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Scraps and |atts. ? T. Thomas Fortune, the colored editor of the New York Age, not long ago sued James Trainer, the proprietor of a New York liquor saloon, for $10,000 damages for refusing to sell him a drink and for ejecting him from the premises. The case was concluded in the New York supreme court last Friday, and Fortune was given a verdict of $825. ? A dispatch of last Thursday from Richmond, Va., states that Mrs. Jefferson Davis, who is now in that city with her daughter, Miss Winnie, has finally decided on Hollywood cemetery as the resting place of the remains of her husband. The precise spot has not yet been selected, but when it is, it will be turned over to the ladies of Holly wood Memorial association. Mr. Davis's son, Joseph, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers, are buried in this cemetery. ? A dispatch of Sunday from Brooklyn, says that the navy yard at that place presents a scene of activity that has not been witnessed there for years. A force of about eighty men are engaged on th^ war vessels Atlanta and Miantonmah, endeavoring to nt them for service at sea at the earliest possible day. The work goes on night and day, and on Sundays, for the first tim^ since the war. The reason for this unusual activity has not been authoritatively given out, hut it is believed that it is largely and almost solely due to the threatening state of affairs in Chili and in Brazil. ? R. G. Dun & Co., report business failures for the week ending last Friday as numbering in the United States 238, and Canada 43, or 266 as compared with 255 the previous week. The most striking event of the week in business circles was the failure of the widely known Maverick bank, of Boston, for about $2,000,000. The failure was due to crookedness on the part of the officers, extending over a period of several years. The other banks of the city and those of New York, came to the rescue of depositors in time to avert serious consequences. ? A negro well-digger named Egan, met a horrible fate near Atlanta, Ga., last Friday. He was blasting in the bottom of a well and using dynamite instead of powder. After drilling a hole in the rock and inserting a cartridge, he decided that it was necessary to do some more drilling. This he attempted to do without removing the dynamite. After he had struck a few blows on the rock, however, the dynamite exploded with terrible force. The well was twenty feeet deep and the unfortunate man was thrown out of the top high in the air. A mass of dirt, fragments of rock, and a cloud of smoke followed the body, and the debris rained down on those who were working outside. Rushing to Egan, the windlass hands found him unconscious and his body horribly mutilated, being almost into two parts. Medical attendance was summoned, but before morning the unfortunate man was dead. ? The Chillian war excitement seems to have about quieted down, and the probabilities of hostilities does not appear to have increased during the past week. There was a sensational report on Saturday that the steamship Baltimore had been blown up in the harbor of Valparaiso by the Chilians, and that sixty-nine sailors were killed, but the report was without foundation, ine iruiu of the matter is that the difficulty seems to be rapidly nearing an amicable adjustment. There are a number of political refugees under the protection of the United States legation at Santiago, and the Chilian government charges them with complicity in a plot to assassinate Colonel Canto, a distinguished Congressionalist. If the charge can be proven, the refugees will be surrendered at once. Admiral Jorg Montt, the principal leader in the late revolution, has been elected president of the republic, and the government is now thoroughly reorganized. The Chillian version of the recent uprising against American sailors, which character, izes the same as an ordinary street riot, will probably be accepted. ? The trouble in the East Tennessee minning regions does not appear to be settled yet. Nearly all of the convicts that were turned loose by the miners week before last have been recaptured. About fifty only remain at large. A reward of $25 a head will be paid for the recaptured convicts, and the governor proposes to make the lessees foot the bills. The convicts have been taken back to the mines from which they were released and placed in charge of a strong guard, which has orders to shoot to kill, if another attempt should be made to turn them loose. The release of the convicts, however, seems to have had the effect of bringing the mine owners to terms, and it is quite probable that the abolition of the lease system will be the result of the disturbance. The miners have become somewhat arrogant on account of their success and are making demands for the general adjustment of old scores. Several of the mining companies have acceded to all their demands, but others still hold out. The probability of a general strike, and a coal famine in East Tennessee, Kentucky and North Georgia, appears to be almost a settled fact. ? The Atlanta Constitution relates a thrillling incident that occurred at Tecumseh, a small Alabama town, on Tuesday of last week. Forepaugh's menagerie was on its way to Atlauta from Alabama, and not being allowed to travel in Georgia on Sunday, stopped just over the Alabama border to await Monday morning. A large crowd of curious citizens, including swarms of negroes, collected around Tecumseh to see what was to be seen. About the time the keepers began to feed the animals, Hector, a ferocious lion, managed to tear the door off his cage. There was a group of negroes around the cage at the time, ana tne non maae a leap into the crowd. Of course a panic followed. Some of the negroes ran away as if for dear life. A dozen tried to climb a single telegraph pole, and one poor fellow jumped down into a well. Two minutes after the lion had struck the ground, he was master of the entire situation. One woman, however, overcome with fright, sank to the earth in a dead faint, and the big brute walked up to her lashing its sides with its tail. The tamer was a long way off, and there was no one near with a pistol or rifle. The brute sniffed the body, turned it over suspiciously with its paws, and then walked off, to the surprise of everyone, without mangling it. He evidently thought the woman was dead, and it is said to be a wellknown fact that lions will not eat any prey that they do not kill. The lion was recaptured and recaged without a great deal of trouble. ? Here is a horrible story from Japan that is so strange as be almost incredible. Fuji Yami is a sacred mountain of that country, which although of comparatively easy access, on account of the superstition of the natives, has never been scaled by man. Not long ago a party of five English naval officers, together with three American brothers named Castleton, from Philadelphia, club- j bed together and formed a plau to go to the ! ^ Vk.ry mAiinfm'u nn/i tnlrn rtri t V> f Kom O 1 tup Ul iuc iiiuuuiaai auu iuav ntvu uivui u quantity of fireworks to be discharged from the summit. They secured two guides from j among the natives and started out on the J journey. After two days, the guides, be- i coming more and more wrought up at the thought of what might be the result of the I sacrilege they were about to commit, finally ! told the party that unless they turned back,! they, the guides, would kill themselves.; The tourists had no idea that the natives! were in earnest, and of curse kept on.: Finding that their threats did not have the j desired effect, the natives deliberately step-; ped in front of the exploring party, and each I with a stroke of a sharp knife, disemboweled ' himself before their horrified eyes. Both died instantly, and the story goes on to say that the youngest of the Castletons, a boy of 18, was so overcome by the horrible sight, j that he immediately drew a revolver and j blew out his own brains. Sickened by the fearful scene, the rest of the party turned back and descended the mountain. ? The trial of the Motz brothers, at Shelby, N. C., was concluded last Friday, af^er occupying the whole time of the court for ten days. The case was given to the jury at about noon, and after five hours of deliberation, they returned a verdict of not guilty.1 Public sentiment in the case was wrought to the highest pitch, and it was all one way. j A large number of people were down from i Lincolnton, and the citizens of Shelby, it is said, could think or talk of nothing else but the probable verdict all through the trial.! The longer the jury staid out, the more intense became the feeling, and when the verdict was finally announced, the great crowd in the court house immediately rushed out in order to give vent to their enthusiasm, the judge having given warning that he would tolerate no demonstration in the court house. A vast throng of people were assembled on the court house green, and when they received an intimation of the verdict, \ they burst out in a mighty shout that was r heard for miles. Several cannon were se- s cured, and until a late hour in the night t were loaded and fired continuously. The joyful crowd lavished congratulations on t everybody connected with the defense, shak- ? ing hands over and over again with the lawyers and the jury, and calling on the Motz ? family in a body. All of the members of j the family but Miss Maggie, the unfortunate , girl, came out to sbake hands with the people. Michael made himself scarce, and was I not seen on the streets. The maledictions heaped upon him were very bitter, and could ( he have been gotten at, there is no telling t what might have been done by some of the j more reckless characters in the crowd. Mi* SlrtffcrtUr flfrttrttiim. YORKVILLE, :17c.": i WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1891. > : i ? Governor Tillman is in great demand as , an orator just now. He received two flatter- i ing invitations last week, but was forced to j decline both on account of the preparation 1 of his annual message. One invitation was from the New England society of Charles- ^ ton, and the other was from the National ' 1 j Miners' congress, away out in Colorado. The governor is, without dou bt, one of the * most entertaining speakers in the South, and 1 it is not surprising that he should be in such ? demand in different parts ol the country. ? The Columbia State issued its promised j Fair edition last Monday. The edition in i question contains twenty-four pages, and includes a splendid showing of the progress, achievements and possibilities of Columbia, j According to The State, the city now has a , population of 18,000, and its trade for the i year 1890-91, amounts to $0,778,780, an increase of $709,179 over the previous year. < The various manufacturing enterprises, busi- 1 ness establishments, educational institutions, ^ etc., are written up in elaborate detail, and, ( upon the whole, the showing is a most cred- j itable one for the city. , ? As the result of the election in Ohio last ' week, McKinley becomes the most promi- ( nent man in his party. The fight was made | almost entirely on the issue of tariff* reform, i and on that issue the Republicans have come s out successful. In several other States, on 1 - - . t the same issues, the Democrats won. mis " fact points unmistakably to the probable bone of contention in 1832, and probably just as conclusively to the respective standard bearers in the coming struggle. Unless some powerful unforeseen influence intervenes, McKinley will be the Republican nominee, and Cleveland will again be the Democratic leader. ? The Atlanta Constitution has already commenced figuring on the probability of Democratic success in the next presidential election, and from the way it figures, the chances appear to be pretty good. The next electoral college will be composed of 444 votes, and it will take 228 to elect the president. Counting as absolutely certain the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia, the Democrats have 172 votes to begin with. New York has 36 votes and Indiana has 15. These two States added to the above will make exactly 223. If New York is lost, all is lost. If New York, however, is won, and Indiana lost, there is still a chance of making up the deficiency in Massachusetts, Iowa and Connecticut. In view of the result of last week's election, it appears that the chances for Democratic success in 1892 are very good indeed. THE ELECTION'S LAST WEEK. The Enquirer's telegram of last Wednesday from the Augusta Chrouicle, gave the results of Tuesday's elections in the States of New York, Ohio, Massachusetts and Iowa. Fuller returns confirm the statements of the always reliable Chronicle. Flower's plurality over Fassett, in NewYork, was 46,446. The legislature stands: Senate, 17 Republicans, 15 Democrats; , house of reDresentatives. 68 Democrats and ; ] 60 Republicans. j < In Massachusetts, Russell, Democrat, beat Allen, Republican, by upwards of 10,000 1 plurality. The Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, together with the bal- ' ance of the Democratic ticket, was defeated. J McKinley carried Ohio over Campbell by ] a plurality of 20,486, and the legislature, on < joint ballot, is overwhelmingly Republican. ' The vote of the People's party did not ex- j; ceed 15,000, though its leaders claimed, i before the election, at least 75,000. The ! Republicans spent nearly half a million dol- i lars in accomplishing their victory, while the j j Democratic campaign fund was very small. The leaders of both parties express them- 1 selves as being highly pleased with the work- ' ings of the Australian ballot system, and are satisfied that it has come to stay. Campbell i carried both his own and McKinley's coun-1 ties. The plurality of Governor Boies, in Iowa, j is something like 8,000. Westfall, the Farm-; ers's Alliance candidate, received about 15,- j 000 votes. The Alliance carried one county ; for governor, and one for representative. The Prohibition vote throughout the State was very light. Pennsylvania, of course, went Republican, but tbe returns snow aeciuea j.?einocruuc i gains. The electiou in Kansas shows au over- j whelming defeat for the People's party, j Jerry Simpson, however, carried his own, county. The general result was brought: about by the fusion of Republicans and Pern-1 ocrats against the Third partvites, and the j victory was given to the Republicans. The third party people say that their adherents did not vote, but that they will be out in full force in 1892. ! TROUBLE IN BRAZIL. It has been ouly very recently that the; civilized world was startled by a remarkable j revolution in Brazil. "Without any warning, in fact with uo previous signs of dissatisfac- j tion, a cable dispatch from Rio Janeiro in- j formed the world that Emperor Pom Pedro had been deposed and shipped ofT to Portu-; gal, and a republican government had been established. Not a drop of blood was shed, and the world was astonished. The thing was ? one so quickly, and so thoroughly, that it ' as almost beyond comprehension. Eor a few weeks after the bloodless revolution, news of a fierce civil war was confidently looked for. But the j war did uot come. The good Emperor Pom Pedro sincerely solicitous for his country's welfare, said that if his people could get along better without him than with him, he was not willing to stand in their way. But the sequel has come at last, and it promises to be a bloody one. Cable dispatches of last week bring the news that1 those who overthrew i)om Pedro are quarreling among themsf ves. For some time past President Fonseca has had a disagreement with congress. The trouble is said to ! have grown out of financial matters. Congress adopted an important measure and the president vetoed it. Congress did not like this, and tried arother measure with the same result. Then an attempt was made to curb the power of the president, and a law vas passed fixiug the process of impeachuent upon him. Fonseca vetoed the law, md congress passed it over his veto. At this , he president dissolved congress and issued t i proclamation declaring martial law "until i i new congress could be elected." The army and navy are with the president, ind, from all appearances, he is now a dicta- t or with supreme authority. His usurpation, lowever, will no doubt be resisted, and the irobability is that bloodshed will follow. . The case seems to be nearly similar to that )f Chili, except that the president has control of both the army and navy, and if he , "eally intends to make himself a dictator, ^ ;an easily put down any resistance of his authority that may be attempted. Ex-Emperor Dom Pedro was interviewed n Paris last Saturday as to the situation. ' Se says that he has no knowledge of what 1 !ias been going on in Brazil since he left there * two years ago. He could have prevented ' the revolution at the time, but preferred to * Abdicate rather than precipitate bloodshed. ' He will go back, however, if his people want him. AX APPRECIATED "COMPLIMENT. The Yorkville Enquirer calls our attention to an error in crediting it with the author- < *hip of an article on "Ideal Journalism." We < Jl - " - * nU.'nla tl'A :iiajte xne correction, 01 cuurau. mc nniim, j Relieve, appeared in the New York Herald. While The Enquirer did not formulate into ' ivords the ideal presented in the article in ques- ' ;ion, it illustrates, every week so high a type of j ournalism, that the mistake we made was not | in unnatural one.?The Cotton Plant. I The Enquirer confesses that it felt . aighly complimented at the mistake of its friend, The Cotton Plant, ip crediting it with the article in question. Knowing, however, J :hat the credit was an error, we did not feel luthorized to take to ourselves all that it seemed to imply. But now that our esteemed jontemporarv has offered an explanation, we ! eel more flattered than ever. Accept assur- 1 mce of our appreciation of your high opin- ] on, contemporary. i SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? It is announced that the Columbia canal ' las at last been completed, and that the J svater will be turned on for the first time aext Monday. I ? Michael O'Kelley, better known as "The" C'Kelly, a well known and very influential < politician of Charleston, died last Thursday. | He never sought or held a public office. ? Ex-President Hayes and Hon. J. L. M. . Curry, trustees of the Peabody educational fund, visited Columbia and Orangeburg last ' iveek. From Oraugeburg, they went to the A.ugusta exposition. ? Two negroes, Adam Foster, and Maberry Sanders, quarreled over a woman in Spartan- ' aurg last Thursday. As the result, Sanders 1 tvas killed by Foster, who shot him with a single barreled shot gun loaded so heavily < ;hat it burst into several pieces at the dis- j charge. The murderer has been arrested. ? The comptroller general investigated ( the accounts of Mr. Lesesne, the dccensed . jounty treasurer of Charleston, last week. 1 He found deficits as follows: Due State tax, ( M80.35 ; county, $4,912.76; schools, $2,802.- i L8. The deceased treasurer's bondsmen j iave charge and will make the shortage ? ;ood. ( ? The Greenville News: Coosaw compaly has been mining in Mud creek, on the iiinnosition that it was not a navigable * 1'L , stream. In his report, Inspector Jones dif- 1 ers with the Coosaw people, and contends 1 hat Mud creek is navigable. The phosphate commission has instructed Attorney General Pope to bring action for the rock dug out of ;he creek. ? The comptroller general has completed lis reports of the returns and assessments )f renT and personal property in the State "or the past year. The figures foot up $168,262,669 as the total assessment for the year. Last year the total was $150,704,451. The otal increase over last year is $17,660,217. This increase has been largely brought about j jy raising the assessment on railroads and ( )thcr corporations. ? The Berkeley Phosphate works, one of ;he largest establishments of the kind in the ' South, located about eight miles from Charles- ' on, were destroyed by fire last Friday. The 1 ilaut was insured for $58,000, and the actuil loss over the insurance is estimated at 1 jetween $40,000 and $50,000. It is believed , ;hat the destruction of such extensive works nay cause a rise in the price of fertilizers. ( The annual dividends of the factory are said ' ;o have reached 40 per cent. ? The State: Lewis Williams is a negro 1 now in the Darlington jail, who was convict- 1 jd of murder at the March term of court, ! 1890, before Judge Witherspoon, and sen- ( tenced to be hanged on May 9 following. > As he was an accomplice, and the principal ( in the crime had not been captured, he was ( respited until April, 1891. Twice since was ' he respited by both Governors Richardson ' and Tillman, and under the last he was to i have been hanged on November 13?this < 1- rni .1 1;? *1? IveeK. me uuiei' jiaim-a w me ulino iittrv not yet been captured, and yesterday Governor Tillman, for the fourth time, respited Williams until April 2G, 1892. The case is ( an interesting one. I ? A curious case developed in Barnwell , county last week. A few weeks ago, W. L. McFail killed E. C. Burpee, at Midway, and ' made his escape. The governor offered a liberal reward for his capture. About ten i days ago, J. W. Lancaster, sheriff of Barn- i well, issued a certificate to the effect that , McFail had been arrested by Mr. G. M. W. , Williams. On the same day, Mr. Robert Aldrich represented that McFail had surrendered voluutarily, or rather, the story i that he had been arrested by Williams was just a scheme to get possession of the reward in order that it might be used in McFail's defense. McFail's lawyer denies the charge, and claims that the capture was bona fide. It has been made clear that there is something very irregular about the matter, and the governor has decided to withold the reward until the case can be thoroughly investigated. MERE-MENTION. W. S. Felton and J. F. Smith were lynched at Bastrop, La., last Thursday, for making violent threats against the citizens of that place. An official telegram from the Japanese government in regard to the recent earthquake in that country, puts the killed at 5,000. Chicago is suffering from a r.rv.il fmviino nnnuorl Jiv rpppiit strikps in the I Pittsburg and Indiana coal fields. Savannah, Ga., has invited President Harrison to spend the winter there. He is wanted as an advertisement, but he has not accepted the invitation. San Francisco wants the next Republican national convention, and is offering to defray all the necessary expenses of the delegates in order to secure it. It is thought that the Democrats of the city will make the same offer to secure the Democratic convention. As the result of the long continued drought throughout the country, water famines are reported as prevailing in many sections. In many inland towns in Indiana water is being sold at so much per barrel. Reports from New York and Atlanta, Ga., are to the effect that water is scarcer in those cities than it has been for years. Will and Fred Horton, charged with burning seven trestles on the Central Georgia railroad, have been convicted on a preliminary hearing and sent up for trial. Marriage at Fort Mill.?The Fort Mill News of last week contains a column account of one of the most notable society events that has ever occurred in that town. The occasion was the marriage of Mr. Wm. A. Watson to Miss Etta Ardrey, which took place in the Presbyterian church on the 29th ultimo. The church bad been "handsomely decorated with a profusion of evergreens, flowers and potted plants, and at S.30 p. m., when Mrs. Captain S. E. White struck up the "Wedding March,'' the beautiful interior was like a bewildering dream. To the unusually sweet and expressive strains of the music, the bridal party came slowly down the aisle in the following order : Mr. J. 11. Mills with Miss Florence Thornwell; Mr. T. M. Hughes with Miss Ada Potts; Mr. W. J. Stewart with Miss Minnie Fewell; Dr. Alex Mack with Miss Robbie Roll: Mr. Sam P. Watson and MissNiable Ardrey; Mr. W. R. Ardrey with Miss Nettie Watson, and last, the bride and groom, who took up a position under a magnificent floral arch that had been swung across the chancel. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. H. Thornwell, and the party then repaired to the residence of the bride's parents, where a sumptuous supper was served, everything passing off with princely smoothness and precision. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 3. A. Crawford, S. Y. C.?Sheriffs Sale. >V. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pis.?Clerk's Sales. Richard S. Russell and others?Warning. [\ M. Dobson,Manager?Dobson's Racket. d. AH. C. Strauss?The People are Convinced. iV. C. Latimer?Given Away. V. Y. Cartwright <fc Co.?Just Listen. Vhat Does L. D. Childs, of Chester S. C., Do? MORE CLUB-MAKERS. In addition to the list of club-makers pubished last week, the following have signified ,heir intention of making clubs: A. L. Purjell, Gould, S. C.; T. J. Roach, Rock Hill, 5. C.; B. C. Warren, Energy, S. C.; S. A. Matthews, Clover, S. C. CORK'S "SCHOOL IRREGULARITIES." The grand jury, last week, investigated ;he alleged irregularities in York's school natters, reported to the comptroller general i few weeks ago. They found nothing, lowever, which, in their judgment, demandjd a presentation, and the matter was dropped. A 9120 UUU. Here is an indication of substantial success in an industry that it is probable very few people are aware that is carried on in this ;ounty. Mr. C. Henry Smith is proprietor if the Turkey Creek Training kennels, five miles south of Yorkville. For several years past he has been engaged in training bird Jogs for sportsmen, and has been making a ^ood thing out of it. Recently, he has branched out into the business of breeding Sne setters and pointers for sale, and is making a still better thing. Only last week lie 3old a thoroughbred Llewellen setter to^ a gentleman in Charleston for $125 cash. Hood price for a dog, isn't it ? ' ANOTHER MARRIAGE. The marriage bells continue to jingle. Dr. T. Sumter Bratton and MissSudie Metts, both of Yorkville, were before Hymen's altar last Wednesday. The ceremony took place it the residence of the bride's mother, Rev. Theodore Bratton officiating, and was witnessed by a number of select friends of the bappy young couple. Doctor and Mrs. Bratton left on the afternoon train for a trip to Northern cities. Judging from the loud whispers of a swarm of Hymen's confidantes, we predict that the fall and winter campaign in Yorkville is not nearly over. It is always safer, however, to wait until such things happen lefore announcing them. BURNED TO DEATH. A little negro girl, three years old, and the laughter of Bill Smith, who lives on the plantation of Captain R. H. Glenn, near Vorkville, was so badly burned last Thursiay that she died on Friday. It is a standng order on Captain Glenn's plantation that lone of the tenants, or laborers, shall leave ffieir children alone in a house where there Is fire. But in this case it seems that the orler was violated. The mother had been roasting potatoes and went out, leaving a lumber still in the ashes. No sooner had she gotten out of hearing than two children, the oldest about six or eight, began raking ifter the potatoes. While engaged in the search, the younger child got some fire in ber clothing. She immediately ran to the bed and communicated the fire to it. The ilder child, of course, not appreciating the langer to the younger, expended its efforts in trying to extinguish the fire in the bed. Before this was accomplished, the other was so badly burned as to be unable to recover. CHURCH NOTICES. EDisconal?Sunday-school at 10.30 a. m. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. H. Waddell, pastor. Prayer-meetiDg this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3.30 a'clock p. in. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. pastor. Prayer-meeting tomorrow afternoon it 4 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 11 i m. and 7 p. m. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. Robert G. Patrick, pastor. Union?Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock i. m. Sunday-school at 10 o'clock a. m. Yorkville?Sunday-school at 10 o'clock a. m. Services Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?ReV. J. C. Galloway, pastor. Yorkville?Services tomorrow evening at 7.30 o'clock, Friday at 3.30 p. m. and 7..30 p. m., Saturday at 11 i. m.,and on Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7 p. in. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered during the morning service on Sunday The pastor expects to be assisted by Rev. J. P. Knox, the newly elected pastor of Hickory Grove and Smyrna. Sundayschool at 3.30 o'clock p. m. SOME COTTON STATISTICS. Here is some data that will be of interest to cotton growers. It is from a record kept by Mr. W. J. Gordon, of Yorkville, who, as all good farmers ought to do, keeps a correct account of the receipts and expenditures of bis farm. The record extends back to 1879, the year Mr. Gordon commenced farming, and among other things shows the date he commenced picking cotton, and the price per pound that he received for each bale. We will use, however, only the average for each year. It was as follows: In 1879,10.20; 1880, 10.35; 1881, 10.83; 1882, 10.30; 1883, 9.47; 1884, 9.24; 1885, 8.71; 1886, 8.32; 1887, 8.83; 1888, 9.17; 1889, 9.80 ; 1890, 8.48. The dates when Mr. Gordon commenced picking each year are as follows: 1879, September 6; 1880, August 21; 1881, August 20; 1882, September 9; 1883, September 1; 1884, September 20; 1885, September 1 ; 1886, September 27; 1887, September 12: 1888, September 25; 1889, September 19; 1890, Septembers; 1891, September 28. From the above figures, it will be seen that 10.83 in 1881 was the highest average price paid during the past, thirteen years, | and 8.32 in 1886 the lowest; and according to the record, cotton picking commenced later this year than for any other year during the above period. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. S. M. MeXeel is visiting relatives in Union. Master George Williams is out again after' a two weeks' illness. Miss Emmie Hnnahan lms returned from a visit to Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. It. G. MeCaw is in Columbia visiting her daughter, Mrs. Joseph K. Alston. Mrs. W. M. Allison and Master Glenn are visiting relatives at Witinsboro. Miss Mamie Evans, of Kock Hill, is in Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. K. E. Montgomery. Mr. C. G. Parish, having finished his railroad work in Atlanta, has returned to York-1 ville. Captain John T. Grist, of the railway mail service, was in Yorkville this week with relatives and friends. Miss Daisy Hart, Miss Maude Metis, and Master Thomas English, are spending this i week in Columbia at ttie Mate nur. I)r. John May, Jr., and wife, left yesterday to attend the State fair, after which they will visit the Augusta exposition. Dr. May will exhibited and introduce at both places May's Silver Bell Freckle and Tan Cure. THE PKICE OF COTTON*. Yorkvillc cotton buyers are paying only 1\ cents for the best cotton to-day, and even that low price is rather better than they are warranted in paying in view of the low price prevailing in New York. On Monday, January futures sold at the opening call at 8.1o; more than a cent a pound less than one month ago. Mr. J. H. Riddle, of the firm of Riddle & Carroll, and of the most experienced cotton men of this section, was asked for his views on the outlook yesterday. In reply, he gave us a letter that his firm had just received from Hanckel ?fc Riordan, very reliable commission merchants of New York. The letter is somewhat encouraging. It sets forth that the cotton growers of the South, who last year took their time in marketing their crops, and at the end of the season still had several hundred thousand bales on hand, have this year reversed the policy and rushed their cotton on the market as fast as it was gathered. In view of the experience of last year, this action has had the effect of encouraging spinners to hold off' in the belief that the crop is in excess of any previous year. Thougli the receipts continue to run away above those of the same weeks of last year, it is the opinion of Messrs. Hanckel & Riordan, that by far the largest portion of the crop has been sold, and there is at the present time less cotton in the hands of producers than at the same date in any previous November. As the result, a startling shrinking in the volume of receipts is close at hand, and Liverpool and the Continent will suddenly wake up and create a lively demand on the part of American spinners. Until there is a vast diminution in the receipts, however, no substantial recovery can be expected. The receipts for the present week are estimated at 305,000 bales, against 277,916 for the corresponding week in 1890. COURT PROCEEDINGS. _On last Wednesday and Thursday, the grand jury disposed of the remaining bills of indictment given out by the solicitor as follows: State vs. Stephen Lowryassault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons. No bill. . >Stnte vs. Henry Franklin apd Nancy Massey; fornication. True bill. This case was continued over until the next term, on mrttinn nf thn fifntp. State vs. John Kelly; larceny of grain from the field. True bill. State vs. James Frnzier; burglary and larceny. True bill. State vs. Monroe Rawlinson; housebreaking and larceny. True bill. State vs Charles McCaw ; carrying concealed pistol. True bill. State vs Amzi Orr and Mack Wilson ; burglary and larceny. True bill. State vs. Squire Thompson, Coss Thompson, Samuel Gill and Morrison Gwin ; gambling. True bill. State vs. Amelia Reeves; assault and battery. True bill. Having disposed of all of the bills of indictment submitted to it, the grand jury, before its discharge, presented the following as its final report: grand jury's report. State of South Carolina?York County. To His Honor T. B. Fraser, presiding judge: We, the grand jury of York county, through our foreman, beg leave to submit the following report: We have disposed of all the bills of indictment given out to us by the solicitor, according to our understanding of the comprehensive instructions of your honor. Among these bills we have found quite a number which, in our judgment, are of such a trivial nature that they should have never been sent up to us by the trial justices before whom the cases were examined. We recommend that hereafter trial justices will be more careful and thorough in preliminary examinations, and endeavor, as far as possible, to refrain from burdening the court with such cases as should he more property uwposeu ox uy iuuu without putting the county to such heavy and unnecessary expense. Our foreman has personally visited the county poor house, and he tinds tnat institution in a condition that is creditable alike to the county and the officers who have its affairs in charge. During the past yearconsidcreble improvements have been made on the buildings and grounds. There are five tenement houses on the farm, and these have recently been overhauled with new roofs, porticos and other improvements that make them as convenient and comfortable as the necessities of the unfortunate inmates seem to require. A contract has recently been let out for a new residence for the superintendent, and when the building is completed, we think that the county will be in a position to provide for its poor in a first-class manner at a very reasonable expense. At the present time, the county has ten paupers in its charge. Of these four are white?all females?and six are colored: two females and four males. All of them but two are able to perform more or less labor, but none ol them are capable of earning a livelihood. Tho superintendent reports the following produce on hand raised this j-ear: Fifteen bales oi cotton, ten raised by the superintendent and five received as rent; about three hundred bushels oi corn, three thousand bundles of fodder, two loads of hay, ten bushels of Irish potatoes, and one hundred bushels of sweet potatoes. The stock on the farm consists of two mules, two cows, and two hogs. An examination of the books and accounts oi the county officers has been made by Mr. Joseph F. Wallace, and his report is respectfully submitted with this paper, with our endorsement. A committee of our number has visited the jail and finds that institution kept as neatly a* is possible under the circumstances. Tho sanitaiy conditions, however, are bad, and in the judgment of tho committee there is no remedy except in tho introduction of a system of watei pipes to facilitate the carrying away of accumulated filth. We recommend that the county commissioners investigate tho cost of such a system of sewerage, and if tho same can b? provided at a reasonable expense, suggest thai tho same be put in at once. We are especially induced to mako this recommendation from the fact that there is in the jail at the present time a case of typhoid fever that probably owe? it origin to bad sanitary conditions. It has been suggested to us that wo recommend that the legislature pass an act providing for the atmointment of supervisors of roads in different parts of the county. Owing to the large numbei of miles of road in the county, and the limited time that the county commissioners can give tc the matter, we think that such an act would he 8 wise one. With the roads in each neighborhood in charge of a supervisor familiar with them and the hands whose duty it is to work them, w( think that they can he kept in better condition than under the present system. The report of Air. A. S. Withers, appointed bj your honor to examine the books of the several trial justices in the county, shows that all of th( said books are in proper form except in the matter of reporting tines and costs collected by them, They neglect to state whether or not such lines and costs have been turned over to the treasurer, and we recommend that hereafter their books be made out so as to cover this information. In conclusion, we thank your honor for the courtesy that we have received at your hands. All of the above is respectfullv submitted. W MEEK FAULKNER, Foreman. rkport ok mb. j. f. wai.i.ack. t South Carolina?York County.?To W, j Aleek Faulkner, Esq., Foreman, et al., grand jurors for said county: As requested by youi honorable body, I would respectfully report thai I have examined the various county offices, tc wit: The Sheriffs, Probate Judge's, Clerk ol Court's, Auditor's, Treasurer's, School Commissioner's and County Commissioners'. In the limited time that I could devote to this examination, it could, at best, be but superficial, I am glad, however, to be able to report that tlu 1 county is to be congratulated upon the efficiency of its present officers. They are all, without exception, attentive, polite and accommodating, and keep their offices in a neat, cleanly and good business-like manner?books all well kept, indexes well kept up, so that every facility is giv| en to the general public for the transaction of it.< j business. | The duties of the-county treasurer, especially during the collection of the taxes, are very arduous. The amount of clerical work in his office during that time requires the whole time of n good business man, and whilst our present faith fill and efficient treasurer manes 110 cuiujuium, but manful!v does the whole work of two good men himself, I do think that office ought to he allowed clerical help during the collection of taxes, to be paid for by the county. The management of the county affairs by the present board of county commissioners, is especially to be commended. Every proper claim is paid on presentation, and the finances are in J such a healthy condition that the board will be able to reduce the levy for ordinary county purposes from two-and-a-half mills to two-and-aquarter mills for the present year. Respectfully submitted, Jos. F. Wai.i.ack. Nov. *?, 1891. The first case taken up 011 Wednesday morning, was that of the State vs. A. and J, Friedheim, of Rock Ilill, for soiling fertilizers without the privilege tax tags. The defendants were represented by Senator Wilson, and the State by Assistant Attorney General Townsend. The defense proved that the privilege tax had been paid, and the only reason that the fertilizers had not been tagged as required by law, was that the authorities, whose duty it was to furnish the necessary tags, did not have any 011 hand, The jury brought in a verdict of not guilty, its also in the ease of Septimus Massey, ; charged with the same offense. I In the ease of the State vs. J. A. SummerI sett, agent of (?., C. and X. railroad, for delivering guano without privilege tax tags, the defemlent was represented by Mr. J. L, I Glenn, of Chester. Mr. Glenn moved to j quash the indictment on the ground that ! sections 595 and 59(5 of the statutes under I which the charge was brought, do not prohibit such delivery. The motion was sustained, and the case dismissed. State vs Monroe Rawlinson ; housebreaking and larceny. Plead guilty. State vs. Hoke, Charles Sims, Will Sims, Dan Foster, Lige Little and FrancisSims; assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Xol pros by the solicitor State vs. John Kelly; larceny from tlu field. Mr. W. J. Cherry appeared for the defendant. Verdict, not guilty. State vs. Jim Frazier ; larceny of live stock. Plead guilty. State vs. Jim Frazier; burglary and larceny. Plead guilty on the second count. State vs. Charles McManus; murder. Convicted of manslaughter. Defendant represented by T. F. McDow, Esq. State vs. Charles Sims; rape. Verdict, guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. Defendant represented by Messrs. J. C. Wilborn and G. W. S. Hart. State vs. Wm. Reeves; assault and battery with intent to ravish. Defendant represented by J. B. Bell, Esq. Verdict, guilty. State vs. Squire Thompson, Coss Thompson, Samuel Gill aud Morrison Gwin; gambling. Plead guilty. Squire Thompson, however, through his attorneys, Messrs. Finley & Brice, withdrew his plea, and the solicitor entered a nol pros. State vs. Richard Witherspoon ; larceny of live stock. Verdict, guilty. State vs. Amos Hopkins; assault and battery with intent to kill. Verdict, guilty. State vs. J. Alonzo Thomas; murder. Defendant represented by Messrs. Finley & "*-* "*T i# * J. 21A.? urice. veraici, noi gumy. m uic uwcs against J. E. Carroll, G. M. Carroll and W. T. McClain, accessories with J. Alonzo Thomas, no bills were given out, and on motion of defendants' attorneys, their bonds were cancelled and defendants discharged. State vs. Moses Spratt, carrying concealed pistol. Verdict not guilty. State vs John Davis; carrying concealed razor. Defendant plead guilty of the offense, but in puliation of the same, claimed that he was a barber and thought he had a right to carry a razor. State vs Amzi Orr aud Mack Wilson, burglary and larceny. Orr plead guilty, and upon entering into a trial of the case Wilson was convicted. State vs Wenzel Shubert, selling liquor without a license. Defendant was represented by T. F. McDow, Esq. Verdict, guilty. In the case of the State vs. John May, Jr., selling whisky without a license, the defendant's counsel, Major J. F. Hart, renewed the motion made before Judge Hudson at the last term of the court to quash the indictment on the ground that the grand jury by which it was presented was illegal. His honor, however, refused to entertain the motiou, stating that inasmuch as there appeared to be a confliction of his ruling with that of Judge Hudson, he would rather that the case be appealed in order that the supreme court might decide. The case was then called, but the appeal was averted by the solicitor who moved a continuance until the next term of court, when the point at issue will have been removed. On Monday afternoon, all the prisoners that had been convicted during the previous week were brought into court to receive their sentences. There was sixteen of them, all I i J J -- - 1 U:.,? ???? form coioreu, aim us nue u iuumuu guug v?? ?. *+* hands as is to be seen even on the best regulated plantations. The oldest was not more than thirty-five years of age, and several of the younger prisoners are considerably under twenty. Most of them, as they were ranged in a semi-circle to the right of his honor's bench, seemed to present an air of stolid indifference to what was coming. Some, however, were visibly apprehensive, and two or three of the youngest appeared to be very much frightened. The first culprit called up was Wenzel Shubert, who, by the way, is white, and not included in the above. He is a German, and 1 for some time past has been running a "blind i tiger" on the Pinckney road, just on the out1 skirts of Yorkville. The place became so i notorious that his neighbors began to complain, and on their complaint the chairman of the board of county commissioners instituted a prosecution. In sentencing Shubert, ' his honor referred to the fact that though the 1 defendant had plead ignorance of our laws, the circumstances of the trial seemed to show that he was pretty well posted. However, as Shubert wanted to leave the county, he 1 would be as light on him as possible. The sentence was fixed at $50, or two months in the county jail. The fine was paid. The names of Coss Thompson, Samuel Gill and Morrison Gwin were next called. They had plead guilty to gambling. His honor sentenced Thompson to pay a fine of one dollar or go to jail for one day; Gill $15, or one month in jail, and Gwin $20, or one month. For carrying a concealed razor, John Da' * * 1 ' li , vis was sentenced to pay a uiie ui ?iu, ui gu ^ to jail for fifteen days. In either case the . razor to be forfeited to the county. His [ honor gave the offender a short lecture on | the crime of carrying concealed weapons, 1 and took occasion to say that the razor was [ the most horrible weapon that a man could - carry. [ Amos Hopkins was next called on. He had been convicted of ussault and battery [ in his absence. He was not present to hear : what was to be done with him, and a sealed sentence was deposited with the clerk. ' J. Wesley Smith, convicted of assault and [ battery of a high and aggravated nature, was given two years at hard labor in the penitentiary. Edward Ervin, who plead guilty of housebreaking and larceny, was sentenced to the penitentiary for one year at hard labor, j Amzi Orr and Mack Wilson had been mixed up together in a burglary and larceny | scrape. Orr plead guilty and got three r months at hard labor. Wilson risked his chances with the jury and got two years. ? James Frazier had plead guilty to larceny ; of live stock and to burglary and larceny. r For the larceny of live stock, he was given ' two years in the penitentiary, and for the I burglary and larceny, oue year?the second ' sentence to commence at the expiration of ( the first. A fine of $5 in each case was also included in the sentences. Monroe Itawlinson also had two charges ' to answer to?concealed weapons and burg . lary and larceny In the first ease lie was i given two months in the penitentiary, and in the second one year?the second sentence > to commence at the expiration of the first. . The weapon, a pistol, is forfeited to the ' county. i Joseph McCaw, for housebreaking and ! larceny, was sent to the penitentiary for oue year. Rufus Jeffreys, same offence and same sentence. Charles McMnnus was tried for murder . and convicted of manslaughter. His honor told McManus that he thought the verdict ; was just and proper. His crime was not mur der, but it was manslaughter, and he would send him to the penitentiary for two years. I McManus nodded assent in a perfectly satis> tied manner, apparently glad that his seni tence was no heavier. Win. Reeves, convicted of assault and bat1 terv with intent to ravish, was next told to , j stand up. This is the negro for whose pro, j tection the governor ordered out the milita,! ry a few weeks ago. His honor gave Reeves ; a short lecture, in which he took occasion to j mention the very stringent measures adopted : by the legislature to put down the class ol ,! crime of which the prisoner stood convicted. ,; He said that there was no possible doubt of ; the prisoner's guilt, and although Reeves ; was not successful in his attempt, the intent was so clear that the prisoner was deserving I of all the punishment that he would get. He | was sentenced to fifteen years at hard labor in ; the penitentiary. I Charles Sims had been convicted of rape. The crime had been committed on a little colI ored girl. His honor told the prisoner that in s the eyes of the law the person of this girl was sacred. Although the prisoner's coun,; sel had done all that could be done for him, ; j the jury had found him guilty. In its mercy, however, it had saved his life. Had it not been for their recommendation, he would have been hanged. As it was, there was but one thing for his honor to do, and that was to sentence him to the penitentiary, at hard labor, for the remainder of his natural life. For larceny of live stock, Richard Witherspoon was sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and go to the penitentiary at hard labor for the term of one year. The last convict to receive sentence was Samuel Anderson, who had plead guilty of an assault with intent to kill. He was sentenced to the penitentiary at hard labor for two years. After the above convicts had been disposed of, the sessions court was adjourned sine die, and the court of common pleas was convened. The juries were organized as follows: Number 1.?W. A. Barron, foreman ; Z. D. Boyd, L. J. B. Bridges, John M. Rawlinson, Leroy H. McGill, L. H. Dye, J. P. Duncan, J. H. Williams, G. R. Turner, R. C. Caveuy, Sylvester Coltharp, J. B. Scott. Number 2.?S. S. Smith, foreman ; Howard Agurs, R. P. Sansing, A. R. Kimbrell, a a irii+phiann Rufnn Gnllins. John Funk, KJ, muwm?WVM| ? ? ? 7 / W. A. Fewell, T. J. Patrick, 0. C. G. McCarter, J. S. Deaton, J. M. Allison. There were quite a number of cases on the docket for trial by jury, but most of them have been continued and the juries will probably get through with their work and be discharged this morning. The court, however, is not likely to adjourn sine die before Friday. LOCAL LACONICS. ? With probably one exception, the merchants of Yorkville have agreed to close their stores and celebrate Thanksgiving day, which comes on Thursday, the 26th instant. ? The Carolina Buggy company, of Yorkville, and the Holler & Anderson Buggy company, of Rock Hill, will both make extensive exhibits of their vehicles at the State fair this week. ? The entertainment of the Willing Workers, given at Dr. Starr's residence last Wednesday, was, as usual, quite successful. The young ladies determined this time that none of their guests should be disappointed, and "had enough for everybody." ? Tax collections are still progressing very slowly. So far, less than $5,000, out of the total assessment of $108,641, have been collected. According to the law, the time during which taxes may be paid, without penalty, expires on December 15. ? Green Baxter, colored, convicted at a recent term of the United States court of selling liquor without a license, was taken before Judge Simonton at Charleston last Friday to hear his sentence, which was that he should spend six months in York county jail and pay a fine of $100. ? In the absence ot the pastor, Rev. R. G. Patrick, services were conducted in the Baptist church at this place last Sunday morning by Mr. J. E. Edwards, a ministerial student from Furman University. Mr. Edwards's sermon is spoken of by all who heard it as having been a most excellent effort. ? The cotton house and corn crib of Mr. I. C. Caveny, who lives seven miles northwest ofYorkville, were destroyed by fire last Wednesday morning between 1 and 2 o'clock. Besides the loss of the buildings, about two bales of seed cotton and 200 bushels of corn in the shuck was destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown. ? Our attention has been called to an error in our report of the court proceedings last week. It was stated that Mr. J. C. Glover was one of the prosecutors in the case of the State against John Stewart and others, charged with riot. Mr. Glover was not one of the constables at the picnic, nor was he a prosecutor in the case. He had only been summoned as a witness, but did not appear on account of sickness. ? Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Davidson, of Yorkville, received a letter yesterday afternoon from their daughter, Miss Ella, who left in September for Hangchow, China, as a missionary. The letter was dated at Kobe Maru, Japan, aud announced Miss David' son's arrival at Yokohama on October 13. 1 The Chipa, the vessel on which the missionaries sailed from San Francisco on September 26, is described as having had a very rough voyage, and passing through one of the most severe storms known on the Asiatic coast for years. All the members of the party, however, were in good health aud good spirits, > and were to have re-embarked for China on October 15. ROCK HILL HAmSM.MJS. Sam Jones and the Circus?A Cool Receptiou?Incendiary Fire?Other Matters. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Rock Hill, November 9.?It was evidenced on last Thursday evening that the circus still attracts. A large number of people, both white and colored,.went to Charlotte to take in Forepaugh. Some claim to have gone to hear Sam Jones, who was lighting the circus, but I dare say that at least 90 per cent, found their way into the big white tent. On Friday morning the down trains were so crowded as to require ten coaches and four conductors. The Rose Osborne company was poorly greet ed hereon Tuesday of last week. When the curtain went up, there was present a very small audience of men only, anu the manager soon becoming disgusted at the smallness of his crowd, gave vent to his feelings in no amicable manner, and announced that there would be no performance. The musical recital by Mrs. Charles Zimmerle and Miss Julia Richardson at the Graded school building last Friday night, was one of the best of the kind ever given here. The large audience enjoyed the entertainment exceedingly, and it is the wish of many that there be a repetition of it in the near future. Mr. Kaylor, who lives on Catawba river, six or eight miles from Rock Hill, had his bam, a considerable amount of roughness and several hogs, completely destroyed by tire ,a few days ago. Mr. Kaylor was absent from home at the time, and his wife hud no small task on her hands in getting the horses and mules out of the stable. She succeeded, however, without a moment to spare. The tiro is believed to have been the work of an incendiary. There was no insurance. The King's Daughters will give an entertainment in Roddey's Hall tomorrow night for the purpose of raising a purse for special charity work. Supper will lie served at attractive tables by gentle hands. Mr. Emory Holler, who went to Spartanburg in the fall to enter Wofford college, has since been sick of typhoid fever. His mother, who has been with him for several weeks, brought him home last Sunday. 1 Mr. J. C. Poag, who lives a few miles from town, is quite ill with pneumonia. Rev. Mr. C'rcit/.berg,presiding elder, preached in the Methodist church Sunday, in the absence of the pastor. Rev. Mr. Harlcy occupied the pulpit of the same church Sunday night. Rev. Mr. McMullen, the new pastor of the Presbyterian church, began his work here by preaching Sunday night. Rev. Dr. Orr, an evangelist of the Associate Reformed church, preached at Neely'sCreek last Sunday. A largo crowd went out from here to hear him. A man by the name of Byers was shot in the shoulder by some unknown person on Depot Htrcct lust Saturday night. It is no uncommon thing for a crowd of roughs, both white and black, to congregate on this street at all hours of the night, especially Saturday nights, and they generally make things lively. Mrs. Izard, Mrs. Dr. Crawford and Miss Lilian Jones, have returned to the city. v.LKTTER FROM SHARON. They Caught the Thief?Installation of a Pastor?Marriage. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Sharon, November 9.?There was quite an exciting foot race at this place last Wednesday. The starting point was the store of Mr. S. S. I'lexico, and the goal was at the point where the fleetest overtook the slowest. About 12 o'clock j m., while Messrs. John L. Miller, Woods llaf! ner and Lee I'lexico were sitting out in front of j the store of Mr. S. S. I'lexico, a negro named I Hob Childers entered. At tirst it appeared as if j the negro wanted to buv something, but he | seemed to change his mind and he began to look I around. Presently Mr. Hafner, who was picking a guitar, saw the fellow slip something into a guano sack. Mr. Hafner said nothing at the ! time, but waited until the negro got out of the I door, and then he told Mr. I'lexico. Mr. I'lexico immediately started after the ne gro, and the negro breaking into a run, the race commenced. It lasted for about a mile, when I the negro was overtaken by the party. They asked the fellow what he had in his sack, lie handed it over, and again started to run as fast as he could. He was overtaken again, however, and brought back. Tlu? sack contained a pair of pantaloons of a SlTdttxTsuit of clothes, before the negro was caught, he received two bullets in his thigh. One passed through, and the other was extracted by Dr. Save. Mr. I'lexico compromised the case with the negro 011 the strength of his wounds. The ordination and installation of Rev. W. S. Hamiter will take place at Woodlawn Presbyterian church, next Friday,at 10..'U? a. m. The services will be conducted by Revs. McAllister, Robinson and Anderson, and KldcrJ. 1). MeConnell, the commission appointed by llethel presbytery. Rev. Dr. T. R. English and Kldcr Win. A. Robinson, alternates, will officiate in the absence of any of the above. Mr. R. 8. Plexico went up to King's Creek . last week, to witness the marriage of his broth- ^ er, Meek Plexico, to Miss Whisonant. He reports a pleasant time. J. LETTER FRoVuNION COUNTY. Interesting Prayer Meeting?Unique Presents for the Orphaus?Other Matters* Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Etta Jane, November 9.?Last night I attended the prayer meeting at Abingdon Creek. A full house was present, and a good meeting was the result. Mr. C. C. Roberts presided over it and different members took part. The music was line and everybody was apparently more than interested. , S?me land in this section was sold at JJnion iasi iuonuay, ana 11 urouga amy uue-iuuu ui what it sold for twelve years ago. Miss Sallie Bigham paid her home a flying visit last Saturday. Miss Sallie Bigham's school girls are piecing a quilt for the Thornwell Orphanage. Each little girl furnishes a "square" and the lareer ones will put them together and quilt it. When com- <1 pletea it will be sent as a present to the orphans. The Salem Sabbath school also proposes to send a quilt to the orphanage as a Thanksgiving present. It will be made of plain, substantial materials of red, white and blue, emblematic of our national colors. The patchwork in the center consists of twenty-five blue squares set in red. Upon each square is a letter in needlework of white. The following diagram will show their arrangment in the quilt, which, if we begin with "S" in the center and by a zigzag course spell the letters to either "M" in the corner, we will get the name of the school presenting it, "Salein," thus: MELEM E LALE L AS AL ' ELALE MELEM Rev. 0.8.*Robinson will preach at Salem next Sabbath, 15th instant. Farmers are getting pretty well through gathering their cotton, hi ot more than half a crop of cotton will be realized this year in this section. . The trial justices of this county held a meeting at Union last Monday, to formulateaplan for the betterment qf the system. Representatives 6. B. Fowler an J J. W. Gregory were present, and we think were favorably impressed with" the plan. It proposes among other things to abolish the salary of trial justices and allow them to collect the fees within their jurisdiction when it is possible to do so. sioma. UUULD* NOTES. Au Inventory of the Crops?Narrow Escape from Fire?Runaway Accident?Personal ^ Notes, Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Gould. November 9.?The corn crop is cribbed and is a good one. The cotton crop, or the bulk of it, is also gathered. It is unusually light -two-thirds of an average crop being a big estimate. The potato crop Is not so good as usual. The sowing of oats has almost been abandoned on account of the land being so hard and dry that it cannot be ploughed, and very little wheat has been sowed for the same reason. The ginhouse of Messrs Bankhead Bros., to- <? getherwith about twenty-five bales of cotton, p * a?: Kw* naa a narrow escape irum urauutuuu uj w > few days ago. When discovered, the flames were issuing from a pile of seed cotton, containing three or four bales. Thanks to the timely discovery with plenty of help and an abundance of water near, the fire was soon extinguished with the loss of only about 400 pounds of seed cotton. The fire is thought to have dropped into a basket in the field and was thus carried to the ^ gin. Wra. Walker Wilson had a runaway accident one day last week that came near being serious. A pair of mules, hitched to a wagon on his father's place, became unmanageable, and alter runing some distance struck the wagon against a tree. Mr. Wilson come out all right, but one of the mules was injured and the wagon somewhat damaged. Rev. G. S. Robinson, pastor of Bullocks' Creek ^ church, is attending a series of meetings at Pleasant Grove churcn in Chester county. Mr. John Russell Roberts, formerly of this neighborhood, but now of Covington, Ga., visited friends around his old home last week. Mr. Banks Fowler, of Jonesville, also paid a short visit to friends in this section last week. Little Reggie Bankhead, whose protracted illness has been previously mentioned in this correspondence, seems to be improving. h. blacksburg'budget. The Short Cotton Crop?In the Interest of Prohibition?New Parsonage?For Health and School Advantages. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Blacksburg, November 10.?The record of dry weather has been broken at last, and this morning we are having a gentle rain, which will be welcomed by all. From what information I can get from our farmers, the yield of cotton in this section is very poor this year, and not so large as was expected o mnntv r\r an atm Tho moat, of it has been t? mvuvu vi ov ugv* ?? ? - Eicked, and will soon be ready for the market, ut the owners are determined to hold it for a better price, just as lone as they can. The question of prohibition is still being agitated in our town. A mass meeting in its Interest was held at the Baptist church on Wednesday night, at which, although there was not a very large attendance, yet an aggressive and determined spirit was manifested, and no means will be left untried to rid our town and country of the monster evil intemperance. Petitions to the next legislature, to prohibit the manufacture and sale of liquor in tne town and State are being circulated for signatures, but I do not know that they are receiving as many 1 as their importance deserves. The Presbyterians of our town are taking steps to build or purchase a house for a parsonage, an addition to their church which they will, 110 doubt, need in the near future. Joe Hayden, a native of Rutherford county, X. C., but for a number of years a triveling salesman for a large stove and range manufactory, has at last selected our town for his home, and ^ moved his family into the Lipscomb residence on Chester and rine streets, last week. He was induced to locate here, not only on account of the fine location of our town as to health, but especially tor the advantages offered his children for an education by our graded school, w. a. LETTER FRoVcHESTER. The Edgmoor Incendiary Caught?Robbery? A Handsome Flag for the Lee Light Infantry. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Chester, November 9.?Jim Wherry and his son Henry, colored, were brought to town by Constable H. J. Culp last Tuesday and lodged in jail on the charge of burning the dwelling of Mr. J. Weldon Dye, who lives near .Edgmoor. At the trial justice's court the evidence was very strong against the prisoners. John Roberts, the principal witness was also jailed. The store of Win. Wilkes, colored, on Depot street, was robbed of about ?I5 worth or groceries last week. The thief escaped. Mr. A. L. Walsh died at his home on Saluda street, on the morning of the 3rd instant. Mr. Walsn had been a cotton buyer in Chester for for several years. His death was the end of several months' of painful illness. Mrs. H. Cohen and family left last Tuesday for Savannah, where they will make their home in the future. Miss Augusta Fox, of Linville, N. C., is paying hiSr sister, Mrs. E. J. Sigmon, a visit at the Fairview hotel. The ladies have bought a very handsome silk flag which they are going to present to the Lee Light Infantry. On one side is the flag of the Union, and on the other the emblem of tne State and name of the company. A change of schedule of passenger trains was made today on the G. C. and N. railroad. The southbound train passes here at 8.20 a. m. Trains going north pass at 1.02 p. m. McCONNELLSVILLE NOTES. Pork and 'Taters?Incendiary and Accidental Fires?Other Matters. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. McConnellsville, November 9.?The time for pork and 'taters is at hand, and if the weath- ?' er only gets cold enough, we can forget for a while the short cotton crop, in the joys of hog killing time. The thanksgiving turkeys are being fattened, and the small boys are anticipating the usual rabbit limit. Mr. W. Melt. Bailey, who lives about five miles from here, sustained a serious loss yesterday morning, losing his barn, cribs and their contents by tire. The tire was incendiary, but the criminal has not been caught yet. It was a diabolical act, as Mr. Bailey's dwelling would undoubtedly have been destroyed but for the timely arrival of his neighbors. Our town came very near having a tire last week. The storeroom attached to Mrs. Agnes Moore's house caught fire from the stove flue, but happily the fire was discovered before any serious damage was done. Mr. J. C. Hudson's little daughter was very seriously burned last Thursday while playing about where her mother was washing. The hands on the roads in this vicinity were called out today to cut out a public road to t>egin at Mr..las. Hurshaw's place, but owing to some misunderstanding regarding the order from the county!commissioners, no work was done. Miss Mary Sitgreavcs, of Rock Hill, is visiting Mrs. J. B. Bratton. Mr. J. R. Ashe and wife, of Camden, spent last week at Mr. S. J. Ashe's. mcribblkh. The Whereabouts ok Mr. Thackston.? The statement telegraphed The News from Columbia several days ago as to the absence of W. J. Thackston from Superintendent of Education Mavfield's office, created some tnlL- burn U'linrn \fr Thiir>L-ctr?M'a Jo It was said that Mr. Thaekston was in Chattanooga, but it was not known what he was doing. It was also said that Mr. Mayfield was ignorant of Mr. Thackston's purposes, as he had not resigned and had said nothing of what he proposed to do. Mr. Thaekston is in Chattanooga and is working in the interest of the Garrett Hy| drnulic Motor company, of Union, in which j he owns some stock. He will look after the interests of the company in Tennessee and J Virginia. He has been with the company I two months, and Superintendent Mayfield, it is stated on the best authority to a News reporter, has been aware of what he was j doing, as he is also interested in the eom; pany.?Greenville News, Sunday. i ? Thomas J. Reynolds, colored, ex-senator \ j from Beaufort county, was convicted in the ' United States district court at Charleston last week of defrauding pensioners, by charging illegal fees and witholding a portion of the moneys that he received. rj