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Itoajris and ! ? The world's present visible supply of \ cotton is 4,708,068; of which 4,283,463 is , American, against 3,548,108, and 3,016,803 j respectively last year. The receipts from all ] interior towns during the past ^eek amount ] to 70,577 and the receipts from the planta tions to 160,242. The crop insight is 6,867-, , 355 bales. ] ? Congressman Herbert, of Alabama, on j last Thursday introduced a bill in congress | to amend section 1312 of the revised statutes which prevents the appointment as army officers of all who aided the late Con- * federate States. The prompt passage of the 1 bill, Herbert said, would put the government in position to call into its service veterans of < the late war, Southern as well as Northern, and enable the government to rely upon the , help of all its citizens in case of war. ( ? The death of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, eldest son of the Prince of Wales f and heir presumptive to the crown of Eng- i land, throws the succession on Prince George of Wales, his younger brother. The dead prince was engaged to be married to the Princess Victoria Mary, of Teck, and the i marriage was to have taken place within a j few weeks. It is now being talked that j . JPrince iieorge, tne present neir presumptive, i will marry the lady who was to have been his brother's wife. This story,' however, has not been corroborated. ? The miners and convicts at Coal Creek, Tenn., have been the source of considerable interest throughout the country during the past ten days or two weeks. The convicts have been sent back to the mines under a guard of State militia, and a large number i of miners, gathered in the vicinity, threaten violence. Though as yet no serious trouble , has occurred, it is represented that the miners and the militia are continually jeering each other, and an outbreak seems probable at any time. J ? Indianapolis, Ind., is in a high state o: ( excitement over a big strike that is now in progress in that city among the street car drivers. The street car companies are nos; inclined to accede to the demands of th-j ; strikers and the latter have become riotous. j They express a determination not to allow a , wheel to turn with the help of outsiders, and . already there have been several conflicts ' with the police, who have undertaken to protect the companies in their efforts to rua their cars. The sympathy of the citizer.s , appears to be with the strikers. ? We heard a good thing recently, says the Raleigh, N. C., News and Observer, 1 which is worthy of the attention of cotton- i growers. A gentleman who owns an exten- ( sive plantation in Wayne, a year ago parceled ( out his fields as usual, and told his old fora ' wam \nA Knan VllQ TlDfrrA UUUJ) WJJV LTCiVUO IUC niu UUU uta uv{,> a foreman on the same place, what to plart. I "Here," he said, "you will plant your com, here your oats," etc., etc. When he got through the foreman said: "Why, massa, ' you ain't left no land for your cotton. Where ' you gwine to plant dat ?" "Oh," the old 1 planter replied, "I am going to buy my cot- \ ton?I am going to sell these crops and buy ( my cotton." Sure enough, the other day ie , had a lot of neighbors at his house, and sho ved them 100 bales of cotton stored away. 1 He said to them: "Here is my cotton crop. * You raised it, I bought it at 6 cents a pound. < Now I'm going to hold it." i ? Southern farmers have been diversifying t their crops in recent years to an extent not y generally known and appreciated. They , have been lectured recently for growing cotton exclusively, whereas, as a matter of feet, according to the New York Stockholder, their cereal crop in 1891 exceeded their cotton crop in value by nearly as much as $43,- ( 000,000, In the Southern States, exclusive ? of Delaware, Maryland and Missouri, :he i crop of cereals in 1891 was worth $403,2J.'3,- ? 520, as against cotton produced to the value t of $360,321,240. Both crops show an increase over 1890, but the increase of cereals was $78,078,120, or nearly four times the incn ase 5 of cotton. Under the discouragement caused 1 by the low price of cotton this year, the Jul- 1 ture of this staple may be expected to lose ] much of its present prominence. ^ ? Allan H. Burrows, of Lamar cou ity, j Ala., a few days ago filed a suit in the circuit court of that county against the Southern Express company for $2,000 damages and the recovery of one Winchester rifle and 1 two Colt 44-calibre revolvers. The plaintiff < is the father of the notorious train ro cber and outlaw, Reuben Burrows, who was It died at Linden, Ala., on October 8, 1890, while trying to escape from his captors. When he was killed the express company took possession of his gun and pistols and sent them to General Superintendent O'Brien, in New York. Soon after, museum managers and relic hunters offered his father large sums of money for Rube's pistols and other effects. The old man demanded the return of the gun and pistols, but his demand was ref ised, and he has now brought suit for their r ecovery and for $2,000 damages, alleging that he could have sold the weapons for that amount. ? The Atlanta Constitution tells a remarkable story of how a crowd of men were imprisoned in an Atlanta bar room with the doors open. The Fitten building fronts on Broad and Marietta streets, and both fronts are iron. Some electric light wires run around the corner. On last Friday afternoon one of them became detached and fell against the building. The iron front immediately became heavily charged with electricity and began to emit showers of brilliant . sparks. A number of men inside saw the ' phenomenon, and becoming alarmed tr ied to { run out of the building. On reaching the i door they received a terrible shock and were . forced to go back. Consternation took pos- j session of the group and all were in momen- 1 tary expectation of something dreadful happening. The situation was at length relieved by the interference of an electric line- 1 man. Encased from head to foot in rubber < and absolutelately impervious to th-3 elec- 1 tricity, he climbed one of the poles and cut j the dangerous wire in two. The imprisoned men in the bar room were then ena bled to go out without danger. ? Governor-elect Frank Brown was inau- 1 gurated at Annapolis last Wednesday. The ' ceremony was accompanied by less ostenta- < tion and display than any similar event in i the history of the State, and thereupon < hangs a tale. Up to a few days before the inauguration the mo3t elaborate arrangements were in progress, and Mrs. Brown, the 1 governor's wife, desiring to outshine everybody else, had sent all her diamonds, a mag- 1 nificent collection, to her jeweler, to have ^ them re-set and re-arranged. She intended wearing them at the reception following the * inauguration. The jeweller conceived the ' idea of setting the jewels in a band and 1 forming a crown. Mrs. Brown at first ob- 1 jected, but was finally persuaded. When t the work was completed, and before it was j submitted to Mrs. Brown, the jeweler thinking to get a big advertisement, sent for the newspaper reporters and showed them the queenly jewels, stating that they were to be I worn by Mrs. Brown on the day her husband s was to be inaugurated. The next day full 5 and lavish descriptions of Mrs. Brown's j crown appeared in the newspapers. To say that the governor-elect was paralyzed would not do justice to his condition. He had * posed as a plain farmer, and here he was ' made to appear as a king. Such .a thing ( would ruin him with his constituents, and in i order to escape the consequences, he imine- t diately issued orders that there should be ^ no other ceremony eounected with the inauguration than that provided by law. The ceremony passed off on Wednesday never so * quietly, and the above is the reason therefor. 1 ? A horrible freak of a madman was cap- ' tured in New York last Sunday morning. 1 On December 29 the case of a man having ( his throat slashed with a razor while walk- ? ing on the street was reported to Inspector J Byrnes. Investigation showed that the wounded man was drunk, but he could not ( tell who had slashed him or give any reason 1 why he had been slashed. The ease did not excite a great deal of attention at the time, t but a few days later another was reported ( and later still another. All of the victims were drunk men and the police finally set- , tied on the theory that the bloody work was being done by some madman of the Jack the f Kipper stripe. Arrived at this conclusion 1 Inspector Byrnes was at once put 011 his ] metal. He detailed twenty of the best de tectives on the force, as well as twenty po- j licemen in citizen's clothes, to patrol the locality in which the slashing was occurring. On Sunday morning at 2 o'clock c ue of these 1 policemen was standing against a lamp post, and a strange man approached hi n from the j opposite side of the street. The stranger < stopped and peered into the policeman's face, evidently to see whether he was drunk or sober. The man had a handkerchief tied 1 around his head and it partially concealed 1 his features. He walked away from the po-1 < liceman. The policeman followed, and the man walked up one street and down another. Finally a drunk man was seen approaching, end the stranger started after him, the pol-ceman following. The drunk man and the .^ranger exchanged a few words and started [ ff together. Presently ,by the light of a lamp, the policeman saw the stranger raise Lis arm and strike, and the drunk man fell. The stranger darted away with the policeman in hot pursuit. The latter was joined l?y others and the fellow was run down. He it first showed fight but caved in on receiving a smart tap on the head from a policenan's club. He had in his hand a bloody azor, and his shirt was stained with the dry blood of other victims. His name was learned to be Henry G. Dowd, and ho was promptly locked up. Altogether he has 3lashed the throats of six men, and one of his victims is dead. $ftc ?0rferiUe YORKVILLE, S. C.l WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20,1892. ? The opponents of the present administration are talking of holding a "March convention" and nominating ex-Governor Hagood to run against Tillman for governor. ? Congressman Hemphill on l?.st Friday presented congress with a memorial from the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synod of the South, praying the national government to use all of its powers to prevent the violation of the Sabbath day by railroad corporations and individuals, by running trains, by carrying the mail, by conveying persons and by transporting merchandise from one place to another. ? There was a rumor in circulation in Washington last Monday that the United | States Steamship Yorktown, now in the | harbor of Valparaiso, had been fired into j by the Chilians. Secretary Tracy was asked about the truth of the rumor, and said that there was nothing in it. It is believed to be only a sensational story gotten up for the purpose of adding up to the already very a;oneral war excitement. ? In casting about for a gubernatorial canlidate to defeat Governor Tillman next summer, various papers and correspondents throughout the State have suggested the following: Judge Wm. H. Wallace, J. C. 3oit, Jos. H. Earle, W. R. Davie, Johnson Sagood, James L. Orr, L. D. Childs, and perhaps some others. It is possible that some one of the above might give the govsrnor a pretty tight race in a primary, but ve are rather inclined to the opinion that here is no getting rid of the present incum>ent until he has served the usual second erm. ? It is being charged President Harrison's varlike attitude against Chili is being inspirid altogether from personal reasons. He is mid to believe that if the country is plunged nto a war the attention of the people will be ^ -* i. U to mucn engrossea mat it win nui* uv uu^ rouble for him to slip into the presidency igain. Blaine's position is also charged to telpish motives. The largest in Chili are he nitrate exports. These are controlled >y a manp times millionaire Englishman cnown as Colonel North, and in the case of var and the inevitable success of the United states all of the nitrate properties of Chili vill be confisticated. North through W. B. 31 race & Co., of New York, also largely interested in Chili, is bringing all of his influmce to bear on Blaine to stave offhostilities. ? The resolution recently introduced by Congressman Tom Watson, of Georgia, lookng to an investigation of the legal status )f the Pinkerton detective agency is a move n the right direction. The Pinkerton agency, ,vith headquarters in Chicago, consists of the argest armed force in America, the Uuitjd States army not excepted. All told, the force is said to number more than 35,000 men. These are a set of hirelings, for the most part paid to meddle with other people's business, and may be employed as easily to lefeat as to uphold the law. In fact there ire numbers of instances on record where members of the force have shot down inoffensive people in cold blood, and nobody has 3ver had to answer for the crime. Such an igency is undoubtedly a serious menace to jivil institutions. THE CHILIAN EMBR0QL10. The Chilian embroglio is not settled yet. [n fact it seems further from settlement than 3ver, and the war talk around Washington is growing so loud as to be really ominous. After making all due allowance for the newspaper love for sensation, we are inclined to believe that if there is not a war before long, it will not be the fault of this government. President Harrison and all of his csabinet, except Mr. Blaine, are said to be decidedly in for war, and it seems to be the general opinion that if they so declare, congress will also be in for it. The statement that Chili had withdrawn tier insulting note was a mistake. She has not only not withdrawn the note, but has lontinued to dilly-dally and kill time until the authorities at Washington have come to the conclusion that she is trifling with them ind does not propose to make any apolo;ies. The story in Washington on Monday was that President Harrison intended to lay the vhole Chilian correspondence before congress on today (Wednesday). It is represented that this correspondence is of such a lature that this government cannot refrain rom declaring war and keep its self-respect. iVhat the real condition of affairs is it is mpossible to say, but the situation looks decidedly squally. It may be that the whole thing is a Republican bluster gotten up for campaign conmmntirm hut in view of the existing circum stances it is not altogether safe to dismiss ;he matter with this conclusion. A Washington dispatch of Saturday says hat advices from Chili are to the effect that she people of that country fully desire and expect war. There is or.e story which has t that the Chilians have already dispatched i small fleet down to the straits of Magellan or the purpose of blocking them up and -hus preventing the American war vessels rom getting from the Atlantic into the Pacific. Though it is not denied that the /essels have been sent as represented, not nuch credence is given to the report of their )bject. While the straits of Magellan present the most direct passage from the Atlan-' ic to the Pacific, it is only a matter of two )r three days more sailing to go around by vay of Cape Horn. There is another story to the effect that his government has chartered a large steamer at San Francisco to be used in carrying coal to the scene of the prospective trouble. I This story is denied by Admiral Brown. He says there is no need to carry coal so far. [f necessary it can be gotten at Accapulco, Mexico, or from some of the Peruvian ports. | The admiral's logic, however, has little bearing on the case. The coal can be gotten at the points named in time of peace, but in time of war it may be different. A story comes from Washington to the effect that on last Saturday Secretary Tracy ?enl out dispatches to all the navy yards, oriering that work on all vessels in course of construction be rushed with the utmost dispatch. The same story says that he also or-1 lered large quantities of ammunition to be J expressed across the continent to San Francisco. He then ordered the gun factory in the Washington navy yard to be closed to all visitors except on a permit from the department. This last order was presumably made to prevent Chilian emissaries in this country from gaiuing any information in regard to the preparations being made by our government. What definite turn matters will take cannot be told until the president sends in his special message to congress. This may put a more peaceful look on the whole situation, and again, congress may declare war within twenty-four hours after the message is received. ? Judge Pennypacker, of Philadelphia, does not think like the supreme court of South Carolina on the question of social clubs selling liquors to its members. Patrick Tierney a steward of the Ellsworth club of Philadelphia, was tried and convicted a few months ago on the charge of selling liquor without license, his offense being the dispenseing of the "good old stuff" to the members of the club. Tierney tried to get a new trial and the case came up before Judge Pennypacker about the first of the month. The plea was made that the transaction was not a sale but the court instructed thfi iurv that if thev believed Tierney J' ?/ V sold liquor to the members of the club they should find him guilty and they accordingly did so. ? As the result of the big muss that has grown out of the dissatisfaction at Speaker Crisp in the appointment of his house committees, a very sensible suggestion that may eventually have n healthy effect, has been made. Congressman Oates, of Alabama, says this system of leaving the appointment of all of the committees in the hands of one man i9 all wrong. The practice has been followed ever since the organization of the government, but it should be changed. It savors too much of one man power and is undemocratic. The only proper way to dispose of the matter, he says, is to leave it to the whole house. In this way the committees can bo appointed much more expeditiously and satisfactorily. The congressman is right, but it is probable that it will be a great many years before he sees his suggestion carried out. ? Congressman Hemphill has our thanks for some valuable public documents recently issued from the various departments of the national government. Among them is au "Album of Agricultural Graphics." By the help of a series of maps, this album shows the yield and value per acre of the various crops grown in the respective States. The values are based on an average for the ten years from 1880 to 1890, and a study of the different maps cannot fail to prove quite profitable. In South Carolina we find that the cotton yield averages only about 157 pounds. Corn averages 9 bushels, wheat 5J bushels, oates 10 bushels, barley 14 bushels and Irish potatoes 55 bushels. Considering the cost of cultivation and the fact that our State has given practically no attention to these last named crops, it seems that one cannot fail to be impressed with the idea that there is less profit in cotton than in any of the others. MERE-MENTION. The Mississippi river is frozen across at St. Louis, and it is not thought that it will be open for boats again for about thirty days. The New York Herald wants the Democratic party to run Henry Watterson for president. Cotton exports from the United States during last December, aggregated 883,610 bales, valued at $43,824,626, against 985,376 bales, valued at $43,276,210, in December, 1890. Mr. Wanamaker says that 7,900,000,000 pieces of mail matter are distributed by the postal cars every year. Over 8,000 pieces of mail matter are deposited every minute. A poll of I the New Jersey legislature by the New York | World, shows thirty-one Democrats for CleveI land, nine for Hill, seven Republicans for Harrison, nine for Blaine. A Rochester, New York, dispatch says the big eight story seed warehouse belonging to Hiram Sibley was destroyed by fire on Tuesday, of last week, January 12th. Fifty-five out of fifty-eight delegates elected to the Pennsylvania State convention from Philadelphia on Tuesday of last week were in(structed for Blaine. The Garza war on the frontier between Texas and Mexico is now thought to be about over. Garza's forces are reported to be scattered and hiding in the chapperal. W. H. Chaffee & Co., cotton factors of New Orleans, failed last Wednesday. Assets $700,000; liabilities $320,000. The business failures throughout the country last week, as reported by R. G. Dun & Co., number for the United States ! 287, Canada, 43, total 330, against 435 during the previous week. The Savannah river is reported high over its banks again, and fears are entertained of an overflow at Augusta. The merchants of Rome, Ga., have their goods all piled up in the second stories of their stores in anticipation of a flood from the Coosa river. A regular I cotton blockade exists in New Orleans. All the warehouses and cotton compresses are so full that there is no room to store any more. A. Horseberg, the leading merchant of Alabama, and whose place of business is Birmingham, failed last Thursday. Liabilities $150,000 ; assets $125,000. The Southern Express messengers on nearly all of the leading lines are on a strike The banking house of J. J. Nicholson & Sons, Baltimore, closed its doors last Thursday. The works of the Waterbury Brass company, at Waterbury, Conn., were destroyed by fire last Thursday. Loss $260,000. insurance $125,000. The colored men of the United States are preparing a petition to congress against the appropriation of a loan of $5,000,000 to the World's Fair. Warrants have been sworn out by a United States commissioner in Texas against certain rich Texas ranchmen for selling beef and other supplies to Catarino Garza, the Mexican fillibusterer. Prince Abbas, oldest son of Tewfik Pasha, late khedive of Egypt, was regularlarly installed as his father's successor last Friday. A locomotive engine blew up near Birmingham, Ala., last Sunday and killed the engineer and fireman. A walnut tree six and a half feet in diameter and eighty feet to the first branch will be the unique exhibit of a Missouri town at the World's Fair. The thermometer registered thirty degrees below zero at St. Paul, Minn., last Suuday. ExPresident Cleveland passed through Atlanta, Ga., last Sunday for Louisiana, where he will he the guest of Joseph Jefferson in a deer hunt- Two insurance companies I of Louisville, ivy., re-insurcu xneir risits in other big companies last week and went out of business. Congressman W. P. C. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, has been chosen to deliver the oration at the dedication of the World's Fair next October. Chester Postoffice.?A Washington dispatch of last Saturday to The News and Courier says: Representative Hemphill called at the postolfice department today to ascertain what action is to be taken in regard to the Chester postoffice. Mrs. Caroline Youngblood, the present postmistress, was appointed by ex-President Cleveland, and her commission expired more than a year ago. As Chester is Mr. Hemphill's home there was a disposition to hear what he had to say on the subject of a change. At his instance the case has been delayed for a year past, but 1 cntly a movement was started in behalf of the appointment of Charles McGucken, an ex-Union soldier from Ohio, who is now a resident of Chester. A Mr. Baum is also an applicant, and the case may be disposed of at an early day. Mr. Hemphill did not see the postmaster general today, as the latter had gone over to Philadelplii to rpend Sunday. Mr. Hemphill will call ngain ou Monday to urge the reappointMeut of Mrs. Youngblood. ? The insurance companies have, been trying to bluff Mr. Converse, the principle owner of converse college. They said that his building was insured for more than it was worth, and proposed, instead of paying the insurance to rebuild the college. Mr. Converse told them to go ahead and get at it right away. Being afraid that Mr. Converse was rather too willing, it is now said that the companies have backed down from their proposition and their is nothing left for them to do but to fork over the entire amount. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Dowry & Starr?Have You One ??Special Notice. Beard it Innian?We Thank You for Your Patronage. M. it H. C. Strauss?We are Agents. T. M. Dobson, Manager?The Cheapest Dry Goods Hustler in Yorkvillo. T. W. Clawson it Son?A Big Fall in Prices of Gold Watches. Ferguson Bros.?Wo Keep it ('lean. May it May, Druggists?The "Grip!" W.C. Latimer?Wo Meet Anybody's Prices, Under Any and All Circumstances. Kennedy Bros, it Barron?Trump is tho Name. DOWN WITH THE GRIP. Sheriff Crawford and family are down with grip. Mrs. Crawford has been sick for about ten days, and the sheriff has been unable to leave his bed since Monday. The affairs of the office are in charge of Deputy Love. PRISONERS IN JAIL. The county jail is rapidly filling up with prisoners for trial at the spring term of court. On last Monday the sheriff's register showed up even forty names, including a number of United States prisoners. All of the prisoners are colored, and their alleged crimes range from petit larceny to murder. TOWN ELECTION. The time ior noiaing me annual election for intendant and wardens for the town of Yorkville is approaching. The election was held on Monday, January 26, last year. Intendant Withers was asked about the matter on yesterday. He said it had been the intention of the council to advertise a call for an election this week. Mr. J. E. Jefferys, the town treasurer, however, is sick, and has not yet been able to complete his annual report. The report will be completed in a few days, and an ordinance calling for an election will be published next Wednesday. The election will be ordered to be held on Tuesday, February 2. DEATH OF W. S. ADAMS. Mr. W. S. Adams, trial justice of Bethesda township, died suddenly last Saturday. We have been unable to gather full particulars of his death, and under the circumstances are dependent upon rumors. The story is that one day last week he was stricken down with an attack of grip. On Saturday he thought he was convalescent, and undertook a trip to Rock Hill. He got there all right, but on the road back was seized with a sudden chill. He got out and went to the house of one of the neighbors along the road to get warm. After sitting by the fire for a time he got into his buggy again and made U. nntVlin anoiner siuru ne uieu suuu unci, nivum about a mile of his home. Some of his friends think his death was due to heart disease. He was buried at Bethesda on Monday. _ about people. Colonel R. M. Wallace, of Sumter, is in Yorkville on business. Mr. C. G. Parish went to Atlanta, Ga., a day or two ago on business. Mr. Joseph Herndon, who has been quite ill for some time, is thought to be improving. We received a pleasant call last Friday from our young friend, Mr. John M. Garrison, of Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. Alexander Long, nee Miss Minnie Wilson, of Spartanburg, is in Yorkville, visiting her father's family. Mrs. M. Strauss, who has been spending a portion of the winter in Nev^ York and Charleston, has returned home. Mr. F. A. Gilbert, cashier, and Mr. G. H. Berry, teller, both of the Exchange bank, are down with the grip. Mr. John H. Keller has charge of telegraph office at Heardmont, Ga., a- town on the Georgia, Carolina and Northern railroad. church'notices. Episcopal?Sunday-school at 10.30 a. m. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. E. Stackhouse, -pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock p. m. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, pastor. Tirzah?Services next Sunday at 11.30 o'clock a. m. Yorkville? Sunday-school at 3.30 o'clock p. m. Services Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. Robert G. Patrick, pastor. Yorkville?Prayer-meeting tomorrow even? - - - - A CI .1 ing at 7 o'clock, services next ounuuy j at 11 o'clock a. m. and 7 oclook p. m. Sunday-school at 10 o'clock a. m. Union? Sunday-school at 2 o'clock p. m. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. Engligh, D. D., pastor. Prayer-meeting tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Services next Saturday evening at 7 o'clock, and on Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m., with the sacrament of the Lord's Supper during the morning service. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock p. m. LOCAL LACONICS. ? The postoffice at Bagdad, in this county, has been discontinued, and mail for that, point will hereafter go to Sharon. ? Tax collections last week amounted to only $304.38. Forty receipts were issued by the treasurer during the week. The total collections up to date amount to $37,062.12. ? On account of the illness of Captain Glenn, there was no meeting of the county board of pension examiners last Monday. There were only three new applicants for pensions. Action on their claims was postponed. ? Hart & Hart filed a motion in the United States court at Charleston last Thursday asking that a receiver he appointed for the firm of H. Massey & Co. Judge Siinonton issued a rule requiring Massey & Co. to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed. ? There is to be marriage in Yorkville today. The groom is Mr. II. F. Robertson, of Broad Run, Fanquier county, Va., and * ' TTi ! a DAmfenn tne uriuc win ue iuiss x'uumu iwutnovui daughter of Mrs. C. J. Robertson, of Yorkville. The ceremony will take place in the Episcopal church at 1.80 p. m. and the bride and groom will leave on the Three C's train for the home of the groom in Virginia. Mr. H. F. Robertson, accompanied by his brother, Mr. 1'. W. Robertson, of Washington, I). C., arrived in Yorkville yesterday and are now at the Parish Hotel. THE BUSINESS SITUATION. The business situation continues to be the most fruitful topic of conversation. Everybody is thinking of the existing depression, and everybody seems to have agreed upon about the only solution there is to the situation?to accept it philosophically and to do the best they can. Under the circumstances that is poor consolation, but it is clear that they cannot do any better. A representative of Thk Enquiiiku had a talk with a Yorkville merchant a few days ago, and what the merchant said will be read with some little interest: "I have been in business," he said, "ever since the war, and I have never seen a year that was anything to compare with the pres.... 'IM.So iir.nt.iu Iri'imr nil flu. lnorollllllt l UIIl. A HID JUU iO ilj 111^ WII VHV . tlie farmer ami everybody. If it was only in our own county, it would not be so bad, but it is all over the South. Why some of the drummers tell me that our people are 'in clover' as compared to some parts of (icorgia. They say that in some parts of that State, in the vicinity of Athens, for instance, the people are almost su tiering a famine. Numbers of families, who a year ago bad an abundance, and were able to live even in luxury, are now sullering from actual want. "We have a good many people in this county who are almost destitute, but still most of them have enough to eat, and I do not think there is any danger of actual star- j vation. In fact, I know there is not. "Hut the trouble is, our people have no money, or that is, very little, and can't pay ! their debts. The situation in this respec t is I very peculiar. I never saw anything like it before, and I hope I never shall again. Right now, I believe that if the northern merchants were to come down with their thumbscrews, fully sixty per cent, of the business men in the upper portion of the State would be forced to the wall, and their assets^ would scarcely net fifty cents on the dollar of their liabilities. "The northern merchants realize this fact, and though they are watching up the situation for all it is worth, they do not seem to be inclined to" smash things. They know that if they are to get anything out. of the southern merchants, the latter must have time. "From the merchant's standpoint just now, the biggest source of danger is from the small bills?debts of $25, $50, $100, etc. These are giving more trouble than the big big bills of from $500 to $1,000. Here is the way it comes. Few of the dry goods men are collecting r.ny money at all now, and to most of them J525 is a big item. The man who has a $25 bill agaist a big dry goods house, that ordinarily does a business of from forty to f.fity thousand dollars a year, don't think that such a small matter amounts to a drop in the bucket, and he wants his money every time. It is these small bills together with the large ones that are keeping the merchant 3 on their p's and q's, and making them 1 osc sleep at night. It is a regular tread mill, too, if you did nol know it." DEATH (IF Mil. J. A.-CARROLL. Mr. J. Alfred Carroll, formerly a citizen of Yorkville, and* well known throughout the county, died his home near Sharon, last Friday night, of pneumonia. He had an attack of grip on the preceeding Friday, and exposing himself during his convalescence, pneumonia followed. Mr. Carroll wus born in Bullock's Creek township, this county, on March 22, 1830. He came to Vorkville in 1852 to sell goods for Thomas S. Pagan, dealer in general merchandise. He worked for Mr. Pagan two years, and in 1855 went into business with R. F. and J as. L. Clark, under the firm name of Carroll, Clark & Co. The firm dealt in general merchandise and cotton and did a business extending all over the northern part of York county as well as into several of the southern counties of Nprth Carolina. Mr. Carroll continued a member of the firm of Ca:*roll, Clark & Co., until 1875, when he withdrew. He continued the cotton business alone, and also extensively engaged in farming. As the result of an unfortunate deal in cotton, he lost all of his property as well as all of his money. He was a man of uncompromising business integrity, however, and paid every dollar of the debts incident to h:\s failure. No one but himself lost a cent. After straightening up his affairs, he devoted himself exclusively to farming. In the summer of 1888 he was a candidate for the office cf sheriff, but failing to be elected again returned to private life. In the death of Mr. Carroll, York county loses a thoroughly honorable and upright citizen, and in their bereavement his family has the sympathy of a host of friends. The funeral services were conducted in the Presbyterian church on Saturday by Rev. Dr. Englisn, and the burial was under the auspices of the Yorkville lodge of A. F. M., of which Mr. Carroll was a member. Mr. Carroll was also a member of the Knights of Honor. tw iAvrnniTTtn nimjivrr DLAtlYdDimU OUUUDl. High Wai;er and Freezes?Scarcity of Money? Cu tting Down Expenses on the Three C'8?Some Comments on the Situation. Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer. Blackbburg January 19.?The rain is taking precedence of everything; else. We have had almost a week of it and now all the streams near town, Ruflalo and King's creeks, and Broad river, are overflowing their banks. We have also had several freezes, and two or three light fall of snow ; but the rain surpasses all the other elements in its persistence and staying qualities. The scarcity of money, and general financial depression in this State is affecting the railroads as well as the people. Superintendent Tripp, of the Three C's told me yesterday, that on account of the unusually light patronage the road was getting now, both in freight and passenger traffic, he was compelled to cut down expenses, and from yesterday for an indefinite time, the regular passenger train north from this place to Marion, N. C., wonld be abandoned, and a mixed truin run in its stead. Also that the freight train south will be run tri-weekly instead of daily as heretofore. Mr. Tripp says that the Richmond and Danville system in the State have adopted the same course except upon the Air-Line from Charlotte to Atlanta. It seems from this, that the farmers and merchants are cutting down ovnpiisod inn. n.ml there is nothitur to haul over the roads. The farmers 3how little disposition to use fertilizers, and the merchants are not ordering them as heretofore, only one carload of phosphate, has been carried over the Three C's road this year. Neither are the merchants giving large orders for goods. They are using more judgment and economy than usual. Indeed it seems that the pruning knife is being used by every class of our people, and lopping off of all extravagances is the order of the day. This is all very well and something that our people should learn and learn so thoroughly that they will never forget it. Economizing all things and at all times, and not to be under the very disagreeable necessity of being forced to it by adverse circumstances. And now for the sequence of causes to this condilion of affairs which we all deplore. First, the scarcity of money. Second, the low price of cotton and last but not least, the unsettled political situation in our State, which more than anything else, deters capitalists from investing their money here in various enterprises that would be a great help to us at all times and especially at this particular juncture. However we must not become discouraged. We arc only learning a lesson that will be nf iramesnc value to us in after years. We cannot afford to loose faith in the glories of South Carolina's yeomanry, and especially their forced desire for chnnge. When they discover where the fault lies, whether in their mode of farming, or their orgaized fight against capital, or in the political revolution which swept the State two years ago, I believe they will do all in their power to rectify it, and to inaugurate for another year an era of prosperity and happiness. w. A. ROCK HILMIAPPKMNUS. The Lcngthliig Death Itoll?Town Election? Hale ol" Tawn Homls?Removal ot' a Faithful Postmistress?\arrow Escape of a Deputy. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Knqulrer. Hock Hii.l, January 18.?Instead of the usual quota of bright and entertaining news, the newspapers for the past few weeks have filled up with the death roll of friends neighbors and acquaintances. Truly I hope we are nearing the end of the sad story. I have three deaths to report from Rock Hill and community this week. The first is that of Mrs. Elizabeth Wylic, of Catawba. She died last Wednesday of grip afjcr only a few days illness. She was a good neighbor, a kind mother and a devout Christian lady. She was a consistent member of Neely's Creek church and one of the oldest members of that congregation, being about seventy-four years of age. She leaves live daughters and a host of friends to mourn her loss. She was buried on Thursday. Mr. W. S. Adams, of Hcthesda, died on last Thursday. Another sad death was that of little Caldwell, the three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Fewcll, who died this morning of membraneous croup. All that human agency could do was done for little Caldwell, but all in vain. He has gone to live with the angels above, leaving a broken hearted father and mother and a host of sorrowing friends to mourn his loss. 31 r. S. J. Kiiuhrcll has been confined to his bed for over a week with grip, but is improving and I hope to sec him up again. Mr. J. II. Johnson has just recovered from a severe attack of grip. The people of Rock Hill were very much surprised last week at the news of the removal of Miss R. V. Wood from the postollicc here and the uppoitmeut of Colonel C. J. Pride in her place. Miss Wood has held the office since 1873, haying been appointed by Postmaster General Cresswell during the administration of President Grant. During all that time she has been faithful and accommodating, and has discharged her duties in a manner eminently satisfactory to an exacting public. It is with sincere regret that her friends see the appointment given to anyone else. The town election was held on Thursday and resulted in the re-election of A. H. White, intendant and J. G. Anderson, Ed. Fewell, J. B. Johnson, and S. L. Reid, wardens. J. H. Miller refused re-election as wardens. Five thousand dollars of Rock Hill bonds were sold at auction last Monday. They were bought by A. H. White for the town at $98 per $100. Our citizens were again aroused by the alarm of fire on Wednesday, and on arriv* 1 * - * <1 i /\ V* ft f U A mg on me scene 10 wua iuuuu iu uc mc kitchen of Mr. John T. Roddey, on Main street. The loss of the house was fully covered by insurance but Mr. W. J. Roddey was the loser of a lot of China ware stored away there for safe keeping. Had the wind not been blowing in an opposite direction, Mr. Roddey's handsome house would have been destroyed also. The cause of the fire is unknown. Mr. J. T. Thorn asson, acting as deputy for Colonel J. J. Waters, had a very unexpected and unpleasant experience on the 10th instant, while arresting one Cy Springs, colored, for misdemeanor. After Mr. Thomasson had effected the arrest and gotten some fifty yards from the house he was overtaken by two negro women and later a negro man. The three attacked him and after a scuffle succeeded in releasing the prisoner. The prisoner wrung Thomasson's pistol from his hand as was only prevented from shooting him by the other man who had come to the assistance of the women. Luckily no one was hurt except that Mr. Thomasson's hands were considerably gnawed by the teeth of Springs. Thomasson immediately went for help but when he reappeared on the scene there was nothing for him to capture except his pistol, which had been emptied of the cartridges. Springs had taken his departure for North Carolina. The leap year ball given by the ladies at the armory hall on the night of the 12th was quite a sucess. Owing to the inclemency of the weather the attendance was not what it otherwise would have been, but all enjoyed themsel\*s hugely. The visiting young ladies were Misses Julia Taylor and Pauline and Sue Moore, from Lancaster, Miss Ella Kirkly from Kershaw and Miss Maude Metts, from Yorkville. Rev. J. B. Fertis, of Ridgeway, poeached at the Baptist church last Sunday morning and night. It will be remembered that the Baptists of this place have no pastor now. J. LETTER FROM HICKORY GROVE. High Water?Light Cotton Sales?Sickness and Death?Other Matters. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Hickory Grove, January 19.?We are having heavy rains. The lands are all overflowing and Broad river is very high. People are beginning to fear that this is going to be another bad crop year. Let us hope for better times. There is a good deal of cotton in the country yet, though the amount seen in the market is small. There have been 700 bales sold here this season against 2,500 bales last year. The physicians report more sickness in the neighborhood now than has been for a long time. Pneumonia and la grippe seem to be the prevalent disease. Many cases have been fatal. Mrs. M. E. Leech, a most worthy lady and consistent member of the Methodist church, died at her home here on Saturday the 16th instant. She leaves four children and a hostoffrsens to mour her loss. Joseph Banks also, who lived near here and who had been tending the mill of Dr. J. W. Allison, died of pneumonia on Sunday, te 17th instant. He was 82 years old and up to the time of his death was a man of remarkable health. Mr. Val Thomasson has just returned from Blacksburg. This is his third visit since Christmas. There must be some special attraction. He talks a good deal about the graded school, but I do not know whether he is trying for a position there or not. He is fond of instrumental music and maybe he would like to teach. It would be a splendid time to organize a board of trade hero among the merchants. They would have plenty of time to attend the meetings. Rev. Mr. Myers, of Kings Mountain preached in the A. R. P. church on Sabbath night las). Mr. Knox has been down with grip several days. He is better now. Miss Mamie Moorhcad has come back to enter school. Miss Mattie Orr, of Wilkinsville, and Miss Lizzie Hughes, of Mt. Tabor, Union county, have been visiting W. J. Moorhead and family. They went home last Saturday. ? ^ ^ 11 ? 11 cn L.'? Kev. it. it. uagnau win nu ma uppuuikinent at Mount Vernon church next Sunday at 11 o'rlock. leqoy. SHARON SHAVINGS. Some Disagreeable Weather?The Remorseless Reaper?No Town Government?Other Matters. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Eiiqulrer. Sharon, January 18.?We are having about the hardest spell of winter weather that we have so far had this season and it will certainly be a great relief to our people when it is over. Death has been flourishing his icy sickle in this community with a relentless hand since my last letter. Mr. Daniel A. James died at the residence of his sister, Mrs. J. A. Carroll, last Tuesday afternoon, of dropsy. He was aged about fifty years. Mr. J. A. Carroll died last Friday night, of pneumonia superinduced by grip. Every member of his family was down grip at one time. The other members are now better. Mrs. Lizzie Leech, widow of the late Joseph Leech, died last week, of grip. She leaves four children. Miss Sherer, oldest daughter of Mr. John Sherer died suddenly last Saturday night. She was taken sick about 7 o'clock with a pain in her head, and died before 10 o'clock. She was aged about fourteen years. This seems to be the most orderly town 1 know of. It is so quiet that the last council did not know when its term of office expired, and did not order a new election until they were out of office. At the present time Snaron has no town council, but perhaps we will get along just as well. There was a congregational meeting at Woodlawn church yesterday for the purpose of electing three deacons. The election resulted in tlie choice of the following: J. H. Saye, R. II. Hartness and J. M. Pexico they will be installed on the first Sunday in February. Miss Ella Rainey returned from Converse college last Wednesday, and will remain at home for the present. a. k. GOULD NOTES. A H eck of Raiu?Ravages of (trip?One Ne gr<> Shootn Another?Whisky Wagon Captured. CoiTOs]H)iKlcncp of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Goeld, January 18.?The ])iist week with the exception of one or two days has been unfit for any kind of outdoor work. The heavy rains have swollen the water courses, and the outlook for any great improvement in the weather during the prest week is not encourageing. Grip is still raging. While some cases are convalescent others continue to develop. [ Many families that were so severely afilicten two years seems to he gettting elf lighter this year. 3Ir. Johnathan R.Mickle, died on the 9th instant of paralysis, lie was aged 72 years. On account of the bad weather the funeral services were deferred until the 12th instant, when they were conducted by Rev. ft. S. Robinson. Two negro boys who work for Mr. 'Roy Shercr, got into a dispute a few days ago while out in the woods chopping. One shot the other with a pistol, the ball taking effect in the foot and passing through. Rob 1'elman, a white man living on Mr. R. G. Thompson's place, got drunk last Friday night and lay out all night in that condition. When found next morning he was so nearly frozen to death that it was only | with the greatest difficulty that he could he resuscitated. I)r. Hope worked with him nearly all day, and succeeded in getting the circulation restored late Saturday afternoon. He got his liquor from a whisky wagon which was subsequently captured by Depu ties Broome and Pursley, of Hickory Gorve. Mr. Will E. Haffher has sold his property prepartory to removing to Texas. He expects to settle in Hunt county, near Greenville. Mr. Haffher will be badly missed. h. LETTER FROM FORT MILL. No Oats Sowed In January?Town ElectionRespects to a Farmer* Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Fort Mill, January 18.?A good many of our people havo for a long time been in the habit of sowing oats during the month of January. They did not get any sowed last January. It commenced raining early in the month and there was no cessation throughout. It appears that we are going to have the same thing this year. Two-thirds of the month has already gone, and so far no oats have been sown. It is rather early to commence croaking, but it would seem that we are going to have something to croak for. The town election was held on the 11th instant,. It resulted as follows : W. A. Watson, intendant; W. E. Whitesell, W. E. Sledge, J. P. J. Harris and W. B. Meacham, wardens. The new council has not taken any important action yet beyond the abolition of the beef license. This gives any and everybody the right to sell beef in the town. I was glad to hear from friend "Farmer" again last week. He offers to do the square to do the square thing and "set 'em up" himself in case Mr. Faris does not act as mine host according to his proposition. That is all right, but I am still somewhat in the dark. Suppose you send me your card friend Farmer, and I will try and come over. Of course I am -not afraid to venture into ? ? J a??a*i * *?!fLnnf or* invifa. juur liClgilUUl UUUU. CVCU VTIVUUUV (*U 1UT1VM tion. No respectable mail ever got left by so doing, but then I would like to be certain who you are you know. Anyhow, let us hear from Gold Hill again. c. McCONNELLSVILLE MATTERS. A Few Personal Points of Neighborhood Interest. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. McConnellsville, January 18.?We have been having seme very cold and disagreeable weather and owing to its changeableness there is a great deal of sickness. Mr. C. L. Moore has been quite sick. He is no better. Mr. J. O. Moore and wife, Mrs. S. J. Ashe and Mr. Jesse Hudson are now suffering from la grippe. Mr. R. Brandt, Sr. resumed his school here Monday the 11th, but was taken sick on Wednesday and had to return to his home in Chester. Mr. J. Marion Moore, who has been attending the theological seminary in Columbia and Miss Ella Love, who has been attending Converse college, in Spartanburg, are both at home. Miss Love was one of the few students at Converse who was so fortunate as not to loose her wardrobe. Miss Essie Stewart is visiting the family of Mr. D. G. Crawford. Miss Bene Walker is visting the family of Mr. J. 0. Moore. Mr. J. W. Moore and family have moved to their plantation in the country. The house vacated by them in this place is now occupied by Mrs. Adeline Williams. Mr. Ed McConnell has taken charge of a school in the Clover neighborhood. fraulein. NOTES FROM GROVER. Three Deaths In One Family?A Very Pitiful Story* Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Grover, N. C., January 18.?Mrs. Mary Love, wife of Wm. Love, whose death I reported last week, died today about 12 o'clock. This makes three deaths in the same family within a week, and there are now only three small and helpless children left. Jane Poke (lied at this place last Saturday. She leaves a family of children in a destitute condition. Other cases are reported very low, while some are improving. The weather continues very wet and cold. c. c. H. AN OPEN LETTER'TO TILLMAN. Col. 11. M. Moore, of Greenwood, Gives the Governor Some More Advice. News and Courier. Governor B. R. Tillman, Columbia, S C.? Dear Sir: You remember my writing you a letter last year, when I first heard of your accepting a free pass, and urging upon you J;he necessity of at once repenting of the sin and returning the pass to Bunch. I told you then if you refused to do so that you would | go on from bad to worse until you would be finally lost. You refused to take the advice of your friends, and now see your lost condition. Governer, that pass was your first step to ruin. That was to you what the first drink of whisky is to the drunkard, or the first game of cards to the gambler. You have gone from one bad thing to another, until you are hopelessly lost. You have committed the unpardonable act, if what is reported about you is true. To ask you that question is why I write you this letter. It is this: Had you paid your tax when you refused to sign the bill passed by both houses, to extend the time of paying taxes ? Did vou make the poor farmers of this State ride from five to thirty miles to reach the court house, and ieave their homes at midnight, (many having to leave their families unprotected) in order to get therein time; forcing our county treasurers to send out runners in the more distant parts of the county, warning the people to come at once, (and be it said to the credit of the treasurers) promising to spend the entire night in their offices writing receipts to save the farmers the penalty ? Were you thai night sleeping sweetly in the governor's mansion, dreaming of the $3,500 we are paying you, j and your taxes unpaid ? If all this be true, (but it surely can't be), that is the unpardon| able fin, and that one thing has caused you to lose at least "ten thousand of your braves." The boys in large numbers came in today to know nbout it, and asked me to write you at once. They don't like to believe anything they see in some papers. They said that the picture business, flowers, joggling board, tax returns, etc., are like the gnat on the ox horn compared to the way they have been treated on the tax-paying. Governor, if what is said should be true, I doubt if you will have one "brave" left in this section "to tell tho tale." Some of the boys (farmer boys) were talking of the five-1 ~ 11TUmr nnf uoom UU11U1 UUUlUl X UV/J V4tV4 uwv to understand exactly what it was. When I told them they said, could you not have saved the State some money by building one panel of fence and running a plank through the crack and let one child get on each end, I and play see saw? Sam Hinton says his children play that way every day, and it don't cost him nigh five dollars. Now, governor, you see all this trouble started by you taking that free pass. Would that you had taken my adviee last year and returned that pass to Bunch. You would then have been our governor for four years, but that free pass, that free pass, has been your ruin. Your friend socially, Greenwood, January 15. L. M. Moork. P. S.?Can't I truthfully say, "I told you so ?" _ Give us a Primary.?The Enterprise and Mountaineer calls attention to the fact that the present constitution of the Democratic party in this State, while providing for numerous primaries, fails to provide for one to elect State officers. This looks very much as though the party had been tricked. The framers of that constitution were the advocates of a "primary from governor to coroner." They urged it vociferously until they were elected to office, now they should be made to stand to their choice. We think that in every county in this State the question of a primary will be urged so that when the convention meets to elect delegate to the State nominating convention this serious omission can be supplied.? Spartanburg Herald. ? Union correspondence of The State: Wednesday night about half past 9 o'clock some fiend went to Assistant Attorney General 1). A. Townsend's residence, where there was no one except his daughter, Miss Mamie, and her sister, Mrs. F. L. Townsend, went in the house and knocked at the door of Miss Townsend's room. She called her sister and called some one passing by and sent for a neighbor and then shot a pistol out of the window, when, to her astonishment a pistol shot was heard in the passage; where the miscreant was. lie then ran out of the house, slamming the door behind him, and escaped in the darkness. There is no clue to the rascal's identity. PARTY PRIMARIES. Tbe State Executive Committee Adopt Rule* for their Government* Senator Irby, chairman of State Democratic executive committee, has issued a formal call for a State Democratic convention to be held in the house of representatives on the third* Wednesday in May (18th day) for the purpose of electing delegates to the National Democratic convention; also to elect a member of the National Democratic executive committee from this State. The same authority has also sent out the following notice addressed to the chairmen of the executive committees of the respective counties, looking to a re-organization of party machinery throughout the State : "Pursuant to the order of the State Democratic executive committee, tbe respective county executive committees, through their chairmen, will issue a call for the re-organization of the Democratic party in their respective counties, by calling tbe subordinate clubs to meet at their usual places of meeting, on the second Saturday (the 9th day) of April, next for the purpose of re-organizing said clubs and for the purpose of electing delegates to the respective county conventions. These conventions will meet on the first Monday (the 2nd day) in May next, to re-organize the party in each county,to elect a new county executive committee, to elect delegates to the State convention, which meets in Columbia on the third Wednesday in May next, and to transact such other business as may be proper under the constitution. "The representation of each subordinate club in said county conventions shall be one delegate for every twenty-five members, and one delegate for each majority fraction thereof. Only such Democratic i clubs as were in existence on the 13th day of August, 1890, shall be recognized: Provided, however, that two clubs in each ward in the cities of Charleston, Columbia, Greenville and Spartanburg may be formed. No club that was formed or organized after the 18th day of August, A. D., 1890, by the division of an old club or otherwise, shall l>e recognized." f RULES GOVERNING THE PRIMARY. The following rules to govern the membership of the different subordinate Democratic clubs of this State, the qualification of voters at the primary elections held by the party, tbe conduct of the primary elections to be held on the last Tuesday, (the 30th day) of August, 1892, and the seeond primary held two weeks later if one be necessary, have been published over the signatures of J. L. M. Irby, Sampson Pope and Ira B. Jones, the special committee appointed by the State executive committee to draft the same. Bule 1. The qualification for membership in any subordinate club of the Democratic party of this State or for voting at a Democratic primary shall be as follows, viz.: The applicant for membership or voter shall be twenty-one years of age, or shall become so before the succeeding general election, and be a white Democrat, or a negro who voted for General Hampton in 1876, and who has voted the Democratic ticket continuously since. Every member of a subordinate club or voter in a Democratic primary shall pledge himself to abide the result of the primary and to support the nominees of the party. Application for membership or offering to vote in a primary election shall be deemed equivalent to such declaration and pledge. Every voter in a Democratic primary election shall take the following oath, viz: "I do solemnly swear that I am duly qualified to vote at this election according to the rules of the Democratic party, and that I have not voted before at this election." Rule 2. Every negro applying for membership in a Democratic club, or offering to vote in a Democratic primary election, must produce a written statement of ten reputable white men who shall swear that they know of their own knowledge that the applicant or voter voted for General Hampton in 1876, and has voted the Democratic ticket continuously since. This said statement shall be placed in the ballot-box by the managers and returned with the poll list to the county / liaiimian The mnnnrrprs of election shall keep a separate list of the names of all negro voters, and return it with the poll list to the county chairman. > Rule 3. Each county executive committee of the Democratic party in this State shall meet on the second Monday in July of each election year, and shall appoint three managers for each primary election precinct in their respective counties, who shall hold the primary election provided for under the Democratic constitution in accordance with the act of the general assembly of this State regulating primary elections, approved December 22, 1888, the constitution of the Democratic party of this State, and the rules herein set forth. The names of such managers shall be published by the chairman of each county executive committee in one or more county papers at least two weeks before the election. Rule 4. Each voter in said primary shall vote but one ballot, on which shall be printed or written, or partly printed and partly written, the names or names of the person or persons voted for by him for each of the offices to be filled, together with the name of the office. The tickets to be voted for shall be in blank in the following form, with spaces to suit the different counties: Delegates to the State convention; for congress, ? district; for solicitor, ?judicial district; State sena tor, house of representatives, sheriff", judge of probate, clerk of court, county commissioners, coroner, school commissioner, treasurer, auditor, trial justice. Rule 5. The managers of election shall open the polls at 8 o'clock a. m., and shall close them at 4 o'clock p. m. After tabulating the result, the managers shall certify the same and forward the ballot-box, poll lists and all other papers relating to such elections by one of their number to the chairman of the respective Democratic county executive committees within forty-eight hours after the close of the polls. Rule 6. The county Democratic executive committees shall assemble at their respective court houses on the morning of the second day after the election, at 11 o'clock a. ra., to tabulate the returns and declare the result of the primary, so far as the same relates to delegates to the convention, members of the general assembly and county officers, and shall forward immediately to the chairman of the State executive committeo at Columbia, S. C., the result of the election in their respective counties for congressmen and solicitors. Rule 7. The protests and contests (except in the election of congressmen and solicitors) shall be filed within five days after the election with the chairman of the county executive committee, and said executive committee shall hear and determine the same. The State executive committee shall hear ami decide protests and contests as to congressmen and solicitors, and ten days shall be allowed for filing the same. Rule 8. Candidates for the general assembly and for county offices shall, ten days previous to the primary election, file with the chairman of the county executive committee a pledge, in writing, to abide the result of the primary and support the nominees of the party. Candidates for other offices shall file such pledge with the chairman of the State Democratic executive committee. No vote for any candidate who has not complied with this rule shall be counted. Rule !). In the primary elections herein provided for, a majority of the votes cast shall be necessary to nominate candidates and to elect delegates to the State convention. A second primary, when necessary, shall be held two weeks after the first, as is provided for under the constitution of the party, and shall be subject to the rules governing the first primary. At said second primary the two highest candidates alone shall run for any office, but if there are two or more vacancies for any particular office, then double the number of candidates shall run for the vacancies to be filled. For instance, in a race for sheriff, the two highest shall run. If no county commisioner is nominated, then the six highest shall run. I Rule 10. In the event of a tie between two ! candidates in the second primary, the county | chairman, if it is a county office, and the State chairman, if it is a State office, or for congress or for solicitor, shall order a third I primary. The question of a majority vote shall be determined by the number of votes cast for any particular office, and not the | whole number of votes east in the primary. Rule 11. The credentials of delegates to j the State convention shall be certified to by | the chairman of the respective county Democratic executive committees within five days after the result is declared, and forwarded j immediately to the chairman of the State Democratic executive committee at Colum| bia, S. C.