Missouri. In ' Kansas they relied upon themselves, and 1 seem to have won the day. ? The majority of CowlesvDemocrat, and i anti sub-treasury candidate for congress in the Shelby, N. G\, district, will be ' 1,000. He was opposed by Capt. Faucett, of Lenoir, who ran on the Alliance and , sub-treasury platform. ^ ? Under the new law of New York each candidate must file with the secretary of j State a schedule of his campaign expenses. , Mr. Flower gives in his bill as something over $3,000. Mr. Fellows says his ex- ] penses were about $">00. Judge Earle, who J was re-elected associate judge of the court of appeals, has filed his statement, showing , that he did not spend a cent in aid of his , election. DnmnaMllP 1 fl TIH - * ? There was a gruut ? slide in 1874, and Mr. Tilden was elected president in 1876. There was another in | 1882, and Mr. Cleveland was elected in j 1884. There is a third, greater than eith- i er of the preceding, in 1890, and some ' Democrat will be elected in 1892 if the 1 precedents hold good. It may be said that this is an "off year," and the grand , old party knows how to pull itself to- * gether in presidential years. That is j true, but 1871 and 1882 were off years, too. 1 Cotton Crop Report.?Cotton returns for November to the department of agriculture at Washington, and published last Monday, are estimates of yield per acre. 1 Consolidation, considering the areas with rates of yield, with correction only of obvious errors, makes the average yield one ( hundred and eighty-seven pounds of lint ! per acre. It is about the same as the yield ' last year, and better than returns of the I yield for last November, which were ex- ( ceeded by the results of final investiga- ( tion. 1 Some of the returns report killing frosts ] which did not extend to a large area on : the sounthern side of the cotton belt. Much will therefore depend on the weath- * er of November and December; not only j in perfecting the growth, but in saving the ' crop. Should the season continue favora- ' ble, and the views of correspondents prove ( conservative, the result may be slightly 1 larger than here indicated. It is estima- ' ted that yields by States are as follows: ( Virginia, 168 pounds; North Carolina, 1 182; South Carolina, 175; Georgia, 165; Florida, 11)8; Alabama, 160; Mississippi, 200; Louisiana, 238; Texas, 196; Arkan- 1 sas, 225; Tennessee, 191. 1 . . ? ] The Georgia Legislature.?The ? Georgia legislature convened in Atlanta i on the 5th instant. Clark Howell, of At- 1 lanta, was elected speaker of the house. I There are two negro members in the house. R. G. Mitchell was elected presi- i dent of the senate. Much interest is cen- j tered in the election of a I'nited States i senator to succeed Jos. 11. Rrown, and i next Tuesday is the day fixed for the balloting to begin. There are several aspir- t ants to the position and it requires 110 t votes to elect; so the contest may con tin- 1 lie for several days. ( letter from blacksburg. Correspondence of The Yorlaille Enfpiirer. Blacksiiubo, Noverqber 10.?For gathering in their corn and cottoft, sowing small grain and making general preparations for winter, our farmers coald not wiBh for more favorable weather than tho del(ghtful Indian summer, with its golden glory, is showering around and upon them. Right will too are they making use .of the time, and Jtis seldom that 0110 of them is seen upon our streets except on urgent business. Although there was not as fine a yield of corn as warfexpected in our section, especially from the< uplands, yet a good deal has been made, and fhero will be no scarcity of that cereal. On. the other hand, tho cotton crop is excellent, (fid the most of our people are in a better shapeli nancially to begin another year than they have been for some time. Their experience for the past two years, in trying to raise their own supplies at home, has begotten a feeling 6f confidencoin their ability, not only to provide the necessaries of life, but a desire to make <br themselves and their families, more of its;comforts and conveniences, and also to lay aside something for a "rainy day." This cominendablo spirit, if persevered in, will, in the coarse of time, make the lien law a dead letter, so far as it affects the majority of our farmers. An air of industry also pervades our town, and the sound of saw ana hammer is heard in almost every street. Indeed there is a demand for carpenters and masons, and for almost every grade of reliable labor. The painting of "Cherokee Inn" was begun last week, and of course will add much to this large and handsome structure Mr. Win. H. Peck, of Hartord, Connecticut, arrived a day or two ago. for the purpose of taking charge of the Inn when completed, and bis family will follow soon," The furniture for the house was 1 selected in Chicago, by Mr. Peck, and will begin to arrive in a short time. The stockholders of the Cherokee Building ] and Loan association, pursuant to a call of the directors,taot yesterday and authorized a subscription <of accumulated surplus to the Magnetic Bank of Blacksburg. This institution will opea for business as soon as a room is finished lbr its use in the new Iron City Hotel, on Shelbv street. Work is progressing as fast as possible on this building, and it is now ready fof roofing and plastering. The secretary of State has granted a charter to the Btabktburg Stove and Hardware company, and commissioned the incorporators, Messrs. J. Q. and Joseph Black, M. R. Reese. J. R. Healan and E. F. Bell, to open books of subscription to the capital stock of the company. The capital stock, to begin with, will be $4,000, and the books will be opened on the 20th instant. The object of the company will be to manufacture moves of the Joseph Black i flatent, which has already been fully described n my letters to The Enquirer. w. a. ? LETTER PROM CHESTER. Correspondence of The Yorkville Enquirer. Chester, November 11.?Joseph 0. Walker is building a residence on Pine street, which, when finished, will be occupied by Claude E. Edwards. R. A. Love has sent his herd of twenty-nine Devon cattle to the State fair, for exhibition. Mr. Love is one of our most successful farmers and stock raisers. A new system of selling kerosine, by delivering it at the residences of consumers, has been introduced here. At 8.30 last Wednesday evening, in the Presbyterian church at this place, Mr. Henry Starbuck, of Winston, N. C., and Miss Nannie Agurs, daughter of our townsman, Capt. John L. Agurs, were married, the ceremony being impressively performed by Rev. George Summey. The church was beautifully decorated with flowers and evergreens, and prominent among the emblematic representations was a wedding bell tastefully ornamented with bright symbolic flowers. The bride was elegantly arrayed in white faille Francois and embossed velvet, with point lace bridal veil and exquisite hat with ostrich feather plume and orange blossoms. She is one of Chester's most popular yonng ladies, and in her wedded life will have the wishes of a host of friends for tho prosperity of herself and husband. Mayors. M.Jones had the misfortune, while walking in his room, to run a needle into the great toe of his left foot, the needle breaking and leaving a part of it in the flesh, which could be taken out only by cutting the flesh. The operation was somewhat painfnl and ho was confined to his room two or three days. Mr. Matthew White is having lumber and materials placed on his lot on Centre street, preparatory to building. Atthe annual meeting of the county commissioners, J. Wesley Davis was re-elected suEerintendent of the poor house farm, and Dr. avid Lyle was olected county physician. Thecommissioners also let a contract for building an iron bridge over Sandy river. G. H. Craft, of Atlanta, was the successful bidder. The furniture and fixtures for the Exchange bask will soon be in position, and it is expected that the bank will be opened next week for buiiness. On Friday night tho store of a colored man in this place was broken into and a small amount of goods stolen. The store has been doing business only about two months, and this is the second robbery it has sustained. John A. Brice, of Woodward's, died last Sunday, aged about GO years. Amos Crosby, a respected colored man, died yesterday, aged about sixty years. He had long been a faithful body servant of John S. Withorn unH familv. ' ; The brick work ot the foundry of the Moffatt Manufacturing company is finished, and the walls aro ready for the roof. The offices of the superintendent and the auditor of the G., C. and N. railroad have been moved to Greenwood. Cotton in this market to-day, Si to 9. Hon. J. J. Hemphill, Maj. S. P. Hamilton, J. L. Glenn, Esq., and perhaps others of our cilizens, went to Abbeville to participate in the railroad celebration at that town last Thursday. Mrs. W. L. Roddey, of Rock Hill, is visiting friends and relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Owen, of Yorkville, parents of Mrs. Nail and Darby Owen, were here last week on a visit to their son and daughter, both of whom were sick. John 11. Latban, of Little Mountain, S. C., passed through this place yesterday on his way to Lowrysvilie, where he is visiting friends. Miss Margaret Bingham, of Wylie's Mill, is visiting the family of W. L. Ferguson. Andy McCoy, of Bishopville, is on a short visit to friends and relatiyes here. NOTES FROM T1RZAH. Correspondence of The Yorkville Enquirer. Tir/.au, November 10.?Talking about swoet potatoes, as many are boasting through the press these days, Sir. John S. Sadler, of this place, exhibits two, one of which weighs 91 ind unother 111 pounds. Mr. Sadler bad less than one half acre planted in potatoes and gathered from it 118 bushels, and ho says that he is satisfied that the whole crop will average four pounds each. Our school, with Mrs. Robert S. Hanna as teacher, still nourishes, though many of the children have stopped to pick cotton. Mrs. Hanna is quite an efficient teacher and popular with the children. The family of Frank Caldwell, colored, living on Iienry Massey's place, five of which in number, were taken suddeuly sick on last Friday evening, it is supposed from eating some poisonous berries in the field. Two of the children died Saturday, and another is not expected to live. An inquest was held over the bodies of the two deceased on Saturday night, and a post mortem examination by Drs. VV. B. Cox, of Tirzah, and Crawford and Cornwell, of Rock Hill. The verdict was in accordinco with the above facts. Mr. W. T. Massey and son Latta, visited Charlotte last week." - Mr. W. II. Burton spent a few days in Fort Mill last week with friends and relatives. Wo have now a "traveling gin" in our secdon, owned by Messrs. Carroll it Gordon, which is a groat convenience to the farmers. Mr. Alf. Lutz, who has been clerking for Mr. R. R. Allison, loft for his home in North Carolina last Saturday. He goes next week to Texas. Dr. W. B. Cox and wife have returned from a visit to Landsford, and they will move to the residence of Mr. W. A. Brown in a few days. Services wore lieiu at nrzau Hcaueiny mm. Sunday at 3 o'clock p. 111., by ltev. M. A. L'onnelly. Wo need a church badly at this place and liopo it will not l>e long before a move is made in the direction of building one. All denominations unite here, and the academy, which is used for holding services, is by far too small 'or the purpose. Tirzah is one of the most orderly places on record. She has had a guard house for two ^ears, and it has never yet had an inmate. ltev. J. II. Thoruwell, of Fort Mill, will preach in Tirzah Academy next Sunday, the Kith instant at3 o'clock p. m. Tihzau City. HOW THE VICTORY IS VIEWED. Vtroit Free I'rvnn, Don. It is a great tnisfortuno that iu our popjlar form of government the machinery far giving eileet to the popular will should ae so slow in its operation. The congress chosen Tuesday represents the vehement protest of the American people against niquitous legislation by a congress which jrossly misrepresents them. Vet, under pur system that protest cannot be made effective until December, 1801. In the natter of prompt response to the deciared will of the people reform is necessary. *?? ? York World, Dt-tn. Nono of the current explanations of the jxtraordinary political revolution on Tuesday will suffice. The result was not due j :o money. A whole nation cannot be cor-1 cupted. It was not due to deception. An sntire people cannot be fooled at once. It; ivas not due to superior management on Ihe part of the Democrats. The Republican campaign was far superior at all points. The overthrow of the Republicans was :he result of a popular uprising against fiigher taxes and higher prices, against i policy of force after twenty years of peace, against a recklessness in appropriitions which has converted a surplus into ; i deficiency, against the encroachments of: plutocracy in the government and the j puttressing of monopolies with law. The result is such as no party could ichieve. It is the act of an indignant people,asserting their rights and proclaim-1 ng their will. 'rovidciirc Journal, I ml. The administration of President llarri-l ion has been one of the most unpopular , hat the country has known. Rut it has j )een less an object of animosity than of j contempt, and entered very little into the consideration of the people at the election. The voters were interested in other and greater things, and there was hardly a member of congress of any prominence at all concerning whose election there was not a greater interest than how the result might affect the political fortunes of the little man in the White House. He is the most insignificant figure in American politics to-day. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Judge Haskell is at his usual business, and Is cheerful and satisfied. He says the small white vote is a protest against Tillman. ? The gubernatorial vote was close in Richland county, Tillman receiving 987 and Haskell 835?a majority of 152 for Tillman. ? Chairman Lyles, of the Haskell committee, called on Chairman Irby Thursday and paid his respects. Chairman Lyles says his side had but little money. ? C. L. Oglesby, near Cowpens, Spartanburg county, was killed last Thursday by a falling tree. He was driving a wagon by a tree that somebody was cutting down, and he was caught by it. His neck was broken. He was about thirty years old. ? Zeb Vaughan, a promising young farmer, jumped from the Spartanburg and Asheville train on Monday of last week and fell, strikinc his head and killinc him ' self. Ho Intended going: to Wellford, bis j home, on the Air-Line train, which uses the same track for two miles, but got on the mountain train by mistake. ? It is learned on good authority that a petition has been prepared that will be presented to General Y. J. Pope, the attorney-general-elect, to re-appoint Captain W. K. Bachman, the present assistant attorney-general. The petition is a long one and is signed by nearly every solicitor in the State. -Governor-elect Tillman spent the day \ of election in Augusta, G&., and returned home next day. He left his order in An- , gusta for a handsome dress suit, which he wjjl wear at his inauguration. He was complimented with a fine dinner by his esteemed friend Editor Pat Walsh, of The Chronicle, who supported Tillman throughout the campaign. ? In the case of Miss Hornsby, whose dead body wak found Defer the spring on her father's place in Richland county a few days ago, the coroner's jury concluded the inquest last Saturday. Tney fix the guilt of the crime on Wade Haynes, the negro boy whQ claimed to have discovered the body soon after the young lady was killed. ? Herald: Little Amanda, the threeyear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. D; Galbraith, of Spartanburg, met with a fatal accident on Wednesday morning. The little girl wandered off into the sitting room and began punching the fire. Her dress caught, and before the flames were extinguished, she was so seriously burned on her left side and face that she died from her injuries on the next day. ? Abbeville had a grand celebration last Thursday in honor of the completion of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern railroad to that town. Speeches were made by Judge Cothran, Senator Butler, Capt. L. W. Perrin, the originator of the railroad scheme, Justice McGowan, Congressman Hemphill, Major S. P. Hamilton and others, after which the meeting adjourned and two thousand people were fed at a barbecue. ? Governor Richardson has received the annual supply of ammunition for the State militia from the United States government, and the winter practice will soon be begun. The supply arrived last Friday, about a month later than usual, owiDg to the absence of the adjutant general. Itconsists of 25,000 rounds of rifle cartridges, and will be distributed through the State as requisitions for it are made. ? Patrick McConnelly, the white man whose skull was broken with an axe by Sam Swenger, colored, in Greenville county, on the night of the 1st instant, died last Thursday night from the injuries. The verdict of the coroner's jury was mat McConnolIy was wilfully murdered by Swenger, and that Swenger's wife was an accessory. The woman has been arrested, but the man is at large. ? A caucus of all the members of the State senate and house of representatives in favor of Tillman and reform, as the call is worded, will be held in the hall of the house of representatives on Monday evening, November 24th, at 8 o'clock. This caucus will probably determine whom the officers of both branches will be and also decide upon certain measures to be introduced during the session. ? The cornerstone of the Federal building was laid in Greenville last Thursday with Masonic honors, Grand Master Divver and other prominent Masons being present. The silver trowel used by the grand master was used by Gen. Lafayette in 1825 to lay the corner stone of the DeKalb monument at Camden, and was made for him for that purpose. It contains an inscription to that effect, and the handle is decorated with a silk ribbon tied on by Gen. Lafayette. ? Comptroller-General Verner informs a representative of The News and Courier that the returns of real and personal property in South Carolina had increased over five millions of dollars during the year, the total for the fiscal year 1889-90 being $150,602,000. against $145,000,000 for the year 1888-89. The increase is mainly in real estate, but personal property shows a large gain. The increase, at the current rate of State taxation, will yield an addition to the treasury of over $30,000 annually. ? Col. J. L. M. Irby has been selected by Governor-elect Benjamin R. Tillman as [his chief of staff. The remainder of the staff has not been decided on as yet, but their names will be announced in a few days. It is also stated on good authority that the man selected for private secretary to the governor, is J. P. Bean of Edgefield, who was a member of the last house of rnnrospnfafivps. Cantain Bean is well fitted for this responsible position and will be the right man in the right place. ? Winnsboro News: The gin house of Mr. John L. Cameron, near White Oak, was burned on Thursday afternoon about 3 o'clock. The fire caught in the lint room while ginning, it is supposed, from a match. The entire property was destroyed, including five bales of cotton and several hundred bushels of cotton seed, two gin heads, the engine and boiler. The boiler exploded from the intense heat of the flames. The total loss, as near as could be ascertained, will amount to at least ?1,200. As far as could be learned, there was no insurance. A IIoukirle Sensation in Georgia. A Macon, Ga., dispatch of last Monday, says: Five citizens of Dodge county were arrested Saturday by a United States deputy marshal and brought here and committed to jail on the charge of conspiracy and the murder of J. C. Forsyth, at Normandale, on the 7th of October. One of the prisoners is Wright Lancaster, sheriff" of Dodge county ; another is Luther A. Wall, a Dodge county attorney, whose trial for perjury is now pending in the Federal district court. A white man named Renan was shot by a mob for the murder of Forsyth the day after it occurred, but later investigation by United States special agents, proved his innocence of the crime. The men arrested are charged with having conspired and aided and abetted assassination. The sensational feuture is lent to the case by the fact that the case is being made by Federal officers. Forsyth was a Northern man and the case is brought in the Federal court on the grouud that at the time of the murder he was an agent of Norman W. Dodge, en? joying rights which had been guaranteed by a decree of the United States court. Tired of Faction.?Many things may enter to change situations before the presidential election of 1SP2, but the sweeping Democratic victoriosof the recent election may be taken as a positive rebuke to President Harrison's administration. The Republicans have had complete control of the government. They have abused confidence and used their power for partisan purposes. Congress has been in thorough accord with the Executive department, and hence such an utter defeat of those who have hitherto led the forces in congress can only be taken as a warning and rebuke to the administration. The people are tired of the rule of faction. They are sick of petty jealousies controlling legislation, and the party which can expect to hold public confidence must be based upon broad statesmanship, which rises above factional lines.?[Spartanburg Herald. Evangelist Fife.?'The Fife meeting at Mt. Holly, Gaston county, has closeu, It was a wonderful success and resulted in numbers of conversions, and additions to the churches. About forty joined the Presbyterian church, forty the Methodist and thirty-six the Baptist.?[Charlotte Chronicle,