Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 25, 1891, Image 2

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$rtap$ aui ^arts. ! fi : S"- " . id - l ? The president has appointed Charles., Foster of Ohio, secretary of the treasury, to succeed Wm. Windom, deceased. ?vThe house, committee on postoffices and poA ro&dS lhst Friday authorized a favorable report on the bill introduced by Evans of Tennessee, to establish postal savings banks and epcour&g$ small savings among the people. * n>i i< i.ii jr im- f ? - -_-\s - ? j,v ? Two negroes were lynched near Brunswick, Ga., last Saturday, for a murderous assault on a country store-keeper a few days ago. The lynching was done by a mob of about 300 men while the negroes were being taken back to jail after having been taken before the dying store-keeper for identification. ? Dispatches from Kansas say that the loan agencies are beginning to send out notices to the farmers advising them that their notes must be paid as soon as they become due and that, there will be no extension of * time. The companies say that the security has been depreciated and made bad because of proposed legislation that is virtually repudiation. ' ? A movement has been started to secure cheaper postage. A bill is now before congress fixing letter postage at one cent and it is proposed to work for a reduction of ocean postage from five to two cents. It is said that influential members of the British parliament are pledged to work for cheaper ocean postage, and that Postmaster General Wannamaker will cordially recommend the proposed reduction. ? A large increase of the colored population of Arkansas has been going on, it is believed, yet the superintendent of the census reports the population in 1890 to consist of 816,517 white and 311,227 colored persons, 435 Indians and Chinese, the total being 1,128,179, Senator Hoar will hardly, hereafter, vote that State Republican on the basis of the census. ? Representative Sweet of Idaho, last week introduced in congress a resolution, the preamble of which sets forth that certain national banks in the country are refusing to loan money except upon contracts payable in gold, which of course tends to discredit the currency of the country, whether based upon gold or silver. The resolution therefore provides that any national bank attempting to degrade the currency of the country by demanding other than lawful money shall for!ta oharfur Mrs. M. M. Trollinger of Leesville, Missouri, died of fright last week. She was sitting in a wagon w atching her son cut down a tree. The tree fell toward the wagon, and the boy called to his mother to get out of the way. She seemed unable to move. The tree crashed down just behind the wagon without touching Mrs. Trollinger, but she fell over dead. Physicians examined the body and say they found no sign of the woman having been hit. They assign the cause to paralysis of the heart. ? The sword which Washington wore when he resigned his commission, and for which the Massachusetts authorities have been negotiating with Edward Everett Warner, representing the Lewis family, (collateral de seen Hants ot ine ? asniugiuus,; is nun untied at $10,000. Twice that amount was asked originally. When there was talk of the Federal government purchasing it, Senator Hoar said "it was the one single relic on the Face of the earth which all mankind would agree to recognize as the most valuable, sacred and precious." Senator Voorhees was quoted as saying that "it was cheap at any price, hallowed by such memories." ? At Athens, Ala., Thursday night, a crowd of indignant citizens first hung and then burned Gov. Jones in effigy. One of the State agricultural experimental stations is located at Athens, and the legislature passed a bill dividing .the agricultural college fund appropriated by congress among the several stations in the State. Gov. Jones vetoed the bill on the ground that the fund was in the nature of a trust already accepted by the State for the benefit of the agricul tural and mechanical college at Auburn, and could not be diverted from that* institution. Athens's share under the vetoed bill was $2,000 per annum. ? The death of Dr. Henry Sampsell, a prominent druggist in the village of Bloomville, Ohio, which took place on Saturday afternoon, was peculiarly noteworthy, says The Cleveland Leader. Although his health had not been good for several weeks, nothing serious was apprehended. On Saturday morning he calmly announced to his wife and family that he would die before night, and so strongly convinced was he of the presentment that he arranged his business affairs and summoned a number of his intimate friends, whom he bid farewell. A few minutes past 1 o'clock, in full possession of all his faculties, he sank quietly back in his chair and expired. Mr. Sampsell was but thirty-five years of age and one of the best known business men in the county. ? An interesting and probably a very heated debate will take place at the coming session of the general assembly of the Northern Presbyterian church at Detroit. The question will be on the approval or disapproval of the appointment of Dr. Charles A. Briggs to the chair of Biblical theology in the Union j Theological Seminary of New York. Dr. Briggs has been attracting the attention of the church for some ten years by his peculiar rejection of the supreme authority of the Holy Scriptures, but it was his inaugural ad dress in his new position that brought down upon him the adverse criticism of the church press. In his inaugural address Dr. Briggs questioned the inspiration of the Scriptures and uttered many thoughts which the great body of the church does not regard as respectful, to say the least. ? A special dispatch from Parkersburg, W. Va., to the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette, says: The facts of a rather romantic marriage have just come to light. Some days ago, across the Ohio, near Marietta, C. W. Burdick of Homer, 111., and Miss Mollie Cecil were married. Nothing remarkable was thought of it at the time, but it is now learned that Burdick, for some time, had been corresponding with Miss Mollie's sister, and j ' came to Cecil's with the express purpose of! marrying his correspondent. She had made | all preparations for the wedding, but when j the two met neither fancied the other. But a sister of the corres{>ondent and Burdick j soon became friends, and after he had known her a week, he married her. Mollie wore the wedding garments her sister had prepared. - *??Jacksonville, Fla., dispatch of last Wednesday : l^Wb Drisoners, a white man and a neero, were t?Vu from the county jail in Gainsville, Alachiuhcoqpty, late last night! and hanged. They had been arrested ten I hours before for complicity in numerous bur-1 glaries, house burnings and murderous as-! saults committed in the neighborhood during j the past two weeks.* Just before midnighti a crowd of about 300 gathered in the court i house yard and made a rush1 for the jail, j The guards, .sheriff and jailer were over-j powered and locked in a strong room. The | prisoners . were taken from their cells j and hanged to trees in an adjacent grove.1 The crowd then went back to the jail, re-! leased the officials and dispersed. The; negro was an escaped convict and the white J man was an Englishman. Both were ringleaders of a desperate gang of white and' black. ? While at Chicago 011 his way home to \ Pine Ridge from the recent Indian pow wow j with the authorities at Washington, one of* the interpreters to the delegation of chiefs said : "In view of the last visit and the ex-' citeinent last fall I know?and I am no j alarmist?that in the spring there will be' trouble. At Horticultural Hall in Phila- i adelphia, where crowds were present to see ' the Indians, the only chief to receive marked i attention was Two Strike, who is hostile and always has been hostile. The people crowded around him, shook his hand, show- j ered cigarettes 011 him and made the old ' fellow weary with demands for a speech. The men who have stood by the govern-: ment for years saw this and knew that they were ignored because they were friendlies. i The effect was bad, and not only bad, but' lasting. They speak of it to-day among themselves and wonder why the whites show j no appreciation of the men who have practi-! cally ostracised themselves from their kin-1 dred for the good of their own race. I lion-' estly believe that the attention shown actual hostiles in the East to the ignoring of the friendlies, will work as much harm as thelittle attention shown to both sides by the J officials at Washington. Neither friendlies. nor hostiles are satisfied by this treatment."' ? The following is from The Albany Jour-, nal: "One of the most curious and wide- j spread of all popular delusions is that which ! relates to the supposed steady extermination j of the Indians of North America before the march of civilization." It was an officer of the bureau of ethnology at Washington who made this remark. "As a matter of fact," he added, "the Indians are probably more numerous on this continent to-day than they have ever been in the past, and they are steadily increasing in numbers from year to year. There are now in the United States 265,000 Indians. When Columbus landed they were almost undoubtedly of less number. The Indians of the time lived altogether by the chase. Under such conditions an enormous extent of territory is necessary to supply a tribe with food. Each tribe, as things were then, ranged over a great expanse appropriated to its own use in the pursuit of game and fish. Between one tribe's hunting ground and that of another, was an extensive dividing strip. The whole country mapped out on this plan could not sustain more than a small population. There is the best possible reason for believing that two centuries and a half ago the Indians in what is now the United States east of. the Mississippi, did not, altogether, exceed 180,000. fhc ilorfcrillr (JNquircr. YORKVILLE, S. 67: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1891. ? ; I WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THE CATAWBA? Why not make the Catawba river navigable? You say it can't be done. How-do you know ? Has any dredging ever teen done ? Has any canal ever been cut around the falls and rapids ? Has one pound of dynamite ever been expended in blasting? There is sufficient water in the river and we believe it could be made deep enough for small steamers to ply at all seasons of the year. It would develop the richest of lands and bottoms and be worth, thousands of dollars to this section of the State and upper South Carolina. Why not get an appropriation for a survey and a trial? Ransom lias procured appropriations for much smaller streams in the eastern part of the State. We trust Senator Vance will give this project some thought. The Catawba touches the districts of Congressmen Alexander, Cowles and Henderson in tliis State, and Mr. Hemphill in South Carolina. If all these gentlemen would unite in an effort, we feel positive they could procure something towards deepening our inland rivers and facilitating our inland trade.?Charlotte Chronicle. The suggestion of The Chronicle is a good one, but that paper does not seem to be altogether familiar with the facts. In the good old days when South Carolina used to lead the Union in the matter of internal improvements, she made a stupendous effort to develop navigation of the Catawba herself, and to that end spent over $3,000,000 in cutting canals and constructing locks at various shoals. The work was done during the years from 1816 to 1825, and although long since abandoned, is very nearly as good as ever to-day. If the Federal government will just appropriate for Catawba river an amount equal to half the sum already ex r? + T on/lofArfl nnrf fhp ptJUUtU Uy |>1U9 CiaiU at uauuoivivt ? ? %-.? Great Falls, the stream can be made navigable from its mouth to the foot of the mountains, and we shall be greatly pleased to see Messrs. Hemphill, Alexander, Cowles and Henderson make an effort to carry out The Chronicle's suggestion. IS CLEVELAND IN THE RACE ? Ex-President Cleveland's recent anti-free coinage letter has been so generally construed as an indication that he is no longer in the race for the presidency in 1892, that The Washington Post of last Friday was induced to make the statement on "high authority" that he has made a formal declaration to that effect. It seems, however, that The Post is somewhat previous, and its authority is rather questionable. The following appears in The New York Herald of Saturday : I called on ex-President Grovcr Cleveland yesterday and showed him an article published in The Washington Post which stated most emphatically, and purported to be given on the best authority, that Mr. Cleveland would uot suffer his name to be used as a candidate in the next presidential campaign, and that he was about to write a letter to that effect. The dispatch said further that a caucus of his friends had been held with a view to uniting upon some other Democrat for 1892, as all persuasion lmd failed with Mr. Cleveland. When I showed this to the distinguished leader of his party, he thought it of so little importance that he at first declined to be interviewed on the matter. I pointed out that the article would be copied all over the country, and Mr. Cleveland then consented to reply to my questions. [ I asked him if he intended to write the letter referred to. The following are Mr. Cleveland's wc da, which I took down in j shorthand and hen read over to him. Mr. I Cleveland said ny notes were correct: j "I have nevi - had such an intention. In point of fact, I am not giving very much thought to the matter stated in the dispatch you show me. I have not said anything in public or private, to lead any one to believe that I am anxious to obtain a re-nomination to the presidency. "My ideas on that subject are quite well understood by all with whom I have conversed and who are at all entitled to be called my friends. i "If it be true that there has beeu a consultation of my Democratic friends, at which conference my name was mentioned, I know nothing about it. "I may say that I have such confidence in the unselfish Democracy of my friends that whatever they may determine on I am sure will be for the good of the party. I have not expressed to them any settled determination touching my relations to the next campaign, and there has, therefore, been no occasion for them to attempt to have me change such a determination." AN ADVERSE REPORT ON SILVER. The following is a synopsis of the report of the house committee on coinage on the senate bill for the free coinage of silver. The report was submitted on last Saturday : The committee, desiring to have the largest information to aid them in conclusions, have patiently listened for the period of a month to delegations, individuals and memorials expressing all the various views on the subject of the coinage of silver. The committee feel that they have been fortunute in this, since many of those who have been before them have given evidence of great intelligence on the subject and have been able to afford to them valuable assistance in coming to a decision. Under the present act, the report continues, $54,000.000 annually are being added to j the volume of currency of the country in j the form of treasury notes for bullion pur- j chases. "This," it says, "largely exceeds the con-1 traction by way of retirement of national! bank notes, aud the income of ten years j would, at the same rate, gradually add to j the volume of currency, above the amount of j bank notes, should they all be retired, $380.000,000. The secretary of the treasury states that j the amouut of surplus silver in the world,; above the amount used in the arts and coinage, in all other countries than the United i States was, for 1888, 39,500,000 ounces. If j the estimate is correct, under the present j law there is provision for using the world's surplus, which is all that unlimited coinage j could accomplish. The American product j in 1888 was 45,000,000 ounces, and in 1889, 50,000,000 ounces. It is said, however, that the demand of the present lay does not call for all the silver surplus, and that there are now in the mar- j ket about 15,000,000 ounces, which are sufficient to keep down the price of silver to its' present selling rate. Whether these 15,000,-\ 000 ounces are likely to remain on the market, or whether they are used by designing | persons as a temporary means to depress the j price, is a matter on which the people, who have appeared before the committee, differ.! Tins can i?e ueiernuueu i?y me conuuuauce of the present policy of buying no more than 4,500,000 monthly, provided for by the ex-' isting law. If the presence of 15,000,000 ounces is continued only for the purpose of affecting some change in legislation, and ^congress shall show by its action that it intends no change, [ WWWWWW W?V\hw?H???V this body of silver will be permitted to go its way and so will no longer depress the market. If on the other hand, this amount of bullion is in actual excess over the demand; it will be easy at any time for congress to provide for its absorption into the volume of currency. To determine this time is needed. The treasury notes issued under the present law are legal tender. This is the highI est function that could be given to silver under free coinage, so that under the existing law, subject only to the uncertainty as to the origin or design of the 15,000,000 ounces referred to, we have provision for the use of all the silver that would be brought to the mints under free coinage (assuming the world's surplus to be as stated.) The money issued has all the legal qualities and purchasing power of coined money, and in addition is confined practically to the American product, so that the United States is out of all of the danger so strenuously insisted upon by many persons, of the flooding of our markets with the silver of the worid. The present law, at the time of its passage, j?t 3 1 <??'<>?" ?+ c-unnnrtPTSl ftf was ueciareu uy uiuu^ uiuvuv free coinage to be satisfactory. The conditions are snbstantially the same as then. There has been no important change in our monetary situation. If the present law when passed promised to all intents and purposes the use of the American product and authorized the issue of money as good for all purposes as coined silver, it is not now evident to the committee wherein it has failed in that purpose nor wherein it is likely to fail to accomplish that desirable end. In view of the foregoing, feeling that there is no need at present for further legislation, and at the same time being not unmindful that this congress at its last session on a direct vote rejected the free coinage of silver provided for in language the same as that in this bill, the committee report adversely on the bill and recommend that it do not pass. DONALDSON IS FOR CLEVELAND. Greenville News, Thursday. A correspondent of The Greenville News yesterday met State Senator M. L. Donaldson of this city, president of the Alliance Exchange, who was the Alliance nominee for the United States senate at the recent election. In conversation it was learned that Senator Donaldson holds some interesting opinions regarding Mr. Cleveland and his recent letter on the subject of free coinage of silver. "What do you think of Mr. Cleveland's recent utterances in opposition to free coinage?" he was asked. "I have thought a good deal about it pro and con," was the reply. "It certainly shows he has the courage of his convictions. I say convictions, because his bold and patriotic stand during his term as president against the immense monopolistic powers of the country on the tariff, leaves no ground for the charge against liim of seeking to protect Eastern capital by his opposition to free coinage. While I am in favor of free coinage of silver on the general principle that it is preeminently the people's money, and has ever been as fur back in the ages as history furnishes light, and I cannot conceive of how we can have too much of it in this ever expanding and developing country of ours, yet I firmly believe that Mr. Cleveland, in his opposition to free coinage from his standpoint and view of the case, is actuated by as pure loyalty to the highest interest and welfare of the country as he is in his position on the taritf. "How do you think his stand against free coinage will effect his chances for the nomination by the Democratic party for president?" "I think he is by all odds the strongest man in the party for place. It is now a generally recognized fact that it was by his courageous and statesmanlike administration in the interest of the toiling masses, that the rapidly increasing current of public affairs toward centralization and monopoly was impeded. The common people were encouraged, and taught to think and act for therntelves, and the great political revolution which we have recently witnessed toward a true Democratic or people's government was made possible. Mr. Cleveland's hand it was thnt four years ago planted the seed of true popular government in the minds and hearts of the people of the United States to the remotest corner, which are now bringing forth abundant harvests and must result in general prosperity and happiness. If free and unlimited coinage of silver is necessary j to that result, it will come too, according to Mr. Cleveland's own doctrine, by sheer force of the popular will, and he would himself be powerless to stop it." "Then you think the Democracy should | stick to Cleveland ?" j "I do, on general principles and for general success. His wise, patriotic and fearless j course in the past has given him a strong hold upon the confidence of the masses, and I believe they will again put him at the helm till the breakers are passed, and more?they will see to the baling of the goods, silver and ore, and the lading of the ship, through their representatives. It would be a great risk at this I time to try to turn away the popular mind from a tried leader. The chances are that like in the case of blind and hungry old Isaac, feeling around, some sharp politician will scramble to the front and with hands covered with the skin of the new slain goat, receive the touch, and without the merit of patriotism, statemanship or achievement, receive high and solemn honors and trusts, only to be worn to the discredit of himself and those who bestowed them." "How will the Alliance take Mr. Cleveland's attitude on the silver question?" "The Alliance has spoken in no uncertain terms in favor of free coinage and will use every honorable means to secure it. At the same time they will be sensible and deliberate about it. The membership of that powerful organization have made rapid progress in the study of the science of economic government. As is well known, the great body of Alliance men are crop producers and wage earners, and while they want a sound currency, and a larger currency, they do not forget that in order to possess these new dollars, they must be earned, and when earned it is quite important to be able to retain a reasonable portion of them for home use. "They recognize the fact that it is of little use to increase the rations of a patient who Is emaciated by running wounds. Till those wounds are healed, and they recognize that just this latter Mr. Cleveland has been trying to do when he endeavored to stop the drain upon their resources?as caused by the iniquitous tariff and protection laws of the government, and that greatest of all the Puritan laws. In short, I think the Alliance will use a glass large enough to take in the entire field and not stake their all on one card." SUNDAY-SCHOOL WORK. Chairman Chas. H. Carlisle, of the executive committee of the State Sunday-school Association, hus addressed tne ioiiowmg circular letter to the Sunday-school workers through the State: Dear Friends: The Executive committee of the South Carolina Sunday-school Association, in a recent meeting, ordered that the third annual convention of said Association be called to meet at Laurens C. H., S. (\, at 8 o'clock j). in., Tuesday, March .'list, 1891, to continue until Thursday evening, April 2nd, 1891. It is important that there he a full representation from every County Sunday-school, convention in the State, and the oilicers of j said county conventions are hereby earnest-! ly requested to take steps at once to have a i full delegation at this meeting. Please con-! ferwith delegates elect forthwith, and if impossible for them to be present, see the alternates, and if they cannot, then get up a delegation of faithful men and women who are alive to the Sunday-school work. Surely there will not be a single county unrepre- j sented in this convention. It will be at a place convenient from every part of the j State and at a time most suitable for all. The Executive committee are now in cor-, respondence with the railroads of the State for special rates, and the same will be ananounced at the earliest possible day. Mr. Win. Reynolds of Peoria, Illinois, of the International Executive Conunitte, one ( of the livest and most progressive Sunday- j school men of this country, who is also well . known to many of the workers in this State,; will be present. Mrs. W. F. Crafts of New York, one of tin most earnest lady workers in the primary or infant class department, and well known to Sunday-school workers as the author of "Letters to Primary Class, Teachers," will also accompany Mr. Keyn-, olds. These visitors are sent out by the International Executive Committee, and will. add very much to the other interesting fea-j tures of the meeting. There will lie discussions of. and addresses on, many subjects of interest to Sunday-school workers, partiei-j pated ii\.by speakers from various parts of our own and other States. The music of this meeting will be conducted by one of the best leaders in the State assisted by a well-drilled local choir. The programme is being prepared and will be published at an early day. All things point to a pleasant and profitable annual meeting. Let the friends of the Sunday-school cause pray for the presence of the Holy Spirit that much good may result to the honor and glory of His name. Yours very truly, Chas. H. Carlisle, Chairman Executive Committee, Spartanburg, S. C. DISTRICT COUNCILS. From The Cotton Plant. The following is the plan adopted by the National Legislative Council for the organization of our forces for educational work. In accordance therev/ith and pursuant to the provisions made by our State executive committee, arrangements have been made with the Hon. Ben Terrell, late national lecturer, for the organization of district legislative councils. Let the county lecturers within each congressional district confer together at once and agree upon a place within their district where they will hold their first meeting and notify me promptly no that Brother TeiTell's programme may be made out. Don't delay about this, brethren. For the purpose of organization, the following seheme of districts will be observed: First District?Charleston, Colleton, Oi-angebnrg, Lexington. Second District?Aiken, Barnwell, Edgefield, tiampion. Third District?Abbeville, Anderson, Newbeny, Oconee, Pickens. Fourth District?Fairfield, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union. Fifth District?Charter, Chesterfield, Richland, Kershaw, Lancaster, York. Sixth District?Clarendon, Darlington, Htygw, Marion, Marlboro. Seventh District?Williamsburg, Beaufort, Georgetown, Sumter, Berkeley. If this proves to be not the best arrangement, it can be modified by tbe State legislative council at some future meeting. Now let every county lecturer cut this out and put himself to work. The design is to give our lecturers a greater prominence in the Order, and it is hoped they will appreciate tbe additional dignity conferred upon them. In order to facilitate matters, will each county lecturer communicate with this office by return mail, giving his postoffice and county ? It is presumed that all county lecturers are subscribers to Tbe Cotton Plant. If they are not, aud in case they are are not, will some member in each county, send this copy of The Cotton Plant, marked, to his county lecturer. If any member knows that his county lecturer is not a subscriber and will advise us of the fact, we will send him a copy from the office. We wish to get the address of each county lecturer in this office at the earliest possible moment, in order that we may commmunicate to liirn some important information. We have a pencil sharpened to take down the names, brethren. Who will be the first to respond ? J. W.M. STOKES, President S. C. State F. Affiance. MERE-MENTION. On lust Friday the United States senate passed one hundred and thirty pension bills in forty-five minutes. The Stale of Texas proposes to expend $1,000,000 in showing up her resources at the World's Fair to be held at Chicago. Of this amount $800,000 has been raised by legislative appropriation, aud the remainder by private subscrip of Ala IIU1I* V/UII^ICOOIUUII ?T ?ivv?w* V. bama, last Wednesday, introduced a bill in the house of representatives to provide for a graded income tax. The Union Investment Company of Kansas City, failed for $1,000,000. A Rnshville, Nebraska, dispatch says that five Indians have been arrested for the killing of Lieutenant Casey during the recent outbreak, and they are to be tried for murder. The North Carolina legislature proposes to place scientific temperance text books in the public schools of that State. Conductor E. W. Leech of St. Louis, and Isadore Meyer, n traveling salesman, were shot and killed on the Iron Mountain passenger train, near Little Rock, Arkansas, last week, by an insane passenger named John W. Greater. Ex-Secretary Gibson, of the Whisky Trust has not gone to Europe as was stated last week, but has given $25,000 bail for his appearance at court in Chicago next April. The Border Alliance of Virginia, has determined to establish a $200,000 cigarette factory to compete with the American Tobacco Company, which has a monopoly of the cigarette business in Virginia and North Carolina. Senaator John B. GordUfrof Georgia, is to be initiated into the Fanners' Alliance on the 6th of March. The Kansas house of representatives has passed a bill p roviding for unrestricted woman sufiTrage. Mayor Larkin Smith of Lula, Ga., who was shot in the hip on the night of the 2d instant by the hand of an assassin, died last Wednesday. There is no clue to the murderer. Resolutions eulogizing General Sherman were offered in the Tennessee legislature Jast week, but failed to pass until they were so amended as to provide only for an expres? '?*? <-?C ovmnnHiv with thp hrrPftVcd film Otvrii vi 'f- ?? ily. Capt. Richard Bennett, a Baptist preacher of Denton, Ga , committed suicide j last week by shooting himself through the I head. Church troubles and ill health arc assigned as the cause. A woman and four children were suffocated in a New York tenement last week by the smoke arising from a tire raging in the basement and first floor of the building. The Kansas legislature has appropriated the sum of $60,000 for the aid of destitute settlers in the western counties of that State. The money is to be used for the purchase of seed grain in the counties where the crops were destroyed by drouth last year. A special cablegram to The New York World from Bahia, Brazil, says Americans who have beer, led to believe that Blaine's commercial treaty with Brazil | is u settled fact, will be interested to know that the treaty has not yet been ratified, and that it's not likely to be. Judge Cullen of New York, last .Saturday, grained an order requiring the five corporations composing the sugar trust ir that State, to show cause why they should not be dissolved. The world's total visible supply of cotton for the week ending last Friday was 3,496,842 bales, of which 2,857,847 bales are American. The police authorities in London believe they have at last caught "Jack the Ripper," the mysterious murderer of fallen women in the Whitechapel district of that city. According to R. G. Dun & Go's trade review, the business failures throughout the country during the past seven days number for the United States 24y, and for Canada 46; for the corresponding week of last year the figures were 230 failures in the United States and 41 in the Dominion of Canada. The Confederate Veterans' Camp of New York sent a committee to St. Louis to attend Gen. Sherman's fu* 1 ' -- i*-- 5? UM..1 ~ XT nerai. adisastrousarem mirawiu, i^.| C'., on Tuesday night of last week, caused a I loss of about $10,000. A desperate bat- j tie was fought at Tokar, Egypt, last Thursday, between the Egyptian troops and the | dervlshers of Osman Diguian. The dervishers. were defeated with a loss of about 800 and the Egyptian loss was about 100. James II. Kyle, a Congregational minister, has been elected United States senator from South Dakota. He is an Independent Prohibition-j ist. In Eredrieksbvirg, Ya? last Friday, Michael MeCraeker was shot and instantly j killed by his son Thomas. The tragedy j was the result of a quarrel and the killing was done with a shotgun. Siikkma.v Crr thk Wiuks.?Mr. C'hauncey M. Depew is the depository of many interesting reminiscences. Recently he said: "One story which Gen. Sherman told me gives the inside history of the famous march to the sea. Sherman had been importuning Gen. Grant, President Lincoln and the war department every day for permission to cut loose from his base of supplies and march j through the country from Atlanta to the sea coast. Stanton thought he was foolish. Lincoln was afraid he'd lose his army, and j while Gen. Grant in the main agreed with the plan, there were stall'influences around him that were hostile to its execution. One day 1 Sherman received a te'egram from Lincoln | saying that he might use his discretion.' He instantly ordered one of the stall'to take j a detachment and tear down the wires for fifty miles between Atlanta and Washington.' This circumstance he never told publicly,j but he said when Gen. Grant's book was) published he was interested in a statement 1 it contained to the effect that Gen. Rawlins went to Washington to countermand the order permitting Sherman to march to the sea, but he found that the Confederates had cut the wires." LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Dodson's Printers' Supply Depot, Atlanta, Ga. Fourth page. t Royal Baking Powder Company, 106 Wall street, N. Y.?Royal Baking Powder. Fourth page. James A. Giles, Executor, Rock Hill, S. C.?Application for Discharge. E. A. Walton, Treas., Geneva, N. Y.?Wanted. W. H. Moore?Pay Up?Quick. Lowry A Starr, Leading Druggists?192?f>28? (J20-m M. A H. C. Strauss?Bargains! Bargains!! A. Y. Cartwright A Co.?We are Slaughtering Our Stock: of Winter Goods?Act at Once. May A May, Druggists?New Goods! New Goods! W. H. McCorkle, Judge of Probate?CitationJos. F. Wallace, Applicant?Frank Happerfield, deceased. Agnes Moore?Price and Quality Will Please. Riddle <fe Carroll?Navassa Uuano. SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONVENTION. The Interdenominational Sunday-school Convention of South Carolina, is called to convene at Laurens court house on March 31. The delegates from this county are as follows: W. B. Love, J. E. Leech, F. A. Gilbert, Rev. T. R. English, Rev. R. G. Patrick. Alternates: H. J. Harshaw, \V. D. Grist, Rev. G. H. Waddell, W. Adiekes, Rev. B. P. Reid. THE STATE. The State, the new Columbia daily, made its first appearance last Wednesday. It is an eight page paper of forty-eight columns, neatly gotten up, well edited and presents a handsome appearance typographically. The new paper starts out with the fbll telegraphic service of the "United Press," bright letters of correspondence from all portions of the State, a good advertising patronage, and editorial columns which promise an aggressiveness that will probably make things lively in South Carolina journalism. THE PILES THAT WERE BURNED, We have received two more copies of The Enquirer for the year 1870. They are numbers 12 and 17, and were sent by Mr. W. S. Culp of Lewisville, S. C. Thanks, Mr. tmn iaaiKKi hrinc llfl ilist that HIVOV VlfV iuwmvw P u -much nearer the completion of the burned files, which now lacks only the following: All issues of the year 1855. Of 1870, numbers 4, 5, G, 7, 9, 10, 11, 16, 25, 2G, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 3G, 37, 39, 41, 42, 44, 4G, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52. Of 1871, numbers. 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 17, 18, 24, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51,52. CHANGE OF EDITORS. W. L. McDonald, Esq., for the past two years editor of The York Enterprise, has resigned his position ou that paper, and this week turns over bis pencil and scissors to Gen. E. M. Law, who will hereafter fill the position of editor. During his connection with The Enterprise, Mr. McDonald has made for himself a warm place in the hearts of its readers, and his many friends will be sorry to see his connection with the paper severed at this time. Gen. Law, the new editor, however, has a wide reputatiou as a fine writer of considerable ability, and we have no doubt he will soon be able to so fill his new position that the readers of the paper will speedily become reconciled to the change. THE NEW BAPTIST CHURCH. It will be remembered that a few weeks ri\ a4-n4?w1 4 li n 4 4lin PntltHlpf, UgU J nr. lj.iyi iur.il 3IU11.I1 uiui V..V v.... for building the new Baptist church at this place had been awarded to Mr. James Manes of Lancaster. It develops that Mr. Manes has failed to sign the contract and the building committee has made a new award, this time giving the contract to Mr. W. G. Adams, the well-known contractor of Rock Hill. Under the new contract, the plan of the proposed structure has been somewhat changed, and in general is as follows: Size, 38 x 62 feet; seating capacity 450 ; inclined floor, and seats arranged in circular form ; windows of stained glass, and entrance to the building through one of the two towers which are to compose the front. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Robert A. Jeflerys is home from Columbia. "Uncle Miles," of Rock Hill, was in town last week. Mr. Charles H. Dixon and family have moved to Columbia. Mrs. J. B. Patrick of Anderson, is in Yorkville, the guest of her son, Rev. R. G. Patrick. Mrs. Walter B. Moore returned home last Thursday from a pleasant trip to Florida. We understand that Mr. W. L. McDonald is to work for the Equitable Life Insurance comnanv in the agency of Mr. W. J. Roddey. Cupt. J. R. Lindsay and Mr. S. L. Miller, who are in the insurance business at Raleigh, N. C., are spending a few days in Yorkville with their families. THE TEMPERANCE LECTURERS. Messrs. Beuuchamp and Denmree are now conducting a series of temperance meetings in Columbia, and according to The Register the meetings promise to be the most successful that have been held in that city for years. Friday night the audience comfortably filled the auditorium of the Gospel Tabernuele, and on Saturday night, although it was wet and disagreeable, the audience was even larger. In its report of the first night's meeting in Columbia, The Register makes mention of the following : "A handsome floral emblem, beautifully wrought in jonquils and violets, was displayed on a stand upon the platform, presented by the ladies of Yorkville to these devoted workers as a testimonial to their successful labors just closed at that place." Up to last Monday night, there were over one hundred new signers of the pledge, and Mr. Beauchamp says he is going to literally paint the town blue with temperance badges. DOES THIS GIVE THE POWER? Here is a matter for the consideration of the advocates of the erection of a system of water-works in Yorkville. Since the failure of the legislature to authorize the town to voTe a loan for that purpose, a question has arisen as to whether the town charter itself docs not confer that authority. Many individuals seem to think that section 12 covers the point in full. The section is as follows: See. 12. The town council shall lie authorized to borrow money only for corporate purposes and uisin corporate bonds, bearing interest not ?Yi'(>wIiiip seven oer centum per annum: Pro vhied, that no loan shall ho elicited without pre-1 vious coneiirrenee of a majority of the voters of i said town voting upon tlie same, to lie ascertained by u special eleetion upon the amount and | purpose of such loan, previously named and j stated by an ordinanee of stud Town Couneil whieh eleetion shall only he ordered by the said Town Couneil upon twenty-one days' puhlie notice, and upon a petition presented to said Town Couneil, signed by a majority of the residents who are owners of real estate therein, praying such election. If the loan be voted, the Town Council are hereby authorized to enact appropri- J ate ordinances for the payment of the principal i and interest: Provided, That the levy for that | purpose shall not be made along with the levy j for ordinary town purposes, and that said special j levy shall not exceed two mills for any one year, j DOn.SOVS lMUNTUKS' SUPPLY DM POT. ' On the fourth page of this issue is an advertisement which says that "The Yokkvii.i.k Enqcikkk is printed on an Improved Cranston Newspaper Press, purchased of Hudson's Printers'Supply Depot, Atlanta, Georgia." To printers who are interested in such matters, we would especially commend the! above machine. It is heavy and solid, sim-: pie in construction, runs light, and will do! as good work as any press of its style and' class manufactured. The working parts are j well finished, the distribution is good, and the speed is ample for any county paper; printed in the South, or for that matter, a majority of the dailies. The price at which j the press is sold gives the purchaser a fair; value for his money, and we believe that all t in all, for ordinary newspaper and job1 work, it is as good as the best. In addition to the Cranston and other presses, Mr. Hudson's establishment is headquarters for all kinds of printers'.supplies, with the exception of paper, and as good, if not bet ter terms may be secured from him as from manufacturers or dealers in any section. In replacing the recently destroyed plant of The Enquibeb office, we have dealt largely with Mr. Dodson, purchasing from his establisment a large part of our new outfit, and we are pleased to say that our dealings with him have been as satisfactory as could be desired. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. K. S. Nelson, rector. Services next Sunday at 11 a. m. Sundayschool at 3.30 p. m. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D., pastor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Sendees next Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m. and 7.30 o'clock p. m. Sundayschool at 3 p. m. Baptist?Rev. Robert G. Patrick, pastor. " ' ^ * 1 a J--. 11 Union?services next.' ounuuj ut u v? a. m. Sunday-school at 10 o'clock a. m. Yorkville?Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 7.30. Sunday-school at 3.30 o'clock p. m. Services Sunday evening at 7.30. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. H. Waddell, pastor. A series of services will be commenced this evening at 7.30 o'clock. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. J. Walter Daniels of Chester. Rev. Thomas H. Leitch, the South Carolina evangelist, will engage in the meeting on and after Sunday morning. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock p. m. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway pastor. The pastor will bo absent, filling a Presbyterial appointment at Edgmoor next Sunday, and no services are expected in his church. Sunday-school at 3.30 o'clock p. m. * 4 ?. THE THREE CS IN COURT. The affairs of the Three C's now seem to be nearing a final settlement, and the bondholders, contractors and employees all along the line, are making things lively. The following dispatch of last Saturday from Bristol, Tenn., describes the condition of affairs on the northern portion of the road: Judge Morrison of Scott county, Va., has appointed A. B. Harris of New York, receiver of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad. Suit was brought by New man, Erbs and others, to recover an indebtedness of #200,000. Chancellor Smith has appointed a receiver for the Tennessee portion of the road, and Judge Bond for the South Carolina portion, and proceedings have been instituted in Kentucky. The fight over the southern portion from Rutherfordton to Camden, is now going on before Judge Simonton, in Charleston, but as yet it is impossible to predict what the result will be. The rule to be considered is one requiring the present authorities of the road to show oause why it should not be sold, and the fight is 011 tne quesuon 01 appointing a permanent receiver, the contractors, employees and other creditors being opposed to such action by the court. The following special dispatch to The Enquirer, from Charleston, tells what was done yesterday. "The names of D. H. Chamberlain, Samuel Lord and P. P. Dickinson were submitted to the court for the receivership of the Three C's railroad to-day. No appointment has been made, however, the court holding matters under advisement. It is the general impression here that Chamberlain is the coming man." LOCAL LACONICS. ? Mr. Beauchamp's popular lecture, "Sunshine," was listened to by a packed house lost Thursday night, and we are satisfied that a majority of the audience would willingly pay their half-dollars to hear it again. ? Will Berry and Robert Hill, both colored, recently committed to jail on the charge of breaking into the store of Mr. S. | S. Plexico, at Sharon, have been released on bail bonds, each in the sum of $200. ? The teachers and pupils of the Yorkville Graded school attended the funeral of Mr. F. Happerfield in a body last Wednesday, and nearly all the business houses in York 1 a ft x. er ville closed tneir aoors irorn iiuuuvim,* out of respect for the lamented deceased. ? A lively little riot occurred at the house of Isaiah Wilson, about five miles northwest of York ville, last Sunday afternoon. Four or five negroes were engaged in the row, and I sticks and knives were used freely. Wilson | and his son were severely, though not dangerously, slashed. The trouble grew out of whisky. ? The latest news from Mr. O. D. O'Leary, in the University of Maryland hospital under treatment with Koch's lymph, is not so encouraging. He wrote home last Sunday, and from his letter, seems to be in low spirits. It is to lie hoped, however, that the depression is only temporary, and that he will continue to improve. ? As the result of the series of meetings J recently held in this place by Messrs. Demaree and Beauehamp, the lodge of Good Templars has realized quite an increase in membership. Fourteen new members were initiated on last Friday night, and eighteen new applications were received. The total enrollment of the lodge is now eighty-eight I members. I ? The board of trustees of Erskine college have decided to raise the sum of $30,000 for | the building fund and equipment of that institution, and the work has been committed t to Mr. R. S. Galloway, of Due West. Mr. Galloway will visit the churches at Neely's Creek, Tirzah, York ville, Bethany, Sharon, Hickory Grove and Smyrna, in this county, during the latter half of March, or first half of April. CATCH THE SWLVDLEIi. A cheeky swindler calling himself Rev. R. Randolph, and claiming to be traveling under the auspices of the Baptist Foreign Mission Board, has been doing business in this county. On Sunday of last week he delivered a "missionary address" at Antioch church in the morning, and another at Blacksburg at night, taking up collections after both addresses aud pocketing the proceeds. He came down to Yorkville on Monday for the purpose of trying the same trick at this place, and as a preliminary necessity to that end, calied on Rev. R. G. Patrick, pastor of the Baptist church, to make his arrangements. But Rev. Mr. Patrick was not to be taken in. Being thoroughly fumiliar with the operations of the Baptist mission board, he had a suspicion that all was not right, lie put the stranger through a searching examination, and developed the fact that he was not only unable to give the name of the secretary of the board for which he claimed to be working, but was woefully ignorant on various points of theology on which it is natural to sunnose that any "well regulated minister'' should be informed. The alleged minister finally evinced a willingness to drop the subject of missions and took his leave with a promise that he would call again. Shortly afterward, he wrote a note to Mr. Patrick saying he was going to Clover, but j it was later ascertained that instead, Wed- j nesday's Three ("s train carried him toward j Rock Hill. It now develops that in addition to the amounts obtained from the Antioch and Blaeksburg congregations, he also succeeded, in swindling Mr. I). I). (Juston of Blacks-) burg, out of a fine overcoat, ''to be paid fori when he reached Bock Hill." While in Yorkville he stopped at the Three C's hotel, representing to Mr. Clawson that he was a horse dealer, and managed to get away without paying his bill, stating that he was "just going over to Rock Hill to see about the mule market." Rev. Mr. B. Randolph is a young man, about 2(5 years of age. of rather prepossessing appearance. He is somewhat above the medium height. His eyes are brown and his hair and moustache are rather dark, with ; a slightly reddish tint. He is possessed of an abundance of check, and as he stated be- j fore he left Yorkville that he had "appointments" at Fort Mill and Pineville, it is just possible that he is still in the county. If he is caught, Mr. Gaston of Blacksburg, or Marshal Wilson of Yorkville, would be pleased to receive advice of the fact by telegraph. ???? * f? LETTER FROM HICKORY GROVE. Prevalence of La Grippe?The Town Must Have a Cotton Factory?City Fathers. Correspondence of The Yorkville Enquirer. Hickory Grove, Feb. .24.:?"La Grippe" : has made its appearance in our midst. Several persons are reported in the clutches of this unpleasant malady. No cases of serious illness. ' - School Commissioner Cansler visited Hickory Grove last Friday. He was visiting the public schools in this section of the county; He expressed himself as well pleased with their condition. Hickory Grove is now on a factory boom. A meeting of the citizens of the town and surrounding country was held last Wednesday afternoon to discuss the ways and means of erecting a cotton factory, i ne meeting was largely attended. Every one present seemed to appreciate the value of such an enterprise to the community, and willing to enter into the speculation. A committee, consisting of J. N. McDill, W. S. Wilkereon, and G. C. Leech ; alternates, Dr. J. W. Allison, Dr. T. 8. R. Ward and J. E. Leech, was appointed to visit neighboring factories and to consult with the officers of the same with a view to ascertaining the best plan upon which to operate. This committee will report to another meeting to be held next Saturday afternoon. It is exceedingly likely that so soon as the committee reports, the work of forming a company will begin, and other steps taken leading to the early accomplishment of the desired end. Hickory Grove presents every facility for the location of a cotton factory. The cotton market is good and the community not lacking in means or push. They are resolved on having a cotton factory, and wc hope and believe they will carry their resolution into effect at on early day. A town election for intendant and wardens for the ensuing year was held last Saturday. It resulted in the election of the following geptlemen: Intendant, J. W. Allison ; Wardens, Val. Thomasson, R. K. Seahorn, W. J. Moorhead and R. Westmoreland. There was no opposition to the ticket, and the election passed off without any incident of note. bessel. LETTER FROM SHAKU.N. Welcome Sunshine?Condition of the CropsSome Bad Roads In North Carolina?New Deacons Ordained?Other Matters* Correspondence of The Yorkvllie Enquirer. Sharon, February 23.?The wet weather seems to be at an end. and the sunshine will certainly be welcomed by our farmers, for they are greatly behind with their work. ------ . Ml I think the recent, rains win miencrc somewhat with the amount of cotton planted this year. It is late in the season, and nearly all the stubble remains to be broken. Wheat is looking better than at .a corresponding period last year, though there is not so much sown on account of the failure of previous crops. There has been very little freezing out of oats and they are also quite promising. Your Gould correspondent mentioned the coudition of the public roads last week. It is true that the roads are not what they ought to be, and I admit that there should be some improvement in working them, but : it is my opinion that we should be thankful that they are no worse. We are much better off in the matter of roads than our neighboring State of North Carolina. A gentleman of that State, of undoubted veracity, recently told me of a place in one of the public roads of Gaston county where if a horse once got in he could never get out. Another man tells me that he once saw in that State, as many as seven buggies inside of a quarter of a mile, all standing stuck in the mud with shafts and singletrees broken. So let us ride over our own bad roads as best we can and feel thankful that we are not in North Carolina. The young people of this place are preparing for a "Lacky party" some time soon, and I will send in an account of it later. A big time is anticipated. I have not seen any fox hunters lately, but all the foxes have not beer, caught yet. They have just moved their, quarters a few miles south of this place. Five newly elected deacons of the A. R. P. church at this place, were ordained last Sunday. Their names are a*i follows: H. TT OL T u AiMiitr P ? Piftvipn and XI* k5 II tJICI j O u. 1 auivA| ?* John L. Rainey. Miss Fannie Hemphill, formerly of Merino, Tennessee, but now of this county, is on a visit to her aunt, Mrs. W. A. Robinson, of this place. j. LETTER FROYUNION COUNTY. A Simple Remedy for a Bad Cold?Death of a Worthy Colored Man?Activity In the Sunday-schools?Personal Notes and Other Matters. , Correspondence of The YorkvlUe Enquirer. Etta Jane, February 23.?In consequence of so much rain, our farmers have done less work this spring than I have known at this season in many years. Scarcely any oats have been sown as yet, and none of the farming lauds broken up. We are badly behind. The prevalence of bad colds was never more general than now. Scarcely a person (and not a family) can be found that is not more or less afflicted with it. All the old household remedies have been brought into requisition to allay this annoying malady; and many new ones have been entered upon the catalogue. Among the new ones (to me) is that of Mrs. M. P. Sarratt's which is "onion tea." The onions are sliced up and boiled and the water is sweetened and drank during the coughing spells. The simplicity and eflect of this remedy entitles it to a trial in such cases. Mr. John Estes's little daughter Jessie, was badly scalded last week by a pan of boiling water. Miss Nannie C. Kendrick came home last week from Clifton No. 1, quite sick. She has been assisting Prof. Edward Byers in teaching. She has, however, returned this week to take charge of her classes. Miss Sallie Bighara, our teacher, paid her home a short visit last week. The long wet spell has made the roads almost impussable. No great amount of rain seems to have fallen at any one time, but it has been almost one continuous wet spell since Christmas. Mr. William Strain has been speuding some time with his daughter, Mrs. Isabella Horn, at Pacolet Mills. Rev. Calvin Lowry, a colored minister, died at his home near CJatlhey City last week, and was buried at Mount Tabor (colored) church near this place last Friday. He was raised in this neighborhood and was generally respected by the white as well as the colored people. A number of whites attended his funeral. In point of intelligence and character he was far above the average of his race. Mr. C. W. Whisonant, our township superintendent of the Sabbath-schools visited, Mesopotamia yesterday in liis official capacity and made a good tulk upon this work. He 'urged upon the people and especially parents, the necessity of maintaining the Sabbathschool work in all its departments. Every one who is friendly to our American institutions?civil as well as religious?must stand shoulder to shoulder in this work if he would redeem our country from the thraldom of vice and iniquity. Nothing but a solid front and a determined etl'ort can win the victory. The North Pacolet Sundayschool convention will meet there on the tilth Sabbath in March. higma. Thk Alliance Bank.?At the last meet-' ing of the directors of the Alliance bank : here, it was determined to take such steps j us would secure the transfer of the Exchange j funds into the Alliance bunk. It was deter- i mined to issue a circular to the County I Alliances on the subject, and it is evident! from the proposed action of the Kershaw j Alliance that the circular has gone forth. The funds, it is claimed, can be transferred by a vote of the Alliances, and it is not held j that the charter of the Exchange will affect such transfer. It is also claimed that the j vote by counties will not nli'ect the ultimate i result, inasmuch as several of the counties own more shares than a good many other I counties in the aggregate. In other words, j that the matter is to be settled 011 the basis of a stock vote. The votes of the Alliances will be all in by March 13, when the next meeting of the trustee stockholders will be held in Columbia.! At this meeting it is expected that the] objections and objectors to the bank enterprise will be eliminated by the men who own the money -held in trust by the Exchange. The News and Courier was requested to withhold this information about a week ago, but as it can now no longer M retained, it is given .-^Columbia Correspondent of The News and Courier. . THE WRECK UN THE NARROW GAUGE. The Chester Enterprise, of last Friday, gives the following list of the killed and wounded in the recent wreck on the Narrow Gaug6 railroad near Newton, N;C.T * killed. V ? - ** T I!^1 * V.n J utW JWV? ill, Li. LilHWUl VHina, n. yi, uuiutian minister. president of Dallas college and editor of The Dallas Eagle. His injuries were concussion of .the brain and fracture of ribs. He was carried to Newton and lived nntil 11 o'clock next day. R. L. Johnson orQastonia; fractured sknll and leg; was carried to Newton and lived _ only a short while. John Hogg of Chester, fireman; fractured skull and leg; was carried to Newton and lived only a short while. Mr. Hogg was 33 ' years of age. He leaves a wife and four children. He was a eon of Mr. Archie Hogg, and was a native of Chester., Mr. Hogg had been .on the railroad for many yeah. W. W. Ross of Cornwell's Turnout, Chester a county; flagman; body crushed; was dead when taken out of the wreck. Mr. Boss was about 24 years of age. He leaves a wife but no children. He was well-known in Chester. H. M. Morrow, Cleveland county, N. C.; passenger, neck broken; about 50 years of . age. John B. Cornwall, colored, Chester; brakesman ; concussion of brain and fractured base of skull. Died Tuesday morning, ^ed about 30 years. Wash Williams, colored, of Chester.; concussion of the brain. THE WOUNDED. C. L. Dunlap of Chester, conductor; contusion of both eyes; slight cut on forehead and body mashed. Injuries not dangerous. C. M. Shannon of Chester; engineer; bruised about the face. J. E. Shrum, Logan county, Ky.; passenger ; slight contusion on left side of face and . small cpt above right knee. Frank Coulter, Catawba, N. C-; hail run through nose. Mr. Coulter had been at work at the Moffatt manufactory, and was on his way home. The remains of Mr. Hogg, Mr. Boss and Cornwell were brought down on the train which arrived here at 2 o'clock on Wednes day morning. The remains of Mr. Hogg were interred in Evergreen Cemetery, being followed to their last resting place by a large concourse of sorrowing friends. His bereaved family has the sympathy of the entire commtmity. We understand that Mr. Hogg had his life insured for $2,000. The remains of Mr. Boss were carried to his father's at Cornwell's Turnout, and were interred Wednesday at Old Purity. Engineer Shannon came down yesterday afternoon. "* Conductor Dunlap will not be able to be moved for several days yet. His wife has gone to Newton to be with him. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? May 13,14 and 15, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, have been fixed as the dates of Columbia's coming centennial celebration. ? A student was expelled from the South ? Carolina university last week for going into, or rather coming out of, a bar room. The student said he had only purchased a package of cigarettes, but the story would not go with the faculty. I ? Miss Mattie Boyce, a recent graduate of Due West Female college, has signified her acceptance, says The Associate Reformed * Presbyterian, of an appointment to take charge of a girls' missionary school in Tarnpico, Mexico. ? Capt. John L. Weber, school commissioner of Charleston county, has written a school history of South Carolina, bringing the story down to date. It is intended for children from ten to eighteen years of age, and will nrnhnbiv be issued for use in the schools this fell."" ? It seems that R. T. Jones, the murderer of the three Pressleys in Edgefield county . several years ago, will never get the kind of justice he wants. His case has been carried to Lexington C. H., on a change of venue, and when it came up last week his counsel, Major W. T. Gary, asked for and was granted a continuance to the June term. ? Laurens correspondent of The Greenville News, Saturday: Perry Grays, Walker Brown and Judd Barksdale were sentenced this morning to be hanged on the 18th of April. All three are negroes and will suffer for the crime of murder. In each case the killing was directly traceable to darkey fairs and concealed weapons. ? Lancaster Ledger: Charley Swaringen of Lancaster, has, within the past few weeks, become totally blind. No cause can be imagined for his loss of vision, which physicians think will never be restored. He has "been an excessive smoker of cigarettes for the past six years. Recently he discontinued the use of them, and his father thinks this might possibly have occasioned his loss of sight. > ? The Register of Sunday reports a strange murder case that occurred thirteen miles north of Columbia last Friday. A little negro boy eight years old climbed upoh a fence where his uncle's coat was hanging, and taking a pistol out of the pocket, shot and killed his baby brother, aged only eight months. The verdict of the corner's jury was that the slayer was of irresponsible age, and could not be held to account for the act. ? Gen. Thomas Drayton, who was a brigadier general in the Confederate army during the late war, died in Florence on last Wednesday. His remains were taken to Charlotte, N. C., for interment. He will be remembered. by4he survivors ..of the .Tffglfth? regiment of South Carolina volunteers, as the commandant of the Confederate forces at Hilton Head at the time of the bombardment of that place by the Federal fleet. ? A Charleston special to The Greenville News, dated the 18th: Joseph Werr, who owns a fruit farm about live miles out of the city, shot and killed a negro burglar this morning who was breaking into his house. The negro had the whole left side of his abdomen blown out by the load of shot. The name of the burglar is unknown but he is supposed to be an ex-convict. Werr brought the first news of the killing to the city but was not arrested. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide. ? A notice was served on the Columbia club not long ago to appear before the mayor to answer to the charge of selling liquor without a license. The summons was answered by Mr. Allen J. Green, as attorney, and although he admitted that liquor was sold in the club rooms, denied the right of the city to impose a license on the ground that the club "was simply a private association of gentlemen, and did not carry on the business of liquor dealers." Mayor McMaster did not look at the matter that way, however, and imposed a tine of #20, and gave Mr. Green to understand that the club must either quit selling liquor, take out a license, or he closed up by the police. The action of the police in taking steps against the club is due to the preaching e of Rev. G. M. Tolston, pastor of the Second Baptist church, who has recently been attacking all kinds of wickedness prevailing in Columbia. He Deserves Credit for Kicking, Anyway.?The damage suit of Mac C. Jones against the Western Union Telegraph Company for #125, was heard in the city court in Savannah on Thursday morning, and resulted in a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of twenty-five cents for damages and #25 for attorney's fee. The case was brought against the company for failing to deliver a message sent by plaintiff November 15,1889, to his mother in Charleston, S. C. He paid a charge of twenty-five cents at his end of the line, but the telegram was not delivered in Charleston, and the telegraph company refused to refund his quarter. The message .< was not of much importance, and the jury, therefore, awarded Jones the money he paid for the telegram and the balance for his attorney. The Western Union will have to pay the costs also.?News and Courier. Her 83ri> Birthday.?Mrs. Dr. Thornwell. of Morgauton, widow of the late J)r. Thorn well, celebrated her 83rd birthday ou Tuesday. There were present on the occasion. Mrs. Thoruwell's children, Rev. James Thornwell of Fort Mill, S. C? C. A. Thornwell of Rome, Ga.. Mrs. Hague, of Indiana, and Mrs. Anderson of Morganton. Four generations were present at the birthday dinner, Mrs. Thornwell, her daughter, grand-daugh- ' ter. and great grand-daughter. Rev. James Thornwell spent yesterday here on his return home from the family re-union.?Chariotte Chronicle, 21st.