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Jtoaps and 4[acts. ? There was a rumor afloat last week to the effect that the Richmond Terminal System of railroads had been gobbled up by the East Tennessee, and that General Thomas, of the East Tennessee, would succeed John . H. Inman in the pi-esidency. The rumor is denied by Richmond Terminal officials. ? A six days' bicycle race closed in Madison Square Garden, New York city, last Saturday night. The race was won by a man named Martin, who covered 1,466 miles in the six days. This beats the world's bicycling record by 64 miles, and Martin receives $2,740 for the feat. Re has also been offered $2,000 to exhibit himself two weeks in a dime museum. ? The Federal grand jury, at Sioux Falls, S, D., last Friday, reported eleven separate indictments against the officers of the Louisiana lottery company. Among the lists are General Beauregard, Paul Conrad, president, and Joseph Horner, secretary. The indictments are for transmitting lottery advertisements through the mails in violation of the anti-lottery law passed by the last congress. In case of a conviction, the extreme penalty that can be imposed on the accused is five years' imprisonment and $5,000 fine. ?A petition to tne czar or nussm pruyiug an alleviation of his treatment of Siberian exiles, has been circulating in America during the past year and has received 1,000,000 signatures. Hon. W. F. McDowell, of Bos^ ton, president of the League of Human Freedom, has agreed to carry the petition to the czar, and in the meantime asks the signers of the petition to join in a contribution to the starving millions in Russia. It is hardly probable that McDowell's reception by the czar will be very kind. ? Notwithstanding the claims of Colonel Dryenforth to the contrary, it is now generally understood that his recent rain experiments in Texas were flat failures. Advices from San Diego and other towns near which the experimenters operated, utterly discredit the first reports, and the correspondents as, Bert that, after nearly seventy-two hours continued bombardment, not enough rain fell to lay the dust. The whole theory is regarded, by those who have seen it tried, as a grand fizzle, and those who put up the money, express their preference that the government shall foot the bills in future experiments. ? A cablegram has been received at the navy department from Captain Schley, commander of the United States Steamer Baltimore, at Valparaiso, Chili, giving additional details of the affray between American and Chilian sailors, in which one of the former was killed. The attack, it seems, was made by the Chilians on the Americans without any provocation, and was participated in by the police, as well as the rabble. The administration at Washington regards the affair as more than an ordinary street fight, and this opinion is sustained by the fact that the only persons arrested were thirty-five American sailors, who were subsequently turned loose. It is stated that an energetic investigation will be instituted at once, but it is altogether probable that the trouble will be adjusted through diplomatic channels. ?- At the recent International Congress of Hygiene the mortality of persons in various professions between the ages of 25 and 65 was rated as follows: Ecclesiastics, 100; gardeners, 100; farmers, 114; grocers, 139; fishermen, 143; cabinet makers, 148; law-. ? yers, 152; workers in silk, 152; mechanics, 155; merchants, 158; clothiers, 159; miners, 160; shoemakers, 166; commercial travelers, v 171; bakers, 172; millers, 172; upholsterers, 173; masons, 174; blacksmiths, 175; clerks, 1 l-1?ItX . Tfn?Voxi i n tt'nnl i/y ; ruau muuroro, iou, ? .. 186; gunsmiths, 186; tailors, 189; hatters, 192; printers, 198; workers in cotton, 196; physicians, 202; stone quarry men, 202; binders, 210; butchers, 211; glassmakers, 214; plumbers, painters, etc., 216; cutters, 229; brewers, 245; cabdrivers, 267; wine merchants, 274; potters, 304; Cornwall miners, 331; weavers, 338; hotel boys, 397. ? The monument of Henry W. Grady was unveiled in Atlanta, Ga., last Wednesday, according to programme. The crowd of people in attendance is variously estimated as numbering anywhere from 25,000 to 50,000. The procession consisted of bands of music, military, trades unions, civic societies, Copfederate veterans, G. A. R. veterans, city council, gov&nor's staff, five military companies andthou&ands of visitors. It was nearly a mile in length. Governor David B. Hill, of New York, delivered the address of the occasion. His speech was a grand effort, devoted mainly1 to the- life, character and achievements of Mr. Grady, and was received with enthusiastic applause by the multitude that ? heard it. The statue is of heroic size and was unveiled by Miss Gussie Grady, about fourteen years of age, and Mr. Grady's only daughter. ? The fight in Ohio grows hotter as the campaign draws nearer to its close. It is believed that whichever side wins will also carry the State for the presidency in 1892. Both sides are having the State thoroughly polled by private enumerators with a view to finding out their weakest and strongest points in order that they may put in their work where it will do most good. The Australian ballot system is a bugaboo to both sides, and the adherents of the respective parties are being dilligently instructed so that when election day comes there will be no reason why any mau who knows how to read will not be able to cast the ballot of his choice. Rnvinor of votes, which Dractice both parties have followed for years, will no longer be practicable, and for once, which ever way Ohio goes, the result may be put down as the true expression of the wish of the people. Thomas A. Edison, the electrical wizard, is forking on an invention by which he proposes to supplant [steam on the great railroad lines, and by the application of electricity secure the unheard of speed of 100 miles an hour. The invention, it is claimed, is about completed, but the inventor refuses, as yet, to give out a description in minute details, and will not do so until he has turned it over to the Edison General Electric company, for which corporation he ha& been making his experiments. The overhead wire, used for electric street railways, is to be dispensed with under the new system, and the electric current will be sent through the rails over which the cars are to run. Nobody, but Mr. Edison, knows just how the scheme can work, but in view of the past achievements of the inventor, scientific men'will keep their mouths shut, at least until the new invention turns out to be a failure. ? Under the constitution of New York, when the governor leaves the State, the lieutenant governor succeeds to the full exer-1 cise of his functions. The lieutenant-gov- J ernor is "He-Pays-the-freight" Jones, who , is not on good terms with Governor Hill. I When the latter went to Atlanta last week, it was thought that Jones would probably take advantage of his brief exercise of power to appoint some of his political friends ? * i L?_ iirt. .ii 1^1 to a vacant juagesmp. >t .ibiuei juum nuum have attempted to do so, if he had so desired, can only be surmised, but it is now stated that Governor Hill was too smart for him. The story is that before leaving, the governor made the appointment in question, and gave it to his private secretary in a sealed envelope, to be published only in case Jones should attempt to fill the place. Jones did not make the attempt, and when the govern* or went back he destroyed the envelope, and is still considering the matter of appointment at his leisure. ? New York World, Thursday : More refined sugar was sold in this city yesterday than in any one day in the history of the trade. The cause was a cut in prices made by Spreckles, in Philadelphia, which was promptly met by the American Sugar Refining company. At the opening of business at the latter company's office in this city, four cents was announced as the price for granulated. The closing price Tuesday was four and three-sixteeths cents. Very heavy sales were made at the reduced figure, other goods being scheduled in proportion. The big wholesale grocery houses were the chief buyers. Then, without a moment's warning, granulated was advanced to four and onesixteenth cents, at which figure the market closed. Orders were telegraphed from the country to buy at four cents, but they were shut out. The brokers were angry, but they had to pay the advanced price or go without. Four cents is the lowest figure ever reached for granulated sugar, except just after the new tariff law went into force, when it sold for one hour at that price. ? A Baltimore dispatch of last Saturday says : When the train bearing Secretary Blaine from New York to Washington thundered into Union Station today, United States Deputy Marshal Davis tried unsuccessfully to serve a writ summoning the secretary, as the successor of Secretary Se ward, to appear as defendant in a suit which was docketed in the United States court last January. The plaintiff is Jacques Nan Raalte, of Rotterdam, Holland, who during the civil war, bought at their full value $125,000 worth of negotiable coupon bonds issued by the Southern States. Seward's proclamation, declaring all debts and obligations incurred in aid of the rebellion, illegal and forbidding the payment of the same, left Van Raalte in the lurch and he now wants Uncle Sam to pay. This was the first time Secretary Blaine has come within the jurisdiction of the court since the institution of the suit. When Marshal Davis boarded the train he found the door of Mr. Blaine's car securely locked, and was told that the secretary, who was quietly sleeping, had given orders that he was not to be disturbed. ?? - a/ /JV |j0rhvuie ?mjMtw. YORKVILLE, "s7c7: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28,1891. ? A cablegram of Monday, from Valparai- < so, -brings the news that Minister Eagan, acting under instructions from Washington, has i made a formal demand on the Chillian authorities for reparation for the unwarranted attack recently made on the sailors of the United States steamer Baltimore. The : Chillians, it is represented, are inclined to make light of the affair, characterizing the same as an ordinary street riot, but there seems to be a general belief that the United , States government will insist on a very dif- J ferent view of the case. The near luture promises some interesting developments. ? The New York Commercial Bulletin of 1 last Monday says that the amount of cotton < brought into sight this year since September 1 1, is 2,298,389 bales, against 2,098,682 bales I for the corresponding period of last year. 1 This immense movement is the largest ' known for the same period of any previous ' year in the history of the cotton trade, and for a time gave rise to the belief that this 1 year's crop is even larger than that of last year. Well posted operators, how ver, are 1 not deceived by the unpreceder ed rush, i They believe that it is due large y to fine 1 weather for picking, and the opin: m is grow- ] ing that instead of a surplus, there will be s an actual deficit in this year's crop. i ? The burning of negro children in the * cabins of their parents while the latter are j away at work, is of such frequent recurrence that the newspaper paragraphs telling about ^ such tragedies are usually headed "The Same j I Old Story," "Another Case," "Criminal Care- ] lessness," etc. It does look as if something f should be done to guard against such acci- 1 dents, but we confess that it is difficult to tell j what that something could be. The parents j could hardly be held responsible. It would j not be just. They have to work in order to < get something to eat, and while they are 1 away there is nothing else for it but that the children should be left in the house, with J 7 # g fire to keep them- warm, and under the circumstances, numerous as are the tragedies , that occur in this way, the only wonder is ( that they are not still more frequent. t ? ? ^ ? The vacancy in the Inter-State Commerce ( commission, which, according to law, must t be filled with a Democrat, by a Republican 1 president, presents a rather interesting study | just now. 'The office is one of big pay and j little work or responsibility, and it is not j surprising that there are many who would 1 like to have it. But it is surprising that so < many good Democrats are so anxious to lay t their claims before the Republican president. ' We have no doubt that Harrison enjoys the \ novel scramble most k enly, and we would ^ suggest that under the circumstances it ] would bfi the part of good taste for all Demo- 1 crats to simply wait patiently, hands off, and i let Harrison fill the office with whatever 1 Democrat he pleases. That is what he is likely to do anyway, and there is nothing to ( be gained by this display of over-anxiety on 1 the part of the Democrats. * ? A New York dispatch says that there is an organized movement under way to secure A ilftlNrnKir fnr flip rrom cougrcss h ncc uuuu ucmuj *v* v?v farmers. Postmaster-General Wannamaker ( is quoted as saying that free delivery experiments in farming districts show that the in- s crease in revenue more than pays the increase < in expense, and that he believes that a universal free delivery system would be self- j sustaining. Whether such a system would { be self-sustaining or not, it strikes us that it ' would only be just that the people should j have it. Since the postoffice department is under government supervision, it is nothing ( more than fair that its conveniences and ad- 5 vantages should be extended to all the people j alike, and when it comes down to the actual . justice of the thing, the agricultural districts have a better right to free delivery than the j large cities. Inhabitants of the cities are i close to the postoffices auyway, and at the 1 worst they cannot be placed at any great in- 1 convenience in getting their mail, while in ! the country districts the farmers are some- < times unable to get their mails for weeks at i a time. If the revenues of the department 1 are not sufficient to meet the expense of free 1 delivery in the agricultural districts at the J present time, it would lie the right thing for , the government to look forward to that end, ?Q^iinin(r tHo nnctfl [TP Ofi thfi < uuu luoicau \ji. i vuuvtj<^ vmv j/wuwqw , increase of business in the cities makes such action possible, keep the postage at its pres- 1 ent rate, or increase it if necessary, and grad- * ually extend the free delivery system until j the whole country can share its advantages. , THE NOVEMBER*ELECTIONS. | The interest of the entire country is just , now centered 011 the outcome of the ap- j proaching elections to be held iu the State 1 [ of New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsyl| vania and Iowa. The elections come off on 1 I November 3, and politicians everywhere be- ' | lieve that the result will practically settle the ( question as to who will lead in the big strug' gle of 1892. ) The Democrats are sanguine of success in 1 i all the disputed States, and so are the Re- 1 | publicans. The truth of the matter is, the ' j lines appear to be so elosely drawn that it is J ' really a question of nip and tuck as to who ] | will come out the winner. In New York, the Democrats claim that all I i ; the different factions of the party have been 1 j reconciled, and that the Democrats of that i State may be depended upon to go solid for ( ! Flower. The Republicans claim to be able j to carry the country districts of the State by ' | a plurality of 90,000. Tire Democrats ad- j1 mit that the Republicans will carry the J j country, but are not willing to concede more [ than 75,000 plurality, and to oll'sct this they j are relying on New York county for a plu- , I rality of 85,000 Democratic votes. Accord- j ing to these figures, the fight is transferred 1 to King's county, which defeated Cleveland | in 1888. Here, it is expected, will be the ' tug of war. However, the party leaders are ' pledged to give Flower a plurality of 20,000,! and it is represented that the Democrats are j offering two to one against Fassett, the Re-: ! publican candidate, with no takers. In Massachusetts the Democrats are;1 : enthusiastically looking forward to the re- j | election of (lovernor Russell, but concede to , ! the Republicans the rest of the ticket. Tho I issues arc nearly all local, with the excep- 1 tion of the tariff and silver questions, but ; both parties are shouting with all their might in their endeavor to bring out a full ! vote. ! In the Republican State of Pennsylvania, J1 the Democrats are very hopeful this year. Philadelphia is the stronghold of the Republican party in that State, and it is believed that the gigantic frauds of the Republican ex-city treasurer, by which the State lost nearly $2,000,000, will be visited on the culpable dereliction of duty on the part of Republican office-holders, which made such a steal possible. Notwithstanding all this, however, it will be something wonderful if the Democrats carry the State. It is difficult to form much idea as to the possible result in Ohio. Both sides are sanguine, but both sides concede that the result of the election will be close. The most significant incident of the past week is the fact that the McKinley men, who were a short time ago betting four to one against Campbell, will not now take bets of two to one. It is geuerally admitted that Campbell has steadily gained strength ever since the opening of the present campaign. The campaign in Iowa is represented as being the hardest political fight in the history of the State. It Is believed, however, that Governor Bois, the Democratic candidate, will be re-elected. He has been making speeches every day, and it is said that he * * 1,1 a Aivw Has been steaauy gaining vuica m ing districts. The Republican candidate, H. C. Wheeler, it is represented, has not made a single speech, but is relying on money, of which the Republicans have plenty, to catch the "floaters." The People's party element enters into the campaign to the extent of about 30,000 votes, but it is said that these Will be drawn in about equal proportion from the Democratic and Republican ranks, and will not materially affect the ultimate results. NORTHERN BLOODY SHIRTISM. The New York Mail and Express, edited by Elliott F. Sheppard, whoso rank antipathy to the South is well known, never loses an opportunity to vent its spleen on this section. It sent a correspondent to Atlanta last week to write up the unveiling of the Grady monument, and in a column and a balf special, the correspondent characterized the occasion as one of the most flagrant disloyalty. He stated that the Confederate veterans in the procession wore their old 'rebel" uniforms, flaunted pictures of Jeff Davis and Confederate flags, and every effort was made to fan into a flame the prevailing spirit of rebellion, etc. The whole article was full of the most flagrant misrepresentations and bare-faced lies that could be thought of, and although Thp Mail and Express is generally beneath the notice of respectable newspapers even at the North, the article did not fail to call forth considerable lomment. In a half column editorial, the New York Herald administers a scathing rebuke which in part is as follows: Mr. Henry W. Grady never uttered a sentence which better deserves a place on his iionument than the following: "This hour little needs the loyalty that is loyal to one section and holds the other in enduring suspicion and estrangement. Give us a broad and perfect loyalty that loves and trusts Georgia alike with Massachusetts?that snows no south, no north, no east, no west, jut endears with equal and patriotic love ;very foot of our soil, every State in our Union." These words were a part of the Boston speech which at once gave Mr. Grady deserved prominence. That they represent the sentiments of a 1 * 1 n^An/^iniV olaA1ll/1. I lew feoum ana a new i>ui m sinuumg 0..vu.u ir to shoulder is plain from the fact that ;hey were greeted with deafening applause vhen uttered and are now chosen for a place >n the monument which was yesterday unveiled. We are told in sneering tones by partisans in this section who have not yet idopted the spirit of these words, that the Confederate flag was flaunted in the parade, [t is argued thereupon that the whole South s still on horseback and marching toward Washington. Every traveler who has wanlered over the plantations beyond the Po- 1 x>mac and studied the people who live there enow that the South couldr '4 be dragged or Iriveij back into the old reg.me of slavery. These are better days than those from every ( point of view, socially, politically, andcomnercially. These are a pleasant dream, ;hose were a nightmare ; for we had conflictng interests then and now we have a comnou country and a common purpose. Not excepting even The Tribune, all the ither New York dailies unite with TheHerild in rebuking the diabolical representations of The Mail and Express. ASSOCIATE REFORMED SYNOD. Proceedings of the Meeting Just Held at Statesville, X. C. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. ?5min.noinnp V P fWnhpf 94 Thfi AS sociate Reformed Presbyterian Synod of the South convened at this place last Thursday. The opening sermdn was preached by the noderator, Rev. T. P. Presslcy, of Troy, Tenn. About eighty delegates were present. Some of the Western presbyteries were not epresented at all, owing to the great distance :o travel, and others only by delegations. Nearly all the ministers and many of the dders were educated in the same college and seminary, and hence are close personal Tiends, so that the meeting is much like a hmily reunion. The best of brotherly feeing prevails. A very marked feature of the session was r farewell meeting given to the Misses Boyce ind Stevenson, who go out as missionaries Mexico in a few weeks. By appointment >f synod, Rev. Dr. Grier presided and direct?d the conference, Rev. J. C. Galloway and Rev. S. W. Haddon, of Virginia, made adiresses, and Rev. Dr. W. L. Pressley made a special prayer for the missionaries. The farewell address to the missionaries was iiade by Dr. Grier. It was very appropriite and tender, and as it drew to the close was one of the most impressive sights ever witnessed. Miss Stevenson is a sister of Rev. R. M. Stevenson, of Bethany, York county. On Saturday, a very animated debate ensued, when the vote of the different presbyteries on the question of instrumental music, was counted. That vote was very largely !n favor of the permission of organs in church worship. The debate came on tne motion to jxpunge the article in the Discipline forbidJing the use of instruments in diviue service. This article was then formally expunged from the discipline by more than a two:hirds vote of synod. Rev. J. B. Lee, delegate to the synod from the United Presbyterian church, North, was present, and made an able and very fraternal plea for the union of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church and the United Presbyterian church. In the debate that followed his reception and speech, the union feeling ran high in the synod, and by a unanimous vote, a committee was appointed to confer with a similar committee on the part of the United Presbyterian church, to ascertain if a union can be affected and on what basis. All the enterprises of the church were found to be in good shape, and the outlook most encouraging. Mr. Joseph Wylic, of Chester, made a gift of $4,000 to the Theological Seminary at Due West. A year or two ago he gave $8,U00 to Erskine college. Rev. J. L. Hemphill, of Moreland, Ga., was moderator. Synod meets next year near Atoka, Tenn. Notice was given by the people of Sharon that they would ask for Synod in 1803, when the semi-centennial of Dr. Ross's pastorate there is to be celebrated. The synod is to proceed in a body to Charlotte or. Tuesday, and at noon of that day will dedicate the new A. R. Presbyterian church in that city. The sermon will be preached by Rev. Dr. Grier. The synod is being royally entertained by the people of Statesville. J. e. c. ? Citizens of Columbia, believing that Wade Haynes, the negro who was recently convicted of the murder of Miss Hornsby, in Richland county, about a year ago, was not guilty of the murder, last week started the circulation of a petition to the governor for his pardon. The State, of Sunday, says that the citizens of the neighborhood in which the murder was committed, have gotten up a c mnter-petitiou, protesting against executive j clemency in the case. The petition contains about 700 names. It is not at all likely that the governor will interfere with the sentence of tlie court. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 0. E. Spencer, Plaintiff's Attorney?Notice to Eliza Berry, Ellen Rainseur and others, Defendants. W. G. Turner?Warning. L. D. Childs, Chester, S. C.?Will Make a Liberal Offer Next Week! Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Dobson's Racket the Cheapest Dry Goods Hustler in Yorkville. Beard A Inman?We Down 'Em All. Sam M. Grist, General Agent?Tho Evans Adjustable Steel Frame Lever Harrow. Geo. II. O'Leary?Furniture, Furniture? Headquarters for Stoves?Carpets, Rugs, etc.? Saddles and Harness. Riddle A Carroll?Pure Seed Cats. W. C. Latimer?Our Great Shoe Sale. A. Y. Cartwright A Co.?Overcoats at any Price. T. W. Clawson A Son?For One Week. May A May, Druggist?Wonderful Sales of tho Now'Fnmous Silver Bel'l Freckle and Tan Cure. . Frew Bros. <fc Kcesler, Rock Hill?The Rush ' Continues. i Lowry <? Starr?Blue Stone?Tobacco?Station- , ery?Pocket Knives. H. Smith A Co.?Fresh Oysters and Fish. FIRE NEAR BLAIRSVILLE. Mr. E. M. Bailes, who carries the mail be- { tween Yorkville and Bullock's Creek, brings I the news that the residence? of Mr. H. J. Sherer, near Blairsville, was destroyed by j fire about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The " residence was a new one and had only been occupied a short while. Mr. Sherer was ab- I sent from home at the time of the fire, and j nothing was saved but three beds. There f was no insurance. 1 TAX COLLECTIONS. ( Treasuror Neely began his round over the j county for the purpose of collecting taxes, ] on Monday of last week, according to ap- ] pointment, and up to today has visited An< tioch, Tirzah, Newport, (.-lay Hill, Tbomp- 1 son's Mill, Bethel, Sharon and tlickoi^ * Grove, and is now at Clark's Fork. Owing , to the short crops and the low price of cot- ] ton, the collections have not been so large as , usual. In fact the receipts have not come up to those of last year at a single point, except, possibly, Clay Hill. j SECOND CROP OF PLUMS. ' ' 1 It appears that the effort to get in two i crops of fruit this year is not confined to the ( cherry trees of this vicinity. Last week we ] mentioned the specimens of full ripe cherries plucked from a tree that matured its f fruit crop in May, and was handed to us by ' Mr. W. D. Glenn. On yesterday Mr. George < T. Schorb, of Yorkville, brought us a half- 5 grown apricot plumb, plucked from a tree in his orchard that bore a heavy crop in July. 1 Truly this is a record breaking year. Even e the fruit trees are taking part in the novel 1 proceedings. FIRE AT* CLOVER. A large gin house belonging to Messrs. $ Smith and Jackson, of Clover, was destroy- i ed by fire last Saturday. The fire is supposed to have originated from a spark from the en- t 1 11 ' 1 ? i--- o t gine, ana tne wuoie property, luuuumg ? quantity of cotton and a large supply of fire ? wood, is a total loss. The property destroy- i ed was worth about $2,000. No insurance. < Captain Smith has our sincere sympathy, ? especially since fires seem to be an annual 1 occurrence with him. By reference to the files of The Enquirer, we see that 011 November 10, of last year, he lost a cotton ware- 1 house containing enough seed cotton to make 1 about sixteen bales. j ATTE>fPTEID ASSAULT. ? William Reeves, a aegro from the vicinity j of McElwee's Mill, in Catawba township, 1 was committed to jc.il last Friday morning j charged with an attempted outrage in that vicinity on the day before. The alleged at- 1 tempt was made while the intended victim was in the field picking cotton, and upon ( Reeves' commitment, Sheriff Crawford was informed by Trial Justice Waters that there i was danger of lynching. Sheriff Crawford telegraphed to the governor for instructions, t and the Jenkins Rifles, of Yorkville, were placed at his disposal. The rifle company t guarded the jail 011 Friday and Saturday nights, and although 110 further danger1 Is feared, under the instructions of the gover- 1 nor, still holds itself at the disposal of the Bheriff. s DID NOT INSPECT YORKVILLE. Railroad Commissioner Duncan arrived in the city tonight, the commission having been to- i day engaged in the inspection of the South Carolina railway and the Three C's. Colonel Duncan is satisfied with what he saw.?Columbia Corres- 1 pondence of The News and Courier, Saturday. And so commissioner Duncan is satisfied with what he saw. Upon the first reading 1 of the paragraph we were somewhat surprised, but upon further investigation we * found there was no reason for surprise. The commission passed through Yorkville ^ on Friday morning, but they did not inspect ' the "waiting room" at this place. When they passed it was too Carly in the day, and the waiting room was not open. Not hav- 1 ing seen our "waiting room," it is not difficult to understand how Commissioner Dun- i can was "satisfied with what he saw." C H UltCH "NOTICES. Episcopal?Sunday-school at 10.30 a. m. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D., ' - --x 1 1 ? t pastor, services next ounuuy u u. ??.. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterfan?Rev. J. 1 C. Galloway, pastor. Yorkville?Services 1 next Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. 1 Baptist?Rev. Robert G. Patrick, pastor. I Union?Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m. Sunday-school at 10 o'clock a. m. ' Yorkville?Prayer-meeting to-morrow even- 1 ing at 7.30 o'clock. Services Sunday evening at 7.30 o'clock. Sunday-school at 4 p. m. s Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. H. { Waddell, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Love feast Friday even- 1 ing at 7.30 o'clock. Services next Sunday at ' 11 a. m. and 7.30 p. m., with the sacrament of the Lord's Supper during the morn- 1 ing service. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. J THE FORT MILL MONUMENT. The monument the citizens of Fort Mill propose to erect to the Confederate soldiers of that township, is to be quite a pretentious . affair. While in Chester last week, a rep^ resentative of The Enquirer dropped into the office of Mr. L. D. Childs and examined ^ the plan and specifications. The base of , granite and the die and plinth of marble, will rise to a height of 8 feet 6 inches, , and on this pedestal will stand a statue of a Confederate soldier full C feet in . height. On one side of the die will be a . palmetto tree and an inscription of the mot- < to of South Carolina?"Animus opibusque parati. Dum spiro spero spes." On the opposite side will be a Confederate Hag, and underneath will be the inscription : ? "The warrior's banner takes its flight To greet the warrior's soul." ( The names of Confederate soldiers, dead ?"'! llvitifr who went, from Fort Mill town- , ...... ship, will be cut in the other t'.vo sides. ] The monument, when set up, will present n handsome appearance and will be a very fitting memorial to those in whose honor it j is to be erected. MAIL CONTRACTS. i The postmaster general has issued his ad- 1 vertisement inviting proposals for carrying 1 the mails over the star routes in South Carolina from July 1, 1892, to June 30, 1S9(>. j Proposal will be received until December 1,1, next, and the decisions of the department h on the same will be announced on or before j i February 2, 1892. Following are the schedules, distance, etc., over the various routes j j in York county : No. 201 oO. From Sharon by Kobiuia to'] Valdora, six miles and back, three times a i week?Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. No. 20151. From Yorkville by Zadok, Bethany, Hero, Stroup's, Clark's Fork and ( Carp to Yorkville, 19} miles and back, three j ( times a week?Tuesday, Thursday and Fat-! 1 urday. ; 1 No. 20152. From Yorkville to Lominack,:1 Blairsville, lfoodtown and Bullock's Creek j ^ to (Jould, twenty miles and back, daily ex- j cept Sunday. x No. 20153. From Yorkville by Bethel, < Bandana, Zeno, and Balloon to Poin;, 23$ niles and back, twice a week?Wednesday ind Saturday. No. 20154. From Yorkville, by Fodder, 21ay Hill and Energy to Enquirer, 22 miles ind back three times a week?Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. No. 20155. From Hickory Grove by Hopewell to Etta Jane, eight miles and jack, three times a week?Monday, Wednesday and Friday. No. 20156. From Rock Hill by India Hook; and Belmont to Clay Hill, 16$ miles md back twice a week?Monday and Thursday. For information as to the form of proposals and the amount of bond required, etc., ipply to Postmaster W. A. Moore, at Yorkville. ROLL OF HONOR. Following is the roll of honor of the white graded shool of Yorkville, for the month of October: Room No. 1?Miss Pkck?First Grade?Emma Russell, 00; Lizzie Hunter, 90; Annie Gal.oway, 90; Josie Camp, 90; Mary A. Bales, 90; Wesley Bales, 90. Second Grade?Ellon Summitt, 90; Minnie Holler, 90; Henry Summitt, 90; Charles Goforth, 90. Room No. 2?Miss Hanahan?Third Grade? Lillie Goforth, 93; Jefferys Ashe, f?3; Jno. Ashe, )2; Tom English, 91; Lewis Ferguson, 91; Ernest Parker, 81. Fourth Grade?Mary Galloway, 94. Boom No. 3?Miss Gist?Fifth Grade?Julia 3alloway, 96 : Blanche Clawson, 95; Daisy Grifitb, 94; Rose Hunter, 94: Mattie Johnson, 94; Fannie Parish, 93; Harry Smith, 93; Mary Iiun,er, 93; Lulu McClain, 92; Alico Woods, 92; Vlfl.ud Gardner, 92; Frank Hart, 90; Amanda IJh.wson, 90. -filikth Grac'ie?Brainerd Dobson, 95 ; Annie Willaco, 94: John Davidson, 93; Mamie Moore, p:; Pearl Wf.llace, 90. Room No. 4?J. A. Tatk?Seventh Grade? \melia Kennedy, 90; Iva Withers, 90; Lapsley Bf.rron, 90. Room No. 5?W. W. Lewis?Eighth Grade? tVnnie Watson, 94; Eldrod Dobson, 94. REDUCED HATES. Mr. W. A. Turk, assistant general passenger agent of the Richmond and Danville ailroad, desires us to state that he has made reduced rates for passengers over his road to Charleston s Gala Week, and to the State Fair. Round ti-ip tickets to Charleston will be lold at the rate of one cent per mile traveled, rickets on sale from all points in South Car)lina, and Pineville and Charlotte, October * t 25 to 30 inclusive, limited to November 2. For the fair, tickets from November 7 to 13 inclusive, limited to November lb, wm De lold from the points named below at the folowing raf.es: Yorkville, $1.80; Rock Hill, $1.60; Fort Mill, $1.35; Clover, $2.00; Lowrysville, 51.50; Gc.thriesville, $1.65; McConnellsville, 51.60; Blacksburg, $3.10. A special train will be run over the Narwv Gauge railroad from Yorkville to Cheser and return on the 29th instant. The ichedule will be as follows: Leave Yorkdlle, 8.40 a. m.; Lowrysville, 9.30 ; arrive at Chester, 10 a. m. Returning leave Chester it 5 p. ra., and arrive at Yorkville at 6.20 >. m. SESSIONS COURT "NEXT WEEK. The sessions docket of the circuit court, vhich convenes next Monday, lis an unusualy heavy one. Among the causes to be tried ire eleven continued over from the last term, several new ones in which the defendants ire out on bond, and the following, the defendant* to which, all colored, are now in ail : State vs. William Reeves; attempt to ape. State vs. Richard Witherspoon ; larceny >f live stock. State vs. Robert McNeel; housebreaking n daytime and petit larceny. State vs. John Kell; larceny of grain from he field. State vs. Jake Freeman ; assault and batery with intent to kill. State vs. Charles McManus; murder. State vs. Louis Moore and John McCaw; lousebreaking in fhe daytime. ' State vs. James Fru.zier; larceny of live itock. Sta';e vs. Ed Erwin ; grand larceny. Sta:e vs. Charley Sims; assault and batery c>f a high and aggravated nature. State vs. Wesley Smith ; assault and batery of a high and aggravated nature. State vs. John Harris; assault and battery vith intent to kill. Stc.te vs. Sam Anderson ; assault and bat;ery with intent to kill. State vs. Jim Patton, John Davis, Will Patton; assault and battery with intent to till and carrying concealed weapons. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Jos. F. Wallace has gone to Danville, Vfr.j pn business. ' Miss Jessie Sandifer, of uuthriesville, visted the Misses McDonnell last week. Mr. T. M. Whitalcer retimed to Yorkville yesterday, but will leave for Atlanta today. Miss Mildred Thomson, of Spartanburg, is n Yorkville, visiting Miss Jennie May Clawion. MissHeloise Coward, of Charleston, is visting her sister, Mrs. P. B. Bratton, of this place. Hon. Ira B. Jones, speaker of the house of epiresentives, was in Yorkville on business yesterday. Mrs. M. A. Bludworth has been confined :o her bed for the past two weeks by sickless. Miss Alice Stewart, of Fort Mill, is assisting Miss Lizzie Anthony in the millinery lepartment of Latimer's Fashion Bazaar. Mr. A. Sidney Lowry, formerly of YorkMl 1 -A Pin ennnrlinnr n /Hie, UUl IlOW Ul i iua^u, x 10 Tvuv....e ~ A'eek with friends and relatives in this place. Misses Mary and Florric Allison and Emnie Hanahan are in Atlanta attending the Piedmont Exposition. Mrs. T. M. Dobson ind Mr. R. H. Dobson will leave for Atlanta ;oday for the purpose of taking in the exposition. Mr. James P. Culp, secretary and travclng representative of the Carolina Buggy jompany, returned toYorkvillc last Monday ifternoon after making an extensive trip :hrough South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. Mr. uulp says that while in his line business was fairly good, there was a general depression ;hroughout the entire territory over which ic traveled, and that the prospects were orighter in the Caroliuas than any of the States named. BLACKSBURG BUDGET. lad Death of an Estimable Lady?mind Tom ?Nort hern Visitors. Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer. Blacksburg, October 27.?The meeting vhich was in progress all of last week at the Baptist church closed on Sunday night. Mrs. J. D. Anderson, so well known in Vorkville and Chester as Miss Belle Thomis, died here on Thursday morning last, af,er a brief illness. Possessed naturally of a juiet and refined disposition, she added to t by culture and association those graces and virtues which go to make up a fine ChrisJan character. She performed with cheerulness and alacrity all the duties which devolved upon her, at home, in the church, and j ,o the world, and was admired and loved by \ ill with whom she came in contact. Her! emains were taken to Yorkville for inter-i nent in the family plat. Blind Tom's entertainment at the graded , school building was well attended last night jy our citizens and thoroughly enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. T. Oautier, of Morristown, S*. J., arrived at Cherokee Inn on the 23rd i ind have taken board for the winter. w. A. ? Greenville and Butler townships, in Jrecnville county, on last Friday, voted on he question of issuing bonds to the Cape Fear and Cincinnati Valley railroad, to run ! torn Southport, X. C., to the city of Greenville. Greenville township voted $30,000 of i jonds and Butler township voted $12,000. Only two opposition votes were cast. The >onds are not to be given to the railroad intil it is completed, and not at all unless jompleted by July, 1804. ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. Dwelling House Burued?Water Worl Wanted?Kuiglits of Pythias?New Build Ings Going Up?Personal Notes. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Rock Hill, October 26.?On Saturda afternoon last, at about 4 o'clock, the fir bell sounded, and in a very few minutes th Rock Hill steam fire engine and hose re< were seen going rapidly up Main street a though in the direction of the fire. It wa soon known to everybody that the residenc of Mr. J. J. Hagins, between Main and Whit streets, was on fire. From the rapid devel opment of the flames, the fire must hav been well underway before the alarm wa given. Though a couple of strong stream of water were turned on the fire withi seven minutes from the time the engin left the house, the dwelling was too fa gone to be saved. Nothing was le standing save a little of the framing an weather boarding, besides the chimney,1 Owing to the close proximity of other built ings, the fire department had its hands fu in keeping the fire from spreading. It is tb opinion of some that the house caught froi sparks from a smoke stack in the shops < The Holler & Anderson Buggy Company which join the lot of Mr. Hagins. A goo deal of the furniture was saved, but, as usua it is all badly damaged. The building an furniture were insured. While Rock Hill has many improvement which larger places do not enjoy, yet thei is one thing she stands sadly in need of, an that is water works. It is hoped that tb movement started here sometime ago wi not fall through, and that it will result in th establishing of a first class system of watc supply. This would, without question, b the very greatest addition possible to th many material improvements she now poi """""" a t.nrtf fonr wi/lplvr QPnnrRtPfi oisterr A TVI J IV II H ?V?V? J ? -? ._. are all the means of supplying water in cas of fire, except the private wells, which woul soon be emptied. At a recent meeting of the Jenkins Safet Catch Gun company, the following, with se^ eral others, whose names I have been uuabl to get, were elected directors: W. E. Jei kins, W. B. Wilson, Jr., J. F. Reid, D. Hutcl ison, Jiio. R. London and Frel Mobley. The grand officers of the Knights of Pytl ias, for this State, will institute a lodge < this order here tonight. The following ar to be installed into their respective offices Rev. Dr. Sweeney, P. C.; M. G. Bryant, C C.; J. M: Cherry, V. C.; J. J. Hull, Prelate Ed. E. Poag, K. of R. and S.; R. Lee Ker M. of Ex.; J. E. Forney, M. of F.; 8.1 Reid, M. at A.; L. C. Harrison, I. G.; T. I Lumpkin, O. G.; T. L. Cornwell, Ex. Phi sician ; W. B. Wilson, Jr., Secretary. Th lodge will be known as Oakland, No. 45. Many new dwellings are going up in th different parts of town. Some are buildin in the neighborhood of Oakland, while othei are going to the extreme eastern and soutl em part. Robt. Oates, who has been clerking in Cha lotte for a while, has accepted a position i W. L. Roddey's private office. Mrs. Geo. Baker has recovered sufficientl from her spell of fever to join her husband f Greenwood, S. C. Misses Lillian Jones and Annie Ross Prid leave this afternoon for Charleston. Mr. J. A. Pride, who has been visiting h father's family, leaves tomorrow for Tei nessee. Mr. Partlow, now in Winnsboro, sper Sunday in Rock Hill. He says the cotto crop is some earlier there than here. Mrs. Snowden, sister of Messrs. John I and Frank London, left here for Charleston few days ago. e. LETTER FROM'CHESTER. Sessions Court?Two Notable Cases?Brlgl Outlook for the Fair?Other Notes. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Chester, October 26.?Court was opene at this place on Monday of last week, h Honor Judge Fraser on the bench. Sixteen prisoners were in the jail awaitin jnstice, a few desiring and none dreading i The criminal docket was one of the large; ever brought before the court, there bein thirty-nine cases in all. The most interesting case brought up ft trial was that of the State vs Eugene I j., ,, MV?Vni ODiney tur we uiuiun ui j.uuuu>.uv den, on the 23d of last May, near Fort Lawi The case was called on Tuesday mornin and the trial continued until Thursday afte: noon. The prisoner was remarkably call during the trial, only exhibiting emotio when his daughter was put on the witnei stand, at which time he broke into tears. Messrs. Henry & Gage made strong argi ments for the defence, the plea being insan ty. The solicitor, assisted by Paul Hem] hill, Esq., also presented the facts clearl and forcibly on the part of the Stab At*the conclusion of the arguments, the prii oner kneeled in his dock a few minutes as in prayer. After thirty minutes attention 1 the law, as expounded by Judge Fraser, th jury retired, and at the end of an hour-anc a-half brought in a verdict of manslaughte Sentence has not yet been pronounced. Another interesting case was that of th State vs. W. H. Cookson and Minnie Mac docks as accessories to the murder of police man W. A. R. Wilson, at this place, on th 8th of last May. The defendants were rej resented by J. C. James and J. C. Barbe: and on the part of the State J. Lyles Glen made one of the strongest arguments, it said, that has ever been presented to a jur in Chester court house. The jury retired t ' 1 1 " * 1 - A~ onmft ni I O'CIOCK f nuay uiieniuuu uuu vuu*v ?? Saturday morning with the following ve diet: "W. H. Cookson, not guilty ; Minni Maddocks, mistrial." It is not likely thi the sessions business will be concluded b< fore Wednesday. The Chester Manufacturing company now turning out weekly in the neighboi hood of 75,000 yards of cloth with 300 loom One hundred more looms have been shippe and will soon be put in place. Five handsome residences are being fii ished up on West Main street. They wi be the homes of Major John G. White, Mr Maud McLure, J. C. James, Esq,, and M J. S. Colvin. Quite a number of homes ai being built in other parts of town. Blind Tom entertained quite an apprecij tivc audience at the opera house last Fridu night. They say he is the same old Tom. Rose Osborne will appear in "Satan," i the same place, on the 28th, and will presei something every night during the remaind< of the week. The Counties' Fair, which will, as Th Enquiiieu's readers have already seen, ope on Wednesday, the 28th, and is expected 1 be a complete success. Every effort has bee and is being exerted to make it attractive t visitors and profitable to exhibitors. Secret: ry J. S. Withers has been busily engaged r< pairing the buildings and getting the track in good condition. There will be a halloo ascension from the fair grounds each da during the exposition. Chester hopes to sc her copartner, York, down in full force. The pulpit at the A. R. P. church was vi cant yesterday on account of the pastor, Re1 J. 8. Moflatt, being in attendance at syno at Statesville, N. C. Rev. George Summey, D. D., also attern ed the Presbyterian synod at Sumter, lai week. I3r. J. E. Walker and wife, who have bee spending a few weeks with friends, leave t< day for their home in Columbus, O. Miss Janie Bell leaves to-day for Mon gomery, Ala., to visit her sister, Mrs. I) Lucius Gaston. Miss Beckic, daughter of Mr. J. F. Douj las, left this morning to spend several weet with the family of Colonel A. Coward an other friends. lf!~" T Moimam /1onnrlitr?r nf* Ray. Af ivuss ijuum .Hiiiiuu, u?ub...v. ..... ? Marion, formerly a resident of this count; is visiting Mrs. W. II. Gaston. Mr. W. F. Womble and wife are visitin the parents of Mr. Womble, at Italeigh, C. They will return about the lirst of N< vcmber The gin house of Mr. G. W. Kirkpatriel who lives in the eastern part of the count; together with thirty-seven bales of eotto and about 1,000 bushels of cotton seed, wei destroyed by lire one day last week. SMYRNA NOTES. The l)epbt Completed at Last?An Agei Wanted?Topping Cotton to Make It Opei Correspondence of the Yorkvlllc Enquirer. Smyrna, October 26.?Smyrna is now place to be seen as well as beard of. I hav often been 011 the train and heard the pa: sengers say, when the porter called 01 "Smyrna," "Why I see nothing here but speckled dog and a pine stump." It is nc that way now. When the porter calls 01 Smyrna, the passengers can see a nice littl depot?one of the nicest along the who! line?with a signboard containing the nam of the station in large letters. Yes, Smyrn now has a depot. We built it ourselves, and now it is for the railroad to give us an agent and other accommodations for the conven- v 1- ience of the traveling public. The weather seems to be all that the cotton pickers could wish for in getting out r y what little cotton that has opened. Cotton ,e is not opening fast, and one of our farmers a e sought to help it along last week by topping u jl it.. I don't know about the efficiency of this n 3 expedient, but the gentleman referred to has 0 3 hair on his face, and I presume he knows ei e what he is doing. j, e Mrs. W. M. Kennedy, of Yorkville, visit- -j l_ ed friends and relatives in the Clark's Fork g ,e neighborhood last week. 0 l8 brief remarker. p I LETTER FROM#UNI0N COUNTY. J e Neighborhood Notes of More or Less Interest P in the Vlciuity of Etta Jane. ^ Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ' 3 Etta Jane, October 26.?Miss Jennie a * 1 ? i ?? /-.l 1? a 1? mai*. , j. Howe ana mr. tnanes cpur&a ??ciq a 11 ried at Pacolet Mills last Tuesday. Our ie thanks are due for a sample of the cake. v n Hope the faithful couple a long and happy 0 ,f life. a j Mr. William Strain is visiting his daughter. ^ j Mrs. Isabella Howe, at Pacolet Mills. ^ I Miss Nannie Kendrick, who has been t] J teaching school at Sharon, is at home spending her vacation. n 3 Cotton is opening fine since the frost of ^ e last week. With a few days of dry weather 0 d -the crop will all be opened. b ie A great many peas were planted in this 0 II county this year, but the wet weather in n |G most places injured the vines so that the $ ,r crop is virtually a failure. f( ie Mr. Easley Osment is still sojourning _ e amongst us. He will perhaps return to Ar- a 3. kansas this fall.* He is now about 80 years p l8 of age and he moves about with wonderful ? ,e elasticity, and his mind is in a good state of ^ d preservation. 0 I learn that Mr. A. W. Lotspitch has j y bought a house and lot in Gaflbey City and j f. will make that his future home I suppose. |e Rev. Mr. Cauthen preached at Messapota- ^ i_ mia yesterday. He is a young man of fine 0 x. intellectual attainments and will no doubt ^ suit the people he serves in a ministerial j. capacity. sigma. ?j if LETTER FROM EDGM00R. e tJ The Petition to Put Dowu the Sale of LI- 0 j7) quor?Residence of Mr. J. W. Dye Burn- ^ r' ed last Sunday. j J Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. a Edgmoor, October 26.?It was my privi- "t, /. lege yesterday to attend divine service* at 8j ie Harmony Baptist church, Rev. A. Mc. A. Pit- b man, officiating. His text was "Be not ^ ie overcome of evil, but overcome evil with 1 g good." At the conclusion of the discourse, e s which was an appeal to the congregation for a 1- united effort in overcoming that greatest +i ? ? il1 j . evil which is cursing our oeauiuui ooummuu 5 r- today?the traffic in intoxicating liquors? p n Mr. Pitman took occasion to distribute for d the signature of voters some petitions issued 5 y by the Columbia committee asking the legis- p it lature to take some steps towards the suppression of this great evil. v le On issuing from the church, a look of dis- j tressful consternation was depicted on the is faces of the Edgmoor people. The cause of 1- this consternation was a fire raging in the direction of the village, and a precipitate A it departure for home was at once commenced, n After driving about a mile it was learned that the fire emanated from the residence of Q t. Mr. J. Weldon Dye, and when we reached g. a the scene of the conflagration, instead of the snug cottage, nestling amid the fruit orchard, n surrounded by all the comforts and conven- e iences of a farmer's home, there was ruin and j desolation and a wife and children in tears. lt Mr. Dye was insured to some extent and the g loss, though severe, will not fall so heavily g as otherwise. l d 1 is MeCONNELLSVILLE MATTERS. v a g A Disturbing Rumor?The Short Crop?A Bad ^ t. Year for Fairs?Other Matters. 3t Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. g g McConnellsville, October 26.?This a neighborhood has been agitated lately by a | ?r rumor that a still is to be erected some- g 3. where near Guthriesville. If the projectors c 1- of this enterprise would come and see the F 1. anti-whisky petitions which have been signed $ g here, and listen to the remarks made upon n r- the subject, they would conclude that they tl u could find a place more friendly to their * u designs. It is to be hoped that this rumor s 5s will not prove true, as the establishment or if a still would probably lead to trouble, since i- the people of this community are determined J i- that such a breeding place of vice, dishones- lj )- ty and immorality will not be permitted to c y exist in their midst. ? b. Cotton continues to open slowly, and with f. 9- a short crop and low prices, are despondent o if The Chester fair, Gala week and the State * o fair all combined, do not seem to attract as ? e much attention as would be given to a circus u 1- in an ordinary year, and the question before P r. the popular mind seems to be how shall we j? be fed and wherewithal shall we be clothed. c e Mr. W. N. Ashe, Jr., left for Camden today o i- to be present at the marriage of his brother, P s- Mr. John R. Ashe. h ie Mr. 0. L. Sanders leaves for Charleston e 3- today to place his daughter under treatment tj r, by Dr. F. L. Parker, the well known occulist. * n The many friends of Mrs. Mamie Love a is will be glad to know that she is better and 11 y is convalescing rapidly. scribbler. d it t it MERE-MENTION. i, r- Jerry Simpson has been delivoring a num- s ie ber of speeches in Ohio, and in an interview, 0 it gives it as his opinion that Campbell will be a 9- elected governor. Governor Fleming, b of Florida, has applied to the supreme court ? is for a writ of mandamus to compel Secretary ? r- of State Crawford, to seal and countersign 8 s. the commission of R. H. M. Davidson to be a d United States senator by appointment. It ? is believed that congress will convene and i- Call will be seated before the matter is set11 tied in the courts. A large warehouse, J] s. containing 1,000 barrels of wine, was der. stroyed by fire at Passaic, N. J., last Wed- h *e nesday. Lieutenant Governor Jones, I of New York, who was elected to office by 1 i- the Democrats, is advising the party to sup- 11 y port the Republicans in order to get out ii from under the domination of Tammany, y it Jones was a candidate for the Democratic j* it nomination for governor, and is soured over ? 9r his defeat. Secretary Blaine, who has been spending the summer on the coast of " E Maine, returned to Washington last Satur- ^ n day. It is said that he is "entirely restored n to health." The receipts at the custom ti !ii house in New York for the first twenty days o of October, were $5,994,202, or one-half less i- than for the same time last year. This d 9- wholesale reduction is attributed to the operation of the McKinley law. Rev. f "i; Sam P. Jones is booked for another appoint- jj y ment in Charlotte, the meeting commencing e on Sunday, November 1. The Indiana Farmers' Alliance, in session at Indianapo- t i- lis last Friday, adopted resolutions endorsing n y* the St. Louis and Ocala platform. A r d bold burglary occurred at Omaha, Neb., last o Monday. Four masked men, entered the p 1- office of the Omaha street railway company a st and at the muzzles of their revolvers com- fi pelled the superintendent to deliver up $1,200 c " in cash. All the money that was in the v safe. State Agent Wayne, of the Geor- r gia Farmers' Alliance, settled up a shortage t- of $20,000 lust Monday. A negro worn- t r. an was arrested at Knoxville, Tenn., last s Sunday, charged with a diabolical attempt to o poison all the Chinamen in the city. The p ts better class of colored people and the whites v d of the city were so furious that it was with o the greatest difficulty that the woman could b r- be protected. T In* Order That Hk May He Used as g ig a Witness.?Yesterday Governor Tillman c i\ pardoned David I)urby, a negro convict sent y > to the penitentiary from York county for five li years for horse stealing. He lacked only fi c, eight months of having served his sentence, a y, The pardon was granted at the request of s n the solicitor, so that the fellow could be used a *e as a witness in another case against himself li and another negro, which will soon be tried p in Chester. A pardon generally means liber- t ty, but not so to this fellow. He wasimme- n | diately taken into custody to he carried to Chester, wearing a handsome pair of hand- v u cuff's, with every probability of an early li return to the prison he has just left.?The V a State, Saturday. s- ?Mr. It. I). Morton, a locomotive engilt neer of Columbia, died at his home in b a that city on hist Sunday, from the effects v >t of a dog bite received last August. The it dog was, at the time, supposed to be af- o e fficted with rabies, and his death, which oc- o le curred after twenty-four hours of horrible * e suffering, is said to have been due to a gen- d a uinc case of hydrophobia. r THE COUNTY ALLIANCE. | yhat Was Done at The Called Meetlug Last J| Thursday?The State Exchange?The Lecture System?Other -Matters. eportcd for the Yorkvllle Enquirer. The County Alliance met last Thursday, ccording to adjournment, as stated in a forler report. The president read a commuication from Brother J. A. Sligh, president f the State exchange, who had been solicitd to be present and address us on the workigs of the State exchange, its progress, etc. 'he communication expressed Brother ^ ligh's regret at not being able to be with us, n account of previous engagements, but romised that if such an arrangement be greeable, he will take pleasure in complyig with our request on November 3. The resident was instructed to notify Brother ligh that his excuse was accepted and that re agreed to his proposition, and will expect im to come and give us a full and elaborate 1 ccouut of the exchange, etc., on the above ate. The next matter taken up for discussion ,-as the propaganda fund, and the necessity f Alliance literature being circulated among nd read by our people. The various subJliances of the county were requested to give he matter serious consideration and conribute their mite to the fund. A rotation of places for holding the county leetings was next discussed. Some argued bat a change would be for the best interests f the order socially, ?s it would bring the rethren tegether at their homes, give better pportunity for witnessing the modes and lethods practiced in the management of their irms, and tend to create a more paternal ?eling and encourage and build up the order enerally. Others, not doubting the facts bove stated, argued that convenience of lace should be considered. Yorkville was "" entrally located, and all the'delegates had. " tie advantage, very important at this time,' f being able to go and return the same day. 'urther discussion was deferred until the anuary meeting. The road question was again called up, ut as it had already been made a special rder for the January meeting, it was not iscussed. The Alliance adjourned to meet again on ^ 'uesday, November 3. After adjournment of the County Alliance, he County Lecture Bdard, which consists f the sub and township lecturers, held a leeting. In the absence of County Lecturer 3. D. Thompson, District Lecturer W. N. llder presided and instructed the lecturers' s to their duties, and explained the lecure system, why inaugurated, its necesity and importance, and also the response \ ilities of the position. The lecturers were o be, as it were, the lights of the Alliance. 'hey should endeavor to procure all knowldge and information it is possible to obtain nd impart it to others. They should keep heir lamps trimmed and burning so as to e able to point out to tbeir fellow men the itfalls before us, and into which we are rifting, if a change in the management of ur affairs as individuals, as a class, as a eople and as a nation, Is not effected. After the exemplification of tne secret rork, the board adjourned to meet on Friday, anuary 8, 1892. w. n. e. STATE PROHIBITION. ^ l Synopsis of the BUI to be Presented to the General Assembly. Chester, October 26.?Editor of The Enquirer : A great many of_our people are igning the petitions asking the enactment of he prohibitory bill to be re-presented at the ext session of the legislature. Some, howver, are asking what is the bill ? The bill Iself is, I presume, too long for an ordinary ublication, but if you will allow me the pace, I will be glad to offer the following ynopsis of the most important points, and taving a complete copy in my posession, rill hold myself in readiness to give a full .nswer to any question that may be asked hereon, through The Enquirer : in Section 1. That after this act takes effect, no ^ lerson shall manufacture for sale, sell, keep for ale, give away, exchange, barter or dispense ny intoxicating liquor lor any purpose what- , ver, otherwise than as provided in this act.' Arsons holding permits as herein provided, hall be authorized to sell and dispense intoxiating liquors for pharmaceutical and medical uirposes, and alcohol for specified chemical pur oses, and wine for sacramental purpbses, but 11 ar no other putpose whatever; and all permits lust be procured as hereinafter provided, from he county commissioners of the proper county, t any meeting of the board, and a permit to buy nd sell intoxicating liquors, when so procured, hall continue of force one year from date of iaue, unless revoked according to law, etc. Sec. 2. Notice of application for a permit, or V enewal thereof, must be published for three onsecutive weeks in a newspaper regularly pubished in the English language, ana of general irculation where the applicant proposes to keep nd sell intoxicating liquors. Under section 3 the applicant must must certiy that he is a citizen or the United States and f South Carolina; that he is a registered druggist, nd for the past three years has been lawfully , onducting a drug store in the city or town . herein ho proposes to sell intoxicating liquors nder the permit applied for, and that the pro irietor of such pharmacy has not been adjudged uilty of violating the law relating to intoxica[ng liquors within the last three years next proeding hi^application; and is not the keeper f a hotel, eating house, saloon, restaurant, or ilnce of public amusement. In section 4, it is provided that the permit shall e issued only on condition that the applicant xecute to the State of South Carolina a rxmd in he penal sum of $1,000. Said bond shall be for ho use and benefit of any person or persons t'ho may be damaged or injured by reason of ny violation of law relating to intoxicating [quors purchased, sold, or given away by such ruggist. Sec. 5 sets forth that at least ten days before ho meeting at which application is considered, n support of such application, the applicant hall secure the signatures of at least one third f the freeholders living within a prescribed rea of the district where the intoxicating liquors . re to be sold, and that each signer shall do so by lis own true name and signature, and under a tatement that each, before signing the petition, las read the same and understands the meaning nd contents thereof. The petitions furthermore tate that they are personally acquainted with the pplicant, and know him to be 21 years of age, r good moral character, and that he has never ieen found guilty of violating the law relating o intoxicating liquors. The applicant, upon receiving the permit, nakes a most solemn and binding oath to perarm all conditions of trust confided in him. The act provides a restriction proniblting tne 'ringing into the State any intoxicating liquors iy any railroad or common carrier, otherwise han provided therein. These conditions are nost carefully and stringently guarded. The druggists holding permits and dispensing ntoxicating liquors, shall have and keep a book therein each purchaser's name shall be registered, stating the amount and kind of liquor urchased. On this line, the provisions are exeedingly stringent. Section 13. On or before the 10th day of each iionth, each permit holder shall make full renins to the county auditor of all requests filled y him and his clerks during the preceding lonth, and accompanying the same with a writen or printed oath, duly taken and subscribed lefore a county auditor or notary public. The ath states that the returns are correct, and all \ hat were received and filled at his pharmacy luring the preceding month. The county commissioners have the right at ny and all times to make a thorough examinaion of tlio lMM>ks?>ftlruggi.sts selling liquor under icrillits. AN ADVOCATE. " ~ Incendiarism in Georgia.?Seven tresles and bridges were burned on the Savanah division of the Central of Georgia rat-load last Sunday night. The work was at nee charged to accounts of friends of the iuifrisoned express robbers, Horton, Bazellc nd Thornton, whose arrest was mentioned a ew weeks ago. This suspicion has been onfirmed by the following anonymous letter fhieli, it has developd, was received by Ihe ailroad authorities a few days before: "Gentlemen of the Express and Officials of lie Same and Railroad Officials: If you can land us it is all right. We, as the friends f Dave Horton, Brazell and Thornton, ex- ^ ect to blockade your business in various lavs as long as time holds on. If vou was ut anything we would not say a word. The oys gave up the money and no one is hurt. 'urn them loose if you expect to do business i the South; if not, just send them to the uard and we will kill thousands of innoent ones for their sake. We will destroy our railroads, and if that won't do we will ie under the hushes and kill your engineers, iremen, and all that we can shoot and kill, nd send them home, and the dirty work will ' ^ top forever; if not, hurt or harm them, ' nd it will cost you the loss of thousands of ives and millions of dollars for work and reiairs. The quickest is the best. Just send hem home and the dirty work will stop ; if ot, if you can stand us, it is all right." The letter is badly spelled and poorly written. It was evidently intended for pubcation, as the following is added in a notice o the printer: "Please advertis and ast your corrispondnt to do the same." The express company and railroad officials clieve the bridge burning is the work of the writer or the writers of the above letter. A later dispatch says that two brothers f Horton were arrested on Monday night, n the charge of having burned the C'enral bridges. They are now in jail at Sanlersville, (Ja., and the citizens of the surounding country are wild with excitement.